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Dark Chocolate and Vision

Jim Goetz

Keeping it simple, peer reviewed research is showing that cacao at 72% improves blood flow and improves vision for at least 2 hours after consumption. Further testing is needed to determine how long the effects do last. To biohack this- consume a minimum of 72% cacao and work on hand eye coordination. See if this may improve your fine motor skills such as hitting or catching.

Chlorophyll The Miracle Cure All

Mike Brandon

 

People take many supplements for many reasons, sometimes they are justified, and sometimes they are just well marketed. Even with supplements that I know have been proven to work, I like asking people why exactly they are taking something. The answers I get range from highly educated to head scratchingly confusing.  I was with a friend at a local supplement store, and she reached for “Liquid Chlorophyll”, so I tossed the question at her and she rattled off a few dozen homeopathic reasons for taking it. I must have zoned out because she starred at me and asked if I think she is wasting her money, and I told her that I'm not sure, but I have a better answer for her now.

 

First of all, what is it that we are talking about? Chlorophyll is a natural pigment in plants that allows them to absorb sunlight for photosynthesis. It is jam packed full of vitamins and minerals/antioxidants like vitamins a,c,e,k, beta carotene, mg, iron, k+ ca+ and some omega 3’s. Naturally we get it in our diet mostly through dark leafy greens and algae; It is fat soluble. However it is “unstable”, meaning that it degrades easily. Cooking it destroys most of the chlorophyll, as well as freezing produce (destroys about 50% and 30% respectively). So in supplements, it is slightly modified into a water soluble form called chlorophyllin. At the time of this writing, there was no found sources stating if chlorophyllin still has the same mineral content as chlorophyll.

 

An interesting and potentially clinically relevant note, is that the chlorophyll structure is very similar to our body’s heme, which is what carries our O2 throughout our body in our blood cells. The major difference is that chlorophyll has magnesium in the center of the molecule whereas heme has iron.

 

So just like most homeopathic remedies, there is a laundry list of conditions and ailments that chlorophyll/chlorophyllin has been used for, but lets hit some of the research to see what they say.

 

Though it has been heavily researched, it's only been done on a few of the proposed benefits, but lets get the disproven ones out of the way first. One of the major things it is advertised for is a natural deodorant. It supposedly lowers body odor, bad breath, and “fecal odor” by taking supplements orally. For those of you that hope to take plant blood to make you smell better, Im sorry to inform you that it doesn’t appear to work. Granted, these studies were all done using the supplement form and not natural chlorophyll, so with food sources there is still hope because some studies have shown high produce eaters to have less body odor, but they also tend to be smaller, more slender individuals which could also play a factor.

 

Supplementation may also help suppress hunger. When on a high carb diet, chlorophyill can affect satiety hormones like cholecytokinin, ghrelin, and insulin. This hasn’t been shown effective on low carb, high fat diets however which already give major satiety benefits.

 

Onto the brighter side, both forms appear to help with cheleating; that is they bind to some heavy metals, toxins, and maybe even some pesticides. It’s possible that chlorophyll doesn’t even get absorbed, that it just releases the vitamins and minerals, then binds to toxins and the body discards it, but this is yet to be known.

 

A big difference between the two forms is in their potential for cancer prevention. Chlorophyll appears to change tumor DNA to make it more susceptible to chemotherapeutic agents and drugs like hydroxyurea, where chlorophyllin does not. This may be a reason as to why studies that look at high meat diets (that are low in produce) have greatly increased risks for cancer, but that has yet to be fully tested.

 

It is a great anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, and may alone give a lot of vegetables their nutritional power. IV chlorophyll helps with chronic pancreatitis, as well as systemic edema, and potentially for joint swelling as well.

 

It has also been spoken of as a great skin health supplement, and this seems to hold up well. Ointments with chlorophyllin do appear to help with some types of acne, as well as oral supplementation of both chlorophyll and chlorophyllin help with sun protection. Only caveat is that though they were well done studies, there aren’t many and they were all on darker skin tone subjects, so its unsure how well it will help different complexions, but it still good news.

 

But to wrap up and answer the original question of is it a waste of money on this supplement, I have a wish washy response. Though the supplement form does seem to help with a few of the projected benefits, food form, as almost always, is proven here to be far better, with the highest sources being spinach, sprouts, and parsley. Especially on a specific case note of this individual being vegan, there is the built in assumption that she is probably eating enough produce. However, dosages and bioavailability/absorption hasn’t been effectively studied, and side effects at very high doses are minimal, so it shouldn’t hurt much. To note, there has been no shown side effects from high amounts of chlorophyll, but water soluble chlorophyllin may cause gastric distress, discoloration of the tongue, urine, and feces. So as long as you are okay with potential stomach cramps and funny color excretions, it appears fine.

 

Gum Prevents Cavities

Jim Goetz

 

I have been extremely fortunate to have zero cavities in my mouth. I attest this to having chewed gum all my life and not just until the sweet is gone. I began chewing Bazooka gum when I was young and I would chew the same piece for days, taking it out only to eat. Chewing increases saliva production, reducing oral bacteria, removing plaque and improving muscles of mastication, which has nothing to do with anti- cavity but aids in complete digestion of food.

Added benefits of chewing gum include:

decreased anxiety

increased alertness

decreased appetite

 

Side effects of long term gum chewing are headaches and TMJ pain. However, in the years I have been a chronic gum chewer, I have yet to experience any of these symptoms.

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