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Uguccioni G, Hood DA. The importance of PGC-1α in contractile activity-induced mitochondrial adaptations. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2011 PMC free article Introduction skeletal muscle has the ability to adapt to changes in metabolic demands by production of more proteins. Chronic contractile activity (CCA) is one of those metabolic demands. CCA results in production ofContinue reading “How weight lifting increases mitochondria”

Here is the latest on the subject: A Russian group found that increases in serum copper as well as Cu/Zn serum ratios correlated with covid-19 severity [1] A Chinese group looked at urinary trace element Levels in 210 urinary specimens from the 138 severe and non-severe patients with COVID-19. [2] The reference range for CuContinue reading “Covid and serum copper”

The reports keep coming in. This update is all about muscle autoantibodies. A group out of the UK compared auto-antibodies from 84 Covid-19 patients with 32 individuals who had been in the intensive care unit for other reasons. The Covid-19 group was subdivided into 24 who had mild symptoms that did not require hospitalization, 25Continue reading “Covid Autoantibodies”

This post covers work of Daniel Amen. .. ir just a very small bit of a large amount. Dr Amens has become a celebrity over promoting SPECT imaging, “blood Flow” through various regions of the brain, and of course brain directed nutrients to restore “blood flow” to normal. Purists may associate “flow” with a unitContinue reading “SPECT and brain directed nutrients”

The purpose of this post is to discuss a portion of a questionnaire that has been used to measure the impact of PTLD. For now it is not password protected because we are not making any drug, or any other claims, about CopperOne. If you are any patient suffering from a post infection syndrome, pleaseContinue reading “The SF-36 in Lyme and Covid”