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In this episode, we talk about the science of the coronavirus, how it spreads, what you can do and how to live a life in social quarantine when the world is shut down.

BIO

Fahad Ahmad is a serial entrepreneur who enjoys delving into the science of food and nutrition. He practices Ashtanga Yoga, Weight Training, Crossfit, Calisthenics and Plyometric type of training and has been part of the fitness and nutrition world for more than 15 years. He leads the "Modern Renaissance" lifestyle of tapping into multiple knowledge bases to solve a problem.

Corey Behn lives a multifaceted life rooted in a foundation comprised of Yoga, Science, Adventure and Nature. He has always had a burning curiosity of existence itself, constantly seeking out truth in all corners of the universe. He enjoys the sport of rock climbing and photographing beautiful landscapes and macroscapes alike. When night falls, the cosmos up above receives his full attention, studying all types of celestial entities. Corey’s role at Ketogeek originates from his love of creative cooking in the kitchen, continuously creating new symphonies of flavor and texture for our tastebuds.

TIME STAMPS

0:15 - Ketogeek & membership updates

11:30 – What is a virus?

12:31 – What is coronavirus or COVID-19?

13:47 – How does the coronavirus infect the body?

16:40 – What happens in severe cases of coronavirus?

17:30 – What does it mean by “flattening the curve”?

18:47 – What are the symptoms of coronavirus

19:47 – How is the virus transmitted between people?

21:30 – What are some safety precautions you can take?

25:57 – Should you get tested for the virus?

28:51 – Should you travel during this period?

32:50 – Which people are at a higher risk?

37:41 – Do pets and animals spread the virus?

38:49 – Why is soap so effective against killing coronavirus?

41:49 – What businesses are open and which are closed?

46:40 – How can you work from home?

53:18 – What can you do during all the free time during quarantine?

1:03:03 – What kind of foods can you eat?

1:11:05 – Why are people reacting strongly towards the virus?

1:12:45 – What are some lessons we can learn from this pandemic?

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In food, health, nutrition and many domains of life, humans rely on "nature" or "natural" as the default and sometimes the best option. In this podcast, we talk about when it's ok to defer to nature and when it is time to move away from it.

BIO

Alan Levinovitz is an Associate Professor of Religion at James Madison University, where he specializes in classical Chinese thought and the intersection of religion and science. His latest book is Natural: How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science, forthcoming on April 7 from Beacon Press

TIME STAMPS

0:15 – Update on Energy Pod, Ketogeek Membership Updates & Future Guest

7:07 – How did you end up becoming a successful writer?

8:01 – What is your viewpoint on “nature” and “natural”?

11:02 – When should you rely on nature and when should you move away from it?

14:14 – Why do people think natural is better?

16:15 – Does religion play a role in our preference for nature?

18:00 – Subjective human experience versus objective quantification?

20:01 – What can people expect from the new book “Natural: How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science”?

22:20 – What questions did you start with before writing this book and what questions would you like answered?

25:02 – Do human beings have the collective capacity to think in nuance?

28:00 – What checkmarks do you use to find someone worth following and learning from?

30:02 – Final Plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Website: Personal Website
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlanLevinovitz
• E-mail: 
• Book: Natural: How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science [Amazon] [Barnes & Noble]
• Book: The Gluten Lie

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• Sign Up Ketogeek Membership: https://ketogeek.com/pages/member
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Gene-based diets and tests? What is epigenetics? We find out about the actual science behind epigenetics while looking at the cutting edge research surrounding this field and what to expect from it. 

BIO

Fabian is the Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics & Director, Computational Genomics Core, Department of Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

He is currently developing new analytical approaches for data integration to better understand the regulatory landscape and its implication in disease susceptibility with a focus on early exposure and age-related diseases.

TIME STAMPS

0:15 – Update on Energy Pod, Ketogeek Membership Updates & Future Guest

11:01 – How did you get interested in your field?

17:03 – When did epigenetics gain popularity?

18:25 – What is epigenetics?

22:32 – What factors can change epigenetics?

26:15 – What kind of research papers do you write?

28:47 – What are the capabilities and limitations of stem cells?

31:40 – Is stem cell therapy legit?

34:00 – Can you make predictions about someone’s health outcomes using epigenetics?

35:54 – What would you do with 10 Billion dollars in research money?

39:26 – What is the “Epigenetic Landscape”?

45:57 – What is “stress” at a cellular level?

55:22 – What is the “environment” in epigenetics?

1:01:07 – Can drastic interventions later in life influence human aging and lifespan?

