Speakers
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Dr Erin Bellamy
Dr Bellamy is a Chartered Psychologist, Metabolic Psychiatry Practitioner, and CEO of IKRT (ikrt.org), an international organisation pioneering the use of ketogenic metabolic therapy (KMT) for mental health. She is also a Research Fellow at the University of East London and holds a PhD in Psychology, specialising in ketogenic diets and depression, as well as an MSc in Psychiatric Research with a focus on eating disorders.
An Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, Erin has been researching ketogenic therapy since 2014 and working clinically with it since 2017. Erin actively contributes to the growing field of metabolic psychiatry through ongoing research, publications, and practitioner training. She is passionate about equipping healthcare professionals with the knowledge and tools to bring this promising therapeutic approach into everyday practice.
Dr Rachel Brown
Dr Brown is an integrative functional medicine practitioner with 22 years of experience as a medical doctor.
She holds additional qualifications in medical laws and ethics, bringing a strong foundation of clinical integrity and informed consent into her work. Plus is board Certified in Applied Quantum Biology.
Her practice is rooted in ketogenic metabolic therapy, functional medicine, and quantum biology — with a focus on treating gut–brain axis disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease and complex mental health symptoms.
Dr. Rachel’s approach targets the root cause of illness, combining cutting-edge science with ethical, patient-centred care. She is known for challenging the conventional model, empowering clients to reclaim their health through personalised, evidence-based interventions.
Website: https://drrachelsbrown.com/ Instagram @carnivoreshrink
Heather Foley
Heather, a recently retired Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, worked within the NHS, Military and private sector throughout her career. Due to some major traumas early in Heather’s life, including 10 concussions, PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) and EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) which lead to increased anxiety, hyper reactivity and an inability to self regulate, she went down a rabbit hole on mental health and diet. Listening to Dr Michael Lewis was one of her first “aha” moments re the importance of diet, specifically brain food, relative to her ongoing mental health issues. This led to Heather exploring and starting the Ketogenic diet around 2010 and subsequently the carnivore way of eating in May 2018. The results were so outstanding, she is now focused on researching the Ketogenic diet in more depth, as well as working with individuals and groups to inspire them on their own ketogenic journey. Heather also teaches yoga, and emotional freedom technique (EFT).
Heather has completed training with both Dr Georgia Ede on Ketogenic diets for mental health in clinical training and the Nutrition Network Medical Certification Pathway training, via the Prof Noakes foundation. She has discovered that there are a lot of conferences and trainings for the academic in this space and nothing like Keto Brain Health for the people who need it most. She is incredibly motivated therefore to be able to offer you the inspiration you deserve with the World’s first 2 day Keto Brain Health Clinic. Her aim is to Inspire, Reassure and Educate anyone interested in starting this journey, and looking for support, through experienced specialists in this health space. Heather is the Founder and Director of Keto Brain Health Ltd.
Website: www.heatherfoley.co.uk
www.ketobrainhealth.co.uk
Instagram: @ketobrainhealth
Simon Grant
Simon started his journey as a Sports Scientist having developed a passion for injury rehabilitation. He subsequently trained as a Physiotherapist and Pilates Instructor.
Having treated over 50,000 clients, he realised that pain is not purely physical, and this led to further training as a Swan Hypnotherapist, allowing him to treat Body and mind.
Coinciding with this career trajectory was a life of health questing. Suffering from Migraine, IBS and early onset Arthritis with his youngest son diagnosed with Autism at 3 years old. He and his family made radical lifestyle changes to try and improve outcomes for them all.
Spurred on by his Hungarian wife, a philosopher and voracious investigator, Simon and his family began to experiment with Vegetarianism, Veganism and after much research Carnivore diet. The changes they have experienced, over the last 2 years, following this way of eating were profound.
(Migraines gone in 30 days, IBS 80% improved in 12 months, Autistic meltdowns disappeared, Tick syndrome under control and Perimenopause symptoms gone).
He was inspired to train as a G.A.P.S Certified Nutritionist and expanded his practice to cover Body, mind and Gut…the Health Trinity. He has developed an assessment of the whole person, realising that we cannot be broken down into mechanistic parts, but are a complex symbiotic system.
Having included this healing way of eating into his practice he crossed paths with John Need, a filmmaker and visionary who’s creative mind was inspired to film a documentary revolving around the carnivore diet.
This led to a partnership in Hamstair Wheel Films and the inception of the film “Meat Your Maker”.
