From The Mitochondriac Manifesto.

Image of Albert Einstein by Oren Jack Turner. Public domain work.

The Photoelectric effect

In 1922, Albert Einstein won his only Nobel Prize for his work in describing the Photoelectric effect. The Photoelectric effect explains how light makes certain materials emit electrons. By inference, this tells us that light (photons) can only interact with one subatomic particle – electrons – and not with protons, neutrons, or any other particles. It’s a foundational phenomenon of physics that comes into play whenever and wherever light needs to be captured, transported and used. And it’s another reason electrons are so important to health and healing: they capture and deliver light.

On a subatomic level, the Photoelectric effect tells us that when light hits an electron, it makes it spin in certain ways, based on the frequencies of light absorbed (e.g., visible, IR, and UV), and their intensity. Electrons retain that spin until mitochondria reverse the process by turning food into ATP. Through cellular respiration, mitochondria convert those spin states back into forms of light that our cells can use. What’s more, those spin states give our mitochondria information about the environment that food was grown in, which the body uses to control metabolism and infradian rhythms.

In other words, light programs the electrons in a plant’s tissue cells with spin. In living systems, mitochondria later decipher and convert those spin states back into a variety of frequencies of light, but mostly IR and UV. For what purpose? The “reconstituted” light energizes respiratory proteins. And it builds exclusion zone water – or “e-zone” as I call it – which cells use to power their processes.

Respiratory protein: Workstations in mitochondria that make ATP using electrons and protons. Exclusion zone water, or e-zone: The 4^th phase of water, between a liquid and a solid.

By extension, the Photoelectric effect also explains why many plants struggle to live outside their native light environment, while most animals can live anywhere that temperature and food permit. The difference lies in the number of electrons carried in the core of their most basic compounds.

Chlorophyll, which fuels photosynthesis in plants, looks almost the same as the hemoglobin that transports oxygen in animals. The biggest difference is that the chlorophyll molecule has a magnesium atom at its core, while hemoglobin is built around an iron atom. Magnesium, being lighter, has 12 electrons that can absorb light, while iron, being heavier, has 26.

Fewer electrons mean the chlorophyll in plants can absorb and use a narrower band of frequencies – mostly blue and red – to power photosynthesis. That makes plants less tolerant, and less adaptable, to altered light conditions than higher life forms utilizing hemoglobin. Meaning, too much light and the plant fries; too little and it can’t make enough food to feed itself.

In the animal kingdom, the iron in hemoglobin has more than twice as many electrons as magnesium. That gives it the ability to absorb and use a much broader spectrum of light, including IR, UV, and everything in between. Hence, animals are much more tolerant of less-than-ideal light exposure, and still get by okay. It’s because they have more electron density in their hemoglobin to harvest a wider variety of light, and more of it.

To put it plainly, animals have bigger and better storage tanks for light. Which is to say, the more electrons you have, the better equipped you are to assimilate light, and the healthier you can be.

A leakage of light causes disease

In the animal kingdom, organs and whole organisms become dysfunctional when they’re not good at retaining light. This happens when they lose too much light to their environment when they should be holding on to it and using it to do cellular work.

Key concept: When a cell is stressed, it emits minute amounts of extremely low frequency UV light (ELF UV) that some people call “biophotons.” The more stress a cell is under, the more ELF UV light it releases – whether that stress is from physical injury, toxin damage, nutritional deficiency, infection, environmental extremes, emotional duress/crying, orgasm or exertion. However, this type of emission isn’t inherently unusual or harmful. Instead, abnormally rapid loss, and/or slow replenishment, is what creates problems.

In other words, every life form on the planet (onions, grasses, monkeys, bacteria – you name it) releases a certain amount of biophotons. The more light an organism can retain and use, the more complexity it can build, and the more vitality it has. So a hallmark of good health is the efficiency with which your body is able to harvest light from the environment, convert it into different frequencies of light, and store it for future use.

In simplest terms, light is the currency of life. To illustrate this in action, when the sun makes a photon, that photon is retained for 100,000 to a million years before it’s emitted in a ray of light. The physical forces that contain that photon are strong electric and magnetic fields. Interestingly, the same thing happens in us. Strong electric and magnetic fields around our mitochondria help us retain our photons so we can put them to good use. Conversely, illness and obesity are unhappy consequences of a loss of light due to weak electric and magnetic fields made in mitochondria.

