Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Jessica, returns to the podcast to chat with Daisy about her year on the low-carb conference circuit, her thriving nutrition practice and her PhD research. She sure has been busy!

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.

Links

Jessica’s website  Ellipse Health

Instagram jessicaturton_dietitian

Facebook ellipsehealth

Jessica’s published systematic review

Jessica’s Top Tip

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Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Annette, returns for a special two-part ‘Ask Dr Boz’ special where she answers questions sent in by the listeners.

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.

Salt Intake – Thumb Press Test

I asked Dr Boz for a bit more clarification on the thumb press test:

When you push on your shin bone you will need to press for 30 seconds.

Push hard enough to blanch the skin under your thumb finger nail. You will see it change color because you are pushing hard enough on your thumb to stop the blood flow to the tip of your thumb for those 30 seconds.

When you lift your thumb there should not be an indentation. Fat does not leave an indentation. Only fluid leaves an indentation.

The blood glucose/ketone meter Annette recommended is this one:

You can find Annette’s book Anyway You Can on Amazon:

Paperback

Audio Book

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Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Annette, returns for a special two-part ‘Ask Dr Boz’ special where she answers questions sent in by the listeners.

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.

Salt Intake – Thumb Press Test

I asked Dr Boz for a bit more clarification on the thumb press test:

When you push on your shin bone you will need to press for 30 seconds.

Push hard enough to blanch the skin under your thumb finger nail. You will see it change color because you are pushing hard enough on your thumb to stop the blood flow to the tip of your thumb for those 30 seconds.

When you lift your thumb there should not be an indentation. Fat does not leave an indentation. Only fluid leaves an indentation.

The blood glucose/ketone meter Annette recommended is this one:

You can find Annette’s book Anyway You Can on Amazon:

Paperback

Audio Book

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Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Carrie, returns to the podcast to chat with Daisy about dealing with depression during the holidays and shares some strategies to help get you through this sometimes very difficult time of year.

Carrie is an ex-professional pastry chef, turned cookbook author, recipe developer, freelance photographer with a crazy, four country, three continent-spanning resume which includes such things as a chocolate TV show, a chocolate cookbook, and making pastries for the Queen of England.  She trained at the National Bakery School in London and has now turned her pastry chef talents to creating scrumptious keto/low carb food to help the world eat smarter, live better, and put the healthy back into healthy.

She has published 5 cookbooks and shares her tales of food, travel, and adventure from her splendid single life in the sane lane, as well as her trials and triumphs with Bi-polar Disorder, Adrenal Fatigue, Lyme disease, a massive E-coli infection, a myriad of food sensitivities, and her journey back to slim and vibrant on her blog CarrieBrown.com.

Carrie also shares her love, skills, passion for delicious healthy food, and humor in a Facebook Group – The Keto Kitchen with Carrie Brown – as well as bouncing around all the usual social media platforms as The Real Carrie Brown.

Carrie’s buddies say of her…

Carrie can often be found in the kitchen, surrounded by her four-legged friends, concocting, devising, developing, and figuring out how to make the impossible very possible (and affordable). And we love her for it.

Links

Instagram @therealcarriebrown

Twitter @RealCarrieBrown

You Tube The Real Carrie Brown

Blog Carrie Brown

Facebook The Real Carrie Brown

The Keto Kitchen with Carrie Brown

Cookbooks

This week’s end quote seems to be unattributed, which you know irritates me, but it is so perfect that I had to use it.

In a world where you can be anything. Be kind.

Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Rosie, talks about how LCHF has not only reversed her rheumatoid arthritis but also helped her control her addictive eating tendencies and lose weight.

Rosie Doyle is originally from Yorkshire and now lives in Edinburgh, with her husband and dog. She works as a management trainer and personal development coach. She was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2016 and rediscovered LCHF in order to lose weight before a consultant appointment. To her surprise, not only did she lose weight, but her remaining RA symptoms of joint pain, muscle cramps and fatigue disappeared. She was able to come off the most toxic autoimmune drugs, which had failed to control her symptoms, and finally normalise her inflammatory markers. Thanks to LCHF she also lost 24kg in excess weight and has finally learnt to manage her addictive eating tendencies. She now wants to spread the word about the health benefits of keto and campaign to change orthodox nutrition advice through her Facebook page.

