Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Aseem Malhotra is a cardiologist, author of The Pioppi Diet and A Statin-Free Life (available November 16), a public health campaigner, and has received numerous accolades and awards over the course of his medical career. Dr Malhotra is an NHS Trained Consultant Cardiologist, and visiting Professor of Evidence Based Medicine, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Brazil. He is a world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is honorary council member to the Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford University school of medicine California, and is Cardiology MSc examiner at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is a founding member of Action on Sugar and was the lead campaigner highlighting the harm caused by excess sugar consumption in the United Kingdom, particularly its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity.

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

Links:

Dr. Aseem Malhotra:

• Website

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. In today's episode, Dr. Tro is joined by Brian Wiley, Amy Eiges, and Dr. Natasha Larmie. Brian and Amy are health coaches at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. Between the two of them, Brian and Amy have lost over 300 lbs following the ketogenic/low-carb diet! Natasha (@thefatdoctoruk) graduated from Barts and The London Medical School in 2003 and has rotated through several hospital posts over the course of her medical career—General Medicine, General Surgery, OBGyn, Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics and Paediatrics. Around the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she began a personal health journey that led her ultimately to a life-changing discovery—the low-carb/ketogenic diet.

In their conversation, Tro and his guests discuss the "health at every size" movement, the failure of the medical system with regard to providing effective solutions for people with obesity, the absurdity of making people weigh their food as part of a weight loss strategy, the relationship between real food diets and mental health, harmful and unproductive stigmas surrounding obesity and weight, how to reach people out there who are in despair of ever finding a sustainable and effective weight loss plan, why focusing primarily on the numbers on the scale is putting the cart before the horse, the journey of becoming a restrained eater, the proper place/understanding of exercise in the context of total health, and why fear and shame are not effective motivators to change.

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

Links:

Dr. Natasha Larmie:

• Website
• Podcast

Brian Wiley:

• Articles, Blogs, and Podcast Episodes
• Instagram

Amy Eiges:

• Articles, Blogs, and Podcast Episodes
• Twitter

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Jodi Nishida is a Pharm D, based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Jodi is the owner & primary provider of The Keto Prescription in Honolulu. She received her PharmD degree from the University of Southern California and is the only accredited Metabolic Health Practitioner in Hawaii specializing in low carb, ketogenic nutrition. After an encounter with Jimmy Moore's book, Keto Clarity, she adopted the keto diet as an experiment. After six months on the diet, she saw her severe psoriatic arthritis go into remission!

In their conversation, Brian, Tro, and Jodi discuss how many regulations are involved in trying to help people, the sad reality that there are some dishonest hustlers in medicine, strategies for dealing with carbohydrate addiction in patients who are new to keto, what it takes to open a private practice specializing in low-carb and keto in the modern health world, the necessity for a network of good people working together to make an effective alternative, lifestyle-focused healthcare system work, the tragic lack of compassion that plagues medicine, and the economic efficiency of focusing healthcare on prevention and reversal via lifestyle intervention.

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

Links:

Dr. Jodi Nishida:

• Website
• Instagram

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Cian Foley is a Software Engineer from Waterford, Ireland and also a 2 time European, pan-American and World amateur kettlebell champion. At the age of 35, Cian was obese and suffered from related pain. He has since totally transformed himself into a healthy and fit athlete as a result of his journey of discovery through the world of exercise and nutrition. He has developed his own nutritional guidelines called Don't Eat for Winter.

In their discussion, Brian, Tro, and Cian talk about year-long autumnal eating in modern society, the place of acorns and oak trees in the history of the human diet, the hunger-inducing effect of eating carbs and fat together, wether people would generally choose health if they had all of the information they needed to achieve ideal health, strategies for beating addiction, brown fat, the importance of having the ability to have open discussions in the health field, cutting weight for sports and competition,

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

Links:

Cian Foley:

• Don't Eat for Winter
• Twitter

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Charles Mattocks is a chef, actor, filmmaker, producer, and a father. After working as an actor, he made a drastic career change and began wading into the world of health and diabetes. His journey has ultimately brought him full circle back to film and television. He is the creator of the TV show Reversed.

In their discussion, Brian and Charles talk about experimenting with diet and learning to reverse one's emotional, spiritual, and physical state, the danger to society when you as an individual don't choose to do what is right in spite of challenges, and strategies for spreading nutrition and health information to people.

