Low Carb Down Under

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  Prof. Peter Brukner - 'Low Carb, High Performance' 06.10.2026 35min

  Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FACSM, FASMF, FFSEM is a specialist sports and exercise physician and the founding partner at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher. He has recently been Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club and is currently Team Doctor for the Australian cricket team.Peter is Associate Professor in Sports Medicine at the Center for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He has served two terms as President of the Australian College of Sports Physicians during which time he was instrumental in the establishment of a specialist level training program in Australia for sports medicine physicians. Peter was the first Australian to be elected to the Board of the American College of Sports Medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Simon Thornley - 'Epidemiological update on the nutrition road' 06.10.2026 18min

  Dr Simon Thornley is an epidemiologist, lecturer, researcher and public health physician working at the University of Auckland in the section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Human Biology in 1997, a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in May 2000 a Master of Public Health with First Class Honours in 2006 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine in 2015. Dr. Thornley's research interests include tobacco dependence, food addiction and obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, psychiatric disease, injury and environmental epidemiology. He has completed a PhD on cardiovascular risk factors and has a particular interest in the health effects of sugar and low carb lifestyles.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Patrick Holford - 'What’s driving Alzheimer’s?' 06.10.2026 49min

  Patrick Holford, BSc, DipION, FBANT, NTCRP, is a pioneer in the field of nutrition. He is the author of 46 books, translated into over 30 languages and selling millions of copies worldwide, including The Optimum Nutrition Bible, The Low GL-Diet Bible, Optimum Nutrition for the Mind and The 10 Secrets of 100% Healthy People, 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing and Good Medicine.Patrick started his academic career in the field of psychology. He then became a student of two of the leading pioneers in nutrition medicine and psychiatry – the late Dr Carl Pfeiffer and Dr Abram Hoffer. In 1984 he founded the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION), an independent educational charity, with his mentor, twice Nobel Prize winner Dr Linus Pauling, as patron. ION has been researching and helping to define what it means to be optimally nourished for the past 25 years and is one of the most respected educational establishments for training nutritional therapists. At ION, Patrick was involved in groundbreaking research showing that multivitamins can increase children’s IQ scores – the subject of a Horizon television documentary in the 1980s. He was one of the first promoters of the importance of zinc, antioxidants, high-dose vitamin C, essential fats, low-GL diets and homocysteine-lowering B vitamins and their importance in Alzheimer’s disease prevention.Patrick is the Founder of the Food for the Brain Foundation and on the board of trustees, and a Director of the Brain Bio Centre, the Foundation’s treatment centre that specialises in helping those with mental health issues, ranging from depression to schizophrenia. He is an honorary fellow of the British Association of Nutritional Therapy, as well as a member of the Nutrition Therapy Council and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council. He is also Patron of the South African Association of Nutritional Therapy. In 2014 Patrick was inducted to the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Prof. Tim Noakes - 'Medical aspects of the low carbohydrate lifestyle' 06.10.2026 51min

  Professor Timothy Noakes (born 1949) is a South African professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town. He has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons and is the author of several books on exercise and diet.He is known for his support of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, as set out in his book The Real Meal Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan - 'Busting Low Carb Myths' 06.10.2026 28min

  Dr. Sanjeev Balakrishnan holds a Master of Medicine in Family Medicine from the National University of Singapore and is currently a GP working in Perth, Western Australia. Dr. Balakrishnan has more than two decades of experience and is very passionate about the management of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome through healthy eating. He is an advocate for the low carbohydrate-high healthy fat diet and is the creator of Low Carb WA. He is a fully credentialed Family Physician in Singapore and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Nina Teicholz - 'Why Nutrition Advice is So Wrong' 06.10.2026 26min

  Nina Teicholz is a New York Times bestselling investigative science journalist who has played a pivotal role in challenging the conventional wisdom on dietary fat. Her groundbreaking work, 'The Big Fat Surprise', which The Economist named as the #1 science book of 2014, has led to a profound rethinking on whether we have been wrong to think that fat, including saturated fat, causes disease.Nina continues to explore the political, institutional, and industry forces that prevent better thinking on issues related to nutrition and science. She has been published in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the British Medical Journal, Gourmet, the Los Angeles Times and many other outlets.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Nelum Dharmapriya - 'Curry, Carbs and Chronic Disease: Rethinking South Asian Diets' 06.10.2026 29min

  Dr. Nelum Dharmapriya completed her Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) from the University of Aberdeen. She subsequently commenced working in the hospitals in the north of England and gained extensive experience as well as qualifications in various medical specialities. In 2001, she completed her GP training and before relocating to Brisbane in 2009, she worked for 7 years as a partner in a General Practice in Manchester.Nelum holds a membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK (MRCP). She obtained a Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DRCOG) and a Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (DFFP). She also received her fellowship of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP).Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Stephen Phinney - 'Achieving and Maintaining Nutritional Ketosis' 06.10.2026 26min