One way we lose light: The double helix of DNA needs to unwind to let cellular machinery read the instructional code to make proteins. The strength with which photons are held in place when your DNA unravels determines how many of them escape in this process. Whatever the reason may be for these weak electric and magnetic fields – whether that’s worn-out mitochondria, chronic hypoxia, or lack of DHA – light can’t be held in place. So it escapes as extremely low frequency UV, IR (heat), and other forms of light.

The informational aspect of light also gets mismanaged when light is squandered, which means the body isn’t able to read the information contained in electrons about seasonality. This messes up the way the body metabolizes food, which can make vegetables and fruits raised in strong sunlight fattening and damaging to mitochondria when eaten under weak sunlight.

So when, where, and how will an individual be affected by a leakage of light? It all depends on which mitochondria are weakest, as that will be the area of the body you’ll find the lowest electric and magnetic fields. For instance, people with anorexia leak light from the brain, while obese people lose light predominately from the body – especially the liver and pancreas.

In time, Dr. Jack Kruse believes research will prove each disease has its own distinct “light loss signature.” But whatever science ultimately finds, the rule is simple: The more light you release, the sicker you are; the more light you retain, the healthier you are. That’s how loss of light connects to disease.

Electrons are the currentcy of life (get it?)

All things life-and health-related revolve around harvesting, utilizing, and retaining electrons. Our biology runs on electrons because electrons “turn the gears” of ATP production; they hold electrical charge that drives our biochemistry; and they power regeneration efforts as redox potential. We depend on electrons to live and thrive on, because electrons supply energy, healing, and fluency of cellular communication.

Redox is short for “REDuction-OXidation.” Redox reactions involve oxidation and reduction. Redox potential: Pools of electrons and their net-negative charge (and, in some cases, pools of positively-charged protons) that the body uses to move materials and perform chemical reactions (think battery power).

On the other hand, electron deficiency produces positive charge, which presents itself as acidity, inflammation, low voltage, dehydration, and weak regeneration of cells and mitochondria. Of course, this accelerates aging. To say it more simply, electrons support life, while a lack thereof creates weakness, disorder, aging, and premature death.

We get electrons from four sources: (1) grounding; (2) sun exposure; (3) food; and (4) burning stored fat. Water quality/quantity, and how tightly your mitochondrial proteins are coupled, then increase or decrease energy yield from those electrons.

Plants are like batteries that are always plugged in

Plants are designed to be connected to the earth 24/7 their entire lives. That allows their roots to gather electrons from the soil, and their foliage to harvest photons from the sun. Those two things – grounding and sunlight – combine to make plants like batteries that are always plugged in. That’s why plants don’t need to eat food, or store fat, in the same way that we do.

Instead, they harvest whatever energy they can from the sun, soil and air through the Photoelectric effect. Their chloroplasts, which are like mitochondria for plants, then convert the light, water, and CO₂ they collect into sugar via photosynthesis. They store relatively little of that food (sugar) for leaner times because, being connected to a source of sustenance full-time, they expect their next meal to be served each time the sun comes up in the morning. On the other hand…

Humans are designed to be unplugged and mobile

Our biology is designed to collect energy from more sources, to get it sporadically, and store it for later use as fat and muscle mass.

1. We can harvest energy second-hand by eating plants.
2. We can get it third-hand by eating the animals that ate those plants.
3. We also convert our own stored fat back into usable energy.
4. We can gather electrons directly from grounding and sun exposure.
5. And our mammalian battery gets charged up by exposure to native
   light frequencies.

Point being, macronutrients such as fat, carbs and protein are basically storage containers for the sun’s energy until we eat them and our mitochondria release those energy resources as electrons, protons, and light. This is why plants need to be plugged into Nature their entire lives to get their energy needs met (chloroplast- and chlorophyll-based metabolism), whereas animals can charge up their batteries whenever and wherever they can from the food they eat.

We’ve basically got energy storage tanks in the form of fat and muscle mass, conversion machinery in the form of mitochondria, and processes like ketosis (fat-burning) that let us move around and survive the feast and famine of daily and seasonal cycles.

