Your Path to Optimal Health & Vitality

A comprehensive nutrition and lifestyle program by Dr. Laura Korman designed to help you take control of your health, break free from chronic pain and fatigue, and rediscover your passion for life.

What Does GEARED2bewell Mean?

Each letter represents a foundational principle for reclaiming your health and well-being.

G — Gait and Musculoskeletal Health

An attitude of gratitude releases hormones that promote health, reduce stress, and improve sleep. Intentionally viewing life through a positive lens creates the foundation for lasting wellness.

E — Environmental Toxins and Cellular Health

Remove toxic and inflammatory foods, drinks, and negative influences from your life. These hidden stressors cause long-term damage to your health and hold you back from feeling your best.

A — Autoimmune and Inflammation

Incorporate positive thoughts, supportive people, healthy environments, and clean foods into your daily routine -- particularly organic, pesticide-free, humanely raised, and non-GMO options.

R — Regenerative Health and Hormones

Prioritize adequate sleep and relaxation as essential pillars of health. Your body needs quality rest for replenishment, cellular regeneration, and repair.

E — Energy and Metabolic Health

Engage in regular physical activity -- walking, biking, dancing, swimming, or seated movement. Exercise oxygenates the body, maintains mobility, and supports heart, lung, and brain health.

D — Digestive Health and Nutrition

Experience the positive health changes and empowerment that come from taking control of your destiny. Gain new vitality, purpose, direction, and a renewed passion for life.

Clean Keto Living

Living clean and keto... for a better brain, a better body, a better YOU.

The ketogenic approach involves transitioning your body from burning glucose (from carbohydrates) to burning ketone bodies (from healthy fats) for energy. This metabolic shift supports weight loss, mental clarity, reduced inflammation, and improved longevity.

The GEARED2bewell program teaches you what to eat and why through easy-to-follow, guided instruction. Focus on higher healthy fat intake, moderate fatty protein, and very low carbohydrates to unlock your body's natural fat-burning potential.

Shop the perimeter of the grocery store -- that's where you'll find real, whole foods. Enjoy diverse vegetables, quality proteins, and healthy fats. Remember: real food is food that spoils. If it doesn't, it probably isn't real food.

Your Nutrition Roadmap

Know what to embrace and what to eliminate for optimal metabolic health.

Healthy Fats & Foods to Enjoy

  • Coconut, coconut butter, and coconut oil
  • Avocados and avocado oil
  • Chia seeds and freshly ground flaxseeds (organic)
  • Grass-fed, grass-finished beef
  • Raw, full-fat dairy products
  • Pasture-raised poultry and free-range eggs
  • Wild-caught fatty fish and bone broth
  • Organ meats
  • Sprouted organic nuts and seeds
  • Diverse leafy greens, mushrooms, broccoli, and kale
  • Olives and extra virgin olive oil

Foods to Eliminate

  • White flour and wheat flour products
  • Corn products and corn-derived oils
  • Added sugar in all forms
  • Breads, pasta, and white rice
  • Sweetened snacks, cookies, and cakes
  • Most boxed cereals
  • Sweetened drinks and fruit juices
  • Conventional low-fat dairy products
  • Meat from confined animal feeding operations
  • Foods with artificial coloring or dyes
  • Margarine and partially hydrogenated oils
  • Genetically modified canola and soybean oils

Dr. Korman's 5 R's of Daily Habits

A proven framework for replacing unhealthy habits with positive ones. Allow 30 days for new habits to become permanent.

Realize

Identify the trigger prompting change. Recognize the unhealthy patterns -- whether it's excessive soda consumption, a sedentary lifestyle, chronic stress, or poor sleep habits.

Repress

Create a concrete plan to discontinue unwanted behaviors. Write down the problematic habit and develop specific strategies to suppress it.

Replace

Substitute negative habits with constructive alternatives. Replace soda with water, sitting with walking, processed snacks with whole foods, and stress with gratitude.

Routine

Practice your new habits consistently for 30 days. Persistence is key -- acknowledge the challenges while finding enjoyment in the process of transformation.

Reward

Experience the benefits that reinforce continued practice -- weight loss, better sleep, increased energy, clearer thinking, and the confidence that comes with taking control of your health.

Keto Misconceptions

Separating fact from fiction about the ketogenic lifestyle.

01 Will I be nutrient deficient on a keto diet?

No. A person living a clean keto lifestyle actually gets more nutrients than someone on a standard diet. Wild-caught salmon provides omega-3s and amino acids, leafy greens like spinach and kale deliver vitamins A, calcium, and magnesium, and avocados are excellent calcium sources.

02 Is keto bad for heart health?

The clean keto lifestyle actually supports cardiovascular health through omega-3 rich foods and essential fatty acids. By eliminating inflammatory processed oils and sugars, you reduce the primary drivers of heart disease.

03 Don't we need carbohydrates to survive?

There is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. While there are essential proteins and essential fats that our bodies cannot produce, carbohydrates are not required. Your body can efficiently produce all the glucose it needs through a process called gluconeogenesis.

04 Isn't ketosis dangerous?

It is critical to distinguish between ketosis and ketoacidosis. Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a dangerous medical condition typically related to uncontrolled diabetes. Nutritional ketosis is a safe, natural metabolic state where the body efficiently burns fat for fuel.

05 Will I lose muscle on keto?

No. The ketogenic lifestyle supports healthy hormone balance that promotes lean muscle development and maintenance. Combined with moderate protein intake and regular exercise, keto preserves and builds muscle tissue.

06 What about the "keto flu"?

The keto flu is generally avoidable with proper preparation, adequate hydration, and maintaining electrolyte balance. Most symptoms are temporary and resolve within the first week as your body adapts to burning fat for fuel.