Igniting a Metabolic Health Movement

Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the United States—and it is largely preventable through dietary and lifestyle change that improves metabolism. The Coalition for Metabolic Health (CMH) is a national alliance of researchers, clinicians, philanthropists, nonprofits, business leaders and advocates ushering in a new era in healthcare by making metabolic health mainstream. We aim to enact systemic change in nutrition policy, science, medical education and public awareness to return health to all Americans.

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“Childhood insulin resistance, once rare, now affects one-fifth of teenagers, predisposing them to lifelong obesity and other cardiometabolic disease.”

“Pediatric obesity has nearly tripled since 1980, affecting roughly 20% of U.S. children, and quadrupled among adolescents aged 12-19.”

“Nearly 93% of adults are metabolically unhealthy.”

“6 in 10 U.S. adults have at least one chronic disease, and 4 in 10 have two or more.”

“Over 131 million Americans (66%) use prescription drugs; 1 in 5 adults over age 40 uses five or more prescription drugs.”

“The U.S. spends $4.5 trillion per year on healthcare and experiences over $1.7 trillion in lost economic productivity—largely as a result of chronic diseases.”

“These practical, affordable, available dietary interventions hold the most promise for immediately reversing the chronic disease epidemic in America.”

Dave Baszucki & Jan Ellison Baszucki

A word from Co-Founders and Board Chair

The Coalition for Metabolic Health (CMH) is a national alliance of clinicians, researchers, philanthropists, nonprofits, business leaders, and advocates dedicated to making metabolic health a foundation of healthcare in America.

We are building a movement to prevent and reverse chronic disease by advancing science-based nutrition, reforming outdated medical practices, and reshaping public policy to prioritize metabolic well-being.

By advancing science, policy, education, clinical practice, and access, we aim to make metabolic health a foundational part of every American’s treatment plan.

Scientific and Clinical Advisory Committee

Matt Bernstein,
MD

Chief Medical Officer at Ellenhorn; Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive Officer at Accord Mental Health; Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Benjamin Bikman,
PhD

Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University

Mark Cucuzzella,
MD FAAFP

Professor, West Virginia University School of Medicine; Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Dominic D’Agostino,
PhD

Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology; Morsani College of Medicine; University of South Florida (USF)

Elizabeth Errico,
EdM, MA, LMHC, NCC, BC-TMH

Founder and Executive Director at Children’s Mental Health Resource Center, Inc. (CMHRC), Principal Investigator Ketogenic Therapy in Action research study series, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Board Certified Tele-Mental Health Counselor

Karen Jerome-Zapadka,
MD, DABOM, MHP

Founder and Medical Director, Trajectory Health Partners-A Center for Metabolic, Liver and Obesity Medicine

Dr. Tro Kalayjian,
DO

Founder, Toward Health, Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & DPC

Andrew P. Koutnik,
PhD

Principal Investigator & Research Faculty Institute for Sports Science and Medicine Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Sciences College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Florida State University; Visiting Research Scientist Human Healthspan, Resilience, and Performance Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Our vision is a future in which all Americans can access therapeutic nutrition proven to prevent, treat and reverse chronic disease

Access to effective nutrition-based therapies should be a right–not a privilege. Metabolic assessments should be part of every medical exam. Americans should be empowered with the information and tools to take back their metabolic and mental health.

We are a community of experts and advocates on the front lines of America’s chronic mental and physical disease epidemics. We are committed to advancing dietary strategies that radically improve metabolic function–and therefore health and well-being. Informed by basic science, clinical trials and decades of experience treating patients, we work to make metabolic interventions part of mainstream medical practice.

We invest in and advance independent nutrition research. We promote guidelines free of the conflicts of interest that have plagued dietary guidance from government and traditional medical agencies. We work to advance policy initiatives and enlightened nutrition education for clinicians, and we fuel grass-roots campaigns to inspire American families to take back their mental and physical health with food.

We aim to make metabolic health the foundation of medicine

We champion scientists advancing the study of metabolism to transform our understanding of health and the future of medicine.

We advocate for healthcare policy and research initiatives that put people, not politics, first.

We support the development of medical education and treatment guidelines free of pharmaceutical industry influences.

We share evidence based information with the public about nutritional practices that are already reversing “chronic” disease across the country.

We aim to make metabolic health mainstream by elevating and amplifying independent nutrition science to drive policy, medical practice and public awareness.

We collaborate with individuals, companies, government entities, and healthcare organizations to advance metabolic health. To maintain independence and avoid conflicts of interest, we do not accept funding from any for-profit entities.

Strategic Goals

Policy & Advocacy

We advocate for reforms in federal nutrition guidelines, research funding, metabolic health screenings, measurement tools, and insurance coverage to align with metabolic health priorities.

Education & Awareness

We support and amplify independent nutrition research. We provide clear, accurate, science-based nutritional information to healthcare providers and the public.

Scaling
Access

We partner with policy-makers, health systems, employers, providers and payers to advance therapeutic nutrition as standard of care.

The Evidence: Expert Perspectives on the Science and Practice of Metabolic Health

Our coalition members share their perspectives on the chronic disease crisis and the interventions that can reverse it. These commentaries bring together hundreds of references and decades of experience in a persuasive case for the mainstreaming of metabolic medicine.

Communities on the Front Lines of Chronic Disease

The lived realities and health challenges of high-risk populations should be at the forefront of healthcare solutions. From veterans and underserved regions to corporate employees, learn about community-rooted strategies to reverse chronic disease and restore resilience from the ground up.

Systems of Care for Metabolic Health

Practitioners are reimagining healthcare, food systems, and public institutions as engines of prevention. Explore innovations in primary care, military readiness, product labeling, pandemic response, and wearable technology to scale lifestyle-based solutions for chronic disease.

Mitochondria, Energetic Health & Healing

Energy transformation and use at the cellular level is the unifying foundation of human health. Explore a new, actionable paradigm that connects lifestyle and environment to mitochondrial function, healing and vitality.

Rethinking Brain Health through a Metabolic Lens

A new paradigm for brain health recognizes altered metabolic function as a driver of psychiatric and neurological illness. From childhood mood disorders to neurodegeneration, investigate science-based strategies for prevention, treatment, and recovery.

Insulin Resistance as a Primary Driver of Chronic Disease

Many chronic diseases are driven by insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia. Explore how diseases that affect millions of Americans are driven by this master hormone that can be normalized with dietary interventions.

Obesity and Diabetes Across the Lifespan

Diabetes and obesity are impacting the health of Americans from childhood to pregnancy to advanced age. Across the lifespan, obesity and diabetes are preventable, treatable, reversible metabolic disorders.

Nutrition Policy & Chronic Disease

Federal nutrition policy—rooted in outdated, unproven science—has shaped America’s chronic disease crisis. Learn about evidence-based reforms to align national dietary guidelines with modern metabolic science and nutrition research.

Solutions hiding in plain sight: Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction and Ketogenic Diets

America’s food system has produced a carbohydrate over-consumption crisis. Highly processed and palatable carbohydrates cause food addiction that drives impaired glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, and mitochondrial dysfunction. The result is an explosion in chronic disease in both children and adults. But the good news is that an affordable, accessible solution is hiding in plain sight.

Evidence shows that Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction and Ketogenic Diets can reverse disorders like diabetes, obesity and related comorbidities, as well as serious mental illnesses like depression, bipolar and schizophrenia.