Ketobiography

📣 Drew Kriese spent 32 years watching his wife Christy fight depression, anxiety, and a mental health crisis that brought their family to its knees. He wasn't the one going carnivore — she was. But when he finally tried it himself, everything changed.📋 Drew is the husband of Christy Kriese, who shared her remarkable recovery story on Episode 51. In this conversation, Drew takes us to the other side of that story — what it looked like from where he was standing. He watched Christy go from sleeping around the clock and unable to eat, to 900+ days into a carnivore lifestyle that changed not just her life but his, their kids', and their grandchildren's. He also shares his own journey: the carnivore January that turned into two and a half years, unexpected improvements in a degenerative eye condition that had him getting injections in both eyes every six weeks, and what it means to maintain this lifestyle while traveling constantly for work.Note: Drew is a field representative who received work messages during our conversation. You may notice brief visual interruptions, but he can be heard clearly throughout.🔑 What You'll LearnWhat it's actually like to be the spouse of someone in a severe mental health crisis, and what helpedHow Drew went from zero faith in carnivore to two and a half years inWhy he started sharing Christy's story with his own employees — and why it mattersHow a degenerative eye condition that required injections every six weeks has responded since he changed his dietHow to stay carnivore on the road when airport food is working against you💡 Key Insight"When you see your best friend struggling and you can't help her as a husband — that sucks." — Drew Kriese🌐 Connect with Drew KrieseFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/drew.krieseX: https://x.com/DrewKrieseFor Christy's story, listen to Episode 51: https://youtu.be/9CwpyS_2k0w💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollectiveX: https://x.com/metcollectiveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MetabolicCollectiveThe Friends & Family Support Group — for loved ones and caregivers of people navigating metabolic health — meets every other week and can be found at Metabolic Collective: https://www.metaboliccollective.org⚕️ 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 Introduction3:15 Thirty-Two Years Together4:33 When the Big One Hit8:04 Finding Carnivore10:54 A Lesson for the Kids22:35 On Being a Caregiver25:25 The Friends & Family Support Group35:47 Carnivore January39:06 Mental Clarity and Unexpected Changes43:10 The Eye Condition49:16 Staying Carnivore on the Road🎧 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.

📣 Steven T. spent 30 years battling bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and food addiction before a ketogenic diet put him into remission — no medication, no episodes, five years and counting. In this episode, he shares how he got there and what he's building now.📋 In this conversation, Steven T. and I talk about what bipolar remission actually feels like from the inside, how he went from 20 years of vegetarianism to a high-fat beef-only way of eating, and why his daughter Samantha is at the center of everything he does. We also get into the identity questions that come with going public about mental illness, the community spaces he's building for people using metabolic therapies, and what pragmatism over dogmatism actually looks like in practice.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Steven T. achieved five years of bipolar remission without medication through a ketogenic dietWhy he coined HFBO — High Fat Beyond Optimal — and how his approach has evolved over timeWhat it looks like to raise a child on keto for ADHD and OCD, and what he's observed in his daughter SamanthaHow accountability, community, and energy management are as foundational to his mental health as the food itselfWhy he lives by pragmatism over dogmatism and what that means for anyone trying to find their own keto path💡 Key Insight"I can't make deposits all day long and then expect to still have money when Samantha comes home from school." — Steven T.🌐 Connect with Steven T.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MT4MHWebsite: https://findyourketo.netInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/steventrunceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/steventrunceX: https://x.com/StevenTrunceLinkTree: https://linktr.ee/steventrunceCommunity & Support Groups:X Community — Keto Therapy 4 Mental Health: https://x.com/i/communities/1925679302661443714HFBO Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/dtktaWstHUTsGHQ9/Metabolic Brotherhood Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/the-metabolic-brotherhood/Mental Health & Ketogenic Lifestyle Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/mentalhealthandtheketogeniclifestyle💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollectiveX: https://x.com/metcollectiveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective⚕️ 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 Introduction2:17 Doing Hard Things Together6:20 Two Very Different Podcast Hosts16:55 Steven T.'s Story — Bipolar, Addiction & 30 Years of Struggle28:34 What Bipolar Remission Actually Feels Like30:08 All In on Fatherhood — Samantha & Keto for ADHD and OCD34:16 From Vegan to HFBO — 20 Years of Vegetarianism44:37 Coining HFBO and Finding Your Keto49:34 Identity, Advocacy & Going Public About Mental Health56:20 Community Groups, the Metabolic Brotherhood & the Book1:10:19 Top 5 Metabolic Mental Health Practices🎧 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.

📣 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.

📣 Mimi Morgan was given less than a 50% chance of surviving the next 18 months. Today she's deadlifting 135 pounds and training for the 500-mile Camino de Santiago. This is what changed.📋 Mimi is a wellness coach, certified personal trainer, and Metabolic Health practitioner who faced Parkinson's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, a stroke, and a life-threatening MRSA spinal infection — all within a few years of each other. She went from using a walker and losing hope at a mailbox to building muscle, coming off all medication, and now coaching others with Parkinson's through metabolic and movement-based restoration. This is her full two-year update.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Mimi reduced her Parkinson's medication dependency by shifting to a high-fat, low-carb diet and eventually came off all medication after three and a half yearsWhy the "mailbox moment" — not a dramatic breakthrough — was the turning point that saved her life, and what she did with just 10 steps a dayHow a MRSA spinal infection destroyed vertebrae L2, L3, and part of L4, and why she still carries the bacteria today and manages around itWhat her coaching approach looks like for people with Parkinson's — including PWR moves, macro tracking, protein timing, and the mental shift she considers non-negotiableWhy muscle mass may be one of the most important investments you can make before illness strikes, and what she tells clients who want a quick fix💡 Key Insight"The act of taking 10 more steps was — I'm worth 10 more steps. That was all I could do, that was all I had in me, but I was worth those 10 steps." — Mimi Morgan🌐 Connect with Mimi MorganWebsite: https://www.just10moresteps.comX: https://x.com/mimikmorganInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mimimorgankFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559122019739⚕️ 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 Introduction2:39 Five-Year Cliff Notes — Dupuytren's, RA, and Parkinson's5:47 The Stroke, the Tainted IV, and MRSA9:12 Given Less Than 50% Chance of Surviving12:04 The Mailbox Moment14:49 Worth 10 More Steps15:54 Discovering Low Carb and Running on Ketones30:06 Two-Year Update — Training, Coaching, and What's Changed31:57 The Mental Shift That Made Everything Else Possible41:38 PWR Moves, Muscle, and Who Mimi Coaches🎧 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.

📣 Joomee Kyler spent a lifetime cycling through illness after illness — chronic infections, depression, gestational diabetes, thyroid cancer — until a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis on December 8, 2022 became the day that changed everything. Within three months, her labs looked unrecognizable. Within a year, so did her life.📋 In this episode, Joomee shares how she approached keto and intermittent fasting without overcomplicating it, what her therapeutic fasting protocol actually looked like, and the long list of conditions that quietly resolved along the way — sleep apnea, fatty liver, GERD, depression, anxiety, chronic hives, and more. She also talks about what it means to become your own health advocate when the system has failed you, and how she now supports others through accountability groups and her passion project, Metabolic Health Stories.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a lifetime of unresolved illness connected back to insulin resistance long before a diabetes diagnosisThe simple, no-macro-counting keto and fasting approach Joomee used to reverse Type 2 diabetes in 3 monthsHow to ease into therapeutic fasting — from 16 hours to 72 hours — without overwhelming your bodyWhy the conditions that resolved alongside diabetes were just as significant as the lab numbersHow Joomee now mentors others and why becoming your own advocate is the throughline of her story💡 Key Insight"I feel like the luckiest person in the world because I discovered keto and intermittent fasting on the exact same day I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes — it completely changed my life and gave me my future back." — Joomee Kyler🌐 Connect with Joomee KylerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lowcarbology101Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metabolic.health.storiesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jsk722⚕️ 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.🎧 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.

📣 Harmony Bright was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 30, spent 13 years on heavy psychiatric medications, and then accidentally changed everything with food. This is the most-watched episode on the Ketobiography YouTube channel — and it earned that by fitting exactly what this podcast is here to share.📋 Harmony's story covers schizophrenia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, chronic inflammation, spinal injury, and a medication journey that left her barely able to participate in life. What pulled her out wasn't a prescription. It was a ketogenic diet she stumbled into while trying to reduce inflammation — and the realization, years later, that it had been quietly giving her her life back.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a therapeutic ketogenic diet can produce measurable improvements in schizophrenia symptomsWhat medication-induced metabolic damage looks like and how diet can work around itWhy tapering psychiatric medication can look like relapse — and how to tell the differenceHow glucose and ketone levels interact during withdrawal and why that mattersWhy individualized troubleshooting, a CGM, and a support system are essential during a keto-based taper💡 Key Insight"What people see me do when I start feeling those symptoms come on — they'll see me reaching for a meat stick or a fat bomb to lower my glucose. That's the difference of being psychotic and not being in control, and taking control of your illness. That's how you control it with food." — Harmony Bright🌐 Connect with Harmony BrightX: https://x.com/bright_har6612Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonybright1000⚕️ 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.🎧 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.

📣 Christy Kriese is back — and two years of strict carnivore have changed not just her life, but nearly everyone around her.📋 Christy spent years cycling through psychiatric medications, a devastating deprescribing experience, and a depression so severe that she was surviving on fewer than 8,000 calories a month. Then, on November 13, 2023, she started carnivore. Now, 890 days in, she still feels better every single day. In this conversation, she and Robyn talk about what changed, who else in her family came along for the ride, and why lived experience is as important as any clinical study.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy a too-fast medication taper can mimic — or trigger — a psychiatric crisis, and why that's rarely recognized in treatmentHow Christy's sleep improved by day eight on carnivore, before almost anything else changedWhat happened when her husband, son, son-in-law, daughter, grandkids, and brother-in-law each started carnivore on their own timelineWhy Christy tracks how she feels rather than macros, ketones, or the scale — and why that approach works for her mental health historyHow she went from a burner Twitter account called Little Miss Depressive Episode to doing one-on-one crisis support for people across the country💡 Key Insight"Waking up at nighttime wondering if you killed somebody or if you've tried to kill yourself because you can't separate reality from your dreams — that's hard. This is not hard." — Christy Kriese🌐 Connect with Christy KrieseX: https://x.com/melovinjesusFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/christy.krieseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/melovinjesus22💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollectiveX: https://x.com/metcollectiveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective⚕️ 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 Introduction2:12 Christy's Background and Mental Health History4:34 Cyclical Depression and the COVID Turning Point7:56 Deprescribing Gone Wrong10:07 The $2,600 Psychiatrist and Four Medications in Four Weeks14:43 What Nobody Talks About: Deprescribing Risks17:09 From Bedbound to Carnivore: The First Days23:35 Day Eight Sleep, 890 Days of Feeling Better24:54 How the Whole Family Joined In44:07 One-on-Ones, Metabolic Collective, and Helping Others🎧 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.

📣 What are exogenous ketones, and who actually needs them? Frank Llosa, founder and CEO of KetoneAid and Hard Ketones, cuts through the marketing noise to explain what works, what doesn't, and why.📋 From brain fog and traumatic brain injury to sleep, alcohol alternatives, and mental health, this conversation goes deep on how ketones can fill the brain energy gap — and when the ketogenic diet alone is the better answer. Frank breaks down the real science behind ketone esters, ketone salts, and MCT oil, explains why high blood ketone numbers don't tell the whole story, and makes a compelling case for Hard Ketones as an alcohol alternative that works at the biochemical level — not just the buzz.🔑 What You'll LearnThe critical differences between ketone esters, ketone salts, and MCT oil — and why the molecule matters more than the marketingWhy high blood ketone numbers don't tell the whole story, and what the brain energy gap really means for mental and neurological healthHow exogenous ketones may support recovery from traumatic brain injury, and why Frank says TBI patients should default to a ketogenic dietWhy Hard Ketones work as an alcohol alternative — and the surprising biochemistry behind why people crave alcohol in the first placeThe one best reason to try a ketone ester: it depends entirely on your biggest deficit💡 Key Insight"The more that it works, the more that sugar is the problem." — Frank Llosa🌐 Connect with Frank LlosaKetoneAid: https://www.ketoneaid.comHard Ketones: https://www.hardketones.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ketoneaidCheck the website for current discount codes and subscription savings — use code FREESHIP for free shipping.⚕️ 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 Welcome & Frank's Origin Story7:50 Exogenous Ketones Explained: MCT, Salts & Esters21:58 Who Actually Benefits from Ketone Esters?33:29 Ketones for Traumatic Brain Injury & Neuroprotection40:26 Mental Health, the Brain Energy Gap & Glucose Impairment51:30 Ketosis vs. Fat Burning: The Big Misconception55:30 Hard Ketones: A Real Alcohol Alternative1:05:37 Sweeteners, Taste & Product Details1:09:46 Where to Find Frank & KetoneAid📝 A note from Robyn: Ketobiography does not promote or endorse products. My conversation with Frank was intended to inform — not to advocate for or against KetoneAid or any other product. As always, I believe that healing looks different for everyone, and some tools may be helpful for some people at certain points in their journey. Do your own research, listen to your body, and work with a healthcare provider you trust.🎧 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.

