Greg Macpherson, CEO of MitoQ joins Mark Alyn to talk about the mitochondria in our cells and how they have reduced ability to fend damage caused by free radicals as we age. This damage causes our mitochondria to decline in function at a rate of around 10% a decade from our early thirties. This is why we slow down as age and have less energy in general.

If you're over the age of 40 are you getting enough antioxidants? Do the antioxidants you use help fight free radicals and provide energy to your cells? Sure, you take some kind of antioxidant everyday but recent research and studies indicate that our cells loose the ability to fight free radicals as we age.

Greg discusses an antioxidant that is clinically shown to work with the mitochondria providing energy back to the cells and back to life. This process is intricately linked to the aging process and gets progressively worse as we get older. We start to notice the reduction in mitochondrial energy in our forties as our skin cells are affected and we see the effects of less collagen and elastin production. We begin to visibly age and we start to feel a sense of energy loss. This is happening on our inside to our organs as well.

Having lots of healthy functioning mitochondria is really important for our overall health. Researchers have now linked over 200 health conditions to mitochondrial dysfunction and this includes some of the big issues affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world like diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular disease and more.

As our mitochondria begin to deliver less energy to our cells then our cells experience an energy deficit making it increasingly hard for them to get all their jobs done. To add insult to injury, as antioxidant levels deplete and mitochondria-dysfunction progresses, more and more free radicals leak into our cells damaging vital cell components and our DNA.

MitoQ, the first antioxidant formula able to penetrate mitochrondria, is the result of ongoing studies into the impact of mitochondria on the body—especially on health. MitoQ supplements have been developed to help boost the body's natural processes, helping to keep you healthier, younger and more energetic.