LCUSA – San Diego 2019 (July 25 – 28)

Addressing obesity and metabolic health with diet and lifestyle

Held at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside Hotel

If you are a Physician or just a lay person who’s starting to understand that maybe restricting carbohydrates might be the solution but you’d like a better understanding and learn how to empower yourself and your patients with these new ideas, then we have the solution.

Come and learn from an unprecedented lineup of expert speakers on the therapeutic benefits of carbohydrate restriction for metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, Type 2 Diabetes and many other chronic diseases. A full array of topics will be covered including cardiovascular disease, mental health, food addiction. and much more.

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Gary Fettke, MB, BS, FRACS, FAOrthA

Dr. Gary Fettke is an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Although his specialty is surgery, Gary believes it is much better to help people avoid surgery by taking preventive lifestyle measures.

He was “a fat kid” and developed numerous health issues as an adult including an aggressive eyesight-threatening pituitary tumor. After years of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, he embarked on an LCHF (Low-Carb Healthy Fat) diet which halted tumor progression, allowing him to stop chemotherapy entirely.

Gary is the only physician in the world to have been formally banned from advising patients to reduce sugar intake. Under threat of losing his medical license, he publicly challenged the Australian Health Practitioner's Regulation Agency ruling, saying “Once you see the benefits of LCHF, you cannot unsee them.”

In a landmark decision in September 2018, after years of investigation, the AHPRA reversed its opinion and issued Dr. Fettke a formal apology. Dr. Fettke speaks internationally on the role of refined carbohydrates and polyunsaturated oils in the development of inflammation, diabetes, cancer, and other modern diseases, and is the author of Inversion: One Man’s Answer for World Peace and Global Health.

M.B.,B.S.(University NSW), F.R.A.C.S.(Orthopaedic Surgery), F.A.Orth.A.

Email     [email protected]

Skype    gary.fettke1

www.nofructose.com

www.isupportgary.com

Facebook: Belinda Fettke No Fructose

Twitter: @FructoseNo

Bret Scher MD FACC

I hope to be the most unique cardiologist you have ever encountered. Sure, I am a card-carrying, board certified cardiologist. And I spent years learning the invasive procedures and the medications used to treat heart disease. Now I want to do everything in my power to make sure those multibillion dollar tools and drugs go unused.

My goal is to inspire individuals just like you to dictate your own health by adopting healthy lifestyle habits. Lifestyle habits that allow you to achieve your best health ever. Health free of prescription drugs. Health that leaves you feeling great, feeling energetic, and living the life you have always dreamed.

Having competed in triathlons ever since I was a teenager, fitness and health were always obsessions of mine. In college at Stanford University, I was able to maintain my daily training and focus on healthy nutrition. Then, real-life happened. I entered Ohio State University’s medical school, followed by my internal medicine residency at Mercy Hospital in San Diego, and a fellowship in preventative cardiology at Scripps Clinic

Suddenly those gym visits, long runs and bike rides became a struggle to maintain. Finding time to eat well, stay active, get enough sleep, and handle the stress of a high-stakes job became a constant presence in my life. Fortunately, I knew the importance of these habits and I did my best to maintain them, even if on a smaller scale.

As I entered my cardiology practice in San Diego, I encountered thousands of people who struggled far more than I did to maintain healthy habits. Some had never exercised or paid any attention to their nutrition. It just wasn’t how they were raised and they hadn’t considered it important. Others knew what they “should” be doing but lacked the tools and support structure to implement them.

As a result, our healthcare system is full of people suffering from diseases that are completely preventable.

Suddenly, I had a clear mission: to empower all my patients to help themselves. To empower them to make the best-informed choices possible about everything from food to activity to sleep to stress management, every single day. After all, the best way to “treat” someone is to prevent the need for treatment in the first place.

I’ve since studied extensively in the areas of functional medicine, personal fitness training, and nutrition and added the following certifications to my credentials as a physician

  • Functional medicine from Functional Medicine University
  • Personal training from NASM
  • Fitness nutrition from NASM
  • Behavioral modification from NASM
  • Medical and fitness provider from Titleist Performance Institute

This extra training has broadened my perspective, allowing me to be a doctor, a health coach, a nutritionist, a personal trainer, and a cheerleader all wrapped into one. It is with this mindset that I can give my clients all the tools they need to lead healthy, natural lives.

So, am I the most unique cardiologist you have ever met? In the end, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I can help you take control of your health. I can help you experience natural health that comes from daily healthy lifestyle habits. I can help you safely get off your medicines or ensure that you never need them in the first place. Let’s start this journey together, and you will see how great you can feel!

Education, Titles and Certifications:

Graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in biology 1994

Graduated from The Ohio State University Medical School with a M.D. 1998

Internal medicine internship and residency at Mercy Hospital San Diego, CA completed 2001

Chief Resident for the Mercy Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program 2002

General and Preventative Cardiology fellowship at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA completed 2005

Cardiology partner at Sharp Rees Stealy, San Diego 2005-present

Founder and lead physician Boundless Health 2015-present

Board certified in:

Adult cardiovascular diseases

Adult echocardiography

Nuclear cardiology

Cardiac computed tomography

Certified practitioner:

Functional Medicine

Personal Trainer

Fitness nutrition’

Behavior modification

Level 2 fitness and medical provider by Titleist Performance Institute

Dave Feldman

Dave is a senior software engineer and entrepreneur.   He began working with programming and system engineering at a very young age and has always enjoyed learning new mechanistic patterns and concepts.

