Nutrition with Judy | Holistic Health | Carnivore

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Can eating only sardines for 72 hours really help improve insulin resistance, increase ketones, and break through a keto or carnivore weight loss plateau? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) to revisit her popular 72-hour sardine fast and explore the science behind this unusual metabolic strategy. We discuss blood sugar, ketosis, fat burning, metabolic flexibility, and why some people struggle to see results even after following a ketogenic or carnivore diet.
But is the sardine challenge really necessary, and could there be downsides to taking it too far? I ask Dr. Boz some challenging questions about prolonged sardine fasting, gout, exogenous ketones, MCT oil, and whether other foods could produce similar results. We also explore the relationship between restrictive eating, emotional health, and sustainable lifestyle changes. This conversation challenged some of my previous assumptions about the sardine fast and reinforced why understanding who a protocol is actually for matters just as much as the protocol itself.
We discuss the following:
All about Dr. Boz
Who is the sardine fast for?
Can exogenous ketones help?
When keto and carnivore stop working
The 72-hour sardine fast rules
Sardine fasting, uric acid, and gout
When sardine fasting goes too far
What makes sardines different?
Does everyone need higher ketones?
Where should beginners start?
Why community matters for healing
Judy's reflections on sardine fasting
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EPISODE REFERENCES
NwJ Uric Acid Info Guide
NwJ Sardine Article
Ask Dr. Boz
Insulin Doctor Shares How to Fix Insulin Resistance, Test Blood Sugar and Insulin - Interview with Dr. Boz
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What happens when you follow 60 people who have struggled with obesity, depression, chronic illness, and years of unanswered health questions? Filmmaker Kerry Mann, creator of Healing Humanity, joins Judy Cho to share what he witnessed while documenting remarkable health transformations, and why some of these stories changed the way he thinks about health, nutrition, and healing.
From the carnivore diet and metabolic health to mental health, inflammation, and chronic disease, this conversation goes far beyond weight loss. What did Kerry discover after years of interviewing people who had seemingly tried everything? What surprised him most? And what can their journeys teach us about the way we approach chronic illness today? Some of these stories are difficult to believe, but even harder to forget.
We discuss the following:
Why Kerry made the documentary
Bill's extraordinary carnivore journey
Lindy's transformation and food addiction
Jeff's emotional cancer story
Challenging conventional nutrition beliefs
What makes lasting change possible?
Do carnivore approaches need personalization?
Is nutrition enough for healing?
Stress and health
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EPISODE REFERENCES
Work with us one on one
Healing Humanity documentary
HomeSteadHow (Kerry Mann’s Youtube channel)
Kerry Mann’s Instagram
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Why do so many people continue struggling with chronic inflammation and chronic illness, even after changing their diet, taking supplements, running labs, and seeing multiple specialists? After working with more than 2,500 individuals, I kept seeing the same problem: people had more health information than ever, but many still weren't getting well. In this behind-the-scenes episode, I share why I wrote Inflammation Fix, what I learned about root-cause healing, and why addressing chronic disease requires looking beyond diet alone. From gut health and immune dysfunction to environmental toxins, stress, sleep, and the nervous system, there's a much bigger picture to consider.

Writing Inflammation Fix became something I never anticipated. What started as a book about inflammation turned into years of research, clinical insights, personal reflection, and 1,831 revisions and reviews. I share parts of my own health journey, the experiences that changed how I approach healing, and the unexpected challenges of bringing this book to life. More than anything, this book is about helping you understand your body, ask better questions, and take ownership of your health. Because real healing isn't about chasing another protocol. It's about understanding what may be keeping your body stuck.

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1,831 revisions… and an unexpected setback
Why do some people do everything right and still stay sick?
The problem with today's health information
What root-cause healing really means
What a woman who lived to 117 can teach us
My personal health journey and turning point
How working with complex chronic illness changed my perspective
Who I wrote this book for
What's inside Inflammation Fix
Why knowledge alone isn't enough to heal
Why we need to question health research
The story behind my mission

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EPISODE REFERENCES
- Inflammation Fix
- EBook Presale
- Inflammation Fix Behind The Scenes Article
- Inflammation Fix Bonuses
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Why is it so hard to stop a behavior even when you know it’s hurting you? Whether it’s food addiction, sugar cravings, binge eating, scrolling, shopping, drinking, or another compulsive habit, knowing what you should do is often very different from actually being able to change. In this episode, I unpack why certain habits become so difficult to give up, why stress can pull us back into old behaviors, and why lasting behavior change may require looking beyond willpower, discipline, or simply removing the addictive behavior.
I also share what I learned through my own recovery from an eating disorder, why fear, certainty, identity, and self-sabotage can keep us stuck, and how our underlying needs may influence the behaviors we repeatedly turn to for relief, comfort, control, or escape. If you’ve ever asked, “Why do I keep doing this when I know better?” this conversation explores what may actually be happening underneath addiction and what has to change for the pattern itself to finally lose its grip.
When habits become addictions
Why sugar and other habits become hard to give up
When food becomes a form of control
Why addictive behaviors keep coming back
The “needs jar” exercise
You’re not weak or broken
Why fear and anger can feel safe
Why knowing better isn’t enough
You changed. Now what?
The words you use to define yourself
What changed in my own recovery
The biggest takeaway about addiction
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EPISODE REFERENCES
Work with us one on one
Wholeness Method
Why we stay stuck presentation
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Does eating a high-fat diet cause leaky gut, increase endotoxins, or worsen CIRS and mold illness? In this episode, Judy Cho examines the research behind claims that saturated fat, ketogenic diets, and carnivore diets damage gut health. We break down what LPS (lipopolysaccharides) actually are, how dietary fat can transport endotoxins, and why an increase in blood endotoxins after a meal does not automatically establish chronic inflammation or intestinal permeability. We also examine human studies, mixed-meal research, and the important distinction between a temporary biological response and evidence of disease.
If you have improved your gut health on carnivore or keto but have been told to reduce fat because of endotoxins, this conversation will help you understand what the evidence can and cannot tell us. We discuss microbiome testing, CIRS, metabolic health, environmental exposures, and why gut healing requires more than focusing on one dietary variable. The goal is not to dismiss concerns about LPS, but to examine the research carefully and identify the questions that still need better answers. Watch the full episode for the study breakdowns and a more complete understanding of the high-fat and gut-health debate.
Is high fat bad for gut health?
What are endotoxins and LPS?
What microbiome testing can and cannot tell us
How endotoxins enter the bloodstream
What the human high-fat studies actually tested
Do keto and carnivore increase endotoxins?
Other factors that can raise endotoxins
CIRS, mold illness, and supporting gut health
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EPISODE REFERENCES
- GI Map Stool Test
- Brainmaker by David Perlmutter
- International Consensus
- Sabine Hazan Episode
- Akkermansia Article
- Polyol Pathway, Richard Johnson
- Coconut LPS, Kiran Krishnan
- Long Term Carnivore + Fiber

STUDIES MENTIONED IN EPISODE
- Microbiome testing consensus
- Metabolic endotoxemia and obesity
- Chylomicrons transport intestinal LPS
- Chylomicrons transport dietary antigens
- Dietary fats and endotoxin inflammation
- Dietary oils and endotoxin transport
- Fat type and post-meal endotoxin
- Short-term high-fat diet and endotoxin
- Obesity modifies endotoxin response
- Keto diet reduces LPS signaling
- Dietary fat and metabolic endotoxemia review
- Keto diet and endotoxemia in prediabetes
- Binge drinking increases endotoxin
- Fructose increases circulating endotoxin
- Exercise, heat stress, and endotoxin
- Alcohol withdrawal improves gut permeability
- Food structure affects endotoxin response
- Cream, glucose, and endotoxin response
- High-fat/high-carb meal increases endotoxin
- Limits of translating animal research 
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