Also see: Resuscitation: Benefits of ATP, Glucose, and Sodium Trauma & Resuscitation: Toxicity of Lactated Ringer’s Solution Autoimmune Disease and Estrogen Connection Hormonal profiles in women with breast cancer PUFA Increases Estrogen PUFA Inhibit Glucuronidation PUFA Promote Cancer Maternal PUFA Intake Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Female Offspring Vitamin A: Anti-Cancer and Anti-Estrogen Toxic Plant […]
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Serotonin, Fatigue, Training, and Performance
Also See: Carbohydrate Lowers Serotonin from Exercise Health Benefits of Glycine Gelatin > Whey Tryptophan, Sleep, and Depression Thyroid peroxidase activity is inhibited by amino acids Whey, Tryptophan, & Serotonin Protective Glycine Running on Empty Thyroid peroxidase activity is inhibited by amino acids Gelatin, Glycine, and Metabolism Gelatin, stress, longevity The anticatabolic effect of glycine […]
– February 15, 2012
Thumbs Up: Fructose
Also see: Theurapeutic Honey – Cancer and Wound Healing Carbohydrates and Bone Health Sugar (Sucrose) Restrains the Stress Response HFCS – More to it than we thought Protection from Endotoxin Lactose Intolerance: Starch, Fructose, Sucrose, & Thyroid Status Commentary on Type 2 Diabetes Are Happy Gut Bacteria Key to Weight Loss? Soybean oil causes more […]
– February 3, 2012
Unsaturated Fats and Heart Damage
Also see: Israeli Paradox: High Omega -6 Diet Promotes Disease Unsaturated Fats, Oxidative Stress, and Atherosclerosis Thyroid Status and Cardiovascular Disease “Normal” TSH: Marker for Increased Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease A Cure for Heart Disease Hypothyroidism and A Shift in Death Patterns Arachidonic Acid’s Role in Stress and Shock Dietary Fats, Temperature, and […]
– January 31, 2012
PUFA Accumulation & Aging
Also see: Unsaturated Fats and Longevity Vitamin E Needs Increases with PUFA Consumption and Greater Unsaturation “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats Fat Deficient Animals – Activity of Cytochrome Oxidase Dietary PUFA Reflected in Human Subcutaneous Fat Tissue Toxicity of Stored PUFA PUFA, Development, and Allergy Incidence PUFA, Aging, Cytochrome Oxidase, and Cardiolipin […]
– January 15, 2012
Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS), Vitamin D, and Cancer
Also see: Excess Dietary Phosphorus Lowers Vitamin D Levels Calcium Paradox Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio, PTH, and Bone Health Dairy, Calcium, and Weight Management in Adults and Children PUFA, Ketones, and Sugar Restriction Promote Tumor Growth Novel compound shows promise against breast cancer “”Cancer metabolism” or stress metabolism typically involves an excess of the adaptive […]
– January 5, 2012
Estrogen Plus Progestin and Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Postmenopausal Women
JAMA. 2010;304(15):1684-1692. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1500 Estrogen Plus Progestin and Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Postmenopausal Women Rowan T. Chlebowski, MD, PhD; Garnet L. Anderson, PhD; Margery Gass, MD; Dorothy S. Lane, MD; Aaron K. Aragaki, MS; Lewis H. Kuller, MD; JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH; Marcia L. Stefanick, PhD; Judith Ockene, MD; Gloria E. Sarto, […]
– December 31, 2011
Endometriosis and Estrogen
Also see: Pre and Postmenopausal Women: Progesterone Decreases Aromatase Activity Hormonal profiles in women with breast cancer J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998 Dec;83(12):4474-80. Deficient 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 expression in endometriosis: failure to metabolize 17beta-estradiol. Zeitoun K, Takayama K, Sasano H, Suzuki T, Moghrabi N, Andersson S, Johns A, Meng L, Putman M, Carr B, […]
– December 22, 2011
Estrogen Stimulates Insulin, Promotes Weight Gain
Also see: Estrogen, Uterine Fibroids, and Thyroid Nodules Autoimmune Disease and Estrogen Connection Hormonal profiles in women with breast cancer PUFA Increases Estrogen PUFA Inhibit Glucuronidation PUFA Promote Cancer Maternal PUFA Intake Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Female Offspring Vitamin A: Anti-Cancer and Anti-Estrogen Toxic Plant Estrogens The Dire Effects of Estrogen Pollution Progesterone: Essential […]
– December 20, 2011
Fat Tissue and Aging – Increased Estrogen
Also see: Estrogen Levels Increase with Age Estrogen Related to Loss of Fat Free Mass with Aging Progesterone Decreases Aromatase Activity Although we commonly think of the ovaries as the main source of estrogen, the enzyme which makes it can be found in all parts of the body. Surprisingly, in rhesus monkeys, aromatase in the […]
– December 16, 2011
Estrogen Dominance and Magnesium Deficiency
Also see: Intestinal Serotonin and Bone Loss Carbohydrates and Bone Health Bone Health and Vitamin K Calcium Paradox High Estrogen and Heart Disease in Men Quotes by Ray Peat, PhD: “The toxic effects of excessive intracellular calcium (decreased respiration and increased excitation) are opposed by magnesium. Both thyroid and progesterone improve magnesium retention. Estrogen dominance […]
– December 7, 2011
How does estrogen enhance endotoxin toxicity? Let me count the ways.
