Article: What are Mitochondria?

[Guest 3]

This is a very basic and succinct article about Mitochondria. Many discussions related to ME/CFS focus on mitochondria. I thought this would be a nice article to start with if you possess little or no knowledge related to what mitochondria are and what they do.

Mitochondria are often referred to as the powerhouses of the cell. They help turn the energy we take from food into energy that the cell can use. But, there is more to mitochondria than energy production.

Present in nearly all types of human cell, mitochondria are vital to our survival. They generate the majority of our adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy currency of the cell.

Mitochondria are also involved in other tasks, such as signaling between cells and cell death, otherwise known as apoptosis.

In this article, we will look at how mitochondria work, what they look like, and explain what happens when they stop doing their job correctly.

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[ArtStu]

I like this article too https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/316229.php?sr

Younger volunteers carrying out interval training showed a 49 percent increase in mitochondrial capacity and, even more impressively, the older group saw a 69 percent increase.

I'm lucky I can do some interval training, it lessens the limitations the illness induces.

 

[Barry]

That's really useful. Will be nice when we can have an education library to hold this sort of information.

 

[Frogger]

This video shows you how the mitochondria works.