Hassina Kajee

Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Hassina Kajee is a board member of The Noakes Foundation and Medical Director and co-founder of the Nutrition Network's platform. She is also the Medical Director and co-founder of The Noakes Foundations 'Eat Better South Africa' programme which endeavours to educate South Africans from all walks of life on how to improve their nutrition. She is a Specialist Physician and managed the high care unit at Groote Schuur Hospital for a number of years as well as running an obesity clinic. She has also been an Undergraduate Course Convener and Lecturer at the medical school at The University off Cape Town as well as founder of the Postgraduate Refresher Course for physicians. She has a very strong interest in preventative medicine and educating and empowering patients with regards to disease specific lifestyle. She is extremely knowledgeable about the low carbohydrate high fat diet and actively employed the principles both at home and in her practice.

Neville Wellington

Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Neville Wellington is a board member of The Noakes Foundation and Director of the Nutrition Network platform. Dr Wellington is a practicing GP who received a MBChB from the University of Cape Town in 1990, DCH (SA) in 1993, and PGDD from Cardiff University in 2012. Dr Wellington is an expert lecturer on the Nutrition Network's training platform.

Tamzyn Murphy

Cape Town, South Africa

Tamzyn is a registered dietitian. She graduated with BSc Medical Honours degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Cape Town in 2009 after obtaining her BSc in Biochemistry, Physiology, Nutrition and Psychology from Stellenbosch University. In 2014 she opened Real Food Dietitians with Bridget Surtees, where they advocate eating real, whole foods. Tamzyn is an expert lecturer on both the Nutrition Network's Professional Training in LCHF/Keto Nutrition & Treatment and the LCHF for Nurses courses.

Tim Noakes

Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Timothy Noakes is the founder of The Noakes Foundation and is the chief advisor of the Nutrition Network curriculum. Prof Noakes has authored or co-authored more than 550 scientific publications and is on the Editorial Boards of more than 10 international scientific publications. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. In 1992, he was elected a Fellow of the University of Cape Town for sustained excellence in original scientific work. Noakes has been cited more than 16 000 times in the scientific literature, has an H index of 68 and is rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Prof Noakes has intensively researched low carb nutrition for over 7 years and is considered a world-authority in the field. Prof Noakes is an expert lecturer on the Nutrition Network's training.

Andre Obradovic

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Andre Obradovic is a certified PCC level coach, speaker and Noakes Foundation ambassador based in Melbourne. Andre works with clients and organisations to achieve optimum performance. Andre is also an expert lecturer on the Nutrition Network's training platform.

Ann Childers

USA

Dr. Childers is a child and adult trained psychiatric physician with a special interest in regaining the physical and mental health of children, adolescents and adults through standard psychiatric care integrated with principles of nutrition and sleep. Dr. Childers published a number of textbook chapters, among them ‘Nutritional Aspects of Psychiatry’ for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: The Essentials (Cheng and Myers, 2011).

Bernard Brom

Cape Town, South Africa

After 35 years in practice as a medical doctor researching different ways to approach health and disease, Dr Bernard Brom developed an integrative way of working with clients. He is now teaching a course for health practitioners based on his years of accumulated knowledge and experience. Dr Brom is an expert lecturer on the Nutrition Network's training platform.

Bret Scher

San Diego, CA, USA

Dr Bret Scher is a cardiologist in San Diego who graduated from The Ohio State University Medical School with a M.D. Currently, he is a cardiology partner at Sharp Rees Stealy in San Diego and founder and lead physician at Boundless Health. Dr Scher is an expert lecturer on the Nutrition Network's online training platform.

Brian Lenzkes

San Diego, CA, USA

Dr. Brian Lenzkes is an internal medicine doctor in San Diego who has been focusing a good part of his practice on clinical nutrition. He has owned his own medical practice with a group of physicians since 2004 and is also a professional speaker on health. ​

Bridget Surtees

Cape Town, South Africa

Bridget obtained her qualification from the University of Cape Town and has 18 years of experience as a clinical dietitian. She has worked with people of all ages from neonates to the elderly. Her areas of expertise include paediatric nutrition, eating disorders and nutritional therapy for people with features of the metabolic syndrome. Now she runs her own private practice, Nutrition4Kids and opened Real Food Dietitians in 2014.

Bridgette Allan

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bridgette Allan is a registered nurse and midwife in private practice in KwaZuluNatal, South Africa. She is also a Certified Banting Coach with The Real Meal Revolution. She has years of experience in both medical and complementary health fields. Bridgette is an expert lecturer and she features in two of the Nutrition Network's Professional Training courses, namely: LCHF/Keto Nutrition & Treatment, and LCHF for Nurses.

Christopher Webster

Cape Town, South Africa

Christopher has been investigating endogenous glucose production in LCHF athletes for his master’s degree in Exercise Science at the University of Cape Town. He has a background in the clinical use of exercise prescription and is a registered biokineticist, having interned at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa. The limitations of exercise in the prevention of chronic lifestyle disease has inspired him to pursue research into the role of carbohydrates in ill health.

David Johnson

USA

Dr David Johnson is a brain and spinal neurosurgeon now practicing at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital. He has had a pioneering role in the establishment of multidisciplinary spinal practices and holistic care for neurosurgical patients. A priority in Dr Johnson’s service is delivering a message of foundational health imperatives to all his patients, beginning with nutrition and movement proficiency. Provision of comprehensive Low Insulinaemic nutritional advice is routinely provided to patients by close collaborations with contemporary clinical nutritionists.

Jamie Smith

Researcher

Cape Town, South Africa

Jamie is a scientist at the University of Cape Town’s Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. He completed his doctorate in Exercise Science in 2008 when he studied muscle adaptations that occur with regular exercise training and how these can improve glucose control in those with diabetes. He is particularly interested in people’s varied responses to carbohydrate restriction, as well as insulin resistance and liver glucose production in people living with type II diabetes. Jamie works closely with Prof. Noakes on projects that study the effect of low-carbohydrate high-fat (LCHF) and high-carbohydrate low-fat (HCLF) diets on exercise physiology, performance and health. One of his current projects will compare the long-term effects of these diets on liver glucose production and fuel use during exercise and muscle adaptations in well-trained cyclists. Another project will compare LCHF and HCLF dietary interventions on weight-loss, chronic disease risk factors, muscle adaptations and endurance performance in individuals with insulin resistance.

Maria Theologides

Cape Town, South Africa

Having studied both within the dental and medical fields, Dr Theologides recognised a big chasm between not only these two disciplines but also within the specialities of Western medicine. Her dream has been to move away from the fragmented approach of modern Western medicine and to return to a holistic approach where specialists who have mastered their fields are brought together to work as a team for the patient’s well-being.

Megan Ramos

Toronto, ON, Canada

CEO, co-founder and clinical educator at the Intensive Dietary Management programme. Megan Ramos has been working for and with Dr. Jason Fung for most of her adult life. While attending the University of Toronto, she developed a strong interest in preventative medicine. Megan is an expert lecturer on the Nutrition Network online training.

Michael Hoffmann

Orlando, FL, USA

Dr Hoffmann completed his medical degree, MBBch at the University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa and subsequent neurology specialization and boards, FCP(SA) Neurol) administered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of South Africa. He completed a stroke fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Neurological Institute of New York. Subsequent senior doctorate degrees in both clinical medicine (MD) and behavioral medicine (PhD) were obtained through the University of KwaZulu Natal. Dr Hoffmann was promoted to full Professor in 2004 and has held academic appointments in South Africa (UKZN), Canada (Memorial University), United States (University of Kentucky, University of South Florida), courtesy appointments (University of Florida, NOVA South Eastern University) and currently with the University of Central Florida. He was the founding director of the Primary Stroke Center (2002) and Comprehensive Stroke Center, Tampa General Hospital/University of South Florida (2004), as well as the founding director of the Primary Stroke Center at the James A Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, Florida (2013). Most recent appointments have included director of the cognitive neurology and stroke programs at the James A Haley VA Hospital in Tampa Florida and currently with the Orlando VA Medical Center. Scholarly activity includes a plenitude of peer reviewed manuscript publications and abstracts, as well as three single author books. Areas of research and clinical activity have been cognitive and behavioral neurology, cerebrovascular neurology and neuroarcheology.

