Episodes
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Professor Thomas Seyfried a cancer researcher and professor of biology at Boston College. He is the author of the book Cancer As A Metabolic Disease.
We talk about:
The worldwide cancer epidemic
The history and worrying status of cancer research
How we got cancer research wrong
Hopeful new therapies that compliment the current treatments
Blood sugar being crucial
Professor Seyfried can be found at:
Twitter -...
Published 10/11/24
Valerie Anne Smith had treatment-resistant anorexia for decades. Nothing seemed to work. Then, she achieved remission using an animal-based keto diet, along with two other people in a case series conducted by previous podcast guest Dr. Nick Norwitz.
N.B. This podcast is not medical advice. It is presented for purely informational purposes only. Although extremely interesting, this brilliant work is not yet established as generalisable for the wider population.
Published 04/04/24
Dr Anthony Chaffee is an American medical doctor and neurosurgical resident who, over a span of 20+ years, has researched the optimal nutrition for human performance and health.
It is his assertion that most of the so-called chronic diseases we treat as doctors are caused by the food we eat, or don't eat, and can be reversed with dietary changes to a species specific diet.
He began University at the age of 16 studying Molecular & Cellular Biology with a Minor in Chemistry, which...
Published 02/20/24
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Leslyn Keith, OTD, CLT-LANA is Director of...
Published 10/25/23
Isabella Cooper is a PhD researcher at the University of Westminster in ketogenic science and hyperinsulinemia. Andrew Scarborough is a long term brain cancer survivor, writer, and researcher.
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Published 10/11/23
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Anders Murman founded Deversify which makes the...
Published 07/26/23
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Published 07/19/23
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Ben Azadi is a best-selling author, top 15...
Published 07/12/23
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Dr. Louise Phillips is a family doctor with...
Published 07/05/23
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Nick Norwitz PhD describes his case series showing recovery from anorexia using an...
Published 06/28/23
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Discussion
7:40 Autoimmunity in Africa (Trowell & Burkitt,...
Published 06/21/23
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Tess Falor PhD is a space physicist turned...
Published 06/06/23
Amber O'Hearn, Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, Raphi Sirtoli, and Dr. Ted Naiman discuss Satiety Per Calorie and Calories In Calories Out
- 32.45 Maximising calories out / fatty acids
- 36.40 Calories
- 39ish Per calorie energy out
- 54.20 Tension between complexity and accuracy
- 5740 Non-linearity
- 59.05 Calorie focus & reduction of energy intake
- 1.03.00 On not restricting calories
- 1.06.00 Fat types
- 1.22.20 What’s in a name?
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Published 05/30/23
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Miki Ben-Dor is a paleoanthropologist affiliated with Tel Aviv University,...
Published 05/24/23
Jan Ellison Baszucki is a former Silicon Valley fintech marketing executive turned writer, parent, mental health advocate and aspiring citizen scientist.
We discuss:
- Jan’s son Matt’s bipolar remission
- Pharmaceutical bipolar treatments failing
- Metabolic processes and the brain
- Metabolic Mind and the Baszucki Brain Research Fund
- Anorexia and the potential with diet and lifestyle
- My metabolic history
- Gluten and mental...
Published 05/17/23
Olivia Khwaja is a consumer strategist
and board trustee at the Public Health Collaboration - phcuk.org
Sam Feltham is the founder of the Public Health Collaboration.
They joined me to talk about this year's exciting conference on the 19th and 20th of May in Sheffield.
Look at the INCREDIBLE lineup of speakers, and get your tickets while you still can at https://phcuk.org/phc-conference-2023/
Published 04/19/23
Peter Dobromylskyj is a veterinary anaesthetist, surgeon, and nutrition blogger who created the legendary Hyperlipid blog.
Welcome to the Ally Houston Transforms podcast. I’m a former physicist who fixed my brain using nutrition. I now coach people to empower them to do the same. If you or anyone you know could benefit from a mental health tune-up, head over to metpsy.com where myself and psychiatrist Dr. Rachel Brown coach people to better mental health.
Peter and I talk about:
Fat...
Published 03/23/23
Brad is a pig farmer, butcher, charcutier, food historian, molecular biologist, and database programmer. He invented the Croissant Diet and coined the term "Low PUFA Pork."
What Brad does for his health
Low linoleic acid
The traditional American diet
How seed oils limit your function
How we burn different food types and what that means for our weight, energy, and health
Mitochondria, mitochondria, mitochondria
Torpor and hibernation
Mental health drugs and metabolism
AhR,...
Published 03/02/23
Dr. Bret Scher is the director of Metabolic Mind. He is also a low carb cardiologist, promoting cardiovascular and metabolic health.
Bret’s way in to keto diet and lifestyle medicine
The importance of metabolism
Dr. Calkin’s metformin study
Scalability of solutions
The power and safety profile of keto
The Baszucki Research Fund’s trials
Types of fat
What Bret eats
Genetics and diet
Dr. Danan’s study
Metabolic...
Published 02/17/23
Michelle Hurn is a registered dietitian, author, and ultra-marathon runner.
Michelle’s story in becoming a dietitian
Issues with the field of dietetics
Michelle’s athletic goals and health deteriorating
Using low carb for anxiety, energy, and ultra-marathons
Being coached by Zach Bitter to becoming a champion ultra-marathon runner
Michelle’s career change to focus on writing a book
Unprecedented mental resilience
Eating disorders and diet
Our healthcare system
How good...
Published 02/06/23
Siobhan Huggins is an independent researcher in cholesterol, lipedema, diet, and mental health.
Siobhan’s mental health and diet history
Zero carb zen
The carnivore diet
Dairy effects on mood etc.
Dairy denial
Fixing an egg allergy
Lipedema
Shirt-off pictures
Functionally lean
Dairy, nuts
How to get enough fat
“High fat diet” in academic research
Siobhan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/siobhan_huggins
Ally and Dr. Rachel Brown's mental health coaching platform:...
Published 01/30/23
Georgia Ede is a psychiatrist focused on the connection between nutrition, metabolism, and mental health.
DiagnosisDiet.com
Georgia’s health transformation
Fibre
Food studies and their flaws
Resistance to new treatments from healthcare professionals
Wins from traditional psychiatry vs. wins from nutritional psychiatry
Albert Danan’s study
Virta, coaching support, Dr. Hallberg
Dr. Iain Campbell’s research on metabolism
Negative previous experiences more positively reframed...
Published 01/18/23
Sarah Hancock has a PhD in public health nutrition, and researches oral health, general health and the nutritional ties that bind them together.
- Weston Price
- Processed foods
- The difficulties of interpreting nutrition research
- Sugar’s enamel erosion and internal malnourishment
- Importance of coaching with good information
- $NZ135,000 spent every day on removing children’s rotten teeth
- Gluten and casein issues
- Fat stigma
https://twitter.com/sjhancocknz
Published 10/03/22
Dr. Rachel Brown is a consultant psychiatrist in the UK National Health Service who is interested in LCHF/Metabolic Psychiatry.
Low carb to keto to carnivore
Training with Dr. Georgia Ede
Functional medicine
The existing western paradigm
Carnivore giving “complete food freedom”
Flaws in medical literature
Doing your own research
Quantifying the success of health interventions
Rachel’s book Metabolic Madness...
Published 09/10/22