We've all been there. It's going so well. You're enjoying low carb/keto and feeling great.  Then you get ambushed by a situation. A meal out, a feeder in your life who insists on plying you with carbs. I think all of us has been there and in this podcast I share from my own experiences how to manage this situation.  Thank you to Sarah from the UK Low Carb FB group for inspiring this episode.  Dan  Connect with Us: Join our Facebook group UK Low Carb This show is sponsored by my business...

Continuing my solo series about how to live a low carb life, I share my learning from Prof Steve Peter’s Chimp Paradox and his latest book ‘A path through the jungle’.  I think finding macro info pretty easy in 2023. However how we manage our minds, that’s the real challenge. It’s hard but it’s manageable and I’ll explore the chimp paradox as well as my own experiences to help you on your journey as we’re in this together!  Connect with Us: Join our Facebook group UK Low Carb This show is...

I have always interviewed others to help educate and inspire. This episode is me be honest and real about how I am sorting my health in 2023 and my 5 tips that can help you too! For a next few weeks I'll share my own perspective on keto and low carb plus the strateries that help me every day. However why are you silent? You are part of this converstion too, so head over to the facebook group Uk Low Carb and share what you think. Connect with Us: Join our Facebook group UK Low Carb This...

Carl's back! I love talking to Carl. He has a wonderful outlook on life and, like me, is a Keto foodie. This is NOT an interview, it's just two friends having a catch up, trying their best to make healthy choices in this unhealthy world. Enjoy Connect with Us: • uklowcarb.com • Instagram @uklowcarbpod • Facebook @UKLowCarbPodcast • Email: [email protected] This show is sponsored by my business Deliciouslyguiltfree.com Fancy some low carb cake? You know where to head 😉 

Woah! What a podcast. Karen shares with me how being taken to the doctor at the age of 8 to have her weight 'dealt with' started a pattern of weight loss and weight gain. An unhealthy relationship with food and a life of constant dieting. Discovering low carb and how to live a healthier life, she changed everything and now is healthier in her sixties than she has been at any other time in her life. It's an inspirational story. Connect with Us: • uklowcarb.com • Instagram @uklowcarbpod •...

This was fun to make. I made a decision to share more real stories in 2022 and three of the four clips in this show are just that. In 2022 I chatted to... Barb Corrick  Jen Unwin  Keto Kev Tracy Holvey Grente Barb, Kev and Tracy are examples of how making a decision to embrace keto/low carb is more than just health , it is more about empowerment and a fresh start in life. Jen Unwin's clip is from her massively popular series where she shares how food addiction is very much real and breaks...

Welcome to the final episode with Sara Alam who explains how we can learn from the wisdom of our ancestors.  Over the last few weeks Sara explained how we can learn not just from the food our ancestors ate but their lifestyle. This includes the daily cycle and how our circadian rhythm is disturbed by modern living.  Our stress levels and what is natural healthy stress compared to unhealthy continual stress. How we belong to our tribes and society and how this translates in the 21st...

Last week Tracy shared her story and it had an impact upon today's guest - Kathy Watson. She loved the episode and shared on the DGF Facebook group how it inspired her. I have known Kathy for the last few years on that group and I knew her recent health story so decided she would be a fitting, also inspirational story to follow Tracy's.  Kathy shares her story with cancer, how her health has improved in a numerous ways since going low carb and she also shares so delicious low carb...

What a privalege this conversation was. I first met Tracy in person this summer at Kestival and like many I couldn't help but like her.  Tracy shares with me how she had an amazing journey from treatment for a large tumour and the loss of her father to a change in her life with the aid of keto. Like I told her in this conversation - many of us start low carb for the weight loss but stay for the other health benefits and her story is a strong reflection of this. Now she is a more confident,...

Welcome back to part 2 of the Dave Feldman episodes. I hope you were able to follow part 1 as Dave now breaks down  the science to make it clear. I also ask Dave about his photographs of every single meal he has eaten from 2016 to today. Enjoy  Connect with Us: • uklowcarb.com • Instagram @uklowcarbpod • Facebook @UKLowCarbPodcast • Email: [email protected] This show is sponsored by my business Deliciouslyguiltfree.com Fancy some low carb cake? You know where to head 😉 

When I asked Dave Feldman onto the show I knew I had a fantastic opportunity to understand a topic that has defined the health debate of a whole generation. It confuses many of us and is still used as a topic to beat the keto and low carb diet with but is Cholesterol really bad for us?  Well firstly what is cholesterol? Why does the body need it and does it cause cardiovascular disease? Find out more in this Part 1 of two parts. Episode 2 comes out next week.  Enjoy  Connect with Us: •...

We're almost there, the penultimate episode where we explore the society structures that are part of our evolution. We discuss connection and loneliness. How relationships work in a post pandemic digital age. How tribal norms that helped us survive can now also lead to tribal behaviours.  Join Sara and me each week as we explore what anthropology seems to suggest is the best, healthiest way for a human being to live. The state we have evolved to be in - that our our ancestors. Connect with...

