📣 Amanda Decker spent the first decade of her nursing career watching patients leave with prescriptions instead of answers — and she was one of those patients, managing psoriasis and weight struggles since age five. It took accidentally stumbling onto low-carb eating, then going fully carnivore, to resolve what decades of steroid creams and treatments had not, and to completely reimagine how she practiced medicine.
📋 Robyn talks with Amanda Decker, nurse practitioner, founder of Clear Path Medical, and organizer of the annual Low-Carb for Better Health conference in Tennessee. Amanda walks through her childhood with psoriasis and weight struggles during the low-fat era, her frustration after a decade of conventional primary care where nobody was getting better, her accidental discovery of low-carb through her great-grandmother's wisdom, and her decision to go carnivore during the pandemic to get off immunosuppressant medication — which finally cleared psoriasis that had covered 80–85% of her body for years. She also talks about founding a direct primary care model, raising healthier kids inside a food system designed to work against them, and building community through cooking classes, free Q&As, and an annual conference that feels more like a retreat than a seminar.
🔑 What You'll Learn
💡 Key Insight
\"Practice, not perfection. You're not going to get it right every day, all day. But you keep going — getting off track for one meal is not a huge deal, it's just don't let it keep getting off track. Progress, not perfection. And when in doubt, just eat meat.\" — Amanda Decker
🌐 Connect with Amanda Decker
Clear Path Medical: https://www.clearpathmedical.net/
Conference: https://lc4bh.com
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Amanda is licensed to practice in Tennessee and 23 states via telehealth.
⚕️ 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.
⏳ Chapters
0:47 Introduction and Meet Amanda Decker
3:11 Childhood: Weight, Psoriasis, and the Low-Fat Era
9:47 Stumbling Into Low-Carb and Personal Healing
12:48 The Carnivore Shift and Psoriasis Recovery
14:49 Limits of Diet: Genetics, Realism, and a New Philosophy
16:29 Founding Clear Path Medical: A New Model of Care
19:30 The Low-Carb for Better Health Conference
25:52 Family Transformation and Raising Healthier Kids
33:55 Community Outreach: Cooking Classes and Open Q&As
51:34 Key Insight: Practice, Not Perfection
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