The gap between fitness and medicine has long been a chasm filled with misunderstanding and missed opportunities. In this groundbreaking conversation with Michele Mootz, we explore how MetFix—Greg Glassman's newest venture alongside medical journalist Emily Kaplan—is bridging this divide with a revolutionary approach to health, nutrition, and exercise.

Mootz reveals how MetFix represents "the evolution of the revolution" that CrossFit started, but with a crucial difference: where CrossFit seminars might focus 95% on movement and 5% on nutrition, MetFix flips that ratio to address what many health professionals now recognize as the true proportions of health determinants. "Diet is 95% of your overall health," Mootz explains, detailing how the program eliminates sugar and seed oils while emphasizing metabolic flexibility—the ability to efficiently use both carbohydrates and fat as fuel sources.

What makes MetFix truly unique is its commitment to serving populations that traditional fitness has often neglected. While CrossFit revolutionized training for those already predisposed to exercise, MetFix targets the estimated 90% of people suffering from chronic disease or intimidated by gym environments. This approach requires coaches to develop new skills, from understanding medical terminology to communicating effectively with healthcare providers.

The program offers multiple touchpoints for engagement: a free Daily Fix program providing nutrition, workout, and educational content; a two-day foundations course open to anyone from fitness professionals to clinicians; a Medical Society facilitating communication between physicians and coaches; and specialty courses addressing conditions like Type 2 diabetes. With approximately 200 affiliates already and international expansion underway, MetFix represents a vision where fitness professionals and medical practitioners collaborate to reverse chronic disease through education and lifestyle modification.

For anyone interested in the future of health optimization or frustrated by the limitations of current approaches to chronic disease, this episode offers a compelling vision of what happens when we finally address the complete picture of human health.

https://brokenscience.org/metfix/

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