Adam Weldzius

Schaumburg, IL, USA

Adam is the the Clinical Director and Lead Nurse Practitioner at Men's Health in Chicago. His qualifications are as follows: Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago '02 Graduate: Loyola University Chicago '08. His medical interests include: Hormone Replacement (Testosterone Replacement), Primary Care/Internal Medicine, Sports Medicine, Nutrition, and LCHF diet. Adam loves to cycle and has a passion for personal training. A word from Adam: Throughout my healthcare career, I've always been fascinated by the power and resilience of the human body. In my practice, I have witnessed many of my patients struggle with their chronic conditions, which modern medicine (medications and procedures) have struggled to fix. The solution has been under our noses the entire time and all that is required is a changing our choice of food and our diet.

Alisha Gough

UK

Andrew Oswari

New Jersey, USA

I graduated from Loma Linda University Medical School and practiced traditional medicine until from 2000-2007. I transitioned into Integrative Medicine when I realized that I was only patching my patients disorders with medications at every visit. I now utilize acupuncture, prolotherapy, low dose immunotherapy and other modalities to promote healing from within the body. In February 2019 I finally changed my way of eating after feeling run down and with a newly diagnosed diabetes. I completely changed to a LCHF way of eating and immediately saw results. I have not stopped learning since my brain cleared of its fog and now am so excited to have earned this certification. I am now “shouting it from the rooftops” and am trying to establish an Instagram account @ketolife.dro

Erin Pitkethly

Canada

Erin Pitkethly has worked in community pharmacy for more than 20 years. She trained in low carb clinical practice with Dr. Bourdua-Roy in Quebec, Canada and with the Nutrition Network in South Africa. In 2018 she opened a low carb clinic to help people learn how to eat low carb and guide them in getting off of medications safely. She assists clients in person in North Bay, Ontario and across Canada via video conference.

Faranak Amini

Rivonia, Sandton, South Africa

Faranak is a Sport Scientist, Food Scientist, and a certified LCHF/Ketogenic Nutrition & Treatment specialist. Her passion is in health and wellness through nutrition and sport with the strong belief that food plays a major role in people’s lives. Her aim is to promote a healthy lifestyle, manage, and prevent possible disease through real food and nutrition without medication. Faranak is the founder of Health Wealth Nutrition, working as a health and wellness professional helping clients to manage broad range of health and wellness conditions such as weight loss, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, diabetes, cancer, Sleep disorders, depression, headache, ADHD, mental health, PCOS and pregnancy. She also enjoys working with athletes providing sport nutrition guidelines to help them reach their optimal performance. Faranak is an athlete herself, played basketball professionally, and have been involved with sport for many years. Health Wealth Nutrition uses the latest research and development to promote LCHF/Ketogenic nutrition and treatment as a natural healing approach to manage and prevent metabolic health issues. For more information, contact/WhatsApp on +27 82 9995786 or send an email to faranak@health-wealth.co.za.

Gail Anne Madalag

Philippines

I work as a medical officer in a city health clinic that caters mostly to indigents. I am also the doctor-in-charge of the Tuberculosis Clinic (both drug sensitive and drug resistant cases) and Lifestyle Clinic and have been including low carb nutrition since I learned about this lifestyle in November 2017.

Jane Matos-Fraebel

Plantation, Florida, USA

Jane Matos-Fraebel, MD, FACOG, is an OB/GYN practicing at A New Life OB/GYN of Broward, located in Plantation, Florida. By the time she was in fourth grade, Dr. Matos-Fraebel knew she wanted to be a doctor. She worked with her mother (also a physician) at the age of 13, which eventually led to her entering medical school at Santiago University of Technology, one of the highest-ranking schools in the Dominican Republic. After graduating in 1987, Dr. Matos-Fraebel then completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Jackson Memorial Hospital at the University of Miami. Dr. Matos-Fraebel believes in combining advanced state-of-the-art technology with compassion. Bilingual in English and Spanish, she provides obstetric and gynecological services to a diverse population of women; she has a particular interest in menopause and bio-identical hormones, urinary incontinence, customized weight loss and wellness. She is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Josephine Mazonde

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Josephine is the founder of Josie’s Ideal Weight and Health Management programme, based in Alberta, Canada. Before starting this programme, Josephine worked at different levels of nursing. First as Registered Nurse and Midwife in the rural areas of Botswana. Later she was a nurse educator for about fifteen years. After that, she became a full-time researcher with different organizations in Botswana and Canada. Josephine led research projects in the United Kingdom and Australia and has worked in specialized areas of HIV/AIDS, long-term care, public health, and with people with disabilities. Josephine’s education includes Registered Nursing from Institute of Health Sciences, Botswana; Midwifery from Institute of Health Sciences, Botswana; Bachelor of Education in Nursing from University of Botswana; Master of Public Health from University of Wollongong, Australia; and Master of Science from University of Calgary, Canada. Josephine works with a team of health care professionals in the area of nutrition and health reform. Outside work, Josephine likes walking, hiking, and helping others to achieve their personal goals.

Karine Ricard

Sydney NSW, Australia

Passionate about nutrition and fitness, Karine's focus is on Low Carb High Fat / Keto / Paleo nutrition, combined with a healthy lifestyle (exercise, sleep, stress management) to help clients achieve optimal health and wellness. In addition to her knowledge in nutrition, Karine has also acquired breathing and meditation techniques as well as personal training expertise to help clients manage their new health focused lifestyle. She has noted these to have stress alleviating qualities. Contact details: karine_ricard@yahoo.com

Kenny Leow

Singapore

Kenny started his journey as a nutrition coach in 2006. His mission was to make food the centre of healing, reinforced by his personal experiences with a father who lived with Diabetes and a neighbor who surrendered her life to it, as well as his friends who had metabolic and reproduction challenges and others who wanted to excel in endurance or strength based competitions. Kenny is committed to self-experimentation, academic pursuits and uncovering deep insights from discussions with some of the leading minds in the fields of Low Carb High Fat (LCHF), Ketogenic, Zero Carb and Carnivore protocols. After completing a Diploma in Nutrition (2018), Intermittent Fasting for Maximal Weight Loss (2018) and most recently Professional Training in LCHF/Ketogenic Nutrition and Treatment from Nutrition Network (2019), his life work has gained momentum with notable results in reversing diabetes, gout, PCOS, early onset of menopause, fatty liver conditions, accelerating weight loss, enhancing sports performance and even improving clarity and focus amongst children. Today he leads an open community on Facebook providing personal coaching, editorials and commentaries to empower members towards a specific way of eating and living to achieve optimum health. Kenny can be reached via the Simply Carnivore Facebook page or at simply.carnivore@yahoo.com

Kristal Monize

Canada

I have been a practitioner and registered licensed health care professional in the pharmaceutical industry since 2009. After graduating as a Naturopathic Nutritionist, and Yoga Instuctor in 2016 I have now found a way to integrate the practice of yoga with my knowledge of naturopathic products and diet in a way that would promote a safe and healthier lifestyle for people of all walks of life.

