Cell Power: When Your Body's Batteries Need Recharging

Mitochondrial dysfunction affects overall energy production and is linked to chronic conditions including fatigue, brain fog, and inflammatory disorders. We explore how to support cellular energy through nutrition, lifestyle, and mindset transformation.

• Mitochondria are the cell's powerhouse, affecting metabolism, oxidative stress, and cellular signaling
• Poor diet, medications, toxins, chronic stress, and inadequate exercise can disrupt mitochondrial function
• Key supplements for energy support include CoQ10, alpha-lipoic acid, acetyl-L-carnitine, magnesium, and B vitamins
• Lifestyle interventions like intermittent fasting, red light therapy, grounding, and quality sleep improve energy production
• Heavy metals including lead, arsenic, and mercury can directly poison mitochondria and decrease energy
• Energy production requires proper macronutrients (carbs, fats, proteins) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, cofactors)
• The "10 A's of Transformation" provide a holistic framework for energy enhancement: Awareness, Action, Alignment, Accountability, Acceptance, Authenticity, Attention, Adaptability, Appreciation, and Abundance

Chapters

• 0:48 Energy Production Fundamentals
• 2:27 Mitochondrial Dysfunction Explained
• 5:33 Improving Energy Production
• 11:17 Micronutrients and Energy Balance
• 16:58 Oxidative Stress and Its Impact
• 21:58 The A's of Transformation
• 30:36 Connor's Airbag Night

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:25

I'm just recording the topic about energy, so that's fine, yeah, and that is where we're at today.

Speaker 2: 0:35

Someone is spamming Okay. So five common things when it comes to energy production, things when it comes to energy production, and so think of it like what are the core principles that cause us energy dysfunction? What is also the let's? See bioenergetics of it and the body and how it produces. So what does that mean?

Speaker 1: 1:33

We'll also talk about the phase of transformation in your life and what does that mean? So that is the topics for today.

Speaker 2: 1:52

So that is the topics for today.

Speaker 1: 2:04

So when I'm talking about mitochondria dysfunction, I am talking about the cells have little mitochondria that are energy producing for the rest of the body. Um, and inside the cells they call them the powerhouse, and it affects your overall metabolism. Um can affect a lot of chronic disease and illness.

Speaker 2: 2:13

Um, it's reason and so important.

Speaker 1: 2:16

It helps metabolism, oxidize stress supports signaling um ways to, you know, get rid of any excess. So they call it um apolitosis, which is getting rid of any of the cellular or growing. So there's active phagia, or but, when your mitochondria are disrupted and they call dysfunctional like dysfunction and what I'll be through that word function. For me it means that they don't have as much production of energy, they are not able to decrease your stress levels and accumulate a lot of waste, and then eventually other inflammatory metabolic disorders come into play. Now, main things that come up in this usually are symptoms, and most people will find that this actually coincides with other illnesses. You'll see a lot of individuals with chronic fatigue, brain fog, muscle weakness, poor syndrome, me, fibromyalgia, some cardiovascular issues due to the oxidative stress, alzheimer's, inflammatory issues.

Speaker 2: 3:40

Now, when people talk about root cause of treatments, that really comes down to where is it aligned, you know, where are the infections versus chronic illness and how long has it been going on? Are we fixing it, preventing or managing it? So sometimes you can fix it early on, Sometimes you can, you know manage it and some of it as you can prevent.

Speaker 1: 4:02

To prevent, you know manage, or some of it is, you know, keeping it limited. Now, the problem is is that some people think that everything is you can get rid of, like, for example, diabetes type 2. That is not. You can manage it and keep it almost at K, but that doesn't mean once you have type 2 diabetes, you you can really put it in for admission, but you you still may have it as a disorder, so you can still pop up in genetics.

