📣 Drew Kriese spent 32 years watching his wife Christy fight depression, anxiety, and a mental health crisis that brought their family to its knees. He wasn't the one going carnivore — she was. But when he finally tried it himself, everything changed.

📋 Drew is the husband of Christy Kriese, who shared her remarkable recovery story on Episode 51. In this conversation, Drew takes us to the other side of that story — what it looked like from where he was standing. He watched Christy go from sleeping around the clock and unable to eat, to 900+ days into a carnivore lifestyle that changed not just her life but his, their kids', and their grandchildren's. He also shares his own journey: the carnivore January that turned into two and a half years, unexpected improvements in a degenerative eye condition that had him getting injections in both eyes every six weeks, and what it means to maintain this lifestyle while traveling constantly for work.

Note: Drew is a field representative who received work messages during our conversation. You may notice brief visual interruptions, but he can be heard clearly throughout.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• What it's actually like to be the spouse of someone in a severe mental health crisis, and what helped
• How Drew went from zero faith in carnivore to two and a half years in
• Why he started sharing Christy's story with his own employees — and why it matters
• How a degenerative eye condition that required injections every six weeks has responded since he changed his diet
• How to stay carnivore on the road when airport food is working against you

💡 Key Insight

"When you see your best friend struggling and you can't help her as a husband — that sucks." — Drew Kriese

🌐 Connect with Drew Kriese

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drew.kriese

X: https://x.com/DrewKriese

For Christy's story, listen to Episode 51: https://youtu.be/9CwpyS_2k0w

💚 Metabolic Collective

Website: https://www.metaboliccollective.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollective

X: https://x.com/metcollective

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MetabolicCollective

The Friends & Family Support Group — for loved ones and caregivers of people navigating metabolic health — meets every other week and can be found at Metabolic Collective: https://www.metaboliccollective.org

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction

3:15 Thirty-Two Years Together

4:33 When the Big One Hit

8:04 Finding Carnivore

10:54 A Lesson for the Kids

22:35 On Being a Caregiver

25:25 The Friends & Family Support Group

35:47 Carnivore January

39:06 Mental Clarity and Unexpected Changes

43:10 The Eye Condition

49:16 Staying Carnivore on the Road

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📣 Steven T. spent 30 years battling bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and food addiction before a ketogenic diet put him into remission — no medication, no episodes, five years and counting. In this episode, he shares how he got there and what he's building now.

📋 In this conversation, Steven T. and I talk about what bipolar remission actually feels like from the inside, how he went from 20 years of vegetarianism to a high-fat beef-only way of eating, and why his daughter Samantha is at the center of everything he does. We also get into the identity questions that come with going public about mental illness, the community spaces he's building for people using metabolic therapies, and what pragmatism over dogmatism actually looks like in practice.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Steven T. achieved five years of bipolar remission without medication through a ketogenic diet
• Why he coined HFBO — High Fat Beyond Optimal — and how his approach has evolved over time
• What it looks like to raise a child on keto for ADHD and OCD, and what he's observed in his daughter Samantha
• How accountability, community, and energy management are as foundational to his mental health as the food itself
• Why he lives by pragmatism over dogmatism and what that means for anyone trying to find their own keto path

💡 Key Insight

"I can't make deposits all day long and then expect to still have money when Samantha comes home from school." — Steven T.

🌐 Connect with Steven T.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MT4MH

Website: https://findyourketo.net

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steventrunce

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steventrunce

X: https://x.com/StevenTrunce

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/steventrunce

Community & Support Groups:

X Community — Keto Therapy 4 Mental Health: https://x.com/i/communities/1925679302661443714

HFBO Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/dtktaWstHUTsGHQ9/

Metabolic Brotherhood Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/the-metabolic-brotherhood/

Mental Health & Ketogenic Lifestyle Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/mentalhealthandtheketogeniclifestyle

💚 Metabolic Collective

Website: https://www.metaboliccollective.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollective

