Low-carb Conversations

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with Katie Beecher, Internationally known Medical and Emotional Intuitive and Licensed Professional Counselor with over 30 years of experience. Katie’s mission is to help as many people as possible connect to their intuitions, find unconditional love and self acceptance. Katie has a new book out called, Heal from Within: A Guidebook to Intuitive Wellness, and she shares how to connect to your intuition to help guide and identify your physical and emotional key health issues. Using the chakras as a framework, Katie describes how we should make friends with illness instead of seeing it as enemy = the body is always trying to communicate with us and symptoms are its language. This episode provides practical action items and key tips for connecting and understanding your body. We wrap up with a conversation about medical gaslighting and why people a

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah catch up on the latest co-host news. Leah is expanding her yoga practice to include sound bowls to help clients reduce stress and discover deeper levels of relaxation. Holly Jean shares that she has been helping families move across the country to start living non-toxic lives. The ladies recap the previous episodes: 467 – Brian O’Halloran 466 – Amanda Nighbert 465 – Dr. Phillip Ovadia 464 – Kay & Jordyn Clark 463 – Dr. Mindy Pelz They then take a look at an article about Bill Gates suggested future of making synthetic beef to solve climate change issues. Can this really help or are the factories making more of a contribution to climate change then we realize? Articles: Bill Gates’ radical menu for food systems: ultra-processed foods, patents, monocrops   Learn more about becoming a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner here. TRY the Nutritional T

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with The Ketogenic Pharmacist Brian O’Halloran. Brian is a pharmacist of 20+ years and a Certified Ketogenic Nutrition Specialist. Often times, people think of their local pharmacist as a person who just fills prescriptions. Brian busts that myth and lets us know just how important, even critical, pharmacists are in the medical industry. Brian is a bit of rogue pharmacist and wants to see his patients less by educating people about diet and lifestyle changes that can help them ditch the prescriptions all together. In this informative and interesting chat, we talk about: Precautions when starting Low Carb/Keto diet if you are on medications How to deal with Keto Flu Why you must talk to your doctor about dietary changes and when you might want to find a new doctor Connect with Brian on Instagram: @theketogenicpharmacist Articles: Should You

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with Amanda Nighbert. Amanda is a registered dietitian specializing in weight loss nutrition, a fitness enthusiast, and a working mom of two Amanda is a celebrated TEDx speaker for her talk on the number one reason why dieters fail (11K views) and is a beloved dietitian on Instagram. Amanda is a strong believer that dieting is temporary, something you start and stop. Therefore it is more important to focus on lifestyle changes to truly see long term weight loss success. “Whatever you do to lose weight, be prepared to keep it up to keep it off.” – Amanda Nighbert Amanda has a very natural and realistic approach to health, nutrition, and weight loss and in this conversation she delivers brilliance in simplicity with her insights and methods. We cover everything from cholesterol to calorie counting in our chat and Amanda’s down-to-earth personality

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah chat with heart surgeon, Dr. Phillip Ovadia of Ovadia Heart Health. Dr Ovadia is dedicated to educating people about metabolic health and, ultimately, how to stay OFF of his operating table. Dr Ovadia shares his story, realizing that the standard American diet was making him overweight and sick before deciding to try Keto where he discovered how great his health could be. It is now his mission to keep people off his operating table by helping with diet and lifestyle choices, ultimately preventing them from requiring extreme interventions, like surgery, and reversing their illness. Read Dr Ovadia’s Book – Stay off my Operating Table Articles: How the keto diet helped a Malaysian family tackle health conditions AHA statement finds few with diabetes reduce heart disease risk Ways you can help support the Podcast! We are truly appreciative of any su

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean and Leah talk all things homesteading and gardening with Jordyn & Kay Clark of Portage View Farm. Jordyn and Kay are homesteaders in Bellingham, WA where they raise goats, pigs, chickens, and turkeys as well as growing a garden and orchard. You can find them on Instagram where they share tips to help you learn how to be more self sufficient on your homestead (no matter the size!) Whether you have an apartment patio or small farm, you’ll love their easy tips on gardening, canning & raising animals. Once you get past the idea stage of wanting to start a garden or homestead practices, you may find yourself overwhelmed with possibilities! Kay and Jordyn share great advice on how to find your own groove and style when it comes to becoming more self-sufficient. There is something for everyone in this episode, from the hobby gardener to boss-level preppers

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   In this episode, Holly Jean chats with holistic health and fasting expert, Dr. Mindy Pelz. Dr. Mindy is on a mission to inspire & empower a million people to start fasting. She has a popular Instagram page and YouTube channel where she shares videos on fasting and health tips and she is also a fellow podcaster, her show is called the Resetter Podcast, and she is the author of three bestselling books The Menopause Reset, The Reset Factor, and The Reset Kitchen. Dr. Mindy shares her wisdom on the different styles of intermittent fasting (or feeding windows) and how it can be beneficial for hormones in women when timed correctly. The best way to fast is the way that leaves you feeling your best while achieving your desired results. Article: What Midlife Women Should Know About Intermittent Fasting What’s Autophagy? It’s the Ultimate Detox that Doesn’t Yet Live up to the Hype