Speaker 1: 4:30

Nutrition-wise, what are you going to do for most of these menoplazmal health issues? They are usually anti-inflammatory and supportive foods or supplements to help with that. Main ones that are real key are CoQ10, ala, which is an apple of pig acid, which is really good for circulatory inflammatory. Coq10 works in many things. I've done it for fertility, inflammatory issues, cardiac acetyl-L-carotene, magnesium, a bunch of the B vitamins, creatine, things of that nature. Now, ways of improving, now this can be like cross the board improvement. Um, you can use lifestyle treatments like red light therapy, intermittent fasting and I'm a big intermittent fasting fan. Cold exposure I don't know, necessarily cold exposures might. I'm not a fan of that for everyone. I think it could be beneficial a little bit, but too much of it can actually bring cortisol levels or walk the cortisol Grounding I'm a big fan of. So what grounding is is you're going to put your feet on the ground, the actual earth, and you know, sit with it and kind of reset yourself. I'm going to be outside maybe later today. And then quality sleep so quality sleep can vary, like actually. And then quality sleep so quality sleep can vary, like actually last night would you believe our didn't get good quality sleep. My core levels were a little off and, you know, within reason I had a lot of things that were on my mind and I had to transition that. So what do I do? You know we don't take medicines. I do take some supplements as needed. Or I will take some peppermint tea, I will look some for some digestion because I noticed I was having a little digestion stuff, and then I will take some chamomile or a cortisol reset. So you know, having good quality sleep is a big factor too. And then different labs that I may do for individuals. When I'm checking some of this mitochondrial changes, I will do an oat test, dutch test. There's a metabolomics test by genova that I've used before and it'll kind of let me know what the markers are. So they're pretty more extensive. Not everybody needs these tests, but they're useful things that you can do to help support your energy levels, especially when you're when low.

Speaker 1: 6:47

Salmon, avocados, Brussels sprouts, broccoli sprouts hey, nice to meet you. Thanks for coming in. I appreciate you. Some types of fermented foods, protein intake how do you avoid some of these? You know it could be oh nice to meet you. You're welcome to come in and say hello. I think you you're avoiding sugars, you're trying to move um mindfulness wings, you know those kind of things.

Speaker 1: 7:16

Now, um, this comes up for an individual because these five core energy sucking kind of thing, when you're thinking about the decrease of your mitochondrial energy, your most people will have significant fatigue. They'll have burnout, low mood. I can definitely understand when that comes up for me. So when that does come up, I do gotta, you know, go to my foods, go to my, you know, supplements as needed and make sure I have proper, adequate nutrition to bring my body up. Um, not to mention that I have an iron deficiency issue. But think about the five cores of like fatigue. You know you're feeling it kind of burned out, depleted.

Speaker 1: 8:01

Um, depression happens for these individuals. Uh, their inflammatory processes, their SSRIs, are low. Things are just not working necessarily properly. A little bit of headaches. The reason the CoQ10 and magnesium work is that their vasodilators should let their open up the vessels. Nice to meet you. Thanks for coming in. How are you? I hope you're having a good day. Thanks, carly. I'd recommend anyone that comes in and says hello, I appreciate that.

Speaker 1: 8:35

So, neurogenetic disorders like Parkinson's or MS. The reason these are energetically fragile is because you've impaired the transporting systems that give the neurons the benefits to work more. And you know the hallmark signs there is like this is when it's really severe that the executive functions start changing and your memory starts changing and inflammatory spots and then complex pain disorders are also affected from the mitochondria. And this can actually, you can actually find there. Yes, there's always going to be a genetic component to some of this, but then there will be some parts where it can be improved with dietary supplements and prevention of some or in learning how to manage. So that's a factor too. How do you think this like? What can you do to help these individuals that may already be like challenged?

Speaker 1: 9:37

So when I talk a ton about protein, I talk about so that the macros are fats, carbohydrates and protein, with a little bit of um. You know, if the pyramid was put properly and our foods were discussed properly, when you have the adequate amount of carbs, the good carbs, the adequate amount of fats, the adequate amount of proteins, you would do well. So proteins are, you know, breaking down into amino acids. Your carbs turn into sugar. Um, you know. And then, if I get real bio biochemistry, like with you, you know the different um energies that produce and the fatty acids, the different energy.

Speaker 1: 10:17

There is nad fad. You'll hear a lot about um, the. The big hype now is nad NAM and the thing there is, if you can increase your NAD then your cellular reproduction and cellular regeneration is improved. So when you look at that at a cellular level, then you start doing that, long-term you'll know that your body will um show, your body will improve. So it's it's when you're giving your body the correct amount of things or if you find that there. So my job as a provider that sees individuals is that to see if there's any sort of disconnect there, if it, you know, if it's just food related or is there an actual some sort of pathway that I can maybe improve for that person.

