Biohacking Carbs (Part 2)

In Part 1, I discussed biohacking carbs using light. Part 2 of my biohack is about manipulating the circadian rhythm using exercise.

Part 2: Using Exercise to Biohack Carbs

The key to this component of my biohack is to understand the circadian rhythm of 2 important hormones: glucagon and insulin. Additionally, it is important to also tie these hormones into leptin to get the bigger picture.

Insulin is a hormone released by the pancreas in response to consuming carbs. It’s role is to transport glucose from the blood to muscle and fat tissue as energy storage. Glucagon does the inverse; it mobilizes glucose from muscle and fat tissue into blood circulation to be delivered to where needed. A simple way to put it, is insulin is a glucose storage hormone, and glucagon is glucose burning hormone.

Eating food raises insulin, while fasting, sleeping and exercise decrease it. Once insulin is released, the body cannot burn fat until the insulin levels drop back down. Insulin sensitivity is associated with a relatively quick return to baseline post carbload. People who have good insulin sensitivity will be able to transition more quickly from fat storage to fat burning, while people with poor insulin sensitivity (diabetes) will not. Naturally, in healthy individuals, insulin sensitivity is highest in the morning and day, and lowest in the evening. Also, temperature has an effect on insulin sensitivity: higher in warm weather, lower in the cold. This means that if carbs are eaten during the day, blood sugar levels should return to baseline relatively quickly because muscle and fat tissue absorb them well. But carbs eaten in the evening will result in a longer duration of insulin secretion and a slower return to baseline blood sugar levels. If you have high blood sugar going into the evening, your ability to use leptin to burn fat in your sleep will be compromised (more on that later).

What happens when we exercise our muscles? We significantly increase insulin sensitivity in muscle tissue. Therefore, if we exercise in the latter half of the day, can we increase insulin sensitivity in the muscles, while insulin sensitivity is low in fat tissue? Yes. This is the concept of carb backloading by John Kiefer. Basically, you exercise an hour or so before dinner, and then load up on carbs. The best carbs to consume are ones that will spike your blood sugar very quickly, so simple sugars work much better than complex carbs with lots of fibre. The idea is that you are triggering a massive increase in glucose uptake to the muscles, without increasing any uptake to fat tissue. Basically in theory, your muscles are soaking up all that sugar via the action of insulin, and it's virtually impossible to gain fat. With the increase in insulin sensitivity following exercise, blood sugar levels should return to baseline relatively quickly, allowing for normal levels going into the evening, so you can burn fat in your sleep while your muscles are well fed.
 
Here is the complete biohack I tested last week:

1. Went tanning for 12 mins, and used UVA light for 4-5 hours
2. Exercised Back and Biceps at 3:30 PM
3. Consumed 150g of carbs for dinner
4. No blood sugar issues, no fat gain, and no other signs of inflammation that would normally occur when eating a massive amount of carbs in the evening, let alone winter

Blood Sugar:

It's important to know what your fasting blood sugar level is on average. Mine is usually somewhere between 4.0 and 4.5 mmol/l. My first meal of the day is always a high fat/moderate protein/low-no carb meal that has no effect on my blood sugar. This meal was eaten around noon. My workout went until just after 4:00 PM. I took my blood sugar immediately after the workout and it was 6.5 mmol/l. WOAH, what happened?! Am I a pre-diabetic? No. Exercise temporarily induces insulin resistance. Why? Because when you exercise, you are mobilizing glucose, not storing it. If insulin levels were high during exercise, you would experience hypoglycemia and probably pass out. So insulin is essentially shut off during high intense activity, and glucagon is upregulated in addition to growth hormone that actually increases your blood sugar which is burned off (oxidized). After finishing exercise, there is a delay period where glucagon and growth hormone slowly fall, and as this occurs, insulin sensitivity is actually enhanced, and your blood sugar should normalize within an hour. So I took a second reading around 5 PM, and sure enough, my levels dropped to 3.5 mmol/l, and I felt great, and ready for my feast!


I went into dinner with a low 3.5 mmol/l blood sugar level and pounded back 150g of carbs from a steak sandwich, sweet potato fries, and a DQ blizzard. YUM! I finished my last bite by 6 PM. By 8 PM I was ready to determine if this biohack was a success or a fail. For a more accurate result, I probably should have waited until 9 PM, because in a normal, healthy, insulin sensitive individual, it should take about 3-4 hours for blood sugar levels to return to baseline after a carbload. None the less, my glucose reading was 4.9 mmol/l. Not too shabby! I went to bed around 9:30, and my guess is by then, I was probably closer to 4.0 mmol/l.

