Layla McGowan

Layla McGowan is an avid weightlifter who first began eating a ketogenic ancestral diet to help heal metabolic damage done by several years of calorie-restricted "IIFYM" (if it fits your macros) style dieting. Although she was lean and very active, she found herself feeling perpetually exhausted, suffered debilitating hip inflammation, experienced frequent bouts of inexplicable mood swings, and was unable to maintain her preferred body composition despite eating a very meager "clean" low-calorie diet. Eating ketogenically has allowed her to reverse her metabolic damage, reconnect with her body's satiety cues, and fuel her performance without having to obsessively weigh, measure, and track every dollop of food.

She has a deep passion for cooking and has fond childhood memories of learning how to prepare traditional Korean dishes at the heels of her mother. She first began writing ketogenic recipes as a hobby born out of frustration over the glut of cheese-heavy, vegetable-sparse meals that typify run-of-the-mill ketogenic cooking. She is known for adapting ethnic dishes and creating colorful, nourishing meals.

You can interact directly with Layla on the Keto Reset Facebook group, where she is a moderator and loves to contribute to the thriving "keto tribe" by providing thoughtful advice about all aspects of ketogenic and Primal living or follow her training on Instagram @strong.and.wellfed.