Ketobiography

📋 Award‑winning filmmaker Jennifer Isenhart joins Ketobiography to share how a lifelong struggle with sugar pulled her out of mainstream TV news and into the world of low‑carb storytelling. She and Robyn trace the personal sugar detox that shattered everything Jen thought she knew about “heart‑healthy” eating and led to her first metabolic documentary, Fat Fiction. Jen then takes us behind the scenes of The Cholesterol Code, from inheriting 10 terabytes of Dave Feldman’s footage to weaving human stories of bipolar, schizoaffective disorder, and type 1 diabetes into complex lipid science. Along the way, they talk about being labeled a “non‑compliant” patient, the pressure to take statins, the power of coronary calcium scans, and why community and story may be as therapeutic as any prescription.​⏳ Chapters00:00 – Welcome to Ketobiography & why Jen’s work matters now​06:00 – Sugar addiction, hypoglycemia, and the class that changed everything​19:30 – Making Fat Fiction and confronting diabetes guidelines and politics​32:00 – Meeting Dave Feldman and the origins of The Cholesterol Code project​45:00 – Lean mass hyper‑responders, scary LDL numbers, and what scans reveal​59:00 – Mental health miracles: bipolar, schizoaffective disorder, and keto therapy​1:11:00 – Robyn’s “non‑compliant patient” label and finding a supportive doctor​1:25:00 – How the study became the spine of the film—and Dave’s roller‑coaster ride​1:36:00 – Practical first steps: classes, programs, and finding your low‑carb community​💡 What you’ll Learn in this EpisodeHow Jen’s background in TV news and “low‑fat era” health reporting collided with her own sugar addiction and hypoglycemic crashes.​The inside story of Fat Fiction, including what shocked her most about type 2 diabetes guidelines and the quiet addition of low‑carb to official recommendations.​What lean mass hyper‑responders are, why some people see LDL of 300–500 on keto, and how coronary calcium scans can change the risk conversation.​How ketogenic metabolic therapy is helping real people reverse or dramatically improve bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and type 1 and type 2 diabetes.​Concrete ideas for getting started or going deeper with low‑carb: structured programs, group support, and how to navigate doctors who don’t yet “get” your way of eating.​🔑 Key Insight“It’s been drilled into us that these are chronic, progressive diseases we just manage until we get worse—but people need to know they have so much more agency than that.”​ -Jennifer Isenhart🌐 Connect with Jen:Wide Eye ProductionsX​Instagram​Facebook (Wide Eye Productions)​Fat FictionThe Cholesterol Code Movie🎥 Screenings and Cholesterol Code Movie information: cholesterolcodemovie.com🎟️ DFW! Grab your ticket for The Cholesterol Code theatrical screening! 🎟️🎧 Listen to More Episodes:New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.🔗 Subscribe + follow + leave a review to support the show!🌱 Know someone with a Keto success story? Nominate them to be featured: ketobiography@gmail.com 👥 Connect with Robyn:https://www.robyndobbins.comhttps://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins#CholesterolCode #Ketobiography #LowCarb #MetabolicHealth #MentalHealth

📋 What happens when a 34-year-old husband and father is told he has less than a year to live—and simply refuses to believe that’s the end of his story? In this episode of Ketobiography, Robyn talks with Klay Swatloski, who shares how a shocking Stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis became the catalyst for building a “fantasy team” of top oncology care, functional healing, and radical lifestyle change. From clean living and ketogenic nutrition to mindset, faith, and community, Klay unpacks the many levers he pulled to support his body, spirit, and brain through surgery, radiation, chemo, and beyond. Two years and many clear scans later, he reflects on what it means to actively participate in your own care—and why he believes his terrain-focused approach has been a major part of defying the textbook prognosis.💡 What you’ll Learn in this EpisodeHow early signs like brain fog, burnout, and subtle coordination changes led to a Stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosis.​Why Klay refused to accept his grim prognosis and instead assembled a “fantasy team” of conventional and functional practitioners.​How the ketogenic diet, low-tox living, and terrain-focused strategies supported him through surgery, radiation, and chemo.​The practical realities of staying keto during treatment, travel, family life, and long-term follow-up care.​The role of mindset, journaling, faith, community, and daily habits in sustaining hope and resilience over the long haul.​🔑 Key Insight“I never really believed this diagnosis could write the ending of my story—I was going to do everything I could so my body had no choice but to fight for me.”​ -Klay Swatloski🔎 Resources:Dr. Nasha WintersThe Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet, and Nontoxic Bio-Individualized TherapiesDori Martin

📋 Keto and carnivore were supposed to make life simpler, not terrifying. In this Ketobiography episode, host Robyn Dobbins sits down with U.S. Air Force veteran and Certified Nutrition Specialist Amy Berger to unpack how extreme influencers have turned low‑carb nutrition into a source of anxiety—and how to walk it back to something sane, flexible, and sustainable. They also dive deep into thyroid health, why “normal labs” don’t always mean you’re okay, and how to work with your medical team when keto alone isn’t fixing your fatigue, weight struggles, or brain fog.​💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode-Why keto and carnivore spaces have drifted into fear‑based, all‑or‑nothing messaging—and how that harms real people.​-How to recognize when your “healthy” diet has crossed the line into obsession, anxiety, and social isolation.​-Why context matters more than blanket food rules, and how to expand your food choices without “breaking” your low‑carb lifestyle.​-Key basics of thyroid physiology, why TSH alone can miss problems, and why some people still feel awful on standard thyroid meds.​-Practical steps to advocate for better thyroid evaluation and to pair keto with appropriate medical treatment instead of using diet as a cure‑all.​🔑 Key Insight“The goal of keto, low‑carb, carnivore—whatever you’re doing—is to feel better and have a better life. If it’s making you miserable or terrified to eat, something has gone off the rails.”​ -Amy Berger🌐 Connect with AmySubstack: Keto Without the Crazy – articles on low‑carb, keto, and pushing back against fear‑based nutrition.https://tuitnutrition.substack.com/YouTube: Keto Without the Crazy – practical, down‑to‑earth videos on sane, sustainable keto.https://www.youtube.com/@amyberger-ketowithoutthecrazyPatreon: Tuit Nutrition membership community with live calls, Q&A, and support.https://www.patreon.com/tuitnutrition/membershipWebsite (under construction): Hub for Amy’s work, resources, and updates.https://www.ketowithoutthecrazy.com/📚 ResourcesSubstack article discussed: “Keto & Carnivore Have a Toxic Influencer Problem.”Thyroid talk at Low Carb Denver: “Optimizing Thyroid Hormones for Better Results on Low‑Carb Diets.”Books by Amy: The Alzheimer’s Antidote, The Stall Slayer, and End Your Carb Confusion (with Eric Westman, MD).​

📋 In this powerful episode of Ketobiography, host Robyn Dobbins sits down with Lisa Blackstone, who began a very low‑carb diet simply to lose weight and stand on her own two feet again. At her highest weight of 574 pounds, Lisa was mostly homebound, relying on others for basic daily tasks and feeling trapped not only in her body but also under a stack of psychiatric labels and medications.​What she didn’t expect was how therapeutic ketogenic eating would transform her mental health, stabilize her mood, and call long‑standing diagnoses into question as her brain and body began to heal. Lisa shares how Metabolic Mind, a pilot study at the Children’s Mental Health Resource Center, and Dr. Georgia Ede’s work helped her connect food, metabolism, and mind in a way she’d never been offered in traditional care.​ You’ll also hear how her family joined her in changing their kitchen, what happened when her kids tried keto, and why she now advocates for children’s mental health and neurodiversity through CMHRC. This is an honest, hopeful conversation about reclaiming mobility, reducing medications, and discovering that a different future is possible at any size and any age.​💡 What you’ll learn in this episodeHow Lisa went from being mostly recliner‑bound at 574 pounds to rebuilding mobility and independence with a very low‑carb and then therapeutic ketogenic way of eating.​The unexpected psychiatric changes that forced her doctor to rapidly taper medications as her mood, agitation, and overall functioning improved.​Why she now questions a past borderline personality disorder diagnosis after understanding akathisia and stabilizing her metabolism.​​How Metabolic Mind, Dr. Georgia Ede’s “Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind,” and CMHRC’s ketogenic therapy work shaped her understanding of food and mental health.​Practical ways Lisa has brought ketogenic eating into her family’s life, including benefits she’s seen in her children’s weight, focus, and emotional regulation.​​🔑 Key insight“When I changed what I ate, people thought I’d just change my weight. Instead, my brain changed so much my diagnoses stopped making sense.”​ -Lisa Blackstone🌐 Connect with Lisa:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesAndSnapshots💻 Resources mentioned🧩 Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research – nonprofit raising awareness about akathisia and its role in suicide risk and medication‑related suffering.https://akathisiaalliance.org🧠 Children’s Mental Health Resource Center (CMHRC) – supporting families navigating complex pediatric mental health needs, including ketogenic therapy programs and a bipolar pilot study.​https://cmhrc.orgMetabolic Collective Private Facebook Communityhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/metaboliccollective

