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  • CO2, lactate, and ageing

    This article has since been published in the University of Sheffield’s Biology magazine. That version can be accessed at the end of this article. “Over the oxygen supply of the body carbon dioxide spreads its protecting wings.” – Friedrich Miescher, Swiss physician, 1885 Carbon dioxide is usually seen only as a waste gas, while lactate…

  • All things endotoxin

    This article has since been published in The War Kitchen Magazine (Issue 41). This version can be viewed at the end of this article. What is endotoxin? It is probably quite likely that the reader has never heard of endotoxin before. Endotoxin, specifically lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the most potent form, is a toxic component found in…

  • Aspirin: the past and the future

    This article has since been published in both The War Kitchen Magazine (Issue 38) and the University of Sheffield’s Biology Magazine. “If a newly discovered substance had aspirin’s anti-infective, anti-cancer, anti-stress, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions, it would be the most researched substance in history.” – Ray Peat, 2013 Aspirin is often viewed through a modern…