Biochemistry
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Understanding Blood-Flow Restriction Training
Reading Time: 8 minutesI started hearing about blood flow restriction training several years ago, but never really gave it much credence. I thought it was mostly a gimmick to give people that sought-after ‘pump’ which isn’t actually a useful marker of efficacy. I have begun to see blood-flow restriction being implemented more and more frequently…
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Autophagy: Taming the Beast
Reading Time: 12 minutesBe sure to check out An Introduction to Autophagy, Autophagy: When, What, Where, and Why, and Autophagy: When Things Go Wrong. Congratulations! You’ve made it to the fun part. Now we get to discuss how we might harness autophagy to our (healthspan) advantage. As a quick debrief, autophagy is a form of…
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Autophagy: When Things Go Wrong
Reading Time: 11 minutes*Be sure to start with An Introduction to Autophagy and then Autophagy: When, What, Where, and Why. I think we can all agree at this point that autophagy is pretty badass. The catabolic process (the act of breaking something down) of autophagy is key in maintaining homeostasis (a stable equilibrium) within the…
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Autophagy: When, What, Where, and Why
Reading Time: 9 minutesIf you haven’t yet read An Introduction to Autophagy, I recommend doing so in order to have the requisite background to follow this post. If you’re already an autophagy connoisseur, then dive right in! Macroautophagy, most commonly referred to simply as autophagy, can be broadly divided into two categories: selective and non-selective…
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An Introduction to Autophagy
Reading Time: 6 minutesI would imagine that, to most people in the health and fitness sphere, autophagy is not a completely novel term. Defined by Christian de Duve in the 1960’s, the term autophagy can be broken down into two parts to reveal its meaning: ‘auto’ and ‘phagy’ are both derived from Greek, and may…