Lisa Simmons

Tennessee, USA

I became a nurse 23 years ago to help people. Healthcare has changed and I felt like I was not being fulfilled. I have also struggled with my weight since I was a teen. I had found out about low carb just by chance. I had heard of Atkin's years ago but heard it would hurt my kidneys so never tried it. I am a carboholic. I have started keto and am having great success. I am still a work in progress but have found something I am truly passionate about. I have read, watched videos, talked with MD's and have surrounded myself with like minded people. I realize now that I have knowledge that can actually change lives and help people reverse their chronic illness. I have completed the Nutrition Network Professional Training in LCHF/Ketogenic Nutrition & Treatment Training. You can reach me on: 615-680-9270

Tracey McBeath

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Health Coach from Melbourne, specialising in weight loss; emotional eating; health anxiety; habit change Contact: tracey@traceymcbeath.com.au Website: www.traceymcbeath.com.au

Zechariah Yeo

Singapore

Zechariah is a Registered Nurse who is clinically trained in Palliative care, Aged care and Infection Control. He qualified as a nurse in 2002 with a Diploma in Nursing and subsequently went on to serve mandatory military service. In the military, he received training as a paramedic and served in a medical special operations unit. He received his Bachelor's of Nursing from the University of Sydney in 2012, after working in various disciplines such as emergency medicine, palliative care and aged care. He recently obtained his Masters of Science in Clinical Leadership from Curtin University, 2019. Having struggled with obesity at a young age, Zechariah learned as much as he could about proper exercise and sound nutrition and applied it on himself. Although results came in terms of strength and muscle size, he always found it difficult to lean down on traditional nutrition "wisdom". Since discovering Intermittent Fasting and LCHF in 2016, he has not only leaned down with ease, but has also helped family, friends and patients reverse type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome successfully. Zechariah currently works in community stroke care where he designs exercise programmes and helps his patients and their caregivers improve metabolic health through IF and LCHF.

Christine Franic

British Columbia, Canada

Christine Franic, RN BSN MBA MSc DD, is a registered nurse with over 30 years in healthcare in British Columbia Canada. Her mother had a stroke at the age of 53 that left her paralyzed for 31 years until she passed away at the age of 84. Her father had his leg amputated at 60 and died of a heart attack at 73. Her parents were both type 2 diabetics on medication, insulin, 3 meals and 3 snacks a day as per protocol. This family history petrified Christine, so she studied and worked hard to ensure this didn’t happen to her. However, after years of struggle with yo-yo dieting, fatty liver, high triglycerides, gestational diabetes with her three pregnancies following the standard diabetic protocols that didn’t work she gave up. In January 2017 she was doing rounds in the ER as an Infection Prevention & Control Practitioner when she received the call from her family physician informing her that her glucose was 24mmol/L or 430mg/dL and her triglycerides were 18mmol/L or 1594mg/dL and she needed treatment stat. Fortunately, she was stabilized before any critical incident occurred. While on medical leave she decided enough was enough and her son asked her to look into the ketogenic diet. She found peer reviewed studies, trials, cases and much more in the literature on Low Carbohydrate and Ketogenic lifestyles. With nothing to lose she lost over 80 pounds and has kept it off to date. Her A1C has been at 5% for the past year and a half. She still has more weight to lose, and she knows that the body needs time to heal. When she experiences a weight loss stall she now understands the process of autophagy and how it is healing her body back to homeostasis. This is the first time that she has not gained the weight back it just stayed stalled and eventually it starts losing again. She specializes in helping people with obesity, and pre-diabetes with online group sessions and education programs, one-on-one, and retreats. Email ChristineFranic@icloud.comor cell phone or text 1.250.619.1258. She is available for workshops, seminars and retreats.

Jennifer O Brien

Oakville, WA, USA

Jennifer is a family nurse practitioner, board certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and currently licensed to practice in Washington State. Jennifer began her career in nursing in 2001 with an Associate’s degree in Nursing from Cardinal Stritch University of Wisconsin. She later completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Regis University of Colorado and then earned her Master of Science degree at Concordia University of Wisconsin in 2015. She is currently practising in a Tribal Health clinic and is focusing on helping the community improve their health by educating the community on nutrition.

Maria Espino

Panama

María Eugenia Espino (Maru Espino) is from Panama and has suffered metabolic syndrome since she was a child. Seeing her health deteriorate, she decided it was time to make a radical change. It was her passion for improving her health that motivated her to become a certified Ketogenic Lifestyle Coach in 2018 and to be trained in 2019 with the Noakes Foundation Nutrition Network in Low Carb High Fat / Ketogenic Nutrition and Treatment. Maru discovered her passion for helping other Latinamerican people (spanish speakers) who, like her, have struggled all their life to lose weight and improve their health. She does this by creating links and connecting with each client, providing tools and information based on science, guiding, helping people adopt a keto eating style based on their own routines and improve their relationship with food. She personally practices and promotes fasting as part of a healthy lifestyle. She has significantly improved her health problems with keto, managing to lose more than 85 pounds in this past year, improving her mental clarity and increasing her energy levels. Maru is a lover of science, enjoys reading and staying updated on the latest scientific research of the LCHF and Keto Community. Email: maru@maruespino.com Instagram: @maru_espino

Ariane Monnami

Lyon, France

From France, doctor Ariane Monnami is a medical doctor, nutritionist and micro-nutritionist. Her experience includes: - Family Doctor from 1985 to 2011 - Exclusive exercise of nutrition since 2011 - Graduate in Alimentatio, Santé et Micronutrition - Graduate in Diététique médicale - Graduate in Neuronutrition - Graduate in Génétique - Graduate in Cytogénétique - Practice in Sport Nutrition. She is a self-proclaimed amateur Runner (10 km, half Marathon).

Ashley Carter Youngblood

Michigan, USA

Ashley Carter Youngblood is trained as a psychotherapist and works with clients both at her professional therapy practice, Inner Peace Counseling, PLC, and also collaborates with others more intimately as a low-carb practitioner with her lifestyle coaching business, Lotus Lifestyle Coaching. Given her powerful experience of healing from life-long symptoms with an ancestral LCHF lifestyle and her observations of how important addressing nutrition and stabilizing blood sugar is in the treatment for mental health, Ashley has developed a passion for understanding the food-mood connection and for using an LCHF approach helping others achieve the healthy lifestyle they desire. Contact: To reach Ashley for counselling services integrating nutrition education into mental health, call 269-254-1211 or email ashley@kalamazoo-counseling.com To reach Ashley for lifestyle/LCHF coaching services, call 269-312-5002 or email info@lotuslifestylecoaching.com For more information about Ashley, to read her blogs, or to follow her on social media: Visit her therapy practice website, www.kalamazoo-counseling.com. Visit her lifestyle coaching website, www.lotuslifestylecoaching.com.

Chris Chappel

Sydney NSW, Australia

I completed Medical School in Tasmania then spent quite a few years working in the hospitals and GP settings in Queensland. After achieving Fellowship through the RACGP (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners) as a Specialist GP, I embarked on further fellowships with ACNEM (Australasian College of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine) and IFM (Institute for Functional Medicine) because I wanted to find out the deepest reasons why my patients were sick, and wanted to do far more than just treat their symptoms with medications. Since then I've also undertaken further in depth training in mental health, diet, weight loss and diabetes reversal. But I want more than simply to help you with one issue. I want you to become the healthiest and most energized that you can be. I want your mind to be clearer than it has been in years, your inner light glowing brightly, your skin radiant and your emotional state calm and happy. To achieve such a grandiose goal requires a journey, and a commitment to put your health first. The road to wellness is sometimes difficult, and full of ups and downs, but the scientific knowledge available to us today makes it more achievable than ever before. Today I work at Evergreen Doctors in Sydney, and do online Health Coaching to people all over the world. I enjoy working with patients of all ages with every health issue, including preventative health and peak performance optimisation. I have a special interest in the areas of diabetes reversal, weight loss, mental health, and men’s health issues.

Jan Chavis

Georgia, USA

Janice is a Holistic Fitness Coach, author of the book “The Next Level” and founder of Fit Mind ~ Fit Body, a holistic studio, where she offers individualized, one-on-one personal training, nutritional counseling, meditation classes, spiritual guidance, and thought management techniques. Jan is a retired U.S. Army Officer who’s been in the business of training, counseling and coaching others to achieve their fitness goals for over 30 years. With multiple certifications and a masters in Transpersonal Psychology, Jan recognizes the importance and necessity of a holistic approach to health and fitness. Her mission is to empower her clients to live a more balanced and holistic lifestyle through the practices of proper nutrition, exercise regiments, stress reduction, and spiritual growth. Jan understand that, as multi-levels beings, to achieve optimal health, a good training program must incorporate mind, body, environmental, and spiritual components. Visit her website at www.jchavis.com.

