Mackay Rippey explains how biofeedback can stabilize blood pressure by improving blood flow and oxygenation to the brain. The conversation covers endothelial cell function, how hypoxia affects cognitive performance, and the body's adaptive responses to oxygen availability.
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A state of high performance. All right, let's talk about hypoxia. What is the relationship between blood pressure and hypoxia?
There are two issues with it, obviously, if you have hardening of the arteries, if your blood vessels aren't expanding to allow the red blood cells through to release their oxygen, the tissue is not going to be fully oxygenated. Right. And that's what hypoxia is, low oxygen. Now, just because you have oxygen in your blood. Right. And that gets measured with the little finger device we all have now because of COVID Can we say Covid on the show? Do you have to say that must not be named.
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Excellent, though. Just because it's in your blood doesn't mean it's getting to the tissue, which is a big issue. And that's one of the big problems, I think, with. With all these blood pressure medications. And you're talking about too, the biggest side effect for all the blood pressure medications are lightheadedness and passing out. Gee, why is that happening? That's cause your brain doesn't have enough oxygen. Oxygen's kind of important for brain functioning, especially as we exit our 30s, let's say.
It's really important that people understand that thing about blood pressure in the brain. Years ago, when I was going to Wharton Business School, you know, Ivy League kind of thing, I was about to fail out, and I went and I got one of Dr. Daniel Aman's spec scans right when he'd first written his book, before he had the level of respect and understanding he does now. And they found all kinds of brain problems, but including low blood flow in the brain. Because I didn't understand the nature of having low blood pressure. In addition, all the other crap I had to history of Lyme and mold and toxic metals and all kinds of stuff I've talked about on the show before. But interestingly, he did find that when I came back after doing all this biohacking, all the stuff that I've been writing about, that my blood flow in the brain was noticeably improved. And I take herbs every day that are documented to increase blood flow in the brain and even standing on your head and your whole body vibration, all kinds of stuff you can do. But it's about getting enough oxygen so you can have enough electrons in the brain. Because no matter how many ketones you have, no matter how many smart drugs you have, if you don't have the raw Fuel, your brain won't work well. And so what you're finding is that this is a problem in the brain. When people use the zona, they're training their endothelium basically to be better because it normalizes blood pressure, that they're seeing better cognitive function.
It's normal for your blood pressure to go up, to go down. It's normal for the, the demand of the tissue to go up and down in terms of, you know, if your liver is dealing with mold toxicity, it's going to need more oxygen. If you're working on, I don't know, studying something, your brain needs more oxygen to work. If you're working out, your muscles need more oxygen. So your body needs to be able to adapt, right? It's, it's designed as an adaptive system. And the main signal for that adaption, in terms of getting oxygen and other nutrients, right? In talking about the ketones, the other nutrients to the individual cells and then the toxins back out again, are these endothelial cells. And they're the, they're the sensors that open and close the valves, your blood vessels that control how much, you know, you don't want too much oxygen, right? That causes too much oxidative stress, and you don't want too little because then your mitochondria aren't getting enough oxygen, and then they start creating all kinds of reactive oxygen species. So you actually start this. That's the start of a lot of the disease process. But it happens so subtly, so slowly over so much period of time. That's why something like the zone is so important. It. You don't need it. Now is it like, now's the time when do you start exercising? Right? When do you start using your brain? Now. Now before you, You've, you've lost your muscle tone in your 60s or 70s, and you're trying to recover it back, and it's much more difficult. So now's the time to start exercising, quote, unquote, your endothelial cells, so that they continue to function well as you increase your age. So not. You're not only living longer, but you're living well as well.
