Ketobiography

📣 Dr. Mark Cucuzzella is a rural physician, Air Force veteran, and founding member of the Coalition for Metabolic Health — a man who has spent decades working at the intersection of medicine, nutrition, advocacy, and policy. This conversation goes deep on why metabolic illness in America is systemic, not personal, and what it will actually take to change it.

📋 Robyn sits down with Dr. Mark Cucuzzella to talk about what it's like to practice medicine in a county where 42% of the population has obesity, to see children with fasting insulin levels of 40, and to work inside newly-formed coalitions trying to reshape what kids eat at school. They cover school lunch policy, the GLP-1 medication landscape, the Coalition for Metabolic Health's mission, and why the slow-moving process of changing dietary dogma takes decades — and why that shouldn't stop anyone from starting today.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why school nutrition policy is a metabolic health crisis affecting children before they ever reach high school
• What the Coalition for Metabolic Health is doing to reshape food policy, education, and research
• What fasting insulin levels in children reveal about where chronic disease actually begins
• Why metabolic illness is not the patient's fault — and what that shift in framing means for real and lasting change
• Practical starting points for individuals, from finding a metabolic-literate clinician to using the Coalition's free resources

💡 Key Insight

"All discipline is the decision you make today for the benefit of future me." — Dr. Mark Cucuzzella

🌐 Connect with Dr. Mark Cucuzzella

Website: https://www.drmarksdesk.com

Run for Your Life Book: https://www.runforyourlifebook.com

Coalition for Metabolic Health: https://coalitionformetabolichealth.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

1:56 The Heart of Advocacy: More Than a Career

4:03 Rural Health Lessons: Longevity, Community, and Lifestyle

7:13 Food Insecurity, School Lunches, & Policy Roadblocks

8:50 The Military Connection: Youth Fitness & National Health

11:15 Fixing Food Policy and Building the Coalition for Metabolic Health

17:04 Education, Change, and Fighting Entrenched Dogma

31:08 The Individual's Role and Path to Real Change

42:38 Practical Solutions & Community Tools

56:04 Final Insights, Advice, and Where to Learn More

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📣 Nicole Laurent is a licensed mental health counselor who spent over a decade on pain medications for trigeminal neuralgia — and lost most of her cognitive function in the process. Her recovery through ketogenic metabolic therapy didn't just change her life; it redirected her entire career toward integrating nutritional therapy with psychotherapy for mental illness and neurological challenges.

📋 In this conversation, Robyn hears Nicole's full story for the first time — from daily migraines and near-overdose experiences to a harrowing detox that left her at 97 pounds and barely able to get to the bathroom, to slowly rebuilding her brain through ketogenic therapy. They also talk about the ethical risk Nicole took in bringing this intervention into her practice, the case studies she publishes to build the evidence base, the psychotherapist training she created so other clinicians stop unknowingly steering clients away from keto, and the nonprofit she founded so that finances never stop anyone from accessing this treatment.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Nicole recovered from opioid dependency and severe cognitive impairment using ketogenic metabolic therapy
• Why ketogenic therapy can address the biological roots of mental illness in ways traditional psychotherapy alone cannot
• The ethical and licensing challenges of integrating nutritional therapy into a licensed mental health practice
• How Nicole's psychotherapist training helps clinicians ethically support — rather than discourage — clients pursuing ketogenic diets
• How Brain Fog Recovery Source provides access to metabolic mental health care for those who can't afford it

💡 Key Insight

"Bodies heal, brains heal, new therapies come into the world. … When you're in that dark place, you can't remember that your now is not your forever. … It's a metabolic intervention to be open and hopeful if that's possible for you in the moment." — Nicole Laurent

🌐 Connect with Nicole Laurent

Website: https://www.mentalhealthketo.com

Nonprofit/scholarship inquiries: [email protected]

General contact: [email protected]

See website for a list of all social media.

