Protecting Your NEST with Dr. Tony Hampton

• Episode 233: An Engineer's Journey to Metabolic Health w/Doug Reynolds

  Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Doug Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA®—a platform offering a variety of educational tools and resources to medical practitioners and laypeople alike. He is also the President of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners—an organization founded to represent all researchers and practitioners working to improve metabolic health around the world through education, training, and support of evidence-based nutritional approaches, including carbohydrate restriction, as a valid therapeutic option or intervention. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Doug talk about: (00:00) Intro (02:00) How Doug first became interested in metabolic health, how he discovered the ketogenic diet, and how he came up with the idea that would become LowCarbUSA (08:55) One of Doug’s favorite moments from past LowCarbUSA conferences (19:15) How Doug’s early experiences in Zimbabwe and South Africa prepared him to put on the Low Carb Conferences (32:03) The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners and the Journal of Metabolic Health (37:24) What Doug’s new book, The Road to Metabolic Health, is about (39:50) The first step most people need to take on the road to metabolic health (49:50) How we can reach a broader audience with the message of metabolic health (56:30) Outro Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.   Links:   Resources Mentioned in this Episode: The SMHP:https://thesmhp.org The Journal of Metabolic Health: https://thesmhp.org/journal/   Doug Reynolds: LowCarbUSA: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/blog/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lowcarbusa/ X: https://x.com/lowcarbusa Linktree: https://linktr.ee/LowCarbUSA The Road to Metabolic Health (new book!): https://www.amazon.com/Road-Metabolic-Health-Answer-Pharmaceuticals/dp/1965653936   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drtonyhampton Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/drtonyhampton/ LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyhampton/ Ritmos Negros Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495 Q Med: https://qmedcme.com Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/san-diego-2022/ How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEB1Fr0_MM • • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/

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• Episode 232: Stefahn Daniel Jasper

  Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Stefahn Daniel Jasper is a 45 year old truck driver and a patient of Dr. Tony’s. Despite the challenges of life on the road, Stefahn’s commitment to the low carb diet has led to many measurable health improvements. Against all odds, he has transformed his truck into a rolling haven of health and has been moving steadily toward greater and greater wellness. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Stefahn talk about: (00:00) Intro (02:02) Why Stefahn initially started looking into the low carb diet (03:11) Stefahn’s motivation for working so hard on his health (05:51) The moment when Stefahn realized he needed to make a lifestyle change (09:16) How Stefahn plans his meals when he’s on the road driving the truck (12:10) How the low carb diet and clean eating causes you to desire snacks less (13:31) How Stefahn cooks his food on the road and why cooking for yourself is the cheaper way to go (17:12) How Stefahn stays alert and awake on the road and why coffee can spike your blood sugar (20:10) Navigating the fast food desert that many truck drivers must frequently drive through (21:43) Stefahn’s improved liver and kidney function on the low carb diet (24:37) Eating low carb at Subway and other burger/sandwich restaurants (27:03) Low carb snacks on the road (30:08) How Stefahn keeps track of his heath metrics and tracks his macros (33:12) How Stefahn stays in touch with people and finds support for his healthy lifestyle while he’s on the road (36:53) How following a low carb diet and learning about metabolic health has transformed Stefahn’s understanding of why we get sick and what it truly means to be healthy (39:28) The power of lemon water and hydration for mastering your hunger (42:06) Some situations on the road where Stefahn has had to get creative in order stay eat low carb (44:28) Stefahn’s message to his fellow truckers out there struggling with  poor health (47:24) Outro Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.   Links:   Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Roshani Sanghani: https://reisaanhealth.com/ Healing Humanity Documentary: https://healinghumanity.movie   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drtonyhampton Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/drtonyhampton/ LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyhampton/ Ritmos Negros Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495 Q Med: https://qmedcme.com Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/san-diego-2022/ How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEB1Fr0_MM • • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/

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• Episode 231: Emotional Healing with Dr. Nima Rahmany

  Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Nima Rahmany is a leading expert in emotional regulation, trauma healing, and relationship transformation. After a distinguished career as a chiropractor, he transitioned into the field of emotional and somatic healing, developing his signature Overview Experience program. His work focuses on nervous system regulation, shadow work, and healing attachment wounds, helping high-achieving professionals, parents, and individuals break free from toxic patterns and achieve deep emotional resilience. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Nima talk about: (00:00) Intro (02:17) What led Dr. Nima to transition from chiropractic care to emotional healing and trauma work (08:41) How the experiences of a baby in utero and in infancy can impact its health and emotional development (11:30) How to break out of unhealthy, stressful emotional cycles and understanding the anatomy of stress (17:24) How stress arises from harboring false expectations of reality (22:19) What “shadow work” is and why it is an important part of the work that Dr. Nima does (31:11) How shadow work can bring healing to your physical body (32:45) How unresolved trauma impacts the nervous system and can cause chronic illness in the body (39:20) What the “fawning” response is and how it breeds codependency and resentment (46:15) Grief, eating, and learning to operate your own nervous system (54:30) The value of coaching, group coaching, and community for building the skills you need to heal your nervous system (56:56) Outro, plugs, and resources   Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.   Links: Dr. Nima Rahmany: Website: https://drnima.com X: https://x.com/drnima Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnima/?hl=en Attachment Style Quiz: https://go.drnima.com/yrx93   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drtonyhampton Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/drtonyhampton/ LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyhampton/ Ritmos Negros Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495 Q Med: https://qmedcme.com Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/san-diego-2022/ How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEB1Fr0_MM • • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/

