The Energy Blueprint Podcast

Did you know that, in the United States alone, one in two women and one in four men over the age of 50 will have a fracture due to osteoporosis?  And if this happens to be a hip fracture, 24% will die within a year due to complications, while an even higher percentage will never be independent again.  The most unfortunate part is that conventional doctors typically just prescribe vitamin D, calciu...

Dr. Izabella Wentz is a renowned pharmacist focused on thyroid health. In this episode, she reveals a shocking pattern: about 90% of people with Hashimoto's have alterations in how much cortisol they release throughout the day.  They struggle with brain fog, chronic fatigue, and sleep issues—tired all day, wired at night—even when they're on thyroid medications. She's discovered something fascinat...

In this episode, Dr. Bonnie Kaplan shares a statistic that should stop everyone in their tracks: 50% of people will be diagnosed with a mental disorder at some point in their lifetime. When she was a kid in the 1950s, that rate was 1% or less. As a professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and co-author of The Better Brain, Dr. Kaplan has spent decades researching what went wrong. She shares...

This interview took place on a historic day: the FDA removed the black box warning for HRT (hormone replacement therapy) after 20 years. My guest, Dr. Mariza Snyder, author of The Perimenopause Revolution, explains why this matters and why women have been suffering needlessly for decades while doctors dismissed their symptoms as "just aging" or "just stress." Perimenopause is the 4 to 10-year tran...

In this episode with Dr. John Lieurance, he drops a bombshell in the first few minutes: "I take hundreds of milligrams [of melatonin] every night, and I've gone through months and months of taking it religiously."  While most melatonin supplements contain a dose of 0.3 to 3 milligrams, Dr. Lieurance has 30 years of clinical experience and, during our conversation, shares his unorthodox but largely...

In this episode, Dr. Chris Masterjohn cuts through the noise with his refreshingly practical approach to nutrition for your mitochondria. He exposes supplement industry myths and explains why your mitochondria need more than just CoQ10 and alpha-lipoic acid. Plus, his insights into how your brain regulates energy metabolism will completely shift how you think about fatigue. Whether you're dealing...

What if curing cancer and heart disease wouldn't actually extend human lifespan by much? It sounds crazy, but this concept opens the door to my conversation with Dr. Greg Kelly, Director of Product Development at Neurohacker Collective and author of Shape Shift.  The reason is simpler than you think: most people would still die in their mid-80s from accumulated cellular damage and "dying of old ag...

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Dale Bredesen about the root causes of cognitive decline and how to prevent and reverse them.

What if your mitochondria aren't broken, but rather stuck in defense mode? What if chronic illness isn't about damaged cells, but about cells that can't sense safety anymore? Dr. Eric Gordon has spent over 40 years in the trenches of complex chronic illness, working with thousands of patients who didn't fit into conventional medicine's boxes. He's one of the deepest thinkers in functional medicine...

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Eric Balcavage, who is a renowned thyroid health expert and author of the  Thyroid Debacle . He also lectures around the country on various health topics including stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine, thyroid dysfunction, methylation dysfunction, and more. 

In this episode, I'm speaking with Rome Za, a movement specialist, Jiu-Jitsu athlete, father, and founder of the Rome Za method, a breathwork-based way to transform your nervous system. In this podcast, Rome and I discuss: His fascinating and sometimes very intense childhood, including an early brush with death  The one factor we should focus on for nervous system healing before supplements or eve...

The key to longevity, energy, and metabolic health isn't found in your heart, liver, or brain…but in your muscles. Amazingly, your muscles make up the largest organ system in your body and, importantly, the primary home of your mitochondria. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a fellowship-trained physician in nutritional science and geriatrics who is revolutionizing our understanding of muscle as the organ of...

What if the popular narrative about trauma is incomplete? What if trauma isn't just a psychological phenomenon, but a fundamentally biological process that gets encoded in your cells, mitochondria, and nervous system? Dr. Aimie Apigian is a double board-certified physician in preventive and addiction medicine who's revolutionizing how we understand and treat trauma.  Her groundbreaking new book, "...

