Detoxification: The Supplements That Detox and Nourish Your Body, Scientists Say

Western diet bears high saturated fat, trans fat, and other harmful substances such as sugar, caffeine, pesticides, additive substances, and less in fruits and vegetables.

These types of harmful substances are toxic.

Our body’s detoxifying functions try to get rid of them everyday, when they fail, toxins accumation can cause disruption of hormone production, damage of our body’s detoxification organs and weakening of our immune system that can lead to hormone imbalance and chronic illnesses.

Nutritional supplements are also known as dietary supplement that provide additional nutrients to the body including vitamins, minerals, proteins, amino acids or other nutritional substances.

Although a balanced and varied diet is the best source of essential vitamins and minerals. However,  nutrient deficiencies occur, even in populations of countries with plentiful food supplies.

Particularly, American diet is a complete opposite to resemblance of what experts recommend for fruit, vegetables, and whole grains, which can contribute to important sources of an array of vitamins and minerals.

Therefore, people who follow the American diet may require to take additional nutrients from supplementation. 

Dr. Elizabeth Ward said, ” With time, deficiencies in one or more micronutrients may lead to serious health issues. A common reason people take multivitamin and mineral (MVM) supplements is to maintain or improve health, but research examining the effectiveness of MVMs in the prevention of certain chronic conditions is ongoing”(4).

Nutritional Supplements That Detox and Nourish Your Body include

1. Pumpkin seed
Pumpkin seeds contain high amounts of alpha carotene and beta carotene that are antioxidants(1) that help the immune system(2) in fighting inflammation caused by over expression of free radicals(1),

ROS is best know to alter cells DNA through cytotoxicity effect in induction of cancers(3).

Dr. A K the lead scientist in the evaluation of the effects of pumpkin seed oils suggested that Cucurbita maxima seeds oil (CSO (100 mg/kg body weight)) injected to high fat diet (HFD)-induced obese rats for 30 days causes significant change of lipid metabolic enzymes and inflammatory markers through ameliorateing the HFD-induced obesity by altering the enzymes and mRNA expressions important to lipid metabolism(5).

Some researchers suggested that pumpkins seed oil can detox the body through eliminating toxins secreted by parasites and parasites, such as adult tapeworms of Taenia spp. that cause infection in the upper small intestine of humans(6)

2. Chlorella
Chlorella is a fresh water algae containing a variety of vitamins, minerals and substances.

The algae processes abundant antioxidant that strengthen our brain functions by removing metals accumulated(3),

Chlorella also contains beta carotene, amino acid, lutein, the powerful antioxidants that help to remove calcium stuck in arterial wall, make the arteries elastic(7), repairing the DNA damage of cells(3), as well as detoxifying our body toxins and against the forming of cancerous free radicals(3).

Dr. Mercola found that chlorella may be effective in removed mercury from your tissues(8).
3. Chrysin
Chrsysin is a bioflavonoid that regulates the production of growth hormones(10), increasing alertness, memory and reduce stress and anxiety(11).

For example administration of chrysin altered levels of testosterone in patients with enlarge prostate that restores glutathione and suppresses superoxide dismutase and catalase activities, and elevated lipid peroxidation(10)
Injection of chrysin at the total dose of 160 mg/kg strongly suppresses the growth of colon cancer xenograft in mice, through cytotoxic activities in increased cell cycle arrest and decreased tumor cells proliferation according to science direct(9),

4. Cinnamon bark
Cinnamon bark is an evergreen tree belongings to the family Lauraceae.

Besides having proven record in treating diabetes and insulin resistance(12), it is also a powerful anti-inflammation and antioxidant(13), many times more powerful than vitamin C that helps to strengthen the immune system(3) and fighting off the forming of free radicals(13) in induction of chronic illness.

The supplement also has a profound effect in detox liver caused by over expression of ROS(14) induced by toxin accumulation.

5. DHEA
DHEA is a natural hormone that enhances the function of the brain(15) and promote longevity(16). caused by low levels of growth hormones as aging progress.

Deficiency of DHEA causes weakening of immune system(17) and skin problems(18) as well as degeneration of brain resulting in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases(17).

