215: Nicola Lock & Jackie Fletcher – A short episode on the Keto Brain Health Conference

Nicola Lock & Jackie Fletcher  Nicola Lock was a medical secretary in the NHS for 15 years, primarily in Mental Health Services, and after having her children set up as a freelance medical transcriptionist which she has been doing for the last 20 years, mainly in private healthcare. Her interest in low carb began about 9 years ago after discovering Michael Mosley’s 8 week blood sugar diet. Over the years she had made several attempts at losing weight by following the recommended low fat, eat less/move more model, which either failed or, if she succeeded initially, she then put the weight back on and was back to square one. In the New Year of 2019 she decided to try a low carb/real food lifestyle in an attempt to lose the weight that she had once again put on over the Christmas period, and six months later had effortlessly lost about 2 stone (28 lb / 12.5 kg), which she has pretty much maintained since that time.  Although she had no health issues that she was aware of, after becoming low carb she has noticed improvement in her skin as well as improved energy and mental wellbeing. Nicola has discovered an enthusiasm for learning more about this way of life and has been a member of Nutrition Network since July 2020.  She has completed several of their courses including Nutrition Network Advisor, Obesity: Risks & Reversal, Ethics, Neurology and LCHF for Nurses.  She is currently studying Metabolism and the Mind.  Nicola has been an ambassador for the Public Health Collaboration since October 2020 and since June 2023 has been a health coach for The Lifestyle Club, which is an online programme providing education to empower people diagnosed with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes to potentially put their condition into remission through a real food lifestyle approach.  And recently Nicola has become involved with another PHC project, Liberate, which is a programme designed to help people who feel addicted to ultra processed foods.   Link to Show Notes on Website https://fabulouslyketo.com/podcast/215   Nicola & Jackie’s Top Tips Both Nicola and Jackie agreed – go to conferences. Meet other people who think like you and you can talk to without fear of being shunned. Find your tribe   Resources Mentioned Nicola Lock Ben Hunt Heather Foley Zoe Harcombe Rich Smith Dr Rachel Brown Dr Anthony Chaffee     The Fabulously Keto Diet & Lifestyle Journal: A 12-week journal to support new habits – Jackie Fletcher If you have enjoyed listening to this episode – Leave us a review By leaving us a review on your favourite podcast platform, you help us to be found by others. Support Jackie Help Jackie make more episodes by supporting her. If you wish to support her we have various options from one off donations to becoming a Super Fabulously Keto Podcast Supporter with coaching and support. Check out this page for lots of different ways to support the podcast. https://fabulouslyketo.com/support Or You can find us on Patreon: https://www.patr