1. Maria, you’ve been a major voice in the keto and carnivore space—what originally led you to embrace this way of eating, both personally and professionally?
When I was 16, I went to my family doctor because I wasn’t feeling well. At that visit I was given a prescription for acid reflux, a prescription for depression and a prescription for IBS and I was told I had PCOS. She told me I probably couldn’t have my own children.
That same week I took my beautiful golden retriever to the vet because she was losing patches of her hair. The vet asked me what I was feeding her (a question my doctor never asked).