Tag: OXPHOS

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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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PUFA can cause male infertility by inhibiting oxidative metabolism (OXPHOS)

The study looked at one of the members of the PUFA family that even mainstream medicine is…

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Childhood stress causes muscle dysfunction in adulthood by damaging oxidative metabolism

Yet another study demonstrating that many mysterious, and sometimes severe/fatal (e.g. ALS) muscle-related conditions may be not…

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Estrogen and cortisol inhibit mitochondrial oxidation, vitamin E reverses the inhibition

More specifically, those steroids inhibit NADH (also known as DPNH) oxidation in the mitochondria, which shifts the…

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The pro-metabolic drug DNP, banned by FDA, may treat most diseases

The chemical 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) is one of the oldest (and most successful) weight loss drugs. It works…

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An estrogen metabolite may drive pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Just a few minutes ago I did a post on the causative role of estrogen and its…

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Immunodeficiency driven by mitochondrial dysfunction, can be reversed

This is study that has very wide applicability since the immune system plays a role not only…

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A single 15min exposure to red light boosts mitochondria and lowers blood glucose

A human study, which makes it that much more important. While the findings are not very surprising,…

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Niacinamide may treat Parkinson Disease (PD)

A very interesting study, which used a relatively high dose of nicotinamide riboside (NR) to treat Parkinson…