Your Way Back

Get your copy of The Gonzalez Protocol® Cookbook at newspringpress.com or CreateMyCookbook.com Until I was 35, my oven was where I kept my jewelry, and now I've written a 246-page cookbook.Before I married Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, I lived in a studio apartment in New York City with some of the best restaurants in the world outside my door. Cooking wasn't something I did. It wasn't something I wanted to do. Then I agreed to follow the Gonzalez Protocol® as a lifestyle, and suddenly the kitchen was no longer optional.My husband became my patient teacher. Reading food labels for the first time shocked me. Standing at a stove with no idea where to start was humbling.That stretch of my life is why this book exists. Knowing which foods fit your metabolic type is one thing. Turning those foods into a dinner your family actually wants to eat is another.The recipes came from more kitchens than mine. Dr. Gonzalez's own go-to meals are in there. So are Dr. Kelley's, Dr. Pottenger's, patient submissions, certified Gonzalez doctors, my mom, and Carol Alt. Ten friends tested every single recipe at their own stoves for months, grading each one from A to F on a one-page form, and only the A's made the cut.If the kitchen feels like one more hard thing right now, this episode is for you.You’ll Learn:[0:00] Introduction[2:25] The gap between metabolic typing and dinner on the table[4:11] Velma Kelley and cooking for someone you love[5:52] The no-nos box that kept recipes honest[8:14] Dr. Kelley's 11 grain cereal for every metabolic type[9:58] Roast chicken the whole family can share[12:00] Feeding a family of different metabolic types without three dinners[14:19] Pick one recipe and make it twice until it's yoursResources Mentioned:Nutrition and the Autonomic Nervous System by Dr. Nicholas J. Gonzalez | BookGonzalez Metabolic Type Test | WebsiteThe Gonzalez Protocol® Cookbook by Mary Beth Gonzalez | Book The Gonzalez Protocol® Cookbook Cooking Community | Facebook GroupFind more from Mary Beth:The Gonzalez Protocol® | WebsiteThe Gonzalez Protocol® | InstagramJoin the Truly Thrive Membership for just $60 annually, and get full access to exclusive members-only content, including bonus content and product coupons. You'll experience how The Gonzalez Protocol® is helping people understand the root causes of disease and live their lives to the fullest. Step into a new paradigm of medicine where ancient nutritional wisdom and modern science converge.Disclaimer:The information shared on Your Way Back is for education, not medical advice. Please work with your physician or healthcare provider when making decisions about your health.

Ready for a different conversation about your cancer care? Apply to be on The Gonzalez Protocol® and meet a doctor who listens first.A man in his 40s ate carnivore for eight months and watched his cholesterol climb past 1,000 while deposits broke through the skin of his hands and feet.Welcome back to Dr. Andre Williams, MD, a board-certified oncologist and certified Gonzalez Protocol® doctor, because he lives in both worlds and sees what happens when people copy a diet off TikTok instead of matching it to their biology.Here's the part the internet leaves out. For more than 40 years, from Dr. Kelley to my late husband Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, we've recommended carnivore-leaning diets on purpose, for the right people. The all-meat, no-vegetable, no-labs version you see online is not even close to what we teach.A published case shows kidney stones worsening after a YouTube-inspired switch to meat. Published carnivore studies found people falling short on vitamins C and D, magnesium, calcium, and iodine, and getting less than one gram of fiber a day.So who actually belongs on a carnivore-leaning diet, and who will slowly wreck their health trying it? If you've been guessing, this episode is the pause before the mistake.You’ll Learn:[0:00] Introduction[8:03] Telling real guidance apart from a carnivore sales pitch[12:34] JAMA Cardiology case of cholesterol over 1,000 breaking through the skin[15:45] Vitamin and fiber gaps the internet version never mentions[21:05] Why our carnivore diet is never purely carnivore[26:52] Why red meat matters for a parasympathetic dominant person[31:16] What happens when a sympathetic dominant person goes all in on meat[32:45] Weston A. Price’s findings and a vegetarian patient who needed animal protein[40:26] Moderate carnivore versus balanced carnivore explained[45:15] Source of the meat matters as much as the amount[51:42] Red flags that the carnivore diet is wearing you downResources Mentioned:Nutrition and the Autonomic Nervous System by Dr. Nicholas J. Gonzalez | BookGonzalez Metabolic Type Test | WebsiteNutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price | BookThe Gonzalez Protocol® Cookbook by Mary Beth Gonzalez | BookThis Cancer Patient Stopped Chemo & Went Into Remission (Here's How) | Spotify or AppleFind more from Dr. Andre:Dr. Andre Williams | Intro Video | Facebook | InstagramHealthy Reasonings | PodcastTeshuva Wellness | WebsiteFind more from Mary Beth:The Gonzalez Protocol® | WebsiteThe Gonzalez Protocol® | InstagramJoin the Truly Thrive Membership for just $60 annually, and get full access to exclusive members-only content, including bonus content and product coupons. You'll experience how The Gonzalez Protocol® is helping people understand the root causes of disease and live their lives to the fullest. Step into a new paradigm of medicine where ancient nutritional wisdom and modern science converge.References:Lietz A, Dapprich J, Fischer T. "Carnivore Diet: A Scoping Review of the Current Evidence, Potential Benefits and Risks." Nutrients, 2026; 18(2):348. | ArticleLennerz BS, Mey JT, Henn OH, Ludwig DS. "Behavioral Characteristics and Self-Reported Health Status among 2029 Adults Consuming a 'Carnivore Diet.'" Current Developments in Nutrition, 2021 | ArticleJAMA Cardiology case report — xanthelasma in a man in his 40s after 8 months on a carnivore diet (Jan. 2025) | ArticleThe American Journal of Clinical Nutrition — "You are what you eat — should it be all meat? Impact of the carnivore diet on the risk of kidney stone development" (Feb. 2025) | Article2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans — coverage and debate (Jan. 2026) | ArticleDisclaimer:The information shared on Your Way Back is for education, not medical advice. Please work with your physician or healthcare provider when making decisions about your health.

