This document discusses the interconnected factors contributing to declining health, including environmental toxins, nutrient deficiencies, and mitochondrial dysfunction. It argues that endocrine disrupting chemicals and epigenetic changes are important but secondary influences on health, and that mitochondrial energetics may be the primary driver of metabolism and cellular stress. The document advocates finding the root causes of health issues in order to properly address them.
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Intrauterine Drug Exposure and the Management of Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeErikaAGoyer
Intrauterine Drug Exposure and the
Management of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome:
The participant will be able to: Identify the impact of
poly-drug exposure and NAS in the neonate; describe
the current pharmacologic therapies used to manage
NAS in the neonate and identify short and long term
outcomes in the neonate with intrauterine drug
exposure.
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Intrauterine Drug Exposure and the Management of Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeErikaAGoyer
Intrauterine Drug Exposure and the
Management of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome:
The participant will be able to: Identify the impact of
poly-drug exposure and NAS in the neonate; describe
the current pharmacologic therapies used to manage
NAS in the neonate and identify short and long term
outcomes in the neonate with intrauterine drug
exposure.
Every woman should be thinking about her health whether or not she is planning pregnancy. One reason is that about half of all pregnancies are not planned. Unplanned pregnancies are at greater risk of preterm birth and low birth weight babies. Another reason is that, despite important advances in medicine and prenatal care, about 1 in 8 babies is born too early. Researchers are trying to find out why and how to prevent preterm birth. But experts agree that women need to be healthier before becoming pregnant. By taking action on health issues and risks before pregnancy, you can prevent problems that might affect you or your baby later.
Preventive Paediatric Osteopathy
Document by Luc Peeters, MSc.Ost. and Grégoire Lason, MSc.Ost.
Joint principals of the International Academy of Osteopathy (I.A.O.)
More information at www.osteopathy.eu
DEFINITION
FTT is defined as attained growth Weight of < 3rd percentile on standard growth chart or Weight for height < 5th percentile on standard growth chart or Weight 20% or more below ideal weight for height. OR
Rate of growth less than 20 g/day from birth to 3 months of age or less than 15 g/day from 3 months to 6 months of age or falloff from previously established growth curve or downward crossing of > 2 major percentiles.
ETIOLOGY
The etiology of FTT has traditionally been divided into organic, inorganic and mixed.
Organic FTT; Is a growth symptom of virtually all serious pediatric physical illnesses, such as gastro esophageal reflux, malabsorption syndrome, cystic fibrosis and congenital heart disease.
Nonorganic FTT; Is a failure of growth without diagnosable organic disease. It is caused by a psychosocial problem between the infant or child and the mother or other primary caregiver.
Mixed FTT; has both organic and nonorganic causes and cannot be described as either alone.
NOTE:-
The standard classification of dividing the causes of FTT as organic and non-organic is probably not very appropriate. Whether the condition is primarily organic or non-organic in origin, all children who fail to thrive suffer the physical and psychological consequences of malnutrition and are at a significant risk for long-term physical and psycho developmental sequelae. Organic diseases are responsible for less than 20% of cases with FTT. The causes of FTT are as;-
1. INADEQUATE CALORIC INTAKE
• Incorrect formula preparation
• Neglect
• Excessive juice consumption
• Poverty
• Behavioral problem affecting eating
• Non-availability of food
• Misperceptions about diet and feeding practices
• Errors in formula reconstitution
• Dysfunctional parent-child interaction, child abuse and neglect
• Behavioral feeding problem
• Mechanical problems with sucking, swallowing and feeding
• Primary neurological diseases
• Chronic systemic disease resulting in anorexia, food refusal and neurological problems
2. INADEQUATE ABSORPTION
• Cystic fibrosis
• Celiac disease
• Vitamin deficiencies
• Hepatic diseases.
3. INCREASED CALORIC REQUIREMENT
• Hyperthyroidism
• Congenital heart disease
• Chronic immunodeficiency
• Chronic respiratory disease
• Neoplasm
• Chronic or recurrent infection
4. EXCESSIVE LOSS OF CALORIES
• Persistent vomiting
• Gastro esophageal reflux disease
• Gastrointestinal obstruction
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Renal losses - renal tubular acidosis
• Diabetes mellitus
• Inborn errors of metabolism
Treatment Track, National Rx Drug Abuse Summit, April 2-4, 2013. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Treating Pregnant Women presentation by Dr. Rick McClead, Mona Prasad, Jacqueline Magers and Gail A. Bagwell
it is a powerpoint presentation on preconception care.
