Low Carb MD Podcast
Low Carb MD is a patient-centered podcast focusing on weight loss, wellness and preventative medicine. The co-hosts, Dr. Brian Lenzkes, Dr. Tro, Dr. Jason Fung & Megan Ramos will interview a new guest on each episode and walk the listeners through how they approach weight loss, wellness and disease reversal with their patients.
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Episode 334: Dr. Robert Lufkin
04/15/2024
Episode 334: Dr. Robert Lufkin
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Robert Lufkin is a physician/medical school professor (UCLA and USC) focusing on the applied science of health, longevity, and consciousness. After reversing chronic disease and transforming his life he is making it his mission to help others do the same. In addition to being a practicing physician, he is author of over 200 peer reviewed scientific papers and 14 books that are available in six languages. Robert has given invited lectures/keynotes around the world, and was named one of the ‘100 Most Creative People in Los Angeles’ by Buzz Magazine. His latest book “Lies I Taught In Medical School” has just been released. In this episode, Drs. Brian and Robert talk about how Dr. Robert discovered low-carb and began championing the diet as an intervention to treat chronic disease, Dr. Robert’s new book, “Lies I Taught In Medical School,” why drugs are not sufficient by themselves to properly treat metabolic disease, how processed-junk food negatively impacts our mental health, why seed oils are so unhealthy, how to deal with and walk through stress in a healthy way, why mindset and the spiritual aspect of life is a factor in physical well being, the mTOR molecule and how it relates to longevity, how muscle mass is connected to longevity, processed food addiction and how to begin the journey of recovery, and Dr. Robert’s current longevity/metabolic health related projects. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Robert Lufkin: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 333: Marcus Clark
04/08/2024
Episode 333: Marcus Clark
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Marcus Clark, due to work stress, COVID, and poor diet ended up weighing around 360 pounds. Recently, with the help of Dr. Tro and his team, he has officially lost 160 pounds! Marcus is a highly skilled Media Producer and the Owner of Red Owl Studios. In this episode, Tro, Brian, and Marcus talk about Marcus’ personal health journey, how he discovered Dr. Tro and the keto diet, the mental aspect of the weight-loss journey, how to keep yourself on track when you slip a little bit in your commitment to your diet, why CGMs are an amazing tool for weight-loss, what it is like working with Dr. Tro and his team, Marcus’ experience with hospital food and the hospital’s nutritional recommendations post-surgery, why dietary fiber is generally overrated, and the role that exercise played in Marcus’ weight-loss journey. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Marcus Clark: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 332: Dr. Caryn Zinn
04/01/2024
Episode 332: Dr. Caryn Zinn
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Caryn Zinn is an internationally-recognised leader and advocate of the whole food, low carbohydrate, healthy fat (LCHF) nutrition and lifestyle approach and its application to metabolic health and sports performance. Caryn is an academic, an author and a registered dietitian, with over 25 years of consulting experience. She obtained her qualification as a dietitian in 1995 from the University of Cape Town after studying a Bachelor of Science degree, followed by a Nutrition & Dietetics, Honours degree. Since moving to New Zealand in 1995, she has obtained her Masters degree in sports nutrition and her Doctorate in the area of weight loss. She works at AUT as a senior lecturer and nutrition researcher, and continues to maintain her private practice nutrition work. In this episode, Tro, Brian, and Caryn talk about how Caryn found her way into the low carb philosophy, the host of benefits accompanying the low carb lifestyle, why the calories-in/calories-out model is insufficient to address the obesity epidemic on its own, why there is resistance to the low-carb message in the field nutrition and diet, Caryn’s current government-funded research project on the low carb diet and diabetes, why the medical world in general has been so slow to accept the low carb dietary therapy as a treatment for diabetes, and flaws in the patient care philosophy of the medical system in the West. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Caryn Zinn: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 331: Luis Villasenor
03/25/2024
Episode 331: Luis Villasenor
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Luis Villasenor is the founder of Ketogains—a personal coaching and nutrition/fitneess education website. He is also an international speaker, nutritionist, personal trainer, teacher, and bootcamp coach. Luis is regarded as one of the most experienced and knowledgeable persons on Low-Carb / Ketogenic dieting and is the “go to guy”when applying a Low-Carb diet for Bodybuilding and Strength Training. Luis has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration & Marketing and Nutrition & Sports Sciences, as well as numerous certifications in Nutrition, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding, and is a guest lecturer and teacher in several Universities. In this conversation, Brian, Tro, and Luis talk about Louis’ personal health journey, Louis’ struggle with anorexia and general bad health, why muscle mass is one of the keys to longevity, why not all carbs are created equal, the impact that anxiety has on physical health, Binge Eating Disorder and food addiction, why stress, sleeplessness, and poor mental health are the root factors causing obesity, how a person can develop their will power “muscle,” why it is not too much protein but, rather, drugs and carb cycling that causes kidney problems in the body builder population, wether or not you need to eat lots of carbs to build muscle, the best whole food protein sources, the benefits of creatine, wether fasting plays well with muscle gains, and why protein shakes are not an ideal protein source. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Luis Villasenor: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 330: Joan Denizot
