Reflections on My Health Turnaround and What I Now Understand About Redox Signaling

I’ve spent more than 13 years trying to fully grasp the dramatic turnaround I experienced after starting ASEA Redox back in June of 2012. At the time, I didn’t have words like “redox signaling,” “homeostasis,” or even “allostatic load” in my vocabulary. I just knew I was sick, worn down, and desperate to feel normal again.

Looking back now—with everything I’ve learned since—I have a better understanding why my recovery unfolded the way it did. And honestly, I’m even more amazed today than I was then.

Where I Was in 2012: A Body Stuck in Survival Mode

Long before I ever opened a bottle of ASEA, my health had been quietly unraveling. What started as a simple dental procedure (replacing an old silver amalgam filling) snowballed into eight years of chronic infection, inflammation, and a body that couldn’t keep up anymore. Even after the tooth was removed, the downstream effects lingered for years.

I caught everything going around. My allergies were out of control. I’d injure easily and heal slowly. My energy was low, my resilience gone. I didn’t realize it then, but my body was under what scientists call allostatic load—the cumulative wear and tear that happens when your stress-response system stays switched “on” for far too long.

When your body’s been fighting for years without a real break, it stops operating like it should. Communication inside your cells gets scrambled. Inflammation stays high. Repair gets delayed. You’re not “sick enough for the hospital,” but you’re definitely not well.

That was me.

What is Allostatic Load? (click to read more)

Allostatic Load is a fancy term for the wear and tear that builds up in your body when you face stress for too long without enough recovery.

Your body is built to handle stress — that’s normal.
But when stress becomes constant, your system never gets to reset. Over time, this can lead to:

  • chronic inflammation
  • weakened immunity
  • hormone imbalances
  • poor sleep
  • slower healing
  • low energy
  • feeling “off” but not knowing why

Allostatic load basically means your body has been running in survival mode for too long. Instead of functioning normally, it’s constantly catching up.

Scientists say this ongoing stress can disrupt the body’s natural communication system, especially redox signaling — the tiny messages cells use to repair damage and stay balanced.

The good news?
When you reduce stress and support your body’s ability to communicate and repair, the load can come down. That’s when you start feeling like yourself again.

Taking the Leap Anyway

When ASEA Redox came into my life, I didn’t have the money for my initial order—and I certainly didn’t have money to keep buying it every month. But I was out of options. I was praying for something that could help me climb out of the hole I was in. It was my wife that learned about ASEA and suggested I try it.

I spent money we didn’t have on something I knew little about, but in my mind (and maybe out loud) I committed to give it 6 months.
No hype.
No unrealistic expectations.
Just hope.
I saw something that instilled hope. There might be something here.

I focused on resting more. I ate better. And I watched my body closely.

Because I needed to know—is this doing anything?

The First Signs at Three Months

I didn’t expect much in the first month or two. Maybe I was noticing some changes? My body had been through years of stress; nothing was going to turn on a dime.

But around the three-month mark, I started noticing subtle changes:

  • Pain was easing.
  • Allergies weren’t flaring like before.
  • I wasn’t getting sick as often.
  • I just felt different—lighter somehow.

It wasn’t dramatic, but it was real.

So I kept going.
I even increased my intake from 2 oz twice a day to 2 oz three or four times a day.

Six Months In: I Felt I Had My Life Back

By the six-month point, something had fundamentally shifted.

My body felt like it remembered how to function again—like some internal switch had flipped from “survive” back to “repair.” I was healing faster. I wasn’t automatically reaching for the ibuprofen or antihistamines anymore. My resilience was returning. Energy was coming back. The brain fog was lifting.

It was one of the most astonishing experiences of my life.

And at the time, I didn’t understand what was going on.

Now I Do: The Body Wants to Heal

Over the past decade, I’ve learned more about how the body communicates, repairs, and restores balance. I’ve learned how redox signaling molecules act like the body’s internal “messengers,” helping cells know when to defend, when to clean up damage, and when to produce antioxidants.

I’ve learned how allostatic load disrupts this communication system—and how restoring it can have a compounding effect over months, not days.

I’ve seen how new research continues to confirm what so many of us have experienced:
supporting the body’s redox system can help calm inflammation, strengthen cellular defenses, and bring the body back toward homeostasis.

Not overnight.
Not with perfection.
But steadily.

And that’s exactly what my own body did.

13 Years Later: Even More Impressed Than Before

What amazes me most today isn’t just my personal recovery—it’s how much more we now know.
The science around redox signaling is expanding.
The manufacturing process has improved.
The consistency and stability of the molecules are better than what I started with in 2012.

It’s wild to think the technology is even more advanced now than when it helped me climb out of the hole I was in.

A Simple Message: Give Your Body Time

If there’s something my story can offer, it’s this:

Give your body six months.
Support it.
Remove the stressors you can.
Restore the communication it uses to repair itself.

Your body wants to be well.
Sometimes it just needs some support—and a little time—to remember how.

ASEA Redox was that support for me.
And I’m grateful every day that I didn’t give up at week two or three. The real magic started around month three—and exploded at month six.

I hope more people will give their bodies the chance to experience what mine did.