Low Carb MD Podcast Dr. Brian Lenzkes & Dr. Tro
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- Health & Fitness
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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 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!
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Joan Denizot:
Big Body Business (Book) Zize Bikes Website Body Ready Facebook Dr. Brian Lenzkes:
Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian:
Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App
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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!
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Mike Roberto:
Twitter PricePlow Instagram YouTube Dr. Brian Lenzkes:
Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian:
Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App
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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!
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Dr. Thomas Hemingway:
Website Instagram YouTube Twitter Linktree Dr. Brian Lenzkes:
Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian:
Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App
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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!
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Jason (Carnivore JT):
Facebook Instagram The Inner Carnivore Website Linktree The Carnivorous Cookbook
Dr. Brian Lenzkes:
Website Twitter
Dr. Tro Kalayjian:
Website Twitter Instagram
Doctor Tro App
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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!
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Matt Codde:
Restored Minds YouTube Dr. Brian Lenzkes:
Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian:
Website Twitter Instagram Doctor Tro App
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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., M.Sc., 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 M.Sc. 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!
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Luc Hagenaars, Ph.D., M.Sc.:
Research Paper Dr. Brian Lenzkes:
Website Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian:
Website Twitter Instagram 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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Customer Reviews
Great informative podcast
Finally, smart-minded doctors stepping outside the box to discuss our health without the “ Big Pharma “ hog wash we have been fed for years. If your interested in changing your health for the better and ultimately changing your life give this podcast a listen. Very informative and easy to understand. Big thanks to the hosts 👍 Lots of love form Canada 🇨🇦
Excellent info & discussion
I’m overjoyed to hear so much useful and enlightening information and deep inspection of the data, and the clinical experiences. Episode 247 with David Diamond stands out as a prime example of the deep value this podcast delivers.
Thank you both for your contribution to my ongoing journey into taking firm control of my health!
Makes Me Want To Be An MD!
These guys are so good - I love this podcast! Truly both entertaining and informative.