I'm watching this summit and this specific talk is so impressive answering questions of methylation which is a main engine and vital to our system. It will only play for 22 hours but extremely informative. Mitochondria is dense in the brain and these cells are fragile. It answers so many questions about our symptoms.
I hope this link works as I had to register first. mitochondrialsummit.com/exp...
Heloise,
Thanks for the post. I really appreciate your summaries and posts about these useful online summits.
Hi Heloise, just watched the talk with my notepad handy! Thank you, I'd missed this summit and that was interesting (especially as I've recently checked genetically and functionally and have poor methylation and my detoxification ability is terrible - explains a lot, I think! I'm working on it). Best wishes to you and yours for Christmas and the New Year x
I was thrilled when I saw this coming as I think the mitochondria is the most susceptible to the breakdown of the organ. Muscles are third in line. I'm hoping there will be more examples of what to do. She first said that toxins is the number problem. This part of the cell survives on fat so another avenue to take and I know bad fats are probably the enemy. I will post any valuable information on this link. These researchers are heroes in my book and I know they also have enemies.
If you want to follow the series which has five talks each day for several days, let's see if this link will work for the following days.
This will run each day until the 15th of Dec. but all free to watch for 24 hours. They offer to sell the series for anyone who would like to study the information closer. This was the forward:
Our world -- air, water, food and environment -- is filled with toxins. Our experts take a deep dive into mold, chronic infection and radioactive elements stealing your energy and making you sick. We'll also cover strategies to optimize sleep, methylation and brain health.
*Kudos* Heloise . Thank You for being on top of the game and bringing *Great* online summits . Very Valuable and Very Appreciated .
If any of you have done the genetic dna tests they mention several deviations. Dr. Vellanueva as many other functional doctors almost died from the fact she had many mal expressive snps. Methylation if you can't afford genetic testing probably shows up if alcohol affects you quickly and rosacea may be a sign. In this case you may need very high doses of trimethylfolate and B12. Pernicious anemia may also be involved. I read this:
"The selective use of available folate to conserve methionine, together with the ability of nerve tissue to concentrate folate from the plasma, explains the absence of SCD in folate deficiency. " I have found little information about the good range for folate. I hope they tell us, it's obviously extremely important to have a sufficiency.
Dr. Vellanueava suggested using a clinician to help with reading your genetics but being realistic she also said we could try supplements that are combined specifically to support your mitochondria but if only one supplement it would be NADH. Others are quercitin, high dose methylfolate, transdermal b12, nadh and ubiquinone.
I think supplementation is essential but try to choose these over a pharmaceutical which she concludes is another form of toxin in many cases.
Todd Watts was interviewed and brought out the heavy metals and minerals which could pose problems. Minerals should be plant based. One patient had neurologic symptoms, eyes moving back and forth. Turns out her I.U.D. was copper and she was sensitive to it. When it was removed she improved.
Michelle Sands will speak on the hormone-mitochondrial connection
Jeffrey Gladden on optimizing mitochondria
Ari Whitten -New model of fatigue and human energy
Your symptoms of fatigue, brain fog and low energy all relate to what is happening to your mitochondria of which there are thousands in each cell.
These interviews have been superb, the host is excellent and we are finally getting down to the basics. I have taken notes and will post some very fascinating findings.
This half hour interview with Michelle Sands was exceptional and will play for a few more hours. mitochondrialsummit.com/exp... very worth watching.
If your thyroid levels are perfect and you still don't feel well, it may be your mitochondria.
They are the batteries and some of us are running on low battery power.
Astonishing statement from Dr. Sands about your "bad" cholesterol actually being very good for your sex hormones. That is why low cholesterol can be as dangerous as high. She suffered from ovarian syndrome and found it to be due to the mitochondria.
Mitochondria cannot work if you are missing certain nutrients or if toxins block the action. Estrogen can alter mitochondria; it can be helpful. The organic acid test will give you a good assessment of your mitochondrial health. Pqq is a form of co q10
. A supplement helpful to your mitochondria is Mito Energy by Douglass Labs.