⚕️ 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 and Guest Welcome

2:03 Nicole's Personal Healing Story

9:46 Challenges of Detox and Cognitive Recovery

15:00 Discovering Ketogenic Therapy and Regaining Function

16:58 Professional Shift and Ethical Motivation

20:28 Training, Certification, and Community

25:52 How Nicole's Practice Works

28:19 Psychotherapist Training and Advocacy

33:23 Publishing Case Studies for Mental Health

36:10 Launching Brain Fog Recovery Source Nonprofit

47:19 Final Advice and How to Connect with Nicole

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📣 Lori Balue spent nearly two decades on a diet roller coaster — battling obesity, pre-diabetes, depression, and asthma — before discovering keto in her 50s and losing 100 pounds for good. As a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner and founder of the Holistic Low-Carb Method, she now helps women over 50 find and clear the hidden metabolic blocks keeping them stuck.

📋 Robyn talks with Lori about a journey that started in childhood with food addiction and weight struggles, moved through decades of failed low-calorie diets, and finally found traction when Lori stopped treating symptoms and started investigating root causes. They get into the three-year weight loss stall that digestive enzymes eventually broke, the role of functional labs in uncovering food sensitivities and hormone imbalances, and why getting protein, minerals, and amino acids right can turn off cravings and lift depression in ways willpower never could.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why low-calorie diets can produce weight loss without ever reducing inflammation or resolving chronic illness
• How digestive enzymes, food sensitivity testing, and functional labs can break a weight loss stall when keto alone isn't enough
• Why protein timing and amino acid therapy are key to eliminating cravings and supporting mood in women over 50
• How grounding, sunlight, and circadian rhythm became the final piece of Lori's 100-pound weight loss
• What the Holistic Low-Carb Method looks like in practice and how Lori uses diagnostic labs to personalize every client's protocol

💡 Key Insight

"Get into action. When you're getting into action, the fear goes away. Make one step at a time, make a plan, and as you do that, you open up space for results to come in." — Lori Balue

🌐 Connect with Lori Balue

Website: https://loribalue.com/

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

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

⚕️ 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 & Guest Background

3:47 Early Life & Weight Challenges

9:47 The Diet Roller Coaster & Midlife Awakening

16:47 Discovering Keto & Initial Success

24:47 The Stall & Digestive Health Breakthrough

30:47 Healing Journey & Family Impact

38:47 The Holistic Low-Carb Method Explained

45:47 Managing Food Sensitivities & Protein Balance

51:47 Lifestyle, Movement & Mental Health

57:47 Final Insights & How to Connect

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Thought process

📣 Holly Smith grew up eating by the food pyramid, spent years being told her chronic pain and digestive problems were normal, and didn't start connecting food to her suffering until a routine blood test flagged high triglycerides in her 30s. What started as a reluctant experiment with keto became a full transition to dairy-free carnivore — and the elimination of IBS, skin issues, hip pain, seasonal allergies, and anxiety she'd carried most of her life.

📋 Robyn talks with Holly — known online as FriendlyNeighborhoodCarnivore — about a health journey that began in childhood with mysterious skin problems and stomach pain so severe she once passed out from eating Oreos and milk. Holly walks through the years of IBS, gluten-free eating, and misguided grain substitutions before keto finally clicked, and then carnivore clicked even harder. They also get into oxalate dumping and the simple tea fix that stopped it, the challenge of building a dairy-free niche in a very dairy-heavy carnivore space, and how Holly navigates family meals with kids who are learning — on their own terms — to notice the connection between food and how they feel.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How decades of food pyramid conditioning delayed Holly's healing — and what finally broke through
• Why IBS, chronic skin issues, hip pain, and seasonal allergies all cleared through dietary change alone
• What oxalate dumping is, how to recognize it, and the simple tea protocol that can slow it down
• How Holly built a dairy-free carnivore recipe community for people who can't rely on cheese-heavy mainstream content
• Practical strategies for raising kids on keto without making food a battle

