OFM - Why Metabolic Health Matters

This is the first podcast of Arielle Fitzgerald's fascinating and continuing journey to performance and health using the OFM approach. Like most young women Arielle started off with a high carb / low fat diet and fueling which, along with the stress of growing up, school, athletics led her down a dark road of injury, chronic illness and depression....after learning of fat adaptation and starting d...

Nicole Recine is a registered nurse, certified diabetes educator, who has a Masters in Nursing from Rush University Medical Center. She not only practices a ketogenic lifestyle but embodies it! She instructs her clients on managing T1&T2 diabetes from a Low Carb/Keto perspective rather than the conventional ADA approach that gets results. This conversation with Nicole will give you a real world se...

One of the benefits of OFM is to enhance the sex hormones and their balance to provide for a healthy libido and the drive to perform in every aspect of your life! Additionally, the increase in aerobic capacity on a vascular levels has a profound benefit on the sex organs. Listen and learn why......

In his own words Andre calls his former self a "fatty", Hear how this former Australian Special Forces, Cisco/Samsung Exec, Firecam CEO transformed himself and how OFM and VESPA were critical final breakthrough steps in Andre reclaiming his health, performance and achieving his "Personalized Performance Potential". For Andre this transformation has inspired him to leave a very successful corporate...

In today's episode Stephanie, Naomi and Peter run through the Hard Reset. Peter goes into the physiological reasons why this is necessary to make the fundamental shift back to fat as fuel along with many of the pitfalls, ways to set your self up for success, The HR is the critical first step in your OFM journey so listen in to see how & why!

John Mahoney has one of the most moving and compelling stories on why humans truly need to get their body's back to burning fat as fuel. Diagnosed in 2012 with an aggressive form of brain cancer which only has a 2% survival John underwent surgery, radiation and chemotherapy John came upon the Ketogenic Diet as a means to control his seizures and place metabolic pressure on the cancer. Thus far Joh...

Christine Abrego was an "early adopter" of OFM. This is fitting because Christine is one of Silicon Valley's "Best & Brightest" analysts with lead analyst stints at Apple, Walmart and currently with Franklin Templeton. But all this talent and drive won't save you from the vagaries of high carb, low fat athletic diet. Christine's story is a compelling one. Its a lifetime journey but, as you will he...

The Food for Thought Optimized Fat Metabolism (OFM) was born out the the quest for optimal health and endurance.  The brains behind the OFM program, Peter Defty, found that using your fat for fuel can not only improve your health but can make you a better athlete.  The OFM program helps to get the body back to its natural state of wanting to burn fat for fuel.   Host Zach Bitter has implemented th...