Bob Metz is a professional nutritionist who holds a Masters degree in Human Nutrition as well as being one of the regions few Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists. He specializes in neuromuscular pain and dysfunction. In addition he is also a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist under the prestigious National Strength & Conditioning Association.
Bob is rather uniquely qualified to design and mentor a personalized lifestyle medicine program centered on therapeutic lifestyle changes such as healthy nutrition, nutritional products, exercise, and stress management. For example, he uses the following physiological indicators to accurately gauge a patients overall metabolic health:
· Mitochondrial function / energy production
· Neurotransmitter metabolism
· Dysbiosis
· Detoxification
· Oxidative stress
· Essential fatty acid balance (including AA/EPA ratio)
· Food sensitivities due to leaky gut
· Yeast overgrowth
· Amino acid status
To that end Bob has contracted with Designs for Health, one of the leading health education companies in the United States. As a result, Bob has access to a tremendous amount of resources to keep up with the latest research and studies to remain on the cutting edge of nutritional science.
Philosophically, while Bob respects all healthy dietary trends he generally espouses the principles of wholesome paleolithic nutrition… the same dietary principles our ancestors followed. Diets changed considerably in the space of a few thousand years after the dawn of agriculture when cereal grains were introduced. Given that there has been little change in the human genome since Paleolithic times our nutritional requirements remain similar to those of the Stone Age hunter-gatherers. During the 2.6 million years that our paleolithic ancestors inhabited the earth they depended upon nutrition from lean meats, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds and did not consume cereal grains. As a result, our ancestors were lean, fit, and free of the chronic diseases that plague our society in epidemic proportions today. Incorporating a diet that espouses paleolithic principles may be more ideally suited for us if we want to experience robust health, energy and vitality.