Made and presented by Dr Trishna Mohanty, resident Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth DTU Medical College, PUNE
Every woman should be thinking about her health whether or not she is planning pregnancy. One reason is that about half of all pregnancies are not planned. Unplanned pregnancies are at greater risk of preterm birth and low birth weight babies. Another reason is that, despite important advances in medicine and prenatal care, about 1 in 8 babies is born too early. Researchers are trying to find out why and how to prevent preterm birth. But experts agree that women need to be healthier before becoming pregnant. By taking action on health issues and risks before pregnancy, you can prevent problems that might affect you or your baby later.
Preventive Paediatric Osteopathy
Document by Luc Peeters, MSc.Ost. and Grégoire Lason, MSc.Ost.
Joint principals of the International Academy of Osteopathy (I.A.O.)
More information at www.osteopathy.eu
DEFINITION
FTT is defined as attained growth Weight of < 3rd percentile on standard growth chart or Weight for height < 5th percentile on standard growth chart or Weight 20% or more below ideal weight for height. OR
Rate of growth less than 20 g/day from birth to 3 months of age or less than 15 g/day from 3 months to 6 months of age or falloff from previously established growth curve or downward crossing of > 2 major percentiles.
ETIOLOGY
The etiology of FTT has traditionally been divided into organic, inorganic and mixed.
Organic FTT; Is a growth symptom of virtually all serious pediatric physical illnesses, such as gastro esophageal reflux, malabsorption syndrome, cystic fibrosis and congenital heart disease.
Nonorganic FTT; Is a failure of growth without diagnosable organic disease. It is caused by a psychosocial problem between the infant or child and the mother or other primary caregiver.
Mixed FTT; has both organic and nonorganic causes and cannot be described as either alone.
NOTE:-
The standard classification of dividing the causes of FTT as organic and non-organic is probably not very appropriate. Whether the condition is primarily organic or non-organic in origin, all children who fail to thrive suffer the physical and psychological consequences of malnutrition and are at a significant risk for long-term physical and psycho developmental sequelae. Organic diseases are responsible for less than 20% of cases with FTT. The causes of FTT are as;-
1. INADEQUATE CALORIC INTAKE
• Incorrect formula preparation
• Neglect
• Excessive juice consumption
• Poverty
• Behavioral problem affecting eating
• Non-availability of food
• Misperceptions about diet and feeding practices
• Errors in formula reconstitution
• Dysfunctional parent-child interaction, child abuse and neglect
• Behavioral feeding problem
• Mechanical problems with sucking, swallowing and feeding
• Primary neurological diseases
• Chronic systemic disease resulting in anorexia, food refusal and neurological problems
2. INADEQUATE ABSORPTION
• Cystic fibrosis
• Celiac disease
• Vitamin deficiencies
• Hepatic diseases.
3. INCREASED CALORIC REQUIREMENT
• Hyperthyroidism
• Congenital heart disease
• Chronic immunodeficiency
• Chronic respiratory disease
• Neoplasm
• Chronic or recurrent infection
4. EXCESSIVE LOSS OF CALORIES
• Persistent vomiting
• Gastro esophageal reflux disease
• Gastrointestinal obstruction
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Renal losses - renal tubular acidosis
• Diabetes mellitus
• Inborn errors of metabolism
Treatment Track, National Rx Drug Abuse Summit, April 2-4, 2013. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Treating Pregnant Women presentation by Dr. Rick McClead, Mona Prasad, Jacqueline Magers and Gail A. Bagwell
it is a powerpoint presentation on preconception care.
Made and presented by Dr Trishna Mohanty, resident Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth DTU Medical College, PUNE
Crimson Publishers-Care for Both Partners before Conception: The Logical Star...CrimsonPublishers-PRM
Crimson Publishers-Care for Both Partners before Conception: The Logical Starting Place To Improve Fertility and Every Aspect of Reproduction By Janette E Roberts* in Perceptions in Reproductive Medicine
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NATIONAL PERINATAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2014 - Intrauterine Drug Exposure and the Management of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Evelyn Fulmore, Pharm. D., McLeod Regional Medical Center
Reproductive and child health ensures that people have the ability to reproduce and regulate their fertility;
women are able to go through pregnancy and child birth safely, that the outcome of pregnancy is successful in term of maternal and infant survival and well being and couples are able to have sex relation free of fear of pregnancy and contracting diseases
Clinical definitions
Infertility is “a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse
“Infertility is the inability of a sexually active, non-contracepting couple to achieve pregnancy in one year
The male partner can be evaluated for infertility or sub fertility using a variety of clinical interventions, and also from a laboratory evaluation of semen.”
Preventive pediatrics in Child Health NursingDhara Vyas
Preventive pediatrics has been defined as the prevention of diseases and the promotion of physical, mental, and social well-being for children to reach optimal growth and development.
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Navigating Health
in a Toxic World
Chandler Marrs, PhD
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June 21, 2014
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS,
EPIGENETICS AND ENERGETICS
2. Before we begin
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“You did then what you knew how to do,
And when you knew better,
You did better.”
Maya Angelou
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Beginning Principles
o Pregnancy is an opportunity to break cycles of bad
health
o Reproduction should be viewed from a much
broader and longer perspective.
o Dad’s health matters
o Perinatal health should include pre-conception – postpartum
year
o Transgenerational – can’t undue sins of our parents and
grandparents, but we can protect our children and
grandchildren
o Everything is connected – a more holistic and
systems approach to health
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We are an unhealthy lot
2005
2010
2013
And becoming more unhealthy as
time goes by
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Living Sick and Dying Young
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Medication Nation
Mayo Clinic Reports
o 70% adults take prescription
medications chronically
o 50% take 2 or more meds
o 20% take 5 or more meds
“Before the SSRIs, drugs were poisons that came with risks. Now they
are fertilizers to be used as widely as possible, being given in ever
larger amounts to children and the elderly - the only risks the
authorities can see it would seem stem from not using enough of
them.” David Healy
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During Pregnancy
o 80% of women take at least one medication
during pregnancy
o ~30% take 4 or more medications during
pregnancy
o 60% increase in medication use during
pregnancy in 30 years
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We Didn’t Learn
Thalidomide -prescribed for morning
sickness
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) – to prevent miscarriage
At least 3 generations affected, sons, daughters and
grandchildren
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Now we Have
80% of pregnant women use one
medication
With little evidence of safety and
efficacy
And yes, Flu vaccines still contain
thimerosal (Johns Hopkins Inst. Vaccine Safety)
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And we wonder why
o 1-68 children develop autism
o Neurodevelopmental and behavioral
problems on the rise
o Kids are largest growing market for
psychotropics
o 14% teens
o 4-12% polypharmacy
o 7X increase in antipsychotics ages 0-13
years, from 1998-2009
o 1 in 6 children are obese
o 70% to 80% have NAFLD
o ~30% increase in pediatric type 2 diabetes
2001-2009
JAMA Pediatr. 2013;167(2):141-148; Psychiatry (Edgmont). Aug
2005; 2(8): 14–19; Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012;69(12):1247-1256;
BMC Pediatrics 2013, 13:40 3; JAMA. 2014;311(17):1778-1786.
12.
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Unheralded Environmental
Exposures
o Pervasive
o 2000 environmental
chemicals on the market
(EPA 2004)
o In food, air, every product
on the market
o Up to 99% adults tested
have chemicals in blood,
urine, serum
o Placenta, breast milk, cord
blood
o Infants and children
Certain polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine
pesticides, PFCs, phenols, PBDEs, phthalates, polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons, and perchlorate were detected
in 99–100% of pregnant women. The median number of
detected chemicals by chemical class ranged from 4 of
12 PFCs to 9 of 13 phthalates. Across chemical classes,
median number ranged from 8 of 17 chemical analytes
to 50 of 71 chemical analytes (NHANES 2003-2004).
BPA and tOP were detected in 92.6% and 57.4% of the
persons, respectively...Females had statistically higher
BPA LSGM concentrations than males (p = 0.043).
Children had higher concentrations than adolescents (p <
0.001), who in turn had higher concentrations than
adults (p = 0.003). LSGM concentrations were lowest for
participants in the high household income category (>
$45,000/year).
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Affecting health and hormones
For generations to come
Endocrine disruptors are
synthetic chemicals that when
absorbed into the body either
mimic or block hormones and
disrupt the body's normal
functions.
Most of the endocrine disruptors
on the market are estrogenic or
anti-androgenic.
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What would normally filter
the damage
Medicines
Toxins
Diet
Nutrients
Exercise
Has been compromised
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Calorie Rich, Nutrient Poor
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Nutrient Stripped Food
o Highly processed food-like products
o Sugar, carbs, fats and chemicals
o Genetically culled produce
o 70% reduced nutrient content
o With no genetic variation ( 96%)
o Glyphosate, toxic adjuvants and more
o 8 of the 9 formulations tested were 1000X
more toxic than their active principles
o Chemically laden meats
o Heavy antibiotics, antibiotic resistant bacteria,
growth and other hormones
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Maternal Nutrient Deficiency
Oxidative stress caused by free radicals has been implicated in many studies of the etiology
of preeclampsia (38). Because ascorbic acid and vitamin E inhibit free radical formation, a
double-blind randomized trial was conducted in 283 women who had either a previous
history of pregnancy complications or an abnormal ultrasound (39). The supplement
provided 1000 mg ascorbic acid and 400 IU vitamin E daily from week 16–22 of pregnancy,
and resulted in a 76% reduction in preeclampsia, and a 21% reduction in indicators of
endothelial activation and placental dysfunction.
