Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast. The weekly podcast where Dr. G gives you the tools you need to boost your health and live your healthiest life.

Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast. Well, if you read my new book on locking the keto code, you know all about the mitochondria and why they're so essential for overall health.

And if you haven't, well, you're in for a treat today. It turns out that both aging and disease are controlled by our mitochondrial function.

And as we age, our mitochondria can literally start to wear down due to things like pollution, stress and, yes, diet.

Luckily, as I show you in my new book on locking the keto code, you actually can repair mitochondrial damage.

And my guest today will explain a very important superfood that's easy and relatively inexpensive to use to enhance your mitochondrial function.

I'm welcoming back Katherine Arnston, the founder, CEO and chief scientific officer of Energy Bits, a company specializing in algae tablets.

Today, Katherine will be sharing her latest research on how you can help unlock the power of your mitochondria with algae.

A superfood enjoyed daily in Asia for many years.

Want to enjoy a long and vital life until your last breath?

Well, keeping your mitochondria healthy and strong with algae could be one of the secrets. So stick around, you won't want to miss this episode.

Katherine, it's great to have you back.

Thank you, Dr. Gundry. Great to be back.

Now, for those who may be new to the podcast or haven't read my books, I'm going to do some quick cliff notes about mitochondria.

And then we can dive right in about how algae actually helps to boost its function.

So just real briefly, those of you who don't know, mitochondria are sometimes referred to as our cells power houses.

They are ancient, engulfed bacteria that about two billion years ago took up homes in our cells and they produce ATP, our energy currency, from the food we eat, from glucose, fats and proteins.

And producing ATP is incredibly hard work and incredibly damaging to mitochondria.

mitochondria suffer from making all that energy.

And one of the theories of aging, and in fact one of the theories of cancer and one of the theories of dementia, is that our mitochondria become dysfunctional and no longer work properly.

So keeping our mitochondria in tip-top shape is really one of the keys to everyday energy production, but long term, great long term health.

So that's why mitochondria is so important.

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