Healthy aging starts deep inside your cells. One of the most important processes that keeps your body young and resilient is called mitophagy. Think of it as your cells’ housekeeping system. It clears out old, damaged “batteries” known as mitochondria so they can be replaced with new, efficient ones. When this cleanup process slows down, energy drops, waste builds up, and age-related diseases can take hold.
What Is Mitophagy?
Mitochondria are the tiny power plants inside your cells that make energy. Over time, some of them wear out or stop working properly. Mitophagy is your body’s way of identifying these faulty mitochondria, removing them, and recycling their parts. This keeps your cells running smoothly and prevents toxic buildup.
Why It Matters for Aging
When mitophagy works well, your cells stay energized, flexible, and resilient. When it fails, waste piles up just like trash in a city that stops collecting garbage. This breakdown contributes to conditions such as:
- Parkinson’s disease, where brain cells lose their ability to clear damaged mitochondria
- Alzheimer’s disease, where energy-starved neurons cannot remove harmful proteins
- Heart disease, where worn-out mitochondria clog up heart muscle cells and weaken the pump
Healthy mitophagy is one of the keys to healthy aging and disease prevention.
How We Can Support Mitophagy
The good news is that science has discovered ways to activate this cleanup system and keep it strong as we age. At PUR-FORM, we use therapies designed to enhance mitophagy and protect cellular energy. These include:
- Environmental therapies such as intermittent hypoxia, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, cryotherapy, ozone therapy, and hydrogen gas therapy. These act as healthy stressors that activate cellular repair.
- IV therapies and compounds such as NAD+, spermidine, resveratrol, curcumin, and urolithin A. These provide your cells with the raw materials and signals they need to recycle old mitochondria and build new ones.
These treatments not only clear out damaged mitochondria. They also stimulate the growth of new, stronger ones which give your cells more power and resilience over time.
The Bottom Line
Mitophagy is your body’s built-in cellular renovation system. By supporting it, we are not just talking about anti-aging in a cosmetic sense, but about true cellular health. That means more energy, better brain and heart function, and longer-lasting vitality.
At PUR-FORM, we can combine different therapies to maximize mitophagy, helping you live not only longer but stronger.
You can find a more detailed explanation of the science in the full article here.
— Dr. P
