Keto: Dr. Cate Shanahan

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Switch the B.S. meter to the "on" position and listen to the wise and powerful Dr. Cate Shanahan address many myths and misconceptions about keto, and other ancestral health practices on this hard-hitting show. Brad has avoided caffeine his whole life so he won't "fry his adrenals." Dr. Cate calls BS. How about eating in the evening--makes you store fat, right? Probably doesn't matter that much. Can you generate ketones on a super high carb diet? Yes you actually can, says Cate. It's all about long periods of fasting or eating in a caloric deficit.

Cate gives us some sneak previews from her fabulous new book, The Fat Burn Fix, that will land in 2020 (hold your breath until then, this is bound to be a masterpiece follow up to her landmark mega-bestseller Deep Nutrition. This book was originally self-published in 2009 and helped spur the explosive growth of the primal/paleo movement. In it, Dr. Catepresented her trademarked "Four Pillars of the Human Diet"

Oh yeah, you know those headaches that happen during a busy, sugar crash burnout day? This pattern can become a serious matter whereby you suffer from frequent mini-strokes when your brain is deprived of oxygen due to overconsumption of carbs and the brains over-reliance on sugar. Prominent author Dr. David Perlmutter calls Alzheimer’s “Type III diabetes” due to the close association between insulin resistance and cognitive decline. Good news shared by Dr. Cate is you can reverse early brain problems and stroke risk by transitioning to a more nutrient-dense, lower sugar, and especially keto-friendly diet. This is no funny business, as Dr. Cate offers the stat the typical western diet derives 66 percent of total calories from the big three main most offensive modern foods: sugars, grains, and refined vegetable oils. Dr. Cate is not afraid to call out entities like Harvard University for aggressively promoting nutrient-deficient diets for decades, spurred by corporate influences and the almighty dollar. This is highly disturbing, and greatly inspiring to take matters of health into your own hands.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Mark Sisson.
0:03.3	Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast.
0:05.7	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
0:13.5	and send your questions to info at Ketorreset.com.
0:27.2	Hey, listeners, it's time for Dr. Kate to set us straight.
0:29.5	No, it's not too late.
0:37.1	I know that keto is very popular and there's a lot of hype, but it also makes me have some gripes. Maybe I should stop freestyle
0:38.9	rapping, because you'll push paws and go on with your day, maybe even napping. Anyway, I caught up with
0:45.8	the wonderful, incredible, all-powerful Dr. Kate Shanahan at her home in Connecticut, had a wonderful
0:52.9	visit, long conversations over dinner, hanging out in the afternoon the next morning.
0:58.4	Fortunately, brought my recording stuff and got some precious nuggets on tape for you to enjoy.
1:05.2	And we focus the theme of this particular show on dispelling some of the myths and misunderstandings about the ketogenic
1:14.1	diet and the keto lifestyle. Most particularly, the idea that keto is all about stuffing your face
1:24.5	with fat in order to stimulate the production of these wonderful ketone bodies
1:31.3	that burn cleanly in the brain and in the muscles and deliver all these fabulous benefits
1:38.4	like enhanced cognitive function disease protection and of course rapid and efficient
1:43.8	reduction of excess body fat.
1:46.4	So we know all about the highly touted benefits of keto, but getting there sometimes gets
1:52.7	lost in the shuffle and the hype and the excitement of people being able to slam down
1:58.5	all manner of consumable items in the name of keto, provided they pass the
2:04.8	baseline macronutrient examination of being mostly fat, very low carb, and moderate in protein.
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