Low Carb Down Under

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  Jamie Scott - 'How should we sleep?' 16.09.2026 22min

  Originally hailing from NZ, Jamie holds numerous post graduate qualifications in exercise, sports science, and nutritional medicine.Although Jamie has worked in the health profession for over 15 years, he moved to an ancestral lifestyle in recent years and is the ‘voice of reason’ behind the blog ‘That Paleo Guy’.In this video, Jamie discusses that when engaging in a low-carb lifestyle, people often meticulously plan every aspect of their diet. Yet rarely do we see this level of planning and regard for an aspect of our life that is absolutely vital to successful appetite regulation, and therefore, low-carb living; Sleep. He explains why your bed - and vitamin z - is as important to your diet as a well-stocked fridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Prof. Peter Brukner - 'GLP-1 agonists: Friend or foe?' 16.09.2026 44min

  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. His most recent team appointments have been as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club and, until 2017, Team Doctor for the Australian cricket team.Peter is Professor of Sports Medicine at the La Trobe Sport & Exercise Medicine Research Centre at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Peter has published widely internationally with a number of books, book chapters and over 100 original research articles. He is the co-author of Clinical Sports Medicine, a best selling general sports medicine text in its fifth edition as well as Stress Fractures, Food for Sport, Encyclopedia of Exercise and Sport Health and Clinical Sports Anatomy.Prof. Brukner is the founder of the public health campaign SugarByHalf and is committed to the challenge of improving Australia’s health with improved diet and increased physical activity. The profits from Peter's book 'A Fat Lot Of Good' will help to fund the campaign http://www.sugarbyhalf.com/Peter is also the founder 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. The Defeat Diabetes Program is delivered via a mobile app. It provides 100+ hours of video from health professionals, masterclasses, cooking demonstrations, recipes, a meal planner, and a rich library of resources, with new content regularly added. 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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  Anastasia Boulais - 'Is Paleo the best Low Carb diet?' 16.09.2026 22min

  Anastasia is a newly graduate Dr and self-proclaimed non-conformist taking a broader lifestyle approach to her profession in medicine. She balances her medical background with her love of fitness and isn’t afraid of sun worshipping and a quality steak.Anastasia is fast becoming one of the thought leaders in the ancestral health field across the trans-Tasman and international arenas.In this video, Anastasia talks about the intersection of Paleolithic diets with low carb approach, pointing out the common misconceptions about Paleo vs Low Carb and discusses the benefits of the evolutionary approach to Low Carb diet and lifestyle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Katie King - 'LCHF - A Nutritionist's Perspective' 16.09.2026 18min

  Katie King has a Advanced Diploma in Nutritional Medicine and is a practising Nutritionist based in Brisbane. She has a real food philosophy and a passion for helping people realise how easy it is to eat well and be well.As an Ultra runner, Katie has a particular interest in sports nutrition for endurance athletes (real food fuelling for athletic longevity), real food living, management of diabetes and related disorders including PCOS, and gut health. You can follow Katie's Blog via www.thebalancednutritionist.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Prof. Caryn Zinn - 'Diabetes Down Under... Kiwi Innovation in Primary Care' 16.09.2026 35min

  Dr Caryn Zinn is a senior lecturer and Professor at Auckland University of Technology. She is also a New Zealand Registered Dietitian and teaches/researches in the area of nutrition, both from a public health and a sports performance perspective.Her current research (and that of her students) includes applying the Low Carbohydrate, Healthy Fat (LCHF) nutrition paradigm as a tool for losing weight, improving health and optimising sports performance in a variety of different population groups. Dr. Zinn is also the co-author of the books ‘What The Fat?’, 'What The Fat?: Sports Performance', 'What The Fast?' and 'What The Fat?: Recipes'.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 - 'Junk science trashes low carb - a response' 16.09.2026 9min

  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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  Prof. Peter Brukner - 'Low Carb, High Performance' 16.09.2026 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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  Nina Teicholz - 'Why Nutrition Advice is So Wrong' 16.09.2026 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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  Prof. Grant Schofield - 'Low Carb - Where Is The Science At?' 16.09.2026 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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  Dr. Ryan Lucas - 'Low Carb Principles in Kids: Rationale and Implementation' 16.09.2026 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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  Dr. David Johnson - 'Changing The 'Shape' Of Spinal Surgery' 16.09.2026 35min

  Dr David Johnson is an Australian trained brain and spinal neurosurgeon. He holds clinical positions at the Royal Brisbane, Brisbane Private and Sunshine Coast Private Hospitals. He also works on the Medical Advisory Committee of the BPH and is a member of SOLAS (Society Of Lateral Access keyhole Surgery).Dr. Johnson has recognised that in recent years his patients have become bigger, sicker and less physically active. His understanding that body habitus and metabolic health correlate to surgical risk and rehabilitation efficiency has resulted in his practice now adopting a Low Carb, High fat approach to nutrition combined with functional movement training when treating patients. He has seen significant success with this method of treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  A/Prof. Sarah Zaman - 'Ketogenic Diet in the Management of People with Heart Failure' 16.09.2026 23min