Evidence from experimental animals supports the concept that in addition to primary deficiencies,
secondary embryonic and fetal nutritional deficiencies can be caused by diverse factors including
genetics, maternal disease, toxicant insults and physiological stressors that can trigger a maternal
acute phase response. These secondary responses may be significant contributors to the occurrence
of birth defects. An implication of the above is that the frequency and severity of pregnancy
complications may be reduced through an improvement in the micronutrient status of the mother.
Micronutrient status in fetal and early life may alter metabolism,
vasculature, and organ growth and function, leading to increased risk
of cardiometabolic disorders, adiposity, altered kidney function, and,
ultimately, to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
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Paternal Nutrient Deficiency
20. A Perfect Storm
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Of environmental hazards
and reproductive difficulties.
21. Drowning in a sea of toxins
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Of our
own
making
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Not your average poisons
o First Generation Damage
o Chronic health issues: Obesity, CVD, ME/CFS
and other autoimmune conditions, T2D, thyroid
disease, Alzheimer’s, cancer
o Impaired fertility – male and female
o Difficult pregnancies
o 2nd Generation
o Males: demasculinization, reduced
anogenital distance (AGD), retained nipples,
cleft phallus with hypospadias, undescended
testes, a vaginal pouch, epididymal
agenesis, and small to absent sex accessory
glands as adults.
o Females: uterine malformations, precocious
puberty, endometriosis, breast and uterine
cancers
o 3rd Generation
o Fertility & health issues
23. FIND THE SITES AND MECHANISMS OF
DAMAGE
And then correct.
24. What is the First Domino
in the cascade of ill-health?
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Is it the Endocrine Disruptors?
TEDX
Endocrine Disruption Exchange
Critical Windows of Development
http://endocrinedisruption.org/prenatal-origins-
of-endocrine-disruption/critical-windows-of-
development/timeline-test/
At low doses
Yes.
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How about Gene
Activation/Deactivation?
Can methylation
patterns explain
chronic illness?
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And possibly transgenerational
effects?
“Epigenetic effects can silence genes entirely, or cause
them to overproduce/overexpress (hypomethylate) or
underproduce/underexpress (hypermethylate) the
gene's protein product, influencing the downstream
biochemical milieu that underpins all dimensions of
complex behavior, including human health. Growing
evidence supports the likelihood that the overwhelming
majority of chronic human diseases are driven by
acquired changes in genomic expression over the life
course.”
• Intrauterine period is
highly susceptible to
epigenetic variability.
• Maternal-fetal
exposures linked later
life disease.
But is it enough?
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“…epigenetic, and genetic changes are essential, but secondary, and can only be understood
with reference to the prime drivers in metabolism.”
Robert Naviaux, UCSD
Could there be Something
Else?
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What is the prime driver of
metabolism?
Energetics.
“…mitochondria are located at the hub of
the wheel of metabolism and play a central
role in non-infectious cellular stress, innate
immunity, inflammasome activation, and
the stereotyped antiviral response, we
searched for a signaling system that was
both traceable to mitochondria and critical
for innate immunity.” Robert Naviaux, UCSD
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Mitochondria: Cellular
Powerhouses
o Control dozens of cell processes
o Energetics, steroidogenesis, cell death, CA2+ management
o Bidirectional hormone regulation
o Highly susceptible to endocrine disruptors
o Interact significantly with nDNA
o 90% of factors required for mitochondrial function encoded by nDNA
o Bidirectional cross talk critical for cell homeostasis
o Lack protective histones – susceptible to epigenetic alterations
o Oxidative damage 10X higher than nDNA
o Sit at the center of host immune function
o Sensing and sending danger signals via multiple mechanisms
And so much more.
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At the most basic level
o Consume O2 to
produce energy from
nutrients
o Mitochondria take
electrons from food to
produce ATP
o ATP = cellular
energy/cell survival
o ROS is a by-product
of energy production
o Too much or too little
ROS impaired
function
o Food supplies
mitochondria vitamins,
minerals necessary to
produce cellular
energy
o Without nutrients
functional
mitochondrial deficits
and cell death
Mitochondria produce ATP.
ATP is the universal
energy currency of
life.
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High Carbohydrate Diet
Damage now, heritable
changes later.