6. NADH
The shortened name of nicotinmide adenine dinucleotide, also called co enzyme Q1, is a powerful antioxidant that not only rejuvenates(19) our body’s cell and help fight against early aging(19), but also helps to reduce the accumulation of heavy metals(20), improve memory, reduce stress, anxiety, depression and provide energy for function of the brain(21).

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(1) Characteristics of antioxidant activity and composition of pumpkin seed oils in 12 cultivars by Nawirska-Olszańska A1, Kita A, Biesiada A, Sokół-Łętowska A, Kucharska AZ(PubMed)
(2) Preventing Ralstonia solanacearum adhesion with glycans from cashew, cocoa, coffee, pumpkin, and tomato seed extract by Rachmaninov O1, Zinger-Yosovich KD, Gilboa-Garber N(PubMed)
(3) Free radicals, metals and antioxidants in oxidative stress-induced cancer by Valko M1, Rhodes CJ, Moncol J, Izakovic M, Mazur M(PubMed)
(4) Addressing nutritional gaps with multivitamin and mineral supplements by Elizabeth Ward(PMC)
(5) Reversal of high fat diet-induced obesity through modulating lipid metabolic enzymes and inflammatory markers expressions in rats by A K1,2, Uddandrao VVS1, Parim B3, Ganapathy S1, P R N1, Kancharla SC4, P R1, K S1, Sasikumar V(PubMed)
(6) Usefulness of pumpkin seeds combined with areca nut extract in community-based treatment of human taeniasis in northwest Sichuan Province, China by Li T1, Ito A, Chen X, Long C, Okamoto M, Raoul F, Giraudoux P, Yanagida T, Nakao M, Sako Y, Xiao N, Craig PS(PubMed)
(7) Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and β-Carotene and Other Carotenoids: Overview, Antioxidant Definition, and Relationship to Chronic Disease(Institute of Medicine (US) Panel on Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds)
(8) Chlorella: Use This Superfood to Help Remove Mercury From Your Tissues in Weeks By Dr. Mercola
(9) Signal Therapy by Hiroshi Maruta1, Toshiro Ohta2, in Complementary and Alternative Therapies and the Aging Population, 2009(Science Direct)

(10)Chrysin attenuates testosterone-induced benign prostate hyperplasia in rats by Shoieb SM1, Esmat A1, Khalifa AE1, Abdel-Naim AB(PubMed)

(11) Neuroprotective effects of chrysin: From chemistry to medicine by Nabavi SF1, Braidy N2, Habtemariam S3, Orhan IE4, Daglia M5, Manayi A6, Gortzi O7, Nabavi SM(PubMed)

(12) Efficacy of cinnamon in patients with type II diabetes mellitus: A randomized controlled clinical trial. by Zare R1, Nadjarzadeh A2, Zarshenas MM3, Shams M4, Heydari M(PubMed)

(13) Anti-inflammatory activity of cinnamon (C. zeylanicum and C. cassia) extracts – identification of E-cinnamaldehyde and o-methoxy cinnamaldehyde as the most potent bioactive compounds by Gunawardena D1, Karunaweera N, Lee S, van Der Kooy F, Harman DG, Raju R, Bennett L, Gyengesi E, Sucher NJ, Münch G(PubMed)

(14) Aldo-keto reductase 1 family B7 is the gene induced in response to oxidative stress in the livers of Long-Evans Cinnamon rats by Jia G1, Takahashi R, Zhang Z, Tsuji Y, Sone H.(PubMed)

(15) Effect of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on memory and brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in a rat model of vascular dementia by Sakr HF1, Khalil KI, Hussein AM, Zaki MS, Eid RA, Alkhateeb M(PubMed)

(16) Dehydroepiandrosterone, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and longevity by Schwartz AG1, Pashko LL(PubMed)

(17) A review of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).by Shealy CN(PubMed)

(18) [Psoriasis: A general disease? Can psoriasis be explained biochemically?].[Article in German] by Goerz G(PubMed)

(19) NAD⁺ in aging, metabolism, and neurodegeneration by Verdin E(PubMed)

(20) NADH induces iron release from pea seed ferritin: a model for interaction between coenzyme and protein components in foodstuffs by Lv C1, Bai Y, Yang S, Zhao G, Chen B(PubMed)

(21) Crosstalk of Signaling and Metabolism Mediated by the NAD(+)/NADH Redox State in Brain Cells by Winkler U1, Hirrlinger J(PubMed)