✨I eat my “superfood” 1-4 x per month, not more often to keep vitamin A stores filled but not over.
✨Taste: My mentor Charles Poliquin said: “If taste is the primary factor in health practices, calibration of priorities is a must.” That being said, I love the taste of my “superfood”! I soak in vinegar for two hours and fry in butter.
📍Vitamin A: Immune system, skin, eyes, mucosal lining, epithelial cells… Covid-19 said to attacks immune system with cytokine storms. These are regulated by IL-6. Vitamin A, D needed to help IL-6 trigger the immune system correctly so it doesn’t produce overactive immune attacks. Also important for auto-immune conditions.
📍B12: essential for nerves (myelin sheath that protects nerves) , blood cells, preventing anemia (not found in plant foods)
📍Folate: B vitamin needed to make blood cells, covert carbs to energy, produce DNA/RNA. Both B12 and Folate remove homocysteine from blood which helps blood vessel and cardiovascular health. Both needed for bone health. Vegans (90%) and Vegetarians (70%) are deficient in B12 & Folate.
📍Choline: essential nutrient for brain health affecting mood, memory and intelligence as well as muscle function. Reduces internal cholesterol, reduces NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) Eat liver to protect your liver!
📍K2: key in the metabolism of calcium particularly in bone health and heart health.
📍Vitamin D: prehormone from the sun, not from plants and rarely in animal sources like liver. Needed for bone, teeth, immune, brain, nervous system health, promotes lung function and and cardiovascular health. Influences expression of genes controlling cancer cells. D3 Increases vitamin A in blood working to help IL-6 regulate immune response.
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