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• Episode 230: The Cancer-Diet Connection with Sam Apple

  Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Sam Apple is on the faculty of the MA in Science Writing and MA in Writing programs at Johns Hopkins. Prior to his arrival at Johns Hopkins, Apple taught creative writing and journalism at the University of Pennsylvania for ten years. He holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University. He is the author of Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Sam talk about: (00:00) Intro (02:32) Why Sam is a writer and why he decided to write non-fiction (04:23) How Sam and his sister, Jessica—the co-founder of The Metabolic Revolution—became interested in metabolic health (07:00) The book that Sam wrote with Jayson Tatum (09:31) What got Sam into basketball (12:55) Why Sam chose to research and write about the cancer-diet connection (14:34) The Warburg Effect (17:17) Awareness in culture about how cancer can be prevented with nutrition/diet (21:15) Why sugar consumption puts you at a higher risk for cancer and how we can use it without running serious health risks (24:51) Who Sam’s book, Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection, is for (28:23) The writing process for articles versus books (30:35) The power of stories and how Sam’s book advances awareness about metabolic health   Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.   Links:   Resources Mentioned in this Episode: The Metabolic Revolution: https://www.metabolicrevolution.org Petition to Ban Ultra-Processed Foods from School Meals: https://petition.qomon.org/healthy-futures-ban-ultra-processed-foods-from-school-lunches/ Gary Taubes (website): https://garytaubes.com/ Nina Teicholz (website): https://ninateicholz.com/   Sam Apple: Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HMPI0M/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=9c72ad44-1a9a-41a3-921f-b3bee7d7ed18 Website: https://www.samapple.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samapplebooks/?hl=en X: https://x.com/Sam_Apple1   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drtonyhampton Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/drtonyhampton/ LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyhampton/ Ritmos Negros Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495 Q Med: https://qmedcme.com Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/san-diego-2022/ How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEB1Fr0_MM • • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/

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• Episode 229: Dr. Lisa Wiedeman the Carnivore Doctor

  Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Lisa Wiedeman is a practicing optometric physician who has been in practice since 1991.  She is a passionate advocate of root cause healing for her patients and in both her virtual coaching groups as well as on her popular YouTube channel.  She is known for her no nonsense straight forward "Suck it up, Buttercup" approach to those who will come up with excuses to defend their addictive foods. She has been a carnivore for 16 years and has been coaching others to optimal health for over a decade. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Lisa talk about: (00:00) Intro (03:07) What led Dr. Lisa to look into and ultimately adopt a carnivore diet (12:06) What kinds of people should consider the carnivore diet (17:48) The connection between diabetes and eye conditions (25:47) The scientific process of how diabetes can lead to blindness (32:38) Why low carb, keto, and other animal-based diets make more sense than other dietary options that are widely accepted (39:53) Tips for those who want to avoid metabolic disease and, especially, promote the health of their eyes (42:54) The power of connecting with a community committed to the same ideas or lifestyle that you are (47:04) The upcoming carnivore diet documentary, Healing Humanity (48:42) Whether or not fiber is essential for a human diet (49:58) Some common carnivore diet myths and how to respond to naysayers (53:41) Outro Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.   Links:   Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Not By Bread Alone (book): https://www.amazon.com/Not-Bread-Alone-Vilhjalmur-Steffansson/dp/1635610788 Fat of the Land (book): https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Land-Vilhjalmur-Stefansson/dp/B0000CJQEU Zeroing in on Health (group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/zioh2/ HomeSteadHow: https://www.youtube.com/c/homesteadhow Healing Humanity (documentary): https://healinghumanity.movie Fiber Menace (book): https://www.amazon.com/Fiber-Menace-Konstantin-Monastyrsky-ebook/dp/B004J8HVV0?ref_=ast_author_dp Naysayers and How to Handle Them (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4cWF5d1do   Dr. Lisa Wiedeman: Carnivore Doctor Website: https://www.carnivore-doctor.com/ Carnivore Doctor Community: https://carnivore-doctor-community.mn.co/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carnivoredoctor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnivoredoctor/?hl=en Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Carnivoredoctor?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZlEDavUmvqOfMo2f-dU8M4ElZp5_KwgDCsN-onsYE0DDYHTj5kKIbnNOU_aem_WSk6oGic1Sr-AJvMTmI8LA   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drtonyhampton Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/drtonyhampton/ LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyhampton/ Ritmos Negros Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495 Q Med: https://qmedcme.com Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/san-diego-2022/ How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEB1Fr0_MM • • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/

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