Trehalose Complex 240 g

Trehalose Complex - 240 grams

AUTOPHAGY: SCIENTIFIC CELL CLEANSING

Autophagy (‘self-eating’) is a catabolic (breakdown) process used by cells to degrade and remove some of their internal components deemed to be unnecessary or undesirable. Our cells are little factories of a sort, and as such they function under many of the same dynamic considerations: Things accumulate and byproducts are produced that can’t do anything, etc.

In cells these byproducts are usually some sort of misshapen protein that folded in some manner incomprehensible to the cell and hence not usable. This is not all that uncommon and many common chronic diseases are characterized by the production of proteins that did not fold properly. Much like having a rock in your shoe, having misfolded proteins in the secretory parts of the cell factory (an organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum) results in what is known as the 'unfolded protein response,' a cell-wide stress reaction to these weird proteins. Autophagy is the process by which the cell attempts to rid itself of these misshapen proteins.

In addition to acting as a type of cell cleansing mechanism, autophagy is a very old survival tool. Like a factory deprived of raw materials because of a transit strike, cells deprived of nutrients will scrounge around the workplace looking under tables and behind cabinets for surplus parts. When deprived of nutrients the cell will begin to breakdown parts of itself to keep going. Much of the time, this breakdown is a good thing, and perhaps explains why calorie restriction appears to increase lifespan: under those conditions the cell is munching away at itself, and since it is no fool, a lot of what it munches away at is junk best gotten rid of anyway.

Serving Size: 1 Level Teaspoon (approximately 4.0 grams)

Servings per container: Approximately 60

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