I'm Jeff Krasno and this is the Commune podcast. My guest today is my good friend, Dr. Sarah Zoll,

Harvard-trained physician, researcher, and four-time New York Times bestselling author. After undergoing

her own health odyssey to address and reverse severe burnout and hormone imbalance, Sarah has used

lifestyle and precision-based medicine to help thousands of

patients feel and perform at their best. Our conversation today is all about the mitochondria and hormones

and how they interact to drive so many of our health outcomes. We also explore the specifics of hormonal

changes for women as related to

perimenopause and menopause, as well as specific tools to start optimizing your cellular health

today. As always, you can find me at jeffcrasno.substack.com or email me at jeffkat1commune.com.

So let's dive in with Dr. Sarah Saul.

Midechondria are these transducers that you have inside the cells. They're fascinating.

And they take the food that you eat as an example and they convert it into energy. They make

ATP, which is what powers you. So that's

why they're considered the powerhouse of the cell. It's like the power plant, the healthy power

plant within your cells, most of your cells. Yeah. And they look like little jelly beans.

They look like cute little jelly beans with a little carving inside. They can make

energy without oxygen, but they make more energy with oxygen. And that's kind of the big deal

about them. Let me say that I am not an expert of mitochondria. Part of what interests me the most

of mitochondria is that I am hormone

girl. Yeah. So I love hormones. I feel like they are these teeny tiny little molecules that have big

effects. They're the small hinge that swings big doors. That's good.

And what I've seen over my career, taking care of men and women with a lot of hormone issues, is that there's this link between your hormones and your mitochondria.

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