03/18/2024
Episode 330: Joan Denizot
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Joan Denizot is an inspiring speaker and inclusive business consultant who empowers organizations to embrace diversity, foster inclusivity, and drive positive change. She is the founder of Zize Bikes—a company that creates bikes that transcend conventional limits and empower individuals of diverse body sizes—and is also an author. Her most recent book, Big Body Business, redefines business success beyond profits, advocating inclusivity, comfort, and transformation. In this episode, Tro and Joan talk about weight stigmatization and its negative impacts, why Joan founded Zize Bikes, what goes into engineering a bike that is comfortable to use for an obese person, small things that medical offices and other businesses can do to better accommodate overweight patients/customers, terminology and labels that are appropriate terms for referring to overweight people, the pros and cons of the body positivity movement, psychological hardships that overweight people are prone to as a result of their size, and why For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Joan Denizot: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 329: Mike Roberto
03/11/2024
Episode 329: Mike Roberto
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Mike Roberto is the CEO of PricePlow—a supplement industry education and media website—podcaster, and author of the PricePlow Blog. PricePlow began as a deals website for nutritional supplements and vitamins, but has evolved into so much more as Mike's journey towards optimized healthspan opened the doors to several discoveries. In this conversation, Brian, Tro, and Mike talk about the inception of PricePlow, how Mike became interested in supplements and diet, the evolution of the supplement industry, how you can find out if your supplements are high quality and pure, why liver health is so crucial for overall health, vitamin D and A supplements, Metformin and Berberine, topical magnesium, the value of various protein powders, whether plant-based protein powders are worth using, labeling and quality laws governing the supplement industry, minerals and vitamins that most people are deficient in, the most universally beneficial supplements that almost everyone could be taking, and Vitamin A toxicity. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Mike Roberto: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 328: Dr. Thomas Hemingway
03/04/2024
Episode 328: Dr. Thomas Hemingway
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Thomas Hemingway is a physician, podcaster, author, speaker, and health coach. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in 2002 with the Doctor of Medicine Degree and then completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006. He received his Board Certification in Emergency Medicine from the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) in 2007. Dr. Hemingway has special interests in holistic health and wellness, preventative medicine, and nutrition. In this conversation, Brian and Thomas talk about the importance of viewing health from a holistic perspective, genetic versus lifestyle for determining health outcomes, the “FMSGs” acronym for having a healthy lifestyle, how simply avoiding highly processed sugars, grains, and seed oils can dramatically improve your health, how simply eating whole foods will drastically improve your health, and the great importance of gut health and how you can promote gut health. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Thomas Hemingway: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 327: Carnivore JT
02/26/2024
Episode 327: Carnivore JT
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jason (aka. Carnivore JT) is a fitness and food influencer with a passion for helping people with their diet and fitness goals. He is an animal based content creator, podcast host, and author of The Carnivorous Cookbook. His podcast, The Inner Carnivore Podcast, is a deep dive into the world of carnivore and animal-based diets. In this conversation, Tro and Jason talk about eating carnivore on a budget, carnivore and cerebral palsy, carnivore grocery shopping hacks, why fast food is a rip off AND horrible for your health, Jason’s personal health history and how he found the carnivore diet, and gym bro nutrition versus carnivore. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Jason (Carnivore JT): Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 326: Matt Codde
02/19/2024
Episode 326: Matt Codde
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Matt Codde is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people struggling with OCD & Anxiety take back control of their lives. He is the creator of the Triple-A Response—an approach to breaking out of the OCD & Anxiety Loop. He is the author of From Stuck to Unstuck and is the host of The OCD and Anxiety Show. In this conversation, Tro, Brain, and Matt talk about breaking the cycle of stress and anxiety, mastering the emotion of fear, learning to process and release emotions, the connections between body and brain, the effects of alcohol, sugar, and caffeine on mental health, associations between emotional patterns and certain diseases, how people justify/rationalize OCD and anxiety behaviors, the pluses and minuses of stoicism, the five things everyone can do to be healthier, and the Triple-A Response approach to breaking free from OCD/Anxiety. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Matt Codde: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 325: Luc Hagenaars, Ph.D., M.Sc
