PeskyPeater
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I see how this can work if you look at the metabolism of the hair follicle and its stem cells.
“Hair loss, like obesity or hypertension, should be taken seriously, as an indication of a systemic metabolic problem. The metabolism of the hair follicle contains clues to aging, tissue regeneration, and cancer.” Ray Peat PhD
The human hair follicle engages in glutaminolysis and aerobic glycolysis: implications for skin, splanchnic and neoplastic metabolism
STUDIES OF THE STIMULATING EFFECT OF BICARBONATE ON THE METABOLISM OF RAM SPERMATOZOA
Summary. The metabolism of washed ram spermatozoa has been studied in the presence and absence of low levels of bicarbonate (6 mm) and CO2 (2%). Although bicarbonate stimulated the O2 consumption of ram spermatozoa in the presence of glucose, acetate or lactate, its most profound effect was on glycolysis and it greatly stimulated the rate of glucose breakdown to lactic acid under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Low concentrations of potassium (5 mm) enhanced the stimulating effect of bicarbonate on glycolysis but, in its absence, bicarbonate greatly depressed O2 uptake.