Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Factors that Affect Aging: Alteration of Your Stem Cell

12 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD explains how stem cells from the fertilized egg build your organs, then describes why you lose healthy stem cells as you age. Inflammation speeds this loss, but certain interventions can boost your body's stem cell production.

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Alteration of your stem cells. Many people have heard of stem cells. The very, very first stem cell was when an egg from your mom and a sperm from your dad came together and made the first fertilized egg. That was the ultimate stem cell. And that turned into a zygote, which is 32 plus stem cells. And they multiply and multiply and multiply until they go into the areas that become your brain, your gut, your skin, your heart, your lungs, and the primordial cells. The original cells that formed all your organs were actually stem cells. What happens as you age? You lose these healthy cel self regulatory cells and you, you age. And so inflammation, all the things I mentioned, can lead to this. And there are things you can do that actually can bump up your body's ability to produce stem cells.