Low Carb Down Under
Low Carb Down Under is a podcast that brings together people interested in low carbohydrate nutrition. It features talks and discussions about low-carb eating, health, and related research. The show is associated with the Australian low-carb community through its website and social media channels. It aims to share information and perspectives from clinicians, researchers, and advocates in the field.
Episodes
Lisa Scherger - 'My Healthy Type 1 Son'
Lisa Scherger is the mother of a teenage son who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2012.Here she relates how she has managed to normalise his blood sugar levels by ignoring the standard dietary advice for diabetes management and following a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat diet.Lisa's blog is http://diabeticalien.blogspot.com/
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Peter Williams - 'Parenting and LCHF'
Peter Williams is the father of two children, aged three and one. His eldest child was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2013 at age two. Here he speaks about his journey with his family in adopting a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat diet to help in the management of Type 1 Diabetes and criticises the standard dietary advice for newly diagnosed diabetics.
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Dr. Paul Mason - 'Dr. Paul Mason vs Prof. Behind Dietary Guidelines'
The Lecture that almost didn’t happen.Dr Paul Mason was invited to present on Nutrition at the prestigious Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, agreeing to provide a 40-45 minute lecture.Three weeks before the conference, Dr Mason was notified that the offered time allocation had been reduced by half. No official explanation was provided, however there were suggestion
Dr. Paul Mason - 'Germs and the big lie: unmasking the root cause of heart disease'
Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason ha
Dr. Troy Stapleton - 'LCHF to manage Diabetes'
Dr. Troy Stapleton is a 43 year old radiologist. He graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1993 and completed his fellowship training as a radiologist in 2005. Currently he is the Director of Radiology for the Sunshine Coast Health Service.Two years ago at the age of 41, Troy developed type 1 diabetes. He followed standard dietary advice for 2 months. After much research, he
Dr. Gary Fettke - 'Nutrition and Cancer - Time to Rethink'
Dr. Gary Fettke is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania practising in Launceston, Tasmania. He has also opened and mentors the 'Nutrition for Life – Diabetes and Health Research Centre' based in Launceston which provides nutritional care around Tasmania and Australia.Gary has a longstanding interest in the preventative aspects of health outcomes, particularly be
Nicole Moore - 'Optimising Protein and Managing Sarcopenia'
Nicole Moore has been an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) for over 20 years after graduating with a Masters in Nutrition & Dietetics from Deakin University. She is the founder of Menuconcepts and Low Carb Keto Health and is also the dietitian for Defeat Diabetes.Nicole is a Low Carb Specialist helping people to manage chronic disease and improve their general health and well being through nut
Dr. Jessica Turton - 'Low-Carb Diets For Type 1 Diabetes Management'
Dr. Jessica Turton is the Director of Ellipse Health and holds a PhD in nutrition awarded by the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. Her thesis investigated the use and efficacy of low-carbohydrate diets for diabetes management, with a specific focus on type 1 diabetes. Dr. Turton conducted a clinical trial in collaboration with the CSIRO using a fully online delivery model
Dr. Gary Fettke - 'Is it Safe to Eat Real Food? The Land, The People, The Police'
Dr Fettke discusses the role of processed foods and inflammation in chronic disease, the importance of regenerative farming and his personal journey fighting industry & regulatory capture for the right to treat his patients with ancestrally-appropriate nutrition. Filmed live at 75 Reid St, Fitzroy for the fourth REGENERATE summit on March 23rd, 2025.REGENERATE is a decentralised health summit shed
Dr. Carlo Longhitano - 'The Role of Ketogenic Nutrition in Psychiatry'
Dr. Calogero (Carlo) Longhitano is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at James Cook University and a psychiatrist at North Queensland Forensic MH Services. He obtained his MD in 1999 (Italy) before completing his psychiatric residency in Oxford and London (United Kingdom).Dr. Longhitano has held senior positions in forensic psychiatry across London and Townsville, Australia. Since 2019 he has co
LCDU Melbourne Audience QandA Afternoon Session - 15th November 2014
An audience Q&A session with some of the presenters from the Melbourne Low Carb Down Under Seminar held on the 15th of November 2014.
