Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Maggie, talks about her career as a volunteer aid worker and shares some of the hair-raising scrapes she has found herself in over the years. This is a departure from the usual episodes and is nothing to do with keto. She is most definitely an extraordinary woman though and I wanted to share her story.
Maggie is 68 and lives with her partner in North Yorkshire.
She had a secondary school teaching career from 1974 – 1997 punctuated by long leaves of absence to cycle through Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand to name but a few. In 1989 she was caught up in the Tiananaman Square massacre. In 1999 Maggie began a career in Aid Work during the war in Kosovo and went on to work in areas of conflict and natural disaster. She now works on the Lebanon/Syria border.
If you would like to support Maggie in the valuable work she does please go to Edinburgh Direct Aid.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Yogi, talks about how he cooks keto on the road as a trucker as well as how he came to be a trucker in the first place. Who makes the best driving buddy for long hours on the road? Find out now in this episode!
Yogi currently works as a truck driver operating in the lower 48 states of the US with his 20 lb attack Gerbil as a co pilot, but most of his life he worked in non-profits. When he was 19 he went to the Philippines for what was supposed to be a month long visit and ended up staying for almost two years – working in several organizations such as Save The Children where he utilized his EMT training to help in health care. He also worked with a group of ex pat US military vets who were shutting down child brothels.
Back in the US he worked in group homes for at risk youths, domestic abuse/sexual assault shelters and as a sexual assault advocate providing aid to survivors.
Yogi was always active in contact sports such as football, powerlifting boxing, martial arts and even some intramural rugby. He was also an avid surfer, SCUBA diver and backpacker.
While moonlighting as security for nightclubs, he was recruited as a pro wrestler. Short-lived but a lot of fun, he got to tour through the US, parts of Europe and Japan and was offered a development contract with WWE. A couple of months before going to Florida for the development however, he was injured in a car accident that left him virtually immobile for several months and physically very limited afterwards.
Truck driving allowed Yogi a mental break from non profits and was something he could physically handle after the accident. He learned about the ketogenic diet through a truckers’ radio show called “Let’s Truck” with Kevin Rutherford.
Yogi had received many concussions over his life and started learning about keto’s potential to help with brain trauma. He decided to give it a try, mainly for brain health, because he honestly didn’t believe he would lose fat on his body while eating so much fat.
He was wrong. Not only did he have noticeable improvements in cognitive function and emotional stability, but he also lost approximately 150 lbs. A lot of the chronic pain he had endured from years of athletics and the car accident began to subside too.
Yogi is currently looking into changing career paths towards that of holistic health and nutrition, and possibly sports medicine. He also plans to thu-hike the Appalachia and Pacific Crest Trails.
Yogi and I got to spend some time together after Ketofest as we were both staying with Carrie and got to kick up our heels in sunny Connecticut and even got to the beach!
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Karen, talks about how she discovered keto by helping her son best manage his mood swings through changes to his diet which led to her greatly improving her own health and going on to train (and now practise) as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She also answers audience questions from our live recording at Ketofest 2019.
Karen R.H.N. began her keto journey in 2016 after being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and prediabetes. Through alternate day fasting and carbohydrate restriction, she has improved her A1C from 6.2 to 5.0 and lost 80 lbs, which significantly reduces her risk of stroke.
Her passion for helping others achieve health and wellness led her to become an admin of Keto Science Alliance on Facebook. She’s recently become a nutrition professional as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, graduating from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition and will be launching Wholly Holistic Keto coaching services in September 2019. You will also be able to hear her on the Keto Book & Wine Club Podcast with her cohost, Jennifer Kleiman.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Annette, returns to the podcast to talk calories! This is the last in a three-part mini series where I asked one question to three guests: “Do you think people with weight to lose need to consider calories if they are experiencing a long plateau when eating a ketogenic diet?”
If you haven’t already listened to Annette’s story, check out episodes 46 and 47 where she shares her own story and the Ask Dr Boz episodes where she answers listeners’ health and wellness questions 62, 63, 89 and 90.
Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Annette Bosworth, MD is an Internal Medicine physician with over 19 years of experience helping patients overcome long-term, chronic conditions through lifestyle adjustment, preventive medicine, and other therapeutic paths. She’s been mentioned in media outlets ranging from CNN, Time, US News & World Report, to Fox News.