02/12/2024
Episode 325: Luc Hagenaars, Ph.D., M.Sc
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Luc Hagenaars, Ph.D., ., is a policy advisor and researcher with a fascination for addressing the social and commercial determinants of health. His scientific expertise concerns the analysis of health policy innovations with case studies, system mapping and applied policy process theory. He has extensive experience in developing health policy through his previous work at the Dutch Ministry of Health. He is Assistant Professor Health Policy Analysis at Amsterdam UMC and a visiting scholar at the University of California, San Francisco. Hagenaars received his Ph.D. from the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, and his . in global health from Maastricht University. In this conversation, Tro and Luc talk about how Luc’s interest in the social determinants of health came to be, a recent study looking at why the field of obesity prevention is stuck and how it could be unstuck, the issue of weight stigma and how it relates to the ‘health at every size’ movement, finding effective solutions to the obesity problem, how to influence government policy to embrace effective solutions, how companies try to influence your food buying decisions at the grocery store, how big food companies push back against positive health movements, and Dr. Luc’s current research projects. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Luc Hagenaars, Ph.D., .: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 324: Dr. Ahmad Malik (Part 1)
02/05/2024
Episode 324: Dr. Ahmad Malik (Part 1)
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is Part 1 of a 2 part interview. Dr. Ahmad Malik has been a doctor for 25 years and an orthopaedic consultant surgeon for 12 years. After his late father's illness, he became disillusioned with mainstream medicines’ inability to tackle the root cause of chronic illness and its infatuation with Big Pharma products. For Dr. Malik, the Covid years and the resulting destruction of medical ethics were a real eye-opener. Frustrated with the lack of truth and honesty in mainstream media, he decided to provide an alternative platform to have honest conversations with fascinating people. In this conversation, Tro and Ahmad talk about what makes a great podcast that people actually want to listen to, Ahmad’s journey from childhood to medical school to , Ahmad’s parents and how they motivated him to achieve what he has achieved, what are the qualities of a great surgeon, an inside look at hospital politics in the UK, Ahmad’s discovery of proper human nutrition and his transition to private practice, Ahmad’s response to the vaccine mandates, Brexit, and the inception and progress of Ahmad’s podcast and online presence. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Ahmad Malik: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 323: Mary Dugandzic
01/29/2024
Episode 323: Mary Dugandzic
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Mary Dugandzic is a Physician Assistant and former Medical Assistant at Tro’s clinic. She did her undergrad at Binghamton University and did her PA training at Marist College. She is now back at Tro’s clinic—this time as a Physician Assistant. In this conversation, Tro and Mary talk about why Mary chose to go into medicine, how her perspective on the traditional approach to medicine and medical care has changed over the years, all that is involved in going to PA school, a case report on a young man with Cushing’s Disease that both Tro and Mary worked on recently, and the experience of switching from PA school to working in a clinic or hospital. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Mary Dugandzic: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 322: Drs. William Cromwell and Nick Norwitz
01/24/2024
Episode 322: Drs. William Cromwell and Nick Norwitz
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. William Cromwell is board-certified in Family Medicine and Clinical Lipidology with over 20 years of clinical research experience. Dr. Cromwell received his MD from Louisiana State University and completed his residency at the Trover Clinic Foundation in Madisonville, KY in 1990. Since completing residency, he has held numerous concurrent roles, practicing medicine, teaching at various universities, and serving as Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, and Principal Investigator at organizations nationwide. Dr. Nick Norwitz completed his PhD at Oxford and is currently working on his MD at Harvard with the aim of becoming a physician scientist. His career goal is to help change the medical system to a patient-collaborative and metabolic-medicine first system. In this episode, Drs. Tro, William, and Nick talk about a recent meta analysis on the relationship between saturated fat intake, BMI, and LDL on a low carb diet, an overview on the history of knowledge about saturated fat and cholesterol, and Statins versus Oreos. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. William Cromwell: Dr. Nick Norwitz: (**CALL TO ACTION** to Tweet the paper with the link in the tweet within the first 280 characters. Helps Altmetrics) Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 321: RD Dikeman, PhD
01/22/2024
Episode 321: RD Dikeman, PhD