X: https://x.com/metcollective

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction

2:17 Doing Hard Things Together

6:20 Two Very Different Podcast Hosts

16:55 Steven T.'s Story — Bipolar, Addiction & 30 Years of Struggle

28:34 What Bipolar Remission Actually Feels Like

30:08 All In on Fatherhood — Samantha & Keto for ADHD and OCD

34:16 From Vegan to HFBO — 20 Years of Vegetarianism

44:37 Coining HFBO and Finding Your Keto

49:34 Identity, Advocacy & Going Public About Mental Health

56:20 Community Groups, the Metabolic Brotherhood & the Book

1:10:19 Top 5 Metabolic Mental Health Practices

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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📣 Rob Harris was a lifetime nonsmoker, metabolically healthy, and doing everything right. Then came the lung cancer diagnosis — metastatic, fast-moving, and devastating. What happened next is a story about what a healthy baseline actually buys you when the unthinkable arrives.

📋 Rob is my dad. He appeared on Episode 6B of Less of Me Success Stories — the predecessor to Ketobiography — and briefly at the end of The Cholesterol Code film. That makes this conversation part of my Cholesterol Code series. This update was a year in the making. We talk about the metabolic foundation Rob built before his diagnosis, what happened when cancer hit hard and fast, how he used targeted therapy, a keto meal replacement, and sheer stubbornness to come back from the edge — and why his oncologist called him a miracle. We also talk about hope: what it does, what losing it looks like, and why it may matter as much as anything else.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why a strong metabolic baseline before a crisis may be the most important health investment you can make
• How Rob's low carb lifestyle influenced his response to chemotherapy and targeted cancer therapy
• What a CEA tumor marker is and what Rob's numbers looked like from diagnosis to remission
• Why hope isn't soft — and what a doctor saying "I'm going to get you feeling well again" actually does for a patient
• How Rob rebuilt muscle, appetite, and mobility from near zero, one baby step at a time

💡 Key Insight

"I was floored when I found out my diagnosis, but I was really happy that I was healthy before that happened." — Rob Harris

🌐 Connect with Rob Harris

Rob Harris appeared on Episode 6B of Less of Me Success Stories: https://youtube.com/live/lq6iY_EvnvA

Rob is featured briefly at the end of The Cholesterol Code — streaming on Amazon: https://cholesterolcodemovie.com

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction

2:37 Getting Into Low Carb for Metabolic Health

3:08 The Cancer Diagnosis

5:13 Responding Well to Treatment

7:18 The Baseline That Kept Him Alive

9:51 You Can't Put All Your Eggs in the Keto Basket

12:56 Miracle or Hard Work?

14:18 Regaining Weight with Health Code

18:06 The Power of Hope

29:11 Cancer Thrives on Sugar

30:02 Tumor Markers and Targeted Therapy

36:09 Baby Steps and the Magic Trick

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📣 Mimi Morgan was given less than a 50% chance of surviving the next 18 months. Today she's deadlifting 135 pounds and training for the 500-mile Camino de Santiago. This is what changed.

📋 Mimi is a wellness coach, certified personal trainer, and Metabolic Health practitioner who faced Parkinson's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, a stroke, and a life-threatening MRSA spinal infection — all within a few years of each other. She went from using a walker and losing hope at a mailbox to building muscle, coming off all medication, and now coaching others with Parkinson's through metabolic and movement-based restoration. This is her full two-year update.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Mimi reduced her Parkinson's medication dependency by shifting to a high-fat, low-carb diet and eventually came off all medication after three and a half years
• Why the "mailbox moment" — not a dramatic breakthrough — was the turning point that saved her life, and what she did with just 10 steps a day
• How a MRSA spinal infection destroyed vertebrae L2, L3, and part of L4, and why she still carries the bacteria today and manages around it
• What her coaching approach looks like for people with Parkinson's — including PWR moves, macro tracking, protein timing, and the mental shift she considers non-negotiable
• Why muscle mass may be one of the most important investments you can make before illness strikes, and what she tells clients who want a quick fix

💡 Key Insight

"The act of taking 10 more steps was — I'm worth 10 more steps. That was all I could do, that was all I had in me, but I was worth those 10 steps." — Mimi Morgan

🌐 Connect with Mimi Morgan

Website: https://www.just10moresteps.com

X: https://x.com/mimikmorgan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mimimorgank

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559122019739

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction

2:39 Five-Year Cliff Notes — Dupuytren's, RA, and Parkinson's

5:47 The Stroke, the Tainted IV, and MRSA

9:12 Given Less Than 50% Chance of Surviving

12:04 The Mailbox Moment

14:49 Worth 10 More Steps

15:54 Discovering Low Carb and Running on Ketones

30:06 Two-Year Update — Training, Coaching, and What's Changed

31:57 The Mental Shift That Made Everything Else Possible

41:38 PWR Moves, Muscle, and Who Mimi Coaches

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on Amazon.

