Why more antioxidants don't equal more protection & how they can keep you stuck
The big problem with suppressing all inflammation...
We’ve been taught that more antioxidants = more protection.
And while they can be helpful - overuse is an issue, because your body actually NEEDS some inflammation!
Confused? Keep reading...
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Re: Inflammation: Your body doesn’t just produce oxidative stress randomly.
Your body doesn’t just produce oxidative stress randomly, and lot of what we call “oxidative stress” is actually communication.
Furthermore: inflammation isn't just "damage" - in the right context - it's actually part of the signal that drives repair and mitochondrial adaptation.
So the goal isn’t to eliminate it inflammation 100% - it's to regulate it & keep it in proper balance.
Where things can go wrong is when we try to override or suppress that system long term.
Antioxidants like vitamin C, CoQ10 & glutathione don’t simply “clean things up or build mitochondrial strength.”
They participate in your body’s redox system - which is constantly balancing damage and signaling at the same time.
That’s why in some cases you’ll see things like:
• blunted training adaptations
• stalled progress
• more frequent illness & less recovery
• progress feeling slower or a general feeling that your system isn't responding the way it should.
Now to be clear: antioxidants are not bad. (I actually have a vitamin C protocol in my PROTOCOLS course that is awesome for spring allergies), but timing - dosing - strategic pulsed periods of going on and off them, and supervision are all important.
This is where molecular hydrogen is fundamentally different in that it doesn’t act like a blanket.....It’s selective.
Hydrogen targets the most reactive, damaging species - while leaving the signaling pathways intact.
That’s one of the big reasons why hydrogen has been studied across so many different conditions with a very strong safety profile.
If you’ve been trying to make sense of hydrogen - what it actually does, how it works, and whether it’s even worth considering - I put everything into one place.
Inside, the article I walk through things like: What molecular hydrogen actually is, and where we naturally encounter it in the environment & how it impacts the mitochondria.
The scientific clinical difference between:
• drinking hydrogen water
• inhalation
• tablets
• and machines
I also go into the safety side of this - because that’s one of the biggest concerns people have.
What’s actually been shown in the research, and why hydrogen has such a unique safety profile compared to a lot of other interventions
And then we get into the questions I know most of you are really asking:
How hydrogen has been studied in the context of:
• chronic illness
• autoimmune conditions
• neurological issues
• metabolic dysfunction
• and more complex cases like POTS, Lyme, mold-related illness, and even cancer
This is the article I wish existed when I was first trying to understand all of this. (click here to read it)
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