I just saw this thread in the index...
As luck would have it, this article in a very recent Science News discusses mitochondrial damage as a source of chronic illness.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feat...ndria_Gone_Bad
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Today, scientists suspect that millions of people may be suffering from mitochondria gone awry, in more subtle but nonetheless insidious forms. Evidence suggests that malfunctioning mitochondria could explain Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer and other consequences of aging. Given the organelle’s core function in the body, some think mitochondria might even be the biological epicenter of aging itself: If you live long enough, all your cells might experience a kind of energy crisis. “I strongly believe that mitochondrial metabolism is the key to aging,” says Hemachandra Reddy of Oregon Health & Science University in Beaverton....
In a move that will push mitochondria studies further into the mainstream, this year the National Institutes of Health has put aside grant money to encourage more mitochondria research, hoping to “transform our understanding of the role of this critical organelle in human health and disease,” according to the funding announcement. Already scientists have found clues that link defects in mitochondria to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, heart failure and other breakdowns in the body that come with age.
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This makes more sense to me because what is coming out of the new research is that ANTIBIOTICS and other drugs (like statins), can damage mitochondria. The autism community has some interesting new studies showing vaccines may do this and antibiotic treatment for ear infections or other things that happen to little kids, often precede the appearance of autism.
The mitochondria in our cells are basically similar and actually derived FROM bacteria. So agents that KILL bacteria, may kill our mitochondria too.
example:
http://www.autism.com/medical/resear...ntibiotics.htm
There already is a supplement made by Dr. Bruce Ames who studies mito deterioration as a cause of aging:
Juvenon
http://www.bruceames.org/
I think it is more likely that RSD is closer to mito damage than is to sarcoidosis. The treatment the Marshall Protocol uses is a angiotensin receptor antagonist like Benicar (also used to lower blood pressure). This protocol also requires very low intake of Vit D...and that alarms me since Vit D is showing anticancer, and antidepressant and many other positive effects for people. I have seen many fibro patients on this and another forum improve when Vit D levels were normalized from very low. This implies to me that using the Marshall Protocol for fibro would not be a good idea. This protocol remains very controversial among doctors still.
Please read the mito article at the beginning of this post, and look at the diagram included. It makes it easier to visualize how this chemistry works.
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