
Low Carb MD Podcast
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S1 Ep 347Episode 347: Maria Claps and Kristin Johnson
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Kristin Johnson is a functional nutritionist with advanced training in holistic nutrition as well as a specialty in peri-menopause and menopause health. She is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition through the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, a certified DUTCH hormone test practitioner, and a graduate of the Nutritional Therapy Association's Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner program. In addition, she has special training in amino acid therapy for anxiety and mood disorders as well as mindset coaching to facilitate change. She completed a professional mentorship with naturopathic endocrinologist Dr. Rebecca Provorse in 2020 and is also a "recovering" corporate attorney. Maria Claps is a functional health coach with a specialty in peri-menopause and menopause. She graduated from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2013 and then went on to study in a hormone program for practitioners with Dr Sara Gottfried in 2014. She spent the first 8 months of 2015 completing the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Certification Program and, in 2017, completed the Menopause Method Program for Physicians with Dr David Rosensweet. She has been personally mentored by hormone scholar Dr Lindsey Berkson and naturopathic endocrinologist Dr Rebecca Provorse. She now mentors other health coaches and nutritionists to help them understand the unique and profound hormone changes of midlife. In this conversation, Brian, Tro, Maria, and Kristin talk about… Kristin and Maria's book, The Great Menopause Myth The usage of bio identical hormones in treating menopausal women The insufficiency of the standard medical response to women going through menopause How doctors can better respond to and treat women going through menopause How the health of every part of a woman's body—from toenails to eyes—is dependent upon estrogen How to effectively deal with stress For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Maria Claps and Kristin Johnson: Wise and Well: https://wiseandwell.me The Great Menopause Myth: https://wiseandwell.me/book/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wise_and_well_/ Additional Links: https://wiseandwell.me/insta-links/ Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://www.doctortro.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://doctortro.com/community/
S1 Ep 346Episode 346: Allison Herschede
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Allison Herschede is a Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, the author of a book about diabetes and pregnancy, and is the lead diabetes educator at diaVerge. She helps her clients consistently achieve normalized blood sugar levels, dramatically reducing their blood sugar averages and A1c. In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro, and Allison talk about… Allison's Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis and how she learned to reverse it How to determine the ideal ratio of fat to protein in your diet as a person with Type 1 How fasting and sleep quality factor into the life of a person with Type 1 The Type 1 Grit online community and the important role it has played in Allison's personal health journey Technologies that Type 1 diabetics may find useful How different forms of exercise effect the blood sugar levels of Type 1 diabetics Allison's #1 recommendations for those struggling with Type 1 The work of Dr. Richard K. Bernstein on Type 1 Diabetes For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Allison Herschede: Grit Pregnancies (book): https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Pregnancies-Healthy-Pregnancy-Diabetes/dp/1737084309?&linkCode=sl1&tag=diaverge-20&linkId=ce496d7d76ef7ae96790602c61157a91&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl diaVerge Website: https://www.diaverge.com Type 1 Grit Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Type1Grit/ T1 Pal: https://t1pal.com Allison's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gritcde/?hl=en Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://www.doctortro.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://doctortro.com/community/
S1 Ep 345Episode 345: Tia Reid
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Tia Reid, CDM, CFPP, MHP, faced a range of health challenges, including T2D, Metabolic Syndrome, Hypertension, Obesity, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver, Sleep Apnea, Adrenal Insufficiency, and carbohydrate addiction. Recognizing the need for self-management, she adopted the perspective of treating carbohydrates as an addiction and successfully addressing T2D and metabolic syndrome. This saved her life. With medical guidance and support from the LowCarb Community, Tia eliminated over 20 medications and lost 100 pounds, finding a renewed passion for life and a commitment to helping others. In this conversation, Brian, Tro, and Tia talk about… Tia's personal experience struggling with diabetes before she discovered the low carb diet Why you MUST seek support and help from others on your health journey Understanding addiction and carb addiction in particular The benefits and drawbacks of having a moderation strategy when it comes to 'cheat foods' Tia's amazing story of healing using diet and lifestyle interventions Family/friendship barriers that sometimes stand in the way of your health journey and how they can be overcome For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Additional Resources: SMHP: https://thesmhp.org/ Low Carb San Diego: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/sd-2024/ The Weight Loss Mindset Webinar: https://doctortro.com/the-weightloss-mindset/ Accountability and Support Small Group: https://doctortro.com/small-group-coaching/ Tia Reid: Twitter: https://x.com/carbaddictcoach Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://www.doctortro.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://doctortro.com/community/
S1 Ep 344Episode 344: Nurse Cindy
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Cindy Davis Mikolajczyk has been a registered nurse for 45 years and is the host of the Ask Nurse Cindy YouTube channel where she uses humor and easy to understand examples to help others on the journey to informed self care. Since discovering the power of ketogenic eating, Cindy has been passionately devoted to helping others discover the freedom found in fueling her body with low carb, high fat, medium protein foods. She is also an educator/teacher and was recently a speaker at the Low Carb Cruise. In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro, and Nurse Cindy talk about… Nurse Cindy's personal health journey from first grade to the present time The psychology of food addiction and the mental/emotional experience of a person struggling with obesity and binge eating Why Cindy stared the Ask Nurse Cindy Facebook and YouTube accounts How Nurse Cindy responded to naysayers and opposition to her new dietary approach Psychological challenges faced by people who suddenly, for the first time, achieve a healthy weight The power of the Single Decision The importance of functional exercise The prevalence of wound care patients who are diabetic or metabolically unwell The most important factors for success in a new change of lifestyle For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Cindy Davis Mikolajczyk: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asknursecindy/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AskNurseCindy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asknursecindy Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://www.doctortro.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://doctortro.com/community/
S1 Ep 343Episode 343: Jan Ellison Baszucki
