About Us
Adapt Your Life Academy was created to offer something different from the noise, confusion, and one-size-fits-all advice that dominates the health world.
Our programs are built around clear guidance, practical implementation, and a primary focus on the therapeutic power of dietary carbohydrate restriction to improve metabolic health. We help people cut through confusion and learn how to use low-carbohydrate, ketogenic, and related nutritional approaches in a way that is realistic, structured, and grounded in clinical experience.
The Academy was founded by Eric Westman, MD, a physician, researcher, bestselling author, and former president of the Obesity Medicine Association. For more than 25 years, Dr. Westman has been at the forefront of clinical research and patient care using low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets to address obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other conditions driven by insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help as many people as possible change their lives by simply changing their food.
Adapt Your Life Academy exists to make effective nutrition and health guidance easier to understand, easier to trust, and easier to apply in everyday life.
We believe lasting change begins with clear education, practical tools, and an approach grounded in evidence, real-world experience, and sustainable lifestyle change.
Health shouldn't be so complicated
We believe every person deserves the chance to improve their health without needing an advanced degree, a personal trainer, a private chef, or an unlimited budget to do it.
Getting healthier should not feel like a full-time job.
That’s why we teach an approach to carbohydrate restriction that is clear, practical, and grounded in clinical experience. It is designed to be easy to understand, realistic to implement, and sustainable for real life, including on a modest budget.
This is a simpler path to better metabolic health, built on methods that have been used successfully in both clinical practice and everyday life.
what Our online Programs have helped people achieve
- Sustainable weight loss
- Better Control over hunger
- Improved joint pain and mobility
- Reduced binge eating behaviors
- Reduced sugar cravings
- Improved blood sugar regulation
- Relief from acid reflux symptoms
- Improved lipedema & lymphedema symptoms
- Improved blood pressure markers
- Improved cardiovascular risk markers
Programs for every stage of your journey
Adapt Your Life Academy offers a focused suite of doctor-led programs designed to meet people at different stages of their health journey, from getting started with keto to navigating GLP-1 medications and building long-term confidence with low-carbohydrate living.
Our current programs include:
Start Keto Right
A simple beginner-friendly course designed to help people start keto the right way, with clear guidance, practical tools, and a strong foundation for success.
Keto Complete
A guided 3-week program for people who want a deeper, more structured approach to using keto for weight loss, metabolic health, and lasting lifestyle change.
Navigating GLP-1s
A doctor-led program designed to help people understand what to eat, what to expect, and how to protect their health while using GLP-1 medications.
Carnivore Made Simple
A clear, practical program for people who want to understand and implement a carnivore approach with confidence and simplicity.
Alumni Membership
Ongoing support for graduates who want continued guidance, coaching, accountability, and community as they put what they’ve learned into practice.
Every program is designed to make complex health information easier to understand and easier to apply in real life. Our teaching is accessible to the general public, while still offering a level of depth and clinical insight that many healthcare professionals also find valuable.
Our Faculty
Our faculty consists of leading authorities in ketogenic and low-carbohydrate diets, diabetes, cancer, movement and mobility, ancestral health, and related fields, all of whom are dedicated to evidence-based practice and helping their patients and clients become their own most informed and empowered advocates.
Eric Westman
Michael & Mary Dan Eades
Vera Tarman
Christy Kesslering
Amy Berger
Scott Parker
Our Team
Adapt Your Life Academy is guided by a close-knit leadership team with a shared commitment to trustworthy education, practical implementation, and meaningful results.
Led by Eric Westman, MD, Founder and Medical Director, along with Glen Finkel, and Liza Becker, who oversee its strategic direction, program experience, and day-to-day operations.
With content supported by trusted educators, including Amy Berger, a certified nutrition specialist and respected author whose work helps make complex nutrition and health topics more accessible and practical for everyday life.
Behind the scenes, a dedicated team supports student experience, content, and community so that members feel guided, informed, and supported every step of the way.
Eric Westman
Glen Finkel
Liza Becker
Amy Berger
Jenny Short
Kyle Skrinak
Bjorn Hansen
James Woolley
Erin Coe
Read our award-winning Book
End Your Carb Confusion, written by Eric Westman, MD and Amy Berger, is a clear, practical guide to finding the right level of carbohydrate intake for your body, your goals, and your health.
Whether you want to lose weight, improve metabolic health, or better understand how low-carbohydrate eating works, this award-winning book helps cut through confusion and offers a more personalized path forward.
Winner of the Top Keto Book award at the Metabolic Health Summit in 2022.
Available wherever books are sold online.
Cook with confidence
End Your Carb Confusion: The Cookbook: Carb-Customized Recipes from a Chef’s Kitchen to Yours — 100 delicious low-carb recipes from a Master Chef who has led the kitchen in Michelin-starred restaurants. Available To Purchase Online
