Known in the states as Kanna, the indigenous San and Khoi tribes in South Africa call it Sceletium. Rich in alkaloids and orders of magnitude more complex than cannabis, kanna has a very strong effect on the central nervous system and pulls various levers in the body. Ryan Latreille started his company Kanna Extract to create very pure extracts free of pesticides, heavy metals and solvents. He offers different extracts with varying levels of different alkaloids which provides a wide range of eff...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 317
Do you live in an older home or love purchasing cookware from thrift stores? You could be exposed to the heavy metal lead which can increase ADHD and lower IQ. It can also elevate blood pressure and even lead to more serious effects like heart attacks. Eric Ritter created an affordable at-home test called Fluoro-Spec that allows you to become a lead detective and nail down the source in your home. In this interview he shares the history of lead, how social media influencers can easily sensationa...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 316
In this episode I answer questions that listeners sent in. They include: How did I become so successful? I talk about my journey with building my own business and how I started in my parents garage. Eventually I'll record an entire show telling the whole story in depth but I give the short version in this one. How to restore dental health in a breastfeeding mom? What is my blood clot protocol? What is a portable air filter that I like? What is a Mitolife supplement combo equivalent to a prenatal...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 315
Recently there has been a plethora of articles painting the popular supplement methylene blue in a bad light. Some of the claims include: its synthetic so that makes it unsafe, it will stain your brain permanently blue, it will cause excessive serotonin in the brain, and that it could decrease mitochondrial function in people with healthy mitochondria, or that it can inhibit nitric oxide. Dr Scott Sherr, COO of Troscriptions, returns to the show to debunk these arguments using sound science and ...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 314
A cancer diagnosis is a scary thing. It often comes out of nowhere and happens with people that are either living a healthier lifestyle or are close to others that do. Obviously the natural health community is missing pieces of the puzzle. This episode is an addendum to one I recorded four years ago about cancer solutions. I have changed my mind on a lot but also realized that I never explicitly defined what cancer is or where it's located in the previous show. I define what cancer is, exactly w...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 313
Tania Teschke is the author of the Bordeaux Kitchen: An Immersion into French Food and Wine, inspired by ancestral traditions. In this episode she shares her recovery from a vegetarian diet and a ruptured appendix using animal foods and specifically organ meats. She's talks about why farmers markets are important, why she likes clarified butter, strategies to improve the taste of organ meats, how animal broths are the foundation of sauces in French cuisine, her thoughts on wine and alcohol in ge...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 312
When we plug a new electronic device into our home we might think about how many watts it consumes but we never think about whether it could be a source of dirty electricity (DE). DE is created when a device switches power supplies and changes from DC to AC or vice versa with an inverter. It is a high frequency voltage transient that rides along the electrical wiring in your walls and radiates out into the center of the room. BD Erickson of Satic Shield joins us to talk about his research of nea...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 311
If you follow me on social media you may have seen me sporting a double barrel shotgun and opening up some quantum scalar devices to see whats inside of them. You would think that companies would be transparent and show the inner components on their website but they do not. There is a lot of proprietary language and that you just have to believe them that decades of research led to the product being groundbreaking and legitimate. The fact is that all of these scalar emitting and quantum devices ...
Mar 28, 2025•35 min•Ep. 310
You are only as healthy as the environment you live in. From mold exposure to volatile organic compounds to electromagnetic radiation, the list of exposures that our body has to process is extensive. Holding a triple certification from the Building Biology Institute, Brian Johnson is cahgnign the way that we think about home construction. He educates builders and renovators about how to built a home free of harmful chemicals down to using recycled wood blocks instead of polystyrene foam blocks a...