  Associate Professor Sarah Zaman is an Academic Interventional Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney, Australia. Sarah has been recognised as a national leader in academic cardiology as recipient of the prestigious National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship and NSW Elite Post-doctoral Grant. She has also been recognised internationally within interventional cardiology; having been selected from a world-wide application process to the SCAI-ELM Fellowship.A/Prof Zaman has a PhD from the University of Sydney, targeting prevention of sudden cardiac death. She leads a Women’s Heart Disease Research Program at the University of Sydney focused on healthcare inequities in heart attack care for women and female-predominant cardiac conditions, such as spontaneous coronary artery dissection. She leads clinical studies and has more than $2 million in competitive grant funding.A/Prof. Zaman is regularly invited to national/international interventional scientific meetings and organises the Australian/New Zealand Endovascular Therapies scientific sessions and Essential Percutaneous Intervention Course. A/Prof Sarah Zaman is an active advocate for women in cardiology, having co-founded the Women in Cardiology groups for Australia/New Zealand.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 and beyond How diet affects our health: The plausible mechanisms' 16.09.2026 50min

  Prof. Grant Schofield is the Professor of Public Health at Auckland University of Technology, director of the University’s Human Potential Centre, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Education in New Zealand, co-author of four best-selling books and Chief Science Officer for PREKURE.Grant’s career has focused on preventing the diseases of modern times, and seeing what it takes to help people live a long, healthy and happy life. He lives and breathes the motto “be the best you can be”, and sees this as a game-changer for the health system – capable of transforming the current health (sickness) model, to one in which we aspire to be well. He is redefining public health as the science of human potential; the study of what it takes to have a great life.Prof. Schofield is well known for thinking outside the box and challenging conventional wisdom in nutrition and weight loss, as well as physical activity and exercise.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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  Paul Smith - 'Diabetes, Technology and Children' 16.09.2026 45min

  Paul Smith is an Accountant, Auditor and the parent of a child with Type-1 Diabetes. In this video he discusses the latest technology used to manage Type-1 Diabetes combined with the benefits of restricting carbohydrates and ignoring the standard medical advice given to newly diagnosed Diabetics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. David Unwin - 'What predicts drug-free type 2 diabetes remission?' 16.09.2026 22min

  Dr. David Unwin is GP based in Southport in the United Kingdom. After over 25 years of attempting to treat diabetes by conventional methods, Dr. Unwin was introduced to low carb nutrition through one of his patients and the website www.diabetes.co.ukFrom this revelation, Dr. Unwin now ignores official advice and treats his patients with a low-carbohydrate diet. Since adopting the approach, his practice now spends £68,000 less each year on drugs for diabetes than is average for his area.Dr. Unwin is the RCGP National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes, as well as a Clinical Expert in diabetes. In 2015 he won the North West NHS ‘Innovator of the Year Award’ and in 2016 he won the National NHS 'Innovator of the Year Award' for his work in treating diabetes with a low carbohydrate approach.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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  Overfed Yet Undernourished: Real food solutions to Australia's epidemic of dietary ill-health 16.09.2026 5min

  Type-2 diabetes, heart attack, stroke, dementia, cancer... the incidences of these and more diseases have been soaring in recent decades. Why? Because our diet is chock-full of sugars, refined carbohydrates, seed oils and ultraprocessed foods. Australian of the Year 2020 Dr James Muecke AM poses real food solutions to our epidemic of dietary ill-health, in a short video narrated by acclaimed actress Heather Mitchell AM.#justeatrealfood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dr. Kieron Rooney - 'Low Carbohydrate Research in Australia' 16.09.2026 35min

  Dr. Kieron Rooney, BSc (Hons); (RNutr.); PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney.He completed his PhD in Biochemistry in 2004 and for the past 10 years has investigated both human and small animal studies investigating the role of diet and physical activity on parameters of fuel storage and utilisation as they pertain to dysregulated metabolic states such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Prof. Nasim Salehi - 'A Literature Review of Fasting and Low Carb Diets' 16.09.2026 38min

  Prof. Nasim Salehi is a Professor of Healthcare Innovations at Bond University (Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine). With two decades of academic and industry experience, Nasim is a recognised leader in the interconnected domains of health promotion, healthcare management and leadership. She is a strong advocate for integrated, holistic, and compassionate health services across health, social, and community care settings. Her impactful research has significantly influenced policies and practices at various levels, including contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO).Prof. Salehi's mission focuses on two key areas: empowering transformative leaders to drive positive changes in personal lives, communities, and society at large, while championing proactive, sustainable, and functional healthcare strategies that emphasise preventive care and empower individuals to take control of their health. By fostering leadership and advocating for health empowerment, her aim is to to create a significant impact on both individual well-being and broader healthcare systems.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 - 'The Case For Nutritional Ketosis' 16.09.2026 50min

  Dr. Phinney is a physician-scientist who has spent 35 years studying diet, exercise, fatty acids, and inflammation. He 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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  A/Prof. Ken Sikaris - 'Cholesterol - When to Worry' 16.09.2026 27min

  A graduate of the University of Melbourne, Dr Sikaris trained at the Royal Melbourne, Queen Victoria, and Prince Henry's Heidelberg Repatriation Hospitals. He obtained fellowships from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists in 1992 and 1997 respectively.Dr Sikaris was Director of Chemical Pathology at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne between 1993 and 1996. A NATA-accredited laboratory assessor, Dr Sikaris specialises in Prostate Specific Antigen, cholesterol and quality assurance and is currently chair of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Committee on Analytical Quality. His expertise is highly sought and he has presented extensively at national and international symposiums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices