Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Doug Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA. The original organization was founded in the beginning of 2016 with the initial intention of providing a platform, through an annual conference, for internationally renowned scientists and medical practitioners to present the ever-increasing body of evidence on the benefits of reducing carbohydrates in the diet (and adding in healthy fats). He felt that education about the...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 289
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Vic Basmadjian battled obesity ever since the age of 7-8 and surpassed 200 pounds at the age of 12. Since then he averaged 250-295 pounds throughout his adult life until he started losing weight on a low carb diet in 2018. His commitment to this diet has resulted in the reversal of his hypertension, acid reflux, and severe sleep apnea. He is the founder of KetoCoaching.ca and is passionate about helping people get healthy a...
Jul 17, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 288
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Ben Azadi is the author of four best-selling books, Keto Flex, The Perfect Health Booklet, The Intermittent Fasting Cheat Sheet, and The Power of Sleep. Ben has been the go-to source for intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet. He is known as 'The Health Detective' because he investigates dysfunction, and he educates, not medicates, to bring the body back to normal function. Ben is the founder of Keto Kamp; a global bra...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 287
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Laura Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and is on the board of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is on staff at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. Nick Norwitz complet...
Jul 03, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 286
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Cory Jenks is a Clinical Pharmacist, Author, Comedian, and Speaker. He is the author of Permission to Care , which achieved #1 new release on Amazon. He has taught, coached, and performed improv comedy for thousands of people. The aim of his work is to help healthcare professionals create a more adaptable, empathetic and humanizing healthcare experience. In this conversation, Tro and Cory talk about the Low Carb Denver ...
Jun 26, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 285
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor specialized in family medicine. He is the founder and CEO of Diet Doctor, author of a #1 best selling book on nutrition ( Low Carb, High Fat Food Revolution ), and the author of the biggest health blog in Sweden. Dr. Eenfeldt graduated from medical school at Uppsala University in 2000. He spent twelve years working as a doctor and eight of those years as a family physician, t...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 284
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Casey Ruff has been a certified personal trainer since 2007. He successfully ran a metabolic testing program for a large gym and oversaw 13 programs in the west region. He has multiple certifications as a personal trainer, lifestyle coach, and performance enhancement specialist. With his nutrition coaching certifications, he specializes in low-carbohydrate lifestyles, including ketogenic and carnivore diets. He has helped t...
Jun 12, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 283
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Amanda Decker is a nurse practitioner using low carb, keto, and carnivore to reverse chronic disease. She is a member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She has been a nurse working in primary care and weight management since 2005, and is an entrepreneur. She will be putting on a Low Carb conference in Tennessee soon called Low Carb For Better Health 2023. In this conversation, Tro and Amanda talk about how A...
Jun 05, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 282
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Laura Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and is on the board of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is on staff at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. Dr. Matt Calkins is ...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 281
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Paul Thacker is an American investigative journalist. He has written on conflicts of interests and corruption in science and medicine for multiple outlets over the years. He is the founder of the newsletter, The Disinformation Chronicle, which reports on corruption in science and medicine. He wrote an award-winning series investigating the financial interests of medical experts advising U.S. and U.K. governments during the ...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 280
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast's Journal Club. Dave Danna is a patient of Dr. Tro's who has lost 100 pounds on the low carb diet! Listen in for his tips and to hear his story. In this conversation, Tro, Brian, and Dave talk about taking the first step toward health and weight loss, the most common cause of weight regain, David's dietary and health history, David's journey into the world of nutrition, the mental health aspect of David's health journey, the...
May 15, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 279
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast's Journal Club. Dr. Matt Calkins is an emergency medicine resident who loves studying the science of longevity, the optimization of all phases of health, and applying his knowledge to physician and patient wellness. Matt earned his M.D. from the University of Florida and holds a B.Sc. in physics. In this conversation, Tro and Matt talk about the conclusions, parameters, and methods of the DIETFITS study, what can be reasonab...
May 08, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 278
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Andrew Koutnik, PhD is a researcher studying the influence of nutrition and metabolism on health, disease, and performance. He originally began his research path at Florida State University in the Exercise Science studying the influence of nutrition, exercise, supplementation, and environmental extremes on health-based outcomes in normal and clinical populations. From Florida State University, he transitioned into Biomedica...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 277
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Mindy Pelz is a renowned holistic health expert and one of the leading voices in educating women about their bodies. Teaching her signature "5-Step Approach," Dr. Mindy has empowered hundreds of thousands of people around the world to harness their body's own healing abilities through fasting, diet variation, detoxing chemicals from the body, stress management, and lifestyle changes – as keys to achieving optimum health...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 276
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Rob Cywes specializes in Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery for adults and adolescents in West Palm Beach, Florida. He has performed over 8,000 surgeries over the course of 18 years. His medical training began in Cape Town, South Africa where he received his medical degree from The University of Cape Town. In 1989, Dr. Cywes moved to North America and completed a year-long residency in Pediatric Surgery at Ohio Sta...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 275
Episode 274: Ally Houston and Dr. Rachel Brown Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Ally Houston is the founder of Paleo Canteen—a company that produces the best paleo and low carb food, and empowers their customers to do the same—and Scoundrel—a premium sugar-free, dairy-free chocolate company. He is also the host of The Canteen Podcast and co-author of the cookbook, Paleo Canteen: Low Carb On A Budget . Dr. Rachel Brown is a Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 274
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Laura Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and is on the board of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is on staff at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. Dr. Matt Calkins is ...
Apr 05, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 273
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Belinda Fettke is a public speaker and researcher investigating the vested interests and religious ideology shaping the commonplace 'plant-biased' dietary and health guidelines. She has presented nationally and internationally on the findings of her research. In this episode, Dr. Brian and Belinda talk about challenging the standard nutrition narrative, the nutritional deficiencies of a meatless diet, the role that the Seve...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 272
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Laura Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and is on the board of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is on staff at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. In this episode of T...
Mar 29, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 271
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Alice Smith is a certified health coach and personal trainer. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology from Michigan State University and recently joined Dr. Tro at his medical practice in New York. In this episode, Dr. Tro and Alice talk about how Alice became interested in health from an early age, how Alice discovered low-carb, postpartum depression, preeclampsia, how Alice became involved with Tro's medical pract...
Mar 27, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 270
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Adrian Soto-Mota is an MD in internal medicine. He is currently a DPhil graduate student at the Departement of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics of the University of Oxford. His main area of interest is exogenous ketone metabolism in diabetic patients. In this episode, Drs. Brian, Tro, and Adrian discuss a study released a few years ago on the effectiveness of low-carb versus low-fat diets for weight loss over a 12-month...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 269
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Tom Seest grew up in the middle of Illinois in a small town and, due to high sugar consumption, ended up weighing 350 pounds by the time he was in college. Though he lost over 100 pounds by the time he got married, due to stress and other factors he gained all the weight back and then some. Thanks to a friend's suggestion, he decided to give the Atkins diet a try. After some dietary research and experimentation, Tom found h...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 268
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Laura Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and is on the board of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is on staff at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. Dr. Matt Calkins is ...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 267
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Nick Norwitz completed a PhD in neuro-metabolism at Oxford University in just two years and is now pursuing on MD at Harvard University. His research expertise is ketosis and brain aging; however, he has published scientific papers on topics ranging from neuroscience to heart disease to gastrointestinal health to genetics to bone health to diabetes. Dr. Adrian Soto Mota is an MD in internal medicine. He is currently a DPhil...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 266
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Matt Baszucki had a psychotic break in the spring of 2016—sleeplessness and delusions of grandeur. He was diagnosed as bi-polar with psychotic features by a psychiatrist. Over the next two years, Matt experienced many hospitalizations, bi-polar episodes, and psychotic episodes. Even when he began changing his lifestyle habits for the better, his mental health was still a huge issue to say the least. It was not until he had ...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 265
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Laura Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and is on the board of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is on staff at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care. In this episode of T...
Feb 22, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 264
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Nick Norwitz completed a PhD in neuro-metabolism at Oxford University in just two years and is now pursuing on MD at Harvard University. His research expertise is ketosis and brain aging; however, he has published scientific papers on topics ranging from neuroscience to heart disease to gastrointestinal health to genetics to bone health to diabetes. Tucker Goodrich started out as a very successful technology executive on Wa...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 263
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Jason Fung is a New York Times -bestselling author of many books including The Obesity Code and The Diabetes Code . He completed medical school at the University of Toronto and a fellowship in nephrology at UCLA. He is the co-founder of The Fasting Method, a program to help people lose weight and reverse type 2 diabetes naturally with intermittent fasting. An early proponent of the now-popular fasting lifestyle, Dr. Fun...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 262
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Sarkis Chahinian is a gym owner, trainer, and nutrition enthusiast from Montreal, Canada. With the help of his friend—and ours—Vic Basmadjian, he was introduced and converted to the low-carb and carnivore diet. In this conversation, Dr. Tro. Dr. Brian, Sarkis, and Vic talk about how Sarkis became interested in fitness and came to own a gym, Sarkis' experience opening a gym in Canada during the Covid pandemic, Sarkis' mental...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 261
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. David Saenger is an ultra-marathon runner, advocate of the low-carb diet, and practitioner of general invasive cardiology. He started his undergraduate education at Harvard, finished pre-med at Columbia, went to Stanford Medical School, and did his internal medicine residency at Mt. Sinai where he later returned to do his cardiology fellowship. In this conversation, Drs. Tro and David talk about how Dr. David, a New Yor...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 260
