{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/6883d759f6d4262b078ffdc7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reversing Chronic Illness With Keto: 115 Pounds in 9 Months | Brett Smith","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/1754669066772-242898ef-ce86-4ca3-ab5f-27a484a170a1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>📣 Brett Smith spent 20 years in corporate wellness watching people get managed into more disease — then became one of them, reaching 335 pounds and a coronary calcium score of 268 before nutritional ketosis changed everything. He lost 115 pounds in 9 months and went on to reverse heart disease, arthritis, tinnitus, and metabolic syndrome without a single medication.</p><p>Our guest is a very visual person, and he shared his screen and several books with us during our conversation. This recording has been lightly edited to remove the dead air while he's showing us important resources. All Ketobiography episodes are also on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ketobiography\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a>. You may wish to watch this one on our channel @ketobiography.</p><p><br></p><p>📋 Robyn and Natalie talk with Brett Smith, VP of Business Development at Toward Health and founder of My Metabolic Life, about a transformation that went far beyond the scale. Brett walks through his years in the corporate wellness and disease management industries, his own deteriorating health, and the moment a 60-hour PubMed deep dive convinced him that everything he'd been teaching clients was wrong. He shares how he tracked and nearly eliminated soft plaque through a little-known cardiac blood test, why food is just one part of a larger picture that includes light, EMFs, grounding, and circadian biology, and how to request the freely available heart disease reversal protocol he has sent to hundreds of people.</p><p><br></p><p>🔑 What You'll Learn</p><ul><li>How Brett lost 115 pounds in 9 months and reversed heart disease, arthritis, tinnitus, and metabolic syndrome through nutritional ketosis</li><li>Why medical-strength keto means 20g total carbs or less — and why that threshold is where results actually happen</li><li>How to track and reverse soft plaque using the CAC test and a cardiac blood test most cardiologists don't know about</li><li>Why insulin resistance underlies 80+ chronic conditions — and how metabolic therapy addresses the root cause instead of managing symptoms</li><li>Why food alone isn't always enough: how light, EMFs, sleep, and circadian biology also drive insulin resistance</li></ul><p><br></p><p>💡 Key Insight</p><p>\"No matter how bad the last 20 years are, they don't have to be your tomorrow. Take a step, learn something new, and then teach others.\" — Brett Smith</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 Connect with Brett Smith</p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://mymetaboliclife.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://mymetaboliclife.com</a></p><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:brett@metaboliclife.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">brett@metaboliclife.com</a></p><p>X: <a href=\"https://x.com/MyMetabolicLife\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://x.com/MyMetabolicLife</a></p><p>Phone: (262) 255-9545</p><p>Toward Health: <a href=\"https://toward.health/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://toward.health</a></p><p><br></p><p>⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>⏳ Chapters</p><p>0:47 Introduction to Ketobiography &amp; Brett Smith</p><p>3:46 Corporate Wellness Career and Personal Health Decline</p><p>7:42 Tipping Point: Reaching 335 Pounds</p><p>9:13 Discovering Keto and the PubMed Deep Dive</p><p>13:09 Starting the Transformation: 115 Pounds and Dr. Sarah Hallberg</p><p>16:31 Re-entering the Industry &amp; Facing Heart Disease</p><p>25:34 Finding a Heart Disease Reversal Protocol</p><p>28:00 Healing Beyond Weight Loss: Arthritis, Tinnitus, and More</p><p>29:58 Practical Tips and Medical-Strength Keto</p><p>34:00 Meals, Recipes, and What Brett Actually Eats</p><p>37:26 Insulin Resistance: The Root Cause of Chronic Disease</p><p>38:59 Beyond Food: Quantum Health, Light, and EMFs</p><p>41:49 Coaching Approach and Individual Variability</p><p>48:59 Reversing Heart Disease: Tracking and Eliminating Soft Plaque</p><p>1:04:02 Final Wisdom and Where to Find Brett</p>","author_name":"Robyn R Dobbins"}