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| My 1st 1000 Days as a Carnivore | Dr. Tony Hampton - E246 | 11 Oct 2026 | 01:02:08 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. In this episode, Dr. Tony reflects on his first 1,000 days as a carnivore, offering insights and going over the many benefits he's experienced. The carnivore diet is about more than just weight loss; there are a multitude of reasons to give it a try! In this episode, Dr. Tony talks about:
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| You Can Finally Watch HEALING HUMANITY at Home—But Only for 30 Days | Kerry Mann (HomeSteadHow) - E245 | 02 Oct 2026 | 00:26:55 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Kerry Mann is a health advocate, filmmaker, podcaster, and the creator of HomeSteadHow, where he shares his family's journey toward better health through a "proper human diet." After transforming his own health and losing 100 pounds through a carnivore-based approach, Kerry became passionate about sharing the stories of others who have experienced profound changes through nutrition. Kerry is the driving force behind Healing Humanity: The Power of a Proper Human Diet, a documentary exploring real-life health transformations and the people who believe that changing what we eat can change our lives. Through the film, Kerry hopes to bring these stories to a wider audience and offer hope to people struggling with chronic health issues. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Kerry talk about:
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• Ritmos Negros (my son's podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495 | |||
| Carnivore for Ageless Living | Anita Breeze (aka. The Ketogenic Woman) - E244 | 25 Sep 2026 | 01:01:30 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Anita Breeze, known as the "Ketogenic Woman," is a health and wellness advocate, recipe creator, and the creator of the popular Ketogenic Woman YouTube channel. After losing more than 150 pounds and transforming her health through keto and carnivore eating, Anita now helps others—particularly women over 50—explore a meat-based approach to nutrition and healthy aging. Her upcoming book, Carnivore for Ageless Living: A Simple Path to Better Health and Lifelong Vitality, offers practical strategies, recipes, and lessons from her own journey to help readers build strength, improve their health, and thrive at any age. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Anita talk about:
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• • Ritmos Negros (my son's podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495 | |||
| Why Knowing What to Eat Isn't Enough | Brian Ruby - E243 | 18 Sep 2026 | 01:34:32 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Brian Ruby is the founder of Medifoodz, a company focused on making therapeutic ketogenic nutrition more practical, accessible, and sustainable. Through Medifoodz's Glyvance program, Ruby is combining chef-prepared ketogenic meals with continuous glucose monitoring, digital support, and clinician oversight to help patients translate metabolic health science into everyday life. His work centers on one of the biggest challenges in nutrition-based care: not simply knowing what to eat, but making it easier to consistently eat that way. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Brian talk about:
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| Episode 242: John E. Ellis, MD | 21 Nov 2025 | 00:36:29 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. John E. Ellis, MD is a retired anesthesiologist. Following years of struggling with weight and metabolic health, Dr. Ellis discovered the power of a low-carb lifestyle—losing excess weight, improving his energy, and reclaiming his vitality. Now he's passionate about sharing what he's learned, blending a physician's eye for evidence with the lived experience of someone who has reshaped his own health. Through speaking, mentoring, and community engagement, Dr. Ellis inspires others to rethink nutrition and take control of their wellbeing.
