Radical Health Radio

Kitty Blomfield and Craig McDonald are the founders of NuStrength, a pro-metabolic fitness and nutrition coaching program specializing in helping women over 40 lose fat, build muscle, and thrive. In this episode, Kitty and Craig break down why chronic restriction and endless cardio are destroying your metabolism, reveal their top three foods for fat loss, the single best lift for body composition, the ideal rep range for maximum muscle growth, exactly how to know how much to eat, and when GLP-1s are actually worth considering.

00:00 Intro
00:35 From Starving to Thriving
06:00 Building a Coaching Program From Scratch
10:00 Eat More to Actually Lose Weight?
14:10 How to Know Exactly How Much to Eat
19:00 Why Every Woman Needs More Muscle
23:20 Stop Overcomplicating Your Health
28:50 The Ideal Rep Range for Women
33:30 Mechanical Tension: The Only Growth Driver
38:30 Yes, You Can Absolutely Lift Heavy
44:40 Perimenopause & the Stress Connection
48:50 The Truth About HRT and GLP-1s
59:00 Why Accountability Changes Everything
01:07:30 Walk the Walk: Fun & Balance
01:10:00 Why You Shouldn't Fear Carbs
01:16:07 The Best Lift for Body Composition
01:19:00 Kitty and Craig's Socials
01:19:45 Outro

Dr. Tom McCoy and Jennifer Pishko are the founders of CrossFit Medical Society, a membership organization connecting affiliate gym owners, coaches, and healthcare providers with a shared mission to prevent chronic disease. In this episode, Tom and Jen break down why the current healthcare system is designed to profit from sickness rather than health, how CrossFit affiliates are uniquely positioned to become the future of preventative care, and why opting out of the traditional insurance model and into a community-based alternative might be the most powerful health decision you ever make.
00:00 Is CrossFit Actually For You? 
05:50 CrossFit Changed Everything For Jen 
08:00 CrossFit: The Ultimate Gateway Drug 
10:30 The Methodology Nobody Explains 
16:00 Why Nutrition Comes First 
19:10 15 Years in the ER Changed His Mind 
24:10 She Opened a Gym By Accident 
27:00 3,000 Gyms. One Health Revolution. 
31:00 The Alternative Healthcare System Is Here 
41:00 Stop Waiting. Own Your Health. 
48:00 Affordable Care That Actually Works 
58:00 Loneliness Is Killing You 
01:01:30 The Lifestyle Rx Nobody Prescribes 
01:09:30 How To Find A Doctor Who Gets It 
01:16:00 The System Is Broken
01:17:30 The Less Fit You Are, The More You Need This

Kyle Peche is a detox and mineral balancing coach who rebuilt his own health after his body collapsed at 18 with dozens of debilitating symptoms that no doctor could explain. In this episode, Kyle breaks down why almost everyone is carrying a hidden toxic burden, how parasites, heavy metals, and mineral deficiencies are quietly stealing your energy and mental clarity, and why following the right detox sequence (in the right order!) might be the most important thing you can do to fully reclaim your health and vitality.

Emergency room physicians Emilio and Marissa Benbassat break down why nutrition education is completely absent from medical school, how the standard American diet is quietly destroying your health, and why an animal-based approach might be the fastest path back to the energy, resilience, and vitality that modern medicine can't teach you. They expose the uncomfortable truth about hospitals, explain what prevents chronic disease better than any prescription, and reveal how taking ownership of your health is the ultimate rebellion against a broken system designed to keep you sick.

00:00 How did Emilio & Marissa Meet?
03:30 Choosing a Career in Medicine 
05:00 What is Medical School Really Like?
09:30 Doctors are Not Taught Nutrition
12:30 How to Prevent ER Visits
16:30 Are Doctors Healthy?
21:30 The Saturated Fat Controversy Explained 
29:50 Questioning Medical Dogma and Practices
34:00 Conventional vs Functional Medicine Collaboration
38:30 Why Hospitals Are Businesses First
40:00 Prevention: The #1 Goal 
43:40 Why They Started on Social Media
45:30 Day in the Life: ER Doctor
50:10 The Brutal Toll of Residency 
56:40 Parenting & Being a Team
1:05:40 Will AI Replace Doctors
1:08:50 Changes They Want to See Now

Adam Martin is a natural, sustainable beekeeper based in Middle Tennessee, specializing in treatment-free, chemical-free beekeeping using wild, locally adapted bees. In this episode, Adam breaks down why most honey on store shelves — even the stuff labeled raw, organic, and local — is little more than glorified sugar water, how Big Ag has quietly corrupted the beekeeping industry from the ground up, and why returning to the way bees were always meant to live might be the simplest and most powerful upgrade you can make to your family's health.

00:00 Becoming a Beekeeper in Tennessee
05:40 What’s the best food for bees?
11:30 Not all Honey is the Same
17:20 Commercial vs Backyard Success Rate 
21:20 Methods of Beekeeping & How Adam Teaches It
30:30 How to Trap & Catch Feral Bees
39:00 Being Good Stewards of the Land
44:00 The Danger of Varroa Mites 
45:30 Honeybees are Not Native to the U.S.
48:30 Can Bees Sense Fear?
51:50 The Return to Nature
56:20 Does Better Honey Mean Better Health?
01:00:30 The Reward of Hard Work
01:09:40 Mind-Blowing Queen Bee Facts
01:13:10 Learn More About Beekeeping