Speaker 1: 11:12

Yes, you know, that's where I try, because it's, you know it's complex. You know the hi. Good morning, thanks for coming in. I really appreciate you just stopping in. Thanks so much, very nice. Um, my goal is to at least give you some information. Some things here are a little bit complex, but don't in any way feel, you know, you can't like get a takeaway, because I want you to be a takeaway and learn some ways.

Speaker 1: 11:42

The next big component thinking about mitochondrial energy and how it's produced. Pig component thinking about mitochondrial energy and how it's produced. Think of it like the carbs, the B vitamins, the fats. Energy is produced, usually with vitamins of, like nitrogen, marlaphalin ways to get more of that energy back. Like you know, when someone's like I'm depleted, how do I improve it? You want to improve your macronutrients, but you want to have it with good quality macronutrients. So macronutrients is carbs, fats, proteins. They provide the fuel. So if I just had protein, my body would not be able to bring everything down because it still needs carbs and fats, but it needs it in the right manner.

Speaker 1: 12:23

Now, micronutrients have to do with vitamins, minerals andfactors, and those are the things that help run the machine, help run it to get going, and when you have a nice symbiotic, good balance, the cofactors and the carbs work together. So think of it like your carbs are the pathway to the energy, to the energy. So it helps glucose and turns into breaking down and called glycolysis, and then, and it goes into the you know um, krebs cycle and stuff, and I don't want to go too much into that, but think of it, the fastest ways you're getting fastest source to generate energy. Then you've got fats. Now fats are like omega-3, um, and that helps with may need some cofactors. Now protein is amino acids that are broken down and then go into the crumb state.

Speaker 1: 13:20

The whole idea is to break the crumb state and you'll probably hear a little car racing around too, and it's going to help people. So the micronutrients let's think I'll talk a little bit about micronutrients. I hope you guys can hear me, okay. So micronutrients that is important for the body. You talked about B vitamins. So all of the B vitamins are pretty, pretty important Eat, b12, b1, thiamine it helps lower the fatigue.

Speaker 1: 13:53

B2, it helps with it's a precursor. So all of these cofactors are going to help improve, like kind of the machine. So think of it's like these screws or their oil so that it oils the machine, so that that creme cycle. Think of that as maybe the engine that will help keep going. Um, these uh, cofactor micronutrients will help keep that shuttle, that engine, running properly.

Speaker 1: 14:14

It needs the right amount of oil, needs the right amount of parts, it needs the right things to work together, the right amount of nutrients. So when I tell you and say that nutrient-dense foods are super important and majority of the time we don't have the adequate amount, I can tell you 100%, myself included, if you don't have the right amount of vitamins, nutrients and food intake, you're going to be depleted and then over time it becomes a vicious cycle. So adequate ones in this for energy production and getting you back into. So if you were having tired, fatigued, you know these would be b vitamins, magnesium, iron. So for me I'm iron deficient, so I always have to be pretty, um pretty adamant about taking my iron because I I actually have iron deficiency anemia in general. I have to work on my microbiome, which we've talked about previously, and alpha-lupic acid harnessing is transport for my microbiome and glutathione, zinc, selenium, manganese.

Speaker 1: 15:17

Thanks for coming in. What causes these imbalances? Most people don't even realize that they have an imbalance or why they have an imbalance. Thanks so much for coming in, I really appreciate it. Why do you have an imbalance? Um, usually it's because of poor diet. Um medications there's medications of statins, coq10s, metformin can cause b12 loss.

Speaker 1: 15:38

Toxins like heavy metals, chronic stressors, alcohol, overtraining, undertraining, doing too little too less that can always be a factor too. And then how do we, you know, how do you improve it? So, most of the time is, I will check these individuals for micronutrient testing, if I, you know, initially worked on their dietary issues, and I may do a stool testing, and then I will do an oat or dutch test too. Those are kind of the just, though, just to kind of get an idea, if there is a mitochondrial connection and mitochondria will test the mom. So, um, genetic wise, we know how you will do in your, where your mother's genetics are. So most of that and the deficiency.

Speaker 1: 16:28

So let's talk oxidative stress.

Speaker 1: 16:34

So, with oxidative stress, you've got certain things that we can do that can reduce it and certain things that you can do that can reduce it and certain things that you can do that will not help it.

