“May you live in interesting times…” With the summer receding, we find ourselves at a seminal crossroads because things are not working out as planned nor expected. Instead, we find ourselves in a blame game as the science continues to evolve, showing a much more complicated, nuanced and dynamic scenario than the simple solution policy makers […]
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Today’s vlog is a physiology/metabolism lesson; just a simple, non-debated fact of RNA biology which is critical to know to empower YOU to move forward through this current mess. But first, let’s frame the discussion with some context:Lack of Information Leads to Doubt and FearThroughout this messy and evolving situation we have found ourselves in, […]
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I’d like to get you out of your comfort zone with this vlog. In these times where the undertone of fear is a constant, we all need to be shook up and get our heads pulled out of whatever hole of rigid thoughts we have buried it in. In doing so we can learn something […]
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Celebrating our Country’s Independence this 4th of July is the perfect opportunity to get YOU thinking about Metabolic Freedom.I’ve been saying for a while, “We need a Revolution, just not what we’ve seen played out over the past year.” Why? Because when you look at these events, whether it was the BLM riots or the […]
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In the previous post, (How & Why OFM Actually Enhances Carbohydrate Metabolism), I dove into why optimizing fat metabolism enhances carbohydrate utilization, but guess what! It goes the other way too! Carbs & sugars, used strategically, can actually improve your fat metabolism. Used chronically, however, in the way the conventional sports nutrition world recommends carbs, has […]
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As I’ve been saying since the start of this COVID debacle, COVID really is a HUGE wakeup call to higher health. And with a year under our belt, the data makes it clear how metabolic health is THE key driver… like heart disease, like diabetes, like cancer, we keep coming up with these band aid […]
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I’d like to bust a myth that prevents you from achieving your potential: that anecdotal experience is trumped by ‘science’. Anecdotal is not the pejorative the experts and their followers make it out to be. Anecdotal is YOUR experience and if you experienced it, it is real. What that experience means is where the learning […]
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As athletes, I don’t need to convince you ‘Normal’ is pretty pathetic when it comes to health, performance and longevity. You don’t want to be ‘Normal’. You want to be better than ‘Normal’. This is part of today’s exercise in overcoming our subconscious mental hurdles. If you are a fat adapted athlete, I want you to […]
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I want to start myth busting by breaking through the binary thinking that is pervasive in today’s culture. Once again, we’ve been ‘Sold & Told’ soundbites of information that gets us to ‘react’ instead of think. This is by design. It is convenient; convenient for us in our time constrained world and convenient for the […]
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Today I want to introduce the concept of ‘Metabolic Freedom’ . . . You hear a lot these days about ‘Metabolic Flexibility’. It is that next level or step in the journey of Optimizing Fat Metabolism. What is Metabolic Freedom?This is where not only can your body have the metabolic flexibility to harness carbs, fats […]
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