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🔋 Why Your Body Feels Like It’s Running on Low Battery Mode (And It’s Not Your Age)
🔋 Why Your Body Feels Like It’s Running on Low Battery Mode (And It’s Not Your Age)
If coffee stopped working…If sleep doesn’t feel restorative…If fat loss feels harder every year…
It's not age related and there is a fix...
Here’s the functional medicine truth most people never hear 👇
Your energy, hormones, metabolism, brain clarity, and immune system are all downstream of mitochondria — the tiny energy engines inside every cell.
When mitochondria are stressed, your body flips into energy conservation mode:
• fatigue• brain fog
• poor workout recovery
• sugar + caffeine dependence
• stubborn weight
• “normal labs” but you still feel off
Now here’s where it gets interesting...
đź‘€Over 70% of immune signaling starts in the gut, and immune stress directly drains mitochondrial output.
So the real cascade looks like this:
Gut → Immune System → Mitochondria → Hormones → Brain → Metabolism
That’s why chasing one symptom at a time never works.The system always wins.
đźš© Signs your mitochondria may be struggling:
• afternoon crashes
• feeling “wired but tired”
• slow recovery after workouts
• cold intolerance
• bloating + inflammation• weight loss resistance despite “doing everything right”
And yes — labs can look “fine” while your cells are underpowered.
There are no "labs" to look at mitochondria as a whole. Since each cell has it's own... you would have to check the functionality of every type of cell in your body....
🧬 The Functional Medicine Fix (Foundational, Not Fancy)
When we support cellular energy, we focus on systems, not single supplements.
Foundational mito-gut support often includes:
• Magnesium (ATP + nervous system support)
• CoQ10 / Ubiquinol (direct mitochondrial fuel)
• Acetyl-L-Carnitine (fat → energy transport)
• Gut barrier support (glutamine, zinc carnosine)
• Polyphenols (mitochondrial resilience + inflammation control)
This is why supplement “randomization” fails.
đź“Ą NEXT STEP
I dropped a Cellular Energy Reset Guide in the classroom that walks through:
• how to tell which system is draining your energy
• when supplements help vs hurt•
my vetted Fullscript stack (no Amazon roulette 🎰)
👉 Check the Classroom tab to access it and other Free Courses
— Courtney
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🔋 Why Your Body Feels Like It’s Running on Low Battery Mode (And It’s Not Your Age)
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