Tag: liver

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An inflammatory PUFA metabolite drives liver fibrosis (cirrhosis) by poisoning mitochondria

Ray wrote extensively about the toxicity of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) , particularly their propensity to undergo lipid peroxidation…

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Vitamin B3 can prevent/treat fatty liver (MASLD/NAFLD/NASH)

Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MASLD) affects roughly 30% of the global population — billions of people. Mainstream medicine has…

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Chronic stress can cause/drive liver cancer (HCC) by affecting tryptophan metabolism

Little by little, we are seeing new studies call (timidly) for a “paradigm shift” (read: euphemism for…

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Vitamin K deficiency or antagonism (e.g. warfarin) can cause/promote liver cancer (HCC)

It is rate that we get medicine to admit that a “primitive” vitamin deficiency can directly cause…

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Mictochondrial NAD+ levels drive liver regeneration

Given the prevalence of liver disease – NAFLD, NASH, cirrhosis and even liver cancer – in the…

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Keto diets may drop some weight, but cause hyperlipidemia, liver/heart disease, and even diabetes type I

This is probably one of the most controversial posts I have made in a long time. It…

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Alcohol harms the liver through glutamate, not only endotoxin (LPS); taurine/niacinamide may help

The rates of binge drinking keep rising in the West and such activities are strongly and inversely…

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Fatty liver breakthrough: vitamin B3 may cure/prevent it, even at the genomic level

Relatively new study, of which I can’t yet get the full text. However, its findings are truly…

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Activated charcoal may treat liver cirrhosis by lowering endotoxin/LPS

The role of endotoxin/LPS in chronic liver disease and failure is well-known in animal research. LPS is…

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Aspirin, alone or with vitamin C, may treat many/most solid tumors

It seems that mainstream medicine is keeping close tabs on the Peatarian community. After denying for decades…