CROSSFIT HEALTH

Tommy Wood, M.D. and assistant professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, sits down with Mike Giardina to discuss how muscle mass and metabolic health affect cognition. Dr. Wood also explains why the gut may be more metabolically flexible than most people think.

Kristi Storoschuck, a researcher and Ph.D. student at Queen's University in Canada, sits down with Michael Giardina of CrossFit Health to discuss long-term behavior change in the CrossFit affiliate.

Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, M.D., Ottawa Hospital Critical Care and Palliative Care Physician, sits down with Mike Giardina at the Metabolic Health Summit to discuss physician burnout.

On Thursday, July 7th, at 12:30 p.m. PT/ 3:30 p.m. ET, Colin E. Champ, M.D., will join Mike Giardina for a live Q&A-style webinar focusing on misguided medicine and exercise and nutrition for cancer survivorship.

Robert Lustig, M.D., pediatric endocrinologist, sits down with Mike Giardina of CrossFit Health to discuss neuroregulation of food intake. In short, leptin, insulin, and cortisol are the hormonal culprits behind obesity, and sugar is in the driver's seat.

Mary Dan Eades, M.D., and Michael Eades, M.D. discuss the calories-in-calories-out debate, hormonal theory of obesity, and their personal and professional experiences using a low-carbohydrate diet for weight loss, health, and performance.

Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, M.D., longtime proponent of the low-carbohydrate/high-fat diet, breaks down some flaws in the low-carbohydrate/insulin model, intermittent fasting, and how the food industry makes its money off of the hedonic nature of processed foods.

Radiation oncologist and cancer researcher Colin Champ, M.D., and Michael Giardina of CrossFit Health sat down at the Metabolic Health Summit to discuss how nutrition and exercise can be used to increase survivorship in cancer patients.

In "The Hacking of the American Mind," Robert Lustig, M.D., outlines the ways in which “our pursuit of happiness is being subverted by a culture of addiction and depression from which we may never recover,” in the words of the publisher. Individuals can find happiness with what he calls the “Four C’s of Contentment." The challenge is that none work as well independently as they do in concert, and collecting them all is a tall order. Fortunately, there’s a one-stop shop for all four: the CrossFit affiliate.

Welcome to the CrossFit Health Book Club. Each month we will announce the title of a book based on a health topic we will cover through articles, social-media posts, IG lives, and webinars. The book for June 2022 is “Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-advised Medical Recommendations and How To Take Health Back Into Your Hands,” by Colin E. Champ, M.D. We would love for you to read along with us and provide feedback and questions for our webinar in the comments

Dr. Parrella provides some quick strategies to get athletes utilizing the right fuel sources — based on the demands on the body — to optimize performance and recovery.

What if we think about mental illness as a metabolic disorder of the brain? Harvard Psychiatrist, Dr. Chris Palmer and Michael Giardina of CrossFit Health sit down to discuss this theory, which fills in gaps in what we understand about mental health, draws new connections across the scientific literature, and lays the groundwork for new treatments that use diet and exercise to change brain metabolism.

Dr. Jaime Seeman and CrossFit Health discuss some common criticisms, misconceptions, and advice for women utilizing a low-carbohydrate diet.

Dr. Aseem Malhotra sits down with CrossFit Health at the 5th annual Metabolic Health Summit and discusses “Real Evidence-Based Medicine” and the roadblocks healthcare professionals face when trying to apply this type of care.

Dr. Robert Lustig is an endocrinologist and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California-San Francisco. In this video, he sits down with CrossFit’s Rory McKernan to explain sugar’s toxicity, outline the stakes of sugar consumption and offer suggestions for addressing the ongoing sugar crisis.

Stephan Guyenet, Ph.D., describes how the brain plays a role in regulating appetite and maintaining body weight. A few systems are at play here: the energy homeostasis system, the reward system, and the hedonic system.

In case you missed it: Alessio Fasano, MD, joined Mike Giardina for a live Q&A-style webinar focusing on the connections between the human microbiome and health.

Exercise is broadly known to support health and longevity, but the specific mechanisms by which exercise helps us live longer are not widely understood. Dr. Tommy Wood will review the specific capacities of aerobic fitness and strength — and their combination — to improve health and longevity and reduce the risk of specific maladies such as neurodegeneration. Dr. Wood will provide practitioners with a more informed understanding of how to apply exercise most effectively to improve specific and general health outcomes in patients and athletes.

Is our gut metabolically flexible? In this article, Jonathan Sholl, Lucy Mailing, and Thomas Wood challenge the assumptions that only diets high in fiber are beneficial and high-fat diets are detrimental to our gut microbiome. Instead, they argue our microbiome can be metabolically flexible as long as our food choices consist of whole, natural foods.

In "Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Our Health," Alessio Fasano, M.D., and Susie Flaherty point to a number of environmental factors that influence obesity, including “sleep deprivation, disruption to circadian rhythms, chronic stress, changes in food composition, labor-saving devices, drugs (including antibiotics), and endocrine disruptors” as well as socioeconomic factors. They also add another variable to the mix: the gut microbiome, the ecosystem of microorganisms in and on the human body.