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00:01 The Rimac Never boasts 1,914 horsepower.
00:06 It was born to outperform. 00:09 And no, I'm not driving one. 00:10 If that number doesn't mean anything to you, 00:12 consider that the Mitsubishi I, which is the wimpiest car 00:15 in America, only has 66 horsepower. 00:19 Today we're going to be talking about your horsepower. 00:22 And it has nothing to do with what kind of car you drive. 00:24 It has everything to do with the quadrillion mitochondria 00:27 that live inside of you. 00:29 So if you're feeling like you need a little more horsepower, 00:32 today is the program for you. 00:52 Honestly, it's not fair comparing a human with a Rimac Nevera. 00:57 We were born to outperform, but not like that. 01:00 If you've watched the previous programs, you know something 01:02 about mitochondria and the role they play 01:05 when it comes to our health and energy level. 01:08 We've learned that certain things can cause them 01:10 not to work so well. 01:12 Can you list some of them? 01:13 Not exercising, overeating, eating too much sugar, fat, 01:18 not exposing ourselves to sunlight, alcohol, tobacco, 01:22 environmental toxicants; they all hurt our mitochondria. 01:25 But today we're going to focus on what we can do 01:28 to get them pumped. 01:30 They are the most important organelle in the cell, 01:33 in terms of our energy, in terms of our metabolism. 01:37 If they're working well, we will have enough energy, 01:41 our metabolism will be working out well, 01:44 we will not be putting on weight. 01:46 But if they are not working well, the opposite will happen. 01:49 We will just gradually put on more and more weight, 01:52 we will feel sluggish, 01:55 we will feel like we don't have enough energy. 01:58 And the question is, can we do something about it 02:01 when that happens? 02:03 Or is it too late? 02:05 We did a study exactly on this. 02:08 We brought in people who were in their 50s and 60s. 02:12 And they were like, "My metabolism is so slow, 02:16 I just seem to be gaining weight from just breathing air." 02:20 And we were like, "Well, let's see what we can do 02:25 with a plant-based diet." 02:27 So we put them on a low fat vegan diet for 16 weeks, 02:31 and we measured their metabolism using the indirect calorimetry 02:36 which is a machine that looks like a spaceship. 02:40 We place like a clear hood over your head 02:43 when you come to the lab, 02:45 and you just breathe normally, for 15 minutes. 02:48 And we measure the carbon dioxide output. 02:51 Based on that, we're able to calculate how many 02:54 calories you're burning. 02:56 And so we measured the energy expenditure at baseline, 03:03 and then after 16 weeks on a low-fat vegan diet. 03:07 And we found out that A low-fat vegan increased 03:10 the energy expenditure by 14%. 03:14 It increased the thermic effect of food, which is the 03:19 increase of energy released in the form of heat 03:23 after we eat a meal. 03:25 When it's winter time, for example, we eat a meal 03:29 and we warm up because of the thermic effect of food. 03:33 Because there is some energy released in the form of heat. 03:36 And wouldn't that be wonderful if we could just 03:40 eat anything we wanted and just burn the extra energy 03:43 in the form of heat? 03:45 And that's exactly what a low fat vegan diet was doing. 03:48 It was actually helping to burn more calories. 03:53 So a plant-based diet is just amazing in terms of 03:57 being like a jump-starter of the metabolism. 04:03 Did you catch that? 04:04 I think I heard Dr. Kahleova just say that we could eat 04:07 whatever we want on a vegan diet. 04:10 Talk about an oxymoron. Too funny. 04:13 But weren't the results from that study encouraging? 04:15 I mean, four months on a plant-based diet 04:18 tuned up and revved up the engine. 04:21 What else revs up the mitochondria? 04:23 Yeah, so the mitochondria are very dependent on nutrients 04:27 for support and functioning properly. 04:29 And so those are things like zinc, B vitamins, 04:34 and also coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid, 04:41 and acetyl-L-carnitine actually really helps 04:44 boost mitochondrial function as well. 04:47 And I'm always careful with this because there's no 04:50 one size fits all, just take this nutrient and you're 04:52 mitochondria is going to work well. 04:54 But the point being we can get these nutrients from food, 04:58 but we just need to know what we're looking for. 05:01 Again, going back to that whole food, a variety, 05:04 plant-based diet, really making sure that they're rich 05:07 in antioxidants and some of these mitochondrial supporters. 