…Szent-Györgyi observed that estrogen treatment decreased the staircase effect, meaning that the strength of contractions did not increase significantly with an increase in the rate of stimulation. On the other hand, progesterone treatment increased the staircase effect, resulting in a more pronounced rise in the strength of contractions with higher rates of stimulation…

A key attempt at disparaging my writing during the C19 pandemic was that I wasn’t an immunologist, and that I couldn’t possible understand how the immune system works. My response typically explained that we were utilising a theory of immunity, and that none of us really knows for sure how the immune system(s) work.

…Cellular respiration is the process by which living cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy in the form of ATP (adenosine triphosphate). This energy is used by cells to carry out their various functions, including growth, movement, and reproduction.

The process of cellular respiration can be broken down into three main stages: glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation.

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Will you starve yourself this diet season? Do you know how many calories you need? Can you safely use a deficit? Or is it all guesswork and punishment?

Struggle to maintain or lose weight? Feel like its a battle that you aren’t able to win? Lets take a scientific look at what your needs are and begin to understand why blind restriction might be doomed to fail.