Naturally Boosting AMPK with Exercise for Life Extension
AMPK is said to serve as a “mitochondrial guardian.” Thanks to AMPK, working out may magnify your mitochondria, as well as your muscles.
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• Does Metformin Work as a Life-Extension Drug? ( )
• Side Effects of Metformin as a Life-Extension Drug ( )
• The TAME Trial: Targeting Aging with Metformin ( )
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First comment for my hero’s channel! Well that’s a little over the top
is it though?
Thanks for sharing 👍
What about berberine?
I found at least one meta-analyses that concluded berberine was about as effective for diabetes as metformine from.what I recall in an even lower dose, but not sure If the described here would also transfer just as well
Berberine is fat soluble, disolve it in olive oil and if you want turn it into a nano emulsion by adding water and lecithin then blending it. Cool studies on liposomal Berberine against cancer if you search on google.
Maybe you can tell the name of the study that you read?
Pays off!
thank you so much <3
“Metformin may negatively impact muscle growth and strength gains from resistance training. One study found that healthy volunteers who took metformin while doing resistance training for 14 weeks had smaller gains in muscle mass and quality than those who took a placebo. The study suggests that metformin may inhibit the mTORC1 pathway, which is a key regulator of muscle growth. Higher doses of metformin can also be dangerous, potentially leading to lactic acid poisoning and renal failure.”
Metformin is a mitochondrial inhibitor which makes you wonder why they keep prescribing it for people who have diabetes who probably are also inhibiting their mitochondria due to that disease
This is the second video in a five-part series. If you missed the first one, see Naturally Boosting AMPK with Caloric Restriction for Life Extension: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/naturally-boosting-ampk-with-caloric-restriction-for-life-extension
Хорошее видео интересная информация.
Одно но, метформин для меня отрава.