What contributes to aging?

Aging is characterized by an increase in inflammation, which is accompanied by cellular aging, immunosenescence, organ dysfunction, and age-related diseases. [1] Chronic inflammation accelerates the aging of immune cells, resulting in weakened immune function and an inability to clear aging cells and inflammatory factors, which creates a vicious cycle of inflammation and aging. Persistently elevated inflammation levels in organs such as the bone marrow, liver, and lungs cannot be eliminated in time, leading to organ damage and aging-related diseases. Therefore, inflammation has been recognized as an endogenous factor in aging, and the elimination of inflammation as a strategy for anti-aging. [2]

How does inflammation contribute to the aging of cells?

There are close relationships between oxidative stress and the aging of cells. Based on the close relationship between oxidative stress, inflammation, and aging, the oxidation-inflammatory theory of aging was proposed. In this theory, oxidative stress leads to inflammation and aging and influences the homeostasis and health of the body. The relationship between the redox state and the function of immune cells influences the speed of aging and lifespan. According to this logic, furnishing the body with sufficient antioxidants to neutralize the oxidative stress can improve immune function, cellular health, and extend the lifespan.

How can inflammation be reduced through antioxidants?

The common sources of antioxidants recommended are through foods. Things like fresh fruits and vegetables have antioxidants that stop oxidative damage within the body. Underlying this improvement in oxidative stress are reactions grounded in physics. Oxidants damage cells, proteins, and DNA through stealing electrons which compromises their form and sturcture. Antioxidants get their name through their ability to donate electrons to these oxidant compounds thereby neutralizing them. Electrons by their very nature are therefore antioxidant.

There is a simpler, easier, more convenient way to get antioxidants

Not to disparage healthy eating choices, which have a wide range of benefits beyond antioxidants, but there is a far simpler and significantly more effective way to increase antioxidants in the body and thereby reduce oxidative stress, inflammation, and aging.

Antioxidant electrons do not need to be eaten to be delivered to the tissues of the body experiencing high levels of inflammaiotn. Electrons can be conducted through the body. Far more antioxidants can be received through making direct skin contact with a source of electrons than through eating antioxidant foods.

The greatest source of free electrons is the surface of the earth. It is a nearly limitless reservoir of electrons that can be conducted into the body when contact is made. This is one reason people feel better and more relaxed after a beach vacation. There is a process grounded in physics that occurs when someone steps onto a wet sandy beach. Surplus electrons from the surface of the earth are conducted into the persons body, thereby reducing oxidation, inflammation, and the consequences of each. This effect has been demonstrated by numerous studies to relax muscles, reduce inflammaiton, and increase bloodflow.

While this is an excellent method of antioxidant delivery, it is not always convenient or practical to go outside and make direct contact with the ground. Another way the same process can be accomplished is through the ground port in an outlet. This port is directly wired to a rod that is staked in the ground and not part of the electrical circuitry of the house. Making a direct connection through this port is the equivalent of directly touching the earth.

TerraLink offers products that allow you to make this connection to the ground easily in the convenience of your own home.