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Nina Teicholz - 'Why Nutrition Advice is So Wrong'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:38:10 -0000

Nina Teicholz is a New York Times bestselling investigative science journalist who has played a pivotal role in challenging the conventional wisdom on dietary fat. Her groundbreaking work, 'The Big Fat Surprise', which The Economist named as the #1 science book of 2014, has led to a profound rethinking on whether we have been wrong to think that fat, including saturated fat, causes disease.

Nina continues to explore the political, institutional, and industry forces that prevent better thinking on issues related to nutrition and science. She has been published in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the British Medical Journal, Gourmet, the Los Angeles Times and many other outlets.

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Prof. Grant Schofield - 'Low Carb - Where Is The Science At?'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:35:27 -0000

Professor Grant Schofield is Professor of Public Health and Director of the Human Potential Centre at AUT Millenium in Auckland, New Zealand. Prof. Schofield’s research and teaching interests range from understanding and improving lifestyle behaviours (such as sleep, nutrition and physical activity), to wellbeing epidemiology and human performance.

Prof. Schofield currently leads a team of researchers investigating the role of insulin in the development of chronic disease and the feasibility of adherence to diets which are low in carbohydrate but high in fat.

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Dr. Ryan Lucas - 'Low Carb Principles in Kids: Rationale and Implementation'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:32:43 -0000

Dr. Ryan Lucas is a paediatric registrar and Kawasaki Disease researcher. He completed his medical training in Sydney, and is currently undertaking a PhD on the epidemiology and management of Kawasaki Disease in Australia at The University of Sydney.

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Dr. David Johnson - 'Changing The 'Shape' Of Spinal Surgery'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Dr David Johnson is an Australian trained brain and spinal neurosurgeon. He holds clinical positions at the Royal Brisbane, Brisbane Private and Sunshine Coast Private Hospitals. He also works on the Medical Advisory Committee of the BPH and is a member of SOLAS (Society Of Lateral Access keyhole Surgery).

Dr. Johnson has recognised that in recent years his patients have become bigger, sicker and less physically active. His understanding that body habitus and metabolic health correlate to surgical risk and rehabilitation efficiency has resulted in his practice now adopting a Low Carb, High fat approach to nutrition combined with functional movement training when treating patients. He has seen significant success with this method of treatment.

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A/Prof. Sarah Zaman - 'Ketogenic Diet in the Management of People with Heart Failure'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:27:16 -0000

Associate Professor Sarah Zaman is an Academic Interventional Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney, Australia. Sarah has been recognised as a national leader in academic cardiology as recipient of the prestigious National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship and NSW Elite Post-doctoral Grant. She has also been recognised internationally within interventional cardiology; having been selected from a world-wide application process to the SCAI-ELM Fellowship.

A/Prof Zaman has a PhD from the University of Sydney, targeting prevention of sudden cardiac death. She leads a Women’s Heart Disease Research Program at the University of Sydney focused on healthcare inequities in heart attack care for women and female-predominant cardiac conditions, such as spontaneous coronary artery dissection. She leads clinical studies and has more than $2 million in competitive grant funding.

A/Prof. Zaman is regularly invited to national/international interventional scientific meetings and organises the Australian/New Zealand Endovascular Therapies scientific sessions and Essential Percutaneous Intervention Course. A/Prof Sarah Zaman is an active advocate for women in cardiology, having co-founded the Women in Cardiology groups for Australia/New Zealand.

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Prof. Grant Schofield - 'Low carb and beyond How diet affects our health: The plausible mechanisms'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:24:32 -0000

Prof. Grant Schofield is the Professor of Public Health at Auckland University of Technology, director of the University’s Human Potential Centre, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Education in New Zealand, co-author of four best-selling books and Chief Science Officer for PREKURE.

Grant’s career has focused on preventing the diseases of modern times, and seeing what it takes to help people live a long, healthy and happy life. He lives and breathes the motto “be the best you can be”, and sees this as a game-changer for the health system – capable of transforming the current health (sickness) model, to one in which we aspire to be well. He is redefining public health as the science of human potential; the study of what it takes to have a great life.

Prof. Schofield is well known for thinking outside the box and challenging conventional wisdom in nutrition and weight loss, as well as physical activity and exercise.

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Paul Smith - 'Diabetes, Technology and Children'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:21:49 -0000

Paul Smith is an Accountant, Auditor and the parent of a child with Type-1 Diabetes. In this video he discusses the latest technology used to manage Type-1 Diabetes combined with the benefits of restricting carbohydrates and ignoring the standard medical advice given to newly diagnosed Diabetics.

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Dr. David Unwin - 'What predicts drug-free type 2 diabetes remission?'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:44:00 -0000

Dr. David Unwin is GP based in Southport in the United Kingdom. After over 25 years of attempting to treat diabetes by conventional methods, Dr. Unwin was introduced to low carb nutrition through one of his patients and the website www.diabetes.co.uk

From this revelation, Dr. Unwin now ignores official advice and treats his patients with a low-carbohydrate diet. Since adopting the approach, his practice now spends £68,000 less each year on drugs for diabetes than is average for his area.

Dr. Unwin is the RCGP National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes, as well as a Clinical Expert in diabetes. In 2015 he won the North West NHS ‘Innovator of the Year Award’ and in 2016 he won the National NHS 'Innovator of the Year Award' for his work in treating diabetes with a low carbohydrate approach.

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Overfed Yet Undernourished: Real food solutions to Australia's epidemic of dietary ill-health

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:19:05 -0000

Type-2 diabetes, heart attack, stroke, dementia, cancer... the incidences of these and more diseases have been soaring in recent decades. Why? Because our diet is chock-full of sugars, refined carbohydrates, seed oils and ultraprocessed foods. Australian of the Year 2020 Dr James Muecke AM poses real food solutions to our epidemic of dietary ill-health, in a short video narrated by acclaimed actress Heather Mitchell AM.
#justeatrealfood

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Dr. Kieron Rooney - 'Low Carbohydrate Research in Australia'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:16:21 -0000

Dr. Kieron Rooney, BSc (Hons); (RNutr.); PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney.

He completed his PhD in Biochemistry in 2004 and for the past 10 years has investigated both human and small animal studies investigating the role of diet and physical activity on parameters of fuel storage and utilisation as they pertain to dysregulated metabolic states such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

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Prof. Nasim Salehi - 'A Literature Review of Fasting and Low Carb Diets'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:13:38 -0000

Prof. Nasim Salehi is a Professor of Healthcare Innovations at Bond University (Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine). With two decades of academic and industry experience, Nasim is a recognised leader in the interconnected domains of health promotion, healthcare management and leadership.

