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The Energy Blueprint Podcast

The Mitochondrial Super Foods Actually Worth Eating with Dr. Chris Masterjohn

The Energy Blueprint Podcast

Ari Whitten

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Chris Masterjohn cuts through the noise with his refreshingly practical approach to nutrition for your mitochondria. He exposes supplement industry myths and explains why your mitochondria need more than just CoQ10 and alpha-lipoic acid. Plus, his insights into how your brain regulates energy metabolism will completely shift how you think about fatigue.

Whether you're dealing with chronic exhaustion or just want to optimize your energy, this conversation delivers actionable wisdom—Dr. Masterjohn even shares his favorite "superfood cocktail." Get ready to question everything you thought you knew about mitochondrial nutrition!

This episode was initially released in Sept 2023

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, this is Ari, and welcome back to the Energy Blueprint Podcast with me today for,

0:12.4

I believe the fourth time, maybe even fifth time, is Dr. Chris Master John, who is a good

0:19.5

personal friend of mine and someone who I think is really probably

0:24.2

the single most knowledgeable person when it comes to the science of nutritional biochemistry,

0:30.6

particularly as it relates to vitamins and minerals. I can't think of anyone that maybe has even

0:37.2

gone 60% as deep as as Chris has on

0:41.6

this subject. He's brilliant at what he does and he always has a lot of valuable insights.

0:47.7

And in this episode, we are talking about how nutrition relates to mitochondrial health and energy levels.

0:56.5

So with no further ado, enjoy this wonderful conversation with Dr. Chris Masterjohn.

1:02.7

So welcome Dr. Chris Masterjohn, such a pleasure to have you.

1:06.7

Thank you for having me. All right. It's good to be here.

1:08.7

Yeah. So first of all, I feel like nutrition has become a topic that is almost inaccessible at this point to speak on this topic of nutrition to the masses.

1:24.6

You're almost guaranteed to anger a whole segment or multiple segments of people.

1:30.1

Because there's so many dietary ideologues out there.

1:33.2

There's so much nutritional dogma.

1:35.6

And we have everything, as you know, from the vegan camps that say all animal foods are

1:40.8

horribly bad for you to the carnivore camp where they want you to eat

1:46.3

nothing but meat and they think that, you know, broccoli and and curcumin are out to get

1:52.3

you. So can you just speak some maybe some general words about your sort of where you land on the spectrum of nutritional dogmas

2:05.3

and what your take is more broadly on optimal human nutrition.

2:10.5

I try to make everyone a little bit angry, but not angry enough to hit me. And then I hope that it all evens out.

2:21.3

You know, put another way.

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