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A lot of people assume that eating carnivore automatically puts you in ketosis. It doesn't — and for those of us exploring nutrition as a tool for recovery, that distinction matters.

In this episode, I'm breaking down the difference between a carnivore way of eating and nutritional ketosis, why the two don't always overlap, and what you actually need to do if measurable ketosis is one of your goals.

What You'll Learn:

• Why carnivore and ketosis are not the same thing

• How protein intake affects your ability to produce ketones (and what gluconeogenesis actually means for you)

• When ketosis matters — and when it genuinely doesn't

• The macro ratio I used to start consistently producing ketones

• The tools I used to measure and track: Carb Manager + Keto-Mojo

• Why this is relevant to binge eating recovery and neurological stability If you've been eating carnivore and wondering why your ketones aren't showing up — or why you feel good but curious about going deeper — this one's for you.

Keep in touch with Kristina: https://www.DrKristinaDobyns.com

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 – Carnivore vs. ketosis: the common assumption

0:18 – What ketosis actually looks like (blood ketone ranges)

0:40 – When ketosis matters — and when it doesn't

0:54 – Ketosis for mental health, neurological stability & addictive eating

1:09 – Why carnivore alone wasn't enough for me

1:23 – The fat-to-protein ratio that makes the difference

1:53 – Getting meticulous: tracking macros with Carb Manager

2:13 – Testing blood glucose and ketones with Keto-Mojo

2:39 – Carnivore = food choice; ketosis = metabolic state

2:53 – When precision matters more than just cutting carbs

3:13 – Outro

In this episode, I sit down with Tricia Pierce — the creator behind @CommittedCarnivore on YouTube, and a passionate advocate for understanding food addiction as a neurological issue, not a moral failing. Tricia has lost almost 100 pounds, maintained that loss through radical consistency, and built a life on the other side of compulsive eating that would have seemed impossible during her darkest days.

Tricia's story starts in the Midwest: a controlled food environment at home, shaming at the dinner table, her father asking her to publicly list everything she'd eaten in a day. By fifth grade she was gaining weight; by seventh grade she was on her first diet; by high school, she was caught in a cycle of restriction, bingeing, and shame that nearly cost her her own future.

The turning point came during her high school play. Mid-performance, she felt the compulsion — an urge so powerful she left the stage, went to McDonald's, and came back. That moment, she realized: this isn't about willpower. This is addiction.

Here's what we cover:

✨ The role of "whys" in sustaining motivation: keeping index cards of reasons she's doing this so that when motivation dips (especially in perimenopause), she can return to what actually matters

✨ How she lost almost 100 pounds through carnivore and has maintained it through consistent YouTube uploads and daily accountability — showing up even when she's still figuring it out

✨ Why starting before you're ready matters more than waiting for perfect conditions: "Don't wait for Monday. Don't wait for everyone to support you. Just start."

Tricia brings something rare to this space: brutal honesty about still being on the journey, still learning, still navigating perimenopause and hormonal shifts. She's not here to sell you a solved problem. She's here to show you what consistency actually looks like.

If you've ever felt like your own brain was your enemy when it comes to food — or wondered if people like you can actually heal and maintain that healing — this conversation is for you.

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Disclaimer: The information on this channel is for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or therapy. The views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Kristina Dobyns or Beyond Binge Eating.

Timestamps:

00:47 — Guest Intro

02:30 — Controlled Food Environment

03:35 — Weight Gain & Grandma's Overeating

04:36 — Dinner Table Shame

05:58 — First Diet: Weight Watchers Breakthrough

06:47 — Independence & Weight Gain

34:30 — Food Addiction Realization

35:27 — Addictive Personality

35:57 — AA/OA & 12-Step Framework

36:32 — The "Whys" Practice

37:17 — Perimenopause & Motivation Loss

37:51 — HRT & Sugar Cravings

38:42 — Maintaining 100 lbs & Consistency

40:00 — Just Start Advice

40:32 — Where to Find Tricia

40:50 — Outro

Coach Bronson specializes in ketogenic sports performance, helping athletes improve their strength, recovery, and overall health. He has nearly 20 years of experience in human performance, holds a master’s degree in exercise science, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Health Science degree.

So much fitness advice tells us there is one right way to eat, train, and recover. But what if the best approach depends on how your body actually responds? In this conversation, Coach Bronson encourages a more curious and individualized approach—one that values consistency, recovery, and real-life results over rigid rules and complicated protocols.

Here's what we explore:

• What current research suggests about carbohydrates and athletic performance
• Why Coach Bronson shifted from conventional sports nutrition to an animal-based ketogenic diet
• The difference between fueling exercise and supporting recovery
• Why consistency matters more than complicated nutrition protocols
• How overtraining can limit strength and performance
• The role of work, sleep, and everyday stress in recovery
• Why women may need to lift heavier to build muscle
• How electrolytes support low-carb athletes
• Why higher ketone readings do not always mean better results
• What mobility really means and why Coach Bronson recommends Turkish get-ups

If you’ve ever wondered whether you need carbohydrates to perform, struggled to recover from your workouts, or felt overwhelmed by complicated fitness and nutrition rules, this conversation offers a more flexible way to think about strength, health, and athletic performance.

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00:00 Introduction

00:37 Meet Coach Bronson

01:15 His personal health and fitness turning point

03:11 Why fitness is about more than weight loss

04:33 How nutrition changed his health

07:13 Coaching athletes with ketogenic nutrition

08:46 What the research says about keto and performance

13:43 Performance, recovery, and metabolic flexibility

18:26 Does nutrient timing really matter?

20:20 Consistency and learning from your own results

22:05 Recovery, adaptation, and overtraining

28:39 Exercise, work, sleep, and total stress

31:57 The biggest muscle-building mistake women make

33:24 Electrolytes on a low-carb diet

35:14 Does keto adaptation time affect performance?

37:09 Ketones, ketosis, and common misconceptions

42:25 Burpees, mobility, and Turkish get-ups

46:35 Coach Bronson’s final advice

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Disclaimer: The information on this channel is for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or therapy. The views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Kristina Dobyns or Beyond Binge Eating.

Tatiana, known online as Meat-Based Tati, has spent the past five and a half years exploring carnivore and meat-based eating while building a lifestyle centered on nourishment, natural living, and simplicity. When we recorded this conversation, she was 37 weeks pregnant with her first baby and taking an even more intentional approach to what she ate and how she cared for herself.

In this episode, Tatiana shares how she went from a low-fat bodybuilding diet that left her constantly thinking about food to feeling more satisfied and energized after discovering carnivore. We talk about how her diet has evolved over different seasons of life, the choices she made during pregnancy, and why she believes nutrition should be adapted to the individual rather than treated as a rigid formula.

Here's what we explore:

• How bodybuilding and low-fat eating shaped Tatiana’s early relationship with food
• Why carnivore helped her feel more nourished and less preoccupied with eating
• What five years of carnivore and meat-based eating have taught her
• The difference between strict carnivore, animal-based, and meat-based eating in her life
• How pregnancy changed her food choices and priorities
• The daily routines that support her approach to health and natural living
• Her plans for introducing foods to her baby
• Homemade bone broth, kefir, fermented pickles, and other staples
• Why she encourages people to find an approach that fits their own needs and season of life

Tatiana’s story offers a personal look at what can happen when food becomes less about restriction and meticulous control and more about nourishment, consistency, and paying attention to what helps you feel well.

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Visit MeatBasedTati on YouTube:

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:37 From Bodybuilding to a Meat-Based Lifestyle

03:28 How Carnivore Changed Her Relationship With Food

04:36 Energy, Hunger, and Exercise on Carnivore

06:05 Moving Toward a More Natural Lifestyle

08:01 Tatiana’s Daily Principles for Health

09:43 What She Eats in a Typical Day

12:52 Strict Carnivore vs. Animal-Based Eating

13:39 How Pregnancy Changed Her Diet

16:08 Being More Intentional With Food During Pregnancy

18:25 How She Plans to Feed Her Baby

20:15 Making Your Own Fermented Foods

21:49 How Tatiana Makes Homemade Kefir

23:24 Making Fermented Pickles at Home

26:46 Working With Meat-Based Tati

28:04 Final thoughts

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Disclaimer: The information on this channel is for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or therapy. The views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Kristina Dobyns or Beyond Binge Eating.

