South African-born Dr Simon Johnson is a knee and shoulder orthopaedic surgeon in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand who actively promotes low-carb, high-healthy-fat (LCHF) diets to his patients to boost health and prevent disease. Dr Johnson has limited his practice to knee and shoulder surgery because he believes that a limited scope of practice is the best way to deliver repeatable high-quality service. His special interests lie in uni-compartmental (or partial) knee replacements and arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery and nutrition as a powerful preventative measure. He recognises the role that obesity plays in his patients and says that the condition often precludes being able to operate on them. He believes that official dietary guidelines need a complete overhaul because people want to follow rules and comply. “Even if the rules are wrong and onsensical, they will still follow them – and that applies to doctors, too,” he says. As an active member of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Training Committee, he participates regularly in the education and training of orthopaedic registrars. Dr Johnson graduated as a medical doctor from the University of the Witwatersrand Wits university where also specialised in orthopaedic surgery and later completed his training training in England. He worked with Read more [...]
Address: 8675 Valley Creek Rd Woodbury Minnesota 55125 United States
Dr Timothy Noonan is a family medicine physician at Allina Health in Woodbury, Minnesota. His special interests include low-carb therapies for obesity, type 2 diabetes, lipids, cholesterol, hypertension and preventive health. For more information, you can call +1 651-241-3000, follow him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TimNoonanMD/ or on Twitter @TimNoonanMD
Susie Perkowitz is an award-winning speaker and passionate diabetes advocate based in Chicago, Illinois. In 2013, Susie was misdiagnosed with type 2 diabetes and given the wrong treatment plan. Her health declined and she faced blindness from severe diabetic retinopathy. Answers came in 2016 when genetic testing revealed Susie had a form of monogenic diabetes. Her treatment plan changed and her health is now improving. Susie is available to share her inspirational diabetes journey as well as her fun and amazing experiences on the trail an ultramarathoner. For more information, call +1-847-724-0115, email her at speakersusie@gmail.com or visit her website at www.susieperkowitz.com.
Address: N/A New York New York City 10013 United States
Dr Brittanie Volk is a registered dietitian, scientist and senior clinical patient engagement specialist at Virta Health. Since 2006, she has focused her research and training on understanding the link between nutrition and metabolic health. Dr Volk received her Ph D from the University of Connecticut, where she studied well-formulated ketogenic diets and their implications in both sport and disease under the mentorship of expert nutrition researcher Dr Jeff Volek. She has seen firsthand the powerful impact of making science-based diet recommendations to reverse type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic conditions. Dr Volk joined Virta to help people achieve better health by translating the science into real-world applications. For more information, email her at brittanie@virtahealth.com or visit her at the Virta website virtahealth.com.
Address: The Low Carb Universe, Olof Hermelins väg 7 Stocksund Stockholms län 182 75 Sweden
Bitte Björkman is a nutrition coach in Sweden and co-founder of The Low-Carb Universe with Hanna Boëthius. They organize low carb events and retreats in Europe. Bitte is a former reporter and marketer who changed career when she trained to be a dietary advisor in 2014. Low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) has been her model since January 2009. She used it to get rid of 15 kilos, migraines, gastric catarrh, dry skin, low energy levels etc. Besides The Low Carb Universe, she works for the non-profit organisation, Dietary Science Foundation. The Foundation’s purpose is to raise funds to finance scientific studies about how diet affects health and the possible side effects caused by a change of diet. For more information, visit The Low Carb Universe website email her at bitte@thelowcarbuniverse.com
Address: 6625 10th St Alexandria Virginia 22307 United States
Christine Lehmann, MA, NTP/Reverse Diabetes Coach/Nutrition and Wellness Consulting, is a nutritionist who helps people to reverse type 2 diabetes naturally and prevent its medical complications. Her effective strategy combines a whole-foods low-carb diet, exercise, stress management and supplements. She also treats conditions that can lead to type 2 diabetes including prediabetes, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and polycystic ovarian syndrome. She sees clients by Skype video and in person at her metro Washington DC office. She is available after hours and at weekends.
