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The Fat Cell 9: Enter Insulin
After a meal is eaten, glucose rides around the bloodstream. Upon reaching the pancreas, the spongy fish-shaped organ, nestled behind the stomach, kicks out a hormone, insulin. Now both glucose and insulin are cruising around. The insulin alerts the muscles that it has arrived - like the doorbell signaling that lunch is on the doorstep. The muscle cell captures the glucose with a GLUT 4 molecule and uses the glucose for immediate projects.
By D. Thea Baldrick3 years ago in Longevity
A Guide to Slowing Down Aging (Part 2)
Aside from the low-tech approaches mentioned in Part 1, which include healthy nutrition, exercise, and a variety of other lifestyle changes, many researchers all over the world are developing innovative therapies that can significantly slow down and even moderately roll back aging.
By Willie Wun3 years ago in Longevity
Fat Cell 8: For the Love of Leptin
Oozing out of the fat cell is a hormone, leptin, a tiny molecule that has so much power it can stop a person from eating. In my case, that equates to a superpower. From the fat cell, the hormone floats along the bloodstream to the blood brain barrier, presents its admission card and passes through to the hypothalamus. The little molecule provides a double whammy to suppress the appetite. It initiates mechanisms that create fewer synapses that activate appetite neurons AND it increases the number of synapses that suppress the appetite.
By D. Thea Baldrick3 years ago in Longevity
What are the implications of the discovery that human brain organoid cells were first implanted in the brains of young rats, demonstrating that implanted human neurons can influence the behavior of animals?
Researchers have transplanted human neurons into rat brains, groundbreaking work that means scientists can now mimic the pathogenic mechanisms of brain cells from patients with mental illness in the living brain and promises to assess the effects of drugs in real-time, providing new clues for the study of disorders such as epilepsy, schizophrenia, and autism.
By CEA3 years ago in Longevity
The ABCs of a Period Health Claim
Getting help from someone experienced in period and reproductive health can be tricky – the influencer environment makes it even harder to know who is qualified and who is not. And with the endless coaching programs and courses being advertised, it seems like everyone has some sort of “cure” or quick fix for better periods.
By Emily the Period RD4 years ago in Longevity
The Fat Cell 6: Life Cycle
Fat cells incubate as mesenchymal stem cells. These stem cells can become bone cells, cartilage cells, muscle cells or adipocytes, fat cells, like a basic cookie mix (plant-based whole grain cookie mix, of course) that can become, chocolate chip, sugar, peanut butter or cranberry orange cookies, depending on what gets added to the bowl.
By D. Thea Baldrick4 years ago in Longevity
Baking soda can cure gout
The incidence (or detection) of hyperuricemia, as well as gout, is increasing every year. The seafood-eating and beer-drinking nightlife of coastal city residents during the summer months has made gout attacks common. Many patients have co-existing metabolic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and fatty liver.
By Gonzaga4 years ago in Longevity
Nutrients for Period Pain
Aside from the actual bleeding that occurs during menstruation, I would argue that the worst part about periods isn’t always the tiredness or even the grumpiness. I stand by the statement that pain during periods is the absolute worst part of periods. Think about it: having a duration of time where you’re a little more tired and maybe a little more snarky than usual, without feeling like you’re going to keel over from pain? Infinitely better.
By Emily the Period RD4 years ago in Longevity
There are "panda eyes", must be the pot of staying up late?
highlight ★ Staying up late has an effect on dark circles under the eyes, but it is not the only cause of dark circles. The fact is that you should have a good lifestyle habit to prevent dark circles.
By Krukovsky4 years ago in Longevity
Research progress and challenges of three different stem cell transplants for the treatment of acromegaly!
Atrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons.
By Zeev Lo Va4 years ago in Longevity
Reveal the 6 major insiders inside the industry of stem cells, read these to not be trapped!
Good, today I'm going to talk to you about the many rumors about the industry of stem cells, to split the rumors. In recent years, under the vigorous promotion of our national industry's favorable policies, the stem cell industry has ushered in rapid development. But the stem cell industry is also facing a mixed situation of good and bad.
By Carlo Phil4 years ago in Longevity
The Fat Cell 5: Where Are the Fat Cells?
One fat cell binds to another which binds to another making a wide sheath of fat cells, also known as adipose tissue or WAT (white adipose tissue). WAT has many other important cells in it but the bulk of it is the adipocyte, the fat cell. Its location varies and with the variation in location comes variation in the fat.
By D. Thea Baldrick4 years ago in Longevity