Keto Clarity: Your Definitive Guide to the Benefits of a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet (5 page)

Dr. Feinman is a professor of cell biology (biochemistry) at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. He is a graduate of the University of Rochester and holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Oregon. Dr. Feinman’s original area of research was protein chemistry and enzyme mechanism and their applications to blood coagulation and hemostasis. His current interest in nutrition and metabolism, specifically in the area of diet composition and energy balance, is stimulated by, and continues to influence, his teaching in the medical school; he has been a pioneer in incorporating nutrition into the biochemistry curriculum. Dr. Feinman is the founder of the Nutrition and Metabolism Society (NMSociety.org) and former co-editor-in-chief of the journal
Nutrition & Metabolism
. Learn more about Dr. Feinman at
FeinmanTheOther.com
.

Nora Gedgaudas

Nora is a widely recognized expert on what is popularly referred to as the “Paleo diet.” She is the author of the international bestseller
Primal Body, Primal Mind: Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and a Longer Life
. She is also a highly successful and experienced nutritional consultant, speaker, and educator who has been widely interviewed on national and international radio, popular podcasts, television, and film. Her own podcasts are popular on iTunes, and numerous free articles on her website receive a wide readership. She maintains a private practice in Portland, Oregon, as a board-certified nutritional consultant and a board-certified clinical neurofeedback specialist. Learn more about Nora at
PrimalBody-PrimalMind.com
.

Ben Greenfield

Ben is a coach, author, speaker, ex-bodybuilder, and Ironman triathlete. He holds a master’s degree in exercise physiology and biomechanics from the University of Idaho, and is a certified sports nutritionist (C-ISSN) and a certified strength and conditioning coach (CSCS). He has more than a decade of experience teaching professional, collegiate, and recreational athletes from all sports how to be healthy, inside and out. Ben is a consultant for WellnessFX, the host of the
Get-Fit Guy
and
Ben Greenfield Fitness
podcasts on iTunes, and the author of more than a dozen programs and books for optimizing health and performance, including his 2014 release,
Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health, & Life
. He also trains and mentors physicians, personal trainers, and physical therapists from around the globe via his Superhuman Coach Network (
SuperhumanCoach.com
). Learn more about Ben at
BenGreenfieldFitness.com
.

John Kiefer

John is a physicist turned nutrition and performance scientist. He’s been researching, testing, and verifying ideas about nutrition and physical performance that are often accepted unquestioningly for over two decades, and he helps others—record-holding Olympic gold medalists, power lifters, top-ranking aesthetic athletes, MMA fighters, and even Fortune 500 CEOs—apply his results for top performance. He’s the author of two dietary manuals,
The Carb Nite Solution
and
Carb Back-Loading;
the free exercise manual
Shockwave Protocol;
and an ultra low-carb recipe book,
Transforming Recipes
. He’s considered one of the industry’s leading experts on human metabolism and macronutrient cycling and manipulation. Learn more about John at Body.io.

William Lagakos, PhD

Dr. Lagakos received a PhD in nutritional biochemistry and physiology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, where his research focused on fat metabolism and energy expenditure. His postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego, centered on obesity, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Dr. Lagakos has authored numerous manuscripts that have been published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as a nonfiction book entitled
The Poor, Misunderstood Calorie
. He currently serves as a nutritional sciences researcher, consultant, and blogger. Learn more about Dr. Lagakos at
CaloriesProper.com
.

Charles Mobbs, PhD

Dr. Mobbs is a professor of neuroscience, endocrinology, and geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in life sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his PhD in cellular and molecular science at the University of Southern California with Dr. Caleb Finch, and he carried out his postdoctoral research with Dr. Donald Pfaff at Rockefeller University. His recent awards include 2010 Outstanding Mentorship at Mount Sinai, the Glenn Award for Basic Research in Aging in 2012, and Delegate, China Strategic Alliance of Prevention and Treatment Technology for Diabetes, Consortium of Chinese Central Government, University, Research, Institute, and Government in 2013. His research, which focuses on neuroendocrine and metabolic mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases, is described in more detail in a 2011 PBS documentary called
A Life-Saving Diet?
(http://video.pbs.org/video/2146699556). Learn more about Dr. Mobbs at Neuroscience.MSSM.edu/Mobbs.

Mary Newport, MD, FAAP

Dr. Newport graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1978. She trained in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati and in neonatology, the care of sick and premature newborns, at the Medical University Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. She has provided care to newborns in Florida since 1983. She is currently taking leave to focus on writing; caring for her husband, Steve, who has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease; and spreading the message about ketones as an alternative fuel for the brain. In 2008 she wrote an article that went viral on the Internet, “What If There Was a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease and No One Knew?” That article led to the publication of her 2011 book
Alzheimer’s Disease: What If There Was a Cure? The Story of Ketones,
which conveys the story of a dietary intervention that has helped her husband and many other people with Alzheimer’s and certain other neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the science of ketones as an alternative fuel for the brain and how to incorporate medium-chain fatty acids into the diet. Dr. Newport is a highly sought-after international speaker on the therapeutic use of ketones. Learn more about Dr. Newport at
CoconutKetones.com.

David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM

Dr. Perlmutter is the #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain’s Silent Killers
. He is a board-certified neurologist and fellow of the American College of Nutrition who received his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine, where he was awarded the Leonard G. Rowntree Research Award. He is a frequent lecturer at medical institutions and has contributed extensively to the world of medical literature. He has been interviewed on many national television programs, including
20/20
,
Larry King Live
, CNN, Fox News,
Fox and Friends
,
The Today Show
,
Oprah
,
The Dr. Oz Show,
and
The CBS Early Show
. He is the recipient of the Linus Pauling Award for his innovative approaches to neurological disorders and was awarded the Denham Harmon Award for his pioneering work in the application of free radical science to clinical medicine. He is the recipient of the 2006 National Nutritional Foods Association Clinician of the Year Award and was awarded Humanitarian of the Year by the American College of Nutrition in 2010. Dr. Perlmutter serves as medical director for the Dr. Oz Show. Learn more about Dr. Perlmutter at
DrPerlmutter.com
.