The secret to everything

Remember how I told you how my wife accidentally pulverized my self esteem by pointing out a “thin” patch in my hair?

Well.

I’m not one to sit on my hands, OR to take the advice of professional pill-pushers at face value.

Instead, I went DEEP.

And I don't mean "read a few articles on WebMD" deep.

I mean "staying up until 3 AM reading reddit forums about obscure medical literature" deep.

"Filling my Bookmarks folder with research papers" deep.

"Becoming that guy who corners you at parties to talk about cellular biochemistry" deep.

So I was thrilled to discover Dr. Casey Means' book "Good Energy."

(Look her up. Listen to her book, or her interview with Rogan if you’re short on time.)

So there I am, middle of the night, headphones in, listening to this brilliant Harvard-trained physician turned alt-health firebrand explain how nearly EVERY chronic health condition can be traced back to one thing:

Mitochondrial dysfunction.

These tiny power plants in our cells that generate the energy needed for, well, everything.

And then it hit me like a lightning bolt.

If mitochondrial dysfunction was behind chronic fatigue, inflammation, brain fog...

Could it also be behind HAIR LOSS?

I literally sat up in bed, startling my wife awake.

"What?" she mumbled.

"Mitochondria," I said.

She rolled over and went back to sleep.

But I couldn't sleep. I was connecting dots that I'd never considered before.

According to Dr. Means, our mitochondria become less efficient as we age. They produce less energy and more damaging free radicals. This creates a cycle of cellular dysfunction that affects every system in our body.

Including, I suspected, our hair follicles.

I dove into research papers the next morning, looking specifically at hair follicle biology.

And there it was:

Hair follicles require more energy than almost any other cell in your body. They're constantly dividing, producing proteins, and pushing out new hair.

When the mitochondria in these cells become dysfunctional, the follicles can't maintain normal growth cycles.

Holy crap.

Suddenly, it all made sense why conventional treatments so often disappoint:

• Minoxidil just dilates blood vessels to increase nutrient flow. It doesn't fix the fundamental problem of cellular energy production.

• Finasteride blocks DHT, which can slow follicle miniaturization, but at the cost of potential hormonal side effects (like S3XUAL DYSFUNCTION... no thank you). And it doesn't address the underlying energy deficit.

• Laser caps might temporarily stimulate follicles, but they don't restore mitochondrial function in the long term.

It's like trying to make a car go faster by painting racing stripes on it when the real problem is that the engine is misfiring.

I kept going back to Dr. Means' core message: if you want to fix any chronic condition, you have to support mitochondrial function first.

As she puts it in her book, you need to "take out the mitochondrial trash" and restore cellular energy production.

But how do you do this?

Dr. Means includes “mitochondrial friendly” diet recommendations in her book, but I’ll be honest.

It reads a lot like “here’s the 95% of food you can never eat again” diet advice.

Even when backed by science, it feels discouraging. Borderline impossible.

Was there a way to rev up the engine while still feeding it plain old 85 octane?

The answer is yes, but you’ll have to wait until the next email to find out how.

Hang tight,

Greg