Deep within the cells of your body, tiny energy producers—mitochondria—may hold the key to recovering from the most confounding chronic diseases and infections.
‘Mitochondrial Dysfunction’ May Be Sign of Healing
Known as the “powerhouses of the cell,” mitochondria’s primary function is to generate the energy necessary to power cells.But scientists such as Dr. Robert Naviaux, who leads the Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center at the University of California–San Diego, have pointed out that the time for thinking of mitochondria only as the powerhouses of the cell has passed.
