After publishing Big Fat Keto Lies, a number of people asked me to write a review of Gary Taubes’ new book The Case for Keto. After writing a book unpicking the most common misconceptions and mistakes in low carb and ‘ketogenic’ diets through the lens of Nutritional Optimisation, I had a few thoughts. Keto Lie …
Read moreGary Taubes’ Case for Keto: an honest (critical) review
Mike Julian has been a great friend and taught me a LOT over the past six years or so!
Shortly after I kicked it off the Optimising Nutrition Facebook Group, Mike made so many insightful contributions that I asked him to become an admin.
Back in the day, we had a unique group of people who would share their research and insights (including Tommy Wood, Robb Wolf, Raymund Edwards, Luis Villasenor) eager to learn more about nutrition and metabolism. It made for a unique learning environment and a hive mind learning.
I have learned so much about how human metabolism works and how to improve it from Mike, who has been a pioneer in digesting the research, joining the dots and sharing it freely.
It was SO much fun to finally get to chat with Dr Ted Naiman about all that we’ve learned (and had to unlearn) over the last five years.
Ted has done heaps of interviews and podcasts about what he now believes, so I wanted to dig behind the memes to understand how he has changed what he believes.
Gastroenterologist Dr Pran Yoganathan is the best thing on Instagram. I love how he manages to communicate nutrition science in a pithy, thought-provoking, and entertaining way. We have come to a very similar perspective on nutrition through different lines of research. It was a ton of fun to get to chat about a range of …
Want to cut through the confusion and controversy surrounding keto and low-carb? Give a listen as Ketogains co-founder Luis Villasenor and I discuss how a well-formulated low-carb or keto diet should look. We weigh in on these topics: How is a standard or high-protein ketogenic diet for fat loss and body composition different from a …
Read moreThe 5 Biggest Mistakes on Keto | Luis Villasenor (KetoGains)
Podcast Subscribe to listen at: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google To help us reach more people, please rate and review. Show notes Welcome to the first episode of the Optimising Nutrition Podcast! In this first episode, I take you through a whirlwind tour of my new book, Big Fat Keto Lies, which clarifies the most common …
They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes. But I got to meet mine, and it was AWESOME! I finally interviewed Robb Wolf to discuss our shared big fat hairy audacious goal. We believe that empowering people with the tools to get the nutrients they require from the food they eat can not only help us …
If you try keto, you love it, and it’s working for you, then more power to you! I’m not about to try to stop you. However, the typical advice when people run into roadblocks with their keto diet is to ‘eat more fat to raise ketones’ and ‘keep calm and keto on’. Oxidative priority To …
Read moreKeto Lie #12: If in doubt, ‘keep calm and keto on’.
This is perhaps one of the most seductive lies that I fell for in the early days of my low-carb/keto journey. I kept hearing the keto gurus say that I should simply ‘eat fat to satiety’. Apparently, fat was the most satiating macronutrient and the best thing I could choose to eat if I wanted …
Read moreKeto Lie #11: You should ‘eat fat to satiety’ to lose body fat
Over the past few years, people in the fasting/low-carb/keto communities have been told that: insulin toxicity is the root cause of the majority of our western diseases, insulin is public enemy number one, and reversing ‘insulin toxicity’ is the key to weight loss and health. Is fat really a ‘free food’ because of insulin? However, …