Upcoming low-carb and keto events

By – Updated June 17, 2019

Do you want to learn more about low carb or keto, or just meet old and new friends in the low-carb movement? Below you’ll find an updated list of upcoming low-carb and keto events, around the world.

KetoCon 2019

When? June 28 – June 30, 2019.

Where? Austin, Texas, USA.

Find out more: KetoCon 2019

Ketofest 2019

When? July 19 – June 21, 2019.

Where? New London, CT, USA.

Find out more: Ketofest 2019 Ketogenic Lifestyle Festival

Real Food Rocks 2019

When? July 20, 2019.

Where? Brathay Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK.

Find out more: Real Food Rocks 2019

Low Carb USA 2019

When? July 25 – 28, 2019.

Where? San Diego, California, USA.

Dr. Eenfeldt and Dr. Scher from Team Diet Doctor will present.

Find out more: Low Carb USA 2019

Great Canadian Keto Conference 2019

When? August 17, 2019.

Where? Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Find out more: Great Canadian Keto Conference 2019

Dr. Berg’s Keto Health Summit 2019

When? August 31 — September 1, 2019.

Where? Washington, D.C, USA.

Find out more: Dr. Berg’s Keto Health Summit 2019

X-PERT Health: Educate not Medicate Conference 2019

When? September 19, 2019.

Where? Marriott Renaissance City Centre Hotel, Manchester, U.K.

Find out more: X-PERT Health: Educate not Medicate Conference

Global Symposium 2019

When? September 20 — 22, 2019.

Where? Würzburg, Germany.

Find out more: Global Symposium: Ketogenic Diet – Much more than for epilepsy

Keto 101 cruise 2019

When? September 28, 2019.

Where? From Miami, Florida, USA.

Find out more: Keto 101 cruise 2019

Low Carb Real Food Show

When? November 3, 2019.

Where? Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

Find out more: Low Carb Real Food Show

The Low Carb Universe 2019

When? November 12- 17, 2019.

Where? Puerto de Sóller, Mallorca, Spain.

Find out more: The Low Carb Universe 2019

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Videos from earlier events

Low Carb Breckenridge 2018

The unknown story of vegetable oils
30:15
Nina Teicholz on the history of vegetable oils – and why they are not as healthy as we've been told.
A global food revolution
34:30
The mistakes behind the obesity epidemic and how we can fix them together, empowering people everywhere to revolutionize their health.
Solving health problems like an engineer
28:47
Applying engineering problem solving to get to the root of what causes heart disease.
Treating type 1 diabetes: fact vs fiction
32:42
Dr. Jake Kushner explains why we would be better off treating type 1 diabetic patients with a low-carb diet.
What makes a diet work?
35:14
Is there such a thing as an optimal diet? And is a keto diet always the best option?
Why high cholesterol is healthy
30:01
Is high cholesterol and LDL dangerous – or could it actually be protective?
Open mic
31:02
Low carbers with different backgrounds share their success stories and topics of interest.
Facing the global mental health crisis
32:41
How should we eat to fight the global mental health crisis?
Cholesterol: A passenger, not a driver
27:31
Is high LDL cholesterol problematic – even in the presence of low triglycerides?
What about red meat and health?
34:15
Does red meat really cause type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease?
Why you shouldn't fear protein on keto
20:15
Do you really need to worry about protein on a ketogenic diet? Dr. Ben Bikman shares a new way of thinking about this.
Food quality: is low carb enough?
30:30
Erynn Kay dives deep into the importance of food quality and nutrients – and how we can heal our bodies by picking better-quality products.
"This should be standard of care"
31:29
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella on how he treats his patients with a low-carb diet.
Clinical use of therapeutic fasting
44:18
How do you help patients get started with fasting? How do you tailor it to suit the individual?
Using low carb in a clinic to treat obesity
22:26
What results can you expect if you go on a keto diet to treat type 2 diabetes, obesity or rarer diseases like McArdle's?
How can low carb help people with type 2 diabetes?
25:41
Christopher Webster on low carb and the effect on type 2 diabetes.
Keto diets for epilepsy
29:30
How do you treat epilepsy with a keto diet in practice?
Heart disease and salt
26:50
Is salt reduction really ‘the holy graal’ of preventing heart disease?
What makes people obese?
42:50
Is combating the obesity epidemic only about cutting out carbs – or is there more to it?
Improve chronic pain with a keto diet
35:01
Could a keto diet improve chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia?
Team fat vs. team carbs
30:13
Should athletes switch to a keto diet in order to improve their performance – or are they better off with traditional carb loading?
Dietary fat and cardiovascular disease
25:02
Does eating saturated fat increase the risk of heart disease? Or is something else the culprit?
Is ketosis just another word for starving?
22:48
Amber O'Hearn is a computer scientist who has researched the state of ketosis through an evolutionary perspective.
How to measure your insulin response
29:27
How do you measure your insulin-response pattern?

