Low Carb MD Podcast

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dan Gutierrez is a Fitness Coach and Owner at RADD CrossFit in Long Island. Along with his wife and brother, Dan and his team have been working to help people achieve success on their metabolic health journey. In this discussion, Brian, Tro, and Dan talk about the need for fitness experts and physicians to connect for the benefit of their clients and patients, the relationship between exercise and metabolic health, the relationship between exercise and mental health, understanding the human need for fulfillment, the story of RADD CrossFit, the value of community for personal success, how to keep people motivated to accomplish their goals by uncovering the 'why' behind those goals, and building long-term resistance to unhealthy habits. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dan Gutierrez: RADD CrossFit Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. In this special episode, Dr. Tro is joined by Dave Feldman, Dr. Nick Norwitz, and Dr. Adrian Soto Mota. In this podcast, Doctor Tro interviews these guests, who are also his co-authors, on their new paper published in the journal Current Developments in Nutrition. The paper found that there may be ways to predict which people will experience a rise in their LDL on a low carb diet and those who won't. Furthermore, they showed in a case series of patients from Doctor Tro's office that this high cholesterol may be reversible with the re-introduction of carbohydrates. In this conversation, Tro, Nick, Adrian, and Dave talk about the fruits of their research and years of labor. Among the topics discussed are the elimination of biases from research findings and observations, the lean mass hyper responder phenotype, how to determine individual likelihood of risk for various diseases, observations on fluctuations in LDL cholesterol and its relationship to dietary saturated fat, current research projects in the works, and the psychology of Twitter hate. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: View the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab144 Dr. Nick Norwitz: Twitter Dr. Adrian Soto Mota: Twitter Dave Feldman: Twitter Citizen Science Foundation Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Menno Henselmans is the Founder of Henselmans Personal Training Certification Program, experienced physique coach, award winning model, speaker, and published scientific author. He has a passion for bringing data-driven, scientific information to the fitness industry and has has spent much energy and effort toward that end. He is also the author of The Science of Self-Control. In their discussion, Brian, Tro, and Menno talk about the pros/cons of carbohydrate intake for different kinds of athletes and various forms of exercise, whether training in a fasted state is beneficial or not, the anabolic window, the relationship between weight loss, mental health, and strength training, the relationship between stress and weight regain, why using food as a reward is a bad idea, primary drivers of food intake and "cheating" on your diet, and tips for staying the course with your health goals. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Menno Henselmans: Website Book Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Aseem Malhotra is a cardiologist, author of The Pioppi Diet and A Statin-Free Life (available November 16), a public health campaigner, and has received numerous accolades and awards over the course of his medical career. Dr Malhotra is an NHS Trained Consultant Cardiologist, and visiting Professor of Evidence Based Medicine, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Brazil. He is a world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is honorary council member to the Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford University school of medicine California, and is Cardiology MSc examiner at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is a founding member of Action on Sugar and was the lead campaigner highlighting the harm caused by excess sugar consumption in the United Kingdom, particularly its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Aseem Malhotra: Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. In today's episode, Dr. Tro is joined by Brian Wiley, Amy Eiges, and Dr. Natasha Larmie. Brian and Amy are health coaches at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. Between the two of them, Brian and Amy have lost over 300 lbs following the ketogenic/low-carb diet! Natasha (@thefatdoctoruk) graduated from Barts and The London Medical School in 2003 and has rotated through several hospital posts over the course of her medical career—General Medicine, General Surgery, OBGyn, Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics and Paediatrics. Around the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she began a personal health journey that led her ultimately to a life-changing discovery—the low-carb/ketogenic diet. In their conversation, Tro and his guests discuss the "health at every size" movement, the failure of the medical system with regard to providing effective solutions for people with obesity, the absurdity of making people weigh their food as part of a weight loss strategy, the relationship between real food diets and mental health, harmful and unproductive stigmas surrounding obesity and weight, how to reach people out there who are in despair of ever finding a sustainable and effective weight loss plan, why focusing primarily on the numbers on the scale is putting the cart before the horse, the journey of becoming a restrained eater, the proper place/understanding of exercise in the context of total health, and why fear and shame are not effective motivators to change. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Natasha Larmie: Website Podcast Brian Wiley: Articles, Blogs, and Podcast Episodes Instagram Amy Eiges: Articles, Blogs, and Podcast Episodes Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Jodi Nishida is a Pharm D, based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Jodi is the owner & primary provider of The Keto Prescription in Honolulu. She received her PharmD degree from the University of Southern California and is the only accredited Metabolic Health Practitioner in Hawaii specializing in low carb, ketogenic nutrition. After an encounter with Jimmy Moore's book, Keto Clarity, she adopted the keto diet as an experiment. After six months on the diet, she saw her severe psoriatic arthritis go into remission! In their conversation, Brian, Tro, and Jodi discuss how many regulations are involved in trying to help people, the sad reality that there are some dishonest hustlers in medicine, strategies for dealing with carbohydrate addiction in patients who are new to keto, what it takes to open a private practice specializing in low-carb and keto in the modern health world, the necessity for a network of good people working together to make an effective alternative, lifestyle-focused healthcare system work, the tragic lack of compassion that plagues medicine, and the economic efficiency of focusing healthcare on prevention and reversal via lifestyle intervention. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Jodi Nishida: Website Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Cian Foley is a Software Engineer from Waterford, Ireland and also a 2 time European, pan-American and World amateur kettlebell champion. At the age of 35, Cian was obese and suffered from related pain. He has since totally transformed himself into a healthy and fit athlete as a result of his journey of discovery through the world of exercise and nutrition. He has developed his own nutritional guidelines called Don't Eat for Winter. In their discussion, Brian, Tro, and Cian talk about year-long autumnal eating in modern society, the place of acorns and oak trees in the history of the human diet, the hunger-inducing effect of eating carbs and fat together, wether people would generally choose health if they had all of the information they needed to achieve ideal health, strategies for beating addiction, brown fat, the importance of having the ability to have open discussions in the health field, cutting weight for sports and competition, For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Cian Foley: Don't Eat for Winter Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Charles Mattocks is a chef, actor, filmmaker, producer, and a father. After working as an actor, he made a drastic career change and began wading into the world of health and diabetes. His journey has ultimately brought him full circle back to film and television. He is the creator of the TV show Reversed. In their discussion, Brian and Charles talk about experimenting with diet and learning to reverse one's emotional, spiritual, and physical state, the danger to society when you as an individual don't choose to do what is right in spite of challenges, and strategies for spreading nutrition and health information to people. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Charles Mattocks: Website Twitter Reversed YouTube Channel Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jeff Kotterman is a licensed Master Sports Nutritionist (the first in San Diego!). He is also a coach, mentor, teacher, speaker, researcher, and is the founder of the TriSystem Health Network. In addition to holding every certification the NASN has to offer, he has earned a degree in health and physical education from the College of New Jersey in Trenton and holds additional certifications from AFAA, ACE, and NAFC. In this conversation, Brian, Tro, and Jeff discuss genetic predisposition to obesity, the social and environmental factors of obesity, the powerful partnership of diet and exercise, how hyper-palatability can diminish the feeling of being full, strategies for avoiding relapses and binging, meal frequency, how to keep your patients motivated on their dietary journey, avoiding nutritional 'martyrdom,' the proper uses of food, and when it is appropriate to use whey protein on a low-carb diet. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Jeff Kotterman: TriSystem Health Network Linkedin Facebook Email: [email protected] NAS Nutrition Phone: 1-800-538-2348 Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Michelle Hurn is a Registered and Licensed Dietician, author, and LCHF (Low Carb, High Fat) advocate. She is the author of The Dietitian's Dilemma whose subject is the treatment of the root cause of disease through diet. She is also a running enthusiast and has participated in several Ultra Running events. In their discussion, Brian, Tro, and Michelle talk about the lack of sufficient emphasis on nutrition training in medical education, the misguided and misinformed acceptance of processed carbs and sugars by so many, mental health outcomes of real food diets, the importance of considering the emotional component of metabolic health and weight gain, the value of meditation, prayer, and community for mental health, being ok with being an outlier for the sake of your health and well-being, and the devastating mental health effects of anorexia. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Michelle Hurn: The Dietitian's Dilemma Instagram Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Philip Ovadia is a heart surgeon and the founder of Ovadia Heart Health whose stated purpose is, "helping our patients make changes through dietary and lifestyle interventions based on the most up-to-date scientific knowledge." His passion is teaching patients how to stay off of his operating table by fixing their metabolic health. In their discussion, Brian, Tro, and Philip talk about strategies for confronting the health epidemic in the United States, the centrality of metabolic health when it comes to avoiding disease, why obesity is not the only indicator of poor metabolic health, triglycerides as a marker for metabolic health, and learning to look at your health as a system rather than a short term goal. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Philip Ovadia: Website Twitter Facebook I Fix Hearts Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Jamie Seeman is a Board Certified OB-GYN and the host of the Fit and Fabulous podcast. She earned a B.S. in Exercise, Nutrition, and Health Sciences and earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at Nebraska School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Nebraska Medical College and is a fellow in Integrative Medicine at the Center for Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona. Dr. Brad Winterstein is a Bariatric and General Surgeon practicing at Nebraska Methodist Hospital. He is Board Certified in General Surgery and completed his training and surgical residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. In this episode, Brian, Tro, Jamie, and Brad discuss Upgrade Performance Institute (Brad and Jamie's new joint project), Dexa Scan analysis, supplements and the supplement industry, and a medical care system that puts the power to be healthy back into the patients' hands. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Jamie Seeman: Upgrade Performance Institute Mid-City OB-GYN Instagram Email: [email protected] Dr. Brad Winterstein: Upgrade Performance Institute Nebraska Methodist Hospital Email: [email protected] Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. In this episode, your very own Dr. Tro Kalayjian sits down in the guest chair for an interview with Dr. Brian Lenzkes. Dr. Tro is a board certified Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine Physician. He has published research on a multitude of topics including Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, and Severe Hypertriglyceridemia. He is the co-host of the very popular Low Carb MD Podcast (as you probably know!) and is a pioneer in the areas of Telehealth and Direct Primary Care. In their discussion, Drs. Brian and Tro talk about the evolution of their medical careers and patient care philosophies over the past several years, problems with the normative system of medical care, the importance and value of each individual choosing to do what they know is right in spite of the potential resulting hardship, the huge gap between having a scientific understanding of how weight loss works and being able to personally lose weight, and the beautiful blessing of growing and being a part of a supportive, loving community. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Rotimi Rainwater is a film maker, documentarian, writer, and producer. He is the creator of the films Sugar and Lost in America. Since beginning his low-carb journey he has lost 105 pounds! In this discussion, Brian and Rotimi talk about using food as an emotional release, how to fix your relationship with food using low-carb, how to plan for success when entering into a situation where you will be tempted to cheat, learning to enjoy the journey of health, Rotimi's upcoming film projects, and finding the "why" that motivates you in your health journey. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Rotimi Rainwater: IMDb Twitter Lost in America Film Village Entertainment Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. John Speakman is a highly successful and decorated biologist, researcher, and author with special interest and expertise in the areas of energy balance, factors that limit expenditure, the genetic and environmental drivers of obesity, and the energetic contribution to ageing. He has been internationally recognized by Chinese, American, and European institutions for the contributions he has made to his field of study, and is the recipient of many awards for his work (too many to list in a short bio). In their discussion, Drs. Brian, Tro, and John talk about how Dr. Speakman became interested in/introduced to energy expenditure, the difficulties and nuances involved in working with patients to help them change their eating behaviors to lose weight, studies related to the above issue, sensory specific satiety, why certain people can lose weight on a low fat diet while others lose weight on a low carb diet, postprandial dipping and related studies, the place of CGMs in the future of obesity research, and differing models of what causes hunger. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. John Speakman: Twitter Energetics Research Group Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Joining Brian on the podcast this week is Low Carb USA founder and CEO, Doug Reynolds. He is also the founder of the recently formed non-profit organization, the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, whose stated purpose is to "reverse the increasing prevalence of noncommunicable, lifestyle-related diseases, influenced by metabolic dysfunction and insulin resistance." Brian and Doug discuss the birth of Low Carb USA, the myriad benefits of low carb, the birth of the SMHP, and the speaker lineup for the Low Carb USA 2021 conference. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Doug Reynolds: Low Carb USA Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This week's episode features your hosts, Dr. Brian Lenzkes and Dr. Tro Kalayjian. For the first time, these co-hosts have the opportunity to interview each other and ask many questions about upcoming projects, their respective medical practices, and topics/questions that have been on their minds. Brian and Tro discuss lessons they have learned from the experience of starting their own private medical practices, the realization of what brings real joy in life, working to build something bigger than yourself, the top 4 co-morbidities associated with COVID related deaths, the effectiveness of the available COVID vaccines, and the importance of common sense and honest evaluation of available data. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Elie Jarrouge is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Doctor based in Houston, Texas. He did his Internal Medicine Residency and Nephrology Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also Board Certified in Nephrology. In this episode, Brian, Tro, and Elie talk about the intimate relationship between poor metabolic health and a multitude of diseases, the COVID Delta Variant, what inspired them to become doctors, the many benefits of the direct primary care model of medical care, physician burnout, and the power of community when it comes to staying consistent with a diet. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Elie Jarrouge: Website Instagram Twitter Linkedin Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Daniel Wiseman (aka. @SteakAndIron on Twitter) has been practicing and promoting the Low Carb Diet for many years. As a young man, he encountered numerous health issues which caused him to begin exploring the world of dieting. This journey ultimately led him to the discovery of low-carb dieting and he has been going strong ever since. In this episode, Brian, Tro, and Daniel talk about junk food, the struggle of living the keto life with a sweet tooth, getting dietary advice from 4Chan, the importance of dietary self-experimentation, the anthropological/historical perspective on the natural human diet, tribalism within dietary communities, dietary virtue signaling, and environmental vs genetic factors in obesity and diabetes. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Daniel Wiseman: Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. P.D. Mangan is a microbiologist, health and fitness coach, and anti-aging expert. He is the founder of Rogue Health and Fitness and is dedicated to teaching the science-based way to eat right, get fit, and live long. He is also a weightlifter and researcher. In this discussion, Tro and P.D. talk about prevailing public opinion regarding the health consequences of consuming meat versus what studies reveal about eating meat, the presence of meat historically in the human diet, the need for a change in public perspective on dietary fats, the types of foods that actually cause metabolic disease, and why people don't need to work out as much as they may think to see gains. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: P.D. Mangan: Twitter Instagram Website Book Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Christine Najjar is a Board Certified Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine physician. She studied biochemistry at McGill University, earned a Masters in Nutrition at Columbia University while finishing medical school at the same time. She did her Internal Medicine residency at University of Connecticut. In this episode, Tro and Christine talk about the Armenian and Lebanese diets, the severe lack of good nutritional information in medical education, why the calories-centric model of weight loss is not sufficient for dealing with weight loss, why the academic nutritional community is stuck in this old calories/energy way of thinking, the importance of paying attention to how you feel and getting your information from objective data, and what the ideal patient looks like. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Christine Najjar: Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Kara Collier is a Registered Dietician, Licensed Dietician/Nutritionist, and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician specializing in glucose control and metabolism. She is the Co-Founder and Director of Nutrition at NutriSense where she has been helping thousands of people achieve metabolic health and learn about their bodies. In their discussion, Brian, Tro, and Kara talk about treatment versus prevention, deficiencies in medical education, the vision and goals of NutriSense, the value of putting a patient's health back into their own hands with technologies like the CGM, corporate wellness, the mental and environmental factors involved in metabolic health, and the hormonal versus the calories model of health. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Kara Collier: NutriSense Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Kevin Gendreau is a board certified physician, obesity medicine specialist, and primary care doctor. In order to cope with his father's cancer diagnosis, he turned to food and ended up weighing over 300lbs. After losing both his Father and his Sister to cancer, he decided to make a change in his eating habits. After living a low carb life and employing intermittent fasting for 18 months, he had lost 125lbs! In this discussion, Brian and Kevin talk about eating clean, the mental health benefits of ditching processed junk food, the importance of satiety as a factor for success on your diet, the process of recovering from sugar and carb addiction, and why stress is a major component of weight gain. Links: Dr. Kevin Gendreau: Twitter Website Instagram 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food Fasting While Furious (Book) Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Prof. Matthew Liao holds the Arthur Zitrin Chair of Bioethics as well as the Directorship for the Center for Bioethics at New York University. He was Deputy Director and James Martin Senior Research Fellow in the Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University. He was the Harold T. Shapiro Research Fellow in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University in 2003–2004, and a Greenwall Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and a Visiting Researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University from 2004–2006. In May 2007, he founded Ethics Etc, a group blog for discussing contemporary philosophical issues in ethics and related areas. He is interested in a wide range of issues including ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, moral psychology, and bioethics. In this discussion, Tro and Matthew talk about the diverse human activities which negatively impact the environment, whether or not the raising and consumption of livestock is one of those activities, which human behaviors contribute the most to human-caused damage to the environment, and the ethics of human engineering as a solution to environmental damage. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Prof. Matthew Liao: Website Twitter The Right to be Loved Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Paul Kolodzik is the Medical Director and Founder of East Indiana Recovery. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, the Wright State University College of Medicine, and did his Residency in Emergency Medicine at WSU. In this episode, Brian, Tro, and Paul discuss the benefits of the direct primary care service model of healthcare, the inefficiencies of the medical system, the treatment of alcohol addiction, whether abstinence is the ultimate goal for every patient on the road to recovery, and the Sinclair Method. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Paul Kolodzik: East Indiana Recovery Metabolic MDs Sinclair Method Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Vera Tarman is a leading expert on food addiction and—through her writings, speaking, and workshops—has been helping patients overcome their addictions to sugar and processed food for many years. She is the author of several books on the topic of food addiction and hosts her own podcast in which she talks with expert guests about health, nutrition, and addiction. In this episode, Brian, Tro, and Vera discuss why the idea of food addiction has been so slow to catch on in the medical industry, the need for clinical research on food addiction, the relationship between stress and weight gain, the problem of hyper-palatable foods, whether there is any benefit in using sweeteners instead of sugar to help kick a sugar addiction, how to find support for your addiction recovery journey, and whether moderation is possible for true addicts. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Vera Tarman: Website Podcast Books Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Kristina Hess is a health coach and clinical nutritionist. She attended Wesleyan University and obtained her Masters in clinical nutrition from Maryland University of Integrative Health. She is also a Certified Nutrition Specialist and is further certified in Mindful Eating, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, Sport Nutrition, and Heartmath. She is currently in the process of becoming certified in Nutrigenomics as well. In their discussion, Tro, Brian, and Kristina talk about the value of understanding the specifics of one's genetics for optimizing nutrition, how genetics can explain why certain diets work for certain people and not others, certain dietary guidelines that will generally work for all people, the pros and cons of including dairy in one's diet, and the importance of knowing when to use low-carb replacements for sugary/processed foods and when to cut them out. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Kristina Hess: Coaching Website The Keto Nutritionist Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Sam Apple is a health care and medical writer. He did his undergrad at University of Michigan, his masters at Columbia. He has worked for University of Pennsylvania, is currently on the faculty of the MA in Science Writing and MA in Writing programs at Johns Hopkins, and has written extensively on metformin and metabolic health. Soon, he will be releasing his brand new book, Ravenous, which tackles, among others, the subjects of the Warburg Effect and metabolic health's relationship to cancer. In this discussion, Tro, Brian, and Sam talk about the role of metabolic health in preventing cancer, the effect that hyperinsulinemia has an cancer growth, the Warburg Effect and the work of Otto Warburg as it pertains to cancer cell research, how sugar, stress, and poor sleep habits raise insulin, the unfortunate lack of emphasis on preventative treatments for cancer in research, how the rise in cancer diagnoses follows the same curve as the rise of the western diet, and whether there is a diet out there that treats cancer. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Sam Apple: Website Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Mark Prince is the CEO of Qardio MD. He got his undergraduate degree at Bennington University and went to Boston University for his MBA. He began his career in the field of life sciences before transitioning to consumer electronics. He has over 20 years of experience in the development and launch of innovative new products and brands. In this discussion, Tro, Brian, and Mark discuss the benefits of remote patient care, the place that remote patient monitoring will have in the future of health care, future prospects for Qardio, how remote monitoring technologies have benefitted Tro and Brian's patients, and factors that effect blood pressure readings. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Mark Prince: Qardio MD Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Laura and Chris Spath have lost 250 pounds combined due to their joint adoption of the carnivore diet. After years of yo-yo dieting and struggling with their weight, these two were able to turn the tides. Today they are here to share their inspirational story with us and let us know how they achieved such remarkable weight loss. In this discussion, Tro, Laura, and Chris talk about carb and sugar addiction, the 'learned helplessness' that can keep one trapped in a vicious cycle of eating processed food, how to stop failing at failing to stick with your diet, low carb replacements for sugary foods, how stress eating can still effect a person following the carnivore diet, the power of a supportive community for achieving weight loss goals, and tips for setting up an effective defense against the impulse to eat processed, sugary foods. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: The Spaths: Laura's Instagram Laura's YouTube Channel Link Tree Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Joining us today is Dr. George Condrut who is a Family Medicine doctor practicing in Ottawa. He completed his Family Medicine Residency at the University of Ottawa in 2006 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. George shares the story of how he discovered that fasting and low-carb dieting could be used to treat patients with obesity and metabolic disease. Dr. Condrut and Dr. Tro also discuss some of the older studies and research they had to uncover in order to discover the low-carb path to health. In their discussion, George and Tro talk about time restricted eating, the work of Jason Fung, why women have a harder time losing weight than men, incredible improvement of symptoms from idiopathic afflictions while on a low-carb/fasting treatment plan, the relative difficulty of getting CGMs to patients in Canada, and weight loss drugs, For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jason Jodway is a man who has been on a wild journey of weight loss, having lost over 315 pounds! At one point, he weighed over 500 pounds. Due to his resolve and determination to regain his health and achieve a healthy weight, he was able to overcome the bad nutrition advice, lifelong obesity, and lack of good information that was holding him back. In this episode, Tro and Jason discuss growing up as the fat kid in school, coping mechanisms used to deal with the stress of being overweight, the shame and guilt involved in being an overweight person with food addiction, how Jason discovered the low carb diet by examining the research for himself, the power of satiety, controlling your food environment for success, stress induced binge eating and tips for avoiding it. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Jason Jodway: Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Joining the show today are Drs. Jason Fung and Doug Gwinn. Dr. Gwinn is a Family Medicine doctor who practiced for thirty-five years until his retirement. He found himself with kidney disease, hypertension, and metabolic disease. Due to his discovery of Dr. Fung, he has been able to improve his kidney function and overall health by implementing fasting and the ketogenic/carnivore diet. In this discussion, we discuss the potential benefits of a carnivore diet for back pain and kidney function, the relationship between lifestyle decisions and likelihood of developing kidney disease, ways in which the current medical system is broken, and Dr. Gwinn's personal experiments and experiments with the keto and carnivore diets. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Jason Fung: Twitter Website Dr. Doug Gwinn: Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are very excited to bring you this interview with Dr. Layne Norton—a bodybuilding coach, pro bodybuilder, pro powerlifter, and founder of Carbon and BioLayne—David Mathas—a health coach and former army medic—and Randy—a man with an amazing health journey who is currently working on his Masters in Psychology. In the first hour of this interview, Randy shares the story of his incredible health journey from weighing, at one point, 500lbs, to today, having lost 285lbs and being in the best shape of his life. He talks about the different types of diets he tried along the way, the psychology behind his successes and failures, and how he utilized psychology to motivate himself into re-dedicating himself to health after re-gaining a lot of weight. Additionally, David Mathas talks about how he worked with Randy as his health coach to tailor a way to help him lose all of the weight he had put back on. He shares about how to not only achieve weight loss, but how to achieve weight loss sustainability, and the importance of building muscle for weight loss. In the second hour, Layne, Brian, and Tro discuss flexible dieting, the psychology behind binge eating and different perspectives on how to address it, and the importance of weight loss for achieving metabolic health. Listen to the end for a special guest appearance from a mystery guest! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Layne Norton: Website David Mathas: Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. David Avram Wolfe MS, RD, LDN, FAC, SUGAR is a Food Addiction Counselor, Sugar Addiction Coach and a Registered Dietitian. He has degrees in Culinary Arts and Culinary Nutrition as well as a Masters degree in Nutrition. In our discussion with David, we discuss the nature and signs of food addiction, the shame that comes from being addicted and feeling powerless, how addiction tends to 'transfer' from one substance to another when a person is making an effort to recover, treating the addictive tendency itself versus treating addiction to a particular substance, the relationship between stress, anxiety, and falling off the wagon, and the importance of community and family support in recovery. Additionally, we discuss the brain's amazing ability to rationalize any self-destructive decision, the power of hope and feeling free, the idea of hunger versus desire, and how LowCarb works wonders for recovering from food addiction. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: David Avram Wolfe: Twitter Website Fork in the Road Book 5 Day Crush Your Cravings Challenge Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Katherine Eban is an investigative journalist with contributions to Vanity Fair and the New York Times, is a best-selling author of two books, and has received much praise and numerous awards for her journalism. She was educated at Brown University and Oxford—at which school she was a Rhodes Scholar. In our discussion with Katherine, we talk about her work investigating the FDA and Big Pharma, the corruption she discovered during her investigation, conditions under which many of the low-cost drugs in the market are made overseas, how companies would go to amazing lengths to falsify data, the level of fraud discovered in drug manufacturing plants in India and China, and strategies for how the FDA could better enforce compliance to their standards. Additionally, Katherine shares some practical advice for how doctors can take in and use the information from her investigations to help their patients. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Katherine Eban: Website Books Guide to Investigating Your Own Drugs Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Sean O'Mara is a Performance and Longevity MD/Researcher, Speaker, and 2016 NSF Grant Recipient. He is founder and operator of MedCon Wellness—a medical practice dedicated to reversing & preventing chronic disease. Dr. O'Mara is determined to do more than simply treating disease symptoms, and, by innovatively exploiting both science and nature along with proprietary technology, he achieves amazing results with his patients. In our discussion, we talk about Dr. O'Mara's personal experience with and discovery of the low carb/high fat way of eating, the structure of a hypothetical, future health care system built to serve a healthy population rather than a diseased population, financial conflicts of interest in the current insurance model of health care, why visceral fat works so well as a metric for measuring metabolic health, the relationship between visceral fat loss and insulin resistance, the relationship between the microbiome and metabolic health, and foods that help build a healthy microbiome. Additionally, we converse about processed keto replacement foods that contain sugar alcohols and pre-biotic fibers and their effect on the gut microbiome, why visceral fat is a better marker than subcutaneous fat, high intensity exercise, the difference between exercise and activity, how to determine what is the right diet for you, how fermentation effects foods high in carbohydrates and makes them better food sources for humans, and a look at Dr. O'Mara's personal diet. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Sean O'Mara: Website Twitter Instagram YouTube Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Trey Suntrup is a researcher and product engineer with over 13 years of experience working on the development of new device technologies. He holds a PhD in physics and electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara and has previously worked at Washington University Medical School as a Translational Sciences and Entrepreneurship fellow. He is currently the Head of Product at Readout—creators of the Biosense Breath Ketone Meter. In our discussion with Dr. Suntrup, we talk about the effectiveness of different methods for measuring ketones, the three different types of ketone bodies, at what stages in a given patient's weight loss/metabolic health journey different ketone measuring devices are useful, how the Biosense breath ketone meter works and what makes it so effective, and the clinical studies involved in the development of the Biosense meter. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Biosense Discount Code (good for $30 off the Biosense Breath Ketone Meter): Lowcarb30 Dr. Trey Suntrup: Biosense Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Nicholas Norwitz is a researcher and scientist with expertise and scientific papers published on ketosis, brain aging, neuroscience, heart disease, gastrointestinal health, genetics, bone health, diabetes, and other subjects. He has his PhD from Oxford and is currently working on his MD at Harvard. In our discussion, we talk about osteoporosis, gut health, anorexia, how LowCarb could potentially be a dietary intervention for treating colitis, the amazing diversity of gut microbiome makeup from individual to individual, the relationship between lifestyle and the likelihood of developing Alzheimers later in life, whether or not living a keto or Low Carb lifestyle could improve your chances of avoiding Alzheimers, how ketosis may be able to reduce inflammation in the brain, how to prevent the breakdown of the blood/brain barrier in the brain, and the non-food, lifestyle factors that contribute to wellness. Additionally, Nicholas shares a bit about his crazy health journey dealing with osteoporosis and gut problems which he was ultimately able to resolve and/or improve using Low Carb. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Nicholas Norwitz: New MediKeto Twitter The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook YouTube Channel Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website LBM_NN.pdf

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. William Cole was trained as a Chiropractor, went on to get his doctorate in Natural Medicine, is a pioneer in Functional Medicine, and has been practicing telemedicine care for over 10 years out of his office in Pittsburg. In our discussion, we talk about how Dr. Cole, as a Chiropractor, became interested in Functional Medicine and Naturopathic Medicine, the difficulties associated with starting a practice based on Integrative and Functional Medicine practices (especially ten years ago!), the key differences between Functional and Conventional Medicine, the effects of stress on metabolic health and the interplay between lifestyle and wellness, autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases. Additionally, we discuss some listener's questions regarding the relationship between stress and exercise, how to assess thyroid health, elimination diets, the benefits of A2 dairy for those with lactose issues, as well as EOE and Burning Mouth Syndrome. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. William Cole: Website Podcast Twitter Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. In this special episode, Brian hosts a round table discussion with Dr. Nicholas Norwitz, Dr. Ben Bikman, and Dr. Ben Bocchicchio on the topic of fat as it relates to metabolic health and weight loss (especially, visceral fat, subcutaneous fat, muscle mass, and the relationship between these). In their discussion, Brian and guests talk about the possible purposes of subcutaneous fat and visceral fat from an evolutionary perspective, the compositional and behavioral differences between these two types of fat, the usefulness of various markers for judging the metabolic health of a person, the powerful relationship between muscle building and visceral fat, the differences between white and brown adipose tissue, why lowering the number on the scale is not the best indicator of metabolic health, and a number of different related studies. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Ben Bocchicchio: Website Dr. Ben Bikman: Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Joseph Feuerstein studied Business Management at Cambridge, went to medical school at the University of London, was a doctor for the Israeli Navy, did his residency in Family Medicine at Stanford, did his fellowship in Integrative Medicine in Arizona, is an assistant professor at Columbia University, and practices Integrative Medicine at Stanford. In our discussion with Dr. Feuerstein, we discuss neuropathy, how to practice as a clinician without relying heavily on prescription drugs, the idea that 'not every diet will work for every person,' using nutrition and natural remedies as a first round of defense with patients, the effect that stress can have on blood sugar, cannabinoids, acupuncture, and chronic pain, the endocannabinoid system, gut microbiome testing, and how to think correctly and helpfully about your gut microbiome. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Joseph Feuerstein: Book Twitter Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Maria Emmerich is a nutrition and exercise physiology expert, the author of several cookbooks, and author of the blog, Maria Mind Body Health which offers readers a look at the science of nutrition and how our bodies work. After sharing a bit about her health journey and how she discovered LowCarb, Maria, Tro, and Brian discuss LowCarb cooking, how stress factors into considerations of total health, the negative effects resulting from the psychological pressures of thin-idealization, the normalization of junk food, and fat shaming, and what is the safe spectrum of dieting within which to make specific recommendations for patients. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Maria Emmerich: Instagram Maria Mind Body Health Books Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Ali Ibrahim is a UK based consultant child and adolescent eating disorders psychiatrist currently working in the NHS. He is keen to understand the metabolic and neurobiological underpinnings of eating disorders, and has developed a research interest in that regard, with the goal of working towards changing the paradigm by which we understand and treat these complex disorders. In our discussion with Dr. Ibrahim we talk about his journey from medical school to becoming a doctor to running 100 miles in a fasted state, dietitians who advocate for unrestricted eating, the benefits of a restrictive approach to dieting for patients with sugar addiction, how modern processed food prompts disordered eating and how modern humans have consciously or subconsciously dealt with that reality, and the need for controlled trials to prove the safety and benefits of cutting out processed foods and eating LCHF. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Ali Ibrahim: Zero Five 100 Project Email Address: [email protected] Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Marty Kendall is an engineer with a passion for nutrition and for helping people optimize their eating. He has had great personal success implementing his nutritional strategies and has helped many others—including his wife who struggles with type 1 diabetes—improve their health as well. In our discussion with Marty, we talk about hyper-palatable foods, maximizing satiety, macronutrient balance, energy density in foods, diet induced thermogenesis, the lack of good nutritional advice in the medical field, calculating your protein needs, and why exercise causes hunger. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Marty Kendall: Optimizing Nutrition Blog Podcast Episodes Facebook Page Optimizing Nutrition Facebook Group Diet Driven Fasting Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. David Tusek is a Board Certified Family Physician, a member of the Academy of Sports Medicine, a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, and a member the Institute of Functional Medicine. He has been a direct primary care physician for over a decade. After sharing a brief overview of his history as a physician, Dr. Tusek discusses the development of his philosophy of medicine and his thinking on the optimization and reformation of the medical care system. Additionally, we talk about the need for the elimination of vested financial interests in medicine, the necessity of reforming the medical system in a more patient-focused direction, the epidemic of metabolic sickness and general unhealthiness in the United States, how individual health relates to community health and environmental health, and the direct monetary and potential indirect health benefits of the combination of DPC + healthshare. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. David Tusek: Cloud Medical Ravel Health Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Brian is joined today by a true renaissance man. This guest has a degree in genetics from Cornell University, a Culinary Certificate from The French Culinary Institute, he has done cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, he has worked on the Berkley Drosophila Genome Project, and is currently raising rotationally grazed hogs and running a retail butcher shop. Please welcome Brad Marshall to the show! In their discussion today, Brian and Brad discuss the bioaccumulation of polyunsaturated fats in the body, Brad's ROS Theory of Obesity, the differences between saturated and polyunsaturated fats and how they affect the body, linoleic acid and stearic acid, what healthy human, cow, and pig fats look like, the difficulty of finding pork and chicken in the USA that has not been fed soybean, and the croissant diet. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Brad Marshall: Fire in a Bottle Website Blog Store Firebrand Meats Brad on the Fundamental Health Podcast Twitter Reddit Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are happy to be joined by Vinnie Tortorich—one of our very first guest on the podcast (check out Ep. 3). Vinnie is a celebrity fitness trainer, speaker, podcaster, and best-selling author of the book, Fitness Confidential (see link in show notes). In our discussion with Vinnie, we talk about the relationship between exercise, diet, and weight-loss, how people often tend to look for confirmation of their beliefs rather than seeking truth when it comes to dietary philosophy, how to start treating the underlying problems causing metabolic disease, the vicious cycle of eating sugar and carbs, whether or not HIT training is a good option for weight loss, and time restricted eating. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Vinnie Tortorich: Website Book Podcast Fat Documentary Fat: A Documentary 2 Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are joined on the show today by Dr. Steven Bishop. He attended UVA School of Medicine and did his residency at VCU where he was the chief resident. He went on to become the Clerkship Director and Associate Chair of education at VCU. In our discussion today, Dr. Bishop shares the story of his journey away from conventional approaches/thinking to a lifestyle/low-carb approach to treating metabolic disease. In light of the diverse responses of various countries to Covid, we discuss the value of keeping an open mind rather than being dogmatic without having all of the information needed to make an informed decision. We talk about the importance of staying curious as a doctor rather then falling into the rut of giving our patients cookie cutter prescriptions. Finally, we discuss the variety of tragic negative effects of social isolation. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Steven Bishop: Twitter VCU Profile Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are very excited to be joined by researcher and low-carb/high-fat advocate, Belinda Fettke. For many years, she and her husband, Gary Fettke, have been working to educate people about nutrition. In our discussion, Belinda shares with us the details of her historical research into the rise of processed, high-carb/sugar foods. Surprisingly, the Adventist Church Group has played a huge role in the demonization of meat and saturated fat. Not only that, but the Adventist Church Group is a huge force in the promotion of cereals. We talk about bad motives and biases in big pharmaceuticals, big food, and medical researchers. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Belinda Fettke: Twitter No Fructose (Website) Instagram I Support Gary (Website) Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website