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 241: Temple Stewart | 24 Oct 2025 | 00:59:48 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Temple Stewart, RD, is a registered dietitian and metabolic health expert known for helping people transform their lives through low-carb, ketogenic, and carnivore nutrition. A former collegiate athlete turned nutrition coach, Temple blends science-based guidance with real-world practicality to help clients reverse insulin resistance, restore energy, and achieve lasting wellness. Through her online programs and popular social media presence, she's empowering thousands to reclaim their metabolic health—one meal at a time. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Temple talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 240: Vinnie Tortorich | 03 Oct 2025 | 01:24:44 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Vinnie Tortorich is a celebrity fitness trainer, podcaster, and best-selling author known as "America's Angriest Trainer." With decades of experience helping people cut through diet myths and fitness fads, he's built a global following by telling it like it is. Vinnie is the creator of the No Sugar No Grains (NSNG®) lifestyle, host of the long-running Fitness Confidential podcast, and producer of the hit documentary Fat: A Documentary. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Vinnie talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 239: Terri Carter | 26 Sep 2025 | 01:06:46 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Terri Carter is a carnivore diet VETERAN with tons of practical tips and tricks for anyone interested in trying carnivore themselves. She has hit stalls and encountered setbacks of various kinds and has overcome them all. Take notes because this episode contains a lot of pure wisdom distilled from years of experience. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Terri talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 238: Meet Wick Goes Carnivore: The Man Who Lost 80+ lbs with Ribeye Power! | 19 Sep 2025 | 01:29:47 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Today we're joined by Brian Nowicki, the creator of 'Wick Goes Carnivore' on YouTube. Brian has shared a remarkable transformation—over 80 pounds lost—and, more importantly, a story about reclaiming health, energy, and hope. He talks mindset, practical strategies, and the real-world wins and stumbles along the way. We're going to explore not just what he eats, but why the approach worked for his body—through the lenses of insulin, inflammation, sleep, stress, and identity. Brian, welcome to the N.E.S.T. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Brian talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 237: Phumi (Carnivore Cutie) | 12 Sep 2025 | 01:00:41 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Phumi (Carnivore Cutie) is a carnivore YouTuber and social media influencer who reversed her PCOS in 3 months following a strict carnivore diet. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Phumi talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 236: Priming for Health: How Raymond Nazon Beat Disease with a Carnivore Diet | 25 Jul 2025 | 01:03:36 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Raymond Nazon is a carnivore coach and the inventor of the priming concept for the carnivore diet. The list of issues he was experiencing prior to carnivore includes: pre-diabetes, plantar fasciitis, waist size of 44, rosacea, mid-back pain, arthritic knee and finger joints, heel spurs, poor libido, high triglycerides, low HDL, blood pressure, pre-hypertension, snoring, dandruff, acne, diminishing eyesight, poor wound-healing, irritable bowel disease, chronic constipation, constant brain fog, insomnia and more. Now, after following a carnivore diet since 2017, Raymond has been set free to do and be so much more than he ever thought possible.
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 235: Compassionate Carnivore with Emma Mann | 13 Jun 2025 | 00:47:43 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Emma Mann is a YouTuber who creates educational content about the carnivore diet (see links below). She is also the founder of Compassionate Carnivore—a natural skincare brand that focuses on creating products that are not only free from harmful chemicals, but come from a loving and humane place. She struggled with acne growing up—she was a vegan at the time—and it was not until she switched to a carnivore diet and started using whipped tallow butter on her skin that she began to look and feel healthy again.
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 234: Return to Simple with Kim VanDolah | 23 May 2025 | 00:50:04 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton.
Kim VanDolah is a Christian wife and mother of six, an author, and a lifestyle coach passionate about guiding others toward renewal through a Simple Ancestral Lifestyle—centered on Simple Food, Simple Life, and Simple Presence.
After years of seeking healing, wholeness, and vitality, Kim discovered that lasting transformation happens through small, heart-led changes rooted in ancestral wisdom and timeless truth. Her journey led her to reconnect with the Amish and the True-Hearted—those whose quiet strength and faith-filled ways now deeply inspire her work.
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 233: An Engineer's Journey to Metabolic Health w/Doug Reynolds | 21 Mar 2025 | 01:05:45 | |