In this episode, I sit down with Bitten Jonsson — a registered nurse since 1973, addiction specialist, international lecturer, and one of the earliest forerunners in the field of sugar and carb addiction. Bitten developed the concept of biochemical repair for sugar addicted brains and has treated approximately 6,500 people since the start of 1992.

Here's what we cover in the episode:

Bitten's own recovery story — from hiding her drinking as a "high-functioning" alcoholic in Sweden to an intervention that changed the course of her life

Why she could quit smoking overnight but couldn't control her cravings for chocolate and ice cream — and the colleague who first told her "maybe you're a food addict"

The five pillars of biochemical repair: abstinence, breathing, sleep, physical activity, and supplements — and how each one evolved through decades of trial and error

The "addiction memory circuit" and "euphoric recall" — why early exposure to sugar and carbs wires the brain so strongly, and why cravings never fully disappear

Her practical tools for craving management, including the "10 minutes, 10 hours, 10 days" written exercise and her daily morning recovery commitment

The difference between a slip, a lapse, and a relapse — and why understanding that progression matters for anyone in recovery

How to tell if you might have a sugar or carb addiction, using the 6-Item UNCOPE Questions for Sugar

Where to find Bitten's book and how to get in touch with her directly

More info about Dr. Kristina's upcoming carnivore wellness retreat: https://www.MeatandMovement.com

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https://www.bittensaddiction.com/sugar-bomb

Timestamps:

0:00 — Intro

2:42 — Bitten's own addiction story begins

6:29 — Meeting Terry Gorski & the pivotal alcoholic recovery study

8:55 — The sugar fight, in full context

10:11 — Discovering "food addiction" & building her practice

12:25 — Finding Anatomy of a Food Addict

13:02 — Starting the first professional group (1995)

13:17 — The five pillars of biochemical repair (overview)

20:53 — Pillar 1: Abstinence

22:47 — Pillar 2: Breathing

23:30 — Pillar 3: Sleep

24:13 — Pillar 4: Physical activity

25:35 — Pillar 5: Supplements

26:48 — Why healing takes time

30:47 — Craving management & the addiction memory circuit

42:58 — The "10 minutes, 10 hours, 10 days" exercise

46:15 — Relapse prevention & risk situations

51:48 — Book recommendation & closing reflections

52:37 — Getting started: the six-question self-check

53:00 — Where to find Bitten & her book

Disclaimer: The information on this channel is for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or therapy. The views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Kristina Dobyns or Beyond Binge Eating.

Bee, better known as Girl Gone Carnivore, is a CrossFit Level 2 trainer, Dr. Kiltz-certified health coach, powerlifter, and four-year carnivore.

After years of struggling with GERD, PMDD, sugar addiction, alcohol use, and later PTSD, she shares how changing the way she ate became part of a much bigger journey toward resilience, recovery, and rebuilding her life.

Here's what we explore:

• Bee's journey to a carnivore lifestyle
• Recovering from sugar addiction and alcohol dependence
• How food noise affected her relationship with herself
• Healing from trauma, PTSD, and abusive relationships
• The role of strength training in emotional recovery
• Why nutrition became the foundation for bigger life changes
• Learning to trust your body's signals again
• Building resilience, confidence, and self-awareness
• Why one way of eating doesn't fit everyone
• Practical reflections for anyone seeking greater food freedom

If you're working toward food freedom, healing from difficult experiences, or simply looking for a new perspective on the relationship between nutrition and mental wellbeing, check out this conversation.

