A Brand New, At-Home Way To Accurately Test Your Mitochondrial Health & Efficiency (Your Doctor Probably HASN'T Heard Of This!) With Dr. Hemal Patel

Ben Greenfield

Jan 25, 2025

Episode description

I recently discovered that there is actually an accurate method of figuring out how healthy your mitochondria are.

It's called "mescreen," and it is based on groundbreaking research that allows you to assess mitochondrial function through a simple at-home blood test. Mescreen decodes your cellular performance to unlock the peak potential for optimal living. This is more than guesswork, it's the first-of-its-kind, precision pathway to discover your vitality based on your mitochondrial efficiency.

Dr. Hemal Patel, my guest on this show, is a tenured professor and vice-chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California, San Diego, and has a dual appointment as a VA research career scientist and VA research pharmacologist at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. He is also the chief scientific advisor for Verséa Discovery (the creators of mescreen). He obtained his Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology from the Medical College of Wisconsin and did postdoctoral work at UCSD in the Department of Pharmacology under Paul Insel (2002–2005).

He has made seminal contributions in shaping new investigation areas on defining the impact of membrane structure on cell, organ, and organismal physiology and metabolism with implications for cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury, heart failure, diabetic cardiomyopathy, aging, pulmonary hypertension, cancer, and neurodegeneration. His focus on energetics in cell biology touches upon all these and is a control point for managing and empowering human health resilience.

Full show notes: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/mescreenpodcast

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Episode description

I recently discovered that there is actually an accurate method of figuring out how healthy your mitochondria are.

Full show notes: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/mescreenpodcast

Episode Sponsors:

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