The TRUTH About What's *Really* Causing Your Fatigue & The "Root Cause" Protocol to Fix It, With Morley Robbins.

Ben Greenfield (0:00)

My name is Ben Greenfield, and on this episode of the Boundless Life podcast.

Morley Robbins (0:05)

This is a very powerful triad in our body that keeps all the pathogens at bay, keeps the iron in regulation. We are endowed naturally with these mechanisms, but they're not taught in mainstream medical education.

Ben Greenfield (0:21)

Welcome to the Boundless Life with me, your host, Ben Greenfield. I'm a personal trainer, exercise physiologist and nutritionist, and I'm passionate about helping you discover unparalleled levels of health, fitness, longevity and beyond.

In this episode with Morley Robbins, which was super eye-opening, we talk about the massive myth behind anemia and what really causes it, the surge of copper deficiency and what you can do about it, Morley's Root Cause Protocol. And for anybody who struggles with fatigue, chronic fatigue, tiredness, low energy, this one's a must-listen. Show notes are at bengreenfieldlife.com/root cause. Let's dive in. I've known about today's podcast guests for quite some time. I never had them on the show. Morley Robbins used to be, maybe still is known as the Magnesium Man, but perhaps more popularly of late, he is the creator and the founder of something called The Root Cause Protocol. And even wrote this brand new book that I just got my hands on and just finished reading called Cure Your Fatigue. Notice how the CU in Cure, if you're watching the video, is the periodic table of the elements signed for copper, which is a big part of this whole Root Cause Protocol, and maybe how I got kind of interested in it in the first place. But Morley has a pretty cool backstory in terms of how he got into all this after getting his degree in biology and he's in wellness coaching, he's in nutrition counseling, functional diagnostic nutrition, and has written this incredible book that I think might have some surprises in it for people who are accustomed to the standard ho-hum health and nutrition advice out there. So all the show notes, including a link to Morley's book and website, I'll put it bengreenfieldlife.com/root cause, bengreenfieldlife.com/root cause. Morley, welcome. It's been a long time coming.

Morley Robbins (2:32)

Absolutely. Well, thank you for the opportunity. I'm looking forward to our discussion.

Ben Greenfield (2:35)

Yeah, absolutely. And from what I understand, I stalked you a little bit, a little bit. You used to be like a hospital executive?

Morley Robbins (2:44)

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

Ben Greenfield (2:46)

Okay, so how'd you go from that to this?

Morley Robbins (2:50)

Well, I grew up in a very sickly family. Everyone has a backstory. And my mom was an alcoholic. My dad was manic depressive with schizophrenia. And my sister became a nurse, so I was supposed to become the doctor. Until I got to college and found out, wow, this is a lot of work.

I still applied to schools, but there was very little chance I was going to get in, given the competitive nature of it. But if you can't become a doctor, you go into hospital management, because it's just a natural progression. And so I chose to do that. And I worked for hospitals for about 12 years. And then worked in consulting firms for 20 years, solving bigger and more complicated problems within the hospital field. And it was a phenomenal 32-year career. And then I developed what's called frozen shoulder. I couldn't pick my hand up above my waist.

Ben Greenfield (3:51)

Yeah, I've had a little bit of that from tennis, but it went away pretty quickly.

Morley Robbins (3:56)

No, this didn't go away. I was miserable. And I went to a health food store that I had frequented for many years in the Chicago area. And they told me to go see Dr. Liz. And I put up my hands and I said, I don't do witchcraft because I knew that meant chiropractor. And they sold me some supplements. They didn't do anything. I came back a couple of months later.

Ben Greenfield (4:19)

Not that we want to throw all chiropractic medicine under the bus, but that does happen sometimes.

Morley Robbins (4:24)

Well, no, what belongs to us sure is Dr. Liz is now my wife.

She healed my shoulder by correcting the pterygoid muscle in my jaw. From the inside, I might add, it was a very painful experience, but as she pressed, my arm went up. It was as close to a miracle as I'd ever been. And what really got me into this work that was, she used a phrase I'd never heard in 32 years of working in hospitals. She talked about the innate healer, the healer within. And I looked at her, I didn't say anything. I thought to myself, if there's an innate healer, I want to find out who that is. Why do we have millions of doctors around the world if there's a healer within? And that's really what the book is about. I think that bioavailable copper and the way we present it in the Root Cause Protocol is in fact the mechanism to activate the innate healer.