mitochondria

Watch videos about mitochondria

• November 12, 2012
  Ergothioneine: A New Vitamin?

  If the antioxidant amino acid ergothioneine does indeed turn out to be an essential nutrient, what are the best dietary sources?
• February 16, 2012
  Out of the Lab Onto the Track

  Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover studies convinced the scientific establishment that nitrate-rich vegetables such as beets could noticeably improve athletic performance.
• February 15, 2012
  Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash

  The natural flora on our tongue (lingual bacteria) is essential for the athletic performance-enhancing effect of the nitrates in vegetables such as beetroot.
• February 14, 2012
  Priming the Proton Pump

  To understand how beets could reduce the oxygen cost of exercise while improving athletic performance, one must review the biochemistry of energy production (ATP synthase) and the body's conversion..
• May 31, 2011
  Mitochondrial Theory of Aging

  The role of the detoxifying enzyme superoxide dismutase in staving off aging, cancer, and dementia and what we can do to boost its activity.
• December 16, 2010
  How to Upregulate Metabolism

  A biochemical clue as to why vegetarians tend to be significantly slimmer than the rest of the population.