Removing acidic processed foods, sugar, flour, high - glycemic foods, coffee, and alcohol can prevent alterations in membrane potential which compromises mitochondrial function by interfering with the electron transport chain integral to oxygen -
based oxidative phosphorylation (55, 56).
This discovery provided the physiological
basis for subsequent development of fMRI and caused researchers to reconsider the dogma that brain uses
oxidative phosphorylation exclusively to fuel its functional activities.