Tag Archives: mitochondrial toxins

#1min4mito Week 6: Highest Incidence of Metabolic Diseases

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Empowered Advocacy

(please forgive us, we are a few weeks behind and trying catch up!!) This one floors me. Really floors me. As many of you know over the past few years I have become a HUGE advocate for Newborn Screening.  Metabolic … Continue reading →

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#1min4mito Week 1: Psychotropic Medications and Mitochondrial Toxicity

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Empowered Advocacy

Please take #1min4mito and share this post! This quote was taken from this correspondance in reply to this journal article in Nature Reviews: Neuroscience titled: Impaired mitochondrial function in psychiatric disorders. Editor’s Note: Another publication that explains the mito toxicity … Continue reading →

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#1min4mito in 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Empowered Advocacy

Nearing the end of 2013, Mitochondrial Disease was thrust into the international media spotlight, under the most unfortunate and controversial of circumstances: a custody battle over 15-year-old Mitochondrial Patient, Justina Pelletier, the state of Massachusetts, her parents, and Boston Children’s … Continue reading →

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Autism PREVENTION Part 2: Mitochondrial Toxin Exposure

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Empowered Advocacy

Many, many studies have been published recently suggesting that Autism is not just influenced by GENETICS, but that ENVIRONMENT has a lot to do with this disorder also.  For a while now, I have intuitively known that, as we have navigated … Continue reading →

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