Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. About four years ago, Violet Reveira began making YouTube videos about the keto diet after discovering that her health issues were being caused by poor diet.

In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Violet talk about:

• (04:12) Violet's favorite and least favorite thing about Canada
• (06:44) What led Violet to her dietary discoveries and to the starting of her YouTube channel, The Road to Health—Keto Done Right
• (11:30) How Violet met her husband, Pat, and his unique health struggles
• (14:44) The erroneous view that you must be at your ideal weight/health before you can find your soul mate
• (21:26) A recent study that looks into the way that keto impacts mental health
• (27:42) The definition of 'keto' and wether counting carbs is a useful practice
• (36:44) Advice and encouragement for those wanting to quit the keto diet
• (41:56) How to overcome the desire to eat unhealthy comfort foods that you've been addicted to your whole life
• (45:31) Wether keto products and alternative flours, sweetners, etc are helpful or harmful
• (50:19) What makes foods addictive (it's sugar!)
• (53:35) The key reasons behind why we fail to achieve our health goals
• (55:50) How to help a person who struggles with alcohol addiction get started on the keto diet

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

Links:

Violet Reveira:

• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube

Dr. Tony Hampton:

• Linktree
• Instagram Account
• LinkedIn Account
• Ritmos Negros Podcast
• Q Med
• Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures