My Autophagy Blog

 A lot of what i do is conjecture. I have to guess at much of what happens when I fast. I know that i need at least 4 days of fasting to remove cysts, fluid build up, below my retina, along with getting the anti-vegf shots every 6 weeks. That fixes my Wet Amd. According to the GKI index, removal comes below 1.5 on it and I get there at the end of my 3rd day. So I need a full day below 1.5, so 4 days. There are several things that I've learned along the way. High blood pressure forces weak cells to allow this fluid to get by the eyes weak integrity. Much about what takes place during a fast there's science on. Very little is known about the repercussions of removing zombie (senescent) cells that are removed because of the fast. Yes,they are toxic to the cells around them. Yes they slow the body down. They also provide functions that are necessary for the health of the organism. If I would have fasted throughout my lifetime,  I wouldn't be burdened with the problem with repla...

Why do humans ignore truth when it presents itself so readily? I see so many humans ignore the very thing that will give them a full healthy physical and mental life. I can say that cognitive dissonance is the reason and that humans put blinders on just like horses. But that's not the whole story. There is a kind of mistrust that presents itself because so many humans will take advantage of each other to reach a better level of survival. Truly, this is the blind leading the blind.  Why? Wealth and the act of augmentation of survival only leads to great personal loss if these two are placed above truth, beauty and goodness. In my search to understand metabolism and the various poisons, like sugar, that we ingest, i find enormous resistance to the truth.  For a while I believed that genetics was the reason but nope. If genetics is the computer, epigenetics is the keyboard that can manipulate whether those genetics are expressed. We can't control all our genetic programming but a...

So what happens when you eat food that converts into glucose. Your cells have receptor sites and as long as you are not insulin resistant, those receptor sites are fully open to glucose. If you are insulin resistant because you overeat carbs, then you need MORE insulin to FORCE those receptor sites to open. Duh, cells are smart.  Here's how it works: Glucose drops into your bloodstream. Then it is absorbed by the Mitochondria, the power houses of your cells. The thing is, Mitochondria will only fill up anywhere from 5% to 15% per hour of their stores, with that glucose. If you don't work out, it's 5%. If you're an athlete, it's 15%. Depending on the amount you work out will depend on the absorption rate. So, what happens to that extra glucose that doesn't get absorbed by your Mitochondria? It heads to your fat cells. The fat cells can only absorb glucose at a certain speed. So, what happens to the extra glucose that can't get into your fat cells? It gets dum...