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Why Your Cells Might Feel Sluggish; and What Deuterium Has to Do with It

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Hi Reader,

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Ever feel like no matter how “healthy” you eat or how much you move, your energy and metabolism just don’t bounce back the way they used to? It’s easy to blame hormones (and yes, estrogen decline is a factor), but there’s another hidden piece of the puzzle: something called deuterium.

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​🧪 What’s Deuterium Anyway?

Let’s keep this simple.

Every atom is made up of protons (positive), neutrons (neutral), and electrons (negative). The number of protons decides what element it is. Hydrogen has just one proton — making it the lightest element in the universe.

But here’s the twist: hydrogen comes in different “flavors,” called isotopes.

• Regular hydrogen = 1 proton, 0 neutrons.
• Deuterium (heavy hydrogen) = 1 proton, 1 neutron.

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That little neutron makes hydrogen “heavier,” and inside your cells it makes a big difference.

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🚲 Imagine Your Mitochondria Like Bicycle Wheels

Your mitochondria are tiny engines in your cells that spin like wheels to make energy.

• With regular hydrogen, it’s like riding with a light tire: smooth, fast, and efficient.
• With deuterium, it’s like swapping to a heavy, clunky tire: it still turns, but slower, harder, and with more wear and tear on the gears.

When too much deuterium builds up, your mitochondria slow down. That means:

• Lower energy
• Stubborn weight gain (yep, especially that midlife belly fat)
• Brain fog and fatigue
• More oxidative stress (cellular “rust”)

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🌿 Why Midlife Women Struggle More

By the time we hit our 40s and 50s, our cells have weathered a lot. Deuterium isn’t the only reason weight loss and energy feel harder, but it piles onto everything else:

• Environmental toxins: chemicals in tap water, seed oils, processed foods, pharmaceuticals (i.e OTC drugs, prescribed medicine) Just look at the package insert and you’ll always see a laundry list of side effects. Ask most doctors if they know the ingredient list of any vaccine and 99.99% of the time they don’t. They just, “Trust the science,” and that’s where we end up with problems. Consumers need to do their due diligence if you want “cellular health.”
• Beauty & cleaning products: parabens, phthalates, plastics.
• Lifestyle stress: too many hours on screens, too little sleep, constant busyness.
• Nature deficit: less grounding, less sunlight, less time outdoors.

All of these stressors put a load on your mitochondria — and raise deuterium in your system.

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​🧬 Deuterium and Cancer: The Warburg Effect

Cancer cells burn sugar differently than healthy cells. They ferment glucose instead of using oxygen efficiently — this is called the Warburg Effect.​

They also tend to hoard more deuterium, which fuels their abnormal growth. Lowering deuterium can help tip the balance back in favor of healthy cells and slow down cancer’s momentum. This is one of the reasons, many cancer patients who start a Ketogenic diet, will slow or reverse cancer. For more information on this topic, check out the work of Dr. Thomas Seyfried, PhD, Professor of Biology at Boston College. He’s studied and written extensively on the success of ketosis for cancer patients and for metabolic health in general.

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🌞 How You Can Lower Deuterium Naturally With Lifestyle Adjustments

The good news? You don’t need fancy (and pricey) “deuterium-depleted water” to start making a difference. Everyday habits add up:

1. Drink clean water → filtered or spring water. Use a filter like Aqua True to remove chemicals like fluoride.
2. Eat low-deuterium foods → grass-fed meats, wild fish, pastured eggs, healthy fats, seasonal produce. If your local grocer doesn’t sell grass fed and grass finished animal protein you can find that here​
3. Avoid deuterium-heavy foods → refined carbs, sugars, processed foods, seed oils.
4. Move smart → strength training + mobility work = better metabolism + muscle mass.
5. ​Try fasting or carb cycling → fat-burning produces “metabolic water” that’s naturally lower in deuterium.
6. Detox your environment → clean beauty, fewer plastics, reduce household chemicals.
7. Reconnect with nature → morning sunlight, grounding, and less screen time recharge your mitochondria.
8. Prioritize sleep → your cells repair and reset at night. Shut off your router and modem to decrease bathing in an EMF soup. EMF stands for electromagnetic frequency. I think of it as invisible pollution on a frequency scale. Never put a cell phone to your head to speak.

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✨ The Takeaway

Deuterium may be invisible, but its effects are real. For midlife women, lowering deuterium is about more than biohacking — it’s about giving your body’s engines the light tires they need to run smoothly again.

More energy. Easier weight loss. Better resilience. And yes, even long-term protection against cancer. Keep in mind that disease happens on many levels and people just don’t wake up one day and have a serious condition. This is why we need to look at our lifestyle from a holistic perspective from our environment to our belief system.

It’s one more way to take back your vitality — naturally.

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​Many blessings to you for abundant health, happiness and wellbeing ~

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Strong and Beautiful after 50!

Sharon

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