Presentations
These are some of the presentations I have given. I apologize if some are not the best quality (I often have no control over the filming).
"Parkinson’s and Ketosis”
Living Positively with PD Conference, 2024
This is a very succinct talk about the rationale and the current evidence for phyisological ketosis in Parkinson’s.
“Functional Neurological Disorders”
University of Auckland Medical Lecture, 2024
A brief presentation on Functional Neurological Disorders, which are more common than most people realize, and sorely misunderstood.
“Parkinson’s and Mitohormesis”
Parkinson’s Insight Congress, 2024
Outlines how Parkinson’s may be conceptualized as a metabolic iceberg, and the potential role for mitohormesis in treating it.
“Neurodegenerative Disorders as Metabolic Icebergs”
Low Carb Sydney, 2023
Outlines how neurodegenerative disorders may be conceptualized as a single disease of impaired mitochondrial biology.
“Ancestral Strategies as Therapies in Glioblastoma”
2nd Future of Medicine Conference, 2023
A presentation alongside Meralyn and Martin, two of the participants in our glioblastoma trial.
“Metabolic Therapy in Glioblastoma”
Brain Tumour Support NZ, 2023
I present our clinical trial, where we investigate whether a metabolic therapy program in conjunction with standard treatments helps people with glioblastoma.
“Parkinson’s and Diet”
Parkinson’s New Zealand, 2023
This is a very similar talk to the previous one, in which I talk about fasting and ketogenic diets in Parkinson’s.
“Fasting and Dietary Strategies in Parkinson’s”
NoSilverBullet4PD, 2023
Michel Planquart and I talk about fasting and ketogenic diets in Parkinson’s.
“Metabolic Therapies in Practice: Cancer”
1st Future of Medicine Conference, 2022
Discussion alongside Glen Davies and Sarona Rameka on metabolic strategies in cancer.
“Optimizing Brain Health”
Future of Medicine Conference, 2022
Brief discussion on some methods that can be used to enhance brain health.
“Metabolic Strategies as Therapies in Cancer and Neurodegeneration”
Low Carb Gold Coast, 2022
A comparison of the current disease-centric paradigm with a health-centric paradigm, focusing on cancer and neurodegeneration.
“Metabolic Strategies in Healthcare: A New Era”
Waikato Hospital Grand Rounds, 2022
A new way to perceive and improve health, which is much more than just managing “disease.”
“Metabolic Strategies in Parkinson’s and Huntington’s”
Movement Disorder Society of ANZ, 2022
How Parkinson's and Huntington's can both be seen (and treated) as mitochondria disorders.
“Metabolic Strategies for Type 3 Diabetes (Alzheimer’s Disease)”
Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Taupo, 2021
I discuss our world-first randomized crossover trial of a modified ketogenic diet in Alzheimer’s.
“Impact of a Ketogenic Diet on Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis”
Muscular Dystrophy Association of NZ, 2020
Pushpa and I talk about how she used a modified ketogenic diet to treat her sporadic inclusion body myositis, a disabling muscle disorder.
“Parkinson’s, Fasting, and Ketogenic Diets”
Parkinson’s Insight Congress, 2020
How Parkinson’s can be considered as a primarily metabolic disorder of mitochondria dysfunction.
“The Waikato Parkinson’s Dietary Study”
Parkinson’s NZ, 2019
I discuss our world-first randomized controlled trial of a modified ketogenic diet in Parkinson’s.