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Category Archives: Health
Lab Rats R Us: Carbon dioxide challenges
Carbon dioxide gets little respect. Yet is plays a central role in many aspects of metabolism, regulates breathing, and controls blood flow in the cerebral cortex.
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pH: The Real Deal
Health professionals and lay people alike are often told that alkaline is better and that more is merrier. Technically, this is not true.
Also posted in acid-alkaline (pH balancing), Cancer, Nutrition, Smart drugs and nutrients, Steve Fowkes Leave a comment
Sermon for Thanksgiving
I Stand on the Fifth Commandment
“Thou shalt not kill” is one of the most well-loved of the Ten Commandments.Radionuclide Alert
The failures of containment in Japanese nuclear reactors following the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunamis have generated fresh concern about radioactive-exposure risks.
Also posted in Antioxidants and free radicals, Nutrition, Steve Fowkes, Thyroid Tagged antioxidants, cesium, iodine, Japan, potassium, radiation exposure, radioactive, radioactivity, radionuclide, reactors, strontium 2 Comments
Glutathione Increases from Asea?
Do supplements such as ASEA increase intracellular glutathione?
Also posted in Antioxidants and free radicals, Nutrition, Steve Fowkes Tagged antioxidant defense, Asea, bleach, chlorine dioxide, electrolysis, hypochlorite, MMS Leave a comment
Trans Fat in Hydrogenated Coconut Oil ?
Does the process of saturating polyunsaturated fats create trans fats?
Also posted in Nutrition, Steve Fowkes Tagged chemistry, cis fat, coconut oil, entropy, fully hydrogenated, hydrogen, hydrogenated fat, partial hydrogenation, saturated fat, thermodynamics, trans fat Leave a comment
Stop taking Lecithin
The attached article 1) shows a high correlation of plasma lecithin (phosphatidyl choline, PC) and two of its metabolites (TMAO and betaine) with cardiovascular disease in a 2000 patient clinical study), and 2) shows the induction of lipid-laden macrophages and 3X increase in aortic atherosclerosis in mice that were force-fed PC.
Also posted in Hormone replacement, Nutrition, Steve Fowkes, Thyroid Tagged betaine, causation, cholesterol, fish oil, Ioannidis, lecition, methodology, phosphatidylcholine, PUFA, rancid fat, TMAO, TMG, trimethylglycine Leave a comment
The Low Down on PUFAs
Thanks SteveO and SteveF. My eyes are being opened to the complexities of omega-3 fat metabolism.
Also posted in Antioxidants and free radicals, Steve Fowkes Tagged coconut oil, fatty acids, olive oil, omega-3, polyunsaturated fats, PUFAs, rancid fats Leave a comment
PUFAs in Chia Seeds