Description

This episode explores how our cells create energy, why we need vitamins, and some factors that can impair our cells ability to create energy efficiently.

Articles used:

On Low grade inflammation:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932180/

Physiology of metabolism

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546690/ 

ATP and inflammation:

https://medcraveonline.com/MOJCSR/misunderstanding-of-atp-involvement-in-inflammation-and-stages-of-inflammation.html 

Increased mito function when glycolysis is reduced: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-55296-3#:~:text=Glycolytic%20suppression%20results%20in%20upregulation,pathways%2C%20glycolysis%20and%20mitochondrial%20OXPHOS. 

Curcumin and IL-6 inhibition

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27719643/#:~:text=IL%2D6%20is%20also%20involved,anti%2Dinflammatory%20effects%20of%20curcumin. 

GSH/NAC protective against oxidative stress

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33717929/ 

Fried foods, lipid peroxidation and inflammation

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7601460/ 

IL-6 and mitochondria function

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916777/#:~:text=Interleukin%20(IL)%2D6%20family,dynamics%20in%20conditions%20of%20damage.

TNF-a and mitochondrial function

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pc/articles/PMC4459129/#:~:text=Pro%2Dinflammatory%20cytokines%20can%20activate,as%201.5%20h%20of%20exposure.

IL-1 and mitochondria
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-020-0750-1#:~:text=Taken%20together%2C%20these%20results%20indicate,super%2Dcomplex%20formation%20in%20adipocytes.