Jonah Lazarous Mulatya

Kenya

Dr. Jonah Lazarous Mulatya graduated from the University of Nairobi with a MBChB. Later he obtained his Masters in Medicine focusing on Anaesthesiology. He then worked as a consultant anaesthesiologist in the public sector. In 2015 he started working at Mulatya Memorial Hospital as C.E.O , consultant anaesthetist and General Practitioner. His journey with LCHF began in 2015 when he started reading widely on the application of ketogenic diet in the treatment of diabetes. Recently he launched the Low Card High Fat (LCHF) diabetic clinic at Mulatya Memorial Hospital which has been highly successful and has had a lot of patient success stories. In August last year, Jonah completed the Nutrition Network's training for professionals.

Leah Hansen

Canning Vale WA 6155, Australia

Leah is a Nurse Practitioner (MS NP Curtin University 2005) with a background in Gastroenterology ACGN (2003-2013) and Primary Health Care. She has a strong proactive preventative health care ethos, with an emphasis on personal success on the LCHF way of living. She says that she's never felt better with markedly improved biometrics.

Lotte Damen

Netherlands

Lotte Damen is a Registered Dutch Dietitian, graduated in July 2018. After learning about the many benefits of a ketogenic diet during her internship at The Noakes Foundation and completing the Foundation's training in LCHF/Ketogenic Nutrition, she now runs Myndfuel. Through Myndfuel, you can invest in 1-on-1 personalised online nutrition advice, focused on a mindful approach to experience the power of a low-carb lifestyle. She provides evidence-based materials and programs to start and maintain a keto lifestyle with success. For more information, call +31612359977, email lotte@myndfuel.net, visit her Facebook or Instagram.

Marcus Hawkins

Auckland, New Zealand

Marcus graduated from Nottingham University (UK) in 1986. Inspired by a love of travel, he went to work in New Zealand for a year. He liked the country so much he stayed (& married a Kiwi). He worked for 6 years in Auckland hospitals, including several years in General Medicine & Critical Care Medicine. He then decided to follow a career in General Practice. He started working at his current practice in Botany Town Centre in Auckland in 2005 and has continued to run a solo-practice (= same doctor for each visit). Marcus is an active member of his local General Practice Clinical Advisory Group. He was the initial proponent of a local Clinical Symposium, a biannual event for medical, nursing and administration staff. Since first seeing 'the Magic Pill' and then doing his own research/reading (in particular, The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz) Marcus has become a passionate advocate the LCHF Keto eating. He believes that it is the best way of eating for humankind, based on good scientific evidence. He regards himself as being approachable, listening, empathetic and attentive.

Nell Browne

South Africa

Nell is a well-qualified Professional Nurse with diverse experience in many aspects of healthcare including medical malpractice, SHEQ auditing and training in business management systems. She has a special interest in nutrition and reclaiming wellness by making healthy lifestyle choices. Nell also coaches clients on a specific LCHF lifestyle programme combined with optimum nutrition using world class organic supplementation. Nell has a passion for helping people and after being retrenched in 2002 established her own business. She integrates her knowledge from various work related exposure and studies to help people live better lives.

Oliver Smith

Central, Hong Kong

Oliver is a neuro-energetic kinesiology practitioner registered with the Australian Kinesiology Association. He holds a Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. He has been practicing energy work for over 20 years, through martial arts, Qi Gong and Reiki. Father of a child with special needs, Oliver realised conventional medicine offered limited help and began exploring alternative approaches. It was on this journey that he discovered Reiki, learning from Master Wyman Dana Tsui. Impressed by the positive results, he pursued further education and studied Neuro-energetic Kinesiology with Brett Scott, Hugo Tobar and Charles Krebs. Oliver's deep interest in nutrition led him to discover the ketogenic diet which allowed to control his son's intractable seizures. Ever since, he has been educating and coaching clients with this approach, which led to significant improvements on their wellbeing. In addition to his work as a kinesiologist/nutritionist, Oliver is a professional musician.

Peter Cummings

Williamsville, New York, USA

Peter has been coaching athletes and creating outcome-based programmes in the wellness industry since 1987, working with all aspects of exercise physiology and lifestyle modification. He works with individuals who have chronic disease as well as age-group and world-class athletes. He brings this same outcome-based focus and motivational leadership to Restore Medical Fitness. While continuing to coach a small stable of athletes, his primary focus is the creation of safe, effective outcome-based programs and services for patients and the professional development of the medical fitness industry. Go to www.restoremedicalfitness.com to request an appointment, or call direct at 1-716-906-2102.

Peter Tan

Singapore

Diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2016, Peter wasted no time in learning everything about this metabolic syndrome. He researched LCHF Ketogenic diet intensively and in the process brought his HbA1c down from 8.6% to 5.3% within 6 months without any medication. Peter understands the challenges and anxiety faced by newly diagnosed diabetics. As a Health Coach, he has helped many reverse their diabetic condition as he passionately shares his experience and knowledge with them. He provides 1-to-1 coaching to pre-diabetics/diabetics as well as those dealing with obesity issues.

Stephanie Wachter

Panama

I have a degree in Marketing and an MBA, but one year ago I fell in love with the LCHF Diet. I also love cooking so I get pretty excited about new recipes. When I first helped my boyfriend with his weightloss journey, he encouraged me to get certified as Keto Coach to be able to help other people. Since then, I have never stopped studying and doing research about all the benefits of this diet/lifestyle.

Tim O'Dowd

Queensland, Australia

Dr Tim O'Dowd is a Obstetrician Gynaecologist Infertility Specialist working at Pindara Private Hospital on the Gold Coast. He notes that every patient encounter is likely to include a discussion about nutrition. From those planning a pregnancy, those who are pregnant, those with gestational diabetes, and of course those with PCOS (or other reasons/causes for delayed fertility) should all have a discussion about nutrition. I preach the low carb lifestyle to patients family and friends.

Alexander Saroca

Philippines

Alexander is currently working as a remote site emergency doctor for a mining company in Indochina. He is also one of the founders of Pinoy Keto Academy and the sole founder of Tabachoy Academy in which both companies aim to educate Filipinos about a preventive approach to illness and how to live a healthy lifestyle. Alexander says that he fell in love with LCHF sometime in summer 2015 when he was desperate to lose weight he had regained from past Yo-Yo dieting. Reading one LCHF study led to another, and then to another, and then the rest was history. I adopted an LCHF lifestyle and it changed my life. Realizing its power to reverse metabolic problems that so many people around the world suffer from (including my own countrymen), I made it my life’s mission to be an LCHF lifestyle advocate for the betterment of my constituents. Some of the patients I have had already improved their metabolic markers and have gone off their medications. Alexanders medical interests include: Cholesterol, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Nutrition and LCHF diet.

Ana Carolina Ordenes Ferrada

Santiago, Chile

Ana has worked in the public health industry for 8 years. Over the years she has noticed that clinical practice is not complete, that something is missing. She notes that she began to see her contribution to her patients was minimal, only sometimes bearing positive impact. Until recently she learnt about integrative, functional medicine and these new and future food guides that have opened her eyes and have re-awakend her love for medicine.

Barbara Alamo

Chile

My keto journey began by seeking better health and energy after I was diagnosed with early arthritis. I could not believe it as I thought that disease was for older people. I started to seek options and realized that it was a problem caused by inflammation. So I read some books ( Dr. Permutter´s, Dr. Fung...), and LCHF/ KETO started to make sense to me. I applied the principles to myself, then on my friends and family with amazing results. I became certified as a Keto Coach and in mid-2018 I opened Keto Club Chile! where I coach and teach as much as I can to expand the knowledge and help as many people as I can! It has been an amazing journey. Understanding food as medicine and how our body works is really fantastic!

Bryan Malakou

Bedfordview, Germiston, South Africa

Dr Bryan Malakou qualified at Wits University and worked as a consultant on the Johannesburg Academic Circuit for a number of years, at the time with a special interest in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. Bryan has been in private practice in Johannesburg since 1988 and has of late developed interests in Allergology and Vertigo. Bryan has been interested in the LCHF lifestyle for more than 10 years and has found the introduction of Intermittent Fasting together with an LCHF lifestyle to be a game changer in many chronic inflammatory and auto-immune illnesses including many ENT conditions and the first reliable and scientific way to lasting weight loss and the treatment of insulin resistance which is at the root of many illnesses.