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Franziska Spritzler - 'Carbohydrate Restriction: The Key to Achieving Optimal Blood Sugar'
Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE, is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator who favours a low-carbohydrate approach for diabetes and weight management. For several years she consumed the same low-fat, high-carbohydrate eating plan she recommended for the patients she counselled as an outpatient dietitian in a large teaching hospital.Once she discovered in early 2011 that her own blood
Emily Schromm - 'Body By Butter'
Emily Schromm is a certified personal trainer, CrossFit Coach, and nutritional therapy practitioner based in Denver, Colorado.A former reality TV star, Emily was recently awarded the title of The 2014 Next Fitness Star by Women’s Health Magazine. Emily competes in CrossFit and her workout style focuses on functional fitness for every level. This training philosophy is incorporated into her very po
Dr. Max Gulhane - 'Sunlight and Cancer: Beyond Skin Deep'
Dr Gulhane presents the evidence for sunlight, Vitamin D system and circadian rhythms in regulating cancer defense and immune function in the body. He also discusses nuances surrounding skin cancer and how to safely obtain sunlight in a skin-type appropriate manner. Filmed live at 75 Reid St, Fitzroy for the fourth REGENERATE summit on March 23rd, 2025.REGENERATE is a decentralised health summit
Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan - 'Troubleshooting Carnivore'
Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan holds a Master of Medicine in Family Medicine from the National University of Singapore and is currently a GP working in Perth, Western Australia. Dr. Balakrishnan has more than two decades of experience and is very passionate about the management of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome through healthy eating. He is an advocate for the low carbohydrate-high heal
Vicky Kuriel - 'Case Reports from an LCHF Dietician'
Vicky Kuriel is a registered Australian Dietician and the co-founder of Acacia Health (http://acaciahealth.com.au). Her qualifications and experience cross the spectrum in the health, nutrition and fitness industries. She has 16 years experience in consulting, presenting, lecturing, training, instructing and writing and is recognised as a pioneer of Pilates in Australia.Vicky is a proud proponent
Low Carb Sydney 2023 - First QandA Session Day 2
The presenters from the first session of day two of 'Low Sydney 2023' answer questions from the audience. Featuring Dr. Michael Eades, Dr. Peter Ballerstedt and Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content
Dr. Ron Rosedale - 'The Early Ancestral Connection Between Protein, Cancer, Aging and TOR'
Dr. Ron Rosedale is an Internationally known expert in nutritional and metabolic medicine and is with one of the founding fathers of the modern low-carb, high-fat, ketogenic diet community.Dr. Rosedale is a pioneer in applying concepts based on the biology of aging to reversing diabetes and heart disease through a nutritional approach that he developed to improve the cell function. His classic 200
Dr. Andrew McIntyre - 'LCHF and Gastroenterology'
Dr Andrew McIntyre is a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist who graduated and gained his qualifications in 1990 from Queensland University. He opened the doors to Buderim Gastroenterology in 1997. Dr. McIntyre has extensive experience in all aspects of Gastroenterology with a special interest in ERCP and associated Therapeutic Intervention.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon
Colette Heimowitz - 'The Evolution of the Atkins Diet with a Tribute to Dr. Robert C. Atkins'
Colette Heimowitz, MS, is Director of Education and Research for Atkins Health and Medical Information Services. In this role she manages public relations, directs research efforts, designs continuing medical education programs and directs the Atkins Speakers Bureau. In addition, Heimowitz serves as a member of the Atkins Nutritionals New Product Development Committee.Previously, Heimowitz was the
Dr. Anthony Chaffee - 'Rethinking Autoimmune Disease'
Dr Chaffee presents his paradigm-altering thesis that autoimmune diseases are the result of the body's attack on plant compounds. He presents evidence that removal, as in a carnivore diet, leads to remission of a wide range of autoimmune diseases.Recorded remotely for the fourth REGENERATE summit on March 22nd & 23rd, 2025.REGENERATE is a decentralised health summit shedding light on the causes an
Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith - ‘Managing cardiovascular risk with Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction'
Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith has been a doctor since 1982. She has owned and managed her own General Practices in Adelaide’s southern suburbs for much of her career. She is passionate about helping people change their lives and improve their health through lifestyle medicine.Despite following and dispensing conventional medical advice around diet and exercise for 35 years as a general practitioner, La
Dr. Zeeshan Arain - 'Why aren't I losing weight on LCHF?'
