When Keto Gets Crazy: Fear, Food, and Finding Sanity Again

Описание: 📋 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.​

⏳ Chapters
0:00 – Welcome to Ketobiography & Guest Intro
​1:03 – How Keto and Carnivore Went Off the Rails Online
​3:10 – Deprogramming Food Terror in Clients
​5:46 – Influencers Adding Back Carbs and Plants (Without a Mea Culpa)
​7:46 – When Restriction Becomes Obsession and Life Gets Smaller
​33:28 – “Keto Without the Crazy” and Getting Back to Basics
​35:20 – Finding Your Individual Sweet Spot and Blocking Out the Noise
37:06 – Robyn’s Hashimoto’s Story and Family Thyroid History
​39:13 – When Diet Isn’t Enough: Why Some People Truly Need Thyroid Medication
​40:19 – Iodine, Gluten‑Free Hopes, and Why Many Are Still Undiagnosed or Undertreated

💡 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.”​

🌐 Connect with Amy
Substack: 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.
   / @amyberger-ketowithoutthecrazy  

Patreon: Tuit Nutrition membership community with live calls, Q&A, and support.
  / membership  

Website (under construction): Hub for Amy’s work, resources, and updates.
https://www.ketowithoutthecrazy.com/

📚 Resources
Substack article discussed: “Keto & Carnivore Have a Toxic Influencer Problem.”
​https://tuitnutrition.substack.com/p/...

Thyroid talk at Low Carb Denver: “Optimizing Thyroid Hormones for Better Results on Low‑Carb Diets.”
   • Amy Berger, MS, CNS presentation: Optimizi...  

Books by Amy: The Alzheimer’s Antidote, The Stall Slayer, and End Your Carb Confusion (with Eric Westman, MD).
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Amy-Ber...

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