Female, California, Age 40 The top things I achieved in Functional Performance Systems ‘180 Nutrition Program’ are: Stress management: Tremendous improvement in mental clarity and physical relaxation and calm on a deep level. My body feels amazing every day; I can literally just sit here and feel physically blissful. I don’t think I’ve ever felt [...]
This case of 30-something female displays the power and potential of the information in the 180 Nutrition Program: Popping the Food Bubble, which is FPS’ step-by-step educational and user-friendly interpretation of the work of Ray Peat, PhD. Although the main reason for this blog was to showcase the physical changes that can occur when cells [...]
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Also see: The Streaming Organism The Randle Cycle Stem Cells. 2010 Sep;28(9):1630-8. Pancreatic β-cell neogenesis by direct conversion from mature α-cells. Chung CH, Hao E, Piran R, Keinan E, Levine F. Because type 1 and type 2 diabetes are characterized by loss of β-cells, β-cell regeneration has garnered great interest as an approach to diabetes [...]
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