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High Fat Diet
Obesity is a safety mechanism.
o TSPO Channel
o Cholesterol into
mitochondria
o Pregnenolone
o ROS & ATP production
o High fat diet downregulates
TSPO
o Up to 90%
o Increased fat storage in
white adipocytes
o Increased immune response
o Decreased ATP
o Hormone dysregulation
o Cell death
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First Warnings of Mitochondrial
Danger
o Orexin/Hypocretin system
o Brain energy sensors
o Maintain wakefulness, initiate
eating
o Exquisitely sensitive to changes
in ATP, glucose and temperature
o Low ATP = diminished firing
o High glucose = diminished firing
o High temp = diminished firing
o Conservation of resources
As Hans Selye observed many decades ago, one
of the first, and indeed, most consistent of the
sickness behaviors, no matter the disease, is
lethargy, fatigue and sleepiness. Orexin is at the
center of this behavior.
Excessive sleeping, fatigue,
anorexia.
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Mitochondria: Not all
about Mom
o Inherited maternally
o 37 genes that code for 13 proteins, 22
RNAs, 2 rRNAs
o Interact significantly with nDNA
o 90% of factors required for mitochondrial
function encoded by nDNA
o Silenced or activated genes in mom and
dad can evoke mitochondrial damage and
mutations
o Interact significantly with extracellular
(host) environment
o Sense and send danger signals
o Medical and environmental exposures
matter
Dad’s health matters
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Mitochondrial-Nuclear
Interdependence
The vast majority of mitochondrial
proteins (estimated at >1000 [2] )
are synthesized in the cytosol from
nuclear gene transcripts.
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Poor Nutrition plus High Toxic
Load
Foundation from
which most parents-
to-be approach
reproduction
With the cascade of ill-
health already in progress.
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Mitochondria Are Targets
Sensors of cell danger
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Mitochondria Integrate Danger
Signals
EDCs affect mitochondria.
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Mitochondria Drive Epigenetics
In response to cell
danger signals.
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Endocrine Disruption, Epigenetics
and Energetics
Chronic,
Multifactorial
Illness
Danger
Signals
Chronic
Immune
Response
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Environmentally Induced
Mitochondrial Dysfunction
mtDNA
damage
Functional
deficits
mtDNA
mutations
Altered ETC
Decreased
ATP
Mito damage
Increased
ROS
Oxidative
stress
Toxic Exposures
Medications, Vaccines, Environmental
Direct
Induce mitochondrial
membrane permeability
changes
Alter channel open times
Activate death pathways
Indirect
Block critical nutrient co-
factors for ATP
Alters hormone activity
(endocrine disruptors)
Activate/deactivate critical
transcription and repair
proteins (epigenetics)
Cell Death
Disease
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How prevalent is Mito
Damage?
“Disorders of the mitochondrial respiratory chain affect at least 1 in 8000 of the population,
making them among the most common genetically determined diseases.”
Patrick Chinnery, Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Prevalence is likely underestimated because
functional mitochondrial damage is often
overlooked and most mitochondrial
deficits, especially those emerging later in
life, remain undiagnosed.
Not widely recognized.
1 in 500
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What Happens with Mito
Damage?
“These are partial defects. Mitochondrial dysfunction doesn’t really cause anything, what it does
is predisposes towards seemingly everything. It’s one of many risk factors in multifactorial
disease. It can predispose towards epilepsy, chronic fatigue, and even autism, but it doesn’t do it
alone. It does it in combination with other factors, which is why in a family with a single
mutation going through the family, everyone in the family is affected in a different way. Because
it predisposes for disease throughout the entire system.”
Dr. Richard Boles, Director of the Metabolic and Mitochondrial Disorders Clinic at Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles
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What Does Mito Damage
Look Like?
o Manifests broadly and variably
o Fatigue, hypersomnia
o Orexin/hypocretin system
o Migraines, seizures
o Muscle weakness, neuropathies
o Hair loss
o Cognitive & psychiatric symptoms
o Gait, balance and tremors
o GI disturbances
o Food intolerances
o Gastroparesis, dysmotility, cyclic vomiting,
anorexia
o Autonomic dysregulation
o Temperature
o Cardiovascular – Cardiometabolic
o Salt/potassium balance
o Thyroid damage
o Likely other endocrine disruptions
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Microbiota > Mitochondria
Evolution
o Common evolution
o From O2-scavenging bacterial
symbionts into primary control
centers for energy production
and cell life-and-death
processes
o Shared function – ensure
survival of host
o Shared defense mechanisms
o ROS signaling – membrane
permeability (Curr Med Chem.
2012;19(10):1519-29.)
“The fascinating thing is that these organelles, the
mitochondria, come from some bacterial origin—they
were free-living bacteria and then invaded cells and
somehow made a deal to become the cells’ primary
energy producer. They also delegated functions to the
rest of the cell: only 13 out of 1,100 mitochondrial
proteins are encoded in the mitochondria; the rest are
encoded by the nucleus and produced in the
cytoplasm. So there is an effective symbiosis between
mitochondria and the rest of the cell, which involves a
great deal of communication and signaling.” Gyorgy
Hajnoczky, MD, PhD
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Here’s the Kicker
o Interaction between diet, environmental toxins and
epigenetics, endocrine and mitochondrial dysfunction sits
squarely in ‘hands’ of the gut microbiota
Lack of proper nutrition for microbiota is a major
factor under-pinning dysfunctional microbiota,
dysbiosis, chronically elevated inflammation, and the
production and leakage of endotoxins through the
various tissue barriers. Furthermore, the over-
consumption of insulinogenic foods and proteotoxins,
such as advanced glycation and lipoxidation molecules,
gluten and zein, and a reduced intake of fruit and
vegetables, are key factors behind the commonly
observed elevated inflammation and the endemic of
obesity and chronic diseases, factors which are also
likely to be detrimental to microbiota. As a
consequence of this lifestyle and the associated eating
habits, most barriers, including the gut, the airways,
the skin, the oral cavity, the vagina, the placenta, the
blood-brain barrier, etc., are increasingly permeable.
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…if the gut microbiome is a major, if not dominant, component of the
DNA of a host animal, then changes in the gut microbiome can quite
naturally lead to new adaptations and speciation just like changes in
nuclear genes. We adhere to this view and suggest that the gut
microbiome must be considered a major portion of the genetics of an
animal, in combination with the nuclear genome and organelles –
what is now called a hologenome.
“…collaborative, cooperative and competitive cellular ecologies composed of our innate cells and almost incalculably
numerous microbial inhabitants.” William B Miller, Jr. M.D. The Microcosm Within: Evolution and Extinction in the
Hologenome.
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Simple Solution
Avoid the toxins
Clean up the diet
Feed the deficiencies
If only…
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Counterbalance
Nutrients
Exercise
Toxins
Medicine
Junk food
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Nutrition is Key
Nutrition induces positive
and negative epigenetic
changes
Nutrients regulate
mitochondrial functioning
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And Exercise Helps Too
Use it or lose it.
Exercise Induces
Mitogenesis
Exercise Increases
Microbial Diversity
…athletes had a higher diversity of gut micro-
organisms, representing 22 distinct phyla, which
in turn positively correlated with protein
consumption and creatine kinase… compared to
controls.
Endurance exercise-training
results in an increase in the size
and number of mitochondria in
the skeletal muscles that are
involved in the exercise. In early
studies of this phenomenon,
long-term training programs of
progressively increasing intensity
and duration were used.
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Ending Principles
o Pregnancy is an opportunity to break cycles of bad
health
o Reproduction should be viewed from a much
broader and longer perspective.
o Dad’s health matters
o Perinatal health should include pre-conception – postpartum
year
o Transgenerational – can’t undue sins of our parents and
grandparents, but we can protect our children and
grandchildren
o Everything is connected – a more holistic and
systems approach to health
Same as in the beginning.
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o HormonesMatter.com I online journal, medication adverse events
surveys
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o Social Media
o Facebook pages: Hormones Matter, Lucine Women Community
o Twitter: @chanatlucine, @lucinewoman, @hormonesmatter
o Email: chandler@lucinehealthsciences.com or
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A life expectancy decline of about 5 years
A life expectancy decline of about 5 years
Medications are not tested on pregnant women, they are not approved for pregnant women. We have no idea whether the medication reaches the fetus and or what it does to development, short term or long term. We used to think the placenta was an inviolate, sterile environment, protected from the insults of maternal health, we now know that is not true, it is neither sterile – it has it’s own microbiome – or impenetrable – a lot of medications and other toxins have been identified in the placenta, in the cord blood. The fact that we’ve seen a 60% increase medication use in 30 years, attests the cognitive dissonance we accept when it comes to maternal fetal health.
Thalidomide was developed in Germany in 1957 and was considered safe enough to be sold over the counter in some countries. It was sold in 45 countries. The FDA in the US never approved it, but there were victims who were part of a clinical trial where 20,000 patients received the drug, as well as patients who obtained the drug abroad.
In 1967, the drug was pulled from the market. It is now reported that 10,000 – 20,000 babies were born with severe birth defects during the 5 years that it was on the market.
synthetic estrogen developed in the late 1930s. It was initially approved by the FDA in 1941 for vaginitis and as an early hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women. It was later approved a variety of low estrogen indications. In 1947, the FDA approved its use in pregnant women with a history of miscarriage.
DES was given to pregnant women from the 1940 through 1971 in the US and into the 1980s in some European countries. If you were born anytime between 1940 and 1980
1000s of chemicals on the market; few tested,
Millions of pound of BPA, tOP – detergents and personal care products
1000s of chemicals on the market; few tested,
Millions of pound of BPA, tOP – detergents and personal care products
Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria was found in 64% of the samples. Pork chops had the lowest prevalence (39.8%) and ground turkey had the highest (80.2%). (Remember the connection between E. coli in poultry and treatment resistant urinary tract infections in women.)
