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Dr. Ted Achacoso: Evolutionary Medicine, Health Optimization Medicine, and The Cell Danger Response

Smarter Not Harder

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The Relationship Between AMPK and the Cell-Danger Response

In acute stress, there is a master regulatory gene called NF-CAPPA-B that will start the inflammatory process. As soon as that kicks in, the body will kick in what's called the NRF2 pathway. That pathway is also another master regulatory gene pathway and it will try to quell the inflammation,. It will attempt to quell and quell andquell, right? If you don't remove it, it just would be this vicious cycle. And so when you're trying to balance a person's metabolomic network, we look at the role of their genes in terms of their balancing roles.

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