Mitochondrial Aging

Dr John Cramer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT4HvUxFha4

mitochondria dysfunction drives aging
all your mitochondira is 1% of you body weight
all hallmarks of aging are downstream effects of less energy from mitochondria
repair mechanisms use a lot of energy so when you lose energy, repair mechanisms are shut down
repair mechanisms fix (not a full list):
  telomere length
  scenescent clearing
mitrix.bio
  can measure mitrochondria for damage
25% mitochondrial damage is when things get bad
kidney mitochondria damage is higher
mitochondria are what consume the oxygen
rapamycin was helping
mitochondrial DNA is 16500 base pairs in a ring
nuclear DNA is mutated 20 times slower than mitochondrial
nuclear DNA replication is more accurate
mitochondrial DNA is replicating constantly
age 20-65: every 11 years you have twice as much mitochondrial DNA damage
age 60 and older: every 3 years you have twice as much mitochondrial DNA damage
Cramer's hypothesis: at 65, energy is too low and mitophagy gets shut off
Cramer's book: How to Live Much Longer - The Mitochondrial DNA Connection
Yamanaka factors use a lot of energy
treatments in the meantime till the full therapy is available:
  -mitophagy therapy
  -rapamycin
  -periodic senolytics
mitochondria have 34 genes. originally they had 2000, but most have migrated to nuclear DNA.
of the remaining 34, only 13 are coding and are hydrophobic.
being hydrophobic makes them hard to integrate into nuclear DNA and still work for the mitochondria.
mitochondria DNA age 20 times faster than nuclear
Cramer's muscle mass went up after being on rapamycin
Cramer takes 6 mg rapamycin every 14 days
Cramer did over a dozen HBOT sessions and got more energy
Cramer thinks HBOT allows your mitochondria to make more ATP so you temporarily have more energy