Q — Does sugar have antimicrobial properties? AI Overview: "Yes, sugar has antimicrobial properties, acting primarily by creating a high-osmolarity environment that reduces water activity and inhibits bacterial growth, which is why it's used as a food preservative and wound treatment. This osmo... Read More

Q — What are the most accurate ways to tell if one is too alkaline/acidic? A — Other than close enough for government work? 7 tests yield the only OVERALL acid-alkaline test, but when a part of the body is diseased, it's ISOLATED from the buffering system and must be measured with a Beckma... Read More

Ray Peat's info saved my life TWICE, but one of his biggest boo-boos was his dissing of DARKNESS. We're all subject to cognitive dissonance, and Ray cited the naked mole rat as being the longest living rodent because it lived UNDERGROUND breathing high levels of carbon dioxide. He added bats to his ... Read More

Q — You’re not saying to avoid sulfur, are you? A — Food, of course not. Supplements, yes. Cancer growth, no. Cancer metastasis, yes. Sulfur supplements likely contributed to the passing of Patrick Timpone, Patrick McGean, and Andrew Gause. Emanuel Revici, M.D. (1961) wrote ... "In th... Read More

AI Overview: "'Calcium dystrophy' refers to the abnormal accumulation of calcium within muscle tissue, a process known as dystrophic calcification." And: "Elevated intracellular calcium levels can cause mitochondrial damage, leading to more muscle cell death." (Note: You may have noticed I ha... Read More