Episode 253: Jon Engelson and Yuda Holtzberg
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Jon Engelson is a holistic health coach and the founder of “You Are What You Eat, Inc.” He is currently the Chief Strategic Officer at Joburg Air Dried Grass Fed Steak Snacks. Yuda Holtzberg is the founder of Joburg and a pioneer in the world of grass-fed, pasture-raised kosher beef snacks. In this episode, Dr. Brian, Jon, and Yuda talk about… (00:00) Intro (10:15) Why salt is demonized while sugar gets a pass (11:36) Additives in processed snack foods and why food companies are disincentivized to keep their products...
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Episode 252: Tamar Blue
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Tamar Blue is the Founder and CEO of MentalHappy—a health platform that offers people of all backgrounds a safe, secure space to address their emotional health and daily challenges. In this episode, Dr. Brian and Tamar talk about… (00:00) Intro (04:28) Why Tamar founded the digital health platform, Mental Happy (12:44) The Mental Happy App (20:00) Studies measuring how much more successful people are when they have a supportive community (23:00) The factors of stress, hydration, and sleep and their impact on metabolic...
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Episode 251: Zachary Tyler
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Zachary Tyler is an Integrative Medical Massage Therapist who has thousands of hours of training and clinical experience as a Licenced Medical Massage Therapist. His work specializes in treating chronic pain, stress and injury/surgery rehabilitation with a restorative, relaxing and holistic approach. Modalities include Neuromuscular, Myofascial, Deep Tissue, Sports, Lymphatic Drainage , Reflexology and Cranio-Sacral Therapy. He is passionate about helping people overcome chronic pain and stress by restoring the body's...
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Episode 250: Dr. Emily Roth
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Emily Roth is an integrative veterinarian and the founder of Healing Trails Holistic Vet in Prescott, AZ. Highly diversified and skilled in a number of non-conventional approaches, she is, in addition to holding a veterinary degree from The Ohio State University, certified in mixed animal acupuncture through Chi University and mixed animal chiropractic with Options for Animals. In this episode, Drs. Brian and Emily talk about… (00:00) Intro (07:56) Animal acupuncture and the combination of Eastern and Western healing...
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Episode 249: Anu Simh
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Anu Simh is a Board Certified Functional Health Coach and the founder of 9 Arms of Wellness. She is also the author of Feed Your Microbiome to Flourish, and a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Through the Nine Arms of Wellness program, she teach the value of using food as medicine, practical lifestyle management techniques, and an interactive, integrative approach drawn from over 100 dietary theories, including Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, gluten-free, Paleo, raw, vegan, and macrobiotics. In this episode,...
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Episode 248: Dr. Erin Bellamy
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr Erin Louise Bellamy founded Integrative Ketogenic Research and Therapies which uses principles of Metabolic Psychiatry to provide remote, highly personalized 1:1 Metabolic Therapy for both psychiatric conditions and overall metabolic health. Dr. Erin Bellamy has a PhD in Psychology, specializing in Ketogenic Diets & Depression from the University of East London. She also has an MSc in Psychiatric Research from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London. She is a , an Associate Fellow of the British...
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Episode 247: Cheryl Erpelding from Bethany’s Gait Ranch
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Cheryl Erpelding is the Horsemanship Director at Bethany’s Gait Ranch—a non profit ranch that pairs rescue horses with active duty, veterans, first responders, and their families to help both heal and grow. Cheryl has years of experience in horsemanship, riding, training, teaching, and showing. Before leaving California in 2023, she was a wrangler and volunteer at the Saddles in Service non-profit that helped veterans, first responders, and others with PTSD. She helped them learn how to work with horses and taught them...
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Episode 246: Who Do You Say That I AM?
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. This is a special Easter episode! Do you know who Judas Iscariot is? He is one of the most tragic characters in all of Scripture and literature generally. How could a person who walked with Jesus and saw his miracles turn against him and betray him in the end for a few silver coins? What can we learn from his story? For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Arizona Metabolic Health: Low Carb MD Podcast: HLTH Code: HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH • •...
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Episode 245: Dr. Laura Buchanan
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Laura Buchanan is a double board-certified physician in family and obesity medicine with a passion for using lifestyle modification as the first-line standard of care. She is a certified metabolic health practitioner (MHP), and a Board and founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She is also a certified Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP). Given the improvement she has seen in patient’s mental health with low-carb diets, she also completed Dr. Georgia Ede’s “Ketogenic Diets for...
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Episode 244: P.D. Mangan
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. P.D. Mangan is is a 68-year-old scientist with expertise in microbiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology. Passionate about the impact of diet and exercise on anti-aging and longevity, he champions metabolic health, the value of real foods, and the importance of resistance training. In this episode, Dr. Brian and P.D. talk about… (00:00) Intro (05:13) Chronic fatigue, sleep, and how to crush fatigue for good (16:11) Exercise, fatigue, and health (21:28) How to work work effectively and efficiently (26:58) Acute versus...
info_outlineThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Robert McCollum is an 85 year old Navy Veteran with some amazing experiences and wisdom to share with us from his long and eventful life. He has the honor of being named Mt. Soledad’s Veteran of the Year for 2020. Over the course of his career in the Navy, he has served as a Navy recruiter domestically and abroad in Germany, a torpedoman, and a launcher technician. Following his career in the Navy, he took the position of Director at 5 National Cemeteries in the United States. Following his retirement, he moved to and has now lived in San Diego, California for 15 years where he serves as a volunteer at the Mt. Soledad Memorial.
In their discussion, Brian and Robert talk about the experience of living completely submerged in a submarine for 2 months at a time, the value of honor, integrity, respect, and professionalism, Robert’s experience of losing his wife to heart attack, the importance of enjoying your life, and why we ought to preserve the memory of our nation’s heroes and those who have sacrificed for our freedom.
Life’s Best Medicine According to Robert: “Dream as if you’ll live forever and live like you will die today. Whatever your heart tells you to do, do it! But whatever you do, just do the best job you can. Enjoy this beautiful world that we live in. Forge ahead and forget anything bad that might have happened in your past and look ahead to a glorious future—attack it, attack it, attack it!”
Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy!
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