Get in touch with Rosie and follow her on Facebook:

Facebook page @lowcarbhedonist

The books Rosie mentioned in the podcast:

Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution Robert C Atkins

The Obesity Code Jason Fung

The Diet Delusion (UK)

Good Calories, Bad Calories (US) Gary Taubes

Protein Power Drs Michael & Mary Dan Eades

 

Links

Paleo Medicina Clinic

This week’s end quote was recommended by Katie Breedlove and is from Dr Seuss…

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

 

 

Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Rebekah, shares her powerful story about staying true to herself in the face of misdiagnoses.

 

Rebekah has rekindled her love for nutrition and culinary arts, with a new and large emphasis on healing through nutrition, healthy lifestyle, food as medicine, and mental health. She is currently offering individualized health coaching for weight loss, strength training, lifestyle management, and dietary/nutrition guidance and support to overcome the issues that hold us back from our goals – from autoimmune, IBS and IBD, mood disorders, epilepsy, skin issues, drug addiction, and chronic pain. She has over 13 years of experience navigating through it all and hopes to help others, possibly and hopefully sparing some the high out-of-pocket expenses often associated with functional medicine. She is still recovering and taking one day at a time.

 

Her weaknesses and fears have turned into tools for healing, freedom, recovery, and experience/skills to now help others embrace themselves for all that they are, and learn to heal and overcome through love and practical guidance. Every day is not perfect, but it is always a perfect moment to be your best and strive for wellness in every way.

 

She hopes to inspire others to learn that change is possible when we grow from the bottom up and inside out.

 

You can connect with Rebekah on social media:

Instagram

You Tube

Facebook

You Tube video about Central Sensitisation Syndrome (CSS) – Mayo Clinic

 

The book Rebekah mentioned that was written by her aunt – Kat James – is

The Truth About Beauty: Transform Your Looks And Your Life From The Inside Out

This week’s end quote is from Glenda, the Good Witch in the Wizard of Oz written by Frank Baum.

“You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.“

Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Carrie, returns to share how she evicted her Lyme disease in just 2 months with the help of a homotoxicologist and a naturopathic doctor.

Carrie is an ex-professional pastry chef, turned cookbook author, recipe developer, freelance photographer with a crazy, four country, three continent-spanning resume which includes such things as a chocolate TV show, a chocolate cookbook, and making pastries for the Queen of England.  She trained at the National Bakery School in London and has now turned her pastry chef talents to creating scrumptious keto/low carb food to help the world eat smarter, live better, and put the healthy back into healthy.

She has published 5 cookbooks and shares her tales of food, travel, and adventure from her splendid single life in the sane lane, as well as her trials and triumphs with Bi-polar Disorder, Adrenal Fatigue, Lyme disease, a massive E-coli infection, a myriad of food sensitivities, and her journey back to slim and vibrant on her blog CarrieBrown.com.

Carrie also shares her love, skills, passion for delicious healthy food, and humor in a Facebook Group – The Keto Kitchen with Carrie Brown – as well as bouncing around all the usual social media platforms as The Real Carrie Brown.

Carrie’s buddies say of her…

“Carrie can often be found in the kitchen, surrounded by her four-legged friends, concocting, devising, developing, and figuring out how to make the impossible very possible (and affordable).

And we love her for it.”

Links

Instagram @therealcarriebrown

Twitter @CarrieBrownBlog

You Tube The Real Carrie Brown

Blog Carrie Brown

Facebook The Real Carrie Brown

The Keto Kitchen with Carrie Brown

Cookbooks

This week’s end quote was suggested by Katie Kelleher and is from Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling.

“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Jessie, shares her thru-hiking adventure of the Pacific Crest Trail last year and how she went against the usual carb-heavy grain and fueled herself ketogenically by making her own dehydrated meals which she now produces and sells as a thriving business – Next Mile Meals.

 

In April 2017, Jessie quit her full-time desk-job in the tech world and found herself at Mile 1 of the Pacific Crest Trail, the beginning of a five-month journey that would have her walk the entire span of the United States, hiking from Mexico to Canada through three states and over 2600 miles. All while ketogenic. Going against the conventional wisdom that thru-hiking and endurance sports need to be fueled by carbs, she became the first ketogenic thru-hiker, proving it can be done and paving the way for other hikers and adventurers to tackle their own outdoor achievements and activities.

