204 episodes

Protecting Your NEST is hosted by Dr. Tony Hampton a board certified Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine physician with a focus on helping listeners reverse the root cause of disease. The NEST and ROPE acronyms provide the foundational elements that represent to root cause of chronic disease if not mastered:
N: Nutrition (what and when you eat)
E: Exercise
S: Less stress/more sleep
T: How you Think/less Trauma
R: Relationships
O: Organism (avoiding the bad/adding the good)
P: Pollutants
E: Emotions/Life Experiences

Protecting Your NEST with Dr. Tony Hampton Dr. Tony Hampton

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Protecting Your NEST is hosted by Dr. Tony Hampton a board certified Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine physician with a focus on helping listeners reverse the root cause of disease. The NEST and ROPE acronyms provide the foundational elements that represent to root cause of chronic disease if not mastered:
N: Nutrition (what and when you eat)
E: Exercise
S: Less stress/more sleep
T: How you Think/less Trauma
R: Relationships
O: Organism (avoiding the bad/adding the good)
P: Pollutants
E: Emotions/Life Experiences

    Episode 203: Finding Your Path to a Happier Life with Nurse Cindy

    Episode 203: Finding Your Path to a Happier Life with Nurse Cindy

    Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Cindy Davis Mikolajczyk has been a registered nurse for 45 years and is the host of the Ask Nurse Cindy YouTube channel where she uses humor and easy to understand examples to help others on the journey to informed self care. Since discovering the power of ketogenic eating, Cindy has been passionately devoted to helping others discover the freedom found in fueling the body with low carb, high fat, medium protein foods. She is also an educator and a teacher.
    In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Cindy talk about:
    (02:18) Dr. Tony and Cindy’s time on the recent Low Carb Cruise (03:31) Why Cindy chose to work in the ICU/Wound Care as a nurse and how she found her way to the ketogenic diet (16:47) How/why Cindy is so outgoing and optimistic (26:43) Caring for a family member with Type 1 Diabetes (35:01) Retinopathy and Diabetic ketoacidosis (43:39) Cindy’s family’s health history and weight loss journey as a whole (56:17) Things that Type 1 Diabetics need to be aware of with regard to ultra-processed food (01:03:16) Addressing misconceptions about insulin and what it is that insulin does in the body (01:07:25) What happiness is and what it means to be happy Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.
     
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    Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Nutritional Approaches (Dr. Sarah Hallberg Legacy Course)  
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    • 1 hr 18 min
    Episode 202: My Son's Seizures are in Remission with Mayra Perez

    Episode 202: My Son's Seizures are in Remission with Mayra Perez

    Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Tony met Mayra Perez on the recent Low Carb Cruise. Mayra’s son had a major cyst in his head and, though this cyst was successfully remove through surgery, he was left with damage to his brain. One of the worst manifestations of this brain damage was epileptic seizures. Since discovering the keto diet as a therapy for epilepsy, her son has not had to go to the ER for a seizure in 8 years.
    In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Mayra talk about:
    (04:36) Mayra’s family, career, and her son’s brain injury (07:36) Differences between Mexican and United States cuisine/nutrition (10:43) How Mayra discovered keto (20:05) Keto as a therapy for epilepsy (23:32) Mayra’s personal experience following a keto diet (29:48) Substituting sugary/carby foods (33:44) Why the low carb message has not yet reached communities of color (41:29) Which kinds of professions put people most at risk in Mexico for exposure to junk food (46:49) Access to healthcare in Mexico (49:01) Getting more people of color involved in the keto/low-carb community (52:12) Final thoughts and words of wisdom Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.
     
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    Mayra Perez:
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    • 1 hr 1 min
    Episode 201: Unraveling Your Body's Potential with Jeffrey Williams

    Episode 201: Unraveling Your Body's Potential with Jeffrey Williams

    Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Jeffrey Williams is the Founder of Vitalist Institute—a company that offers holistic education coaching--and is a Director/Artist at Lifestyles of Light. He is a multi-disciplinary transformation artist who has been teaching and facilitating through movement, breath and sound, and self-governance since 1999. His coaching and training programs are offered to inspire and empower people to take their health into their own hands.
    In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Jeffrey talk about:
    (03:08) Jeffrey’s career journey and why you should listen to him (11:16) How to shift our brains so that we can deal better withs stress (17:40) Techniques for improving the mind and brain function (22:51) Getting started with meditation and carving new neurological pathways (26:54) How a person can best begin the journey of healing (32:50) Jeffrey’s approach to helping people heal (39:27) Which people tend to be more receptive to Jeffrey’s style of healing/teaching (51:50) How to effectively teach and promote the holistic approach to those who may be unfamiliar with it (59:05) Movement and holistic healing (01:06:51) Final words of wisdom Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.
     
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    Jeffrey Williams:
    Facebook Instagram Lifestyles of Light Vitalist Project Have a Happy Spine  
    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

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Episode 200: Celebrating Podcast Episode 200 with Dobbin Bookman

    Episode 200: Celebrating Podcast Episode 200 with Dobbin Bookman

    Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dobbin Bookman is a highly accomplished human capital strategist and talent organizer with an extensive background in executive education, leadership, development, and corporate consulting. He attended Xavier University and got his MBA as well as his Masters of Science from Harvard where he also led the Harvard Business School’s Owner Managed Program Portfolio and served 10 years as a Director and advisor at Harvard. He is also a long-time friend of Dr. Tony’s.
    In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Dobbin talk about:
    (04:29) How Tony and Dobbin met, how their friendship came to be, and where Dobbin’s love of jazz began (10:50) Events from Dobbin’s youth that have impacted his academic, professional, and personal life (17:09) Growing as a person from exposure to diverse and unfamiliar cultural situations (23:41) Why Dobbin chose to switch from pursuing becoming a doctor to pursuing a career in business (32:41) The role that Dobbin’s fraternity played in his development as a person (42:48) Living in a world where some people struggle more than others due to race (53:44) The key qualities of great men (59:56) Looking at the world and circumstances with an optimistic mindset (01:02:39) Dobbin’s business pursuits (01:05:46) Having a purpose for your life Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.
     
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    Dobbin Bookman:
    Advantage Advisory  
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    • 1 hr 13 min
    Episode 199: My Story of Survival will Help You Heal with David C. Kemp (Part 2)

    Episode 199: My Story of Survival will Help You Heal with David C. Kemp (Part 2)

    Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. This episode is Part 2 of a conversation with David C. Kemp, a stage 4 blood cancer survivor. For the first part of his story—his earthquake/tsunami survival story and his cancer diagnosis/treatment story—please listen to the previous episode (linked below). In this episode, David shares how diet played a key role in his recovery from both the cancer itself and the treatments that had rendered him barely alive.
    In this discussion, Dr. Tony and David talk about:
    (01:51) The role that diet played in David’s recovery and how he came to realize that dietary fat was so important (19:33) Why David transitioned to a carnivore diet (41:30) The emotional impact of David’s experience with cancer (48:53) What the health system could do better to help and support cancer patients (57:25) Final thoughts Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.
     
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    David C. Kemp:
    YouTube Channel  
    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  
    Additional Links:
    Your Cancer Prevention Class w/ Dr. Paul E. Marik David C. Kemp Interview (Part 1)

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Episode 198: My Story of Survival will Help You Heal with David C. Kemp (Part 1)

    Episode 198: My Story of Survival will Help You Heal with David C. Kemp (Part 1)

    Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. David C. Kemp is a stage 4 blood cancer survivor. His story is both incredibly tragic and incredibly inspiring. After fighting cancer for 2 years he was AGAIN diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. After more chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant he was bed ridden for years before he began to recover normal bodily movement. Be sure to tune back in next week to hear the inspiring conclusion to this, so far, heart-wrenching story.
    In this discussion, Dr. Tony and David talk about:
    (03:05) How David ended up living in Japan (04:18) How David met his wife (08:13) David’s tsunami and earthquake survival story (19:05) David’s experience with homelessness and cancer (32:44) David’s cancer treatment and the ups and downs of his cancer recovery journey Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.
     
    Links:
     
    David C. Kemp:
    YouTube Channel  
    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

    • 1 hr

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