Episode 155: Dr. Eric Westman and Amy Berger
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2020
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Today we are joined by Dr. Eric Westman and Amy Berger who have just finished writing a book together (End Your Carb Confusion).
Dr. Westman is the director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, and medical director of the Duke Center for Smoking Cessation. He is board certified in internal medicine and obesity medicine, has his masters in clinical research, and has written over 90 peer-reviewed publications.
Amy Berger, MS, CNS, is a U.S. Air Force veteran and Certified Nutrition Specialist who specializes in using low-carbohydrate and ketogenic nutrition. She has a bachelor's degree in creative writing and a master's in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport. She is also a veteran of the US Air Force.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the low-carb MD podcast. No one is beyond help. No one is beyond hope. |
| 0:07.0 | As we have always said, we are bringing you medical information and cutting-edge science, |
| 0:12.0 | but none of this is medical advice. |
| 0:15.3 | Please seek out input from your own doctor. Hello and welcome to the low-carb MD podcast. I'm outnumbered. We have the |
| 0:29.2 | greatest minds in nutrition in my opinion. Some of the people have impacted me greatly. So Amy Berger, welcome Dr. |
| 0:37.4 | Westman. Welcome. It's so great to have you. Let's talk about your book. |
| 0:41.2 | Let's just cut to the chase. Everyone knows who you are. We've talked about you both extensively on the podcast and and you know having you both team up when I heard that I was like I was so excited. I think Amy told me that was going to happen. I was like, oh my gosh, having both of your wisdom and experience, it's very invaluable to us. |
| 1:00.0 | So tell us about what message you have in this book |
| 1:02.8 | and I've looked through it. |
| 1:04.0 | It's gonna be very helpful for patients for sure. |
| 1:08.1 | Well Amy, you go first. |
| 1:09.7 | Well, for me, you know, the title really says at all the book is called end your |
| 1:14.2 | car confusion and you know like like Dr. Russman has been doing this forever I've |
| 1:19.2 | been doing it for a long time and when we got started it was simple there was no you know |
| 1:27.9 | ketone meters didn't exist you couldn't buy mCT oil at the store there were no |
| 1:31.7 | fat bombs there was just the food. |
| 1:34.0 | And there was so much less misinformation and over complication. |
| 1:40.0 | And I think Dr. Westman and my philosophy kind of align that it's the same as you intro, |
| 1:46.0 | yours and your, whatever is grammatically correct, is you know, people have to do this in their |
| 1:51.0 | real life, in the real world, they're on a budget, they don't have a lot of time, |
| 1:55.2 | some people are gourmet cooks, some people are going to go through the fast food drive-through. |
| 1:59.4 | How can we make a plan that is easy, like simple to understand and easy to do no matter where |
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