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:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 232: Stefahn Daniel Jasper | 28 Feb 2025 | 00:55:35 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Stefahn Daniel Jasper is a 45 year old truck driver and a patient of Dr. Tony's. Despite the challenges of life on the road, Stefahn's commitment to the low carb diet has led to many measurable health improvements. Against all odds, he has transformed his truck into a rolling haven of health and has been moving steadily toward greater and greater wellness. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Stefahn talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 231: Emotional Healing with Dr. Nima Rahmany | 22 Feb 2025 | 01:09:11 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Nima Rahmany is a leading expert in emotional regulation, trauma healing, and relationship transformation. After a distinguished career as a chiropractor, he transitioned into the field of emotional and somatic healing, developing his signature Overview Experience program. His work focuses on nervous system regulation, shadow work, and healing attachment wounds, helping high-achieving professionals, parents, and individuals break free from toxic patterns and achieve deep emotional resilience. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Nima talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 230: The Cancer-Diet Connection with Sam Apple | 31 Jan 2025 | 00:39:44 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Sam Apple is on the faculty of the MA in Science Writing and MA in Writing programs at Johns Hopkins. Prior to his arrival at Johns Hopkins, Apple taught creative writing and journalism at the University of Pennsylvania for ten years. He holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University. He is the author of Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Sam talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 229: Dr. Lisa Wiedeman the Carnivore Doctor | 24 Jan 2025 | 01:03:16 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Lisa Wiedeman is a practicing optometric physician who has been in practice since 1991. She is a passionate advocate of root cause healing for her patients and in both her virtual coaching groups as well as on her popular YouTube channel. She is known for her no nonsense straight forward "Suck it up, Buttercup" approach to those who will come up with excuses to defend their addictive foods. She has been a carnivore for 16 years and has been coaching others to optimal health for over a decade. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Lisa talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 228: Low Carb for Longevity with Scott and Sylvie | 21 Jan 2025 | 01:09:30 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Scott and Sylvie are a low carb couple that Dr. Tony met on the Low Carb Cruise. They have an amazing story of healing and weight loss which they share in this episode. Their personal experience with the keto and carnivore diets has made them incredible resources for anyone considering following one of these dietary paths to metabolic health. In this discussion, Dr. Tony, Scott, and Sylvie talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 227: Why Our Health is Failing and How to Fix It with Dr. Mark Cucuzzella (Part 2) | 13 Jan 2025 | 00:58:16 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel (ret), practices at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is a Professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine and developed the US Air Force Efficient Running Program. Mark has run competitively for four decades, with more than one hundred marathon and ultramarathon finishes, and he continues to compete as a masters runner with thirty straight years under a 3-hour marathon. Mark owns the first minimalist running and walking shoe store, Two Rivers Treads. He has also been named a Distinguished Mountaineer by the Governor of West Virginia, a Blue Ridge Outdoors Pioneer, Air Force Athlete of the Year, Colorado Academy of Family Physicians' Teacher of the Year, is inducted into the Marine Corps Marathon Hall of Fame (2018), and has received the President's Award from the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. Mark's innovative work and story has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Outside Magazine, Running Times, Runners World, Air Force Times, the Washington Post, JAMA, and other medical and media outlets. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Mark talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 226: Why Our Health is Failing and How to Fix It w/Dr. Mark Cucuzzella (Part 1) | 22 Dec 2024 | 01:07:56 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel (ret), practices at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is a Professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine and developed the US Air Force Efficient Running Program. Mark has run competitively for four decades, with more than one hundred marathon and ultramarathon finishes, and he continues to compete as a masters runner with thirty straight years under a 3-hour marathon. Mark owns the first minimalist running and walking shoe store, Two Rivers Treads. He has also been named a Distinguished Mountaineer by the Governor of West Virginia, a Blue Ridge Outdoors Pioneer, Air Force Athlete of the Year, Colorado Academy of Family Physicians' Teacher of the Year, is inducted into the Marine Corps Marathon Hall of Fame (2018), and has received the President's Award from the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. Mark's innovative work and story has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Outside Magazine, Running Times, Runners World, Air Force Times, the Washington Post, JAMA, and other medical and media outlets. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Mark talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/ | |||
| Episode 225: Reversing Diabetes, Myth or Reality with Dr. Ahn | 06 Dec 2024 | 01:10:25 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. In this episode of Protecting Your NEST, Dr. David Ahn, Chief of Diabetes Services at Hoag and creator behind TikTok's @diabetesdoc, dives into the realities of managing and reversing diabetes. We discuss the role of low-carb and ketogenic diets, cutting-edge diabetes technologies, and the steps to achieving remission for type 2 diabetes. Dr. Ahn shares his expertise on empowering patients and debunking common myths about diabetes care. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and David talk about:
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| Episode 224: Amelia Wood | 22 Nov 2024 | 01:09:25 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Amelia Wood is a Food-First Personal Trainer and Metabolic Health Coach based in the Seattle, Washington area. She is an ACE-Certified Personal Trainer and the founder of Primitive Pulse Fitness. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Amelia talk about:
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• • Keto Mojo | |||
