Episodes

Dr. Brian Lenzkes was an overweight, stressed out physician who was frustrated with his inability to truly help his patients. After years of traditional practice within the US healthcare system, he was overworked and frustrated. He eventually stumbled across low carb eating and Dr. Jason Fung who is a world expert on helping people with diabetes reverse their disease through fasting. Once he transformed his own health through these practices, he knew he had to share these treatments with his pa...

Jeremy has been working on his health and wellness for years and has lots of practical tips on how to integrate wellness practices into your life. He avoided knee surgery by losing 70 pounds and now works on staying in the moment, meditation and staying consistent with the gym. He is one of the cohosts of the Fit Mess Podcast where he and Zach talk about all things health and wellness with a great male perspective. We talk about mindfulness, meditation, vegetarian keto, getting consistent in th...

Learn why breathwork, sleep, meditation, heat therapy and short intense workouts are the key to overall health. We also talk about how it’s why eat less, move more isn’t the whole story, something I also talk about in my new book, the 21 Day Fat Loss Kickstart: Make Keto Easy, Take Diet Breaks and Still Lose Weight. Ryan also talks about why delicious sauces make eating healthier a lot easier, LOL. Be sure to listen to to hear more about all of these things! CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https:...

Anji Kat has been working with employees for years on improving their health and wellness. She’s changing traditional work wellness programs through her coaching. She helps people engineer their lives to create space for change and is a huge proponent of decluttering as a means for creating change. Watch the interview on YouTube CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Dry Farm Wines: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/healnourishgrow Drinking Ketones: https://hng.shopketo.com But...

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Clayton Bostock, who focuses on functional medicine in Vancouver, Canada. His goal is empowering patients in their own healing process. Most of his patients are dealing with some combination of the following: fatigue, anxiety, digestive concerns like bloating or constipation; hormone-related issues like painful periods, endometriosis or PCOS. Depression and chronic pain are also very common. His goal is to work with his patients to find the root cause, often goi...

This episode starts with sharing about my 21 day fat loss kickstart book coming out in April. I wanted to write this book was because of the continual questions I get about how to get started with keto, how to make it easier and how to break stalls and plateaus that seem to always happen when you’re trying to lose weight. It’s sort of a 21 day keto diet but you’ll want to read the book description for full details. Then I shift into addressing some specific questions from a reader about weight ...

Learn about practices that helped Sara through injury, addiction and divorce. She now helps others create a healthy lifestyle through mindset coaching and is amazingly inspirational. Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! Sharing the show with friends or leaving a review helps to much by allowing people to find the show. CONNECT WITH CHERYL Website: https://healnourishgrow.com Dry Farm Wines: htt...

Kellie’s before and after weight loss with keto. The internet can be a beautiful thing. Thanks to meeting each other on Instagram and bonding over food and keto, I’ve now had the privilege of knowing Kellie Smith for several years now. She is a 46 year old wife and mother determined to achieve ultimate wellness and healing from autoimmune disease. She started with keto in 2018, but now tend to lean more towards carnivoreish as a means to better manage symptoms from scleroderma, sjogren’s syndrom...

Ever wonder about continuous glucose monitors or don’t even know what the heck that is? Listen to my conversation with Molly Downey to learn why using this simple device can give you so much insight into your health. Continuous glucose monitoring devices are being used more often now by health seekers outside of the diabetes community. Learn more about why you may want to use this device to learn more about how what eat affects your body. Discount code for nutrisense.io with this link or code HN...

In this episode I talk to Terry Tucker about his various careers that ultimately prepared him for the biggest battle of his life, cancer. While dealing with his diagnosis and life after amputation, he came to a realization that there were several lessons he wanted to share about finding your life’s purpose. He believes everyone is born to lead an uncommon and extraordinary life and that has nothing to do with where you work, how much money you make, or where you live. Living with purpose can tak...

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Jim Collins about the benefits of CBD oil and why you may want to add it to your wellness plan. We talk about the benefits of CBD oil for menopausal symptoms, energy, mood, addictions, pets and sleep among other things. We also discussed why full spectrum CBD is important and why you want to look for high quality, third party testing, which is so important for any supplements, powders or vitamins you use. If you want more detail about why using CBD oil is helpful, ...

In this episode we explore some new theories of obesity and the croissant diet with Brad Marshall. His background is in molecular biology, food history, a stint at the culinary institute and butchering which gives him a unique perspective and the ability to decipher complex scientific concepts about how our bodies process fats and store energy. Brad posits the reason we get fat is mitochondrial dysfunction from too much polyunsaturated fat in the diet. He has been testing this theory on himself ...

