In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Warren Cargal explains mitochondria and why they are the key to health and longevity.
Warren Cargal is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and clinic director at Acupuncture Atlanta, and has practiced Chinese medicine for over 20 years.
Warren’s interest is in the integration of classical Chinese medicine with modern scientific study and evidence-based protocols. He recognized three fundamental factors that drive aging and the age-related diseases of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neuro-degenerative diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s.
He is the author of, Your Mitochondria: Key to Health and Longevity, which presents approaches for correcting these three factors to reverse age-related diseases.
Main Questions Asked about mitochondria and health:
What are the mitochondria? What do they do for us?
How are mitochondria a fundamentally huge part of people’s health issues?
Why are sleep and fasting important for mitochondrial health?
What can we do to make our mitochondria healthier, and prevent these age-related diseases like heart disease, and diabetes and neuro-degenerative diseases?
What are the signs and symptoms of probable mitochondrial dysfunction?
What role does DNA play?
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