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Not able to join us in person? Don't miss out — you can join us from anywhere.

The 11th Annual Symposium for Metabolic Health streams live, August 13–16.

Livestream with on-demand recordings for $99.

For the full speaker lineup, visit the event page.

Opt in to purchase CME certification and earn up to 28 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. These credits can also apply to your CMHE (Continuing Metabolic Health Education) credit requirements for accreditation!

Register now — from wherever you are

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There's still time to book a seat.

Immerse yourself in the world of metabolic health.

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Here you explore root cause medicine.

Four days on the science and clinical practice that formal training rarely covers, at the 11th Annual Symposium for Metabolic Health.

A dedicated Special Focus Day digs into the metabolic roots of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Presented by LowCarbUSA® in collaboration with The SMHP™.

Meet the clinicians and researchers leading the conversation:
Robert Cywes M.D. PhD — Bariatric surgeon
Adrian Soto-Mota, MD, PhD, FACP — Internal medicine physician & ketogenic researcher
Tony Hampton, MD, MBA, CPE, ABOM, MS-HNFM — Family & obesity medicine physician
Robert Kiltz, MD, FACOG — Reproductive endocrinologist (OB-GYN)
Michael Hoffmann, MD, PhD, FCP(SA), FAHA, FAAN — Cognitive & vascular neurologist
Lily Johnston, MD, MPH, MHP — Vascular surgeon
Brian Lenzkes, MD, MHP — Internal medicine physician - Low Carb MD San Diego
Peter Ballerstedt, PhD — Ruminant nutrition scientist - Grass Based Health
Ben Bocchicchio, PhD, MHP — Exercise physiologist - Doctor's Fitness Center / Dr. Ben Bocchicchio
Dr. Elena Gross, PhD — Neuroscientist (migraine & ketogenic therapies)
Gary Taubes — Science & nutrition journalist
Dave Feldman — Engineer & lipid researcher
Siobhan Huggins — Independent lipid researcher
Dr Sean O'Mara, MD, JD — Physician & visceral-fat researcher
Ana Rosa, MD, PhD — Radiologist
Guido Frank, MD, FAED, FACNP — Psychiatrist & eating-disorder neuroscientist
Shebani Sethi, MD, ABOM — Psychiatrist (metabolic psychiatry)
Karen Heath, PhD — Exercise physiologist & low-carb researcher
Michele Neil-Sherwood, DO — Osteopathic & functional medicine physician
Mark Sherwood, ND — Naturopathic doctor

This ACCME-accredited event lets you earn CME—AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™—accepted for licensure, board MOC, and hospital credentialing.

Upgrade your ticket for the three low-carb dinners under the stars—shared with presenters, colleagues, and fellow attendees, and one of the most anticipated traditions of the event.

August 13–16, 2026 · Wyndham San Diego Bayside Hotel.

In person and Livestream, with On Demand recording replays.

This is the final stretch—join us in San Diego. Learn more and register today.

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Are you passionate about metabolic health?

At the Symposium for Metabolic Health, you're in a room full of people who feel the same way.

Coaches, doctors, nurse practitioners, researchers, patients, and enthusiasts.

New to metabolic health? This is the place to start.

Here, you get firsthand insight into the latest metabolic research.
Presented by the experts behind it.
Carried forward by the leaders in metabolic health.
And here, you meet, connect, and find like-minded people.

You'll leave re-inspired—in a room as warm and welcoming as it is scientific.

Behind it all is the mission Doug and Pam have built, year after year, into a community that shows up for each other.

Be part of the community at the 2026 San Diego Symposium for Metabolic Health.

Professionals can opt in to earn up to 28 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (ACCME).

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One overlooked hormone helps keep your metabolism running.

Dr. Lily Johnston, a board-certified vascular surgeon and Accredited Metabolic Health Practitioner with a Master's in Public Health and more than 25 peer-reviewed cardiovascular studies, casts the spotlight on estrogen and explores how it impacts metabolism.

Her focus: estrogen as the beta cell's protector.

It shields the cells that make our insulin from burning out under excess glucose, fat, and oxidative stress.

A defense to keep insulin production running smoothly.

We are excited to have Dr. Johnston with us again at the 2026 San Diego Symposium for Metabolic Health.

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August 13–16 at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside.

In person and Livestream with On Demand recording replays.

Earn up to 28 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ — and put them toward your CMHE accreditation requirements.

To learn more about estrogen's role in metabolism, watch her full talk in the Boca 2026 recordings.

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Johnston

Exercise vs diet for metabolic health.

Diet usually gets most of the attention.

Dr. Ben Bocchicchio - Doctor's Fitness Center / Dr. Ben Bocchicchio - an Accredited Metabolic Health Practitioner, makes the case that exercise deserves far more of it — and explains why, on a metabolic level.

Diet and exercise send the body the same signals.

They switch on the same pathways.

Exercise, he argues, often does it more powerfully.

That's the kind of contrarian, evidence-first thinking he's known for.

In San Diego, he turns to a question practitioners keep asking:

How do you build a real career in this field?

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Nearly 50 years in, his answer is simple — learn your craft, find your niche, get results, build trust.

And he believes the opportunity has never been greater.

Hear it live at the 2026 San Diego Symposium for Metabolic Health.

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August 13–16 at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside.

In person and Livestream with On Demand recording replays.

Secure your spot alongside the physicians, researchers, coaches, and practitioners shaping where the field goes next.

Want the full exercise argument first?

This clip is just the opening — his complete talk breaks it down pathway by pathway, in the Boca 2026 recordings.

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