In addition to medicine, she loves speaking at town halls, jails, churches and universities. From politics to mission work, she lets her faith lead her to the next chapter of life-always looking for teachable moments. Along with her husband, she savors the adventure of raising three energetic, fast-growing sons through debate, wrestling, music, and theater. She fights for the underdog and encourages patients with chronic health problems to “Fight it ANYWAY YOU CAN. Ketones for Life.”
Glucose/Ketone Ratio
Annette talks a lot about the glucose/ketone ratio (or GKI). Here are a couple of tables to make it easier to see which range you are in. If your BG readings are in mmol/L just divide BG by BK and you will get a single digit number as in the GKI column in the table below – just forgot the ratio bit! So just read the digit on the left – 4, 2, 1, etc.
As an example, my current figures are falling between 1 and 2. The last measurements I took were BG 4.1 and BK 2.6. That results in 1.58 or 28.4 (x 18) in the US ratio equivalent.
The zones are general. Your results may vary. Mine do! If I want to lose weight, I need to drop below 2 (40 on US scale). My headaches are better (less frequent) at this level too.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Jessica, returns to the podcast to talk calories! This is the second in a three-part mini series where I asked one question to three guests: “Do you think people with weight to lose need to consider calories if they are experiencing a long plateau when eating a ketogenic diet?”
Jessica is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and PhD Candidate based in Sydney, Australia. In early 2018, she published the first systematic review of all low-carbohydrate diets for Type 1 Diabetes management. To further contribute to this area of science, she plans to conduct a primary clinical trial as part of her PhD.
Jessica’s passion and drive for nutrition not only stems from her love of science, it has also been influenced by her own health journey. During her teenage years and adolescence, Jessica was completely sucked into the toxic dieting cycle and experienced many years of disordered eating. At University, she was lucky enough to learn about the fundamentals of human biochemistry, including the role of dietary carbohydrate in glycaemic control and fuel utilisation. She quickly put the pieces of the puzzle together and started implementing a low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diet in her own life. Within just months, Jessica rekindled her love for food, nutrition and health and broke free from the toxic dieting cycle for good.
Jessica has made a commitment to empower as many people as she can with the knowledge, skills and support to experience “Food Freedom” for life. Jessica is the Founder of Ellipse Health and enjoys working with clients all over Australia and internationally via phone and Skype.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Richard, returns to the podcast to talk calories! This is the first in a three-part mini series where I asked one question to three guests: “Do you think people with weight to lose need to consider calories if they are experiencing a long plateau when eating a ketogenic diet?”
Richard is a 53 year old software developer and technical speaker who built financial systems to expose risk on Wall Street and has worked on systems from industrial robots to payroll. At 38, he was the public-facing chief executive of a major software component company when he discovered he had type 2 diabetes. At 40 he retired, to devote his time into learning about type 2 diabetes and reversed his own with the ketogenic diet 5 years ago.
With Carl Franklin he founded the 2 Keto Dudes podcast (over 250,000 monthly downloads), and the international Ketofest event to help popularize the intervention as a treatment for type 2 diabetes.
Last year Richard went back to school to study Biochemistry, and he is currently producing videos debunking bad science journalism.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Annette, comes back to finish what we failed to really get started on last week – an episode of the ever-popular ‘Ask Dr Boz’!
If you haven’t already listened to Annette’s story, check out episodes 46 and 47 where she shares her own story which we have an update to at the beginning of this week’s episode.
Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Annette Bosworth, MD is an Internal Medicine physician with over 19 years of experience helping patients overcome long-term, chronic conditions through lifestyle adjustment, preventive medicine, and other therapeutic paths. She’s been mentioned in media outlets ranging from CNN, Time, US News & World Report, to Fox News.
In addition to medicine, she loves speaking at town halls, jails, churches and universities. From politics to mission work, she lets her faith lead her to the next chapter of life-always looking for teachable moments. Along with her husband, she savors the adventure of raising three energetic, fast-growing sons through debate, wrestling, music, and theater. She fights for the underdog and encourages patients with chronic health problems to “Fight it ANYWAY YOU CAN. Ketones for Life.”
Glucose/Ketone Ratio
Annette talks a lot about the glucose/ketone ratio (or GKI). Here are a couple of tables to make it easier to see which range you are in. If your BG readings are in mmol/L just divide BG by BK and you will get a single digit number as in the GKI column in the table below – just forgot the ratio bit! So just read the digit on the left – 4, 2, 1, etc.
