Low-carb Conversations

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners.   Our guest this week is Rebekah Farmer. Rebekah is a certified health and life coach with an astounding personal health journey. In this episode, Rebekah shares her hero’s journey from being so sick she nearly died, to discovering her body’s thriving point, advocating for herself in the hospital, and now flourishing while also coaching others how to do the same for themselves. Our topics today cover fad diets and how to find the best way to eat for your body; we clear up some misconceptions about low-carb diets; and then we finish up with Rebekah shining her light and sharing beyond-her-years wisdom on the topics of hope and optimism. This inspiring episode is everything you need to start your week off on the right foot. Enjoy! Learn more about, and connect with Rebekah on Instagram and at Tailored Keto Health Articles: Why Fad Diets are a Bad Idea Get the Facts about Low-Carb Diets The

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest today is Mike McNeal, a certified holistic health coach and Cellcore practitioner and he is here to talk all things parasites and detox with us today, welcome Mike! Mike shares his fascinating story of how a traumatic brain injury and close encounter with violence lead him on a journey to discovering how the gut-brain connection directly impacts overall health. His story alone is worth tuning in to hear, but then we dig deeper and go down the rabbit hole of parasites and terrain theory. If you are curious about parasites, gut health, detoxification protocols, brain health…we cover it all in this episode! Tune in to learn about the most common intestinal parasites in humans, the connection between parasites and moon cycles, and the physiology of anti-parasitic drug therapies with certain viral infections.  Articles: Most Common Intestinal Parasites in Humans Full Moon Phase Pa

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Welcome to another of our monthly Co-host catch up episodes with Holly and Leah! This week the Ladies discuss an article on outraged meat producers in Australia upset at "fake" meat being labelled as meat. According to a survey 61% of respondents "mistook at least one plant-based meat product as containing animal meat". Have you ever mistakenly taken home a plant-based meat product? Listen in to what Leah and Holly have to say. They then look into just how healthy these plant based meats really are for you.  Articles: Enough of the marketing trickery, fake meat is not meat The Fake Meat Debate: Are Vegetarian Substitutes healthier than the real deal? 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

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our Guest this week is Dr. Ryan P. Lowery, PhD, 2014 National Baseball champion, Author of the Ketogenic Bible and CEO of Ketogenic.com.  Articles: What a Healthy Body Means for Mental Health Link Between Insulin Resistance and Increased Depression Why Exercise is More Important Than Weight Loss for a Longer Life   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 superfood that has absolutely no side effect rather this incredibly good chocolate is nourishing and supportive to strengthen the body against so many health problems.  

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest this week is Devin Burke, an international and TEDx speaker, the bestselling author of “The Sleep Advantage,” the founder of Sleep Science Academy, and one of the top health and sleep coaches in the world. His books, keynotes, programs and videos have inspired thousands of people to improve their sleep, energy, and life. “Sleep is not a problem, it is a result.”  - Devin Burke In this episode we discuss sleep debt, sleep expectations and the pressure to have good sleep and how that can backfire on us, circadian rhythms, sleep biology, and Devin’s 3 P’s of Sleep. Devin helps high achievers and exhausted insomniacs get and stay asleep so they can wake up with more peace, power and presence. He was named one of the “Top 25 Health Coaches in America.” and has studied innovative holistic coaching methods from some of the world’s top health and human performance experts for over a

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our Guest this week is Dr Ken Berry. Dr Ken is a Board Certified Family Physician and Fellow in The American Academy of Family Physicians. He has  been practicing Family Medicine in rural Tennessee for over a decade, and has seen over 20,000 patients in his career so far. You might know him from his popular You Tube channel where he has videos about  low-carb/ketogenic/carnivore diets, intermittent fasting, thyroid health, hormone optimization and much more. He says he has declared all-out war on the epidemics of hyperinsulinemia, diabetes and obesity currently hurting our world, and hurting your health. Dr. Berry leads us in a common sense discussion about health and the lies we are told by health care professionals. His personal transformation from a doctor who didn’t know any better when it came to nutrition, to his current role as a proper human diet nutrition advocate gives us insi

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Leah and Holly are back with another Cohost episode recapping the highlights from the last 3 episodes. Did you have any favorite moments? Want more youthful looking skin, better cognition and mood – then you need to listen in on how sugar is causing you to look older than you are! Holly reports from a great article found in Vogue that tells us all. Then Leah shares an article on Viral health trends on Tiktok and Instagram. Would you trust these remedies or do they do more harm? Articles: Here’s what eating sugar actually does to your skin, brain and mood 8 Viral Health & Beauty Trends That Do More Harm Than Good 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