After starting a low carb diet, Dave found his cholesterol numbers increased considerably.  He then began reverse engineering the lipid system through self-experimentation and testing, finding it was very dynamic and fluid.  He has now demonstrated this phenomenon multiple times by moving his cholesterol up and down substantially in a matter of days.

Stephen D. Phinney, MD, PhD

Dr. Stephen Phinney is a Professor of Medicine Emeritus at UC-Davis. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  He has twenty-five years of clinical experience as a director of multi-disciplinary weight management programs and has contributed to books and peer reviewed articles and is an expert in low carb nutrition and metabolism, fatty acids, inflammation, and the metabolic syndrome.

Nina Teicholz

Nina Teicholz is an investigative journalist and author of the International (and New York Times) bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise (Simon & Schuster). The Economist named it #1 science book of 2014, and it was also named a 2014 *Best Book* by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Mother Jones, and Library Journal. The Big Fat Surprise has upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat and challenged the very core of our nutrition policy. A review of the book in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition said, “This book should be read by every nutritional science professional.” 

A former editor of the British Medical Journal said, “Teicholz has done a remarkable job in analysing [the] weak science, strong personalities, vested interests, and political expediency” of nutrition science. Before taking a deep dive into researching nutrition science for nearly a decade, Teicholz was a reporter for National Public Radio and also contributed to many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, The New Yorker, and The Economist. She attended Yale and Stanford where she studied biology and majored in American Studies. She has a master’s degree from Oxford University and served as associate director of the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at Columbia University.  She lives in New York city.

Robert Cywes, MD, PhD

Robert Cywes, MD, PhD

Dr. Cywes is Dual Board Certified in General Surgery and in Pediatric Surgery. He specializes in Pediatric and Adult obesity, diabetes and metabolic management including bariatric surgery.  His focus is on helping people understand and treat the true cause of obesity and diabetes.  He has been doing bariatric surgery for 19 years and has performed around 7000 surgeries.  Despite this, Dr Cywes firmly believes that obesity and diabetes are not treated by surgery, however, surgery may be a invaluable tool along the journey of becoming carbohydrate-free.

His medical training began in Cape Town, South Africa where he received his medical degree from The University of Cape Town training with Prof Tim Noakes amongst others. In 1989, Dr. Cywes moved to North America and completed a year-long residency in pediatric surgery at Ohio State University's Columbus Children's Hospital before moving to Canada where he completed his general surgery residency and specialized in minimally invasive surgery at the University of Toronto.  Dr. Cywes also earned a PhD in liver transplant immunology and the effect of glucose metabolism on vascular endothelium injury, working with Dr David Jenkins, the father of the Glycemic Index.

After completing his paediatric surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Dr. Cywes was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Paediatric and Fetal Surgery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee where he did hepatic stem cell research.  During this time, Dr. Cywes became increasingly interested in adolescent obesity and the impact of carbohydrates on the liver and metabolic syndrome in young patients. Dr. Cywes’ research led to a comprehensive understanding of the toxicity of chronic excessive carbohydrate consumption as the primary cause of obesity and so-called obesity-related co-morbidities. In the late 1990s Dr Cywes understood that the prevailing treatment of obesity using a Calories in, Calories out (CICO) model was erroneous, and he developed the Carbohydrate Insulin Model of Obesity and Diabetes (CIMOD). Using this model in combination with his understanding of the psychology of addiction, he developed a clinical program to treat obese adolescents using this approach. Dr. Cywes relocated to Jacksonville, Florida where he joined the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Nemours Children's Clinic and Wolfson Children's Hospital. This led to a national meeting in Jacksonville where guidelines for adolescent obesity surgery were established.

In 2004, Dr. Cywes established Jacksonville Surgical Associates to continue his work in both adolescent and adult obesity treatment and surgery, and in 2013 opened a practice in West Palm Beach, Florida.  He now works with a highly experienced team of professionals from a variety of medical sub-specialties to better care for obese patients.  He has developed the practice into a nationally recognized Center of Excellence for obesity surgery. The practice uses a cognitive behavioral therapy approach that addresses carbohydrate addiction, along with bariatric surgery, to help patients manage the cause of their obesity long term. Based on his extensive clinical research and observations, Dr. Cywes lectures internationally regarding the physiological impact of carbohydrate consumption as the primary cause of the current Chronic Non-Communicable Disease (CNCDs) epidemic.  He also lectures on the behavioral aspects of carbohydrate addiction as the cause of obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities and the use of substance abuse methodology, rather than a diet and exercise approach, to the effective long term treatment of obesity.

Dr. Cywes is a member of ASMBS (American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery) and is a member of the ASMBS Childhood Obesity Committee. He is also a member of APSA (American Pediatric Surgery Association). He has earned a Centers of Excellence designation by the Surgical Review Corporation. Dr. Cywes trains other surgeons to perform bariatric surgery as well as developing an aftercare model to help patients maintain weight loss.