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:28 Meet Bee (Girl Gone Carnivore)

02:39 Living through trauma and reclaiming confidence

04:59 Years of searching for the "right" diet

07:05 Quitting alcohol and rebuilding her health

08:29 Discovering the carnivore diet

10:40 Breaking free from sugar addiction

13:29 How carnivore reduced food noise

14:16 Why weightlifting became part of healing

19:48 Healing the body before healing the mind

21:03 When stress showed up physically

23:20 Trauma, relationships, and self-awareness

27:06 Feeling like herself again

28:34 Can changing your diet bring more clarity?

30:28 Why carnivore isn't for everyone

32:30 Advice for anyone feeling trapped

34:10 Eating for mental clarity

35:24 Food, binge eating, and emotional awareness

36:52 Trauma, shame, and emotional eating

38:02 Finding healthier communities

39:36 Where healing begins

41:00 Where to connect with Bee

42:00 Bee's upcoming podcast

42:53 Final thoughts

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Disclaimer: The information on this channel is for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or therapy. The views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Kristina Dobyns or Beyond Binge Eating.

In this episode, I sit down with Jacie Gregory — known online as Lady Carnivory — a nervous system regulation coach, co-founder of the CIRS Group podcast and community, and author of 30 Day Carnivore Boot Camp. Jacie started carnivore in January 2020 mostly to disprove a friend, and within nine months her OCD — which years of exposure therapy and medication hadn't resolved — was in remission. She hasn't had an obsessive thought since.

Here's what we cover in the episode:

How Jacie went from trying to disprove a coworker's keto diet to discovering carnivore in late 2019, and the nine-month timeline to OCD remission

Her high school disordered eating history — restricting food as the only control she had during an abusive living situation — and how eating more, not less, helped her recover

What CIRS is, why "carnivore harder" backfired into histamine reactions to beef, and how she's since incorporated the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) to support gut healing

What nervous system regulation actually means (flexibility between states, not permanent calm) and her go-to tool for exiting fight-or-flight — slowing her movements to 30%, even in a room full of people

Daily practices: morning gratitude since January 2022, Morning Pages from The Artist's Way, daily fascia work, and electrolytes

Her one bikini bodybuilding competition in 2021, the social pressure toward extreme leanness in the carnivore community at the time, and how that culture has shifted since

Her book, 30 Day Carnivore Boot Camp, and why she included her own experience of carnivore eventually stopping working for her

How she supports people today through the CIRS Group community/podcast and a 12-week nervous system regulation cohort at Built to Regulate

More info about Dr. Kristina's upcoming carnivore wellness retreat: https://www.MeatandMovement.com

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Cohort sign-up & newsletter: builttoregulate.com

Timestamps:

00:00 — intro

02:00 — Personal story

02:12 — Discovering keto, then carnivore

03:32 — OCD remission at nine months

03:58 — Mold exposure & CIRS diagnosis

04:49 — Limbic retraining & entry into nervous system work

05:31 — What nervous system regulation actually means

07:10 — Getting back in touch with your body (nervous system mapping)

08:37 — The "slow it to 30%" regulation trick

12:07 — Timeline: weeks, not months, to notice change

12:35 — Morning gratitude practice

14:40 — Reframing the questions you ask your brain

15:31 — Carnivore, CIRS, and hyper-metabolism

17:38 — What the AIP (Autoimmune Protocol) diet is

20:33 — Disordered eating history & recovery

22:15 — Bikini competition & carnivore community pressure

23:55 — Daily tools: physiological baseline as foundation

24:51 — Fascia work & acupuncture

26:06 — Movement, electrolytes, vibration plate

28:47 — Gratitude & Morning Pages practice

29:43 — Identifying as a creator

30:19 — Her book, 30 Day Carnivore Boot Camp

32:23 — How she supports people: CIRS Group & nervous system cohort

34:17 — Closing wisdom: physiological needs first

35:26 — Where to find her

Disclaimer: The information on this channel is for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or therapy. The views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Kristina Dobyns or Beyond Binge Eating.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Glenn Livingston — veteran psychologist, author of Defeat Your Cravings, and former CEO of a multi-million-dollar consulting firm that worked with Fortune 500 food and pharmaceutical companies before he turned away from that work to help people fight the very industry he once served.

His research and theories have been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Sky News, and he's been interviewed on over 300 podcasts.