Mammalian battery: Informal, general term describing stores of electric charge and photonic energy that cells can use to do work. (1) Ezone is the biggest cache. (2) ATP holds electrical energy in its chemical bonds. (3) Cell membranes hold electrical charge. (4) Muscle movement releases electrons – as piezoelectricity mostly from bones, ligaments, cartilage and tendons – into the acupuncture meridians. (5) DNA is its own battery, powered by a spiraling coalescence of cosmic energy, often called “scalar energy.”

The more electrons you get from Nature, the less you need from food

When you get your daily dose of electrons from the environment, you don’t need to eat as much, you don’t get hungry as much, and it’s easier to lose weight. And the less food you eat, the lower the calorie, sugar and insulin burden on your metabolic pathways.

So doing things to improve your use of electrons – such as hydrating better, grounding, getting more sun, and biohacks that increase mitochondrial efficiency (e.g., cold thermogenesis) – all of these things reduce your need for electrons from food. And that plays a big role in weight management, and metabolic disorders such as diabetes, because you aren’t eating as much.

Modern living steals electrons

Living in the world of today steals electrons from us, putting us in a state of electron deficiency that decreases our health and healing capacity. Not only are we getting fewer electrons coming in from traditional sources, but our lifestyles and technologies use up our supply of electrons faster than ever before. Indeed, every facet of our lives in which we replace Nature with technology, we dig our powers of renewal a deeper hole to climb out of – challenging our ability to recover ever more.

Just as bad, most people don’t even realize the stress that electron deprivation subjects their body to. So while the entire wellness industry talks about diets, supplements, and fitness regimes, the most fundamental building block of optimal health – electrons and voltage – seldom receive any attention. Here’s a quick overview of how electron deficiency drains the health out of you and me.

Disconnection from Nature

We’re doing pretty much everything possible to divorce ourselves from Nature: not getting direct sun exposure, not directly touching earth, not drinking pure water, and not eating seasonal, whole foods. These are the traditional sources of electrons that used to fill our tanks with energy to support cells, brain function, and resistance to disease.

Inflammation and oxidation

Modern living is brimming with foods, toxins, and lifestyle choices that increase inflammation and oxidative stress. At the center of it all, electron deficiency keeps inflammation and oxidative stress going after their usefulness has run out. Persistent inflammation and oxidative damage consume more electrons – electrons that, under more healthful circumstances, could be used to keep you looking younger and feeling better. Instead, those electrons are being used to fight imbalances and emergencies.

Technology and our environment

Just about every modern technology and societal exposure we encounter steals electrons from you because of the way they eject electrons from their sphere of influence, and/or reduce mitochondrial efficiency. From artificial blue light, 4G and 5G, to Wi-Fi, fluoridated water, and processed foods… most inventions for communication or convenience interfere with the way our bodies collect and use electrons.

EMFs. The non-native electromagnetic radiation emitted by our communication devices jostle electrons loose from tissues chronically. Meaning, small amounts per device, times copious devices, equals significant sub-ionizing electron loss. Non-native EMFs also oscillate mitochondria at frequencies that directly impair fat-burning and ATP production – basically wasting a portion of our electron supply that should be going into, and out of, energy production.

Water. Fluoridated and chlorinated water is bad because it reduces water’s ability to separate its positive ‘H’s’ from its negative ‘OH’ groups. Both limit the amount of light energy that water can store for future use (as e-zone water). This spreads the body’s supply of electrons thin.

Processed food. Most packaged, high-carb food becomes more acidic in manufacturing, because electrons are lost in processing. That makes it relatively more proton-rich, positively-charged, and acidic. …Which is a major reason why processed foods are less healthy for you: they have fewer electrons. And it’s why whole foods from Nature are more wholesome: they contain more electrons.

Moving air steals electrons from you. Ever notice how fatigued you get after sleeping under a fan or air conditioner for many hours; or riding long distances on a motorcycle, bicycle, or convertible with skin exposed? One reason these activities can be so tiring when done for several hours is that they steal electrons from you. Other factors offset this effect (like sun-light), but fatigue of this kind is caused by more than just wind buffeting.

To sum up the electron-deficiency dilemma, technology and modern conveniences restrict our supply of electrons coming in, and they use up our supply of electrons faster than in previous generations. Our health and healing capacity declines as a result.