📣 Pam Groth spent 16 years on prednisone for multiple sclerosis before it pushed her into type 2 diabetes. Then she found keto — and everything started to shift.📋 Pam grew up signing as a child of deaf adults, then lost her own hearing to MS. Managing two chronic conditions while navigating a medical system that doesn't always make space for deaf patients, she turned to keto through a deaf diabetes support group. Her A1C dropped from 9 to 5.5, her insulin doses came down, and the neuropathy pain that made sleep impossible finally became manageable. Now she coaches deaf clients in American Sign Language, making metabolic health information accessible to a community that rarely gets it.This is a shorter episode — a technology-challenged conversation that still delivers something real: a practical, hopeful look at food as medicine, advocacy in the exam room, and what it means to build a community around information that can change lives.🔑 What You'll LearnHow 16 years of prednisone for MS contributed to type 2 diabetes and severe neuropathyWhy cutting carbs, lowering dairy, and tracking macros helped Pam reduce insulin and stabilize blood sugarHow carbs specifically flare both MS and diabetes-related nerve pain, disrupting sleep and compounding fatigueWhat it's like to navigate medical appointments as a deaf patient, and why patient portals and advocates matterHow Pam coaches deaf clients in ASL to lower A1C, rethink buffet culture, and understand real-food keto💡 Key Insight"I'm a strong believer that your gut controls your immune system, and everything you put in your mouth goes into your gut — if it's not healthy, you're not going to be healthy." — Pam Groth🌐 Connect with Pam GrothWebsite: https://www.sisterniches.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.facebook.com/pam.grothInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pamgrothartist⚕️ 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 Introduction1:39 Robyn's Intro: MS, Prednisone, and Type 2 Diabetes4:07 Diagnosed with MS at 286:36 How Carbs Trigger Nerve Pain7:28 Deaf Diabetes Support Group and Discovering Keto8:56 A1C of 9, Starting Insulin, and Reducing Doses10:47 Adapting Keto for MS and Cutting Dairy12:15 Coaching a Client from 428 to 228 lbs16:24 What MS Is and Keto's Impact on Neuropathy23:54 Deaf Advocacy and Navigating Doctor Visits🎧 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.

📣 Menopause doesn't just change your hormones — it changes your gut, your brain, your bones, and your metabolic health. Nurse practitioner and midlife women's health expert Cynthia Thurlow explains why the microbiome is the missing link in most menopause conversations.📋 Cynthia unpacks the powerful connection between the gut microbiome, hormones, blood sugar, sleep, stress, and muscle mass in perimenopause and menopause. She explains how simple, consistent lifestyle shifts can dramatically ease hot flashes, brain fog, weight changes, and sleep issues — and why chasing the newest supplement or gadget is the wrong first move. You'll also hear a candid discussion about HRT, GLP-1 medications, trauma, and practical first steps you can start today.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy midlife physiology changes everything — from neurotransmitters to hormones — and what that means for your daily habitsHow blood sugar, hot flashes, and sleep are tightly linked, and why stabilizing glucose is a first-line strategy for vasomotor symptomsThe critical role of fiber, short-chain fatty acids, and the microbiome in menopause, and why gut diversity drops as hormones declineHow muscle mass, strength training, and walking after meals support insulin sensitivity and metabolic health in midlife womenA nuanced view of HRT and GLP-1 medications — who they can help, why pellets can be problematic, and why lifestyle still forms the foundation💡 Key Insight"What you got away with at 18 is not what you get away with at 45 or 50 — and that's not a personal failure, it's a reflection of your changing physiology." — Cynthia Thurlow🌐 Connect with Cynthia ThurlowWebsite: https://www.cynthiathurlow.comEveryday Wellness Podcast: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/podcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthia_thurlow_Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthia.thurlowX: https://x.com/_CynthiaThurlowThe Menopause Gut (Book): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777129/the-menopause-gut-by-cynthia-thurlow-np⚕️ 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 Welcome & Why Menopause Is So Confusing Right Now3:20 The Game Changes in Midlife: Physiology, Not Personal Failure4:05 Major in the Majors: Sleep, Stress, Nutrition, Exercise Before Supplements7:17 Hot Flashes, Blood Sugar, and Why You Can't Eat Like You're 1811:17 Fiber, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, and The Menopause Gut16:17 Muscle Loss, Insulin Resistance, and the Power of Lifting Weights20:17 HRT, Progesterone, Estrogen, Testosterone & Why Pellets Are Tricky24:17 GLP-1s, Shame, and Changing the Narrative Around Women's Weight25:27 Brain Fog, Medications, and Mitochondrial Health27:27 Trauma, Stress, and How the Microbiome Shapes Menopause🎧 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.

📣 Years of work, cross-country screenings, and a groundbreaking cholesterol documentary all come together in this powerful in-person conversation between Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins and engineer-researcher Dave Feldman. They unpack the emotion and logistics behind The Cholesterol Code film tour, the surprising way keto helped Robyn's bipolar journey, and why real-world stories must sit alongside rigorous science.📋 You'll hear what's next for the Keto-CTA research, how CoSci grew into a Vegas-based fundraising "conference in disguise," and why many in the low-carb world are re-examining long-held beliefs about LDL, ApoB, and heart disease risk.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a "one-question podcast" turns into a deep dive on The Cholesterol Code film, from CoSci premieres to the Dallas screening and Amazon launchWhy Robyn's keto journey started as a cholesterol fix and unexpectedly reshaped her experience of bipolar disorder and medication side effectsWhat the Keto-CTA study suggests so far about lean, metabolically healthy people with very high LDL, and why Dave is pushing for 5-year scans and a 200-person companion study with a control groupHow personal stories, documentary film, and platforms like Ketobiography and Metabolic Collective help challenge the standard LDL narrative and invite more individualized careWhy Dave thinks many doctors genuinely want to help yet risk losing patient trust when they dismiss imaging, context, and lived experience — and how the film might help bridge that gap💡 Key Insight"You've got to do both. You've got to do the research and get it in the literature — but you can't count on it to just take off from there. That's why the personal stories matter so much." — Dave Feldman🌐 Connect with Dave FeldmanX: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanThe Feldman Protocol: https://www.youtube.com/@FeldmanProtocolOwn Your Labs: https://ownyourlabs.comCitizen Science Foundation: https://citizensciencefoundation.org🎥 The Cholesterol Code is now on Amazon: https://cholesterolcodemovie.comWatch, rate & review to increase its impact.💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollectiveX: https://x.com/metcollectiveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective⚕️ 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 Welcome to Ketobiography & today's guest1:18 The final Cholesterol Code series episode1:55 Dallas screening day & Amazon launch countdown2:49 Dave's tour stops and the last theatrical screening4:19 Two years of anticipation and Robyn's emotional journey6:52 Bipolar, medications, and discovering keto as a lifeline11:09 Why The Cholesterol Code blends science with personal stories15:20 What's next: Own Your Labs and future Keto-CTA research20:10 LMHRs, FH history, and hard questions about very high LDL29:23 Robyn's next chapter, CoSci, and where the conversation goes from here🎧 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.

📣 In this special Ketobiography episode, host Robyn Dobbins shares her recent interview with Casey Ruff from Boundless Body Radio, along with the lived-experience panel from the Menlo Park, California screening of The Cholesterol Code. Robyn and Casey revisit her journey from years of severe mental and physical illness — including OCD, obesity, depression, Hashimoto's, and bipolar disorder — to discovering ketogenic metabolic therapy and rebuilding her life, relationships, and sense of purpose.📋 They explore the central tension raised by The Cholesterol Code: what it means to live as a lean-mass hyper-responder with very high LDL, zero coronary plaque, and profound mental health benefits from a ketogenic diet, and how to weigh that reality against standard cholesterol guidelines and the fears of clinicians, family, and society. The episode then moves to the Menlo Park lived-experience panel moderated by Dr. Bret Scher, featuring Robyn Dobbins, Dr. Eric Rodgers, Michelle Hurn, and Lauren Kennedy West of Living Well After Schizophrenia — a candid conversation about anorexia, schizophrenia, major depression, athletic performance, and the practical realities of sustaining these approaches in everyday life.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Robyn's long history with bipolar disorder and other conditions shifted when she began using a ketogenic diet for metabolic and mental health.Why The Cholesterol Code focuses on lean-mass hyper-responders, and what high LDL with zero plaque might mean for people who are otherwise metabolically healthy.How parents, partners, and children experience and adapt to one family member's healing — emotionally, relationally, and over time.How ketogenic and low-carb therapies are being used in real life for anorexia, schizophrenia, major depression, and athletic performance, and what trade-offs the panelists consider around risk and benefit.Why centering lived experience — through storytelling, panels, and community building initiatives like Metabolic Collective — is crucial as science on metabolic psychiatry continues to evolve.💡 Key Insight"There's no reason to go back to how I was just because of this one number. My overall well-being, the joy and energy I have now — there's no trading that for a lab result." — Robyn Dobbins🌐 Connect with RobynWebsite: https://www.robyndobbins.com Podcast: https://www.robyndobbins.com/ketobiographyX: https://x.com/robynrdobbins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.dobbins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robynrdobbins YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ketobiography🌐 Connect with Casey RuffWebsite: https://www.myboundlessbody.com Podcast: https://www.myboundlessbody.com/podcast-1 X: https://x.com/CaseyRuff Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/casey.ruff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caseyboundlessbody💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollective X: https://x.com/metcollective YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective⚕️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.🎧 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.

📣 In this special replay from Less of Me Success Stories, Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins shares a powerful conversation with a fellow Cholesterol Code participant whose story of treatment-resistant depression, medication side effects, and weight gain led him to discover metabolic therapies and low-carb nutrition. Recorded on March 1st, 2025, this episode captures what it looks like to be both a clinician and a patient, to question standard approaches to mental health, and to slowly reclaim hope when nothing seems to work.📋 As Robyn returns from a sold-out screening of The Cholesterol Code in Durham, NC, she invites listeners to hear this conversation as a "before" snapshot — one year before their intertwined stories reached the big screen.🔑 What You'll LearnHow long-term depression, weight changes, and polypharmacy can erode hope — and why that story is more common than we think.What it feels like to navigate the mental health system as both a doctor and a patient searching for answers.How discovering ketogenic and metabolic therapies opened a new path for mood, energy, and overall stability.Why nutrition, metabolism, and brain health are deeply connected, especially in cases labeled "treatment-resistant."How sharing lived experience publicly — and now on film in The Cholesterol Code — can reduce stigma and offer hope to others.💡 Key Insight "We have an option for people — and they need to know what's out there, because the most frustrating thing is that doctors often aren't interested, even after they see the change." — Eric Rodgers🌐 Connect with Dr. Eric RodgersX: https://x.com/DrEricRodgers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ereyedoc🌐 Metabolic Mind Website: https://www.metabolicmind.org🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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.🎧 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.

📣 A terrifying ER visit, the smell of acetone on her 9-year-old's breath, and an A1C of 11% launched one family into the world of type 1 diabetes overnight. When doctors insisted "he needs carbs to grow" and later pushed hard for statins after his total cholesterol hit 832, this mama bear turned to keto, Dr. Bernstein's low-carb approach, and the TypeOneGrit and LMHR communities to keep her son's blood sugar in the non-diabetic range while his cholesterol steadily fell — without medication.📋 In this episode, you'll hear how Alison Coughlin navigated fear, pressure, and conflicting expert opinions to advocate for her child's health, and what their life looks like now as he thrives in sports, school, and everyday childhood on a low-carb way of eating.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a parent recognized early signs of type 1 diabetes at home and pushed for urgent careWhat it looks like to transition a child and family to Dr. Bernstein's low-carb approach after diagnosisHow A1C can move from 11% to a non-diabetic range on keto — and why some clinicians still resistWhat LMHR is, why Johnny's total cholesterol soared to 832, and how it later dropped to 341 without statinsPractical insights on advocating for your child when doctors warn you're "doing it wrong" but your child is thriving💡 Key Insight"The most important thing is keeping his A1C in check and keeping his blood sugars in a non-diabetic range — and that is what we believe is truly the best thing for him." — Alison Coughlin🌐 Connect with Alison CoughlinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnys_lowcarblifeTypeOneGrit Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/typeonegritLMHR Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeanMassHyperResponder📖 Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: https://a.co/d/08ymhi7d (not an affiliate link)🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Introduction, Cholesterol Code series, and Alison's first podcast appearance2:12 Johnny's diagnosis story: acetone breath, ER visit, and A1C of 11%8:35 Hospital food, carb counting, and early fears about life with type 1 diabetes12:40 Finding TypeOneGrit, discovering Dr. Bernstein, and going low-carb as a family14:34 Non-diabetic A1C, pushback from the endo, and "he needs carbs to grow"16:22 The shocking lipid panel: total cholesterol 832, LDL 741, and FH testing21:32 LMHR, cardiology workup, CAC scan, and relentless pressure to start statins25:24 Cholesterol trending down to 341 without meds and choosing not to debate doctors anymore33:15 Who Johnny is today: thriving teen, baseball, beach days, and no limitations on keto55:27 Filming Cholesterol Code and the emotional experience of meeting Dr. Bernstein🎧 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.

