Though you’re anxious to detox from mold illness and start living the life you want, first learn how to get more energy so you can detox the right way. Otherwise, you can actually cause more damage.
After getting your bowels moving 2-3 times per day to allow the mold and mycotoxins out of your body, you need to make sure your detoxification systems and organs have the energy they need to do their work.
Your drainage/detox organs will have a hard time operating well without the energy to do so. If you have severe mold illness symptoms like I did, you can probably relate. I was so exhausted during the height of my mold illness that I could hardly get up to go to the bathroom and lay back down.
Get to Know Your Body’s True Main Energy Source
Mitochondria are the little energy producers in your body’s cells. New research is showing that they may really run everything in your body. It’s the oxygen and nutrients from food that give your mitochondria energy to produce your energy.
Each of your detoxification organs needs to have enough properly working mitochondria. As an example, your liver contains around 2,000 mitochondria per cell. Does each of your liver cells contain 2,000 healthy mitochondria?
But then consider that the cells in your brain, heart, nerves, muscles, and organs have even higher concentrations of mitochondria. These parts of your body are also more inclined to prematurely decline in function caused by things such as mold illness, general inflammation, and food intolerances. So, if you have been feeling fatigued, your mitochondria may be damaged or dying off.
In other words, healthy mitochondria are critical for cellular survival as well as your overall vitality, graceful aging, and detoxification.
When your mitochondria are working well, they will help to reduce your fatigue, pain, and cognitive problems while supporting your muscle mass. This means that they will help you experience less aches and stiffness, feel better, and think more clearly!
Now that you recognize the biggest contributor to your body’s function (and your energy), let’s talk about how to get more energy to your mitochondria.
How to Get More Energy for Healthy Mitochondria So You Can Detox
Proper hydration
Maintaining healthy mitochondria in your body starts with making sure you have the right amount of good clean water in your body. Drinking half your weight in ounces of water each day (more if you sweat) helps your mitochondria and detox organs to work properly and keeps your poop from being too hard to come out,
Nutritious food
Eating nutrient-dense, high-quality foods will fuel cellular energy production for your mitochondria, too. Consider focusing on toxin-free proteins, high quality fats and oils, and more organic plant foods to make sure you have all you need for your energy production and detoxification needs.
Remember, foods send a message to your body, so make sure you are sending an encouraging message of health and wellness! A ketogenic diet appears to provide the most efficient fuel for your mitochondria.
CoQ10
CoQ10 is essential to your energy production cycle. Your body makes some CoQ10 (Coenzyme Q, also known as ubiquinone). But if you’re suffering from mold illness, you typically do not have enough CoQ10 to support the tissues in your body so it can detoxify the mycotoxins. Because there are no significant food sources of CoQ10, consider taking it as a supplement along with B-12 and folate..
Exercise
Exercise and movement have proven to improve cellular energy production. While improving cellular energy, they also help reduce stress, which otherwise contributes to your inflammation and mitochondrial decline.
Quality sleep
Appropriate sleep may be the most important element for your mitochondrial health. Animal studies have shown that getting adequate sleep helps reduce your mitochondrial stress. Without enough sleep, you have a greater risk of nerve deterioration within the brain. It’s also during sleep that your brain detoxifies.
To summarize, you can’t detoxify the molds and mycotoxins out of your body without enough cellular energy (mitochondria) for your detox organs to work well. Practice what you now know about how to get more energy by getting adequate sleep, moving your body, reducing your stress, and eating the right foods.
As your healthy mitochondria help your body detox like it was meant to, you will begin to regain your energy and live your life again!
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