Low-carb Conversations

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests, Leah is joined by Low Carb High Fat Dietitian and Founder and Managing Director Eat Play Thrive in Melbourne Australia, Vicky Kuriel.   Work with Leah! Leah is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and has appointments available for online consultation - one on one or in small groups.  This is available to anyone looking to improve their health through low carb real food principles for themselves and their families (Australia, USA).  If you would like to chat before making an appointment then please email Leah at info@nourishingconversations.com       Sit back and relax while Leah discusses the latest health news headlines with special guests. This week on the podcast Leah has a fantastic chat with Vicky Kuriel all around families, children and teenagers.  Will a sugar tax work? Is a national obesity strategy needed for Australia?  Do we need to add sugar to our children's vegetables for them to eat it? Why we shouldn't reward our children

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Shelley Gawith along with Keto Blogger and Photographer, Stephen Harvey aka Keto Steve and Naturopathic Doctor - Dr Dan Young from Country Doctor Nutritional Center.   Sit back and relax while Leah and Shelley discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests.   Take a look at the articles that were reviewed on the podcast: A world-record holder who runs 100-mile races says the high-fat diet Silicon Valley loves transformed his body and performance This Tiny Tooth Sensor Tracks What You Eat, and It Could Help You Be Healthier Centre for Digestive Diseases calls out for faeces donors 6 Reasons To Stop Eating White Flour (Try These 7 Paleo Flours Instead) Listen in as Leah, Shelley, Stephen and Dr Dan discuss  these articles in depth from their nutritional areas of expertise.   As always some great laughs and opinions thrown in. Looking to become a Nutritional Therapy Practitio

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Shelley Gawith along with Max Lugavere, Author of the New York Times best-selling book Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life. Sit back and relax while Leah and Shelley discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests. In this week’s episode Max, Leah and Shelley review 4 of the latest health headlines: How to fight your bad mood with food Listen in as they discuss which foods are best for enhancing your mood and which one are not.  Chocolate makes the list! Isotope fingerprinting method lifts lid on salmon nutrition A new mechanism that can track the diet of salmon - will this change people's opinions on eating fish once they know what they are eating? Heat or Eat? Cold-Weather Shocks and Nutrition in Poor American Families A sad article on how families have to choose to warm their houses in winter over proper nutrition. 

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Shelley Gawith along with Bridget Danner, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner and Owner, Health Coach & Founder of Women's Wellness Collaborative. Sit back and relax while Leah and Shelley discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests.   In this week's episode Bridget, Leah and Shelley review 4 articles on essential oils for therapeutic use and discuss the benefits and potential issues that may arise.   These Are The Best Essential Oils For Hormone Balance & PMS Chemicals in lavender and tea tree oil appear to be hormone disruptors Essential Oils: Natural Doesn’t Mean Risk-Free Ingesting Essential Oils Check out Bridget's Detox Guide Looking to become a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner?  You can find the list of upcoming courses here: https://www.nutritionaltherapy.com/locations Make sure you put Low Carb Conversations in the referral and let us know so

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests, Leah is out on the Farm as she chats with Farmer Rohan Morris from Gleneden Family Farms. Sit back and relax while Leah discusses the latest health news headlines with special guests.   This week we have a special podcast direct from Gleneden Family Farm at Maryvale in Queensland, Australia.  Leah and Farmer Rohan chat about the farm and what makes this farm so important. Leah and Rohan review three news articles: Organics industry shocked by official plan for forced chemical sprays Ngangkari healers: 60,000 years of traditional Aboriginal methods make headway in medical clinic Farmer Reveals What Happened to His Pigs after Being Fed GMO Corn, and It Is Not Pretty Listen in as Leah and Rohan share their thoughts on this headlines. Have a look at the photos below of the beautiful Gleneden Family Farm.                                                   

