Low Carb MD Podcast

Zen Honeycutt is the founder and executive director of Moms Across America, a national nonprofit coalition dedicated to creating healthier communities through education, advocacy, and greater transparency in the food supply. An author, speaker, and mother of three, Zen began her advocacy journey after exploring potential connections between her children's health challenges and the foods they were eating. She has since become a prominent voice in raising awareness about GMOs, pesticides, glyphosate, and other environmental contaminants. She is also the author of UNSTOPPABLE: Transforming Sickness and Struggle into Triumph, Empowerment, and a Celebration of Community. Through her work, Zen empowers families to make informed choices about food, nutrition, and environmental health while advocating for a healthier future for the next generation. In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro and Zen talk about… (00:00) Intro (02:30) How Zen transitioned from the fashion, art, and design space to taking on the government over the unhealthy food environment in America (07:10) The health effects of glyphosate and heavy metals exposure (15:36) How modern pesticides are not only poisoning our food supply, but also ruining the nutritional value of food (19:26) How heavy metals have become so prevalent in our food supply and the deadly results (26:06) Getting tested for heavy metals, mycotoxins, and glyphosates (31:54) Why meat and vitamin B3 are SO important for human health (41:56) Mental health, screens, and nutrition (46:03) Moms AND Dads Across America (58:34) Outro For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Food and Behavior: A Natural Connection: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FGOHT58?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback Change Your Environments (Eric Berg): https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Environments-Redesign-Reclaim Zen Honeycutt: Website: https://zenhoneycutt.com/ Moms Across America: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/ X: https://x.com/zenhoneycutt IG: https://www.instagram.com/zenhoneycutt/ Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://toward.health Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health 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. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://toward.health/community/

Dr. Eric Berg, chiropractor, bestselling author, and metabolic health educator, joins the conversation. They explore how modern environments fuel processed-food addiction, stress, poor sleep, and inactivity. They discuss fasting, fat burning, sunlight, movement, community, and the powerful role of social pressure. The conversation also examines redesigning daily surroundings, rediscovering fun, and creating healthier natural rhythms.

Dr. Josh Wageman, a clinical lipid specialist, Dr. Laura Buchanan, an obesity medicine physician, and Dr. Matt Calkins, a metabolic health educator, explore why keto can send LDL soaring. They unpack a study where ezetimibe cut LDL by 53% in 14 patients, discuss cholesterol absorption, lean mass hyperresponders, statin alternatives, and how imaging and patient preferences can guide treatment. Plus, lipidology gets a musical twist.

Anthony G. Jay is a biochemist, researcher, bestselling author, and founder of AJ Consulting Company. He explores the links between insulin resistance, arterial plaque, and heart disease. Topics include statins and diabetes risk, LDL, ApoB, Lp(a), blood pressure, metabolic health, medical incentives, scientific bias, and strategies for plaque stabilization and reversal.

Dr. Annette Bosworth, a physician and bestselling author focused on metabolic health, explores tirzepatide, ketosis, and fasting. They discuss why GLP-1 medications may stop working, using low doses alongside ketogenic habits, and the role of sardine fasting in quieting food noise. Stress, sleep, mold exposure, behavioral change, and practical metabolic resets also take center stage.

Brian Ruby is the founder of Medifoodz, a company focused on making therapeutic ketogenic nutrition more practical, accessible, and sustainable. Through Medifoodz's Glyvance program, Ruby is combining chef-prepared ketogenic meals with continuous glucose monitoring, digital support, and clinician oversight to help patients translate metabolic health science into everyday life. His work centers on one of the biggest challenges in nutrition-based care: not simply knowing what to eat, but making it easier to consistently eat that way. Dr. Adrian Soto-Mota, MD, PhD, FACP is an internist, metabolic researcher, and professor whose work focuses on human metabolism, ketone biology, and evidence-based approaches to metabolic disease. He earned his PhD in Physiology and Metabolism from the University of Oxford and has conducted research on exogenous ketones, glucose metabolism, and cardiovascular health. Zetia Study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-026-03034-w In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro, Dr. Adrian, and Brian Ruby talk about… (00:00) Intro (02:20) Why Brian Ruby founded Medifoodz (09:49) Dr. Soto Mota's recent study pitting the ADA's recommended diet and a ketogenic diet (22:28) The hardest barrier to entry most people struggle to overcome when starting a keto diet (26:15) Why CGMs are so incredibly valuable sustainability (32:16) Babies, dogs, and real food (39:24) Big Food and subsidies (45:58) Real food and dietary motivation (51:38) The AHA recommended diet diabetes reversal (59:15) Accepting and embracing criticism (01:05:51) Dr. Soto Mota's recent Zetia Study (link below) (01:18:24) Outro For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Brian Ruby: Glyvance: https://medifoodz.com/ X: https://x.com/Medifoodz Dr. Adrian Soto Mota: X: https://x.com/AdrianSotoMota Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://toward.health Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health 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. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://toward.health/community/