Glenn brings something rare to the recovery space: decades on the inside of the food system that engineers cravings, paired with his own lifelong personal struggle with binge eating and a self-funded study involving over 40,000 participants. His approach is rooted not in willpower or restriction, but in simple, bright-line personal rules that take the decision out of the moment of temptation.

Here's what we cover in the episode:

What it was actually like consulting for Big Food and Big Pharma — and the moment Glenn realized he was on the wrong side of the war

Why he believes there's real "evil" built into parts of the food system, engineered by rocket scientists to hit the bliss point in the brain — and why the responsibility to navigate it still falls on each of us

Glenn's own decades-long journey through Overeaters Anonymous, therapy, and medication — and why healing his self-hatred never actually stopped the bingeing

The "food monster" — Glenn's term for the part of the brain that rationalizes, minimizes, and talks you into "just this once," and how it mirrors the tactics companies use to sell you their products

How to extinguish cravings that feel "irresistible" — and how to recover faster when you do slip

His single best piece of advice for getting started: pick one rule so simple you can follow it even on your worst day, and let the identity shift do the rest

00:00 – Opening: "There's Evil in the Food System"

00:40 – Meet Dr. Glenn Livingston

02:09 – His Own Battle with Binge Eating Begins

03:18 – Marriage, Grad School & the Weight Creeping In

04:03 – Growing Up in a Family of Psychotherapists

04:30 – Overeaters Anonymous & the Therapeutic Route

05:25 – Consulting for Big Food & Big Pharma

06:05 – How the Food Industry Engineers Cravings

07:31 – The Reptilian Brain & the Science of Food Addiction

09:23 – Why Willpower Fails During a "Survival Emergency"

10:21 – His Self-Funded Study of 40,000 People

11:11 – What Chocolate, Salty & Soft Foods Reveal About Stress

11:58 – Calling His Mom: The Bosco Syrup Origin Story

14:05 – The Voice of Justification (Why Self-Love Wasn't Enough)

15:08 – Birth of "The Inner Pig" & His First Rule

16:40 – Rational Refutations: Talking Back to the Craving

18:33 – Losing 80 Pounds and Getting Divorced

19:18 – Turning His Journal Into a Book

20:36 – The 2023 Insight That Combined Self-Care with Rules

22:02 – Life After Recovery: When the "Food Noise" Goes Quiet

23:26 – The Extinction Curve, Explained

26:25 – The Caveman, the Monkey & the Banana Tree

30:16 – Should You Abstain or Moderate?

31:28 – Why Cravings Are Tied to Specific Places, Not Just Food

32:59 – The 30-Exposure Rule & "Just-in-Time" Refutations

36:21 – Renaming the "Inner Pig" to the "Food Monster"

39:02 – Is There Really "Evil" in the Food System?

40:02 – Why Less Processed Food Beats Any Specific Diet

41:12 – What to Do After a Slip or Relapse

41:48 – The Archer and the Bullseye

43:37 – Collecting Evidence of Success, Not Failure

46:36 – Defeat Your Cravings & Free Resources

49:47 – Final Advice: Start with One Simple Rule

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In this episode, I sit down with Natalie Daniels — a nutrition therapist, author, and educator with more than a decade of experience in therapeutic nutrition. She works with clients around the world and continues to work alongside Paleomedicina in Budapest, supporting people using the protocol in practice. Over the past decade, she has worked with more than a thousand people and become known for translating complex nutritional concepts into practical, everyday strategies.

