Fats and AGEs: PUFAs Are Even Worse than Fructose

Apr 3, 2012 // by Team FPS // ages, General, glycation, lipid peroxidation, PUFA // Comments Off

Source Olive oil is mostly monounsaturated fat. (Photo by Splat Worldwide) While the exact role AGEs play in aging is still unclear, it seems that reducing their accumulation in the body is a useful goal. And if for no other reason, how about being superficial: liver spots, for example, are a visible sign of AGEs in [...]

Multiple Sclerosis & Other Hormone-Related Brain Syndromes

Oct 16, 2011 // by Team FPS // Alzheimer's disease, brain energy, butyric acid, cell membrane, cholesterol, coconut oil, cortisol, DHEA, eclampsia, estrogen, General, Gilbert Ling, hypothyroidism, insomnia, iron, lipid peroxidation, magnesium, membrane pumps, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, pregnenolone, progesterone, PUFA, Ray Peat, sodium, T3, T4, thyroid, Tom Brewer, unsaturated fats, Vitamin A, vitamin e // Comments Off

by Ray Peat, PhD Since I am trying to discuss a complex matter in a single article, I have separately outlined the essential technical points of the argument in a section at the beginning, then I explain how my ideas on the subject developed, and finally there is a glossary. If you start with “Short-day [...]

Multiple Sclerosis & Other Hormone-Related Brain Syndromes

Oct 16, 2011 // by Team FPS // brain energy, bright light, butyric acid, carrot, cell membrane, cholesterol, coconut oil, cortisol, eclampsia, estrogen, flowers of sulphur, General, Gilbert Ling, hypothyroidism, insomnia, iron, lipid peroxidation, magnesium, membrane pumps, MS, myelination, progesterone, protein, PUFA, Ray Peat, sodium, T3, T4, thyroid, Tom Brewer, unsaturated fats, Vitamin A, vitamin e // Comments Off

by Ray Peat, PhD Since I am trying to discuss a complex matter in a single article, I have separately outlined the essential technical points of the argument in a section at the beginning, then I explain how my ideas on the subject developed, and finally there is a glossary. If you start with “Short-day [...]

Carbon Monoxide: Cancer Hormone?

Oct 16, 2011 // by Team FPS // American Cancer Society, cancer, Carbon Monoxide, cell membrane, estrogen, FPS, functionalps, General, lipid peroxidation, membrane pumps, National Cancer Institute, Otto Warburg, PUFA, Ray Peat, Rob Turner, Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients // Comments Off

by Ray Peat, PhD When I started graduate school in biology at the University of Oregon, cell “membrane” research was a thriving business, almost as lucrative as genetics. Years earlier, I had been intrigued by Linus Pauling’s suggestion that anesthetics might act by “structuring” the water in nerve cells, and in trying to understand the [...]