Tag: OXPHOS

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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…

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Mitochondrial dysfunction prevents apoptosis and drives inflammation

Yet another study, which demonstrates the inseparable link between metabolism and “structural” problems such as cellular integrity…

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Vitamin K significantly reduces leg/muscle cramps in humans

As many of my readers know, muscle spasticity is one of the main symptoms of low thyroid…

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Vitamin K is crucial for lung function and may prevent/treat COPD

Vitamin K is one of the least-studied vitamins, though that has been changing lately, largely due to…

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Increasing the metabolic rate increases lifespan and improves health

The study below is one of the few to directly challenge the so-called Rate of Living Theory…

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Niacinamide improves bone health and reduces fat synthesis

Two of the features of aging thought to be unavoidable are brittle bones and increased visceral fat,…

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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…