Cellular Awakening - Rossmery Mentore on Glycans and Holistic Healing

Rossmery Mentore joins Neil Haley to share her transformational health journey, speaking candidly about hitting a wall despite doing everything "right" for anti-aging and wellness. At 51 years old and working as a transformational coach, Rossmery found herself in an uncomfortable position—unable to help others because she couldn't even help herself. Despite maintaining what she thought was a healthy lifestyle with proper nutrition, hydration, collagen supplementation, peptides, creatine, and various biohacks, she experienced unexplained weight gain in unfamiliar places, severe fatigue, brain fog, and profound disconnection from her own reflection. She told her husband she couldn't coach from a place of posture anymore because she was struggling to help herself. The breakthrough came when a friend introduced her to glycan therapy—a concept she'd never heard of despite her extensive wellness knowledge. Glycans, which won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022, are essential for cellular communication throughout the body. We're born with them, but they deplete with age, stress, and poor diet, causing the "antennas" on our cells to lose effectiveness and stop communicating properly. Rossmery explains cellular communication using a powerful analogy: cells need to know which should be nourished, which should be killed, and which need repair. When communication breaks down and cells "get away," the consequences can be devastating—potentially leading to that phone call nobody wants about serious disease. Glycan therapy restores this communication, allowing cells throughout the body—eyes, brain, heart, liver, intestines—to work together properly. After three months of supplementation, Rossmery experienced dramatic results: natural energy returned, brain fog lifted, and she regained her youthful appearance and spirit. Her doctor confirmed these weren't subjective feelings—her blood work showed the best numbers in three years. She pairs glycan therapy with 21-day liver resets at their Verdade wellness retreats, explaining that the liver processes hormones like estrogen, and when it becomes sluggish, problems like estrogen dominance cause bloating and weight gain. Her husband Eddie's dramatic recovery from alopecia—growing his hair back naturally after doctors recommended steroids—came from addressing absorption problems and liver health rather than treating symptoms. Rossmery's message is clear: people need to "hear their bodies" and understand that symptoms like bloating and fatigue aren't normal aging but signals of dysfunction. At their retreats, participants combine glycan therapy with liver detoxification, breath work, yoga, and community support, learning to change their relationship with food using fresh local ingredients while their bodies release toxins safely. For the holidays, she advises focusing on three simple rules: avoid seed oils, processed sugars, and processed foods, while embracing healthy alternatives and moderation—because deprivation leads to guilt and frustration, but mindful choices lead to lasting transformation.