Temple Stewart, also known as The Ketogenic Nutritionist on Instagram and TikTok,  is a Registered Dietician, certified personal trainer and health behavior change specialist who also played D1 soccer at the University of Tennessee Martin, where she received her degree in Dietetics.   Temple comes on the show to discuss keto for women, using keto to treat PCOS and infertility, keto and thyroid health, and using keto throughout pregnancy.   Temple also shares her thoughts as a Registered Dietician on the health at every size and food freedom movements as well as some tips to help improve behavior change.   Here’s a peek at what’s in store in this episode: 00:00 Introduction to the Keto Answers podcast 00:29 Introduction to this episode’s guest, Temple Stewart 02:20 Temple’s sports background and what it taught her 04:50 Temple’s professional background and her personal health journey 08:01 Was the goal to get Veterans off of their medication at the hospital where the Virta Health study took place? 11:22 What role does behavior change play? And how Temple uses this in her practice 13:59 What you can focus on to encourage behavior change 16:55 Why some people aren’t successful at reaching their health goals and what they can do to change this 21:10 How Temple found herself in the keto space as a Registered Dietician 24:00 Getting pregnant on keto and following the diet throughout pregnancy 32:36 What Temple focuses on throughout pregnancy 34:05 Keto diet and thyroid health: does keto wreck your thyroid? 39:37 Outside of overexercising and not eating enough calories, what’s another reason why someone would see a decrease in their thyroid hormones? 44:28 What Temple thinks of the “healthy at every size movement” 51:26 How Temple views the approach of Food Freedom 59:50 Health coaching and what that entails   Resources mentioned in this episode: Temple Stewart’s website Temple’s Instagram and TikTok The Keto Answers Podcast S1E3: Dr. Benjamin Bikman - How Insulin Resistance Wreaks Havoc on Health & What to Do to Fix This