The Importance of Oxidant Injury as a Cause of Impaired Mitochondrial Oxidation in Diabetes
Joh. P. Cleary If diabetes results from low cell ATP [adenosine triphosphate], then attempts to restore the energy production system should improve or cure diabetes. Complete recovery depends on the number of viable beta cells left in the pancreas that can be restored to insulin production, however the complications of diabetes may be ameliorated by […]
The Dangers of Copper Deficiency and Iron overload
Joseph Mercola Iron and copper are highly interdependent and need to be considered together. Low ferritin is rarely indicative of low iron. In most cases, it’s a sign that copper insufficiency is preventing proper iron recycling. Copper deficiency will down-regulate several genes, including aldose reductase-1 (which plays a crucial role in glucose and fructose metabolism), […]
One Hundred Years of Diet-Heart Research: Good Science, Junk Science and Honest Mistakes
Paul B. Addis, Martin Grootveld … The extreme focus on dietary saturated fat and cholesterol as hazardous malefactor molecules, and replacement of the former with carbohydrates, has been detrimental to human health. … We now recognize that the cholesterol-heart disease hypothesis was based on data obtained initiallyon severely flawed experiments. All indications are that ‘pure’, […]