My sleep was pretty good, but I definitely noticed I was radiating heat throughout the night! This can easily be explained by leptin entering the brain during sleep as the mitochondria uncouple from ATP production to burn off any excess calories I consumed as pure heat (hence why calories don't matter if you know how to maximize your leptin sensitivity). 

The next morning, I looked fuller in the mirror, but tighter. I stepped on the scale, and what do ya know? Down 1 lb! Success!

Biohacking Carbs (Part 1)

I have never actually published a blog discussing the concept of biohacking, so before I cover this, here is a quick explanation. Biohacking is the use of your knowledge of biology, physics and chemistry principles to alter your environment to counteract negative effects that would normally be expected within that environment. It's a way to "cheat" or manipulate the system so-to-speak to reap great reward rather than face inevitable consequence. Biohacking is very unique in that what works for one individual will not always be guaranteed for others. It is an N=1 (self experiment).

If you have been following my blog posts, it should be no surprise that eating carbs in the winter is not a good idea. If you have forgotten why, I encourage you to go back and read this and this. Carbs grow in long light cycles, therefore should only be eaten in long light cycles (i.e. spring/summer).

What if I were to tell you that there MIGHT be a healthy way to incorporate SOME carbs into your diet in winter? My N=1 is very promising with a recent, complex 2 part biohack. This will probably work best in those who are already insulin sensitive (no issues with blood sugar or diabetes) and leptin sensitive (relatively lean, stable weight, low carb cravings, etc).
　

Part 1: Using Light to Biohack Carbs

A glucose/carb metabolism works best with higher solar power because of the high powered electrons they contain. Eating carbs in the winter is a great way to increase oxidative stress in the body (via free radical production), and burn out both the leptin and insulin receptors leading to onset of obesity and/or type 2 diabetes.

So what is the missing key in winter vs summer? UV light. We get some UVA light even in the winter, but it's not strong enough to trigger photosynthesis to produce carbs due to the proximity of the sun in correspondence with our latitude and the relatively short wavelength. UVB has an even shorter wavelength, and is therefore undetectable in winter. This is why we can't tan as well in winter, and many North American's struggle with low Vitamin D levels which conveniently aligns with the cold and flu season that hits every year.

Can we supplement UV light? Yes, with a tanning bed. Now if you know me, you should know that I am not a fan of supplementation. You can NEVER replace nature, no matter what, but the whole purpose of biohacking is to manipulate a less-than-ideal environment. A tanning bed can be used for this purpose when there is no other option.

For those who claim tanning beds are dangerous, I'll take my chances (see below):

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24130225

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22017922
http://preventdisease.com/news/11/111411_Why-You-Shouldnt-Believe-The-False-Propaganda-About-Tanning-Beds.shtml


Since the new year, I have been using the tanning bed 2-3x per week. Additionally, since I am stuck in an office 40 hours a week under fluorescent lighting which has large spikes in the blue frequencies (not good), I supplement both UV and red light using LED bulbs at my desk. The red is to help balance the blue (as found in natural sunlight), and the UV emits 365 nm wavelength UVA light to give me the frequencies of light I am missing indoors. Again, nothing beats nature, but surely this is better than nothing, by somewhat simulating a full spectrum of light required to run my circadian clock that normally follows sunlight patterns.

These 2 strategies of supplementing light have allowed me to add some carbs back into my diet this winter with no ill effects. This has been confirmed by: closely monitoring blood glucose levels, and general sense of wellbeing. I am one who experiments frequently, and I am VERY in tune with my body, so I can assess my inflammation levels on a daily basis by assessing: energy levels, sleep, mental clarity, mood, digestive health, headaches, blood sugar, etc. So far so good!

Stay tuned for Part 2 where I discuss another component of my biohack on carbs this winter.

Our Toxic World

Our world is radically changing with time. Materialism is everywhere: money, food, health, fitness, medicine, beauty, clothing, technology, etc. Materialism has been brought about by the media and our government and has resulted in world domination and the manipulation of mankind. Once upon a time, the world was a land of freedom, where nature provided all the essentials, no strings attached so we could thrive and live in harmony with all lifeforces.

