Most people have no idea that their mitochondria quietly decline by about one percent every year. By age seventy, half of your cellular energy is gone. That loss is not abstract. It is the reason people feel older, slower, more fragile, more tired, more inflamed, and more susceptible to disease as they age.
The entire aging process is powered by the slow breakdown of mitochondrial function.
Yet almost no one tests their mitochondria.
For the first time ever, that is starting to change.
Mitochondria testing is becoming the new frontier of longevity because it reveals something no blood test, DNA test, stool test, or wearable can show you: the exact point where your cellular energy production is slowing down. These slow points, or “blocks,” occur inside the four major complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. When even one of these slows, ATP output drops, and everything in the body struggles to keep up.
If you have ever felt exhausted for no reason, woken up groggy, crashed after meals, struggled with digestion, hit a wall during workouts, or simply wondered why your body feels “off,” this is often the hidden reason. Mitochondrial dysfunction is far more common than people think. At least half of the population is believed to have some degree of it, yet almost no one knows their mitochondrial status because traditional labs cannot measure it.
This is where a mitochondria test becomes transformative. It lets you see your cellular engine directly and understand what is slowing it down.
What Low Mitochondrial Function Looks Like
People often assume mitochondrial problems are rare. They are not.
Every symptom you can think of relies on mitochondrial energy somewhere in the chain. When your mitochondria struggle, it can appear in different disguises:
• fatigue
• brain fog
• digestive swings
• hormonal flatness
• mood instability
• poor recovery
• cold hands or low thyroid symptoms
• blood sugar issues
• anxiety or stress overload
But behind each one is the same mechanism: not enough ATP.
Your mitochondria power cholesterol transport, thyroid signaling, immune activation, digestive muscle contraction, glucose stabilization, tissue repair, and cognitive clarity. When energy drops, these processes become inefficient. When energy rises, they improve.
This is why mitochondrial dysfunction explains so many different issues at once.
It is one system touching every other system.
A New Category of Mitochondrial Testing
When you test your mitochondrial function, you can see which complex is underperforming, where ATP production is getting blocked, and what your unique mitochondrial pattern is. These patterns are not random. They reflect your genetics, micronutrient status, hormonal environment, stress load, inflammation level, and the way your body has adapted over time.
Once your pattern is clear, the next question becomes obvious:
How do I fix it?
This is where Mitome’s analysis is different from every other platform in the health space. The protocol is not generic. It is not a list of everything that “might help.” And it is not a long explanation of what each biomarker means.
Instead, Mitome uses a proprietary algorithm created by Chris Masterjohn PhD to map your exact mitochondrial bottleneck and determine what your mitochondria need to operate at a higher level. Riboflavin, succinate, coQ10, methylene blue, specific minerals, specific cofactors, targeted nutrients… the algorithm sorts through all of this and determines what is actually relevant to your mitochondrial type.
It gives you a unique plan that is impossible to replicate without knowing your mitochondrial pattern.
This is not a “your results mean X, here is a list of supplements.”
This is a blueprint of your mitochondria.
When you slow mitochondrial decline, you slow aging.
When you reverse the decline, you change your health trajectory.
And when you get your mitochondria operating above optimal levels, your body becomes noticeably more resilient. Energy comes back. Mood stabilizes. Digestion regulates. Recovery improves. Sleep deepens. Stress tolerance strengthens. The entire system recalibrates.
This is why mitochondrial testing is not just a new test.
It is a new category of testing.
Personalized Analysis Matters
To understand how dramatic this can be, consider the story of a Mitome user named Matt B. For years, he lived with deep fatigue, emotional heaviness, and mental fog that never lifted.
His mitochondria test revealed severe dysfunction he never knew he had.
After following the personalized protocol built from his mitochondrial pattern, he wrote:
“...Almost overnight, I experienced a complete cessation of the negative emotional states I had lived with for so long – depression, anxiety, and mental fatigue simply stoped. Since that moment, any experience of mental or physical discomfort feels more like an observation than a struggle. This shift has made it much easier for me to relax and stay centered- something that used to be incredibly difficult. Mitome’s help has been instrumental in restorying my vitalit - and for that, I truly thank them.”
This is what happens when you fix the root block in your mitochondrial complexes.
Everything upstream finally has the energy to function.
Supporting Mitochondrial Health at Home
Even before someone tests, there are foundational habits that strengthen mitochondrial health. Mitochondria need steady micronutrients, stable energy inputs, and adequate support for ATP recycling.
For anyone trying to strengthen their mitochondrial health, the most effective strategy is building a diet that’s dense in micronutrients.
A powerful daily combination includes one to two ounces of liver, one clam, one oyster, and one tablespoon of nutritional yeast. This delivers B vitamins for electron transport, copper and iron for oxidative metabolism, zinc for antioxidant enzymes, amino acids for repair, and vitamin A precursors for immune function.
Creatine is another key tool. It supports ATP buffering and recycling, helping maintain brain and muscle performance as mitochondrial efficiency naturally declines with age.
Red and near infrared light also improve mitochondrial function by stimulating cytochrome c oxidase, one of the core respiratory chain enzymes involved in ATP production.
These tools work for general support, but personalized support only comes from knowing your mitochondrial pattern.
How Mitome Is Different From Every Other Test
Most products marketed as a “mitochondria test” are not measuring mitochondrial function. They are measuring hormones, micronutrients, stool markers, or indirect proxies.
Mitome is the only at-home test that measures respiratory chain activity directly and gives you a personalized analysis based on those results.
Here is what makes it unique:
1. Direct measurement of mitochondrial complexes.
Not blood markers. Not DNA. Actual function.
2. Personalized mitochondrial pattern analysis.
You receive a pattern based on your respiratory chain activity, not generic scores or recommendations.
3. Pattern-specific protocols created from decades of research.
Your recommendations depend on the exact bottleneck identified.
4. More accurate than DNA or metabolomics for ATP related symptoms.
DNA shows risk. Metabolomics shows hints. Mitome shows the function itself.
5. Proprietary, patent pending analysis developed by Chris Masterjohn PhD.
Based on extensive cross referencing with metabolomics, whole genome sequencing, and real client outcomes. Mitome is the result of decades of ground-breaking research and significant investment in mitochondrial science.
6. Avoids ineffective or harmful supplements.
For example, methylene blue can help some patterns and harm others. Methylene Blue would hurt energy metabolism if there's not a block there that it is fixing. Mitome prevents the guesswork and tells you what you need.
This is the first mitochondrial health test designed for personalized, actionable results.
The Future of Health Starts With Your Mitochondria
Most people are trying to fix symptoms at the surface without ever looking at their actual energy system. A mitochondria test flips the model. Instead of treating the dominoes, you stabilize the source of the chain reaction.
This is why mitochondrial testing is becoming the foundation of modern longevity. It is precise, actionable, science driven, and tailored to your biology.
When you know your mitochondrial pattern, you know how to slow your yearly mitochondrial decline, how to support the exact complexes that need help, and how to optimize your trajectory for the next decade, not just the next week.
And once your mitochondria function better, everything else follows.
Want to learn the first step to improving mitochondrial function?
All health begins with cellular energy. When your mitochondria underperform, everything else underperforms with them.
A mitochondria test like Mitome gives you a direct look at how your respiratory chain is functioning and reveals the specific bottleneck limiting your ATP production. This creates a personalized roadmap for improving your energy, resilience, and long term health.
If you want to understand your body at the deepest level, start with the system that powers it.
Measure your mitochondrial health directly at mito.me.