She is a strong advocate for integrated, holistic, and compassionate health services across health, social, and community care settings. Her impactful research has significantly influenced policies and practices at various levels, including contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Prof. Salehi's mission focuses on two key areas: empowering transformative leaders to drive positive changes in personal lives, communities, and society at large, while championing proactive, sustainable, and functional healthcare strategies that emphasise preventive care and empower individuals to take control of their health. By fostering leadership and advocating for health empowerment, her aim is to to create a significant impact on both individual well-being and broader healthcare systems.

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A/Prof. Ken Sikaris - 'Cholesterol - When to Worry'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:10:54 -0000

A graduate of the University of Melbourne, Dr Sikaris trained at the Royal Melbourne, Queen Victoria, and Prince Henry's Heidelberg Repatriation Hospitals. He obtained fellowships from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists in 1992 and 1997 respectively.

Dr Sikaris was Director of Chemical Pathology at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne between 1993 and 1996. A NATA-accredited laboratory assessor, Dr Sikaris specialises in Prostate Specific Antigen, cholesterol and quality assurance and is currently chair of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Committee on Analytical Quality. His expertise is highly sought and he has presented extensively at national and international symposiums.

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Claire McDonnell Liu - 'ADHD, Autism and Metabolic Health'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:08:10 -0000

Claire McDonnell Liu is an independent nutritionist with over 10 years of expertise as a metabolic health specialist. She originally qualified in the UK, supporting patients with low-carb nutrition therapy within the NHS, and delivering school food improvement and education programs across the UK, before relocating to Australia.

Claire has a particular interest in metabolic nutritional support for adults and children with neurodivergent conditions, including ADHD and ASD, delivering school programs and individual consultations.

Claire has affiliations with non-profit and charitable metabolic health organisations, as a health researcher, writer, and project manager, including with the Australasian Metabolic Health Society, the Nutrition Coalition, Public Health Collaboration, Matthew’s Friends, and Low Carb Down Under.

You can follow Claire’s Low Carb Down Under blog contributions here; https://lowcarbdownunder.com.au/category/news/
Her regular metabolic health podcast here; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq3-b1Ya_LEfZg97jZqI9yQ and her nutrition work here; https://leafie.org/

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Marty Kendall - 'Managing Insulin to Optimise Nutrition'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:05:27 -0000

Marty Kendall is an engineer and the husband of a Type-1 Diabetic. He runs the blog https://optimisingnutrition.wordpress.com

In this video Marty discusses how the recent food insulin index data can be used to manage the insulin load of our diet in order to normalise blood glucose levels.

For a more detailed analysis of his presentation view the article https://optimisingnutrition.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/most-ketogenic-diet-foods/

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Despina Kolivas - 'Defeat Diabetes Research Study: Preliminary Results'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:02:43 -0000

Despina Kolivas is a Ph.D. student in the School of Allied Health, Human Services & Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her research examines the impact of a digital application (Defeat Diabetes) that provides education and support to implement a low carbohydrate diet, in people with type 2 diabetes.

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Dr. Hasthi Dissanayake and Timothy Trudgen - 'Traditional Aboriginal Diets and Hope for Health'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Dr. Hasthi Dissanayake is a Research Fellow in Indigenous Health and the trial coordinator for the Elcho Health and Wellbeing project. She has significant expertise in developmental origins of health and disease, specifically in cardiovascular physiology and non-invasive techniques for assessing vascular health. She was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in 2019 for her work in identifying newborns at risk of later cardiovascular disease. Her current work focuses on finding sustainable long term, culturally acceptable programs for the prevention of chronic diseases in remote Australian communities.

Timothy Trudgen is a cross-cultural educator and consultant, who has worked closely with the Yolngu people of North East Arnhem Land for more than seven years. He is proficient in the Yolngu language and has extensive knowledge of Yolngu culture. His work has involved him providing education, training and cultural support to Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians, to help them understand each other’s worlds. Tim’s work builds on the 35 years that his family have been working in the Arnhem Land region empowering Yolngu people.

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Low Carb, High Fat Interviews

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:57:16 -0000

Guests at a recent Low Carb Down Under dinner to welcome Professor Jeff Volek to Australia were interviewed and asked to speak about their personal LCHF journeys.

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Dr. Ravi Gornall - 'Leptin and weight loss resistance'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:54:32 -0000

Dr. Ravi Gornall graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine alongside a Bachelor of Surgery at Imperial College London before making the move to Australia in 2009. She is an experienced GP and attained a Fellowship of the RACGP in 2015 with a Diploma in Child Health.

Ravi became interested in functional and integrative medicine after her own health journey and the birth of her three children. She completed the ADAPT Functional Medicine Practitioner Training Program with the Kresser Institute and is currently finishing a Master of Integrative Medicine at Southern Cross University and a fellowship with the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association.

Contact Details for Dr. Gornall:
https://www.foundationsclinic.com.au/
info@drravigornall.com.au

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Prof. Jeff Volek - 'Nutrition for Optimising Athletic Performance'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:51:49 -0000

Professor Jeff Volek is a Professor at The Ohio State University, USA where he teaches and leads a research team that explores the physiological impact of various dietary and exercise regimens and nutritional supplements.

Dr Volek has published over 250 scientific manuscripts and is the co-author of 'The New Atkins for a New You', 'The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living' and 'The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance'.

Prof. Volek’s most significant line of work has been a series of studies performed over the last 15 years. These have been aimed at better understanding what constitutes a well formulated low carbohydrate diet and its’ impact on obesity, body composition, adaptations to training and overall metabolic health.

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Dr. Louise Phillips - 'Helping GPs to prescribe low carb'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 02:49:05 -0000

Dr Louise Phillips is an experienced GP with a special interest in metabolic disease and using low carbohydrate diets & intermittent fasting to help improve Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver, polycystic ovarian syndrome, weight issues, gout and hypertension.

Dr. Phillips graduated from the University of Queensland with first class honours in 1999 and received the Maureen Duke and Marion Sullivan Memorial Award for her GP fellowship exam in 2005. She is passionate about ongoing medical education and participates in training for GP registrars and medical students. She is a Certified Nutrition Network Medical Practitioner after successfully completing their medical certification pathway, which is one of the most rigorous trainings in this field.

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Carolyn Rogers - 'The Psychology of Food and Overeating'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 02:44:00 -0000

Carolyn Rogers is a Brisbane-based Psychologist who works in private practice. She has a special interest and extensive experience in weight management and eating disorders. Before becoming a Psychologist, Carolyn was a Registered Nurse and she has a passion for health and science.

In this presentation Carolyn describes a number of studies done by Psychologists using animal models, and later human models, to show the addictive properties of sugar. Sugar and highly-palatable processed foods can produce the same brain responses as substances of abuse. These processed foods pose a problem for anyone trying to control their weight because they hijack the appetite leading to a vicious cycle of overconsumption, withdrawal symptoms when access is denied and cravings, leading to further overconsumption.

Carolyn Rogers can be contacted via her website at www.carolynrogers.com.au

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Prof. Grant Schofield - 'How We Can Change the Way We Eat'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:46:21 -0000

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Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan - 'Nutrition For Mental Health'

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:43:38 -0000

Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan holds a Master of Medicine in Family Medicine from the National University of Singapore and is currently a GP working in Perth, Western Australia. Dr. Balakrishnan has more than two decades of experience and is very passionate about the management of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome through healthy eating. He is an advocate for the low carbohydrate-high healthy fat diet and is the creator of Low Carb WA. He is a fully credentialed Family Physician in Singapore and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

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Dr. Paul Mason - 'Treating concussion: A nutritional perspective'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:40:54 -0000

Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.

Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason has been applying this knowledge in treating metabolic and arthritis patients who have achieved dramatic and sustained weight loss and reductions in joint pain.

Dr. Mason is also the Chief Medical Officer of Defeat Diabetes, Australia's first evidence-based and doctor-led program that focuses on the wide range of health benefits of a low carb lifestyle, particularly for those wanting to send into remission pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic illnesses.

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Prof. Jeff Volek - 'The Art and Science of Low Carb Living: Cardio-Metabolic Benefits and Beyond'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:38:10 -0000

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Jayne Bullen - 'Changing Consensus'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:35:27 -0000

Jayne Bullen is an MBA Chevening Scholar, High Dip in Marketing and International Relations graduate. In her MBA at Leeds University, she focussed on the regulation of marketing to children in the food and fast food categories, later conducting Pan European media research and strategy evaluation in this area for various global health bodies and brands.

Jayne believes research in healthcare needs better funding and strong minds. After realising the dichotomy between brand research budgets and human health research, she decided to leave the formal research world, committed to bringing her global experience in big biz research, systems, and policy change expertise into new areas to affect change to human health.

As an extension of her collaborative vision for the future of human health and better healthcare systems, she co-founded Nutrition Network and has been its Managing Director since it was founded in 2018. As the Chief Operating Officer of The Noakes Foundation, she established Eat Better South Africa alongside inspiring colleagues and Prof Noakes and believes in building stronger collaboration in the nutrition and science game.

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Dr. Anthony Chaffee - 'Ketogenic Carnivore athletes'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:32:43 -0000

Dr Anthony Chaffee is an American medical doctor specialising in Neurosurgery who over a span of 20 years has researched the optimal nutritional habits for athletic performance and health. It is his assertion that most of the so-called chronic diseases that doctors treat these days are actually caused by the food we eat, or don’t eat, and can in many cases be reversed easily with dietary changes.

Dr. Chaffee began his University education studying Molecular & Cellular Biology with a Minor in Chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle at the age of 15, which culminated in attaining his MD from the Royal College of Surgeons.

Dr. Chaffee is an All-American rugby player and a former professional athlete in England and America, having taken several years off from his education for the pursuit of sports between his undergraduate degree and medical school. Throughout his athletic career he saw first hand the monumental difference that diet makes to performance and recovery.

Dr. Chaffee almost accidentally came across and practiced a fully carnivorous diet from age 20 to 25, having first learned of the toxic nature of plants during his University education. Since then he has rediscovered this truth and more and has dedicated many years and a large part of his professional practice to the study and education of diet and nutrition. He personally practices a fully carnivorous diet and currently resides in Perth, Australia where he does private consultations and clinics in functional medicine and nutrition.

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A/Prof. Ken Sikaris - 'Changing Views of Fat Metabolism'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:30:00 -0000

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Dr. Liz Fraser - 'Truth, Trust and Evidence'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:27:16 -0000

Dr. Liz Fraser completed her medical training in Canberra in 2003. Since then she has worked as a GP with a particular focus on nutritional medicine and helping patients with complex health problems.

Dr. Fraser is the cofounder of Low Carb Canberra. Her passion apart from gardening, reading and interpreting scientific articles is educating other doctors on the benefits of recommending low carb to their patients.

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Dr. Kieron Rooney - 'Sugar and Cancer - Bench to Bedside'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:24:32 -0000

Dr. Kieron Rooney, BSc (Hons); (RNutr.); PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney.

He completed his PhD in Biochemistry in 2004 and for the past 10 years has investigated both human and small animal studies investigating the role of diet and physical activity on parameters of fuel storage and utilisation as they pertain to dysregulated metabolic states such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

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Dr. Paul Mason - 'Trust Issues: How Bad Science Sells Drugs'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:21:49 -0000

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Dr. Georgia Ede - 'Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry: The New Science of Hope'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:44:00 -0000

Dr. Georgia Ede received her B.A. in Biology from Carleton College in Minnesota, then spent seven years as a research assistant in the fields of biochemistry, wound healing and diabetes before going on to earn an M.D. from the University of Vermont College Of Medicine.

Dr. Ede then completed her residency in general adult psychiatry at Harvard's Cambridge Hospital in 2002 and was a staff psychopharmacologist at Harvard University Health Services from 2007 to 2013. In 2013 she left Harvard to become the psychiatrist for Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts where she provides nutrition consults as well as psychiatric services to Smith students.

Dr. Ede was the first and only psychiatrist at Harvard University Health Services to offer nutrition consultation as an alternative to medication management to students, faculty and staff. Her areas of expertise include ketogenic and pre-agricultural diets, food sensitivity syndromes, and college mental health. She explores food’s powerful effects on brain chemistry, hormonal balance and metabolism for Psychology Today and on her website www.DiagnosisDiet.com.

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Dr. Stephen Phinney - 'Optimising Weight and Health with an LCHF Diet' - Part 3

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:19:05 -0000

Part 3 of 3
On November 25th 2014 Dr. Stephen Phinney presented this Workshop at Epworth Hospital in Melbourne to outline some of his research on Low Carb, High Fat nutrition and to give audience members the opportunity to ask questions.

Dr. Phinney is a physician-scientist who has spent 35 years studying diet, exercise, fatty acids, and inflammation. He has published over 70 papers and several patents. He received his MD from Stanford University, his PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from MIT, and post-doctoral training at the University of Vermont and Harvard.

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Dr. Ben Bikman - 'GLP-1 Drugs: Consequences and Considerations'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:16:21 -0000

Dr. Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. He is currently a professor of pathophysiology and a biomedical scientist at Brigham Young University in Utah.

Dr. Bikman's professional focus as a scientist and professor is to better understand chronic modern-day diseases, with a special emphasis on the origins and consequences of obesity and diabetes, with an increasing scrutiny of the pathogenicity of insulin and insulin resistance. He frequently publishes his research in peer-reviewed journals and presents at international science meetings.

Dr. Bikman has long been an advocate of a ketogenic diet in light of the considerable evidence supporting its use as a therapy for reversing insulin resistance. His website InsulinIQ.com promotes dietary clarity, healing, and freedom through evidence-based science about insulin resistance. Employing cell-autonomous to whole-body systems, Dr. Bikman's recent efforts have focused on exploring the intimate associations between the metabolic and immune systems.

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Dr. Paul Mason - 'Lies, Bias and Big Pharma: Accident or Design?'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:13:38 -0000

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Dr. Stephen Phinney - 'Optimising Weight and Health with an LCHF Diet' - Part 1

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:10:54 -0000

Part 1 of 3
On November 25th 2014 Dr. Stephen Phinney presented this Workshop at Epworth Hospital in Melbourne to outline some of his research on Low Carb, High Fat nutrition and to give audience members the opportunity to ask questions.

Dr. Phinney is a physician-scientist who has spent 35 years studying diet, exercise, fatty acids, and inflammation. He has published over 70 papers and several patents. He received his MD from Stanford University, his PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from MIT, and post-doctoral training at the University of Vermont and Harvard.

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A/Prof. Ken Sikaris - 'Analysing The Cholesterol Message'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:08:10 -0000

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Prof. Peter Brukner - 'Are Low Carb Diets Associated with Type 2 Diabetes? The Monash Study'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:05:27 -0000

Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FACSM, FASMF, FFSEM is a specialist sports and exercise physician and the founding partner at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher. His most recent team appointments have been as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club and, until 2017, Team Doctor for the Australian cricket team.

Peter is Professor of Sports Medicine at the La Trobe Sport & Exercise Medicine Research Centre at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Peter has published widely internationally with a number of books, book chapters and over 100 original research articles. He is the co-author of Clinical Sports Medicine, a best selling general sports medicine text in its fifth edition as well as Stress Fractures, Food for Sport, Encyclopedia of Exercise and Sport Health and Clinical Sports Anatomy.

Prof. Brukner is the founder of the public health campaign SugarByHalf and is committed to the challenge of improving Australia’s health with improved diet and increased physical activity. The profits from Peter's book 'A Fat Lot Of Good' will help to fund the campaign http://www.sugarbyhalf.com/

Peter is also the founder of Defeat Diabetes, Australia's first evidence-based and doctor-led program that focuses on the wide range of health benefits of a low carb lifestyle, particularly for those wanting to send into remission pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic illnesses. The Defeat Diabetes Program is delivered via a mobile app. It provides 100+ hours of video from health professionals, masterclasses, cooking demonstrations, recipes, a meal planner, and a rich library of resources, with new content regularly added.

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Jimmy Moore - 'What's Going On In The Low-Carb World?'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:02:43 -0000

Jimmy Moore hosts the biggest website in the world dedicated to the spreading of information about living a Low Carbohydrate and Higher natural Fat (LCHF) lifestyle: www.livinlavidalowcarb.com

He has also co-authored two books: the best-selling ‘Cholesterol Clarity’ and the recently released ‘Keto Clarity’ which are considered leading books in the field of LCHF nutrition.

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Prof. Karen Dwyer - 'Cardiac - Kidney - Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Dr. Karen Dwyer graduated from The University of Melbourne in 1994 and completed physician training in Nephrology in 2001. She completed her PhD in 2004 through the University of Melbourne and then spent two years in Boston, USA.

As a nephrologist and transplant physician, Dr. Dwyer has a keen interest in metabolic health. In 2020 she became a fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine and is undertaking training through the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. Karen is passionate about improving the health and well-being of the community taking a holistic and integrated approach with an emphasis on lifestyle management.

Until recently, Prof. Dwyer was Clinical Director at Kidney Health Australia and Professor of Medicine at Deakin University. Karen has published over 100 peer review articles with her research interest being adnosine signalling in kidney transplantation. In 2021 she was presented the inaugural Burnstock Lecture for her contribution to the field.

The highlight of Karen's clinical career was as the lead physician for Australia's first hand transplant in 2011 which was recognised with Quality Award by St. Vincent's Health Australia. Karen has served on the council and executive of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand and is currently the Oceania representative on council for the International Transplant Society. In 2018 Karen was awarded the Leader in Transplantation Award for gender equity advocacy.

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Leah Williamson - 'Brisbane Paleo Group'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:57:16 -0000

Leah Williamson is a mother of two and the founder and director of the Brisbane Paleo Group. After years of struggling with her weight and related health issues Leah discovered The Paleo Diet and had fantastic success in solving many of her health issues as well as managing to lose 30 kilograms.

Inspired by her new lease on life, Leah formed the Brisbane Paleo Group to help others to discover that eating Paleo need not be difficult or expensive. The Brisbane Paleo Group is Queensland’s largest Paleo group with over 300 members in meet up and over 450 in a very active Facebook group.

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Dr. Alok Gupta - 'The Role of Ketogenic Diet in Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:54:32 -0000

Dr Alok Gupta is a nephrologist with over 12 years of experience in treating a wide range of both acute and chronic renal conditions. He looks after patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Diseases, Renal Transplantation, Resistant Hypertension and provides Dialysis care. He has special interest in medical management of kidney stones.

Originally from New Dehli, India, Dr. Gupta received training in general medicine and advanced training in nephrology. He then went on to complete a two year clinical fellowship in nephrology in Toronto, Canada. Upon his arrival in Australia Dr. Gupta practised at Mildura Base Hospital in regional Victoria. In 2015, he was awarded his FRACP in Medicine and Nephrology by Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He has honorary appointments at Royal Melbourne Hospital and Monash Rural School of Medicine.

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Jessie Reimers - 'The Heart Foundation Petition'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:51:49 -0000

Jessie Reimers is the creator of a petition to change the way the Heart Foundation Tick is used to label foods in Australia so that it no longer may appear on highly processed and unhealthy foods like margarine. Jessie makes a strong case for the criteria to be changed and shares her extensive knowledge about what is really making us sick and overweight.

Jessie is passionate about educating and empowering people nationwide and globally about the effect food, drugs and household toxins have on our health. She shares her story about moving from devastating chronic illness to wellness and is also passionate about how to use natural alternatives to drugs where appropriate.

Her Heart Foundation Tick Campaign can be found at

https://www.change.org/p/heart-foundation-stop-giving-advice-and-promoting-food-that-causes-heart-disease

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Dr. James Muecke - 'Unblinding: Reversing the blinding risk of diabetes... naturally'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:49:05 -0000

Dr James Muecke AM is a South Australian based ophthalmologist and visiting consultant at Royal Adelaide and Women’s and Children’s Hospitals. Dr. Muecke graduated with Honours from the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1987. Following his internship, James lived and worked as a doctor in Africa and subsequently as an eye surgeon in the Middle East, battling malaria, wild animals, and rebel soldiers. He founded 'Sight For All' in 2008, turning his boundless energy into a fight against blindness in the Aboriginal communities of Australia and some of the poorest countries of Asia and Africa.

Dr. Muecke's commitment to social impact and humanitarian endeavours has earned him a string of awards. He received an Outstanding Service to the Prevention of Blindness award by the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 2011, a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012, a South Australian Community Achievement Award in 2013, the Australian Medical Association’s President’s Leadership Award in 2013, Ernst & Young’s Social Entrepreneur for Australia in 2015 and The University of Adelaide’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019. In 2020, Dr. Muecke was named Australian of the Year and vowed to use his platform to advocate for measures to tackle preventable blindness caused by diabetes.

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Marty Kendall - 'Engineering The Optimal Diet'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:44:00 -0000

Marty Kendall is an engineer and the husband of a Type-1 Diabetic. He runs the blog https://optimisingnutrition.wordpress.com

In this video Marty discusses how he has applied food insulin index data using multi criteria analysis to determine the optimal diet to suit particular nutritional goals.

For more details on his presentation you can view the individual food lists; http://optimisingnutrition.com/2015/10/19/optimal-foods-for-different-goals/

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Prof. Peter Brukner - 'The Politics of Diet'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:46:21 -0000

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Lisa Scherger - 'My Healthy Type 1 Son'

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:43:38 -0000

Lisa Scherger is the mother of a teenage son who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2012.

Here she relates how she has managed to normalise his blood sugar levels by ignoring the standard dietary advice for diabetes management and following a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat diet.

Lisa's blog is http://diabeticalien.blogspot.com/

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Dr. Paul Mason - 'Dr. Paul Mason vs Prof. Behind Dietary Guidelines'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:40:54 -0000

The Lecture that almost didn’t happen.

Dr Paul Mason was invited to present on Nutrition at the prestigious Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, agreeing to provide a 40-45 minute lecture.

Three weeks before the conference, Dr Mason was notified that the offered time allocation had been reduced by half. No official explanation was provided, however there were suggestions in informal discussions that there may have been some ‘behind the scenes’ influence. No evidence was ever provided to support this, and after some intervention from one of the section convenors, the presentation time was restored.

Included in his session was Professor Linda Tapsell, who was a key player in the development of Australia’s current dietary guidelines. In her presentation, Professor Tapsell made the point that the Dietitians’ association did not, as claimed by Dr Mason, develop the Dietary guidelines. This rebuttal was correct. Rather, the DAA (now Dietitians Australia) was commissioned by the NHMRC to conduct systematic literature reviews to assist in the development of the dietary guidelines. There were no other significant points of rebuttal raised to Dr Mason’s presentation.

Neither Professor Tapsell’s presentation nor the Q+A session which followed have been made available for public viewing (consent of all participants is required).

Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.

Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason has been applying this knowledge in treating metabolic and arthritis patients who have achieved dramatic and sustained weight loss and reductions in joint pain.

Dr. Mason is also the Chief Medical Officer of Defeat Diabetes, Australia's first evidence-based and doctor-led program that focuses on the wide range of health benefits of a low carb lifestyle, particularly for those wanting to send into remission pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic illnesses.

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Dr. Troy Stapleton - 'LCHF to manage Diabetes'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:38:10 -0000

Dr. Troy Stapleton is a 43 year old radiologist. He graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1993 and completed his fellowship training as a radiologist in 2005. Currently he is the Director of Radiology for the Sunshine Coast Health Service.

Two years ago at the age of 41, Troy developed type 1 diabetes. He followed standard dietary advice for 2 months. After much research, he changed to a Low Carb High Fat lifestyle. This has led to dramatic improvements in his quality of life as well as his health biomarkers.

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Dr. Gary Fettke - 'Is it Safe to Eat Real Food? The Land, The People, The Police'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:35:27 -0000

Dr Fettke discusses the role of processed foods and inflammation in chronic disease, the importance of regenerative farming and his personal journey fighting industry & regulatory capture for the right to treat his patients with ancestrally-appropriate nutrition.

Filmed live at 75 Reid St, Fitzroy for the fourth REGENERATE summit on March 23rd, 2025.

REGENERATE is a decentralised health summit shedding light on the causes and solutions of modern diseases.

The three pillars of REGENERATE are:
1. Circadian and quantum health
2. Ancestral nutrition
3. Regenerative farming

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Interviews with world leading experts on the REGENERATIVE HEALTH PODCAST: @maxgulhanemd

Filming & editing by Pete Williams of Handeye Productions - http://handeye.tv/

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LCDU Melbourne Audience QandA Afternoon Session - 15th November 2014

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:32:43 -0000

An audience Q&A session with some of the presenters from the Melbourne Low Carb Down Under Seminar held on the 15th of November 2014.

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Dr. Max Gulhane - 'Sunlight and Cancer: Beyond Skin Deep'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Dr Gulhane presents the evidence for sunlight, Vitamin D system and circadian rhythms in regulating cancer defense and immune function in the body. He also discusses nuances surrounding skin cancer and how to safely obtain sunlight in a skin-type appropriate manner.

Filmed live at 75 Reid St, Fitzroy for the fourth REGENERATE summit on March 23rd, 2025.

REGENERATE is a decentralised health summit shedding light on the causes and solutions of modern diseases.

The three pillars of REGENERATE are:
1. Circadian and quantum health
2. Ancestral nutrition
3. Regenerative farming

Follow REGENERATE
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Interviews with world leading experts on the REGENERATIVE HEALTH PODCAST: @maxgulhanemd

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Vicky Kuriel - 'Case Reports from an LCHF Dietician'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:27:16 -0000

Vicky Kuriel is a registered Australian Dietician and the co-founder of Acacia Health (http://acaciahealth.com.au). Her qualifications and experience cross the spectrum in the health, nutrition and fitness industries. She has 16 years experience in consulting, presenting, lecturing, training, instructing and writing and is recognised as a pioneer of Pilates in Australia.

Vicky is a proud proponent of a Low Carb, High fat lifestyle. Her beliefs, recommendations and dietary protocols may be contrary to the Australian Dietary guidelines however she has spent years engrossed in the health, fitness and nutrition industry researching, experimenting and fine-tuning. This research is on-going and an integral part of her practice today. She therefore stands strong on the LCHF, wholefood, unprocessed, clean lifestyle recommendations… and loves sharing her passion for this way of living.

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Dr. Anthony Chaffee - 'Rethinking Autoimmune Disease'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:24:32 -0000

Dr Chaffee presents his paradigm-altering thesis that autoimmune diseases are the result of the body's attack on plant compounds. He presents evidence that removal, as in a carnivore diet, leads to remission of a wide range of autoimmune diseases.

Recorded remotely for the fourth REGENERATE summit on March 22nd & 23rd, 2025.

REGENERATE is a decentralised health summit shedding light on the causes and solutions of modern diseases.

The three pillars of REGENERATE are:
1. Circadian and quantum health
2. Ancestral nutrition
3. Regenerative farming

Follow REGENERATE
Website: www.regnerateaus.com
Instagram: @regenerate.aus
Twitter: @regenerate_aus
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Interviews with world leading experts on the REGENERATIVE HEALTH PODCAST: @maxgulhanemd

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#regenerate #regeneratehealthsummit #regeneratemelbourne2025 #decentralizedhealth

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Dr. Zeeshan Arain - 'Why aren't I losing weight on LCHF?'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:21:49 -0000

Dr Zeeshan Arain graduated from Monash University in 2003 after moving to Melbourne from Sydney. He worked at Box Hill Hospital for a number of years, predominantly in the Accident and Emergency Department before making the switch to General Practice. He is very experienced in the field of sports medicine (he currently works as the head doctor for the Melbourne Demons in the AFL) and in the management of osteoarthritis.

Dr Zee has a fierce passion for the role of nutrition in weight loss as well as the prevention and management of diseases such as diabetes, cholesterol disorders, high blood pressure and heart disease. In particular, he is interested in ketogenic and low carb high fat (LCHF) approaches as a nutritional and therapeutic tool.

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Public Health Collaboration 2023 Panel Discussion - 'Do we need to eat plants?'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:44:00 -0000

A panel of nutrition experts discuss the topic 'Do we need to eat plants?'. Featuring Dr. Hayley Wood, Dr. Chidi Ngwaba, Patrick Holford, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Dr. Shawn Baker and chaired by Dr Campbell Murdoch.

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Dr. Michael Hoffmann - 'Brain Failure and the Low Carb Diet Imperative'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:19:05 -0000

Dr. Michael Hoffmann obtained his medical degree at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and neurological subspecialty fellowship training in stroke from Columbia University. This was followed by two senior doctorates, one in cerebrovascular medicine (MD) and one in behavioral health (PhD). Dr. Hoffman’s main areas of research have concerned cognitive disorders after stroke and how to improve brain health and fitness based on scientific principles and evolutionary insights.

Dr. Hoffmann is currently a Professor of Neurology with the University of Central Florida and has recently served in a number of administrative leadership positions, such as Associate Dean of Academic Assessment and Chief of Neurology Services and Director of the Stroke Center at the Orlando VA Medical Center. He is the founding director of comprehensive and primary stroke centers in 5 tertiary medical centers to date in the USA and South Africa and has current licenses in Florida and Kentucky and previously in Canada, Germany and South Africa. Dr. Hoffman is also a cognitive neurology consultant at the Roskamp Neuroscience Institute in Sarasota, Florida where he focuses on frontotemporal disorders, traumatic brain illness and neuro-toxicological syndromes such as Gulf War Illness.

This presentation has been provided by LowCarbUSA⁩ with generous support from ⁨Keto-Mojo and was recorded at the 'Symposium for Metabolic Health - Boca' on January 15th, 2023.

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Dr. Zeeshan Arain and Tom McDonald - 'LCHF and Sports Performance'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:16:21 -0000

Dr Zeeshan Arain graduated from Monash University in 2003 after moving to Melbourne from Sydney. He worked at Box Hill Hospital for a number of years, predominantly in the Accident and Emergency Department before making the switch to General Practice. He is very experienced in the field of sports medicine (he currently works as the head doctor for the Melbourne Demons in the AFL) and in the management of osteoarthritis.

Here he chats with Melbourne Demons player Tom McDonald about his switch to a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat diet and the affect it has had on his performance and training as an athlete.

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Gary Taubes - 'Obesity as a Fat Accumulation Disorder: A History Lesson in How to Think'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:13:38 -0000

Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of 'The Case For Keto' (2020), 'The Case Against Sugar' (2016), 'Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It' (2011) and 'Good Calories, Bad Calories' (2007), (published as 'The Diet Delusion' in the UK).

Gary is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.

Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia.

This presentation has been provided by LowCarbUSA⁩ with generous support from ⁨Keto-Mojo and was recorded at the 'Symposium for Metabolic Health - San Diego' in August 2023.

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Darryl Edwards (The Fitness Explorer) - 'The Power of Primal Play'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:10:54 -0000

Darryl Edwards (a.k.a. The Fitness Explorer) is a movement therapist, paleo nutritionist, blogger and published author of “Paleo Fitness” from London, England. He speaks about his experiences with a primal lifestyle that has made him fitter and healthier in his forties than ever before.

Darryl is a contributor to Paleo Magazine and has been a presenter at various symposiums such as Paleo:f(x), PrimalCon, AHS (Ancestral Health Symposium) and other events globally introducing the world to ‘Primal Play’. More information about Darryl can be found by visiting his website: www.thefitnessexplorer.com

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Dr. Philip Ovadia - 'Fanning the Flames: Inflammation's Contribution to Heart Disease'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:08:10 -0000

Dr. Philip Ovadia grew up in New York and holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University and Jefferson Medical College. His extensive medical training includes a General Surgery residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship at Tufts – New England Medical School. He practiced cardiothoracic surgery in multiple states before founding Ovadia Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2020 and subsequently launching Ovadia Heart Health.

After facing his own health challenges as an overweight child and adult—even as a cardiac surgeon—Dr. Ovadia transformed his health by questioning conventional dietary advice and embracing a low-carbohydrate, animal-based diet. This personal journey shed 100 pounds and inspired his mission to educate others on achieving optimal metabolic health without reliance on medication.

This presentation has been provided by @LowCarbUSA with generous support from ⁨@keto-mojo7147 and was recorded at the 'Symposium for Metabolic Health - Boca' in January 2024.

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LCDU Melbourne Audience QandA Morning Session - 15th November 2014

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:05:27 -0000

An audience Q&A session with some of the presenters from the Melbourne Low Carb Down Under Seminar held on the 15th of November 2014.

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Dr. Ben Bikman - 'Shrinking Fat Cells: Energy vs. Insulin'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:02:43 -0000

Dr. Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. He is currently a professor of pathophysiology and a biomedical scientist at Brigham Young University in Utah.

Dr. Bikman's professional focus as a scientist and professor is to better understand chronic modern-day diseases, with a special emphasis on the origins and consequences of obesity and diabetes, with an increasing scrutiny of the pathogenicity of insulin and insulin resistance. He frequently publishes his research in peer-reviewed journals and presents at international science meetings.

Dr. Bikman has long been an advocate of a ketogenic diet in light of the considerable evidence supporting its use as a therapy for reversing insulin resistance. His website InsulinIQ.com promotes dietary clarity, healing, and freedom through evidence-based science about insulin resistance. Employing cell-autonomous to whole-body systems, Dr. Bikman's recent efforts have focused on exploring the intimate associations between the metabolic and immune systems.

This presentation has been provided by @LowCarbUSA with generous support from @keto-mojo7147 and was recorded at the 'Symposium for Metabolic Health - Boca' in January 2024.

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Dr. Rod Tayler interviews Nina Teicholz for 'Low Carb Brisbane 2025'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0000

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Lawrence Petruzzelli - 'Successes and Failures'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 05:57:16 -0000

Lawrence was an overweight child and teenager with a diet high in carbohydrates and processed foods.

He discovered LCHF as a way to successfully lose weight and lost 33 kilograms in six months. Here he discusses some of the successes and failures he has experienced in adopting a Low Carb, High Fat lifestyle change.

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Dr. Matthew Phillips - 'Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy in ALS'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:54:32 -0000

Dr. Matthew Phillips is a full-time clinical and research neurologist at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand. His foremost passion is to explore the potential feasibility, safety, and efficacy of metabolic therapies, particularly fasting and ketogenic diets, in creating alternate metabolic states that enhance neuron bioenergetics and may lead to improvements in not only the symptoms, but also function and quality of life, for people with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and a variety of additional neurological disorders.

Upon completing his Neurology training in Melbourne, Dr. Phillips realised that he had no interest in going the usual route of further specialising in a particular neurological disorder. He wanted to specialise in a therapy, but no such fellowship existed. Thus, he bought a one-way ticket to the other side of the world and departed the medical system, travelling and working in different places for three years, creating his own self-taught fellowship during which he learned about a variety of therapeutic possibilities that he had never previously considered.

Upon completing his 3-year “fellowship” it dawned on him that metabolic strategies, particularly fasting and ketogenic diets, were promising therapeutic options for a range of disorders. He re-entered the medical system by commencing work as a neurologist in New Zealand, where his colleagues have helped him to apply these strategies to a number of humanity’s most difficult neurological disorders so as to determine whether they are feasible, safe, and can make an impact in terms of helping patients. This has resulted in his team conducting a world-first randomised controlled study of a ketogenic diet in Parkinson’s.

The Canadian-born, Australian-trained neurologist ultimately wishes to help create a new field of Metabolic Neurology that emphasises applying metabolic strategies in healthcare so as to potentially heal many difficult disorders at their core, with the overarching goal being the improved health and enhanced nobility of humanity.

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Peter Williams - 'Parenting and LCHF'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 03:51:49 -0000

Peter Williams is the father of two children, aged three and one. His eldest child was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2013 at age two.

Here he speaks about his journey with his family in adopting a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat diet to help in the management of Type 1 Diabetes and criticises the standard dietary advice for newly diagnosed diabetics.

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Dr. Paul Mason - 'Germs and the big lie: unmasking the root cause of heart disease'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:49:05 -0000

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Dr. Gary Fettke - 'Nutrition and Cancer - Time to Rethink'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:44:00 -0000

Dr. Gary Fettke is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania practising in Launceston, Tasmania. He has also opened and mentors the 'Nutrition for Life – Diabetes and Health Research Centre' based in Launceston which provides nutritional care around Tasmania and Australia.

Gary has a longstanding interest in the preventative aspects of health outcomes, particularly before operating on patients. In this video he discusses the Metabolic Model of cancer and looks at potential nutritional treatments for the disease.

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Dr. Carlo Longhitano - 'The Role of Ketogenic Nutrition in Psychiatry'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 01:46:21 -0000

Dr. Calogero (Carlo) Longhitano is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at James Cook University and a psychiatrist at North Queensland Forensic MH Services. He obtained his MD in 1999 (Italy) before completing his psychiatric residency in Oxford and London (United Kingdom).

Dr. Longhitano has held senior positions in forensic psychiatry across London and Townsville, Australia. Since 2019 he has collaborated with Prof. Zoltan Sarnyai, leading to a PhD project on the effects of nutritional interventions in psychosis. He is the co-investigator at JCU's randomised clinical trial of ketogenic diet vs standard diet in adults with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The project is supported and funded by the US-based Baszucki Brain Research Foundation.

Additionally, Carlo is a member of the forensic faculty of the RANZCP and an Early Career committee member of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. He is the author of several peer-reviewed articles and two textbook chapters.

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Franziska Spritzler - 'Carbohydrate Restriction: The Key to Achieving Optimal Blood Sugar'

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:43:38 -0000

Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE, is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator who favours a low-carbohydrate approach for diabetes and weight management. For several years she consumed the same low-fat, high-carbohydrate eating plan she recommended for the patients she counselled as an outpatient dietitian in a large teaching hospital.

Once she discovered in early 2011 that her own blood sugar levels were increasing to unhealthy levels after eating, Franziska began researching the beneficial effects of carbohydrate restriction and adopted it as her way of eating. She now recommends low-carbohydrate diets for people with all types of diabetes, as well as for individuals insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and those who have difficulty losing weight with low-fat diets.

She is the author of "A Low-Carbohydrate, Whole-Foods Approach to Managing Diabetes and Prediabetes," featured in the Winter 2013 edition of the American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Spectrum journal.