💡 Key Insight

"Nobody is ever gonna give up all the foods you're brought up on, except out of desperation — when you can't function anymore, you have to become your own best advocate." — Holly Smith

🌐 Connect with Holly Smith

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

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

X: https://x.com/carnivorefriend

⚕️ 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 and Meet Holly Smith

2:29 Holly's Childhood Health Struggles

8:12 Pain, Stomach Issues, and Teen Years

15:36 Realizing Nutrition is Key

17:29 IBS Diagnosis and Dietary Rollercoaster

21:53 Going Gluten-Free and Pregnancy Fears

27:22 Turning 30: Weight Gain & Routine Bloodwork

32:54 Discovery of Keto and Real Life Changes

35:14 Keto Success and Transition to Carnivore

40:02 Oxalate Dumping & Managing with Tea

48:39 Advocacy and Building a Dairy-Free Carnivore Community

58:38 Navigating Family Meals and Parenting

1:07:13 Advice for Writing Your Keto Biography

1:09:58 Wrap-Up and Future Projects

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📣 Most people track what they eat and drink — but almost nobody thinks about what they breathe. Indoor air can be 5 to 10 times more polluted than outdoor air, and for the average person spending 90 to 95% of their life indoors, that invisible exposure adds up fast. If you've felt off at home — foggy, fatigued, or just not right — and couldn't figure out why, this episode is for you.

📋 Robyn talks with Justin Liberman, Experience Coordinator at Jaspr, about the third pillar of health that most wellness conversations skip entirely: the air inside our homes. Justin breaks down what makes indoor air so much more contaminated than we assume — from mold and VOCs to PM2.5 particulates — and walks through the signs that your home's air may be affecting your sleep, energy, and overall health. They also cover practical steps anyone can take right now, the surprising truth about furnace filters, and the origin story behind Jaspr's home air scrubber, which adapted industrial-grade air scrubbing technology for everyday residential use.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why indoor air is typically 5–10x more polluted than outdoor air, and what causes it
• The three main indoor air pollutants: mold, PM2.5 particulate matter, and VOCs
• How to recognize signs that your home's air quality is affecting your health
• Why keeping indoor humidity below 60% matters for mold prevention
• Why furnace filters don't actually clean your air — and what does
• Practical steps: ventilation, eliminating pollutant sources, proper bathroom fan use, and air filtration
• The wildfire disaster that inspired Jaspr's founder to bring industrial air scrubbing technology into the home

💡 Key Insight

"You can't detox your body if you're not detoxing your home. Your indoor environment is the space you live in most, so caring for your air is foundational to your health." — Justin Liberman

🌐 Connect with Justin Liberman and Jaspr

Website:

https://www.jaspr.co

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jasprco

⚕️ 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 and Overview of Indoor Air Quality

1:54 Robyn's Personal Story: Feeling Unwell at Home

4:57 Why Indoor Air Is Often More Polluted Than Outdoor Air

7:47 Main Indoor Air Pollutants: Mold, Particulate Matter, and VOCs

15:14 Signs Your Home's Air Quality May Be Affecting Your Health

18:57 Practical Tips to Improve Indoor Air Quality

24:21 The Limits of Furnace Filters and the Role of Air Scrubbers

27:17 Jaspr's Origin Story and How Their Air Scrubber Works

33:47 Small Lifestyle Changes That Improve Air Quality

46:19 Final Thoughts: Air as a Foundational Pillar of Health

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📣 Software engineer turned metabolic health researcher Dave Feldman joins Ketobiography host Robyn Dobbins to unpack what has happened since the release of the Keto CTA study — the data, the controversy, and what four analyses of the same 200 scans are now showing about LDL, plaque progression, and heart health.