Money, when you really break it down, is an artificial, materialistic piece of paper that is meaningless and useless in life. Today, it has become the be-all-end-all. It goes around and comes around. It defines your character and your class or wealth in society. Most importantly, it allows a higher power (i.e. the government) to control you by forcing the concept of debt upon you. As long as the monetary system is in existence, we will forever be in debt. The government pays us to work, and then takes a portion of that money back and controls how it is spent, and finds ways to make more. Pricetags are slapped on everything, and our rights and freedoms are revoked. Food, water, and light are now privileges, even though they are abundantly available in nature without cost. But, we need to eat the food sold to us in grocery stores because it’s better for us right? Cereals, grains and processed foods produced in factories are better for us than the ones found in nature according to the nutritional guidelines. We are encouraged to drink plenty of water, although it is a privilege because we have to pay a water bill for impure, tampered, fluoridated water. Next is my favorite: light. The sun provides us our light, and drives life by facilitating our wake and sleep cycle which keeps us in the perfect balance of work and rest. Well the brilliance of humanity has allowed for light bulbs so we can extend the active period during the day so we can accomplish more, because time is money, right? Artificial lighting is a privilege, and there is a pricetag attached to it when you pay your electricity bill. Dermatologists, and optomitrists strongly discourage us from absorbing too much sun, because after all, it will kill us of skin cancer and damage our eyes. This scare tactic manipulates us to buy products like sunscreen and sunglasses, and avoid the sun.

Technology is up there too, further disconnecting us from nature and reality, but it generates a lot of money, and does everything for us so it’s justified. There is a pretty strong correlation between technological advancement and prevalence of illness, especially in youth.

Diet and Exercise: Conventional Wisdom Fails Again

Conventional wisdom states that we must eat good food (and less food overall) and exercise more if we want to improve our health. Those who fail to comply are labelled as lazy with poor willpower. Is that really a fair statement to make? Might it be their metabolic adaptation to their environment that is controlling food intake and activity levels?

Stress depletes our battery so we lose energy quickly (think electrons). How can we replace electrons in our battery? Food. Is hunger therefore a sign that we are losing energy quickly in our environment? Yes. Is fatigue another sign? You bet. Stress is defined as our body using a lot of energy to sustain function in a given environment. Exercise and starvation are both stressors. The adaptation to stress occurs following a period of rest (i.e. exercise one day, take a day off, or eat less calories, become more metabolically efficient).

Now that we've cleared that up, here is an analogy: when you use your phone, you slowly deplete the battery. When you watch videos or play games, you deplete the battery even faster. Once the battery is low, it sends a warning, and suggests you plug it into a charger. This is equivalent to a hunger signal in humans. When you continue to use the phone, eventually you get a critical warning, and your screen dims to save power which diminishes performance. This is equivalent to fatigue in humans.

So let me ask you a question. Do you really think it's a good idea to use diet and exercise to improve our health? Wouldn't this just deplete our battery quicker? Now, what is the difference between human and a cell phone? Humans have a backup system to recharge, while a cell phone does not. A cell phone operates disconnected from its charger as long as its battery sustains its charge, and once the battery is dead, it must be plugged in. Lucky for humans, we have options: 1) plug into our charger which is the earth or the sun and 2) eat.

Now back to the lazy, poor willpowered folks. They live in an environment that keeps them disconnected from their charger, thus running on low batteries, and feeling chronically hungered and fatigued having to rely on more food just to sustain energy to thrive in their environment, let alone have any energy for exercise.

Fix your environment first, then diet and exercise will come naturally to bring you health and longevity.

The Human Battery

Humans have a battery in every cell in our body. How is our battery made? Sunlight, and water. When infrared (IR) frequencies from the sun hit water, it charge separates protons from electrons creating an exclusion zone that acts as a capacitor or battery. How then is the battery used? Through magnetism, which is a natural physical force that involves a transfer of “excited” electrons from one chemical compound to another. Electrons are excited by photons from sunlight. When an electron in water absorbs photons, it builds momentum, and this generates a current.

What happens to water when you heat it? It shrinks. What happens when you cool it? It expands. Heat is generated when low powered photons cause electrons to vibrate, creating thermal energy. What does chronic exposure to low frequency microwave radiation found in modern technology do? Over time it creates heat, and that heat shrinks the exclusion zone in our cell, and our battery slowly loses its charge. Once this occurs, the cell becomes energy deficient; essentially its battery is low. Once the battery is dead, the cell dies, and our precious stem cells are then used to replace that dead cell. This is a normal process, but it’s not supposed to happen so rapidly as seen today.

Now, how did Mother Nature help us by optimizing our battery at higher latitudes in the cold, with low solar power in winter? By putting DHA into the cell membranes of eukaryotes 600 million years ago. DHA acts as a semiconductor that captures light generating a current that runs through water. The more disconnected we are from the sun, the more DHA we need to capture it, and it just so happens that semiconductors are more conductive in cold.

It should be clear now that the key to disease prevention and longevity is to constantly recharge our batteries. How do we do that? Light, water and magnetism.

