OFM - Why Metabolic Health Matters

Michele Graglia shares his experience as an Ultra-Running Champion. This not only includes how Vespa and OFM has been a game-changer in his performance but thoughts on life and LIVING! This is an inspiring story! Michele WON this year's Badwater 135 which, in case you don't know, is an ultra which starts at Badwater Death Valley, the lowest point in the continental US, to the Whitney Portal 8347'...

This is a MUST listen to episode for any endurance athlete open to making the paradigm shift to OFM! John Rutherford is a lifelong endurance athlete and an Early Adopter of Vespa then OFM. We trace his journey from being a teenage high carb cyclist on the USA Cycling Development Team during the time when Lance Armstrong & Tyler Hamilton had recently gone Pro and the culture was "complicated" to hi...

Years before the rise of "keto" Barry Murray was coaching athletes to become fat adapted to optimize their performance and health in a parallel universe to OFM's Peter Defty. Here is a candid conversation on fat adaptation in the real world with two of the modern pioneers in fat adapted performance. 

This is a lively far-flung conversation with Adele Hite RD who is really a food/diet/health policy advocate and Peter Ballerstedt PhD with OFM Host, Peter Defty. The conversation goes far and wide to explore, dissect and rant on the current state of affairs of food politics. Prepare yourself this is not sound-bite podcasting and lots of nuggets can be gleaned. 

Continuing our exploration of the "unintendined consequences" and impacts modern technology has on our health and performance Michael Neuert  joins Food for Thought: The OFM Podcast Host, Peter Defty, for an even more in depth conversation on the physiological impacts of various EMF exposure we exist with on a daily basis in our modern world. Michael brings decades of expertise and experience to t...

Technology brings a host of "unintended consequences" along with its benefits. While empowering us in many ways many common electronic technologies also sap us of our energy and health. Dr. Beverly Rubik (PhD UC Berkeley, Biophysics 1979) joins Food for Thought: The OFM Podcast host, Peter Defty to share her pioneering work on how non-native emf's  (EMF=Electromagnetic Field) and non-ruminant red...

Join OFM Host Peter Defty with a lively conversation with Adele Hite, one of the Nation's smartest and most practical nutrition advocates for all people! While long this entertaining conversation discusses in depth many relevant aspects on food, nutrition and food/nutrition policy.  Adele is dong fabulous work as a communicator of the issues of food policy and is a true advocate for all. She not o...

 Travis is an internationally acclaimed endurance athlete who has competed in some of the World's most grueling events. like the Leadville 100 and Eco Challenge Adventure Race etc. Gleaning from the lessons of his career as an endurance athlete he wrote " The Ultra Mindset " which embodies the OFM mental game.  This gave Travis the critical thinking skills to recognize the signs that the effects o...

Today's conversation with artist  Judy Baker is a very personal and poignant one on the literally life-saving benefits of carbohydrate restriction. Judy's real life experiences with her and her husband's health along with the disconnect within the modern paradigm that is keeping well intended health care providers stuck. Judy's cookbooks are a must have for anybody who is doing low carb especially...

Lindsey Boston is a full time analyst, mom, wife but also a pretty serious Brazilian Jui-Jitsu Athlete and runner.....since Robb Wolfe sent her our way this summer Lindsey has turned up her performance in a big way winning her weight class in every match....since recording this podcast interview Lindsey won her Submission Pro Elite Tour match this past weekend in Sacramento, California in Overtime...

Be prepared for another mind-blowing podcast that will challenge what you may thought you know about hormones, breast cancer and SO much more! OFM continues to shatter myths and break new ground with Wendy Sellens, Chinese Medicine Doctor and one of the top breast thermography experts in the world.  Bonus listening as our editor, Austin, decided to include off-the-air dialogue after the podcast be...

Join Doc Edwards and Food for Thought Host, Peter Defty,  for a fascinating  conversation with U.K. based HRV Specialist, Alessandro Ferretti, for a lively and indepth interview on the emerging data on HRV as it applies to OFM athletes. This intereview crosses a wide swath of topics on fat adaptation and provides valuable insights the athlete can use.

Dr. Daniel joins us once again for another thought provoking conversation on how getting the body back to metabolizing fat is key to slowing the aging process to a crawl and, in many cases, reverse the accelerated aging caused by a "Healthy" Lifestyle of the high carbohydrate/low fat diet combined with exercise......loads of useful guidance for incorporating doable practices into your own OFM Jour...

