HEALTHCARE

CrossFit is curing the world’s most vexing problem: chronic disease. But for law enforcement, it’s doing much more than that. It’s providing an essential source of total wellness to improve the safety of officers and their communities.

Did you know coach and affiliate owner Adam Neiffer’s gym is home to a physical therapy clinic? Ike Anunciado, a PT out of Fort Vancouver, Washington, sits down with Mike Giardina to talk about running his clinic within the walls of CrossFit Fort Vancouver.

During this CrossFit Health panel — which took place at the 2022 Games in Madison, Wisconsin — Mike Giardina, Dr. Rodrigo Jasbick, registered dietitian Nicole Aucoin, and affiliate owner Amy Hollingsworth discuss how healthcare providers and coaches can develop a symbiotic relationship and improve the lives of their clients by sending the same message.

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.

Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a leading cardiologist with the U.K.'s National Health Service, has been focusing public attention on the connection between COVID-19 hospitalizations and chronic health issues like obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. CrossFit's Karen Thomson talks with Dr. Malhotra about the most dangerous risk factors, simple ways for people to address them, and his new book, The 21-Day Immunity Plan.

Drs. Lustig and Malhotra discuss the ways our failure to properly address the causes of chronic disease have crippled our ability to provide effective health care. They briefly analyze how these problems originated and how they are perpetuated, concluding with a discussion of potential paths forward.

In his review of the corruption of continuing medical education (CME) by the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Jason Fung presents a “behind-the-scenes tour of what really happens with medical education and Big Pharma from my perspective as a community physician.”

Dr. Aseem Malhotra, MD, explains which lifestyle factors can impair immunity and which are protective against respiratory illness. As more data on the coronavirus becomes available, it is becoming clearer which groups are at greater risk of developing severe complications. Obesity, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and smoking appear to put people at greater risk, while exercise and good nutrition improve the body’s defenses.

Dr. Maryanne Demasi recently interviewed Dr. Paul Rosch about his efforts to combat the lipid hypothesis, his understanding of the real causes of heart disease, and his views on what it means to be a pioneer who is willing to reject prevailing scientific dogma. Here, Demasi shares highlights from that interview, as well as her personal reflections on Dr. Rosch’s vast contributions to science and health.