Mitochondrial Antioxidants

Mitochondria oxidize nutrients to release energy, and capture that energy to make ATP. They are our cellular power sources, and make up 10% of the mass of our bodies.

Due to inherent inefficiencies in energy production (mitochondria are still four times more efficient than internal combustion engines) about 200,000 mitochondrial free radicals (superoxide anion oxides) are created per second per mitochondria.

Since each cell has multiple mitochondria and since there are 75 trillion cells in one human body that means that millions of trillions of superoxide anion free radicals are created each second within the body. If these mitochondrial free radicals are NOT quickly quenched they turn into more powerful free radicals that do significant damage to both mitochondrial and cellular membranes and DNA. (Mitochondria actually have their own DNA, separate from cellular DNA.)

Once either the cellular DNA or the mitochondrial DNA is aged, there is no going back. We have permanently been degraded or aged. So, obviously having antioxidants to standard guard against the overwhelming numbers of mitochondrial free radicals being produced is a highest priority.

Most antioxidants are not capable of working within the mitochondria because they cannot get inside. (The mitochondria are protected by two layers of membranes.) The antioxidants that are allowed inside the mitochondria are known as mitochondrial antioxidants. The major mitochondrial antioxidants are:

1. Glutathione
2. Superoxide Dismutase
3. Catalase
4. Alpha Lipoic Acid

Mitochondrial antioxidants are the antioxidants that the body most needs in order to avoid to have any hope of keeping up with the millions of trillions of free radicals being produced.

These are the only antioxidants that have been shown to furnish longevity extending benefits similar to under-eating or fasting.

Glutathione

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