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest today is Temple Stewart of The Ketogenic Nutritionist. Temple is a registered dietitian helping women lose weight with a ketogenic approach. Dietician and Keto don’t normally go together but Temple shares her success with Keto and how the keto diet helped her reverse PCOS and improve fertility. Temple now helps other women improve their health, in sometimes hopeless situations, by using a therapeutic keto approach. Our first article brings about an interesting discussion on the continuing rise in obesity and how the concerning issue is much deeper than any diet paradigm or as simple as the flawed calories in, calories out weight loss model. We then debunk a biased and un-researched article that refers to keto as a “disease promoting disaster”. Articles: Dieting – why it’s not really about calories, low fat, keto or paleo ‘The keto diet is a disease-promoting disaster’: The ea

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Have you been thinking about your health lately? Perhaps it’s been weighing on your mind to put more focus on your health? Finally get “back on track” and take your nutrition and exercise seriously? The very idea of changing your diet and hitting the gym can be daunting. Especially if you feel like you have a long way to go to reach your goals or if your schedule is already packed and you just don’t have time.  No matter where you are, we are all sold the same lie –  that nutrition is complicated and that health is time consuming and difficult to achieve. Lies!! Achieving vibrant health is really quite simple. Industry has just over complicated it.  It is not HARD to be healthy. Your body WANTS to be in good health.  EVERYTHING YOUR BODY DOES IS TO KEEP YOU ALIVE- that is its main objective!  All we have to do is not cause interference and give it the support it needs.  This episode is

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Wade Lightheart is an Author, Athlete, Nutritionist and Expert on Fixing Digestion. He is  3-Time Canadian national All Natural Bodybuilding Champion, a  Mr. Universe Competitor, host of The Awesome Health podcast, and is the Co-Founder and President at BiOptimizers, a digestive and health optimization company. This in an energetic and informative conversation all about one of our favorite topics – digestion! Wade walks us through the digestive process and how it should function as well as all the ways digestion can go wrong. Digestion symptoms are one the biggest causes of complaints and digestive OTC drugs outsell any other over the counter medication. Bloating, regularity, probiotics, enzymes, gas, supplements and support – no topic is off limits in this chat, including farts! Articles: 6 Myths About Digestion Busted Beat the Bloating by taking Digestive Enzymes Register HERE for

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. We are back with our monthly Cohost Episode where we discuss guests from the past month: #436 with Abby Durlewanger, House of Keto, #437 with Lucia Hawley, and #438 with Stephanie Reiter. Then we have fun discussion common nutrition myths that are still taught in schools. We revisit the calories in, calories out model and ask the question, does too much protein cause kidney failure? Do you need to consume dairy to get enough calcium? Is the age-old advice that breakfast is the most important meal of the day accurate? Tune in to listen to our discussion around all of these and more! Article: 10 Things I Learned in Nutrition School That Are Completely Wrong 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

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest today is Stephanie Reiter, FNTP and Special Education Teacher. Stephanie joins us to share her personal insights and experiences in working with children in a school setting, witnessing, first hand, the impact of nutrition on attention and behavior. Our conversation briefly takes the audience through the evolution of feeding children, starting 3000 years ago to modern times. How have school lunches changed since the turn of the 20th century? Is there room for improvement? This is a timely back-to-school discussion that may get you thinking, and possibly inspire you to advocacy for change. Articles: The Real Paleo Diet: Scientists Debunk Ancient Food Myths Why School Lunches Feel Like They are Frozen in Time Food Dyes Linked to Attention and Activity Problems in Children School Gardens Enhance Children’s Nutrition and Improve Their Learning Environment Try Cacao Bliss a

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Lucia Hawley is the certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner with a Master’s Degree in social work and clinical mental health. She is the  host of the podcast Devoured, and creator of her coaching program Lean and Liberated where she empowers women to lose 30-60 pounds easily and without apology. In this episode Lucia talks to us about prioritizing health (weight loss optional). How can we get over the stress of what we “should” eat and get clear about listening to our bodies, understanding symptoms, and feeling safe and secure during their health journeys? Join us for a deep and heartfelt discussion covering body shaming, the stories we tell ourselves (and where those stories come from), diet culture, and the path to self-love. Articles: Body shaming yourself: How to fight the ‘pervasive sense that there’s something wrong with you’ Why I Banned Words Like “Guilt Free” and “Cheat Da

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest today is Abby Durlewanger from House of Keto. Abby started keto in 2017 and had huge success and went on to inspire others including her own family. Abby motives others through her social media platform House of Keto showing delicious foods she is making, running challenges and more. Abby shares her health journey and reveals how her experience with keto became the gift she wanted to give back to the world, including her own family. After years of trying low fat and low calorie diets, she came to discover that keto was the answer for her and the path that also allowed her to overcome food addiction and begin healing childhood trauma. Once she learned about keto, and about how true health is achieved through proper nutrition, she could not continue to feed her family in a way she no longer believed in. She feeds herself, and her family, a proper human diet and she believes the