Dr. Cywes and his team are active in obesity research, including an ongoing Adolescent Bariatric Surgery trial. He has become one of the foremost authorities in the treatment and management of obesity in adolescents. He recently co-authored a book, Diabetes Unpacked outlining an effective approach to understanding and treating diabetes into remission. Dr. Cywes' vast experience in pediatric and general surgery serves him well in using bariatric surgery to treat obesity in both adults and children.

Dr Cywes maintains an active clinical practice in Palm Beach Gardens and in Jacksonville as well as being active on conveying the CIMOD message on social media and through his websites – Obesityunderstood.com and diabetesunderstood.com.

Gary Taubes 

Gary Taubes (born April 30, 1956) is an American science writer. He is the author of Nobel Dreams (1987), Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion (1993), and Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), which is titled The Diet Delusion in the UK. He has won the Science in Society Award of the National Association of Science Writers three times and was awarded an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship for 1996-97.

Born in Rochester, New York, Taubes studied applied physics at Harvard and aerospace engineering at Stanford (MS, 1978). After receiving a master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University in 1981, Taubes joined Discover magazine as a staff reporter in 1982. Since then he has written numerous articles for Discover, Science and other magazines. Originally focusing on physics issues, his interests have more recently turned to medicine and nutrition.

Taubes’ books have all dealt with scientific controversies. Nobel Dreams takes a critical look at the politics and experimental techniques behind the Nobel Prize-winning work of physicist Carlo Rubbia. Bad Science is a chronicle of the short-lived media frenzy surrounding the Pons-Fleischmann cold fusion experiments of 1989.

Hassina Kajee, MD

Dr Hassina Kajee is a board member of The Noakes Foundation and Medical Director and co-founder of the Nutrition Network's platform. She is also the Medical Director and co-founder of The Noakes Foundations 'Eat Better South Africa' programme which endeavours to educate South Africans from all walks of life on how to improve their nutrition. She is a Specialist Physician and managed the high care unit at Groote Schuur Hospital for a number of years as well as running an obesity clinic.

She has also been an Undergraduate Course Convener and Lecturer at the medical school at The University off Cape Town as well as founder of the Postgraduate Refresher Course for physicians. She has a very strong interest in preventative medicine and educating and empowering patients with regards to disease specific lifestyle. She is extremely knowledgeable about the low carbohydrate high fat diet and actively employs the principles both at home and in her practice.

Jake Kushner, MD

A nationally renowned expert in type 1 diabetes research, Dr. Jake Kushner’s primary focus is to leverage existing and future medical-related investments and resources for McNair Interests to help individuals with chronic illnesses. A McNair Scholar and Associate Professor at the Baylor College of Medicine from 2011 to 2017, Dr. Kushner’s research has been widely supported including by the National Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Prior to joining McNair Interests as Medical Director, Dr. Kushner served as Chief of Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX.

A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Kushner earned his medical doctorate from Albany Medical College followed by: a pediatrics residency at Brown, pediatric endocrinology fellowship at Children’s Hospital Boston, a five-year research fellowship at the Joslin Diabetes Center (both at Harvard Medical School), and seven years of Assistant Professorship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Kushner has received numerous national honors including: a Basil O’Connor Award from the March of Dimes, elected membership to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and having served as President of the Society for Pediatric Research.

 

 

Belinda Fettke

I am the proud wife of Gary, a mum of three young adults and doting grandmother of 1. 

I have been a professional photographer for 18 years starting out with theatre photography and then working for a private school for 8 years;- recording everything from 3 year olds in sandpits to rock bands on stage; athletic carnivals; school balls and old collegian functions. I ventured out into my own business, BPhotography, in 2008 and loved the opportunity to photograph couples on their wedding day and again as their families grew. I have been involved in lots of commercial work over the past 10 years, too.

I was a Registered Nurse in my teens and twenties and love that I have come full circle back to healthcare.

I became a staunch supporter of Low Carbohydrate, Healthy Fat principles after seeing the health benefits Gary was able to achieve for himself and his patients.

Following Gary’s ‘star chamber’ investigation by the AHPRA Medical Board of Tasmanian for 2 1/2 years, and the life-long, non-appellable ruling they handed down in November 2016, I have taken a more central role supporting Gary, advocating LCHF through social media platforms and challenging the role of Vested Interests and Ideology in the shaping of our dietary and health guidelines. #isupportgary

 

Vincent (Ben) Bocchicchio, PhD

Dr. Ben has been at the forefront of health and wellness for nearly 50 years.  As a clinician in the fields of fitness and health he has initiated and promoted behavioral interventions that have proven to be effective in the treatment and management of the degenerative diseases that plague our public health.

Dr. Ben’s philosophy states that on the continuum of illness to wellness, our collective health plans should attempt to drive the needle towards wellness and away from illness through scientifically sound and safe applications of behavioural endeavors.

Dr. Ben has applied his extensive, recognized background and experience in diet and exercise as the basis of his intervention protocol.  Initially (1974), he introduced slow resistance training to the exercise world in a successful attempt to provide safe, high intensity exercise to all populations. 

He was the first practitioner to include resistance training to phase II cardiac rehabilitation in 1982.  It is now accepted, standard protocol.  He pioneered high intensity exercise for high endurance athletes in the mid 1980’s.  Lastly, he introduced high intensity exercise for weight loss and management programs including the Opti Fast protocol used by the first popular bariatric physicians (Opti Fit).

