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		<title>Long Chain Fats Decrease Insulin Metabolism</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/21/long-chain-fats-decrease-insulin-metabolism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[degrading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enzymes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free fatty acids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insulin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metabolism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Endocrinology. 2003 Jun;144(6):2404-8. In vitro inhibition of insulin-degrading enzyme by long-chain fatty acids and their coenzyme A thioesters. Hamel FG, Upward JL, Bennett RG. Insulin-degrading enzyme is responsible for initiating insulin degradation in cells, but little is known about the factors controlling its activity. Because obesity and high levels of free fatty acids decrease insulin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish &#8211; Elongase and Desaturase Enzymes</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/21/fish-elongase-and-desaturase-enzymes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Desaturase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elongase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fish oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lipid peroxides]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aquaculture Volume 290, Issues 1–2, 4 May 2009, Pages 122–131 Physiological roles of fatty acyl desaturases and elongases in marine fish: Characterisation of cDNAs of fatty acyl Δ6 desaturase and elovl5 elongase of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) Xiaozhong Zheng, Zhaokun Ding, Youqing Xu, Oscar Monroig, Sofia Morais, Douglas R. Tocher In the present paper, we investigated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estrogen and PCOS</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/17/estrogen-and-pcos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/17/estrogen-and-pcos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team FPS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[androgen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cortisol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estradiol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estrogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estrone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insulin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[progesterone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prolactin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sympathetic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1993 Nov;169(5):1223-6. Excessive estradiol secretion in polycystic ovarian disease. Benjamin F, Toles AW, Seltzer VL, Deutsch S. Polycystic ovarian disease is both a hyperestrogenic and a hyperandrogenic syndrome, and all studies have shown that hyperestrogenemia is the result of an elevation of estrone with plasma estradiol levels in the normal follicular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shock Increases Estrogen</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/17/shock-increases-estrogen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/17/shock-increases-estrogen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team FPS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estrogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sepsis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[septic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shock]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since Selye&#8217;s work, it has been known that estrogen creates the same conditions as occur in the shock phase of the stress reaction. (And shock, in a potential vicious circle, can increase the level of estrogen.) -Ray Peat, PhD Circ Shock. 1994 Aug;43(4):171-8. Sex steroid hormones in circulatory shock, sepsis syndrome, and septic shock. Fourrier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bisphenol A (BPA), Estrogen, and Development</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/17/bisphenol-a-bpa-estrogen-and-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/17/bisphenol-a-bpa-estrogen-and-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team FPS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[estrogen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plastics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The estrogenic effects of bisphenol A (BPA) create a potential model of estrogen&#8217;s harm of mother and fetus. Arch Toxicol. 2006 Oct;80(10):647-55. Epub 2006 Apr 8. Toxicokinetics of bisphenol A in pregnant DA/Han rats after single i.v. application. Moors S, Diel P, Degen GH. Bisphenol A (BPA) is an important chemical in the production of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bisphenol A (BPA), Estrogen, and Diabetes</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/17/bisphenol-a-bpa-estrogen-and-diabetes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/17/bisphenol-a-bpa-estrogen-and-diabetes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team FPS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beta cell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bisphenol a]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood sugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes mellitus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dioxins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endocrine disruptors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estradiol]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[estrogen mimicer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glucose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insulin resistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pancreas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phthalates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[type 2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2011 Dec 31. [Epub ahead of print] Bisphenol-A acts as a potent estrogen via non-classical estrogen triggered pathways. Alonso-Magdalena P, Ropero AB, Soriano S, García-Arévalo M, Ripoll C, Fuentes E, Quesada I, Nadal A. Bisphenol-A (BPA) is an estrogenic monomer commonly used in the manufacture of numerous consumer products such as food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Strain Orange Juice</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/16/how-to-strain-orange-juice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/16/how-to-strain-orange-juice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team FPS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheese cloth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Roddy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orange juice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source &#8211; Danny Roddy]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine’s Day Strawberry Gummies</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/15/valentine%e2%80%99s-day-strawberry-gummies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/15/valentine%e2%80%99s-day-strawberry-gummies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team FPS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cafewellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gelatin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gummie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recipe Source I LOVE every day, so Valentine’s Day is a great day to reflect on matters of the heart and not of the mind. A healthy heart-shaped, heart healthy recipe version of the popular gummy was inspired by my recent interest in gelatin. Gelatin, the cooked form of collagen, is beneficial at reducing inflammation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbohydrate Lowers Free Tryptophan</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/15/carbohydrate-lowers-free-tryptophan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/15/carbohydrate-lowers-free-tryptophan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team FPS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[5-HT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5-HTP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbohydrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cortisol]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[J Sports Sci. 1995 Summer;13 Spec No:S49-53. Central and peripheral factors in fatigue. Davis JM. The causes of fatigue during muscular exercise include factors that reside in the brain (central mechanisms) as well as the muscles themselves (peripheral mechanisms). Central fatigue is largely unexplored, but there is increasing evidence that increased brain serotonin (5-HT) can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tryptophan, Fatigue, Training, and Performance</title>
		<link>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/15/tryptophan-fatigue-training-and-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/02/15/tryptophan-fatigue-training-and-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Team FPS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[albumin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amino acids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antidepressants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 Aug;72(2 Suppl):573S-8S. Serotonin and central nervous system fatigue: nutritional considerations. Davis JM, Alderson NL, Welsh RS. Fatigue from voluntary muscular effort is a complex phenomenon involving the central nervous system (CNS) and muscle. An understanding of the mechanisms within muscle that cause fatigue has led to the development of nutritional [...]]]></description>
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