As an example, my current figures are falling between 1 and 2. The last measurements I took were BG 4.1 and BK 2.6. That results in 1.58 or 28.4 (x 18) in the US ratio equivalent.
The zones are general. Your results may vary. Mine do! If I want to lose weight, I need to drop below 2 (40 on US scale). My headaches are better (less frequent) at this level too.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Annette, catches us up with the latest on her medical licence review as well as chatting about how ketones can benefit people with Alzheimer’s and a long old ramble chat about exogenous ketones!
If you haven’t already listened to Annette’s story, check out episodes 46 and 47 where she shares her own story which we have an update to at the beginning of this week’s episode.
Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Annette Bosworth, MD is an Internal Medicine physician with over 19 years of experience helping patients overcome long-term, chronic conditions through lifestyle adjustment, preventive medicine, and other therapeutic paths. She’s been mentioned in media outlets ranging from CNN, Time, US News & World Report, to Fox News.
In addition to medicine, she loves speaking at town halls, jails, churches and universities. From politics to mission work, she lets her faith lead her to the next chapter of life-always looking for teachable moments. Along with her husband, she savors the adventure of raising three energetic, fast-growing sons through debate, wrestling, music, and theater. She fights for the underdog and encourages patients with chronic health problems to “Fight it ANYWAY YOU CAN. Ketones for Life.”
Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Stephen, talks about his passion – heart disease – and how important being fat adapted is for a healthy heart.
Dr. Stephen Hussey MS, DC is a Chiropractor and Functional Medicine practitioner. He attained both his Doctorate of Chiropractic and Masters in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine from the University of Western States in Portland.
He is the author of two books on health:
The Health Evolution: Why Understanding Evolution is the Key to Vibrant Health
and The Heart: Our Most Medically Misunderstood Organ.
Dr. Hussey guides clients, or health participants as he likes to call them, from around the world back to health by using the latest research and health attaining strategies. In his down time he likes to be outdoors, playing sports, reading, writing, and spending time with his wife and their pets.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Glenda, talks about how she reversed her Type 2 Diabetes, came off large doses of insulin, improved her previously high blood pressure and lost a lot of weight. Oh and how she is now fit enough to run away from bears!
Glenda grew up slim until she had her appendix out when she was 13 and then started to gain weight. Her family lived below the poverty line and they ate lots of store-bought bread with margarine and white sugar on it to keep their bellies full. With 11 mouths to feed and little money, food was all you had. They rarely ate meat or veg but did have lots of coleslaw because cabbage was cheap!
Glenda continued to gain weight through nursing training and after marriage, esp after pregnancy. She tried many diets but just kept gaining weight. Her doctors put her on a low calorie program but it wasn’t sustainable – she would lose but then gain more until she reached 253 pounds at only 64 inches tall.
Glenda ended up with high blood pressure and on insulin with her Type 2 Diabetes and considered having bariatric surgery to treat her severe diabetes of 24 years. She found bariatric surgeon while wintering in Arizona and he told her to start a ketogenic diet, get off her insulin and she wouldn’t need surgery.
He was right.
Glenda is now the same weight as when she got married. She is down 115 pounds using keto and then adding Dr Fung’s fasting protocol. Despite doctors telling her that keto is unsustainable, Glenda is now into her 3rd year eating this way. She no longer has cravings and is finally happy living inside her new, smaller body. She has found the support of patient groups online to be invaluable on her journey to health and wellness.
How To Make Mayonnaise
The easiest way to make mayo is with a stick (aka immersion) blender and a narrow container just wide enough to hold the blender. Add the ingredients in the order listed below and let them settle so that you can see the separate layers of oil floating on top of your acid and egg. Put the stick blender in the container so that it sits over the egg. Keep it still while you blend for about 20 seconds and then move it up and down to thoroughly mix the rest of the oil in. Et voila!
1 egg
1 tsp Dijon Mustard
Salt & Pepper and/or any seasoning you fancy.
1 Tbsp acid – lemon juice, white wine vinegar, AVC or whatever you prefer.
1 cup light flavoured oil – light olive oil or avocado probably best choice.
This video shows how to make it. I struggle to find a light enough oil here in France so rarely make my own mayo. I find olive oil too strong but can only get the extra virgin so that doesn’t help! Some people say avocado oil doesn’t taste great but that some strong seasoning like cayenne pepper helps. Let me know what floats your boat when it comes to keto mayo.