Perceive, Think, Act
It rarely gets any more damning for a scientific field than what was just announced today. Namely, the study considered the most important/influential in maintaining scientific support for the central dogma of dementia research – the beta-amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer Disease (AD) – was not just wrong, but directly and deliberately FABRICATED in order to … Read more
I am posting this study mostly as a counterexample to all the drivel coming out of gerontology research circles. Namely, the dogma is that biological aging is overwhelmingly influenced/determined by genes and cannot really be retarded (pun intended) or accelerated by the environment. This dogma persists despite decades of research on pregnant mothers showing maternal … Read more
…whether you are 18 or 80. Yes, I know it is hard to believe this statement but that is the conclusion of the study after examining the link between lifestyle (and environment) and cognitive function in a group of people with ages spanning the 18-89 years interval. The conclusion of the study was that an … Read more
Hopefully, this study will pour cold water on all the “fitness gurus” out there who preach (though, not often practice) the mantra “no pain, no gain”. Or in this case, instead of gain they mean loss – of fat mass, that is. If there is any industry that is recession-proof it is probably the exercise/fitness … Read more
One of the few direct studies with P5 in-vivo, though that may be changing as I noticed the rate of articles on P5 has been rising over the last 5-6 years. This study used four (4) administrations of P5, at a HED of just 0.3mg/kg, 1, 6, 12, and 18 hours after the (ischemic) stroke … Read more
After dancing around the issue for the last 10+ years, it looks like medicine is finally ready to admit the obvious. Namely, cellular (and more specifically, mitochondrial) debris created by stress/injury and dumped into the bloodstream causes the (in)famous “flares” that define virtually all “autoimmune” conditions and are the main focus of doctors and pharma … Read more
One of the few studies out there that not only links cancer with impaired OXPHOS, but demonstrates directly the role of reductive stress (exemplified by the NAD/NADH ratio) in cancer’s appetite for fats as fuel required for the cancer survival and proliferation/metastasis. It also once again demonstrates the falsehood of the popular term “oxidative” stress, … Read more
Just a quick post, since this topic dominates anti-aging research – i.e. despite lack of concrete evidence for it, mainstream research (and finding agencies) continue to claim that longevity is tied to metabolism, but in an inverse relationship. The study below is on turtles – one of the longest living organisms on the planet – … Read more
Despite the efforts of the powers that be, the evidence against the benefits of plant protein intake continues to accumulate. It has been known since the 1970s that the so-called net nitrogen utilization (NNU) of plant protein is quite low and potentially lower than 0.5, which means that consuming plant protein is actually a net … Read more
I am posting this study b/c it is one of the few I have seen lately demonstrating that even infectious diseases are metabolic in origin. Of course, a pathogen is involved as well, but as it turns out it may not be able to cause an infection by itself. For that to happen, a metabolic … Read more