Catherine Seo, PhD is the founder of Lipedema Simplified and director of The Lipedema Project. A psychologist, educator, and lipedema advocate, Catherine's work grew from her own experience with lipedema and lymphedema. She produced and directed the documentary The Disease They Call FAT and has dedicated her career to raising awareness, advancing research, and empowering women living with lipedema. Siobhan Huggins is a researcher, metabolic health advocate, and Research Specialist with Lipedema Simplified and The Lipedema Project. Diagnosed with lipedema in 2021, she focuses on ketogenic nutrition, cholesterol metabolism, inflammation, and metabolic health. Siobhan is also a co-founder of Own Your Labs and an international speaker on lipedema and the potential role of low-carb nutrition in managing the condition. In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro, Catherine, and Siobhan talk about… (00:00) Intro (03:58) Catherine Seo's personal and professional history with lipedema (11:20) The gaslighting and prejudice experienced by people suffering from lipedema (20:31) How lipedema can impact peoples' relationships (28:07) How the microbiome effects everything (39:32) How lipedema is hormonally effected (53:06) How different types of fat are released (01:00:02) Outro For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Catherine Seo, PhD: Lipedema Simplified: https://lipedema-simplified.org/ X: https://x.com/catherineseo Lipedema: Principles and Practice of Diagnosis and Treatment: https://www.amazon.com/Lipedema-Principles-Practice-Diagnosis-Treatment/dp/1781612641 Siobhan Huggins: Own Your Labs: https://ownyourlabs.com/ X: https://x.com/siobhan_huggins?lang=en Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://toward.health Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health 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. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://toward.health/community/

Sarah Aitken is a nurse practitioner, metabolic health practitioner, and the founder of Diabetes Game Changer. Her work is deeply personal: after struggling with obesity, prediabetes, and early type 2 diabetes herself, Sarah discovered the power of nutrition and lifestyle change and transformed her own health, losing nearly 100 pounds along the way. Today, she combines her clinical experience with what she learned through her own journey to help people understand insulin resistance, improve their metabolic health, and take control of type 2 diabetes through sustainable, evidence-based lifestyle changes. In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro and Sarah talk about… (00:00) Intro (02:49) Type 2 diabetes and body types (06:01) The woeful lack of education in medical schools on nutrition (10:32) How Sarah first educated herself on the physiology of insulin resistance and nutrition (20:42) The power of community and accountability (25:37) Providing a healthy alternative to the mega health care system that profits off of patients' illness (30:46) Food labels and grocery shopping (39:00) Fiber (43:43) Food, exercise, and blood sugar spikes (48:17) Food addiction and support (51:48) Outro For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Sarah Aitken: Reversible (book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2WJNVK Diabetes Game Changer: https://www.diabetesgamechanger.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/diabetesgamechanger Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://toward.health Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health 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. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://toward.health/community/

Andy Schoonover is the founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, a community-powered alternative to traditional health insurance that is rethinking how Americans pay for and access healthcare. His journey began after his own family was hit with an $8,000 medical bill for his daughter's ear procedure… despite having health insurance. Frustrated by a system he believed was putting bureaucracy and financial incentives ahead of patients, Andy decided to build a better alternative. Through CrowdHealth, Andy is working to give individuals greater control over their healthcare, increase price transparency, reduce unnecessary costs, and put the patient, not the insurance company, back at the center of the system. If you are interested in the Exit Diabetes Pilot Program, see the links below to book a screening call! In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro, and Andy talk about… (00:00) Intro (03:02) Issues with big health insurance companies in our post-Affordable Care Act world (17:00) Why the health insurance system is working against the patient (26:32) The slow shift away from massive healthcare companies and toward cheaper, patient-focused, sustainable options and how Crowd Health is leading the way (37:57) Perverse incentives and how to switch the incentive structure of the health insurance system to make patients healthy (42:47) Ignorance surrounding just how toxic so much of our food is (46:41) Crowd Health's new Exit Diabetes Pilot Program (01:05:05) Outro For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Andy Schoonover: CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com Exit Diabetes Pilot Program: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/exit-diabetes-pilot-program (Click to book a screening call!) X: https://x.com/andyjschoonover?lang=en Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://toward.health Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health 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. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://toward.health/community/

Dr. Philip Ovadia is a board-certified heart surgeon on a mission to help people stay off his operating table. After overcoming his own struggles with obesity and poor metabolic health, he shifted his focus from treating advanced heart disease to preventing it by addressing its root causes. As the bestselling author of Stay Off My Operating Table, Dr. Ovadia challenges conventional thinking about heart health and advocates for nutrition, metabolic health, and lifestyle as the foundation for preventing cardiovascular disease. Through his clinical work, writing, and education, he empowers people to take control of their health long before surgery becomes necessary. In this episode, Drs. Brian and Philip talk about… (00:00) Intro (01:21) Dr. Ovadia's personal health journey (05:09) Insulin resistance and heart disease (09:29) Insulin resistance, inflammation, and imaging (25:44) GLP medications and heart disease risk (28:47) Why meat is essential for human health (33:17) How Dr. Ovadia's colleagues have reacted to his unconventional dietary views and how the medical field is reacting to the keto/low carb revolution (39:25) Various lab tests and plaque progression (41:19) Gut health and the carnivore diet (42:54) Fermentation and detoxifying foods (46:29) Outro For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Dr. Philip Ovadia: Books: https://ovadiahearthealth.com/books/ Website: https://ovadiahearthealth.com/ X: https://x.com/ifixhearts Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website: https://toward.health Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/ Toward Health 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. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doctor-tro/id1588693888 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.disciplemedia.doctortro&hl=en_US&gl=US Learn more: https://toward.health/community/