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jan Ellison Baszucki is president of Baszucki Group and founder of Metabolic Mind. A former Silicon Valley fintech marketing executive, Jan is a writer, parent, mental health advocate and aspiring citizen scientist. She is the author of the national bestselling debut novel, A Small Indiscretion, which was a San Francisco Chronicle recommended book of 2015. Her essays have appeared in publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Writer's Digest, and her short fiction has received numerous awards, including an O. Henry Prize for her first published story. Jan holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford, and an MFA from San Francisco State University. She is currently at work on a memoir about her son's recovery from bipolar disorder with a 100-year-old metabolic treatment for epilepsy. In this episode, Dr. Brian and Jan talk about… How Jan's son found relief from bipolar disorder, addiction issues, and obesity by following a ketogenic diet The connection between following a ketogenic diet and improvement in sleep quality Why metabolic health and mental health are so interrelated The work and mission of the Baszucki Group and Metabolic Mind Why getting stress under control and getting social/family support are also essential for improving mental and metabolic health The physiological effects of psychological phenomena Lessons that nature teach us about human health Metabolic health at the cellular level The power of getting morning sunlight exposure For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Jan Ellison Baszucki: Baszucki Group Metabolic Mind Twitter Bipolarcast Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Toward Health App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 342Episode 342: Doug Reynolds
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Doug Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA—a platform offering a variety of educational tools and resources to medical practitioners and laypeople alike. He is also the President of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners—an organization founded to represent all researchers and practitioners working to improve metabolic health around the world through education, training, and support of evidence-based nutritional approaches, including carbohydrate restriction, as a valid therapeutic option or intervention. In this episode, Dr. Brian and Doug talk about how the SMHP (Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners) came to be, the purpose and vision of the SMHP, new developments in the SMHP such as the recently established Journal of Metabolic Health, the upcoming Symposium for Metabolic Health in San Diego, California (see show notes for details), and the benefits/dangers of sugar-free alternatives. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Doug Reynolds: SMHP LowCarbUSA Twitter Symposium for Metabolic Health – San Diego 2024 (Aug 15 – 18) Discount Code for Symposium for Metabolic Health: LOWCARBMD Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 341Episode 341: Dr. Matt Calkins and Dr. Laura Buchanan
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Laura Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and is on the board of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is on staff at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. Dr. Matt Calkins is board certified in family medicine and loves studying the science of longevity, the optimization of all phases of health, and applying his knowledge to physician and patient wellness. Matt earned his M.D. from the University of Florida and holds a B.Sc. in physics. He has published papers on food addiction, CGMs, and diabetes. In this episode, Tro, Brian, Matt, and Laura talk about the American Academy of Pediatrics' recent recommendations with regard to children and low-carb diets, the AAP's recommendations for children with regard to GLP1s and bariatric surgery, the differences between a low-carb diet that treats epilepsy and a low-carb diet tailored to treat metabolic disease, and why simply getting away from processed foods drastically improves health. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: AAP Publications referenced in this episode: Low-Carbohydrate Diets in Children and Adolescents With or at Risk for Diabetes Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity Management of Type 1 Diabetes With a Very Low–Carbohydrate Diet Dr. Matt Calkins: Twitter Aging Successfully Carbohydrate reduction for metabolic disease is distinct from the ketogenic diet for epilepsy Dr. Laura Buchanan: Twitter The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 340Episode 340: Scott and Camille of Improvisational Keto Kitchen
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. By the time Scott hit his late 40s/early 50s he weighed over 550 pounds thanks to his adherence to the standard American dietary/exercise advice. It was not until Scott began walking, fasting, and reading the work of Jason Fung and others that he was able to start dropping weight and getting healthy. Similarly, Scott's wife, Camille has been able to radically improve her personal health following the same dietary principles that her husband discovered. Together they run the website Improvisational Keto Kitchen—a site which provides a number of dietary tools, hacks, techniques, and recipes that Scott and Camille have adapted or developed to make the very low carbohydrate lifestyle not only sustainable, but enjoyable. In this episode, Tro, Brian, Scott, and Camille talk about the power of fasting, the work of Vinnie Tortorich and Jason Fung, the spiritual impetus for the beginning of Scott's weight loss journey, why abstinence is often better than moderation for those struggling to lose weight and/or stick with their diet, how Camille's arthritis, anxiety, asthma, fibromyalgia, and allergies have improved, how Scott and Camille support and help each other to continue down the path of health, the importance of having a 'why' motivating your health journey, avoiding the 'reformed smoker's mentality' after you discover a health lifestyle that works for you, and the power of consistent effort. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Scott and Camille: Improvisational Keto Kitchen Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 339Episode 339: Erika Bell and Judy Kohlheim
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Judy Kohlheim and Erika Bell met on the Clubhouse app in a keto community club created by Judy. They became fast friends and began talking/communicating outside of the app. Together, they are the brains and braun behind the Keto Orlando Summit. In this episode, Tro, Judy, and Erika talk about their keto origin stories, the inception of the Keto Orlando Summit, the damage done by the ADA to innocent people and families and why no one should trust the ADA for nutritional information, pregnancy and trying to get pregnant on the keto diet, and the lineup of the upcoming Keto Orlando Summit. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Judy Kohlheim and Erika Bell: Keto Orlando Summit Erika's Instagram Judy's Instagram Keto Orlando Summit Discount Code: DRTRO Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 338Episode 338: Judy Wolfe
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Judy Wolfe, a Certified Food Addiction Professional, SUGAR and HMA Certified through Bitten Jonsson, is a trailblazer in battling sugar and food addiction. She's a Co-founder of SUGARxGlobal.com, a 24/7 one-stop-shop recovery platform based on their unique C.A.R.E. System (Connection-Action Steps-Recovery Protection™-Education) for crushing cravings and sparking transformations. With a personal recovery journey spanning 33 years and impressively maintaining a 125-pound weight loss, Judy's practical, action-driven approach has positively impacted hundreds on their path to sugar/food addiction recovery. In this episode, Tro, Brian, and Judy talk about the genetic aspect of food/sugar addiction, the behavioral signs of a person struggling with food addiction, the time period for addiction recovery, philosophical issues with public policies that try to tax an addictive food substance into obscurity and disuse, why stress is the number one killer of the addiction recovery process, why moderation is emphatically NOT the answer for those who are truly sugar/food addicted, how diets don't work but good nutrition does, the beauty and power of community in the addiction recovery process, and the difference between an addict and a harmful user. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Judy Wolfe: SUGARx Global YouTube Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 337Episode 337: Dr. Robert Lustig