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. R.D. Dikeman, PhD, is a theoretical physicist and loving husband of Roxanne Dikeman, PhD, a clinical psychologist. Their world was turned upside down when their young son David was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. After following conventional dietary advice for this condition led to uncontrollable blood sugar, dangerous “hypos,” and many sleepless nights, R.D. discovered the work of Dr. Richard Bernstein, MD, a medical doctor who has used a low-carbohydrate diet to control his own type 1 diabetes for more than fifty years and pioneered some of the most groundbreaking research on low-carbohydrate diets for diabetes in the modern era. Through working closely with Dr. Bernstein and as a founder of the Type One Grit online community, R.D. has helped provide thousands of other individuals and families living with type 1 diabetes with information to reduce the threat of complications and attain the truly normal blood sugars that all type 1 diabetics deserve. In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and RD talk about what drew RD into the world of Type 1 Diabetes treatment, RD’s son’s Type 1 diagnosis, how the Type One Grit group came to be, why low carb is the optimal diet for diabetics, how to still eat what you want on a low-carb diet, big problems with the ADA, why Type One athletes do better on a low carb diet, the upcoming Low Carb Boca conference, and why having courage and integrity is needed in order to bring life saving information to Type One diabetics. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: RD Dikeman, PhD: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 320: Dr. Thomas Weimbs
01/15/2024
Episode 320: Dr. Thomas Weimbs
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Thomas Weimbs received his doctoral degree from the Department of Biochemistry of the University of Cologne, Germany, in 1993. He conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Anatomy, University of California at San Francisco until 1999. In the same year, he joined the Department of Cell Biology in the Lerner Research Institute of the Cleveland Clinic as an Assistant Professor where he established his research laboratory focusing on investigating membrane trafficking and epithelial cell polarity as well as molecular mechanisms underlying polycystic kidney disease. In 2005, Dr. Weimbs was recruited to the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and moved his laboratory to UCSB. Dr. Weimbs is currently an Associate Professor in MCDB and in the Neuroscience Research Institute. In this episode, Drs. Tro and Thomas talk about how Dr. Thomas became interested in researching PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease), what PKD is, research that Dr. Thomas has done on the impact of ketosis on PKD, a recently published paper on the negative impact of the ketogenic diet on kidney health, how Dr. Thomas’ colleagues have reacted to his research, and lifestyle intervention programs using ketogenic metabolic therapy. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Thomas Weimbs: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 319: Dr. Diljan Mansoor
01/08/2024
Episode 319: Dr. Diljan Mansoor
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Diljan Mansoor is an advocate for low-carb diets as a treatment for metabolic illnesses. He is an internal medicine doctor and is Nepal’s first low carb practitioner. His non-conventional low-carb approach to fixing chronic disease drew the attention of regulatory authorities and he was soon shut down. He was finally able to reopen his clinic, and he now conducts one-on-one sessions, helping metabolically ill patients improve their health through dietary intervention. In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Diljan talk about how Dr. Diljan discovered the low carb diet, how and why his clinic was shut down by the authorities, effectively progressing the low-carb message, the amazing work that Dr. Diljan has been doing with his patients, and the value of individualized care. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Diljan Mansoor: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 318: Dr. Christopher Netzel
01/01/2024
Episode 318: Dr. Christopher Netzel
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Christopher Netzel is board certified in pain medicine and anesthesiology. He earned his doctorate degree with University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison in 2014. He wrote the guidelines for dorsal root ganglion stimulation as well as conducted research on preoperative opioid use and outcome after spinal surgery. His medical residency in anesthesiology was completed at University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison. Later, Dr. Netzel completed a fellowship in Pain Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Christopher talk about how Dr. Christopher got into medicine, how to help overweight patients begin their health journey without overwhelming and discouraging them, the relationship between diet and chronic pain, putting diabetes into remission and treating peripheral neuropathy, heart disease and low carb dieting, why bariatric surgery, though sometimes necessary and useful, is not a permanent/comprehensive weight-loss solution, and other current pain treatment options and drugs. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Christopher Netzel: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 317: Dr. Christy Kesslering
12/25/2023
Episode 317: Dr. Christy Kesslering
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Christy Kesslering started out in conventional medicine as a Radiation Oncologist. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from UCLA and attended medical school at Loyola University Chicago-Stritch School of Medicine. She finished her Radiation Oncology Residency at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2000 and has been treating patients in the Chicagoland area since that time. She realized that something was missing from conventional medicine and did additional studies to improve outcomes with cancer but also saw many other diseases improve. She has done additional studies in the fields of Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and the Terrain-Theory of cancer. She is a Terrain Certified Practitioner trained by Dr. Nasha Winters and is a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She has been actively incorporating metabolic health practices into the care of oncology patients for many years. She has been named a Top Doctor multiple times by Castle Connelly and Chicago Magazine. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Dr. Christy talk about how Dr. Christy got into medicine and oncology specifically, helping patients understand cancer and the steps they can take to address it, taking a metabolic approach to cancer treatment, treating prostate cancer, the usage of metformin to treat disease, the various diets that are helpful for cancer prevention and the diets that are not helpful, how to address the root cause of cancer rather than merely applying bandaids, the proliferation of carcinogenic substances in every day products, how to optimize your life to beat cancer, chemo on keto, and the failure of modern medicine to successfully and adequately address chronic diseases. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Christy Kesslering: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 316: Employee Wellness Story 8 with Mark Gaunya
12/18/2023
Episode 316: Employee Wellness Story 8 with Mark Gaunya
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #8 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of the founder and CEO of Captivated Health, Mark Gaunya. He has dedicated his entire career to helping other corporations become self-funded when it comes to health insurance. He uses innovative techniques to help companies save money and deliver cost-effective care while improving the health of their employees. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Mark Gaunya: Email: [email protected] Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 315: Employee Wellness Story 7 with Mark & Melissa
12/17/2023
Episode 315: Employee Wellness Story 7 with Mark & Melissa
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #7 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Mark and Melissa—employees at Laitram who have collectively lost over 100 pounds and reversed their disease. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 8 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 314: Employee Wellness Story 6 with Barbara
12/16/2023
Episode 314: Employee Wellness Story 6 with Barbara
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #6 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Barbara—an employee at Laitram who was part of Dr. Tro’s initial 12 person pilot program offered to employees of the company. Thanks to the help she has received from the program, she has completely turned her health around and lost 132 pounds (down from nearly 300 pounds)! Check back in tomorrow for Episode 7 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 313: Employee Wellness Story 5 with Randy & Debi
12/15/2023
Episode 313: Employee Wellness Story 5 with Randy & Debi
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #5 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Randy and Debi—two employees of Laitram who were able to lose excess weight, lower their blood pressure, and reduce chronic pain with Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. In addition to sharing about their past experience with dieting and weight-loss, Randy and Debi relate how Dr. Tro’s program is different from past, failed programs they’ve tried. Ever heard of a downward spiral? According to Randy, following Dr. Tro’s program is an ‘upward spiral’ as far as overall quality of life is concerned. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 6 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 312: Employee Wellness Story 4 with Melissa
12/14/2023
Episode 312: Employee Wellness Story 4 with Melissa
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #4 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Melissa. She has lost over 100 pounds working with Dr. Tro and his team at Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss and Direct Primary Care. She shares about her experience gaining weight, learning about metabolic health, and losing the weight. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 5 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 311: Employee Wellness Story 3 with Franck LaBiche
12/13/2023
Episode 311: Employee Wellness Story 3 with Franck LaBiche
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #3 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Frank LaBiche—the HR Director at Laitram, a Louisiana-based manufacturing company. Frank approached Dr. Tro about bringing his Employee Wellness Program to the employees of Laitram. Frank has been at Laitram for 28 years—9 of those years as the Director of HR. As of 2 years ago, he has been working with Dr. Tro to improve employee metabolic health using low-carb dieting, community, and support. Addressing the root causes of disease with lifestyle intervention is not only good for individuals, but it is good for a company’s productivity and success. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 4 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 310: Employee Wellness Story 2 with Jay Lapeyre
12/12/2023
Episode 310: Employee Wellness Story 2 with Jay Lapeyre
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #2 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Jay Lapeyre—the President of Laitram, a Louisiana-based manufacturing company. Jay holds an MBA as well as a JD from Tulane University. He is also part of the Louisiana Business Association and other not-for-profit organizations. He is committed to and invested in the health and wellness of his employees. With the help of Dr. Tro and his team, Jay has provided his employees with the opportunity to lose weight and achieve good metabolic health. See the previous episode in this series (Episode 309) to hear the story of one of Jay’s employees who took advantage of this opportunity. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 3 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 309: Employee Wellness Story 1 with Gregg
12/11/2023
Episode 309: Employee Wellness Story 1 with Gregg
