Episode 212: Hypertension is a Sugar Problem with Rhonda of the CarnivoreLeo YouTube Channel

Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Rhonda Townsend is 60 years young and 5'3". She became a carnivore on January 2, 2023, because she wanted to lower her blood pressure and shed extra weight. She was able to slowly wean herself off medications, and after three months on carnivore, her blood pressure was within normal range. Additionally, her weight dropped down to 120 pounds which is 80 pounds down from her heaviest!

In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Rhonda talk about:

• (03:15) How Rhonda's upbringing shaped her life
• (06:33) Rhonda's YouTube channel, Carnivore Leo
• (08:46) Some positive changes that occurred as a result of Rhonda's adoption of the carnivore diet
• (12:48) The Plant Paradox Program
• (18:00) Rhonda's hypertension diagnosis and how she was told to manage it by her doctors at the time
• (22:25) Benefits aside from weight-loss that Rhonda has experienced since starting the carnivore diet
• (26:19) Side effects from medications that Rhonda used to take for her hypertension
• (34:05) Challenges Rhonda faces today on the dietary/nutritional front
• (37:41) How to order at restaurants as a carnivore
• (42:29) Rhonda's special steak recipe
• (46:33) The value of combining diet and exercise

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

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Additional Links:

• Own Your Labs
• ARC (food addiction reset community)

Rhonda Townsend:

• Instagram
• YouTube

Dr. Tony Hampton:

• Linktree
• Instagram Account
• LinkedIn Account
• Ritmos Negros Podcast
• Q Med
• Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures
• How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life