Category: Science

Scientific articles and discussions, with my comments and take on the topics therein.

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Vitamin B1 enhances physical activity and wakefulness by raising dopamine

Several decades ago, researchers in Japan did a lot of research with vitamin B1 (thiamine), as well…

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Oxidative metabolism reflects our biological age, metabolic dysfunction drives frailty/aging

In several of his articles, Ray discussed the non-specific “syndrome of being sick” -i.e. looking and feeling…

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HUMAN STUDY: Niacinamide can help recover from (long) COVID-19

It looks like medicine is starting to look more and more into metabolic therapies for a variety…

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Anti-depressant drugs (SSRI) cause heart defects/disease by inhibiting oxidative metabolism

I am amazed by the number of already published studies that openly admit that SSRI drugs have…

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Reduced progesterone (P4) signalling causes inflammation and (female) infertility, aspirin or P4 may help

Over the years a number of couples who struggled to conceive a child (or carry it to…

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Just like SSRI “antidepressants”, talk therapy likely no better than placebo

I know I am going to receive criticism for this post, but I felt that I had…

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Endotoxin/LPS causes Alzheimer’s, insoluble fiber (carrot salad?) may prevent/treat

This is one of the few studies that I have seen pointing directly at elevated endotoxin/LPS as…

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Intermittent fasting causes hair loss by increasing lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation

Despite being all the rage these days on social media, intermittent fasting (IF) has now started to…

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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), even at very low doses, improves fertility in both women and men

Once again, the role of metabolism in aspects of health considered completely non-metabolic in nature is being…

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Eating fake/vegan “meat” ups depression risk, inflammation, and blood pressure

Hardly a surprise to anybody, but that study finding probably won’t stop the likes of WEF and…