So Mitophagy basically is the elimination of mitochondria that are damaged and dysfunctional and Mitogenesis is the regenerating of more mitochondria from the healthier, stronger ones. Now this process has to happen to prevent the accumulation of old and damaged mitochondria that cause oxidative stress, that causes low energy levels, that cause metabolic disease, or the creation of new mitochondria. It stimulates the cells to clean houses and get rid of waste and malfunctioning cells. Now there are positive stressors that help your cells in ultimately your body become more resilient. And there are seven that I’m going to go over briefly in this talk and we have speakers on this summit who go into great detail on several of these. So be sure to catch the talks and especially Ari Whitten’s talks on hormesis as well.
Now, the first one is intermittent and extended fasting, and we have a talk from Mark Mattson on fasting. So be sure to watch it. And when you are fasting damaged mitochondria are purge right through what we call autophagy. So you can think of this like your cells sending in a cleaning crew to dust and vacuum and polish everything up. That is what autophagy is. The process allows mitochondria to remove damaged debris, something that we call accumulated reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, and unfolded proteins which are which are biologically inactive proteins. Now, fasting reduces oxidative stress byproducts and increases oxygen efficiency efficiency while maintaining ATP production. So your continuing to produce energy during all of this. Okay. So the second one is regular exercise. Now, studies show that you can have a 50 to 80% increase in mitochondrial capacity when you exercise with interval training. So remember I said it is not constant aggressive, it is interval. So this helps aid mitochondria repair, changes the mitochondrial shape and balances the mitochondrial cells and gives you production of new mitochondria. Now there is a difference between movement and exercise. Movement is a low intensity. Moving your body without trying to change your actual physique while you are doing it. And then exercise is high intensity with the goal to build strength, to build muscle, to build endurance, to burn fat and so on.
The next one is red light therapy. So I did I did a great talk with Ari on day one of this summit where we talked about red light and we demonstrated red lights and we gave you all the reasons to do red light and a company that we trust that you can purchase red lights from and a coupon code to get red lights. So go watch that video if you did not on the interview on day one. But basically red light therapy is low wavelengths and it is a form of photo biologic dilation. And red light goes deep into the into outside of the cells. Increasing cellular energy and antioxidant production and red lights benefit you in a lot of ways, not just your mitochondrial health, but also it helps support your circadian rhythm balancing, improving your sleep. It supports collagen production. It reduces inflammation and pain and improves skin condition, and it promotes wound healing and tissue repair, helps with hair growth. And research also shows that mitochondria make more energy when exposed to red light. So go get that video because we are, go, go, go watch that interview on day one because we unpack all of this and spend over an hour talking about the benefits of red light, so-called exposure.
Here is the next one. Shivering actually recruits mitochondria to generate heat. Even 30 to 90 seconds of a cold blast has been shown to increase mitochondria biogenesis which as I just explained, is the production of new mitochondria. And you can easily do this in the shower by a cold blast. You can do a cold plunge, you can do whole-body cryo chambers, you can target areas of your body and do cryo-facials or cryo in an injured area of your body. So think of professional athletes and they are on a constant quest to improve performance. And cold therapy is a commonly used strategy to actually increase that performance. I personally have gone into cryo chambers before. It is so cold. Oh, my gosh, it is so cold. I do not love cold plunges. I have to admit, being cold is not my favorite thing. It is like, takes me so many so much nerve to get into the cold water so hard anyway.
The next one is heat exposure and or sauna bathing. So heat exposure is a is a mild stress signal that triggers cell responses and that response requires adaptation from the cell. And this creates a beneficial response in the mitochondria and increases their functional capacity. So it does not matter if it is a traditional sauna or an infrared sauna. It is the heat and the sweating that is important. So in this case, heat and sweating is a traumatic actions for the mitochondria. And if you think about the sauna, it is actually an important part of most ancient civilizations around the world, because when you do it, you function at a higher level, have less illness and more stamina. So from the beginning, the time, Sauna, has been a very important part of civilizations. Seems like we have gotten away from it a little bit, but hopefully people are getting back.
Hypoxia is the next one. So this is intermittent hypoxic breathing now, intermittent hypoxia, training actually teaches your blood to extract more oxygen, more efficiently from the lungs. And it is also directly affecting your mitochondria and protecting them from damage to so much like a sauna. Intermittent hypoxic training has been used and studied by scientists for years. Watson has been around since the beginning of time. Intermittent hypoxic training has only been studied for about 50 years. It is been more widely popularized by Wim Hof. He is an extreme athlete, he’s known as the Ice Man, and he developed his breathing technique combined with cold therapy, to create the Wim Hof method. So we combined, you know, two different hormetic stressors to improve his performance. And then we know that Russian scientists have also been researching and using the method for years to treat various diseases and enhance athletic performance as well. So that is breathing. So there are several benefits to hypoxia, including boosting your immune function, improving your sleep, helping to regulate your nervous system, improving mental stamina, increasing energy levels, and improving exercise performance. And it actually helps decrease inflammation as well and creates new mitochondria so that mitochondria biogenesis, it also increases something called BDNF which is a brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which helps support new neuron growth and development in the brain.
Okay. The next one here and I think it is the last one is number seven is phytochemicals. So hermetic phytochemicals are found in foods. So some examples would be resveratrol, sulforaphane curcumin, and allicin. They are all reported to activate adaptive stress response signaling pathways that increase cellular resistance. When you have an injury or so, it increases cellular resistance to injury or disease. So in other words, the phytochemicals in plants can also create a mild stress reaction in the body that actually help our mitochondria and cells thrive. So there are all kinds of different supplements you can take and mitochondria formulations. So if you feel like you are ready to get support and get help restoring your energy and getting rid of your mystery health symptoms, they didn’t get in contact with me or one of the practitioners who are teaching you on the summit. For the past few days, you have been learning all kinds of new tools to help you solve your problems.
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