Furthermore, Dr. Ben has exposed the paucity of legitimate science supporting conventional medical and governmental practices in treating and managing the aforementioned health dilemmas.  He contends that a singularly pharmaceutical oriented solution as currently applied has failed individually and on an international basis.

Dr. Ben provides a simple history of the escalation of degenerative diseases (diabetes, obesity, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, cancer etc.) that correlates, at an inordinate level, with behavioral changes in physical activity and dietary preferences.  

Lastly, Dr. Ben offers a simple, sound and scientifically based plan that incorporates a universally applicable system that directly addresses the alarming, current state of public health.  Topics included are:  Diet, exercise, disease treatment and management options and cost analyses of these.

Dr. Ben Bocchicchio has published more than 200 articles and study reports in the fields of Fitness, Health and Exercise.  His work includes his acclaimed book “15 Minutes to Fitness” and the sale of more than 300,000 SMaRT DVD’s in 31 countries.  He is continuing work as an investigator and consultant to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, ASU and a number of academic and corporate health institutions.   

Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO

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“Dr. Nasha Winters is a global healthcare authority and best-selling author in integrative cancer care and research consulting with physicians around the world. She has educated hundreds of professionals in the clinical use of mistletoe and has created robust educational programs for both healthcare institutions and the public on incorporating vetted integrative therapies in cancer care to enhance outcomes. Dr. Winters is currently focused on opening a comprehensive metabolic oncology hospital and research institute in the US where the best that standard of care has to offer and the most advanced integrative therapies will be offered. This facility will be in a residential setting on a gorgeous campus against a backdrop of regenerative farming, EMF mitigation and retreat, as well as state of the art medical technology and data collection and evaluation to improve patient outcomes.”

Andreas Eenfeldt, MD

Dr. Eenfeldt is a medical doctor specializing in family medicine and the founder and CEO of Diet Doctor, the largest low-carb website in the world that aims to provide unbiased and evidence-based information, as well as free and inspiring tools to help improve health

 

Ken D Berry, MD

Dr. Ken Berry is a family physician, speaker and author based near Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

Ken was born in Linden, Tennessee, and grew up in the very small Southern town of Hohenwald, Tennessee.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in Animal Biology and Psychology, from Middle Tennessee State University, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in 1996.  He then received his MD from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in Memphis, Tennessee, in 2000.

Ken has been practicing Family Medicine in rural Tennessee for over a decade. He is board certified in Family Medicine, and has been awarded the degree of Fellow, by the American Academy of Family Physicians.  Having seen over 20,000 patients during his career of all ages, he is uniquely qualified to write on both acute and chronic diseases.

More and more, Dr. Berry has focused on the chronic diseases caused by the Standard American Diet and Lifestyle,and has made it his mission to turn the tide on the epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes, chronic inflammation and dementia.

Ken has four children, 3 dogs, 2 cats and 7 peacocks. He, and his beautiful wife Neisha, live on their farm in Holladay, TN.

Joan Ifland, PhD, MBA

Joan Ifland, PhD, MBA

Dr. Ifland has been creating breakthroughs in recovery from food addiction from 1999 with the publication of her first popular book to 2018 with the publication of her textbook, Processed Food Addiction: Foundations, Assessment, and Recovery (CRC Press).  The textbook is the first academic publication describing how to diagnose and treat processed food addiction, as well as establishing the scientific basis for the disease.

Her current project is a breakthrough in recovery: the online Addiction Reset Community (ARC) founded in 2018 (patent pending). It is based on findings that processed food addiction can be severe.  This finding shifted the field to more comprehensive abstinence and support protocols that also resolve isolation and mobility issues.

Dr. Ifland has created numerous innovative online resources for food addicts including The Facebook Groups, ‘Food Addiction Education and Food Addiction Education – The Food (2014). The website, Food Addiction Resources, www.foodaddictionresources.com, provides free evidence-based handouts (2104).  The website, Food Addiction Books, www.foodaddictionbooks.com guides food addicts away from misguided deceptive literature to books with solid scientific foundations (2015). She founded the first online training in food addiction to make recovery easier in small, online groups, Food Addiction Reset, www.foodaddictionreset.com( 2016). The Home Addiction Reset Program (HARP) is the first home-based online live video program to support people through the acute phase of withdrawal from processed foods (2018). She wrote the popular book, Dr. Ifland’s Meal Prep Manual, which is a breakthrough system to easily manage meals for recovery from food addiction (2018).

Dr. Ifland is the lead author of the first scholarly description of processed food addiction according to classic addiction diagnostic criteria and the first scholarly definition of addictive versus non-addictive foods, Refined Food Addiction: A Classic Substance Use Disorder (2007) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19223127.

Dr. Ifland earned her PhD in addictive nutrition at Union Institute and University (2010). Her MBA was awarded by Stanford Business School(1978) and her BA in Economics and Political Science by Oberlin College (1974). Her early career was spent understanding corporate and government behaviors with two years as fiscal staff for the Joint Finance Committee of the Wisconsin Legislature (1974-76) and five years as corporate finance staff for a Fortune 200 holding company, the Continental Group (1978-1983)

She currently resides in the Seattle area where she enjoys hiking, swimming, women’s business groups, and the arts.