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📣 Joomee Kyler spent a lifetime cycling through illness after illness — chronic infections, depression, gestational diabetes, thyroid cancer — until a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis on December 8, 2022 became the day that changed everything. Within three months, her labs looked unrecognizable. Within a year, so did her life.

📋 In this episode, Joomee shares how she approached keto and intermittent fasting without overcomplicating it, what her therapeutic fasting protocol actually looked like, and the long list of conditions that quietly resolved along the way — sleep apnea, fatty liver, GERD, depression, anxiety, chronic hives, and more. She also talks about what it means to become your own health advocate when the system has failed you, and how she now supports others through accountability groups and her passion project, Metabolic Health Stories.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How a lifetime of unresolved illness connected back to insulin resistance long before a diabetes diagnosis
• The simple, no-macro-counting keto and fasting approach Joomee used to reverse Type 2 diabetes in 3 months
• How to ease into therapeutic fasting — from 16 hours to 72 hours — without overwhelming your body
• Why the conditions that resolved alongside diabetes were just as significant as the lab numbers
• How Joomee now mentors others and why becoming your own advocate is the throughline of her story

💡 Key Insight

"I feel like the luckiest person in the world because I discovered keto and intermittent fasting on the exact same day I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes — it completely changed my life and gave me my future back." — Joomee Kyler

🌐 Connect with Joomee Kyler

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lowcarbology101

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metabolic.health.stories

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jsk722

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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📣 Harmony Bright was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 30, spent 13 years on heavy psychiatric medications, and then accidentally changed everything with food. This is the most-watched episode on the Ketobiography YouTube channel — and it earned that by fitting exactly what this podcast is here to share.

📋 Harmony's story covers schizophrenia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, chronic inflammation, spinal injury, and a medication journey that left her barely able to participate in life. What pulled her out wasn't a prescription. It was a ketogenic diet she stumbled into while trying to reduce inflammation — and the realization, years later, that it had been quietly giving her her life back.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How a therapeutic ketogenic diet can produce measurable improvements in schizophrenia symptoms
• What medication-induced metabolic damage looks like and how diet can work around it
• Why tapering psychiatric medication can look like relapse — and how to tell the difference
• How glucose and ketone levels interact during withdrawal and why that matters
• Why individualized troubleshooting, a CGM, and a support system are essential during a keto-based taper

💡 Key Insight

"What people see me do when I start feeling those symptoms come on — they'll see me reaching for a meat stick or a fat bomb to lower my glucose. That's the difference of being psychotic and not being in control, and taking control of your illness. That's how you control it with food." — Harmony Bright

🌐 Connect with Harmony Bright

X: https://x.com/bright_har6612

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonybright1000

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

🌱 Know someone with a keto success story? Nominate them to be featured: [email protected]

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📣 Christy Kriese is back — and two years of strict carnivore have changed not just her life, but nearly everyone around her.

📋 Christy spent years cycling through psychiatric medications, a devastating deprescribing experience, and a depression so severe that she was surviving on fewer than 8,000 calories a month. Then, on November 13, 2023, she started carnivore. Now, 890 days in, she still feels better every single day. In this conversation, she and Robyn talk about what changed, who else in her family came along for the ride, and why lived experience is as important as any clinical study.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why a too-fast medication taper can mimic — or trigger — a psychiatric crisis, and why that's rarely recognized in treatment
• How Christy's sleep improved by day eight on carnivore, before almost anything else changed
• What happened when her husband, son, son-in-law, daughter, grandkids, and brother-in-law each started carnivore on their own timeline
• Why Christy tracks how she feels rather than macros, ketones, or the scale — and why that approach works for her mental health history
• How she went from a burner Twitter account called Little Miss Depressive Episode to doing one-on-one crisis support for people across the country