📣 What if the diet advice you trusted your whole life was actually feeding your cravings — and your lab "red flags" didn't tell the whole story? Clinical psychologist and author Dr. Jen Unwin joins Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins to explore the intersection of food addiction, low-carb nutrition, and cholesterol.📋 Drawing on her professional experience with the NHS and her own lived experience as a lifelong sugar addict, Jen explains how she finally found food freedom with low carb and why, for many people, understanding addiction is the missing piece that makes change stick. She also shares the story behind her sky-high LDL, zero CAC scores, and appearance in The Cholesterol Code documentary — inviting listeners to rethink what "risk" really looks like in the context of metabolic health.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a clinical psychologist came to see her own pattern as true food addiction, not a lack of willpowerWhy low-carb or keto can transform cravings and energy — and why that alone may not solve addiction for some peopleThe CRAVED framework for recognizing food addiction in yourself or your patients and clientsHow Jen and Dr. David Unwin helped type 2 diabetes patients reach drug-free remission with dietary change and data trackingWhat Jen's extreme LDL, zero CAC scores, and Cholesterol Code involvement suggest about lean-mass hyper-responders and risk assessment💡 Key Insight"It's not your fault, but it is your responsibility — to build the routines, boundaries, and ways of living that keep food addiction from finding its way back in." — Dr. Jen Unwin🌐 Connect with Dr. Jen UnwinX: https://x.com/drjenunwinThe Collaborative Health Community: https://www.the-CHC.orgFork in the Road — A Hopeful Guide to Food Freedom: https://a.co/d/0fwnvlHr🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Welcome to Ketobiography & the Cholesterol Code mini-series2:18 Jen's lifelong sugar addiction and early weight struggles3:49 Discovering low carb and the "miracle" of fewer cravings and more energy5:15 Creating a type 2 diabetes remission program with David's patients6:39 Why food addiction is a "leaky boat" in a world where you have to keep eating9:04 Realizing "this is addiction" and starting to campaign for recognition31:48 The LDL of 19 mmol/L shock, CAC scans, and lean-mass hyper-responders36:11 Letting go of everything you were taught about "healthy eating" to feel well45:48 Healing the brain with enough protein and fat — not just restriction or willpower47:52 Practical advice: meds, keto flu, salt, and why you should expect a rough first 8 days🎧 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.

📣 What does it look like to love someone through years of undiagnosed bipolar disorder — ER visits, missed red flags, financial strain, and a mental health system that keeps failing both of you? Robyn sits down with her husband, Matt Dobbins, to hear his side of the story behind The Cholesterol Code documentary.📋 Together, they revisit the unseen weight of caregiving at home, what it meant to be "the pointless extra" on screen, and how changing food eventually changed everything for their family.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a partner experiences bipolar disorder from the outside looking inWhy ER and psychiatric care so often fail people in mental health crisisThe hidden cost of "fixer" behavior and financial overcompensation in marriageWhat helped a caregiver stay when it felt easier to walk awayHow finding NSNG and metabolic health support shifted their family's story💡 Key Insight"You cannot walk away. These people are in crisis; they need somebody who genuinely cares about them, and you can't just turn your back on that." — Matt Dobbins🌐 Connect with Matt DobbinsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/matt.dobbins.31X: https://x.com/MattDobbins5💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollectiveX: https://x.com/metcollectiveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Pointless Extra: Matt's side of the story4:53 ER night and a broken mental health system9:04 Feeling lost in crisis care13:47 Early red flags and "Breadzilla"20:17 Counseling, conflict, and feeling alone26:47 Broad shoulders and not walking away33:47 Fixer mode, debt, and enabling42:17 NSNG, life in color, and the job loss tailspin51:57 Moving to Texas, role reversal, and coming off meds57:47 Why Cholesterol Code matters and hope for caregivers🎧 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.

📣 What happens when a prevention-focused cardiologist finds himself at the center of both a new field — metabolic psychiatry — and a documentary that's challenging everything we think we know about cholesterol? Dr. Bret Scher joins Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins to talk about his journey from conventional cardiology into metabolic health advocacy and his role in The Cholesterol Code.📋 They explore how ketogenic therapies are reshaping care for serious mental illness, why LDL can't be understood in isolation from metabolic health, and what Bret hopes viewers will take away from the documentary.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy Bret felt "woefully trained" in prevention coming out of cardiology — and how that opened the door to metabolic health and ketoHow low-carb and ketogenic diets moved from "dangerous" in his mind to essential tools in both heart and brain healthThe story of Metabolic Mind, the Baszucki family, and how one son's bipolar recovery sparked a global push to transform psychiatryWhy metabolic psychiatry is suddenly growing fast, with new clinicians and trials emerging beyond Metabolic Mind's direct involvementHow Bret's work and perspective feed into The Cholesterol Code documentary — and why metabolic context matters when we talk about LDL and risk💡 Key Insight"Modern medicine is incredible at saving lives in a crisis — but when you see someone get their life back with a metabolic intervention, you realize we've been missing something huge in both cardiology and psychiatry." — Dr. Bret Scher🌐 Connect with Dr. Bret ScherMetabolic Mind: https://www.metabolicmind.orgCoalition for Metabolic Health: https://coalitionformetabolichealth.orgX: https://x.com/bschermdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bret-scher-08baaa102YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metabolicmind🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Welcome and series setup3:47 Handling nerves and being "looked up to"6:47 From cardiology to metabolic medicine9:47 Jan, Matt, and the heart behind Metabolic Mind12:47 Exponential growth of metabolic psychiatry16:47 What traditional psychiatry misses and where keto fits20:47 Patient agency, bringing keto to your doctor, and safety24:47 How a health coach changed Bret's view of keto28:47 Cholesterol, risk, and lessons from recent data controversies32:47 Bret's role in The Cholesterol Code and reflections on the film🎧 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.

📣 Award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Isenhart joins Ketobiography to share how a lifelong struggle with sugar pulled her out of mainstream TV news and into the world of low-carb storytelling. She and Robyn trace the personal sugar detox that shattered everything Jen thought she knew about "heart-healthy" eating and led to her first metabolic documentary, Fat Fiction.📋 Jen then takes us behind the scenes of The Cholesterol Code — from inheriting 10 terabytes of Dave Feldman's footage to weaving human stories of bipolar, schizoaffective disorder, and type 1 diabetes into complex lipid science. Along the way, they talk about being labeled a "non-compliant" patient, the pressure to take statins, the power of coronary calcium scans, and why community and story may be as therapeutic as any prescription.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Jen's background in TV news and "low-fat era" health reporting collided with her own sugar addiction and hypoglycemic crashesThe inside story of Fat Fiction, including what shocked her most about type 2 diabetes guidelines and the quiet addition of low-carb to official recommendationsWhat lean mass hyper-responders are, why some people see LDL of 300–500 on keto, and how coronary calcium scans can change the risk conversationHow ketogenic metabolic therapy is helping real people reverse or dramatically improve bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and type 1 and type 2 diabetesConcrete ideas for getting started or going deeper with low-carb: structured programs, group support, and how to navigate doctors who don't yet "get" your way of eating💡 Key Insight"It's been drilled into us that these are chronic, progressive diseases we just manage until we get worse — but people need to know they have so much more agency than that." — Jennifer Isenhart🌐 Connect with Jennifer IsenhartWebsite: https://www.wideeye.tvFat Fiction: https://fatfiction.movieThe Cholesterol Code: https://cholesterolcodemovie.comX: https://x.com/wideeyetvInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wideeyetvFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wideeyeproductions⚕️ 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 Welcome to Ketobiography & Jen's filmmaking journey into metabolic health2:55 From TV news to sugar addiction and the Boise sugar detox class that changed everything6:47 Making and self-funding Fat Fiction, plus what shocked Jen about diabetes guidelines13:02 Pandemic timing, meeting Dave Feldman, and the origins of The Cholesterol Code film17:51 Shaping the new documentary: centering real people and translating complex lipid science23:49 Robyn's "non-compliant patient" story and the struggle to find supportive medical care28:12 Type 1 diabetes, mental health recoveries, and navigating very high LDL on keto31:49 Coronary calcium scans, Dr. Agatston's work, and rethinking LDL as a lone risk marker38:58 Metabolic health, "hybrid car" metabolism, and why chronic disease may be reversible45:26 Where to start: structured programs, community support, and practical steps to change how you eat🎧 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.

📣 What happens when a 34-year-old husband and father is told he has less than a year to live — and simply refuses to believe that's the end of his story? Klay Swatloski joins Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins to share how a shocking Stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis became the catalyst for building a "fantasy team" of top oncology care, functional healing, and radical lifestyle change.📋 From clean living and ketogenic nutrition to mindset, faith, and community, Klay unpacks the many levers he pulled to support his body, spirit, and brain through surgery, radiation, chemo, and beyond. Two years and many clear scans later, he reflects on what it means to actively participate in your own care — and why he believes his terrain-focused approach has been a major part of defying the textbook prognosis.🔑 What You'll LearnHow early signs like brain fog, burnout, and subtle coordination changes led to a Stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis.Why Klay refused to accept his grim prognosis and instead assembled a "fantasy team" of conventional and functional practitioners.How the ketogenic diet, low-tox living, and terrain-focused strategies supported him through surgery, radiation, and chemo.The practical realities of staying keto during treatment, travel, family life, and long-term follow-up care.The role of mindset, journaling, faith, community, and daily habits in sustaining hope and resilience over the long haul.💡 Key Insight "I never really believed this diagnosis could write the ending of my story — I was going to do everything I could so my body had no choice but to fight for me." — Klay Swatloski🌐 ResourcesDr. Nasha Winters: https://drnasha.com The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: https://a.co/d/04ZprgAF (not an affiliate link)Dori Martin: https://www.dorimartin.com🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Welcome to Ketobiography and why this story matters now2:27 Meeting Klay, Dori's introduction, and his hope to give others courage and options4:17 Charity event "high," burnout, brain fog, and the first subtle warning signs 9:02 Left-side weakness, ER visit, emergency brain surgery, and a Stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis14:47 Refusing a textbook prognosis and building his "fantasy team" of modern and functional care20:27 Moving the family to Duke for six weeks of radiation and oral chemo, and their already "clean" lifestyle25:57 Discovering terrain, The Metabolic Approach to Cancer, and why he committed fully to keto32:17 First post-treatment scans, no progression of disease, a year of maintenance chemo, and staying keto through it40:57 Stress, burnout, journaling, faith, community, detox, and redefining how he lives day-to-day53:17 Advocating with his doctors, long-term clear scans, and the levers he plans to keep pulling into the future🎧 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.

📣 Keto and carnivore were supposed to make life simpler, not terrifying. U.S. Air Force veteran and Certified Nutrition Specialist Amy Berger joins Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins to unpack how extreme influencers have turned low-carb nutrition into a source of anxiety — and how to walk it back to something sane, flexible, and sustainable.📋 They also dive deep into thyroid health, why "normal labs" don't always mean you're okay, and how to work with your medical team when keto alone isn't fixing your fatigue, weight struggles, or brain fog.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy keto and carnivore spaces have drifted into fear-based, all-or-nothing messaging — and how that harms real peopleHow to recognize when your "healthy" diet has crossed the line into obsession, anxiety, and social isolationWhy context matters more than blanket food rules, and how to expand your food choices without "breaking" your low-carb lifestyleKey basics of thyroid physiology, why TSH alone can miss problems, and why some people still feel awful on standard thyroid medsPractical steps to advocate for better thyroid evaluation and to pair keto with appropriate medical treatment instead of using diet as a cure-all💡 Key Insight"The goal of keto, low-carb, carnivore — whatever you're doing — is to feel better and have a better life. If it's making you miserable or terrified to eat, something has gone off the rails." — Amy Berger🌐 Connect with Amy BergerSubstack: https://tuitnutrition.substack.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@amyberger-ketowithoutthecrazyPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/tuitnutrition/membershipWebsite: https://www.ketowithoutthecrazy.comKeto & Carnivore Have a Toxic Influencer Problem: https://tuitnutrition.substack.com/p/keto-and-carnivore-have-a-toxic-influencerThyroid talk at Low Carb Denver: https://youtu.be/ZE6-FHf-0oYAmy's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Amy-Berger/author/B01CPLWHTI🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Welcome to Ketobiography & guest intro1:50 How keto and carnivore went off the rails online3:57 Deprogramming food terror in clients6:33 Influencers adding back carbs and plants without a mea culpa8:33 When restriction becomes obsession and life gets smaller34:15 Keto without the crazy and getting back to basics36:07 Finding your individual sweet spot and blocking out the noise37:53 Robyn's Hashimoto's story and family thyroid history40:00 When diet isn't enough: why some people truly need thyroid medication41:06 Iodine, gluten-free hopes, and why many are still undiagnosed or undertreated🎧 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.

