A full day of seeing patients with Dr. Westman at The Lifestyle Clinic at Duke. Without a doubt Dr. Westman has treated more patients with the Ketogenic diet than anyone in the US if not the world. I was fortunate enough to be able to shadow him and participate in his rounds for the day in his clinic. Lots to talk about. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ ----------------- OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP FOR EVERYTHING KETO ----...
May 13, 2023•36 min
Interview with a professional that decided to embark on a ketogenic lifestyle (for her, Zero Carb with some minor exceptions). She enrolled in our first beta coaching program and has achieved some outstanding results. You may recognize yourself what her challenges were. A wonderful person, hyper-focused on the things she can control in her life, being a single mom with a 9 year old son. Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ ----------OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP ...
May 05, 2023•55 min
"Bottom line: where are tumor cells getting their energy from?" This is the entire focus of "Cancer as Metabolic Disease" and Dr. Seyfried’s work. His years of research have lead him to what many of us believe is an incredible breakthrough in treating cancer based on metabolism (what is the source of energy for tumors) and then how to starve the tumor of these fuels, killing the cancer but not the patient. Absolutely key to this therapeutic approach is a calorie restricted Ketogenic Diet. Listen...
Apr 27, 2023•40 min
Link to Israeli study : Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiot https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25231862 Correction: Said this study was done in 1914 meant 2014. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ ----------------- OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP FOR EVERYTHING KETO --------------------------------- Labs, Research and cooking, Implementation www.ketonaturopathmembers.com Weekly Live Zoo...
Apr 21, 2023•33 min
After leading a group through their first fast...I go over my own 7 days fast, the data, what changed and how fasting is...once again…being used to reverse type II diabetes. Show Links: Therapeutic use of intermittent fasting for people with type 2 diabetes as an alternative to insulin http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2017-221854.full ADA Deems Low Carb Diet Medical Nutrition Therapy for T2D http://www.lchf-rd.com/2018/10/11/ada-deems-low-carb-diet-medical-nutrition-therapy-for-t2d/ G...
Apr 14, 2023•43 min
What to do at a wedding…An Italian wedding! If you’re keto. People watching is inevitable at weddings, there’s all types, but at an Italian wedding there are many heavy people. It's a reminder that Keto is not known to many. It gets personal, in that you see people that you've seen through years at the other family events that are not doing so well…and you know you could help them with just a few words. Yet the larger reality is that some things are better left unsaid. —————————COME SAY HI!!! ——...
Apr 04, 2023•33 min
Thought you knew fasting? Lets’s talk. There’s now a variety of fasts, water fasts, bone broth fast, Fasting Mimicking Diet, Protein Sparing Fasts…Now, we’ve learned that fasting could possibly reverse completely or at least improve autoimmune conditions like MS due to a drop in IGF-1 during the fast and then returning to normal…Interesting stuff for sure. Show Links: A Diet Mimicking Fasting Promotes Regeneration and Reduces Autoimmunity and Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms https://www.cell.com/cell...
Mar 31, 2023•34 min
As remarkable as ketones are in incredibly improving Parkinson’s disease, it’s best to avoid it in the first place. Listen in and find out how. See, we often talk about how keto is so helpful for Parkinson’s but often omit disclosing why eating organic foods may help reduce the incidence when we recommend eating veggies on keto. Show Links: Study uncovers cause of pesticide exposure, Parkinson's link https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180523133158.htm Genomic and pharmacogenomic bioma...
Mar 24, 2023•45 min
Since everyone has a sweet-tooth to some extent, knowing what each sweetener actually is, its effectiveness, side effects, and which are known toxins is important to know. This is a first in a series on artificial sweeteners and ‘natural’ sweeteners commonly used. We’ll cover why some are considered toxic,what problems with some of the others are, and which are considered safe and possibly useful. The list we’ll cover list in the order of usability. Best Don’t use any sweetener at all. While on ...
Mar 16, 2023•35 min
Taking a deeper look at dairy and why it is not only such a problem for so many but a near definitive cause for cancer. Acne and prostate cancer having a strong association with dairy consumption. Also, will be looking at a group of people who have a genetic defect (Laron syndrome) that blunts the effects of IGF-1 and the insulin increasing effects of whey. Reference Links: Linking diet to acne metabolomics, inflammation, and comedogenesis: an update. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26203267...
Mar 10, 2023•50 min
Join as we have an open check-in discussion of our Keto Coaching Weekly Group call. We drill down into the effects of exercise on blood sugar level, and hear from each person on their individual progress. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ ----------------OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP FOR EVERYTHING KETO ------------- Labs, Research and cooking, Implementation www.ketonaturopathmembers.com Weekly Live Zoom Q&A Sessions and...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Female infertility is a heart breaking condition for many couples. Long before a woman or a couple decide they need to see a reproductive endocrinologist they should look at the underlying cause, which for most women is insulin resistance. If you take care of that, something that the Ketogenic way of life is tremendously effective with, then you may not need further medical intervention. Join me in this discussion of PSCOS in Women and what to do about it, and its parallel condition in men. Show...
Feb 23, 2023•44 min
The Ketogenic diet creates so many benefits for various conditions, and yet those benefits can be increased by using the right kinds of fats along some knowledge of nutrigenomics. Listen to this deeper dive into understanding why some fats are more important than others in the conditions of bipolar and autism along with knowing a little about your gene - nutrient interaction. This topic will be elaborated on future podcasts and is meant to be a foundational explanation for further discussions. A...
Feb 17, 2023•46 min
Sometimes you just have to stand up to false information in the media and show how and why a particular article or research paper is incorrect. Today I do exactly that but going through a well-sited article in a medical blog that actually misrepresents what the ketogenic diet actually is. Listen in on why this article has misled many physicians by misrepresenting information and where the correct and bonafide studies and information can be found. Links included for both. Podcast links https://ww...
Feb 10, 2023•40 min
Little do most people know that they are directly contributing to the destruction of the “lungs of the earth” (the most sensitive ecosystems in the world, the Rainforest) by using products that contain non-RSPO palm oil. That is non-sustainably harvested palm oil. Listen to this interview with the U.S. Outreach Representative for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. This is perhaps the most important interview I’ve done because it will directly inform you about how your specific product purch...
Feb 02, 2023•55 min
Our group coaching program is well underway, but there are always questions. Formerly ‘Keto Newbie’ Brian joins the group and weighs in on some points for understanding and implementing in Keto. Disclaimer:This video is not meant to diagnose, treat, or mitigate any medical condition. It is merely for personal educational use only. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ ------------------ OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP FOR EVERYTHIN...
Jan 19, 2023•50 min
Certainly there are many benefits to the Ketogenic diet. Weight loss, diabetes reversal, improved athletic performance, improved dementia and so forth. However if you were to ask people who have been doing ‘Keto’ for a while, what they appreciated most about Keto… THE answer would be; a tremendously improved sense of well being, mental focus, and that all of their aches and pains have pretty much disappeared. This is due to something no one talks about, it increases your GABA…so what?? And, decr...
Jan 19, 2023•38 min
Malcolm Gladwell speaks of people like Doug Reynolds in his book "The Tipping Point". People who are connectors; ‘messengers’ in essence. They see things about to happen that they believe are potentially life-changing. So they reach out to people of influence and let them know the significance of the social change as they perceives it. Their vision, in essence. Doug Reynolds is absolutely this type of person. He has his own personal story of his experience with the ketogenic diet and how it has ...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Most of us have witnessed the renaissance of the ketogenic diet and its application for so many conditions from epilepsy to cancer and much in between. However what you don’t know is that this rebirth was ’mid-wifed’ by a few people who, because they have witnesses near miraculous transformations in people, wanted to know more and became the icons of the Ketogenic movement. Beth Zupec-Kania is one of these people. Her experience, her story, her drive are amazing. She would deny that she’s anythi...