💡 Key Insight

"Waking up at nighttime wondering if you killed somebody or if you've tried to kill yourself because you can't separate reality from your dreams — that's hard. This is not hard." — Christy Kriese

🌐 Connect with Christy Kriese

X: https://x.com/melovinjesus

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christy.kriese

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melovinjesus22

💚 Metabolic Collective

Website: https://www.metaboliccollective.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metcollective

X: https://x.com/metcollective

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@metaboliccollective

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction

2:12 Christy's Background and Mental Health History

4:34 Cyclical Depression and the COVID Turning Point

7:56 Deprescribing Gone Wrong

10:07 The $2,600 Psychiatrist and Four Medications in Four Weeks

14:43 What Nobody Talks About: Deprescribing Risks

17:09 From Bedbound to Carnivore: The First Days

23:35 Day Eight Sleep, 890 Days of Feeling Better

24:54 How the Whole Family Joined In

44:07 One-on-Ones, Metabolic Collective, and Helping Others

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📣 What are exogenous ketones, and who actually needs them? Frank Llosa, founder and CEO of KetoneAid and Hard Ketones, cuts through the marketing noise to explain what works, what doesn't, and why.

📋 From brain fog and traumatic brain injury to sleep, alcohol alternatives, and mental health, this conversation goes deep on how ketones can fill the brain energy gap — and when the ketogenic diet alone is the better answer. Frank breaks down the real science behind ketone esters, ketone salts, and MCT oil, explains why high blood ketone numbers don't tell the whole story, and makes a compelling case for Hard Ketones as an alcohol alternative that works at the biochemical level — not just the buzz.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• The critical differences between ketone esters, ketone salts, and MCT oil — and why the molecule matters more than the marketing
• Why high blood ketone numbers don't tell the whole story, and what the brain energy gap really means for mental and neurological health
• How exogenous ketones may support recovery from traumatic brain injury, and why Frank says TBI patients should default to a ketogenic diet
• Why Hard Ketones work as an alcohol alternative — and the surprising biochemistry behind why people crave alcohol in the first place
• The one best reason to try a ketone ester: it depends entirely on your biggest deficit

💡 Key Insight

"The more that it works, the more that sugar is the problem." — Frank Llosa

🌐 Connect with Frank Llosa

KetoneAid: https://www.ketoneaid.com

Hard Ketones: https://www.hardketones.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ketoneaid

Check the website for current discount codes and subscription savings — use code FREESHIP for free shipping.

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Welcome & Frank's Origin Story

7:50 Exogenous Ketones Explained: MCT, Salts & Esters

21:58 Who Actually Benefits from Ketone Esters?

33:29 Ketones for Traumatic Brain Injury & Neuroprotection

40:26 Mental Health, the Brain Energy Gap & Glucose Impairment

51:30 Ketosis vs. Fat Burning: The Big Misconception

55:30 Hard Ketones: A Real Alcohol Alternative

1:05:37 Sweeteners, Taste & Product Details

1:09:46 Where to Find Frank & KetoneAid

📝 A note from Robyn: Ketobiography does not promote or endorse products. My conversation with Frank was intended to inform — not to advocate for or against KetoneAid or any other product. As always, I believe that healing looks different for everyone, and some tools may be helpful for some people at certain points in their journey. Do your own research, listen to your body, and work with a healthcare provider you trust.

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📣 Pam Groth spent 16 years on prednisone for multiple sclerosis before it pushed her into type 2 diabetes. Then she found keto — and everything started to shift.

📋 Pam grew up signing as a child of deaf adults, then lost her own hearing to MS. Managing two chronic conditions while navigating a medical system that doesn't always make space for deaf patients, she turned to keto through a deaf diabetes support group. Her A1C dropped from 9 to 5.5, her insulin doses came down, and the neuropathy pain that made sleep impossible finally became manageable. Now she coaches deaf clients in American Sign Language, making metabolic health information accessible to a community that rarely gets it.

