Why Taking Care of Your Mitochondria is SO Important
Mitochondria produce 90% of the energy our bodies need, but many of us are eating food that disrupts their function, leading to symptoms like fatigue and brain fog. Dr. Steven Gundry, Dr. Casey Means and Dr. Robert Lustig are some of the world’s leading experts on mitochondrial health. In this episode, we explore the ways in which we’re poisoning our mitochondria and what we can do to repair the damage.
In this episode we cover:
00:03:03 - Mitoclub Analogy
00:15:15 - Impact of Excess Blood Glucose
00:20:02 - Fructose
00:21:21 - How to Support Your Mitochondria
00:25:19 - Mitochondria 101
00:27:37 - Foods that Poison Your Mitochondria
00:29:31 - 3 Key Takeaways
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I never listen to Gundry but I listen to Dr. Lustig a lot. His knowledge is very high and I have learned a lot from him.
@Annabelleese1
8 ай бұрын
Lustig is great. How come you don't listen to Gundry?
@poolmilethirty2859
8 ай бұрын
Agreed , Gundry is vague, and Dr Lustig is understandable and knowledgeable.
@jamesdean7756
7 ай бұрын
@@Annabelleese1quack dr
@galahadthreepwood
7 ай бұрын
@@Annabelleese1 He's a plant-based advocate
@dinomiles7999
6 ай бұрын
Gundry is being left behind. Sell, $ ell, S, ell. His heart is in the wrong frequency. Sad .
0:33: 💡 Mitochondria are small organelles in cells that produce energy through cellular respiration and have their own genetic material. 5:04: ! The nightclub-like electron transport chain in mitochondria is responsible for changing energy levels of electrons and protons, with glutathione and melatonin acting as bouncers to regulate the process. 10:18: 🔑 Ketones play a crucial role in signaling mitochondria to waste fuel and open emergency exits, helping regulate body temperature and heat production. 13:54: 🔬 Mitochondria play a crucial role in lifelong health by producing heat, protecting themselves, and repairing themselves. 18:31: 🧬 Insulin resistance is a protective mechanism of cells to prevent excessive glucose uptake, but it can lead to elevated blood glucose levels. 22:25: 💡 Excessive glucose in the bloodstream can lead to insulin resistance, inflammation, and oxidative stress, which are associated with various health disorders. 26:46: 🧠 Disruption of mitochondrial function can lead to disease, particularly in the brain which requires a steady supply of ATP. Recap by Tammy AI
@namlopsycology5875
8 ай бұрын
Thank u
@musingsonlifeandotherfleet4121
7 ай бұрын
30:56 great Recap
@jrjoogle
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the recap
@joycebraxton8092
Ай бұрын
Thank you! That was very helpful
@cherylmcduff5388
18 күн бұрын
How do you do that?
Lustig is the bomb
Listened to Dr. Lustig's 2-hour lecture several times ✨ World-class scientist with a clear message
The first Doctor confused the heck out of me with his "club" metaphor!😂😂😂
@georgebradley6811
2 ай бұрын
When mitochondria produce energy, choas occurs in the organelles in the mitochondria. Mitochondria are like exploding furnaces of energy creating free radicals that need calming down by Glutathione . & maybe other antioxidants . . .
No one mentioned deuterium, which damages the mitochondria in its nano motor complexes that undergo respiration. This vastly lowers energy efficiency, and plainly relates to metabolic issues, like obesity, cancer. See this on KZread: "Can Deuterium Damage Your Metabolic Health and Mitochondria?"
Just eat wholefoods and avoid processed foods ,(as much as possible).
@hugoapresname
7 ай бұрын
That will kill you and I can prove it!
Thank you for all excellent info.
Well done! Thanks!
Excellent curation. Very informative.
Excellent simple understanding of how our bodies work. Thank you.
One cardiologist fairly said just stop glucose in take for 14 days; see the difference. 🎉
@jamesdean7756
7 ай бұрын
the body creates its own glucose every day?
@hugoapresname
7 ай бұрын
That is outrageously *murderous* to tell that to anybody!!!!!!! It will kill you if your body is not fat adapted yet. It’s called *metabolically flexible*. If you are not trained, nutrient prepared or genetically unable, you will suffer starvation effects like death of brain, muscle, nerve and immune cells. Yes, thank God, the body can learn or (re-learn) to produce its own glucose. I think it’s called “Gluco-Neo-Genesis”. Fructose inhibits “GNG” and ATP Production. The fiber content in whole fruit together with polyphenols would feed the gut bacteria as pre-biotic and they would produce post-biotics, and tell the mitochondria to uncouble, burn to heat and multiply. Modern Fruit 🍌 and vegetables 🥗 have more sugar content and less fiber. So the more we eat it the more we starve (muscle/brain desease!).The more we starve the more we eat. The more we eat, the more we starve. Gundry: Eat more Polyphenols 🤔 Try more “resistent starches” Lustig: Eat way less Fructose
Thank you for being these professionals together for us to hear their wisdom, and especially yours and the way you describe things and lead to the next guest this is not mirror entertainment. This is a primer for how to stay healthy and prolong your life. Thank you once again.