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Robert Lustig is Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Lustig has become a leading public health authority on the impact sugar has on fueling the diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome epidemics, and on addressing changes in the food environment to reverse these chronic diseases. He is also the author of many popular and influential books on the topics of nutrition and metabolic health (see links below). His qualifications, education, and full list of accomplishments are too extensive to list in their entirety here (see link below for his full bio). In this episode, Tro, Brian, and Rob talk about how Rob first discovered that fructose was so unhealthy, why suppressing insulin is key to metabolic health, why Western people in general are still opposed to or wary of the message that 'sugar is bad', why whole food diets are the ideal for human health, reasons why fiber in the diet is beneficial, why processed food may be a necessary evil in our modern food landscape and how we can make ultra-processed foods healthier in light of that possibility, the basic principles of making ultra-processed food healthier and what makes food healthy for humans in general, mitochondrial toxins (what they are, and where they come from), and the amygdala's role in psychiatric disease. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Robert Lustig: Website International Food Addiction Consensus Conference Books Full Bio Monch Monch Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 336Episode 336: Dr. Paul Kolodzik
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Paul Kolodzik is a double board-certified emergency and metabolic-health physician with thirty years of experience. As a private-practice metabolic MD, Dr. Kolodzik has used continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to help thousands of patients lose weight and prevent and reverse disease. In his first book, The Continuous Glucose Monitoring Revolution, Dr. Kolodzik presents a comprehensive program for metabolic-health success using CGM. He is also the Medical Director and Owner of Metabolic MD and is a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Physicians. In addition to holding a B.S. in Molecular Biology from Notre Dame and a Doctor of Medicine from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, he has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Dallas. In this episode, Tro and Paul talk about how the medical landscape and, specifically, the diabetes treatment landscape is changing, why CGMs are a huge part of this change in the landscape, why CGMs are so effective for weight-loss and diabetes reversal, how the changing landscape is a movement toward the democratization of health, whether the term 'reversed' is appropriate when speaking of diabetes and metabolic disease, a few key problems in the standard Western healthcare education model, and the benefits of smaller private medical practices that are owned by doctors. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Paul Kolodzik: Metabolic MD The Continuous Glucose Monitor Revolution TikTok Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 335Episode 335: Grace Price
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Grace Price is an 18 year old who has spent the past two years chasing after a cure for cancer. This chase led her ultimately to write, edit, produce, and direct the documentary film, Cancer: A Food-Borne Illness. The film follows Grace across the country as she searches for the lifestyle factors that are putting people at high risk for cancer. It turns out that one of the best ways to prevent cancer is simple: avoid sugar. In this episode, Brian and Grace talk about how Grace first became interested in nutrition and cancer prevention, how AI can be implemented in educational settings for more efficient learning, the importance of keeping an open mind and staying unbiased in the pursuit of truth, how to effectively promote the message of good nutrition, processed food and mental health issues, Grace's future plans with regard to cancer-prevention research and filmmaking. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Grace Price: Twitter Cancer: A Food-Borne Illness (Documentary) Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 334Episode 334: Dr. Robert Lufkin
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Robert Lufkin is a physician/medical school professor (UCLA and USC) focusing on the applied science of health, longevity, and consciousness. After reversing chronic disease and transforming his life he is making it his mission to help others do the same. In addition to being a practicing physician, he is author of over 200 peer reviewed scientific papers and 14 books that are available in six languages. Robert has given invited lectures/keynotes around the world, and was named one of the '100 Most Creative People in Los Angeles' by Buzz Magazine. His latest book "Lies I Taught In Medical School" has just been released. In this episode, Drs. Brian and Robert talk about how Dr. Robert discovered low-carb and began championing the diet as an intervention to treat chronic disease, Dr. Robert's new book, "Lies I Taught In Medical School," why drugs are not sufficient by themselves to properly treat metabolic disease, how processed-junk food negatively impacts our mental health, why seed oils are so unhealthy, how to deal with and walk through stress in a healthy way, why mindset and the spiritual aspect of life is a factor in physical well being, the mTOR molecule and how it relates to longevity, how muscle mass is connected to longevity, processed food addiction and how to begin the journey of recovery, and Dr. Robert's current longevity/metabolic health related projects. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Robert Lufkin: Website Twitter Instagram Linktree Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 333Episode 333: Marcus Clark
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Marcus Clark, due to work stress, COVID, and poor diet ended up weighing around 360 pounds. Recently, with the help of Dr. Tro and his team, he has officially lost 160 pounds! Marcus is a highly skilled Media Producer and the Owner of Red Owl Studios. In this episode, Tro, Brian, and Marcus talk about Marcus' personal health journey, how he discovered Dr. Tro and the keto diet, the mental aspect of the weight-loss journey, how to keep yourself on track when you slip a little bit in your commitment to your diet, why CGMs are an amazing tool for weight-loss, what it is like working with Dr. Tro and his team, Marcus' experience with hospital food and the hospital's nutritional recommendations post-surgery, why dietary fiber is generally overrated, and the role that exercise played in Marcus' weight-loss journey. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Marcus Clark: Red Owl Studios Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 332Episode 332: Dr. Caryn Zinn
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Caryn Zinn is an internationally-recognised leader and advocate of the whole food, low carbohydrate, healthy fat (LCHF) nutrition and lifestyle approach and its application to metabolic health and sports performance. Caryn is an academic, an author and a registered dietitian, with over 25 years of consulting experience. She obtained her qualification as a dietitian in 1995 from the University of Cape Town after studying a Bachelor of Science degree, followed by a Nutrition & Dietetics, Honours degree. Since moving to New Zealand in 1995, she has obtained her Masters degree in sports nutrition and her Doctorate in the area of weight loss. She works at AUT as a senior lecturer and nutrition researcher, and continues to maintain her private practice nutrition work. In this episode, Tro, Brian, and Caryn talk about how Caryn found her way into the low carb philosophy, the host of benefits accompanying the low carb lifestyle, why the calories-in/calories-out model is insufficient to address the obesity epidemic on its own, why there is resistance to the low-carb message in the field nutrition and diet, Caryn's current government-funded research project on the low carb diet and diabetes, why the medical world in general has been so slow to accept the low carb dietary therapy as a treatment for diabetes, and flaws in the patient care philosophy of the medical system in the West. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Caryn Zinn: Caryn Zinn Nutrition Twitter Journal of Metabolic Health Article on the Application of Carbohydrate-Reduction in General Practice (Medical Audit by Dr. Zinn and Dr. Hawkins) Academic Profile Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 331Episode 331: Luis Villasenor
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Luis Villasenor is the founder of Ketogains—a personal coaching and nutrition/fitneess education website. He is also an international speaker, nutritionist, personal trainer, teacher, and bootcamp coach. Luis is regarded as one of the most experienced and knowledgeable persons on Low-Carb / Ketogenic dieting and is the "go to guy"when applying a Low-Carb diet for Bodybuilding and Strength Training. Luis has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration & Marketing and Nutrition & Sports Sciences, as well as numerous certifications in Nutrition, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding, and is a guest lecturer and teacher in several Universities. In this conversation, Brian, Tro, and Luis talk about Louis' personal health journey, Louis' struggle with anorexia and general bad health, why muscle mass is one of the keys to longevity, why not all carbs are created equal, the impact that anxiety has on physical health, Binge Eating Disorder and food addiction, why stress, sleeplessness, and poor mental health are the root factors causing obesity, how a person can develop their will power "muscle," why it is not too much protein but, rather, drugs and carb cycling that causes kidney problems in the body builder population, wether or not you need to eat lots of carbs to build muscle, the best whole food protein sources, the benefits of creatine, wether fasting plays well with muscle gains, and why protein shakes are not an ideal protein source. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Luis Villasenor: Ketogains Instagram Linktree Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 330Episode 330: Joan Denizot
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Joan Denizot is an inspiring speaker and inclusive business consultant who empowers organizations to embrace diversity, foster inclusivity, and drive positive change. She is the founder of Zize Bikes—a company that creates bikes that transcend conventional limits and empower individuals of diverse body sizes—and is also an author. Her most recent book, Big Body Business, redefines business success beyond profits, advocating inclusivity, comfort, and transformation. In this episode, Tro and Joan talk about weight stigmatization and its negative impacts, why Joan founded Zize Bikes, what goes into engineering a bike that is comfortable to use for an obese person, small things that medical offices and other businesses can do to better accommodate overweight patients/customers, terminology and labels that are appropriate terms for referring to overweight people, the pros and cons of the body positivity movement, psychological hardships that overweight people are prone to as a result of their size, and why For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Joan Denizot: Big Body Business (Book) Zize Bikes Website Body Ready Facebook Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 329Episode 329: Mike Roberto
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Mike Roberto is the CEO of PricePlow—a supplement industry education and media website—podcaster, and author of the PricePlow Blog. PricePlow began as a deals website for nutritional supplements and vitamins, but has evolved into so much more as Mike's journey towards optimized healthspan opened the doors to several discoveries. In this conversation, Brian, Tro, and Mike talk about the inception of PricePlow, how Mike became interested in supplements and diet, the evolution of the supplement industry, how you can find out if your supplements are high quality and pure, why liver health is so crucial for overall health, vitamin D and A supplements, Metformin and Berberine, topical magnesium, the value of various protein powders, whether plant-based protein powders are worth using, labeling and quality laws governing the supplement industry, minerals and vitamins that most people are deficient in, the most universally beneficial supplements that almost everyone could be taking, and Vitamin A toxicity. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Mike Roberto: Twitter PricePlow Instagram YouTube Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 328Episode 328: Dr. Thomas Hemingway
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Thomas Hemingway is a physician, podcaster, author, speaker, and health coach. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in 2002 with the Doctor of Medicine Degree and then completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006. He received his Board Certification in Emergency Medicine from the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) in 2007. Dr. Hemingway has special interests in holistic health and wellness, preventative medicine, and nutrition. In this conversation, Brian and Thomas talk about the importance of viewing health from a holistic perspective, genetic versus lifestyle for determining health outcomes, the "FMSGs" acronym for having a healthy lifestyle, how simply avoiding highly processed sugars, grains, and seed oils can dramatically improve your health, how simply eating whole foods will drastically improve your health, and the great importance of gut health and how you can promote gut health. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Thomas Hemingway: Website Instagram YouTube Twitter Linktree Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 327Episode 327: Carnivore JT
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jason (aka. Carnivore JT) is a fitness and food influencer with a passion for helping people with their diet and fitness goals. He is an animal based content creator, podcast host, and author of The Carnivorous Cookbook. His podcast, The Inner Carnivore Podcast, is a deep dive into the world of carnivore and animal-based diets. In this conversation, Tro and Jason talk about eating carnivore on a budget, carnivore and cerebral palsy, carnivore grocery shopping hacks, why fast food is a rip off AND horrible for your health, Jason's personal health history and how he found the carnivore diet, and gym bro nutrition versus carnivore. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Jason (Carnivore JT): Facebook Instagram The Inner Carnivore Website Linktree The Carnivorous Cookbook Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 326Episode 326: Matt Codde
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Matt Codde is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people struggling with OCD & Anxiety take back control of their lives. He is the creator of the Triple-A Response—an approach to breaking out of the OCD & Anxiety Loop. He is the author of From Stuck to Unstuck and is the host of The OCD and Anxiety Show. In this conversation, Tro, Brain, and Matt talk about breaking the cycle of stress and anxiety, mastering the emotion of fear, learning to process and release emotions, the connections between body and brain, the effects of alcohol, sugar, and caffeine on mental health, associations between emotional patterns and certain diseases, how people justify/rationalize OCD and anxiety behaviors, the pluses and minuses of stoicism, the five things everyone can do to be healthier, and the Triple-A Response approach to breaking free from OCD/Anxiety. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Matt Codde: Restored Minds YouTube Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 325Episode 325: Luc Hagenaars, Ph.D., M.Sc