📣 At her highest weight of 574 pounds, Lisa Blackstone was mostly homebound, relying on others for basic daily tasks and feeling trapped not only in her body but under a stack of psychiatric labels and medications. She started a very low-carb diet simply to lose weight and stand on her own two feet again — and what happened next, she never saw coming.📋 What she didn't expect was how therapeutic ketogenic eating would transform her mental health, stabilize her mood, and call long-standing diagnoses into question as her brain and body began to heal. Lisa shares how Metabolic Mind, a pilot study at the Children's Mental Health Resource Center, and Dr. Georgia Ede's work helped her connect food, metabolism, and mind in a way she'd never been offered in traditional care.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Lisa went from being mostly recliner-bound at 574 pounds to rebuilding mobility and independence with a very low-carb and then therapeutic ketogenic way of eating.The unexpected psychiatric changes that forced her doctor to rapidly taper medications as her mood, agitation, and overall functioning improved.Why she now questions a past borderline personality disorder diagnosis after understanding akathisia and stabilizing her metabolism.How Metabolic Mind, Dr. Georgia Ede's Change Your Diet Change Your Mind, and CMHRC's ketogenic therapy work shaped her understanding of food and mental health.Practical ways Lisa has brought ketogenic eating into her family's life, including benefits she's seen in her children's weight, focus, and emotional regulation.💡 Key Insight "When I changed what I ate, people thought I'd just change my weight. Instead, my brain changed so much my diagnoses stopped making sense." — Lisa Blackstone🌐 Connect with LisaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesAndSnapshots💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollective X: https://x.com/metcollective YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective📚 ResourcesAkathisia Alliance for Education and Research: https://akathisiaalliance.org Children's Mental Health Resource Center: https://cmhrc.org🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Introduction and Lisa's story setup2:39 Life at 574 pounds and starting very low carb3:51 Discovering CMHRC, Metabolic Mind, and early medication tapering5:08 Dr. Georgia Ede's book, transitioning to therapeutic keto, and rapid health changes6:48 Coming off antidepressants, antipsychotics, sleep and pain meds, and benzo — mental health relief9:55 Learning about akathisia and reinterpreting 20 years of diagnoses and hospitalizations33:54 From "eat less, move more" to understanding meds, weight gain, and why keto finally worked38:24 Bringing keto into the family: kids, autism, mood, and changing the home environment44:04 Volunteering with CMHRC, bipolar-focused book club, and ketogenic studies for kids and teens51:49 Looking ahead: sharing ketogenic therapy, metabolic psychiatry, and celebrating non-scale victories🎧 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.

📣 Two dear friends join Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins to share how "just supporting my wife on Zoom" turned into dramatic weight loss, a terrifying CAC score, and open-heart surgery that arrived much sooner than anyone expected. Craig and Michaela Young's story is equal parts scary and hopeful.📋 They navigate scary numbers, conflicting medical advice, and the shock of major surgery — all while still trying to be the social, fun couple who loves their people well. Along the way, they wrestle honestly with "keto-ish" choices, what's really worth it, and how to protect their health without losing friendships, joy, or good food.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a "lurker" on NSNG VIP calls quietly became all-in and lost nearly 60 pounds in a few months.Why good labs and "feeling fine" can still hide serious cardiac risk — and what finally pushed them to ask for more testing.How they handled open-heart surgery, rehab, and those maddening nutrition questionnaires while staying grounded in a real-food approach.Practical ways they eat differently at parties, dinners, and with church and friend groups without making food the main event.How this experience reshaped their idea of "ish" foods, worth-it treats, and what it really means to play the long game with health.💡 Key Insight "If I'm willing to inject myself with something, maybe I should give food another real shot first." — Michaela Young🌐 Connect with Craig and MichaelaCraig on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craig.young.52493 Craig on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldnum7 Michaela on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michaela.z.youngMichaela on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/micastang🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Welcome to Ketobiography & how Craig became "the lurker" on VIP calls1:12 Always "fairly healthy," considering weight-loss meds, and giving food one more real shot5:40 High blood pressure, hating meds, and easing into a ketogenic lifestyle7:27 Losing nearly 60 pounds but still fighting scary blood pressure numbers8:13 Pushing for a CAC scan9:06 Stress test, more bad news, and next-step cardiology decisions29:18 Facing open-heart surgery, double bypass details, and waking up on the other side31:49 Five weeks post-op: driving early, cardiac rehab, and shockingly fast healing35:14 Why they credit real food for recovery and how this changed their commitment going forward37:02 "The way you eat now bought you time": ish foods, worth-it treats, and what they want others to know🎧 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.

📣 What happens when someone who has "always been sick" finally understands insulin resistance and decides to change everything? Joomee Kyler's Type 2 diabetes diagnosis became the turning point that led her to a simple keto and fasting approach — and within months, her labs, her symptoms, and her life looked completely different.📋 Joomee shares a lifetime of mystery illnesses that connected back to insulin resistance long before her diabetes diagnosis — chronic infections, gestational diabetes, adenomyosis, thyroid cancer, and a prolonged post-viral illness. She walks through the simple low-carb and fasting approach she used to reverse Type 2 diabetes in three months without tracking macros, and the surprising wins that followed: sleep apnea resolved, fatty liver gone, GERD medications stopped, depression and anxiety lifted. Robyn and Joomee also discuss therapeutic fasting, how to ease into longer fasts, the emotional side of big changes, and why Joomee now quietly helps others become their own best advocates.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a lifetime of mystery illnesses connected back to insulin resistance long before a diabetes diagnosisThe simple low-carb and fasting approach Joomee used — without tracking macros — to reverse Type 2 diabetes in three monthsThe non-scale wins: sleep apnea resolved, fatty liver and a colon polyp gone, GERD meds stopped, allergies, depression and anxiety liftedPractical ways to ease into intermittent and therapeutic fasting, including how Joomee preps for and breaks a 72-hour fastWhy becoming your own health advocate matters, and how Joomee now supports friends, runs accountability groups, and studies with SMHP as a passion project💡 Key Insight "I feel like the luckiest person in the world because I discovered keto and intermittent fasting on the exact same day I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes — it completely changed my life and gave me my future back." — Joomee Kyler🌐 Connect with Joomee Instagram: https://instagram.com/lowcarbology101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jsk722⚕️ 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 Meet Joomee3:47 Childhood Illness and Early Depression6:47 Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes9:07 Post-Viral Illness and Type 2 Diabetes16:17 Diaversary and Finding Keto18:17 Simple Keto and Flexible Fasting19:32 Three-Month Turnaround31:47 Therapeutic Fasting and Maintenance43:47 Helping Others Without Perfectionism52:47 Studying, Volunteering, and Curious Doctors1:01:47 Metabolic Health Stories and Final Message🎧 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.

📣 Benjiman Boyd was a pre-diabetic high school dropout battling ADHD, depression, and medication-induced mood swings. A ketogenic diet changed the trajectory of his life — and now he's studying the neurometabolism behind mental illness.📋 As a teenager, Benjiman Boyd was a pre-diabetic high school dropout battling ADHD, severe depression, and chaotic mood swings while on multiple medications. After his family tried a ketogenic diet out of sheer desperation, he experienced rapid weight loss, dramatic improvements in mood, memory, and focus, and a renewed belief that he could learn again. That turnaround launched him back into school, into an honors degree in Applied Psychology, and now into graduate work exploring how neurometabolism shapes personality and serious mental illness. In this episode, Ben shares the vulnerable details of medication struggles, emergency inpatient care, and identity collapse, and how ketogenic and other metabolic therapies helped him build resilience, return to academics, and begin advocating for people with conditions like borderline personality disorder through his work with Metabolic Collective.🔑 What You'll LearnHow childhood-onset ADHD, depression, and unstable home life led Ben to drop out of high school and feel hopeless about his ability to learnWhy conventional ADHD and antidepressant medications left him with extreme mood swings, anger outbursts, and an emergency inpatient stay instead of stabilityHow a family decision to try a paleo-based ketogenic diet triggered rapid weight loss, sharper memory, better focus, and the confidence to return to schoolThe journey from GED to graduating with honors in Applied Psychology and into grad school, and why Ben chose to focus on the neurometabolism of mental health and personalityWhy he now chooses metabolic therapy for treatment-resistant borderline personality disorder, and how community and metabolic rhythm (sleep, fasting, movement) sustain his own brain health on a grad-student budget💡 Key Insight"I don't want to say all my success, but a very significant amount of my success, I owe to the ketogenic diet and the broader metabolic therapies that helped me find my focus, my resilience, and my sense of self again." — Benjiman Boyd🎥 The Magic Pill: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B078H4J7G1/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r🌐 Connect with Benjiman BoydX: https://x.com/BenjiBoyd4Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ben.boyd.685560LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjiman-boyd-aa389524bBen's THINK+SMART profile: https://www.metabolicmind.org/thinksmart/explore-strategies/benjiman-boyd/💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.orgX: https://x.com/metcollectiveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective⚕️ 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 Introduction and Ben's background3:41 Mental health struggles, ADHD diagnosis, and dropping out7:40 Discovering the ketogenic diet9:50 Weight loss, memory, focus, and returning to school14:38 From GED to honors degree in Applied Psychology16:50 Getting off medications and metabolic therapies22:45 Keto on a grad student budget30:20 Identity, food culture, and the grievance process36:09 Titrating off medications and building metabolic rhythm42:05 Grad school thesis on keto and borderline personality disorder51:43 What drew Ben to BPD as a research focus56:16 Ben's role with Metabolic Collective1:05:35 Building community and breaking down barriers🎧 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.

📣 When Eddie Rodriguez's father was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at 53, doctors told the family to get their affairs in order. Eddie had a different idea.📋 What followed was a full-scale experiment in metabolic therapies and the Bredesen Protocol — one that produced cognitive improvements his father's doctors called impossible, and that ultimately reshaped how Eddie thinks about his own health, his family's future, and what it means to carry a so-called "deterministic" Alzheimer's gene.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Eddie's family used metabolic therapies and the Bredesen Protocol to improve his father's cognition after a bleak early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosisWhat a cognoscopy is, why standard neurology often misses root causes, and how the 36-holes-in-the-roof model reframes dementia treatmentWhy genes like ApoE4 and Presenilin-1 may load the gun but lifestyle and environment pull the trigger — and how that shapes Eddie's daily choicesHow fasting, ketones, exercise, sleep, stress management, and toxin reduction can work together to support brain healthHow lived experience and communities like BrainHeal(th) and Metabolic Collective are accelerating awareness of metabolic approaches to cognitive decline💡 Key Insight"Genes load the gun — what we do, what we eat, what we breathe, how we think, and the environment we put ourselves in pulls the trigger." — Eddie Rodriguez🌐 Connect with Eddie RodriguezYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrainHeal_th_Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576560577792X: https://x.com/BrainHealth919Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brainheal_th_🎥 The Cholesterol Code — watch it on Amazon: https://cholesterolcodemovie.com💚 Metabolic CollectiveWebsite: https://www.metaboliccollective.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/metaboliccollectiveX: https://x.com/metcollectiveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters00:00 – A family blindsided by early-onset Alzheimer's03:50 – Discovering metabolic therapies and the Bredesen Protocol08:08 – Cognitive testing, "impossible" improvements, and the post-viral derailment10:59 – Detox, toxins, and rebuilding a foundation for Eddie's dad13:39 – Three generations under one roof on the same protocol16:48 – Living with a "deterministic" Alzheimer's gene and choosing a different path22:50 – From crisis calls to launching the BrainHeal(th) YouTube channel29:28 – What a cognoscopy is and why standard neurology often misses so much34:28 – Root causes, infections, toxins, hormones, and the 36-holes-in-the-roof model47:12 – Low carb, CrossFit, ketones, and finding metabolic flexibility51:45 – Inside Metabolic Collective and building a grassroots movement59:03 – Community, support, and how to get connected with Eddie and Metabolic Collective🎧 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.

📣 When Dori Martin's husband was diagnosed with stage 4 gastric cancer, they were handed a prognosis and not much else. What followed was a deep dive into therapeutic ketogenic diets that outlasted the timeline his doctors had given him.📋 Dori is a functional nutrition practitioner — but her path there wasn't linear. Burnout, disordered eating relapse, and debilitating menopausal symptoms were her own uninvited teachers. In this conversation she walks through how therapeutic keto, mineral balancing through Hair Tissue & Mineral Analysis, and some genuinely simple lifestyle shifts helped her husband beat the odds and helped her find her way back to herself — and to food as something other than a battleground.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a stage 4 gastric cancer diagnosis led to therapeutic keto and an outcome that defied the original prognosisWhy burnout, stress, and perimenopause can make clean eating and exercise stop working — and what to look at insteadHow removing sugar, gluten, and refined carbs can shift disordered eating patterns by stabilizing blood sugarWhat Hair Tissue & Mineral Analysis reveals about adrenal burnout, thyroid health, detox capacity, and energy productionHow pairing keto with mineral balancing and lifestyle habits can support cancer recovery, metabolic health, and menopausal symptoms💡 Key Insight"Food is truly the best medicine. And joy." — Dori Martin🌐 Connect with Dori MartinWebsite: https://www.dorimartin.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dorimartin_coachFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dori.liangFacebook Group: Keto Kickstart Collaborative — therapeutic and customizable low carb/keto support🎥 The Cholesterol Code — watch it 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.⏳ Chapters0:00 – From stage 4 cancer to a new mission with keto7:32 – Discovering therapeutic keto and her husband's radical turnaround10:07 – Disordered eating, elimination diets, and the power of removing sugar and grains14:32 – Burnout, perimenopause, and why "doing all the things" stopped working18:17 – Cancer, terrain theory, and changing the prognosis with nutrition and lifestyle24:27 – Why standard cancer care rarely talks about food and metabolic health28:17 – Is keto "too hard"? Mindset, cravings, and social pressure around food32:17 – Menopause, hormones, and why midlife women tolerate carbs differently36:17 – Hair Tissue & Mineral Analysis: what it reveals and why minerals matter41:47 – Food as medicine and joy: finding purpose in helping others heal🎧 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.

