2 hours 41 minutes | Thursday, 2 July 2026
The Mitochondria Scientist Dr Martin Picard reveals why stress is secretly burning 60% of your daily energy, the science behind reversing grey hair, and why your mitochondria - not your genes - determine how fast you age!
Dr Martin Picard is a Professor of Behavioral Medicine and Director of the Mitochondrial Psychobiology Group, who specialises in how stress, emotions and lived experiences affect your mitochondria. He recently published the world's first map of mitochondria in the human brain and is also the author of the upcoming book, ‘Energy’.
He explains:
◼️Why depression is really an energy problem, not just in your head
◼️Why eating more food won't give you more energy, and what actually will
◼️How training for a marathon can double the mitochondria in your muscles
◼️Why people with a strong sense of purpose have more powerful mitochondria
◼️Why cancer cells abandon their mitochondria, and what it means for treating them
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