Salmonella bacteria was found in 44.5% of meats sampled and antibiotic resistance grew from 10-44% depending upon the strain of bacteria.
Multi-drug resistance grew by 43% in chicken breast and 33% in ground turkey since 2010.
f MRSA in only 17% organic facilities and 3% of the pigs themselves. This is compared to a larger study a couple years earlier where 71% of non-organic commercial facilities tested positive for MRSA, with 38% of all pigs testing positive. In the US, MRSA ladden pork products can be found in at least 6% of retail meats and methicillin susceptible staph bacteria was identified in 64% of retail meats tested.
The mechanisms by which environmental chemicals, changes in our food supply and modern medicines impact our health are more complex and longer lasting than recognized.
The mechanisms by which environmental chemicals, changes in our food supply and modern medicines impact our health are more complex and longer lasting than recognized.
Obesity, diabetes, even mental health
etabolism is the foundation of any
biological system as it allows organisms to respond and
to adapt to any intracellular and extracellular changes
[15, 16]. It helps maintain a milieu conducive to the
production and storage of energy and to cellular growth
The likelihood of mutations in mt DNA affected by mito>nuclear communication via protein>protein interactions
OXPHOS: protein RNA >mito ribosomes or nuclear factors-mtDNA recognition sites during the transcription and replication process.
nDNA codes for all the potential factors that regulate mtDNA replication, transcription and processing including mtDNA polymerase; also codes for structural proteins tha make up the respiratory complexes.
From mtDNA>nDNA: metabolic signals (ROS) and in animal research what are being called mitokines. - to induce a stress response (mitochodnrial unfolded protein response) in the intestine w/o altering the intestinal cells.
Cross talk
Mitochondria use fuel molecules derived from food to produce energy by oxidative metabolism in the form of adenosine triphosphate or ATP, which when hydrolysed to the disphosphate, ADP, releases energy to produce muscle contractions, nerve impulses and all the energy-consuming processes needed to synthesize all of the complex molecules of the body. ATP recycles approximately every 10 seconds in a healthy individual. However, when mitochondria are impaired the energy they supply will be impaired and so the individually has poor stamina, as in CFS. Also, when a cell is filled with defective mitochondria, it not only becomes deprived of energy (ATP). It can accumulate a backlog of unused fuel molecules (glucose) and oxygen with disastrous effects. If the body is short of ATP, it can make a very small amount directly from glucose by converting it into lactic acid. This is exactly what many individuals with CFS do. They readily switch into anaerobic metabolism.[83] However, this results in serious problems.
Mechanism of mitochondrial dysfunction. Excess intake of nutrients, including overloaded FFAs or hyperglycemia conditions, increases ROS production and reduces mitochondrial biogenesis, causing mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondrial dysfunction leads to decreased β-oxidation and ATP production and increased ROS production, resulting in insulin resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
Glucose and lipid metabolism are largely dependent on mitochondria to generate energy in cells. Thereby, when nutrient oxidation is inefficient, the ratio of ATP production/oxygen consumption is low, leading to an increased production of superoxide anions. Reactive oxygen species formation may have maladaptive consequences that increase the rate of mutagenesis and stimulate proinflammatory processes. In addition to reactive oxygen species formation, genetic factors, aging, and reduced mitochondrial biogenesis all contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction.
The primary function of the TSPO is to bring cholesterol into the mitochondria. Once inside, another protein, an enzyme called StAR, converts cholesterol into a hormone called pregnenolone and shoots it back out into the cell and beyond. Pregnenolone is the precursor for all steroid hormones and so this TSPO channel is responsible for steroidogenesis in cells, not just in what are considered the typical steroid producing cells like the ovaries, testes, adrenals, but in all cells. TSPO is ubiquitous across mitochondria,
t regulates production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) – those pesky little free radicals that damage mitochondrial DNA. The TSPO also influences outright apoptosis or cell death, and as one might expect, TSPO modulates cellular energy or ATP production.
researchers demonstrated that a high fat diet downregulates TSPO functioning significantly and the compensatory reaction – obesity – is the survival mechanism.
: (1) cholesterol binding and transport into mitochondria, a key function in steroidogenesis and bile salt synthesis, (2) protein import for membrane biogenesis, and directly or indirectly for other cellular functions including apoptosis, cell proliferation, differentiation, and anion transport, (3) porphyrin binding and transport for heme synthesis, and (4) regulation of mitochondrial function and immune regulation [13, 16].
increased cholesterol storage within the fat cells and perhaps decreased conversion from cholesterol to energy (or steroids) inside the mitochondria. The hypertrophic and unhealthy adipocytes then evoke an immune response drawing macrophages and inducing phagocytocis. A dangerous feedback loop ensues.
The likelihood of mutations in mt DNA affected by mito>nuclear communication via protein>protein interactions
OXPHOS: protein RNA >mito ribosomes or nuclear factors-mtDNA recognition sites during the transcription and replication process.
nDNA codes for all the potential factors that regulate mtDNA replication, transcription and processing including mtDNA polymerase; also codes for structural proteins tha make up the respiratory complexes.
From mtDNA>nDNA: metabolic signals (ROS) and in animal research what are being called mitokines. - to induce a stress response (mitochodnrial unfolded protein response) in the intestine w/o altering the intestinal cells.
Cross talk
The likelihood of mutations in mt DNA affected by mito>nuclear communication via protein>protein interactions
OXPHOS: protein RNA >mito ribosomes or nuclear factors-mtDNA recognition sites during the transcription and replication process.
nDNA codes for all the potential factors that regulate mtDNA replication, transcription and processing including mtDNA polymerase; also codes for structural proteins tha make up the respiratory complexes.
From mtDNA>nDNA: metabolic signals (ROS) and in animal research what are being called mitokines. - to induce a stress response (mitochodnrial unfolded protein response) in the intestine w/o altering the intestinal cells.
Cross talk
Not only does conception and pregnancy become difficult, but additional load of pregnancy can trigger latent mitochondrial deficits and essentially tip the scale into disease state; and mother’s poor health makes babies health more precarious.
Increased free radicals, decreased aerobic energy, increased serum lactate, lowers the ph, depletes tissue phosphorylation
DNA methylation, histone modifications, and intra- and inter-chromosomal interactions mediated by chromatin proteins [1], [2]. Changes in methylation represent a key area where environmental factors can modify or interact with inherited genetic factors (DNA sequence) to alter the functional output of the genome.
When the mitochondrion is unable to repair mtDNA damage, the mitochondrion may segregate damaged mtDNA into a region of the mitochondrion which, following fission, will immediately decrease in respiratory activity and will be targeted for mitophagy, destroying the damaged mtDNA molecules within [16]. As an extreme and rare last alternative, excessive amounts of mutated and/or unrepaired mtDNA may trigger apoptosis of the entire cell [35]. As a functional system, mechanisms for mtDNA maintenance and repair thus play a critical role in maintaining mitochondrial fitness.
Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of sensory impairment worldwide.1 We have found that pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations, such as the m.3243A→G mutation associated with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS), are prevalent and can cause sensorineural hearing loss in adults of European descent.2
Beri beri > wernicke’s
Reactive oxygen production induced by the gut microbiota: pharmacotherapeutic implications. Jones et al. 2012
evidence is accumulating that ROS are also similarly elicited in other cell types, including intestinal epithelia, in response to microbial signals. Additionally, ROS have been shown to serve as critical second messengers in multiple signal transduction pathways stimulated by proinflammatory cytokines and growth factors. This physiologically-generated ROS is known to participate in cellular signaling via the rapid and transient oxidative inactivation of a defined class of sensor proteins bearing oxidant-sensitive thiol groups. These proteins include tyrosine phosphatases that serve as regulators of MAP kinase pathways, cytoskeletal dynamics, as well as components involved in control of ubiquitination-mediated NF-κB activation. Consistently, microbial-elicited ROS has been shown to mediate increased cellular proliferation and motility and to modulate innate immune signaling. These results demonstrate how enteric microbiota influence regulatory networks of the mammalian intestinal epithelia. We hypothesize that many of the known effects of the normal microbiota on intestinal physiology, and potential beneficial effects of candidate probiotic bacteria, may be at least partially mediated by this ROS-dependent mechanism.
As microbe-elicited ROS has been shown to stimulate cellular proliferation and motility, and to modulate innate immune signaling, we hypothesize that many of the established effects of the normal microbiota on intestinal physiology may be at least partially mediated by this ROS-dependent mechanism.
metabolically stressed epithelium was now responsive to a commensal bacterium! Additional control experiments revealed that the epithelial response was not evoked by a bacterial product or killed bacteria, and was not the consequence of DNP converting the commensal organism into a "pathogen". The loss of epithelial barrier function and increased IL-8 were the net effect of a dynamic interaction between the viable bacteria and the enterocyte that was under the additional pressure of metabolic stress caused by disruption of mitochondrial structure and function (Nazli et al. 2004).
The mechanisms by which environmental chemicals, changes in our food supply and modern medicines impact our health are more complex and longer lasting than recognized.