The real problem behind seed oils.

Chris Kresser had a recent blog article go viral titled 'Why Seed Oils Are Making Us Sick,' although he missed the key takeaway altogether.

So why are seed oils making us sick? It's a deuterium story.

What is Deuterium?

Isotopes are distinct nuclear species of other elements on the periodic table. You can think of isotopes as being sisters of the original element found on the periodic table. They are from the same family and can act and look a little different but share the same blood. Isotopes have the same atomic number (number of protons), and position on the periodic table but differ in mass numbers due to different numbers of neutrons.

While all isotopes of a given element have almost the same chemical properties, they have different atomic masses and physical properties.

• Hydrogen: Neutrons: 0 Electrons: 1 Protons: 1
• Deuterium: Neutrons: 1 Electrons: 1 Protons: 1

What’s the Difference Between Deuterium and Hydrogen?

Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen. It shares the same atomic number and number of protons but unlike hydrogen, which has no neutrons, deuterium has one. This makes deuterium double the mass of hydrogen. Not only is deuterium double the mass, but it also has a different magnetic moment than H+ / protium (hydrogen with its proton stripped off).

The Krebs cycle inside our mitochondria is designed to deplete deuterium so that deuterium is kept as far away as possible from ATPase (cytochrome five). Inside our mitochondria, we also have an electron transport chain containing 5 cytochromes. At complex V, there lies a spinning FO head (spinning nanomotor).

One of the ways a mitochondrion makes energy is to pass H+/protium (hydrogen with its electron stripped off) through this nanomotor to produce ATP and magnetic flux and metabolic water. If deuterium makes it to ATPase, it destroys the nanomotor as it does not fit, which slows or completely stops the magnetic flux that would have otherwise been created. This also slows the production of ATP. The nanomotor of ATPase needs 3.4 H+ atoms to generate one spin of the Fo head and produce one molecule of ATP.

3.4 H+ = 1 molecule of ATP

The nanomotor of ATPase has been specifically designed to work in unison with H+. The faster the nanomotor spins, the greater the magnetic flux it can create. This magnetic flux pulls oxygen to the terminal end of the electron transport chain. Oxygen, which is paramagnetic, is attracted to the mitochondria that achieve the highest magnetic flux.

When the nanomotor slows, the ability for the mitochondria to produce deuterium-depleted water decreases. This also lowers the voltage of the inner mitochondrial membrane and, in turn, the redox power of the cell. The main function of the mitochondria is to produce DDW, and ATP production is merely a by-product of this process.

Just as we have forward effects of heart failure such as edema and fluid retention, we also have backwards effects of heart failure where the blood from the heart that would usually pump forward pools backwards and affects other organ systems. Our mitochondria also have forwards and backwards effects when they become dysfunctional. One of these effects is a build up of protons in the intermemebrane space due the dysfunction of ATPase.

As H+ protium builds up in the mitochondrial intermembrane space as a secondary result of mitochondrial dysfunction, our pH lowers. pH is simply a measure of proton concentration.

Low pH = Excess protons = inflammation = increased heteroplasmy.

Seed oils contain deuterium at levels ranging from 155 to 160 ppm, making them significantly inflammatory to our system and leading to an elevation in mitochondrial % heteroplasmy. This heightened % heteroplasmy has a direct correlation with the rise in neurological disorders.