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. This is episode #1 of a special series on employee wellness. In this innovative series consisting of multiple episodes, Dr. Tro highlights the power of metabolic health, nutrition, and community in the employee wellness space. Each episode tells the story of a different individual whose metabolic health has been drastically improved for the better by Dr. Tro’s Employee Wellness Program. This episode tells the story of Gregg—a long-time employee of Laitram, a Louisiana-based manufacturing company. Though Gregg struggled with his weight for many, many years he has now lost 115 pounds! It all began when Laitram brought Dr. Tro in to offer his Employee Wellness Program to their employees. Gregg shares about his experience trying a low-carb diet for the first time as well his experience working with Dr. Tro and his health coach, Brian. Additionally, Gregg talks about the support and education he has received from Dr. Tro and his team. Thanks to his new lifestyle and diet, Gregg was able to go to Disney World with his three-year-old grand daughter in January 2023, ride the rides, and walk for miles and miles every day. Check back in tomorrow for Episode 2 of this series! For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 308: Dr. Amy West
12/04/2023
Episode 308: Dr. Amy West
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Amy West is a specialist in sports medicine, physical medicine, and rehabilitation. Amy completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard-Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and her fellowship in Sports Medicine at Maine Medical Center. Dr. West is actively involved in the CrossFit community and CrossFit Games Medical Team. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Dr. Amy talk about Amy’s career path, the field of physiatry, the principles of Crossfit, starting Crossfit as an overweight person, what sets Crossfit apart from other gyms, the downside of workout machines, the connection between mental, physical, and metabolic health, muscular and skeletal health, big companies influencing nutrition and exercise guidelines, widely circulated lies about dietary protein, the importance of functional strength training, and the importance of improving balance and glute strength. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Amy West: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 307: Bob Collins
11/27/2023
Episode 307: Bob Collins
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Bob Collins spent 25 years serving in law enforcement in New York City. About 7 years ago, he discovered the ketogenic/low-carb diet and was able to revolutionize his personal health picture. In addition to turning his health around and losing about 80 pounds, he has also been able to come off of medications for chronic Lyme disease, blood pressure, and acid reflux. He is the co-founder of Lions Fit 4 Life, a website promoting a low carb and ketogenic Diabetes Awareness program. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Bob talk about the unfortunate power that shame and embarrassment wields against you in your struggle to recover your health, the place of exercise in overall health, dealing with Lyme disease and how low-carb can help, fighting for health while working in law enforcement, being ok with small beginnings on your health journey, finding purpose and finding your ‘why’, the necessity of making time for your mental health, and how Bob and Dr. Tro met. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Bob Collins: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 306: Samuel Miller
11/20/2023
Episode 306: Samuel Miller
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Samuel Miller had 85 degree kyphoscoliosis before he discovered how to allow his body to heal itself. His solution involved developing strength in various muscles in his body—especially the psoas muscles—targeted breathing, and holding various positions. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Samuel talk about the lackluster solutions offered by the medical system to chronic issues, the process of Samuel’s healing journey, the Schroth Method for treating scoliosis, using your breath to heal the body, the healing power of gratitude, Adverse Childhood Experience scores and their relation to the development of chronic issues in the body, exercises and breath work to elongate the spine, and the importance of n=1 experimentation for unlocking your healthiest possible self. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Samuel Miller: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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Episode 305: Larry Sharpe
11/13/2023
Episode 305: Larry Sharpe
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Larry Sharpe is a business consultant, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Previously, he was a gubernatorial candidate in the state of New York. He is also a veteran of the USMC, a husband, a father, and an advocate of the keto diet. In this conversation, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Larry talk about how Larry discovered the keto diet, emotional eating and self-consciousness, carbohydrate addiction and its ill-effects, the psychology of addiction, social pressure to conform to the standard American diet, New York politics with regard to nutrition and agriculture, why carbs are non-essential in the human diet, philosophical issues in federal patent law, counter productive government programs, why the medical establishment is not optimized to make people healthy, and why Libertarianism has not caught on en masse in the United States. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Larry Sharpe: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Doctor Tro App Join a growing community of individuals who are improving their metabolic health; together. Get started at your own pace with a self-guided curriculum developed by Dr. Tro and his care team, community chat, weekly meetings, courses, challenges, message boards and more.
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