Mar 21, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 309
Candida overgrowth, chronic fatigue, anxiety, multiple chemical sensitivity and electrosensitivity were a few of Elizabeth Wells symptoms that led her to the liver flushing protocol. She realized that the gut cannot heal without the liver involved so she began the practice of liver flushing which involves removing a few things from the diet, taking a stone softener, fasting for half of the day and then drinking epsom salt, olive oil and grapefruit and lemon juice. In this episode she breaks down...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 308
Have you ever wondered how to properly detoxify your body? Do you start with killing off parasites or do you megadose a ton of green powders? Kyle Peche healed himself of major brain fog, food intolerances, skin rashes, chronic fatigue, anxiety, and panic attacks by learning the correct order to detox. In this episode we talk about how he uses hair tissue mineral analysis testing to assess someone's physical and psychological state, how to go about parasite cleansing, why glyphosate is an issue ...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 307
Dr Katie Woodley, integrative holistic veterinarian, joins us to talk about optimal cat health. She exposes the dirty secret of the prescription food industry and why a species appropriate raw food diet is the way to go. She shares tips on how to prevent urinary tract infections, why freeze dried raw food is better than kibble, how to transition your pet off of kibble, why there should be scheduled feeding times, why she likes adding digestive enzymes to cat food, her thoughts on frequency of ph...
Feb 28, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 306
After a long break and many people inquiring about the shows return I feel grounded enough to restart and share my unique perspectives on human health and solutions to modern problems. Unlike other health educators that get stuck in one paradigm of thinking, I have made it part of my ethos to go against the grain. Rogue State of Mind is the new name for my podcast, formally Mitolife Radio, because I have gone rogue and I encourage you to do the same. My NEW overhauled website: www.matt-blackburn...
Feb 21, 2025•28 min•Ep. 305
Most people take the light in their life for granted. People wear dark glasses to block light during the daytime and nothing on their eyes at night. This gives the retina in the eye the signal that night time when its really daytime and that its daytime when its really night time. This small example illustrates how disconnected humans have become with their environment and this circadian mismatch coincides with the rise in neolithic diseases. Dr Alexander Wunsch has been studying the science of ...
Dec 13, 2024•2 hr 29 min•Ep. 304
What happens to our health if the body thinks that its daytime when its nighttime and nighttime when its daytime? Sarah Kleiner shares her experience healing herself of Hashimotos, IBS, skin issues, and birth complications. She talks about out how to optimize leptin and how the benefits of sunlight exposure are more about melatonin and less about vitamin D. She also talks about sunscreen, how long to expose our eyes to the sun in the morning, when the best time of year to use sauna therapy and d...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 302
Matt Maruca, founder of Ra Optics and the Light Diet joins me to talk about the healing power of sunlight and the dangers of artificial light. He shares practical tips that one can integrate when traveling across time zones. He talks about why he likes to eat his biggest meal in the middle of the day, the specific problem with LED lighting, why the smart phone slow motion feature is not accurate to prove flicker rate of healthy bulbs, what the color rendering index means, why we want our indoor ...
Nov 29, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 302
When we think of artificial ultraviolet light we often think of tanning beds. Most are unaware that tanning beds only contain one part of the ultraviolet spectrum, causing cellular harm. The best way to dose ultraviolet light from artificial sources is to mix in some visible red and near infrared light; that is how the sun does it. Kris Sweeting, creator of EMR Tek, was raised with tanning beds in his bedroom since he was five years old. Diagnosed with vitiligo at 3, he committed his teenage yea...
Nov 22, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 301
When is the last time you've looked at the tag on your underwear, pants, shorts, shirts, or jackets? There are literally thousands of things that we can upgrade in our lives to reduce our risk of acquiring a disease and half of the battle is not getting stressed about it and just making small incremental changes month after month. Dan Baird created NADS underwear, an alternative to polyester and synthetic material laden products that doesn't put microplastics, forever chemicals, pesticides, form...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 300
Every once in awhile i'll see a surge of "return to nature" arguments with regards to drinking water. In a recent podcast I heard the guest going as far as to defend tap water, conflating reverse osmosis with distilled water, making the argument that our ancestors didn't filter their water, saying that reverse osmosis causes greying of hair, arsenic is an essential mineral, and other wild claims. Austin Sneller, water filtration expert and creator of Flow Motion Water Systems returns to the show...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 299
When I started studying human health back in 2010 I immediately started not only reading about but taking action on information that I learned about light, water and magnetism. I was grounding myself rod to earth while I slept within the first year of my research. Fast forward to 2024 and i've seen many difference companies pop up from silver embedded clothing that acts as a "floating ground" to energetic pendants you wear around your neck that cost several thousand dollars that claim to structu...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 298
In this solo show I answer listener questions including: What are supplements for irritable bowel disease? What are natural solutions for preventing pre-eclampsia? Recommendations for a high quality bed and mattress? What are my thoughts on enemas? What is the diet of my two cats? How long do I plan on taking zeolite? What are my thoughts on diatomaceous earth for parasite detox? I share my philosophy on human health and why I think the CLF Protocol is a great place to start with improving your ...