Insightful and valuable discussion covering various aspects of mitochondrial function and dysfunction and it's resultant impact.❤🎉
Thank you a lot for sharing your knowledge to the lay public.
Love this session!
Thank you for key takeaways.
Very good video thanks
Everyone here's bashing on Gundry, meanwhile here I am thinking what he said was super interesting. 🤷♀️
@gerardgarbutt607
8 ай бұрын
Gundry is a crank. But occasionally even some cranks tell the truth
@jamesdean7756
7 ай бұрын
He is a quack
@Park-Terrace
7 ай бұрын
GUNDRY is MARKETEER
@sharonphillips3700
6 ай бұрын
@@gerardgarbutt607 what is a crank?
@gerardgarbutt607
6 ай бұрын
means defective to me
Excellent video. Thank you!
@malgorzatakawczynska6266
8 ай бұрын
Wonderful video!
Great job thanks!
Thank you !
First time on this channel, fabulous presentation all round,very impressive making such a complex abstract understable to the public.The structure of the introduction and presentation is A1,well done,much appreciated!
Very well-written, and presented, introduction. 😀
Thank you for your recommend.
Master Class!💪🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
You are what you eat! You become what you eat!
@Brainbaskit
6 ай бұрын
So you're saying I'm a pussy?
Wonderfully precice, concise detail about mitochondrial health. Thank you, Iv subscribed.
Since he was speaking on neutral matters, Dr. Gundry was-in this instance-able to speak cogently and clearly about what happens in the mitochondria. I found this helpful in understanding what goes on in our bodies.
I love Dr. Lustig's lectures and videos. He is brilliant 👏 and an expert in the evils of sugar and fructose, insulin, insulin resistance, ultra-processed carbohydrates, fats, metabolic syndrome and all its related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, CVD, insulin resistance, dementia, immune diseases, kidney disease and cancer, and he says that all diseases start with Mitochondrial dysfunction at the level of liver cells, which cause a fatty-liver, which cause insulin-resistance which in turn leads to all the degenerative diseases mentioned above. I read Dr. Lustig's two books: Metabolical, his best-seller FAT Chance, and watched his best lecture, Sugar : The Bitter Truth. Thank you, Dr. Lustig, you are saving lives.
I loved to listened Dr.Lustig, I've learned a lot from him, without buying products.
Love Casey Means!!! And Lustig is always good
I really enjoy this content. Three experts share their favorable knowledge... I really owe you these sharing of knowledge on mithocondria... GBU
PRANAM SIR
How does the Randle cycle play into this. I am wondering about the segment with Casey Means.
Thank you for your explanation, but showing foto or some kind of picture of these mechanizem proces in the body,will make more understandable and not forgotten. Thank you again.
The video was definitely a strain for my afternoon brain to comprehend and retain. But so point a to point b .
Thankyou for sharing this mitochondria info. I have a question, why do you have a problem recognizing that our remarkable bodies were designed by an awesome Creator--rather than fabricating a faulty fairy tale about how intelligent humans came then lower life forms?
How do we check how our mitochondria are? by certain labs or genetic test of MT snps? If are fatigued can we test by oximeter or thermometer (can make enuf heat), ................?? So we dont want excess glucose (protein?, vegie?, fat?) ? ? Glucose and fructose mentioned does that mean watermelon, pear....?
Had energy problems for 5 years when I went HFLC Nov2018. Turns out I ate too little fats. I was barking up wrong trees for 5 years (testosterone, thyroid, electrolytes, and a few other silly things).
@veerani6164
8 ай бұрын
So interesting, what did you change which helped . Please share 🥺
@contrarian717
8 ай бұрын
@@veerani6164 simply eat more calories ( fats in my case). What my wife suggested all along. But I beleived KZread more than her. As a skinny, active guy, who like to not over eat, I'm always at risk for eating too few calories. I always argued that I am eating enough, I felt full and pleased. But the right calories also matter...
@veerani6164
8 ай бұрын
@@contrarian717 thanks, like olive oil and avocado?
@contrarian717
8 ай бұрын
@@veerani6164 macadamia nutbutter!
@fabiosan1948
7 ай бұрын
Yes
Dr Gundry is the best! He has the courage to say the things that nobody wants to hear ❤
Unfortunately only 6 minutes given to Dr Lustig I am not pressing the like button
Did dr robert lustig say Branch chain amino acids damage the mitochondria ?
