Ketobiography

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

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

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

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

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📣 Years of work, cross-country screenings, and a groundbreaking cholesterol documentary all come together in this powerful in-person conversation between Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins and engineer-researcher Dave Feldman. They unpack the emotion and logistics behind The Cholesterol Code film tour, the surprising way keto helped Robyn's bipolar journey, and why real-world stories must sit alongside rigorous science.

📋 You'll hear what's next for the Keto-CTA research, how CoSci grew into a Vegas-based fundraising "conference in disguise," and why many in the low-carb world are re-examining long-held beliefs about LDL, ApoB, and heart disease risk.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How a "one-question podcast" turns into a deep dive on The Cholesterol Code film, from CoSci premieres to the Dallas screening and Amazon launch
• Why Robyn's keto journey started as a cholesterol fix and unexpectedly reshaped her experience of bipolar disorder and medication side effects
• What the Keto-CTA study suggests so far about lean, metabolically healthy people with very high LDL, and why Dave is pushing for 5-year scans and a 200-person companion study with a control group
• How personal stories, documentary film, and platforms like Ketobiography and Metabolic Collective help challenge the standard LDL narrative and invite more individualized care
• Why Dave thinks many doctors genuinely want to help yet risk losing patient trust when they dismiss imaging, context, and lived experience — and how the film might help bridge that gap

💡 Key Insight

"You've got to do both. You've got to do the research and get it in the literature — but you can't count on it to just take off from there. That's why the personal stories matter so much." — Dave Feldman

🌐 Connect with Dave Feldman

X: https://x.com/realDaveFeldman

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

The Feldman Protocol: https://www.youtube.com/@FeldmanProtocol

Own Your Labs: https://ownyourlabs.com

Citizen Science Foundation: https://citizensciencefoundation.org

🎥 The Cholesterol Code is now on Amazon: https://cholesterolcodemovie.com

Watch, rate & review to increase its impact.

💚 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 Welcome to Ketobiography & today's guest

1:18 The final Cholesterol Code series episode

1:55 Dallas screening day & Amazon launch countdown

2:49 Dave's tour stops and the last theatrical screening

4:19 Two years of anticipation and Robyn's emotional journey

6:52 Bipolar, medications, and discovering keto as a lifeline

11:09 Why The Cholesterol Code blends science with personal stories

15:20 What's next: Own Your Labs and future Keto-CTA research

20:10 LMHRs, FH history, and hard questions about very high LDL

29:23 Robyn's next chapter, CoSci, and where the conversation goes from here

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

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📣 In this special Ketobiography episode, host Robyn Dobbins shares her recent interview with Casey Ruff from Boundless Body Radio, along with the lived-experience panel from the Menlo Park, California screening of The Cholesterol Code. Robyn and Casey revisit her journey from years of severe mental and physical illness — including OCD, obesity, depression, Hashimoto's, and bipolar disorder — to discovering ketogenic metabolic therapy and rebuilding her life, relationships, and sense of purpose.

📋 They explore the central tension raised by The Cholesterol Code: what it means to live as a lean-mass hyper-responder with very high LDL, zero coronary plaque, and profound mental health benefits from a ketogenic diet, and how to weigh that reality against standard cholesterol guidelines and the fears of clinicians, family, and society. The episode then moves to the Menlo Park lived-experience panel moderated by Dr. Bret Scher, featuring Robyn Dobbins, Dr. Eric Rodgers, Michelle Hurn, and Lauren Kennedy West of Living Well After Schizophrenia — a candid conversation about anorexia, schizophrenia, major depression, athletic performance, and the practical realities of sustaining these approaches in everyday life.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Robyn's long history with bipolar disorder and other conditions shifted when she began using a ketogenic diet for metabolic and mental health.
• Why The Cholesterol Code focuses on lean-mass hyper-responders, and what high LDL with zero plaque might mean for people who are otherwise metabolically healthy.
• How parents, partners, and children experience and adapt to one family member's healing — emotionally, relationally, and over time.
• How ketogenic and low-carb therapies are being used in real life for anorexia, schizophrenia, major depression, and athletic performance, and what trade-offs the panelists consider around risk and benefit.
• Why centering lived experience — through storytelling, panels, and community building initiatives like Metabolic Collective — is crucial as science on metabolic psychiatry continues to evolve.

