Beriberi is Alive and Well in America
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...into the cell. All of this takes place in thousands of minute organelles called mitochondria. I refer to these organelles as the
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...medicine and research is the role of nutrients in mitochondrial health and disease. Again, most medications leach nutrients from the mitochondria, in
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...3 that the majority of the ∼1500 proteins required for proper mitochondrial functioning are transcribed from nuclear genes and translated in the
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Thiamine, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Pain
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...abnormalities in the peripheral muscles and tissues of patients with FMS. Mitochondria and Metabolism in Fibromyalgia Research into FMS has demonstrated mitochondrial
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Refeeding Syndrome
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...was found to be due to a genetic defect in the mitochondria, the organelles within the cell that produce energy. How often
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...the mitochondria require at least 22 micronutrients to utilize the macronutrients from consumed foods to produce ATP. Many of these micronutrients are
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The Ketogenic Diet: What You Need to Know
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...generate ATP (here). ATP is cellular energy, which, after all, is the goal of eating macro-nutrients. Image from Ketopia. As you can
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...some way. After having donated its methyl group, SAM-e becomes SAH (S-adenosyl homocysteine) and later homocysteine. Homocysteine can either be recycled back
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