The Health Secrets of Green Tea – EGCG

by John Brisson | May 21, 2025 | Mitochondrial Health, Supplement Recommendations

Many of us have heard or read about the benefits of consuming green tea and how it can improve our health. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the ester of epigallocatechin and gallic acid. EGCG is the primary catechin (fifty percent of the total catechin in green tea)...

Hydroxytyrosol – A Secret to Olive Oil Being Healthy

by John Brisson | May 6, 2025 | Mitochondrial Health

Hydroxytyrosol is a phenolic phytochemical found mainly in olive leaf and extra virgin olive oil. Hydroxytyrosol is found in olives, extra virgin olive oil, and red wine and might be one of their most potent determinants for the recommendation of the Mediterranean...

Resveratrol/Pterostilbene – When to Use to Improve Your Health

by John Brisson | Apr 28, 2025 | Mitochondrial Health

Resveratrol (3,5,4’-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) was one of the first supplements to gain widespread popularity and research in the 1990s. Many controversial claims over the years have been made about the anti-aging effects of the supplement. Initial claims were that...

Fix Your Gut’s Artificial Lighting Information & Recommendations

by John Brisson | Apr 8, 2025 | Mitochondrial Health

Click Here to View a Fix Your Gut YouTube Video about Natural Light (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da6TpIanSM8) One of the greatest inventions of our modern era that is sadly robbing our health is artificial lighting. Artificial lighting is thought to be safer than...

The Vicious Cycle of Poor Gut Health and Stress

by Jason Hooper | Mar 1, 2021 | Awareness and Advocacy, Digestive Health, Magnesium, Mitochondrial Health, Opportunistic Microorganisms

Are you stressed out because of your gut health, or is your gut health causing your stress?  For gut health coaches, this is our version of the chicken or the egg dilemma. How does this cycle begin, and more importantly, how do we end it?  Stress can lead to poor food...

Gadolinium, When a “Harmless” MRI Can Rob You of Your Health

by John Brisson | Apr 11, 2019 | Awareness and Advocacy, Mitochondrial Health, News and Studies

Gadolinium, When a “Harmless” MRI Can Rob You of Your Health or Worse Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is believed to be a safer type of medical imagining. Having an MRI does not expose the patient to excessive X-rays or ionizing radiation from computed...