Quercetin (pronounced kwer-sa-tin) is one of nature's most potent nutrients, found in a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables. It is a flavonoid known for its powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, making it an essential element for promoting overall health and well-being. Beyond Health's Quercetin Pro supplement takes quercetin to the next level by offering a highly bioavailable form of this compound, making it more effective and easier for the body to absorb. In this blog, we'll explore the many health benefits of quercetin, particularly for the American population, while highlighting studies and statistics that demonstrate its impact.What Is Quercetin?Quercetin is a naturally occurring flavonoid present in a range of fruits and vegetables, such as apples, berries, onions, and kale. These flavonoids are vital to the body's defenses, providing a natural boost to health by neutralizing free radicals and reducing oxidative stress. However, most conventional…

Like bisphenol A (BPA), many endocrine disruptors are estrogen mimics, also known as xenoestrogens. These copycat estrogens add to your body’s estrogen load and lead to an increasingly common problem in women called “estrogen dominance.” Estrogen dominance is situation in which you have too much estrogen, particularly in relation to the hormone progesterone. Many women’s health issues, including fibrocystic breasts, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts and hormone-related cancers are associated with estrogen dominance.Our main xenoestrogen exposure comes from pesticides (in produce, in the fat of conventionally raised animals, and in drinking water contaminated with pesticides) and plastics. A recent study found that almost all commercially available plastic products they sampled, including those advertised as BPA-free, leached chemicals having estrogenic activity.It is known that quercetin, a phytonutrient found in high amounts in onions (especially the outer layers) and cranberries; in le…

Don’t look now, but we’ve all got a population of “zombie” cells living in our bodies!  Like us, cells are born, have a life and die. Ideally, when they lose their ability to divide and reproduce through damage or simple aging, they “commit suicide” in an orderly process called “apoptosis.”  But some cells, although no longer functional, refuse to die. Instead they linger on, generating chronic levels of inflammation and producing protein-digesting enzymes that cause accelerated aging to organs and tissues, increasing our susceptibility to chronic disease. Called “senescent” or “senile” cells, a robust immune system could destroy them, but as we age, our immune systems weaken, and these zombie cells accumulate. In 2011, researchers genetically modified mice so that their senescent cells could be triggered to self-destruct, which increased the mice’s lifespan by an amazing 2025% while greatly retarding development of chronic disease. This caught the attention of the…