05:11 Yeah, there are definitely things that we can do 05:13 to help our mitochondria to function better 05:17 and to protect them. 05:18 Really, we're talking about antioxidants 05:20 when we talk about that. 05:22 And okay, so a couple of levels, right. 05:26 So first of all, we want to try to manage our stress correctly 05:29 so that we're not causing our mitochondria to over work. 05:33 But we all deal with stress. 05:35 And so especially for those of us that have a lot of 05:37 stress in our lives antioxidants are very important. 05:41 And so how do we get those? 05:43 Well, a healthy diet is the best way to actually get those. 05:46 So I really advocate for a whole food plant-based diet 05:50 because that's going to be very rich in antioxidants. 05:52 And what's interesting is that they've actually sometimes 05:57 try to supplement with antioxidants, and sometimes 05:59 it can have some affect, but oftentimes it doesn't have 06:03 the effect that they always expect. 06:05 And I think that is because, you know, God makes fruits, 06:09 vegetables, all of these things, in a perfect way so there are 06:13 so many different nutrients in there, 06:15 and so many different things that complement each other. 06:18 When you just try to isolate one, you don't know 06:21 what that's going to do in isolation. 06:22 But if you eat the whole food, the whole fruit, 06:25 the whole vegetable, then it really becomes 06:28 the way God meant it to help our bodies. 06:30 And that can be one of the best ways to actually protect 06:33 our mitochondrial function. 06:35 I like that. 06:37 He's just provided us with specific nutrients that can 06:39 support healthy mitochondria. 06:41 Alpha lipoic acid, better known as ALA, 06:44 coenzyme Q10, d-ribose, and AC, 06:48 as well as several others that have been found to be 06:50 supportive when strategically used. 06:52 But nutrients and food aren't the only things we can do 06:55 to support our mitochondria. 06:56 Yeah, because exercise is so dramatic, actually building up 07:01 the ability of the body to produce more mitochondria 07:05 and for the mitochondria to be able to 07:08 be more functional over time. 07:11 It's the synergy between all those things together. 07:14 And you know, the really good news is, there are actually 07:17 some really cool strategies that you can use to actually boost 07:21 mitochondrial number as well as mitochondrial function. 07:26 And so they've done a fair amount of studies, 07:28 especially looking at athletes because of course 07:30 athletes are always interested in "How can I get more energy? 07:33 How can I perform better?" 07:35 And so one of the things they found is if you do 07:39 endurance aerobic exercise, that's actually a wonderful way 07:42 to boost the number of mitochondria 07:45 in your muscle cells. 07:46 But it also boosts the number of mitochondria 07:49 throughout your body as well. 07:51 Even up to 40% depending on what kind of endurance 07:55 training that you're doing. 07:57 And another way that it relates to exercise, 08:02 they see this especially with sprinters or cyclists, 08:06 where they do high intensity interval training, 08:10 HIIT training they call it, where you hit it really hard 08:14 and you might sprint on a bike or sprint when you're running, 08:18 and do that for 30 seconds or so. 08:21 And then you bring it down, you're still exercising, 08:25 but at a much lower pace. 08:27 And so that kind of pushes your body, 08:29 it adds to the stress. 08:31 And you might think, "Oh, that's bad, right? 08:32 We don't want to over stress our mitochondria." 08:34 But what's interesting, if you just stress it for a short time, 08:38 that actually makes your body more resilient 08:41 and will help your mitochondria in the long run 08:44 to function better. 08:45 It will increase the number of mitochondria that you have. 08:50 Now you might be thinking, "Sprinting? Really? 08:53 I'm barely getting up out of my La-Z-Boy." 08:56 Not to worry. 08:58 HIIT can be adapted to your physical condition. 09:01 HIIT stands for high intensity interval training; HIIT. 09:07 So, for example, let's say you walk. 09:10 Applying HIIT, you would walk your normal pace 09:13 for a few minutes, and then increase your speed 09:15 and intensity for a minute, and then go back to walking 09:18 your normal speed for a few minutes, followed by 09:21 that short burst of walking faster. 09:23 And you can adapt that to any kind of activity you're doing. 09:26 That is just so interesting, though, that if we want 09:28 a strong, healthy mind, we need to physically exercise. 09:33 Exercise relieves our brain, it reduces stress. 09:36 Bring it on. 09:37 What I am thinking about, though, is specifically when it 09:40 comes to exercise, you know, mitochondria actually grow. 09:45 You have increase in mitochondria when you exercise. 09:48 And so that's really one of the ways in which 09:51 we can reduce the degeneration of mitochondria, 09:54 is by staying active. 09:56 And so that's pretty powerful to realize that 09:59 that's actually happening. 10:00 So you have certain muscle cells that have 10:03 more or less mitochondria in them. 10:06 And with exercise, we can actually increase the number 10:09 of mitochondria per muscle cell. 10:12 It's really hard to convince someone that, when you're tired, 10:15 the best thing to do is go out and do some activity, right? 10:19 And so a lot of times I think it's helping someone 10:23 shift their perspective on what that actually means. 10:26 So it might mean just going for a short little walk. 10:29 You know, starting where you feel like you can, 10:31 and then monitoring your symptoms and your fatigue 10:35 to see if, you know, there is that possibility for people 10:38 who really struggle with fatigue to overdo it 10:40 and make themselves worse. 10:41 And so you really have to help them learn how to 10:45 understand their own body and how they feel 10:48 so that they know where that limit is 10:50 And it may be that you just start with 3 minutes, 5 minutes 10:53 just gently walking. 10:54 Maybe just walking in place, maybe just standing up 10:57 during the commercial of whatever you're watching 11:00 and just step in place. 11:02 You know, certain things like that. 11:03 Start really, really slow, start really low. 11:07 And have people realize it's activity that matters. 11:09 It's not necessarily like exercise. 11:13 You know, like you're going to go out and run a marathon 11:15 or something like that, it's just something to be active. 11:18 And the 2018 guidelines that came out for physical activity, 11:22 one of the things that they added was sit less, move more. 11:26 And it used to be that we recommended for you to do 11:28 your aerobic exercise no less than 10 minutes at a time 11:32 in order to get the benefit. 11:33 And we started to realize when we looked at the data 11:35 and the 2018 guidelines came out, they basically said 11:38 anything you can do helps. 11:40 Just do something. 11:41 Randomly, intermittently throughout your day. 11:44 Find something you can do that will help you. 11:46 And so for people who have that fatigue, 11:48 it's just what can you do? 11:50 Can you play with your dog? Can you play with your cat? 11:52 Can you play with your kids? 11:53 Can you go for a short little walk? 11:55 Like, what in their life can they add that would help them? 11:59 Because a lot of times people will have, not just physical 12:02 fatigue, but emotional or mental fatigue. 12:05 And so when we think about them experiencing fatigue, 12:08 I also want to explore what that fatigue, where its cause is. 12:12 And then even if it's emotional and mental fatigue, 12:15 we can still use physical activity to help moderate that, 12:19 Because physical activity really helps calm the nervous system 12:23 and really helps bring the emotions under control. 12:27 And so it's a huge stress reliever. 12:29 So we use even low intensity physical activity, 12:32 it can be a huge autonomic nervous system modulator 12:36 and can help reduce the stress and the emotions. 12:38 And so if the fatigue is from that, I can often 12:41 go at it from that angle so they understand, 12:43 "Hey, this physical activity is not even necessarily 12:46 for the physical. 12:47 It's actually to relieve your 12:49 brain fatigue that you're feeling. 12:51 And so they can start to understand, "Oh, okay, okay," 12:54 those connections and how those pieces fit together. 12:57 That is just so interesting, that if we want a strong 13:00 healthy mind, we need to physically exercise. 13:04 Exercise relieves our brain and reduces stress. 13:07 Bring it on. 13:08 So in support of mitochondria function, we have 13:13 exercise, and sleep, and then good nutrition. 13:15 There's no way around the need for our systems, 13:18 all of our cells, to require adequate nutrition. 13:22 Clean living, as defined by science, is a particular 13:26 type of eating, a particular kind of movement, 13:30 a particular kind of stress on the brain, yes. 13:33 There's good stress and bad stress. 13:36 Good stress is important. 13:37 There's a reason that we have all those neurons. 13:39 Because it wants to be challenged. 13:41 It wants to be creative. It doesn't want to be dormant. 13:44 Yeah, sitting on the beach for a couple of days is great. 13:47 Sitting on a beach for a year, that brain is mush. 13:50 So move that brain. 13:52 We say, don't retire. Rewire. 13:54 Push the cells, push them so they can make connections. 13:57 How many connections? 13:58 Each neuron can make a couple of connections 14:00 or as many as 30,000 connections. 14:04 When they compare the brain to muscle, 14:07 it's a disservice to the brain. 14:10 The biggest human being you know is three times bigger 14:12 than they could have been. 14:13 Maybe three times. 14:15 But we're talking about each neuron making as many as 14:20 30,000 connections. 14:22 That's 15,000 times bigger. 14:24 That puts the incredible Hulk to shame. 14:28 That tells you what power we have in our control. 14:32 With simple things. 14:33 Keeping the brain moving and challenged. 14:35 And we'll talk about that. 14:37 Giving it the kind of food that gives it energy, 14:40 but without making it weak and tired, 14:43 and puts you into food coma. 14:44 There's a reason it's called, food coma. 14:47 And giving it the kind of rest that actually 14:50 completely cleanses the brain. 14:51 Those are powerful things. 14:53 The numbers are just bewildering. 14:56 A single neuron can have 30,000 connections? 15:00 That's amazing. 15:01 I love Dr. Sherzai's advice earlier. 15:04 Don't retire. Rewire. 15:06 Health energy flows to the brain cells is what makes this happen. 15:10 That's what maintains a healthy brain. 15:12 It's mitochondrial dysfunction that contributes to 15:14 brain and mental health disorders. 15:16 One of the ways mitochondria stay healthy 15:19 is by producing their own antioxidant. 15:22 It turns out that mitochondria themselves can produce 15:25 melatonin for their own use. 15:27 And that happens during the day. 15:29 And do you know what the stimulus is? 15:31 - No. - It's in sunlight. 15:33 It's not ultraviolet. 15:35 It turns out its infrared light from sunlight. 15:37 It gets through our clothing, penetrates our clothing 15:39 and our skin, and gets into our system 15:42 in a way that ultraviolet doesn't. 15:44 And apparently it's infrared light that stimulates 15:47 mitochondria to make melatonin within them 15:49 that helps them to clear out the dangerous 15:52 reactive oxygen species. 15:55 Did you catch that? 15:56 I find it so incredible that we are that intimately 16:00 connected with nature. 16:01 Rays of sunlight penetrate through our clothing 16:04 and our skin to the mitochondria, 16:07 and help them protect themselves by producing melatonin. 16:10 Who is melatonin? 16:12 She's one of our antioxidants that neutralizes ROS 16:15 and the stress he causes. 16:16 Remember ROS? 16:18 Our body also makes vitamin D 16:20 when our skin is exposed to sunlight. 16:21 And there's a direct relation between vitamin D levels 16:24 and mitochondrial performance. 16:26 Vitamin D deficiency reduces energy production. 16:30 Restoring optimal vitamin D though 16:32 through supplementation was found to improve mitochondrial 16:36 function in the skeletal muscle in a group of elderly 16:38 individuals, resulting in increased energy and strength. 16:43 What else can we do to support our mitochondria? 16:47 One of the ways that you can actually do that as well 16:50 is through intermittent fasting. 16:54 So that's a way, even though it's kind of like 16:56 you feel like you're starving your body, and it's stressful. 17:00 But again it's that mild shorter term stress. 17:04 And one of the reasons they think that fasting 17:08 can be so beneficial for brain health, as far as like 17:14 decreasing aging, and improving memory, 17:16 and improving overall cognitive function 17:19 is because it has that short-term stress, 17:23 but then it actually up-regulates the number of 17:26 mitochondria in the nerve cells. 17:28 And it also allows the brain to kind of go into a 17:31 little more of a resting state so you have 17:33 more of the opportunity to rejuvenate and to repair, 17:38 and that sort of thing. 17:40 From a lifestyle perspective, there's all kinds of things 17:43 that contribute to energy. 17:45 A person sits in a chair all day is going to become fatigued. 17:50 That doesn't make sense to a lot of people, 17:53 but you have to get out and you have to walk. 17:55 You have to exercise. 17:56 That's part of energy. 18:00 You have to make sure that you're eating proper foods. 18:03 The more prepared foods you eat, 18:06 the less energy you're going to have from it. 18:09 Now you can get away with some of this stuff if you're young, 18:12 but the older you get, the more problems you're going to have. 18:15 So food makes a difference. 18:18 You will have people come in that say they're very fatigued, 18:22 and yet when I do an examination, 18:24 put a tongue blade in their mouth, 18:25 the tongue blade literally sticks to the tongue. 18:28 What does that tell you? 18:30 They're dehydrated. 18:31 Dehydration can cause fatigue. 18:34 So you know, people will say, if they're over weight 18:38 they'll say things, they'll say, "Well, I'm constantly eating. 18:42 I'm hungry. I'm hungry." 18:43 Well, what we need to know again, is that frequently 18:46 hunger is a symptom of dehydration. 18:50 Energy can be all these different things mixed up. 18:57 Eating too much sugar can cause a similar problem. 19:00 And a lot of people, that's how they get their energy. 19:03 They like it when they eat that sugar drink or whatever. 19:06 They have more energy. 19:08 They don't realize that's destroying their energy 19:10 at a cell level. 19:12 They get a temporary lift with it just like with caffeine 19:15 and some of these other things. 19:16 But long term it's destroying their energy. 19:19 Highly processed foods can cause problems. 19:24 And we see this not so much at a cell level, per se. 19:31 If you think of a tree. 19:35 A tree has roots in the ground. 19:39 Then it has this big, long trunk. 19:41 And finally, it has branches and leaves. 19:44 And we look at the whole tree and we see the tree. 19:47 But we don't think of the fact that if the leaves start getting 19:51 problems, frequently it's due to the fact that the roots 19:54 aren't bringing in proper nutrition or water, or whatever. 19:58 It's the same thing with health. 20:00 Health is a very wholistic kind of thing. 20:03 We can point out certain conditions, 20:07 but unless we're looking at the entirety, 20:09 we're missing the underlying problem. 20:12 And that's were we aren't taught this in medical school. 20:19 And I'll be frank with you. 20:20 In medical school we really are taught that the reason you're 20:25 doing an examination, doing labs, asking questions, 20:28 is so you can get the proper diagnosis. 20:30 That's the whole key. 20:34 But I remember distinctly when I was in residency 20:38 at L.A. County Hospital in Ear, Nose, and Throat, 20:41 otolaryngologist, I remember I was on grand rounds 20:44 and I was presenting a patient. 20:46 And I presented this patient, I did a brilliant job, 20:49 if I do say so myself. 20:50 But at the end, one of the old guys came up to me, 20:55 looked me straight in the eyes and said, 20:57 "Doctor, are you treating the labs or the patient?" 21:04 That was old medicine, okay. 21:07 Nowadays, you don't even think of that. 21:08 We think of ourselves as scientists. 21:10 Labs are very accurate. 21:13 But as we have been talking before, 21:16 depending on the lab, we may have the wrong understanding 21:20 of what that lab is really telling us. 21:22 Or totally miss the boat. 21:25 I appreciate how candid Dr. Shearer is being. 21:28 So often, even with ourselves, we're treating the labs 21:30 and not the whole person. 21:31 His analogy of the tree was great; 21:33 the leaves, the branches, and where we see the manifestation 21:36 of symptoms in our health problems. 21:38 And that's typically where we apply treatment. 21:40 Directly to the leaves and branches. 21:42 But we also need to address what is going on at the root level. 21:46 When we start looking down there, we start realizing 21:49 how interrelated everything is and why things like nutrition, 21:53 exercise, sleep, stress, toxicants, and antioxidants 21:57 have such a profound influence on the quality of our life. 22:00 The mitochondria are highly affected by how we treat 22:03 ourselves, what we're exposed to how we live. 22:07 The engine of a car would be worthless 22:09 if it's just sitting out there by itself. 22:12 And even if it's in the car, it's worthless unless it's 22:16 connected to the rest of the parts of the car. 22:19 So, for instance, one of the key components of the cell: 22:25 so you have mitochondria that are in the cytoplasm, 22:28 which is in the fluid portion around the nucleus in the cell. 22:32 And there's hundreds, if not thousands 22:34 of these little organelles called mitochondria 22:37 in every cell of the body that are taking the fat 22:40 and the glucose from carbohydrates and converting 22:44 them into that usable energy. 22:46 Now there's other organelles, for instance, like the ribosome, 22:50 which are these macro molecular factories. 22:54 These are little miniature factories that produce 22:59 every protein in your body. 23:01 And without these very complex proteins, 23:07 there is no life. 23:09 That's one of the strongest arguments against 23:12 Darwinian evolution ever. 23:14 Because in order to produce even the simplest protein, 23:18 you have to have a very complex protein to do so. 23:23 And that's in the ribosome, right. 23:25 And so in order to produce protein, 23:29 you have to have ATP. 23:31 And where do you get your ATP? 23:34 Only the mitochondria. 23:36 So you have to have functioning mitochondria. 23:38 And that is why it's so critical that we have the right 23:42 lifestyle strategies, the right diet, 23:44 the right emphasis on exercise. 23:46 Balance in everything, because without that 23:49 we don't have healthy mitochondria. 23:51 We get so busy we can't rest. 23:53 We get so busy, we can't relax at the end of the day. 23:56 We get so busy, there's no time to exercise. 24:00 And what is the rush? 24:04 What is so important about this world 24:07 that we can't take care of even ourselves? 24:11 If we can't take care of ourselves, 24:13 how can we serve God by taking care of others? 24:17 You can't have health and you can't address disease 24:20 unless you have energy to do that. 24:22 And the only place in the body that creates energy 24:26 that other tissue, organelles, or cells of the body can use 24:31 is mitochondria. 24:33 So mitochondria are the generators of the cell. 24:36 Just like countries will pipe in gasoline 24:41 in order to generate electricity. 24:43 You have no electricity without gasoline. 24:46 Likewise, in our body, you have no electrical energy, 24:50 no nervous energy, no energy at all 24:53 without functioning mitochondria. 24:55 And so in order to have even minimal health, 24:58 you have to have adequate mitochondrial function 25:02 and production of that currency of energy 25:05 in the body called ATP. 25:06 But in order to have optimal health, you have to have 25:09 abundant amounts of ATP, but used in the right way. 25:15 When it comes to the health of the mitochondria, 25:18 or any particular compartment or element of the cell, 25:23 we have to realize that each part of the cell, 25:27 and the cells together, and the entire brain 25:30 architecture works in harmony. 25:32 You can't really start protecting one part specifically 25:37 and assume that everything else will fall in place. 25:40 You have to make sure that everything that you do 25:43 should be in synergy. 25:45 So when you're eating a healthy diet, 25:47 not only are you providing the right kind of environment 25:50 for the brain to heal itself, and to grow, and for the 25:53 mitochondria to thrive, you're actually providing 25:57 so much more for the support of structures. 26:00 And that's why there is a lot of great research 26:04 on the kind of things you can do to protect your mitochondria. 26:07 Which essentially comes from the idea of healthy lifestyle. 26:11 Eating the right kinds of foods, movement, 26:14 staying away from sedentary lifestyle, 26:16 making sure that we sleep well because that's the most 26:18 incredibly important time for the brain to cleanse itself. 26:22 And keeping those connections going with a purposeful, 26:26 meaningful life. 26:27 So when all of these done are in harmony, 26:29 the mitochondria thrive, the cellular structure thrives, 26:32 and everything works in a beautiful synergistic way. 26:36 And so some of the things we know that are beneficial 26:38 to mitochondria are kind of the usual things 26:44 that support good health. 26:45 So we know quite a lot now about how exercise 26:48 directly stimulates mitochondrial function. 26:51 It stresses them, actually, causes them to increase 26:54 their own stress level by the production of what are 26:56 called reactive oxygen species. 27:00 It forces the cells to sharpen up their mitochondria 27:04 and produce more mitochondria 27:06 for the production of more energy. 27:08 And that's a direct effect of exercise 27:09 of our muscles, evidently. 27:13 Good sleep apparently supports mitochondria 27:16 in some really interesting ways, 27:18 that I've just recently learned about. 27:21 We've all heard of melatonin and how melatonin comes from 27:24 our pineal gland when the sun goes down, 27:26 and the sky darkens, and we're designed to go to sleep 27:29 after the darkening of our environment. 27:32 The pineal gland secretes melatonin which has this 27:36 sort of go to sleep effect on all of our systems, 27:38 all of our cells. 27:40 One thing that melatonin also does evidently is 27:44 affects the mitochondria in such a way that helps 27:47 them to clean up the waste and the reactive oxygen species 27:51 that they have built up during that day's activity. 27:55 So this is one way in which good sleep at night is 27:59 vitally important for your daytime function. 28:02 We know that our glands, our mitochondria in our glands 28:04 will function better if we slept well at night. 28:06 And evidently, melatonin has an important function in that. 28:11 I am so motivated to take care of my mitochondria. 28:15 And I hope that you are too. 28:17 I look forward to seeing you next time on Made For Health. |
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