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In our July Co-Host Catch Up, we discuss this month's guests and look at new stories about a weight loss device developed to lock the mouth almost shut, and a Mom slammed for giving her 11-year-old daughter a "keto diet" lunch. Learn more about becoming a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner here   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 us reach more people each week: SUBSCRIBE to the podcast (if you don’t already) so it automatically downloads for you each week and you never miss an episode. REVIEW – Leave a review on Apple Podcasts – it does not take very long to do and this really helps get the podcast seen by others. RECOMMEND the podcast to your friends and family – recommendations from someone you know and trust are always invaluable. DONATE – If you love the show and our content,

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest today is Dr. Don Clum, a chiropractor and specialist in advanced metabolic nutrition. Dr. Clum has a cutting edge, integrative programs for insulin resistance specifically focusing on diabetes, diabetes prevention, metabolic syndrome, weight loss resistance, obesity, and cardiometabolic issues. Don is a bit of a health rebel in the way he challenges the narrative and standard of care in his field and brings light, through first hand experience, to how the medical profession generally mishandles metabolic syndrome and related illnesses. This episode has so much in it – eating windows, meal times and how the majority of people who practice intermittent fasting are doing so incorrectly in terms of metabolic health. We cover weight loss, blood sugar management, the importance of variance in routines for a thriving body. We close out the episode Don talking about how to simplify a

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our Guest today is is Ben Azadi from Keto Kamp. Ben is a long-time Keto advocate and Educator, Podcaster, Youtuber and the Author of four best-selling books, The Perfect Health Booklet, The Intermittent Fasting Cheat Sheet, The Power of Sleep, and his latest book Keto Flex: 4 secrets to reduce inflammation, burn fat & reboot your metabolism. Ben walks us through his four pillars of successful keto – adapt, fast, phasing, and flex which is a balanced and effective approach for starting and maintaining a keto lifestyle. We then have an in-depth discussion dispelling some myths about fasting and ketosis. Ben explains how fasting is like a muscle that you have to work into and as you get stronger (fat adapted and metabolically flexible), the easier it is to fast. Articles: Intermittent Fasting Myths You Should Stop Believing The Carnivore Diet – Can You Have Too Much Meat? These Seem

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our Guest today is Danielle Hamilton. Danielle is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Educator and Real Food advocate. Danielle has used real food to help heal herself of all chronic conditions including PCOS, and now helps others find optimal health with a bio-individual approach. She has a podcast called Unlock the Sugar Shackles and a busy Instagram and you tube channel. If you have ever been confused about fats – what kind to eat, what kind to avoid, why you should eat fats, how to know if you are digesting fats… – this episode covers it all! Danielle shares her personal journey and also shares how a diet higher in fats and lower in carbohydrates can balance blood sugar levels and reverse disease symptoms. Articles: How does the body digest fat? Are Body Mass Index and Bile Duct Stones linked? Health Experts Agree: This Is The One Cooking Oil You Should Stop Buying ASAP (It’s So B

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. This week on the podcast Leah and Holly Jean are back with another Cohost Episode. They recap their favorite moments of the last 3 episodes before reviewing the latest health news. First up Holly and Leah review an article about Doctors and why they might not be the best person to discuss nutrition with and they look at the pros and cons to this as well as suggest other practitioners who might be a better fit. Both Ladies agree gone are the days when you would only consult with your Doctor and having a team of practitioners to work with in their expert areas for your different needs is a wonderful approach. They then review an article on managing food cravings. What is the difference between a food craving and a food wanting? Can food cravings be resolved with these simple suggestions? Are there any other methods you would add to the list of 12 that help you manage food cravings? Tune

Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Barrett, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. Our guest today is Keith Norris, he and his wife Michelle are the founders of the annual PaleoFX conference in Austin Texas – and he has a brand new book “Primal Uprising: The Paleo f(x) Guide to Optimizing Your Health, Expanding Your Mind and Reclaiming Your Freedom.” Are you ready to escape the human zoo? This episode with Keith will surely provide insight and thought to this question, especially if you have not yet considered the way humans build their own cages. We discuss the power of questioning and the importance of learning how to use discernment and think critically when it comes to your health. What came first, the emotion or the gut microbiome response? How does fear impact our brains and health? Keith shares his Seven Pillars for being an optimized human and how we can live free in a world that tries to keep us trapped within “the system”. Resilience is key but anti-fragili