Presenters at Low Carb Foundations 2025

Low Carb Foundations – On Demand

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LEARN CARBOHYDRATE REDUCTION BEST PRACTICE AND PRACTICAL SKILLS

Access key presentations from the Australasian Metabolic Health Society’s 2025 Low Carb Foundations training event.

Now available as recorded sessions from eight expert presenters.

This on‑demand series features recordings of key presentations designed for clinicians, health professionals, and students delivering evidence‑informed perspectives on metabolic health and therapeutic carbohydrate reduction.

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What will you learn?

Low Carb Foundations

  • Define good metabolic health
  • Identify poor metabolic health in patients
  • Understand the carbohydrate insulin model of diabetes
  • Outline various potential use cases for low carbohydrate therapies in patients

Definition of good metabolic health

  • Define the types of diabetes and insulin
  • Understand the guidelines for nutrition and carbohydrates
  • Understand type 2 diabetes remission
  • Define therapeutic carbohydrate reduction
  • Recognise what a low carbohydrate diet is
  • Understand how to teach a low carbohydrate diet
  • To re-look at mental health disorders as metabolic disorders
  • Emphasise dietary and lifestyle measure as important adjuncts to psychopharmacotherapy
  • Identify insulin resistance as a key cardiovascular risk factor.
  • Describe TCR’s effects on lipids and cardiovascular risk.
  • Explain lean mass hyper responders and their lipid changes.
  • Distinguish between small dense and large buoyant LDL.
  • Summarise statin effects and risk reduction.
  • Use MESA and calcium scoring for risk assessment.
  • List dietary strategies to manage LDL on TCR.

Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD)

  • Understand the germ and terrain theory of chronic disease
  • Describe the concept of Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Health
  • Discuss the link between insulin resistance, albuminuria and CKM syndrome
  • Evaluate the evidence of TCR and GDMT in kidney disease
  • Create a management plan to optimise kidney health
  • Define and differentiate MAFLD and MASLD
  • Identify the metabolic and dietary contributors to liver fat accumulation
  • Analyse the links between MASLD and other systemic diseases
  • Apply evidence‑based approaches to the management of MASLD

  • Understand the how to manage medications when commencing therapeutic carbohydrate reduction
  • Identify the four danger medications to be aware of when commencing therapeutic carbohydrate reduction
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Presenters

Dr Alex Petrushevski
Low Carb GP

Dr Ron Schweitzer
Low Carb GP

Ms Sam Stuk
Dietician

Sanjeev Balakristnan

Dr Sanjeev Balakrishnan
Low Carb GP

Dr Karen Dwyer
Nephrologist

Dr Liz Fraser
Low Carb GP

Dr Penny Figtree
Low Carb GP

Dr Laureen Lawlor
Low Carb GP

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Topics Include

  • Low-carbohydrate diets and metabolic disease
  • Type two diabetes remission and therapeutic carbohydrate reduction
  • Practical implementation in clinical care
  • Metabolic approaches to mental health
  • Cardiovascular and kidney metabolic health
  • Steatotic liver disease (NAFLD, MAFLD, MASLD)
  • Medication management with carbohydrate reduction

FAQs

The course consists of 8 video presentations of approximately 30 minutes each.

The course is available to you for 12 months from the date of purchase. You can revisit the course material as many times as you like in this time.

Your investment for this on demand conference is $125

Yes, there is a discount code if you are a member of the Australian Dietician Association. 

There is a discount if you are a member of the Australasian Metabolic Health Society. 

You will sent a secure link to our education platform with a password and log-in. 

You can email questions to ausmetabolichealthsoc@gmail.com

We are confident you will find this on demand conference valuable. We have a 7 day refund policy.

We would encourage you to join the Australian Metabolic Health Society which is open to all health care practitioners. We hold monthly virtual grand rounds from experts interested in various aspects of metabolic health.  To learn more click here 

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Once you have completed your purchase and gained access to the course platform, we are unable to process any refunds, cancellations, or exchanges, regardless of whether you have accessed the materials, completed the course, or changed your mind.

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