
Mikel Anderson's father was a chiropractor, stress analyst, acupuncturist, and formulator who treated high-profile clients across Europe and the United States. As a child, Mikel traveled country to country, watching customized formulas built for each individual — athletes, political figures, business leaders. No two solutions were ever the same. That early exposure shaped his worldview: health isn't generic. It's personal. By his early teens, he was already helping friends in the lab. And he never stopped. Over the next five decades, Mikel would go on to create thousands of formulas and hold the largest portfolio of patents in the world on dosing apparatus systems — designing mechanisms that activate nutrients at the moment of use rather than destroying them during mass production His work didn't just serve consumer brands. When asked to help address malaria and diarrheal disease in remote African villages — where refrigeration and stable supply chains didn't exist — he engineered a "Pharma Blast" delivery system that kept lifesaving medications stable until injection, eliminating the need for cold storage. It was a logistical solution to a humanitarian problem. NanoXtreme was born from something even closer to home. When his teenage son qualified for a professional tennis tournament and suffered an injury days before competition, Mikel did what he had watched his father do his entire life: he built a formula for the person in front of him. That moment — not a market study — became the foundation of his current work in nano-delivery pain relief. In this episode, Mikel shares how growing up in his father's lab, watching custom formulations for elite clients, inspired his belief that health must be personal, not generic, and led to a lifetime developing thousands of targeted delivery systems — from "Pharma Blast" injections that kept medicines stable in remote African villages without refrigeration to NanoXtreme, a nano-delivery pain cream originally created overnight to help his injured son compete in a professional tennis event, alongside a broader conversation on supplements, gut health, nanotechnology, and the evolving legacy he is now passing to his own son. RESOURCES: Learn more about Mikel here: http://nanoxtreme.com Get 10% off NanoXtreme here: https://www.nanoxtreme.com/?ref=TARAGARRISON Instagram: @nanoxtreme_ Get 10% off Peluva minimalist shoe with coupon code COACHTARA here: http://peluva.com/coachtara CHAPTERS: 00:00 — Intro/guest bio begins 02:32 — Peluva ad 04:57 — Supplement industry overview / active ingredients 11:50 — Micro-encapsulation & nanotechnology explained 19:00 — Behind the scenes: cosmetics/luxury brand markup story 24:00 — NanoXtreme: how the pain cream works 28:13 — Mikel's background: growing up in the lab 30:50 — What supplements should people take? (host asks) 34:22 — Importance of gut cleansing before supplementing 34:50 — The son's tennis injury & NanoXtreme's origin 36:49 — Son following in footsteps + Mikel's legacy 37:36 — Deep dive into nanotechnology 42:09 — Pet (dog) pain relief line coming soon 44:29 — Success stories: menopause, insect bites, various uses 46:38 — Where to find NanoXtreme WORK WITH TARA: Are You Looking for Help on Your Wellness Journey? Here's how Tara can help you: TRY TARA'S APP FOR FREE: http://taragarrison.com/app INDIVIDUAL ONLINE COACHING: https://www.taragarrison.com/work-with-me CHECK OUT HIGHER RETREATS: https://www.taragarrison.com/retreats SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram @coachtaragarrison TikTok @coachtaragarrison Facebook @coachtaragarrison Pinterest @coachtaragarrison INSIDE OUT HEALTH PODCAST SPECIAL OFFERS:
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