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Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan - 'Troubleshooting Carnivore'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:40:54 -0000

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Dr. Andrew McIntyre - 'LCHF and Gastroenterology'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:38:10 -0000

Dr Andrew McIntyre is a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist who graduated and gained his qualifications in 1990 from Queensland University. He opened the doors to Buderim Gastroenterology in 1997. Dr. McIntyre has extensive experience in all aspects of Gastroenterology with a special interest in ERCP and associated Therapeutic Intervention.

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Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith - ‘Managing cardiovascular risk with Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 21:35:27 -0000

Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith has been a doctor since 1982. She has owned and managed her own General Practices in Adelaide’s southern suburbs for much of her career. She is passionate about helping people change their lives and improve their health through lifestyle medicine.

Despite following and dispensing conventional medical advice around diet and exercise for 35 years as a general practitioner, Laureen found herself obese, with pre-diabetes, sleep apnoea, and filled with shame. After discovering the transformational benefits of a low carb lifestyle, she was able to reverse her health issues, lose weight and improve her overall health.

Discovering the low carb lifestyle has completely changed her life. Her experience led to Laureen leaving general practice and co-founding the Low Carb Keto Health Clinic where she helps patients lose weight and gain health. She has reconnected with why she became a doctor to start with and now absolutely loves her job again.

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Dr. Rod Tayler interviews Dr. Mike Eades for 'Low Carb Brisbane 2025'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:32:43 -0000

Dr. Michael R. Eades received his BSCE degree in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly), Pomona, California and his MD from the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS).

After completing training in General Surgery as UAMS, Dr. Eades (along with his wife) founded Medi-Stat Medical Clinics, a chain of general family medicine outpatient care centers in central Arkansas, where he practiced general family medicine for over a decade.

In 1996, Dr. Eades co-authored (with Mary Dan Eades, MD), their first joint book project 'Protein Power', which became a national and international bestseller, selling over 3 million copies and spending 63 weeks on the NY Times Best Seller List.

The Drs. Eades have appeared as guest experts on hundreds of radio and television shows across America. Their work has been featured regionally and nationally on NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC and seen in such publications as Newsweek, the NY Times, the LA Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today.

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Dr. Gary Fettke - 'A 'Nutritional' model of Inflammation and Modern Disease'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Gary Fettke is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania actively practising in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

He has launched a social medial, grassroots campaign against excessive fructose consumption in the diet of Australian children and adults (www.nofructose.com) and is the medical expert for Sarah Wilson's 'I Quit Sugar' program.

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Beth McNally and Amy Rush - 'TCR in Practice: Navigating Insulin for Protein and Fat in Type 1 Diabetes'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:27:16 -0000

Beth McNally is the co-founder of T1D Nutrition, a company providing the support and education that people with Type 1 Diabetes need in order to thrive. She has earned a Masters in Science in Nutrition & Integrative Health from Maryland University of Integrative Health and another Masters in Public Policy from the University of Sydney.

After here son was diagnosed with T1D in 2015 Beth and her husband began researching like crazy in order to learn how to prevent the long and short term risks of the disease. They came to realise that one of the best ways to reduce diabetes complications is to keep blood sugar levels as close to normal as possible. This led them to adopt an approach to T1D care for their son that would revolutionise his life and theirs, Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction.

Amy Rush is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Credentialed Diabetes Educator working with people living with Type 1 Diabetes. Her passion to help improve the lives of people with Type 1 is inspired by her brother, who was diagnosed at a young age. This passion has lead her to have been awarded West Australian Credentialed Diabetes Educator (CDE) of the year for 2018.

Amy practices privately as both a diabetes educator and dietitian at the Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre in Perth, where she also develops and manages the group diabetes education programs. Amy is passionate about the role of nutrition in managing Type 1 Diabetes. Amy is a self-confessed ‘tech nerd’ and loves interpreting CGM and flash monitor graphs or constructing profiles from pump and meter readings. In clinic she is known as the ‘Diabetes Detective’ for her knack at deciphering food and insulin interactions and using these to a patient’s advantage.

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Dr. Helena Popovic - 'The Nutrition Link to Dementia'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:24:32 -0000

Dr Helena Popovic MBBS is a medical doctor and international speaker who shows people how to boost their brain at any age or stage of life. She graduated from the University of Sydney and has spent over 30 years researching the brain and teaching people how to reach their full potential. She also provides a roadmap for living longer, stronger, healthier and happier.

Dr Helena’s philosophy is that education is more powerful than medication and she believes in growing bolder rather than older. She is the author of three best-selling books 'In Search of My Father', 'Adventure Prevents Dementia' and 'NeuroSlimming - Let Your Brain Change Your Body' and is one of Australia’s most popular conference opening speakers.

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Prof. Grant Schofield - 'Low Carb for Public Health'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:21:49 -0000

Professor Grant Schofield is Professor of Public Health (Auckland University of Technology) and director of the university’s Human Potential Centre (HPC) located at the Millennium Campus in Auckland, New Zealand.

His research and teaching interests are in wellbeing and chronic disease prevention especially reducing the risk and eventual mortality and morbidity from obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

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Dr. Benjamin Bikman - 'How insulin resistance interacts with metabolic health'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:44:00 -0000

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Dr. Justine Birchall and Bisa Romic RN - 'Introducing T.C.R. to General Practice'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:19:05 -0000

Dr Justine Birchall graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical School in 1993. After completing her GP training in towns such as Timboon, Point Lonsdale, Drysdale, and Bannockburn, Justine returned to Melbourne. Dr Birchall has been able to maintain her interest across the breadth of general practice, enjoying caring for patients before birth and even through the final stages of life. She has a keen interest in preventative health care, particularly related to immunisation, nutrition, prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer screening.

Bisa Romic RN is an experienced nurse with a keen interest in preventative health. Bisa’s passion for healthcare encouraged her to complete a Master of Nursing Science from the University of Melbourne. She honed her skills in emergency and surgical nursing, before moving into general practice in 2018. With a passionate interest in metabolic health, Bisa brings experience, passion, knowledge, and sensitivity to her current role as nurse manager at Eastbound Medical Clinic.

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Dr. Troy Stapleton - 'Carbohydrate Restriction in Diabetes Management'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:16:21 -0000

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Dr. James Muecke - 'What's driving Australia's Chronic Disease Crisis?'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:13:38 -0000

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Dr. Caryn Zinn - 'A Low Carb Dietitian's Perspective'

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:10:54 -0000

Dr Caryn Zinn is a senior lecturer at AUT's School of Sport & Recreation. She is a New Zealand Registered Dietitian and teaches in the area of nutrition, both public health nutrition and sports performance nutrition.

In this video, Caryn offers an insight into her own journey as a Dietitian in the world of Low Carbohydrate Nutrition.

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