Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Vernon Masongsong is a Bilingual English/Spanish Metabolic Health Coach Practitioner. He is the founder of Transparent Health & Fitness, a virtual nutrition/fitness coaching service. In addition to having been trained and certified by Nutrition Network, he is accredited through the Society Of Metabolic Health Practitioners. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Vernon talk about: (04:45) How Vernon came to adopt a low-carb approach to nutrition and change his perspective on food (15:01) How alcohol effects your metabolic health and weight (16:47) How Vernon’s family has reacted to his adoption of the carnivore/low-carb dietary philosophy (25:35) The hardest challenge faced by a health coach: sugar/carb addiction (32:07) How to help people who justify their unhealthy eating habits by exercising hard (35:41) Glucagon (36:45) Vernon’s exercise/stretching/daily routine (42:17) Coffee on the keto diet (47:04) Reversing type-2 diabetes with keto Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.   Links:   Vernon Masongsong: Linkedin Transparent Health   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree Instagram Account LinkedIn Account Ritmos Negros Podcast Q Med Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life