Speaker 1: 16:48

Think of it like oxidative stress is the things that are kind of cause the body to increase the cortisol and excess then decreases your overall production of the energy. The sources of these problems come when, on a cellular level, the body doesn't have enough oxygen and it damages the membranes of the cell On a chronic inflammatory process when it's too much inflammation. Chronic inflammatory process, when it's too much inflammation you've got they call them m kappas or cytokines that causes an inflammatory response which then that sustained amount of inflammation long term can cause a reduction of energy and mitochondria. Environmental toxins such as mercury, arsenic, fluoride and different environment can have a direct poisoning of that energy in the mitochondrial and then can get into like the radicals possible at some point. On cancer causing issues, heavy metals um medications there's a variety of medications that can cause issues um nutritional deficiencies, like I haven't stated prior, and some of it is hypoglycemic, hyperglycemia or hyperinsulinia too much insulin within and sugar um mitochondrial um issues and then aging.

Speaker 1: 18:14

So overall, you know the aging process we will have changes and there will be changes in our, in your body. There will be changes that will eventually um decrease the mitochondrial energy and through time that does happen. But can you improve it? Yes, you know, with the nad, with um food intakes and how you work with other, even additional skeletal muscle, um heavy metals that are pretty big in problematic for mitochondrial energy and energy within. Usually when there's a lead overload, arsenic, that's usually um. I have to tell people to really watch their rice. Mercury that can become from um fillings. Lead is from could be from paint, could just be exposure.

Speaker 2: 19:02

Arsenic is like this with the rice and then catamin not too much, but sometimes that could be there too. I'm nice to meet you.

Speaker 1: 19:11

Statins you can hear my son in the background and then medications um and then um medications that usually are a problem for your energy levels uh, statins, um types of pesticides that are out there and says too much uh, talamal or advil can also cause long disruption. But it's basically think of it like too much of something can be like a lot. You know, when you have too much of it it can be a problem, but um many issues with it have to just think of it like erosion, like you have brain fog, you have fibromyalgia because long-term, you know use of things. Um, that has not been and that never really has been improved or changed or so. Nice to meet you. Thanks for coming in. If you came in, I appreciate you. Thanks, babe, do see you coming in.

Speaker 1: 20:06

So, and how to improve it. So I'm just kind of, you know, going in the conversation of oxidative stress triggers, how do we improve that? Um, what we can consume in the best manner to get there and I usually tell people you know um, when we can figure out where the nutritional deficiency are is where you can improve. So, for example, when you look at a testing, yes, okay, let's see that.

Speaker 1: 20:33

All right, let's check it out then and then when you're talking about the people ask you about like the big thing now is what can I see that? Please, can I see it? Can you bring it over here? And then, when you're okay, I need to put it in the. Give me the ambulance.

Speaker 2: 21:02

All right.

Speaker 1: 21:03

So when we're talking about any data here, that has been energy production All right continue our conversation on mitochondrial function.

Speaker 1: 21:35

So the mitochondria um, how it maintains a homeostatic state so that we have the proper amount of energy nice to meet you, thanks for coming in is by bioenergetics, which means having the proper pathways, having the proper um amount of like chemical ions that help with the signaling of the cells to then build and produce the right amount of energy or atp, and in turn, that signaling is done by different components in the body and these are such like iron, zinc, copper, glutathione. These are also used and helpful when you're using vitamin C, vitamin E in the body, carrots like a carotene, and ways that this is produced even more is by having that great amount of nutrient balance. So when we're having an imbalance, you'll hear someone. It gets a little bit complex, but when you, hey, nice to meet you, ashley?

Speaker 2: 22:48

what is up? How's it going? Hope your day is well. Mama 36,. What's up? Keep it up, girl. Keep it severe. You might hear my explain in the background.

Speaker 1: 22:59

Keep it up so in energy formations, like we want the body to have the amount. Connor, can you go? You okay, you okay, oh, that's fine. Sorry, you'll hear my son in the background. He's just having fun with his ambulances. He's having a good time. Have fun, baby, don't worry about it. Um, so when I drink my energy yes, my love the hose keeps it. Oh, we'll have to get you. We'll have to see if we can fix the hose. All right, so then let's just talk about quick tips on how to improve it.

