Your body has approximately:
30,000,000,000,000 Cells
and
30,000,000,000,000,000 Mitochondria!!!
A New Scientific Model of Mania and Depression, with Testable Predictions
by Breck Yunits
The model proposed here. Mania is too many mitochondria; depression too few. We predict it is possible to detect mood state from optical images of certain cells and counting stained mitochondria.
Is your liver on right now? You can find out with a drop of blood.
If your ketone levels are around 0.1, your liver is off.
If they are around 1,0, your liver is on.
It's easy to tell, once you've measured.
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August 14, 2024 — I'm in Las Vegas for DEF CON and walking on the strip in 110 degree heat when a guy in dark clothes asks if I want to see some nude girls.
"Wait, how did you know I'm an amateur biologist?" I ask.
He frumps his brow and starts talking to a different group of guys.
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Just as I sat down for my first meal in Nepal, the power went out.
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Pricking my finger then measuring the level of ketones in my blood.
April 16, 2024 — I pricked my finger and moved a disposable ketone measuring stick into the newly formed drop of blood. I was checking my "blood ketone" levels. If the result came back higher than 0.8 mmol/L, I would be in a state of "ketosis".
The meter showed "1.0 mmol/L". Success! I was still in ketosis.
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