Dr. Ryan P. Lowery is the CEO of Ketogenic.com, author of The Ketogenic Bible, President of the Applied Science and Performance Institute, and KetoPhD™. His mission  is to spread awareness around the Ketogenic Lifestyle and its many benefits beyond body composition. He earned his BS and MS in exercise physiology and exercise and nutrition science from the University of Tampa and completed his doctorate work at Concordia University in Health and Human Performance with a focus on “The Effects of a Well-Formulated Ketogenic Diet and Exogenous Ketone Supplementation on Various Markers of Health and Body Composition in Healthy and Diseased Populations.” Over his career, Ryan has published over 150 papers, abstracts, and book chapters on human performance and sports nutrition and has dedicated his life to educating the masses. Today we will be talking exclusively about exogenous ketones and their various applications. Welcome to the show, our great friend Dr. Ryan Lowery.

After serving in the Amphibious Reconnaissance in the Marine Corps, Tony Molina met Valerie, and together they participated in the Discovery Channel’s Eco Challenges. These Eco Challenges consisted of racing non-stop, 24 hours a day, over a rugged 300-mile course, participating in such disciplines as trekking, whitewater canoeing, horseback riding, sea kayaking, scuba diving, mountaineering, camel-back riding, and mountain biking. As part of these races, Tony ended up in the jungles of South-East Asia. There, he got incredibly sick with some sort of tropical disease. When Tony arrived at the V.A. Hospital, no one could make sense of what he had. As such they flew in a tropical disease specialist who told Tony that he had one of three diseases:

1. Rabies. The tropical disease specialist hoped it wasn’t this because if it was then Tony was going to die.

2. Malaria. The tropical disease specialist hoped it wasn’t malaria because if it was then there was nothing medically interesting about Tony’s illness.

3. Leptospirosis. The tropical disease specialist hoped it was this because that would make Tony only the second known case on US soil of this disease and the doctor

could certainly write up a paper about this.

The tropical disease specialist got his wish. Tony had leptospirosis. Fortunately, the tropical disease specialist’s paper had a happy ending because Tony survived.

However, although Tony survived, he was left with a series of lingering medical issues. Tony was cured but not healed. Asking his doctors for help, Tony got nothing but shoulder shrugs.

Over the last two decades, Val and Tony have scoured the medical literature, searched for the latest technology and worked with people all over the world to develop an approach that steps in where the traditional medical industry can do little but shrug their shoulders. Tony is living proof that the techniques that have been brought together through his research can help your body rewire itself, and we’re very excited to have him on.

This week’s guest was diagnosed with osteoporosis in 6th grade, and ran into chronic pain in just a year later when she was rushed to the emergency room with severe chest pains, and left with a diagnosis of costochondritis and degenerative disc. She was also diagnosed with OCD, anxiety, depression, insomnia, Narcolepsy, and a myriad of digestive issues such as gastroparesis, IBS, IBD, slow transit colon, Celiac and diverticulitis. She started regular Chiropractic treatments to address scoliosis and chronic pain, and multiple rounds of physical therapy, but symptoms continued to worsen. Shortly after graduating high school, she ran into chronic adrenal fatigue, crippling anxiety, and pain so bad that she was bed-bound. She began to uncover the root of her issues, working with multiple functional medicine doctors, and embarked on a more strict/ personalized version of the ketogenic diet. She was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, ulcerative colitis, Addisons, Hashimotos hypothyroid, CREST scleroderma, and a central nervous system disorder called Central Sensitization Syndrome. With Keto, various supplements, and support she was able to get off of Adderal, Clonazepam, and Ambien after being dependent on them for 13 years. She gained energy and focus, reversed Hashimotos, and her cystic acne also cleared completely. After losing a severe amount of weight, she was diagnosed with difficule (C-Diff). She was resistant to all of the antibiotics, had 3 fecal transplants, and was told that she should consider removing her colon, and that she needed a feeding tube. Instead of doing that, she gained back 30 healthy pounds of mostly muscle, and overcame almost all of her autoimmune issues. She has broken up deep layers of scar tissue that were taking over her body and limiting mobility. Her mood has never been more stable, and she is mentally resilient. No more swollen ankles or strange skin rashes/ hives. Her energy is steady and dependable, and she is sleeping the best she has in her entire life. With over 15 years of experience with a Paleo and Ketogenic lifestyles (2 years Carnivore), extensive knowledge on supplements, and biohacking, she is currently broadening her knowledge on her pursuit of certifications through the Health Coach Institute. She is passionate about people, cooking, holistic nutrition, functional medicine, music, regenerative agriculture, freedom, and her Faith. She is grateful for what God has brought her through, and now she is helping others overcome their issues as well.

This week we are joined by someone who you may have already heard on this podcast once before—she is joining us again today because we saw everything she was doing recently and wanted to give her an opportunity to share it with you all. Hilary Boynton is a certified holistic health counselor with a bachelor of psychology from the University of Virginia and trained at the institute for integrative nutrition. She is also the author of the bestselling Heal Your Gut Cook Book and the Head of Nutrition Services at The Manzanita School in Topanga, CA. After seeing the power of food as medicine with her own family, she passionately dove into the challenge of solving school lunches. After years of frustration, she decided it was time to roll up her sleeves and become the “Lunch Lady” herself. Returning her children’s school to an ancestral way of eating has eliminated dietary confusion and changed lives on all fronts! From the children and staff eating the lunches, to the farmers and purveyors raising, growing and supplying the food, to the dedicated lunch leaders lovingly preparing the lunches, her concept is so infused with love one can’t help but want in.

