Degrees of Health Podcast

'High-protein diets hurt your kidneys!'. 'Once kidney disease starts, it only gets worse'. Heard something similar? It's just not the whole picture and also showing to be quite far from the truth.

Dr Thomas Weimbs, PhD is a Professor of Bioengineering at UCSB where his lab has spent over 20 years studying chronic kidney disease. What they found, mostly by accident like all great science, changed the course of their research entirely. From mouse models to human trials, they discovered that a state of nutritional ketosis could not only slow but potentially reverse the progression of kidney disease and all without drugs.

We cover:
Why the real cause of most kidney disease is metabolic
High-protein diets, carbs and the Barry Brenner myth
The surprising effects of ketosis on kidney function
Uric acid crystals and pH - the overlooked trigger
BHB (ketones) as hormones - and what they actually do
Why no one makes money from metabolic health (and why that matters)

This episode is about kidneys, their function and dysfunction. But it's also about what happens when we follow the science, even when it contradicts the textbooks.