Chamila Wickramasinghe

Sri Lanka

Chamila says that she discovered the path to a low carb lifestyle in August 2012, thanks to Dr William Davis' book: Wheat Belly followed by the epic books by Gary Taubes. For her, it has been a journey that has made her healthier and looking younger than she was 10 years ago. She has a business which centers around high fat foods and says that this has also made her understand how to defend its benefits in a healthy lifestyle. Chamila lives in Sri Lanka and although their food staple is rice, she confesses that it takes a lot of commitment to move away from the traditional way of eating. Her passion is helping people understand the truth regarding low carb and how it actually gives you control of how healthy you can be. Knowledge and understanding is the key to success. Facebook Closed Group : The Low Carbing Sri Lankans ( Message to this group or join to get advise and assistance) e.mail : chamila_w@yahoo.com

Charles Hiller

New Jersey, USA

Charles Hiller started his health and wellness journey as a Certified Massage Therapist, graduating from the Institue for Therapeutic Massage in 2011. His passion and drive led him towards health and wellness coaching where he became a certified Ketogenic Lifestyle Coach, Primal Restoration Specialist and trained with the Noakes Foundation Nutrition Network in Low Carb High Fat/ Ketogenic Nutrition and Treatment. He specializes in helping those with lifelong weight issues. Charles has additional certifications in cognitive behavioral therapy, which he has found useful to help his clients understand the connections between their thoughts and behaviours to be successful. His coaching is firmly based in understanding relationships with food and determining best practices in overcoming those obstacles. Charles has personally seen success since starting his journey in 2015. He has alleviated his symptoms of depression, positively impacted his health markers and experienced substantial weight loss through a strict Ketogenic lifestyle. He often speaks of increased energy levels and mental clarity that is attributed to the ketogenic lifestyle. Charles has a passion for information and actively stays on top of current research and information within the LCHF Ketogenic community.

Chris Neethling

Pretoria, South Africa

Health, living life to the fullest and helping others along the way is Chris' motto in life. Healthy nutrition, exercise and a positive mental attitude are all inter-related and essential components to health. Chris mentions that in his profession of chiropractic, people (himself included) are very aware of the importance of being evidence-based. And so, with regards to nutrition, this is the first time he has come across an approach that not only works (personal experience) but has strong supporting evidence. The Banting nutritional life-style is the perfect partner in the management of my patient’s health endeavours.

Christina Oman

Geneva, Switzerland

Christina is a low carb ketogenic nutrition and health coach working both in Ireland and internationally. She specialises in treatments for obesity, diabetes, chronic disease and infertility. Having been once morbidly obese and suffered from PCOS, Christina is uniquely positioned having been through the weight loss journey, to health, herself. To get in touch, email christina@ketochristina.com

Claire McDonnell-Liu

UK

A qualified and experienced Naturopathic Nutrition Advisor based in Leicestershire, England, Claire has over 10 years of experience delivering food and wellbeing programmes in schools, universities, as well as with businesses, families and individuals. She offers personal and family nutrition consultations as well as employee wellbeing programmes. Contact Claire on claire@leafie.org for a chat or to book your free initial nutrition consultation.

Cynthia Williams

Victoria, Australia

Cindy has been a Registered Nurse since 2001 and in recent years specialised in General Practice Nursing. Cindy became passionate about nutrition after witnessing an increasing incidence of chronic illness and disease that in many cases are preventable through making simple lifestyle modification changes. It was through this and the improvement to her own health through diet that she decided to study nutrition and become a Nutritionist. Other credentials include Bachelor of Nursing, Post Graduate Diploma in Wound Care, LIFE! Program Facilitator, credentialed Cervical Screen Provider, Asthma Educator, Immunisation Nurse and Advanced Diploma of Nutritional Medicine.

Daryline Put

Quebec, QC, Canada

Daryline is a family physician using therapeutic nutrition as an option for metabolic diseases. Contact me by: email: daryline.put@gmail.com

Dave Cristoferson C. Aguila

Philippines

Dave is a weight management coach with a focus on the low carb way of eating. He used to be obese and tried, succeeded and failed a couple of times in losing weight via the conventional but unsustainable approach of "eat less, move more" approach. He has also tried using various slimming supplements and products only to be disappointed. He advocates that the only sustainable method is the low carb and intermittent fasting method. Dave is the founder of the Association of Low Carb and Intermittent Fasting Practitioners in the Philippines, the official voice of the low carb community in the Philippines, which is a by-product of LCIF Philippines (the largest, most interactive and fastest growing online low carb community in the Philippines). These organizations are meant to spread awareness about the dangers of obesity and how it can be easily be reversed/prevented via the low carb way of eating. Contact: The Low Carb and Intermittent Fasting Coach on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mylcifjourney

David Joubert

Puerto Rico

David is a health coach and certified life coach with NLP (neurolinguistic programming) Author of the book: "Guia para Comenzar un Estilo de Vida Keto" CEO & Founder of Proyecto Nutricion y Vida Puerto Rico, a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate people in health and lifestyle modifications that help alleviate the metabolic conditions affecting society.

Din-I Wang

Taiwan

Din was born in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and graduated medical school from the Institute of Medicine (1) in 1986. He then migrated to Taiwan where he had to take qualification tests, residency training in internal medicine and later underwent pulmonologist training. Now he works in a Respiratory Care Ward, a long-term care facility for ventilator-dependent patients. Din confesses his obsession with low carb that started after reading Gary Taubes’ article in Reader’s Digest. He was very skeptical and searched the Pub Med for evidence. He was shocked to find huge amounts of high-quality studies which were also shared by revolutionaries like Dr Andreas Eenfeldt (Diet doctor). Over the past 5 years, I went down the rabbit hole and finally ended up with Prof Noakes’ course on LCHF. Contact email: wangdin1@me.com

Elizabeth Bright

Liguria, Italy

Elizabeth L. Bright ND, DO, is an American Naturopath and Osteopath practicing in Liguria, Italy. She is fluent in English, Italian, French, and German, and speaks Mandarin and Spanish. She founded two organic restaurants in Washington, D.C. where she was the chef and owner. She is the author of Good Fat is Good for Women: Menopause, and will soon publish Good Fat is Good for Women: Adolescence. She is a master of Chau Ka Kungfu.

Eric Westman

USA

Dr. Eric C. Westman is an associate professor of medicine at Duke University Health System and director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic. He combines clinical research and clinical care to deliver lifestyle treatments for obesity, diabetes and tobacco dependence. He is an internationally-known researcher specializing in low-carbohydrate nutrition.

Gillian Szollos

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Gillian is a health policy, promotion, and education consultant, with a background in maternal newborn health. She is mostly interested in population health and innovation to improve the health and well being of communities at risk and she believes that optimal nutrition should be the standard of care. Gillian has a personal and professional interest in LCHF dietary therapy and uses a ketogenic diet to manage her own epilepsy. Her knowledge and passion has helped many optimise their ketogenic diets to achieve their individual goals. She notes that she is privileged to be able to interview people from all over the world who use ketogenic diets therapeutically, and share their stories. Her writing, interviews, coaching and public speaking engagements serve as opportunities to build community and share successes while drawing attention to the therapeutic possibilities of a ketogenic diet to change lives and in some instances, save them. Contact Gillian via e-mail at ketoalldayeveryday@gmail.com or via Facebook at Keto all Day Every Day

Isis Soster Maich

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Isis Soster Maich is a Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant. With a diagnosis of (Type 1) Diabetes in the family, Isis started researching more about low carbohydrate diets and was amazed with all the information out there, showing that restricting carbohydrates is not only good for prevention and treatment of Diabetes but for mental health, cardiovascular health, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and fertility, fatty liver disease and so much more. She joined a Holistic Nutrition course, started going to Low Carb Conferences and online trainings and now, she is also training to become a GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) Certified Practitioner, aiming to help more people to regain their health through diet. Her business, Keto-Fix in Vancouver (BC, Canada) offers online consultations, which can be booked through the website or via email. www.keto-fix.com https://www.facebook.com/isisketofix/ isis@keto-fix.com

Jamila Benn

Hawaii, USA

Dr. Jamila Benn graduated from the University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine in 2003. She went on to complete a Family Medicine Residency in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her career then took her to Oak Park, Illinois where she completed a fellowship in Women’s Health and Surgical Obstetrics. Having spent 7 years in the US Virgin Islands working at a community health center, she returned to the mainland of the United States and worked at various community health centers in a locums capacity. It was not until she reached Hawaii that she discovered her love for teaching new doctors. At that point she joined a residency program as a community preceptor and hopes to soon be added as faculty. During the course of her career, she became increasingly dissatisfied with disease management instead of health preservation. Her journey seeking non-pharmacologic methods to maintain health led her to additional board certification in Lifestyle Medicine in 2017. She considers LCHF another tool in her proverbial “black bag” to teach those who are committed to optimal healthy living.

