#230 (Keto): Megan Roberts (née Hall)
The Primal Kitchen Podcast
Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti
4.4 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Megan Roberts (née Hall) is the Scientific Director of Nourish Balance Thrive. In September, 2017, she co-authored a paper that was published in the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism entitled A Ketogenic Diet Extends Longevity and Healthspan in Adult Mice that was widely commended in the scientific community. In this podcast, Megan sits down with host Lindsay Taylor to discuss her program of research and the most important and exciting findings from that study. They talk about the difference between lifespan and healthspan (hint: you want both) and the evidence for how a low-carb ketogenic diet can contribute to both.
Taking a step back, Megan gives a brief lesson in Research Methods 101: What are the benefits and limitations of non-human research (e.g., studies conducted on mice)? Where can we and where should we not extrapolate from this type of research to human interventions? What do we know and what do we not know at this point about the ketogenic diet? Finally, Megan tells us what advice she gives people who are interested in adopting a ketogenic lifestyle and why it doesn’t work to try to micromanage your diet.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Mark Sisson. Welcome to the Primal Blueprint podcast. It's time for another show dedicated to the world of keto. |
| 0:09.4 | Check out KetorReset.com for details about my New York Times bestselling book and send your questions to info at ketoreset.com. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome Primal Blueprint listeners. This is your host, Lindsay Taylor, and I am so excited to bring you guys our guest for today. |
| 0:28.6 | Today we're going to be talking to Megan Roberts, who's the scientific director of Nourish Balance Thrive, which is an online-based company using advanced biochemical testing to optimize performance in athletes. |
| 0:38.6 | She received her undergraduate degree in exercise biology and her master's degree in nutritional |
| 0:42.9 | biology from UC Davis. Her graduate work focused on the effects of low carbohydrate ketogenic |
| 0:48.3 | diets on longevity and health span in mice. She currently lives in Colorado and in her free time |
| 0:53.2 | enjoys reading and all |
| 0:54.5 | outdoor activities. Megan and I just recently met in person for the first time at Chris |
| 0:59.3 | Cressor's Summit for his new book on conventional medicine. And I have to tell you guys, I'm so |
| 1:04.3 | excited about what they're doing over at Nourish Balance Thrive. And I'm thrilled to talk to her today. |
| 1:08.2 | So welcome, Megan. |
| 1:09.9 | Hey, Lindsay. It's great to be here. |
| 1:11.7 | So why don't we just start out for our listeners who somehow don't know what Nourish Balance Thrive is doing? |
| 1:16.3 | I just was podcasting the other day with your colleague, Chris Kelly, and I just told him, |
| 1:21.0 | and I'm going to just reiterate to you that I'm a massive fan of what you guys are doing over at Nourish Balance Thrive. I think you guys are just absolutely on the cutting edge of health and helping athletes |
| 1:29.6 | achieve their maximum health and performance. |
| 1:31.8 | So can you just tell us what you guys are doing over there? |
| 1:34.3 | Yeah, sure. |
| 1:35.2 | So Nourish Balance Thrive is basically an online health coaching company. |
| 1:39.3 | And we work with people to engineer Optula Health, peak performance, and of course, we're also |
| 1:46.5 | focused on happiness as well. And so you guys would describe yourselves as functional medicine, |
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