Judy Cho: Healing through Carnivore and Healthy Habits for the Whole Family

Judy Cho is board certified in holistic nutrition and a certified nutritional therapy practitioner. She works with people to heal the gut through a carnivore elimination diet. She is also the author of Carnivore Cure and host of the Cutting Against the Grain Podcast. In this episode we talked about the carnivore diet, autoimmune protocol, teaching kids healthy habits, and much more! Hope you enjoy it. (00:00:33) Judy’s beginnings and passion for nutrition. (00:02:55) Results from the keto diet, from plant-based to carnivore. (00:04:31) Elimination diets, healing the gut. (00:05:58) How long it takes to get results from elimination diets. (00:08:00) Judy’s personal story with carnivore and keto, how flexible she is. (00:10:40) Niklas’ story with being celiac and paleo. (00:11:34) Thoughts on incorporating fruit and honey to a carnivore diet. (00:15:22) Measures of health: hormones, mood, stools, energy, sleep. (00:18:23) Is fructose consumed by gut bacteria? (00:20:23) Comparison of fructose in fruits and juice, organic fruit, toxins in common fruit and wheat. (00:23:10) Cholesterol, LDL–HDL ratio and the carnivore diet. (00:26:48) Risks and side effects of statins. (00:29:00) Calcium-Score Screening Heart Scans, interpreting the score. (00:30:54) High iron, ferritin levels on the carnivore diet. (00:32:00) How certain nutrients in raw dairy can help with excess iron (00:33:15) Differences between men and women carnivore / are there differences between - when it comes to carnivore (00:35:29) Including organs in the right proportion and eating grass fed beef. (00:39:00) Carnivore for weight loss. (00:41:00) Thoughts on vegetables and antioxidants. (00:45:17) Is it boring to be full carnivore and having no plants? (00:47:00)  Alcohol, sleep. (00:48:22) Treating autoimmune conditions with the carnivore diet, anti-nutrients that worsen them. (00:53:28) Implementing the carnivore or paleo diet with kids. Niklas’ family experience as well. (00:56:23) How avoiding snacking can help stabilize insulin and, in turn, weight loss. (00:58:33) Recommendations for carnivore on a budget