Website: Healthandfitnessscotland.com
Dr Joan Ifland
Dr Ifland has been creating breakthroughs in recovery from food addiction from 1999 with the publication of her first popular book. In 2018 her textbook was published, Processed Food Addiction: Foundations, Assessment, and Recovery (CRC Press) and she founded the online peer support, The Addiction Reset Community (ARC). In 2024, she was awarded a patent for her method to put chronic illnesses into remission.
Dr. Ifland’s work is based on findings that processed food addiction can be severe and that addicted people are often traumatised. These findings shifted the field to more comprehensive programs designed to resolve stress, isolation, and mobility issues. Reset Week is the first online live program for withdrawal (2018). Food Addiction Recovery Advocate (FARA) Training empowers health professionals and lay people to help patients stop cravings, control food, and regain health.
Dr. Ifland and her team have created numerous innovative online resources for food addicts.
https://www.remissionoptimistic.com was released in 2023 to provide remission programming to people who have received an ‘incurable’ diagnosis.
https://www.processedfoodaddiction.com was established in 2021 to provide comprehensive recovery services to diverse populations.
www.foodaddictionreset.com and the Facebook Group, Food Addiction Education (2014).
The website, Food Addiction Resources, www.foodaddictionresources.com, provides free evidence-based handouts (2014).
She wrote the popular book, Dr. Ifland’s Meal Prep Manual, which is a breakthrough system to easily manage meals for recovery from food addiction (2018).
Dr. Ifland is the lead author of the first scholarly description of processed food addiction according to classic addiction diagnostic criteria and the first scholarly definition of addictive versus non-addictive foods, Refined Food Addiction: A Classic Substance Use Disorder (2007) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19223127.
Dr. Ifland earned her PhD in addictive nutrition at Union Institute and University (2010). Her MBA was awarded by Stanford Business School (1978) and her BA in Economics and Political Science by Oberlin College (1974).
Kiera Jennings
Kiera discovered how to take back her health and her brain power to finally break free from addiction after years of trying everything else. Her passion is letting others know that it is not their fault, no matter how many times they fall off the wagon. That they too absolutely can achieve the same freedom with tangible practical solutions.
Kiera is a certified and licensed SUGAR® Addiction Assessment Specialist and is training with two of her biggest heroes. World renowned addiction experts: Bitten Jonsson RN as a Holistic Medicine for Addiction Therapist, and Dr Joan Iffland as a Food Addiction and Recovery Advocate. Kiera is a volunteer in Dr Joan Iffland’s Addiction Reset Community and adores teaching in a local Edinburgh Yoga studio. Kiera has taken great delight in researching health and wellbeing for over 20 years. Which include but are not exhaustive to – studies in breath work; yoga and circadian rhythm. Also, diving deep into Chinese medicine theory. A particular favourite topic of Kiera’s is: The healing power of Oxytocin.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiera-jennings/
Bitten Jonsson
Bitten, a registered nurse since 1973, addiction specialist, ACRPS by Cenaps Corp., SUGAR/ADDIS-certified, is a forerunner in this field in Sweden, an international lecturer and has been on TV and radio, given live lectures internationally, including the U.K. and the U.S. numerous times. Bitten is trained in the U.S. and has developed a special treatment method involving Integrated Functional Medicine and Orthomolecular Medicine together with American Addiction Medicine, support group development and traditional medicine.
Bitten Jonsson has written three books about sugar addiction. Sockerbomben I din hjärna (The Sugar Bomb in Your Brain), and her first book was published in 2004, revised in 2010 and 2016, and is currently being edited and translated into English. The books are very well received and have also been published in Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Germany.
She has also further developed SUGAR®, a diagnostic instrument for sugar/food addiction. Bitten Jonsson was a member of NAATP, National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, USA, NAADAC, USA, www.naadac.org for many years. She was on the Board of Directors for Food Addiction Institute 2008 – 2022. She is also a support member of ASAM, www.asam.org, and a Nutrition Network Practitioner. Since 2012, she’s training and certifying the next generation of sugar addiction specialists.
Bitten has trained about 200 health experts from the US, Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zeeland, Chile, Brazil, and more. She has treated approximately 6,500 people since the start in 1992. She has held workshops and summits in the US and the UK, among other places.
