Stories From My Metabolic Life

I've known Brett for over 35 years as a tennis friend. Although I didn't witness how his health deteriorated (I have a good idea about this), I did witness his personal transformation firsthand, when we began playing paddle and pickleball together.

Initially, I thought his approach, while successful, was risky because of my preconceived notions surrounding saturated fat and animal-based foods. But then I suffered my own health problem, a heart attack, and learned that the primary driver was insulin resistance related to just marginal weight gain from sugar, refined grains and seed oils. My story can be viewed on our first episode of our joint channel @metabochondriacs.

Brett has a wealth of knowledge and is very passionate about helping others. Through his persistent but caring approach, I began to unlearn and then relearn. This opened my eyes to a wealth of information that contradicts conventional medical and nutritional teaching.

With this new knowledge, I now understand of the root cause of my patients conditions. This allows me to provide care that reverses conditions instead of trying to manage them. This has resulted in a tenfold improvement in patient care in the last five years compared to my previous twenty years of practice.

Like most physicians, I was suffering from burnout before understanding metabolic therapy. But now, each day has become a joy, knowing I am healing my patients. Burnout is a thing of the past.

Brett has combed the literature for thousands of hours, and his extensive corporate wellness and disease management background gives him an invaluable perspective. He has a firm grasp on nutrition as well as other disciplines that are intimately tied to optimal functioning biology/physiology, disease reversal, wellness, and longevity.

I continue to lean on Brett for his wisdom as I navigate my own personal health journey, and I am thrilled to collaborate with him on our YouTube Channel mentioned above.

I began my journey with Brett Smith's metabolic program in December 2019, and over the past nearly five years, I've experienced a remarkable transformation in my health and well-being.

Thanks to Brett's guidance, I lost 65 pounds, significantly reduced my blood pressure, and was able to cut back on my BP medications. Moreover, I've noticed a substantial decrease in neuropathy symptoms, an improvement in my vision, and a significant reduction in head fog.

Brett's program focuses on rebooting your metabolism to its natural fat-burning state, a concept that has been life-changing for me. By following his advice and adapting to a healthier lifestyle, I've not only achieved weight loss but also seen improvements in my overall health that I never thought possible.

Brett's deep understanding of how our modern lifestyle impacts our health and his practical solutions have been invaluable. For anyone looking to regain control of their health and restore their body's natural balance, I highly recommend Brett's metabolic program.

It has truly been a transformative experience for me, and I'm grateful for the positive impact it has had on my life. Thank you, Brett, for your dedication and for guiding me on this journey to better health!

I met Brett in mid-May of 2024.

As he learned about my various health conditions, I mentioned that I lost 120 pounds in 2022 & 23 while taking Wegovy which is a GLP-1 injectable like Ozempic and others that have become popular lately. I mentioned that at the one-year mark, it stopped working, and upon stopping the injections I rapidly regained 20 of the pounds which pushed me back onto the injections.

He commented that both the stalling and immediate regaining are typical. However, he also pointed me to a Virta Health Study that showed those who discontinue their GLP-1 but follow a ketogenic way of eating maintain their weight loss and can continue to lose weight.

As of writing this, I am now off the Wegovy, without the return of hunger or added weight. I am still losing and feeling great.

Brett also educated me about the two metabolic states. And that my goals should be about healing my body and that the weight loss would follow. If I flipped from being a sugar-burner back to being fat-adapted, my body would naturally begin to heal and the body would begin to find its natural weight.

He shared resources providing examples of people who have reversed multiple chronic conditions and been able to come off their medications. While it sounded too good to be true, I thought it was worth giving it a try.

Thank you Brett for teaching and coaching me and giving me the information and hope to be transformed from a person with crippling and constant arthritic pain and never-ending insurmountable fatigue - to a 70 year of person that is now walking without pain and is regaining the energy I had as a youth.

You have also been teaching me (and I am seeing the truth of it in my own body) that I can eat in such a way that the nagging hunger that plagued and harassed me to greatly overeat for the majority of my life can be stopped in its tracks.

Today is 07/10/2024. I began my metabolic life journey with and because of you, beginning with a change in diet on 05/23/2024. (With a sub-note here that I had never even heard of 99% of the knowledge that you have imparted to me during this brief yet intense period of learning and change.)

Beyond becoming pain-free in weeks, I am also down 20 lbs. in just two months.

I know that I cannot ever repay you. I will never be able to thank you enough for the gift of health that I am finding in following your coaching and teaching. However, I will do my best to follow in your footsteps and "pay it forward" to others by sharing with them the new and renewed life that is unfolding before me.

I have never met another person who works so hard or gives as much as you do to Champion Health in each individual. Your commitment to helping anyone to increase their health is a God-given gift to you - and you use it with determination and generosity.

Updated: Aug 15th, beyond coming off Wegovy, I am now also off an SSRI and feeling great.

Thank You beyond all measure or ability to express it.

Most Sincerely,

My husband and I began a coaching program with Brett in October of 2019.

This was a transformative experience for both of us. We learned A LOT! With this education we

were able to drastically improve our health. Through our diet modifications we were able to

lower the consumption of carbohydrates and sugar, which in turn helped to lower our blood

sugar levels. This then helped prevent the rise of insulin levels. Insulin is the main culprit behind

sugar cravings, the storage of fat tissues, and the energy fluctuations we experience. We no

longer were having these cravings!!!

