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Blocking prostaglandins restores (glucose) metabolism, reverses brain aging

It is rare to find a study like the one below that combines so many crucial topics…

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Higher doses of vitamin D, other steroids, may be needed in obese people

The title, at least in regards to vitamin D, is something Ray commented quite a few times…

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SSRI drugs cause depression/anxiety, blocking serotonin rapidly reverses the latter

It is hard to come up with a more controversial statement in psychiatry than to say that…

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Blocking serotonin may treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

While the meta-study only reviewed studies about blocking the 5-HT3 receptor, other studies listed below directly implicate…

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PUFA (linoleic acid) is hepatotoxic and carcinogenic; MUFA/SFA are not

A neat little commentary in the Cell journal on a study in Nature. Not very surprising for…

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Fat increases estrogen synthesis, even in menopausal females; glucose lowers it

A fascinating study, which provides a number of important findings and insights. First, the study shows that…

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PUFA (linoleic acid) is a true estrogen, similar to estradiol

This is one of those studies that, in my view, largely puts the debate about PUFA to…

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Aversion to bitter taste may be a sign of endotoxin/LPS overload, chronic disease

Just a few days ago I did a post about a study, which showed that endotoxin (LPS)…

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Inhibiting dopamine breakdown reverses obesity WITHOUT caloric restriction

Yet another study showing that the dogma we have been fed for decades – eat less and…

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Reduced availability/oxidation of glucose sufficient to cause heart failure (HF)

Yet another “mysterious” idiopathic condition turns out to be nothing but metabolic dysregulation in disguise. Also, unlike…