Through this very same mechanism, however, it has the strongest ability to silently poison the ability to switch it on in people who already have a major deficit in mitochondrial function.
Diazepam (Valium) has the strongest ability to support the transport of cholesterol into mitochondria for the production of conventional steroids in the adrenal and reproductive glands and the production of inflammation-cooling and energetically calming neurosteroids in the brain. Through this very same mechanism, however, it also has the strongest ability to hurt the mitochondrial conversion of blue light to red light during energetic crisis and to hurt the ability of mitochondria to defend themselves against oxidative stress.
In This Article:
Benzos Are Whole-Body Drugs
Benzo Use and Withdrawal: Not A Clean GABA Picture
Benzos Are Mitochondrial Drugs
Messing With the Mitochondria’s Gas Pedal
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal as an Energetic Supply/Demand Imbalance
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal as Dramatic Energetic Failure
Red Light, Blue Light, and Oxidative Stress
What Concentrations Are Needed For These Effects?
The Deadly Physiological Trap
Read it all here:
https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/benzodiazepine-withdrawal-is-mitochondrial
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Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Is Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Part 1 out of 2: How We Know
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