💡 Key Insight

"There's no reason to go back to how I was just because of this one number. My overall well-being, the joy and energy I have now — there's no trading that for a lab result." — Robyn Dobbins

🌐 Connect with Robyn

Website: https://www.robyndobbins.com 

Podcast: https://www.robyndobbins.com/ketobiography

X: https://x.com/robynrdobbins 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.dobbins 

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

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

🌐 Connect with Casey Ruff

Website: https://www.myboundlessbody.com 

Podcast: https://www.myboundlessbody.com/podcast-1 

X: https://x.com/CaseyRuff 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/casey.ruff 

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

💚 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.

🎧 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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👥 Connect with Robyn:

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https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

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

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📣 In this special replay from Less of Me Success Stories, Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins shares a powerful conversation with a fellow Cholesterol Code participant whose story of treatment-resistant depression, medication side effects, and weight gain led him to discover metabolic therapies and low-carb nutrition. Recorded on March 1st, 2025, this episode captures what it looks like to be both a clinician and a patient, to question standard approaches to mental health, and to slowly reclaim hope when nothing seems to work.

📋 As Robyn returns from a sold-out screening of The Cholesterol Code in Durham, NC, she invites listeners to hear this conversation as a "before" snapshot — one year before their intertwined stories reached the big screen.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How long-term depression, weight changes, and polypharmacy can erode hope — and why that story is more common than we think.
• What it feels like to navigate the mental health system as both a doctor and a patient searching for answers.
• How discovering ketogenic and metabolic therapies opened a new path for mood, energy, and overall stability.
• Why nutrition, metabolism, and brain health are deeply connected, especially in cases labeled "treatment-resistant."
• How sharing lived experience publicly — and now on film in The Cholesterol Code — can reduce stigma and offer hope to others.

💡 Key Insight "We have an option for people — and they need to know what's out there, because the most frustrating thing is that doctors often aren't interested, even after they see the change." — Eric Rodgers

🌐 Connect with Dr. Eric Rodgers

X: https://x.com/DrEricRodgers

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

🌐 Metabolic Mind Website: https://www.metabolicmind.org

🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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.

🎧 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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👥 Connect with Robyn:

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https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

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

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📣 A terrifying ER visit, the smell of acetone on her 9-year-old's breath, and an A1C of 11% launched one family into the world of type 1 diabetes overnight. When doctors insisted "he needs carbs to grow" and later pushed hard for statins after his total cholesterol hit 832, this mama bear turned to keto, Dr. Bernstein's low-carb approach, and the TypeOneGrit and LMHR communities to keep her son's blood sugar in the non-diabetic range while his cholesterol steadily fell — without medication.

📋 In this episode, you'll hear how Alison Coughlin navigated fear, pressure, and conflicting expert opinions to advocate for her child's health, and what their life looks like now as he thrives in sports, school, and everyday childhood on a low-carb way of eating.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How a parent recognized early signs of type 1 diabetes at home and pushed for urgent care
• What it looks like to transition a child and family to Dr. Bernstein's low-carb approach after diagnosis
• How A1C can move from 11% to a non-diabetic range on keto — and why some clinicians still resist
• What LMHR is, why Johnny's total cholesterol soared to 832, and how it later dropped to 341 without statins
• Practical insights on advocating for your child when doctors warn you're "doing it wrong" but your child is thriving

💡 Key Insight

"The most important thing is keeping his A1C in check and keeping his blood sugars in a non-diabetic range — and that is what we believe is truly the best thing for him." — Alison Coughlin

🌐 Connect with Alison Coughlin

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

TypeOneGrit Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/typeonegrit

LMHR Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeanMassHyperResponder

📖 Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: https://a.co/d/08ymhi7d (not an affiliate link)

🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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, Cholesterol Code series, and Alison's first podcast appearance

2:12 Johnny's diagnosis story: acetone breath, ER visit, and A1C of 11%

8:35 Hospital food, carb counting, and early fears about life with type 1 diabetes

12:40 Finding TypeOneGrit, discovering Dr. Bernstein, and going low-carb as a family

14:34 Non-diabetic A1C, pushback from the endo, and "he needs carbs to grow"

