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Health Optimization Medicine Podcast

Health Optimization Medicine Podcast

Hidden Toxicities In Your Cells Are Making You Sick | HOMe Podcast Special Episode

Oct 7, 2026 · 14m

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In this special episode of the Health Optimization Medicine Podcast, Dr. Jup Kuipers, Dr. Ted Achacoso, Dr. Allen Bookatz, and Dr. Scott Sherr discuss how toxicities can build up over time, affect cellular energy production, and eventually show up as problems across different organ systems. The team looks at two clinical cases involving mercury and arsenic exposure, and how symptoms were initially treated as separate problems by different specialists. They discuss why chronic, lower-level exposure can be difficult to identify, how heavy metals can interfere with mitochondrial function, and why looking at the cell may reveal a different picture than looking only at the organ that is showing…