Low Carb MD Podcast

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 who specializes in metabolic health. She graduated from Edinburgh University in 2003 and has worked in the field of psychiatry since 2004. She is a Nutrition Network Advisor and Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. She also holds a Master degree in Medical Laws and Ethics and is involved in ongoing research into ketogenic diets and mental disorder. Dr. Brown is an advocate for therapeutic carbohydrate restriction and dietary modification to address underlying metabolic dysfunction and gut dysbiosis as underlying causes of mental disorder, as well as other lifestyle measures for optimising health. In this conversation, Brian, Ally, and Dr. Rachel talk about Ally's mental health journey, Dr. Rachel's personal health journey, Ally and Dr. Rachel's health coaching, metabolic psychiatry, sugar addiction, the mechanistic and emotional aspects behind a poor diet, meditation for anxiety and self-understanding, the mental component of successfully dieting, diet tailoring, the benefits of exercise for mental health and metabolic health, and Ally's recent experiment with fast food. Links: Ally Houston: Paleo Canteen Website The Canteen Podcast Paleo Canteen Cookbook (Barnes and Noble USA) Paleo Canteen Cookbook (Amazon USA) Paleo Canteen Cookbook (Amazon Australia) Scoundrel Ice Cream Twitter Instagram Facebook Dr. Rachel Brown: Twitter Linktree Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Low Carb MD Podcast

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 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 episode, Drs. Tro, Matt, and Laura talk about The Keto-Med Trial which compared different formulations of the low-carb diet. They examine the methods, data, and conclusions of the study and give their assessments. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Matt Calkins: Twitter Aging Successfully Dr. Laura Buchanan: Twitter The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners Website Instagram Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter 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. Apple Google Learn more

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 Seventh Day Adventist church has played in demonizing red meat, the relationship between the American Dietetics Association and Kellogg's, doing what is right and having integrity in the face of personal financial risk, the dietary similarities of the blue zone populations, the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle, and the need for raising awareness among consumers about real nutrition. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Belinda Fettke: No Fructose I Support Gary Facebook Instagram Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter 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. Apple Google Learn more

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 The Journal Club, Drs. Tro and Laura talk about a recent paper published by Dr. Jen Unwin on Food Addiction (Read it HERE). For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Laura Buchanan: Twitter The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners Website Instagram Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter

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 practice, important figures in the keto and low-carb space who have helped and influenced Alice, the true meaning of practicing medicine, and Alice's experience being an adoptive gym mom to high school students. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Alice Smith: Twitter Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter 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. Apple Google Learn more

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 period called The DIETFITS Randomized Clinical Trial. Dr. Adrian recently finished re-analyzing the data from this trial and is here to talk through his findings with Drs. Brian and Tro. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Adrian Soto-Mota: Twitter Linkedin YouTube Publications Re-Analysis of DIETFITS Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter

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 himself on a ketogenic diet and has lost a LOT of weight since then. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Tom Seest: Twitter Medium Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter

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 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 episode of The Journal Club, Drs. Tro, Matt, and Laura take a deep dive into the latest study on the impact of Erythritol on human health. The Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02223-9 For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Dr. Matt Calkins: Twitter Aging Successfully Dr. Laura Buchanan: Twitter The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners Website Instagram Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter

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 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 conversation, Drs. Tro, Brian, Nick, and Adrian talk about the findings and methods of a recent study on the effects of erythritol on human health, thinking strategically and critically about how/when/if artificial sweeteners can be safely included in your diet, what exactly erythritol is and how it is made, and which sweeteners (if any) Drs. Nick and Adrian use personally. Links: Dr. Nick Norwitz: New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook YouTube Twitter Dr. Adrian Soto Mota: Twitter Linkedin YouTube Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter

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 an encounter with the keto diet that he found a lasting solution. Jan Baszucki, Matt's mother, is a former marketing executive, a best-selling author and essay-writer, and is the current president of the Baszucki Group. Jan is also a mental health advocate and aspiring citizen scientist. She is currently at work on a memoir about her son's recovery from bipolar disorder with a 100-year-old metabolic treatment for epilepsy. In this episode Dr. Tro, Matt, and Jan talk about Matt's mental health story up to this point, Matt's health protocol, the tragic lack of available treatment protocols for bi-polar that use diet as a therapy, how to safely and effectively come off of a medication, empowering patients with knowledge to be their own advocate and take their health into their own hands, the role that music played in Matt's recovery, and the founding of Metabolic Mind. For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Jan and Matt Baszucki: Matt's Podcast, Bipolarcast Metabolic Mind YouTube Metabolic Mind Website Baszucki Group Dr. Tro Kalayjian: Website Twitter Instagram Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Twitter