Have you ever noticed there is a generational difference in our health? Our grandparents seem to be healthier than our parents. Our children are even weaker when it comes to their immune system. While this seems to be a genetic deterioration of our immune system, science has proven that this is not the case. It is now proven that our immune system is made, not born. The key is in the power of antioxidants and making them bioavailable.
The big picture is microscopic
There is a secret to longevity but it’s probably not what you think. While there is a plethora of creams and lotions with celebrities stamp of approval claiming to turn back time, there is a way to add years to your life that won’t hit your pocket book.
First, let’s look at causes of aging and the primary offender, Free Radicals. Free radicals attack important macromolecules leading to cell damage and homeostatic disruption. But what are “Free Radicals” and where are we getting them?
In simpler terms, free radical damage comes with living. Not a single human being has immunity to free radical damage. For more information on free radicals and the damage they cause, this medical journal gives great information.
The power of antioxidants
While free radical damage is inevitable, the key to reversing is in the power of antioxidants. To give a better understanding, let me give you a visual. Imagine you walk in to the daycare where your precious child spends her day. You walk in to find her happily playing with a doll and it tugs at your heart strings. Then in the corner of your eye you see a little snot nosed kid heading straight for her happiness. He grabs that doll right out of her hands and she just falls apart crying. Right as you are about to go grab that little snot flicker and teach him a lesson, in steps the caretaker. She lovingly calms the situation by handing your daughter a better baby doll. She then removes the trouble maker and isolates him but keeps him entertained as well.
How does this have to do with the price of beans in Mexico?
The above analogy is an example of what is happening to your cells. Free radicals are those inevitable snot flickers that are in every daycare. Free radicals steal atoms from your cells and make them unstable. However, antioxidants (our caretakers) replace the atoms with healthy ones to make the cells stable once again. Now let’s dive in and learn how to determine your most powerful antioxidants for optimal cellular health.
Are your antioxidants bioavailable?
While getting a sufficient amount of antioxidants is the key to repairing cellular damage, there is one more key factor that our ancestors included in their daily diet and you should too.
The power of your microbiome
500 years ago we didn’t have refrigeration, antibiotics or antibacterial hand soaps. Our ancestors ate from the earth. They dug in the soil with their hands. Our grandparents cultured foods to preserve them. In society today, we live in a very anti- bacteria world. Aiming to kill any and all bacteria in our homes and our immune system is taking a hit because of it. We have simply overlooked the power of our microbiome up until recently. With the massive incline of gut related disorders (mental health included) we are now seeing a trend in the market of science minded companies begin to capitalize on adding those microbes back into our gut. From probiotic skin care to supplements, you are being marketed microbes your ancestors had free access to.
Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
— Hippocrates
Cultured foods create bioavailable antioxidants
Most probiotics on the market today proudly display the amount of strains of bacteria in each capsule. Typically ranging from 1 million to 5 billion. However they neglect to tell you that you are getting fat, lazy, weak petri dish grown strains. Not the strong, robust, homegrown strains your grandad had. One single tablespoon of sauerkraut contains over a trillion strains! Probiotics are vital. To put it simply, probiotics put the microbial colonies in your gut lining to help break down the foods and communicate to your cells what nutrients go where. Without healthy microbe colonies, there is very little communication to the cells. Leaving our food less nourishing.
Microbial powerhouse foods
Adding cultured foods to your daily or even weekly menu will do your cells a solid. In Regeneration Protocol, the first thing we do is make cultured lemons. Cultured lemons can be easily added to smoothies, hummus, chicken dishes and more. By adding cultured lemons to these dishes, you are making your foods bioavailable. Here is a list of foods full of gut healing microbes.
Let food be thy medicine.
Hippocrates
When taking your health into your own hands consider the power of food.
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