Keto as Your Foundation for Whatever Life Throws at You | Rob Harris

📣 Rob Harris was a lifetime nonsmoker, metabolically healthy, and doing everything right. Then came the lung cancer diagnosis — metastatic, fast-moving, and devastating. What happened next is a story about what a healthy baseline actually buys you when the unthinkable arrives.📋 Rob is my dad. He appeared on Episode 6B of Less of Me Success Stories — the predecessor to Ketobiography — and briefly at the end of The Cholesterol Code film. That makes this conversation part of my Cholesterol Code series. This update was a year in the making. We talk about the metabolic foundation Rob built before his diagnosis, what happened when cancer hit hard and fast, how he used targeted therapy, a keto meal replacement, and sheer stubbornness to come back from the edge — and why his oncologist called him a miracle. We also talk about hope: what it does, what losing it looks like, and why it may matter as much as anything else.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy a strong metabolic baseline before a crisis may be the most important health investment you can makeHow Rob's low carb lifestyle influenced his response to chemotherapy and targeted cancer therapyWhat a CEA tumor marker is and what Rob's numbers looked like from diagnosis to remissionWhy hope isn't soft — and what a doctor saying "I'm going to get you feeling well again" actually does for a patientHow Rob rebuilt muscle, appetite, and mobility from near zero, one baby step at a time💡 Key Insight"I was floored when I found out my diagnosis, but I was really happy that I was healthy before that happened." — Rob Harris🌐 Connect with Rob HarrisRob Harris appeared on Episode 6B of Less of Me Success Stories: https://youtube.com/live/lq6iY_EvnvARob is featured briefly at the end of The Cholesterol Code — streaming on Amazon: https://cholesterolcodemovie.com⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.⏳ Chapters0:47 Introduction2:37 Getting Into Low Carb for Metabolic Health3:08 The Cancer Diagnosis5:13 Responding Well to Treatment7:18 The Baseline That Kept Him Alive9:51 You Can't Put All Your Eggs in the Keto Basket12:56 Miracle or Hard Work?14:18 Regaining Weight with Health Code18:06 The Power of Hope29:11 Cancer Thrives on Sugar30:02 Tumor Markers and Targeted Therapy36:09 Baby Steps and the Magic Trick🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.🌱 Know someone with a keto success story? Nominate them to be featured: [email protected]🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show.👥 Connect with Robyn: https://www.robyndobbins.com https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.