...medications used to treat most illnesses are stressors, damaging the mitochondria by a myriad of mechanisms including depleting vital nutrients. Those nutrients
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...inherited mitochondrial disease. You probably know by now that mitochondria have their own genes and they are passed to children by the
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...breaking foods down into the basic nutrient groups; macronutrients. There are three macronutrients: carbohydrates, protein, and fats. Because so many people don’t
More...and plant-based carbohydrates) and micro (vitamins and minerals) nutrients. Ironically, the push to avoid high-calorie foods has resulted in higher calorie intakes
More...mitochondrial dysfunction, which in turn leads to complex multi-organ system illnesses characterized by chronic inflammation, disturbed immune function, altered steroidogenesis. Each of
More...the mitochondria directly, where it is needed most. When our mitochondria are starved for thiamine and other nutrients, they too set into
More...as mitochondria. Oxygen combines with fuel (food) to cause burning or the combustion – think fuel combustion engine. We need fuel, or
More...to function. The foods we consume contain that energy, or at least they should. Every food is comprised of a combination of
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