Ketogeek's Podcast: 36. Creating Anti-Obesogenic Foods & Why Chasing Ketosis Is Not The Solution to Obesity

36. Creating Anti-Obesogenic Foods & Why Chasing Ketosis Is Not The Solution to Obesity | Fahad Ahmad & Corey Behn

May 23, 2018

In this special first year anniversary episode, we review all our research, previous podcasts and conversations in the past and share how to create healthy food products and why the pursuit of ketosis is counterproductive to fat loss.

Bio: Fahad Ahmad is the founder of Ketogeek and hosts the Ketogeek Podcast, a world class health show about food, nutrition and health. He is into resistance training, Ashtanga yoga, calisthenics and various forms of training styles. Armed with a idealistic goals distilled in a world of realism, his goal is to help the world make a better place. He leads a life of extreme generalism or as he describes it, 'The Renaissance Lifestyle'.

Corey Behn is the Production Chief at Ketogeek and handles all the backbone of Ketogeek product manufacturing. He has a strong background in the athletic world all the way from rock climbing to various forms of yoga such as Ashtanga Yoga.

Time Stamps:

4:30 – Yoga and Keto

7:09 – Chasing paradoxes and the carnivore diet

10:40 – Making Ghee for Ketogeek, brown butter & problems with nutrition science pertaining to various foods

16:54 – Most vanilla is just fillers

17:44 – Problems with lowering calories in food and low carb, high filler foods

19:35 – How has our journey changed after a year learning from educators at Ketogeek

23:45 – Updates to the podcast

28:09 – How we created our Keto friendly product

28:37 – What are “silvopastures”?

35:28 – The recurring themes observed in successful diets

38:49 – What is the “Twinkie Effect” and “Sensory Specific Satiety”