Archive for category: Functional Medicine
A ketogenic diet as a potential novel therapeutic intervention in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Abstract BACKGROUND: The cause of neuronal death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is uncertain but mitochondrial dysfunction may play an important role. […]
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial of reduced coenzyme Q10 for Parkinson‘s disease. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Mitochondrial complex I deficiencies have been found in post-mortem brains of patients with Parkinson‘s disease (PD). Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is the […]
Avocado as a Major Dietary Source of Antioxidants and Its Preventive Role in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Abstract Avocados have a high content of phytochemicals especially antioxidants with potential neuroprotective effect. Aging is the major risk factor […]
What is IP6? IP6, also known as inositol hexophosphate or phytic acid, is a sugar molecule with six phosphate groups attached. It is composed of inositol (one of the B vitamins) bound with six molecules […]