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Leah and Holly Jean discuss contributing factors of autoimmune disease. For decades, doctors and researchers believed that autoimmune conditions were genetic, or hereditary, and even a normal side effect of the aging process. But as conditions are rising at alarming rates and the age of diagnosis is getting younger and younger, researchers are asking questions and exploring the reasons for autoimmune onset. We take a look at nutrition and lifestyle factors in this episode and discuss whether or not the western diet is to blame. If nutrition and diet play a role in developing autoimmune disease, is it possible to use therapeutic diets to reverse symptoms and diagnosis? We explore all this and more, in this episode! Article: Is the Western diet causing a spike in autoimmune diseases Doctor reverses autoimmune disease with diet Resources: AIP SUMMIT Dr. Sarah Ballantyn

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week Leah chats with Vanessa Kelly from Vanessa Kelly Yoga. Vanessa is a yoga instructor with an Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching and many wonderful post graduate qualifications including Kids’ yoga and prenatal. Leah and Vanessa chat about the compounding issues that stack up for our children throughout the day and how to help guide them through mindful conversation, listening, yoga and meditation to help them find balance. These are the tools we wished we had been taught when we were children! In this insightful chat, Vanessa suggests ways to connect through the use of yoga, meditation and mindful practices. Health is not just about food and this podcast will help you and your children with tools and thought provoking ideas. Article: The ancient practice has helped many through various lockdowns, and kids can also reap the benefits of yoga and mindfulness. Here, yoga teachers a

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week Leah chats with Accredited Nutritional Therapist, Advanced Sports Exercise Nutritional Adviser Clinical Weight Loss Practitioner and Keto Blogger at FatForWeightLoss, Aaron Day. Aaron was on the podcast a couple of years back discussing the secrets of Keto Cooking. This time is Aaron is discussing the pros and cons of adding carbs back into your diet after mastering Keto. What are the benefits of doing this? Aaron shares his tips and tricks and it is not just about heading out for a hamburger and fries (sorry to disappoint!) Listen in as Leah and Aaron predict the top Food and Nutrition trends for 2022 – grab your chillable wine and listen in! Article: How to lose weight healthily, according to science – and the diet myths that do more harm than good EatingWell’s Top 10 Food & Nutrition Trends for 2022 Resource: 362: Aaron Day from Fat for Weight Loss Shares the secrets

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Welcome to a New Year. We are starting the year with Leah and Holly discussing a new article on the Body Positivity Movement and an article that suggests that the messaging of the movement is not always positive in terms of health results. We all can agree that one should love the body they have, regardless the flaws we perceive it to have. But the messaging is getting messy when it comes to self love and acceptance and undisputed health facts. In this episode, Leah and Holly break down the pros and cons of body positivity. Article: 3 Lies The Body Positivity Movement Keeps Pushing That Are Hurting Women Resource: Undiet your Life with Stephanie Dodier

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week on the podcast Leah chats with Lana Hall. Lana is a registered psychologist who’s helped hundreds of women reduce their stress and anxiety, improve their confidence, and do what brings them joy. She lives in Brisbane Australia and has written a Book, Program and Course called the The Slow Life Project. Leah and Lana discuss whether you should make New Year’s Resolutions and Lana shares her tips on how to set yourself up to make your resolutions last as well as her tips for setting goals at any time of the year. Next they look at negative self talk, how this is holding you back and what you can do to overcome this. This jam packed episode has some amazing pearls of wisdom from Lana that is very useful going into the New Year so do not skip past this episode. Articles: New Years Resolutions Don’t Work – Here’s Why 4 Habits of the Happiest People Rarely Practiced by Most Worke

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   This week Leah and Holly recap the year and their favorite episodes of 2021. Thank you to all of our listeners and show supporters, we couldn’t have had such an amazing year of growth without you. We are looking forward to a new year full of potential and continued growth, both with the podcast and in our nutrition practices. There are more great guests to come in the new year! This episode is sponsored by Outer Aisle Gourmet. To shop our favorite low carb, grain and gluten free Sandwich Thins and Pizza Crusts, click here and use code LOWCARBPODCAST at checkout to save 10% off your order Learn more about becoming a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner here. TRY the Nutritional Therapy 101 FREE 7 Day course and get a taste of what you can learn!   Ways you can help support the Podcast! We are truly appreciative of any support you can give to the podcast! Here are some ways you can help

