Heart Disease Is a Metabolic Disease: Highlights from Dr. Philip Ovadia’s Cardiovascular Presentation at the 2026 Boca Symposium
One of the most anticipated moments of the 2026 Boca Symposium for Metabolic Health came during Friday’s dedicated cardiovascular track — a full day focused on one of the most urgent and misunderstood areas in modern medicine: heart disease. For years, attendees have asked for deeper conversations around cardiovascular risk, plaque progression, and real-world clinical […]
A Cardiologist’s Thoughts on the Ketogenic Diet, Heart Disease & Metabolic Health: Ep 126
Doug Reynolds welcomes listeners back to the LowCarbUSA® Podcast with a guest who works in one of the most specialized—and most misunderstood—corners of cardiovascular medicine: the heart’s electrical system. Dr. David Nabert is an electrophysiologist (“EP” doctor), focused on heart rhythm disorders, and he’s one of the featured speakers at the Boca Symposium for Metabolic […]
Vascular Surgeon Lily Johnston on “Plaque, Proof and Prevention: Rethinking Cardiovascular Risk”
At the 10th Annual Symposium for Metabolic Health, held in San Diego in August 2025, vascular surgeon Dr. Lily Johnston delivered one of the most compelling and impactful presentations of the weekend. Her lecture, Plaque, Proof and Prevention: Rethinking Cardiovascular Risk, challenged long-held assumptions about how cardiovascular disease is detected, treated, and prevented—and called for […]
The Epilepsy Therapy Hidden in Plain Sight: Denise Potter on the Ketogenic Diet
Denise Potter, RDN, CDCES has spent nearly two decades on the front lines of Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy (KMT)—long enough to see what happens when an underused therapy finally meets the people who need it. Founder of Advanced Ketogenic Therapies (AKT) and a global educator behind the collaborative Keto Mastery courses, Denise has trained clinicians around […]
Rethinking Brain Injury: Dr. Dominic D’Agostino on How Metabolic Therapies Can Transform TBI Recovery
At last month’s 10th Annual San Diego Symposium for Metabolic Health, neuroscientist Dr. Dominic D’Agostino delivered a very impactful and important presentation of the weekend. His lecture, “Traumatic Brain Injury: Mechanisms and Metabolic-Based Treatments,” challenged us to rethink the way brain injuries are treated—and the opportunities we are missing. “When a patient comes in who has sustained a traumatic brain […]
“It’s almost criminal…”
Have you ever sat in a presentation and thought, “Why isn’t everyone hearing this?” That’s exactly how we felt listening to Dr. Csilla Ari D’Agostino at the 10th Annual San Diego Symposium this past August. Her session on ketones and brain health was one of those talks that makes you lean forward in your seat, connecting the […]
Peter Ballerstedt Returns to San Diego Symposium with a Powerful Message on Nutrition and Sustainability
Why reversing malnutrition—not emissions—may be the most important global sustainability effort “If humanity is facing an existential crisis, that existential crisis is malnutrition,” said Dr. Peter Ballerstedt, who returns to the stage this August 14-17 at the 10th Annual San Diego Symposium for Metabolic Health. His upcoming presentation—titled “Food for Thought: Metabolic Health and ‘Sustainability’”—challenges […]
Producer Kevin Carter on the Launch of ‘Animal’, a Movie Highlighting the Carnivore Diet: Ep 124
I talk with producer, Kevin Carter, about the new movie they just launched called ‘Animal’. This movie seeks to set the record straight about the benefits of the carnivore diet and what the ‘Proper Human Diet’ for humans really looks like. It sets out to debunk so many of the untruths about meat and […]
Why One Doctor Is Flying Across the World for the San Diego Symposium for Metabolic Health
Inside Dr. Roshani Sanghani’s groundbreaking book, Turn Around Diabetes, and why her interactive workshop on motivational interviewing is a must-attend event “I’m coming, whatever the cost. Because it’s my tribe.” Dr. Roshani Sanghani isn’t exaggerating. The board-certified endocrinologist, Metabolic Health Practitioner (MHP), and author of Turn Around Diabetes will be traveling from India to attend […]
The Most Efficient Workout You’ve Never Tried: Dr. Ben Bocchicchio’s 15 Minutes to Fitness
It’s not every day you meet someone who’s been quietly transforming the fitness and health world for over five decades. But that’s exactly who Dr. Vincent “Ben” Bocchicchio is—a pioneer in high-intensity training, metabolic health, and aging well. And his message is simple: what most people believe about fitness and fat loss is wrong. “The […]