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Shelley Gawith along with Hanna Boethius, Diabetes Educator and Co-Founder of The Low Carb Universe. Sit back and relax while Leah and Shelley discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests.   Leah, Shelley and Hanna discuss Hanna's journey with Type 1 Diabetes and how she now helps others manage their Type 1 and all about The Low Carb Universe an amazing event in Spain each year.     The Low Carb Universe – LCU18! Is held November 13th – 18th 2018, in Puerto de Sóller.   This week Leah, Shelley and Hanna review four of the latest news headlines.  We certainly had a good laugh over some of them.  What were your thoughts? Fish accounted for surprisingly large part of the Stone Age diet Reduced-calorie diet shows signs of slowing ageing in people Is freezing your hunger nerve the new replacement for Keto diet? Will You Accept This Hard Rosé Seltzer? The Answer Should Be Hell Yes

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Shelley Gawith and we share a special interview we did together at the Nutritional Therapy Association Conference. Sit back and relax while Leah and Shelley discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests.       On this episode Leah and Shelley also discuss how to maintain healthy long distance travel.  Shelley travels a lot so she has a lot of awesome tips.  After the conference interview Leah and Shelley discuss Easter and how to navigate a healthy Easter.  Read more about this in a guest blog post Leah did for Australian ferment and small good company Lewis & Son.  We hope you enjoy your break however you celebrate!   Looking to become a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner?  You can find the list of upcoming courses here: https://www.nutritionaltherapy.com/locations Make sure you put Low Carb Conversations in the referral and let us know so we can give you a shout out on th

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by a new special guest co-host Lisa Kara (nee Johnson) along with Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Creator of Tasty Yummies, Beth Manos Brickey. Sit back and relax while Leah and Lisa discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests. On the podcast this week Leah introduces a new Guest Co-host Lisa Kara, who you might remember from Episode 246 where we discussed the diet avocado.  Lisa is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in Los Angeles and has the amazing website Zinc Nutrition.  Lisa has a new e-book out and you can find out more about it here. Leah, Lisa and Beth discuss their highlights of the Nutritional Therapy Association Conference then they review three interesting articles.   Trump Administration Eliminates Animal Welfare Rules Elephants Are Strangely Resistant to Cancer - And We May Finally Know Why Raw out, keto in at Natural Products Expo West   Tune in to find out their expert opinions an

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Shelley Gawith along with Clinical Professor of Medicine,  Dr Terry Wahls. Sit back and relax while Leah and Shelley discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests.   Leah, Shelley and Dr Terry discuss Dr Terry's upcoming Australian Tour.  She will be in Melbourne on April 21 and Sydney on May 5.  You can find out more about the events here: https://drterrywahlslive.com/   On the podcast this week Leah, Shelley and Dr Terry review 3 news articles around the topic of Immunity. Immune system dysfunction may occur early in Alzheimer’s disease Fast food makes the immune system more aggressive in the long term Testosterone may protect men from autoimmune diseases Listen in to hear what everyone thinks about the latest news headlines.   Looking to become a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner?  You can find the list of upcoming courses here: https://www.nutritionaltherapy.com/locations

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Marty Kendall along with Craig Emmerich, Author of the new book "Keto". Sit back and relax while Leah and Marty discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests. Leah, Marty and Craig discuss Craig's new book which he co-authored with his wife Maria Emmerich on the Keto lifestyle.   They discuss how the new book has a good amount of science on the topic of Keto and is presented in an easy and practical way for people to understand.  A great reference for anyone exploring or living Keto.  Next up Leah, Marty and Craig review a couple of news articles.  The first article claims regular alcohol intake has been linked to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes.  Can this be true? Find out what Leah, Marty and Craig think! The next article sounds ridiculous, right? "Japanese scientists say eating McDonald's fries could cure baldness" But what if it was true? Would you try it? The last arti

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests, Leah introduces a new Guest Co-Host Shelley Gawith.  Shelley is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in New Zealand.  Leah and Shelley have a candid chat with guest Scott Gooding, passionate cook and Author of the new book "The Keto Diet". Sit back and relax while Leah and Shelley discuss the latest health news headlines with their special guest!   Scott chats with Leah and Shelley about Keto and why he was driven to write his new book.  They then look at an article on whether Vegans can successfully do a ketogenic diet - what is your opinion?  Next they take a look at Monk fruit and whether this new sweetener lives up to all its hype.  To finish Leah, Shelley and Scott review two articles about Scott! Does he live up to all the news hype? :) Tune in to find out. Chef Scott Gooding’s recipe for success in 2018 Could the Keto diet be the secret to keeping you slim?   In the podcast Scott mentions he will be supporting Dr Terry Wahls on her