Jan 05, 2023•53 min
Mariam is nothing less than an extraordinarily tenacious researcher of all things Keto. Her impetus comes out of a deeply personal experience of helping her son Raffi when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. When I first met Mariam, rather watched on stage telling her story, it sent a chill down my back. She is one of the most requested interviews by many medical and laymen interested in learning about the benefits of the ketogenic diet for cancer patients. Her TED talk has been in high demand a...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Beside a career in medicine that spans decades, tours in Iraq, speaking 6 languages, playing piano, working on cars, he can be found coaching tennis at the local high school. When asked how he would like to be introduced he said: “No need to give any big intro and the only ax I have to grind is that sugar is a slow acting addictive poison.” He is a self described “night errant” in terms getting the word out about reversing diabetes and obesity. A reference from the book: Don Quixote, by Cervante...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Every so often in life a chance meeting with someone opens doors to for you on some level. For me if I had connected with Ellen Davis I would haven’t never attended Dominic D’Agostino’s first Metabolic therapy conference in 2016 and have connected with all of the researchers and practitioners of the Ketogenic diet. Ellen Davis’s books and Website are required reading for all of ‘Dom’ grad students. Listen in to what Ellen has to say. She’s a down-to-earth ball of fire that has created perhaps th...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Oh Gosh is DAIRY really that big of a problem, I mean seriously, who doesn't love Cheese, ice cream, yogurt, etc. Most likely it IS NOT about the dairy products that have been made for 100s of years, but about the 'modern' required processing of that has corrupted what was once a possibly healthy whole food source in a very problematic altered substance. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ ------- OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP ...
Dec 08, 2022•46 min
Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ ------------------ OUR NEW MEMBERSHIP GROUP FOR EVERYTHING KETO --------------------------------- Labs, Research and cooking, Implementation www.ketonaturopathmembers.com Weekly Live Zoom Q&A Sessions and private FB group BLOG: https://ketonaturopath.com/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ketonaturopath YouTube channel www.youtube.com/ketonaturopath Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/482971/episodes Our Youtube Po...
Dec 03, 2022•1 hr
After reading many studies and papers on Uric acid and gout it is clear most so called research, or at least their pub med versions are mostly a market strategies of pharmaceutical companies. This is no different. This doesn't mean such publications are 'wrong' rather they are omitting large bodies of research that would complicate their message. By omitting vital data simplifies their story, their explanation with the objective to have you agree with their conclusion....
Nov 17, 2022•17 min
Sinking ever deeper into making the topic of Uric Acid actionable information, I lay out how our levels of UA have become an enormous problem and how we got here, step by step. The goal is to make this easily understandable for everyone to grasp and to know how to address it themselves. It has been an calamity in the making for a very long time. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ BLOG: https://ketonaturopath.com/ Pinteres...
Oct 31, 2022•17 min
It's no secret that Uric acid levels are rising global ... almost as if we are talking the rising sea levels ... but we are not. Since the 1950s Gout incidence have been increasing dramatically ... and for many painfully. The first step in understanding why this is, how it is happening, is to look at the BIGGER PICTURE as to what was the situation in earlier time periods, previous eras, and then compare them to our current context collectively, and then individually. —————————COME SAY HI!!! ————...
Oct 23, 2022•16 min
You think you know why gout and uric acid levels are increase population wide? I doubt it. It is a far bigger story than merely Fructose. Though by understanding the significance of how we evolved to consume fructose is a necessity for understanding how over worked our livers are and what we need to do about it to deal with it. Disclaimer: This video is not meant to diagnose, treat, or mitigate any medical condition. It is merely for personal educational use only. —————————COME SAY HI!!! ———————...
Oct 09, 2022•18 min
Time to discuss the relevant components, the variables, the lead to elevated Uric Acid collectively. The rates have zoomed over the last 40 years and it is NOT just due to one thing, but rather for most of us, a few aspect of most of our lives that have changed significantly over the last 4 decades. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ BLOG: https://ketonaturopath.com/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ketonaturopath You...
Sep 29, 2022•20 min
Sometimes you just have to stand up to false information in the media and show how and why a particular article or research paper is incorrect. Today I do exactly that but going through a well-sited article in a medical blog that actually misrepresents what the ketogenic diet actually is. Listen in on why this article has misled many physicians by misrepresenting information and where the correct and bonafide studies and information can be found. Links included for both. Podcast links https://ww...
Sep 22, 2022•40 min