Dr Zeeshan Arain graduated from Monash University in 2003 after moving to Melbourne from Sydney. He worked at Box Hill Hospital for a number of years, predominantly in the Accident and Emergency Department before making the switch to General Practice. He is very experienced in the field of sports medicine (he currently works as the head doctor for the Melbourne Demons in the AFL) and in the manage
Dr. Rod Tayler interviews Dr. Mike Eades for 'Low Carb Brisbane 2025'
Dr. Michael R. Eades received his BSCE degree in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly), Pomona, California and his MD from the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS).After completing training in General Surgery as UAMS, Dr. Eades (along with his wife) founded Medi-Stat Medical Clinics, a chain of general family medicine outpatient care centers in central Arkan
Public Health Collaboration 2023 Panel Discussion - 'Do we need to eat plants?'
A panel of nutrition experts discuss the topic 'Do we need to eat plants?'. Featuring Dr. Hayley Wood, Dr. Chidi Ngwaba, Patrick Holford, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Dr. Shawn Baker and chaired by Dr Campbell Murdoch.
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Dr. Gary Fettke - 'A 'Nutritional' model of Inflammation and Modern Disease'
Gary Fettke is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania actively practising in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.He has launched a social medial, grassroots campaign against excessive fructose consumption in the diet of Australian children and adults (www.nofructose.com) and is the medical expert for Sarah Wilson's 'I Quit Sugar' program.
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Dr. Michael Hoffmann - 'Brain Failure and the Low Carb Diet Imperative'
Dr. Michael Hoffmann obtained his medical degree at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and neurological subspecialty fellowship training in stroke from Columbia University. This was followed by two senior doctorates, one in cerebrovascular medicine (MD) and one in behavioral health (PhD). Dr. Hoffman’s main areas of research have concerned cognitive disorders after stroke
Beth McNally and Amy Rush - 'TCR in Practice: Navigating Insulin for Protein and Fat in Type 1 Diabetes'
Beth McNally is the co-founder of T1D Nutrition, a company providing the support and education that people with Type 1 Diabetes need in order to thrive. She has earned a Masters in Science in Nutrition & Integrative Health from Maryland University of Integrative Health and another Masters in Public Policy from the University of Sydney.After here son was diagnosed with T1D in 2015 Beth and her husb
Dr. Zeeshan Arain and Tom McDonald - 'LCHF and Sports Performance'
Dr Zeeshan Arain graduated from Monash University in 2003 after moving to Melbourne from Sydney. He worked at Box Hill Hospital for a number of years, predominantly in the Accident and Emergency Department before making the switch to General Practice. He is very experienced in the field of sports medicine (he currently works as the head doctor for the Melbourne Demons in the AFL) and in the manage
Dr. Jason Fung - 'Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem'
Dr. Jason Fung completed medical school and internal medicine at the University of Toronto before finishing his nephrology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles at the Cedars-Sinai hospital.He now has a practice in Ontario, Canada where he uses his Intensive Dietary Management program to help all sorts of patients, but especially those suffering from the two big epidemics of mode
Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith - ‘Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction Working with Cholesterol’
Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith has been a doctor since 1982. She has owned and managed her own General Practices in Adelaide’s southern suburbs for much of her career. She is passionate about helping people change their lives and improve their health through lifestyle medicine.Despite following and dispensing conventional medical advice around diet and exercise for 35 years as a general practitioner, La
Dr. Helena Popovic - 'The Nutrition Link to Dementia'
Dr Helena Popovic MBBS is a medical doctor and international speaker who shows people how to boost their brain at any age or stage of life. She graduated from the University of Sydney and has spent over 30 years researching the brain and teaching people how to reach their full potential. She also provides a roadmap for living longer, stronger, healthier and happier.Dr Helena’s philosophy is that e
Prof. Grant Schofield - 'Low Carb for Public Health'
Professor Grant Schofield is Professor of Public Health (Auckland University of Technology) and director of the university’s Human Potential Centre (HPC) located at the Millennium Campus in Auckland, New Zealand.His research and teaching interests are in wellbeing and chronic disease prevention especially reducing the risk and eventual mortality and morbidity from obesity, cardiovascular disease a
Prof. Peter Brukner - 'Can we really put type 2 diabetes into remission?'
Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FACSM, FASMF, FFSEM is a specialist sports and exercise physician and the founding partner at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher. His most recent team appointments have been as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club and, until 2017, Team Doctor for th
Dr. Mary Dan Eades - 'History of the Low Carb Diet'
Dr. Mary Dan Eades was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas and received her undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from the University of Arkansas, graduating magna cum laude.After completing her medical degree at the University of Arkansas, she joined her husband in practice, first as a general practitioner in their Medi-Stat Medical Clinic chain and subsequently in a private practice devoted to
Dr. Eric Westman - 'LCHF and Diabetes: Theory and Clinical Experience'
Dr. Eric C. Westman is an associate professor of medicine at Duke University Health System and director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic.Dr. Westman combines clinical research and clinical care to deliver lifestyle treatments for obesity, diabetes and tobacco dependence. He is an internationally known researcher specialising in low-carbohydrate nutrition and is co-author of 'The New Atkins Fo
Dr. Benjamin Bikman - 'How insulin resistance interacts with metabolic health'
Dr. Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. He is currently a professor of pathophysiology and a biomedical scientist at Brigham Young University in Utah. Dr. Bikman's professional focus as a scientist and professor is to better understand chronic modern-day diseases, with a special empha
Pete Evans - 'The Paleo Way - Putting It All Into Practice'
Pete Evans is an award-winning Australian Chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and television presenter on Australia's most popular show 'My Kitchen Rules'.Pete is one of Australia’s leading authorities on healthy cooking and lifestyle and is dedicated to improving peoples lives through education about nutritional food and wellness. He embraces the Paleo lifestyle and has eliminated grains, sugar a
Dr. Justine Birchall and Bisa Romic RN - 'Introducing T.C.R. to General Practice'
Dr Justine Birchall graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical School in 1993. After completing her GP training in towns such as Timboon, Point Lonsdale, Drysdale, and Bannockburn, Justine returned to Melbourne. Dr Birchall has been able to maintain her interest across the breadth of general practice, enjoying caring for patients before birth and even through the final stages of life. She
Dr. Troy Stapleton - 'Carbohydrate Restriction in Diabetes Management'
Dr. Troy Stapleton is a 43 year old radiologist. He graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1993 and completed his fellowship training as a radiologist in 2005. Currently he is the Director of Radiology for the Sunshine Coast Health Service.Two years ago at the age of 41, Troy developed type 1 diabetes. He followed standard dietary advice for 2 months. After much research, he
Dr. James Muecke - 'What's driving Australia's Chronic Disease Crisis?'
Dr James Muecke AM is a South Australian based ophthalmologist and visiting consultant at Royal Adelaide and Women’s and Children’s Hospitals. Dr. Muecke graduated with Honours from the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1987. Following his internship, James lived and worked as a doctor in Africa and subsequently as an eye surgeon in the Middle East, battling malaria, wild animals, and rebel
Low Carb Sydney 2023 - Second QandA Session Day 2
The presenters from the second session of day two of 'Low Sydney 2023' answer questions from the audience. Featuring Dr. Matthew Phillips and Dr. Chris Knobbe.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For
Dr. Paul Mason - 'The Awkward Question Every Patient Should Ask Their Doctor'
Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason ha
Dr. Caryn Zinn - 'A Low Carb Dietitian's Perspective'
Dr Caryn Zinn is a senior lecturer at AUT's School of Sport & Recreation. She is a New Zealand Registered Dietitian and teaches in the area of nutrition, both public health nutrition and sports performance nutrition.In this video, Caryn offers an insight into her own journey as a Dietitian in the world of Low Carbohydrate Nutrition.
