09 Feb Sensory Rejuvenation Fast
The Amazing Weekly Protocol to Invigorate Your Inner Ear and General Energy Reserves Through a Weekly 24 Hour Fast.
This protocol:
- Maximizes cellular energy prior to the fast, to support the inner ear.
- Assists the Autophagy & Mitophagy signaling response using Senolytics for inner ear wellness.
- Stimulates a growth phase via stem cell and Hormetic Response within the inner ear.
- Stimulates Microbiome Swarming and bacteria diversity post fast, which improves gut function, calms neuro-inflammation & supports the inner ear.
- Improves stem cell survival during re-feeding, as stem cells are released and can be attracted to damaged inner ear structures.
Sensory Rejuvenation Protocol invigorates the inner ears by improving and renewing the mitochondria. Mitochondria are intracellular powerhouses that produce ATP, the currency of energy in our body. One-third of your body weight is made up of the mitochondria within your cells. These little structures sit inside each of your cells, where they convert glucose and oxygen to create all of the energy needed to run every aspect of your cellular functions, including your inner ear. Taking care of your mitochondria can make positive changes to your hearing and balance, alleviate tinnitus, and improve your general health and longevity!
The Sensory Rejuvenation Fast is designed as a six-day program. The first two days are focused on NAD+ loading, and the next two days focus on activating Mitophagy, Autophagy, and cleaning up Senescent Cells. This cleaning and recycling of mitochondria and old, weak zombie cells, is done using Senolytics, and a 24-hour fast from lunch to lunch. The last 2 days are for the activation of stem cells for repair and regeneration.
Phase 1 – NAD+ Loading Phase
- Take NAD+Max Suppository 2 suppositories per day for 2 days. (or Liposomal NAD+Max Ultra – take 10 mil 2 times a day).
- NeuroNAD+™ Nasal Spray – 2 sprays each nostril 3 times/day.
- Methylene Blue can also be taken to promote cellular energy. MitoZen’s Lumetol Blue™ can
be taken once a day during this phase. (1/4 of a 300mg Lumetol Blue taken orally/day).
NAD+ is a sister to Niacin, which is a vital vitamin that you cannot live without. NAD+ is a critical coenzyme found in every cell in your body, and it is involved in hundreds of metabolic processes. Maintenance of an optimal NAD+/NADH ratio is essential for mitochondrial function. NAD+ directs cells to increase energy production and utilization, boost cellular repair, and coordinate circadian rhythms. By the time we are middle-aged, levels of NAD+ will have fallen to half of our youthful levels. Increasing NAD+ levels results in increased insulin sensitivity, a reversal of mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced stem cell senescence, and lifespan extension.
Poor restorative sleep and alcohol use are the top two stressors that deplete NAD+; however, any stressor will drain NAD+. Anytime you have a higher energy demand or immune activation due to stress (from infection, mental, emotional, physical, EMF, chemicals, etc.), NAD+ levels can become depleted.
I believe in approaching the optimization of NAD+ levels from both sides: by reducing the stressors causing NAD+ depletion and by supplementing with NAD+ as part of a targeted protocol.
Methylene blue (MB) is another molecule hat drives cellular energy. MB is a brilliant blue salt that
was first used as a dye. It improves mitochondria respiration and may very well be a magic bullet within
metabolic medicine. Methylene blue is anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, mitochondrial enhancing and neuroprotective.
Phase 2 – Autophagy, Clearing & Cleaning
1. Do a minimum of a 24 hour fast. Extended or intermittent fasting works at different
signaling strengths.
2. Consume senolytics like fisetin, quercetin and resveratrol which can be taken as
liposomal and suppositories for better absorption. Lucitol Suppository – 2/day after morning
bowel movement and later in the day. Can substitute with Liposomal Lucitol Ultra – take 10 mil two times/day.
3. Methylene Blue can also be taken to promote autophagy. MitoZen’s Lumetol Blue™ can
be taken once a day during this phase. (1/4 of a 300mg Lumetol Blue taken orally/day).
4. Exercise can promote autophagy.
5. Consume foods, spices, and teas to promote autophagy like ginger, coffee, green tea,
elderberries, turmeric, ginseng tea, garlic, chaga, reishi, pomegranate and Ceylon
cinnamon.
6. Use ozone to increase mitophagy in the form rectal insufflation, ozone sauna or IV ozone
while in a fasted state.
Autophagy, which means “self-eating”, is the body’s way of cleaning out damaged cells in order to regenerate newer, healthier cells. Mitophagy is the “self-eating” of mitochondria by autophagy. It often occurs to defective mitochondria following damage or stress. When we have poor autophagy/mitophagy, we have inflammation, higher energy consumption, and cellular senescence, where cells go into a permanent state of sleep and are called “zombie” cells.. We want to activate autophagy and mitophagy to get rid of these senescent cells, and we can do this through fasting. And by doing this, we can improve the health of the inner ears.
