📋 As a teenager, Benjiman Boyd was a pre-diabetic high school dropout battling ADHD, severe depression, and chaotic mood swings while on multiple medications. After his family tried a ketogenic diet out of sheer desperation, he experienced rapid weight loss, dramatic improvements in mood, memory, and focus, and a renewed belief that he could learn again. That turnaround launched him back into school, into an honors degree in Applied Psychology, and now into graduate work exploring how neurometabolism shapes personality and serious mental illness. In this episode, Ben shares the vulnerable details of medication struggles, emergency inpatient care, and identity collapse, and how ketogenic and other metabolic therapies helped him build resilience, return to academics, and begin advocating for people with conditions like borderline personality disorder through his work with Metabolic Collective.​

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• How childhood-onset ADHD, depression, and unstable home life led Ben to drop out of high school and feel hopeless about his ability to learn.​
• Why conventional ADHD and antidepressant medications left him with extreme mood swings, anger outbursts, and an emergency inpatient stay instead of stability.​
• How a family decision to try a paleo-based ketogenic diet triggered rapid weight loss, sharper memory, better focus, and the confidence to return to school.​
• The journey from GED to graduating with honors in Applied Psychology and into grad school, and why Ben chose to focus on the neurometabolism of mental health and personality.​
• Why he now chooses metabolic therapy for treatment-resistant borderline personality disorder, and how community and metabolic rhythm (sleep, fasting, movement) sustain his own brain health on a grad-student budget.​
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🔑 Key Insight

“I don’t want to say all my success, but a very significant amount of my success, I owe to the ketogenic diet and the broader metabolic therapies that helped me find my focus, my resilience, and my sense of self again.”​ -Benjiman Boyd

🎥 The Magic Pill

🌐 Connect with Benjiman Boyd

X: https://x.com/BenjiBoyd4

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ben.boyd.685560

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjiman-boyd-aa389524b

Ben's THINK+SMART profile:

https://www.metabolicmind.org/thinksmart/explore-strategies/benjiman-boyd/

Metabolic Collective private Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/metaboliccollective

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📣 When Eddie Rodriguez's father was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at 53, doctors told the family to get their affairs in order. Eddie had a different idea.

📋 What followed was a full-scale experiment in metabolic therapies and the Bredesen Protocol — one that produced cognitive improvements his father's doctors called impossible, and that ultimately reshaped how Eddie thinks about his own health, his family's future, and what it means to carry a so-called "deterministic" Alzheimer's gene.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Eddie's family used metabolic therapies and the Bredesen Protocol to improve his father's cognition after a bleak early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis
• What a cognoscopy is, why standard neurology often misses root causes, and how the 36-holes-in-the-roof model reframes dementia treatment
• Why genes like ApoE4 and Presenilin-1 may load the gun but lifestyle and environment pull the trigger — and how that shapes Eddie's daily choices
• How fasting, ketones, exercise, sleep, stress management, and toxin reduction can work together to support brain health
• How lived experience and communities like BrainHeal(th) and Metabolic Collective are accelerating awareness of metabolic approaches to cognitive decline

💡 Key Insight

"Genes load the gun — what we do, what we eat, what we breathe, how we think, and the environment we put ourselves in pulls the trigger." — Eddie Rodriguez

🌐 Connect with Eddie Rodriguez

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576560577792

X: https://x.com/BrainHealth919

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

🎥 The Cholesterol Code — watch it on Amazon: https://cholesterolcodemovie.com

💚 Metabolic Collective

Website: https://www.metaboliccollective.org

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

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

00:00 – A family blindsided by early-onset Alzheimer's

03:50 – Discovering metabolic therapies and the Bredesen Protocol

08:08 – Cognitive testing, "impossible" improvements, and the post-viral derailment

10:59 – Detox, toxins, and rebuilding a foundation for Eddie's dad

13:39 – Three generations under one roof on the same protocol

16:48 – Living with a "deterministic" Alzheimer's gene and choosing a different path

22:50 – From crisis calls to launching the BrainHeal(th) YouTube channel

29:28 – What a cognoscopy is and why standard neurology often misses so much

34:28 – Root causes, infections, toxins, hormones, and the 36-holes-in-the-roof model

47:12 – Low carb, CrossFit, ketones, and finding metabolic flexibility

51:45 – Inside Metabolic Collective and building a grassroots movement

59:03 – Community, support, and how to get connected with Eddie and Metabolic Collective

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📣 When Dori Martin's husband was diagnosed with stage 4 gastric cancer, they were handed a prognosis and not much else. What followed was a deep dive into therapeutic ketogenic diets that outlasted the timeline his doctors had given him.

