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Stephen Decker

Linking AGEs and Cigarette Smoke-Induced Muscle Dysfunction

Phew, it’s been a while since I published on Medium. I’ll explain more later*, but I have a new research publication that I’m pretty…

5 min readJan 4, 2023

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Linking AGEs and Cigarette Smoke-Induced Muscle Dysfunction

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Stephen Decker

Cigarette Smoking and Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria — The bad and not so bad

I haven’t written a post in a while — mostly because I’ve been swamped writing other things (grants, papers, dissertation, etc.). During…

5 min readJul 9, 2021

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Cigarette Smoking and Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria — The bad and not so bad

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Stephen Decker

High Fat Diets and Insulin Resistance

A Critical Look at the Evidence, and What it Means in the Long Run

3 min readSep 22, 2020

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High Fat Diets and Insulin Resistance

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Stephen Decker

Ketones in Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism: A brief update

Gee, has it been a long time since I was able to write on Medium. I’ve been swamped with lots of stuff that I will hopefully be able to…

5 min readAug 3, 2020

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Ketones in Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism: A brief update

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Stephen Decker

The False Dichotomy of Fats

How we’ve bastardized our understanding of the physiology of lipids for the sake of simplicity

6 min readMar 12, 2019

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The False Dichotomy of Fats

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Stephen Decker

Ketones and the Heart

Ketone bodies and their use as a metabolite for the brain and neurons is probably the most-studied aspect of ketone physiology. It’s well…

4 min readOct 20, 2018

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Muscle Function and Ageing

Sorry it’s been a while, y’all. I had a pretty major move and other life things happen. Hopefully things clear up again.

4 min readSep 5, 2018

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Muscle Function and Ageing

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Stephen Decker

Energy-Sensors Part II: Should you supplement?

A few days ago I discussed some important energy-sensing pathways in biological systems that can play major roles in the development of…

3 min readJun 28, 2018

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Energy-Sensors Part II: Should you supplement?

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Cellular Energy Sensors

One of the things I personally find fascinating about all life forms is the universal ability to sense cellular energy status. All…

4 min readJun 26, 2018

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Cellular Energy Sensors

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Stephen Decker

Let’s Talk About Berberine, AMPK, and Metformin

Sorry it’s been a while, guys. Life has had me pinned down pretty bad lately. Hopefully I’ll be able to get back on track.

4 min readJun 18, 2018

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Let’s Talk About Berberine, AMPK, and Metformin

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Stephen Decker

Stephen Decker

Ph.D. student at UMass Amherst. A lifelong student in health, fitness, philosophy, and all things under the sun. Love ideas, but love sharing ideas more.

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