The Benefits of Exercise for Mitochondria

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Exercise does so many great things, especially zone two where you can stimulate the mitochondria. Once the mitochondria get tired, what happens is glycolysis takes over and you start building up lactic acid. But like zone two, what you're talking about is pretty low intensity. So that's what's unbelievable. That's the best Freud stimulating walking.

Dr. Richard Johnson is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, and is a clinician, educator, and researcher. For more than 20 years, he has led research on the cause of obesity and diabetes, with special interest in the role of sugar (especially fructose) and uric acid. His latest book, Nature Wants Us to Be Fat: The Surprising Science Behind Why We Gain Weight and How We Can Prevent—and Reverse—It, is out now.

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