Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Mark King is a new friend from Prescott, AZ. He is a man of great faith with an incredible story. To top it all off, he is a master salsa artisan.

In this episode, Dr. Brian and Mark talk about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (05:20) The incredible and tragic story of Mark’s faith journey
• (16:20) Trusting God in the good and the bad times
• (21:43) Mark’s faith story continued
• (23:47) Church
• (26:28) Mark’s faith story continued
• (31:54) Salsa and ministry
• (37:30) The story of Mark’s heart condition
• (43:58) Mark’s near death experience
• (01:04:59) The fear of death
• (01:08:36) Life’s Best Medicine according to Mark

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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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 simple and clean
• (14:40) The politicization of nutrition
• (19:38) The South African and American Joburg flavors
• (24:59) ADD, nutrition, and pharmaceuticals
• (29:10) How, economically speaking, our country could begin shifting toward organic, real food products
• (33:06) Real fat versus fake vegetable fats
• (35:51) Clinical controlled tests versus anecdotal evidence
• (38:32) Cactus fiber, the carnivore diet, and blood sugar
• (42:28) Why you can’t just hyper-focus on food when you’re trying to get holistically healthy
• (47:59) Different fiber products
• (50:55) What it means when a meat product is labeled “kosher”
• (55:46) Plugs and Outro

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Jon Engelson and Yuda Holtzberg:

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/JoBurgMeats
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/joburgmeats/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JoburgMeats-Official
• Website: joburgmeats.com
• Discount Code: joburgmeats.com/methealth

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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 health
• (29:40) How our mindset can impact our physical health
• (33:55) Social media and mental illness
• (35:00) Meditation, Acupuncture, Eastern Medicine, and other interesting support groups on MentalHappy
• (42:17) Mental health and childhood development impacts of the Covid lockdowns and masking mandates
• (46:58) Life’s Best Medicine according to Tamar
• (51:01) Plugs/Outro

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Tamar Blue:

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/MentalHappyHumans
• MentalHappy: https://www.mentalhappy.com/find-support-group
• X: https://x.com/tuhmarblue

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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 natural ability to heal, adapt and thrive.

In this episode, Dr. Brian and Zachary talk about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (09:36) The power of massage therapy
• (12:30) Polarity therapy and reiki
• (16:28) Holistic chiropractic work
• (19:19) Somatic Integration Therapy and Cranial Sacral Therapy
• (24:26) Nervous System Dis-regulation
• (32:54) The power of breath work and learning to stay in the present moment
• (35:37) Subconscious habit energy
• (37:58) Hypnotherapy and reprogramming the subconscious
• (42:37) How Somatic therapy supplements talk therapy
• (45:37) Cold plunges and cold therapy
• (48:35) Emotional Tapping Technique
• (52:18) Accessing peace and joy
• (54:06) Lymphatic massage and medical massage
• (59:20) Outro
• (01:02:33) Plugs

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Zachary Tyler:

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/Zachary-Tyler-Holistic-Health-Practitioner-Coach
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/zachary_tyler_/
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (928) 925-0434

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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 modalities
• (11:58) Feline and canine diabetes and how it can be reversed with dietary intervention
• (20:38) What constitutes proper nutrition for dogs and cats
• (29:14) How to get your dog the exercise it needs to be healthy
• (32:22) Insulin resistance in horses and how to combat it
• (37:45) Zoos, animal enrichment practices, and animal psychological health
• (47:15) End-of-life care and euthanasia
• (51:26) Chronic conditions and chronic pain
• (56:36) Outro
• (01:01:27) Plugs

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Chi Dog: https://chidog.com
• Just Food For Dogs: https://www.justfoodfordogs.com

Dr. Emily Roth:

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092318493788
• Healing Trails Holistic Vet: https://www.healingtrailsholisticvet.com

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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, Dr. Brian and Anu talk about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (04:27) What the Nine Arms of Wellness are
• (06:35) The impacts of stress, sleep, and other factors on the microbiome
• (11:42) Whether fiber is important for a healthy human diet
• (15:36) Menopause and the microbiome
• (20:08) Adding fermented vegetables and dairy into a carnivore diet
• (22:42) Why stress and bad sleep impact food cravings
• (27:26) Why WHEN you eat is important and the value of ancient wisdom
• (30:28) What almost EVERYONE should add to their diet
• (35:14) Fasting and microbial diversity
• (40:28) Treating leaky gut and healing the microbiome
• (44:24) Apple cider vinegar, kimchi, and other fermented foods
• (48:56) Anu’s book, Feed Your Microbiome to Flourish
• (51:06) How to stay consistent with adding fiber to your diet
• (54:40) Top things that are HORRIBLE for the microbiome
• (57:58) Outro and plugs

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Anu Simh:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9armsofwellness
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/9armsofwellness
• Links: https://linktr.ee/anusimh
• 9 Arms of Wellness: https://www.9armsofwellness.com/about

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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 Chartered Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and an accredited member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners.

