In this special episode of The Life Possible Podcast, I sit down with the late Lindsay Venn, PA-C, RD, one of the leading voices in metabolic health, hormone optimization, and insulin resistance. This conversation was recorded shortly before Lindsay's unexpected passing in May 2026. In this episode, recorded during an Ideal Protein conference where Lindsay was serving on an expert menopause panel, we explore a topic that impacts millions of women but is often misunderstood: What role does ins...
Jul 1
14 min
What if mental health isn't just about brain chemistry—but also about brain energy? In this episode of The Life Possible Podcast, Dr. John Barnes sits down with Lauren Alston-Close, a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, to explore the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry and the growing connection between metabolism, nutrition, and mental health. Together, they discuss how blood sugar regulation, inflammation, mitochondrial function, and metabolic health may influence anxiety, dep...
Jun 17
51 min
In this special live episode of The Life Possible Podcast, recorded at the 2026 Ideal Protein Calgary Super Weekend, Dr. John Barnes sits down with Dr. Jonathan Little, professor and researcher at the University of British Columbia, to discuss groundbreaking clinical research exploring the Ideal Protein Protocol use in Type 2 diabetic patients. Dr. Little shares the results of a landmark study involving 188 participants living with Type 2 diabetes. The findings included significant weight los...
Jun 3
18 min
What if the same patterns driving financial stress, burnout, and underperformance are also showing up in our metabolic health? In this powerful first installment of our Super Weekend Sessions, Dr. John Barnes sits down with financial strategist and entrepreneur Carly Meyer Bentley, founder of The Freckled Strawberry, to explore the surprising intersection between metabolic health, personal alignment, performance, and financial behavior. After experiencing her own metabolic reset through the I...
May 20
17 min
Heart disease is still the leading cause of death — but what if the real cause isn’t cholesterol? In this episode, cardiac surgeon Philip Ovadia explains why heart disease is fundamentally a metabolic condition, driven by insulin resistance, inflammation, and poor nutrition — not as much about elevated LDL. In fact, when it comes to LDL cholesterol it’s more about the “quality than the quantity” we should be concerned about. Drawing from his books Stay Off My Operating Table and the forthcomi...
Apr 15
49 min
What if your environment wasn’t the limitation you thought it was? In this episode of The Life Possible Podcast, Dr. John Barnes sits down with Ideal Protein coach Howard Flamm and his client Nadine Honeycutt—who lost 70 pounds while living on a 14-foot sailboat. Faced with pre-diabetes and limited space, Nadine made a decision to take control of her health. With the support of her coach, the Ideal Protein protocol, and the strategic use of a GLP-1 medication, she transformed her body, her ...
Mar 25
45 min
In this episode of The Life Possible Podcast, Dr. John Barnes sits down with Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDCES, Medical Science Liaison at Keto-Mojo and a respected voice in the world of low-carb and ketogenic nutrition. Dr. Barnes and Franziska explore why ketones are important as both energy and “signalers” in the human body for appetite suppression and preservation of muscle mass during weight loss as we see during the Ideal Protein protocol! How tools like the Keto Mojo blood glucose and ket...
Mar 12
56 min
In Episode 100 of the Life Possible Podcast, Dr. John Barnes sits down with endocrinologist Dr. Mariela Glandt, founder of OwnaHealth, to challenge one of the most entrenched beliefs in modern medicine: Is Type 2 Diabetes really chronic and progressive… or is it reversible? Dr. Glandt shares her journey from traditional endocrinology training at Columbia, and Harvard to discovering a radically different approach after hearing the late Dr. Sarah Hallberg speak about diabetes reversal through c...
Feb 18
41 min
In this episode of The Life Possible Podcast, host John Barnes is joined once again by registered dietitian Shannon Davis, RD for a timely and eye-opening conversation about the new food pyramid—and why it’s been turned upside down. For decades, we were taught to build our diets on grains, fear fat, and treat protein as an afterthought. But metabolic science has been quietly rewriting that story—and now, even the pyramid is catching up. In this conversation, John and Shanno...
Feb 3
43 min
In this episode, Dr. John Barnes welcomes Lindsay Venn, PA-C, RD, MPH—a clinician with rare dual training in medicine and nutrition, and a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. Lindsay shares her journey into integrative, root-cause metabolic care and the mission behind Venn Integrative Medicine, her multi-state telehealth practice. Together, John and Lindsay unpack the science and real-world implications of insulin resistance—what it is, why it’s so widespread, an...
Dec 17, 2025
1 hr 25 min
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