If you’re sleeping well, eating clean, exercising—and still exhausted—this may be an engine problem, not a fuel problem.
This is Part 1 of my Mitochondrial Health Series, where I start with the foundation: mitophagy—your body’s ability to clear damaged mitochondria.
In longevity medicine, I call this mitophagy failure: damaged mitochondria (“zombie batteries”) stop producing clean energy and leak signals that can trigger inflammation, brain fog, and that 2 p.m. crash.
In this video, I break down:
• Why zombie mitochondria can keep you stuck in “sickness behavior”
• The key biology: PINK1 + Parkin (how your cells tag and remove broken mitochondria)
• My 4-step energy protocol: 14–16 hr overnight fasting, Zone 2 cardio, heat (sauna/hot bath), and urolithin A + spermidine
• The NAD+ trap: why NMN/NR can backfire if you “fuel” before you “clean”
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