In today’s episode, I chat with Lieutenant Mark Cucuzzella, a professor at West Virginia University’s School of Medicine and the author of Run for Your Life. Mark is a national-level Masters runner who has won the Air Force Marathon twice and has more than one hundred marathon and ultramarathon finishes to his name. He’s also in charge of the US Air Force’s Efficient Running Project and has presented running workshops at over fifty military bases across the country.  

We start our conversation with a discussion about the meaning of health and go on to explore a diverse range of topics, including childhood obesity, insulin resistance, the prevalence of junk food, and the amount of protein we should eat in our diets. We also talk about the healing power of nature and the grounding effect of walking barefoot on the earth.

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