When Sara told me about this topic I was really excited. Brain development is probably the most distinctive evolutionary difference between humans and animals. Sara describes the possible reasons for this development and what that means for a healthy lifestyle today.  Join Sara and me each week as we explore what anthropology seems to suggest is the best, healthiest way for a human being to live. The state we have evolved to be in - that our our ancestors. Connect with Us:    • uklowcarb.com ...

The Wisdom of our Ancestors is back and in part 2 Sara Alam, the health anthropologist explains to me how stress and cortisol is a huge part of our daily lives. Also discover how it can go wrong with modern living and how to put right this daily hormonal balancing act. Join Sara and me each week as we explore what anthropology seems to suggest is the best, healthiest way for a human being to live. The state we have evolved to be in - that our our ancestors. Connect with Us: •...

It's a brand new series - The Wisdom of our Ancestors! Sara Alam, the health anthropologist, very kindly agreed to come back on the podcast after her hugely successful show a few weeks ago. Join Sara and me each week as we explore what anthropology seems to suggest is the best, healthiest way for a human being to live. The state we have evolved to be in - that our our ancestors. Connect with Us: • uklowcarb.com • Instagram @uklowcarbpod • Facebook @UKLowCarbPodcast • Email:...

Welcome to The Wisdom of our Ancestors part 3 with  Sara Alam, the health anthropologist is back to explain how the food many of us eat today is new food. I wonder if you can even call it food?! How is our food effecting our health and what does that mean for health outcomes as we grow older. Join Sara and me each week as we explore what anthropology seems to suggest is the best, healthiest way for a human being to live. The state we have evolved to be in - that our our...

Dr Tro is a really inspirational man who keeps the health and happiness of his patients at the forefront of his work and research. I absolutely loved talking with Tro as he is really fighting on our behalf. Revealing shady dealings in the world of medical science and making sure that the welfare of us, the people is paramount over profit.  Enjoy  Connect with Us: • uklowcarb.com • Instagram @uklowcarbpod • Facebook @UKLowCarbPodcast • Email: [email protected] This show is sponsored by my...

Dr Joanne McCormack joined me for a chat to discuss her work as a GP in the front line of the metabolic health disaster right now.  We discuss , how many of her patients us low carb to manage their T2 diabetes as well as reverse the condition. Joanne also told me how she has seen a huge change in the amount of drugs used now compared to when she started as a doctor.  We also discuss the vital work of the public health collaboration and how she helps groups online to get better by changing...

Today I am joined by Sara Alam who is also known as the Health Anthropologist.  We discuss , amongst many topics supplements, the evolutionary diet, seed oils and the bigger picture to health. It's a fascinating conversation and I enjoyed it so much that I asked her to make a health series which we'll bring out before Christmas.  Sara has a really rich knowledge of human health and  I know you will love listening to this show as much as I did recording it.  Connect with Us: •...

Today I am joined by Amy Berger  We discuss  Individual's context is important for macros  Amy's story How to get to the core of Keto - it's more straight ford that you think Conservative dieticians 5 fruit and veg a day - evidence? Amy's low carb life Measure, don't weigh Other benefits of low carb PLUS medicine Google Questions - Answered (plus Will Keto raise cholesterol?)Amy is a wonderful high energy, charismatic guest and I really enjoyed our conversation together. I know you will...

Welcome to the September episode of 'This that and a bit of Keto' where Carrie and Dan get back around the mics to spill the tea.  These shows are their chance to catch up and you have the opportunity to be a fly on the wall.  They mostly talked about  ...One staring in a Bollywood movie, and one created an image that was seen by over 8 billion people. Neither got paid a penny...well one of us got paid a couple of pennies!  So go make a cup of  tea and listen to how we advise you deal with...

Welcome to a new series of UK Low Carb. I recorded this the same day that Queen Elizabeth II sadly passed away and so I have decided to not use music as a sign of respect to her. Today I am joined by Tessa Barnard & Dan Maggs and we discuss their up and coming Primary Care and Lifestyle Conference. It's on the 19th September and you can get your tickets here. We also explore Dan and Tessa's personal as well as professional health journeys'. If you want to check out Dan Magg's Youtube...

This special epsiode was one year ago (at time of publishing this epsiode). Where has the time gone?! I really learned so much from Nina and I knwo you will too. Nina is the author of the amazing book "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet" which challenges the mainstream nutritional advice and has been a huge inspiration to my low carb journey. I really hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.   Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a...

In this week's look back episode of UK Low Carb we have a fantastic episode for you with the amazing Professor Tim Noakes. Tim Noakes is a man who really needs no introduction as his list of achievements is truly incredible! He is most known for being taken to court by big food and big pharma and winning the case, presenting 7000 pages of scientific evidence to the oppositions single paper To support Tim's work here are some of his links? The Noakes...