About Mike Roberto
Metabolic contrarian,
truth-seeker, food rebuilder
I'm Mike Roberto - a 44-year family man and water sports athlete who built a career researching, writing, formulating, and podcasting in the supplement industry. Always "healthy" but never optimal, I eventually figured out what was actually wrong.
Now I'm researching an alternative theory to metabolic health while experimenting with food on 6 acres in Oklahoma. No "gurus", no drugs, no zealotry (well, maybe a little)... just science, curiosity, and a sense of humor about the absurdity of the modern nutrition and pharmaceutical discourse.
The Numbers That Tell the Story
How I Got Here
The short version of my journey from mystery symptoms to metabolic clarity.
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Childhood
A happy and active childhood slowed by eczema, allergies, eye problems, and becoming overweight. I "grew out of" being fat, but the other problems remained. Turns out, the answers were there all along.
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The Injury That Changed Everything
Broke my jaw in 9th grade playing baseball. I switched to water sports - swimming in high school, water polo in college. In hindsight, that injury physically and mentally derailed me for years.
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Finding Paleo
In 2008, Mark Sisson and the paleo movement gave me my first real framework for thinking about food and health. It was a revelation, even if it wasn't the complete answer.
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Building in the Industry
I spent the next 15+ years in supplement industry media and consulting work, learning to decode marketing BS, read studies properly, and help people navigate an increasingly chaotic landscape. We're now expanding in beverage and food.
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The Vitamin A Lightbulb
December 2022, I stumbled onto vitamin A toxicity research. January 3, 2023, I went all in on a low-vitamin-A approach, realizing that society is more toxic than deficient. Thirty-plus years later, I finally understood what had been wrong with me as a kid.
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Years of Iron Overload?
Around this time, I finally got serious bloodwork done, and it showed ferritin through the roof. Suddenly the fatigue, joint issues, and metabolic dysfunction made sense. Started donating blood systematically.
What I Explore
These days, I'm deep in metabolic research and food development, connecting dots between toxin bioaccumulation, nutrient dynamics, drug-free health outcomes, sane supplementation, and how to feed our kids better.
Vitamin A Nuance
Excess retinol / carotene is hazardous, but how much is too much? I focus on vitamin A toxicity, beta-carotene conversion, and what happens when these systems go sideways.
Iron & Copper Dynamics
Tracking my own high-ferritin journey, exploring subclinical iron overload, and understanding how copper and other metals play into the whole metabolic picture.
Metabolic Pollutants
Seed oils, aldehydes, pesticides, and a philosophy of "toxins in moderation" covering everything from alcohol to caffeine to spices to retinol. Context matters.
Food Rebuilding
Recipe experiments, low-vitamin-A meal construction, protein-forward eating, what kids should (and want) to eat, and figuring out how to grow better ingredients on my own land.
N=1 Experiments
Bloodwork breakdowns, dietary interventions, supplement use (only what I personally take), and documenting the metabolic shifts in real time.
Scientific Storytelling
Study walkthroughs, exposing methodological flaws, and explaining complex mechanisms in ways that don't make your eyes glaze over.
Culture & Philosophy
Life as a "Xennial", entrepreneurial reflections, advice to younger versions of myself, and general slightly-higher-IQ contrarian musings in a sub-100 IQ society.
Oklahoma Life
Parenting, property projects, and living a metabolically sane life in the midst of the modern food disaster. We've been mass poisoned... what are we doing about it?
The Long Game
All of this is heading somewhere: toward better foods, better ingredients, and products built around metabolic principles. But we're not rushing it.
Where This Goes
I'm building a personal brand around metabolic health, food experimentation, and scientific storytelling... while getting sunshine and keeping a sense of humor along the way.
The long-term goal is to create better-for-you foods, sauces, and supplements that actually make sense.
Deep Scientific Content
Long-form video deep-dives, study breakdowns, "talk of the town" ramblings, and research essays for people who want to understand the why behind the what.
Real-Time Experimentation
Bloodwork updates, dietary experiments, and transparent documentation of what's working (and what's not) in my own middle-age battle.
A Future Food Brand
This all leads toward building better foods - products designed around lower toxin loads, metabolic intelligence, and higher-quality ingredients. But first, I need to show that the concepts work.
Connect
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Short, witty teaching moments and trending topic breakdowns. Think "old man yells at the [increasingly fake] clouds". This is the growth engine for reaching new people.
Content postings that are more entrepreneurial and business-minded in nature, especially with regards to my work in the supplement, food, and beverage industries.
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