Suddenly it seems that mitochondria are being mentioned everywhere, with new studies showing that caring for our mitochondria will lead to better health and studies of cell death and disease even pointing to and showing that healthy mitochondria can reverse the aging process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But while mitochondria have gained some notoriety, the importance of these cellular powerhouses is nothing new. In fact, as the organelles that create cellular energy, mitochondria are some of the most essential components of the human body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you remember your days in freshman biology, you may remember that mitochondria<\/a> de ‘krachtcentrales’ van je cellen zijn. De analogie is toepasselijk; de rol van mitochondri\u00ebn is om het voedsel dat we eten om te zetten in cellulaire energie. In feite produceren mitochondri\u00ebn ongeveer 90 procent van de energie die onze cellen nodig hebben om te overleven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But mitochondria don't stop at making energy; they are also essential in causing cell death, an essential function that, when hindered, can lead to tumor growth and cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And these are not the only health problems caused by dysfunctional mitochondria. As David Asprey<\/a>, oprichter van Bulletproof, uitlegt, lijkt mitochondriale disfunctie “de kern te zijn van de meeste ziekten en chronische ziekten.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Je kunt mitochondriale disfunctie krijgen als je niet genoeg mitochondri\u00ebn hebt, als degene die je hebt niet goed werken of als je ze niet consequent produceert”, legt hij uit. “Verontrustend is dat uit onderzoek blijkt dat de helft van de mensen onder de 40 jaar een vroege mitochondriale disfunctie heeft.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mitochondria have not suddenly become more important in our bodies; our understanding of their essential role in a wide variety of disease processes has recently come to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Mitochondri\u00ebn zijn altijd belangrijk geweest, maar tot voor kort werd er in de geneeskunde niet veel over nagedacht om iets te doen om hun functie te verbeteren.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “De ontwikkeling van chronische gezondheidsproblemen en ziekten wordt meestal toegeschreven aan gebrekkige genetica en pech”, zegt dr. Robert Zembroski, specialist in functionele geneeskunde, klinische voedingsdeskundige en auteur van REBUILD<\/a>. “Dit verouderde denkproces wordt nu als onjuist bewezen.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Malfunctioning mitochondria have been linked to problems such as fatigue, excess fat and declining cognition, not to mention Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), atherosclerosis, diabetes, autoimmune disease -immune diseases and mood disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is often an indicator of simpler problems to more serious problems, noting that as mitochondria deteriorate in function and power, we may first experience some sort of brain fog or difficulty thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The muscles will have less energy all over the body. As mitochondria continue to break down, there is a progression from these common and vaguer symptoms to actual disease states such as diabetes, heart disease and cancers as cellular metabolism shifts to compensate for mitochondrial deficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking care of your mitochondria is essential to avoiding these health problems, and it's easier than you might think. To keep your mobile powerhouses as powerful as possible, experts suggest five basic steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inflammatory foods stress and overwork your mitochondria, so removing them is an important way to keep your mitochondria healthy and strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main reason for mitochondrial burnout is the consumption of processed, low-calorie foods. These unhealthy foods cause the mitochondria to produce excessive free radicals and the immune system to produce inflammation which in turn damages mitochondrial function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Om ervoor te zorgen dat jouw mitochondri\u00ebn in hun ideale omgeving leven – zowel om gezond te blijven als om zichzelf te herstellen wanneer ze beschadigd zijn – raden onze experts aan een overwegend plantaardig dieet te eten dat rijk is aan fytonutri\u00ebnten en antioxidanten, aangevuld met kleine hoeveelheden gras- gevoede of in het wild gevangen dierlijke eiwitbronnen en zo min mogelijk bewerkte voedingsmiddelen, zoals geraffineerde suikers, gluten, zuivel en gehydrogeneerde oli\u00ebn en vetten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For many of the experts, this anti-inflammatory diet goes hand-in-hand with a low-carb diet ketogenic diet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mitochondria like to use ketones for fuel, and if you follow a high-fat, low-carb diet properly, you'll enter a fat-burning, ketone-generating state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Intermittent metabolic switching is also often recommended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This involves the transition from using carbohydrates and glucose to fatty acids and ketones as the main fuel source and can be achieved by combining regular intermittent fasting with regular exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toxins such as heavy metals, solvents and pesticides are some of the main culprits that disrupt cellular and mitochondrial function. A previous study showed that exposure to pesticides could contribute to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease because of the ways in which pesticides induce morphological changes in mitochondria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To prevent your mitochondria from coming into contact with toxins, choose the cleanest foods, cosmetics and household cleaners and choose organic where possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moving your body is a great way to keep your mitochondria healthy and strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Door oefening en beweging kunnen we de mitochondriale biogenese activeren – wat een mooie manier is om de productie van meer mitochondri\u00ebn te realiseren. De enige belangrijke en effectieve manier om dit te doen, is door meer energie van je spiercellen te vragen, waardoor mitochondri\u00ebn zich gaan delen. Dit betekent dat er meer jonge en gezonde mitochondri\u00ebn worden aangemaakt, die meer kans hebben om beter te functioneren en onze ‘bankrekening’ aan energie vergroten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Try to find ways to incorporate more exercise into your daily life, such as walking, playing outside with kids or pets, or climbing stairs, in addition to your favorite spinning class, Pilates workout, or walking routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sleeping is one of the best ways to prevent mitochondrial dysfunction; in fact showed a double study<\/a> from 2015 that less than seven hours of sleep per night can lead to a substantial decrease in mitochondria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Go to bed at the same time every night and sleep in a completely dark room for at least seven hours to get the best sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stress can have a major impact on your mitochondria. Acute and chronic stressors have adverse effects on mitochondrial function, particularly in the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overweeg om meditatie, baden in het bos of een ander ontspannend protocol toe te voegen aan je dagelijkse routine om je algehele stress te verminderen – en daarmee ook verminderen van het nadelige effect ervan op je mitochondri\u00ebn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources including Bicycling (link<\/a>), OrganicAuthority (link<\/a>), span (link<\/a>), Warner Orthopedics (link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plotseling lijkt het erop dat mitochondri\u00ebn overal genoemd worden, met nieuwe studies die aantonen dat de zorg voor onze mitochondri\u00ebn zal leiden tot een betere gezondheid en studies naar het afsterven van cellen en ziektes die zelfs erop wijzen en aantonen dat gezonde mitochondri\u00ebn het verouderingsproces kunnen omkeren. Maar hoewel mitochondri\u00ebn inmiddels enige bekendheid genieten, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[12,51,71,6,80,152,14,46,263,8,86,85,9,156,137,19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2864,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions\/2864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codetofreedom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why are we now hearing more about mitochondria for the first time?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
5 steps to take better care of your mitochondria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Eat an anti-inflammatory diet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Avoid toxins and poisons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Movement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Get enough, high-quality sleep<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Stay stress free<\/h3>\n\n\n\n