📋 Dori is a functional nutrition practitioner — but her path there wasn't linear. Burnout, disordered eating relapse, and debilitating menopausal symptoms were her own uninvited teachers. In this conversation she walks through how therapeutic keto, mineral balancing through Hair Tissue & Mineral Analysis, and some genuinely simple lifestyle shifts helped her husband beat the odds and helped her find her way back to herself — and to food as something other than a battleground.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How a stage 4 gastric cancer diagnosis led to therapeutic keto and an outcome that defied the original prognosis
• Why burnout, stress, and perimenopause can make clean eating and exercise stop working — and what to look at instead
• How removing sugar, gluten, and refined carbs can shift disordered eating patterns by stabilizing blood sugar
• What Hair Tissue & Mineral Analysis reveals about adrenal burnout, thyroid health, detox capacity, and energy production
• How pairing keto with mineral balancing and lifestyle habits can support cancer recovery, metabolic health, and menopausal symptoms

💡 Key Insight

"Food is truly the best medicine. And joy." — Dori Martin

🌐 Connect with Dori Martin

Website: https://www.dorimartin.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dori.liang

Facebook Group: Keto Kickstart Collaborative — therapeutic and customizable low carb/keto support

🎥 The Cholesterol Code — watch it 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

0:00 – From stage 4 cancer to a new mission with keto

7:32 – Discovering therapeutic keto and her husband's radical turnaround

10:07 – Disordered eating, elimination diets, and the power of removing sugar and grains

14:32 – Burnout, perimenopause, and why "doing all the things" stopped working

18:17 – Cancer, terrain theory, and changing the prognosis with nutrition and lifestyle

24:27 – Why standard cancer care rarely talks about food and metabolic health

28:17 – Is keto "too hard"? Mindset, cravings, and social pressure around food

32:17 – Menopause, hormones, and why midlife women tolerate carbs differently

36:17 – Hair Tissue & Mineral Analysis: what it reveals and why minerals matter

41:47 – Food as medicine and joy: finding purpose in helping others heal

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📣 Ketobiography is evolving — and so is Robyn. In this New Year's Day solo episode, host Robyn Dobbins shares what's changing, what's staying the same, and what's coming in 2026.

📋 From joining Metabolic Collective to hosting a Dallas-area theatrical screening of The Cholesterol Code documentary, Robyn walks through the shifts in her advocacy work, her Harbinger of Health practice, and how Ketobiography continues as the story-centered podcast it has always been.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why Robyn joined Metabolic Collective and how its Watering Hole events turn advocacy ideas into action

• How Metabolic Collective gathers, supports, and amplifies grassroots advocacy projects through community, not just science

• Why Robyn paused her Harbinger of Health coaching practice while maintaining NEST, a free support community

• How Ketobiography will continue unchanged as a therapeutic, story-centered podcast while its social media presence moves to Robyn's personal accounts

• Details about the April 15, 2026 screening of The Cholesterol Code documentary in Dallas, with all proceeds benefiting Metabolic Collective

💡 Key Insight

"I don't think that payment should be a barrier to success. So, this is a free group where we just help each other out… we help each other through the hard times and we celebrate each other during the good times." — Robyn Dobbins

🌐 Connect with Robyn Dobbins

Website: https://www.robyndobbins.com

Substack: https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

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

X: https://x.com/robynrdobbins

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

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-dobbins-59bb1653

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

⚕️ 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

0:00 – New Year's welcome and why this update matters

1:22 – Joining Metabolic Collective and creating advocacy community

6:22 – Harbinger of Health, pausing coaching, and the free NEST group

8:37 – Ketobiography's future and simplifying social media/newsletter

11:58 – The Cholesterol Code documentary and Dallas screening details

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📋 In this Christmas encore of a listener favorite, Ketobiography revisits the powerful story of Christine Trimpe, a former corporate accountant who was 100 pounds overweight, exhausted, and trapped in yo-yo dieting before a “mountain moment” pushed her to reclaim her health. She shares how addressing sleep apnea, fatty liver, and sugar addiction through keto, low carb, and her SugarFreed® method transformed not only her body but also her energy, emotions, and sense of purpose.​​