Apply to work with a Certified Gonzalez Doctor here.Nearly 50 million Americans have been told their immune system is the villain, but Dr. Marina Yanover argues it's the victim. One shift changes everything about how autoimmune disease gets treated.Dr. Marina Yanover is a naturopathic physician and acupuncturist, one of the few doctors officially certified in The Gonzalez Protocol®, a rare practitioner directly mentored by my late husband, Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, and the only person in the world who was both his patient and now carries on his work.Conventional medicine calls autoimmune disease idiopathic, which is a longer way of saying nobody really knows. The standard answer is to suppress the immune system, often for life.Marina sees it differently. Her question isn't how do we shut this system down. It's why did it break, and how do we rebuild it? She shares what she witnessed inside Dr. Gonzalez’s office as a young intern, what she learned sitting across from his patients, and what happened when she became a patient herself after a melanoma diagnosis.From leaky gut and candida misdiagnosed as MS to Lyme bacteria found in 20-million-year-old amber, this episode covers why 75% of autoimmune patients are women and the piano analogy that reframes the whole conversation.If you've been told your body turned on you, this episode offers a different story. Your body is not your enemy.You’ll Learn:[0:00] Introduction[3:15] Interning in Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez’s office after graduating Bastyr[6:55] Melanoma became the wake-up call that brought her back[13:42] The aura and belief that set The Gonzalez Protocol® patients apart[23:55] The common thread running under every autoimmune condition[28:39] Chronic inflammation as symptom rather than cause[34:05] A clean body means clean organs, not soap and water[42:25] Lyme found in ancient amber and the 5,000-year-old Iceman[51:42] Why all three protocol components must be done together[54:51] Metabolic type and why magnesium can backfire[1:03:59] First steps for anyone who suspects chronic illness[1:09:00] Three takeaways and a warning on stopping medication abruptlyFollow Your Way Back wherever you're watching or listening: on YouTube, on Spotify, or on Apple Podcasts, so every new episode comes straight to you. Come be part of the conversation in our Facebook community, The Gonzalez Protocol — you'll find it, and everything else, all in one place at linktr.ee/yourwaybackFind more from Dr. Marina Yanover:Big Apple Health | WebsiteFind more from Mary Beth:The Gonzalez Protocol® | Website | Instagram | YouTubeJoin the Truly Thrive Membership for just $60 annually, and get full access to exclusive members-only content, including bonus content and product coupons. You'll experience how The Gonzalez Protocol® is helping people understand the root causes of disease and live their lives to the fullest. Step into a new paradigm of medicine where ancient nutritional wisdom and modern science converge.Disclaimer:The information shared on Your Way Back is for education, not medical advice. Please work with your physician or healthcare provider when making decisions about your health.

