Epigenetics of Oxidative Stress
Let's pause for a moment and think about you. Yes, you...
How's your gut?
I don't mean that unwelcome body of skin and tissue that "bulges" out over your belt whenever you sit down, (although that is very much a part of this). I mean the complex system inside of that bulge which draws out as much nutrients as possible from everything you put in your mouth and puts it into the cells in every part of your body, including your brain. When you eat/drink food that requires a large amount of energy and sacrifice (we'll get to this in a moment) to extract available nutrients, it places oxidative stress on this system right down to the mitochondria that provide energy to every cell in your stressed body. When the body does not get the nutrients it needs (eg, magnesium and calcium for bone repair and growth) it either takes it from somewhere else in the body or finds a substitute. This forces the body to 'sacrifice' natural repair mechanisms for the 'next best' option. (A classic example is the Iodine - Bromine synthesis conflict in Milk production where the trace element of Iodine has been replaced with Bromine as a sterilizer. Bromine is not a trace element and is toxic to the body as it cannot expel this toxin so it builds up in the body). However, this 'sacrifice' is only meant to be a short term survival solution when these nutrients are deficient in our diet. Long term nutrient deficiency forces your body's control board (genetic sequence) to reprogram itself to optimise what it can from what is available. So we develop genetic responses to nutrient deficiencies from foods in our environment. In some people we call this diabetes. In others depression, leaky gut, aspergers, multicystic ovarian syndrome and a long list of other environmentally moderated ailments.
Coupled with the demonstrated evidence that these conditions have a genetic component and epigenetic trigger, it is not a far stretch to see that reducing oxidative stress will enable genes to return to strength and for the person to have marked improvements in overall health. What is interesting to the work that More Than Normal invests in, is how this oxidative stress impacts on epigenetic expression, leading to inherited medical conditions.
This is fundamental in understanding the intergenerational impacts of stress.
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If you realised that a lot of what you eat/drink is putting stress on your body and is changing your genetics (young men should be concerned, as the epigenetic affects of diet impact on the quality of sperm and testosterone), would you change what and the way you eat?
A growing pool of clinical studies indicates a strong connection between oxidative stress and a wide range of illnesses. In summary, these studies demonstrate both the origin and causes of conditions that plague many families, such as ADHD, Autism, Aspergers, Diabetes, depression/anxiety and suggest a primary influence in their emergence and increasing severity is oxidative stress.
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