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   This week Leah and Holly are joined by Danya Marsh, FNTP and Licensed Massage Therapist in Salt Lake City, UT. Dayna shares her personal story of learning the hard way, the importance of gallbladder function and the nuances of recovery after surgery. The ladies discuss whether the gallbladder is a required organ, what it is used for and what is happening when things go wrong. Can you avoid gallbladder removal? And what to do if you have your gallbladder removed and are still having issues. Articles: Gallbladder: A Tiny Organ with a Big Impact Foods to Avoid When You Don’t Have a Gallbladder Resource: Body Therapy Salt Lake   This episode is sponsored by Outer Aisle Gourmet. To shop our favorite low carb, grain and gluten free Sandwich Thins and Pizza Crusts, click here and use code LOWCARBPODCAST at checkout to save 10% off your order   Learn more about becoming a Nutritional Ther

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week Leah and Holly are discussing the upcoming Holiday season and are joined by special guest Patti McCoy from Nurture by Nature Nutrition. Patti is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Associate Instructor for the Nutritional Therapy Association. She is currently working with Leah teaching a September Nutritional Therapy Association class together. The Ladies discuss the stresses of the holiday season and look for thoughtful ways to manage stress and “perceived” stress. Are we putting too much pressure on ourselves and how can we prevent this? Article: How to Protect Your Mental Health During the Holiday Season   This episode is sponsored by Outer Aisle Gourmet. To shop our favorite low carb, grain and gluten free Sandwich Thins and Pizza Crusts, click here and use code LOWCARBPODCAST at checkout to save 10% off your order   Learn more about becoming a Nutrition

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest this week is the leading authority on Nutrition and Human metabolism Dr. Cate Shanahan. A board-certified Family Physician with over 20 years of clinical experience, and NY Times bestselling author of The FatBurn Fix, Deep Nutrition and Food Rules, her expertise is fixing the underlying problems that cause metabolic damage and inflammation, leading to autoimmunity, weight gain, diabetes, cancer and accelerated aging processes. Dr. Cate discusses her philosophy on Nutrition and how it is more about what you should eat rather than what you should not. From her own experience with a mysterious illness, she learned, first hand, exactly how much she was not taught in medical school when it comes to health and nutrition. When she radically changed her diet, she started to recover. After years of study, she discovered a terrifying truth: Almost all of us live in a kind of medical ex

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. There is so much to consider when buying a new home – location, quality of local schools, number of bedrooms, structurally sound, investment potential, proximity to amenities – But what factors do people need to consider when moving, in regards to their health? Here to talk about just that, our guest this week is holistic-minded realtor and healthy move expert, Cristina Cappelli. Cristina is an in-demand, sought after realtor who has made a name for herself by specializing in niche-market real estate for the health-conscious buyer. Cristina is educated and well-researched when it comes to Making Healthy Moves! Cell towers, superfund sites, access to healthy food and quality health practitioners, non-toxic landscaping, proximity to nature trails, etc., nothing is out of scope of consideration for her clients. Health starts at home, it only makes sense that you consider health when buying

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week on the podcast Leah and Holly review best moments of the previous four episodes. The article this week looks at a study where they compared the pesticide levels in a Mediterranean diet versus an Organic Mediterranean diet. Which do you think had the better result? Listen in as Leah and Holly share their tips on choosing spray-free and organic foods including on a budget. Article: Deadly Choices: University Study Reveals pesticide poison risk in our ‘healthiest foods’   Try Cacao Bliss and save 15% with this link and code LOWCARB Cacao Bliss original contains the genuine power of organic raw cacao which encases a host of healthful benefits. It brings you the best form of chocolate that is all energy and clinically safe to promote lots of functions in your body. Cacao Bliss brings you the pleasure of eating chocolate without any fear of adding weight! It’s such a magical super

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   Our guest today is Crystal Sikes aka Lady Savage. Crystal is a coach, powerlifter, competitive bodybuilder, married to the Keto Savage aka Robert Sikes who we have had a on the podcast before, Co-owner of Ketobrick and Live Savage Apparel and soon to be Mumma! This week on the podcast Crystal shares her exciting news of pregnancy and shared some of the meals she has been having while enduring morning sickness. Holly shares the first article around whether it is a good idea to exercise when you are menstruating. Can diet also effect that time of the month? Crystal shares her views and experiences. Leah shares an article on a lady with disordered eating who was triggered when she became pregnant and what strategies she put in place to stop her from relapsing. Tune in to find out what those were and also Crystal’s thoughts on these subjects. Articles: Your period seriously affects the wa

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest this week is fellow FNTP Debbie Potts – Debbie is NASM Trainer, Certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, health detective, athlete, and fellow podcaster. In this episode, Debbie shares her insights and personal experiences as we discuss how low-carb and high-fat diets impact athletic performance, especially when it comes to endurance athletes. Keeping with the athletic theme, we move on to talking about when and how to eat to fuel a workout. With so much “general” advice out there, we talk about the importance of bio-individuality and how listening to your body is the only way to find out the “right” way for you and your body needs. This episode is for the occasional exerciser and the gym rat alike. Enjoy!  Articles: Do low-carb and high-fat diets impact athletic performance When you should eat to fuel your workout Muscles and methane: how protein became the foo