Mitochondrial dysfunction is at the root of metabolic decline and reduced vitality with aging. The goal is to replace weak, dysfunctional mitochondria with new, healthy mitochondria through a process regulated by mTOR. When mTOR is inhibited, as it is during fasting, we shift into a cleaning and recycling phase.
Fasting and Senolytics such as fisestin, quercitin and resveratrol are the best answer to clean, clear, and recycle these “zombie” cells. This is why we stack the most powerful senolytics in Lucitol™ on the planet with a 24-hour lunch-to-lunch fast that can be done each week or pulsed as directed by your health care provider.
Methylene blue, as in Lumetol Blue™, activates autophagy and can be taken during fasting.
Phase 3 – Stem Cell Activation
1. Consume more protein. Break your fast with a shake versus steak, which might be too
difficult to break down. Take 20 gm (4 scoops) of Perfect Aminos for 2 days and consume
fish, chicken, or beef for 2 meals a day for 2 days.
2. StemTOR™ is another MitoZen product that can support the mTOR signaling in Phase 3.
Take StemTOR™ 2 times a day for 2-3 days following your fast.
3. Optional Upgrades: Add StemZEN™ (high in CoQ10 and fucoidan for stem cell regeneration), and
SandMan™ (melatonin/glutathione) & ProByoMax™ for microbiome swarming.
Take 2 suppositories of each/day for two days up to a week post-fast.
After the breakdown of the cleaning/autophagy phase, the body and your inner ears are ready for growth and repair. mTOR positively regulates cell growth and proliferation of new, healthy mitochondria. Protein is the most effective activator of phase 3. StemTOR™ suppositories activate mTOR, and contain high quality ingredients that specifically enhance MTOR activation. These include Leucine, HMB, and Rhodiola.
When we activate mTOR, there is growth, repair, and stem cells being produced and released into your circulation where they will be attracted to injuries and weak tissues. However, stem cell survival is a real problem and we want to provide stem cells with more support to proliferate and differentiate to repair and regenerate your body.
We use both CoQ10, a powerful antioxidant, and Fucoidan, a polysaccharide from brown seaweed, in our StemZen™ product to prevent stem cell senescence. There is benefit to using these nutrients post fast so that when your new stem cells are released, more of them will survive. See StemZen™, a CoQ10 plus Fucoidan suppository.
Fasting can be a great way to reset your microbiome through a healthy stress called hormesis. Poor quality gut microbiota is highly associated with both acute or chronic diseases, especially digestive disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease, liver cirrhosis, colorectal cancer, and obesity, and the unrelenting increase in so-called diseases-of-affluence.
Microbiome swarming after a fast can stimulate growth of the good bacteria. Using Melatonin supplementation, such as in SandMan™, may be the answer as it positively impacts circadian rhythm, which regulates the digestive system and microbiome swarming. Your gut produces 400 times more melatonin than your brain.
I have used larger than typical melatonin dosages in the 100-200mg plus to activate microbiome swarming. Using melatonin in a suppository makes sense for this action as the microbiome primarily exists in your large intestines so placing the melatonin there may lead to more of a swarming effect. Sandman™ suppository is our go-to product as an optional upgrade to the Sensory Rejuvenation Fast during the post fasting / re-feeding phase. This can be taken for 2 days and up to a week or longer post fast as microbiome support.
The Sensory Rejuvenation Fast is easy to do and well-tolerated by most. The Phases can be done once a week, once a month, or a few times a year if you desire a less aggressive approach. I generally suggest to start a once-a-week program and consider this initially for a few months. For some, a full 3-day fast during Phase 2 might be more effective than a 24 hour fast. After an initial loading program, you might consider doing Sensory Rejuvenation Fast a couple of times a year for a maintenance plan.
I recommend this protocol weekly for 3 months. Include a 3-day fast once a month (you can use a 4-hour feeding window alternative) and a 24 hour fast the other 3 weeks. Sensory Rejuvenation Fast is done for 2 days for each phase. If you are including a 3-day fast each month, you can do each phase for 3 days for that cycle.
Supporting your mitochondria will support your inner ears which can lead to improve hearing, better balance and improve symptoms of tinnitus. Lifestyle changes like a scientific-based fast can lead to better and stronger mitochondria. Restoring youthful NAD+ levels, using cellular clean up and recycling, followed by a strong stem cell activation can be a great strategy. Microbiome swarming for gut health calms down neuroinflammation which helps the nerves in the ear. The Sensory Rejuvenation Protocol is easy to do and well-tolerated by most. This protocol for LumoMed support should be done once a week for 3 months, then 1 time a month for another 9 months. If you’re getting LumoMed laser therapy monthly, it will be best to come in for LumoMed treatment during phase 3.
Order Sensory Rejuvenation Fast here.
Before you start this protocol, consult your health care provider and use their guidance.
John Lieurance, ND, DC
(941) 330-8553
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