Respiratory Health
Respiratory Health Contents I. The Forgotten Foundation of Well-being II. The Physiology The Bohr and Haldane Effects Dysfunctional Breathing as a Clinical Category III. The Major Respiratory Conditions Asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Sleep Apnea Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Congestion IV. Air Quality and Lung Function V. Lung Function as a Mortality Predictor Inspiratory Muscle […]
LUCA & the Energy Bubbles
LUCA & the Energy Bubbles Contents I. What Life Is II. The Ingredients III. The Competing Hypotheses IV. The Alkaline Hydrothermal Vent Theory V. Replication First, or Metabolism First? VI. LUCA: The Last Universal Common Ancestor VII. The First Glimmer of Sensing VIII. What We Do Not Know IX. The Impartial Observer’s Takeaway X. Cross-Links […]
Energy Factories
Energy Factories Contents I. The Deal of a Lifetime II. Why Energy Was the Bottleneck III. How Energy Gets Made IV. Mitochondria as Entropy Engines V. The Maternal Line VI. What We Do Not Know VII. The Impartial Observer’s Takeaway VIII. Cross-Links Mitochondria, chloroplasts, and the deal of a lifetime. The previous page named the […]
Emergence & Complexity
Emergence & Complexity Contents I. What Emergence Is II. Simple Rules, Staggering Complexity III. Self-Organisation IV. The Levels of Reality V. Weak and Strong Emergence VI. Complexity Theory and Feedback VII. Tensegrity: The Body as Emergent Structure VIII. The Free Energy Principle IX. Emergence and You X. What We Do Not Know XI. The Impartial […]
Entropy
Entropy Contents I. What Is Entropy? II. The Second Law and the Arrow of Time III. The Part Almost Everyone Gets Backwards IV. Life as a Dissipative Structure V. The Entropy Accelerator VI. The Dissipation-Driven Adaptation VII. The Micro Example: Your Metabolism VIII. Why Growth and Decay Are the Same Process IX. The Arrow of […]
The Forces
The Forces Contents I. What a “force” is II. Gravity III. Electromagnetism IV. The Strong Nuclear Force V. The Weak Nuclear Force VI. The Standard Model VII. The Unification Story VIII. The Forces and You IX. What We Don’t Know X. The Takeaway XI. Cross-links Gravity, electromagnetism, and the weak and strong nuclear forces. […]
The Universal Rabbit Hole
The Universal Rabbit Hole Contents I. The Fine-Tuning Question II. Constructor Theory III. The Fate of the Universe IV. Earth’s History and Conditions for Life V. The Simulation Hypothesis VI. Why Did the Universe Start So Ordered? VII. Quantum Weirdness at the Frontier VIII. Are We Alone? IX. Open Research Questions X. Future Topics XI. […]
Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer
Cancer as a Metabolic Disease On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer Author: Thomas Seyfried Topics: Nutrition, physiology, fasting, ketogenic diet cancer, mitochondria All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized it incorrectly. These notes are only for reference, and we always […]
Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself
Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself Author: Lee Know Topics: Nutrition, physiology, disease, mitochondria, life origins All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and […]
Cancer and the New Biology of Water: Why the War on Cancer Has Failed and What That Means for More Effective Prevention and Treatment
Cancer and the New Biology of Water: Why the War on Cancer Has Failed and What That Means for More Effective Prevention and Treatment Author: Thomas Cowan Topics: Nutrition, physiology, water, cancer, alternative All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized it incorrectly. […]