Low Carb USA 2017

Eating keto to survive cancer
28:51
Audra Wilford on the experience of using a ketogenic diet as part of treating her son Max’s brain tumor.
Is lower insulin the key to better brain health?
46:36
What is the root cause of the Alzheimer's epidemic – and how should we intervene before the disease is fully developed?
How to formulate a low-carb keto diet
48:32
Low-carb pioneer Dr. Eric Westman talks about how to formulate an LCHF diet, low carb for different medical conditions and common pitfalls among others.
A global food revolution
45:44
Around the world, a billion people with obesity, type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance could benefit from low carb. So how can we make low carb simple for a billion people?
The problem with sugar
50:01
Is it fat or sugar that has triggered the unprecedented epidemics of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease? Taubes at Low Carb USA 2017.
The highway to poor health
48:56
Dwight Lundell on endothelial dysfunction, and how the highway to poor health is associated with hyperglycemia.
Trouble shooting high blood-glucose levels
34:01
Are you struggling with high blood glucose, even on a ketogenic diet? There are many factors which can have an impact on blood sugar!
Customizing keto to help treat cancer
27:24
Allison Gannett on how to customize your keto diet and lifestyle to help treat cancer.
Diet, health and the environment
50:49
Dr. Peter Ballerstedt explains how ruminants can be part of the solution to climate change and environmental degradation.
What really causes heart disease?
49:51
What is the root of the problem in heart disease? Is it cholesterol – which we've been told for decades – or is it something else?
How to make healthy babies
39:46
Jackie Eberstein, RN, talks about how you can maximize your chances of conceiving a healthy baby.
How to achieve a healthy low-carb lifestyle
46:42
How should you formulate a low-carb or keto diet exactly in order to maximize success? How much fat, protein and carbs should you eat?
Nutritional ketosis and metabolic-based research
1:05:18
Dr. Dominic D'Agostino's presentation gives valuable insights into the keto research which is currently conducted across the world.
Treating traumatic brain injuries
28:44
Can a ketogenic diet potentially help healing traumatic brain injuries?
Bringing science to the patient
47:34
Dr. Nasha Winters talks about cancer and the keto diet, the role of mitochondria and how diet needs to be individually designed.

Low Carb Breckenridge 2017

The pathways of insulin resistance
30:41
Are we chasing the wrong guy when it comes to heart disease? And if so, what is the real culprit in the disease?
Did the introduction of the dietary guidelines start the obesity epidemic?
35:12
Did the introduction of the dietary guidelines start the obesity epidemic?
Does fiber make you fat?
31:09
What role does gut flora play for your health? And what about the microbiome and obesity?
Professor Noakes on trial
28:47
Dr. Zoe Harcombe and Nina Teicholz were expert witnesses at the Tim Noakes trial back in October and this is a bird's-eye view of what went on at the trial.
Creating change in public health
17:20
How is the organization Public Health Collaboration UK contributing to changing the dietary guidelines?
Helping people with type 2 diabetes
32:31
How Dr. Unwin transformed his practice into helping patients with type 2 diabetes reverse their disease using low carb.
What causes insulin resistance?
29:01
No less than 70% of people die from chronic disease, connected to insulin resistance. Dr. Naiman explains what causes it.
A new paradigm for type 2 diabetes
29:59
We need a new way to understand and treat type 2 diabetes. A paradigm based on science and addressing the core problem.
Should dietary fat guidelines have been introduced?
33:54
Should you fear butter? Or has the fear of fat been a mistake from the start? Dr. Harcombe explains.
Clinical experience using LCHF
26:08
Can people eat low carb in the long run? What are the most common mistakes? Do calories matter?
LCHF – who benefits financially?
37:12
Who benefits financially from low carb?
Low-carb radiology
24:17
Radiology can be used to show images of different types of fat distribution.
The low-carb program
21:18
Patients enrolling in diabetes.co.uk are reaching great success. But what exactly is it? What results can people expect?
Run – and eat – for your life
27:33
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella on low-carb adaptation for performance.

Low Carb USA 2016

How to avoid complications of type 1 diabetes
37:28
Why are the recommendations to people with diabetes to eat a high-carb diet a bad idea? And what is the alternative?
Exploiting cancer metabolism with ketosis
44:42
Can a ketogenic diet be used in cancer treatment? Dr. Angela Poff at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Therapeutic fasting
46:09
What if there was a more effective treatment alternative for obesity and type 2 diabetes, that is both simple and free?
Framingham and the Muddy Waters – part 1
21:00
What’s the real cause of heart disease? How do we most effectively estimate someone’s risk?
LCHF and diabetes: science and clinical experience
45:59
What is the root of the problem in type 2 diabetes? And how can we treat it? Dr. Eric Westman at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Grass based health and the ruminant revolution
47:53
Is red meat really that bad for the environment? Or could it play a positive role? Dr. Peter Ballerstedt at the Low Carb USA 2016.
The origins of the low-carb diet
40:45
What did our ancestors eat? Which foods made them thrive and which caused disease? Dr. Michael Eades at the Low Carb USA 2016.
The great cholesterol myth
37:55
“Eating all that fat and cholesterol will clog your arteries and give you heart disease!” Well, it’s not that simple.
A global food revolution
48:15
There’s a global food revolution going on. A paradigm shift in how we look at fat and sugar. Dr. Eenfeldt at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Why we get fat
47:30
Why do we get fat – and what can we do about it? Gary Taubes at Low Carb USA 2016.
Keto-adaptation and performance
58:58
Professor Jeff Volek gives a great overview of the benefits of making your body burn fat for fuel.
Nutritional ketosis: metabolic regulation and signaling
53:13
How can a ketogenic diet or ketone supplementation be used to augment and enhance human performance? Dr. Dominic D'Agostino at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Framingham and the Muddy Waters – part 2
23:34
Is insulin a better marker for risk of developing cardiovascular disease than cholesterol? Dr. Jeffry Gerber at the Low Carb USA 2016.
The legal and political challenges with low carb – Antonio Martinez
33:42
How can we change public health policies around the world? Antonio Martinez, JD at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Sugar: friend or foe?
24:11
Is sugar really the enemy? Doesn’t it have a place in our diets? Emily Maguire at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Low carb for glycogen storage diseases - McArdle disease (SD 2016)
17:26
How to change the way a country eats
21:05
How do you change the way a country eats? On a total budget of only $6,000? That’s the question Jayne Bullen answered at Low Carb USA 2016.
Hormonal changes and weight
44:51
Can a woman’s difficulties to lose weight be caused by major hormonal changes? Jackie Eberstein, RN at the Low Carb USA 2016
How to achieve a healthy low-carb lifestyle
41:41
Are there different ways to do a well-formulated diet low in carbohydrate? Franziska Spritzler at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Using ketone breath analysers
29:25
Why measure ketones, and how? Michel Lundell, the creator of the breath analyzer Ketonix, shares his personal story and why he came up with it.
Breaking up with sugar addiction
21:28
What is it like being a sugar addict? And what is it like to struggle to break free from it?
Winning on fat
49:49
Peter Defty talks about what he has come to realize – everything from stress, weight management and how to get adapted – by getting top athletes to become fat-burning machines.
Ketogenic diets and resistance training
36:00
How can ketogenic diets together with resistance training massively improve body composition?
How to change the way a country eats
13:07
How can we turn the epidemics of obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes around in a country?
Heart rate variability and ketosis
31:26
What is heart rate variability (HRV) and why should you care?
My personal experience with fasting
30:41
If you want to give intermittent fasting a try, then this talk offers many practical insights. Jimmy Moore at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Dual fuel: ketones for building muscle
22:17
How to use ketones for building muscle and feeling good. Bryon Jaymes at the Low Carb USA 2016.
Mainstreaming the low-carb revolution
34:54
More and more people are starting to recognize the great benefits of low-carb living, but are we making progress on a bigger scale?

Low Carb Cruise 2016

The hidden costs of medications
44:51
Can medications prevent or hinder your efforts to lose weight and become healthy? Jackie Eberstein at the Low Carb Cruise 2016.
Hyperinsulinemia - what insulin does in your body
45:29
Controlling the insulin in your body can help you control both your weight and important aspects of your health. Dr. Naiman explains how.
LCHF and diabetes: theory and clinical experience
41:45
Dr. Eric Westman, possibly the world’s top expert on treating patients with an LCHF diet, talks about theory and clinical experience with LCHF and diabetes.
Keto-Paleo for athletes
11:31
In what ways can paleo and ketogenic diets be beneficial for athletes?
The power of primal play
27:14
How do we fit exercise into our lives in a way that is truly enjoyable?

Low Carb Vail 2016

A global food revolution
39:01
There’s a global food revolution going on. A paradigm shift in how we look at fat and sugar. Dr. Eenfeldt at Low Carb Vail 2016.
The cause of obesity
38:45
What is the real cause of obesity? What causes weight gain? Dr. Jason Fung at Low Carb Vail 2016.
LCHF and diabetes
31:24
Dr. Westman explains how low-carb, high-fat diets can be used for reversing type 2 diabetes.
Low carb, slow carb and the microbiome
29:17
Should you eat slow carbs to feed your gut bacteria? Dr. Rangan Chatterjee at Low Carb Vail 2016.
A year of self-tracking in nutritional ketosis
10:20
What would happen if you spent a year eating a very low-carb diet, a ketogenic diet, while tracking all kinds of blood tests and other things?
Practical lipid management
34:55
How should you think about cholesterol and heart disease? Dr. Cate Shanahan at Low Carb Vail 2016.
Using ketone breath analysers
20:51
How and why you should use ketone breath analyzers. Michel Lundell and Alison Gannett at Low-Carb Vail 2016.
Framingham and the Muddy Waters
33:15
Is there a better way to know if you're at risk for heart disease? Dr. Jeffry Gerber at Low Carb Vail 2016.
LCHF and LDL
28:56
Can a low-carb diet be bad for your cholesterol? Dr. Sarah Hallberg at Low Carb Vail 2016
Protein intake – effects on longevity, aging and cancer
31:12
Could excessive protein in the diet be a problem for aging and cancer? Dr. Ron Rosedale at Low Carb Vail 2016.

Low-Carb Cruise 2015

Konvincing kids that kounting kalories is kooky
27:41
Watch standup comedian Tom Naughton deliver the best talk of the 2015 Low-Carb Cruise.
Stone Age body, Space Age diet
46:03
Here’s psychiatrist Dr. Ann Childers’ presentation from the Low Carb Cruise 2015, on how our modern diet does not fit our ancient bodies.
Women, hormones and nutrition
47:53
Presentation by physician and fertility expert Dr. Michael Fox on nutrition as a treatment for infertility, PCOS and menopause.
Clinics for curing diabetes and obesity
12:03
Dr. Eric Westman about the new clinics HEAL, Healthy Eating And Living, for curing diabetes and obesity.
Women, hormones and weight management
52:48
How can hormones and hormonal changes affect women's efforts to lose weight? Jackie Eberstein at the Low Carb Cruise 2015.
The first low-carb scientific revolution
34:52
There was an earlier low-carb scientific revolution. Why did it happen? And why did it go away?

LCHF Convention 2015

Low-carb living
1:00:21
How do you successfully eat low carb for life? And what’s the role of ketosis? Dr. Stephen Phinney answers these questions.
Low-carb ketogenic diets for athletes
55:30
How can low-carb ketogenic diets help athletes perform better, improve endurance, and prevent bonking?
The 2 big lies of type 2 diabetes
42:54
Why is the conventional treatment of Type 2 Diabetes an utter failure? Dr. Jason Fung at the LCHF Convention 2015.
A world-wide nutrition revolution: what is next?
1:06:09
There is a nutrition revolution going on in the world – but what's going to happen next? Professor Noakes at the LCHF Convention 2015.
Nutrition nuggets to combat conventional dietary advice
45:06
What are the seven common beliefs that are just myths, and that hold us back from understanding how to eat truly healthy foods?
Weight control – calories or insulin
36:26
Is weight loss controlled by calories in and calories out? Or is our body weight carefully regulated by hormones?
How to do an LCHF or keto diet
1:00:45
Dr. Eric Westman explains how to do a well-formulated LCHF diet.
The food revolution
51:51
There’s a global food revolution going on. A paradigm shift in how we look at fat and sugar. Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt at the Low Carb Convention 2015.
LCHF for obesity and diabetes
1:03:45
Dr. Jay Wortman explains hhow to reverse obesity and diabetes using LCHF.
Diet, health and an epidemic of misinformation
48:15
In this presentation Malhotra takes on the shenanigans of Big Food, Big Pharma, and the gullibility and (sometimes) ineptitude of modern health care.
Why we get fat
1:12:26
Why do we get fat – and what can we do about it? Iconic science-writer Gary Taubes answers this question.
LCHF treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome
1:04:37
This is a talk by Dr. Eric Westman for people who want to understand how low carb works.
The key to obesity
44:22
How insulin toxicity causes obesity and type 2 diabetes – and how to reverse it. Dr Jason Fung at the LCHF Convention 2015.
Action on sugar
37:12
Why is sugar today just like tobacco a few decades ago? And what should we do about it? Dr. Malhotra answers these questions.
Paleopathology and the origins of low carb
55:42
There are signs of severe heart disease and weight issues in autopsied mummies… Perhaps it’s not so healthy to base your diet on wheat?
Why I supported high carb
1:01:39
Why did Professor Noakes support high carb earlier? And why did he change his mind completely?

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