Jean-Yves Dionne

Mount Royal, QC, Canada

Jean-Yves Dionne is a pharmacist, trainer, clinical consultant and scientific advisor on natural health products (NHPs). He enjoys an exceptional reputation and credibility in Quebec. For the past two decades, he has been recognized as the NHP expert by the media and many health professional organizations. Mr Dionne currently teaches at Université Laval and Université de Montreal. In addition, through his Apothecary Academy (apothicaire.ca), he offers clinical and independent training on NHPs to healthcare professionals. Blog : Franchement Santé www.jydionne.com Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/jeanyvesdionnefranchementsante/

Jerry Rowles

Johannesburg, South Africa

BComm, CAIB(SA), AEP; Conversational Intelligence Coach, and Certified Investment In Excellence Facilitator.

Jodi Nishida

Honolulu, HI, USA

Jodi earned her Doctorate in Pharmacy from the University of Southern California in 1996 and is certified APhA in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease. Shortly after, she completed a Clinical Residency in Los Angeles in both acute care and outpatient disease state management. She established an outpatient Coumadin Clinic that spanned 3 zip codes and helped manage it. Since then, she has worked in various areas of healthcare including medical industry, pharmacogenomics, diagnostics, and now LCHF. Jodi works collaboratively with physicians to incorporate an LCHF lifestyle into their patients' lives and believes strongly that food can be medicine and we must work to minimize the number of medications our patients rely on.

John Mason

United Kingdom

After 25 years in the teaching profession, John made a change and became a Life coach, specialising in exercise and nutrition. One consequence of studying nutrition was to learn about the ketogenic/LCHF, which he has been advocating for for over a decade. Based in the UK, and co-Founder of Ketogenic Generaton, we give advice, talks and consultations on both a Ketogenic Lifestyle and exercise. John also runs a website called shrinkthatfat.co.uk. Whilst as an Ambassador for The Public Health Collaboration, (a charitable organisation, which promotes a low carbohydrate approach for Type Two Diabetics) he has been able to persuade employees of National Health Service to consider other approaches in health care. Over the years he has helped many people lose weight and more importantly, to restore their metabolic health. It was a logical step to complete The Nutrition Network course and it has more than justified my approach to diet and exercise. I can be contacted via my email address. gymwizzard1@gmail.com, or via my facebook page, ketogenic generation.

Karen Eddings

USA

Karin van der Hoorn

Leiden, Netherlands

Karin van der Hoorn is a qualified medical doctor who quit medicine many years ago because she felt she was doing a lot of things of which never had been proven and that might do more harm than good. She then discovered the path of low carb and (intermittent) fasting when looking for a solution to some health issues of her own (for which the specialists she consulted had no answers). She notes that she learnt a lot about health, physiology and nutrition that was never taught during training as a medical doctor. Now she strongly believe that lifestyle changes are the solution for the larger part of the tsunami of diseases in the Western World and that a low carb/ketogenic diet is an important tool. Karin became inspired to start working as a medical doctor again so she re-registered as a doctor last year. She also completed the Professional Training of the Nutrition Network and from October 2018 will start the basic Integrative Medicine/Lifestyle Medicine training at the Dutch Academy for Integrative Medicine. Karin hopes that in the near future she will be able to use her skills to help people get better through lifestyle changes, either by working as a medical doctor or by teaching medical professionals, advising organisations.

Karl Goldkamp

North Carolina, USA

Karl Goldkamp is a Naturopathic Doctor, Dipl. of Oriental Medicine, Graduate of Bastyr University, ND., MSA in Acupuncture, and is Certified in Environmental Medicine. His weekly podcast: KetoNaturopath, has 10 000 monthly downloads. I have practised 16 years in clinical medicine, currently in private practice working with coaching groups, to safely promote the low carb high fat way of living and tele-medicine. My previous focus had been on Diet, genetic - nutrition interface, environmental factors in terms of identifying and removing to restore health to our patient population of Southern Connecticut. My wife and myself have both become advocates for the Ketogenic diet. Initially, as an intervention in our own health concerns. My wife suffered a meningioma which necessitated a 13 hour brain surgery. And myself having a sudden onset of Crohns and Ulcerative Colitis due to two deaths in my family and other factors…. Having never had either of those before. Since adopting the low carb high fat approach, our lives have changed. Contact info drgoldkamp@ketonaturopath.com Cell 860.287.3270

Kate O'Connor

Scarborough, Maine, USA

Kate is a registered nurse with over 20 years of patient care experience and 5 years in medical research, a dedicated mother and active grandmother to 3 young grandchildren, a business owner and a reiki practitioner. She has a passion for cooking and keto research, and feels called to support others in healing with the ketogenic lifestyle. She specializes in one-on-one consultations, small group keto education and tasting parties. Email KetoKateO@gmail.com or via facebook https://www.facebook.com/ketowithkateo/ Telephone is 207-730-2868

Keeve de Villiers

Alberta, Canada

Keeve is a family doctor working in rural Alberta, originally trained in South Africa. Him and his wife have been practicing a ketogenic lifestyle since 2015 after reading the Real Meal Revolution. He successfully lost 20kg within the first year and has kept it off since. Keeve now routinely uses Nutritional Ketosis in his practice and has no doubt that many more people will come to realize the benefits that this has for ones health and well being.

Keri Strachan

Durban, South Africa

Keri has been in private practice since 2004, working mostly with athletes, but for the last 4 years or so, developed a quickly growing LCHF client-base. She notes that it is hugely rewarding to finally be able to offer insulin resistant/ diabetic clients a real solution, and at last feel we can literally change their lives. Personally, Keri is an avid trail runner (fueled by fat), married, with three young children. EMAIL: keri@primehp.co.za FACEBOOK: Keri Strachan Registered Dietitian MOBILE: 082 448 6696

Keryn Loprete

Brooklyn Park South Australia, Australia

Keryn Loprete has a Bachelor of Health Science in Nutritional Medicine, specialising in returning health to each individual by explaining the body and how it works. She mentions seeing individual patients as well as seeing groups for specialised classes including cooking, T2DM, gut issues, LCHF, and dealing with numerous food issues and ailments. Keryn confesses that she loves her job, especially showing people the way to good health and putting their health in their hands with guidance for healthy living. Contact details: Email; kerynloprete@helpingwithhealth.com Facebook: Helping with Health

Kripa Jalan

Maharashtra, India

Nutrition Ninja, who helps individuals look, move and feel their best - through sustainable nutrition and effective training. Our main goal is to make good health accessible to the masses, while busting the prevalent myths about food, nutrition and mental wellbeing. Nutrition to us is not low calorie, it's not about feeling starving and deprived - it's about nourishing our bodies to health and happiness! We strongly believe that our physical and mental well being, should be the forefront of everything that we do. We've been lucky enough to have been able to help over 450 clients develop better relationships with food and their bodies, over the past few years.

