Tag: mitochondria

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“Gulf War Syndrome” likely curable; it is driven by metabolic dysfunction and inflammation, not neuron damage

Some good news just in for the holidays. For decades, military veterans with this conditions have been…

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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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Wasting syndrome (cachexia) driven by low metabolism/NAD+; can be blocked/reversed

One of those articles that fully corroborates Ray’s views that metabolism is central not only to “function”,…

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Age-related inflammation driven by declining mitochondrial function; menopause likely reversible

Yet another study demonstrating the key role metabolism plays in aspects of health firmly considered by medicine…

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Mitochondria are alive and interchangeable across species, may explain differences in intelligence across latter

Just a quick post that suggests once again that metabolism is the key determinant of intelligence and…

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ROS (elevated by fat oxidation) drive immune dysfunction in cancer; vitamin E may help

Yet another study demonstrating that metabolism controls an aspect of physiology so far considered largely independent of…

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PUFA is incompatible with and directly toxic to mammalian mitochondria

This is one of the few studies that presents direct and largely indisputable biochemical evidence for the…

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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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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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Low OXPHOS is a biomarker and likely cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

The evidence that IBD conditions such as Crohn’s Disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are of mitochondrial…