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

Links:

Charles Mattocks:

• Website
• Twitter
• Reversed YouTube Channel

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jeff Kotterman is a licensed Master Sports Nutritionist (the first in San Diego!). He is also a coach, mentor, teacher, speaker, researcher, and is the founder of the TriSystem Health Network. In addition to holding every certification the NASN has to offer, he has earned a degree in health and physical education from the College of New Jersey in Trenton and holds additional certifications from AFAA, ACE, and NAFC.

In this conversation, Brian, Tro, and Jeff discuss genetic predisposition to obesity, the social and environmental factors of obesity, the powerful partnership of diet and exercise, how hyper-palatability can diminish the feeling of being full, strategies for avoiding relapses and binging, meal frequency, how to keep your patients motivated on their dietary journey, avoiding nutritional 'martyrdom,' the proper uses of food, and when it is appropriate to use whey protein on a low-carb diet.

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

Links:

Jeff Kotterman:

• TriSystem Health Network
• Linkedin
• Facebook
• Email: [email protected]
• NAS Nutrition
• Phone: 1-800-538-2348

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Michelle Hurn is a Registered and Licensed Dietician, author, and LCHF (Low Carb, High Fat) advocate. She is the author of The Dietitian's Dilemma whose subject is the treatment of the root cause of disease through diet. She is also a running enthusiast and has participated in several Ultra Running events.

In their discussion, Brian, Tro, and Michelle talk about the lack of sufficient emphasis on nutrition training in medical education, the misguided and misinformed acceptance of processed carbs and sugars by so many, mental health outcomes of real food diets, the importance of considering the emotional component of metabolic health and weight gain, the value of meditation, prayer, and community for mental health, being ok with being an outlier for the sake of your health and well-being, and the devastating mental health effects of anorexia.

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

Links:

Michelle Hurn:

• The Dietitian's Dilemma
• Instagram
• Twitter

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Philip Ovadia is a heart surgeon and the founder of Ovadia Heart Health whose stated purpose is, "helping our patients make changes through dietary and lifestyle interventions based on the most up-to-date scientific knowledge." His passion is teaching patients how to stay off of his operating table by fixing their metabolic health.

In their discussion, Brian, Tro, and Philip talk about strategies for confronting the health epidemic in the United States, the centrality of metabolic health when it comes to avoiding disease, why obesity is not the only indicator of poor metabolic health, triglycerides as a marker for metabolic health, and learning to look at your health as a system rather than a short term goal.

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

Links:

Dr. Philip Ovadia:

• Website
• Twitter
• Facebook
• I Fix Hearts

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Jamie Seeman is a Board Certified OB-GYN and the host of the Fit and Fabulous podcast. She earned a B.S. in Exercise, Nutrition, and Health Sciences and earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at Nebraska School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Nebraska Medical College and is a fellow in Integrative Medicine at the Center for Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona.

Dr. Brad Winterstein is a Bariatric and General Surgeon practicing at Nebraska Methodist Hospital. He is Board Certified in General Surgery and completed his training and surgical residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

In this episode, Brian, Tro, Jamie, and Brad discuss Upgrade Performance Institute (Brad and Jamie's new joint project), Dexa Scan analysis, supplements and the supplement industry, and a medical care system that puts the power to be healthy back into the patients' hands.

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

Links:

Dr. Jamie Seeman:

• Upgrade Performance Institute
• Mid-City OB-GYN
• Instagram
• Email: [email protected]

Dr. Brad Winterstein:

• Upgrade Performance Institute
• Nebraska Methodist Hospital
• Email: [email protected]

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. In this episode, your very own Dr. Tro Kalayjian sits down in the guest chair for an interview with Dr. Brian Lenzkes. Dr. Tro is a board certified Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine Physician. He has published research on a multitude of topics including Food Addiction, Binge Eating Disorder, and Severe Hypertriglyceridemia. He is the co-host of the very popular Low Carb MD Podcast (as you probably know!) and is a pioneer in the areas of Telehealth and Direct Primary Care.

In their discussion, Drs. Brian and Tro talk about the evolution of their medical careers and patient care philosophies over the past several years, problems with the normative system of medical care, the importance and value of each individual choosing to do what they know is right in spite of the potential resulting hardship, the huge gap between having a scientific understanding of how weight loss works and being able to personally lose weight, and the beautiful blessing of growing and being a part of a supportive, loving community.

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

Links:

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram