How to Keep Your Mitochondria Healthy and Yourself Young!

Mitochondria are organelles within each cell that produce energy from the food you eat and the oxygen you breathe.

Tissues and organs that require more energy have more mitochondria in their cells because they need more energy. Muscle tissue, the liver, heart and kidneys all have more mitochondria in their cells.

It’s very exciting that scientists have discovered that healthy mitochondria are essential for healthy cellular aging!

What does this mean for you? This means that supporting your mitochondria, keeping them healthy and maintaining a high density of them may help support you to age healthfully and gracefully.

Strategies to Support Your Mitochondria 

• Eat a clean unprocessed diet with lots of healthy fruits and vegetables and foods high fiber and healthy fats (wild caught fish, grass fed meat, avocados, nuts and seeds) to support your mitochondria. And stay well-hydrated too. Emphasize greens, sulfur-rich and detoxifying cruciferous vegetables, brightly colored fruit and vegetables.
• Minimize processed flours, added sugars, trans fats
• Support your gut health with diet and protocols to keep you regular (important for immune health and for detoxifying)
• Maintain your muscle mass with strength training, high-intensity interval training and gentle outdoor exercise
• Nutrition supplements that protect mitochondria include  Omega-3 Fatty Acids (Fish Oil), N-acetylcysteine (NAC), Glutathione, CoEnzyme Q10, Tru Niagen Pro 1000 mg, alpha-lipoic acid, resveratrol, berberine, and Acetyl-L-carnitine.
  

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It’s Not the Fountain of Youth But….

Did you know that Nicotinamide Riboside (a form of vitamin B3, but not niacin), is known to increase the body’s ability to produce energy in the mitochondria?

Nicotinamide Riboside also shows promise to restore the body’s ability to regenerate and repair itself.

“An international study, published in the Journal Science has led to a promising breakthrough in the field of anti-aging medicine. A vitamin called nicotinamide riboside (NR) — already known to boost metabolism — has been found to restore the body’s ability to regenerate and repair itself.

The regenerative capacity of cells and organs deteriorates with age. The “powerhouses” of cell function — called mitochondria — lose energy over time and prevent cells from regenerating as they once did.”

Full article: “Vitamin found to delay aging process in organs.”

Nicotinamide Riboside is found naturally in minute quantities in milk and beer and as a nutrition supplement  – Tru Niagen Pro.

Additional properties of Nicotinamide Riboside:

• Cognitive and neuroprotective support
• Metabolic and weight management support, including insulin sensitivity and support for fatty liver
• Promotion of healthy aging via activating the sirtuin enzyme
• Endurance support by increasing mitochondrial activity in the muscles, particularly cardiac muscle.
• Some dermatologists recommend nicotinamide to prevent common skin cancers in individuals who previously had skin cancer.

More About Nicotinamide Riboside.