A conversation the audience can relate to about how OFM allows Lisa to perform better in all aspects of her life! Come listen to how this Mum, Wife, Primary School Teacher and Elite Masters Track athlete is able to compete at world class levels and balance it  all with life! Lisa recently returned from the Masters World Track Championships where she ran a 5th in the 2K Steeplechase, 6th in the 800...

Join Food For Thought Co-Hosts Peter & Naomi for a conversation with Dr. Kaayla Daniel on practical and fun ways to navigate the Holidays with ease and aplomb so YOU can avoid the minefield of Holiday Crap while enjoying the  rich luxurious foods which are actually healthy for you! Lots of practical ideas and strategies including the mental game and approach that is practical and not didactic. Thi...

Join us for an enlightening and fact filled conversation with Peter Ballerstedt PhD on "The Ruminant Revolution!" Counter-intuitive to most of the environmental science in the media, ruminants play a vital role in the eco-system, including carbon sequestration and your own ! This podcast covers the gamet from differences in the digestive tracts of ruminants from other mammals (including humans) to...

Another groundbreaking podcast from the leaders in fat adapted performance. For the past 20 months OFM has been developing and implementing the inoculation of Nitrosomonas eutropa bacteria for a number of natural fat adapted performance enhancements. These include, but are not limited too, improved vasodilation and thermoregulation; two factors which are critical to performance.   This past spring...

Prepare to rethink everything you thought you knew about Cholesterol with this conversation with  Dave Feldman . As you will learn cholesterol and cholesterol dynamics are very much a part of Optimizing Fat Metabolism. As Dave explains cholesterol's principle job is that of energy substrate delivery and in a fat adapted athletes we begin to see how this vital element of every cell in our body real...

Dr, Daniel  returns for a conversation on Thyroid Health. Lots of practical information for maintaining optimal Thyroid Health such as all the various food, environmental and lifestyle factors which can negatively impact the Thyroid. We also get into the basics of function and interaction on a level the average consumer can consume and use to his/her benefit.  We look at how an OFM lifestyle can p...

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Marita Wallace PhD who is Post Docing in the  Kieth Baar Lab  at UC Davis studying muscle hypertrophy using mice/rat models. Her personal story thus personal interest in the Ketogenic Diet prompted a portion of her research to look at the effects of ketosis on muscle hypertrophy and degeneration. Great follow up to Kaayla Daniel's podcast as we learn what the em...

Join us for a great conversation with Dr. Kaayla Daniel, aka: "The Naughty Nutritionist" on the importance of incorporating bone broth into the diet and how to make it work in the real world. Kaayla also discusses the science and parses out the myth from the reality on this vital food for humans.    http://drkaayladaniel.com/

Jenny Hart shares her OFM experience and how it has improved her performance and taken her to the next level of not only making the podium as an IM Age Grouper but WINNING her F50-54 AG at IM 70.3 Bintan and even 7th Overall Female!  Jenny will be competing for the F50-54 AG Title at the IM World Championships in Kona this weekend! Training under OFM has indicated she is well on her way to have a...

Nikki Kimball joins us for a candid interview on her OFM Journey from her teenage years as an elite Biathlete to the present! This is a CRITICAL interview for young athletes and parents of athlete, in particular young women. Fat and the ability to metabolize fat is absolutely critical for optimal health and performance but particularly with young women at a critical stage of their life! In the nat...

Veteran Ultrarunner Jeff Browning comes on Food For Though: The OFM Podcast to share his journey to becoming an OFM Athlete and how it has literally transformed his performance since making the switch in December 2015 only 6 weeks out from his first 100 Miler, The HURT 100 which he won handily to a CR and WIN at The FREE State 100K, An epic 4 day/146 mile run/hike of the Owyhee River Canyons to a...

Nell Stephenson, calls herself “The Paleoista” and with good reason. Nell was on the ground floor of the Paleo movement working with Dr. Loren Cordain when “The Paleo Diet” first hit ground in a big way on the net. Author of 2 Paleo cookbooks and Master Chef, Nell is a chef and nutritional consultant based out of Pacific Palisades near Malibu. Nell is also a elite Age Group Triathlete and in this...