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Red light, mitochondria, ATP and deuterium depleted water
What is deuterium, ATP synthase, deuterium-depleted water, and how does red light affect them?
The questions, or rather the words above, such as "deuterium", "deuterium-depleted water", may be strange to most of you readers because you are not familiar with them, but they are the reason why the entire Mitochondriak project was created!
Mitochondriak® devices, like our idea, have been different from the beginning because we don't just follow trends. We go our own way, we are constantly learning and our "rudder" is mainly mitochondria.
Powerful bacteria that give us energy for life and, as you will find out in today's article, also produce deuterium-depleted water water for us. 🙂
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What you will learn in today's article:
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Why do mitochondriak® devices also contain 760 nm?
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What is ATP?
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What is deuterium-depleted water?
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What is deuterium?
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What is the connection between light and our hydration? Do we really create water in our bodies?
- How is our own water different from tap water?
Let's go through it in order. However, you don't have to worry that today's article will be complicated and that you won't understand it. On the contrary. We will explain everything to you quickly and in layman's terms, and of course, for those who are more interested, at the end you will also find links to studies or other sources.
You can also visit the website of one of our founders - Jaroslav Lachký who has been dedicated to Quantum Biology and mitochondria for a long time, and discusses these topics in detail on his blog in Slovakia.
How our mitochondria create ATP and energy
Respiration (or cellular respiration) is the process by which cells obtain energy by breaking down food (fats, sugars, and proteins). This happens in organelles that every "Mitochondriak" knows, called mitochondria. [R]
Mitochondria, using respiration and the oxygen we breathe, break down energy from food (including sugar and fat) into electrons and protons, from which they create ATP, carbon dioxide (CO2), energy, and water. [R]
See? This is how you can easily understand your metabolism - you eat a "big" meal (or break down subcutaneous fat), and your mitochondria take hydrogen from it, break it down into almost invisible subatomic particles, which create energy and allow you to breathe, think, move and live.🙂
What is ATP and how mitochondria make it?
As you can see a few lines above - ATP, CO2, and water are all products of the natural respiration of our metabolism. Carbon dioxide is a gas that we exhale and is then breathed in by plants, which in turn exhale oxygen. Photosynthesis vs. Respiration.
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ATP in turn, is known as our chemical substrate for energy. We need it every time we move, exercise, think, digest, etc.
The body produces ATP in various ways, but mitochondria are responsible for approximately 90 to 98% of its recycling. This means that better functioning mitochondria will also be reflected in a greater amount of available ATP and therefore in our better performance and health.
So remember, when you say ATP - you have to immediately think of mitochondria. Mitochondria provide us with ATP. Let's move on.
ATP formation and ATP synthase as a large filter for metabolic water
As they say, sometimes it's better to see once than hear (or read) a hundred times, and that's why we're attaching a short video at this point.
The video is really short and you only need to watch for a few seconds from 2:10. You can see an animation of the inside of the mitochondria, where there is something that produces ATP (our energy). That something is an engine called ATP synthase.
As you can see, it's basically a similar "machine" to a hydroelectric power plant/turbine, for example. The only difference is that our engine is very small and very efficient. Some studies even suggest that mitochondria work at almost 100% efficiency when exposed to red light.
When we eat food, it breaks down into hydrogen, which breaks down into small subatomic particles (as you know - electrons and protons), and it's the protons that then travel through this machine designed by nature, the ATP synthase. When the protons flow through it, they spin it like water in a turbine, producing ATP and subsequently water.
Yes, you heard that right. Water. Our mitochondria constantly produce water, which is what keeps us alive. [R] Plants consume water and animals create water.
However, this water is different from the water you get from the tap, for example. This water is largely deuterium-depleted water.
What is deuterium
Hydrogen is a basic chemical element that we all know from elementary school. Hydrogen is burned by the stars in the sky and even by new, modern cars. However, few people know that our mitochondria also "burn" hydrogen. After all, you can see it in the nice video above.
Don't worry, we're not going to bore you with nuclear physics or anything like that.😄 We just want you to remember that hydrogen is a fundamental element that is part of everything, we burn it in our mitochondria, and it also makes up two-thirds of water.
The "H" in "H2O" stands for Hydrogen.
And hydrogen also has a heavier isotope. It's called deuterium. Most people also know it as heavy water.
* Illustration by Jaroslav Lachký.