16:22 The shocking lipid panel: total cholesterol 832, LDL 741, and FH testing

21:32 LMHR, cardiology workup, CAC scan, and relentless pressure to start statins

25:24 Cholesterol trending down to 341 without meds and choosing not to debate doctors anymore

33:15 Who Johnny is today: thriving teen, baseball, beach days, and no limitations on keto

55:27 Filming Cholesterol Code and the emotional experience of meeting Dr. Bernstein

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

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https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

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

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📣 What if the diet advice you trusted your whole life was actually feeding your cravings — and your lab "red flags" didn't tell the whole story? Clinical psychologist and author Dr. Jen Unwin joins Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins to explore the intersection of food addiction, low-carb nutrition, and cholesterol.

📋 Drawing on her professional experience with the NHS and her own lived experience as a lifelong sugar addict, Jen explains how she finally found food freedom with low carb and why, for many people, understanding addiction is the missing piece that makes change stick. She also shares the story behind her sky-high LDL, zero CAC scores, and appearance in The Cholesterol Code documentary — inviting listeners to rethink what "risk" really looks like in the context of metabolic health.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How a clinical psychologist came to see her own pattern as true food addiction, not a lack of willpower
• Why low-carb or keto can transform cravings and energy — and why that alone may not solve addiction for some people
• The CRAVED framework for recognizing food addiction in yourself or your patients and clients
• How Jen and Dr. David Unwin helped type 2 diabetes patients reach drug-free remission with dietary change and data tracking
• What Jen's extreme LDL, zero CAC scores, and Cholesterol Code involvement suggest about lean-mass hyper-responders and risk assessment

💡 Key Insight

"It's not your fault, but it is your responsibility — to build the routines, boundaries, and ways of living that keep food addiction from finding its way back in." — Dr. Jen Unwin

🌐 Connect with Dr. Jen Unwin

X: https://x.com/drjenunwin

The Collaborative Health Community: https://www.the-CHC.org

Fork in the Road — A Hopeful Guide to Food Freedom: https://a.co/d/0fwnvlHr

🎥 The Cholesterol Code: 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 Welcome to Ketobiography & the Cholesterol Code mini-series

2:18 Jen's lifelong sugar addiction and early weight struggles

3:49 Discovering low carb and the "miracle" of fewer cravings and more energy

5:15 Creating a type 2 diabetes remission program with David's patients

6:39 Why food addiction is a "leaky boat" in a world where you have to keep eating

9:04 Realizing "this is addiction" and starting to campaign for recognition

31:48 The LDL of 19 mmol/L shock, CAC scans, and lean-mass hyper-responders

36:11 Letting go of everything you were taught about "healthy eating" to feel well

45:48 Healing the brain with enough protein and fat — not just restriction or willpower

47:52 Practical advice: meds, keto flu, salt, and why you should expect a rough first 8 days

🎧 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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👥 Connect with Robyn:

https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

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

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📣 What does it look like to love someone through years of undiagnosed bipolar disorder — ER visits, missed red flags, financial strain, and a mental health system that keeps failing both of you? Robyn sits down with her husband, Matt Dobbins, to hear his side of the story behind The Cholesterol Code documentary.

📋 Together, they revisit the unseen weight of caregiving at home, what it meant to be "the pointless extra" on screen, and how changing food eventually changed everything for their family.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How a partner experiences bipolar disorder from the outside looking in
• Why ER and psychiatric care so often fail people in mental health crisis
• The hidden cost of "fixer" behavior and financial overcompensation in marriage
• What helped a caregiver stay when it felt easier to walk away
• How finding NSNG and metabolic health support shifted their family's story

💡 Key Insight

"You cannot walk away. These people are in crisis; they need somebody who genuinely cares about them, and you can't just turn your back on that." — Matt Dobbins

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⏳ Chapters

0:47 Pointless Extra: Matt's side of the story

4:53 ER night and a broken mental health system

9:04 Feeling lost in crisis care

13:47 Early red flags and "Breadzilla"

20:17 Counseling, conflict, and feeling alone

26:47 Broad shoulders and not walking away

33:47 Fixer mode, debt, and enabling

42:17 NSNG, life in color, and the job loss tailspin

51:57 Moving to Texas, role reversal, and coming off meds

57:47 Why Cholesterol Code matters and hope for caregivers

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