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Men's Fitness South Africa

OPTIMAL HEALTH WITH ZANE GRIGGS

@ZaneGriggsFitness

Tell us a bit about Zane.

I’ve been a fitness and weight loss coach in Nashville, TN since 1998. My wife and I moved to Nashville from California 25 years ago and have raised 4 kids here. It’s an incredible community for both building a business and raising a family. It was evident early on in my personal journey for optimal health that following the standard nutrition recommendations wasn’t going to work for achieving long-term health.

Digging into the biochemistry of how our bodies respond to the food we eat, and through a lot of personal experimentation, I began to understand why. When the diet is the primary factor driving metabolic disease, no amount of exercise will be able to correct that. In 2002 I began recommending a low-carb diet to my clients who wanted to lose weight and then in 2010 began practicing and recommending intermittent fasting. I still implement both of these dietary tools in my personal routine.

During my career, I had the opportunity to work one on one with participants on ABC’s “Extreme Weight Loss” for Seasons 1 and 4 to help them lose half of their body weight in a year which was an incredible learning experience. Currently, the majority

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