Joan Ifland, PhD, MBA, CEO

Food Addiction Reset, LLC

713 446 3663

[email protected]

www.drjoanifland.com

Maria Emmerich

Maria Emmerich is a nutritionist who specializes in the ketogenic diet and exercise physiology. She struggled with her health and weight throughout childhood which lead her to become such a passionate nutrition expert. "My goal is to help transform people's lives and start living again!" Maria specializes in brain neurotransmitters and how food can increase mental wellness. Her expertise has sent her around the World speaking about ketogenic diets.

She spends the majority of her time with clients around the World via Skype with amazing results. She specializes in helping autoimmune disorders, diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2), heart disease, cholesterol issues, alopecia, hashimoto's, cancer, epilepsy, seizures, depression and anxiety. You would be amazed at the amount of people get off medication with her guidance.

She is also an International Best Selling author of several books including "Quick and Easy Ketogenic Cooking" and "The 30 Day Ketogenic Cleanse". She also authored 8 other books including several cookbooks and 3 nutritional guide books including the best-selling book "Keto.".

She also runs a support site for getting all your questions answered here:
keto-adapted.com  

Jacqueline A. Eberstein, R.N.

low carb usa san diego event 2016 speaker jackie ebersteinJacqueline Eberstein began working with Dr. Robert Atkins as a staff nurse in 1974. At the time of his death in 2003 she was the Director of Medical Education at The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine. Her experiences were wide ranging including the education of physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and nutritionists on the principles and protocols of the Atkins Lifestyle and Complementary Medicine.

She contributed to a number of Dr. Atkins’ books, newsletters and Atkins: A Passion for Healthy Living magazine. She lectured at trade shows, designed and presented the Atkins At Sea low carb cruise program and other community events. She was a guest and frequent host on “Your Health Choices”, Dr. Atkins syndicated radio show.

Following Dr. Atkins death in 2003 she functioned as the Director of Nutrition Information at Atkins Health and Medical Information Services, a division of Atkins Nutritionals. While there she co-authored Atkins Diabetes Revolution.

She began consulting in 2005 on all aspects of the Atkins Lifestyle and Complementary Medicine.

Today she is Director of Care Protocol for HEAL Clinics where she and Dr. Eric Westman created HEALcare® – a guided low-carb ketogenic program for safe weight loss and the remission of type 2 diabetes without medication.

She continues to lecture, write and consult both nationally and internationally on the low carb philosophy. She is regular attendee and lecturer on The Low Carb Cruise.

For more information about HEALcare visit: www.HEALclinics.com. 

 

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Peter Ballerstedt, PhD

Peter Ballerstedt (aka The Sodfather) received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1981 and Master of Science in 1983, both from the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1986, specializing in forage management and utilization, minoring in ruminant nutrition. He was the forage extension specialist at Oregon State University from 1986 to 1992. He worked in the forage seed industry from 2011 until 2023. He is a member of several national and international scientific societies, participates in related global initiatives, and is the current President of the American Forage and Grassland Council.

His study of human nutrition is fueled by his personal experience. He is an advocate for ruminant animal agriculture and its products, speaking to audiences in several countries about the role of ruminants in humanity’s past, present and future. He strives to build bridges between his agricultural tribe and his low-carb/keto/carnivore tribes. Peter blogs and posts to Facebook at “Grass Based Health” and on Twitter and Instagram at @GrassBased. Peter and Nancy live in western Oregon with their three dogs Conor Noni and Iris.

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Logan Sneed

I'm Logan Sneed, an online public figure and social media influencer who can provide the online Keto programs you need to work towards the results you want. I've dedicated my life to helping others but wasn't always an online personal trainer.

I am a Brain Cancer survivor that was diagnosed with a stage 4 Glioblastoma Brain Tumor March 26th, 2016. I have been through brain surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. I have grown in numerous ways mentally, physically, and emotionally. The day my life changed was the day that I began the Ketogenic diet. Doctors told me nothing would help this. Might as well give up.

They were wrong. The ketogenic diet has saved my life and helped me transform physically and internally. I have had MRI check in's and they have seen some of the best results they have ever seen. I could be living my life in a sense of no faith and simply giving up. That is not an option for me. I have had things thrown at me day in and day out. But that is a blessing and that has helped me develop the best version of myself. I am the founder of Fusionlean.com, FItpreneuracademy.com, and Logansneed.com. I am also the author of the book called, "Thank You Cancer."

Following the ketogenic diet not only has helped save my life but has helped transform lives worldwide. Thousands of people that make the decision to follow a Fusion Lean plan, simply make the decision to change and create the best version of themselves. When you choose Fusion Lean as your online personal trainer, you're working with someone who knows how to get through the struggle. I have goals to make sure that every client conquers their journey in every way they can. 

Rachel Gregory, MS, CNS, ATC, CSCS Bio

Rachel Gregory is a Board-Certified Nutrition Specialist, Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach. She received her Master’s Degree in Nutrition & Exercise Physiology from James Madison University and Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Miami.

Rachel has a vast knowledge on the science and application of the Ketogenic Diet for weight loss, performance and overall health. She completed the first ever human clinical trial looking at the effects of the Ketogenic Diet in Crossfit athletes, which is published in the International Journal of Sports and Exercise Medicine. Rachel has presented her research at national conferences and works closely with several doctors and scientists specializing in the low-carbohydrate, ketogenic lifestyle.