@kenadams5504
8 ай бұрын
Yes . At 28.42 .
I got my pen and paper for the promised list of "eats" and "do not eats" for the grocery store, as promised, but did not hear Dr Lustig give that. He did say trans fats are bad, but these are not in foods where I live (Australia) nowadays.
1:41 that may be a leap of faith sir.😮
22:07 Muscles don't require insulin for glucose uptake.? From Gemini AI: "Muscle cells: Both skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle rely heavily on glucose for energy. Insulin promotes the movement of special transporter proteins (GLUT4) to the cell surface, allowing glucose to enter the muscle cells. Muscle cells can still take up some glucose even without insulin, but at a much slower rate."
Liked and Subscribed (ALL)
We need info on how we can improve our metabolism....
@heatherraymond3979
7 ай бұрын
Dr.William Li is an expert on metabolism. He has best seller books, utube ……
I find it interesting that Dr Lustig stated that BCAA damage mitochondria, at what level of consumption does that happen? All protein sources contain BCAA, leucine is a major driver of protein synthesis...where is an in depth explanation of how this occurs?
The takeaway conclusion at the end mentioned the importance of fiber, but i don't think any of the three guests mentioned fiber at all, did they?
@OneCommune
8 ай бұрын
Soluble fiber creates a lattice in the small intestine slowing the absorption of glucose into the bloodstream.
@jamesdean7756
7 ай бұрын
@@OneCommune why didn’t you mention insoluble, fiber,
@lindajones4849
6 ай бұрын
You need both soluble and insoluble fiber to for that matrix that blocks / slows absorption of sugar from the gut. Lustig explains this well in other lectures
Not a fan of gundry either. Took a Gunxry md supplement whichcaused me a side effect of a mental health issue. It was a known side effects howsver wasnt warmed anywhere on the jar, their web site or infomercial. Thankfully I was able to get a full defund. It should however been revealed. I am a MSN prepared 50 yr RN so I knew where to research it.
Did you know EVERY CANCER CELL (no matter if it is lung, liver breast, brain) does the same thing? Something is triggered in the mitochondria that is stops using oxygen as energy and it starts to use glucose (sugar) -- this is why when you starve the body of glucose the cancer cells die. Cancer cells need SUGAR. Regular cells can use ketones and don't need sugar - cancer cells can't. Only problem is the your body makes glutamine - which is form of glucose. Cancer could easily be cured and it is purposely NOT CURED. Why? Because hospitals make billions on treating cancer. They don't want to find a cure.
Why bdy is choosing the third option to bind excess glucose bind with proteins like hemoglobin in the bloodstream to form inflamatory advanced glycation end products. I understand this is aging but why body not stays in the second option and acumulates more and more fat instead continues to the third option. I ask this because I believe we are our body has a very intelligent being, it does do everything with a good logic, to protect itself, then how can he damages itself in this way.
An apple a day!.. It used to be so simple. Now its become impossibly complicated. Quit sugar, eat wholefoods, eat an apple a day, do some regular exercise and drink pure clean water. You dont need much more than that.
@colleenshea2293
7 ай бұрын
spole
@jamesherried9269
6 ай бұрын
Actually, you do need more than that: you need exposure to direct sunlight. Humans evolved to be exposed to direct sunlight.
@retribution999
5 ай бұрын
@@jamesherried9269 yes, Sunlight and clean fresh air are a must!
@thekar3577
4 ай бұрын
And stay away from doctors and their many mito toxic meds and scans ... Gadoliniumtoxicity Dotcom
@avoiceforthevoiceless2068
6 күн бұрын
It's almost been just as complex. The body hasn't changed, but the science has. People used ro naturally exercise more, now we're too lazy to leave our cars, even just to go to the pharmacy!
Muscle cells do require insulin for glucose uptake.
The trouble is that the nutrient density is going down. 😢
@rosalbadelriogarcia9598
8 ай бұрын
Eat meat, fatty meat heals
@galahadthreepwood
7 ай бұрын
Bingo @@rosalbadelriogarcia9598
Prof Bart Kay does a way better job explaining the Kreb cycle and Randall cycle. So does Physionic.
Listening to this I’m having visions of the Bodyguard…Kevin Costner being Glutathione
@margomoore4527
2 ай бұрын
Cute!😁
Awesome episode, it's unfortunate that you ended with eat your veggies and fiber…
Move to Minnesota if you want a lot of cold therapy 😊
BCAAs poison your mitochondria?
Mi to CHON dri a !
Sorry, can’t listen to Guidry. Please, sir, get to the point quickly!
Muscle cells do require insulin to take up glucose. Many nerve cells in the brain do not.
3:45 Mito-Night Club
A little.insulting to have Gundry on the same bit as Dr Lusting. Lusting is world class. Gundry...ehhh, not so much.
