Coach Chad | Midlife Strength

For about a decade, I’ve been showing these two slides at conferences. Two hunter-gatherer populations (Hadza and Tsimane), likely the closest living humans to our Paleolithic ancestors. Diet: • 65–70% carbohydrates • 15-20% protein • 10–15% fat • ~13% lower daily caloric intake than the US population Daily movement: • 115–135 minutes per day • 6–12 km of walking Health outcomes: • Obesity: ~2% • Type 2 diabetes: ~1% • Cardiovascular disease: among the lowest ever observed This is not a low-carbohydrate population. The difference is metabolic fitness. When mitochondria are continuously stimulated by daily movement, carbohydrates can be oxidized (burnt). When movement disappears, fuel oxidation fails and metabolic disease emerges. The debate should not be low-carb vs high-carb. That debate has failed to solve obesity or type 2 diabetes for decades. The real question is: Can your mitochondria still do their job? #MitochondrialFunction #MetabolicFitness #MetabolicFlexibility #PhysicalActivity