1:08:00 – Understanding factors influencing interventions at a cellular level

1:14:32 – Final guest plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Website: Faculty Page
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/FDelahaye84
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Donate to Research: https://don.pasteur-lille.fr/

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In this fascinating show, we talk about how the mind can sometimes play tricks on us and unlock the elasticity of human performance, especially when it comes to elite athletes and endurance runners.

BIO

Alex Hutchinson (@sweatscience) is a runner and author who covers the science of endurance for Outside magazine’s Sweat Science column. His latest book is the New York Times bestseller Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. Before becoming a journalist, worked as a postdoctoral physicist with the U.S. National Security Agency, and competed for the Canadian national team in track, cross-country, and mountain running. He lives in Toronto.

TIME STAMPS

0:15 Ketogeek Membeship information

 6:43 – How did you get into running and your career?

9:19 – What’s new in the world of endurance running?

13:16 – Experience with Runner’s World and Outside Magazine

15:00 – How is your perspective different between a journalist vs. as an athlete?

18:54 – Experience vs. science when it comes to athletic performance

23:40 – How do elite athletes differ from the rest of the people when it comes to boosting performance?

25:31 – What is the purpose of the book you wrote: “Endure”?

29:02 – Glycogen and paradoxical ways performance is boosted and the brain is tricked when you are about to “bonk”.

33:14 – Why does the brain want to “bonk” you even with fuel remaining in the body?

36:15 – What kind of pacing pattern do endurance athletes have during a race?

39:30 – Do you undergo physiological changes you’re pushing beyond your limits?

42:26 – Can words make a difference in performance?

45:30 – Does your emotion, music and perspective boost performance?

51:15 – What is “Runner’s High”?

57:31 – Does running on a treadmill burn enough calories to expedite fat loss?

1:03:52 – Where do you start running?

1:08:30 – How do you run when you’re traveling?

1:09:58 – What are some of the biggest misconceptions and myths about running?

1:17:15 – VO2 max and health outcomes

1:18:35 – How do you counteract misinformation in health, performance and nutrition?

1:24:02 – Final Plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Website: https://alexhutchinson.net/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/sweatscience
• Endure, Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance (Book): https://www.amazon.com/Endure-Curiously-Elastic-Limits-Performance/dp/0062499866 OR https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062499868/endure/

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In this LOADED and very important episode, we sit down and critically analyze the facts and myths about low carb and ketogenic diets while paving a way for better science for the masses in a sea of misinformation and dogmatic health gurus. This one's a must-listen show! 

BIO:

Kevin Bass is an MD/PhD student and recovering health and nutrition zealot. He is known for questioning the evidence base for popular ideas in the scientific and online health and nutrition communities. He has Bachelor's degrees in biology and anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, where he wrote his honors thesis on the social and pragmatic (vs. strictly scientific) determinants of concepts in clinical psychiatry. After completing his undergraduate degrees and before medical school, he spent 6 years at the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia working first as a research assistant in anthropology (1 year), then as a technician in developmental neuroscience (5 years). At a medical school in the southern United States, he completed the first two, basic science years of medical school and then a Master's degree in immunology and microbiology, where he studied intestinal inflammation and autoimmunity. He is currently completing a PhD studying the role of the ketogenic diet as preventive or adjunctive therapy for cancer, with a focus on activation of G-protein-coupled receptor GPR109A by beta-hydroxybutyrate. He will enter his final two clinical years of medical school upon completing his PhD.

TIME STAMPS:

0:15 – Ketogeek Updates

5:45 – Ketogeek membership

12:50 – Kevin’s back story

23:39 – The challenges and problems faced in medical school

26:38 – How did you become an influencer on twitter?

30:58 – Sensationalism vs. pragmatism: how can we create better science for the public?

35:39 – Cochrane and what does it mean by “unbiased” nutrition?

41:11 – Can you be so unbiased that it leads to inaction?

43:04 – A bit of history tidibit on Ketogenic Diets

46:15 – What exactly is a “Ketogenic Diet”?

50:10 – Is it really the ketones or protein restriction or what when it comes to health benefits?

58:40 – What does it mean when by “protein and calories” are matched?

1:04:55 – Is everyone in ketosis even on a high carb diet?

1:08:40 – What’s up with the research between cancer and ketogenic diet?

1:13:34 – Can Ketogenic diets worsen cancers?

1:19:23 – What about fasting and cancer?

1:21:00 – Is it hormones or calories when it comes to obesity?

1:30:29 – A discussion on the carbohydrate-insulin model

1:33:55 – Diabetes reversal vs. remission?