Rachel is the Founder and CEO of Killin It Keto, LLC and creator of the 21-Day Keto Challenge. She has worked with a variety of individuals throughout her career that include Division I collegiate athletes, WNBA stars and some of the top bodybuilders in the world. She has a passion for educating those interested in optimizing their physical and mental wellbeing while improving long-term health goals.

Website: www.killinitketo.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/killinitketo/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Killinitketo

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killinitketo/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsYmNy7fYkQDbmbB8ko1aFQ?view_as=subscriber

Jeff Kotterman

Jeff Kotterman,founder of the TriSystem Health Network, is the Director of the National Association of Sports Nutrition and the first NASN Licensed Master Sports Nutritionist in San Diego, CA.  He specializes in breaking health,  performance and fitness plateaus through exercise and nutrition.  He graduated from the College of New Jersey in Trenton with a degree in both health and physical education and obtained his professional certifications through several different organizations including AFAA, ACE, the NAFC and the NASN.  Jeff holds every certification the NASN has to offer, including their licensing instructor certificate.  Jeff currently trains and mentors health and fitness professionals all over the world to first get an NASN certification and then to pay it forward to others through their individual practices.

Jeff is a consultant to several major fitness companies and gives support to more effective nutrition and exercise programs for products mass marketed today. He has been the expert consultant for popular fitness programs currently featured in specialty supplement stores and major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, infomercials and direct marketing products like MET-Rx 180.   Jeff’s latest endeavor is in the growth and development of the TriSystem Health Network.  The medical and health communities have got it wrong.  The solution to contemporary health issues, disease treatment and prevention is not primarily prescription drugs and invasive procedures.  It is specific, science based nutrition, exercise and nutritive supplementation programs that are personal and individually determined.  The TriSystem Health Network has been personally introduced through short talks and seminars he and his team have given.

An engaging and accomplished speaker, Jeff has been interviewed by ABC, CBS, NBC, San Diego’s KPBS and the BBC news. He has been quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and several other respected periodicals.  Jeff is a family man, spending most of his leisure time with his wife Tina and their two children.  Jeff also has a passion for research and the implementation of specific nutrition and exercise strategies that fight heart disease, cancer and diabetes, the leading causes of death in America. Jeff has been coaching and mentoring as a unique sports nutritionist in San Diego, California since 1996.

To schedule Jeff for a speaking engagement or event, email pr@TriSystemEDGE.com or call 888-538-2348 and press 4.

Steve Ottersberg MS (ABD) Bio-Organic Chemistry

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Education:

B.S. Biochemistry, Fort Lewis College, Durango CO.

Undergraduate research focus on insect pheromone analog design and synthesis.

M.S. (ABD) in Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Research focus on drug design, biochemistry, toxicology and physiology.

Professional Experience:

Six years of teaching biochemistry board reviews to Naturopathic medical students, brought together the passion for human health and biochemistry. Using computer generated pathway animations, students thrived with interactive workbooks.  Steve received an honorary ND from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine due to his efforts in teaching.

Four years in pharmaceutical sales with Merck & Co giving a unique view into the core of modern medicine.  Working with prominent medical school professors to teach disease education in Northern New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona, the focus was always selling from a scientific perspective that doctors loved.

Four years as a college level chemistry professor at Fort Lewis College, teaching Chemistry for Consumers, General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.

Three years of laboratory management in a full service environmental brick and mortar lab and a team of scientists in a mobile laboratory.  Running thousands of GC-FID, GC-MS, IC, ICP-OES samples.

Clinical nutrition product formulation medical sales/product formulation with Thrive Nutritional Formulas.  Formulating products for support of cancer patients. Working with physicians to change the paradigm of oncology nutrition, including cannabinoid medicine.

Faculty member of Progressive Medical Education, Steve shares his passion for human genetic testing in medicine with an audience of physicians.  Having taught 30(+) case based webinars, Steve has expanded understanding of the biochemical connections between polymorphisms of key enzymes associated with multiple disease states.  Courses were largely cancer focused which led to multiple webinars on the endocannabinoid system.

Four Years as Nutrigenomic Coach/Consultant, providing one on one coaching to cancer patients and consulting for physicians.  Steve provided guidance on the use of genetic testing with blood and urine testing to optimize health. Using genetic testing to focus lab testing and personalized treatment plans, Steve brought personalized medicine from biochemistry.

Founder of Green Lab Solutions Company LLC was Colorado’s 11th certified cannabis testing laboratory. Green Lab Solutions was validated and certified to test microbiology, 10 cannabinoids and 21 terpenoids.

Currently working as genetic consultant to Endo Canna Health.  Endo Canna Health is a genetic testing company that provides insights into cannabis response based upon genomic data.  We are currently working on a 900 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) screen to provide physicians a comprehensive therapeutic and metabolic profile.  

Public Speaking

March 2017 Steve spoke about the genetic influences on environmental toxicity at The American Academy of Environmental Medicine in Savannah Georgia.

November 2017 Steve spoke on the science of terpenes and cannabinoids at Marijuana Business Daily MJBizCon.  This was the largest marijuana business conference in history hosting 18,000 attendees.

April 2018 Steve spoke on the genetic influences of cannabinoid and terpenoid production by cannabis sativa at Terpenes and Testing World Conference in San Jose CA.

