It’s just an old 'wive’s tale’ so you thought. The fact that if you have a bacterial infection fasting (being in ketosis) might just save your life. On the other hand, if you have a viral (flu) infection you might want to have a good meal. Learn How auto-phagy and being on a low carb high fat ketogenic diet will probably mean you get far fewer cold…

This sounds pretty esoteric...Oxidative Priority...But it really means the order in which your body (you metabolism) must burn it’s fuel. Alcohol is number one. It must be burned off because it can't be stored...But when you are ‘burning your alcohol’ you are NOT burning anything else...Your carbs are being stored immediately. This will be a fascin…

My wife did this first…It was interesting how it changed the nature of our conversations about blood glucose in our lives. Then I did mine. Yes, it does appeal to that narcissistic self interest…But boy did I learn a lot more than I ever thought I would. And then there are the readings from other people….This opens a new door in understanding the w…

This is a brief discussion about Lipedema, what little we know about it as a condition, and how Keto may help. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ BLOG: https://ketonaturopath.com/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ketonaturopath Y YouTube channel www.youtube.com/ketonatur…

It’s been at least 9 years since we began our journey on the Ketogenic diet. Learned a lot that I didn’t know when we started and the technology has most certainly changed as well. Put both of those together and it is an entirely different world in which to start Keto. I think you’ll get some insight bits of actionable recommendations when you list…

This episode is about responding to specific questions sent in from a listener in London. The questions are thoughtful, well organized, and probably some of the ones many people have been thinking about for a while. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ BLOG: https://ketonaturo…

I’ve always thought that what the world is sorely in need of today is critical thinkers. Now I realized it is not that they are not there, it is that their perspectives have been kept from the mainstream due to their ideas being perceived as a threat to some ginormous corporate interest that has kept it out of the headlines. This is such a story th…

The question I keep asking myself is why is it we always hear about that some people can’t or don’t get positive results with a Ketogenic diet (aka Low Carb High Fat). Whether it is the Virta Health study or any one of various Obesity and Lifestyle Clinics around the country. It is pretty much common knowledge that about 50 % will get positive resu…

There’s two concepts that drive my passion for learning about and helping people implement the ‘Keto’ life style, and those are: 1. In order to be healthy in a progressively unhealthy world we need to think and act differently, and2. In order help people regain their health ( weight loss in this instance) one needs to look where where others haven’…

Andres Rosales who is calling via Zoom from his hometown in Mexico about how I use the Ketogenic diet for various conditions. His questions are determined, articulate, and well thought out. These are really the questions most researchers are asking, or people beginning to take the low carb high fat diet seriously, physicians included. Join in talki…

For some, this is the long a waited topic, conversation, that many feel represents their experience most accurately. It's for the people who have endured the often unnecessary work of getting started with the Ketogenic diet only to have it become a thoroughly frustrating time and effort. For others, this might be too ‘granular’ in terms of talking …

Not everyone is ‘on the same page' regarding some topics in the Ketogenic diet community. This podcast is about some of those issues. On some of those topics, they have made me reconsider what my perspective is, and frankly, now I no longer think as I did. Listen in and maybe you too will reconsider some of your previous assumptions about the Ketog…

The important components of what a therapeutic ketogenic diet should look like, in terms of blood work and specialized labs. Why it is definitely advantageous to have these labs done for you before you start, and how they directly lead to better, more effective, Some discoveries, some cautions and some lessons learned from coaching others. ————————…

Some discoveries, some cautions and some lessons learned from coaching others. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ BLOG: https://ketonaturopath.com/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ketonaturopath Y YouTube channel www.youtube.com/ketonaturopath Podcast: https://www.buzzs…

This is the final installment on our interview with Dr. Joan Ifland, on what is and how to deal with the Addiction to Processed Foods. This is perhaps the most important issue in health care, rather self health care. Now that we collectively are entering an era where our health is determined by our dietary choice it is incredibly important to be aw…

Perhaps now you have your eyebrows raised a bit from what was discussed in part one of the interview with Dr. Ifland, where we covered the nature of addiction the evolution of processed foods in today’s culture. You now know the consequences of blindly letting yourself or your family reach for another bag of doritos, or cheese puffs. Now the questi…

Perhaps there’s no more avoided topic in the entire field of dietary nutrition than “Processed Food Addiction”. The reason it is NOT discussed is because ‘processed foods’ is a vast, complicated, and for the most part, hidden and disguised as to not be easily identified to the consumer. To add to that, the concept of addiction is something we have …

What does process food addiction have to do with the Ketogenic Diet? Initially the answer is by dropping the carbs you drop a lot of processed food, usually, in the process. However, for many, it's not that easy...as with most additions...‘Just saying no’ doesn’t always lead to stopping the behavior that we are addicted to. This topic explores the …

Dr. Goldkamp comes back for a sequel to his initial interview to go deeper on the details of how he’s implementing Keto. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Facebook Group about Keto: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketonaturopath/ BLOG: https://ketonaturopath.com/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ketonaturopath Y YouTube channel www.youtube.com…

That “cocktail of medications” used for treating behavioral disorders have their side effects as anyone who knows of someone using them would know...some with horrible side effects. Dr. Christopher Palmer, Psychiatrist at Harvard, has been using the Ketogenic Diet as a way to avoid all of that. His story is absolutely jaw-dropping. In this intervie…

I’m hoping you haven’t caught your breath yet from the first part of the interview where you learned of Dr. Palmer’s first exposure to the Atkins diet and how that changed his life and his father’s life. Now in part II, he delves deeper into the connection between Mental Disorders (Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Depression, Dementia, as examples) and meta…

Brace yourselves for part 1 of a spectacular interview with a person who, in my view, is bringing Keto to places no one ever thought possible...Behavioral disorders. Then again, as Dr. Palmer points out the ketogenic diet was originally developed specifically for a behavioral disorder in the first place: Epilepsy. Take my word for it. You will love…

To think most people only think the Ketogenic diet is about weight loss... so far from the truth. Nearly 100 years ago the ketogenic diet was created for a neurological disorder: epilepsy. Now 100 years later much of what works for epilepsy works for behavioral disorders as well. Makes Sense. To think though that a ‘dietary’ approach could work for…

We have been developing a comprehensive Keto Coaching Program to address the what we haven’t been able to address in our previous programs. This is a brief explanation about how our next coaching program will go much deeper. We will look at areas that are seldom examined, like nutritional deficiencies, hormones, various labs that are often missed, …

This is a podcast devoted entirely to going deep into what exactly C8 triglyceride is, why you would, and how you should use it. From how it affects your metabolism by creating ketones within 15 minutes of consuming it, why it can help one loose weight, make you feel more energetic, to helping with epilepsy. This is a much overlooked fat to add to …

Picking up where Dr. Cunnane left off in part one, we get into other aspects of ketones and what we know about them specifically, brain health, and how the brain’s ability to use ketones as a fuel does not diminish with age. Rather, it is our ability to use glucose as a fuel decreases. Due to the decreasing effectiveness of the insulin to get the g…

The are very, very few people such as Dr. Stephen Cunnane that have done so much work on ‘brain health’ with aging. Though he states others have come before him that have pointed to use of Ketones as an ‘alternative’ fuel for the brain, it is Dr. Cunnane’s work on the ‘Keto-Pet Scan’ that showed just how vital it is. To Many, the work of Dr. Cunnan…

Dr. Stephen Cunnane’s work, his life work, has been very influential in how we understand brain health today. More specifically, how we can improve MCI (mild cognitive impairment) and Alzheimer Disease through the use of a Ketogenic diet or consuming highly ketogenic saturated fats or even exogenous ketones. This is a brief background on his work, …

A tad dramatic?...Absolutely not at all. Driven by a need for few more guaranteed breaths of life. Two almost terminal conditions resolved by doing something unimaginable from their experience. I was interviewed by a radio station (naturopathic content program) to disclose why we are so driven and passionate about the Ketogenic diet or way of livin…

Going deeper in the discussion with Dr. Westman of the conditions that are improved with Keto. Also looking into the future with the idea of an entirely new discipline of medicine developing: "Keto Medicine” and what and why this is something very different than anything that has previously existed. Did you know that there is something that Dr. Wes…

This is a rare opportunity to go deeper on the Ketogenic Diet with someone who has been using it for many different conditions. Even though his practice is outwardly focused on obesity within the Diet and Lifestyle Clinic at Duke University, many other conditions are referred to his practice exclusively to have people learn about and how to impleme…

Dr. Westman Is the physician who has treated the most patients with the Ketogenic diet. Having seen what he has does in his Lifestyle Clinic at Duke University, his work is nothing short of remarkable. This is an introduction to all that he represents and has done for the Keto community and medicine in general. —————————COME SAY HI!!! —————————— Fa…

This is a quick summary of the major point, and the important points, that Dr. Ben Bocchicchio presented. I did this quick podcast to make sure the basics were understood and could be implemented by everyone. Dr. Ben Bocchicchio was WAAAAY a head of the others. At a time when Aerobics were all the range Dr. Ben was changing lives both in the hospit…

Listen in for part two of this incredible conversation with Dr. Bocchicchio. Touching on more science and personal experiences from his decades of research and applications of HIT, follow Dr. Ben as he delves deeper as we draw towards this discussions conclusion. If you have not listened to the Prequel or Part 1 be sure to get yourself in gear and …

Perhaps you think you know all about HIT, well I doubt it and you will too after listening to this interview with Dr. ‘Ben’ Bocchicchio who developed this method of working out that anyone can do. He’s worked with celebrities, athletes, paraplegics, cardiac patients to help them reach levels of strength and metabolic fitness none thought possible. …

If I told you that you could absolutely change your health by doing this one thing for 14 minutes twice a week...something even osteoporotic women can even do...would you? Well, this is that thing. It’s as close to a ‘universal’ SECRET SAUCE as there could be. Ah, but you would have heard of it by now if it were true. I’d have to say you weren't lo…

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!!! ———…

When people ask who has the greatest experience with working with the people on a low carb diet, there is only one answer. That’s Dr. Eric Westman. He was only person to actually conduct studies on the approach and methods that Dr. Robert Atkins employed to treat people with a low carb diet...that resulted incredibly reproducible outcomes. At a tim…

Catch your breath from part one and get ready to be introduced to the larger context of treating cancer 'as a metabolic disease' and how essential a calorie-restricted ketogenic diet is to achieving a return to health, creating healthy cells from cancerous ones...a return to “the society of cells” as Dr. Seyfried says. Is it possible? You bet. Link…

From Vietnam To The Cutting Edge of Cancer Research … Fighting To Save People's Lives In a Different War 50 years later. In this episode, the first part of the interview with Dr. Seyfried. Tom mentioned briefly that he spent a year in Vietnam as part of the 1st Calvary Division...The 1st Cavalry Division is one of the most decorated combat division…

The Shot heard round the world. “… the origin of carcinogenesis resides with the mitochondria in the cytoplasm, not the with the genome in the Nucleus.” Researchers have transplanted the nucleus (it’s DNA) of a cancer cell into a healthy cell that had its nucleus removed. When that new combined cell with healthy cytoplasm and mitochondria but DNA f…

"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 tu…

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!!! ———…

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, be…

"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 tu…

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…

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 AD…

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…

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 f…

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 u…