More information at https://www.bittensaddiction.com/en/professional-training/holistic-medicine-for-addiction/
Sascha Landskron
Sascha is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist with over 20 years of clinical experience, working with people of all ages. Her areas of clinical expertise include nutritional genomics, nutrition for menopause, mental health and neurodiversity, and therapeutic ketogenic diets.
Sascha is registered with the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She collaborates with clinics around the UK, and lectures at several UK universities. Originally from Canada, she now lives in Derbyshire with her husband and their two children.
Sascha is passionate about translating the complex and technical nature of nutritional science into practical, personalised plans. A ketogenic lifestyle is a tool that can reap many rewards, especially within the context of wholistic health optimisation. Sascha sees health optimisation as a path to achieve one’s personal best; and she is always honoured to be invited on the journey.
You can reach Sascha at www.uninutrition.co.uk and join her online science-backed Keto course and supportive community at www.keto-culture.co.uk
Kate Martin – Treway Farm
Kate is a first generation farmer who farms in Cornwall with husband Will and mini farmer’s Charlie and Flora. Producing pasture fed beef using regenerative farming practices.
Founder of ‘Treway Farm’ an online butchery enterprise selling pasture fed beef, hogget, wild venison, rare breed pork and Christmas poultry. Working with partner farmers to produce the highest welfare, planet friendly and nutrient dense meat to customers across the UK.
Kate is a huge advocate of British Agriculture and has a passion for the link between healthy soil, happy healthy livestock and happy healthy people. We are of course ‘what we eat’.
Website: www.trewayfarm.co.uk/
Instagram: @trewayfarm
Richard Smith
Richard Smith, widely known as “Keto-Pro,” is a nutritionist, professional athlete, and European bodybuilding champion. At 33, Richard faced severe health challenges, being clinically obese with nearly 60% body fat, debilitating migraines, chronic fatigue, depression, and anxiety. Struggling with daily activities, he sought a transformative solution.
Richard adopted a ketogenic diet. The results were remarkable… over a 12 month period, he lost over 100 pounds. More importantly, he reversed his insulin resistance and alleviated his other health issues. Embracing this new lifestyle and as a leading nutrition expert, Richard teaches others how to do the same.
Driven by his personal success, Richard founded Keto-Pro to share the benefits of the ketogenic lifestyle. His company offers a range of keto-friendly products and educational resources, aiming to make the keto lifestyle accessible to all. Under his leadership, Keto-Pro expanded from a single shop in Neath South Wales to a multimillion pound online platform. Richard’s dedication continues to inspire and support individuals on their health journeys.
Website: www.theketopro.com
Instagram: @richard_smith_nutrition and @keto_pro
Hannah Sutter
Hannah is the Founder of three specialist food companies that create food for the Ketogenic Diet based on whole foods.
Before setting up the Natural Ketosis Group Hannah was a partner in a large global law firm specialising in corporate and corporate finance law. Her journey from law to nutrition began when she read an article in her husband’s BMJ in 2000 reviewing three studies using the keto diet to reverse type 2 diabetes. The article outlined the basic biochemistry of the impact of elevated levels of insulin in the human body. From reading this article, Hannah decided to switch to a Keto/low carb diet and was amazed at how well she felt. In 2003, Hannah decided to leave the legal profession and start a food company to make low carb food but free from the rogue ingredients such as sweeteners.
Her first business started in 2004, and it was focused initially on low carb keto food options for weight loss or the management of type 2 diabetes.
In 2013 she was approached by the charity Mathews Friends and in particular the founder Emma Wiliams OBE to create a range of food for children with drug resistant epilepsy. This began a deeper dive into the ketogenic diet and with an expert dietician she founded Ketocarefoods that supplies specialist food on prescription to the NHS for children with drug resistant epilepsy. Everything produced by Ketocarefoods is made from whole food ingredients and complies with the requirements of both the classic 3 to 1 ketogenic diet as well as the modified ketogenic diet.
In 2020 she created FATT, which is a range of ultra clean delicious snacks for the ketogenic or low carb diet. None of her products have any sweeteners and are free from fillers or other processed ingredients. Everything in this range is high in fibre and rich in good fats.
Hannah has been an advocate of ketogenic whole food diets for over 20 years and is a Patron of the Public Health Collaboration. Her business has been a supporter of charities such as Mathews Friends and Daisy Garland. Hannah is also the author of the book “BIG FAT LIES. Is our government making us fat?”
Website: www.livefatt.com
Instagram: @live.fatt @naturalketosis