CRYSTAL NELSON: Creator of Fuel-21
Let me start with this. I LOVE food. I love everything about it... the smell, the taste, and the experience. I believe in red meat, bacon, butter, and eggs. I believe in local, seasonal, Organic produce, and I believe that food impacts every area of our life: mentally, physically, and emotionally.I am a Lifestyle and Wellness Coach, a CrossFit Coach, a Gluten Free and Paleo Diet Advocate, a Nutritional Therapist in Training, and am passionate about changing others lives by empowering them to eat fresh, wholesome, real food and live a life full of energy, life, and happiness.
Influenced by the research of Loren Cordain, Weston A Price, and Art De Vany, the work of Robb Wolf and Mark Sisson, and the voice of Gary Taubes, my passion is to spread the message across the world that the human body has the innate intelligence and ability to heal itself if given the proper diet.
BENJAMIN PALMER: Lead Fuel-21 Educator
From a young age Benjamin has had a deep interest in food, refusing to order off the "kids menu" and learning to prepare meals at home. After getting involved with athletics and taking a deeper interest in health and performance, Benjamin spent a few years of trial and error in the trenches as a vegetarian/vegan/raw vegan. Albeit a circuitous route, he eventually found that using animals foods and an ancestral framework to guide one's dietary choices yielded the best performance, physique and health. Additionally he organizes ATXmeatshare, which allows economical access to local, grass-fed animal products and is also about making fermented foods at home.
