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US Government: Fluoridated water damages brain and lowers intelligence in humans

Honestly, I did not think that an official government admission of the dangers of fluoride would occur…

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Brain energy production determines our psychosocial experience; stress damages it

Well, it does not get any clearer than the findings of the study below. Namely, the old…

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Lactate damages mitochondria and can cause (pulmonary) fibrosis

In the first half of the 20th century lactate had a largely negative reputation in medical circles…

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Anti-anxiety drugs cause brain damage, unemployment, and suicide…even if stopped

Just a few minutes ago I posted about a study implicating serotonin (5-HT) and, by extension, SSRI…

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Vitamin E reduces exercise-induced muscle damage

Nothing much to add here and the article title is essentially identical to my post. I am…

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PUFA, not sugar, causes eye damage associated with diabetes/aging

An amazing pair of new studies that coincidentally (synchronicity!) came out at the same time, but without…

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NSAID drugs, except aspirin, linked to heart failure

The link between NSAID usage (except aspirin) and heart attacks is not new, but I decided to…

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Intense exercise causes mitochondrial damage even in elite athletes

Hopefully, this post won’t be interpreted as trying to bash exercise. Its goal is to simply draw…

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Damaged mitochondria may cause 90%+ of Parkinson Disease (PD) cases

More evidence that yet another “incurable” condition is little more than energy deficit (due to mitochondrial dysfunction)…

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Alcohol causes liver (and other organ) damage by lowering NAD/NADH ratio

A neat little study, which demonstrates once again the crucial role of energy and optimal redox status…