Here's what we cover in the episode:

Natalie's 15-year search through vegan, vegetarian, and fruit-based diets — and the six years of joint pain, brain fog, and binge eating that followed

The Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis in India that led her to discover the Paleolithic Ketogenic Diet

What actually differentiates PKD from a standard carnivore diet — fat ratios, organ meats, and its use as a clinical nutritional intervention

Her year living in Hungary training with Paleomedicina, running healing retreats for patients flying in from around the world

A client's Crohn's disease remission after four months on PKD

Being diagnosed with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and becoming, in her words, "allergic to life itself" — despite a spotless diet

Why calming her nervous system, not restricting her diet further, was what finally resolved her reactions

The role of identity, self-talk, and limiting beliefs in real, lasting health transformation

Her daily movement practice

Her favorite breathwork techniques for stress, energy, and returning to the present moment

The biggest lesson from a decade of client work: the body never responds to one input alone

More info about Dr. Kristina's upcoming carnivore wellness retreat: https://www.MeatandMovement.com

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Timestamps

00:00 — Intro

02:20 — Natalie's personal story begins

02:37 — Health decline through 15 years of plant-based eating

05:09 — Discovering the Paleolithic Ketogenic Diet

06:40 — Moving to Hungary & writing the PKD cookbook

08:28 — What makes PKD different from carnivore

09:50 — Working with Paleomedicina in Hungary

10:35 — A client's Crohn's disease remission

12:59 — Her private practice today

14:19 — Why diet alone isn't always enough

16:40 — Diagnosed with MCAS — "allergic to life itself" (full story)

19:51 — The nervous system/immune system connection

21:23 — Identity, self-talk, and real transformation

23:25 — Movement, daily training & movement snacks

25:30 — The Katy Bowman influence

28:17 — Where to start with limited mobility

32:08 — Favorite breathwork techniques

37:01 — Biggest lessons from a decade with clients

39:55 — Closing message: relax, the body wants to heal

40:32 — Where to find Natalie & what's next

Connect with Natalie here:

https://www.instagram.com/ancestralcarnivore/

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Disclaimer: The information on this channel is for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or therapy. The views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Kristina Dobyns or Beyond Binge Eating.

Dr. Jocelyn Foran is a medical doctor board certified in anesthesiology and obesity medicine, and a metabolic coach. She was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in her final month of medical school at 24. When she asked whether she should change the way she ate, she was told no — just take the pills. She took them for nearly twenty years. Today she's in remission and drug free on a carnivore diet, and works with people around the world to keep them out of hospitals and into life.

In this episode:

Growing up meat-based in the 1970s — and what changed when the food guides arrived telling her to eat eleven slices of bread a day

Poverty, a father who left when she was eight, and the determination to become a physician that came out of it

Being told to just take the pills — and where that led by 43

The path from specific carbohydrate diet to paleo, keto and carnivore, and getting off her medication

Why the 1910 Flexner Report took diet off the curriculum of every medical school in North America

What Sir William Osler told his type 2 diabetics — and what changed when insulin arrived in 1921

How insulin actually works, and why the same meal at night needs roughly twice as much of it

Her daily routine: morning light, walking, lifting, sauna, 30g of protein per meal, eating done by 6pm

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Disclaimer: The information on this channel is for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or therapy. The views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Kristina Dobyns or Beyond Binge Eating.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:41 Growing up meat-based in the 1970s

02:23 Teenage restriction and the 1980s food guides

02:43 Poverty, her mother's illness, and choosing medicine

03:08 Diagnosed at 24 — "just take the pills"

04:01 Vegetarian, vegan, and asking to remove her colon

04:40 From specific carbs to carnivore

05:16 What she saw in the operating room

06:27 Starting metabolic coaching

07:10 Going upstream and the Flexner Report

07:55 Osler, insulin in 1921, and heart disease

08:25 How to reverse insulin resistance

09:53 Why when you eat matters

10:36 Stress, sleep, cortisol and hormones

12:44 A day in Dr. Jocelyn's life

15:52 Gratitude, faith and breathwork

17:17 Retraining the vagus nerve

18:17 Food addiction and emotional eating

19:19 Why our first taste of sweet was soothing

19:47 The "ultra poison" food industry

21:00 Loneliness and a third who can't cook

21:43 Fatty liver — "you said he wasn't an alcoholic"

22:33 "I can't give up bread"

23:26 Moderation and cheat meals

25:22 Travel, airports and eating out

27:25 Results or excuses

28:08 Social events and connection

28:50 Purse bacon and packing ahead

29:40 Batch cooking staples

31:34 Recipes and options for beginners

34:09 Where to find Dr. Jocelyn