In this Q&A I answer listener questions including: Is there a limit for magnesium absorption in one sitting? How many mg would that be? Solutions for irritable bowel disease? Apparently farmers are finding boxes of ticks - alpha gal, etc concerns? Supplements for kids? Whats been your experience seeing the chiropractor? Natural ways to balance hormones beyond diet and environmental factors? What health product do you wish existed? What do I feed my cats and how do I take care of them?

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by Ryan Parr: www.huemanpictures.com

By popular request after years of interviewing several different women and getting their perspectives on how to create healthy babies, I decided to create a solo show dedicated to the topic. While I don't talk about iron at all in this show, and several other nutrients and supplements that can support a healthy pregnancy, I highlight vitamin K2 and melatonin. I also talk about vitamin E and why fears about pregnant women supplementing it are unfounded, how I view the four fat soluble vitamins, the benefits of zinc for fetal development, and briefly touch on magnesium and shilajit.

If you want to learn the science of why iron deficiency (low serum ferritin) can permanently cause brain damage to your child (I believe i'm in this category), check out episode number 337.

I've helped two families here in northern Idaho create several healthy babies by supplementing all of the Mitolife products. The conventional health system combined with influencers with various agendas (usually the whole food supplement types) have really mudied the waters and confused a lot of mothers. In this show I aim to break the spell that many are under regarding fear around various supplements, specifically exogenous supplemental melatonin while a woman is pregnant and the tremendous benefits that it provides.

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by Ryan Parr: www.huemanpictures.com

Vitamin K2 supports midbrain and pons medulla development:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8774117/

Decline of world IQ:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289607000463

Melatonin research:

https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/4/2058

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0890623824000017?via%3Dihub

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7081745/#CD010527-bbs2-0027

Role of vitamin E in pregnancy: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/76117

Zinc: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021016431

Strap in your seatbelt and buckle up because this is nearly three hour show is an interview that I did with Vanessa Lopez over on her podcast Intentionally Well. She asked many excellent questions and had me break down the nuts and bolts of my CLF Protocol, which stands for calcification, lipofuscin and fibrosis.

I talk about how every DM I get on social media about a rare health condition i've never heard of relates back to one of those three accumulations in the body. I also talked about burnout recovery, my thoughts on peptides, and shared a lot of information that I've never shared before either on interviews or on my solo podcasts.

Vanessa's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intentionally-well/id1646659655

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by Ryan Parr: www.huemanpictures.com

In our fast paced world it is easier than ever to be burned out. High testosterone and motivated individuals like myself are more susceptible to burning the candle at both ends and wearing ourselves thin. In this episode I share what I am doing to recover from three years of unrelenting nonstop stressors. I don't talk about the details of my personal life because people use that as ammunition against me, but you can read between the lines when I talk about my experiences.

For the first half of the show I focus on the scientific studies regarding ascorbic acid (vitamin C), magnesium, zinc, melatonin, and sodium chloride for recovering from burnout and staving off depression, anxiety, and other mental states that can manifest from burnout. I skim over the foundational stuff like going outside and getting sunlight because thats all most people are talking about. I do share why its important to get in enough calories and the liquid meal that I'm consuming when I don't have an appetite.

I talk a little about traditional chinese medicine, why its crucial to restore your Yin energy, and the chinese herbs I'm taking everyday to assist with that. I pay respect to Ray Peat and appreciation of his focus on handling stress using bioenergetics and improving cellular health. Tools that I use are shared including the Apollo Neuro device and the two peptides I'm currently on.

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by Ryan Parr: www.huemanpictures.com

Studies I mentioned:

Vitamin C and the brain: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8783887/

Magnesium and brain function: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/6/1661

Zinc reduces fatigue: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8133867

Low caloric diets increase cortisol:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2895000/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/10253890.2015.1121984

Melatonin protects hippocampus from long term stress: 36162616

I've never heard a podcast on nicotine that I was impressed with because tobacco is usually bashed, or if the podcast is about tobacco it is all about energy and the teacher aspect of the plant. That was the primary inspiration to have this monologue on why I smoke a cigar almost everyday.

I talk about: the antivírál, anti fungal, and neuroprotective effects of cembranoid diterpenes in tobacco and how their mechanism of action differs from nicotine, how tobacco protects us from organophosphates, the controversial research on pregnancy and how smoking tobacco reduces complications, my four top supplements that every smoker should be taking everyday, the multiple ways that melatonin supplementation protects the lungs and vascular system, the cadmium and tobacco connection and which supplement remedies that problem, and much more.

Big tobacco did not sponsor this podcast and I have no affiliate link for cigars, although I share my favorite brands at the end. You are on your own on sourcing them.

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by Ryan Parr: www.huemanpictures.com

The topic of fluoride is a big one so this is just an introductory show about why I personally use it and question the health educators that say nobody should use ever it. Rather than dive into studies in this show, I talk about the advantage of fluorapatite over hydroxyapatite and how utilizing sodium fluoride topically provides all day protection from acid attacks and demineralization of the enamel. I talk about the roles of magnesium and vitamin K2 in regulating oral health, why I chew xylitol gum, my thoughts on Dr Ellie's protocol, and which flosser and toothbrush I use.

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by Ryan Parr: www.huemanpictures.com

In this month's Q&A show, I answer questions in a rapid fire fashion.

Listener questions include: How we keep our animals flea free? What do I recommend for postpartum hair loss? Any updates on my mold situation? Can you take Dissolve It All (Mitolife systemic enzymes) at the same time as other supplements? What are my favorite supplements and practices for liver health? What do I think about peptides? How do you correct a zinc and copper imbalance? What are my biggest regrets in my health journey? Why do I prefer niacinamide over TruNiagen (nicotinamide riboside/NR)? What are the best supplements for a pilot to take?

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by Ryan Parr: https://www.huemanpictures.com

There is a lot of all-or-nothing approaches in the health community on social media and I've noticed that the nuanced conversation around alcohol consumption is no exception. In this episode I talk about what alcohol gets converted into as it travels through our body, how it affects the gut and liver, alcohol's effects on our brain, and how the two enzymes that we use to metabolize it are dependent upon NAD+.

I focus primarily on a multitude of solutions that vary in cost: why I prefer niacinamide to raise NAD, the study that showed how inhaling controlled amounts of carbon dioxide can increase alcohol clearance threefold, the complex relationship between alcohol and melatonin and why I don't agree with all of the internet articles saying to not mix them, how ascorbic acid/vitamin C mitigates many of the effects of alcohol including the changes in brain chemistry, the role of vitamin E in protecting from alcohol consumption, my favorite electrolytes to take before and after drinking, and the genetically modified bacteria shot I take everytime I drink, and why I love the Botanist dry gin.

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by Ryan Parr: www.huemanpictures.com