Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine

The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself

By: Lee Know

Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser

Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

The book has information for patients and practitioners on optimizing mitochondrial function for greater health and longevity.

Why do we age? Why does cancer develop? What's the connection between heart failure and Alzheimer's disease or infertility and hearing loss? Can we extend lifespan, and if so, how? What is the exercise paradox? Why do antioxidant supplements sometimes do more harm than good? Many will be amazed to learn that all these questions, and many more, can be answered by a single point of discussion: mitochondria and bioenergetics.

In Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine, naturopathic doctor Lee Know tells the epic story of mitochondria - the widely misunderstood and often-overlooked powerhouses of our cells. The legendary saga began over two billion years ago, when one bacterium entered another without being digested, which would evolve to create the first mitochondrion. Since then, for life to exist beyond single-celled bacteria, it's the mitochondria that have been responsible for this life-giving energy. By understanding how our mitochondria work, in fact, it is possible to add years to our lives, and life to our years.

Current research, however, has revealed a dark side: many seemingly disconnected degenerative diseases have tangled roots in dysfunctional mitochondria. However, modern research has also endowed us with the knowledge on how to optimize its function, which is of critical importance to our health and longevity.

Lee Know offers cutting-edge information on supplementation and lifestyle changes for mitochondrial optimization, such as CoQ10, D-Ribose, cannabinoids, and ketogenic dietary therapy and how to implement their use successfully.

Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine is an invaluable resource for practitioners interested in mitochondrial medicine and the true roots of chronic illness and disease as well as anyone interested in optimizing their health.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Lee Know (P)2019 Chelsea Green Publishing

amazing

Thus biok is very enjoyable. a massage for the brain. fascinating information. Loved it, recommend it highly!

Wow, fascinating!

After reading this book and listening to other medical professionals discuss mitochondria, II’m convinced that this will be an extraordinarily important area of research and treatment in the very near future! it seems that we have barely scratched the surface.

Wow! Easily one of my favourite books on health

Brought to light many of the pieces of the puzzle of health. Bioenergetics are a huge part of many health if not all health conditions. Gotta keep those power houses running well!

Mitochondria Medicine is A Fascinating Approach

I have immensely enjoyed this audio book. It proved that the Mitochondria approach to medicine can be can be relied upon to get patients back on the road to good health and longevity. Thank you Audible.

a wealth of supplement information.

This book will take you to a new level of understanding, it will change your life.

Mitochondrial Explanation

The clear explanation of not only mitochondria and how they work, but methods and diet to increase their efficiency.

Mitochondria; Not just ATP energy generators...

If you're looking to build a house, you don't start building the roof. You start with the foundation, build the rest of the framework from the ground up. Same thing with the human body when it comes to health and wellness. Mitochondria are the foundation of health at a cellular level.

When Mitochondria function optimally, it means the rest of your body and it's metabolism is working as it should. When your metabolism is off, it impacts your Mitochondria and subsequently energy production and overall health and wellness. Its a cyclical relationship and one that we generally don't think of. We tend to think that the Mitochondria just handle their business as part of normal metabolic function.

Unfortunately that's not the case. There are so many factors that go into metabolic function that it would take an entire book to explain them all in detail. This is that book. If you're looking to optimize health, and understand that you build a strong house from the foundation up - this book is essential reading.

The great thing is you don't need a medical degree to understand it either. A basic level of biology, physics and anatomy and physiology is enough to really get a lot of value from this material.

Good info

Little dry at first but very good practical insights throughout this book. I really enjoyed it.

VERY Technical

If you don't know anything about cellular biology or biochemistry, you will likely not understand 75-80% of the material in this book. However, it was still an important book to have heard because it draws very important and useful conclusions and cites very convincing research to support those conclusions. If you are interested in health and would like to learn more about how intertwined mitochondrial issues are to health, this book is worth your time.

Amazing deep dive down a spectacular rabbit hole of science and health

I have thoroughly enjoyed every insight that this book provided. While it answered many questions I had leading into it, it also sparked many more, and I often found myself pausing the book to investigate the very thoughts and ideas that this book created.
Nothing short of an educational adventure in microbiology, biochemistry, and self discovery.