Also see: Endotoxin: Poisoning from the Inside Out Ray Peat, PhD on the Benefits of the Raw Carrot Protection from Endotoxin Endotoxin-lipoprotein Hypothesis Protective Bamboo Shoots The effect of raw carrot on serum lipids and colon function Estrogen, Endotoxin, and Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury Alcohol Consumption – Estrogen and Progesterone In Women Single Bout of Binge […]
– December 7, 2011
PUFA, Development, and Allergy Incidence
Also see: Nutrition and Brain Growth in Chick Embryos Sodium Improves Premature Infant Development PUFA Accumulation & Aging PUFA, Fish Oil, and Alzheimers Blood Sugar – Resistance to Allergy and Shock Serotonin and Autism Connection Breastfeeding benefits babies’ brains Quotes by Ray Peat, PhD: “Brain tissue is very rich in complex forms of fats. The […]
– December 1, 2011
PUFA Promote Cancer
Also see: Toxicity of Stored PUFA Dietary PUFA Reflected in Human Subcutaneous Fat Tissue PUFA Accumulation & Aging Maternal PUFA Intake Increases Breast Cancer Risk in Female Offspring Israeli Paradox: High Omega -6 Diet Promotes Disease Benefits of Aspirin Arachidonic Acid’s Role in Stress and Shock Most cancer cases due to lifestyle choices, not ‘bad […]
– November 21, 2011
Protection from Endotoxin
Also see: Ray Peat, PhD on the Benefits of the Raw Carrot Endotoxin-lipoprotein Hypothesis Endotoxin: Poisoning from the Inside Out Protective Bamboo Shoots The effect of raw carrot on serum lipids and colon function Bowel Toxins Accelerate Aging Thumbs Up: Fructose The Truth about Low Cholesterol Are Happy Gut Bacteria Key to Weight Loss? “The […]
– November 21, 2011
Carrageenan, Inflammation, Cancer, Immunity
Also see: Food-junk and some mystery ailments: Fatigue, Alzheimer’s, Colitis, Immunodeficiency. Check Your Labels – Guar Gum Carrageenan: A pseudo-latex allergy Progesterone and Protection from Carrageenan Doubts surface about safety of common food additive, carrageenan Carrageenan: How a “Natural” Food Additive is Making Us Sick THE PHENOMENON OF PERSORPTION Is common food additive to blame […]
– November 11, 2011
Hormone Balancing: Natural Treatment and Cure for Arthritis
Also see: Arthritis and Hypothyroidism by Raymond F. Peat, Ph.D. Medical data is for informational purposes only. You should always consult your family physician, or one of our referral physicians prior to treatment. (Formerly published in The Journal of the Rheumatoid Disease Foundation, Volume 1, Number 1), The Roger Wyburn-Mason and Jack M. Blount Foundation […]
– October 15, 2011
Multiple Sclerosis & Other Hormone-Related Brain Syndromes
by Ray Peat, PhD This article, from about 1994, gives more background, relating to the effects of estrogen; hypothyroidism typically increases adrenalin, estrogen, serotonin, and prolactin, and the estrogen difference probably accounts for why the incidence is two or three times higher in women than in men. Recent figures show that the ages from 45 […]
– October 15, 2011
Estriol, DES, etc
by Ray Peat, PhD A review of the use of estrogens reported in J.A.M.A. (only up to 1987) found nearly 200 different “indications for its use. (Palmlund, 1996.) Using the conservative language of that journal, such use could be said to constitute wildly irresponsible “empirical” medical practice. More appropriate language could be used. Pollution of […]
– October 15, 2011
Carbon Monoxide: Cancer Hormone?
by Ray Peat, PhD When I started graduate school in biology at the University of Oregon, cell “membrane” research was a thriving business, almost as lucrative as genetics. Years earlier, I had been intrigued by Linus Pauling’s suggestion that anesthetics might act by “structuring” the water in nerve cells, and in trying to understand the […]
– October 15, 2011
