Big Words Flashcards
en·dog·e·nous
en·dog·e·nous
enˈdäjənəs/
adjective
having an internal cause or origin.
“the expected rate of infection is endogenous to the system”
BIOLOGY
growing or originating from within an organism.
“endogenous gene sequences”
PSYCHIATRY
(of a disease or symptom) not attributable to any external or environmental factor.
“endogenous depression”
mod·u·late
mod·u·late
ˈmäjəˌlāt/
verb
exert a modifying or controlling influence on.
“the state attempts to modulate private business’s cash flow”
synonyms: regulate, adjust, set, modify, size moderate
“the cells modulate the body’s response”
vary the strength, tone, or pitch of (one’s voice).
“we all modulate our voice by hearing it”
synonyms: adjust, change the tone of, temper, soften
“she modulated her voice”
alter the amplitude or frequency of (an electromagnetic wave or other oscillation) in accordance with the variations of a second signal, typically one of a lower frequency.
“radio waves are modulated to carry the analog information of the voice”
mi·crobe
mi·crobe
ˈmīˌkrōb/
noun
plural noun: microbes
a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.
synonyms: microorganism, bacillus, bacterium, virus, germ; informalbug
“a culture of isolated microbes”
ex·og·e·nous
ˌekˈsäjənəs/
ex·og·e·nous
ˌekˈsäjənəs/
adjective
relating to or developing from external factors.
BIOLOGY
growing or originating from outside an organism.
“an exogenous hormone”
PSYCHIATRY
(of a disease, symptom, etc.) caused by an agent or organism outside the body.
“exogenous depression”
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hy·per·gly·ce·mi·a
hy·per·gly·ce·mi·a ˌhīpərɡlīˈsēmēə/ nounMEDICINE an excess of glucose in the bloodstream, often associated with diabetes mellitus. Feedback
Heterocyclic amines
HCA’s
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Allium Family
These versatile vegetables are high in beneficial sulfur compounds, giving them their distinctive flavor and aroma. Onions and garlic belong to the Allium genus. Allium, in fact, is derived from the Greek word for garlic. Shallots, leeks, and chives are also members of the allium family.
Ketogenic Diet
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates
Etiology
e·ti·ol·o·gy ˌēdēˈäləjē/ noun 1. MEDICINE the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition. "a disease of unknown etiology" 2. the investigation or attribution of the cause or reason for something, often expressed in terms of historical or mythical explanation. Feedback
Alleles
Individual variant of genes
Epigenetic Flags
Our epigenetic markers is part of how our body responds to our environment and generally learns the types of genes that our lifestyle generally needs for us to turn on or not
Nutrigenomics
How food changes what genes are expressed
Autoimmune Disease
The immune system is seeing a normal human enzyme and thinking, essentially that it is a foreign invader, and attacking one of our body’s own endemic enzymes. This causes a whole bunch of wear and tear in the body at the site of attack, wherever the scene of the battle may be between the immune system and our body parts which can have an affect on the body in term of dysfunction, but also just the inflammation and oxidative damage at the site of invasion.
The immunize system has been in activation so often in response to something being weakened, usually by nutrient deficiency, so that it acts like a wounded dog where it is scared and not good at separating friend from foe.
Autoimmune disease = Hashimoto, thyroiditis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis
Inflammation
Cells secrete chemicals (cytokines) which communicate the need to calm the body (anti-inflammatory) or alarm the body (inflammatory) There is no gray area everything you eat, drink, breath, do, think and experience can cause one reaction or the other
Examples of inflammation: swollen joints, achy muscles, congestion, headaches, diarrhea, constipation, GERD, depression, lethargy, ongoing fatigue, skin rashes, itchiness, bloating, poor memory, irritability, brain fog …
Can be deadly:
Diabetes,
Inflammation is a loss of tolerance on behalf of the immune system
Tryptophan
Amino acid from protein
If we don’t absorb enough Omega 3 fatty acids or enough tryptophan from protein, we can end up with depression
Hyphochlorhydria
Low stomach acid
50% of people over 65 have low stomach acid due to aging
80% of people over 80 have low stomach acid
If you don’t have enough stomach acid you can’t denature the proteins. Proteins are like a ball of yarn. Lots of amino acid chains. Stomach acid denatures that protein or unwinds it so that the digestive enzymes can get in there like a pair of scissors and actually cut the yarn into usuable little
Methylation
Is a biochemical process which happens billions of times per second through by the body. It is respondible for a large number of functions. Methylation is required to make epigenetic tags that control gene expression and this makes it one of the most important biochemical process in the body. You have to methylate to make neurotransmitters, detoxify many substances. It is a chemical cycle that oscillates between methionine and homocysteine
Someone who doesn’t methylate well may not even know it. They may not be taking in the right nutrients, or if they are taking them maybe their digestion is broken.
Methyl groups come from nutrients -food. Body must have B12, folate, B9
If we don’t generate enough methyl groups then it won’t protect DNA and you’re more vulnerable to a whole bunch of diseases. If you don’t methylate well then you can’t detoxify a whole bunch of things especially heavy metals Z
MTHFR
Genetic variant called MTHFR which impairs the bodies ability to make use of folate in order to have good methylation
Zonulin
Zonulin is a protein that modulates the permeability of tight junctions between cells of the wall of the digestive tract.
Nutrient insufficiency
A person may test clinically deficient, meaning in the lowest fifth percentile of the population
(Insufficient meaning that there are missed opportunities where biochemical process is not working as optimally as they can)
Vitamin
An organic compound that the body has to have in order to function but in small amounts that the body cannot produce on its own
There are 13 human vitamins. Some are fat soluble (Vitamin A, D, E and K). Vitamin C and the eight B Vitamins are water soluble
Fat soluble vitamins are stored so overdose is possible
Water soluble vitamins require more frequent ingestion but are easily excreted when in access
Histidine
Histidine is an amino acid. Amino acids are building blocks of protein in our bodies. People use histidine as medicine. Histidine is used for rheumatoid arthritis, allergic diseases, ulcers, and anemia caused by kidney failure or kidney dialysis (google)
