About Adapt Your Life Academy
If you’re looking for clear, evidence-based guidance to improve your metabolic health, you’re in the right place.
At Adapt Your Life Academy, we believe lasting improvements in metabolic health begin with nutrition and lifestyle change. Our programs help you understand how to use evidence-based, low-carbohydrate nutrition in a way that is practical, realistic, and sustainable for everyday life.
We created the Academy to offer something different from the noise, confusion, and one-size-fits-all advice that dominate today’s health world. Rather than chasing the latest trends or quick fixes, we focus on helping you build a strong foundation through education, practical implementation, and ongoing support.
Our teaching is grounded in the therapeutic use of dietary carbohydrate restriction to improve metabolic health. Whether you’re interested in low-carbohydrate eating, ketogenic nutrition, or learning how lifestyle changes can support your health goals, our goal is to help you cut through the confusion with guidance you can trust and confidently apply.
Adapt Your Life 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 helped thousands of patients improve obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other conditions associated with insulin resistance through evidence-based nutrition, while also contributing to the scientific research that has helped advance the field of metabolic health.
Today, Adapt Your Life Academy continues that mission by providing trusted education, structured programs, and ongoing support to help you make meaningful, lasting improvements in your health.
Our Philosophy
Everything we teach is guided by The Adapt Method, our approach to improving metabolic health through nutrition and lifestyle change.
The Adapt Method begins with a simple belief: the way you eat should work with your biology, not against it.
Whether you’re improving your health through a low-carbohydrate way of eating or alongside medical treatment, the food you eat continues to influence blood sugar regulation, body composition, energy, and overall health. We believe nutrition and lifestyle form the foundation of long-term metabolic health.
The Adapt Method combines low-carbohydrate nutrition, practical education, and sustainable lifestyle strategies to help you understand how your body works and make informed decisions with confidence.
Meet Dr. Westman
Dr. Eric Westman is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Adapt Your Life Academy.
For more than 25 years, Dr. Westman has helped patients improve their health through a low-carbohydrate approach to nutrition. His work is built on a simple idea: when you understand how food affects your body, you can make choices that support your health instead of working against it.
Rather than asking you to count calories, rely on willpower, or follow complicated rules, Dr. Westman teaches a practical, sustainable way of eating that fits into everyday life. His approach has helped thousands of patients improve obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other conditions associated with insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction.
Everything taught at Adapt Your Life Academy is built on the same principles Dr. Westman has used in clinical practice, research, and patient education throughout his career.
What our online programs have helped people achieve:
- Improved blood sugar regulation
- Relief from acid reflux symptoms
- Improved lipedema & lymphedema symptoms
- Improved blood pressure markers
- Improved cardiovascular risk markers
- Sustainable weight loss
- Better Control over hunger
- Improved joint pain and mobility
- Reduced binge eating behaviors
- Reduced sugar cravings
How We Can Support You
Whether you’re just getting started, looking for more structured guidance, navigating GLP-1 medications, or seeking ongoing support, Adapt Your Life Academy offers programs designed to meet you where you are. Our programs include:
– START KETO RIGHT
Learn Dr. Westman’s simple, step-by-step approach to starting keto, with clear guidance on what to eat, what to avoid, and how to build a strong foundation for better metabolic health.
– KETO COMPLETE
Deepen your understanding of Dr. Westman’s approach to low-carbohydrate living by learning how to start keto, personalize your carbohydrate intake as your body heals, and confidently navigate cholesterol, thyroid hormones, weight loss plateaus, and medications.
– NAVIGATING GLP-1S
Understand how nutrition and lifestyle can support your success while using GLP-1 medications, including what to eat, what to expect, and how to protect your muscle, metabolism, and long-term health.
– CARNIVORE MADE SIMPLE
Discover when an animal-based approach may be appropriate to support autoimmune disease, reduce inflammation, and improve metabolic health, while learning how to implement a carnivore diet safely and with confidence.
– ONGOING SUPPORT
Continue building on what you’ve learned with ongoing coaching, expert guidance, accountability, and a supportive community to help you stay on track for the long term.
Our team:
Adapt Your Life Academy is led by a dedicated team committed to helping you improve your health through trusted education, practical support, and a shared commitment to metabolic health.
Eric Westman, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, provides the medical leadership and educational vision behind our programs.
Liza Becker, Chief Operating Officer, and Glen Finkel, Chief Executive Officer, lead the strategy, program development, and day-to-day operations that bring The Adapt Method to life.
Content is also developed in collaboration with Amy Berger, CNS, a certified nutrition specialist, bestselling author, and respected educator known for making complex nutrition topics easy to understand and apply.
Behind every program is a dedicated team committed to creating an exceptional learning experience and supporting you throughout your journey.
Eric Westman
Glen Finkel
Liza Becker
Amy Berger
Jenny Short
Kyle Skrinak
Bjorn Hansen
James Woolley
Erin Coe
Featured Book
End Your Carb Confusion by Eric Westman, MD and Amy Berger, CNS introduces Dr. Westman’s personalized approach to low-carbohydrate living through a simple three-phase framework.
Rather than recommending the same level of carbohydrate restriction for everyone, the book helps you determine the carbohydrate range that’s right for you based on your health goals and where you are in your metabolic health journey.
The three phases form an important part of The Adapt Method, providing a practical roadmap that can evolve as your health improves.
Featured Cookbook
End Your Carb Confusion: The Cookbook helps you put The Adapt Method into practice with 100 delicious low-carbohydrate recipes created by Master Chef Scott Parker. Every recipe is designed to support all three carbohydrate phases, making it easy to prepare meals that match your individual health goals and stage of metabolic health.
