Hot Dogs, Burgers, Steaks, and... Phyto Power to the Rescue

The 4th of July is centered upon a great barbecue, meat intensive foods, and to make it even more tasty, we add potato salad with a generous amount of mayonnaise (who does not like mayo?), ice cream, pies, and you get the picture - meat, fat, and more fat, sugar, and a tiny amount of fiber. 

Not exactly the greatest foods for our body, but we equate it with a celebration, and love the taste and tradition. 

So how do we mitigate this intensive holiday effect?

When we cook protein rich foods like meat, toxic molecules - heterocyclic amines (HCAs) - are formed, and are shown to cause heart issues and cancer (Khan et al., 2020). Chicken in fact is shown to have some of the highest amounts of HCAs.

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Reactive Nitrogen species (RNS) are free radicals that are found in meats, causing lipid oxidation, which in turn causes meat spoilage or and the formation of chemical compounds that are toxic (Manessis et al., 2020). 

Eating berries with meat, or even marinating meat in berry juices prior to cooking, can mitigate these toxin effects by lowering the amount of HCAs, ROS, and RNS.

Berries also change the microbiome (Rodríguez-Morató et al., 2018) to bacteria that supports digestion, and decreasing toxic bacteria to the gut (more firmicutes then bacteroidetes. 

Even just blueberry tea lowered cholesterol for children (Ucar et al., 2017)! 

Have a wonderful barbecue - and take a couple of capsules of Phyto Power to mitigate the effects of meat toxins and ROS. 

Enjoy! 

Phyto Power

We suggest 1-2 capsules a day in the morning (for a boost of energy) - and when eating meat, 1-2 with the meal. 

References:

• Dinstel R.R., Cascio J., & Koukel S. (2013). The antioxidant level of Alaska's wild berries: high, higher and highest. Int J Circumpolar Health, 72. DOI:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21188
• Grace, M.H., Esposito D., Dunlap K.L., & Lila M.A. (2014). Comparative analysis of phenolic content and profile, antioxidant capacity, and anti-inflammatory bioactivity in wild Alaskan and commercial Vaccinium berries. J Agric Food Chem, 62(18), 4007-17. doi:10.1021/jf403810y .
• Herman-Mercer, N. M., Loehman, R. A., Toohey, R. C., & Paniyak, C. (2020). Climate-and disturbance-driven changes in subsistence berries in coastal Alaska: Indigenous knowledge to inform ecological inference. Human Ecology, 48(1), 85-99. Abstract
• Khan, M. R., Busquets, R., & Azam, M. (2021). Blueberry, raspberry, and strawberry extracts reduce the formation of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines in fried camel, beef and chicken meats. Food Control, 123, 107852. Article
• Manessis, G., Kalogianni, A. I., Lazou, T., Moschovas, M., Bossis, I., & Gelasakis, A. I. (2020). Plant-derived natural antioxidants in meat and meat products. Antioxidants, 9(12), 1215. Article
• Rodríguez-Morató, J., Matthan, N. R., Liu, J., de la Torre, R., & Chen, C. Y. O. (2018). Cranberries attenuate animal-based diet-induced changes in microbiota composition and functionality: a randomized crossover controlled feeding trial. The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 62, 76-86. Article
• Ucar, S. K., Sözmen, E., Yildirim, H. K., & Coker, M. (2014). Effect of blueberry tea on lipid and antioxidant status in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: pilot study. Clinical Lipidology and Metabolic Disorders, 9(3), 295. Article
• Yousefi, M., Shadnoush, M., Khorshidian, N., & Mortazavian, A. M. (2021). Insights to potential antihypertensive activity of berry fruits. Phytotherapy Research, 35(2), 846-863. Abstract

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We have developed our products based on scientific research and/or the practical experience of many healthcare practitioners. There is a growing body of literature on food based nutrition and supplements and their application in support of our health. Please use our products under the advisement of your doctor.

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