This episode is a solocast, different from my typical interviews with researchers, doctors, and citizen scientist n=1 case studies using the carnivore or ketogenic diets. In today's episode, I detail my recent ~4 week experiment with a higher carbohydrate approach including why I did it, how I did it, what happened, and what it could mean for you.
Sarah Kleiner, @carnivore.yogi on Instagram is a yoga instructor, autism mother, and meditation support group leader for parents with children with autism. Sarah is also an ex-vegan healing from PCOS, adrenal fatigue, depression, IBS, and eczema. She’s lost 100 pounds three separate times in her life! Sarah shares amazing honest, practical, and helpful content on her instagram page and YouTube channel.
Robin Switzer (@TheRobinSwitzer) is the organizer and brains behind the amazing KetoCon conference! She’s also the COO of Ketovangelist and has used a keto diet, then carnivore diet to help her fix insulin resistance, overcome disordered eating and addiction, lose weight, and manage PCOS.
Debbie Wagner - @FatFueledAt50 - is a certified keto coach through Maria and Craig Emmerich and host of the Fat Fueled at 50 Podcast. Debbie suffered from bulimia for over 30 years before discovering keto and now carnivore and finally freeing herself from food. Learn more about Debbie on her website here.
Nicole Carter (@healthy_with_nicole), MEd., CHES has been a holistic health educator and wellness coach for over 17 years. She’s an expert in healing with stress management, fasting, and the carnivore diet. Nicole was a vegan for over a decade before fixing her health, and improving her body composition and mental state with a carnivore diet. Nicole shares informative and entertaining posts on her Instagram. Check out her website for more!
Chris Irvin (@TheKetologist) is the Education Manager of Perfect Keto, a keto food company that makes the keto lifestyle easier and more effective with products like collagen, keto bars, MCT oil powder, and more. Chris is also the co-host of the Keto Answers podcast with Dr. Anthony Gustin that breaks down complex keto topics such as fasting, weight loss, carnivore, hormones, and more. Chris and Dr. Anthony are about to launch a book, also called Keto Answers: Simplifying Everything You Need to Know About the World's Most Confusing Diet.
When Chris was last on the show we talked about optimizing keto/carnivore for body composition goals and more around Chris’ personal fasting/keto/carnivore/sleep routine, so get check that one out!
Ben Phelps aka @PrimalBro has lost over 150 pounds on paleo, ketogenic, and carnivorous diets. He also competes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and holds a blue belt. Ben is a major positive influence in this space, publishing approximately three videos a week and diving into a broad range of topics including practical keto and carnivore tips, recipes, product reviews, Q&As, mindset, life transformation, family, goals, character, and more. He also shares excellent content on Instagram.
You can find Ben on YouTube, Instagram, his podcast, his website, and Twitter!
Sally Norton (@sknorton), MPH is an expert in oxalates - a plant toxin found in many common “health” foods such as spinach and almonds that can cause many health disorders. Sally has a degree in nutrition from Cornell University and a Masters of Public Health from the University of North Carolina. She managed a five-year, National Institute of Health-funded program at the UNC Medical School. I had the pleasure of meeting Sally at Ketofest this July in Connecticut and she’s as friendly, helpful, and excited as she is wise and ambitious.
You can find Sally on her website, LinkedIn, or Instagram!
Danny Vega (@dannyvega.ms / @FatFueledFamily) returns!
He's an expert in strength, conditioning, and performance, and how to apply nutrition to optimize all of these. I’ve been following Danny for years and I would describe him as a jacked, wise, considerate, and generous philosopher-king of keto. Danny has a MS in Human Performance from the University of Florida. His passions include ketogenic and carnivore dieting, strength and conditioning, stoicism, libertarianism, and of course, raising his sons Dean and Desmond in a holistic way with his equally amazing wife Maura.
Danny co-authored the Keto Muscle Intelligence program with Ben Pakulski. You can check out the free e-book here.
Last time I had Danny on we spoke about how he got into keto and muscle building / performance, how he feeds his kids, stoicism, quitting his mainstream job, and more! Definitely check that one out if you haven’t yet.
This episode is a solocast (just me, Scott) diving deep on the topic of electrolytes, specifically sodium. Can you have too much salt on a carnivore diet? What's the right amount? What can happen if you over/under consume? I also talk about my recent experiments and what I'm eating. Let me know what you think!
The Carnivore Cast is also now on YouTube! Please check it out and enjoy as we upload old episodes.