Episode 357: Florence Christophers
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Florence Christophers is a trauma-informed certified health coach with expertise in sugar addiction and emotional eating recovery. Florence has been researching, coaching and walking the path of recovery in the sugar/food addiction space for over 30 years. Her private and group coaching programs teach a unique and holistic approach to sugar addiction recovery that comes out of the drug and alcohol recovery field. In this episode, Dr. Tro and Florence talk about… How metabolic health is starting to go mainstream...
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Episode 356: Jessica Apple
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jessica Apple is a writer, editor, and co-founder of a nonprofit magazine focusing on metabolic health and low-carb diabetes management. Her personal health journey involves personal experiences, including her mother's illness, her own struggle with autoimmune diabetes, and her family's health challenges. Jessica's quest for understanding led her to question traditional dietary advice and explore the ketogenic diet. In this episode, Dr. Tro, and Jessica talk about… What inspired Jessica to begin learning about why...
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Episode 355: Dr. Mariela Glandt
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Mariela Glandt, a Harvard and Columbia-educated endocrinologist, has extensive experience in treating diabetes. She is the founder and director of Glandt Center for Diabetes Care, which uses the ketogenic diet as its main therapeutic tool. Dr. Glandt has worked in New York, both in a private clinic and at Mount Sinai Hospital. In Israel, she worked as the director of the Clinical Research Unit for Diabetes at Hadassah Ein Kerem University Medical Center. Dr. Glandt publishes articles in international journals, is...
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Episode 354: Dr. Robert Hoyer
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Robert Hoyer has practiced medical oncology in Colorado Springs, CO since 2008. He is board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He went on to complete his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in hematology and oncology at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Hoyer has a strong interest in lifestyle medicine and the convergence of technology for disease prevention and improved healthspan. He also has...
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Episode 353: Nayiri Mississian
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Nayiri Mississian's educational background lies in Linguistics and Translation. She has worked as an educator in the UK for 20 years. While working as a full-time educator, Nayiri founded her own translation company in 2010, which she runs now alongside her nutrition coaching work. Nayiri retired from teaching a few years ago and trained as a Metabolic Health Practitioner. She is the founder of 'Low Carb and Fasting' and is the host of the 'Low Carb and Fasting' YouTube channel. Nayiri has had type1 diabetes since 1978...
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Episode 352: Brian Wiley
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Brian Wiley is a Certified Health Coach who has struggled with food addiction and battled with obesity for most of his life. Being advised with mainstream approaches as his solution, along with the standard, “eat less, move more” resulted in minimal, or no success with eventual regain. In 2009, he reached his highest weight of 265 pounds. His doctor advised and encouraged him to take medications after his blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol reached dangerous levels at the age of only 35. His commitment to a...
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Episode 351: Jessyca Reynolds
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jessyca Reynolds is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Life Coach who has over 10,000 hours of coaching experience in the last six years working with hundreds of clients. At age 41, she had all but given up on life. She was taking 17 pills a day for bulimia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, chronic migraine, bladder disease, and other ailments. She spent every day completely consumed by food addiction and bingeing. She was 309 lbs, the highest weight of her life. Her high blood pressure put her at severe risk for...
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Episode 350: Vinnie Tortorich
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Vinnie Tortorich is a Celebrity Fitness Trainer, speaker, podcaster and best-selling author. He has been a personal trainer to people from all walks of life for thirty years, having trained Hollywood celebrities, captains of industry, stay at home moms, working moms, pregnant moms, ultra athletes, Ironman triathletes, injured and post surgical clients and even children with the beginnings of a weight problem. In this episode, Dr. Tro, and Vinne talk about… The writing and publishing of Vinnie’s book, Fitness...
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Episode 349: Temple Stewart
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Temple Stewart is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Personal Trainer and Health Behavior Change Specialist. She played D1 soccer at the University of Tennessee Martin, which is where she received her degree in Dietetics. She completed her internship at the VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, FL. In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro, and Temple talk about… Temple’s personal health journey and discovery of the low-carb/ketogenic diet The reason for the establishment of The American Diabetes Society Institutional...
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Episode 348: The Low Carb MD Podcast Season 2
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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Welcome to season 2 of the Low Carb MD Podcast! In this episode, Drs. Brian and Tro talk about the exciting new changes coming up in season 2 of the show. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: Twitter: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: Twitter: Instagram: Toward Health App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health;...
info_outlineThank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jan Ellison Baszucki is president of Baszucki Group and founder of Metabolic Mind. A former Silicon Valley fintech marketing executive, Jan is a writer, parent, mental health advocate and aspiring citizen scientist. She is the author of the national bestselling debut novel, A Small Indiscretion, which was a San Francisco Chronicle recommended book of 2015. Her essays have appeared in publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Writer’s Digest, and her short fiction has received numerous awards, including an O. Henry Prize for her first published story. Jan holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford, and an MFA from San Francisco State University. She is currently at work on a memoir about her son’s recovery from bipolar disorder with a 100-year-old metabolic treatment for epilepsy.
In this episode, Dr. Brian and Jan talk about…
- How Jan’s son found relief from bipolar disorder, addiction issues, and obesity by following a ketogenic diet
- The connection between following a ketogenic diet and improvement in sleep quality
- Why metabolic health and mental health are so interrelated
- The work and mission of the Baszucki Group and Metabolic Mind
- Why getting stress under control and getting social/family support are also essential for improving mental and metabolic health
- The physiological effects of psychological phenomena
- Lessons that nature teach us about human health
- Metabolic health at the cellular level
- The power of getting morning sunlight exposure
For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!
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