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Disease States

Many disease states can be traced back to a problem with the mitochondria, the power houses of the cells.  When a cell doesn't make energy normally, dysfunction can occur such as weakness, fatigue, diabetes, cardiac arrhythmias, and impact of hearing, vision, growth, gastrointestinal or kidney function. Mitochondria are responsible for helping to maintain cellular health, by the production of energy, decreasing harmful breakdown products of metabolism and abnormal metabolism.

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder with inadequate control of the blood levels of sugar, glucose, or the way the body uses glucose to turn food into energy. There are different types of diabetes, but they all have an elevated level of blood glucose that needs to be decreased to the normal range of 60-100 mg/dL.

Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) over 30 kg/m2. BMI is calculated as a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height. A BMI of 25-30 kg/m2 is defined as overweight. It is correlated with several disease states such as cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, and certain types of cancer.

There is evidence that cancer is a metabolic disease with disturbances in energy production, which can be linked to the structure and function of the mitochondria.

There is growing evidence to support the theory that the central nervous system may also be impacted by insulin resistance that can lead to expressions of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. 

It is a growing area of interest to consider therapies aimed at the prevention and/or correction of mitochondrial dysfunction in addressing cardiac disease.

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