In this episode, Katie and I chat about how she transitioned her entire family to a lower carb lifestyle. She shares about the difference in her own life as well as how cutting out sugar affected her son who has autism, keto and autism just go together. Katie talks about how there is keto substitute for almost anything, whether cheat days are worth it and how she’s made keto her lifestyle. We actually recorded this episode almost a year ago so some of the comments might be slightly dated but al...

In this episode Dr. Meg Mill talks all about headaches and migraines and how to combat them. Like other functional medicine doctors, she is focused on finding the root cause of headaches to help get rid of them for good. She is offering a special eight week program in January to help you finally get the migraine relief you deserve and we also talk about migraines and nutrition. Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are lis...

Jack Bobo is a food futurist and the Author of Why Smart People Make Bad Food Choices. In this episode we talk about the psychology of eating, some of the factors and habits that drive food choices and issues regarding our food system and sustainability. Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you are listening from today! Sharing the show with friends or leaving a review helps to much by allowing people to find the show. Watch...

In this episode, I chat about how to get started with keto without overcomplicating it! For a more detailed version on how and why to get started with keto, be sure to check out our beginners guide. If you want to know more about how to get into ketosis quickly, what to eat to get into ketosis, how to get into ketosis quickly after cheating or how to get started on keto, you’re in the right place! Did you enjoy today’s show? Let me know by leaving me a review for the show on Apple Podcasts, or ...

Rich Howard first started meal prepping in high school when he had special dietary needs as a wrestler. He continued his keto meal prep habit into college and has opted for keto meal prep or high protein versions at times depending on his goals. As a busy father and grad student, he continues to meal prep to save tie and money while eating healthy. His passion for meal prep led him to start the site mealprepify.com where he shares tips for meal prepping as well as recipes for meal prep. Did you...

The benefits of fasting for health are numerous. In this episode, I give the the background for why I’m so committed to extended fasting for autophagy and health. Basically the short version is I have so much cancer in my family and my own previous history with multiple surgeries for tumors (you can read more about that here if you’re interested). This is why I’m so committed to this health protocol in an effort to stay as disease free as possible. Extended fasting is a very powerful practice th...

In this episode Courtney and I discuss living with type one diabetes. She is extremely active and involved in bodybuilding, which has made managing her type one diabetes more difficult. However, through a keto diet she is more easily able to manage her type one diabetes and keep her A1C down. Keto and diabetes just go together! More and more evidence is coming out that using a low carb diet to manage diabetes works amazingly well and quickly. She gives some of her best advice for starting keto ...

Danielle realized she had sugar addiction through an awakening she had several years ago when she went through a detox in the middle of the Columbian jungle. As she withdrew from sugar, she experienced a period of feeling very ill. She continued on without sugar and after a few weeks realized she no longer had cravings like she did before and sugar no longer had the same hold over her. Her path to breaking sugar addiction had begun. Through this experience, she became passionate about nourishin...

In this episode, we’ll talk about the temptation to eat in a different way during the holidays. Whether you decide to eat foods you normally do or not during the holiday season, it’s important to go into the holidays with a plan that matches your goals. We’ll address holiday weight gain and some strategies to combat it. Of course, getting sugar and carb cravings under control by changing the way you eat will also make weight maintenance much easier! Articles mentioned: What is Ultimate Wellnes...

In this episode, I am talking with the Founder of Dry Farm Wines, Todd White. We discuss meditation, nutrition, fasting, biohacking and ketogenic diets, and of course natural wines. Learn more about a sustainable low carb lifestyle that includes mindful living while still enjoying sugar free wine. Todd shares with us his journey from Atkins to the sustainable and moderate keto lifestyle he is currently living. He also shares his vast knowledge on the different versions of keto and his go to bio...

I am talking all things keto with Jen Fisch, creative director, blogger, mom, and author. You may know Jen from the online space as Keto in The City, where she shares easy and low carb recipes on Instagram, her blog, as well as in her books. Tune in to hear about Jen’s health journey and how her keto lifestyle began. Jen was diagnosed with two different autoimmune diseases that were fighting her body from the inside out. She then began searching for an anti-inflammatory diet. What started off w...

In this episode, I am talking with Jimmy Moore, author, podcaster, and speaker. You may be familiar with Jimmy from The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show or one of his many books. Jimmy shares his personal weight loss and health journey with us, which is so inspiring! He lost almost 200 pounds by starting with Atkins, later going keto and to his latest way of eating which is more of a keto/carnivore approach. You will learn a lot as we go over topics of fasting and how it is so important when trying...