📋  Two dear friends of mine join Ketobiography to share how “just supporting my wife on Zoom” turned into dramatic weight loss, a terrifying CAC score, and open‑heart surgery that arrived much sooner than anyone expected. Without giving the whole story away, this episode follows Craig and Michaela Young as they navigate scary numbers, conflicting medical advice, and the shock of major surgery, all while still trying to be the social, fun couple who loves their people well. Along the way, they wrestle honestly with “keto‑ish” choices, what’s really worth it, and how to protect their health without losing friendships, joy, or good food.​💡 What you’ll Learn in this EpisodeHow a “lurker” on NSNG VIP calls quietly became all‑in and lost nearly 60 pounds in a few months.​Why good labs and “feeling fine” can still hide serious cardiac risk—and what finally pushed them to ask for more testing.​How they handled open‑heart surgery, rehab, and those maddening nutrition questionnaires while staying grounded in a real‑food approach.​Practical ways they eat differently at parties, dinners, and with church/friend groups without making food the main event.​How this experience reshaped their idea of “ish” foods, worth‑it treats, and what it really means to play the long game with health.​🔑 Key Insight“If I’m willing to inject myself with something, maybe I should give food another real shot first.”​ -Michaela Young🌐 Connect with Craig and MichaelaCraig: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/craig.young.52493 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldnum7Michaela: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michaela.z.young Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/micastang

📋 What happens when someone who has “always been sick” finally understands insulin resistance and decides to change everything? In this episode of Ketobiography, Joomee Kyler shares how a frightening Type 2 diabetes diagnosis became the turning point that led her to a simple low‑carb/keto way of eating and strategic fasting.  She shares how, within months, her labs, symptoms, and day‑to‑day life looked completely different. Robyn and Joomee discuss what she actually eats, how she approaches therapeutic fasting without overcomplicating it, the emotional side of making big changes, and why she’s now quietly helping others become their own best advocates too.💡 What You’ll Learn in This EpisodeHow a lifetime of “mystery illnesses” connected back to insulin resistance long before a diabetes diagnosis.​The simple, low‑carb/keto and fasting approach Joomee used—without tracking macros—to reverse Type 2 diabetes in 3 months.​The surprising non‑scale wins: sleep apnea resolved, fatty liver and a colon polyp gone, GERD meds stopped, allergies, depression and anxiety lifted.​Practical ways to ease into intermittent and therapeutic fasting, including how Joomee preps for and breaks a 72‑hour fast.​Why becoming your own health advocate matters, and how Joomee now supports friends, runs accountability groups, and studies with SMHP as a passion project.​🔑 Key Insight“I feel like the luckiest person in the world because I discovered keto and intermittent fasting on the exact same day I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes—it completely changed my life and gave me my future back.”​  -Joomee Kyler🌐 Connect with JoomeeInstagram (personal low‑carb account):  https://www.instagram.com/lowcarbology101Instagram (new project): https://www.instagram.com/metabolic.health.stories​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jsk722