1:42:00 – Is Personal Fat threshold a valid hypothesis and discussing diabetes without obesity

1:52:27 – Visceral fat accumulation and nutrient flux problem

2:00:20 – Final Plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Website: https://nutritionalrevolution.org/
• Patereon & Paypal: https://nutritionalrevolution.org/support-me/
• Kevin Bass on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinnbass

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• Ketogeek Membership: https://ketogeek.com/pages/member
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This podcast is a great gateway and resource to understand the importance of nutrients and troubleshooting nutrient deficiencies and as a bonus, you learn about Chris's transformative journey into health and nutrition as well! If you're ready to take nutrition and health up a notch, this is where you begin! Chris is truly an information powerhouse.

BIO:

Chris Masterjohn earned my PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut in the summer of 2012. From September 2012 to August 2014, He served as a postdoctoral research associate in the Comparative Biosciences department of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From August 2014 to December 2016, he served as Assistant Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York.

In the fall of 2016, Chris made the decision to leave academia and pursue entrepreneurship a transition he completed on January 1, 2017. If you would like the full story of how he came to this decision, you can join his email newsletter, and the first welcome email tells the story and provides you with my vision going forward.

He is currently conducting independent research, consulting, working on information products, collaborating on information and technology products, and producing tons of free content to help people gain better health.

TIME STAMPS:

0:15 – Energy Pods update & usage

6:40 – Importance of Valuing good expertise

11:45 – Story and journey of Chris into health and nutrition

18:28 – “The Displacing foods of modern commerce” and Weston Price

23:08 – Changing from vegan to omnivore

28:10 – Vegan meats and discussion about protein on vegan diet

34:44 – Is the rate of nutrient delivery of relevance?

40:32 – How did you get a “Master” in your last name?

42:30 – How do you manage and tweak your nutrient intake based on your needs and deficiencies?

56:27 – The importance of deferring to expertise on a topic

1:01:27 – Final Plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Website & Newsletter: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/
• Vitamins & Minerals Class: https://m.me/chrismasterjohn?ref=w7121715
• Testing Nutritional Status: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet(Affiliate Link): https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/ketogeek
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrismasterjohn/?hl=en
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrismasterjohn?lang=en
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrismasterjohn/

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In this rapid-fire and powerful podcast, we talk about what constitutes as heart disease and the discussion around the risk factors that contribute towards heart disease. We touch basis on concerns with fats and even delve into processed foods, pharmaceutical industry and the challenges of our modern health care system. This one is LOADED!

BIO:

Dr. Ethan Weiss is a Principle Investigator in the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI). Dr. Weiss received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he also completed his internship and residency. He came to UCSF in 1998 to complete his cardiology fellowship and research training. Dr. Weiss' clinical interests include prevention, lipids, and the emerging intersection of endocrinology and cardiology with a specific focus on pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes as risk factors for coronary disease. In addition, he has interests in the genetics of coronary disease, cardiovascular risk assessment, nutrition and lifestyle, and heart disease in the young. He works with his patients to use rational and evidence-based approaches - including lifestyle modifications and where necessary, drug therapy - to improve cardiovascular risk. His research interests are focused on understanding the mechanisms of metabolic disorders such as obesity, fatty liver disease, and diabetes including the role of growth hormone signaling and lipid metabolism. He also has an active program in clinical nutrition. He has severed as Principle Investigator on grants funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). He serves on the scientific advisory boards of multiple companies focused on using technology to favorably impact human health. Lastly, he is a recent co-founder of, Keyto Inc. (www.getkeyto.com), a new San Francisco based company aiming to facilitate the use of the ketogenic diet for weight loss.

TIME STAMPS:

0:15 – Ketogeek Energy Pods, Affiliate Program Update & Miscellaneous

12:55 – Dr. Weiss’s journey into Cardiology and being a jack of all trades

17:59 – What exactly is “heart disease”?

21:10 – Risk factors and modeling of heart disease

23:12 – How can you map out heart disease from observational and controlled trials?

25:25 – A discussion about LDL cholesterol

31:35 – The role of triglycerides in the risk of heart disease

34:46 -  If you could take one diet with you, what would it be?

38:28 – What about concerns with seed oils?

40:50 – What about concerns with saturated fats?

43:57 – How to deal with sensationalist media scares about food?

49:03 – How would we deal with modern foods consumer demands such as vegan meats?

51:30 – Are we getting healthier?

54:03 – What about statins and the allegations against the drug industry?

59:33 – How do you find a health specialist nowadays?

1:02:17 – What does “Keyto” do?

1:0 3:55 – New studies you’re doing right now?

