Why does type 2 diabetes often begin in the liver, not the pancreas?
Normal thyroid labs — so why still cold, tired and slow?
Why do your mitochondria age before you do?
Why does most of your immune system sit around the gut?
Why do some chemicals stay in your body for years?
What is ozone therapy actually supported for?
How much of ageing is actually modifiable?
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ArticleTesting mitochondrial function without a biopsyNew here? Begin with five ideas.
These five ideas sit underneath almost everything taught at the Academy. A short free course sets them out and checks what landed; a free account saves your answers.
- 01Metabolic healthCompensation comes before diseaseThe body holds a value normal at a cost. Reading the cost is the earlier diagnosis.
- 02Cellular healthA cell that cannot make energy cannot healMitochondrial capacity sets the ceiling on any attempt to heal.
- 03HormonesHormones behave as a systemA panel of separate values hides the relationships that actually produce symptoms.
- 04Gut and immunityInflammation is informationIt is worth reading before it is suppressed. The signal usually points somewhere specific.
- 05LongevityAgeing has a rate, and rates can be measuredOnce you can measure it, prevention becomes a clinical decision rather than advice.
Testing mitochondrial function without a biopsy
The reference test for mitochondrial function needs a piece of muscle. Everything short of that is indirect, and read together the indirect signals answer most of the question.
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1Metabolic Health and DiabetesWhy can tests stay normal while the disease develops?
2HormonesWhy do identical panels produce different symptoms?
3Cellular Health and MitochondriaWhat sets the ceiling on recovery?
4Ozone and Regenerative TherapiesWhere does the evidence actually support use?
5Gut and ImmunityHow much of immune behaviour is decided in the gut?
6LongevityWhat is worth measuring, and how often?
7Toxins and XenobioticsWhat happens when exposure outpaces clearance?
Thirty years of watching people, then asking why
“I did not set out to teach. I kept meeting people whose results looked acceptable and whose physiology did not. Following those cases changed how I read a chart, and eventually what I read at all.”
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Metabolic Health and DiabetesDiabetes RewiredA functional medicine approach to type 2 diabetes and long-term metabolic health, including when remission is realistic, open to clinicians and to anyone who wants the…₹10,000View the programme →
Cellular Health and MitochondriaCellular OptimisationPart 1 of the Nuances of Functional Medicine trilogy: cellular metabolism, detoxification, oxidative stress and repair, with add-on treatments such as ozone therapy and regenerative (tissue-repair)…₹35,000View the programme →
Ozone and Regenerative TherapiesOzone Therapy: Evidence and PracticePart 2 of the Nuances of Functional Medicine trilogy, the clinical science of medical ozone: mechanisms of action, indications, dosing protocols, safety and integration into functional…₹35,000View the programme →
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