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests, Leah chats with her friend Darryl Edwards aka The Fitness Explorer. Sit back and relax while Leah discusses the latest health news headlines with special guests. In this episode Darryl and Leah discuss an article on "Prolonged periods of sedentary time strongly associated with amount of fat around internal organs" and how the longer you sit, the more detrimental to your health even if you are heading to the gym each day.  Listen in to hear what Darryl suggests.  Then they review a lovely article "Seniors' playgrounds — already popular in Europe — on the cards for Canberra" about a playground for the oldies designed to help build community and keep them active and outdoors more.  The last article is a little x rated - "New York gym offers naked work out classes".  Find out what Darryl and Leah think about this exclusive club! Leah and Darryl discuss how they will both be speaking at the Annual Nutritional Therapy Conference in Vancouver W

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests, Leah chats with her favorite friends Jimmy Moore and Shawn Mynar!  It is Jimmy's first time back on the podcast since Leah took on hosting and Shawn's second time chatting with Leah on the show. Sit back and relax while Leah discusses the latest health news headlines with special guests.   In this episode Jimmy, Shawn and Leah discuss how they will be speaking at the Annual Nutritional Therapy Conference in Vancouver Washington 2nd to 4th of March 2018.  Jimmy will be hosting the panel on Low Carb and Compliance whilst asking questions to Leah and Shawn.  The conference is going to be amazing and you can purchase tickets here.   Jimmy, Shawn and Leah review a news article from Good House Keeping on their opinion on the Keto Diet.  Apparently Keto is "bs" and bad for our health or is this article just plain "bs"?  The second article is a recent study by Dr Caryn Zinn and her associates on "Exploring the acceptability of, and adherence to

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Marty Kendall along with Ivor Cummins a chemical engineer and the man behind The Fat Emperor blog.  Along with Dr Jeffry Gerber, a family physician or better known as Denver’s Diet Doctor and co-organizer of Low Carb Breckenridge. Sit back and relax while Leah and Marty discuss the latest health news headlines with special guests.   On this week's episode Ivor and Jeff talk about their new book Eat Rich Live Long which has just been released. Make sure you order a copy - it is a great read to dispel any nutritional myths out there! Leah, Marty, Ivor and Jeff then discuss Trump's latest health scare, what are the world's best diets for 2018 and finally a discussion on a link between early menopause and cardiovascular disease in women.       Here is a little more about the upcoming event - Low Carb Breckenridge. Low Carb Breckenridge 2018 Conference Following the success of previous winter co

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Marty Kendall along with Alex Leaf, researcher at Examine.com and Mike Julian who has a passionate interest in nutrition and one of the Admins of Optimising Nutrition. Sit back and relax while Leah and Marty discuss the latest news headlines with special guests. This week on the show Leah, Marty, Alex and Julian discuss Roy Taylor's intensive weight loss diet for type 2 diabetics that totals about 825 calories a day.  Can this really work?  The next article brings up the topic again for protein.  We hear Alex and Mike's thoughts around this and around exogenous ketones.  Make sure you listen in to get all the facts.   12 Weeks on a Strict Liquid Diet Program Reverses Diabetes   How Too Much Protein is Bad for Ketosis     If you would like to keep the conversation flowing and share your thoughts on the discussion join us in the Low Carb Conversations Facebook Discussion Group.