In this episode, Drs. Brian and Erin talks about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (06:32) The history of research on metabolic therapies for the treatment of schizophrenia
• (11:46) Tracing the root cause of cognitive diseases to metabolic dysfunction and emotional/relational dysfunction
• (18:30) The incredible mood improvement and mental stability benefits of following a ketogenic diet
• (20:53) What factors may interfere with someone’s experiencing all the benefits of the ketogenic diet
• (30:47) The power of community and emotional support
• (38:00) How to get back on the wagon when you’ve fallen off
• (44:43) Why cravings start to cease as you stay consistent with a keto diet
• (47:22) Dr. Erin’s research on the ketogenic diet and its impact on various disorders
• (01:07:49) Outro and plugs

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Dr. Erin Bellamy:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinlouisebellamy/
• X: https://x.com/erinlbellamy
• Integrative Ketogenic Research & Therapies: https://www.ikrt.org

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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 how to ride. She continues to work with military/first responders at Bethany’s Gait in the same fashion.

In this episode, Dr. Brian and Cheryl talk about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (04:43) What Bethany’s Gait Ranch is and how Cheryl got involved with them
• (05:44) Why being and working with horses can help veterans struggling with PTSD
• (12:34) How horses are able to sense humans’ emotional states
• (14:16) Success stories of veterans who have improved their PTSD and quality of life at Bethany’s Gait
• (17:32) Some interesting facts about horses that non-horse-people probably don’t know
• (21:14) Family events and activities at Bethany’s Gait Ranch
• (22:06) Fundraiser events coming up at Bethany’s Gait
• (24:26) How veterans can get in touch with Bethany’s Gait
• (25:57) Other services and resources offered by Bethany’s Gait
• (27:13) Outro

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Cheryl Erpelding:

• Bethany’s Gait FB: https://www.facebook.com/BethanysGaitR
• Bethany’s Gait Website: https://bethanysgait.org
• Bethany’s Gait Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethanysgaitr/

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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 Mental Health Clinician Training”. She completed her family medicine residency at Wake Forest in 2022 and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

In this episode, Drs. Brian and Laura talk about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (03:34) How Dr. Laura first became interested in metabolic health and her research work at Toward Health
• (06:11) Data and research on quality of life and mental health improvement for people on a keto diet
• (08:04) How Alzheimer’s can improve on low-carb and ketogenic diets
• (09:19) The prevalence of food addiction among obese and diabetic people
• (10:43) Harm reduction versus abstinence strategies for dealing with food addiction
• (14:15) Some harmful ingredients found in many keto and low-carb replacement foods
• (17:10) Toward Health’s upcoming study on the improvement of binge eating and food addiction symptoms on a low carb diet
• (20:55) Some strategies that can help people recover from binge eating and food addiction
• (23:30) Night-Eating Syndrome
• (26:37) The importance of community and engagement with people who can support you through your recovery and health journey
• (29:16) The incredible findings of Toward Health’s employee wellness program study
• (33:38) The economic/medical pros and cons of GLP-1 medications
• (39:55) Sneaky sugars that most people are not aware of
• (46:42) The key take-aways from Toward Health’s recent Employee Wellness study
• (57:24) Outro and plugs

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• DR DAVID UNWIN’S SUGAR INFOGRAPHICS: https://phcuk.org/sugar/
• The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners: https://thesmhp.org

Dr. Laura Buchanan::

• Toward Health App: https://toward.health/community/
• Toward Health Employee Wellness Study: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1548609/full
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/LauraBuchananMD
• Website: https://www.iheartvitae.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iheartvitae/?hl=en
• The Food Relationship Fix: https://toward.health/food-addiction-webinar/

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com