Genetic testing has been recommended by many of these functional doctors because it can be used to see how your body can use certain nutrients. For instance B12 has several types and although most do well on methylcobalamin certain geno types will do better with hydox or adeno but do not recommend cyano which contains cyanide and though it won't poison you it is not good for your mitochondria's ability to work.
A theme of certain interference with this kind of information and even google may not bring up some good sources. We know big pharma is at work. Do THEY care about our health or is it drug sales? You can follow some of these doctors on their website and get well researched information.
Thank-you for this Heloise. I haven't watched it yet because I would like to put out some information that may really help lots of hypo people. I am a Yoga Teacher, qualified to teach other Yoga Teachers how to Teach Advanced Yoga. In Yoga we do Pranayama, this is nowadays very often confused with breathing practices but they are importantly different. Pranayama practices affect the mitochondria. If people can find a Yoga Teacher who has learnt, as I have, from several Indian (ideally) Yoga Masters/Gurus from a good lineage (eg Krishnamurthi) then you can be taught these practices accurately and then they really make a difference. My TSH was over 95 (range 1 - 10), coma level, and yet I was still going out teaching - I am sure that was the Yoga.
Thank you, now that I see just how much our mitochondria is involved in our energy production...probably THE most involved...I'm glad there is another way to improve it.
Yoga is wonderful and I know very little about Pranayama although I've seen it. I hope others take note of what you are saying because as helpful as thyroid hormone is we need to realize other requirements have to be met.
Dr. Michael Gladden made interesting comments like this. Many people are walking around subclinically hypothyroid. If we thought getting a ft3 test was difficult, how about a biometric test. If you want to hear his comments slide to minute 28 on this link.
Day 4 of the Mitochondria Summit features Dr. Mercola who has been around for years and years. He mentioned the carnivore diet. I wasn't aware you could just eat meat for two weeks. He has regulated blood sugar in diabetics who are overweight almost 100%. He said people are metabolically inflexible and this breaks down that wall. His talk is available for today only. mitochondrialsummit.com/exp...
There are five interviews for Day 5. mitochondrialsummit.com/taz...
Healing Your Gut and Removing Glyphosate in today's talks.
Terry Wahls was in a wheelchair with MS and has reversed many of her symptoms.
Terry Wahls, MD
Reversing Neurodegeneration with Diet and Lifestyle
John Dempster, ND, FAARFM, ABAAHP
Mitochondria and Your Gut
John Dempster touches on the gut relationship. The micobiome metabolites are short chain fatty acid or butyrate essential to the gut AND feeds the mitochondria which produces ATP cellular energy. Lactase is another metabolite.
Mitrochondria is the furnace for your energy factory
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Inflammation, toxins and free radicals
are enemies or mitochrondria.
He mentions the best magnesium to support mitochondria is magnesium aspertate.
I thought aspertate (related to aspertame) was not a good nutrient and the host seemed
surprised as well so I am puzzled as well.
Today's link for the summit mitochondrialsummit.com/dyz...
Dr. Kirk Gair uses laser on his patients and even his cat. While it may be unrealistic for us to find this treatment he did mention that Hashimoto's patients have antibodies attacking the cerebellum as well as the thyroid. He has seen a reduction using lasers but he gave two remarkable recoveries both unexpected. A woman with heart failure in her fifties treated for 8 years costing nearly two million dollars and his own cat with pancreatic autoimmune emergency. These were amazing but very believable.
mitochondrialsummit.com/exp...
The talks will be available for another twenty hours.
Dr. Allan Lindsley was interviewed yesterday so unless they replay the talks it is not available but he gave such important facts about the mitochondria and how it is involved in what some feel is that lactic acidosis is the final cause of death. Food to fuel and fuel to energy is his motto and if you can still do that you can heal. But if you cannot, and the process is about 17 steps, instead of ATP you get lactic acid leading to acidosis.