  Steve Phinney is a physician-scientist who has spent 35 years studying diet, exercise, fatty acids, and inflammation. He has held academic positions at the Universities of Vermont, Minnesota, and California at Davis, as well as leadership positions at Monsanto, Galileo Laboratories, and Efficas.Dr. Phinney has published over 70 papers and several patents. He received his MD from Stanford University, his PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from MIT, and post-doctoral training at the University of Vermont and Harvard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Chris Knobbe - 'Are Vegetable Oils the primary driver of Obesity, Diabetes and Chronic Disease?' 06.10.2026 45min

  Dr. Chris Knobbe is a physician, researcher, ophthalmologist, public health advocate, and Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, formerly of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He is known primarily for his research, publications, and presentations connecting Westernised diets and highly polyunsaturated vegetable oils to numerous chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancers, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, autoimmune diseases, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).Dr. Knobbe’s research has focused greatly on the “vegetable oil hypothesis” as the primary driver of overweight and chronic disease. In 2016 he formally introduced the hypothesis that processed foods and vegetable oils are the primary drivers of AMD, which is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss and blindness in people over the age of 50, worldwide. Dr. Knobbe has presented his research on ancestral dietary strategy and macular degeneration at various conferences and has also authored a book titled 'The Ancestral Diet Revolution: How Vegetable Oils and Processed Foods are Destroying Your Health'. His research suggests that macular degeneration can be prevented and treated through an ancestral dietary strategy and “sacred” foods.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Paul Mason - 'The Clotting Theory of Atherosclerosis and Seed Oil Toxicity (updated)' 06.10.2026 44min

  Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason has been applying this knowledge in treating metabolic and arthritis patients who have achieved dramatic and sustained weight loss and reductions in joint pain.Dr. Mason is also the Chief Medical Officer of Defeat Diabetes, Australia's first evidence-based and doctor-led program that focuses on the wide range of health benefits of a low carb lifestyle, particularly for those wanting to send into remission pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic illnesses. Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Anthony Chaffee - 'Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy: a novel adjunct in cancer treatment' 06.10.2026 55min

  Dr Anthony Chaffee is an American medical doctor specialising in Neurosurgery who over a span of 20 years has researched the optimal nutritional habits for athletic performance and health. It is his assertion that most of the so-called chronic diseases that doctors treat these days are actually caused by the food we eat, or don’t eat, and can in many cases be reversed easily with dietary changes.Dr. Chaffee began his University education studying Molecular & Cellular Biology with a Minor in Chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle at the age of 15, which culminated in attaining his MD from the Royal College of Surgeons.Dr. Chaffee is an All-American rugby player and a former professional athlete in England and America, having taken several years off from his education for the pursuit of sports between his undergraduate degree and medical school. Throughout his athletic career he saw first hand the monumental difference that diet makes to performance and recovery.Dr. Chaffee almost accidentally came across and practiced a fully carnivorous diet from age 20 to 25, having first learned of the toxic nature of plants during his University education. Since then he has rediscovered this truth and more and has dedicated many years and a large part of his professional practice to the study and education of diet and nutrition. He personally practices a fully carnivorous diet and currently resides in Perth, Australia where he does private consultations and clinics in functional medicine and nutrition.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Susan Swanston - 'Fueling Relief: How Low-Carb Diets Can Support Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue' 06.10.2026 21min

  Dr. Susan Swanston is a highly skilled GP and Low Carb Nutrition specialist currently working in Cairns. She has a vast experience in many fields of medicine and is a fully trained and qualified vascular surgeon. Susan has been interested in weight loss for a number of years. Her practice has evolved over that time to be more diet focused, with support for low carb, Keto, carnivore and fasting approaches. She has experienced very positive results in terms of patient weight loss and remission of diabetes and recommends these nutrition strategies for many other conditions, strongly believing them to be the healthiest and most natural diet for humans.Dr Swanston possesses the ability to break down the most complex nutrition processes into language that is easy to understand. Her 'education first' approach empowers people to make smart food choices because they learn how certain foods impact negatively on energy levels, immunity and long-term health. Armed with this knowledge, people can then change to healthy and delicious food that provides energy to enjoy life and protects them from disease. She is passionate about empowering people to learn this important nutritional information and share it with others to create healthier communities.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Prof. Grant Schofield - 'Low Carb - Where Is The Science At?' 06.10.2026 28min

