To help break things down, we spoke with Palm Harbor, FL bariatric physician and Ambari Nutrition founder Kevin Huffman, DO
Accessed August 17, 2023
Its onset is driven by obesity, sedentary behavior, and genetic predisposition, leading to insulin resistance, progressive beta-cell dysfunction, and complications such as cardiovascular disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Similar acute haemolytic attacks have been observed, predominantly in men of Afro-Caribbean origin, in response to primaquine and a variety of other drugs, including dapsone, the antipyretic acetylphenylhydrazine, the antibacterial bactrim/septrim, sulphonamides and sulphones, whose only common feature is that they all undergo cyclic non-enzymic reactions in the presence of oxygen to produce hydrogen peroxide and a variety of oxygen radicals that can cause oxidative damage to membrane lipids, leading to haemolysis
Acetaldehyde crosses the blood-brain barrier and binds to brain proteins, impairing synaptic transmission and producing the characteristic "cotton wool" cognitive dulling patients describe as brain fog
