Metabolic Health Summit, 2022

"Metabolic Health Summit 2022 recap"

Metabolic Health Summit 2022 brought together the world's top thought leaders to present the latest science on metabolic health and therapy.

Diet Doctor, 19 May, 2022

Metabolic Health Summit 2022 was an incredible conference discussing all aspects of metabolic health and ketogenic interventions. Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt presented on eating better with higher satiety eating, I discussed LDL and cardiac risk with keto diets, plus we did over 15 interviews with speakers and attendees, including a few very moving patient testimonials. Here is a summary of our experience and info about where you can see the talks and the interviews.

"Achieving and Maintaining Nutritional Ketosis"

Dr. Bret Scher interviews MHS Speakers, Christin Kehoe (a metabolic therapy patient and advocate), and Harvard Psychiatrist, Chris Palmer, MD, at the Metabolic Health Summit 2022 in Santa Barbara, California!

Dr. Ted Naiman interviews (Starts at 0.38) Santa Barbara Nutrients Founder and MHS 2022 partner, Dr. Thomas Weimbs, about kidney health and (Starts at 9.50) cyclist and PKD patient, Glenn Frommer, at the Metabolic Health Summit 2022 in Santa Barbara, California!

Dr. Bret Scher interviews Dr. Colin Champ at the Metabolic Health Summit 2022 in Santa Barbara, California.

In this snippet Dr. Christopher Palmer talks about the future of diet and other metabolic therapies in psychiatry.

Dr. Bredesen first warns that when patients reach “mild cognitive impairment,” which is when most physicians will start treating patients, it is far too late. “Many patients are told their mild cognitive impairment is just normal aging. This couldn't be further from the truth.”

Dr. Barbara Gower described her published randomized control trial that demonstrated that a ketogenic diet is acceptable and safe in women with ovarian and endometrial cancer. In that trial, a ketogenic diet (KD) was found to maintain blood lipid profiles and cancer patients were able to be adherent to the intervention with KD.

 Her talk on using the ketogenic diet for cancer therapy touches on obesity as a marker of a metabolic environment that predisposes to many chronic diseases, including cancer. 


Cancer cells use glucose as a carbon backbone for building more cancer cells and insulin promotes the uptake and metabolism of glucose as a fuel, promoting cancer growth. Dr. Gower’s studies have found that even with a very modest reduction in carbohydrate, you get a striking and significant decrease in insulin. This is one of the many reasons that researchers such as Dr. Gower are studying ketogenic metabolic therapy in a variety of cancers!

With Dr. Bret Scher (5 minutes)

Published by: Diet Doctor - 7 May, 2022

With Dr. Bret Scher (15 minutes)

Published by: Diet Doctor - 7 May, 2022

With Dr. Bret Scher (16 minutes)

Published by: Diet Doctor - 7 May, 2022

With Dr. Bret Scher (10 minutes)

Published by: Diet Doctor - 7 May, 2022