Tag: fatty acid oxidation

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Impaired OXPHOS by high ketones drives heart failure

Just a few weeks after my post on how excessive fatty acid oxidation (FAO) drives cancer, below…

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Fatty acid oxidation – linking all illness (especially cancer) with stress and diet (fasting / low-carb)

The study below is one perhaps the most comprehensive review published to date, challenging the medical dogma…

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Cancer relies on fat as fuel due to high reductive stress

One of the few studies out there that not only links cancer with impaired OXPHOS, but demonstrates…

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Alzheimer’s patients have lower metabolic rate and higher fatty acid oxidation

Just a quick post in regards to a study that found the drug donepezil – commonly used…

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Niacinamide may treat depression by improving energetic state

A very interesting study, sent to me by a collaborator who lives in Austria. It demonstrated that…

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Lipolysis / FFA drive breast cancer by promoting estrogen signalling

The evidence for the fat-loving nature of cancer just keeps on accumulating. During the last podcast with…

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Doxycycline akin to Meldonium / Mildronate, may cure triple-negative breast cancer

Once again, the role of excessive fat oxidation is on full display. While mainstream medicine is slowly…

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Fatty acid oxidation (FAO) inhibition abrogates triple-negative breast cancer

The evidence for the role of excessive FAO in cancer keeps piling on. As many of my…

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Pulmonary hypertension (usually fatal) likely driven by increased fat oxidation (FAO)

Most of my medically inclined readers are familiar with the “mysterious” condition pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). I…

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Forcing the heart to burn glucose instead of fat may cure heart failure

One of the blockbuster studies I have seen over the last 12 months. It reads as if…