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Jimmy Moore - 'Keto And Paleo Are A Match Made In Heaven'
Jimmy Moore hosts the biggest website in the world dedicated to the spreading of information about living a Low Carbohydrate and Higher natural Fat (LCHF) lifestyle: www.livinlavidalowcarb.comHe has also recorded more than a thousand podcast interviews with leading health experts from around the world and co-authored the best-selling books ‘Cholesterol Clarity, 'Keto Clarity'’ and the recently rel
Dr. Max Gulhane - 'What Your Cardiologist Doesn't Know About Sunlight and Heart Health'
Dr Max Gulhane discusses the profound benefits of natural sunlight on cardiovascular risk and outlined fascinating mechanisms by which this is possibly occurring related to biophysics of water in blood vessels.Dr. Max Gulhane is a General Practice registrar, circadian & quantum heath educator, host of the Regenerative Health Podcast & co-founder of REGENERATE.This talk was filmed live at 75 Reid S
Dr. Paul Mason - 'Junk science trashes low carb - a response'
Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason ha
Marlies Hobbs - 'The Future of the Real Food Movement'
As well as being a mother to two beautiful boys, Troy and Zac, Marlies Hobbs has a thriving family business and a successful cookbook to her name. Formerly a planning and environment lawyer, Marlies left her career in law to open the first Paleo Café with her husband Jai in Cairns in October 2012. After the birth of Marlies and Jai’s first son, Troy, who suffered from severe reflux caused by a dai
Dr. Cate Shanahan - 'Practical Lipid Management for LCHF Patients'
Dr. Cate Shanahan is a board certified Family Physician. She trained in biochemistry and genetics at Cornell University before attending Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She practiced in Hawaii for ten years where she studied ethnobotany and her healthiest patient’s culinary habits.Dr. Shanahan is also science director of the LA Lakers PRO Nutrition program, consultant for Mark Sisson's Primal
Dr. Tania Farrar - 'Food for Thought: Ketogenic Diet Therapy as Epilepsy Treatment'
Dr. Tania Farrar completed her medical degree at the university of Notre Dame and attained accreditation in Neurology from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians training at St Vincent’s Hospital, Royal Price Alfred Hospital, Orange Hospital and Royal North Shore Hospital. Dr. Farrar is also a clinical lecturer for the University of Notre Dame, School of Medicine, Sydney and a tutor in Neuro
Dr. Stephen Phinney - 'The Art and Science of Low Carb Living and Performance'
Steve Phinney is a physician-scientist who has spent 35 years studying diet, exercise, fatty acids, and inflammation. He has held academic positions at the Universities of Vermont, Minnesota, and California at Davis, as well as leadership positions at Monsanto, Galileo Laboratories, and Efficas.Dr. Phinney has published over 70 papers and several patents. He received his MD from Stanford Universit
Prof. Peter Brukner - 'Low Carb, High Performance'
Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FACSM, FASMF, FFSEM is a specialist sports and exercise physician and the founding partner at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher. He has recently been Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club and is currently Team Doctor for the Australian cricket team.
Dr. Simon Thornley - 'Epidemiological update on the nutrition road'
Dr Simon Thornley is an epidemiologist, lecturer, researcher and public health physician working at the University of Auckland in the section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Human Biology in 1997, a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in May 2000 a Master of Public Health with First Class Honours in 2006 and a Doctor of Ph
Patrick Holford - 'What’s driving Alzheimer’s?'
Patrick Holford, BSc, DipION, FBANT, NTCRP, is a pioneer in the field of nutrition. He is the author of 46 books, translated into over 30 languages and selling millions of copies worldwide, including The Optimum Nutrition Bible, The Low GL-Diet Bible, Optimum Nutrition for the Mind and The 10 Secrets of 100% Healthy People, 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing and Good Medicine.Patrick started his academi
Prof. Tim Noakes - 'Medical aspects of the low carbohydrate lifestyle'
Professor Timothy Noakes (born 1949) is a South African professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town. He has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons and is the author of several books on exercise and diet.He is known for his support of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, as set out in his book The Real Meal Revolution.
