Link of the Day: Podcast — Iñigo San Millán, Ph.D.: Mitochondria, exercise, and metabolic health

This is the best podcast I’ve heard in the last year — at least. It was recommended to me by ALTIS Head Coach, Dan Pfaff.

Dr. Millán is brilliant. He’s primarily focused on better understanding the link between mitochondrial health and cancer in his day-to-day research. But his affinity for endurance sports and the implication of further understanding how better mitochondrial health can positively impact performance is an asset for any endurance coach.

Here’s a Millán quote from the podcast:

“What I have been seeing for 25 years, working with elite athletes, is that [Zone 2] is the exercise intensity where I see the biggest improvement in fat burning and the biggest improvement in lactic clearance capacity. Therefore, that means that the mitochondria is where you see the biggest improvement.” — Iñigo  San Millán, Ph.D.

Have a pen and pad ready, if you’re like me, you’re going to be taking a lot of notes.

Enjoy. | jm

PETER ATTIA Podcast #85 with Iñigo San Millán, Ph.D.

#85 – Iñigo San Millán, Ph.D.: Mitochondria, exercise, and metabolic health
Iñigo San Millán, Ph.D interviewed by Peter Attia

View the original info page for this podcast here.


Jonathan J. Marcus