💡 What you’ll Learn in this Episode

• How a single hard wake-up call on a Colorado hiking trail became the turning point after 30 years of yo-yo dieting and chronic fatigue.​
• Why tackling sleep issues, fatty liver, and sugar addiction was crucial before sustainable weight loss and better metabolic health could happen.​
• The practical first steps she took to quit sugar, lower carbs, and transition to a simple, sustainable ketogenic way of eating. keeping carbs under 20 grams per day.​
• How better nutrition quieted food noise, lifted mood, reduced pain and inflammation, and improved emotional regulation and daily energy.​
• What the SugarFreed® method is, why she now coaches women through sugar addiction recovery, and how journaling can help you write your own “ketobiography.”​​

🔑 Key Insight

“I never thought I’d find freedom from sugar, exhaustion, and yo-yo diets—but once I experienced this healing, I knew I could never unsee what was possible.”​ -Christine Trimpe

🌐 Connect with Christine

• Website: https://christinetrimpe.com​
• Weight-loss & SugarFreed® program: https://christinetrimpe.com/weight-loss/
• Blog & resources: https://joyfulketolife.com
• ​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachchristinetrimpe
• ​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoyfulKetoLifePage

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

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📋 In this episode of Ketobiography, Robyn sits down with recovery coach and somatic psychologist Kristina Dobyns to explore what it really takes to heal from binge eating, food addiction, and the binge–shame–repeat cycle. Kristina shares how trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and diet culture collide, and why lasting recovery requires working with the body, not against it. Together, they discuss animal-based nutrition, somatic tools, and science-backed strategies to create safety, reduce cravings, and build a sane, sustainable relationship with food.

💡 What you’ll learn in this episode

• Why binge eating, emotional eating, and food obsession are rooted in biology and nervous system patterns rather than personal failure.
• How Kristina uses somatic psychology, sensory strategies, and interoceptive awareness to help women interrupt automatic binge cycles.
• The role of animal-based nutrition and metabolic health in stabilizing mood, cravings, and energy during recovery.
• How abstinence from trigger foods can coexist with flexibility, self-compassion, and a non-dogmatic approach to healing.
• Simple, doable practices you can start using now to create safety in your body and move beyond the binge–shame–repeat cycle.

🔑 Key Insight

“Recovery becomes possible when you stop fighting your body and start working with your biology, your nervous system, and your story—one compassionate choice at a time.” -Kristina Dobyns

🌐 Connect with Kristina

Website:  https://beyondbingeeating.com

Beyond Binge Eating Podcast – https://beyondbingeeating.com/podcast/

Instagram: @beyondbingeeating 

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📋 This is the second episode in a two-part Ketobiography series featuring investigative science writer and “science-help” author of Going Menopostal, Amy Alkon. In Part 2, we go deeper into the realities of navigating menopause care in real time—from fighting for proper progesterone and estradiol dosing, to demanding pain relief for gynecologic procedures, to pushing back when doctors downplay risks or dismiss symptoms. This conversation is raw, practical, and aimed at helping women replace self-doubt and “being polite” with informed, unapologetic self-advocacy.​​

💡 What you’ll Learn in this Episode

• Why oral micronized progesterone (at an adequate dose) is critical for both symptom relief and cancer protection in perimenopause.​​
• How estradiol can support sleep, bladder function, cardiovascular health, and bone protection in menopause when used appropriately.​​
• The dangers of under-dosing hormones, relying on unregulated creams, or using poorly chosen drug combinations without understanding “class effects.”​​
• What shared decision-making actually looks like in practice—and how to recognize a doctor who is willing to partner with you instead of talking over you.​
• How and why to insist on pain relief for procedures like IUD insertion, removal, and biopsies, and why “it’s just a pinch” is not acceptable care.​

🔑 Key Insight

“You have a right to pain relief. You have a right to informed consent. Being high in agreeableness isn’t a mandate—you can be brave, stand up for yourself, and be proud that you did.”​ -Amy Alkon

🌐 Connect with Amy Alkon

Website

​X

Substack newsletter “Science Made Practical”

https://sciencemadepractical.amyalkon.net

Instagram

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📋 Award-winning science writer Amy Alkon joins Ketobiography to discuss her new book, "Going Menopostal," and uncover the gaps between medical practice and real science in menopause and perimenopause care. In this first of a two-part series, Amy shares her personal journey, breaks down the most common myths, and offers empowering advice on self-advocacy, science-based treatments, and asking better questions in the doctor’s office.