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Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan - 'Busting Low Carb Myths'
Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan holds a Master of Medicine in Family Medicine from the National University of Singapore and is currently a GP working in Perth, Western Australia. Dr. Balakrishnan has more than two decades of experience and is very passionate about the management of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome through healthy eating. He is an advocate for the low carbohydrate-high heal
Nina Teicholz - 'Why Nutrition Advice is So Wrong'
Nina Teicholz is a New York Times bestselling investigative science journalist who has played a pivotal role in challenging the conventional wisdom on dietary fat. Her groundbreaking work, 'The Big Fat Surprise', which The Economist named as the #1 science book of 2014, has led to a profound rethinking on whether we have been wrong to think that fat, including saturated fat, causes disease.Nina co
Dr. Nelum Dharmapriya - 'Curry, Carbs and Chronic Disease: Rethinking South Asian Diets'
Dr. Nelum Dharmapriya completed her Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) from the University of Aberdeen. She subsequently commenced working in the hospitals in the north of England and gained extensive experience as well as qualifications in various medical specialities. In 2001, she completed her GP training and before relocating to Brisbane in 2009, she worked for 7 years as a par
Dr. Stephen Phinney - 'Achieving and Maintaining Nutritional Ketosis'
Steve Phinney is a physician-scientist who has spent 35 years studying diet, exercise, fatty acids, and inflammation. He has held academic positions at the Universities of Vermont, Minnesota, and California at Davis, as well as leadership positions at Monsanto, Galileo Laboratories, and Efficas.Dr. Phinney has published over 70 papers and several patents. He received his MD from Stanford Universit
Dr. Chris Knobbe - 'Are Vegetable Oils the primary driver of Obesity, Diabetes and Chronic Disease?'
Dr. Chris Knobbe is a physician, researcher, ophthalmologist, public health advocate, and Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, formerly of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He is known primarily for his research, publications, and presentations connecting Westernised diets and highly polyunsaturated vegetable oils to numerous chronic diseases, including corona
Dr. Paul Mason - 'The Clotting Theory of Atherosclerosis and Seed Oil Toxicity (updated)'
Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason ha
Dr. Anthony Chaffee - 'Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy: a novel adjunct in cancer treatment'
Dr Anthony Chaffee is an American medical doctor specialising in Neurosurgery who over a span of 20 years has researched the optimal nutritional habits for athletic performance and health. It is his assertion that most of the so-called chronic diseases that doctors treat these days are actually caused by the food we eat, or don’t eat, and can in many cases be reversed easily with dietary changes.D
Dr. Susan Swanston - 'Fueling Relief: How Low-Carb Diets Can Support Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue'
Dr. Susan Swanston is a highly skilled GP and Low Carb Nutrition specialist currently working in Cairns. She has a vast experience in many fields of medicine and is a fully trained and qualified vascular surgeon. Susan has been interested in weight loss for a number of years. Her practice has evolved over that time to be more diet focused, with support for low carb, Keto, carnivore and fasting app
Prof. Grant Schofield - 'Low Carb - Where Is The Science At?'
Professor Grant Schofield is Professor of Public Health and Director of the Human Potential Centre at AUT Millenium in Auckland, New Zealand. Prof. Schofield’s research and teaching interests range from understanding and improving lifestyle behaviours (such as sleep, nutrition and physical activity), to wellbeing epidemiology and human performance.Prof. Schofield currently leads a team of research
Jimmy Moore - 'Nutritional Ketosis'
Jimmy Moore is an American blogger and author who is best known for his "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" books and blog. He has appeared on television and radio programs promoting a high-fat, moderate protein, low carb diet plan.Moore also runs a popular weekly podcast that has run over 800 episodes featuring interviews with experts in diet, health, and fitness.
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Dr. Sarah Hallberg - 'LDL on LCHF'
Dr. Sarah Hallberg received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 2002 and practiced as a primary care physician for eight years before becoming the medical director and founder of the Indiana University-Arnett Health Medical Weight Loss Program. She is board-certified by both the American Board of Obesity Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hallberg also has a master’
Jason Lonergan - 'Running A Marathon LCHF as a Diabetic and Coeliac'
Jason Lonergan is an area sales manager for an agricultural company and a marathon runner who has both Type-1 Diabetes and Coeliac Disease. He discusses how he has embraced his diabetes and coeliac disease as a reason to live healthily and explains how he manages to maintain stable blood sugars while running by carefully analysing his nutrition via Low Carb, High Fat nutrition.You can read more ab
Dr. Ryan Lucas - 'Low Carb Principles in Kids: Rationale and Implementation'
Dr. Ryan Lucas is a paediatric registrar and Kawasaki Disease researcher. He completed his medical training in Sydney, and is currently undertaking a PhD on the epidemiology and management of Kawasaki Disease in Australia at The University of Sydney.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these present
Jamie Hayes - 'Your Six Pack is NOT Built in the Gym!'
