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Supplements to mitigate radiation
🕑 Added 2024-12-26 20:16:30 +0000 UTCToday we’ll be discussing a few supplements you can take to protect yourself from radiation (as an extension, I also think some of these could work well for nEMF), particularly before routine dental work (exposure to X-rays), as well as frequent flyers. If you’re a pilot, frequent flyer or flight attendant, this will be particularly relevant for you.
First, let’s briefly discuss some of the risks associated with frequent air travel for those unfamiliar.
Radiation exposure during air travel primarily exists because of cosmic rays, which are high-energy particles originating from space. As aircraft fly at high altitudes, they encounter less atmospheric shielding, which leads to increased exposure to those cosmic rays.
Cosmic radiation is the main source of radiation exposure for passengers and crew during flights. Radiation dose increases as altitude rises. For example, a cross country flight (say from the East Coast to the West Coast) exposes passengers to about 0.035 millisieverts of cosmic radiation, which is comparable to the radiation from a chest x-ray.
Some studies have shown that flight crews can receive radiation doses that exceed those of nuclear power workers, and epidemiological findings show that these populations have an elevated risk of cancer.
The International Commission on Radiological Protection recommends [quote] “annual dose limits of 1,000 microsieverts for the general public and 20,000 microsieverts for radiation workers”
While radiation levels are generally low and probably not a very significant concern for occasional travelers, frequent flyers and airline members should be aware of their cumulative exposure and its potential health implications. Additionally, these populations may want to consider some of the mitigation strategies bellow prior to flying. These can also be used prior to getting an X-ray or other circumstances where someone may be exposed to high levels of radiation.
Dragons blood
Dragon's blood is a resin utilized in Chinese medicine for centuries. In china, it’s recognized for various health benefits, including radioprotection. Dragons blood is one has one of the highest ORAC scores found in any plant. Dragon's Blood boasts an impressive ORAC value of 3 million, which is 6,000 times more powerful in antioxidants than vitamin C, 800 times more than CoQ10.
In animal studies, DH has been demonstrated to mitigate damage to vital organs such as the liver and spleen following radiation exposure and may improve histological function in these organs. For example, research involving irradiated rats specifically has shown that administration of DB alleviates brain damage, hematopoietic dysfunction, and gastrointestinal damage caused by radiation.
Advanced techniques such as molecular docking have also identified some key components in dragons blood, including natural chalcones and flavan derivatives, which are though to contribute to its radioprotective effects. These components of DG could theoretically interact with target proteins to enhance cellular resilience against radiation.
2 capsules or 1000mg prior to flying is an ideal dosage.
Magnesium
magnesium is essential mineral that can also help mitigate radiation damage, particularly involving calcium signaling and oxidative stress.
Magnesium acts as a natural blocker of voltage gated calcium channels. This is important becahse radiation and non-native EMF can activate these channels, which leads to excessive calcium influx into cells, which can trigger oxidative stress and cell death. By stabilizing calcium levels in the cell magnesium will helps maintain cellular homeostasis and reduces the risk of oxidative damage associated with high intracellular calcium concentrations.
For most individuals, magnesium is a good supplement to take daily at around 400-600mg anyway.
Molecular hydrogen
Molecular hydrogen has a lot amazing health promoting properties. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise then that protection from radiation is also one of the things on its long list of extensive benefits.
One of the primary ways H2 combats radiation damage is through its ability to selectively scavenge hydroxyl radicals, which are highly reactive and damaging species produced during the radiolysis of water when exposed to ionizing radiation. These radicals can cause significant damage to cellular components, including DNA, proteins, and lipids.
Hydrogen acts as a selective therapeutic antioxidant not only by scavenging OH but also by reducing other harmful oxidants such as peroxynitrite. This dual action is what makes H2 so good at mitigate oxidative stress, which is a major contributor to radiation-induced cellular injury. In fact, studies have shown that H2 can improve the survival rates of irradiated cells and animals
Molecular hydrogen also influences gene expression related to stress responses and repair mechanisms. It can enhance the expression of genes involved in our antioxidant defense and cellular repair. Because hydrogen is such a small molecule, it can diffuse directly accross the cell membrane and into the nucleus, where it’s able to directly promote resilience against radiation-induced damage to our DNA
randomized controlled trials have shown that that H2 can actually improve the quality of life for patients undergoing radiotherapy for cancer. This is great, because we have direct evidence IN HUMANS — that we can extrapolate out on — for the utility of hydrogen as a radio-protective agent. In these instances, it appears that hydrogen is able to protect healthy cells from radiation while actually sensitizing cancer cells to it.
Inhilation is the preferred method of H2 administration prior to flying. However, I do think hydrogen water tablets can also be effective as a short term solution. 2-3 tablets prior to flying or X-ray exposure works well. For longer flights, you can take up to 5-6 tablets spaced out accross the flight.
CoQ10
Radiation can cause direct damage to both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, which leads to mutations and increased risk of cancer. CoQ10 directly mitigates radiation-induced DNA damage by reducing the formation of DNA strand breaks and enhancing DNA repair mechanisms. Numeros papers indicate that CoQ10 supplementation can decrease markers of DNA damage, such as v-H2AX foci, in cell lines directly exposed to high levels of radiation
Some research has also shown that CoQ10 supplementation can improve survival rates in animal models subjected to extremely high doses of radiation. For instance, studies involving mice showed that CoQ10 administration led to better preservation of intestinal integrity and overall survival following radiation exposure
Really any form of CoQ10 works, and you can use higher, single dosages of 300-400mg prior to flying.
However, my favorite form of Q10 is mitoQ. MitoQ is a modified form of Q10 that has been shown to reach the mitochondria more effective. It is slightly more expensive though
Deterium depleted water
In experiments with mice, DDW demonstrated the ability to protect against the effects of radiation and enhanced survival rates. This protective effect was particularly noted when DDW was combined with polyphenols, which are compounds known for their antioxidant properties. CoQ and dragons blood being a few examples we already listed
In vitro studies suggest that DDW can strengthen and repair DNA, reducing radiation-induced damage.
researchers have speculated that the radioprotective properties of DDW could be beneficial in extremeenvironments, such as space travel, where astronauts are exposed to high levels of cosmic radiation. This would also apply to air travel.
DDW is expensive and impractical for most. For those interested in using it, I’ve written some other in depth articles you can search here on the patreon.
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Fowler Fitness
Use them all if you fly consistently
tucker
Very helpful, I fly consistently 2-3x a month. If you were to ‘protocol’ this, would you take the whole slew of these mentioned before/during for hydrogen tablets, or primarily focus on 2-3 beyond those that consistently take their magnesium
