FOOD is MEDICINE

🥬 When it comes to eating for longevity, consistency is key.

🥦 Keep cruciferous vegetables on hand for their antioxidant power to combat inflammation and oxidative stress.

Examples:

- bok choy
- broccoli
- brussels sprouts
- cabbage
- cauliflower
- collard greens

✴️ Also, add turmeric to your diet for curcumin intake.

The details about sulforaphane and curcumin ⤵️

🔥 Chronic inflammation is a key driver of insulin resistance, and oxidative stress contributes to the cellular damage that underlies metabolic dysfunction.

💪 The isothiocyanate sulforaphane has been shown to upregulate the Nrf2 pathway, which is responsible for activating genes that boost our body’s antioxidant defenses, including the production of the antioxidant glutathione (1). Simultaneously, sulforaphane downregulates NF-κB, a pathway that turns on pro-inflammatory genes (2). Curcumin is the main beneficial compound in turmeric. It inhibits a protein that can drive NF-kB (3).

🔬 These mechanisms may be, at least in part, why sulforaphane intake is associated with reduced fasting blood glucose and HbA1c levels in people with Type 2 diabetes (4). Curcumin may also play a role in fat metabolism to guard against metabolic syndrome (5). Finally, there’s also some preliminary evidence in animals that it may also improve insulin response and the function of pancreatic beta cells, which are the cells that release insulin (6).

1. PMID: 30941620
2. PMID: 30941620
3. PMID: 29158945
4. PMID: 28615356
5. PMID: 31398884
6. PMID: 31398884

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health. With real-time, personalized data gathered through biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), you learn which diet and lifestyle choices improve your metabolic health so you can live a longer, fuller, healthier life.

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