164. Why You’re Tired, Cell Danger Response, Caffeine and Your Brain, and Building Energy with Ari Whitten

Ancient Health Podcast

Medicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Ari Whitten is an energy researcher and pioneer. In this episode, he describes the mechanisms of energy production and how various factors like sleep, viral load, circadian patterns, and nutrition, all impact the cell’s innate response to produce energy. Ari shares what supplements, vitamins, and herbals are his favorites for supporting healthy and balanced energy, and how to learn more by connecting with his resources.

3:36 Ari’s history with EBV and personal journey
9:55 Cell danger response
15:35 What causes the energy production in your cells to shut down
23:10 Gut-mitochondrial axis
24:45 Caffeine and its impact on energy levels
27:43 Neurotransmitters and caffeine
36:08 Light and nutritional inputs for circadian rhythms 39:20 Melatonin and mitochondrial damage
52:36 Ellagic Acid from phytonutrients 56:10 Rhodiola Rosea for fatigue
57:09 Hormesis
59:24 Athletic performance and Astaxanthin
1:06:40 Supplement review

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0:00.0	I'm actually shocked at how little awareness there is around the actual research on this
0:07.7	topic of caffeine and energy levels.
0:11.7	Caffeine is the most widely consumed drug in existence, and this is not to say that I
0:17.0	don't consume it sometimes, I do.
0:19.6	And I'm not just to let people know, I'm not anti caffeine.
0:24.3	But I am pro using caffeine in a smart, intelligent way that doesn't lead to harmful results, that
0:30.9	isn't counterproductive.
0:32.3	And most people are using it in a totally counterproductive way.
0:36.6	And the reason why is because they're being sort of tricked by the caffeine.
0:40.9	Caffeine is this insidious sort of thing where it actually, I'm anthropomorphizing it a
0:47.4	little bit, it doesn't actually have devious intentions, but the fact that it has is
0:51.8	that it fools us into thinking that it's giving us energy when it's actually not.
0:57.5	Well, do we have your attention?
0:59.5	If you are white knuckling that cup of coffee, it's okay.
1:02.8	You don't have to worry.
1:03.8	We are not going to tell you that it is no longer a part of your life.
1:08.1	But what we will tell you on this podcast is that if you are experiencing fatigue, if
1:12.4	you are tired throughout the day, this is something you're going to want to listen
1:15.1	to.
1:16.1	Dr. Motley has an incredible conversation with Ari Witten.
1:18.8	He's a pioneer in the space of mitochondria and energy production on a cell level.
1:24.7	So if you experience bouts of fatigue or you find that you're hitting a slump during
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