• Why so much menopause care is based on myth, not science​
• How evidence-based thinking can empower your health decisions​
• Why most doctors lack menopause training—and what you can do about it​
• The real difference between perimenopause and menopause, scientifically​
• How to ask better questions and advocate for yourself at the doctor’s office​

"Be a pain…and be proud. Proud. Proud. You’re your best advocate. You can’t expect somebody else to do it for you. So, if it means taking a step into a direction that might be a little bit more ugly, then do it—it’s worth it." — Amy Alkon​

Website: https://www.amyalkon.net​

X (Twitter): @amyalkon​

Substack Newsletter: Science Made Practical

Instagram: @amyalkonbookstagram

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

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📋 This episode of Brain Heal(th), hosted by Eddie Rodriguez and reposted on Ketobiography with permission, features Robyn Dobbins—a certified health advisor with the Nutrition Network, dedicated to evidence-based metabolic therapies for mental wellness. Robyn shares her candid journey through bipolar disorder, antidepressant and antipsychotic management, major life transitions, and ultimately a sustained recovery achieved through ketogenic and NSNG (No Sugar, No Grain) nutrition and thriving community support.​

💡 What You’ll Learn in this Episode

• How Robyn’s personal battle with mental health and medication led to a transformation via metabolic therapy and nutritional intervention.​
• The profound impact of NSNG and ketogenic approaches on weight loss, energy, and emotional stability.​
• Why prioritizing lab work and individualized care became central to Robyn’s mental wellness and overall health journey.​
• The critical role of family, accountability, and peer community in sustaining progress and resilience.​
• Insights into Robyn’s coaching practice, her work with Metabolic Collective, and the power of grassroots advocacy for broader access to metabolic therapies.​

🔑 Key Insight

"You see how life is just wide open for you in a way that was never possible before... It doesn’t hurt to try, but with the caveat, if you’re on medication, you need to still work with a provider” — Robyn Dobbins.​

🌐 Connect with Robyn Dobbins

• Harbinger of Health
• Linktree
• X (Twitter): @RobynRDobbins​
• ​Metabolic Collective

🌐 Connect with Brain Heal(th)

• Facebook
• Instagram
• TikTok
• X (Twitter)
• YouTube

Reposted on Ketobiography with full permission from Eddie Rodriguez and Brain Heal(th). For more, follow both Robyn Dobbins and Brain Heal(th) at the links above to stay inspired and informed.

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📋 This episode of Ketobiography features Nathan Leary with an inspiring, first-person account of overcoming a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, facing countless obstacles on the way to renewed mental and physical health, and transforming hardship into advocacy. He shares how radical transparency, relentless research, and a ketogenic lifestyle changed not only his medical markers but his entire path in life, fueling his mission to offer hope and practical resources to others facing serious mental health challenges.

💡 What You’ll Learn in this Episode

• The personal journey from crisis and isolation after a schizophrenia diagnosis to stable, thriving mental health through lifestyle change.​
• The challenges and risks of navigating psychiatric medications and why transparent collaboration with medical professionals is vital.​
• How a ketogenic diet began to deliver improvements—like normalized blood pressure, cholesterol, and mood—in less than a year.​
• The motivation behind launching StopTheVoices.com and LikeLifeMore.com, plus the importance of bite-sized, instantly-shareable mental health resources.​
• Practical advice for others seeking hope and concrete first steps for their own mental health journeys, grounded in lived experience.​

🔑 Key Insight

"The food that we eat is the seed of our mind. It creates all the neurotransmitters, all the energy. It creates everything that's in our body and in our brain. And... I see it like, if you have a heart attack, you don't want to go back to eating fried chicken and processed foods. You just don't want to take the risk.”​

🌐 Connect with Nathan

Websites: StopTheVoices & LikeLifeMore

Social Media: @nathanleary82 on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and X

🎧 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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