Jamie and Ellen Hayes are regarded as pioneers of the Australian fitness industry, with Ellen becoming the first instructor in NSW to receive formal accreditation and Jamie receiving the first ever Australian National Fitness Leader of the Year award.Jamie later became a fitness educator, training instructors across Australia and Asia for The Australian Council for Health Physical Education and Re
Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt - 'A Global Food Revolution'
Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor based in Karlstad who specialises in family medicine He is primarily interested in how food and lifestyle can improve a patient's health and reduce their medication needs. In 2007, Dr. Eenfeldt started the blog “Kostdoktorn” – a Swedish word that means “Diet Doctor”. The goal was to make it simple for anyone to learn about low carb, high fat nutrit
Dr. Paul Mason - 'What's Really Making You Sick'
Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason ha
Dr. David Johnson - 'Changing The 'Shape' Of Spinal Surgery'
Dr David Johnson is an Australian trained brain and spinal neurosurgeon. He holds clinical positions at the Royal Brisbane, Brisbane Private and Sunshine Coast Private Hospitals. He also works on the Medical Advisory Committee of the BPH and is a member of SOLAS (Society Of Lateral Access keyhole Surgery).Dr. Johnson has recognised that in recent years his patients have become bigger, sicker and l
Jamie Scott - 'How should we sleep?'
Originally hailing from NZ, Jamie holds numerous post graduate qualifications in exercise, sports science, and nutritional medicine.Although Jamie has worked in the health profession for over 15 years, he moved to an ancestral lifestyle in recent years and is the ‘voice of reason’ behind the blog ‘That Paleo Guy’.In this video, Jamie discusses that when engaging in a low-carb lifestyle, people oft
Prof. Peter Brukner - 'GLP-1 agonists: Friend or foe?'
Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FACSM, FASMF, FFSEM is a specialist sports and exercise physician and the founding partner at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher. His most recent team appointments have been as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club and, until 2017, Team Doctor for th
Anastasia Boulais - 'Is Paleo the best Low Carb diet?'
Anastasia is a newly graduate Dr and self-proclaimed non-conformist taking a broader lifestyle approach to her profession in medicine. She balances her medical background with her love of fitness and isn’t afraid of sun worshipping and a quality steak.Anastasia is fast becoming one of the thought leaders in the ancestral health field across the trans-Tasman and international arenas.In this video,
Dr. Jay Wortman - 'Undoing Atkins: A Cautionary Tale'
Dr. Jay Wortman studied Biology and Chemistry at the University of Alberta and Medicine at the University of Calgary. He completed the Family Medicine residency at UBC before starting a private practice in Vancouver. He began combining that with part-time clinics at the STI/HIV the BC Centre for Disease Control where he eventually became the full-time Associate Director. He moved on the First Nati
A/Prof. Sarah Zaman - 'Ketogenic Diet in the Management of People with Heart Failure'
Associate Professor Sarah Zaman is an Academic Interventional Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney, Australia. Sarah has been recognised as a national leader in academic cardiology as recipient of the prestigious National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship and NSW Elite Post-doctoral Grant. She has also been recognised internationa
Katie King - 'LCHF - A Nutritionist's Perspective'
Katie King has a Advanced Diploma in Nutritional Medicine and is a practising Nutritionist based in Brisbane. She has a real food philosophy and a passion for helping people realise how easy it is to eat well and be well.As an Ultra runner, Katie has a particular interest in sports nutrition for endurance athletes (real food fuelling for athletic longevity), real food living, management of diabete
Prof. Caryn Zinn - 'Diabetes Down Under... Kiwi Innovation in Primary Care'
Dr Caryn Zinn is a senior lecturer and Professor at Auckland University of Technology. She is also a New Zealand Registered Dietitian and teaches/researches in the area of nutrition, both from a public health and a sports performance perspective.Her current research (and that of her students) includes applying the Low Carbohydrate, Healthy Fat (LCHF) nutrition paradigm as a tool for losing weight,
Prof. Grant Schofield - 'Low carb and beyond How diet affects our health: The plausible mechanisms'
Prof. Grant Schofield is the Professor of Public Health at Auckland University of Technology, director of the University’s Human Potential Centre, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Education in New Zealand, co-author of four best-selling books and Chief Science Officer for PREKURE.Grant’s career has focused on preventing the diseases of modern times, and seeing what it takes to he