📋 Dave walks through the full arc: the study methodology, the unexpected questions raised by the Clearly AI data set, the blinded HeartFlow and QAngio analyses that followed, and what plaque regression findings mean for lean mass hyper-responders. He also shares updates on The Feldman Protocol podcast and the Cholesterol Code documentary.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How the Keto CTA study was designed, crowdfunded, and executed across 100 participants with two CT angiography scans each.
• Why the Clearly AI quantitative analysis raised serious questions — including the absence of any plaque regression across all 100 participants — and what Dave did about it.
• How HeartFlow and QAngio, analyzed with fully blinded data, produced results consistent with the semiquantitative analysis and with each other.
• What plaque regression findings mean for lean mass hyper-responders and why the absence of an LDL-plaque association held across every analytical approach.
• What comes next: five-year follow-up scans, the Triad study with a control group, and the possibility of a randomized controlled trial.

💡 Key Insight

"Science isn't about having all the answers immediately — it's about facing tough questions and letting the truth emerge through open conversation." — Dave Feldman

🌐 Connect with Dave Feldman

Website: https://www.cholesterolcode.com

The Feldman Protocol Podcast: https://pod.link/1836440704

X: https://x.com/realDaveFeldman

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

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

🔬 Resources

Keto CTA Study (JACC): https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101686

Preliminary QAngio Data — Rapid Progressors: https://youtu.be/ZrH8pqTiyoc

Keto CTA Update — Cleerly Clarification: https://youtu.be/aJobOSRdIOM

Citizen Science Foundation: https://citizensciencefoundation.org

CoSci Conference: https://cosci.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.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction and host welcome

2:50 The spark behind the Keto CTA study

4:50 CT angiography explained and study design

7:48 Baseline and longitudinal scan results

8:53 Semiquantitative vs quantitative data analysis

12:50 Data challenges and the Clearly anomaly

18:47 Social media rollout and public response

25:52 Engaging HeartFlow and validating the data

30:49 Plaque regression findings and what they mean

42:52 Five-year scans and the Triad study

47:52 The Feldman Protocol podcast

50:51 Cholesterol Code documentary update

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📣 Retired police officer Eric Reynolds lost over 75 pounds, reversed inflammation, quit alcohol, and built a nonprofit — all after discovering keto and carnivore nutrition following a shooting incident that left him battling PTSD and a system that didn't want to help him heal.

📋 In this episode, Eric shares the full arc: the metabolic toll of shift work and trauma, discovering keto through a coworker's 50-pound transformation, going fully carnivore and losing another 25, navigating a calcium score of 5,600 without statins, and founding both Keto Five-O and Cops and Campers to serve the first responder community. He opens up about the hidden health crisis among police officers and firefighters, raising keto kids on the road in an RV, and why community is as healing as the food.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How chronic stress, adrenaline cycles, shift work, and unprocessed trauma erode physical and mental health in law enforcement — and what Eric did about it.
• How Eric lost over 75 pounds through keto and carnivore nutrition, came off medications, and doubled his testosterone without supplements.
• What it's like to navigate a calcium score of 5,600, heart flow testing showing only 30% blockage at worst, and a medical system pushing statins at every turn.
• How Keto Five-O and the nonprofit Cops and Campers are building metabolic health communities for first responders through retreats, speakers, and bonfire storytelling.
• Why raising keto and carnivore kids from birth, homeschooling on the road, and surrounding yourself with the right community changes everything.

