The keto diet is much simpler than you think it is. There’s so much confusing and conflicting information about keto, but it doesn’t need to be complicated at all. Read through these articles to get the facts about this way of eating. It’s all here: what to eat and what to avoid, whether you should measure your ketones or use exogenous ketones, the roles of fasting and MCT oil, and more. Plus, Dr. Westman’s top tips for losing weight, getting rid of dreaded belly fat, dining out on keto, and his science-based opinions on artificial sweeteners, seed oils, and more.
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.
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.
