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Medicine has utilised plant‐based treatments for millennia, but precisely how they work is unclear. One approach is to use a thermodynamic viewpoint that life arose by dissipating geothermal and/or solar potential. Hence, the ability to dissipate energy to maintain homeostasis is a fundamental principle in all life, which can be viewed as an accretion system where layers of complexity have built upon...
Hormesis describes an adaptive process to resist stress. It is characterized by the biphasic response to 1000s of compounds, including natural signaling molecules. The underlying molecular pathways are activated by both exercise and calorie restriction and appear to slow the aging process by upregulating somatic maintenance, mitochondrial function, and oxidant resistance. The origins of this are ancient...
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) was only ‘discovered’ in the 1990s. Since then, many new ligands have been identified, as well as many new intracellular targets – ranging from the PPARs, to mitochondria, to lipid rafts. It was thought that blocking the CB-1 receptor might reverse obesity and the metabolic syndrome. This was based on the idea that the ECS was dysfunctional in these conditions. This...
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