Apply to work with a Certified Gonzalez Doctor here.Jafra credits The Gonzalez Protocol® with maintaining her remission after chemo damaged her heart and liver.My guest today is a current patient on The Gonzalez Protocol®, diagnosed with lymphatic leukemia in January 2024, who agreed to speak honestly about what her life actually looks like now.For years, people have asked me the same question in a careful, hopeful voice: does this protocol actually work for real people living real lives? Season one answered that with science, history, and long-term survivor stories. This episode hands the question to someone living it right now.Jafra doesn't sugarcoat the hard parts. The 3:30 AM supplement alarm. The enemas twice a day. The muscle wasting from five months in bed during chemo treatment. The brain fog and the dizziness that followed chemo. The strange experience of sitting in a hospital where her doctors have no curiosity about how she's maintaining remission without them.She also talks about her mother feeding her every day in the hospital, her brother and sister stepping in with her daughter, and the moment she decided she wasn't willing to let chemo keep damaging organs she couldn't replace, despite being made to feel she had no choice.If you or someone you love is sitting with a new diagnosis, her honesty is worth your time.You'll Learn:[0:00] Introduction[1:36] Lymphatic leukemia diagnosis and starting The Gonzalez Protocol®[2:10] Recovering from post-chemo brain fog and feeling better than ever[3:42] Eating carnivore and rebuilding muscle lost to five months in bed[6:05] Reaching remission while her hospital doctors show no curiosity[8:46] Inside Jafra's daily routine, from twice-daily enemas to a 3:30 AM alarm[12:16] Jafra's mother who urged her to think outside the box[15:10] Deepening faith and realizing her stressful career contributed to her leukemia[18:16] What she would tell someone just handed the same diagnosisResources Mentioned:Collection of Books by Our Patients | BooksNutrition and the Autonomic Nervous System by Dr. Nicholas J. Gonzalez | BookConquering Cancer Volume One by Dr. Nicholas J. Gonzalez | Book Conquering Cancer Volume Two by Dr. Nicholas J. Gonzalez | BookThe Trophoblast and the Origins of Cancer by Nicholas J. Gonzalez, MD & Linda L. Isaacs, MD | BookOne Man Alone: Dr. Kelley by Dr. Nicholas J. Gonzalez | BookProof of Concept by Dr. Nicholas J. Gonzalez | BookThe Maverick MD by Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez | BookFind more from Mary Beth:The Gonzalez Protocol® | Website | Instagram | YouTubeJoin the Truly Thrive Membership for just $60 annually, and get full access to exclusive members-only content, including bonus content and product coupons. You'll experience how The Gonzalez Protocol® is helping people understand the root causes of disease and live their lives to the fullest. Step into a new paradigm of medicine where ancient nutritional wisdom and modern science converge.Disclaimer:The information shared on Your Way Back is for education, not medical advice. Please work with your physician or healthcare provider when making decisions about your health.

Donate to The Nicholas Gonzalez Foundation to help us reach more patients around the world.Eleven years after losing my husband in my arms, I admit I set out to earn an A in grieving, and grief refused to grade on a curve.I'm the president of the foundation carrying on Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez's work, and I walk alongside people facing the deadliest of diseases, so I know grief isn't only what arrives after a loss. It also shows up the moment a serious diagnosis is spoken out loud.Some people call it anticipatory grief. I think of it as pending grief, the grief that comes before.I read every book, sat in every group, and listened to every psychic who claimed to have a message from Nick, testing each one with a password only he and I knew.Not one of them ever got it right.What I have now are a handful of voices that told me the truth, a faith that held me when I couldn't hold myself, and one old image of a ship slipping past the horizon that has become my truest picture of what happens when someone we love dies.If you're grieving someone who's already gone, someone still here, or someone you're afraid of losing, this one is for you. There is no map, and the absence of a map does not mean you are lost.You’ll Learn:[0:00] Introduction[4:53] The envelope that changed Mrs to Ms[10:19] Grief has no map and no finish line[14:27] C.S. Lewis and how grief feels like fear[20:14] Where did he go and the sixteen dreams[25:23] Say their name and ask to hear about them[30:53] Faith is what walks with you through the valley[33:30] Surviving the next ten minutes when a day is too much[40:18] The ship on the horizon and what death really isResources Mentioned:What to Say When Someone Dies by Laura Munson | ArticleA Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis | BookBroken Open by Elizabeth Lesser | BookCaravan of No Despair by Mirabai Starr | BookFinding Meaning by David Kessler | BookMaking Meaning Out of Grief by Brody, J. | ArticleWhat to Say When Someone Dies by Munson, L. | Article"Gone From My Sight" | Poem by Henry Van Dykefindahelpline.com - crisis and support lines by country | WebsiteInternational Association for Suicide Prevention's directory | WebsiteU.S.: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988) | WebsiteThe Book of Common Prayer"For to your faithful people, O Lord, life is changed, not ended; and when our mortal body lies in death, there is prepared for us a dwelling place eternal in the heavens.""O God of grace and glory… In your boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us faith to see in death the gate of eternal life, so that in quiet confidence we may continue our course on earth, until, by your call, we are reunited with those who have gone before; through Jesus Christ our Lord."John 11:25–26"I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die."Find more from Mary Beth:The Gonzalez Protocol® | Website | Instagram | YouTubeJoin the Truly Thrive Membership for just $60 annually, and get full access to exclusive members-only content, including bonus content and product coupons. You'll experience how The Gonzalez Protocol® is helping people understand the root causes of disease and live their lives to the fullest. Step into a new paradigm of medicine where ancient nutritional wisdom and modern science converge.Disclaimer:The information shared on Your Way Back is for education, not medical advice. Please work with your physician or healthcare provider when making decisions about your health.