1) Absorb the sunlight frequencies to build the exclusion zone/battery
2) Replenish with plenty of clean, pure drinking water
3) Grounding (bareskin contact with the earth) so we can put electrons back into the battery
4) DHA

The more sun we get, the more water but less DHA we require. The less sun we get, the less water but more DHA we require. This is how we thrive in day vs night and summer vs winter. Temperature is a huge factor: cold increases magnetism, so pairs nicely with grounding. Remember, cold increases water density = expands exclusion zone = more charge in your battery. Cold showers, baths or cold air exposure will work wonders to reverse the negative effects of non-native electromagnetic frequencies that shrink your exclusion zone and deplete your battery. DHA is also crucial to absorb more sun in low solar environments to keep your battery charged.

https://www.jackkruse.com/ubiquitination-8-the-mammalian-b…/

The Sun: A Universal Treatment/Cure to Disease

It seems as though there is a pill for everything today. Imagine there was a one-pill-fix-all solution? Well there is, and always has been, only it's not a pill.

The sun is the best pharmacy known to man. UVA light runs the DC electric current with the help of Vitamin A to keep our brain and eyes healthy. Additionally, UVA light stimulates eNOS (endothelial nitric oxide synthase) an enzyme that produces nitric oxide, an important vasodilator that lowers blood pressure to improve blood flow and protect from heart disease. UVB light penetrates the surface of the skin signalling Vitamin D production, which helps modulate our immune system to protect against auto-immune disease, infection and cancer. Additionally, UVB light stimulates the production of cholesterol in the skin which is a precursor to all steroid hormones in the body: pregnenolone, DHEA, progesterone, cortisol, cortisone, aldosterone, testosterone and estrogen. These hormones support fertility & reproduction, offset stress, and maintain mineral balance.

Blue light stimulates free radical production that signals the release of the pituitary hormones in the morning that wake up the body to start the day, and control cellular growth and metabolism. Red light stimulates ATP production in mitochondria, creating energy for the cells to regenerate and repair from damage caused by free radicals from blue light.
So which pharmacy do you trust more, the sun, or shoppers drug mart? Based on the above, what disease cannot be offset somehow by the sun? Shine on.

Mitochondrial DNA Health: % Heterosplasmy and Disease Prevelance

Did you know our mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is maternally inherited? This finding was discovered by Dr. Doug Wallace.

This is a critical fact, because the environment in which a mother is exposed to while carrying a fetus will have a direct impact on the mtDNA health of the baby upon birth. An important measurement of mtDNA health and function is something called % heterosplasmy. As % heteroplasmy rises in mtDNA due to energy deficiencies caused by the environment, so does the prevalence of genetic mutations leading to progressive aging and disease.

If a mother-to-be is living in a stressful environment (which I would define as any environment that does not abide by proper circadian light cycles, in addition to external stressors like toxins, radiation, etc) while carrying an unborn fetus, that baby will be born with a higher heteroplasmic rate. This means that although at birth the baby is physically 0 years old, biologically speaking, their mtDNA may be born as a 40 year old, and thus aging and disease will manifest sooner than that of a baby born with a low heteroplasmic rate. It saddens me to say, this is why our children are becoming more and more sick today when compared to previous generations. This is because humanity has created a chronically toxic environment.

The brain, the heart and the immune system contain the most mitochondria in the body. Is it a coincidence that heart disease, neurodegeneration and autoimmune diseases are booming? Could it be related to high % heteroplasmy rates in our mtDNA? I think so.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809581/

Sole Source of DHA: Seafood

DHA, a phospholipid used in cell membranes found in Omega-3 fatty acid of marine food sources is a critical nutrient for humans. It is especially essential for the health of our eyes, and brain, but most importantly, it converts light into a DC electric current and vice versa.

DHA can only be found in seafood. Flaxseed, although high in Omega-3 ain’t gonna cut it. That’s because the type of Omega-3 fatty acid found in flaxseed is Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA). ALA is technically a precursor to DHA, although human efficiency at converting ALA to DHA is poor at best: http://www.dhaomega3.org/…/Conversion-Efficiency-of-ALA-to-….

Additionally, relying on fish oil supplements for dietary DHA requirements is a slippery slope. DHA is a very sensitive oil that is prone to oxidation, and must be stored appropriately (light and temperature being major factors) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681158/. The oxidation of DHA damages the oil, and produces free radicals which are harmful to consumers. Since seafood is kept on ice in supermarkets, it will always be your best bet.

