Episode 233: An Engineer's Journey to Metabolic Health w/Doug Reynolds

Protecting Your NEST with Dr. Tony Hampton

Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Doug Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA®—a platform offering a variety of educational tools and resources to medical practitioners and laypeople alike. He is also the President of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners—an organization founded to represent all researchers and practitioners working to improve metabolic health around the world through education, training, and support of evidence-based nutritional approaches, including carbohydrate restriction, as a valid therapeutic option or intervention.

In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Doug talk about:

• (00:00) Intro
• (02:00) How Doug first became interested in metabolic health, how he discovered the ketogenic diet, and how he came up with the idea that would become LowCarbUSA
• (08:55) One of Doug’s favorite moments from past LowCarbUSA conferences
• (19:15) How Doug’s early experiences in Zimbabwe and South Africa prepared him to put on the Low Carb Conferences
• (32:03) The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners and the Journal of Metabolic Health
• (37:24) What Doug’s new book, The Road to Metabolic Health, is about
• (39:50) The first step most people need to take on the road to metabolic health
• (49:50) How we can reach a broader audience with the message of metabolic health
• (56:30) Outro

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

Links:

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• The SMHP:https://thesmhp.org
• The Journal of Metabolic Health: https://thesmhp.org/journal/

Doug Reynolds:

• LowCarbUSA: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/blog/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lowcarbusa/
• X: https://x.com/lowcarbusa
• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/LowCarbUSA
• The Road to Metabolic Health (new book!): https://www.amazon.com/Road-Metabolic-Health-Answer-Pharmaceuticals/dp/1965653936

Dr. Tony Hampton:

• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drtonyhampton
• Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/drtonyhampton/
• LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyhampton/
• Ritmos Negros Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495
• Q Med: https://qmedcme.com
• Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/san-diego-2022/
• How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEB1Fr0_MM

• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/