1:06:55 – Final Plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ethanjweiss
• UCSF Link: https://profiles.ucsf.edu/ethan.weiss
• Get Keyto Website: https://shop.getkeyto.com/
• Get Keyto Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetKeyto
• Keyto Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keyto.health/

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• Shop Energy Pods Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ketogeek-Chocolate-Energy-Organic-Vanilla/dp/B07B88S36J
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In this guns-blazing, unique and extremely loaded podcast, we talk about the role and importance of food processing and get an in-depth look at various food technologies and functional foods that are in the pipeline in the food industry. You don't want to miss out on this one!

BIO:

David Julian McClements is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Food Science at the University of Massachusetts.  He specializes in the areas of food biopolymers and colloids, and in particular on the development of food-based structured delivery systems for bioactive components. McClements received his Ph.D. in Food Science (1989) at the University of Leeds (United Kingdom) in ultrasonic spectrometry.  He then did Post-Doctoral Research at the University of Leeds, University of California (Davis) and University College Cork (Ireland). McClements is the sole author of "Future Foods: How Modern Science is Changing the Way We Eat" (2019), three editions of “Food Emulsions: Principles, Practice and Techniques” (1999, 2005, 2015) and of “Nanoparticle- and Microparticle-based Delivery Systems: Encapsulation, Protection and Release of Active Components” (2014), co-author of “Advances in Food Colloids” (1996) with Prof. Eric Dickinson, and co-editor of “Developments in Acoustics and Ultrasonics”, "Understanding and Controlling the Microstructure of Complex Foods”, “Designing Functional Foods”, “Oxidation in Foods and Beverages (Volumes 1 and 2)” and “Encapsulation and Delivery Systems for Food Ingredients and Nutraceuticals”.  In addition, he has published over 1000 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals (with an H-index of 104 on Web of Science, and >128 on Google Scholar), 12 patents, as well as numerous book chapters and conference proceedings.  Prof. McClements has previously received awards from the American Chemical Society, American Oil Chemists Society, Society of Chemical Industry (UK), Institute of Food Technologists, and University of Massachusetts in recognition of his scientific achievements.  Dr. McClements is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society (Agricultural and Food Division), and Institute of Food Technologists. His research has been funded by grants from the United States Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, US Department of Commerce, NASA, and the food industry.  He is the co-editor of Annual Reviews in Food Science and Technology, and a member of the editorial boards of a number of other journals.  He has organized numerous workshops, symposia, and international conferences in the field of food colloids, emulsions, and delivery systems

TIME STAMPS:

0:15 – A discussion about processed foods at Ketogeek

10:149 – How did you become a food scientist?

12:32 – What is an emulsion?

13:16 – Is honey a solution?

13:57 – What are nanoparticles in food?

15:26 – How do nanoemulsions work?

17:14 – How do you create nanoemulsions?

17:52 – Are there any applications of nanoparticles?

19:58 – How do respond to “processed foods are bad”?

22:38 – What is INFOGEST model for simulating gastrointestinal tract?

24:21 – Could you simulate and predict the hormonal or caloric response using such a model?

25:13 – the Would this model incorporate the microbiome?

25:59 – What results have been yielded with this model?

27:07 – What are “Excipient Emulsions” and how they improve the bioaccessibility of nutrients?

28:22 – Can nanoemulsions be used in solids and semi-solid foods?

30:02 – As a food scientist, when you look at a long list of ingredients in a product, what are you thinking?

31:25 – Addressing the concern with additives and preservatives

35:15 – What is the future of the foods?

36:58 – What is the “Science of Deliciousness”?

39:02 – What would you do to make something way too delicious?

41:01 – Obesity as the side effect of the success of the food industry & potential solutions

43:12 – Why chasing one macronutrient alone is not a solution to obesity

45:55 – What would you do with a billion dollars?

47:04 – What is “Food Structure” & “Food Architecture” and how it related to global obesity and diabetes?

51:38 – How do you address the concerns of “Conflict of Interest” biasing research?

52:43 – What technologies are you excited about?

54:19 – Your latest research and final Plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Website: https://www.umass.edu/foodsci/faculty/d-julian-mcclements
• BOOK: Future Foods: How Modern Science Is Transforming the Way We Eat
• Video Presentation on Nanoparticles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYiVXgqR4Y4

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In this very information-loaded podcast, we talk about many topics pertaining to biochemistry, autophagy, mTOR, Immunometabolism, protein structures, the impact of aging in muscle protein synthesis and the important role of protein in living organisms. 