After her fellow hikers and social media followers asked repeatedly where they, too, could find ketogenic backpacking food, she realized that the meals she had handmade and crafted might help others just like her. And so, in the middle of a mountain range near the Oregon border, her company — Next Mile Meals — was created. Fully launched in 2018, Next Mile Meals has helped thousands of ketogenic hikers, low carb campers, and adventurers with special dietary needs keep participating in their favorite activities without sacrificing their diet or their health.

You can find out more about Jessie and her keto meals at NextMileMeals.com and follow her on Instagram @NextMileMeals.

If you are a keto adventurer or maybe you are looking for the perfect holiday gift for someone who is, use the code KETOWOMAN for 10{fb00496d80bda9dbb64fc97c692e11314ab624bd34a4858080ccad1e40fefcae} off all regularly priced meals. Happy adventuring keto lovelies.

This week’s end quote is from Nellie Bly. Nellie Bly was an American journalist, inventor and charity worker. Inspired by Jules Verne’s novel, she set off on a round-the-world-journey attempting to break the fictional account’s 80 day record, and she did. She completed the journey in 1889 travelling nearly 25 thousand miles mostly alone.

“I’ve always had the feeling that nothing is impossible if one applies a certain amount of energy in the right direction. If you want to do it, you can do it.”

 

Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Dr Andreas Eenfeldt, talks about what led him to start the now infamous Diet Doctor website and how it has grown into a thriving content-generating machine with over 40 coworkers.

Dr Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor specialized in family medicine. He is the founder and CEO of Diet Doctor – a fast-growing team of more than 40 co-workers. The Diet Doctor website is completely free from ads, product sales or industry sponsorship. It’s instead fully funded by the people, via an optional membership. Diet Doctor is by far the largest low-carb and keto website in the world, with over 350,000 daily visits.

During the last ten years Dr. Eenfeldt has authored the biggest health blog in Sweden and a #1 best-selling book on nutrition that’s been translated in to eight languages. He may be partly responsible for a past butter shortage in his home country, and one of his conference presentations on low carb has been viewed over 600,000 times on YouTube.

Dr. Eenfeldt is also on the board of The Dietary Science Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to improving scientific knowledge and helping more people live healthier lives.

Dr. Eenfeldt lives in Karlstad, Sweden with his significant other and their two young daughters. He spends just about all his waking hours either with his family or working on DietDoctor.com. He’s the author of many of the core information pages on the site.

This week’s end quote is from The Buddha

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

Daisy’s latest extraordinary GPs, Jo & Lucy, share some tips and advice on how to get the most out of the relationship you have with your GP – how you can be a better patient and maybe even how you can get them to be a better GP!

Jo Pollott is a GP, originally from Canterbury in the  U.K., who has been living in Melbourne, Australia for over 7 years.   She found the keto diet through her own personal frustration with weight management having tried multiple diets in the past. She now enjoys applying low carb principles in her practice and is excited by the changes she has already seen in multiple patients. Outside of work, Jo loves to keep active by doing a mixture of strength training, HIIT classes and lots of walking. She is a frustrated broadway star and sings in a choir whilst waiting to be discovered! 

Lucy Burns is a GP in Frankston just south of Melbourne, Australia. She discovered Keto like many people after years of yoyo dieting. She found that as she got older following the standard low fat style of dieting was unsustainable and unsuccessful. Another Dr friend introduced her to keto and she was hooked. A year later she opened her low carb general practice clinic called Epiphany Medical Weight Loss. Her strong belief is to empower people to manage their health through nutrition and the low carb way of living. When she isn’t doctoring, Lucy lives with her husband, 2 teenage daughters,  2 dogs, 4 cats, 3 horses, 4 ducks, 3 frogs a goat and a miniature cow.

LINKS

• Diet Doctor’s guide – How to find a low-carb and keto-friendly doctor 
• Dr David Unwin’s Low Carb Program for health professionals
• Virta Health’s research page

This week’s end quote was recommended by Terri Gigi White and is from Norman Vincent Peale…

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.