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What is MetFix: Part I

A metabolic problem needs a metabolic fix

MetFix offers the solution to chronic disease. It involves constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity combined with a naturally occurring diet consisting of low or no carbohydrates and no seed oils. MetFix is a metabolic fix that corrects and optimizes metabolic function while improving physical fitness.

Most people think of the word “metabolic” as having something to do with one’s metabolism, which is often incorrectly assumed to mean burning calories.  “Jessica has a fast metabolism, she can eat anything and burns it all instantly,” is a common colloquialism, and one that completely underestimates the power of this essential biological mechanism.

Metabolism Drives Change

The word metabolism comes from the ancient Greek μεταβολή meaning change, it quickly becomes used in medicine and by 1684 it is used in S. Blankaart, Physical Dictionary to mean “a change in time, air or disease.” By 1857, Metabasis, was used as a term for a “change of disease, or of treatment; or from one thing to another, either in the symptoms of a malady, or in the indications for its cure,” from R. G. Mayne, Expository Lexicon Medical Science (1860). From a biochemical perspective, metabolism refers to all the chemical processes that occur within living organisms. It involves breaking down food to release energy and building essential molecules to support life functions.

Metabolism involves two main types of processes: anabolic and catabolic. Anabolic processes build complex molecules from simpler ones, while catabolic processes break down complex molecules into simpler ones. Together, these processes make up all the chemical reactions in living organisms. The balance between anabolism and catabolism determines how the organism maintains its physical structure as well as how much energy it has available.

Historically, there was no confusion over the essential role of metabolism in one’s health and survival. We’ve done a marvelous job divorcing our diet and physical output from our health outcomes in modern times. The metabolic pathways that control hormonal responses dictate health or disease outcomes. What you eat and how you process it are driving forces in how your body manages your hormones.

Any fitness coach hoping to deliver the highest level of service would do well to become familiar with bioenergetics and the endocrine system; the metabolic fix lives with changes to metabolism.  MetFix coaches are like engineers working on human bodies; understanding how they work is critical in predicting the best ways to optimize performance and work capacity.