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Luc Hagenaars, Ph.D., M.Sc., is a policy advisor and researcher with a fascination for addressing the social and commercial determinants of health. His scientific expertise concerns the analysis of health policy innovations with case studies, system mapping and applied policy process theory. He has extensive experience in developing health policy through his previous work at the Dutch Ministry of Health. He is Assistant Professor Health Policy Analysis at Amsterdam UMC and a visiting scholar at the University of California, San Francisco. Hagenaars received his Ph.D. from the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, and his M.Sc. in global health from Maastricht University. In this conversation, Tro and Luc talk about how Luc's interest in the social determinants of health came to be, a recent study looking at why the field of obesity prevention is stuck and how it could be unstuck, the issue of weight stigma and how it relates to the 'health at every size' movement, finding effective solutions to the obesity problem, how to influence government policy to embrace effective solutions, how companies try to influence your food buying decisions at the grocery store, how big food companies push back against positive health movements, and Dr. Luc's current research projects. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Luc Hagenaars, Ph.D., M.Sc.: Research Paper Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 324Episode 324: Dr. Ahmad Malik (Part 1)
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is Part 1 of a 2 part interview. Dr. Ahmad Malik has been a doctor for 25 years and an orthopaedic consultant surgeon for 12 years. After his late father's illness, he became disillusioned with mainstream medicines' inability to tackle the root cause of chronic illness and its infatuation with Big Pharma products. For Dr. Malik, the Covid years and the resulting destruction of medical ethics were a real eye-opener. Frustrated with the lack of truth and honesty in mainstream media, he decided to provide an alternative platform to have honest conversations with fascinating people. In this conversation, Tro and Ahmad talk about what makes a great podcast that people actually want to listen to, Ahmad's journey from childhood to medical school to , Ahmad's parents and how they motivated him to achieve what he has achieved, what are the qualities of a great surgeon, an inside look at hospital politics in the UK, Ahmad's discovery of proper human nutrition and his transition to private practice, Ahmad's response to the vaccine mandates, Brexit, and the inception and progress of Ahmad's podcast and online presence. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Ahmad Malik: Twitter Substack Podcast Additional Links Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 323Episode 323: Mary Dugandzic
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Mary Dugandzic is a Physician Assistant and former Medical Assistant at Tro's clinic. She did her undergrad at Binghamton University and did her PA training at Marist College. She is now back at Tro's clinic—this time as a Physician Assistant. In this conversation, Tro and Mary talk about why Mary chose to go into medicine, how her perspective on the traditional approach to medicine and medical care has changed over the years, all that is involved in going to PA school, a case report on a young man with Cushing's Disease that both Tro and Mary worked on recently, and the experience of switching from PA school to working in a clinic or hospital. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Mary Dugandzic: Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 322Episode 322: Drs. William Cromwell and Nick Norwitz
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. William Cromwell is board-certified in Family Medicine and Clinical Lipidology with over 20 years of clinical research experience. Dr. Cromwell received his MD from Louisiana State University and completed his residency at the Trover Clinic Foundation in Madisonville, KY in 1990. Since completing residency, he has held numerous concurrent roles, practicing medicine, teaching at various universities, and serving as Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, and Principal Investigator at organizations nationwide. Dr. Nick Norwitz completed his PhD at Oxford and is currently working on his MD at Harvard with the aim of becoming a physician scientist. His career goal is to help change the medical system to a patient-collaborative and metabolic-medicine first system. In this episode, Drs. Tro, William, and Nick talk about a recent meta analysis on the relationship between saturated fat intake, BMI, and LDL on a low carb diet, an overview on the history of knowledge about saturated fat and cholesterol, and Statins versus Oreos. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. William Cromwell: Twitter Precision Health Reports Dr. Nick Norwitz: Twitter YouTube Video Abstract Oreo Cookie Treatment Paper (**CALL TO ACTION** to Tweet the paper with the link in the tweet within the first 280 characters. Helps Altmetrics) Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 321Episode 321: RD Dikeman, PhD
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. R.D. Dikeman, PhD, is a theoretical physicist and loving husband of Roxanne Dikeman, PhD, a clinical psychologist. Their world was turned upside down when their young son David was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. After following conventional dietary advice for this condition led to uncontrollable blood sugar, dangerous "hypos," and many sleepless nights, R.D. discovered the work of Dr. Richard Bernstein, MD, a medical doctor who has used a low-carbohydrate diet to control his own type 1 diabetes for more than fifty years and pioneered some of the most groundbreaking research on low-carbohydrate diets for diabetes in the modern era. Through working closely with Dr. Bernstein and as a founder of the Type One Grit online community, R.D. has helped provide thousands of other individuals and families living with type 1 diabetes with information to reduce the threat of complications and attain the truly normal blood sugars that all type 1 diabetics deserve. In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and RD talk about what drew RD into the world of Type 1 Diabetes treatment, RD's son's Type 1 diagnosis, how the Type One Grit group came to be, why low carb is the optimal diet for diabetics, how to still eat what you want on a low-carb diet, big problems with the ADA, why Type One athletes do better on a low carb diet, the upcoming Low Carb Boca conference, and why having courage and integrity is needed in order to bring life saving information to Type One diabetics. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: RD Dikeman, PhD: Typeonegrit Facebook Page Twitter Diabetes University Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 320Episode 320: Dr. Thomas Weimbs
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Thomas Weimbs received his doctoral degree from the Department of Biochemistry of the University of Cologne, Germany, in 1993. He conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Anatomy, University of California at San Francisco until 1999. In the same year, he joined the Department of Cell Biology in the Lerner Research Institute of the Cleveland Clinic as an Assistant Professor where he established his research laboratory focusing on investigating membrane trafficking and epithelial cell polarity as well as molecular mechanisms underlying polycystic kidney disease. In 2005, Dr. Weimbs was recruited to the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and moved his laboratory to UCSB. Dr. Weimbs is currently an Associate Professor in MCDB and in the Neuroscience Research Institute. In this episode, Drs. Tro and Thomas talk about how Dr. Thomas became interested in researching PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease), what PKD is, research that Dr. Thomas has done on the impact of ketosis on PKD, a recently published paper on the negative impact of the ketogenic diet on kidney health, how Dr. Thomas' colleagues have reacted to his research, and lifestyle intervention programs using ketogenic metabolic therapy. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Thomas Weimbs: Weimbs Lab Twitter Research LinkedIn Facebook Group Santa Barbara Nutrients Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 319Episode 319: Dr. Diljan Mansoor
