Master regulator of metabolism. Restores energy balance during metabolic stress. Activated by depletion in ATP supplies. Low glucose, heat shock, and other energy stresses. ATP -> donates phosphor -> ADP -> donates phosphor -> AMP. Energy stresses show up as
Key Takeaways: Fructose and glucose are very similar simple carbohydrates. Fructose is found in fruits and vegetables. Glucose is made by plants, mostly consumed in bonded form (lactose, starch, etc.). Fructose and glucose play a role in the storage and
On: The common link in high blood pressure, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity Episode: 87 Date: January 2020 Background: Nephrologist. Key Subjects: Ancient mutation helped us to turn fructose into fat. Allowed us to survive long periods without food. Now,
On: Fructose, processed food, NAFLD, and changing the food system Episode: 14 Date: September 2018 Background: endicronologist. Key Subjects: Issues with sugar: Contributes to inflammation, gout, high blood pressure, fatty liver, etc. (see “Fructose and Glucose” write-up). Issues with processed
Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. By: Hans Rosling (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund) Published: 2018 Read: 2020 Summary: The world is much better. The world is awful.
Chapter 3 Only. By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Chapter 3 – Fat Tails and Their Effects, An Introduction Spotting fat tails through negative empiricism: As we gather information, we can rule (other) distributions out. If we see a 20 sigma event,
Adventures of a curious character By: Richard P. Feynman Published: 1985 Read: 2020 Summary: A collection of anecdotes from the life of Richard Feynmann, the Nobel prize winning physicist. Or, what happens when you turn stubborness, curiosity, raw intelligence and
By: Edward Snowden Published: 2019 Read: 2020 Summary: Over the past twenty years or so, the US intelligence community switched from targeted surveillance of individuals to the mass surveillance of populations and collected much of global digital communications, made possible
The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World By: Tom Wright, Bradley Hope Published: 2018. Read: 2018. Summary: In-depth review of how a guy in his late twenties / early thirties (Jho Low) managed to embezzle and squander
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science By: Siddhartha Mukherjee Published: 2015 Read: 2020 Summary: Despite the increasing accuracy of medical tests and other advances, much of modern medicine still takes place under conditions of incomplete information and uncertainty, partly because