Tag: OXPHOS

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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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Psoriasis as a metabolic conditions, vitamin B2 (riboflavin) may prevent/treat it

Yet another condition of “mysterious” origin turns out to be nothing but energetic deficiency in disguise. Namely,…

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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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Glaucoma may be a metabolic condition, vitamin B1 (thiamine) may treat it

Just a few hours ago I did a post about myopia being metabolic in origin and, as…

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The origins of sleep may be metabolic – to reduce reactive oxygen species (ROS), driven by fat oxidation

A fascinating study that again highlights the central role metabolism plays in activities medicine considers weakly linked…

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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…