Took this clip from an article from a link from one of Jenny's posts
*snip*
Mitochondrial Dysfunction is Found in Lean Relatives of People with
Type 2 Diabetes
Why this might be was made clear by a landmark 2004 study which looked
at the cells of the "healthy, young, lean" but insulin-resistant
relatives of people with type 2 diabetes and found that their
mitochondria, the "power plant of the cells" that is the part of the
cell that burns glucose, appeared to have a defect. While the
mitochondria of people with no relatives with diabetes burned glucose
well, the mitochondria of the people with an inherited genetic
predisposition to diabetes were not able to burn off glucose as
efficiently, but instead caused the glucose they could not burn and to
be stored in the cells as fat.(5)
*unsnip*
Earlier in the month I watched these *very* cool videos on demand from
Stein Institute for Research on Aging at University of California San
Diego
SIRA: Is Aging Caused by a Decline in our Cell's Powerhouse?
(Mitochondria)
Main page at:
http://www.ucsd.tv/library-health.asp?series=show&seriesID=SIRA_Sam_and_Rose_Stein_Institute_for_Research_on_Aging
Its about half way down....
I also highly recommend:
SIRA: Delaying Aging & Optimizing Health with Supplements & Diet
(near the top)
All I have to say is Wow, things I didn't know and there are some
scary smart people out there...
Jenny, you rock! I always find interesting things from you.
Anyway, I wanted to share these video sources with you all, they are
very good. (you need real player though, yuck)
By the way, the professor in the Mitochondria video mentions combining
two items together (watch the vid), I found the website for it at:
All this was a wondering if these things would lower your risk or help
a person with diabetes?
I'm 290 now and vision has started to get blurry, I'm 43, wondered if
i'm headed down that pathway.
~JD