During the next seven months, we were able to lose a combined 60 pounds. 40 pounds for my

husband and 20 pounds for me, and able to maintain this for the past four years.

We are grateful for the knowledge that Brett has provided and would recommend his coaching

program to anyone looking to improve their overall health.

I have known Brett Smith for over 20 years; we competed in many high level tennis and pickleball leagues and tournaments together.

Brett drastically changed his life by gaining empowering knowledge in nutrition, diet, supplements, and overall health wellness, and it truly shows in his healthy, balanced weight, improved athletic performance, and overall increased energy!

At 53 years of age, I found myself 40 lbs. overweight, battling high blood pressure, joint and muscle pain, and plain low energy, which wasn't allowing me to achieve my health and athletic goals.

Trusting Brett to help me navigate a healthier way to eat and live was one of my life's most important decisions. Within six months, under Brett's care and guidance, I shed the extra weight, lowered my blood pressure, and am at the peak of my athletic performance at the age of 56.

Brett's counsel was and still is invaluable to me.

Brett Smith and I became good friends during a difficult time. It was mid-November of 2020... I had just returned from a doctor's appointment where I learned I was pre-diabetic; I had high cholesterol and a CAC score of 186. I felt hopeless, and thanks to the gloomy doctor’s scare tactics, the world seemed to be ending abruptly!

After some research online and on various Facebook pages that addressed Cardiovascular Disease, I connected with Brett, who had mentioned his history of being overweight and the dreaded CAC score. I remember his calming demeanor on the phone as he shared his knowledge and told me to "take a deep breath, all will be well... Here's what you need to do..."

It has been about four years since my new journey in the keto and carnivore diets started with Brett's guidance. He educated me about healing my body with a proper low-carb diet and what to do to become healthier again. Within five months after I implemented Brett's teachings, I lost 65 lbs., cured my fatty liver, reversed my prediabetes, overcame severe gout, which crippled me at times, and quickly became healthier both physically and mentally. He shared resources providing examples of people who had reversed multiple chronic conditions, including his own health journey and even great low-carb, keto recipes.

My family and I are eternally thankful to Brett for becoming a good friend, teaching and coaching me, and sharing the knowledge to regain my health. Your commitment to helping me, a stranger on the internet, was God-sent as I was facing what seemed to me the end... You opened your heart and extended your knowledge and friendship to me without any reservations.

Most Sincerely,

Pedro Ferreira

I've known Brett for over 20 years as a tennis competitor. Although I didn't witness his personal transformation firsthand, I had heard about it through mutual friends.

In 2020, after the onset of COVID-19, we began playing pickleball together. I was amazed by how different Brett looked, especially since I had only known him in less-than-optimal health. I had experienced a similar decline in my health over the years, but I wasn't ready to confront it, so I avoided asking him about his journey.

A few months later, I decided the time was right to learn more about his experience. This opened up a wealth of knowledge, understanding, and what Brett calls “brain-breaking”. His extensive corporate health and wellness background, combined with his own heart disease reversal, fuels his passion for helping others.

Like Brett, I also work in the healthcare world. When we first sat down to talk about this and then when he shared what he had written, I knew it was for me. It was all backed with evidence from the medical literature.

I found the journey toward better health too daunting to tackle alone, so I leaned heavily on Brett for his research, experience, and practical tips. Years ago, I had tried Keto but failed early on because I lacked a strong motivation. Brett helped me discover my “why,” which made all the difference.

With this newfound clarity, it became a matter of my own determination to manage my metabolic health. I’ve lost 35 pounds, feel better than ever, and now have a roadmap to achieve my best health for life.

Brett changed my life and my wife's life. A few years ago, my eating life and my approach to health were a struggle. In my 50s, I really didn't know how to eat or what to eat. My weight had crept up, my numbers at the doctor weren't looking good, Type 2 diabetes was on the horizon, and basically, I was an overweight, out-of-shape, middle-aged person who needed some direction. But where to go and what "plan" is right? Do I cut back on calories, eat more low-fat pasta, and go for long brisk walks? Should I cut back on meat or increase it? Are salads the way to go if I use low-fat dressing? For sure, I have to cut back on bacon, but at least I can eat hash browns? Do I just need to join a big weight-loss organization and get it over with? I had no idea what the hell I was doing.

Then my buddy, Joel, told me about his friend, Brett. He had been in the same dilemma, and, being a freak about research, Brett had been digging into these questions and going deep. Brett's story is compelling, and it was clear he was someone worth listening to given his background and credentials. I'm not a research guy -- I'm a trust guy. If someone I trust tells me to do something, I'm an easy sell. I trusted Joel and Brett. Joel knew everything about Brett's program, so Joel and I went ALL-IN and started following Brett's advice.

The straight-forward result? The extra weight came off easily. My numbers at the doctor's reversed. I was never hungry, ate as much as I wanted, felt great, had the energy and zeal I'd been lacking, and a really good life became even better. My wife and others scoffed at the plan until they saw the quick, painless results. Once my wife jumped on board, our joy increased exponentially as she experienced similar results.

Brett's wisdom is based on his endless research and relentless pursuit of truth rather than conventional, fictional opinions about health. Jump in and change your life. Those on the cutting edge know he's right and don't disagree. It's the truth, the wisdom, we've all been seeking