📣 Ketobiography is evolving — and so is Robyn. In this New Year's Day solo episode, host Robyn Dobbins shares what's changing, what's staying the same, and what's coming in 2026.📋 From joining Metabolic Collective to hosting a Dallas-area theatrical screening of The Cholesterol Code documentary, Robyn walks through the shifts in her advocacy work, her Harbinger of Health practice, and how Ketobiography continues as the story-centered podcast it has always been.🔑 What You'll Learn• Why Robyn joined Metabolic Collective and how its Watering Hole events turn advocacy ideas into action• How Metabolic Collective gathers, supports, and amplifies grassroots advocacy projects through community, not just science• Why Robyn paused her Harbinger of Health coaching practice while maintaining NEST, a free support community• How Ketobiography will continue unchanged as a therapeutic, story-centered podcast while its social media presence moves to Robyn's personal accounts• Details about the April 15, 2026 screening of The Cholesterol Code documentary in Dallas, with all proceeds benefiting Metabolic Collective💡 Key Insight"I don't think that payment should be a barrier to success. So, this is a free group where we just help each other out… we help each other through the hard times and we celebrate each other during the good times." — Robyn Dobbins🌐 Connect with Robyn DobbinsWebsite: https://www.robyndobbins.comSubstack: https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.dobbinsX: https://x.com/robynrdobbinsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/robynrdobbinsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-dobbins-59bb1653Linktree: https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters0:00 – New Year's welcome and why this update matters1:22 – Joining Metabolic Collective and creating advocacy community6:22 – Harbinger of Health, pausing coaching, and the free NEST group8:37 – Ketobiography's future and simplifying social media/newsletter11:58 – The Cholesterol Code documentary and Dallas screening details🎧 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.

📣 What does it take to break free from a 30-year sugar addiction? In this Christmas replay, Christine Trimpe shares how faith, fasting science, and a brutal moment on a mountain trail changed everything.📋 In this Christmas Day replay of one of Ketobiography's most hope-filled conversations, originally released June 12, 2025, author and health coach Christine Trimpe joins hosts Robyn Dobbins and Natalie Shamp. Christine shares how a failed half-mile hike in Rocky Mountain National Park became the turning point in a 30-year battle with sugar addiction and morbid obesity. She walks through her faith-rooted journey from a sleep study and a fatty liver diagnosis to discovering low-carb and ketogenic eating, and how that path led her to write Sugar Freed and become a certified sugar addiction practitioner helping other women find the same freedom.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a single failed hike became the emotional turning point in a decades-long struggle with weight and sugar addictionWhy an unexpected fatty liver diagnosis led Christine to research what sugar and refined carbohydrates were doing to her metabolismHow discovering Dr. Jason Fung's work on fasting and hormones reframed her weight struggles as biology, not failureThe non-scale victories that mattered most: mental clarity, emotional regulation, and freedom from food noiseHow Christine's faith and her HEART framework (Handle emotions, Examine thoughts, Ask motivation, Run with courage, Take action) became the foundation for her coaching practice and her book, Sugar Freed💡 Key Insight "I lived in the sugar shackles for so many years, and I've been set free." — Christine Trimpe🌐 Connect with Christine Trimpe Website: https://www.christinetrimpe.com Book "Sugar Freed": https://www.amazon.com/SugarFreed-Losing-Weight-Gaining-Victory/dp/B0DQVNGHSG X: https://x.com/TrimpeChristine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.trimpe⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters 0:00 Christmas replay introduction 0:35 Meet Christine Trimpe and the Sugar Freed method 3:25 A successful career and 100 pounds overweight 4:07 The Rocky Mountain hike that became a turning point 6:09 A prayer, a sleep study, and an unexpected fatty liver diagnosis 13:21 Quitting sugar and the slow first ten months 15:30 Discovering Dr. Jason Fung and cutting out carbs for good 21:43 Testing ketones, prioritizing protein, and non-scale victories 31:00 Faith, sugar addiction, and becoming a coach 39:44 Writing Sugar Freed and the HEART framework 57:57 Group coaching, community, and where to find Christine1:00:21 Key insight: why journaling your story matters🎧 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.

📣 Binge eating doesn't start with willpower — it starts in the nervous system. Somatic psychologist and recovery coach Dr. Kristina Dobyns explains why working with your body, not against it, is the missing piece in lasting recovery.📋 In this episode of Ketobiography, Robyn sits down with recovery coach and somatic psychologist Dr. Kristina Dobyns to talk about what it actually takes to heal from binge eating, food addiction, and the binge-shame-repeat cycle. Kristina shares how trauma and nervous system patterns collide with diet culture, and why lasting recovery means working with the body instead of fighting it. Together, they get into animal-based nutrition, somatic tools, and practical strategies for creating safety, reducing cravings, and building a sustainable relationship with food.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy binge eating, emotional eating, and food obsession are rooted in biology and nervous system patterns rather than personal failureHow Kristina uses somatic psychology, sensory strategies, and interoceptive awareness to help women interrupt automatic binge cyclesThe role of animal-based nutrition and metabolic health in stabilizing mood, cravings, and energy during recoveryHow abstinence from trigger foods can coexist with flexibility, self-compassion, and a non-dogmatic approach to healingSimple, doable practices to create safety in your body and move beyond the binge-shame-repeat cycle💡 Key Insight "Recovery becomes possible when you stop fighting your body and start working with your biology, your nervous system, and your story—one compassionate choice at a time." — Kristina Dobyns🌐 Connect with Dr. Kristina Dobyns Website: https://www.beyondbingeeating.com Podcast: Beyond Binge Eating Podcast: https://www.beyondbingeeating.com/podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondbingeeating⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters 00:47 Why binge eating is not a willpower problem 07:29 Kristina's 20-year journey through eating disorders and recovery 14:57 Trauma, the nervous system, and compulsive food behaviors 23:22 Animal-based nutrition and metabolic repair in recovery 31:55 Somatic and sensory tools to interrupt binge urges 39:42 Breaking the binge–shame–repeat cycle with compassion 46:07 Reframing abstinence, triggers, and "food addiction" 53:50 Practical steps to start healing your relationship with food today🎧 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.

📣 Pain relief during gynecologic procedures shouldn't be optional — and "it's just a pinch" isn't informed consent. In Part 2 with Amy Alkon, the conversation goes deeper into the real-world fight for proper menopause care.📋 This is the second episode in a two-part Ketobiography series featuring investigative science writer and "science-help" author of Going Menopostal, Amy Alkon. In Part 2, we go deeper into the realities of navigating menopause care in real time — from fighting for proper progesterone and estradiol dosing, to demanding pain relief for gynecologic procedures, to pushing back when doctors downplay risks or dismiss symptoms. This conversation is raw, practical, and aimed at helping women replace self-doubt and "being polite" with informed, unapologetic self-advocacy.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy oral micronized progesterone at an adequate dose is critical for both symptom relief and cancer protection in perimenopauseHow estradiol can support sleep, bladder function, cardiovascular health, and bone protection in menopause when used appropriatelyThe dangers of under-dosing hormones, relying on unregulated creams, or using poorly chosen drug combinations without understanding "class effects"What shared decision-making actually looks like in practice, and how to recognize a doctor willing to partner with you instead of talking over youHow and why to insist on pain relief for procedures like IUD insertion, removal, and biopsies, and why "it's just a pinch" is not acceptable care💡 Key Insight "You have a right to pain relief. You have a right to informed consent. Being high in agreeableness isn't a mandate—you can be brave, stand up for yourself, and be proud that you did." — Amy Alkon🌐 Connect with Amy Alkon Website: https://www.amyalkon.net X: https://x.com/amyalkon Substack newsletter "Science Made Practical": https://sciencemadepractical.amyalkon.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyalkonbookstagram/⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters 00:47 Why 300 mg progesterone (and why creams aren't enough) 06:57 Sleep, nighttime bathroom trips, and estrogen in menopause 13:17 When and how to start estradiol safely 20:47 The hidden risks of certain drugs and "class effects" 29:17 Online pharmacies, compounding, and how to vet your meds 37:27 Shared decision-making and finding a doctor who really listens 49:57 IUDs, ultrasounds, and why pain relief is not optional 55:02 "It's just a pinch" – the ethics of denying women analgesia 56:17 Agreeableness, bravery, and speaking up at the doctor's office 56:47 Why real change in healthcare starts with informed patients🎧 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.

📣 Most menopause care is built on outdated assumptions, not science — and most doctors aren't trained to know the difference. Award-winning science writer Amy Alkon joins Ketobiography to close that gap.📋 Award-winning science writer Amy Alkon joins Ketobiography to discuss her new book, "Going Menopostal," and uncover the gaps between medical practice and real science in menopause and perimenopause care. In this first of a two-part series, Amy shares her personal journey, breaks down the most common myths, and offers empowering advice on self-advocacy, science-based treatments, and asking better questions in the doctor's office.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy so much menopause care is based on myth, not scienceHow evidence-based thinking can empower your health decisionsWhy most doctors lack menopause training, and what you can do about itThe real difference between perimenopause and menopause, scientificallyHow to ask better questions and advocate for yourself at the doctor's office💡 Key Insight "Be a pain…and be proud. Proud. Proud. You're your best advocate. You can't expect somebody else to do it for you. So, if it means taking a step into a direction that might be a little bit more ugly, then do it—it's worth it." — Amy Alkon🌐 Connect with Amy Alkon Website: https://www.amyalkon.net X: https://x.com/amyalkon Substack Newsletter "Science Made Practical": https://sciencemadepractical.amyalkon.net/p/welcome-to-science-made-practical Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyalkonbookstagram/⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters 00:47 Meet Amy Alkon and Going Menopostal 05:47 Hot flashes and treatment struggles 12:47 Why doctors aren't trained in menopause science 18:47 Hormones: Progesterone vs. Estrogen 25:47 Typical mistakes and misdiagnoses 32:47 Science-based self-advocacy in healthcare 40:47 Myths of medical care and informed consent 48:47 How to evaluate your own risk 54:47 Practical steps for talking to doctors 1:00:47 The power of second opinions and saying "no"🎧 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.

📣 What does real psychiatric recovery look like outside of a prescription pad? In this guest appearance on Brain Heal(th), Robyn Dobbins shares her own journey through bipolar disorder and how nutrition changed her path forward.📋 This episode of Brain Heal(th), hosted by Eddie Rodriguez and reposted on Ketobiography with permission, features Robyn Dobbins — a certified health advisor with the Nutrition Network, dedicated to evidence-based metabolic therapies for mental wellness. Robyn shares her candid journey through bipolar disorder, antidepressant and antipsychotic management, major life transitions, and ultimately a sustained recovery achieved through ketogenic and NSNG (No Sugar, No Grain) nutrition and thriving community support.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Robyn's personal battle with mental health and medication led to a transformation via metabolic therapy and nutritional interventionThe profound impact of NSNG and ketogenic approaches on weight loss, energy, and emotional stabilityWhy prioritizing lab work and individualized care became central to Robyn's mental wellness and overall health journeyThe critical role of family, accountability, and peer community in sustaining progress and resilienceInsights into Robyn's coaching practice, her work with Metabolic Collective, and the power of grassroots advocacy for broader access to metabolic therapies💡 Key Insight "You see how life is just wide open for you in a way that was never possible before... It doesn't hurt to try, but with the caveat, if you're on medication, you need to still work with a provider." — Robyn Dobbins🌐 Connect with Robyn Dobbins Linktree: https://linktr.ee/RobynRDobbins X: https://x.com/RobynRDobbins Metabolic Collective: https://www.metaboliccollective.org/🌐 Connect with Brain Heal(th) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576560577792 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brainheal_th_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brainhealth919 X: https://www.x.com/BrainHealth919 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrainHeal_th_⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters 00:00 Introducing Robyn Dobbins and Brain Heal(th) 02:33 First diagnosis: postpartum depression 08:06 When bipolar disorder entered the picture 11:54 A psychiatry desert and the medication merry-go-round 16:53 Turning 40 and the lab work that changed everything 21:00 Starting NSNG and the shift that followed 29:00 Tapering off psychiatric medication 32:33 The LMHR phenotype and rising LDL 36:00 The sweet potato experiment with Dr. Trow 41:00 Current diet, training, and daily routine 47:00 Building a coaching practice and community 50:53 The origin story of Ketobiography 53:40 Advocacy with Metabolic CollectiveReposted on Ketobiography with full permission from Eddie Rodriguez and Brain Heal(th). For more, follow both Robyn Dobbins and Brain Heal(th) at the links above to stay inspired and informed.🎧 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.

