
The Ally Houston Transforms Podcast by Paleo Canteen
Welcome to The Ally Houston Transforms Podcast, a show for anyone who has feelings about health. Join host Ally Houston as guests open up about their relationship with health. Transform yourself with The Ally Houston Transforms Podcast.
Latest episodes

May 9, 2021 • 1h 29min
Graham Phillips - The Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs
Graham Phillips is an award winning pharmacist who goes by the name The Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs
We talk about:
Graham’s life as a pharmacist
His own health and realisation that health advice is so often wrong
Creating ProLongevity and the variation we see in people’s blood sugar
Drugs vs. lifestyle for metabolic health
How pharmacists are much more than drug dispensers
Health advice in schools
Baby milk
Microbiome
My health story
Graham can be found at:
Website - https://www.prolongevity.co.uk/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/grahamsphillips
- https://twitter.com/longevity_pro
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wellnesswithprolongevity
Nick Mailer breastfeeding talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGjIlZSsk4
Eran Segal TED talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z03xkwFbw4
Jamie Oliver TED talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver_teach_every_child_about_food?language=en
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston

May 2, 2021 • 1h 24min
Dr. Ann Childers - Lifestyle Psychiatry
Dr. Ann Childers is a Psychiatrist, USAF Veteran (Major), Author, Speaker and Owner of Life Balance Northwest - a medical practice offering Lifestyle Psychiatry.
We talk about:
🧠 Ann’s health journey
🧠 ADHD, skin, and GI issues
🧠 Drugs in psychiatry
🧠 & much more!
Ann can be found at:
Twitter - annchildersmd
Website - lifebalancenw.com/
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston
The vet who understands the problem with wheat etc.: dogtorj.com
Colic and wheat in the comments of this post - https://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2007/06/heroin-and-ibs.html
Persistence daytime hunting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o

Apr 26, 2021 • 56min
Gayle Gerry - Low Carb Nursing
Gayle Gerry is a practice nurse. She spent twelve years in the army reserves whilst working in A&E, and is currently an ambassador for the Public Health Collaboration.
We talk about:
Gayle’s background in nursing
The lightbulb moment with low carb
How to effectively share new info with people
Building a system to bring low carb to patients
Low Carb Nurse Facebook Forum
The Zero Five Hundred challenge
James Cracknell
Health in the army
Emotional attachment to food
Low calorie shakes limitations
Gayle can be found at:
Twitter - twitter.com/GayleGerro
Zero Five Hundred - zerofive100.com
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston

Jan 25, 2021 • 55min
Dr. Nic Gill - The All Blacks' Strength, Conditioning & Nutrition
Dr. Nic Gill is a professional strength and conditioning coach, and an associate professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. For the last 13 years he has been the S&C coach for the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.
We discuss:
Nic’s self experimentation on nutrition
Carbs and exercise
Individualising is the key
The All Blacks’ nutrition
Cardio vs muscle gains
Body weight training vs weight training
Do the exercise you enjoy
Protective rule changes for rugby
Alcohol and health
Time restricted eating
Vegetarian and performance
Favourite exercises
Nic can be found at:
Instagram - instagram.com/nicgill_health_and_performance/
Website - nicgill.com
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston

Jan 17, 2021 • 1h 29min
Lisa Bailey - The Carnivore Nutritionist
Lisa Bailey is a nutritionist, health coach & personal trainer here in Scotland. She also is a carnivore who eats no food from plants, no fruits or vegetables at all. We discuss:
Lisa’s ill health from childhood
27 years of vegetarianism
Sense of smell and taste coming back after 20 years after switching to carnivore
Bottle feeding vs breast feeding, Nick Mailer’s talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGjIlZSsk4
Peter from Hyperlipid on formula - https://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2008/01/casein-vs-gluten.html
Gut permeability - Dairy & Gluten
Peer pressure and diet “normality”
Carnivore for everyone?
Healthy micro biome
Doctors and their understanding of “invisible” illnesses
Cold vs hot food
Home smoked fat, suet, and bone marrow
Eating offal
Lisa can be found at:
Facebook - facebook.com/lisabaileyhealth
Twitter - twitter.com/lbaileyhealth
Website - lisabaileyhealth.com
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston

Dec 7, 2020 • 50min
Andrew Scarborough - Fighting Malignant Brain Cancer
Andrew Scarborough has a masters in nutritional therapy and a degree in human medical science. He’s currently doing a postgraduate certification in clinical bioninformatics. He was diagnosed in 2013 with an incurable malignant brain tumour after having a brain haemorrhage on a train. We talk about:
8 years with a highly malignant brain tumour
The public discussion of cancer therapies
Interpreting cancer therapy studies
Spontaneous remission
Chemical & viral cancer triggers
Genetic & environmental protection from cancer
Andrew’s e-book on the concerns around Gadolinium based contrast agents used in MRI scans
Awareness of the problem within the industry
New BHB coming soon from KetoSwiss
Benefits of taking ketones
Andrew can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ascarbs
His podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-human-guinea-pig-project/id1488201848
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston

Nov 30, 2020 • 44min
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella - Another Top Low Carb Doctor
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella is an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel, a general practitioner in West Virginia, a professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, conducts Healthy Running Medical Education courses, and is the author of the book Run For Your Life. He has more than 100 marathon and ultra-marathon finishes under his belt, and has won the Air Force marathon twice.
Mark’s new book Low Carb On Any Budget
The U.S. Air Force’s weight problem
Gary Taubes’ Good Calories Bad Calories
Continuous glucose monitors for health
Junk food in hospitals and schools
Mark’s victory over junk food in his hospital
Mark’s paper on reducing medication when a low carb diet requires it
Supplementation
Almost everyone can be rehabilitated to running
Nutrition Network training for GPs
Our need for more health coaches
Mark can be found at:
His website - https://www.drmarksdesk.com/
Book website - https://runforyourlifebook.com/
Nature Prescriptions website - http://natureprescriptions.org/
Previous podcast episode - https://paleocanteen.co.uk/professor-frederic-leroy-the-food-fight/
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston

Nov 23, 2020 • 1h 9min
Professor Frédéric Leroy - The Great Reset
Professor Frédéric Leroy is a professor in the field of food science and (bio)technology in Free University of Brussels.
We talk about:
Prof. Leroy’s bioengineering background
EAT Lancet’s planetary diet restricting meat and potatoes
Why are we inverting our two million year positive relationship with meat?
The Great Reset - on the cover of TIME Magazine
The Great Food Transformation
Accelerating rate of undemocratic top-down change
The people involved - the WEF
Maurice Strong’s Davos new age utopian transition mindset
The motivation for The Great Reset
EAT Lancet’s diet similar to macrobiotic diet - more grains, legumes, and veg oils, less red meat and eggs
Urban Western consumers and food virtue signalling
The true scope of EAT Lancet’s diet
The shift wheel
Taxes, restrictions, bans, Veganuary, making meat less visible, changing dietary guidelines etc.
Comparison to authoritarian policies of the past
Lack of dialogue and consultation within EAT
How grain cultivation was how the first human elites controlled the population
Why we need grassroots movements in communities to counter this
Health of soil, animals, foods, communities, and society
Regenerative agriculture is a mindset and a food system
Why we need to fight hard against this by reconnecting with our food
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Frédéric can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/fleroy1974
Previous podcast episode - https://paleocanteen.co.uk/professor-frederic-leroy-the-food-fight/
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston

Nov 16, 2020 • 35min
Nikola Howard - Low Carb In The UK (Part 2)
Nikola Howard, who is an author, coach and mentor, and started the online community Low Carb In The UK.
Nikola’s FB group and coaching
Food addiction
The HOPE protocol - healthy optimised purposeful eating
Finding your own way in low carb without counting
Allowing ourselves to escape diet prison
Rivalling Slimming World for low carb
Supplements - Vit D, magnesium, omega 3, vit C, iodine
Peri-menopausal berberine, quercetine, gynastemma for AMPK
B-vitamins and Co-Q10
Morton’s toe and vitamin deficiency
Chromium picolinate 200ug
The NHS and diabetes
Nikola can be found at:
Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/lowcarbintheuk
Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lowcarbintheuk
New Website - https://lowcarbliving.uk/
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston

Nov 8, 2020 • 42min
Dr. Jen Unwin & Dr. David Unwin - Drug-free Type 2 Diabetes Remission
Drs. Jen & David Unwin, two of my heroes, and pioneers when it comes to communicating the benefits of changing how you eat to benefit your health.
The Unwins’ clinical background
Jen’s group therapy approach
Sugar addiction
True root cause of conditions
People looking incredible when changing diet
Bright eyes are the real barometer
2013/14 average 9kg / 10% weight loss
Better blood markers across the board
Improved blood pressure
Fear that such good data would draw accusations of fraud
Prof. Roy Taylor doing the stats
Data allows you to be taken seriously
Data on more than 300 patients now
“It’s not sustainable” - patients have been doing it successfully for years
“Cholesterol will go way up” - Lipid profile improves across the board
“Blood pressure will get worse” - 20% of all BP medicated patients have come off completely
Salt got the blame for what the sugar did
“It’s a middle class diet”
Acknowledging addiction vs fat shaming
The big BMJ scientific paper - drug free T2 diabetes remission
The reason that clinicians tend to not publish - time!
Saving the NHS millions
Saving people’s quality of life
Preventing bad Covid outcomes - obesity, blood pressure, diabetic control - LOW CARB!
The Unwins can be found at:
Jen's Twitter - https://twitter.com/jen_unwin
David's Twitter - https://twitter.com/lowcarbGP
The new paper - https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/02/bmjnph-2020-000072
Ally can be found at:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleocanteen
Twitter - https://twitter.com/paleoally
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paleocanteen
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/AllyHouston
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