Tag: aldosterone

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Salt restriction promotes stress by elevating cortisol

Yet another “controversial” topic is getting some attention. After medicine reluctantly accepted the existence of the “Obesity…

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Stress/cortisol/aldosterone cause kidney disease; pregnenolone/progesterone treat it

The condition known as chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most common long-term co-morbidity of…

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Fasting/exercise decreases androgens, increases aldosterone (and possibly cortisol/estrogens) in women

I often get criticized that I rely too much on animal studies, so here is a human…

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Exercise causes (and worsens) arterial calcification

A great new study sent to me by one of my blog’s readers. It will more than…

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Vitamin D, reducing fat oxidation may treat lung fibrosis, COVID-19

Pulmonary fibrosis, regardless of etiology, is considered invariably a progressive and fatal disease. Despite this official story,…

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Heart attack survivors have high stress (cortisol/adrenaline) hypersensitivity, low androgens

A very interesting study that highlights yet again the connection between chronic stress and ill systemic health,…