Speaker 1: 23:49

So most people just want to know how to aim for energy. To accept the tag girls. Oh, nice, good job. Hope you're doing well with it. Hope it's going well for you. Good Married white. Yeah, keep it up. I hope your journey has been going well.

Speaker 1: 24:07

I talk a ton about GOP ones. I wrote a course on it. I have an innovative family ones. I wrote a course on it. I have an innovative family entity. So you're welcome to ask me any questions that you have, side effects things, anything of that nature. I've also used the medications and also had microdoses. So you know there's a variety of things you could do with it. Hope you're doing well. If you have any questions, you're welcome to ask. Um, if you have any questions, you're welcome to ask.

Speaker 1: 24:33

How do we support energy production? How do we support it so it's in balance? Um, main ones and pretty easy ones. Think of it like avoiding processed sugars, seed oils, daily movement. Um, I'm even wearing this vest, like, because anytime I'm even walking around the house, I'm wearing it so that I'm doing some sort of skeletal muscle muscle. You know, memory, practicing mindfulness. I talk about that on a regular. How do you become mindful each and every day? Can you prioritize your sleep and trying to get yourself into circadian rhythm? Now, how do you get yourself into circadian rhythm? What that means is, hopefully, with your jobs or your work, your life, you're able to close your eyes when it's dark out and open your eyes when it's light out. Now, if you're in an environment where it's mostly light or mostly dark, you want to keep that environment dark when you're sleeping and bring in more light when you work so the body can build up energy.

Speaker 1: 25:31

Yes, love bug energy yes, love bug, yes, love bug. And then we're going to talk about the A-spectrum transformation to build up. Which one is that? Is that your helicopter? Are you going to help people from that? Nice for transformation.

Speaker 1: 25:48

So if you do follow me, you'll know. You know, I talk about the a's of straight a's for transformation. I talk about that a lot, and what I mean by that hi, what's up? Thanks for coming in, you know. And what I mean by that is um, oh, what's up, how's it going? How going, how you doing? Thanks for popping in, thanks for sending a gift. I appreciate it. That's really sweet. So I'm talking about the. My last part of the topic for today is the A's in transformation. So you can get A's in your life by just following these 10 A's in your life. By just following these 10 A's, um, and what I mean by that is when you can get A's in your life just by presenting yourself in the most positive way. Um, my A's and I live by this. Um are thanks so much. Oh, my gosh, let me pin you. I'm trying to see if I can pin you. Let me pin you, I can try to see. Oh, yeah, I can pin you.

Speaker 2: 26:52

Thanks so much, miley. What up, how are you doing?

Speaker 1: 26:55

What is your? Oh, I don't know if you had something you were thinking. What's up? How are you doing? Good, thanks for coming in. I appreciate it and hasn't sent yet. Oh, that's okay, you can send me anything. I appreciate you just stopping in. Thank you very much for coming in. I am going over. You'll hear my son's helicopter in the background. He is making transportation. Right, where are you going Transport? He's doing a little transportation and we're talking about awareness.

Speaker 2: 27:29

So the 10 A's. I'll first tell you what they are. I'll describe them a little bit.

Speaker 1: 27:31

So the 10 A's are awareness, action, alignment, accountability, acceptance, authenticity, attention, adaptability, appreciation and abundance. You'd be surprised it's 10. But it is, and they're pretty effective. So awareness, this is being into your first step of transformation, and what that means is you're about to be present in the moment, in your breathing, when you're aware of your thoughts, your feelings and your actions. Now the next step for that is action. So anyone can be aware, but if they don't take any actionable steps, then they're not going to make any change. Sorry, I cannot let you sit on your rock and meditate, but if you don't take an actionable step, so if you don't take a step, then the change won't happen.

Speaker 1: 28:23

You do need to make those small steps every day to make a change. Now how do you do that? Usational steps. One you need to make change by. You start making those little changes right, one by one Connor making his little helicopter and he's making his little and he's flying around right. So we're doing that Alignment.

Speaker 1: 28:43

Now how do you align yourself with the right people? You center yourself, your heart, mind, heart, mind and body first, and then you can be the best version of yourself for someone else. So for me to be the best version of myself for others. I try to center myself. So, before even coming on this live, I try to center myself.