💡 Key Insight

"It's never too late to fight back, heal, and thrive." — Eric Reynolds

🌐 Connect with Eric Reynolds

Keto Five-O: https://ketofiveo.com

Cops and Campers: https://copsandcampers.com

🎬 Eric's family story is featured in Griselda on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81133447

⚕️ 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 and introduction to Eric Reynolds

2:52 Early life, sports background, and diet in the 80s

5:56 Law enforcement career and the 2012 shooting

7:51 PTSD, rising stress, and increasing alcohol use

9:46 Discovering keto and 50 pounds in six months

12:03 Mental clarity, retirement, and launching Keto Five-O

14:30 RV life, homeschooling, and family nutrition

19:19 Founding Cops and Campers

23:44 First responder health statistics and the hidden crisis

30:46 Calcium score of 5,600, heart flow, and refusing statins

47:00 Diet's impact on PTSD and the power of community

1:01:53 Raising keto kids and closing reflections

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📣 Veteran firefighter and lieutenant Daniel Seedorf spent 22 years in the fire service watching his health quietly unravel — until a failed attempt to donate part of his liver to a friend revealed fatty liver, hypertension, and arthritis he could no longer ignore. What followed was a complete transformation through No Sugars, No Grains eating that changed everything.

📋 Daniel shares the full story: the chronic pain, the weight climbing to 250 pounds, the moment a firefighter rescue drill made him ask whether he was an asset or a liability, and how hearing Vinnie Tortorich on Mike Rowe's podcast finally clicked. He also opens up about quitting alcohol cold turkey, reversing psoriasis and hypertension without medication, and bringing that same discipline to training the next generation of firefighters.

This episode also marks the departure of co-host Natalie Shamp, who helped shape the show's early identity.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How chronic pain, shift work, sleep deprivation, and unhealthy coping mechanisms quietly erode health in the fire service — and why it's a worldwide epidemic.
• Why exercise alone couldn't fix what Daniel's diet was causing, and what finally made the difference.
• How quitting alcohol cold turkey after stalling on NSNG unlocked 28 more pounds of weight loss and a 33-inch waist again.
• What it looks like to bring metabolic health principles into a firehouse kitchen and a firefighter training division without preaching.
• Why Daniel challenges his recruits to keep up with a 49-year-old who couldn't do these workouts just a few years ago — and what that says about the power of leading by example.

💡 Key Insight

"You have to ask yourself — are you an asset or are you a liability?" — Daniel Seedorf

🌐 Connect with Daniel Seedorf

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

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

X: https://x.com/realfiremandan

⚕️ 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 Host introduction and technical note

1:19 The mission of Ketobiography and farewell to Natalie Shamp

2:07 Introducing Daniel Seedorf

5:53 Declining health and a friend's need for a liver donor

14:08 Are you an asset or a liability?

16:35 Hearing Vinnie Tortorich and the NSNG spark

23:07 Breaking food and alcohol habits

33:20 Losing 50 pounds and reversing chronic health issues

37:27 Bringing metabolic health to the firehouse and training center

41:51 Leading by example and shaping the next generation

44:25 Public servants and the power of personal responsibility

46:16 Where to find Daniel and episode wrap-up

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📣 Tia Reid spent years following conventional dietary advice — and got sicker and more medicated with every visit. It took a low-carb, high-fat lifestyle to reverse her type 2 diabetes, eliminate over 20 medications, and reveal that sugar addiction had been driving her decline all along.

📋 Robyn and Natalie talk with Tia Reid, a retired Director of Nutrition Services with over 35 years in healthcare, now a Certified Keto Nutrition Coach and Licensed Sugar Addiction Specialist working with Dr. Tro's team at Toward Health. Tia shares the full arc of her story — from managing type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, adrenal disease, and a long list of medications, to discovering that the dietary advice she'd spent her career implementing was making her worse. She talks honestly about the nature of food addiction, the emotional and psychological dimensions of recovery, practical tools for managing cravings, and what she now offers clients who are walking the same path she once did.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Tia reversed type 2 diabetes and eliminated over 20 medications through a low-carb, high-fat lifestyle
• Why sugar addiction is a physical illness of the brain — and why abstinence, not moderation, was the only path that worked for her
• The emotional and psychological dimensions of food addiction: automatic negative thoughts, triggers, and building non-food coping tools
• Practical strategies she still uses: fat-adaptation, no snacking, delay-and-distract, and action snacks throughout the day
• Why community is the opposite of addiction — and how Toward Health's coaching model puts that into practice