This is a shorter episode — a technology-challenged conversation that still delivers something real: a practical, hopeful look at food as medicine, advocacy in the exam room, and what it means to build a community around information that can change lives.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How 16 years of prednisone for MS contributed to type 2 diabetes and severe neuropathy
• Why cutting carbs, lowering dairy, and tracking macros helped Pam reduce insulin and stabilize blood sugar
• How carbs specifically flare both MS and diabetes-related nerve pain, disrupting sleep and compounding fatigue
• What it's like to navigate medical appointments as a deaf patient, and why patient portals and advocates matter
• How Pam coaches deaf clients in ASL to lower A1C, rethink buffet culture, and understand real-food keto

💡 Key Insight

"I'm a strong believer that your gut controls your immune system, and everything you put in your mouth goes into your gut — if it's not healthy, you're not going to be healthy." — Pam Groth

🌐 Connect with Pam Groth

Website: https://www.sisterniches.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pam.groth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pamgrothartist

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction

1:39 Robyn's Intro: MS, Prednisone, and Type 2 Diabetes

4:07 Diagnosed with MS at 28

6:36 How Carbs Trigger Nerve Pain

7:28 Deaf Diabetes Support Group and Discovering Keto

8:56 A1C of 9, Starting Insulin, and Reducing Doses

10:47 Adapting Keto for MS and Cutting Dairy

12:15 Coaching a Client from 428 to 228 lbs

16:24 What MS Is and Keto's Impact on Neuropathy

23:54 Deaf Advocacy and Navigating Doctor Visits

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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📣 Menopause doesn't just change your hormones — it changes your gut, your brain, your bones, and your metabolic health. Nurse practitioner and midlife women's health expert Cynthia Thurlow explains why the microbiome is the missing link in most menopause conversations.

📋 Cynthia unpacks the powerful connection between the gut microbiome, hormones, blood sugar, sleep, stress, and muscle mass in perimenopause and menopause. She explains how simple, consistent lifestyle shifts can dramatically ease hot flashes, brain fog, weight changes, and sleep issues — and why chasing the newest supplement or gadget is the wrong first move. You'll also hear a candid discussion about HRT, GLP-1 medications, trauma, and practical first steps you can start today.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why midlife physiology changes everything — from neurotransmitters to hormones — and what that means for your daily habits
• How blood sugar, hot flashes, and sleep are tightly linked, and why stabilizing glucose is a first-line strategy for vasomotor symptoms
• The critical role of fiber, short-chain fatty acids, and the microbiome in menopause, and why gut diversity drops as hormones decline
• How muscle mass, strength training, and walking after meals support insulin sensitivity and metabolic health in midlife women
• A nuanced view of HRT and GLP-1 medications — who they can help, why pellets can be problematic, and why lifestyle still forms the foundation

💡 Key Insight

"What you got away with at 18 is not what you get away with at 45 or 50 — and that's not a personal failure, it's a reflection of your changing physiology." — Cynthia Thurlow

🌐 Connect with Cynthia Thurlow

Website: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com

Everyday Wellness Podcast: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/podcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthia_thurlow_

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthia.thurlow

X: https://x.com/_CynthiaThurlow

The Menopause Gut (Book): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777129/the-menopause-gut-by-cynthia-thurlow-np

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Welcome & Why Menopause Is So Confusing Right Now

3:20 The Game Changes in Midlife: Physiology, Not Personal Failure

4:05 Major in the Majors: Sleep, Stress, Nutrition, Exercise Before Supplements

7:17 Hot Flashes, Blood Sugar, and Why You Can't Eat Like You're 18

11:17 Fiber, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, and The Menopause Gut

16:17 Muscle Loss, Insulin Resistance, and the Power of Lifting Weights

20:17 HRT, Progesterone, Estrogen, Testosterone & Why Pellets Are Tricky

24:17 GLP-1s, Shame, and Changing the Narrative Around Women's Weight

25:27 Brain Fog, Medications, and Mitochondrial Health

27:27 Trauma, Stress, and How the Microbiome Shapes Menopause

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