Liz Ford

Timaru, New Zealand

Liz is a nutritionist and dietitian and has been working in this field in New Zealand for over 25 years. She says that she chose this career as she has always believed that what we eat determines our health and well-being. Her goal has been to support both her family and her clients with eating well to gain and maintain their health. Nutrition science and practice is changing and she is excited to be able to offer clients guidance in this new way of eating. The latest science supports the importance of eating whole real foods. In a way this isn’t new but very similar to how humans would have eaten centuries ago. One of the biggest challenges we face in today’s health environment is the growing problem of obesity, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These are the common concerns of her clients. It has become clear that our standard diet for dealing with these issues (low fat and high grains and carbohydrates) is not working. We also now know that recommending this low fat diet with an increase in cardio exercise is not helpful for most people, and does not help them gain health or lose weight. She now recommends an approach that is based on eating whole real foods and is generally lower in carbohydrates and higher in healthy fats (LCHF). Liz advocates avoiding all highly processed foods and foods and drinks that are high in sugars. The best foods for us are those grown locally, are in season and have as little processing as possible. She encourage her clients to cook their own food at home and grow their own vegetables where possible. Both myself and my family have found many health benefits since changing to LCHF.

Liza Maas

Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa

After obtaining her MBChB degree from the University of Pretoria, Liza was in private practice for 7 years. She owned and managed a sub-acute care facility for 15 years and has extensive experience in chronic medicine and rehabilitation. She worked in emergency medicine for 4 years and completed the Diploma in Primary Emergency Care (Dip PEC(SA)). Currently she consults on general nutritional ketosis and lifestyle medicine, specialising in severe and chronic diseases. She reduces conventional medication where appropriate and maximises the clinical benefits of nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Contact details: lizamaas@hotmail.com, or WhatsApp on +27796900884 (preferred channel of communication).

Louisette Blikkenhorst

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Louisette is an Orthomolecular Therapist, Nutritionist, and Banting Coach. After having done several studies in health and nutrition she found that she didn't quite get where she wanted to be with her clients. They would get better up to a point but never all the way. That puzzled her and made her look for more answers. Then Louisette discovered orthomolecular therapy and got her certificates as a therapist. This therapy already did so much. When she learned about the ketogenic diet and the LCHF lifestyle and tried it for herself first, she knew that this was what she wanted to share with as many people as possible. At first, she notes that she used orthomolecular therapy for her clients and when nothing else worked, would start them on Banting. But now, she recommends Banting first. She has learnt and lives by the motto, "let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food". In May 2018 she started "Banting Nederland" to share the LCHF lifestyle in The Netherlands with as many people as possible.

Marianna Miles

Singapore

A registered Nutritional Therapist trained in Functional Medicine, Marianna and her colleague run a Nutritional Therapy business in Singapore (The Nourished Tribe) working with individuals, families and corporates to find the best nutrition and lifestyle solutions to improve their health and meet their wellness goals. This can be via individual consultations, group programmes or corporate wellness challenges. Specialist areas are weight management, female health (hormones) stress and energy, gut health and men’s health. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NourishedTribe/

Mauro Jose Tortolo

Santa Fe, Argentina

Mauro is an Internal Medicine doctor, deeply interested in LifeStyle Medicine. He is convinced that real food, stress reduction techniques (especially mindfulness), proper exercise, good sleep and true social connection are keys for a good health. Feel free to contact me: maurojt@hotmail.com

Megan Pfeffer

Gippsland, VIC, Australia

Megan Pfeffer has a degree in Clinical Nutritionist, with a Bachelor of Health Science (BHSc) in Nutritional and Dietetic Medicine. The founder of "I Choose Health", Megan operates a private mobile health clinic offering premium nutritional and dietetic services throughout the Gippsland Region and surrounding areas. A low carbohydrate healthy fat (LCHF) specialist for the management of health, obesity, metabolic disorders and chronic disease, Megan’s evidence-based approach helps people to understand the impact of lifestyle choices on health and optimise food intake. This enables people to achieve their health goals by building a new relationship with foods that love them back. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IChooseHealthMeganPfeffer/?ref=settings Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i_choose_health_megan_pfeffer/ Twitter: @megespfeffer

Michael Hubka

San Diego, California, USA

Michael Hubka, DC Chiropractor, Spine & Sport Physical Therapy

Morne Welgemoed

London, UK

Morné is a holistic health coach, Master personal trainer, life coach and LCHF/Keto coach with 20 years professional experience in the health and well-being industry. Morné believes that being healthy and looking and feeling your best should be fun and easy not a lifelong struggle. He believes that your health does not have to come at the expense of a busy lifestyle, business or career. Morné specializes in helping busy professionals adapt to a Banting/LCHF and ketogenic lifestyle. He creates bespoke, enjoyable, flexible and sustainable healthy lifestyles for his clients that they may have the health, energy and longevity to fully enjoy the fruits of their labour. Practising what he preaches: Morné has lost close to 40kg after adopting an LCHF lifestyle and has never looked back. For more information, or for a complimentary consultation, call +447751967429, email him at mw@mornewelgemoed.com or visit his website at mornewelgemoed.com

R. Emine Sporel Özakat

Istanbul, Turkey

Emine is the founder of SPOREL Performance and Health Coaching. Her education includes degrees in Human Biology and Health (B.Sc.), Toxicology (M.Sc.) and Pharmacology (Ph.D.). She has previously worked at Boğaziçi University and İstanbul Technical University, in the Molecular Biology and Genetics Departments for a total of 16 years. She decided to end her academic career in 2004, and received further education in the field of nutrition. She is the first person in Turkey, to receive the world renowed International Olympic Committee, Sports Nutrition Diploma. She is has completed a certificate programme in Functional Medicine Health Coaching Academy and became a functional health coach. She has been involved in sports all her life. Swimming and athletics in childhood, and then professional level basketball during high school and university. Currently, she is a competitive senior tennis player.

Regina Marie O. Banda

Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines

Regina proclaims that she has have never been the "fit and slim" kid, having yoyo-ed most of her life between obese and overweight. As a physician, her inability to control her weight was the turning point. The ketogenic lifestyle has been her way of wellness for the past 3 years. During these years of incorporating more nutritional advice in her practice, she has said that she has improved more lives removing medications rather than adding more and more medications. Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/KetogenicPhilippines/

Robert Sieradzki

Warsaw, Poland

A Psychology graduate at the Warsaw University, Robert is a ketogenic coach dedicated to helping clients cope with obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, Alzheimers and depression. He is currently exploring the advantages of a carnivore diet. Additionally, Robert’s company WJEM delivers ketogenic meals on a daily basis to a number of clients in the Warsaw area. You can contact him through his WJEM facebook page, or at robertsieradzki@icloud.com

Ron Malpas

Queensland, Australia

Ron has run his own General Practice in a regional city in Australia (Townsville, Queensland) for over 30 years. His special interest areas include: Management of Chronic Disease, Skin cancer surgery, Preventative Medicine and Practice Management. He has seen the rise of chronic disease in his community over a long period of time. On reflection, Ron notes that having seen many (failed and expensive) public health programmes come and go that focus on diet, lifestyle change and exercise, the problem continues to grow exponentially. The number of patients with co-morbidities and polypharmacy alarmed him. He comments that we seem to be at a crisis point. Gastric surgery is touted as the only solution. A drastic approach to what should be a preventable problem. After reading around the scientific basis for the LCHF lifestyle, it seemed that this could be the new approach that may help stem the tide. Consequently, Ron has undertaken to educate himself further in this field and offers this to patients he thinks would benefit from it and, to help prevent the development of disease in the currently healthy.

Ryan McCallum

Canada

Dr. McCallum is a Family Physician living and working in the Comox Valley. ​ He received a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering from Royal Military College of Canada and served in the RCAF as a pilot until his career in medicine. ​ Dr. McCallum obtained his Doctorate of Medicine from Dalhousie University and his certification in Family Medicine from the University of Calgary. He continued his service in the military as a Medical Officer in support to the Army, RCN and RCAF. He has experience in occupational assessments and the knowledge of marine and aviation environments. He is a military Flight Surgeon and Transport Canada certified in both aviation and marine medicine. ​ His additional clinical interests include health promotion and disease prevention and treatment. His provincial health advocacy role is as a member of the Nutrition Committee with Doctors of BC. Clinically, with a dietary focus using low carbohydrate, healthy fat (LCHF) principles, he helps people who suffer with metabolic related disease. He is continually seeking to expand his clinical expertise and is currently working towards a certification in Obesity medicine.

