Low Carb MD Podcast

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

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Today we are joined by Dr. Eric Westman and Amy Berger who have just finished writing a book together (End Your Carb Confusion). Dr. Westman is the director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, and medical director of the Duke Center for Smoking Cessation. He is board certified in internal medicine and obesity medicine, has his masters in clinical research, and has written over 90 peer-reviewed publications. Amy Berger, MS, CNS, is a U.S. Air Force veteran and Certified Nutrition Specialist who specializes in using low-carbohydrate and ketogenic nutrition. She has a bachelor's degree in creative writing and a master's in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport. She is also a veteran of the US Air Force. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Amy Berger: End Your Carb Confusion Book Tuit Nutrition Twitter Dr. Eric Westman: End Your Carb Confusion Book Adapt Your Life Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

We are very happy to have Gary Taubes on the show with us today. Gary is an investigative science and health journalist, author of several books, co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative, and a legend in the low-carb world. He has won multiple awards for his journalism over the course of his career. He graduated from Harvard College with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University and in journalism from Columbia University. In our discussion with Gary, we talk about the cognitive dissonance between those who follow conventional wisdom and people who adhere to and advocate for diets like low-carb or other "fad" diets, the history of the development of the standard American dietary philosophy, we discuss different theories on the cause of obesity, studies in obesity research, the possible harms/advantages of artificial sweeteners, whether or not there are any good long-term studies on the ketogenic diet and other diets, regenerative agriculture, and to what degree anecdotal evidence is valuable in medical research. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Gary Taubes: Books Website Twitter Nutrition Science Initiative Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are very excited to welcome Jonny Bowden to the show. Jonny is a personal trainer and certified nutritionist. He has been featured in the documentary film Fat Fiction. In our discussion today, we talk about insulin resistance and studies on insulin resistance, insulin resistance's relation to heart disease, the standard of care, non-nutritional factors for health, the particle test, magnesium, vitamin D, and fish oil supplements, the historical/evolutionary perspective on a healthy human diet, For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Jonny Bowden: Weight Solutions for Physicians Podcast Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Joining the show today is Dr. Siobhan Key. Dr. Key is trained in Family/Obesity Medicine and is the host of the 'Weight Solutions for Physicians' podcast. Dr. Key's business, Weight Solutions for Physicians, offers personalized, private emotional eating coaching for physicians from an Obesity Medicine Specialist and Emotional Eating Expert. In our discussion today, we talk about a range of topics including the psychology behind binge-eating, emotional eating, how to effectively use fasting with a recovering binge-eater, how to process stress in a healthy way, techniques for staying in control of your thoughts, and the importance of taking care of yourself so that you can effectively take care of others. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Key: Weight Solutions for Physicians Podcast Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website

We are glad to welcome back a long-time friend of the show, Doug Reynolds. Doug is the founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA which he established in 2016 in order to promote education and information exchange about the low carb/ketogenic diet. His organization offers live conferences, educational videos, articles and papers, and more. He coordinated the establishment of an advisory committee to oversee, create, and maintain the 'Clinical Guidelines for Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction' which was first published in May, 2019. Today, he has joined us to share some information regarding his latest venture, the establishment of the non-profit organization, the 'Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners.' The goal of this organization is to provide education for doctors and practitioners. Furthermore, the purpose of the organization is to reach those outside of the low carb community who may not know about low carb or are skeptical about its merits. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Doug Reynolds: LowCarbUSA Metabolic Practitioners Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are very excited to welcome Dr. Gary Fettke, a legend and a trail blazer in the LowCarb community, to the show. Dr. Fettke is an orthopedic surgeon from Tasmania who came to prominence through his vocal opposition to some of the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines. He was targeted by the cereal industry—who were in a paid contractural agreement with the Dietitians Association of Australia—who attempted to silence his anti-sugar, low carb message. In this episode, Dr. Fettke sheds light on the major influencers of the world's dietary guidelines—the sugar industry and the Adventist Church Group (a religious group that effectively owns the cereal industry of the world, the soy industry, and started the fake meat industry). Both of these groups are also heavily influential in medical education. Additionally, we discuss the definition of diabetes, why sugar, carbs, and polyunsaturated oils are the perfect storm of dietary disaster, the effect that a ketogenic diet can have on arthritic pain, why CGMs are an incredible resource, the Maillard Reaction, the birth of the pharmaceutical industry, and how the medical industry has been influenced by external forces with private agendas. Gary Fettke's rewriting of the Dietary Guidelines in one sentence: "We need to eat fresh, local, seasonal, whole foods, based in environmental and cultural beliefs, reducing added sugar and processed food." For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Gary Fettke: Twitter No Fructose (Website) Instagram I Support Gary (Website) Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are honored to be joined on the show by Dr. Tarek Arab MBChB FRCSC FACOG. Dr. Arab is a gynecologist and obstetrician. He began his medical training at King Abdulaziz Medical School in Saudi Arabia, did his residency at the University of Ottawa and later at Manitoba, and did his ultrasound fellowship at the University of Ottawa. He is an absolute wealth of knowledge when it comes to understanding the link between insulin resistance, obesity, and PCOS. He is also a faculty member at the University of Jeddah. In our discussion with Dr. Arab, we cover a range of topics including the relationship between insulin resistance, saturated fats, obesity, and various cancers, whether ketone bodies are harmful, beneficial, or neutral to cancer patients, the impact the mind—and especially stress—has on the body, philosophy of medical education, and the importance of continuing to be curious and skeptical as a doctor after med school. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Arab Tarek: Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are very happy to have a brand new, first time guest on the show—Bitten Jonsson, RN. Bitten is a Swedish food addiction expert who has developed her own treatment method called Holistic Addiction Medicine. She was introduced to addiction medicine in California at a treatment facility. Since then, she has been dedicated to studying addiction and working with people to overcome their addictions. In our discussion with Bitten, we discuss sugar/food addiction as well as addiction generally. Step by step, Bitten walks us through the steps to recovery from food addiction. She explains how to properly conduct a diagnostic interview with a patient, the difference between 'harmful use' and 'addiction', and the benefits of group therapy for a patient in recovery. We discuss techniques for reducing stress as well as techniques for staying motivated to continue to fight your addiction. Finally, Bitten explains how sugar addiction is, often times, the gateway to other addictions. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Bitten Jonsson: Bittens Addiction (English) Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life's Best Medicine. Dr. Brian Lenzkes is joined by two special guests on today's episode—his wife, Lanell Lenzkes, and marriage therapist, Dovid Feldman. Dovid started his career as a computer/technical entrepreneur but switched career paths later in life in order to help people have successful, healthy marriage relationships. Dovid is a licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist as well as a licensed Professional Counselor. He earned his masters degree in Counselor Education from Northeastern Illinois University and earned a BA in Sociology from Grinnell College. Just as it is with physical well-being, there are general guiding principals for maintaining a healthy marriage relationship. Why do people fall out of love or become bitter toward their partner? Dovid says that the number one reason is lack of gratitude. Therefore, one of the most important things Dovid helps his patients with is learning to appreciate their spouse. In addition to hearing from Dovid about his methods and experiences working with couples, Lanell and Brian discuss their own relationship in light of the principles Dovid brings up. Along the way, the trio discusses love languages, the differences between dating and marriage relationships, eliminating negativity (disrespectful speech, criticism, etc), others-centered action, and building a mindset and environment of positivity. Links: Dovid Feldman: Blog Twitter Podcast Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Low Carb MD Podcast Cynthia Thurlow: Everyday Wellness

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Today we are joined on the show by The Paleo Pharmacist, Nevada Gray. Among Nevada's long list of qualifications and certifications are Personal Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist, and Nutrition Coach from the NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine). She is a registered nurse and a pharmacist who has successfully put her PCOS and pre-diabetes into remission using her expertise. After seeing her health deteriorate following the standard nutritional advice—and following a severe spinal cord injury—she discovered the ketogenic diet. In our discussion, we talk about 0 carb diets, the carnivore diet, macronutrient balance, the PE diet, intestinal permeability, as well as sleep and exercise. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Nevada Gray: The Paleo Pharmacist Instagram Twitter The Mind Body Breakthroughs Podcast Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. We are very excited to have our fellow co-host Dr. Jason Fung joining us on the show! Dr. Fung is a hugely influential author, speaker, and Low Carb doctor. He is the co-founder of thefastingmethod.com and has written numerous bestselling books including The Diabetes Code and The Fasting Code. He has recently written a new book, The Cancer Code, which is about past and current paradigms of cancer and caner treatment (available November 10). In this episode, Dr. Fung shares an overview of the history of cancer treatment and human understanding of cancer. Next, he lays out the new ways in which scientists and doctors are moving forward with cancer research. Additionally, Dr. Fung breaks down the new evolutionary paradigm for understanding cancer. Finally, he is able to connect lifestyle and environment to the development of cancer. We also discuss ways in which our diets and environmental factors can cause the kind of chronic sub-lethal damage that leads to the development of cancer. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Jason Fung: The Fasting Method Diet Doctor The Cancer Code Book Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. In today's episode, we deviate from our usual topics of conversation and turn to discuss current and recent events in the Middle Eastern country of Armenia. There is a war in progress between Turkey and Armenia that has yet to become widespread knowledge in the United States. After hearing from Tro—who is of Armenian descent himself— about the history of Armenia, we begin to share and talk about the nation's current state of affairs. We speculate as to why the war between Turkey and Armenia is not being covered widely in the American news. We discuss the root causes of racism, systemic oppression (both in the U.S. and in the world at large), and the importance of seeking to understand and be accepting of people of other cultures and faiths. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Armenia Fund Armenian National Committee of America Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website

We are delighted to have Jayne Bullen from Nutrition Network and the Noakes Foundation join us on the show. Jayne is the Chief Operating Officer of The Noakes Foundation and the Managing Director of the Nutrition Network. In the past, she worked in the world of corporate research until she discovered a path to health with the low-carb way of eating. Now, she uses her expertise at the above mentioned organizations in order to help people regain their health. In our conversation, we discuss the importance of re-educating doctors with regard to nutrition, the role and the goals of the Noakes Foundation, the complex web of sociological factors involved in the dietary decisions/options of ordinary people, and the educational offerings from the Nutrition Network. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Jayne Bullen: Noakes Foundation Nutrition Network Twitter Dr. Kristin Baier: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the show. Today's episode features two guests—Diana Rodgers and Robb Wolf. Diana Rodgers, RD, LDN is an author, podcaster, filmmaker, speaker, and a Licensed Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who runs her own private nutrition practice. Robb Wolf is an author, podcaster, speaker, and biochemist based in Texas. The topics of discussion include carbon-negative farming practices and how eating animals may actually be good for the environment, a look at meat from a cultural/historical and anthropological perspective, Diana's upcoming film, Sacred Cow, regenerative farming practices, the real human diet and how the makeup of such a diet is informed by nature, soil health as a central goal in agriculture, the shocking amount of damage done to the earth and human health by monocropping, the relationship between agricultural practices and their sociological effects, and many more. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Diana Rodgers: Sustainable Dish Website Sustainable Dish Podcast Sacred Cow Film Sacred Cow Book Twitter Robb Wolf Website Healthy Rebellion Podcast Twitter Wired to Eat Book Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Dr. Kristin Baier: Website Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website