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title: "020: Danny Vega - Keto Counterculture / Fat Fueled Family"
description: Danny Vega, Keto Counterculture and Fat Fueled Family, is a jacked, wise, considerate, and generous philosopher-king of keto who uses carnivore and ketogenic diets to optimize lifting, endurance, and life performance.
image: https://www.scottmys.com/hubfs/Danny%20Vega%20Keto%20Carnivore%20Athlete.jpg
---

# Podcasts

## [020: Danny Vega - Keto Counterculture / Fat Fueled Family](https://www.scottmys.com/podcast/danny)

** November 23, 2018 / by [Scott](https://www.scottmys.com/podcast/author/scott)

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**Danny Vega** ([**@KetoCounterCulture**](https://www.instagram.com/ketocounterculture)  / [**FatFueledFamily**](https://www.fatfueled.family/)) is an **expert in strength, conditioning, and performance**, and how to apply nutrition to optimize all of these. I’ve been following Danny for years and I would describe him as a **jacked, wise, considerate, and generous philosopher-king of keto**. Danny has a MS in Human Performance from the University of Florida. His passions include **ketogenic and carnivore **dieting, strength and conditioning, stoicism, libertarianism, and of course, raising his sons Dean and Desmond in a holistic way with his equally amazing wife Maura.

![Danny Vega Keto Carnivore Athlete](https://www.scottmys.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Danny%20Vega%20Keto%20Carnivore%20Athlete.jpg?width=483&name=Danny%20Vega%20Keto%20Carnivore%20Athlete.jpg)

[![Listen to the Carnivore Cast podcast on Apple](https://www.scottmys.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Apple%20Podcasts%20black.png?width=352&name=Apple%20Podcasts%20black.png)](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/carnivore-cast/id1431449603)

 

 

Danny and I dive into:

- How he got into keto and sharing his story through social media
- Keto for strength training vs. endurance
- Moving from keto to carnivore and back
- Flexibility around adding small amounts of carbs for performance
- Keto/carnivore for body composition and hypertrophy training
- His daily diet
- Keto/low carb for kids
- Fasting
- Fat vs. protein
- The value of experimenting vs. consistency
- Loving what you do and leaving your day job
- And much more!

 

Check out the [**HVMN podcast**](https://hvmn.com/podcast) for more on keto and performance, as well as their recent series on carnivore!

 

 Where to find Danny:

- [Ketocounterculture instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ketocounterculture/)
- [Fat Fueled Kids instagram](https://www.instagram.com/fatfueledkids/)
- [Fat Fueled Family site](https://www.fatfueled.family/)
- [Fat Fueled Family podcast](https://www.fatfueled.family/podcast/)
- [Ketogenic Athlete podcast](https://theketogenicathlete.com/category/podcast/)
- [Fat Fueled Family youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ydh36IFXuAtZUPyBjcTLg)
- [Fat Fueled Family facebook](https://www.facebook.com/fatfueledfamily/)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/fatfueledfamily?lang=en)

 

 

What questions would you like answered or who would you like to hear from in the carnivore or research community?

 

Let me know on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/CarnivoreCast), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/carnivorecast/), and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/CarnivoreCast/?modal=admin_todo_tour). You can also email me at [info@carnivorecast.com](mailto:info@carnivorecast.com).

 

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#### Written by [Scott](https://www.scottmys.com/podcast/author/scott)

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