239: Margaret Floyd on Lifespan on a Low Fat Diet and Preservatives Causing Weight Gain

Author of Eat Naked, NTP, Certified Gluten Practitioner, GAPS Practitioner and Restorative Wellness Specialist Margaret Floyd joins Leah and Kara for Episode 239 of "Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Kara Halderman". Sit back, relax and listen with a bulletproof coffee while Leah and Kara talk with heath experts on the latest health headlines! And check our Margarets easy baked salmon recipe that she shared on the show :) You can find her here as well: https://www.facebook.com/takeitalloff https://www.instagram.com/eatnakednow /https://www.pinterest.com/margaretfloyd/ Low Fat Diet Could Kill You!Study Finds    How Preservatives Can Make Us Gain Weight   Our solo guest, Margaret Floyd, shares her journey to becoming a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner as well as an instructor for the program Restorative Wellness Solutions that teaches functional lab skills to qualified nutritionists. Margaret mentions just how life changing this program can be not only for yourself, but for your clients to uncover the root cause of their health concerns. She also chats a bit about her website, http://www.eatnakednow.com  and her book Eat Naked that is recommended reading for the NTA. Margaret, Kara and Leah go over a new study revealing that a low fat diet could be deadly! The study claims that low saturated fat in take can shorten ones life by 13%, yet a diet high in fat cuts ones life by 23%. How confusing! The solution? The authors suggest a happy medium..yet strongly urge to not have a high fat intake. Listen in to hear the NTP perspective! Secondly, a new article talks about how preservatives can make us gain weight. Preservatives can interfere with our endocrine system and cause weight gain. But what about natural preservatives? Tune in! And remember our secret health headline! It's pretty moo-ving. Links used: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/diet-fitness/641201/Low-fat-diet-bad-for-you-low-carb-study http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/nutrition/how-preservatives-can-make-us-gain-weight-20170818-gxz28b.html http://www.eatnakednow.com/easy-salmon-with-garbanzos-artichokes-and-greens/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tobyshapshak/2017/08/28/how-icow-is-helping-kids-in-africa-avoid-life-damaging-nutritional-stunting/#96f319677cfb