Tools & References
Reading, Listening and Watching
A short, honest shelf of the books, podcasts and channels that shaped this practice. Start anywhere. The best first step is often just understanding why the old way kept failing you.
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The podcast
Lessons from the Ketoverse
My own podcast, where I think out loud about food, metabolic health and lasting change, in bite-sized episodes. It is the easiest way to hear how I coach before we ever speak.
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More voices worth following
Podcasts and channels
The Plant Free MD, with Dr. Anthony ChaffeeA surgeon making the case for meat-based eating and questioning conventional plant advice.
The Dr. Shawn Baker PodcastAn orthopedic surgeon and carnivore-diet advocate, with a wide range of practitioner guests.
Stay Off My Operating Table, with Dr. Philip OvadiaA heart surgeon on preventing the disease he operates on, through metabolic health.
The Primal PodcastAncestral and primal approaches to food and living.
The Road to CarnivoreReal stories and practical guidance from people walking the carnivore path.
Keto Carnivore Conversations, with Dr. Robert KiltzA physician exploring keto and carnivore eating for health and fertility.
Primal Edge Health PodcastKeto and carnivore lifestyle, family nutrition and practical how-to.
The Mikhaila Peterson PodcastWide-ranging health conversations, including elimination and meat-based eating.
Most links go straight to the show. A few open a search on that platform, which lands you in the right place; if one misses, just copy the show name into your favourite podcast app. These span a spectrum of low-carb, keto and carnivore views. I do not agree with every claim on every show, and that is the point: listen widely, stay curious, and bring your questions to a call.
The bookshelf
Books worth your time
The Real Meal RevolutionTim Noakes and colleagues. The book that launched a low-carb movement, with the science and the food.
The Case for KetoGary Taubes. A clear argument for why the food, not the willpower, has been the problem all along.
The Obesity CodeJason Fung. Insulin as the driver of weight, and why fasting and food quality matter more than calories.
Why We Get SickBenjamin Bikman. A readable tour of insulin resistance and why it sits under so much chronic disease.
The Big Fat SurpriseNina Teicholz. The investigative history of how dietary fat was wrongly blamed for decades.
Wheat BellyWilliam Davis. A look at modern wheat and its effects on weight and health.
Brain EnergyChristopher Palmer. A Harvard psychiatrist connecting metabolic health to mental health.
Change Your Diet, Change Your MindGeorgia Ede. Nutritional psychiatry, and how food shapes mood and focus.
Toxic SuperfoodsSally Norton. The case that some celebrated plants, high in oxalates, do not suit everyone.
Atomic HabitsJames Clear. The best plain-language guide to the small, repeated changes this practice is built on.
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"You do not need to read all of it. You need to read enough to believe that lasting change is possible for you. It is."
A gentle note
Read to understand, not to overwhelm
These are here to build your confidence, not your homework pile. If a single episode, chapter or video helps one idea click, that is a win. The climbing itself is done on the plate and in the week, not on the page.
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SourcesAuthor and host works listed above. This practice draws on the research summarised on the Evidence page.
