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J Exp Med. 1962 June 1; 115(6): 1149–1160. THE FECAL FLORA OF VARIOUS STRAINS OF MICE. ITS BEARING ON THEIR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ENDOTOXIN Russell W. Schaedler and René J. Dubos Adult mice from seven different colonies were studied with regard to (a) the numbers and types of bacteria that could be cultivated from their stools; [...]
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1984 Jun;20(6):657-69. The thyroid function in young men during prolonged exercise and the effect of energy and sleep deprivation. Opstad PK, Falch D, Oktedalen O, Fonnum F, Wergeland R. Thyroid function has been investigated in 24 young military cadets participating in a 5 d ranger training course with heavy physical exercise, calorie [...]
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1994 Jun;23(2):379-86. Hypertension in thyroid disorders. Saito I, Saruta T. Hypertension is more common in hypothyroidic patients than in euthyroid controls in older age groups. Treatment of the thyroid deficiency alone lowers blood pressure in most patients. Hemodynamically, cardiac output is reduced and total peripheral resistance is elevated. The latter [...]
Adv Exp Med Biol. 1989;266:3-15. Lipofuscin and ceroid formation: the cellular recycling system. Harman D. Lipofuscin, age pigment, is a dark pigment with a strong autofluorescence seen with increasing frequency with advancing age in the cytoplasm of postmitotic cells. By bright-field light microscopy lipofuscin appears as irregular yellow to brown granules ranging in size from [...]
Animals that have a diet free of polyunsaturated fats are good organ donors and recipients. -Ray Peat, PhD (personal correspondence) Science. 1988 May 20;240(4855):1032-3. Essential fatty acid depletion of renal allografts and prevention of rejection. Schreiner GF, Flye W, Brunt E, Korber K, Lefkowith JB. A central hypothesis in transplantation biology is that resident leukocytes [...]
The gerontologist, V.V. Frolkis, recently found that mice lived 43% longer than animals on the standard diet when they periodically had activated charcoal added to their food. This is the clearest evidence I have seen that “bowel toxins” make a major contribution to the aging process. -Ray Peat, PhD Biomater Artif Cells Artif Organs. 1989;17(3):341-51. [...]
The half-life of fats in human adipose tissue is about 600 days, meaning that significant amounts of previously consumed oils will still be present up to four years after they have been removed from the diet. -Ray Peat, PhD Am J Clin Nutr. 1980 Jan;33(1):81-5. A mathematical relationship between the fatty acid composition of the [...]
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Capitalizing on the FDA’s list of food ingredients that are Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS), here is a top 10 list of substances Generally Regarded as Harmful (GRAH). Carageenan and the gums, ironically, are considered GRAS, but the data (1,2) indicates that they’re GRAH. Some of the substances below do have a physiological function, however, [...]
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