April 2018 Steve spoke on Cannabinoids and Terpenoids and the Entourage Effect at Colorado State University Pueblo, Institute of Cannabis Research Symposium in Pueblo CO.

May 2018 Steve spoke on Cannabinoids and Terpenoids: Pharmacology pharmacogenomics and the complex interactions of endocannabinoid system with terpenoids and phytocannabinoids, implications in oncology, at Best Answer for Cancer, Orlando, FL.

August 2018 Steve spoke on the genetic influences on cannabinoid and terpenoid production in cannabis.  Cannabis Science Conference, Portland, OR.

September 2018 Steve spoke on Cannabinoid and Terpenoid therapeutics in oncology at IMM 2018 in Rosenfeld Germany.

October 2018 Steve spoke at Microbiome Medicine Conference on Cannabinoids Terpenoids, Microbiome and Gut Health in San Francisco.

February 2019 Steve spoke at The Emerald Conference on Human Genetics and Individual Response to Cannabis Therapeutics.  San Diego, CA.

Jess Dudley

Jess Dudley began her lowcarb journey in 2014 for the 3rd time.  

Keeping the weight off has always been her struggle.  This time she got involved with community early on and it's been the game changer.  She likes to say, "It's not the weight loss I like to talk about, it's what I did with the success! That's the bigger story." 

She is the founder of "Find Your Food a collective of people helping each other through small groups.

Jess has been involved with over 150 small group meetings in the last 2 years. An active speaker at her gym, local hospital and small businesses Jess communicates hope and help that comes from the community story she carries.

Find Your Food hosts Online support groups,  Small groups, Retreats and workshops.  As an active blogger, Jess candidly shares the things she's learned on the journey at Find Your Food.org.  "Blogging helps me share the story, the struggles and the hope I carry. If people know there is hope, they'll reach out again for help!  It's up to those of us with lowcarb success to simply share our stories and spread that hope! Community and forums are a great place to make that happen!"

"I'm really looking forward to linking arms with Doug and Pam as they seek to create more community opportunity.  This will be a game changer!"

Antonio C. Martinez II

Antonio C. Martinez II is a native New Yorker, and the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a Juris Doctorate Degree from Brooklyn Law School.  He attended the United States Capitol Page School and is a graduate of New York Military Academy.

Lisa Van Herik and Mark Goros

Lisa and Mark started Sweet Talkers (Diabetics), a nutrition self help group for diabetics, in 2017.  Lisa is an MSW, Diabetes Educator, Type 1 and a Certified Holistic Nutritionist. Mark has been completing his certification in Insulin Resistance with the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology and was previously pre-diabetic. Implementing their own take on a low carb lifestyle, Mark lost 35 lbs. and returned his blood sugar levels to normal.

At the LowCarbUSA conference, Lisa and Mark will share information on the easy way to enjoy, stick with and transition to a low carb lifestyle with healthy desserts!  You are invited to attend their talk on Low Carb Desserts; The Simple and Effective Method to Go Low Carb.

Sweet Talkers (Diabetics) has regular meetings in La Jolla and presents holistic nutritional information to all range of diabetics as well as those looking to avoid the disease. Everyone is welcome to attend these free meetings. Sweet Talkers has recently started teaching nutrition classes as well. You can find more information at www.sweettalkers.org.

Lisa Van Herik and Mark Goros

Lisa and Mark started Sweet Talkers (Diabetics), a nutrition self help group for diabetics, in 2017.  Lisa is an MSW, Diabetes Educator, Type 1 and a Certified Holistic Nutritionist. Mark has been completing his certification in Insulin Resistance with the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology and was previously pre-diabetic. Implementing their own take on a low carb lifestyle, Mark lost 35 lbs. and returned his blood sugar levels to normal.

At the LowCarbUSA conference, Lisa and Mark will share information on the easy way to enjoy, stick with and transition to a low carb lifestyle with healthy desserts!  You are invited to attend their talk on Low Carb Desserts; The Simple and Effective Method to Go Low Carb.

Sweet Talkers (Diabetics) has regular meetings in La Jolla and presents holistic nutritional information to all range of diabetics as well as those looking to avoid the disease. Everyone is welcome to attend these free meetings. Sweet Talkers has recently started teaching nutrition classes as well. You can find more information at www.sweettalkers.org.

Gillian Szollos, BA

A Health Policy and Promotion Consultant. Gillian’s expertise is in Therapeutic Ketogenic diets helping clients optimize and customize their ketogenic diets for therapeutic goals. She is a consummate biohacker who uses keto to control her epilepsy (she is seizure free for over four years). She has also lost over 100 pounds, reversed fibromyalgia, improved arthritis, and gained control over her lipedema. She believes food is medicine and empowers others to heal and succeed with keto. She strives to build community and share successes while drawing attention to the therapeutic possibilities of a ketogenic diet to change lives while focusing on bio individuality in order to maximize results.  

Her expertise in therapeutic ketogenic nutrition was born of necessity.  In 2014 she was struck with terrible epileptic seizures that crippled her.  In three months, she had over 130. Her world fell apart.  Afr medications did not work and she became desperate and a search led her to the Ketogenic diet. She is one of the lucky ones,  within two weeks she was seizure free.

