Look to the Mitochondria When Fatigue is a Primary Complaint

Many patients report fatigue as a major complaint when coming in for office visits. The patient may have other complaints as well, so the fatigue is often overlooked or dismissed as irrelevant or not the central issue. If energy production via the mitochondria is not addressed then the patient will have poorer outcomes. It is now relatively easy to obtain a genetic test to observe the single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs, that impact mitochondrial function. There are multiple factors that impact mitochondrial energy production and this article addresses several of those factors including some of the nutrients that support energy production and the SNPs associated.