As others have stated toxins interfere with the pathway to energy. Inside the mitochondria are spinning generators. Your mitochondria makes water which can become thick and slow down the generators. Your brain needs ten times more of this energy than the rest of your system. All of this degeneration has an impact on Autism, Cancer, Alzheimer's and of course the young and old have more difficulty making energy and/or detoxing. Autism strikes 1 out of 33 births in the U.S.
We all know what the main toxins are especially in our food but he researched the effect of deuterium which is a hydrogen molecule sometimes in our water. Very interesting and dismal that we have so many toxins to deal with. His practice rather then doing a lot of detox and probiotic treatment tends to focus on the increase your cell energy. He uses oxygen, mineral drops and mito drops to turn on your cellular energy in a matter of minutes he claims and there is a test to find that out.
He also explained your genetics which are also affected by your mitochondria. Mito talks to genes so you can turn them up and turn them down but they can eventually turn them off. You can't fight cancer when it is metabolic first, genetic second without healthy mito. He tests blood for lyme which he was afflicted with in the 80's and led to his research. He also tests for fungus and mold which almost everyone holds it their sinuses and worse then even lyme. Broccoli, kiwi skin and pomegranates are very good. Fatty acids have to get to your cells as well. Toxins are fat soluble unfortunately.
If learning about health which includes the krebs cycle and your circadian rhythm from A to Z, I would put the workings of your mitochondria (multi trillions of cells) at Z, the final act of your body to produce energy. We just have to learn how to preserve or renew our mitochrondria and then take action.
Today'a link: mitochondrialsummit.com/myz...
A few interesting highlights I found very important and others may find interesting;
Mitochondria makes water. If you run for hours it will make quarts and quarts but if you lounge around they will make about a quart/day.
Short chain fatty acids or butyrate are essential to the gut AND feeds the mitochondria. Butyrate can make more mitochondria. That's why good fats are essential to get through the two membranes of the mitochondria. Co Q 10 is another essential. Statin drugs are hindering both. That may be why it causes muscle issues as well. Phospholipid cell membrane need fats but not hydrogenated ones which are harmful ...use olive oil cold. Terry Walhs suggested using room temperature olive oil poured over hot food rather than cooked. I know when heated olive oil produces estrogen so that may be the reason. She makes a pesto with it and it adds a lot of flavor.
Polyphenols the pigments in food act as signaling molecules after microbiota makes metabolites. There are about 17 steps from food to fuel and fuel to energy so it's not simple and there is still a lot to learn about the food connection.
Ever heard of heavy water? This water is the hydrogen molecule with extra neutron called deuterium and now that animals are not grass fed it seems to be another contaminant that is difficult for the mitochondria to use. It's also found in well water. It may come from certain industrial practices and it's another modern day contaminant and almost poison to the mitochondria.
Acetyl CoA was mentioned and seems important to convert ADP to ATP. May depend on B1 and B5.
This summit contributed some very valuable information which I barely touched on and was not able to listen to all the talks but learning more about your mitochondria will certainly answer many questions regarding your symptoms with or without a thyroid condition.
Good health to all!
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/279... shows that we need to learn more about this process that is so vital to our production of energy.
Wow ! Great briefings - thank you so much !
Hi Marz, I think this is SO SO SO important. I also think what pharmaceuticals do to the mitochondria accounts for the side effects (just my personal view). The type of fatty acids seem to be critical. I keep adding to this link and people probably think I'm nuts but I want to keep a record which I find difficult on Windows 10, haha. Any important findings I will keep adding here. I'm glad you are interested.
I find it so interesting but I don't seem able to MAKE time to watch. Hence I like your updates ! My concentration is short lived at present ! I blame the lack of sun to fuel me !
Totally understand! I ordered some led lights for my plants and it's full spectrum, I think I'm getting sunshine in my own house. Take care maybe spring will come early with this climate change, haha.
Free to listen to any interview today and Dec. 22. encore weekend.
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