Sam Bell

Cape Town, South Africa

Sam Bell is a nutrition coach, certified with Real Meal Revolution and Nutrition Network. She’s spent 3 years helping men, women and children lose weight without hunger; get fit without injury; find emotional wellbeing; ramp up brain function and claim back a healthy life safely and permanently. Sam teaches people how to remove junk food for good, how to enjoy delicious and nutritious real food without feeling deprived and how to keep the weight off for life by building healthy, sustainable habits. Her speciality is goal setting and accountability. Often we know what we need to do, but we struggle to get started or lose the momentum. Sam uses gentle compassion, practical behaviour changes and daily lectures to educate and encourage participation. Sam is based in Cape Town, South Africa, but does virtual coaching to make adherence easy. Her coaching model is a convenient WhatsApp group. Your coach is always with you, 7 days a week, for the full 3-month programme. Call me or WhatsApp me on +27 83 233 3409 Email me sam.bell@realmealrevolution.com Follow me https://www.linkedin.com/in/sambellcoach/ Join my facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/BantingBelievers/

Sencer Bulut

Turkey

Sencer Bulut is a highly seasoned nutrition specialist with loads of professional experience. He delivers excellent healthcare plans to patients who suffer from insulin resistance, diabetes and obesity issues, using which they can improve weight, enhance performance and follow healthy dietary practices. He is an expert in developing and executing maintenance plans with suitable nutritional programs. Some of his key accomplishments include but not limited to the following: He has helped people get relief from Type 2 Diabetes by conducting 40+ presentations for fat loss / diet. Helps patients optimize their ketogenic diet, athletic performance. He also helps people recover from irregular habits by giving them proper motivation. He is a published author and his book “Aslinda Diyet” has sold over 3500 copies in Turkey and helped numerous people achieve a healthy lifestyle through a healthy diet. He is a Sports Nutritionist & Health Coach.

Serena Granzotto

Toronto, ON, Canada

Dr Serena Granzotto brings a wealth of experience in treating recreational, professional and Olympic athletes in multiple sports. Serena has a Bachelor degree in Physical and Health Education from University of Toronto along with a Chiropractic degree from the New York Chiropractic College. In addition to obtaining these qualifications, she also graduated from McMaster University in Contemporary Medical Acupuncture specializing in Sports Injuries. Finally, Serena attended the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor specializing in Biology and Physical & Health Education for senior secondary school students. In the last few years, Serena has received her qualifications in Guidance, Cooperative Education and a Specialist in English Second Language. Currently, Serena is focusing on Fasting and Low Carb High Fat coaching certifications and trainings. Her passion lies in creating and educating the importance of prevention thru nutritional counselling and postural alignment and balance. Serena lives a highly active lifestyle. She practices what she preaches. Growing up she played competitive soccer both recreationally and provincially. More recently she has participated in numerous half/full marathons including multiple Boston Marathons. Currently Serena is a full time Health Care and Physical & Health Education secondary school teacher for a local all girl school and a Chiropractor at Ohana Wellness Clinic in Toronto’s Bloor West Village. Ohana Wellness Clinic 2315A Bloor St West, Toronto, ON, M6S 1P1 416 820 8588 info@ohanawellnessclinic.com​

Sevi Rutgrink

Utrecht, Netherlands

Sevi is a keto coach based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. After falling ill halfway through 2013 she was diagnosed with Leaky Gut syndrome, IBS and Raynaud’s syndrome. She started looking into a healthier lifestyle in terms of diet, sleep management and stress relieve. After trying the low FODMAP diet, Paleo and Primal consecutively, all with relative success, she started researching and living a ketogenic lifestyle through whole healthy foods. As a result she has been 100% symptom-free ever since. Following her own success, she became very passionate about helping others achieve optimal health: after volunteering for several years in Facebook groups and working as a free-lance administrator and online keto coach for a year and a half for KetoDiet App, she decided to start her own keto coaching practice. As a personal keto coach Sevi wanted to share her knowledge, expertise and experience with as many people as possible: the transition to a ketogenic diet is not always easy and both practical and emotional support are very important in the first three months. With her keto coaching practice she can offer all the help you need. You can find her international and Dutch websites here: https://sevirutgrink-ketocoaching.com/ https://sevirutgrink-ketocoaching.nl/

Sharlene Selvaratnam

USA

Sharlene K. Selvaratnam, MD is a board-certified physician who received her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada and completing her family medicine residency as chief resident at the University of Massachusetts. She is a double board certified in Family Medicine, a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and has received certified training from the Nutrition Network in LCHF/Ketogenic Nutrition and Treatment. Dr. Sharlene believes in the benefit of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and incorporates the innovative principals with her practice. Over the past 10 years of practicing family medicine, Dr. Sharlene found that many patients were being treated for chronic medical problems versus working on preventing or improving their health risks. Additionally, she grew concerned that many of her patients who were struggling to maintain a healthy weight were using medications that resulted in weight gain. To drive positive change, she founded ReShaped™ Weight Loss & Wellness. By integrating both medical advancements as well as personal lifestyle transformations, her patients are safely losing unhealthy weight and positively changing their overall health.

Sourya Sercomanens

India

Sourya has a degree in nursing. She notes that during these studies, nutrition was barely mentioned and in the physiology classes, we were taught that cells can only function using glucose. So when discovering LCHF in 2015 and how ketones work, it changed her life as well as her families life. Within 6 months she was pregnant and she stayed on keto throughout her pregnancy as well as during breastfeeding. Even though she does not practice nursing anymore, LCHF has renewed her passion for health and wellness, with a special focus on women's health. More and more Indians are suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure. The LCHF/keto diet can be adapted to the Indian cuisine and there are many LCHF recipes compatible with Indian veg/non-veg food.

Tammy Kidd

Bethalto, Illinois, USA

Tammy is a nutritional researcher that has reversed all of her markers for T2DM and NAFLD over 3 years ago by following the ketogenic way of eating. She currently coaches clients to realize the benefits of changing their way of eating.

Tina Zannieri

Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Tina Zannieri, RN, CNM, ANP, MS, Certified Health Coach. Tina has 40 years of varied nursing experience including inpatient and outpatient midwifery, pediatrics and adult primary care as a nurse practitioner. After years of struggle with weight issues, she discovered low carb and has maintained an ideal weight for over 4 years. Now retired from clinical practice, she works with clients on a one to one basis as a health coach using low carb approaches as part of a whole lifestyle approach to care. Her special interests include diabetes, pregnancy, and healthy aging.

Valerie Grosso

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Valerie Grosso RDN, METS is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist specialising in the manipulation of metabolic hormones leading to the optimization of metabolism. Her practice, Nutrition by Val, encourages redefining health and aims to educate and promote evidence based nutrition to advance health, wellness and longevity. Her passion is to study the research and uncover the truth about nutrition leading to body, mind and spirit transformations. Valerie advocates that reclaiming health requires a change in thoughts and practices; regaining control over our lifestyles requires taking a chance on new approaches. 'If you don't eat according to your goals, don't expect to reach them' - Valerie.

Victoria Motazedi

Dominion Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Victoria Motazedi is a Physician Extender and Para-medical Aesthetic Professional at Vital Life Hormone Replacement Clinic. With more than 30 years of experience in the medical and weight loss industry, she has setup and managed numerous weight loss programmes. Her current role as the Practice Administrator in an anti-aging medical practice has advanced her knowledge in the fields of hormone replacement and functional medicine in order to better address the many disease processes associated with aging. As a seasoned weight loss educator, she is passionate about advancing new medical protocols including dietary regimes that have been proven through scientific analysis, are sustainable and enhance the human experience.