Healthy mitochondria are well-nourished mitochondria.
Mitochondria require nutrients found exclusively or primarily in animal foods.
It is impossible to have well-nourished mitochondria on a vegan diet.
It is extremely difficult to have well-nourished mitochondria on a vegetarian diet.
Essential nutrients for healthy mitochondria include
1. Heme
2. Branched-chain amino acids
3. Glutathione
4. Minerals
5. All of the B vitamins, especially B1, B2 and B3; NAD derived from B3
6. Alpha-lipoic acid
7. Carnitine
1. Mitochondria are dependent on "protein complexes that have heme-based organic systems." Heme is an essential nutrient. We are incapable of making heme. We must consume it. The only dietary source of heme is blood. Wealthy folks eat red meat; poor folks eat blood pudding.
* Vegan diets contain no heme = starvation for mitochondria.
* Vegetarian diets rarely contain enough heme for healthy mitochondria.
* For healthy mitochondria, we must, at least occasionally, eat red meat, liver, fish, or blood.
2. Mitochondria thrive when supplied with branched-chain amino acids, found primarily in cheese, liver, fish, and eggs. Seeds — including chia, sunflower, hemp, sesame, flax, fennel, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, wheat, and buckwheat — contain small amounts of BCAA.
* Vegan diets rarely supply enough BCAA for healthy mitochondria.
* Vegetarian diets that include plenty of fish and eggs can create healthy mitochondria.
3. Glutathione is made by the liver from a combination of three amino acids: glycine, cysteine, and glutamic acid.
* Best sources of glycine: red meat, salmon, chicken, turkey, peanuts, seeds
* Best sources of cysteine: poultry, egg yolks, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, garlic, oats, onions, red bell peppers, wheat germ and yeast.
* Best sources of glutamic acid: meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products; also found in amaranth, tofu, tomato paste.
* Vegan diets rarely supply enough glycine or glutamic acid for healthy glutathione production, resulting in weakened mitochondria.
* Vegetarian diets that include plenty of fish, eggs, and dairy can create healthy mitochondria.
4. Minerals most needed by mitochondria are found in all cooked diets — vegan, vegetarian, and carnivore — but not in raw food regimes. Nourishing herbal infusions are by far the best source of dietary minerals, followed by very-well cooked greens (cooked at least one hour), organic nuts, seeds, beans and grains, shellfish, liver, eggs, and chocolate.
Mitochondrial need:
• Magnesium, for the anabolic ATP enzyme
• Zinc in high levels, to increase enzymatic capacity
• Manganese, for mitochondrial metabolism
• Copper, critical for normal levels of mitochondrial functionality
• Iron, key for creating heme-type nuclei, for interactions with copper, and to coordinate with sulphur.
I walk in beauty, gifted by food from plants and animals.
My mitochondria are delighted.
I breathe in a giveaway dance that connects me to every plant and every animal.
My mitochondria thrive.
My heart, my animal heart, beats as one with the great heart of the earth.
My mitochondria dance in rhythm.
Green blessings come from both plants and animals.
All diets are plant-based diets.
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