Fabulously Keto

Dr Ian Lake  is a GP in Gloucestershire. He has had a long term interest in preventive medicine. Having Type 1 Diabetes himself, he eventually discovered and was strongly influenced by the book ‘Richard Bernstein's Diabetes Solution’. He went on a very low carb diet five years ago which he feels has positively transformed his daily diabetes control to near non diabetes levels. He is planning...

AMA - Christmas, Social Drinking, NAFLD and more This week’s episode is ‘ask me anything’ (AMA) which we wanted to answer questions from our listeners. Questions for our next episode can be submitted through http://fabulouslyketo.com/ama/ The following questions were asked by our listeners.   If you “come off the Keto wagon” for some treats at Christmas, how do you kick start it again an...

Nikola Howard Nikola says that she started to gain weight when she entered puberty. She put this down to good too much ice-cream and a decreasing desire to exercise. In 1999, aged 29, weighing 19st 2lbs, an Evans size 26 she was concerned about the arthritis in her right knee, both wrists and left shoulder.  Having lost 3 and half stone with low fat diets, and then gaining it back again, alon...

Dr Peter Brukner OAM  is a specialist sports and exercise physician whose most recent position has been Australian cricket team doctor from 2012-17. Peter is the founding partner of Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne and Professor of Sports Medicine at LaTrobe University. A founding Executive Member of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, he served two terms as Preside...

Bitten Jonsson  is a Registered Nurse since 1973, worked with addiction medicine since 1987 and sugar addiction since 1993. Developed a Holistic Addiction Treatment model, worked with group treatment for many years. She has been teaching and training professionals since 2012.  Bitten is a recovering alcoholic and her understanding of addiction has been a 26 year journey. She started to l...

Sam Feltham   has been in the health and fitness industry for over a decade. Starting out as a party coordinator at a sports centre and working his way up to studying at the European Institute of Fitness and qualifying as a Master Personal Trainer. After 5 years of running a fitness boot camp business Sam decided to move away from that business in order to fully focus on improving public heal...

Lisa Bailey   is a 52 year old who hails originally from Bournemouth, in the south of England. She is a qualified Personal Trainer, with special certifications in Kettlebell training, HIIT training and Cardio Kickboxing, plus she is also a qualified Naturopathic Nutritionist and Primal Health Coach.  Years of various illnesses relating to gut health led Lisa to investigate her dietary pa...

Fidel Gonzalez  has been living a ketogenic lifestyle for the last 6 years which has improved his quality of life.  Despite having been fairly active most of his life with running and going to the gym, he struggled with weight gain as he aged.  At 40 years old he had his  first hip replacement and was advised to not run due to it being a high impact activity and may affect the...

Dr Chris Barclay  was brought up in Ipswich. He qualified as a doctor at Sheffield University in 1978 (the very same year he got married and Ipswich won the FA Cup - a rather good year). He worked for two years in Sierra Leone before before returning to Sheffield to starting speciality training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He swapped over to General Practice in 1989. Chris Barclay is curren...

Dr Chris Barclay  was brought up in Ipswich. He qualified as a doctor at Sheffield University in 1978 (the very same year he got married and Ipswich won the FA Cup - a rather good year). He worked for two years in Sierra Leone before before returning to Sheffield to starting speciality training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He swapped over to General Practice in 1989. Chris Barclay is curren...

Dr Zoë Harcombe  talks about how the real food revolution needs to be a bottom - up revolution because it doesn't seem that there will be a top down revolution. She talks about the correlations between the mistakes made with the Eat Well Plate in the 80s and the Covid laws of the 20s. Dr Zoë focuses on real food food rather than low carb but says that the nature of real food is that it is low...

No-one wants to get a Parkinson's disease diagnosis but Audrey tells us how she is getting herself in the best place to be, to limit the damage and maintain her quality of life. Audrey Boyle runs a pilates and dance business from coastal Suffolk where she has lived for over 30 years. Originally from Glasgow she appreciates the drier warmer climate and fabulous wetland and grassland wildlife near h...

Bitte Kempe Björkman  has been eating real food since January 2009 which she says literally changed her life! She lost 15 kilos, migraines, gastric catarrh, dry skin, low energy levels etc. Now, in her golden middle age,she feels more energized and healthier than ever! In her working life, she has been a reporter and with marketing most of her life. Her life took a new, exciting twist in 2014...

This week, Jackie and Louise wanted to present a stand alone episode of an overview of "What is Keto".   We cover what keto is and what it isn't along with how to get started and some simple substitutions. Science for low carbohydrate  Carbohydrate Insulin model scientific explanation    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082688/ Virta studies  https://www.front...

This episode is an introduction to Jackie and Louise and their journey to low carb and keto. Jackie Fletcher  lives in the UK with her husband and twin boys. After starting on her low carb eating journey in May 2017 and then moving to a ketogenic way of eating in January 2018, she has discovered a passion for everything low carb and keto. In 2019 she decided to make low carb and keto part of...

In this introduction to a new British and Australian Keto Podcast, Jackie and Louise tell you a little bit about themselves. They share with you how they met and why they started The Fabulously Keto Podcast. This is just a short introduction, so they go into more detail in episode 1. With this new British and Australian Keto Podcast, Jackie and Louise will be interviewing guests in future editions...