She believes a grassroots effort and bottom-up approach is where it’s at. Hilary is most proud to see this infuse into the children’s homes where this way of eating now becomes the norm, and people are once again valuing time spent around the table with family, locally sourced seasonal foods, and great conversation.

Our guest this week is Toney Nikolatsopoulos. Born in San Antonio, and raised in Dallas, Texas, he spent almost a decade working across the country as a landman in oil, gas, and wind energy. Eventually finding his niche building and reviewing chain of title for land acquisition projects, building maps, and doing preliminary project due diligence. Unfortunately, by the end of 2011 it was becoming evident that his mother had already begun to move into the early stages of Alzheimer's / dementia. At 37, after much discussion with his wife, he left his career to become his mother's full-time caregiver. After nearly 6 months of following standard of care and dietary guidelines set forth by his mother's doctors and dietitians, she was only getting sicker and fatter. Using a strict ketogenic diet, within a year and a half, they shaved 150 lbs and 9 medications off of his mother. She remained on a strict ketogenic diet the end of 2017, when she started a carnivore diet. I had the honor of hearing Toney’s story firsthand 2 years ago at KetoCon, and it was one of those rare occasions where someone managed to get my eyes to bleed. We can’t wait to share his story with you all!

Dr. Anna Cabeca is an internationally-acclaimed menopause & sexual health expert, global speaker and pioneering promoter of women’s health and she is lovingly known as “The Girlfriend Doctor”! Dr. Cabeca is Emory University-trained and triple board-certified in gynecology and obstetrics, integrative medicine and anti-aging and regenerative medicine and is the author of best selling book “The Hormone Fix,” a diet and holistic lifestyle program for menopausal women and new release “Keto-Green 16” designed for improving energy, hormones, and rapid weight loss. Dr. Cabeca has reached hundreds of thousands of women around the globe, inspiring them to reclaim their optimal health and realize they can journey through menopause and find more purpose and pleasure than they ever dreamed possible. She is the recipient of the Impact Award for Innovation from the 2018 Mindshare Summit. She also received the 2017 Alan P. Mintz Award for Clinical Excellence in Age Management Medicine.

This week we are joined by Steve Katasi. Steve quit a lucrative Tech career bringing in multi-million dollar deals every quarter, to take a leap of faith… to discover and then follow a mission. To codify what it takes to #BeYourBest - not myopically, but holistically. So he could lead his best life, reclaim health, and help others do the same.

After 2.5 years, 130+ long-form podcasts, immense levels of info consumption, connecting the things that matter, and walking the talk - he launched the #BeYourBest Self-Optimisation Journey this year. It’s a unique 100 day personal growth online program that is an ‘instruction manual’ to the key foundations of life.

Steve focuses on self-optimization & personal growth, and hosts the adapnation podcast & website, which are dedicated to wellness, mindset, muscle & food.

In this episode, we cover a variety of subjects including mental struggles, holistic self-improvement, the family, and nutrition. I have been on Steve’s show a few times already, and we are honored to have him on the fat fueled family podcast!

Ali Miller is an integrative dietitian and founder of Naturally Nourished, a functional medicine private practice. She's also the author of Naturally Nourished: Food as Medicine for Optimal Health; Reset, Restore, Renew: Real Food Detox Program, and the Anti-Anxiety Diet and the Anti-Anxiety Cookbook that's out now. Through corporate outreach and as a public figure Ali addresses nutrition misconceptions and myths, clarifying the extensive amount of confusing and conflicting information that often saturates the media. She also teaches a really awesome food as medicine virtual ketosis class that educates patients, regular people, and healthcare practitioners. And we're super excited to have her back on the show.

This week, we have a special guest who we’ve been following for years! Connor Boyack is founder and president of Libertas Institute, a free market think tank in Utah. Named one of Utah's most politically influential people by The Salt Lake Tribune, Connor's leadership has led to dozens of legislative victories spanning a wide range of areas such as privacy, government transparency, property rights, drug policy, education, personal freedom, and more. A public speaker and author of 21 books, Connor is best known for The Tuttle Twins books, a children’s series introducing young readers to economic, political, and civic principles. By the way, we own all of the Tuttle Twins books and we highly recommend them! Connor lives near Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife and two homeschooled children. In this episode, we talk about Libertas, the Tuttle Twins books, parenting, homeschooling and some other very important and very relevant topics.

This week’s guests are a family of 4 that decided to take the road less traveled. They've been rock bottom but gained their wealth over the last 7 years as they've traveled the world with old friends, and new friends like us! Travel has expanded their minds and propelled them to sell almost everything they own and go coast to coast to discover more of what life has to offer!Today we will be talking about their struggles, their challenges, and how they turned them into victory.