📣 Schizophrenia recovery isn't supposed to come from a dietary change — but for Nathan Leary, that's exactly where it started. He shares how radical transparency and a ketogenic lifestyle reshaped both his medical markers and his mission.📋 This episode of Ketobiography features Nathan Leary with an inspiring, first-person account of overcoming a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, facing countless obstacles on the way to renewed mental and physical health, and transforming hardship into advocacy. He shares how radical transparency, relentless research, and a ketogenic lifestyle changed not only his medical markers but his entire path in life, fueling his mission to offer hope and practical resources to others facing serious mental health challenges.🔑 What You'll LearnThe personal journey from crisis and isolation after a schizophrenia diagnosis to stable, thriving mental health through lifestyle changeThe challenges and risks of navigating psychiatric medications and why transparent collaboration with medical professionals is vitalHow a ketogenic diet began to deliver improvements like normalized blood pressure, cholesterol, and mood in less than a yearThe motivation behind launching StopTheVoices.com and LikeLifeMore.com, plus the importance of bite-sized, instantly-shareable mental health resourcesPractical advice for others seeking hope and concrete first steps for their own mental health journeys, grounded in lived experience💡 Key Insight "The food that we eat is the seed of our mind. It creates all the neurotransmitters, all the energy. It creates everything that's in our body and in our brain. And... I see it like, if you have a heart attack, you don't want to go back to eating fried chicken and processed foods. You just don't want to take the risk." — Nathan Leary🌐 Connect with Nathan Leary Website: https://www.stopthevoices.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nathanleary82 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathanleary82 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nathanleary82 X: https://x.com/nathanleary82⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters 00:00 Introduction & Medical Disclaimer 01:20 Nathan's Diagnosis and Early Struggle 07:20 Medication Side Effects and Recovery Attempts 16:00 Rebuilding Confidence and Social Skills 23:00 Pursuing Studies in Health and Technology 33:00 The Turning Point: Discovering the Keto Diet 41:00 Improvements with Keto and Medical Supervision 49:00 Launching StopTheVoices.com & LikeLifeMore.com 56:00 Advocacy Vision: Sharing Hope and Resources 1:04:00 Practical Tips, Resources, and Closing Thoughts🎧 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.

📣 Harmony Bright spent 17 years on psychiatric medications that left her overweight, cognitively impaired, and barely able to leave her house. Then she discovered therapeutic ketogenic nutrition — and everything started to change.📋 Harmony shares her extraordinary journey through schizophrenia, chronic inflammation, obesity, and metabolic syndrome — and how individualized ketogenic nutrition became the tool that allowed her to begin tapering psychiatric medications after 13 years of failed attempts. She walks through the hardest moments of her transformation: the spinal cord injury, the weight gain from medications, the accidental discovery that diet could do what drugs could not, and the ongoing challenges of a second taper. She also discusses the role of community support, CGM monitoring, fasting, movement strategies for low dopamine, and why food is her medicine.🔑 What You'll LearnHow a therapeutic ketogenic diet can impact both mental and metabolic health in serious psychiatric conditionsThe realities of tapering psychiatric medication safely — including why withdrawal can look like illness returningWhy individualized nutrition, fasting protocols, and exercise strategies matter differently for each personHow family and community support are crucial during metabolic health transformationPractical tips for maintaining therapeutic ketosis and troubleshooting glucose and ketone fluctuations💡 Key Insight "Everything has been a learning experience — driving again, engaging with friends, relearning how to live. I was so dysfunctional. Now I'm learning everything again, and that's the power of taking control through diet, not just meds." — Harmony Bright🌐 Connect with HarmonyX: https://x.com/bright_har6612 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonybright1000This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.⏳ Chapters 0:47 Introduction & Harmony's Background 5:47 Schizophrenia Diagnosis and Early Struggles 12:47 Life on Psychiatric Medications 17:47 Health and Mobility Crisis 24:47 Surgeries, Determination, and the Search for Answers 30:47 Discovering and Adopting a Ketogenic Diet 38:47 Tapering Medication the First Time 45:47 Relapse, Ketone Insights, and Second Taper 53:47 Nutrition, Fasting, and Movement Strategies 1:03:47 Advice for Others and Final Reflections🎧 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.

📣 A registered dietitian who nearly died from an eating disorder at age 12 is now one of the most compelling voices for low carb nutrition and metabolic health. Michelle Hurn's journey from patient to advocate is as practical as it is powerful.📋 Registered dietitian, author, and ultra-endurance athlete Michelle Hurn joins Ketobiography to share her journey from recovering from an eating disorder to transforming nutrition advocacy. She dives into her work in metabolic health, her fight against conventional dietary dogma, and her innovative projects — like the Protein Project — bringing real nutrition to food banks. This episode explores radical honesty, the need for grassroots change, and what anyone can do to support true nourishment in their communities.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy mainstream nutrition guidelines often fail patients and what actually supports metabolic health — including reversing type 2 diabetes in weeks, not yearsHow Michelle's own health crisis in 2019 led her from a high-carbohydrate diet to carnivore and ketogenic eating, reversing lifelong anxiety and chronic painThe story behind the American Diabetes Society — an independent nonprofit with no ties to big food or pharma — and how it differs from the American Diabetes AssociationHow the Protein Project is getting regenerative beef and canned protein into food banks, and how anyone can replicate this locallyWhy radical honesty about where your health actually stands is the first and most important step toward real change💡 Key Insight"First, take care of you. Make sure you are a mentally stable, physically healthy human — that's going to reflect to your family. Then look at your community. If everyone did a little bit, it would make a huge impact." — Michelle Hurn🌐 Connect with Michelle HurnWebsite: https://www.thedietitiansdilemma.netInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/runeatmeatrepeatX: https://x.com/MichelleHurnRD⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters00:47 Introduction & Michelle's background04:47 Surviving and healing from eating disorders12:47 Leaving conventional nutrition to challenge dogma18:47 The connection between metabolic health and mental health25:47 Building the American Diabetes Society's new mission32:47 Real-life impact: Protein Project and food bank nutrition44:47 How listeners can get involved with advocacy48:47 Individualized nutrition for athletes and diabetics52:47 Radical honesty and grassroots cultural change56:47 Final thoughts and how to start your journey🎧 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.

📣 What does 30 years of keto living look like after two decades of bulimia? Linda Witnov has lived that answer — and now coaches women through the same tangled intersection of food, shame, and self-discovery.📋 This episode of Ketobiography shares the powerful recovery and transformation of Linda Witnov, a woman who spent decades wrestling with food obsession, sugar addiction, and bulimia. Drawing from her background in teaching and psychology, she reveals the impact of family, culture, and shame on the battle for lasting change. Hear how she discovered keto, made peace with her body, and now coaches others — especially women — toward emotional healing and sustainable wellness.🔑 What You'll LearnHow early family experiences and culture can shape body image and eating habits that persist for decadesThe intersection of addiction, bulimia, and secretive food behaviors — and how these cycles are broken gradually, not overnightWhy psychotherapy and low-carb eating worked together to promote long-term healing and self-acceptancePractical coaching methods that focus on gradual, personalized change, particularly for women in midlife and beyondThe critical importance of community, compassion, and perseverance on the path to food freedom💡 Key Insight"Don't give up. Keep trying different things. It doesn't happen as quickly as we humans want it to… It's experimenting, being a scientist, and having compassion for yourself. It's not going to be overnight, and that's okay. It's totally worth it. Don't give up." — Linda Witnov🌐 Connect with Linda WitnovWebsite: https://www.riseupslimdown.comEmail: [email protected]⚕️ 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.⏳ Chapters00:47 Introduction & Welcome03:47 Linda's Story Begins: Family, Early Food Memories10:47 Overeating, Body Image, and Shame in Childhood17:47 Starting Diets: Weight Watchers and Diet Culture in the 1960s23:47 First Experiences with Eating Disorders28:47 Double Life: Discipline and Secret Binging in Early Adulthood36:47 Therapy, Healing, and Gradually Overcoming Bulimia43:47 Discovering Atkins and Low-Carb Living50:47 Rebuilding Habits, Coaching Philosophy, and Moving Beyond Shame58:47 Advice for Listeners and Closing Reflections🎧 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.

📣 Dr. Mark Cucuzzella is a rural physician, Air Force veteran, and founding member of the Coalition for Metabolic Health — a man who has spent decades working at the intersection of medicine, nutrition, advocacy, and policy. This conversation goes deep on why metabolic illness in America is systemic, not personal, and what it will actually take to change it.📋 Robyn sits down with Dr. Mark Cucuzzella to talk about what it's like to practice medicine in a county where 42% of the population has obesity, to see children with fasting insulin levels of 40, and to work inside newly-formed coalitions trying to reshape what kids eat at school. They cover school lunch policy, the GLP-1 medication landscape, the Coalition for Metabolic Health's mission, and why the slow-moving process of changing dietary dogma takes decades — and why that shouldn't stop anyone from starting today.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy school nutrition policy is a metabolic health crisis affecting children before they ever reach high schoolWhat the Coalition for Metabolic Health is doing to reshape food policy, education, and researchWhat fasting insulin levels in children reveal about where chronic disease actually beginsWhy metabolic illness is not the patient's fault — and what that shift in framing means for real and lasting changePractical starting points for individuals, from finding a metabolic-literate clinician to using the Coalition's free resources💡 Key Insight"All discipline is the decision you make today for the benefit of future me." — Dr. Mark Cucuzzella🌐 Connect with Dr. Mark CucuzzellaWebsite: https://www.drmarksdesk.comRun for Your Life Book: https://www.runforyourlifebook.comCoalition for Metabolic Health: https://coalitionformetabolichealth.org⚕️ 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 Introduction1:56 The Heart of Advocacy: More Than a Career4:03 Rural Health Lessons: Longevity, Community, and Lifestyle7:13 Food Insecurity, School Lunches, & Policy Roadblocks8:50 The Military Connection: Youth Fitness & National Health11:15 Fixing Food Policy and Building the Coalition for Metabolic Health17:04 Education, Change, and Fighting Entrenched Dogma31:08 The Individual's Role and Path to Real Change42:38 Practical Solutions & Community Tools56:04 Final Insights, Advice, and Where to Learn More🎧 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.

📣 Nicole Laurent is a licensed mental health counselor who spent over a decade on pain medications for trigeminal neuralgia — and lost most of her cognitive function in the process. Her recovery through ketogenic metabolic therapy didn't just change her life; it redirected her entire career toward integrating nutritional therapy with psychotherapy for mental illness and neurological challenges.📋 In this conversation, Robyn hears Nicole's full story for the first time — from daily migraines and near-overdose experiences to a harrowing detox that left her at 97 pounds and barely able to get to the bathroom, to slowly rebuilding her brain through ketogenic therapy. They also talk about the ethical risk Nicole took in bringing this intervention into her practice, the case studies she publishes to build the evidence base, the psychotherapist training she created so other clinicians stop unknowingly steering clients away from keto, and the nonprofit she founded so that finances never stop anyone from accessing this treatment.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Nicole recovered from opioid dependency and severe cognitive impairment using ketogenic metabolic therapyWhy ketogenic therapy can address the biological roots of mental illness in ways traditional psychotherapy alone cannotThe ethical and licensing challenges of integrating nutritional therapy into a licensed mental health practiceHow Nicole's psychotherapist training helps clinicians ethically support — rather than discourage — clients pursuing ketogenic dietsHow Brain Fog Recovery Source provides access to metabolic mental health care for those who can't afford it💡 Key Insight"Bodies heal, brains heal, new therapies come into the world. … When you're in that dark place, you can't remember that your now is not your forever. … It's a metabolic intervention to be open and hopeful if that's possible for you in the moment." — Nicole Laurent🌐 Connect with Nicole LaurentWebsite: https://www.mentalhealthketo.comNonprofit/scholarship inquiries: [email protected] contact: [email protected] website for a list of all social media.⚕️ 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 Introduction and Guest Welcome2:03 Nicole's Personal Healing Story9:46 Challenges of Detox and Cognitive Recovery15:00 Discovering Ketogenic Therapy and Regaining Function16:58 Professional Shift and Ethical Motivation20:28 Training, Certification, and Community25:52 How Nicole's Practice Works28:19 Psychotherapist Training and Advocacy33:23 Publishing Case Studies for Mental Health36:10 Launching Brain Fog Recovery Source Nonprofit47:19 Final Advice and How to Connect with Nicole🎧 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.

