Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina. Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the Optimal

Protein podcast. I am so excited for today's episode. This truly was a mind-blowing episode to

prepare and research for. And I had such a thrilling time talking to Dr. Stephen Gundry because I am so

impressed with what I call his unified field theory with regards to mitochondrial health, mitochondrial

uncoupling. And as he himself said, he almost named his book just one thing because it all

really just comes back

to this one thing, this unifying principle.

And I am so excited for you all to hear this episode because we're diving deep on this topic

of mitochondrial and coupling where we essentially waste energy or undergo a caloric bypass and become less energy.

We're able to burn more energy, burn more fat, but we're also able to repair our mitochondria

and multiply our mitochondria through mitochondrial biogenesis.

And this is really a central part of avoiding a lot of disease. So with this episode

today with Dr. Stephen Gundry, we really get into this topic of mitochondrial uncoupling. And I know that

you're going to find it as exciting as I did. So I can't wait to hear what you think of the episode.

If you know of anyone

that you think would enjoy it as well, please do share it with them. And with a quick word from

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And that nutrient is light and specifically red light.

I am so passionate and obsessed with the incredible amount of science behind red light therapy's ability to support our mitochondrial health.

Now, our mitochondria, as you probably

know, are responsible for helping us to do pretty much everything in our bodies at the cellular level.

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