Simple Strategies for Better Health | Amanda Decker - E446

Amanda Decker is a family nurse practitioner, metabolic health practitioner, and founder of Clear Path Medical. After overcoming her own struggles with weight and chronic psoriasis, she shifted her focus from conventional primary care to nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Today, Amanda helps patients address the root causes of chronic disease through evidence-based approaches centered on metabolic health, low-carb nutrition, and sustainable lifestyle change. With nearly two decades of clinical experience and multiple advanced certifications in obesity medicine, ketogenic nutrition, and metabolic health, she is passionate about empowering people to take control of their health and transform their lives.

In this episode, Dr. Brian and Amanda talk about…

• (00:00) Intro

• (05:54) Cholesterol and cardiovascular health

• (09:50) Amanda's experience switching to and working in a DPC practice

• (11:54) Triglycerides and coffee

• (13:57) Stress, community, and working in the medical field

• (19:11) Amanda's upcoming Low Carb for Better Health conference (link below)

• (22:55) Bio-individuality and the proper human diet

• (25:54) The speaker line-up at the upcoming Low Carb for Better Health conference (link below)

• (31:29) Gut health, carnivore diets, and holistic health

• (39:45) Gut health and fatty liver disease

• (40:34) Health outliers and food noise

• (48:18) Cortisol and Cushing's Disease

• (01:01:50) Outro

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Amanda Decker:

• Website: https://www.clearpathmedical.net/

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• Low Carb for Better Health: https://events.humanitix.com/low-carb-for-better-health

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

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• Website: https://toward.health

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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