Dr. Carolyn Dean — MD, ND, and author of The Magnesium Miracle — has spent 50+ years connecting mineral deficiency to chronic illness. In this episode, she breaks down why magnesium is the foundation everything else is built on, what the biohacking world is missing, and how her Maui study reversed biological aging by an average of four years in six months.

In this episode:

• Why 80% of people are likely magnesium deficient — and don't know it
• How magnesium powers ATP production and mitochondrial function (and what that means for dementia risk)
• The difference between magnesium forms and why bioavailability is the key variable
• Results from the Maui Reset Study: 4 years of biological age reversal in 6 months
• The real cause of heart disease — and why cholesterol is not the villain
• How sugar blocks vitamin C absorption at the cellular level
• Why high-dose vitamin D without magnesium may be making things worse
• The FDA's 99 mg potassium cap — and how to work around it intelligently
• What the RDAs were actually designed to do (and it's not optimize your health)

Guest resources:

• drcarolyndean.com — education, podcast, and free resources
• rnareset.com — Dr. Dean's supplement store
• Live stream every Monday at 7 PM Eastern on YouTube
• The Magnesium Miracle (updated edition) — condition-indexed reference guide

"If you don't have enough magnesium, you're going around trying to treat the symptoms of magnesium deficiency with ashwagandha and NAC and creatine — and missing the whole point." — Dr. Carolyn Dean