What does deuterium do and why should you care
Deuterium, a stable isotope of hydrogen, is a component of water and organic compounds. It occurs commonly in nature. It is used, for example, for growth or to slow down some chemical reactions. After sodium, it is the second most abundant element in the human body. Although the concentration of deuterium in the body is much lower than that of light hydrogen, it is known that cells with a lot of deuterium undergo a wide range of morphological, biochemical and physiological changes, including changes in basic processes such as cell division or energy metabolism.
So as you can see, deuterium itself and its excessive concentration in our body can affect our metabolism and therefore the amount of energy, health, or even our weight loss/gain.
For you as a layman, all you need to remember is this: deuterium is heavy hydrogen and our mitochondria filter it for us.
If you're wondering how, the answer is ATP synthase, which you saw above. Moving protons through the motor is a great way that nature has arranged to filter out deuterium. Deuterium is larger and heavier and doesn't easily pass through the motor.
What is deuterium-depleted water
So as you can see from these few dishes, ATP production is just a byproduct of mitochondria. Despite what "minestream" says .
The main purpose of mitochondria is to produce water and filter deuterium. By filtering it, mitochondria then produce what we call deuterium-depleted water.
If you want to imagine it, just think of a simple filter that people install on their tap. Water with impurities comes in, but the filter, thanks to its small gaps, only lets small amounts of water through. ATP synthase works in the same way.
The deuterium that comes closer should be retained, only light hydrogen will get into the mitochondria, and so the water that forms the fourth complex in the mitochondria will remain deuterium-free. It will be light water.
Water that is deuterium-depleted is therefore lighter, less viscous, and easier to reach and hydrate every part of the cell. This way we stay hydrated, healthier, and more efficient.
How appropriate red and infrared light promotes hydration and production of deuterium-depleted water
We conclude what red and infrared light are and their positive and stimulating effect on water and ATP synthase.
It is now known that red and NIR light stimulate ATP production. The 670 nm wavelength does this best, which is why we included it in our devices from the beginning and in a higher ratio than 630 nm (unlike competing brands).
Studies also show that 670 nm light penetrates our cells and mitochondria, where it changes the viscosity of water, thereby improving ATP production and therefore our energy. [R]
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What makes Mitochondriak® devices different:
It is precisely due to better activity and ATP stimulation that mitochondria produce better quality water. Our mitochondria perfectly filter water through cellular respiration, and the better they work, the more ATP they create, the better our internal hydration. [R]
This is why we have also added a 760nm wavelength to Mitochondriak devices (and even UV light to some devices).
The LEDs in Mitochondriak devices are designed to emit light only at very specific, pre-programmed, therapeutic wavelengths of light. The new Mitochondriak® devices use wavelengths ranging from 295 to 940 nm, depending on the model..
All Mitochondriak® devices therefore provide a minimum of 7 wavelengths, 3 in the RED spectrum and 4 in the NIR spectrum, which aim to even better stimulate the fourth complex in the mitochondria and the production of both ATP and water.
One of the most famous researchers in the field of RLT, Tina Karu, also found four action peaks in the red to near infrared region: 620, 680, 760 and 820 nm, which, according to her, belong to the absorption spectra of the so-called "redox active centers" of cytochrome c oxidase (namely - reduced CuA, oxidized CuB, reduced CuB and oxidized CuA).[9, 10]
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What is our mission and our motto:
"We are not trying to "hack" nature or imitate sunlight. We are just trying to get as close to it as possible and harness its natural healing power!"
Let's get closer to nature and sunlight and discover our full potential!
Mitochondriak®
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Jaroslav Lachký, book Kvantová Biológia (https://jaroslavlachky.sk/eshop-produkty/kvantova-biologia/)
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Gabor Somlyai - Defeating Cancer!: The Biological Effect of Deuterium Depletion#
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Tina Karu J. Photochem. Photobiol. B Biol., 49 (1999), pp. 1-17
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Margaret T.T. Wong-Riley, Huan Ling Liang, Janis T. Eells, Britton Chance, Michele M. Henry, Ellen Buchmann, Mary Kane, Harry T. Whelan, Photobiomodulation Directly Benefits Primary Neurons Functionally Inactivated by Toxins: ROLE OF CYTOCHROME c OXIDASE*, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume 280, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 4761-4771, ISSN 0021-9258, https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M409650200.