Keto

Reviewed by Dr. Eric Westman, MD, MHS (October 2025) Navigating the holiday season while following a keto diet can feel pretty daunting! Between family feasts, office parties, and other gatherings, you might feel like you’re surrounded by high-carb comfort foods and sugary treats from Halloween straight through to New Year’s

Introduction Dr. Eric Westman: It’s my great pleasure to have Richard Smith back. How are you today? Richard Smith: Dr. Westman, I am absolutely incredible, super excited for our chat today and it was a pleasure to meet you recently. Dr. Eric Westman: You came over to the UK and

Keto vs. Low-Carb: What’s the Real Difference? Reviewed by Dr. Eric Westman, MD, MHS: (September 2025) For many American women navigating their 40s, 50s, and beyond, the quest for a sustainable and effective approach to health and wellness can feel like a full-time job. The body’s landscape changes during this

Dr. Eric Westman: You’ve sent in questions, you’ve sent in comments, and here are some replies: 1. Restoration   Q: I’ve been struggling with high blood sugar for about 10 years. Labeled pre-diabetic but trying to change through lifestyle, I’ve yo-yoed up and down. My last A1C was 5.7. Recently,

Introduction Dr. Eric Westman: I have Doug Reynolds with me who has been a leader and a coworker with me in The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. The story starts way before with a conference he and his wife started putting on. Where would you start? How did we come

Introduction Dr. Eric Westman: Today, we have Ben Azadi with Keto Kamp. We crossed paths at a Keto Salt Lake meetup, I can’t remember what year, it’s all a blur. I was just so impressed with your enthusiasm. You lit up the crowd, the audience. I’ve also been following your

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.