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Quercetin… what is it, and what good does it do us? First, it is a bioflavonoid, which places it in a different category than vitamins. It can be found in nature in foods, mostly in fruits and vegetables that have a lot of color, especially red and purple. Red onions top the list, followed by citrus fruits, apples, red wine, and dark berries. Green tea and deep green vegetables also have some, but in lower concentrations. Its main function in our bodies is as an anti-oxidant. Quercetin is frequently found as an ingredient in other formulas that are being sold as natural, anti-inflammatory medicines. However, so far the marketing for these products has been more focused on other anti-oxidants like turmeric, virtually ignoring the benefits of quercetin. Quercetin has demonstrated an ability to decrease inflammation by suppressing the production of histamines. When experiencing stress, our body wants to release cortisol, and quercetin suppresses the enzyme needed in order for that to happen. It stabilizes the mast cells that release histamine, which would be considered an anti-histamine effect. Doses of about 200mg per day for six to eight weeks have been shown to reduce allergic responses in some people. This same physiology is also partially why it helps people with asthma, heart disease, skin disorders, viral infections, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic infections, inflammation, hay fever, cataracts, peptic ulcers, gout, diabetes and schizophrenia.
There is even more to this picture. Quercetin also restores elastic properties to epithelial tissue, which is what lines the arteries, veins, gut and lungs. This improves the body’s ability to relax the smooth muscles in the airways and arteries. Technically speaking, it uses phosphodiesterase inhibition of PLC beta and PDE4 to allow the smooth muscles in the airways and arteries to relax. In layman’s terms, it improves elasticity, allowing the tissue to relax and stretch so things can open up and let the air/blood flow better. In the lungs, the alveoli and the lining are improved and their cell wall integrity is reinforced. In the arteries, not only does it help high blood pressure come down, it also stabilizes normal blood pressure. It will not cause normal blood pressure to drop to low blood pressure. It also inhibits platelet aggregation, which prevents clotting. This could be a problem for someone taking blood thinners, so be aware.
In a petri dish, Quercetin kills viruses including the Influenza A virus. It blocked the replication of the rhinovirus (common cold). Potentially it can help beat cancer. It reduces aberrant crypt foci in the colon which are pre-cancerous lesions that doctors look for when doing a colonoscopy. One double-blind study used trained male cyclists. The test group took 1000 mg of Quercetin a day one week before, during, and 2 weeks after a three-day period of 3-hour super workouts where the effort was increased 57%. Scientists measured several immune functions and didn’t find any difference between the groups. However there was noted that the quercetin group had significantly fewer men get upper respiratory tract infections in the two week period after that intensified exercise.
Most studies were not on people. One research study showed that quercetin extract from red onions showed an unexpected improvement in male sexual function. The address and title of the abstract was, “J Bio sci Bioeng 2011 anti-oxidant Treatment with quercetin ameliorates Erectile Dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats”.
Another study said it seems to protect the liver against acetaminophen induced hepatorenal (liver/kidney) toxicity by reducing reactive oxidative and nitrosative stress in the liver and renal tissues. It also increased the mitochondrial production, which gives the cell its energy. Once again, this study was done on rats. Another study testing the protective effects against toxic drugs showed kidney damage was reduced in rats that were being administered the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
At 500mg a day for 4 weeks it was able to lower the uric acid level and help gout. Athletes have long been testing the effects of quercetin. An 8-week study of 60 male athletes compared four scenarios: a 500mg quercetin and 250mg Vitamin C group, a 500mg quercetin and placebo C group, a placebo quercetin and 250mg Vitamin C group, and a group taking placebos of both quercetin and vitamin C. The two groups that took ‘real’ quercetin had significant increase in lean body mass, total body water, basal metabolic rate, and total energy expenditure.
The average diet of an adult will give between 25 and 50mg. The doses in these experiments would go up to 1000mg but most were around 200mg. The research results suggested getting it in coated pill form and to avoid powder form. Quercetin synergizes with resveratrol (found in red wine). Large amounts (as in 1000mg a day) can stress the kidneys. It can interact with blood thinners of any kind to include aspirin, corticosteroids, clopidogrel, digoxin, chemotherapy and liver function medicines. Overdose symptoms would be headache and tingling in the extremities. Quercetin given intravenously can cause nausea, sweating and vomiting. Now you know more about quercetin.
Government & our health care…I want to tell you about a Dr. Shira Miller. She’s a California resident and has started ‘Physicians for Informed Consent’ in protest to a law that forces vaccinations on every child in the state. Regardless of your view on vaccinations, the issue of forced vaccination is political intrusion into medical freedom to the max. That decision should be between the doctors and the parents. MOST ALL medical decisions should be between the doctor and the patients. For more information: https://physiciansforinformedconsent.org/news/doctors-and-scientists-unite-to-end-mandatory-vaccination-laws/
Quick true story… My mother was told by her doctors in Minnesota that she had 80% blockage in one of her carotid arteries but at 86 years old she was too old to do anything for it. She went to her doctor in Florida, where she spends the winters, and he said, “Oh we don’t say things like that here in this state. I have a 97-year-old woman recovering in the hospital right now from something we did for her.” My mom was so happy to hear she wasn’t ‘too old’. States do things differently to match the population that inhabits their state. I give this to you as food for thought.
No fundraiser in December…due to the business of the holiday season. Merry Christmas! Best wishes for the New Year!
