This week is a replay of an episode from 2018 with extraordinary woman Jessie Greger who chatted about her epic thru-hiking of the Pacific Crest Trail and how it led her to start her 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.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Georgia, discusses the importance of nutrition for optimising brain function and mental health in this replay from 2018.
Georgia Ede M.D. is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in nutrition and college mental health and was the first psychiatrist at Harvard University Health Services to offer nutrition consultation as an alternative to medication management.
Dr. Ede speaks internationally on a wide range of nutrition topics, including Alzheimer’s prevention, the nutritional differences between plant and animal foods, and dietary strategies to optimize brain health. She writes about food and the brain for PsychologyToday.com and about all aspects of food and health on her own website DiagnosisDiet.com.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Amber, talks about all things carnivore for a special Carnivore 101 double episode.
L. Amber O’Hearn, M.Sc. has been studying and experimenting with ketogenic diets since 1997, and has eaten a plant-free diet since 2009 after discovering its profound effects on her mood and cognition.
She has presented at various conferences on the role of ketosis and meat eating in brain development and evolution. Her review on the evolutionary appropriateness and benefit of weaning babies onto a meat-based, high fat, low carb diet, was included as testimony defending professor Tim Noakes in his infamous trial. She is a data scientist by profession with prior publications in mathematics, linguistics, and psychology.
Amber is also the founder and organiser of the fantastic carnivore conference CarnivoryCon. She is hoping it will be able to come back this year. Check the website – CarnivoryCon.com for updates.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary woman, Amber, talks about all things carnivore for a special Carnivore 101 double episode.
L. Amber O’Hearn, M.Sc. has been studying and experimenting with ketogenic diets since 1997, and has eaten a plant-free diet since 2009 after discovering its profound effects on her mood and cognition.
She has presented at various conferences on the role of ketosis and meat eating in brain development and evolution. Her review on the evolutionary appropriateness and benefit of weaning babies onto a meat-based, high fat, low carb diet, was included as testimony defending professor Tim Noakes in his infamous trial. She is a data scientist by profession with prior publications in mathematics, linguistics, and psychology.
Amber is also the founder and organiser of the fantastic carnivore conference CarnivoryCon. She is hoping it will be able to come back this year. Check the website – CarnivoryCon.com for updates.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Dan, is back to talk more about his exceedingly busy life and his Keto cake business – Deliciously Guilt Free.
Owner of Deliciously Guilt Free a keto bakery in the UK, Dan wanted to have the same sweet treats but without the massive sugar and insulin spikes and so makes brownies, blondies and cakes that are less than a few grams of carbs each.
Dan also has an interest in politics, standing for Parliament three times, and has a goal to help build up the low cab community as a grassroots movement for change.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Dan, talks about how he changed his own health by accident after supporting his wife by switching to the low carb/keto diet she was using to combat gestational diabetes.
Owner of Deliciously Guilt Free a keto bakery in the UK, Dan wanted to have the same sweet treats but without the massive sugar and insulin spikes and so makes brownies, blondies and cakes that are less than a few grams of carbs each.
Dan also has an interest in politics, standing for Parliament three times, and has a goal to help build up the low cab community as a grassroots movement for change.
Daisy’s latest extraordinary man, Dr Tro, loves a challenge! He talks about papers he has published showing the benefits of the ketogenic diet plus his own success story.
Dr. Tro Kalayjian is a board-certified Internal Medicine & Obesity Medicine Physician, who is the medical director and founder of Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss and Direct Primary Care, in Tappan, New York.
Dr. Tro’s therapeutic focus includes diabetes, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and PCOS, and his approach is informed not only by the medical literature, and his own experience losing 150 pounds (68 kg) on a ketogenic diet. His intensive lifestyle changes for patients include diet, exercise, improved sleep hygiene, as well as stress management, and mental health. Dr. Tro is also the co-founder & co-host of the LowCarbMD Podcast.
Keto Crossover episode with the Keto Life Support podcast.
Join Daisy and Kim for a chat with their Keto Crew as they look forward to 2021 and share some top tips.
Who is in the crew? Louise Reynolds, Matt Murray, Jon Slaughter and Terri Lance.
Cohost – Kim Howerton
Kim Howerton struggled with her relationship with food from the time she was 8. As the years went by and her health problems mounted, she felt at the mercy of her body and out of control with her weight. A dedicated seeker of pleasure, she realised that life in a body that was always in pain was no way to live; that a pleasurable life starts by living in a body that feels good.
Enter Keto – a life that has brought together her love of satisfying, delicious foods in a way that makes her actually feel good. She now shares her love of all things Keto by creating recipes, running a Facebook group and her podcast Keto Life Support.
Terri has been keto for over 3 years and Paleo for 2 before that. She struggled with being overweight or obese from age of 7 until about 5 years ago and tried all types of weight loss plans and diets throughout most of her adult life.
Diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in her early 30s, Terri was prescribed many medications, typically taking three for diabetes, a statin and an ace inhibitor. She no longer takes any prescriptions and no longer has any biomarkers of Type 2 diabetes.
Terri was a middle school English teacher at the start of her career; then went back to grad school and earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology. She was then a psychologist in private practice for over thirteen years.
Terri is now a coach with IDM’s The Fasting Method. She is the Director of Retreat Development and has hosted two fasting retreats in Hawaii.
Louise Reynolds is a military wife to Andrew and mum to three adult sons.
In her working life, she was the first Australian female paramedic to gain her PhD and then moved into university and college teaching roles. Since late 2015, both Louise and Andrew have used low carb ketogenic way of living to address a number of health issues along with maintaining their respective weight losses. During 2018, she took a UK ‘gap year’ living, working and traveling and discovered a new found love of pork scratchings and clotted cream where she met Jackie Fletcher. Louise has now joined Andrew on his current posting to Bangkok, Thailand.
Matt is 48 and lives in Delaware, which on the East Coast of the US. He has been married for 20 years and has 3 teenage daughters, a dog and a cat.
Matt started keto four years ago after being diagnosed with T2 Diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Through diet and other lifestyle changes Matt was able to return his health and weight to normal. Matt recently started a skin care company called Nature’s JAM with his friend Jon Slaughter that makes all natural, small batch skin care products.
Jon Slaughter
Jon Slaughter lives in a town on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the United States near the Chesapeake Bay.
Jon stumbled upon the paleo diet while looking online for a recipe for a party. After following a paleo diet for over a year, he learned about the ketogenic way of eating from a friend who had been diagnosed with T2 diabetes. A proponent of natural remedies, Jon’s philosophy is “Do what you can first” instead of immediately going down the path of pharmaceuticals.
Jon loves to cook and create delicious recipes that are simple. He has shared his keto experience and recipes with family, friends, and anyone else who wants more information. He likes creating simple recipes that anyone can make because he believes living a ketogenic lifestyle will make for a happier planet one person at a time.
Jon’s other hobbies include hiking, kayaking, and homesteading. He keeps a brood of hens as a source for fresh eggs, landscapes with edible and medicinal plants, makes medicinal tinctures and herbal tea blends, and makes his own personal care products such as face cream and hand salve.
Jon partnered with his best friend, Matt, to turn his hobby of making natural skin care products into a business. Together they launched nature’s JAMTM making handmade, all natural skin care products in small batches. “When someone uses one of our products, I not only want them to love how it makes their skin look and feel, I want the aroma to lift the person up and make them feel good.”