BIO:

Lucas Tafur is currently working as a postdoc studying the regulation of TOR complexes in yeast. He is onterested in a wide range of topics related to human health and metabolism, and lately mostly towards skeletal muscle. He is trying to understand physiology using a bottom-up approach, starting from the molecular basis and building up to the organismal level, considering an evolutionary background for interpretation. He currently writes articles in his personal blog www.p70s6k.com and in Nutmol, a spanish website on nutrition and metabolism with a molecular biology-centric perspective (www.nutmol.com).

TIME STAMPS:

0:15 – Ketogeek Introduction, Energy Pods, and updates

10:28 – Lucas Tafur Introduction and a bottom-up approach towards nutrition

16:16 – What kind of studies are you interested in?

18:21 – How do you translate vitro studies into animal and human models?

21:50 – How substantial is autophagy when it comes to practical benefits?

27:57 – How does protein from food convert to muscles?

31:28 – What is mTOR and how does it impact muscle protein synthesis and cell growth?

39:10 – What is the role of mTOR and different muscular composition in bodybuilders, endurance athletes, and sedentary individuals?

42:13 – Is muscle hypertrophy triggered by muscular damage?

44:21 – How do age impact muscle mass and synthesis?

47:21 – Impact of anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle growth

49:30 – What is “inflammation” and immunometabolism?

53:50 – What is protein structure pertaining to structural biology?

57:57 – Can you tell what protein you will find in what organism?

1:00:14 – Why do we even have protein in nature and organisms?

1:03:50 – Why do animals have essential amino acids and plants don’t?

1:06:40 – Why ketosis may be less stressful when producing energy for the body

1:13:51 – Is there an advantage to having high Reactive Oxygen Species(ROS)?

1:15:30 – What is “nutmol”?

1:26:10 – What else do you do outside of research?

1:27:35 – What kind of research would you do for a billion dollars?

1:29:45 – Final Plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Personal Website: www.p70s6k.com 
• Spanish Website on Nutrition & Metabolism: www.nutmol.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/p70S6K

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• Shop Energy Pods Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ketogeek-Chocolate-Energy-Organic-Vanilla/dp/B07B88S36J
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In this informative episode, we discuss why we have many discrepancies and issues between science and the public interpretation of science through modern social media while talking about applications of biotech in the modern world, especially pertaining to human health outcomes and improving agriculture.

BIO:

Kathleen Hefferon received her Ph.D. from the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University. Kathleen has published multiple research papers, chapters, and reviews, and has written three books. Kathleen is the Fulbright Canada Research Chair of Global Food Security and has been a visiting professor at the University of Toronto over the past year. Her research interests include virus expression vectors, food security agricultural biotechnology and global health. Kathleen lives in New York with her husband and two children.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:15: Ketogeek mindset, updates, and product information

9:45: Dr. Kathleen’s story

11:46: Traveling abroad and her recent educational trip to Botswana

14:38: Issues with lack of women in livestock farming in Botswana

15:45: Traditional healing in Botswana

18:58: Potential applications of GMOs and drought-resistant plants in Africa

21:36: What challenges do you face when applying new technology in a developing country?

25:53: How did you end up engaging people on social media on scientific and controversial topics such as GMOs and glyphosate

38:04: Ambiguity in science and problems with establishing causality with certain chemicals

42:52: Why don’t many scientists engage with the public through social media and podcasting

50:49: What’s the biggest anti-GMO argument you hear?

55:50: Problem with science communication in the modern world

58:02: Kathleen’s research on using transgenic plants to produce vaccines

1:03:36: What are “plant virus nanoparticles”?

1:07:50: What are the potentials and limitations of transgenic derived vaccines?

1:10:31: Where did chemophobia originate from in the modern world?

1:18:33 Concerns with food wastage in developed and developing countries

1:21:50: Potential applications of GM crops for sequestering carbon and help with climate change

1:25:25: Given a billion dollars, what study would you do?

1:27:17: Final message and plugs

GUEST LINKS:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/KHefferon
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kathleen_Hefferon
• Personal Link: https://micro.cornell.edu/people/kathleen-hefferon/

KETOGEEK LINKS:

• Shop Energy Pods Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ketogeek-Chocolate-Energy-Organic-Vanilla/dp/B07B88S36J
• Ketogeek Ghee on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B29HM3D
• Ketogeek Merchandise, Ghee & Energy Pods: https://ketogeek.com/collections
• Ketogeek Newsletter: https://ketogeek.com/pages/sign-up
• Shop Energy Pods: https://ketogeek.com/collections/energy-pods
• Wholesale: https://ketogeek.com/pages/wholesale

OTHER LINKS

• Bad Science by Ben Goldacre (Book & Affiliate Link)