Episode 2312 - On this Friday's show Vinnie Tortorich welcomes physicist Ally Houston, and the two discuss brain health, metabolic health, being a "recovering physicist," and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2023/03/recovering-physicist-ally-houston-episode-2312 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club NSNG® Foods VILLA CAPPELLI EAT HAPPY KITCHEN A RECOVERING PHYSICIST Vinnie welcomes physicist Ally Houston; Vinnie heard of Ally through Dr. Georgia Ede. (2:00) Ally talks a bit about his career and studies as a physicist, and the two briefly discuss the concept of perpetual motion and entropy (look it up). (3:45) They discuss mental health and challenges like OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). (9:30) Getting your metabolic health back with change your life! Ally shares his health background. (14:15) He had been struggling since a child with various autoimmune conditions as well as mental health diagnoses. Ally describes conditions like achalasia cardia, sarcoidosis, and others. They discuss vitamin D, the generalized bad metabolic health in the U.K., and something called the "Glasgow Effect". Vinnie asks how Ally came to a ketogenic lifestyle. (20:00) Ally came across Gary Taubes and his Good Calories, Bad Calories book; he also discovered other blogs and resources about the ketogenic diet. He started experimenting with his eating and within weeks was seeing a significant difference in his clarity of thinking, healing depression, and more. Ally shares what some of his day-to-day mental struggles were. Ally considers himself a "recovering physicist" and explains why. (25:15) He suspects a lot of highly-educated people in medicine and other areas can become rigid in their thinking. Vinnie and Ally discuss Georgia Ede's work in studying the effects of a ketogenic diet on treatment-resistant depression. (34:00) The conversation turns to bicycle racing, racer Graeme Obree, and the physics involved. (36:20) EXPERIMENTING WITH FOOD Vinnie and Ally chat further about how Ally experimented with changes in eating. (48:00) They discuss how mitochondria are supposed to work in the body and how seed oils do damage to mitochondria. Ally now works alongside Rachel Brown on metpsy.com as a consultant to help guide people to better brain health and physical health. PLUS... Vinnie reveals an NSNG® FOODS special Promo Code. (LISTEN FOR IT!) [the_ad id="20253"] PURCHASE BEYOND IMPOSSIBLE The documentary launched on January 11! Order it TODAY! This is Vinnie's third documentary in just over three years. Get it now on Apple TV (iTunes) and/or Amazon Video! Link to the film on Apple TV (iTunes): bit.ly/beyondimpossibleitunes Then, Share this link with friends, too! It's also now available on Amazon (the USA only for now)! https://amzn.to/3JNhrPE Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter! FAT: A DOCUMENTARY (2019) Visit my new Documentaries HQ to find my films everywhere: https://vinnietortorich.com/documentaries Then, please share my fact-based, health-focused documentary series with your friends and family. The more views, the better it ranks, so please watch it again with a new friend! REVIEWS: Please submit your REVIEW after you watch my films. Your positive REVIEW does matter!