DHA is most abundantly found in the retina of the eye, which makes sense since this is one of our main photoreceptor sites to absorb light. The ability of DHA to generate current flow that runs our central clock which controls ALL growth and metabolism in the body should tell us just how essential this nutrient is. Since we’ve isolated an area in the body that controls all growth and metabolism, we can bet ourselves that the dysfunction of such a system opens the door to every possible illness we face today.

Sorry folks, but the truth is, if you don’t like seafood, you must learn to if you want to do well today, especially if you live in an environment that causes a rapid turnover in DHA (i.e. exposure to blue light and microwave radiation).

Do Calories Really Matter?

Mythbuster: You need to lower your calorie consumption in order to lose weight.

Now, I am not denying the law of thermodynamics that states when more calories are inputted than outputted, the result is weight gain. However, stating that excess calorie consumption is the CAUSE of weight gain, is like saying the sky is blue because it just is. You cannot make a statement of observation and associate it as the cause of an effect. We already know that weight gain occurs when there is an imbalance between consumption and expenditure. The cause of that lies within the how’s and the why’s.

Humans by nature are designed to have a setpoint for body fat; that is, not too much that would impede physical function (hunters needed to be in good shape), and not too little (to survive times of famine). With that being said, when your body is functioning optimally and you are at the appropriate body fat setpoint, if large amounts of calories are consumed and body fat increases, the metabolism is upregulated (and appetite is decreased) to burn off the excess fat until the body returns to its setpoint. When too few calories are consumed and body fat decreases, the metabolism is downregulated (and appetite is increased) to prevent further loss in body fat to maintain the setpoint. In order for this homeostastic mechanism to work, we need the leptin receptor in our brain to be activated between 12 AM and 2 AM during sleep to assess our energy requirements. When your leptin receptor is broken due to inflammation in the brain, this signalling is disrupted, and the brain cannot properly sense the amount of body fat stored. On one end of the spectrum, the brain may continue to believe body fat levels are too high, and the metabolism remains chronically upregulated with decreased appetite as seen in anorexia. On the other hand, the brain may continue to believe body fat levels are too low, and the metabolism remains chronically downregulated with increased appetite as seen in obesity.

As you can see, anorexia and obesity still comply with laws of thermodynamics, that is calories in/calories out determines weight gain/loss, however the mechanism that is in place to control this balance can become disrupted leading to an imbalance, and THAT is the cause. Now that you understand this, the solution to weight problems is to fix the broken leptin receptor. This is done by minimizing inflammation levels in the brain. Best way to accomplish this is to abide by circadian rhythms.

Low Carb/High Fat: Context Matters

Low carb, high fat seems to be the latest dietary fad now that people are discovering the flaws of the dietary fat/cholesterol relationship with coronary heart disease and obesity. A lot of people now will tell you to eat more fat and less sugar if you want to lose weight and be healthy. Today, sugar has replaced fat as the new enemy contributing to heart disease and many other inflammatory conditions. But what if I were to tell you that blaming a dietary macronutrient for disease, or searching for the “optimal diet” is a waste of time and effort? Perhaps we should be shifting our attention away from diet and explore other avenues.

Take a look at this picture above. Now consider the conventional wisdom above. Are you seeing a problem? Sugar consumption hit its peak around the early millenium in the US, while obesity continued to rise (looks like the 2 walked the line together). But between 2000 and 2013, when this conventional wisdom arose regarding sugar as the “devil”, consumption steadily declined, while obesity continued its uprise. Are you scratching your head? I’m not.

If you’ve read my post regarding the different haplotypes for mitochondrial coupling efficiency, you should begin to realise that a static, optimal diet does not exist. Diet is not determined by analyzing how much protein, carbs and fat is required. Diet is determined by what’s available in your local environment. Loosely coupled Inuits do well on their high calorie, high fat marine diets, and that is really the only food available in their environment. Tightly coupled Africans do well on their low calorie, high carbohydrate, fruit and vegetable diets as these foods grow in strong equatorial UV light.

When you live in a dynamic environment (i.e. Northern hemisphere) where climate varies significantly according to season, then you must adopt a dynamic diet. I recommend an Inuit-like diet for winter, and an African-like diet for summer, with spring and fall being transition periods. I have already explained before why a high carbohydrate diet is not wise for winter, but a quick recap: they contain high powered electrons that captured UV photons from the sun, and in order to be properly assimilated, the environment in which the carbohydrate is consumed, must also contain strong UV light. Eating carbs in winter is like tricking your body that it’s summer, which is not wise when trying to deal with the cold.

On the contrary, why might a low carbohydrate diet not be a wise choice for summer? Without making your brain hurt too much, the body has two main metabolic pathways: glycolytic (carbohydrates/glucose burning) and lipolytic (fatty acid burning). Irregardless of your diet, the body chooses the metabolic pathway based on the environment: glycolytic in high stress, warm environments, and lipolytic in low stress, cold environments. The glycolytic system is less efficient than lipolytic, but that’s not a problem in summer because strong UV light makes up the energy deficiency of this system, so our mitochondria do less work. The lipolytic system is highly efficient, but requires a lot more mitochondrial output to generate more energy and heat when UV light is lacking. In a dynamic environment (like we have here in Canada), here is what is supposed to happen: in the glycolytic system, when carb metabolism dominates, electrons from carbs enter the Electron Transport Chain (ETC) at Complex I, which is a site for superoxide (a potent free radical) production. This is important, because superoxide, although damaging to cells and mitochondria, triggers a process known as mitophagy, which helps recycle/replace poorly functioning components of our mitochondria. By the end of summer, with this process upregulated, our bodies will have nice, new, highly functioning mitochondria which we can then heavily rely on to get us by in the winter time. Once winter hits, and we shift to the lipolytic system, our mitochondria are the power houses for energy and heat production. Electrons from fatty acids enter the ETC at Complex II, thus limiting superoxide production, so mitophagy is no longer actionable. This means our strong mitochondria will have to last us until the spring before the cycle repeats, and we can begin to use mitophagy again to replace the “burnt out” cells/mitochondria with summertime UV light.

Tying it all together: breaking this dynamic cycle with altering your environment by using artificial heat, heavy clothing and carbs in the winter, inhibits your ability to sustain the highly functioning mitochondria you require in winter. On the contrary, low carb diets in the summer inhibit your ability to use mitophagy to replace your poorly functioning mitochondria, so your body continues to work off old machinery.

The problem is humans think they can outsmart Mother Nature, but the reality is, we don’t stand a chance. If you live in harmony with nature, you will thrive. If you try to re-invent the wheel, you will be lose the battle every single time.

Mitochondrial Coupling Haplotypes: Loosely Coupled vs Tightly Coupled

How is your coupling efficiency in your mitochondria? If you have equatorial African haplotype, you have a high coupling efficiency in mitochondria, which means you are highly efficient at pumping protons across the innermitochondrial membrane which allows you to produce the maximum amount of ATP with the minimum amount of heat, thus requiring less calories from food. If you have the Northern European haplotype, you have more loosely coupled mitochondria, which means you need to consume more calories from food to pump the same amount of protons to produce ATP. With the higher calorie consumption, more heat is generated.

Could where you live affect your coupling efficiency in your mitochondria? Yes. In warm climates, we become tightly coupled to increase ATP production and decrease heat production. In cold climates, we become loosely coupled to use more calories for both ATP and heat production.

Why would Mother Nature select for these genomic changes to occur? So that we can adapt to our environment. As equatorial Africans migrated to northern regions, these genetic mutations began to appear. Living by the tropics presents the stress of strong UV light, as well as predators like lions, so humans must have high efficiency for ATP production. Living by the poles presents a different form of stress: low ambient temperatures that shifts priorities to heat production by burning massive amounts of fat calories.

If we compare ourselves to a tree, we know that because of photosynthesis a tree does not need to eat. The reason is they harness the energy of the sun, while plugged into the earth’s magnetic flux to regenerate constantly by receiving free electrons from earth. Humans have evolved to move freely, thus intermittently disconnecting from the earth’s magnetic field. Because of this, humans developed backup systems through endosymbiosis which involved stealing from parasitic bacteria that gave us our mitochondria. Mitochondria are the power houses of our cells and used as backup systems to generate energy by inputting electrons from food, and pumping out protons to produce ATP. At the end of the day, we eat food for electrons. No need to overcomplicate it any further. We do not need to eat food at night, because we are designed to sleep on the earth to receive free electrons.

When you live under strong UV light, and connect to nature, you live more like a tree, and need less food. Hey, isn’t calorie restriction proven to increase longevity? Ever think about how hard it might be to restrict calories long term? Well now you know the secret: manipulation of strong sunlight, and the earth’s magnetism. If you live this way, you will automatically eat less, and experience longevity without effort. This is because you are harnessing your energy (photons) from the sun, and using them to power the electrons you receive from the earth to generate your energy. With this, you require less reliance of your mitochondria to do the work. The less you rely on your mitochondria, the less free radicals you produce, the less inflammation and aging you experience. If you don’t believe me, I suggest you start reading the work of Dr. Doug Wallace, expert in mitochondrial biology. He proves that nearly every chronic, Neolithic disease humanity faces today is due to mitochondrial defects caused by energy deficiencies from our environment.

Quantum Weirdness: Parallel Lives?

How many decisions do you face daily? How many possible outcomes are there in every situation you encounter? There are infinite outcomes and pathways our life could follow. However, our recollection is just one. That is because we exist within the physical being that we are and have full control over. Could our life as we know it be a mere projection of sequential events that we perceive as reality similar to a film playing on a screen? Is it a sequence of events that follows one particular set of outcomes, even though infinite outcomes can exist? Quantum physics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, and that it exists outside of time and space. Therefore, death is merely the shutdown of our physical body, but our energy within still exists. Where does that energy go? Does it attach itself to another physical body in another universe? Can it exist somewhere else simultaneously?

These are some thoughts I have been pondering lately. We know that we still exist during unconsciousness, because we go to sleep every night and wake up the next morning. We don’t truly understand why we dream, but perhaps through unconsciousness, we exit our physical body and exist elsewhere, in another dimension or universe? I believe so, given that we temporarily lose our awareness of our physical body during sleep, and dreams reflect that of a movie. Sometimes we dream of the past, and sometimes the future. Perhaps a dream can be the projection of another outcome, another path you could have went down, but not the one you chose in your perceived reality. And what about déjà vu? Perhaps this experience is a clue we might be living a parallel life in another universe, and the paths somehow crossed leading to an epiphany of familiar occurence.

The Concept of Epigenetics

We see healthcare professionals blaming genetics for modern diseases that have no other explanation. Family history of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, cancer, etc. I’m not buying it, and there is new evidence suggesting that illness is correlated with something called epigenetics rather than genetics.

It is true that our genetic blueprint is inherited from our parents; however, how those genes are expressed is entirely dependent upon environmental factors. This is the concept of epigenetics.

Have you ever seen a family that is obese? If the parents are obese, there is a good chance their children will be as well, but is that because it is encoded within their genes? I do not believe this to be true. Obese parents will likely raise obese children because they all live in the same environment, and children typically adopt the lifestyle of their parents atleast until adulthood. Parents control the environment in which they raise their children. Some major factors of gene expression include: exercise, diet, sleep patterns, stress, exposure to toxins or radiation, light, drugs etc. For those who have a parent with heart disease, that illness was technically caused by genomic changes triggered by environmental stress, rather than hereditary cause. If you choose an environment that is similar to a parent with heart disease, it should not come as a surprise that you may have a similar fate.
 
A great analogy would be that our genetics are like hardware that we are born with. Epigenetics is like the software which continuously reprograms itself to dictate how the hardware behaves. It is not the hardware that malfunctions when we become ill, it is the software that needs to be reprogrammed or upgraded. Our environment and lifestyle determines whether or not we can reprogram our software so that our hardware can function within said environment. You can never reverse a disease without changing the environment which brought on that disease. This is why some overcome cancer, and tragically some do not.

Illnesses and disorders in children such as ADHD today are much more common than they were 20 years ago. How can a child develop these disorders if there is no family history? Hint: the environment that children are born into today is radically different from our past environments. That modern environment is changing how genes are expressed in young children, leading to early onset of illness. It has nothing to do with “bad genes” we pass on to our children.

Here’s a good read:
http://naturalhealthperspective.com/…/epigenetics-lifestyle…

Look a Rainbow! Colors of Light

Did you know light is very colorful? Have you ever seen what happens when you shine light through a prism? You will see a rainbow. The colors light is comprised of in order is: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Before violet comes ultraviolet which is invisible to the human eye, and after red comes infrared which is also invisible. Each light color has a specific frequency in which the photons oscillate. Ultraviolet has the highest frequency, so generally emits the most energetic photons. Infrared on the opposite end of the spectrum is the lowest light frequency and emits less energetic photons, but more heat.

What is interesting is observing the effects of different light frequencies on biology. During the course of a day, from sunrise to sunset, light frequencies from the sun vary, as does color temperature and intensity. During sunrise and sunset, we see mostly low frequency red light, and by mid morning, typically we see a spike in blue light which is more energetic. This light triggers consciousness by stimulating the SCN in the eye and shuts off melatonin production in favor of a large cortisol spike to mobilize us as we wake up. Blue light is a signal that it is daytime, the active period within a 24 hour day.

Ultraviolet light (UV) is present by mid to late morning, and peaks around noon. UVA is the light frequency that generates the DC electric current when it is absorbed by humans, and cell membranes convert this light frequency into electricity. UVB is the light frequency that penetrates only the surface of our skin, that triggers the synthesis of Cholesterol and Vitamin D. Cholesterol is the precursor to all the steroid hormones, as well as a precursor to bile salts to aid in digestion. Vitamin D acts as a hormone that modulates metabolism, the immune system, and increases calcium absorption, etc.