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Diljan Mansoor is an advocate for low-carb diets as a treatment for metabolic illnesses. He is an internal medicine doctor and is Nepal's first low carb practitioner. His non-conventional low-carb approach to fixing chronic disease drew the attention of regulatory authorities and he was soon shut down. He was finally able to reopen his clinic, and he now conducts one-on-one sessions, helping metabolically ill patients improve their health through dietary intervention. In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Diljan talk about how Dr. Diljan discovered the low carb diet, how and why his clinic was shut down by the authorities, effectively progressing the low-carb message, the amazing work that Dr. Diljan has been doing with his patients, and the value of individualized care. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Diljan Mansoor: Facebook Instagram YouTube Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 318Episode 318: Dr. Christopher Netzel
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Christopher Netzel is board certified in pain medicine and anesthesiology. He earned his doctorate degree with University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison in 2014. He wrote the guidelines for dorsal root ganglion stimulation as well as conducted research on preoperative opioid use and outcome after spinal surgery. His medical residency in anesthesiology was completed at University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison. Later, Dr. Netzel completed a fellowship in Pain Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Christopher talk about how Dr. Christopher got into medicine, how to help overweight patients begin their health journey without overwhelming and discouraging them, the relationship between diet and chronic pain, putting diabetes into remission and treating peripheral neuropathy, heart disease and low carb dieting, why bariatric surgery, though sometimes necessary and useful, is not a permanent/comprehensive weight-loss solution, and other current pain treatment options and drugs. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Christopher Netzel: Coastal Health Instagram Facebook Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
S1 Ep 317Episode 317: Dr. Christy Kesslering
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Christy Kesslering started out in conventional medicine as a Radiation Oncologist. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from UCLA and attended medical school at Loyola University Chicago-Stritch School of Medicine. She finished her Radiation Oncology Residency at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2000 and has been treating patients in the Chicagoland area since that time. She realized that something was missing from conventional medicine and did additional studies to improve outcomes with cancer but also saw many other diseases improve. She has done additional studies in the fields of Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and the Terrain-Theory of cancer. She is a Terrain Certified Practitioner trained by Dr. Nasha Winters and is a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She has been actively incorporating metabolic health practices into the care of oncology patients for many years. She has been named a Top Doctor multiple times by Castle Connelly and Chicago Magazine. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Dr. Christy talk about how Dr. Christy got into medicine and oncology specifically, helping patients understand cancer and the steps they can take to address it, taking a metabolic approach to cancer treatment, treating prostate cancer, the usage of metformin to treat disease, the various diets that are helpful for cancer prevention and the diets that are not helpful, how to address the root cause of cancer rather than merely applying bandaids, the proliferation of carcinogenic substances in every day products, how to optimize your life to beat cancer, chemo on keto, and the failure of modern medicine to successfully and adequately address chronic diseases. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Christy Kesslering: KessRx Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 316Episode 316: Employee Wellness Story 8 with Mark Gaunya
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #8 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of the founder and CEO of Captivated Health, Mark Gaunya. He has dedicated his entire career to helping other corporations become self-funded when it comes to health insurance. He uses innovative techniques to help companies save money and deliver cost-effective care while improving the health of their employees. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Mark Gaunya: Email: [email protected] Captivated Health NABIP Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 315Episode 315: Employee Wellness Story 7 with Mark & Melissa
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #7 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Mark and Melissa—employees at Laitram who have collectively lost over 100 pounds and reversed their disease. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 8 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 314Episode 314: Employee Wellness Story 6 with Barbara
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #6 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Barbara—an employee at Laitram who was part of Dr. Tro's initial 12 person pilot program offered to employees of the company. Thanks to the help she has received from the program, she has completely turned her health around and lost 132 pounds (down from nearly 300 pounds)! Check back in tomorrow for Episode 7 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 313Episode 313: Employee Wellness Story 5 with Randy & Debi
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #5 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Randy and Debi—two employees of Laitram who were able to lose excess weight, lower their blood pressure, and reduce chronic pain with Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. In addition to sharing about their past experience with dieting and weight-loss, Randy and Debi relate how Dr. Tro's program is different from past, failed programs they've tried. Ever heard of a downward spiral? According to Randy, following Dr. Tro's program is an 'upward spiral' as far as overall quality of life is concerned. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 6 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 312Episode 312: Employee Wellness Story 4 with Melissa
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #4 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Melissa. She has lost over 100 pounds working with Dr. Tro and his team at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss and Direct Primary Care. She shares about her experience gaining weight, learning about metabolic health, and losing the weight. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 5 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 311Episode 311: Employee Wellness Story 3 with Franck LaBiche
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #3 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Frank LaBiche—the HR Director at Laitram, a Louisiana-based manufacturing company. Frank approached Dr. Tro about bringing his Employee Wellness Program to the employees of Laitram. Frank has been at Laitram for 28 years—9 of those years as the Director of HR. As of 2 years ago, he has been working with Dr. Tro to improve employee metabolic health using low-carb dieting, community, and support. Addressing the root causes of disease with lifestyle intervention is not only good for individuals, but it is good for a company's productivity and success. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 4 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 310Episode 310: Employee Wellness Story 2 with Jay Lapeyre
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #2 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Jay Lapeyre—the President of Laitram, a Louisiana-based manufacturing company. Jay holds an MBA as well as a JD from Tulane University. He is also part of the Louisiana Business Association and other not-for-profit organizations. He is committed to and invested in the health and wellness of his employees. With the help of Dr. Tro and his team, Jay has provided his employees with the opportunity to lose weight and achieve good metabolic health. See the previous episode in this series (Episode 309) to hear the story of one of Jay's employees who took advantage of this opportunity. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 3 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 309Episode 309: Employee Wellness Story 1 with Gregg
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #1 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro's Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Gregg—a long-time employee of Laitram, a Louisiana-based manufacturing company. Though Gregg struggled with his weight for many, many years he has now lost 115 pounds! It all began when Laitram brought Dr. Tro in to offer his Employee Wellness Program to their employees. Gregg shares about his experience trying a low-carb diet for the first time as well his experience working with Dr. Tro and his health coach, Brian. Additionally, Gregg talks about the support and education he has received from Dr. Tro and his team. Thanks to his new lifestyle and diet, Gregg was able to go to Disney World with his three-year-old grand daughter in January 2023, ride the rides, and walk for miles and miles every day. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 2 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 308Episode 308: Dr. Amy West
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Amy West is a specialist in sports medicine, physical medicine, and rehabilitation. Amy completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard-Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and her fellowship in Sports Medicine at Maine Medical Center. Dr. West is actively involved in the CrossFit community and CrossFit Games Medical Team. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Dr. Amy talk about Amy's career path, the field of physiatry, the principles of Crossfit, starting Crossfit as an overweight person, what sets Crossfit apart from other gyms, the downside of workout machines, the connection between mental, physical, and metabolic health, muscular and skeletal health, big companies influencing nutrition and exercise guidelines, widely circulated lies about dietary protein, the importance of functional strength training, and the importance of improving balance and glute strength. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Amy West: Instagram Twitter Linktree Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 307Episode 307: Bob Collins
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Bob Collins spent 25 years serving in law enforcement in New York City. About 7 years ago, he discovered the ketogenic/low-carb diet and was able to revolutionize his personal health picture. In addition to turning his health around and losing about 80 pounds, he has also been able to come off of medications for chronic Lyme disease, blood pressure, and acid reflux. He is the co-founder of Lions Fit 4 Life, a website promoting a low carb and ketogenic Diabetes Awareness program. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Bob talk about the unfortunate power that shame and embarrassment wields against you in your struggle to recover your health, the place of exercise in overall health, dealing with Lyme disease and how low-carb can help, fighting for health while working in law enforcement, being ok with small beginnings on your health journey, finding purpose and finding your 'why', the necessity of making time for your mental health, and how Bob and Dr. Tro met. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Bob Collins: Lions Fit 4 Life Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 306Episode 306: Samuel Miller
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Samuel Miller had 85 degree kyphoscoliosis before he discovered how to allow his body to heal itself. His solution involved developing strength in various muscles in his body—especially the psoas muscles—targeted breathing, and holding various positions. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Samuel talk about the lackluster solutions offered by the medical system to chronic issues, the process of Samuel's healing journey, the Schroth Method for treating scoliosis, using your breath to heal the body, the healing power of gratitude, Adverse Childhood Experience scores and their relation to the development of chronic issues in the body, exercises and breath work to elongate the spine, and the importance of n=1 experimentation for unlocking your healthiest possible self. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Samuel Miller: Instagram Posture Correction Dojo TikTok Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 305Episode 305: Larry Sharpe
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Larry Sharpe is a business consultant, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Previously, he was a gubernatorial candidate in the state of New York. He is also a veteran of the USMC, a husband, a father, and an advocate of the keto diet. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Larry talk about how Larry discovered the keto diet, emotional eating and self-consciousness, carbohydrate addiction and its ill-effects, the psychology of addiction, social pressure to conform to the standard American diet, New York politics with regard to nutrition and agriculture, why carbs are non-essential in the human diet, philosophical issues in federal patent law, counter productive government programs, why the medical establishment is not optimized to make people healthy, and why Libertarianism has not caught on en masse in the United States. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Larry Sharpe: Twitter Website Instagram Linktree Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google
S1 Ep 304Episode 304: Dr. Steven Palter
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Steven Palter is the Founder and Medical and Scientific Director of Gold Coast IVF in Woodbury, NY. He has dedicated his career to making the dreams of infertile couples come true and is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of fertility treatment. Previously a member of the Yale faculty, he was Clinical Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and the Founder and Director of many additional programs including the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship and the Yale Oncofertility Program. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the leading minimally invasive surgery society in the world, the AAGL. In this conversation, Drs. Tro and Steven talk about the holistic approach to infertility care, what it means to be an OBGYN and a reproductive endocrinologist, the degree to which nutrition and metabolic health are factors in infertility, why the medical system is geared toward volume rather than excellence and success, how to determine whether or not you should find a new doctor, the usage of low-carb diets as treatment for PCOS, and principles of successful patient empowerment. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Steven Palter: Gold Coast IVF Instagram YouTube Get Pregnant Now (book) Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 303Episode 303: Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng is the author of "Unapologetic Leadership: Finding The Moral Courage To Do The Right Thing." A leading figure in the realm of critical care, Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng stands at the forefront as the head of critical care, championing a holistic approach to healthcare. He is the visionary behind "Solving Healthcare Media," a platform that serves as a beacon for those seeking transformative healthcare solutions. He is a Critical Care and Palliative doctor and an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa. In this conversation, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Kwadwo talk about what made Dr. Kwadwo want to become an ICU doctor, why taking a preventative approach to healthcare is the most efficient way to treat patients any way you look at it, how to reduce unnecessary health care spending while increasing the quality of health care, how to change systemic issues in health care, what it means to be an effective and inspiring leader, the value of listening to patients and hearing what their goals are, and oversight and irresponsibility on the part of governments and pharmaceutical companies with respect to the COVID vaccines For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng: Kwadcast Instagram Linktree Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 302Episode 302: Dr. Maira Soliani
