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Brain Energy: Keto For Metabolic & Mental Health with Dr. Chris Palmer: Part 1

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

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The Role of Mitochondria in Steroid Hormones

The full synthesis actually, it starts in mitochondria and then it gets exported to the cytoplasm where other steps in the biosynthesis are taking place. The body doesn't start producing something and then halfway through decide, oh, I don't need that after all. There's some other really important steroid hormones that all begin within mitochondria. Those are called estrogen, progesterone, testosterone. All of those begin and are controlled by mitochondria.

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