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Mitochondrial Resilience Educational Series

Three Systems That Program Health and Mitochondrial Resilience Before Birth

November 12, 2026 Time: 3 - 4:15 pm · PT

The Maternal Gut–Placenta–Mitochondria Connection: Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with many of the chronic conditions clinicians manage in adult care. Yet mitochondrial vulnerability may begin much earlier.

For Healthcare Practitioners Only.

Mitochondrial Resilience Educational Series

November 12 Webinar

Learning Objectives

What practitioners will take away from The Maternal Gut–Placenta–Mitochondria Connection

01

Understand how the maternal gut microbiome and its metabolites influence placental and mitochondrial function through inflammatory and nutrient signaling.

02

Recognize the placenta as a critical mitochondrial environment and explore how placental mitochondrial dysfunction relates to preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, and later maternal hypertension and cardiovascular risk.

03

Understand how mitochondrial vulnerability during pregnancy may shape longer-term health trajectories, with implications extending beyond pregnancy and across generations.

Presenters

Meet the Speakers

Two clinical and scientific leaders guiding this educational series.

Emily

Emily Stone Rydbom, MDH, BCHN, CNP

Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Clinical Nutrition Consultant & Scientific Advisor

Emily Stone Rydbom is nationally recognized for her work applying functional and precision nutrition to chronic disease, pediatric care, and maternal wellness. She has authored peer-reviewed publications, served as co-principal investigator on three clinical studies, and co-founded a clinically validated model integrating obstetric care with perinatal nutrition to improve pregnancy outcomes and health across generations. Her work brings together nutrition science, genomics, digital health, and implementation research to advance personalized nutrition in clinical practice.

Lisa

Lisa Portera, DC, FMCP

Director of Clinical Education & Research, Researched Nutritionals®

Lisa Portera, DC, FMCP is the Director of Clinical Education and Research at Researched Nutritionals®. Lisa brings over 30 years of clinical experience as an integrative chiropractor and Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, along with more than two decades of teaching Functional Medicine. She serves as senior faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine, mentors military physicians through the Department of Defense, and has been adjunct faculty at Bastyr University California for over a decade.