Diabetes and Mitochondria Are Related Very Closely
July 24, 2017 Puzzle Piece
To
prevent and treat type 2 diabetes, mitochondria is just as important as
balancing the blood sugar. The literature documents well that as
mitochondria decline, so does our health. In all chronic diseases or
dis-eases mitochondria resuscitation has declined.
In fact, dozens of chronic diseases are medically linked to
age-related mitochondrial decline and dysfunction. Mitochondria are the
energy producers of the body. Every single cell is mitochondria
dependent.
With type 2 diabetes, you are insulin deficient or insulin
resistant. Either way, your body can't control your blood sugar levels
and can't turn food into energy. Poor mitochondria, yields poor energy,
no matter what name you give the blamed condition for the way you
feel. Poor “Mitochondrial Function” yields poor energy and therefore
poor health.
Mitochondria are responsible for the way the body burns stored fat
also. Therefore if the mitochondria aren't adequate, more fat is stored
and more weight is gained since the fat cannot be burned for energy.
This is a very vicious cycle. This precipices even more increased
desensitization to insulin, diabetes, and more weight gain, especially
around the middle.
Here is something you may have not considered. The Mitochondrial
waste material contributes to insulin resistance, which is another cause
of high blood sugar and obesity.2
The mitochondria in your brain trigger a spike in blood sugar
after you eat. This is going to be exaggerated if you eat foods you are
allergic or sensitive to. What if you are gluten, nightshade or MSG
etc. sensitive/reactive? This will further damage the mitochondria and
give off toxic materials. This will cause faulty and abnormal or
unreliable signals. This can cause dangerous spikes in blood sugar
levels.3
To get optimal results, we must treat the causes and not just chase symptoms by using the “Six Steps to Wellness”. Structural, electromagnetic, nutritional, emotional, allergies/sensitivities and toxins must be identified and brought into healthy balance.
We must know about and treat our mitochondria to create healthy
resuscitation. We must eat properly to allow for balanced blood sugar.
The ketogenic diet helps both of these concerns. All six steps help to
allow for AMPK activity in our cells. It is a very important enzyme in our body.
AMPK regenerates cAMP… what some call it "The Molecule of Life."
cAMP is where we get all our energy. Without adequate amounts we become
tired and lethargic.
As always the young have greater numbers of mitochondria and AMPK
activity. The older we get, the numbers and activity decrease. Adequate
AMPK also increases the number of new mitochondria in the body and
reduces inflammation and toxic accumulation that cause damage to
existing mitochondria.
In summary, adequate mitochondria increase ATP, which increases
our cells' ability to take up glucose, turning it into energy instead of
spiking blood sugar levels or storing it as fat.
Some important nutritional considerations are OHS’s Opti-Mito-Force and Optimal Fat/ Sugar/ Trim. We want to also test for Opti-Adrenal, Opti-Iodine and Opti-Thyroid.
Age can be our enemy. The biggest reason we feel
increasing fatigue and tired the older we get is mitochondria die with
age much faster than they can regenerate. The Journals of Gerontology discovered the average 67-year-old has lost 80% of the mitochondria they had in their 20s.
This is why we are now teaching and promoting the use of Biological Allografts that come from the umbilical cords of C Section deliveries. These are progenitor cells that increase our own stem cells and mitochondria. Take a look at our recent Puzzle Piece articles and webinars.
Opti-Mito-Force
contains a super nutrient called PQQ. Mice studies confirm PQQ creates
55% MORE mitochondria in just 8 weeks. Human studies show that this
extra energy from PQQ intake, which increases mitochondria, also lowers
inflammation, improves high-level cerebral function, protects your
heart, and even improves sleep quality and duration. PQQ also helps
decrease insulin resistance.
At OHS we also use CoQ10 (ubiquinone) in the reduced form, called
ubiquinol. Your mitochondria can put it to good use Ubiquinol, which is
the only form of CoQ10 that can work the miracles we seek.
After age 45, your body's ability to convert CoQ10 from ubiquinone
into ubiquinol diminishes. Diabetics have an even harder time
converting it. So if you are over 45 or diabetic, whatever ubiquinone
CoQ10 you take is practically worthless! Take only ubiquinol, which is
all that is used in the OHS formulas.
This is why we use PQQ and the special form of CoQ10 called
Ubiquinol. It's up to eight times easier to absorb than regular CoQ10
and gives you energy all day through optimal metabolism.
PQQ plus Ubiquinol CoQ10 work together to balance blood sugar and
help to prevent diabetes according to the literature. We have given you
a lot to think about and to put into action!
1. Noland RC, Koves TR, Seiler SE, et
al. Carnitine insufficiency caused by aging and overnutrition
compromises mitochondrial performance and metabolic control. J Biol
Chem. 2009 Aug 21;284(34):22840-52.
2. Terman A, Kurz T, Navratil M, Arriaga EA, Brunk UT.
Mitochondrial turnover and aging of long-lived postmitotic cells: the
mitochondrial-lysosomal axis theory of aging. Antioxid Redox Signal.
2010 Apr;12(4):503-35.
3. Yale University. "Sugar rush shrinks brain cell powerhouse." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 February 2016.
4. Huyen VT, Phan DV, Thang P, Hoa NK, Ostenson CG. :Antidiabetic
effect of Gynostemma pentaphyllum tea in randomly assigned type 2
diabetic patients.: Hormone Metabolism Research. 2010. 42(5):353-7.
5. Hardie DG. "AMP-activated protein kinase
Yours in Health and Wellness,
John W Brimhall, DC, BA, BS, FIAMA, DIBAK
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