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Patrick: Pesticides like paraquat induce Parkinson's symptoms by disrupting mitochondria
“And those are chemicals that actually cause, we use them. Scientists use them. I've used it myself in the lab to induce Parkinson-like symptoms in animals because it disrupts your mitochondria, which are the, they're little organelles inside of almost all of y…”
Patrick: Folate deficiency causes DNA double-strand breaks identical to ionizing radiation
“And he had done these studies where it was like, he took animals, put them on a low folate diet, similar to what some people in the United States get, and then he took the other group of animals and he irradiated them with ionizing radiation, ok? This is like,…”
Adding Bananas to Smoothies Destroys Blueberry Polyphenol Absorption
“There was a very, very recent study in 2023 that came out, and this was a controlled trial where people were given a smoothie with blueberries, either with and without the banana. And then metabolites of polyphenols were measured in their urine and blood. And …”