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Also see: How does estrogen enhance endotoxin toxicity? Let me count the ways. Autoimmune Disease and Estrogen Connection The effect of raw carrot on serum lipids and colon function Protective Bamboo Shoots Endotoxin: Poisoning from the Inside Out Hypothyroidism, Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, & Lactose Intolerance “Endotoxin or other materials absorbed from intestinal bacteria contributes to [...]
Vitamin E and vitamin A also protect against lipid peroxidation, and vitamin A is specifically involved in progesterone synthesis. Vitamin A also has a variety of anti-estrogen functions, that are often considered to be relevant to protection against cancer. -Ray Peat, PhD American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 5, 666-673 Relation of Vitamin A Deficiency [...]
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Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety Volume 10, Issue 3, pages 153–168, May 2011 Nutritional Properties of Bamboo Shoots: Potential and Prospects for Utilization as a Health Food Nirmala Chongtham, Madho Singh Bisht, Sheena Haorongbam Bamboo is intricately associated with humans from times immemorial. Popularly known for their industrial uses, a lesser known [...]
by Danny Roddy Compilation of excerpts from emails from Dr. Peat on various topics. Updated regularly. Click here.
The choice of foods which have less unsaturated fat tends to reinforce the achievements of evolution. -Ray Peat, PhD The discoveries listed in the studies below were made by the same researcher (George Burr) who discovered the “essential fatty acids.” With a different perspective, we can conclude that the “EFA” lower the metabolic rate of [...]
A crucial enzyme in the mitochondrion is cytochrome oxidase, which reacts directly with oxygen, completing (or beginning) the process of chemical respiration. It is this enzyme (which is most sensitive to cyanide) which appears to be a “choke point” for energy production in various situations. Learning how to preserve and promote the activity of this [...]
By Raymond F. Peat, Ph. D. Editor’s Note: In her “Of Many Things” column this January, Betty Franklin introduced Dr. Raymond Peat’s work with natural progesterone, applied externally. Response from readers has been tremendous, so we invited Dr. Peat to write a follow-up, more comprehensive report on the subject. His doctorate, from the University of [...]
By Mary Shomon Raymond Peat, Ph.D. is editor and researcher of a popular and well-known monthly newsletter on nutrition and health, as well as author of a number of cutting-edge publications that look at aging, nutrition, and hormones from a biochemical perspective. Some of the key points Dr. Peat makes are: Estrogen blocks the release [...]
Also see: PUFA, Fish Oil, and Alzheimers Biochemistry. 1998 Jan 13;37(2):552-7. Inhibition of NADH-linked mitochondrial respiration by 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal. Humphries KM, Yoo Y, Szweda LI. During the progression of certain degenerative conditions, including myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, mitochondria are a source of increased free-radical generation and exhibit declines in respiratory function(s). It has therefore been suggested that [...]
