Mitolife Radio

Systemic enzymes such as nattokinase and serrapeptase work by breaking down excess fibrin, also called scar tissue. 

Enzyme expert Gan Sasaki explains in this interview exactly how that works, fibrin’s effect on our nerves, how long nattokinase stays in the body, if systemic enzymes breakdown biofilms, if you should cycle on and off enzymes, and more. He says that he has been taking digestive enzymes with every meal for over a decade and systemic enzymes every morning upon waking.

Gan Sasaki - Director of business development for a laboratory asset management provider in the life science and biopharmaceutical industry

To contact Gan: 714-504-4622 My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

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Music by George Henner

https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com

What is the ideal zinc to copper ratio? Who came up with the ratio? What is the function of the family of metallothionein proteins? Does taking zinc without copper cause gray hair? What is the relationship between zinc and vitamin A?

Mineral expert Jason Hommel breaks all of this down and more in this dense episode about mineral balancing. He also talks about vitamin C, iodine, boron, selenium, and even the effect that bicarbonate has on zinc.

Jason's website: www.revealingfraud.com

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

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The topic of iron overload has blown up over the past few years. It is a real problem but in this episode Josh Rubin of East West Healing describes the difference between an iron overload problem and an iron recycling program. He shares his experience coming back into balance after seeing a shockingly high ferritin number and getting multiple diagnoses.

Josh describes a client with a poorly functioning reticuloendothelial system. He thinks that donating blood would’ve killed him. He also talks about the importance of sodium and potassium, how long to work on mineral balancing before donating blood for the first time, his thoughts on eating only locally and seasonally, if its smart to donate blood while pregnant, iron chelation supplements, and more. 

Josh’s website: www.eastwesthealing.com

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Josh’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/realfoodgangstas/

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

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Music by George Henner

https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com

Frequent guest Atom Bergstrom returns to the show to share his take on the mineral copper and its role in the body. He just released a mini ebook called "Copper: The Good, the Bad and the Valid". 

In typical Atom fashion we talk about much more than copper including: how to clear traumas in pets, why to put olive oil in sunlight, donating blood frequently, eating raw vegetables, how much alcohol to drink to dissolve lipofuscin, which food detoxifies chlorine, and much more.

Atom's websites

www.solartiming.com

www.sunsyncnutrition.com

My website:

www.matt-blackburn.com

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Music by George Henner

https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com

Is cod liver oil (CLO) the same as fish oil? Do the polyunsaturated fatty acids in it suppress your thyroid? What is the role of retinol in the body? Does vitamin A protect against lipid peroxidation in cell membranes? What are the role of fat soluble vitamins in the body? 

In this solo show I answer all of these questions and more. I talk about why it took two years for Morley Robbins beating the retinol drum on my podcast to convince me to try it. In a world of “you’re anemic, copper toxic and vitamin A toxic”, it takes a lot of unlearning to get to the truth.

The truth is retinol is a critical nutrient that you can be deficient in even if you’re eating grassfed beef liver everyday. Retinol is an electron carrier and a master antioxidant. Cod liver oil contains A and D in the perfect ratio in addition to compounds that probably haven’t been discovered yet.

While retinol seems to be the star of CLO, I suspect that it is a synergy of nutrients that gives the full effect. I share my experience of starting to take it this year in the middle of winter and how it affected my tolerance to cold temperatures. It is a powerful whole food supplement as long as it is not fortified or fermented.

My favorite CLO: https://lddy.no/146x1

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcbn1986/18/1/18_1_19/_article

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8470886/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3916855/

https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/vitamin-a-mazing/

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My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

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Music by George Henner

https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com

Plant medicines, or psychedelics, have become mainstream in recent years. Like everything in life, the subject is nuanced. What effect does ayahuasca have on the biochemistry of the liver? Can psychedelics cause people to have delusions of grandeur and a savior complex? What effect do these substances have on our mineral status? Hamid Jabbar is a bodyworker, sound practitioner, yoga instructor, RCP practitioner and a dot connector. In this interview we talk about addiction, posession, psilocybin mushrooms, coffee, tobacco, coca, and magnesium. Hamid's website: https://www.hamidjabbar.com

Hamid's mineral balancing website:

https://www.mineralshaman.com

Hamid's Instagram:

@hamid.jabbar

@mineralshaman My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

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Music by George Henner

https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com

Have you ever tried the vegan or paleo diet? Have you yo'yo'd back and forth from program to program? Is all dieting a marketing trap? Have you experienced burnout from overworking and overexercising? 

Caroline Dooner, author of The Fuck It Diet and Tired as Fuck, shares her journey through different dietary experiments and the fatigue she experienced from falling for hustle culture. Caroline's website:

https://thefuckitdiet.com

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

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Music by George Henner https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com

What is the difference between a memory foam style mattress and a flexible wooden slat system? Why does virgin sheep’s wool have self cleaning properties? Why are you an inch taller when you wake up if you’ve had a good night’s sleep?

Hendrik Haueisen answers all of these questions and more. German and Swiss engineering created this innovative bed system that is made of natural materials and contains no metal. Sleeping on it is like getting a chiropractic adjustment and you don’t have to worry about breathing volatile organic compounds.

I ask him listener questions at the end including: His thoughts on inverted bed therapy? Should we sleep in total darkness? What is the ideal pillow for the best posture? Should we use a pillow? 

If you’ve been searching for the ideal bed or love natural materials and learning about their unique properties, this episode is for you. 

Order a bed: www.swissdreambeds.com Mention my name to save 5%

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

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Music by George Henner

https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com

Retinol, or vitamin A, is a fat soluble vitamin only found in animal foods in significant amounts. In this interview mineral researcher Morley Robbins breaks down the critical importance of this nutrient for regulating iron recycling, decreasing inflammation, gene transcription, protecting from cancer, and loading copper into the ceruloplasmin protein that expresses the master antioxidant called ferroxidase.  He shares some fascinating and somewhat depressing information about our current food system, even grass-fed and organic, and the difference between marine and land sources of retinol. We talk quite a bit about cod liver oil and why I changed my mind on it. Morley's approach is unique because its nuanced and focuses on relationships between vitamins, minerals and enzymes, instead of looking at any one of them in insolation like is often done in the alternative health community. His Root Cause Protocol offers a list of "stops" and "starts" that are a great foundation and starting point to improve your health. 

Root Cause Protocol: www.rcp123.org

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co Music by George Henner

https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com

When we think of fertility we often think of it in terms of making babies. But what if it is more than that? What if fertility is our ability to create and an expression of our overall health? According to hormonal and pregnancy coach Alba Cali, it is all of those things.  She shares her journey with diets and the two most common problems that she sees with women preparing for pregnancy. We talk about folate/folic acid, retinol (vitamin A), the harmful effects of synthetic estrogen, how to support progesterone production, and more. Alba's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alba.arcadia/?hl=en

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by George Henner https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com