Quercetin… what is it, and what good does it do us? First, it is a bioflavonoid, which places it in a different category than vitamins. It can be found in nature in foods, mostly in fruits and vegetables that have a lot of color, especially red and purple. Red onions top the list, followed by citrus fruits, apples, red wine, and dark berries. Green tea and deep green vegetables also have some, but in lower concentrations. Its main function in our bodies is as an anti-oxidant. Quercetin is frequently found as an ingredient in other formulas that are being sold as natural, anti-inflammatory medicines. However, so far the marketing for these products has been more focused on other anti-oxidants like turmeric, virtually ignoring the benefits of quercetin. Quercetin has demonstrated an ability to decrease inflammation by suppressing the production of histamines. When experiencing stress, our body wants to release cortisol, and quercetin suppresses the enzyme needed in order for that to happen. It stabilizes the mast cells that release histamine, which would be considered an anti-histamine effect. Doses of about 200mg per day for six to eight weeks have been shown to reduce allergic responses in some people. This same physiology is also partially why it helps people with asthma, heart disease, skin disorders, viral infections, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic infections, inflammation, hay fever, cataracts, peptic ulcers, gout, diabetes and schizophrenia.
There is even more to this picture. Quercetin also restores elastic properties to epithelial tissue, which is what lines the arteries, veins, gut and lungs. This improves the body’s ability to relax the smooth muscles in the airways and arteries. Technically speaking, it uses phosphodiesterase inhibition of PLC beta and PDE4 to allow the smooth muscles in the airways and arteries to relax. In layman’s terms, it improves elasticity, allowing the tissue to relax and stretch so things can open up and let the air/blood flow better. In the lungs, the alveoli and the lining are improved and their cell wall integrity is reinforced. In the arteries, not only does it help high blood pressure come down, it also stabilizes normal blood pressure. It will not cause normal blood pressure to drop to low blood pressure. It also inhibits platelet aggregation, which prevents clotting. This could be a problem for someone taking blood thinners, so be aware.
In a petri dish, Quercetin kills viruses including the Influenza A virus. It blocked the replication of the rhinovirus (common cold). Potentially it can help beat cancer. It reduces aberrant crypt foci in the colon which are pre-cancerous lesions that doctors look for when doing a colonoscopy. One double-blind study used trained male cyclists. The test group took 1000 mg of Quercetin a day one week before, during, and 2 weeks after a three-day period of 3-hour super workouts where the effort was increased 57%. Scientists measured several immune functions and didn’t find any difference between the groups. However there was noted that the quercetin group had significantly fewer men get upper respiratory tract infections in the two week period after that intensified exercise.
Most studies were not on people. One research study showed that quercetin extract from red onions showed an unexpected improvement in male sexual function. The address and title of the abstract was, “J Bio sci Bioeng 2011 anti-oxidant Treatment with quercetin ameliorates Erectile Dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats”.
Another study said it seems to protect the liver against acetaminophen induced hepatorenal (liver/kidney) toxicity by reducing reactive oxidative and nitrosative stress in the liver and renal tissues. It also increased the mitochondrial production, which gives the cell its energy. Once again, this study was done on rats. Another study testing the protective effects against toxic drugs showed kidney damage was reduced in rats that were being administered the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
At 500mg a day for 4 weeks it was able to lower the uric acid level and help gout. Athletes have long been testing the effects of quercetin. An 8-week study of 60 male athletes compared four scenarios: a 500mg quercetin and 250mg Vitamin C group, a 500mg quercetin and placebo C group, a placebo quercetin and 250mg Vitamin C group, and a group taking placebos of both quercetin and vitamin C. The two groups that took ‘real’ quercetin had significant increase in lean body mass, total body water, basal metabolic rate, and total energy expenditure.
The average diet of an adult will give between 25 and 50mg. The doses in these experiments would go up to 1000mg but most were around 200mg. The research results suggested getting it in coated pill form and to avoid powder form. Quercetin synergizes with resveratrol (found in red wine). Large amounts (as in 1000mg a day) can stress the kidneys. It can interact with blood thinners of any kind to include aspirin, corticosteroids, clopidogrel, digoxin, chemotherapy and liver function medicines. Overdose symptoms would be headache and tingling in the extremities. Quercetin given intravenously can cause nausea, sweating and vomiting. Now you know more about quercetin.
Government & our health care…I want to tell you about a Dr. Shira Miller. She’s a California resident and has started ‘Physicians for Informed Consent’ in protest to a law that forces vaccinations on every child in the state. Regardless of your view on vaccinations, the issue of forced vaccination is political intrusion into medical freedom to the max. That decision should be between the doctors and the parents. MOST ALL medical decisions should be between the doctor and the patients. For more information: https://physiciansforinformedconsent.org/news/doctors-and-scientists-unite-to-end-mandatory-vaccination-laws/
Quick true story… My mother was told by her doctors in Minnesota that she had 80% blockage in one of her carotid arteries but at 86 years old she was too old to do anything for it. She went to her doctor in Florida, where she spends the winters, and he said, “Oh we don’t say things like that here in this state. I have a 97-year-old woman recovering in the hospital right now from something we did for her.” My mom was so happy to hear she wasn’t ‘too old’. States do things differently to match the population that inhabits their state. I give this to you as food for thought.
No fundraiser in December…due to the business of the holiday season. Merry Christmas! Best wishes for the New Year!
