Hey, this is Ari. Welcome back to the Energy Blueprint podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with

Dr. Mike T. Nelson, who is a research fanatic that specializes in metabolic flexibility, heart

rate variability, and human performance.

He spent the last 20 years of his life learning and studying and obsessing over how the human body works.

He has a PhD in exercise physiology, also a master's degree in mechanical engineering, which relates to biomechanics as well.

He's an associate professor at the Carrick Institute. He's a university instructor at Rocky Mountain University,

and he's the creator of the Flex Diet and Physiologic Flexibility Certifications.

He's also the research and human performance science advisor at Tecton, which are who are the makers of a unique ketone ester supplement, and he's also an advisor to the company Rapid Health.

He's published research in both physiology and engineering peer review journals, and he's even been called to share his techniques with top military agencies.

As you'll hear, he is an absolute wealth of knowledge. And in this episode, we are talking all

about the very important metric that, as you'll hear, relates both to day-to-day management

of your stress,

of your fitness routines, and much more,

but also, maybe more importantly,

it also relates to your long-term risk

of early mortality as well as your longevity outcomes. This is a wonderful and important metric

that we can use to get a picture of our overall health status and a predictor of how long we're

likely to live. So heart rate variability is an incredibly important metric. It's something that I

personally measure every day and use and believe in. And I recommend you guys all do the

same. This is a deep dive into the science with somebody who has an extraordinary wealth of

knowledge on this topic. So I hope you enjoy this podcast with Dr. Mike on heart rate variability.

Mike, welcome to the show. Welcome. Thank you so much

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