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Maira Soliani is a low-carb anesthesiologist from Brazil. Dr. Soliani graduated in 2009 and concluded her anesthesiology specialty in 2013. She holds a PhD since 2016 from Campinas State University (UNICAMP) in Brazil. After realizing that a great part of her patients' postoperative complications were closely related to modern chronic metabolic diseases and that low-carb, high-healthy-fat (LCHF) diets and fasting could prevent them from becoming sick in the first place, she started treating patients with metabolic diseases and obesity in her clinic in Brazil. In this conversation, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Maira talk about the work of Gary Taubes and Dr. Jason Fung, how Maira started treating patients using a low-carb lifestyle intervention approach, how often a doctor should meet with a patient for optimal results, the logistics and organization involved in providing excellent, dedicated service to a large amount of patients, defining and treating food addiction, loneliness, metabolic disease, and mental health, the importance of social support as a factor for success with one's diet, the power of mindset, studies on the placebo effect, the power of motivational interviewing, and The Hacking of the American Mind by Robert Lustig. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Maira Soliani: Facebook Linktree Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 301Episode 301: Dr Roshani Sanghani
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr Roshani Sanghani is the founder of Reisaan Health and Aasaan Health Solutions. She is an American board-certified endocrinologist whose practice focuses on Internal Medicine, hormone imbalance, weight management, the thyroid, diabetes and metabolism. In this conversation, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Roshani talk about how Dr. Roshani became interested in internal medicine and lifestyle disease, what has caused increasing diabetes rates in India, the medical system's approach to diabetes generally in India, the steady rise in popularity of lifestyle intervention and low-carb, the data showing the power of stress and lack of community to make you sick, the problems with the calories-in calories-out model, the phenomenon of 'skinny fat' in Asian cultures, potential health concerns for those who do not eat meat, the health benefits of using apple cider vinegar, cooking oils in India, and the value of common sense, traditional nutritional wisdom. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Roshani Sanghani: Instagram Reisaan Health Linkedin YouTube Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 300Episode 300: Dr. Andrew Mente
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Andrew Mente received his doctoral degree in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. He completed post-doctoral training in cardiovascular epidemiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and is currently an Associate Professor in Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University. Dr. Mente has studied the role of dietary sodium and cardiovascular diseases in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study—a study whose findings call into question the dietary guidelines around fat, carbohydrates and salt. In this conversation, Drs. Tro and Andrew talk about the impact of dietary salt intake and mortality, the methods used to study how much sodium people are consuming, the history of research on sodium intake and its relation to mortality, the optimal sodium intake range for humans, the history, methods, and findings of the PURE study, the risk to human health that arises from eating processed carbohydrates, the interesting issue of 'healthy user bias' in epidemiological studies, dairy intakes and health outcomes, and red meat and health outcomes. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Andrew Mente: Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 299Episode 299: Tamzyn Murphy and Dr. Hassina Kajee
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Tamzyn Murphy is a registered dietitian with a Master's Degree in Physiology (Dist.) in which she investigated Low Carbohydrate High Fat Diets and Type 2 Diabetes. She is a key member of the Nutrition Network team. Tamzyn is also co-founder of Real Food Dietitians, a private dietetics practice focusing on Keto diets, where she consults with patients and runs Low Carbohydrate Challenges. Dr. Hassina Kajee specialised as an Internist and then landed her dream job heading up the High Care Unit of a teaching hospital in South Africa. As her patient population became younger and more patients were being admitted with chronic disease, some under the age of 30, she realized she needed to evolve her practice. She embarked on a journey to empower patients and health care providers alike with nutrition and lifestyle education in order to transform their health. Thus it was that she co-founded Nutrition Network, an educational platform that was instrumental in bringing Keto education to thousands of health care practitioners and nutrition advisors across the globe. In this conversation, Brian, Tro, Hassina, and Tamzyn talk about the mission and goals of Nutrition Network, Nutrition Network's newly released textbook, Ketogenic: The Science of Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction in Human Health, the groundbreaking work of Prof. Tim Noakes, how the keto diet puts the power to be healthy back into the patients' hands, how Dr. Kajee and Tamzyn found their way into nutrition and metabolic health, For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Nutrition Network: Ketogenic: The Science of Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction in Human Health Nutrition Network Dr. Hassina Kajee: Facebook Website Instagram Tamzyn Murphy: Facebook Real Food Dietitians Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more
S1 Ep 298Episode 298: Kristin Johnson and Maria Claps
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Kristin Johnson is a functional nutritionist with advanced training in holistic nutrition and a specialty in peri-menopause and menopause health. She is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition, a certified DUTCH hormone test practitioner, and a graduate of the Nutritional Therapy Association's Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner program. She completed a professional mentorship with naturopathic endocrinologist Dr. Rebecca Provorse in 2020 and is half—along with her partner, Maria—of the health coaching business, Wise and Well. Maria Claps is a functional health coach with a specialty in peri-menopause and menopause. She graduated from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2013 and then went on to study in a hormone program for practitioners with Dr Sara Gottfried in 2014. She completed the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Certification Program and, in 2017, completed the Menopause Method Program for Physicians with Dr David Rosensweet. She has been personally mentored by hormone scholar Dr Lindsey Berkson and naturopathic endocrinologist Dr Rebecca Provorse. She now mentors other health coaches and nutritionists to help them understand the unique and profound hormone changes of midlife. In this conversation, Tro, Brian, Kristin, and Maria talk about how Kristin and Maria met and founded Wise and Well, why Kristin transitioned from being an attorney to working in nutrition, how Kristin and Maria approach treating menopausal and peri-menopausal women, the place and purpose of various hormones in women's health, the effects of stress and spirituality on hormonal and metabolic health, and the deficiencies of the standard practice of medicine and coaching. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Wise and Well: Wise and Well InstaLinks Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more. Apple Google Learn more