Catharine Arnston
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Absolutely. So I'll do a few overviews, first of all. So your mitochondria are probably the most important thing that determines how well you age. And so what are mitochondria? Well, they're called the powerhouse of the cell. They're these little organelles that are inside your cells, and they generate what's called ATP, which is cellular energy. You need cellular energy for everything.
We're not talking just a great run or a trip to the grocery store this is cellular energy is used by every body part your neurotransmitters your lymphatic system your digestive system everything requires cellular energy and so your mitochondria are what create that for you but the problem is as you get older you have fewer mitochondria and the ones that you do have tend to get damaged and
And how are they getting damaged and why do you have fewer of them? Well, the process of generating this ATP cellular energy occurs in the mitochondria. But the mitochondria have their own DNA, which is also located inside. And there's only 37 of the DNA for mitochondria compared to like 25,000 of your regular DNA. And you think, well, how important could 37 DNAB.
Well, those 37 mitochondria DNA control everything. They control your regular DNA. They control cellular communication. Think of them as the air controllers at an airport. There aren't many of them, but they control everything. And if your air controllers are having a bad day, planes would crash.
So when your mitochondria DNA get damaged as they do, and I'll explain how they get damaged, your health crashes. It's just that simple. So how do they get so damaged? Well, a byproduct of this ATP stuff that we need, which is called cellular energy, a byproduct are free radicals. Let me explain what free radicals are just so you're clear on what they are.
It's a molecule that has what's an unpaired electron in its outer orbit and nature strives for balance. So if the molecule has a single electron, it will steal an electron from a neighboring molecule to balance itself out. But then that molecule is unbalanced, so it will steal electron from another one. And so this is what causes tissue damage.
Now, the good thing is there's these good guys called antioxidants. They have lots of extra and free electrons to give away. They're sort of like the kid who came to school with extra lunches for their friends. So they give them all away. And so those extra electrons that are donated by the antioxidant calms down the free radical, pairs it off. So there's no tissue damage. Perfect, right?
Well, here's the problem. Your mitochondria have a second membrane. It has the outside membrane that all your other tissues cells have, which is called a lipid membrane. But your mitochondria have a second inner membrane. And why is that a problem? Because virtually no antioxidants can get in there.
You could eat a room full of blueberries, a bottle, a house full of vitamin C or vitamin E, and none of it will get into that inner membrane to calm down those free radicals that are a byproduct of your ATP production. There are a handful, fortunately, of antioxidants that can get in there.
And the good news is they're almost all in algae, glutathione, chlorophyll, but the most important one is called superoxide dismutase. And why is superoxide dismutase so important
for your calming down your these free radicals well it's because there's a special type of free radical that's released in the mitochondria it's called superoxide now why is it so it's not only unique it's the most damaging free radical of all why is it so damaging because instead of having one unpaired electron it has three So it's three times as damaging.
So it is so critical that you calm this free radical down and neutralize it. And this stuff called superoxide dismutase is what does it. And how does it do it? It converts the free radical into that superoxide into harmless water and oxygen. Ta-da! So it basically saves your mitochondria. Now, the good news is your body creates this stuff called superoxidismutase from the moment you're born.
And until the age of 30, your mitochondria are protected. That's why you have so much energy. That's why you grow. That's why everything seems to work really well. Think of superoxide dismutase behaving like a big golf umbrella. If you've ever been seeing those big golf umbrellas, it doesn't matter whether you're a golfer or just shopping.
If you suddenly get stuck in a rainstorm, you pop that big golf umbrella up, you could protect a family of 10. It's so big. So that's what superoxide dismutase does. Your body's making it for you. It doesn't stop the free radicals, but it stops the rain of them from getting to the mitochondria. Now, that works until you're 30.
Now your body, after 30, and you're starting to get into perimenopause, and then eventually menopause, your body slows down that production of superoxide, dismutase. Now that big golf umbrella that's been protecting your mitochondria is about the size of one of those city totes umbrella. So now your mitochondria are dodging raindrops or free radicals.
They're getting some protection, not a lot, but some. Then by the time you're 40, your body literally stops producing this superoxide dismutase. So now that golf umbrella that was protecting you and then became a totes is about the size of a cocktail umbrella. Virtually zero protection. Remember, the free radicals were always being produced.
But up until that age of 40, you had this ability to convert it to oxygen and water. So there was no damage. Once you hit 40, once you're in that serious menopause stage, you lose that protection because the fact is up until about 150 years ago, we died at age 30. Our biology thinks we're dying. That's why it slows down estrogen. It slows down melatonin.
It slows down a lot of things, including the superoxide dismutase. And scientists aren't aware, virtually nobody is aware, that algae, especially spirulina, but also chlorella, has the highest concentration of superoxidismutase in the world. You can't get it from any other food.
you can't get it even if you took it as a supplement it would get damaged in your digestion and the reason why it works so well in spirulina if it hasn't been heated with dry with a high heat is because spirulina is a technically a bacteria it does not even have a cellulose wall so there's nothing for your body to break down to get access to the 40 nutrients the high protein and the high super oxidities
it goes straight into the mitochondria and helps protect it instantly. We've had people with Alzheimer's and dementia, within 24 hours, their brain is back on. And so what happens is just like all parts of your body, all of your cells, including your mitochondria, when given the right nutrients and removing the wrong ones, they will grow back. Nothing in your body stays still.
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