Been reading about deuterium and DDW (deuterium depleted water). Starting to think it could be helpful/important.
I'm just going to write my understanding of it so far.
So basically deuterium will go wherever water goes in your body because it acts like a hydrogen molecule, except its heavier. And this heaviness slows down processes in your cells etc.
The levels in water tap, river, sea, bottled etc used to be around 135ppm and are now around 150ppm, so we currently get too much.
Its highest in high carb foods, starches and sugars also. So the high carb recommendations here are not recommended if you want to deplete/lower it?
The diet recommended to help is essentially keto. And high fat, this is apparently because fat is deuterium depleted as a food, and also depletes it from your body. One theory i read was that it feeds a certain type of bacteria in your body that depletes the deuterium. (How, I don't know).
You also do not want to entirely deplete it, as it is still useful to your body, but you do want to lower it.
Younger and healthier (with healthy mitochondria) people can regulate their deuterium levels naturally.
DDW is the fastest way to remove excess from your body, but it is very expensive. 8-20 dollars per litre of water. And I am currently trying to check the purity of the cheaper brand, as there is a review of it online saying it is quite high in titrium, which is radioactive.
Distilling and other methods don't change the levels. There is few methods you can use yourself and they do not remove much.
Also my own personal issue is, that I don't do well on keto, I am very cold and have very low energy. But at the same time carbs give me their own issues.
I've also read that by reducing your deuterium your cells get better at burning fat. So is the optimal state and diet, lower deuterium and higher fat diet? Or maybe lowered deuterium to the point the cells are able to regulate it by themselves again, and then can safely consume more carbs?
There have also been a couple of small studies showing DDW prolonging the lives of people with lung cancer.
If anyone has any more information or thoughts that would be great.
I'm just going to write my understanding of it so far.
So basically deuterium will go wherever water goes in your body because it acts like a hydrogen molecule, except its heavier. And this heaviness slows down processes in your cells etc.
The levels in water tap, river, sea, bottled etc used to be around 135ppm and are now around 150ppm, so we currently get too much.
Its highest in high carb foods, starches and sugars also. So the high carb recommendations here are not recommended if you want to deplete/lower it?
The diet recommended to help is essentially keto. And high fat, this is apparently because fat is deuterium depleted as a food, and also depletes it from your body. One theory i read was that it feeds a certain type of bacteria in your body that depletes the deuterium. (How, I don't know).
You also do not want to entirely deplete it, as it is still useful to your body, but you do want to lower it.
Younger and healthier (with healthy mitochondria) people can regulate their deuterium levels naturally.
DDW is the fastest way to remove excess from your body, but it is very expensive. 8-20 dollars per litre of water. And I am currently trying to check the purity of the cheaper brand, as there is a review of it online saying it is quite high in titrium, which is radioactive.
Distilling and other methods don't change the levels. There is few methods you can use yourself and they do not remove much.
Also my own personal issue is, that I don't do well on keto, I am very cold and have very low energy. But at the same time carbs give me their own issues.
I've also read that by reducing your deuterium your cells get better at burning fat. So is the optimal state and diet, lower deuterium and higher fat diet? Or maybe lowered deuterium to the point the cells are able to regulate it by themselves again, and then can safely consume more carbs?
There have also been a couple of small studies showing DDW prolonging the lives of people with lung cancer.
If anyone has any more information or thoughts that would be great.