| Episode 223: From Frustration to Freedom How Sam Davis Transformed His Health | 15 Nov 2024 | 00:53:23 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Sam Davis is the Education Practitioner of Knewtritional Knowledge. He focuses on developing strategies to get UNCOMMON science out to the public. He is an educator by trade with over 20 years of experience. He saw a need in the community to coordinate and consolidate education services aimed at increasing public awareness around emerging research regarding the effectiveness of lifestyle changes to prevent, reverse and decrease instances of chronic illnesses to reach optimal health. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Sam talk about:
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| Episode 222: Avoid Falls by Doing This with Dr. Wayne Gradman | 08 Nov 2024 | 00:50:06 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Wayne Gradman graduated from Harvard Medical School with honors. He moved to California and completed his postgraduate studies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he practiced vascular surgery for over forty years. He is the author of The Fall Guy: How to Keep Gravity from Ruining Your Day, a primer on fall prevention. He won the Teacher of the Year award in 1998 and retired in 2018. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Wayne talk about:
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| Episode 221: She Got Off Insulin on the First Office Visit with Ajalah Efem | 01 Nov 2024 | 01:14:25 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Ajalah Efem, who lives in the South Bronx, the poorest part of NYC, had diabetes and was experiencing debilitating depression before she started following a low-carb diet. She reversed her severe t2 diabetes on a low-carb diet in a matter of weeks. She recently told her amazing story of healing in her speech at the Metabolic Revolution Rally (see links below). In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Ajalah talk about:
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| Episode 220: Join the Metabolic Revolution with Jessica Apple | 25 Oct 2024 | 00:53:52 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Jessica Apple is a writer, editor, and co-founder of a nonprofit magazine focusing on metabolic health and low-carb diabetes management. Her personal health journey involves personal experiences, including her mother's illness, her own struggle with autoimmune diabetes, and her family's health challenges. Jessica's quest for understanding led her to question traditional dietary advice and explore the ketogenic diet. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Jessica talk about:
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| Episode 219: The Perspective of a Vegetarian with Melanie Murphy Richter | 18 Oct 2024 | 01:12:34 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Melanie Murphy Richter, MS, RDN is a dynamic and accomplished Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, recognized as 2023's "Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year" by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. As a graduate instructor of Nutrition Physiology through the Lifespan at the University of California Irvine (UCI)'s Nursing Department, she mentors and educates future healthcare professionals on the power of nutrition on one's health and healthspan. Melanie's passion for holistic healing led her to establish Wholistic Ritual, a science-backed holistic healing nutrition and integrative medicine practice. Additionally, she served as the Lead Dietitian for Head Start of South Los Angeles, where she implemented innovative nutrition programs to improve the health of underserved youth and their families. Melanie Murphy Richter, MS, RDN is a visionary in the field, integrating evidence-based principles with ancient healing traditions to empower individuals on their wellness journeys. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Melanie talk about:
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| Episode 218: Doctors Don't Know What They Don't Know with Dr. Nelson Vazquez | 11 Oct 2024 | 01:10:19 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Nelson Vazquez is a Family Medicine doctor with over 40 years of clinical experience. By reducing the carbs in his diet he has been able to improve his diabetes and other chronic illnesses. He has restored his health and is sharing the means by which he achieved this restoration with others through his YouTube channel (see links). In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Nelson talk about:
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| Episode 217: Carnivore Diet and its Biochemistry with Blaise V | 04 Oct 2024 | 00:59:58 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Blaise V is a YouTube educational content creator with a passion for exploring science, health, and dietary topics. His videos combine an analytical and humorous approach to complex issues in the realm of nutrition and the biochemistry of the carnivore diet. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Blaise talk about:
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| Episode 216: The Diabetes IBS Connection with Katherine Aitken Young and Sarah Aitken | 27 Sep 2024 | 01:16:59 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Katherine Aitken Young is a registered nurse, nutritionist, metabolic health practitioner, entrepreneur, CEO, coach, wife, and mother. She is passionate about good food and digestive health and developed the IBS Game Changer program to apply her expertise and experience to helping people who have spent their lives feeling like they were at the mercy of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Sarah Aitken is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, as well as a Family Nurse Practitioner, a National Board Certified Coach, a functional nutritionist, an Accredited Metabolic Health Provider, a Lifestyle Medicine provider, a wife and a mother. She is passionate about health and has developed the Diabetes Game Changer program to apply her expertise and experience to helping people who have spent too much time trying to manage their metabolic health by following useless advice.
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| Episode 215: Why Avoid Carbs, Sugar, and Seed Oils with Daniel Trevor | 20 Sep 2024 | 01:00:55 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Daniel Trevor is a citizen scientist and serial entrepreneur who has created several start-up businesses, including a high-tech CTI (computer-telephony integration) company that grew to over 300 employees. Being familiar with analyzing technical data throughout his life, he was comfortable taking a dive into medical and nutritional science to reverse his heart disease after a surprising heart attack. Lean and symptom-free, he thought he was "Mr. Healthy." In reality, he was an undiagnosed Type 2 diabetic, which was the cause of his undiagnosed heart disease, fatty liver disease, and osteoporosis. Using the research in his How-to book, he was able to reverse all four silent conditions. He is also the Founder & CEO of NutraNuva Anti-Aging Science. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Daniel talk about:
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| Episode 214: Jules Anacker | 13 Sep 2024 | 01:01:44 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Jules Anacker is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of HEART Labs in San Diego, CA—a company that provides marketing services for metabolic health care. He is also a Partner and Co-Founder of the digital marketing solutions company, Numero 23. He was diagnosed with bipolar and spent 20+ years suffering with no hope from this affliction. It was not until he discovered the carnivore diet that he began to find relief and see improvement. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Jules talk about:
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| Episode 213: How to Overcome Keto Diet Challenges with Stephanie Keto Person YouTuber | 06 Sep 2024 | 01:03:01 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Stephanie Person is a ketogenic fitness/health coach who has helped thousands of clients achieve amazing results. She first discovered the healing/therapeutic potential of the keto approach when her mom was able to heal her cancer by following the diet. In addition to her consulting and coaching work with clients, Stephanie is also an author, a speaker, and a YouTuber (see links below). In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Stephanie talk about:
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| Episode 212: Hypertension is a Sugar Problem with Rhonda of the CarnivoreLeo YouTube Channel | 30 Aug 2024 | 01:02:47 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Rhonda Townsend is 60 years young and 5'3". She became a carnivore on January 2, 2023, because she wanted to lower her blood pressure and shed extra weight. She was able to slowly wean herself off medications, and after three months on carnivore, her blood pressure was within normal range. Additionally, her weight dropped down to 120 pounds which is 80 pounds down from her heaviest! In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Rhonda talk about:
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| Episode 211: Am I Looney Tunes for Being a Carnivore? | 23 Aug 2024 | 01:02:31 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Kenneth Hill is a Chicago carnivore. He has lost 62 pounds on the carnivore diet so far! Kenneth receently started a carnivore diet YouTube channel. Check out the links below for more info. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Kenneth talk about:
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| Episode 210: How To Improve A1c Levels With Michael Papahronis (Part 2) | 16 Aug 2024 | 01:17:28 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Michael Papahronis is a patient of Dr. Tony's. He has had Type-1 Diabetes for 27 years and has been a middle school teacher for over 20 years. He is a husband and father and has had his life saved and changed by the keto diet. This episode is part 2 of this conversation. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Michael talk about:
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| Episode 209: How to Improve A1c Levels with Michael Papahronis (Part 1) | 09 Aug 2024 | 00:59:39 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Michael Papahronis is a patient of Dr. Tony's. He has had Type 1 Diabetes for 27 years and has been a middle school teacher for over 20 years. He is a husband and father and has had his life saved and changed by the keto diet. Tune in next week for part 2 of this conversation! In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Michael talk about:
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| Episode 208: Why Your Success is About Noticing the Clues with Donald Vega | 02 Aug 2024 | 00:55:18 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Donald Vega is a registered dietitian, strength and conditioning specialist and life-style mentor, based in Costa Rica with more than 24 years of experience in health education. He is the founder of Kilosophy which was established with one vision: "To reverse metabolic disease through a free, fit, happy and healthy society." He has presented at conferences in Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Malaysia and was invited to present at TEDx Pura Vida 2017. Additionally, he is an author and hosts the health and fitness podcast, Bienestar al Descubrimiento. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Donald talk about:
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| Episode 207: The First Carnivore Diet Study Revealed with the Carnivore Rabbi | 26 Jul 2024 | 01:05:58 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Carnivore Rabbi (Evan Moffic) is—as you may have already guessed—a Rabbi who is also an advocate of the carnivore diet. He has a growing YouTube channel called Carnivore Rabbi where he talks about the steps to finding success and peace of mind as a carnivore. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Rabbi Evan talk about:
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| Episode 206: Your Low Carb Resource to Reach Your Children with Michelle Hurn | 19 Jul 2024 | 00:53:52 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Michelle Hurn is a registered and licensed dietitian with eleven years of experience as a clinical, acute care dietitian, lead dietitian in psychiatric care, and outpatient dietitian. Michelle is an avid endurance athlete, she has qualified for the Boston Marathon 12 times, and on November 7th 2020, she recently won her first ultra marathon covering 44.63 miles in a 6 hour timed race. Michelle has written the book, "The Dietitian's Dilemma," detailing how the current nutrition guidelines came into existence and advocating a low carbohydrate, animal-based way of eating as an option for individuals struggling with diabetes, mental disorders, eating disorders, sarcopenia, and heart disease. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Michelle talk about:
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| Episode 205: Turn Around Diabetes with Dr. Roshani Sanghani | 15 Jul 2024 | 01:09:15 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr Roshani Sanghani is American board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. She is a super specialist in hormone imbalance and her practice style is all about helping her patients achieve maximum hormone balance through lifestyle changes, so that they can have better health with less medication. She is also the founder of Reisaan Health. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Roshani talk about:
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| Episode 204: Keto is the Best Diet for Fast Weight Loss with Debbie Icke | 05 Jul 2024 | 01:10:50 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Tony and Debbie Icke met on the recent Low Carb Cruise. Debbie is a financial analyst for a financial services company and has benefited tremendously from adopting a ketogenic diet. She is now living her best life—having lost a lot of weight and seen numerous other health improvements—and is on a mission to help others live their best lives too. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Debbie talk about:
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| Episode 202 (Spanish Version): My Son's Seizures are in Remission with Mayra Perez | 30 Jun 2024 | 00:44:03 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Tony met Mayra Perez on the recent Low Carb Cruise. Mayra's son had a major cyst in his head and, though this cyst was successfully remove through surgery, he was left with damage to his brain. One of the worst manifestations of this brain damage was epileptic seizures. Since discovering the keto diet as a therapy for epilepsy, her son has not had to go to the ER for a seizure in 8 years. In this discussion, Brandon and Mayra talk about:
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| Episode 203: Finding Your Path to a Happier Life with Nurse Cindy | 14 Jun 2024 | 01:18:30 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Cindy Davis Mikolajczyk has been a registered nurse for 45 years and is the host of the Ask Nurse Cindy YouTube channel where she uses humor and easy to understand examples to help others on the journey to informed self care. Since discovering the power of ketogenic eating, Cindy has been passionately devoted to helping others discover the freedom found in fueling the body with low carb, high fat, medium protein foods. She is also an educator and a teacher. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Cindy talk about:
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| Episode 202: My Son's Seizures are in Remission with Mayra Perez | 07 Jun 2024 | 01:01:22 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Tony met Mayra Perez on the recent Low Carb Cruise. Mayra's son had a major cyst in his head and, though this cyst was successfully remove through surgery, he was left with damage to his brain. One of the worst manifestations of this brain damage was epileptic seizures. Since discovering the keto diet as a therapy for epilepsy, her son has not had to go to the ER for a seizure in 8 years. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Mayra talk about:
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| Episode 201: Unraveling Your Body's Potential with Jeffrey Williams | 31 May 2024 | 01:17:17 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Jeffrey Williams is the Founder of Vitalist Institute—a company that offers holistic education coaching--and is a Director/Artist at Lifestyles of Light. He is a multi-disciplinary transformation artist who has been teaching and facilitating through movement, breath and sound, and self-governance since 1999. His coaching and training programs are offered to inspire and empower people to take their health into their own hands. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Jeffrey talk about:
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| Episode 200: Celebrating Podcast Episode 200 with Dobbin Bookman | 24 May 2024 | 01:13:31 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dobbin Bookman is a highly accomplished human capital strategist and talent organizer with an extensive background in executive education, leadership, development, and corporate consulting. He attended Xavier University and got his MBA as well as his Masters of Science from Harvard where he also led the Harvard Business School's Owner Managed Program Portfolio and served 10 years as a Director and advisor at Harvard. He is also a long-time friend of Dr. Tony's. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Dobbin talk about:
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| Episode 199: My Story of Survival will Help You Heal with David C. Kemp (Part 2) | 17 May 2024 | 01:08:05 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. This episode is Part 2 of a conversation with David C. Kemp, a stage 4 blood cancer survivor. For the first part of his story—his earthquake/tsunami survival story and his cancer diagnosis/treatment story—please listen to the previous episode (linked below). In this episode, David shares how diet played a key role in his recovery from both the cancer itself and the treatments that had rendered him barely alive. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and David talk about:
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| Episode 198: My Story of Survival will Help You Heal with David C. Kemp (Part 1) | 11 May 2024 | 01:00:51 | |
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. David C. Kemp is a stage 4 blood cancer survivor. His story is both incredibly tragic and incredibly inspiring. After fighting cancer for 2 years he was AGAIN diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. After more chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant he was bed ridden for years before he began to recover normal bodily movement. Be sure to tune back in next week to hear the inspiring conclusion to this, so far, heart-wrenching story. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and David talk about:
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