I am back today with one of my favorite people to talk to, Ari Whitten. And today we’re talking about how to eat for energy, beat fatigue, supercharge your mitochondria, and unlock all-day energy. And as always with Ari, this is a very, very informative, fact-packed episode. He’s the founder of The Energy Blueprint, which is a comprehensive lifestyle and supplement program that has helped more than two million people and counting experience better health, better performance, and more energy. He’s also the best-selling author of “The Ultimate Guide To Red Light Therapy,” and the host of his own popular “The Energy Blueprint Podcast,” which I have been on and enjoyed as well.
In this episode, we go deep on things like real root causes of fatigue, what to understand if you ever feel fatigued and why the real causes of fatigue are often overlooked. He talks about why the idea of adrenal fatigue falls short, how nutrition and circadian function are interlinked and how to optimize them and the way body composition relates to energy. He also shared the real reason excess body fat causes problems by creating a pro-inflammatory response, the real reasons we’re seeing a rise in obesity and how we can reverse it. As always, I learn so much from Ari, so much great information in this episode and I hope you enjoy!
Episode Highlights With Ari Whitten
- The “woo” stuff Ari has researched and uses in his personal life
- Real roots and causes of fatigue and what to understand if you feel fatigued
- Why the real causes of fatigue are often overlooked
- The research that led him to know more than anyone on the planet about fatigue
- His own story with fatigue and what he learned
- Why the idea of adrenal fatigue falls short and what to understand instead
- How nutrition and circadian function are interlinked and how to optimize these
- The way body composition relates to energy
- The real reason excess body fat causes problems by creating a pro inflammatory response
- Foods that are directly pro inflammatory
- Key reasons we are seeing a rise in obesity and how we can reverse this
- Practical shifts to make that make a big difference in body composition
- Why it isn’t about carbs and fats and the important key to understand
- The importance of protein for fat loss and energy
- Understanding flux and how this relates to fat loss
- How to sync your central clock in your brain to peripheral clocks in the body for optimal energy
- Why your body clocks and circadian rhythms are responsive to food and how to use this to your advantage
- His top supplements and superfoods for improving energy
- One simple shift that can improve sleep by 39%
- His top supplement recommendation for mood issues and depression (it might surprise you)
Resources We Mention
- Eat for Energy by Ari Whitten
- Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gabor Mate and Gordon Neufeld
- Reginald Ray books
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