Lustily said bcaa’s poison your mitochondria. These are essential dietary nutrients. Idk how that makes sense.
@manitobafisherman
Ай бұрын
He may have meant excess supplementation, not levels normally found in healthy foods
Eat meat, salt, water..... #carnivore
GUNDRY ??? I can't trust anything he says, after he already fooled me once in the early days of his lectin sham to sell books\supplements. He's just sad. Frankly, I'm rather surprised you would have him on your show.
@user-wm2rn8zo7e
9 ай бұрын
I strongly agree with you on Gundry theory of lectins and after reading g his book plant paradox I started unfollowing him
@martykerns3802
9 ай бұрын
Totally agree
@happycamper7818
9 ай бұрын
What is wrong with Gundry’s lectin info?
@KimysCrossing
9 ай бұрын
Most Americans over 50 can’t handle tomato based things at dinner. It’s not that there’s nothing to the lectins. People just over love vegetables. Even mark sission the big a$$ salad guy, cut out his huge salads. Many people heal on keto or canivore and not much for vegetables there. I eat vegetables everyday but do not judge carnivore or gundry’s vegetable-selective keto.
@richardswaby6339
7 ай бұрын
He wasn't talking about Lectins in this show. He was making an analogy of a night club to represent the electron transport chain in the mitochondria. It was a good analogy IMO
Some people believe that some paternal mitochondrial DNA survives into the generation, check out the Wikipedia article Paternal mtDNA transmission.
Gundry?! No! Dr Lustig is good. You want to know about mitochondria, listen to Dr. Ben Bickman.
Study Intelligent Design.
spermidine is found in high levels in the sperm, try semen retention to accelerate autophagy and regeneration
Only person I cared about was Lustig
What was the good Lord smoking that day!
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Although we may inherit mitochondrial DNA from our mother, it’s not that simple. MANY other DNA have influences on mitochondrial function. Those are from BOTH parents. Any mito specialist worth his/her salt knows this fact.
Gundry will never be the dr Lusting is
Not a fan of Gundry, I had to fastforward the video to de lustig
@HazardousHumorHQ
9 ай бұрын
Fan, what is this a sport? That's an example (among the many other) of a pattern that will contribute collectively to the gradual devolvement into idiocracy...filter bubble echo chambers wherein people tribally or selectively stay tuned in only to who they 'like' - as active agents of the dynamically forming future we as a whole need to adopt more of a principle of intellectual responsibility and associated type mentality when it comes to approaching information - that entails seeking out and listening to not only who you're 'a fan' of... But on a more specific level in this case, did you already understand what was brought up by Dr. Gundry re: uncoupling proteins? I'm sure the channel team included the selected clip in the video for a reason lol ...Typically we can all learn from virtually anyone else (who knows at least something we might not yet)...I mean, I like Lustig more also but again, at the end of the day it would help if we all practiced a bit more humility re: our own intellectual inclinations and sense of who/what are worthy sources, learning and listening to all (or at least widely diverse) sources. Even average janes & joes often know at least something that even a given SME (subject matter expert) - could learn from
@GlobalDrifter1000
9 ай бұрын
Nonsense
@MR_THINQ
8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@jethrohetero4990
8 ай бұрын
Oy ve
@okrishandy
8 ай бұрын
The metaphors of Gundry is confusing and not informative.
Eat more pizza to help mitochondria!
The Mitochondria STARTS TO USE GLUCOSE INSTEAD OF OYGEN --- Why are you NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
The saund is so bad l can not anderstand
Why does this Dr. G, get so complicated in his explanations. I guess he doesn’t know that he’s talking to the public and not to other doctors.
So go keto 😂 and intermittent fasting
Stop bashing and start listening .
Meat is dead. Meat makes me sick.
Ugh, not Gundry, the sell-out guy who's showing up in every ad? Thank God we wised up and sold his books! What a mistake that was... No thanks!
I do not enjoy LISTENING to Gundry
NO TO GUNDRY!! Lustig is 100 times better. I turned off when this fake doctor came on. Didn’t he make enough money as a heart surgeon. What’s he doing high priced supplements with horrible reviews.
Youre a bit misleading about what each segment included. Around min 17 and min 24 you say that Dr Means offered suggestions on “how to repair your mitochondria” and protocols to repair … as she put it she touched briefly on what some people are doing to biohack but that does not constitute a “protocol” as you put it. Its not even in the realm of suggestion. I applaud her work but was very disappointed with your representation of her talk. Ditto Lustigs talk. He didnt present a list of foods or even conceptually close to that yet you referred to his talk as something we could use when shopping in the grocery store. Did you even listen to their talks? Did you edit out the useful bits? You created bogus expectations. Disappointed.
gundry ruins your credibility.
Useless.
gundry sucks