{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/6941bbcb891c3619dc93812e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Keto, Minerals, and Midlife: Rewriting the Cancer and Burnout Story","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65b82968900efd00165f19d3/1765915426664-36c06093-7e1b-4bb8-b47f-5d9aae18b5a1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>📋 When cancer, burnout, and menopause collide, most people are told to lower their expectations and manage decline. In this episode, Dori Martin, a functional nutrition practitioner, shares how therapeutic keto, mineral balancing, and simple lifestyle shifts helped her husband outlive a stage 4 cancer prognosis and pulled her out of debilitating burnout, disordered eating relapse, and miserable menopausal symptoms. Listeners will hear a candid, hope-filled conversation about using food as medicine and joy, especially in midlife.​</p><p><br></p><p>⏳ Chapters</p><ul><li>0:00 - From stage 4 cancer to a new mission with keto​</li><li>6:45 - Discovering therapeutic keto and her husband’s radical turnaround​</li><li>9:20 - Disordered eating, elimination diets, and the power of removing sugar and grains​</li><li>13:45 - Burnout, perimenopause, and why “doing all the things” stopped working​</li><li>17:30 - Cancer, terrain theory, and changing the prognosis with nutrition and lifestyle​</li><li>23:40 - Why standard cancer care rarely talks about food and metabolic health​</li><li>27:30 - Is keto “too hard”? Mindset, cravings, and social pressure around food​</li><li>31:30 - Menopause, hormones, and why midlife women tolerate carbs differently​</li><li>35:30 - Hair Tissue &amp; Mineral Analysis: what it reveals and why minerals matter​</li><li>41:00 - Food as medicine and joy: finding purpose in helping others heal​</li></ul><p><br></p><p>💡 What You’ll Learn in this Episode</p><ul><li>How a stage 4 gastric cancer diagnosis led to discovering therapeutic ketogenic diets and a drastically better outcome than expected.​</li><li>Why burnout, stress, and perimenopause can make “clean eating, exercise, and supplements” stop working—and what to address first.​</li><li>How disordered eating patterns can shift when sugar, gluten, and refined carbs are removed and blood sugar is stabilized.​</li><li>What Hair Tissue &amp; Mineral Analysis can reveal about adrenal burnout, thyroid health, blood sugar, detox, and energy production.​</li><li>How pairing keto with mineral balancing and simple lifestyle habits can improve cancer recovery, metabolic health, and menopausal symptoms.​</li></ul><p><br></p><p>🔑 Key Insight</p><p>“Food is truly the best medicine. And joy.”​ -Dori Martin</p><p><br></p><p>🌐 Connect with Dori Martin:</p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://www.dorimartin.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.dorimartin.com</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dorimartin_coach\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/dori.liang\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></p><p>Facebook Group: Keto Kickstart Collaborative (therapeutic and customizable low carb/keto support)​</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Robyn R Dobbins"}