📣 Lori Balue spent nearly two decades on a diet roller coaster — battling obesity, pre-diabetes, depression, and asthma — before discovering keto in her 50s and losing 100 pounds for good. As a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner and founder of the Holistic Low-Carb Method, she now helps women over 50 find and clear the hidden metabolic blocks keeping them stuck.📋 Robyn talks with Lori about a journey that started in childhood with food addiction and weight struggles, moved through decades of failed low-calorie diets, and finally found traction when Lori stopped treating symptoms and started investigating root causes. They get into the three-year weight loss stall that digestive enzymes eventually broke, the role of functional labs in uncovering food sensitivities and hormone imbalances, and why getting protein, minerals, and amino acids right can turn off cravings and lift depression in ways willpower never could.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy low-calorie diets can produce weight loss without ever reducing inflammation or resolving chronic illnessHow digestive enzymes, food sensitivity testing, and functional labs can break a weight loss stall when keto alone isn't enoughWhy protein timing and amino acid therapy are key to eliminating cravings and supporting mood in women over 50How grounding, sunlight, and circadian rhythm became the final piece of Lori's 100-pound weight lossWhat the Holistic Low-Carb Method looks like in practice and how Lori uses diagnostic labs to personalize every client's protocol💡 Key Insight"Get into action. When you're getting into action, the fear goes away. Make one step at a time, make a plan, and as you do that, you open up space for results to come in." — Lori Balue🌐 Connect with Lori BalueWebsite: https://loribalue.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loribalueweightloss/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loribalueweightloss⚕️ 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 Introduction & Guest Background3:47 Early Life & Weight Challenges9:47 The Diet Roller Coaster & Midlife Awakening16:47 Discovering Keto & Initial Success24:47 The Stall & Digestive Health Breakthrough30:47 Healing Journey & Family Impact38:47 The Holistic Low-Carb Method Explained45:47 Managing Food Sensitivities & Protein Balance51:47 Lifestyle, Movement & Mental Health57:47 Final Insights & How to Connect🎧 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.

Thought process📣 Holly Smith grew up eating by the food pyramid, spent years being told her chronic pain and digestive problems were normal, and didn't start connecting food to her suffering until a routine blood test flagged high triglycerides in her 30s. What started as a reluctant experiment with keto became a full transition to dairy-free carnivore — and the elimination of IBS, skin issues, hip pain, seasonal allergies, and anxiety she'd carried most of her life.📋 Robyn talks with Holly — known online as FriendlyNeighborhoodCarnivore — about a health journey that began in childhood with mysterious skin problems and stomach pain so severe she once passed out from eating Oreos and milk. Holly walks through the years of IBS, gluten-free eating, and misguided grain substitutions before keto finally clicked, and then carnivore clicked even harder. They also get into oxalate dumping and the simple tea fix that stopped it, the challenge of building a dairy-free niche in a very dairy-heavy carnivore space, and how Holly navigates family meals with kids who are learning — on their own terms — to notice the connection between food and how they feel.🔑 What You'll LearnHow decades of food pyramid conditioning delayed Holly's healing — and what finally broke throughWhy IBS, chronic skin issues, hip pain, and seasonal allergies all cleared through dietary change aloneWhat oxalate dumping is, how to recognize it, and the simple tea protocol that can slow it downHow Holly built a dairy-free carnivore recipe community for people who can't rely on cheese-heavy mainstream contentPractical strategies for raising kids on keto without making food a battle💡 Key Insight"Nobody is ever gonna give up all the foods you're brought up on, except out of desperation — when you can't function anymore, you have to become your own best advocate." — Holly Smith🌐 Connect with Holly SmithInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendlyneighborhoodcarnivore/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FriendlyNeighborhoodCarnivoreX: https://x.com/carnivorefriend⚕️ 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 Introduction and Meet Holly Smith2:29 Holly's Childhood Health Struggles8:12 Pain, Stomach Issues, and Teen Years15:36 Realizing Nutrition is Key17:29 IBS Diagnosis and Dietary Rollercoaster21:53 Going Gluten-Free and Pregnancy Fears27:22 Turning 30: Weight Gain & Routine Bloodwork32:54 Discovery of Keto and Real Life Changes35:14 Keto Success and Transition to Carnivore40:02 Oxalate Dumping & Managing with Tea48:39 Advocacy and Building a Dairy-Free Carnivore Community58:38 Navigating Family Meals and Parenting1:07:13 Advice for Writing Your Keto Biography1:09:58 Wrap-Up and Future Projects🎧 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.

📣 Most people track what they eat and drink — but almost nobody thinks about what they breathe. Indoor air can be 5 to 10 times more polluted than outdoor air, and for the average person spending 90 to 95% of their life indoors, that invisible exposure adds up fast. If you've felt off at home — foggy, fatigued, or just not right — and couldn't figure out why, this episode is for you.📋 Robyn talks with Justin Liberman, Experience Coordinator at Jaspr, about the third pillar of health that most wellness conversations skip entirely: the air inside our homes. Justin breaks down what makes indoor air so much more contaminated than we assume — from mold and VOCs to PM2.5 particulates — and walks through the signs that your home's air may be affecting your sleep, energy, and overall health. They also cover practical steps anyone can take right now, the surprising truth about furnace filters, and the origin story behind Jaspr's home air scrubber, which adapted industrial-grade air scrubbing technology for everyday residential use.🔑 What You'll LearnWhy indoor air is typically 5–10x more polluted than outdoor air, and what causes itThe three main indoor air pollutants: mold, PM2.5 particulate matter, and VOCsHow to recognize signs that your home's air quality is affecting your healthWhy keeping indoor humidity below 60% matters for mold preventionWhy furnace filters don't actually clean your air — and what doesPractical steps: ventilation, eliminating pollutant sources, proper bathroom fan use, and air filtrationThe wildfire disaster that inspired Jaspr's founder to bring industrial air scrubbing technology into the home💡 Key Insight"You can't detox your body if you're not detoxing your home. Your indoor environment is the space you live in most, so caring for your air is foundational to your health." — Justin Liberman🌐 Connect with Justin Liberman and JasprWebsite:https://www.jaspr.coInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/jasprco⚕️ 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 Introduction and Overview of Indoor Air Quality1:54 Robyn's Personal Story: Feeling Unwell at Home4:57 Why Indoor Air Is Often More Polluted Than Outdoor Air7:47 Main Indoor Air Pollutants: Mold, Particulate Matter, and VOCs15:14 Signs Your Home's Air Quality May Be Affecting Your Health18:57 Practical Tips to Improve Indoor Air Quality24:21 The Limits of Furnace Filters and the Role of Air Scrubbers27:17 Jaspr's Origin Story and How Their Air Scrubber Works33:47 Small Lifestyle Changes That Improve Air Quality46:19 Final Thoughts: Air as a Foundational Pillar of Health🎧 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.

📋 In this episode of Ketobiography, host Robyn Dobbins talks with Dave Feldman, a software engineer turned metabolic health researcher, about his pioneering Keto CTA study and the journey that has reshaped how we think about cholesterol and heart health. They dive into the complexities and surprises of the study’s data, the challenges of scientific transparency, and how citizen science is empowering individuals to take control of their own health. Dave also shares updates on his podcast, The Feldman Protocol, and the upcoming Cholesterol Code documentary film. This candid conversation explores perseverance, scientific rigor, and hope for the future of metabolic research.⏳ Chapters0:00 Introduction and Host Welcome2:00 The Spark Behind Keto CTA Study4:00 Explanation of CT Angiography and Study Details7:00 Baseline and Longitudinal Scan Results8:00 Semi-Quantitative vs Quantitative Data Analysis12:00 Data Challenges and Transparency Issues18:00 Social Media Rollout and Public Response25:00 Engagement with HeartFlow and Data Validation30:00 Discussion on Plaque Regression Findings42:00 Upcoming Five-Year Scan and Future Research Plans47:00 Launch of The Feldman Protocol Podcast50:00 Update on Cholesterol Code Documentary Film💡 What you’ll Learn in this EpisodeHow a personal curiosity evolved into a landmark crowdfunding research studyThe methodology and importance of CT angiography in understanding heart healthDifferences between semi-quantitative and AI-guided quantitative analyses in plaque measurementChallenges faced with transparency and data accuracy in scientific researchThe role of citizen science and patient advocacy in advancing metabolic health knowledge🔑 Key Insight“Science isn’t about having all the answers immediately — it’s about facing tough questions and letting the truth emerge through open conversation.” — Dave Feldman🌐 Connect with Dave FeldmanWebsite: https://www.cholesterolcode.comThe Feldman Protocol_ PodcastX🔬KetoCTA:https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101686Preliminary QAngio Data for Keto-CTA on Rapid ProgressorsNew KETO-CTA Data - Clarification and Update on Cleerly📌 Citizen Science Foundation & Collaborative Science Conference🎬 The Cholesterol Code🎧 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.

📋 In this inspiring episode of Ketobiography, retired police officer Eric Reynolds shares his remarkable transformation—from PTSD, weight gain, and declining health in law enforcement to becoming a 75+ pound lighter, full-time health advocate. Discover how adopting ketogenic and carnivore nutrition not only restored his physical and mental well-being but also fueled the creation of Keto Five-O and Cops and Campers, supporting first responders nationwide. Eric opens up about the toll of shift work, navigating high calcium scores, building resilient communities, and raising keto kids—all with the mission to prove it’s never too late to fight back, heal, and thrive.⏳ Chapters0:00 – Welcome & introduction to Eric Reynolds0:12 – Challenge coins & symbolic milestones in weight loss2:04 – Early life, upbringing, and sports background5:09 – Starting law enforcement career and lifestyle demands5:34 – 2012 shooting incident & living with PTSD8:54 – First encounter with the ketogenic diet9:57 – Early keto results: 50 pounds lost in six months11:11 – Inflammation reduction, mental clarity, and retirement decision12:42 – Launching Keto Five-O Facebook group & helping other officers13:43 – Discovering RV life & travel lifestyle with family15:05 – Homeschooling & focusing on nutrient-dense family diet16:13 – Becoming licensed in sports nutrition & personal training18:32 – Founding Cops and Campers retreats for first responders20:49 – Community impact of retreats & guest speakers22:57 – First responder health statistics & nutrition’s role in resilience28:04 – Police work, adrenaline cycles, and metabolic toll29:59 – High calcium score shock & avoiding statins32:22 – Heavy metals, mold toxicity, and removing mercury fillings34:19 – Lyme disease diagnosis in son & managing inflammation35:52 – Quitting alcohol and body recomposition benefits38:03 – Repeat calcium scoring at 5,600 & heart flow testing results46:18 – Diet’s impact on PTSD & brain health48:01 – Power of positive community and changing social circles50:08 – Cops and Campers: retreat format, activities, and family impact56:46 – Meetup ripple effect: fishing trips, hikes, and networking59:17 – Maintaining goal weight for over six years1:01:06 – Raising keto/carnivore kids from birth1:07:37 – Closing reflections & Netflix cameo mention💡 What You’ll Learn in this Episode-The toll of law enforcement’s stress, shift work, and trauma on physical and mental health-How Eric lost over 75 pounds and reversed inflammation through keto and carnivore nutrition-How proper diet can aid in recovery from PTSD and improve brain clarity-Navigating extremely high calcium scores without statins, and the surprising heart flow results-Building and leading health-focused communities for first responders with Cops and Campers-How RV life and homeschooling support a nutrient-dense, toxin-aware family lifestyle🔑 Key Insight"It's never too late to fight back, heal, and thrive." — Eric Reynolds🌐 Connect with Eric ReynoldsWebsite: https://ketofiveo.com/@KetoFiveO or @copsandcampers — Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeCops and Campers — Nonprofit retreats and events for first respondersDocumentaryCameo & family story featured in Netflix’s Griselda🎧 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.

📋 In this episode, Robyn Dobbins welcomes veteran firefighter and lieutenant Daniel Seedorf. Daniel shares his inspiring transformation from struggling with weight, pain, and chronic health issues to reclaiming his strength and vitality through a No Sugars, No Grains (NSNG) lifestyle. After hearing Vinnie Tortorich on Mike Rowe’s podcast, Daniel embarked on profound changes—shedding pounds, reversing hypertension, fatty liver, and psoriasis, and building renewed mental focus. Now, he brings that same energy and discipline to shaping new fire service recruits. With humor, raw honesty, and a deep sense of service, Daniel’s story spotlights the power of personal responsibility, resilience, and the ripple effect of healing in the line of duty.⏳Chapters00:00 – Host Introduction & Technical Note00:30 – The Mission of Ketobiography00:54 – Farewell to Natalie Shamp01:20 – Introducing Daniel Seedorf02:03 – A Firefighter’s Early Struggles: Health and Burnout05:06 – The Wake-up Call: Declining Health and a Friend’s Need13:21 – “Are You an Asset or a Liability?”15:48 – Divine Intervention and Tipping Points17:27 – The NSNG Spark: Hearing Vinnie Tortorich22:20 – Breaking Food and Alcohol Habits32:30 – Losing 50lbs & Reversing Chronic Issues36:40 – Bringing Health to the Firehouse & Training Center40:56 – Leading by Example: Shaping the Next Generation43:38 – Public Servants and the Power of Personal Responsibility45:29 – Where to Find Daniel & Episode Wrap-Up💡What You’ll LearnHow Daniel transformed his health with an NSNG lifestyleThe real-life challenges of health for first respondersWhy food choices, not just exercise, are key to wellnessOvercoming old patterns with mindset and supportThe impact of leadership and “walking the walk” at workHow anyone can move from liability to asset—in service and in life🔑 Key Insight“You have to ask yourself, are you an asset or a liability? I had to be honest… I was a liability. That was the tipping point. If it worked for me, it can work for you.”🌐 Connect with Daniel SeedorfX (Twitter): @realFiremanDanInstagram: @EastwestFarmerFacebook: DRSeedorf🎧 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.

