Ep. 175 Myths About Intermittent Fasting & Ketosis! Moving Towards Better Metabolic Health with Chris Irvin

Everyday Wellness: Midlife Hormones, Health, and Science for Women 35+

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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I am delighted to have Chris Irvin joining me today! Chris is a health researcher, writer, and coach. He has his Master’s degree in exercise and nutrition science, where he studied the effects of low carb diets on human performance and therapeutics. Chris is the education manager at Perfect Keto and is the author of Keto Answers. When finishing his Master’s degree at the University of Tampa four or five years ago, Chris was unsure whether he wanted to pursue a Ph.D. or go out and become an entrepreneur in the exercise and nutrition industry. While doing an internship at the University of Southern Florida, however, he realized that following the Ph.D. route was not for him. He had also started studying keto in grad school, and it frustrated him that all the research information was locked away in journals that were either inaccessible or hard-to-interpret. So he decided to make all the information about the ketogenic diet more accessible to the general population. In this episode, Chris goes into the history of the ketogenic diet and explains how it evolved. He also talks about carbohydrates, reducing food cravings, and moving towards better metabolic health. Stay tuned for more! IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: How Chris pivoted into becoming the Ketologist. The history and evolution of the ketogenic diet. Much has changed, and there has been a lot of misinformation about keto products over the last few years. Why a poor keto diet could be better than the standard American diet. Navigating the correct threshold for carbohydrates. Chris unpacks net carbs versus total carbs. Some of the contributors to obesity and metabolic inflexibility. Two things you can do to move towards better metabolic health. Things that happen in your body when you eat less frequently. How a low-carb or ketogenic diet help to reduce food cravings. Some common mistakes people tend to make with a ketogenic diet. Chris has written a book called Keto Answers. What you need to look for to find a good quality MCT oil. Products and supplements that can boost autophagy and ketosis. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Chris Irvin On his website On Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Recommended books: Why We Get Sick by Dr. Benjamin Bikman Keto Answers by Chris Irvin and Anthony Gustin

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0:00.0	This is everyday wellness, a podcast dedicated to helping you achieve your health and wellness goals and provide practical strategies that you can use in your real life.
0:11.0	And now, here is your host, Nurse Practition practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:17.8	Today I'm delighted to have Chris Irwin.
0:20.2	He's a health researcher, writer, and coach.
0:23.4	He has his master's degree in exercise
0:25.6	and nutrition science, where he studied
0:27.7	the effects of low-carb diets on human performance
0:30.6	and therapeutics.
0:31.8	He's the education manager at Perfect Heo and is the author of
0:35.9	Kito Answers. Welcome, Chris. It's so nice to connect with you. Hey, thanks for having me
0:41.0	on today. Super excited to get to chat.
0:43.2	Yeah, so explain to me how, you know, this guy who has this really strong science background
0:49.2	in academia, how you kind of pivoted into the ketologist how did that process take place?
0:55.6	Yeah, so it was about four or five years ago I was just finishing up my master's
1:01.1	degree at the University of Tampa and I was kind of in this in-between spot where it was you know do I want to continue in academics and pursue my PhD which was kind of my intention when I started my master's program or do I want to kind of go a different
1:15.4	route and you know kind of get out and do my own thing and do some entrepreneurship get into the industry and I think it was you know I had a very interesting internship at the very end of my time in grad school where I got to do some animal research at University of Southern Florida and it was an opportunity for me to get to kind of catch a glimpse of what the
1:35.8	PhD setting would be like and you know kind of figure out whether or not that was
1:40.3	going to be something for me and going through that for a few weeks I quickly
1:43.5	realized that that was not the route that I wanted to go as much as I enjoyed like getting to learn from
1:48.4	incredibly bright minds I wasn't a huge fan of like doing all the animal research getting bitten by rats every day, like just stuff like that that was just wasn't really my thing.
1:59.0	But also at the very same time, I had this kind of realization where once I started seeing I
2:04.3	started studying kito in grad school and during that time I started really
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