Fast forward to today, she has attended over 15 major metabolic conferences, spoken at many of them, written and consulted on therapeutic ketogenic diets for Epilepsy, Fibromyalgia, Lipedema, and more. She is passionate about learning and take every opportunity to collaborate with others in the field to advance her knowledge.  She has received professional Training in LCHF/Ketogenic Nutrition and Treatment through the Noakes Foundation and she is a member of the Canadian Clinicians for Therapeutic Nutrition.

Her area of expertise is with therapeutic applications of the keto diet. She has a lot of experience in biohacking around stalls and plateaus and doing the investigative work that is sometimes needed to figure out why sometimes one’s best efforts do not yield the results you want. She believes food is medicine and that every individual deserves an individual approach. 

Luis Villasenor

Luis has always been passionate about fitness due to a personal interest in improving his own physique. Always curious in learning the “why and how,” he has been studying and researching nutrition and strength training since he was 17.  Upon discovering ketogenic diets in 2001, Luis has been on a low carb regime ever since.  He has used a ketogenic approach to favorably recomposition his body and improve his health.  Based upon nearly two decades of eating and training this way, Luis decided to develop Ketogains to share his experiences and knowledge, as well as help people attain their health and fitness goals.  Luis is regarded as one of the most experienced and knowledgeable persons on Low Carb /Ketogenic dieting, and is the “go to guy” when applying a ketogenic diet for Bodybuilding and Strength Training by well-known and respected insiders, leaders, influencers of the low carb/paleo and general fitness community.

  • Elite Trainer – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
  • Specialist in Fitness Nutrition (SFN) – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
  • Certified Fitness Trainer (CFT) – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
  • Fitness / Exercise Therapist (SET) – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
  • Currently studying for Corrective Exercise Specialist (SCE) – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
  • Bayesian Bodybuilding Personal Training Certification
  • Currently Studying for the Primal Health Coach Certification
  • Currently Studying for the Kaatsu Certification Program
  • CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1 Trainer) – CrossFit
  • Evolution Nutraceutical Company – Sponsored Athlete
  • Bachelor in Business Administration & Marketing – Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)

Tyler Cartwright

Tyler comes to a ketogenic by way of having weighed 505 pounds at his heaviest, and having lost 295 pounds in the process of defeating Type II diabetes, regaining health, and rediscovering his zeal for life.  He spends his time these days teaching others how to overcome the obstacles and barriers which resist change, and how to achieve goals and outcomes which have eluded them thus far in their lives.  He runs a number of bootcamps for beginners and novices, which focus on resistance training, motivational discussion and debate, and a healthy deal of honest conversation.  His clients, in 2017 alone, have lost nearly 30,000 pounds, and (as he often points out) have added years of quality to their lives for the sakes of children, grandchildren, spouses, and employees.  His areas of focus and interest are human nutrition and bioenergetics, the psychology of change, and the marriage of the two.  Tyler is married to his wonderful wife Jamiee (who has lost 127 pounds following a Ketogenic diet herself), has one daughter, and a rambunctious Labrador retriever.

  • Specialist in Fitness Nutrition (SFN) – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
  • Certified Fitness Trainer (CFT) – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
  • Bayesian Bodybuilding Personal Training Certification
  • Precision Nutrition PN1 / PN2
  • Currently Studying for CISSN / Starting Strength Certified Coach
  • Bachelor in Business Administration – Mid-Continent University
  • MBA – Bellevue University (IA)

    Tyler Cartwright

    Tyler comes to a ketogenic by way of having weighed 505 pounds at his heaviest, and having lost 295 pounds in the process of defeating Type II diabetes, regaining health, and rediscovering his zeal for life.  He spends his time these days teaching others how to overcome the obstacles and barriers which resist change, and how to achieve goals and outcomes which have eluded them thus far in their lives.  He runs a number of bootcamps for beginners and novices, which focus on resistance training, motivational discussion and debate, and a healthy deal of honest conversation.  His clients, in 2017 alone, have lost nearly 30,000 pounds, and (as he often points out) have added years of quality to their lives for the sakes of children, grandchildren, spouses, and employees.  His areas of focus and interest are human nutrition and bioenergetics, the psychology of change, and the marriage of the two.  Tyler is married to his wonderful wife Jamiee (who has lost 127 pounds following a Ketogenic diet herself), has one daughter, and a rambunctious Labrador retriever.

    • Specialist in Fitness Nutrition (SFN) – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
    • Certified Fitness Trainer (CFT) – International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
    • Bayesian Bodybuilding Personal Training Certification
    • Precision Nutrition PN1 / PN2
    • Currently Studying for CISSN / Starting Strength Certified Coach
    • Bachelor in Business Administration – Mid-Continent University
    • MBA – Bellevue University (IA)

Daniel Schulof

Daniel Schulof is an investigative science writer specializing in exposing bad science and conflicts of interest in the pet food industry and the veterinary nutrition community. Kirkus Reviews praised his 2016 book Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma: The Silent Epidemic Killing America’s Dogs and the New Science That Could Save Your Best Friend’s Life as “a weighty scientific treatise” featuring “exhaustive research that … uncovers the seemingly sinister influence of giants of the pet-food industry.” He is also a practicing attorney, an ultramarathoner, and the founder and chairman of KetoNatural Pet Foods, a company specializing in low-carbohydrate pet food products.

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