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“Niacinamide, used in moderate doses, can safely help to restrain the excessive production of free fatty acids, and also helps to limit the wasteful conversion of glucose into fat.” “Niacinamide, one of the B vitamins, provides energy to the mitochondrial system. Under stress and strong excitation, cells waste niacinamide NADH, but niacinamide itself has a [...]
On the level of the whole organism, stress causes overactivity of the pituitary, and removal of the pituitary extends life, and retards the hardening of the extracellular connective material (Everitt, et al., 1983). -Ray Peat, PhD Mech Ageing Dev. 1983 Jul-Aug;22(3-4):233-51. The anti-aging action of hypophysectomy in hypothalamic obese rats: effects on collagen aging, age-associated [...]
Muscle catabolism also releases a large amount of cysteine, and cysteine, methionine, and tryptophan suppress thyroid function (Carvalho, et al., 2000). -Ray Peat, PhD Muscle protein is very rich in tryptophan and cysteine, and these amino acids suppress the thyroid gland’s function, and are potentially toxic to nerves, especially in the presence of cortisol and [...]
British Medical_Journal, 1975, 2, 245-248 Oral Contraceptives and Death from Myocardial Infarction J. I. MANN, W. H. W. INMAN We investigated 219 deaths from myocardial infarction in women under the age of 50. Their histories were compared with those of living age-matched controls selected from the same general practices. The frequency of use of oral [...]
Arteriosclerosis. 1986 Jul-Aug;6(4):418-21. Sex hormone levels in young Indian patients with myocardial infarction. Sewdarsen M, Jialal I, Vythilingum S, Desai R. The finding of abnormal levels of sex hormones in men with coronary artery disease has led to the hypothesis that alterations in sex hormones may represent an important risk factor for myocardial infarction. In [...]
A scene from the “Wild South America” episode, Amazon Jungle. This shows how leaves and seeds in the rain forest have become very poisonous to protect themselves from being eaten. The animals, however, have gone one better and found a way to protect themselves from the toxins, they eat clay. This is truly a remarkable [...]
“Coconut oil serves several purposes. Its butyric acid is known to increase T3 uptake by glial cells. It has a general pro-thyroid action, for example by diluting and displacing antithyroid unsaturated oils, its short-and medium-chain fatty acids sustain blood sugar and have anti-allergic actions, and it protects mitochondria against stress injury.” “When added to a [...]
J Biosci. 2009 Dec;34(6):853-72. A weak link in metabolism: the metabolic capacity for glycine biosynthesis does not satisfy the need for collagen synthesis. Meléndez-Hevia E, De Paz-Lugo P, Cornish-Bowden A, Cárdenas ML. In a previous paper, we pointed out that the capability to synthesize glycine from serine is constrained by the stoichiometry of the glycine [...]
There’s no timesies in tiger hunts.
