RBC Autotransfusion; Low GGT, ALT, and AST; Transdermal Magnesium

April 6, 2021

[00:07:36] Organic Acids Test: Supplements to avoid before testing.

[00:10:43] Book: Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing, by Victoria Sweet.

[00:14:41] Leg cramps and magnesium.

[00:32:10] Autotransfusion of red blood cells from the spleen into circulation, increasing hemoglobin during times of stress.

Resources:

• The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown
• The human spleen during physiological stress
• Letter to the Editor: On the increased haemoglobin concentration and improved oxygen uptake after Spirulina supplementation
• Splenic contraction during breath-hold diving in the Korean ama
• Selected Contribution: Role of spleen emptying in prolonging apneas in humans
• Splenic responses to a series of repeated maximal static and dynamic apnoeas with whole-body immersion in water
• Physiology, pathophysiology and (mal)adaptations to chronic apnoeic training: a state-of-the-art review
• Spleen contraction and Hb elevation after dietary nitrate intake

[00:37:44] Low GGT and liver hypofunction in chronic illness. Forum post.

[00:38:30] Interpreting high GGT.

[00:39:21] Interpreting low GGT, AST, ALT.

Resources:

• gamma-Glutamyl transpeptidase levels in thyroid disease
• Ubiquinol reduces gamma glutamyltransferase as a marker of oxidative stress in humans
• Is gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase a biomarker for oxidative stress in periodontitis?
• Relationship between liver function tests and thyroid hormones in thyroid disorders
• Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis progressing to progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: low GGT cholestasis is a clinical continuum

[00:41:23] Transdermal magnesium absorption.

Resources:

• Report on Absorption of magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) across the skin
• Myth or Reality—Transdermal Magnesium?

[00:44:45] Discussion on autotransfusion of red blood cells from the spleen in animal studies.

[00:47:12] Book: Burn, by Herman Pontzer, PhD. Podcast: How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy.