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Cellular Health
Hello B and Daniel
Let’s talk about cellular health. Healthy cells = good overall health.
I know that with age and exposure to toxins our cell health is taxed.
How to reverse and improve cellular health? When do you recommend a client to support cell health during their health journey. What modalities/ supplements do you like? Exercise, diet, sun?
I have been reading about PC (phosphatidylcholine) and NAD. What can you tell us about those supplements.
And what are your thoughts about ASEA Redox water?
Thank you!
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Hi @Bahareh Safapour – when talking about overall cellular health, we can break it down into 2 parts to keep it simple; the outer cell/cell membrane and the functioning of the cell inside (cellular metabolism) which includes mitochondrial function.
PC is a phospholipid that is a component of cell membranes, so the outside layer of the cell. It can also support liver health and cognitive function. And since the cell membrane is mostly made up of fats, consuming enough essential fatty acids in our diets is critical to cellular membrane health. So is hydration, which will allow cell to cell communication, nutrient intake, etc. So is protein along with antioxidants from fruits and vegetables.
So many of the recommendations will go back to the basic foundations of eating a VPF-based diet to ensure all 3 macronutrients are being consumed, hydrating well, moving the body, sleeping well/stress management, getting outdoors/sunshine, etc.
In terms of NAD (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide), I encourage you to watch this video inside the Mold & Mycotoxin Illness course about mitochondrial health to better understand where it fits into the whole picture of cellular metabolism and the Electron Transport Chain where cellular energy is produced.
Regarding ASEA Redox water, I do not know about this product and will have to look into it and get back to you, unless @Daniel Schepers has some thoughts he can share.
Hope this helps.
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@Bernadette Abraham if someone has trouble breaking down fats due to lack or sluggish bile etc, but they consume good fats in their diet, does that mean that the cell membrane “won’t be fed” properly? Hope you get my point ☺️
Also, if you cannot break down fats, and you take fat soluble vitamins, they will not be absorbed properly?
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@Bahareh Safapour yes, correct. That’s why the saying “you are what you eat” is overly simplistic. And why despite eating a healthy diet, many can still experience symptoms. A more accurate version should be “you are what you eat, digest, absorb, transport, and assimilate into your cells”.
Therefore, if someone’s ability to digest and absorb healthy fats is compromised, then yes, it may also compromise cell membrane health. And this is yet another reason why the Gut Health Masterclass course was the first one I ever released because digestion and gut health is very often the root of all dis-ease.
And the same applies to fat soluble vitamins.
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Hey @Bahareh Safapour and @Bernadette Abraham,
Although I have never used the product, I can give you some background information about what they write on their website.
The ingredients in ASEA Redox water are deionized water and sodium chloride. The only place I could find something about their ingredients was on the FAQ page. Although I usually try to keep my opinion out of my posts, but I don’t think this is a great sign.
ASEA Redox water contains the word “Redox”. In chemistry, a redox reaction is a reaction in which electrons move from one atom or molecule to another atom or molecule. Without going too deep into what redox reactions are, you should know they are very common. Examples are iron getting in touch with water causing rust. In fact all rusting metals are examples.
The baking soda test (to get an indication if you produce enough stomach acid), is also a redox reaction. Antioxidants, when they neutralize free radicals, are other examples of redox reactions. When we produce energy in the mitochondria a lot of redox reactions take place as well. The point is: redox reactions are a common type of chemical reactions and are everywhere.
Now let’s take a look at the ingredients: sodium chloride is simply kitchen salt. Deionized water, according to the website, is water free from ions by a method using electricity (electrolysis is the term for this). It is therefore removed from minerals that make water hard (don’t confuse this with water that is free from pollution. Microplastics, BPAs and other toxins that don’t respond to electrolysis). You can make the case that distilled water is cleaner since bacteria and viruses are also cooked out.
Sodium and Chloride ions have the potential to absorb and donate electrons, however… they are two ions that prefer to stay ionized. This is the reason why salt dissolves easily in water. For that reason, they aren’t well suited for many redox reactions.
For a redox reaction, you would like to have molecules or atoms that like to share or receive electrons. Chloride ions (which are negative because they have an electron too much) are really really fond of their extra electron and don’t like to donate them easily. Sodium ions (which have a positive charge because they lost an electron to the chloride) really like to lose one electron and won’t really accept an electron easily. They are therefore very hard to form redox reactions with.
My overall impression of the website is, that the person who wrote the text on the website, wasn’t able to clearly explain how their product works. It sounded sciency, but the explanations didn’t make things more clear to me if I’m being honest. If the ingredients are truly simply deionized water and kitchen salt, I like to have a really solid explanation before buying this product.
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