Linoleic Acid Is Stealing Your Oxygen
Here’s the big theory. Desaturase and cytochrome P450 enzymes in the ER compete for oxygen with the mitochondria. This is part of a switch to glycolysis that recycles the cytoplasmic NADH back to the NAD+ that glycolysis requires. If you’re going to do glycolysis, there is no need to allow oxygen into the mitochondria. Background …