Ketogeek's Podcast

Fentanyl poisoning, drug overdose, and mental health are growing problems in the United States with each year more and more youth being victims of these social issues. In this podcast, we talk to the founders of the Michael Leonardi foundation and the parents of Michael Leonardi who lost his life to fentanyl poisoning in 2020. Please help support their cause and help raise awareness of this matter. 

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Four years in the making, in this episode we talk about how you can incorporate processed foods into your diet using an understanding how food processing impacts the food and how it breaks down in your body.

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Fahad Ahmad is a serial entrepreneur who enjoys delving into the science of food and nutrition. He practices Ashtanga Yoga, Weight Training, Crossfi...

In this powerful and extremely loaded episode, we deep dive into the myths surrounding plastics and bring you the scientific facts about plastics when it comes to foods, sustainability, and much much more! Prepare to have your mind blown!

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Dr. Chris DeArmitt is a luminary in the fields of polymers, functional fillers, innovation, and the environmental aspects of plastics. The F...

In this episode, we talk about the beginning of the non-GMO movement, sensationalism in the modern world, the collapse of Sri Lanka due to shifting to organic farming, GM research, sensationalism, and activism.

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Dr. Channa S. Prakash is Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Tuskegee University where he is also a professor of crop genetics and biotechnology. Dr. Prakash’s r...

In this episode, we look at the top food, health, and nutrition myths that we've come across and discuss them in detail. From half-truths to explaining the context to fallacies, we talk about it all here. 

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Fahad Ahmad is a serial entrepreneur who enjoys delving into the science of food and nutrition. He practices Ashtanga Yoga, Weight Training, Crossfit,...

In this very in-depth podcast, we take a deep dive into the history and science of GMOs and pesticides within the food and agriculture world. We discuss some misconceptions and important concerns raised against their use. 

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Dr. Liza Dunn is an emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist with a long-standing interest in global health.

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Professor at Kansas State University. Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, PostDoc in geriatric nutrition. 15 minutes of fame for "Twinkie Diet" - with appearances on CNN, Fox News, Doctors, NPR, Sottish/British Radio, and se...

In this episode, we re-visit the topic of seed oils, polyunsaturated fats and critically look at the ancestral approach towards health. 

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Nick is a former student of Human Nutritional Science and Linguistics and studied at the University of Manitoba. He currently works as a blogger, content creator, and nutrition science communicator, and has also contribu...

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Edie Wilkinson is a tournament angler from Indiana who lives the outdoor lifestyle while being a mother.  

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Fahad Ahmad is a serial entrepreneur who enjoys delving into the science of food and nutrition. He practices Ashtanga Yoga, Weight Training, Crossfit, Calisthenics, and Plyometr...

Thor Hanson is back on our podcast to talk about how various living things have adapted or are impacted by changes in climate. We look at it from a mechanistic way while exploring various narratives in nature and the environment.

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Thor Hanson is an author, Guggenheim Fellow, a Switzer Environmental Fellow, and an independent conserva...

From being in shape to weigh more than 300 pounds to making world-class wines in Napa Valley, David shares his unique, inspirational, and extremely deep philosophical journey, his transformation back to being lean, and the pearls of wisdom he has acquired over these extreme highs and lows.

From the history to origins to varietals to various types of chocolates to the entire beans to bar process to the role of child labor, we delve deep into everything that surrounds the topic of chocolate!

In this episode, we look at how the 'cooking from scratch' approach to home cooking is not a viable or nuanced solution for many households when it comes to feeding and health.

In this long-awaited show, we re-evaluate the digestive system as a food processing system and how various macronutrients and micronutrients, alone or in different foods, can have an impact on the body.

Prepare yourself for an absolute wisdom-heavy podcast with Danny Vega as we reflect on what we have learned and what's in store for the future. A philosophical and thought-provoking episode that takes you into a very internal journey.

Our last part of the 3-parter science-heavy series on the macronutrients and how they impact energy intake using a 2016 review paper.

We continue our extremely science-heavy podcast by looking at how various macronutrients impact energy intake using a 2016 review paper. This show focuses on the endocrine response.

In this extremely science-heavy podcast, we delve deep into the science of how various macronutrients impact energy intake and view some concepts critically using a 2016 review paper.