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Scientists Identify Cellular “Switch” That May Reverse Diabetes
Scitech Daily ^ | February 18, 2025 | Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Posted on 02/18/2025 6:45:43 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 02/18/2025 6:45:43 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Or... I know this is crazy, we could take the poison out of our food.


2 posted on 02/18/2025 6:50:06 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Red Badger

Interesting thesis. I’m wondering what they regard as the causes of this “mitochondrial damage.”


3 posted on 02/18/2025 6:52:12 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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My guess:

Climate Change.....................


4 posted on 02/18/2025 6:54:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: brownsfan

Nah......................


5 posted on 02/18/2025 6:54:31 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

“One weird trick”


6 posted on 02/18/2025 6:54:54 AM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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"May"......

Please make this stop.

7 posted on 02/18/2025 6:55:21 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Red Badger

Just a few days ago, they FINALLY started to admit that diet can control diabetes.

So it sounds like RFK is already poking around and now people that have been ordered to keep quiet about dealing with diabetes are trying to get out in front, before the HAMMER drops on them.


8 posted on 02/18/2025 6:57:00 AM PST by BobL
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To: Carry_Okie

Humans can become “sugar burners”, even at the mitochondrial level. Cells show a clear preference for burning glucose. The pathways for for the uptake and reregulation for burning fatty acids become atrophied with disuse.

This is probably why intermittent fasting, and calorie restriction, low-carb works so effectively. Critics say “starving yourself” but it isn’t starving, it forces the body to relearn how to do something it is intended to do - burn fat for energy. There is only one organ in the human body that requires glucose, the brain, and our bodies can synthesize all that is required from fat. Imagine that.


9 posted on 02/18/2025 6:58:35 AM PST by Freedom4US
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This is probably why intermittent fasting, and calorie restriction, low-carb works so effectively. Critics say “starving yourself” but it isn’t starving, it forces the body to relearn how to do something it is intended to do - burn fat for energy. There is only one organ in the human body that requires glucose, the brain, and our bodies can synthesize all that is required from fat. Imagine that.

Well, I did. I've been doing 16hrs+ of intermittent fasting now for nearly four years with little improvement in fasting glucose numbers hanging just above 100.

10 posted on 02/18/2025 7:03:30 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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Are you trying to lose fat? I lost 80+ pounds intermittent fasting. It was the calorie restriction of course that does all the work. Sometimes as little as 600 to 800 calories. Most people don’t want to do that, not for very long anyway.


11 posted on 02/18/2025 7:07:00 AM PST by Freedom4US
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Are you trying to lose fat?

At 6-0 X 175#, I could lose a few, but not really. When I started the fasting, I lost 40# to the point that I had virtually no fat at all, but gained back ten very quickly. 165# was fine. It stayed steady for three years until I suddenly picked up another ten since last Thanksgiving. So I'm paying attention.

The work I do is either very physical or completely sedentary but intellectually demanding.

12 posted on 02/18/2025 7:13:25 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Red Badger

Likely. Free speech is a possibility.


13 posted on 02/18/2025 7:23:04 AM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Red Badger

A new, non generic, Big Pharma offering! - Creating permanent lifetime customers.


14 posted on 02/18/2025 7:32:56 AM PST by TiGuy22
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To: Red Badger

Something tells me that this involves ‘a pill’ or the like. /s

...rather than taking some personal responsibility...


15 posted on 02/18/2025 7:35:22 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Carry_Okie

YOUR QUESTION IS SPOT ON: EXCESS MITOCHONDRIAL IRON CAUSES THE ACCUMULATION OF EXCESS UNMATCHED ELECTRONS (REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES) IN THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN IN THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY (ATP). THIS PHENOMENA HAS BEEN WELL PUBLISHED FOE 20 YEARS. I REPRESENT MULTIPLE GRANTED PATENTS ON THIS SUBJECT MATTER.


16 posted on 02/18/2025 8:53:26 AM PST by kruss3 ( EXCESS MITOCHONDRIAL IRON CAUSES DIABETES)
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Would this “excess mitochondrial iron” at all correspond to ferritin and hemoglobin test results?


17 posted on 02/18/2025 9:00:14 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Red Badger

bkmk


18 posted on 02/18/2025 10:06:12 AM PST by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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A few more flaming trucks of grant money, if you please.


19 posted on 02/18/2025 10:45:13 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: brownsfan

Nah. High fructose corn syrup is the bomb. Literally.


20 posted on 02/18/2025 10:58:08 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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