Speaker 1: 29:01

Or I mean, you know, no day is perfect but and I don't think it ever will and I think people have to just kind of present who they are each and every day, when it's good and bad. And I'm here for you too. You know, like it, you need to convert, converse and discuss on something. No, I'm here to hear you. I have you know. Let me know if you want to be a guest. I'm here to chat with you at some point and, you know, connect with you and help guide you. Um, being accountable when you can, can be accountable, taking responsibility for your actions. You'd be surprised how much change is there Acceptance of things that you cannot change and accepting of things that are about yourself, that's not perfect, or things that you would like to make change to so that you can make more.

Speaker 1: 29:45

Oh, where are you going? And this one is accepting this teleprompter to go make a mission and then being authentic like who are you what? How do you want to present yourself into this world right now? Being yourself and the most vulnerable is hard sometimes, and being who you are without feeling judged um, that doesn't always work, but you know what I have to tell you. It's okay, like I'm okay with who I am at this moment, right now. Maybe I wasn't like that 10 years ago, but right here, right now, this is where I want to be and I hope that, if anything on this, I can help one person Attention.

Speaker 1: 30:25

This is about paying attention to detail, small and big, being attentive to yourself. As an individual that had pretty bad ADD and distractions and anxiety, I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to get that in tune and it's a work in progress. Right, it's always going to be something. What it is is, um, when you start to become and take up some of the clutter and and um hone in like. That's why I try to do a topic per se, so that I'm not all over the place with a conversation, so that at least there's something that you guys can kind of, you know, grab on to um and then that's not just for you, that's for me too. I don't um, I didn't want to just be the um an engagement room, because I I don't want it to. You know, I want people to completely engage if they come in here. Absolutely, I would love that. But I do also want to have some sort of you know, resources for you.

Speaker 1: 31:20

And the last one there is after you pay attention, is adaptability. So how do you adapt to your environment? Well, no, that's the last one. Adaptability is the eighth one. It's about adapting to different environments, adapting to how to roll with the punches, how to make change when things happen right.

Speaker 1: 31:36

You know, I didn't think my son would be home today. I thought I'd go do this by myself, but I wasn't able to. That's okay. I'm going to invite Stephanie she's not busy, she's not going to come in Appreciation, appreciating different things in your life. You know, right now I'm trying to appreciate this time I have with my little one. He's only going to be young for so long. Eventually, I think he's not going to want to be around me and just connect. So you know, I just want to be able to give him that and be happy with where you are good and bad wherever that may be. Middle-aged said oh, thank you. Thank you so much. I really appreciate you. That's really sweet. And abundance. This is about living your life in abundance of not being afraid to receive, not be afraid to give, not be afraid to change.

Speaker 2: 32:32

And what is this one?

Speaker 1: 32:33

Oh, this one's making a rescue up here. So he's abundantly always wanting to help and I hope that I guide and connect and bring him the most supportive love that I can for him so that when he's in the world that he can also find that for others. So on that note, those are the conversation of mitochondrial energy, the energy in our life and what we produce. When we're having a good day or bad day, you know and how to reset it. You know, like I said, I had a rough night, but how do I reset that day so that I can get?

Speaker 2: 33:06

to the next moment. Yeah, connor had an airbag night. What's?

Speaker 1: 33:09

an air one. Yeah, Connor had an airbag night. What's an airbag night? Explain to me what an airbag night is.

Speaker 2: 33:15

It's like a night where you had a dream and you didn't like it, so you keep worrying about it.

Speaker 1: 33:22

So my son had a dream that he was worried, worried about right. And then how did we? How did we get past that? We breathe you talk to me, right. And then did we talk about something else, that to change their thought process. You thought you're thinking, what did you do? You tell me, you breathe, you talk to me. He was happy and he had a dream he didn't want to have right, and what was the dream about?

Speaker 1: 34:00

It was about an airbag. It was about an airbag that he didn't want to know about. Well, what he did is he reset, you know, and he re-centered and then he talked to mommy about it. Right, can you breathe? How are you feeling now, my love?

Speaker 2: 34:14

good in the morning.

Speaker 1: 34:15

Good in the morning, oh, that's good. Well, if you guys have anything, you know, um, if you want to be on now, I'm going to start doing guests and I'm going to put another bit of music on and now I'm going to go.