In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. James Chestnut who is a  doctor of chiropractic. He holds a bachelor of Physical Education and a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology specializing in neuromuscular adaptation. He holds a postgraduate certification in evidence-based chiropractic and lifestyle protocols. He has authored five books including his latest book  Live Right for Your Species Type...

In this episode, I'm speaking with Dr. Heather Sandison, a naturopathic doctor, published researcher, and the author of a new book you'll definitely want to read, Reversing Alzheimer's: The New Toolkit to Improve Cognition and Protect Brain Health. Dr. Sandison's work is extraordinary in many ways, but, in my opinion, one of her most impressive achievements is creating Marama Memory Care, the firs...

In this episode, I'm speaking with Børge Fagerli, creator of an innovative and highly efficient resistance training method called Myo-Reps, which is a way to create 80% of the results in a fraction of the time.    Børge has spent over 25 years as a fitness coach and is known for his evidence-based approaches to nutrition, training, mindset, and lifestyle optimization. We became friends about 10 ye...

In this episode, Dr. Mike T. Nelson pulls back the curtain on some common keto myths, including how it's connected to fat loss, athletic performance, and even ancestral eating patterns. You might be surprised to learn that smart athletes will do anything to win—except go keto. In this myth-busting conversation, you'll discover why the high-fat-eating Inuit peoples probably weren't in ketosis, how...

Did you know your mitochondria produce your body weight in ATP every single day? Dr. Michael Murray reveals why most people's "dimmer switch" is turned down and how flavonoids can actually repair damaged mitochondria, something once thought impossible. In this paradigm-shifting conversation, you'll discover why 80% of female endurance athletes are iron deficient, how nature designed a brilliant sy...

Could your gut bacteria be producing toxins that poison your mitochondria? Dr. Jason Hawrelak, one of the world's leading microbiome researchers, reveals how specific bacterial imbalances directly sabotage your energy production. In this in-depth conversation, you'll discover why probiotics don't colonize your gut, why strain specificity matters more than you think, and why prebiotics are actually...

Your mitochondria and responses to stress are more connected than you think.  In this episode, Dr. Scott Sherr is back to tell us about why 94% of US adults have mitochondrial dysfunction and how chronic stress and inflammation deplete GABA, your brain's primary calming neurotransmitter. We also discuss why methylene blue has exploded from an obscure mitochondrial enhancer to a controversial bioha...

We've created a culture that fears adversity, but what if that's the wrong approach?  In this episode, Dr. Keesha Ewers explains why post-traumatic growth, not comfort, creates robust mitochondrial health and resilient humans.  Her personal journey from autoimmune disease to vibrant health will inspire your own transformation and help you understand the mind-mitochondria connection. This episode w...

In this fascinating episode, I'm speaking with inventor and researcher Alex Tarnava, who developed the first effective-dose molecular hydrogen supplement to address a crippling mystery illness that suddenly destroyed his once highly active life. Our conversation reveals how initially skeptical we both were about the effectiveness of molecular hydrogen! While I'm extremely excited to offer  Molecul...

In this episode, I'm speaking with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine®, about her new book, Forever Strong.    I believe Dr. Lyon's message is so crucial that I bought her book for myself and my parents—this episode is a must-listen!   In this podcast, Dr. Lyon and I discuss: The completely overlooked driver of cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, and...

In this episode, I'm speaking with Steven Sashen, who founded minimalist shoe company Xero Shoes with his wife Lena Phoenix in 2009. His philosophy? Modern footwear is actively hurting you.  In this discussion (which was so fun and informative thanks to Steven's lighthearted approach to his work), we explore what the shoe industry has been hiding about arch support, cushioning, and elevated heels,...

  In this episode, I'm excited to welcome Dr. Mel Hopper Koppelman back for the third time! Today, we continue our conversation on the overlooked importance of brain development but go on to explore heart rate variability (and how it can easily be misinterpreted), Polyvagal Theory, and her fascinating, physics-based thoughts on how our heart rate variability connects us to the universe! In this po...