Oct 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 297
Bacillus subtilis is a common bacteria that is found in the upper layers of soil, dairy products, and fermented foods. Zack Abbott, co-founder of ZBiotics, genetically modified that strain of bacteria to give it the unique function of converting a form of sugar called sucrose into a unique type of fiber called levan. In this episode he shares his thoughts on why the naturalist approach is not always best for human health, why fiber intake is crucial for optimal health, why he consumes 50-60 gram...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 296
There is a lot of noise on social media about the harms or usefulness of various supplements. Zeolite is one that is constantly under attack with information that always lacks nuance and specificity about the dosage and form of zeolite, whether its powdered, liquid or nano. While a lot of the misinformation was deconstructed in the first show with Jeff Hoyt, owner of Zeolite Labs, in this show the actual proof is provided that the right dosage and the right form of zeolite supplementation can ac...
Oct 11, 2024•2 hr 41 min•Ep. 295
Did you know that the creator of Kelloggs corn flakes had a brother that became obsessed with light therapy? Brian Richards, founder of Sauna Space, joins us to talk about the history of light therapy and how it helped improve his past struggles with insomnia, brain fog and fatigue. We talk about the difference between sunlight and artificial light therapy, the potential dangers of sunlight, the importance of near infrared light, what comes out of your body when you sweat in a sauna, his persona...
Oct 04, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 294
What is homeopathy and where did it start? What is "like cures like", minimum dose and the laws of cure? How do you choose the right potency of a homeopathic remedy? Where should someone begin when working with the twelve tissue salts? Which homeopathic remedies should someone keep in their first aid kit? What is the astrology and homeopathy connection and how do you find which tissue salt is associated with your sun sign? Dr Robert Selig runs a natural health practice out of Chicago and returns...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 293
In this episode I explain not only why I'm moving again but why I've been moving frequently for the past few years. I talk about the 100 acres that I'm moving to soon and what I'm doing to restore an abandoned large underground bunker with a built-in pyramid. I break down my plans for how the tall capstone will be built, talk about pyramid energy and my experience with it, how I'm going to manage the lighting situation, my thoughts on sleeping underground, and the advantage of having geothermal ...
Sep 20, 2024•38 min•Ep. 292
I often see health educators talk down on the need for supplements, going as far as to say they are a waste of money or toxic. While these can be true for lower quality brands that put profit above quality, it is not always true. Nutritional supplements save lives and they're necessary in today's world. In this solo show I break down exactly why supplements are required. People will often defend supplements by only going as far as saying the soils are depleted, but will not go into details, espe...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 290
It seems that every month on social media there is a new boogeyman in the health world, whether its a vitamin, mineral, or a safe substance like zeolite. The caveat to it being safe is found in this podcast with Jeff Hoyt, owner of Zeolite Labs. This is a "Best Of" show repost from earlier this year because I think its really important that this information gets out. I've never heard anyone else explain zeolite like he does, and go beyond theories with actual concrete proof of people detoxifying...
Sep 13, 2024•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 291
Rick Malter is a PhD and a veteran in the space of hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) testing. He was around when it was just getting started and in the early 2000s he decided to retire from his psychology practice and devote all of his time to refining the art and science of HTMA to improve human health. In this episode he talks about Dr Paul Eck and Dr David Watts and their knowledge of Hans Selye's work on stress. He expands on how widespread magnesium deficiency is and how excess copper wre...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 289
When you get deep enough into the natural health world, you learn about heavy hydrogen or deuterium. It is a natural contaminant that builds up in our body over time and stalls the nano motor in our mitochondria called the ATPase. Victor Sagalovsky of Litewater joins us once again to talk about the health benefits of depleting deuterium in the body, not only for disease prevention but also to radically extend human lifespan. He talks about the cancer connection with deuterium, how the Russians d...
Aug 23, 2024•2 hr 54 min•Ep. 288