Ketobiography's episode 13 guest is Tia Reid, a retired Director of Nutrition Services with over 35 years in healthcare. After being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and sugar addiction, Tia transformed her life through a low-carb, high-fat lifestyle—eliminating over 20 medications and reclaiming her vitality.Now a Certified Keto Nutrition Coach and Licensed Sugar Addiction Specialist, Tia works with Dr. Tro’s team at Toward Health, helping others with obesity, prediabetes, and food addiction heal through real food, mindset, and community.This episode is filled with honesty, warmth, and powerful reminders that it’s never too late to take your health back. Joy, hope, and transformation are possible at any age.🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:How Tia reversed type 2 diabetes and eliminated over 20 medicationsWhy sugar addiction is real and how to heal itThe impact of faith and mindset on long-term health changesWhat emotional eating looks like—and how to move beyond itThe power of walking, protein, fat, and simple consistencyWhy age, history, or diagnosis don’t define your future💡 Key Insight:“I’m living proof that change is possible. You are not too far gone. And it’s not too late.”🌐 Connect with Tia Reid:Tia's CoachingToward HealthFacebook: Tia Birchler Reid🎧 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.

📣 Our guest is a very visual person, and he shared his screen and several books with us during our conversation. This recording has been lightly edited to room the dead air while he's showing us important resources. All Ketobiography episodes are also on YouTube. You may wish to watch this one on our channel @ketobiography.📋 In this episode of Ketobiography, Robyn Dobbins and Natalie Shamp are joined by Brett Smith, former corporate wellness executive turned metabolic health warrior. After reversing heart disease, arthritis, tinnitus, metabolic syndrome, and losing 115 pounds in just 9 months, Brett now serves as VP of Business Development at Toward Health, helping others reclaim their health with lifestyle-based, root-cause solutions.From obesity and burnout to vitality and purpose, Brett’s story is a powerful reminder that healing is possible through science, connection, and an unshakable desire to live well.🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:- How Brett lost 115 lbs. and reversed multiple chronic conditions- Why he left the corporate wellness world for metabolic healing- How to track and reverse soft plaque and heart disease- The role of insulin resistance in nearly every chronic illness- Why food is just one piece—light, sleep, and EMFs also matter- What medical-strength keto looks like (20g total carbs or less)- The surprising science behind ketogenic therapy and healing- How to coach clients without shame or overwhelm💡 Key Insight:“No matter how bad the last 20 years are, they don’t have to be your tomorrow. Take a step, learn something new, and then teach others.” – Brett Smith🌐 Connect with Brett Smith:- Website: My Metabolic Life- Email: [email protected] Facebook: My Metabolic Life- X (Twitter): @MyMetabolicLife- Phone number (YES, REALLY): (262) 255-9545-Toward Health🎧 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.

📋 Amanda Decker, nurse practitioner and metabolic health expert, shares her powerful story from childhood struggles with weight and psoriasis to revolutionizing patient care through ketogenic, low-carb, and carnivore approaches. Discover how Amanda challenged conventional medicine, founded Clear Path Medical, and built a thriving community around holistic health—plus gain an inside look at the Low-Carb for Better Health conference in Tennessee and her down-to-earth "Grandma diet" philosophy.⏳ Chapters0:00 — Welcome & Episode Mission0:25 — Meet Amanda Decker: Background & Credentials2:20 — Childhood: Weight & Psoriasis Begin6:30 — Nutrition, Family Habits, & Farm Life7:00 — Dreams of Medicine & Vanderbilt8:00 — Frustrations with Conventional Care9:00 — Stumbling Into Low-Carb & Personal Healing12:00 — The Carnivore Shift & Psoriasis Recovery14:00 — Limits of Diet: Genetics & Realism15:40 — Building Clear Path Medical, a New Practice Model18:40 — Launching the Low-Carb for Better Health Conference21:00 — The “Grandma Diet” vs. Modern Trends22:00 — Individualizing Care: Flexible Diet Strategies25:00 — Family Transformation & Kid-Friendly Approaches29:00 — Navigating School, Snacks & Realistic Parenting33:00 — Community Outreach: Cooking Classes & Q&A39:30 — Breaking Free from Insurance: Changing Healthcare40:00 — Conference Details & New Features41:00 — Speakers, Exercise, & Retreat Vibes45:00 — Where to Connect with Amanda & Find Her Work50:47 — Key Insight: Practice, Not Perfection51:34 — Wrap Up & Invitation to the Conference🔑 What You'll Learn from This Episode:How Amanda’s childhood experiences with weight and psoriasis shaped her medical journeyWhy conventional medicine often falls short for chronic conditionsAmanda’s accidental discovery of low-carb and the "Grandma diet" wisdomThe transition to carnivore, elimination diets, and individualized patient careTips and real-life strategies for raising healthier kids in today’s worldBuilding family and community support for long-term healthHow the Low-Carb for Better Health conference fosters connection and practical learning💡 Key Insight"Practice, not perfection. You're not going to get it right every day, all day. But you keep going—getting off track for one meal is not a huge deal, it’s just don’t let it keep getting off track. Progress, not perfection. And when in doubt, just eat meat." — Amanda Decker🌐 Connect with Amanda DeckerWebsite: Clear Path Medical Conference: Low-Carb for Better Health Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter — @deckerlesscarbsAmanda is licensed to practice in Tennessee and 23 states via telehealth.🎧 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.

📋 In this extraordinary episode, we’re joined by Kristina and Genevieve Cook, a mother-daughter duo who overcame six years of psychiatric crisis, chronic pain, and severe behavioral challenges, all through the power of a therapeutic ketogenic diet.Genevieve was just nine when she entered an inpatient psychiatric program for treatment-resistant bipolar disorder. After years of medications and mounting mental health struggles, everything changed when her family discovered the impact of food on the brain. Within one week of switching to a whole foods ketogenic diet, she began sleeping, stabilizing, and reclaiming her life. Kristina, battling her depression and PTSD, also experienced a total transformation, leading her to become a passionate advocate for metabolic psychiatry and family-based healing.This episode is a powerful reminder that food can fuel recovery, rewire the brain, and return hope to the most hopeless cases. 💛⏱️ Chapters00:00 – Welcome to Ketobiography01:30 – Meet Kristina and Genevieve Cook04:05 – Kristina’s History of Anxiety, Trauma, and Chronic Pain08:45 – Genevieve’s Behavioral Crisis and Inpatient Treatment13:15 – The Turning Point: Bobby Kennedy, Good Energy, and Real Food18:00 – Sleep, Mood, and Physical Healing in Just One Week22:45 – Discovering Dr. Chris Palmer and Metabolic Psychiatry26:30 – From Treatment-Resistant to Medication-Free31:40 – Genevieve’s Story in Her Own Words35:15 – The Power of Educating Kids About Food39:50 – Homeschooling, School Success, and Social Wins44:10 – Educating Doctors, Dropping Books in Little Libraries48:00 – Better Humans Project and Metabolic Collective52:15 – Final Message: Choose Your Hard, Take Back Your Health🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:- How Kristina reversed PTSD, chronic pain, and mood issues through keto- How Genevieve went from a psychiatric inpatient to medication-free in weeks- Why a ketogenic diet can transform childhood mental health- The role of food, metabolic health, and inflammation in psychiatric disorders- How to educate your kids and shift the entire family dynamic- Real stories of hope, healing, and grassroots mental health advocacy💡 Key Insight:“Six years of suffering became six weeks of recovery. If we can learn better, we can do better, especially for our kids.” - Kristina Cook🌐 Connect with Kristina Cook & Better Humans Project:- Instagram- Facebook: Better Humans Project- X: @KristinaCo9561 - Metabolic Collective🎧 Listen to More Episodes:New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.🔗 Subscribe + follow + leave a review to support the show!🌱 Know someone with a Keto success story? Nominate them to be featured: [email protected] 👥 Connect with the Hosts:Robyn R. DobbinsHarbinger of Health, llcLinkTreeNatalie ShampLinkTree🎧 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.

📋 Welcome back to Ketobiography, where Robyn and Natalie share real stories of healing through the ketogenic lifestyle. In this episode, we reconnect with Jen Mendyka, who first appeared on Episode 3 of Less of Me Success Stories. Jen returns with powerful revelations, hard-won consistency, and emotional breakthroughs that have propelled her deeper into healing.Struggling with emotional eating since childhood, Jen recounts her path from silently suffering to thriving with clarity, strength, and hope. Learn how she embraced Vinnie Tortorich’s NSNG (No Sugar, No Grains) approach, joined an accountability group, and faced lifelong grief with the help of Christine Trimpe's book, Sugar Freed, and her deepening faith.⏱ Chapters0:00 Welcome & Introduction 6:15 Struggles and Frustration 12:32 Knowing What to Do, But Not Sticking With It 18:23 The Challenge of Deprivation and Sugar Addiction 24:48 Personal Growth and Self-Understanding 31:03 Temptation at Work: The Student Store 37:14 Beyond Weight Loss: Broader Benefits of Keto 43:11 Faith and Support in the Journey 49:07 Managing Stress and Letting Go of Control 55:23 Strictness, Slippery Slopes, and Family Events 1:01:20 The 90/10 Rule: Full Commitment Needed1:07:42 Unexpected Benefits and Final Reflections📎 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:- How emotional eating starts—and how to finally break the cycle- Why 90% effort can yield 0% results- Tools Jen uses when temptation strikes- How NSNG and carnivore helped her lose 50 lbs (and what caused a regain)- How Jen's husband reversed his blood sugar levels without insulin- The importance of spiritual healing and letting go of childhood trauma- Why accountability—not willpower—was her game changer- The role of faith, prayer, and scripture in a sustainable keto journey🔑 Key Insight:"90% effort yields 0% results. You can’t cheat the process and expect the transformation." – Jen Mendyka🌐 Connect with Jen Mendyka:Follow her on X (Twitter)📣 Additional Resources Mentioned:Dr. Jason FungVinnie TortorichFitness ConfidentialFat: A DocumentaryFat 2Dr. Ken Berry Christine Trimpe Sugar Freed🌐 Connect with Robyn + Natalie:Robyn Dobbins:Harbinger of Health, LLCLinktreeNatalie Shamp:Linktree 🎧 Listen to More Episodes:New episodes drop regularly on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review to support the show!🪴 Know someone with a Keto success story? Nominate them to be featured: [email protected]🎧 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.

In this deeply moving and hope-filled episode, we welcome Janet Ebos, a holistic nutritionist, musician, teacher, mother, and advocate for metabolic psychiatry and neurology. Janet shares her family’s powerful journey, from her son's bipolar diagnosis and life-threatening lows to her healing from migraines, canker sores, and debilitating brain fog. She also takes us behind the scenes of the emerging nonprofit Metabolic Collective, a grassroots movement uniting patients, clinicians, and advocates working to expand access to metabolic therapies for brain-based conditions.This is not just a story of nutritional healing, it’s a call to action, a celebration of community, and a reminder that hope is its own form of medicine. Chapters00:00 – Welcome to Ketobiography01:52 – Meet Janet Ebos: Holistic Nutritionist & Advocate05:45 – A Mother’s Mission: Bipolar, Depression & a Search for Answers11:33 – The Ketogenic Connection: From Brain Fog to Clarity19:44 – Continuous Glucose Monitors & Data That Changes Lives27:00 – Supporting Others at Rock Bottom34:18 – The Power of Hope in Nutritional Psychiatry41:25 – Brain Health, Alzheimer’s, and Family Healing47:05 – Inside the Metabolic Collective: A Grassroots Revolution58:02 – Practical Support: How Janet Starts with Clients1:08:44 – Travel, Flexibility, and Healing Beyond Dogma1:16:55 – Strategies from Metabolic Mind & The Think Smart Framework1:22:14 – Where to Find Janet + Volunteer with the Collective1:26:09 – Final Insight: Why Hope—and Stories—Matter MostWhat You’ll Learn in This Episode:- How Janet supported her son through severe bipolar episodes with metabolic tools- Why she ditched sugar and gluten to reclaim her mental clarity- How Metabolic Collective was born and why it's changing lives- Why storytelling and community are essential to sustainable healing- How fun, laughter, and support groups are also forms of metabolic therapy- Why therapeutic ketosis may not be forever, and how to trust your body again- Strategies to gently guide clients into nutritional change without being overwhelmedKey Insight:"Your hope is contagious. I just want people to know what's possible." – Janet EbosConnect with Janet Ebos:- Website: Purely Janet- Email: [email protected] | [email protected] Metabolic Collective- X: @JanetENutritionListen to More Episodes:New stories drop every Thursday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and all major platforms.Subscribe + follow + leave a review to support the show!Know someone with a Keto success story? Nominate them to be featured by sending an email to [email protected] with the Hosts:Robyn R. DobbinsHarbinger of Health, LLCLinkTreeNatalie ShampLinkTree🎧 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.