Keto

Why Keto Might Stop Working and What to Do Next Reviewed by Eric Westman, MD, MHS (June 2025) You remember the beginning, don’t you? The first few weeks or months on the ketogenic diet felt like a magic trick. The numbers on the scale were moving down quickly, your energy

Introduction to Andrew Koutnik Dr. Eric Westman: It’s my great pleasure to have Dr. Andrew Koutnik with me today. Andrew Koutnik: It’s great to be here, and it’s an honor to get to speak with you today. Who Andrew Koutnik is, where he is from, his diagnosis and how he

Introduction Dr. Eric Westman: It’s my pleasure to talk to Dominic D’Agostino. You’ll love this video because Dominic is in a position of seeing an emerging science, and then being part of meeting planning and going to meetings that puts him in a unique position to know the future, almost

Dr. Eric Westman: I am pleased to have Dr. Stephen Cunnane here today. Dr. Stephen Cunnane: Thanks, Dr. Eric Westman. It’s a pleasure to be here. Introduction, training and low-carb diet Dr. Eric Westman: Thank you, and thanks for taking the time to talk to me and to people who

Introduction Dr. Eric Westman: It is my pleasure to have Dr. Thomas Seyfried here today. Thank you for taking the time to talk today. Dr. Thomas Seyfried: It is a pleasure to have this opportunity to speak with you. Dr. Eric Westman: Who are you, where are you from, and

You’ve been helping people fight chronic illnesses like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic conditions in your clinic using nutrition as therapy for the last 15 years. You’ve had incredible success in reversing these conditions using nutritional therapy. I have often heard you mention that your keto diet method

We often hear statements like, “Keto is unhealthy. It’s dangerous, don’t do it long term,” and so many other negative statements. Why do you think this is? I’ve been hearing those statements now for 20 years. When we got into the idea of studying a low-carb and keto diet, this

You’ve been advocating a keto diet in your clinic for over 15 years now. How has your method of keto changed your patients’ lives over the years? In so many different ways. Where do I begin?! We often focus on the medical problems getting better; we do a lot of

Meet Dr. Tro Kalayjian, and learn his health secrets Dr. Eric Westman: It’s my great pleasure to have Dr. Tro Kalayjian with me. You’re living in Tappan, correct? Dr. Tro Kalayjian: I actually live in a small little town just north of New York City, called Palisades, but my office

Hi, I’m Dr. Eric Westman. I got started in keto research and medicine in 1998, about 25 years ago. Two patients came to me in the office while I was an ambulatory care doctor at the Veterans Affairs Clinic in Durham, North Carolina, and they lost over 50 pounds each.

I will talk about ketosis tonight – everything you wanted to know and everything that I want to know. I’m going to end with the question of whether we probably should just all be in ketosis all the time. I’m beginning to wonder, and you’ll see my reasoning. My background

The carnivore diet…should you do it? Have you heard of it? The carnivore diet So many people ask me about the carnivore diet, and I’m a little bit torn. There seem to be some benefits, clearly, but there are a lot of unknowns. I was introduced to the carnivore diet

What is a vegan diet, and is it a healthy thing to do? Can you do a vegan keto? Veganism I have to say, I am not a teacher of a vegan diet, so I’m going to share with you, a credible source of information about what a vegan diet

These are the top 5 mistakes I see people making when trying a keto diet: 1. Counting Net Carbs Using net carbs instead of total carbs messes up a lot of people. Let me explain. In the “internet keto” world, different brands and influencers teach keto in many different ways.

I think the top five healthy foods are eggs (any style that you like), meat and poultry (any style that you like), fish and seafood (any way you like it – without carbs, of course),  cauliflower or other non-starchy vegetables (the ones you like), and spinach or other greens (eat

#1 Understand what keto means What is keto? Keto is not a food, keto is not a brand name, keto is not a license to eat whatever is called “keto.” Keto is a metabolic state. “Keto” comes from the term “ketosis,” which really means fat burning. The most important thing,

I started researching low-carb keto diets over 20 years ago and I didn’t know much about nutrition. Like most doctors, I didn’t get much training in nutrition in medical school or in residency. I did an internal medicine residency and I did learn about total parenteral nutrition, which is what

Dr. Eric Westman: Hi, everyone. My guest today is Dr. Christy Kesslering. She is a radiation oncologist and a member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, of which I am a board member as well. Christy practices in the Chicagoland area as a “seeing patients” oncologist, which I love.

You may have never heard of metabolic syndrome before. In fact, many doctors don’t even know what it is because it’s a relatively new concept. When we look at heart disease risk factors, metabolic syndrome is a risk factor that’s much stronger than the traditional way of looking at a

The keto diet is not a new concept The low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet is best known for its effect on helping people lose weight. In fact, it was discovered almost 150 years ago that if you took carbohydrates (sugars and starches) out of the diet, you would lose weight. It was