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Marty Kendall along with Dave Feldman systems engineer and bio hacker at Cholesterol Code along with Ken Sikaris Principal Fellow of the Department of Pathology at Melbourne University. Sit back and relax while Leah and Marty discuss the latest news headlines with special guests.   Both Ken and Dave have been the most requested on the show so we could not let our listeners down! So first up  we answer some listener questions on Cholesterol and then we take another look at Roy Taylor's 12 Week Liquid Diet.  Instead of a second news article this week we discuss another Podcast! We discuss the Nourish Balance Thrive podcast with Christopher Kelly and Dr Tommy Wood about reference ranges for various common blood markers.   http://www.nourishbalancethrive.com/podcasts/nourish-balance-thrive/health-outcome-based-optimal-reference-ranges-chol/ http://www.nourishbalancethrive.com/blog/2018/01/06/dr-t

This week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Guests we are joined again by our special guest co-host Marty Kendall along with Luis Villasenor and Tyler Cartwright from Ketogains. Sit back and relax while Leah and Marty discuss the latest news headlines with special guests.   This week on the show Leah and Marty announce they are giving the Ketogains Bootcamp a try! Leah, Marty, Luis and Tyler chat about what is involved in the Ketogains Bootcamp.  An amazing 637 people have done the Ketogains beginner and novice Bootcamps and have lost a total of 10,000 kg or 22,000 pounds.  This is an average of 16 kg or 35 lb per person.   However. the big question asked is will Leah end up buff before her 40th birthday in March? Find out more about Ketogains Bootcamps and join in the next round on February 26.   Luis and Tyler share their powerful journeys of weight loss and health and what motivates them.  Tune in as you really do not want to miss their inspiring words.  And do not forget about the news he

Welcome to a New Year and a new episode of Low Carb Conversations! Leah is joined by her new Guest Co-Host Marty Kendall from Optimizing Nutrition.  Get to know Marty a little more! He will be joining Low Carb Conversations for a few episodes in January. Sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s episode! Our Guests this week on Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson NTP and Guests are Husband and Wife Gary and Belinda Fettke. Gary Fettke is an Australian orthopaedic surgeon, low carb, healthy fat advocate and you might recall he was the Doctor reprimanded by medical watchdog AHPRA (which is the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) for suggesting his patients eat low-carb diets and AHPRA said he was not qualified to give nutritional advice.  His wife, Belinda Fettke, also a low carb healthy fat advocate took over their website No Fructose and social media accounts to keep the low carb healthy fat message alive.  Listen in as Gary and Belinda share their story. BMI is underestimating obesity in Au

Before our big announcement - please let us say THANK YOU dear listeners from the bottom of our heart for supporting us on this amazing journey this past year.  We had some big shoes to fill when the previous hosts handed it over but we hope you have enjoyed getting to know Kara and Leah and reviewing the latest news health headlines. Now for the announcement -  it is with sadness we announce that Kara has decided to move on from the podcast next year and we wish her all the success with her future.  Who knows, maybe she will come back as a guest one time?!  Leah has decided to stay on and until the right co-host is found you will able to enjoy a selection of special guest hosts including Shawn Mynar from Keto for Women.  Thank you once again for your support and we can't wait to debate and debunk some more health news articles in 2018! Now to episode 250 Diana Rodgers from Sustainable Dish joins Kara and Leah on this week’s episode of Low Carb Conversations with Kara Halderman and Leah Williamson.  Sit back,

Author of "Never Binge Again", Dr. Glenn Livingston and Primal Health Coach Rachel Peterson from Austin, Texas join Kara Halderman and Leah Williamson on this week's episode of Low Carb Conversations with Kara Halderman and Leah Williamson.  Sit back, relax and enjoy this week's episode! Eating Disorders, Autoimmune, and Autoinflammatory Disease   It's Not Your Fault — Junk Food is Twice as Distracting as Healthy Food   This week on Low Carb Conversations Dr. Glenn Livingston and Rachel Peterson are here to share their health perspectives! Dr. Glenn Livingston is the Author of Never Binge Again (#1 on Kindle for Eating Disorders). As part of his own journey from obesity, 'exercise bulemia' and food prison to a normal, healthy weight and a much more lighthearted relationship with food, Dr Livingston created a unique and unorthodox methodology for helping people to change the mindset behind the behaviors. With it, he helps restore free will, empowering people out from under feeling enslaved to certain foods and