💡 Key Insight

"I'm living proof that change is possible. You are not too far gone. And it's not too late." — Tia Reid

🌐 Connect with Tia Reid

Coaching:

https://toward.health/health-coaching

Toward Health:

https://toward.health

⚕️ 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

2:57 Meet Tia Reid: Retired Nutrition Director Turned Coach

6:27 Type 2 Diabetes, Medications & a Turning Point

12:05 Sugar Addiction & Emotional Eating

17:52 Finding Dr. Tro & Starting the LCHF Journey

24:47 Eliminating 20+ Medications & Reversing Metabolic Syndrome

31:32 What Coaching Clients Need

39:07 How to Stay Consistent Without Shame

44:37 Faith, Joy & the Power of Mindset

49:47 Helping Others Heal Through Lived Experience

56:02 Final Insight: It's Never Too Late to Start

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📣 Brett Smith spent 20 years in corporate wellness watching people get managed into more disease — then became one of them, reaching 335 pounds and a coronary calcium score of 268 before nutritional ketosis changed everything. He lost 115 pounds in 9 months and went on to reverse heart disease, arthritis, tinnitus, and metabolic syndrome without a single medication.

Our guest is a very visual person, and he shared his screen and several books with us during our conversation. This recording has been lightly edited to remove the dead air while he's showing us important resources. All Ketobiography episodes are also on YouTube. You may wish to watch this one on our channel @ketobiography.

📋 Robyn and Natalie talk with Brett Smith, VP of Business Development at Toward Health and founder of My Metabolic Life, about a transformation that went far beyond the scale. Brett walks through his years in the corporate wellness and disease management industries, his own deteriorating health, and the moment a 60-hour PubMed deep dive convinced him that everything he'd been teaching clients was wrong. He shares how he tracked and nearly eliminated soft plaque through a little-known cardiac blood test, why food is just one part of a larger picture that includes light, EMFs, grounding, and circadian biology, and how to request the freely available heart disease reversal protocol he has sent to hundreds of people.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Brett lost 115 pounds in 9 months and reversed heart disease, arthritis, tinnitus, and metabolic syndrome through nutritional ketosis
• Why medical-strength keto means 20g total carbs or less — and why that threshold is where results actually happen
• How to track and reverse soft plaque using the CAC test and a cardiac blood test most cardiologists don't know about
• Why insulin resistance underlies 80+ chronic conditions — and how metabolic therapy addresses the root cause instead of managing symptoms
• Why food alone isn't always enough: how light, EMFs, sleep, and circadian biology also drive insulin resistance

💡 Key Insight

"No matter how bad the last 20 years are, they don't have to be your tomorrow. Take a step, learn something new, and then teach others." — Brett Smith

🌐 Connect with Brett Smith

Website: https://mymetaboliclife.com

Email: [email protected]

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Phone: (262) 255-9545

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⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction to Ketobiography & Brett Smith

3:46 Corporate Wellness Career and Personal Health Decline

7:42 Tipping Point: Reaching 335 Pounds

9:13 Discovering Keto and the PubMed Deep Dive

13:09 Starting the Transformation: 115 Pounds and Dr. Sarah Hallberg

16:31 Re-entering the Industry & Facing Heart Disease

25:34 Finding a Heart Disease Reversal Protocol

28:00 Healing Beyond Weight Loss: Arthritis, Tinnitus, and More

29:58 Practical Tips and Medical-Strength Keto

34:00 Meals, Recipes, and What Brett Actually Eats

37:26 Insulin Resistance: The Root Cause of Chronic Disease

38:59 Beyond Food: Quantum Health, Light, and EMFs

41:49 Coaching Approach and Individual Variability

48:59 Reversing Heart Disease: Tracking and Eliminating Soft Plaque

1:04:02 Final Wisdom and Where to Find Brett

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