Red and infrared light increase ATP production in the mitochondria of cells. ATP is the cell's chemical energy that is used to regenerate. As mentioned, sunrise and sunset contain mostly red with low levels of blue, thus inducing relaxation before melatonin starts to rise upon darkness.

The circadian rhythms and clocks of humans have become synchronized to the 24 hour sunrise/sunset cycle over the course of millions of years of evolution. Nothing can compete with or replace the sun for facilitating our biological processes. It is nearly impossible to completely simulate a 24 hour light cycle of the sun.

Unfortunately in this present era we are burying the sun and replacing it with artificial, energy efficient lighting that emits very high spikes in the blue light range. This lighting allows us to see after sunset or before sunrise so we can extend our days to accomplish the tasks we weren't able to during the active period of the day. When you understand how the day/night cycles yoke to human circadian rhythms, you will soon begin to see why blue light is problematic. As mentioned, it sends a signal of eternal day, which slows down our central clock, while speeding up peripheral clocks, making each and every system in our body work harder leading to an imbalance of degeneration and regeneration. As long as blue light is shining in our lives, melatonin production is blunted, and we lose DHA in our cell membranes leading to inflammation, and a lack of DC electric current (which by the way humans use to regenerate).

Here's a useful tip for anyone who experiences sleep issues, or is naturally wired at night, and groggy in the early morning. Replace your household bulbs with old-school incandescent bulbs. If you compare the light spectrum they emit to fluorescent or LED, you will see a much higher spike in red and infrared, and much less in blue. Red is the antidote to blue on the light spectrum. Additionally, pick up a few red "party" lights and put them in bathrooms, bedrooms, or any other areas you would require some lighting to see at night. Red is the least disruption light frequency to melatonin. It simulates the sky of a sunset which should induce relaxation and put you to sleep within a few hours. Red lights are your friend at night, in addition to wearing orange-tinted glasses with blue-blocking lenses. On the contrary, during day, get as much natural sunlight on your face and skin as you possibly can. You want to be exposed to bright light during the day, and sunlight is your best bet. The more light you can absorb during the day, the higher your melatonin levels will spike at night, and the more power you will have to regenerate in your sleep.

Photosynthesis to Tree as Oxidative Phosphorylation to Humans

We could learn a thing or two from trees. Trees can live anywhere from 100 to 5000 years. Trees use photosynthesis to convert the sun's energetic photons into chemical energy to sustain life. Sunlight triggers an electron transfer from water to carbon dioxide producing a carbohydrate and oxygen. Humans also convert photons into chemical energy through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) by eating the high powered electrons from carbohydrates, and breathing in the oxygen to receive those electrons producing water and carbon dioxide which is recycled by the plant. This is how we live in harmony with trees.
 
The secret to health and longevity lies within the lifestyle of a tree. They are connected to the earth's magnetic flux, with their canopies open to the sun 24/7 so they do not need to eat. This should tell us just how powerful these two forces are in life. Humans are similar, but we have a backup system for when we are intermittently disconnected from the earth's magnetic field during daytime to explore our environment. The backup system involves eating food. Food is a source of electrons, and is required when we are disconnected for too long, because being disconnected means we are not replacing electrons lost to our environment. We do not need to eat at night, because we are (supposed to be) sleeping on the ground, using the earth's magnetic flux to recharge and regenerate.

How disconnected you are from the earth's magnetic field and the sun will determine your long term health. The more connected you are, the less you have to eat, because you are receiving free electrons from the earth's magnetic field. Unfortunately today, most of us live a disconnected lifestyle due to technology and artificial forces that have replaced our real battery chargers: the sun and the earth.

Do you enjoy laying on a beach in a bathing suit soaking up the sun, toes in the sand, and splashing in the waves of the ocean? I'm sure you do. Have you ever stopped to think about why this experience makes you feel so good? This is one of the best ways to be connected.
 
A tree requires light, water and magnetism to thrive (as seen through photosynthesis). Humans do as well. What happens when you cover a tree with a tarp? You block the sun, and the tree can no longer grow, and eventually dies. This is essentially what humans do when they wear clothes, sunscreen and sunglasses, let alone stay indoors out of the sun, and away from ground. If you find your health is sub-optimal and are struggling with illness, ask yourself if you are covering your three bases: are you getting adequate light (from the sun)? Water (pure, tamper-free/unfluoridated water)? Magnetism (free electrons from the earth)?