  Professor Grant Schofield is Professor of Public Health and Director of the Human Potential Centre at AUT Millenium in Auckland, New Zealand. Prof. Schofield’s research and teaching interests range from understanding and improving lifestyle behaviours (such as sleep, nutrition and physical activity), to wellbeing epidemiology and human performance.Prof. Schofield currently leads a team of researchers investigating the role of insulin in the development of chronic disease and the feasibility of adherence to diets which are low in carbohydrate but high in fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Jimmy Moore - 'Nutritional Ketosis' 06.10.2026 46min

  Jimmy Moore is an American blogger and author who is best known for his "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" books and blog. He has appeared on television and radio programs promoting a high-fat, moderate protein, low carb diet plan.Moore also runs a popular weekly podcast that has run over 800 episodes featuring interviews with experts in diet, health, and fitness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Sarah Hallberg - 'LDL on LCHF' 06.10.2026 37min

  Dr. Sarah Hallberg received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 2002 and practiced as a primary care physician for eight years before becoming the medical director and founder of the Indiana University-Arnett Health Medical Weight Loss Program. She is board-certified by both the American Board of Obesity Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hallberg also has a master’s degree in exercise physiology and has worked as a fitness trainer and instructor.The Indiana University-Arnett Health Medical Weight Loss Program was created by Dr. Hallberg and in its first year has exceeded national benchmarks for weight-loss success. The program has a waiting list for new patients; people often wait weeks or months for their first consultation. The program includes a variety of nutrition plans, behavioral strategies, exercise recommendations, and counseling on cognitive restructuring, stimulus control and associated medical issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Jason Lonergan - 'Running A Marathon LCHF as a Diabetic and Coeliac' 06.10.2026 24min

  Jason Lonergan is an area sales manager for an agricultural company and a marathon runner who has both Type-1 Diabetes and Coeliac Disease. He discusses how he has embraced his diabetes and coeliac disease as a reason to live healthily and explains how he manages to maintain stable blood sugars while running by carefully analysing his nutrition via Low Carb, High Fat nutrition.You can read more about Jason's inspiring story here; http://www.thebalancednutritionist.com.au/sport-nutrition/jasons-story/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Ryan Lucas - 'Low Carb Principles in Kids: Rationale and Implementation' 06.10.2026 42min

  Dr. Ryan Lucas is a paediatric registrar and Kawasaki Disease researcher. He completed his medical training in Sydney, and is currently undertaking a PhD on the epidemiology and management of Kawasaki Disease in Australia at The University of Sydney.Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Jamie Hayes - 'Your Six Pack is NOT Built in the Gym!' 06.10.2026 37min

  Jamie and Ellen Hayes are regarded as pioneers of the Australian fitness industry, with Ellen becoming the first instructor in NSW to receive formal accreditation and Jamie receiving the first ever Australian National Fitness Leader of the Year award.Jamie later became a fitness educator, training instructors across Australia and Asia for The Australian Council for Health Physical Education and Recreation and was a founding executive member of the Fitness Industry Association of NSW and the NSW Fitness Advisory Council.They have owned and operated health clubs in Sydney since the early 1980s, and have now incorporated their life-long passion for active lifestyles with the dietary intervention and coaching that is necessary to help women manage their weight.In this video, Jamie exposes common myths about exercise and fat loss. He shares the simple secret to getting a "six pack" or at least a flatter stomach. He then explains about how he believes health authorities are getting childhood obesity programs wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt - 'A Global Food Revolution' 06.10.2026 46min

  Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor based in Karlstad who specialises in family medicine He is primarily interested in how food and lifestyle can improve a patient's health and reduce their medication needs. In 2007, Dr. Eenfeldt started the blog “Kostdoktorn” – a Swedish word that means “Diet Doctor”. The goal was to make it simple for anyone to learn about low carb, high fat nutrition and discuss their results. It rapidly became the most popular health blog in Sweden and one of the most popular blogs in all categories.In the spring of 2011 the English version of the Diet Doctor blog was launched. It was not immediately popular and for several years it mostly contained translated articles from the Swedish site. Slowly, things started to gather momentum. Income from book sales and frequent lecturing allowed Dr. Eenfeldt to gather a small team of co-workers and the website began to grow in popularity worldwide.DietDoctor.com now has over 2 million visits per month and still receives no money from industry, offers no products for sale and contains no ads. It is funded entirely by paid subscribers with the goal of spreading the word about outdated nutritional information and to push for a food revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Paul Mason - 'What's Really Making You Sick' 06.10.2026 21min

  Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason has been applying this knowledge in treating metabolic and arthritis patients who have achieved dramatic and sustained weight loss and reductions in joint pain.Dr. Mason is also the Chief Medical Officer of Defeat Diabetes, Australia's first evidence-based and doctor-led program that focuses on the wide range of health benefits of a low carb lifestyle, particularly for those wanting to send into remission pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic illnesses. Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices