Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Cindy Davis Mikolajczyk has been a registered nurse for 45 years and is the host of the Ask Nurse Cindy YouTube channel where she uses humor and easy to understand examples to help others on the journey to informed self care. Since discovering the power of ketogenic eating, Cindy has been passionately devoted to helping others discover the freedom found in fueling her body with low carb, high fat, medium protein foods. She is also an educator/teacher and was recently a speaker at the Low Carb Cruise.

In this episode, Dr. Brian, Dr. Tro, and Nurse Cindy talk about…

• Nurse Cindy’s personal health journey from first grade to the present time

• The psychology of food addiction and the mental/emotional experience of a person struggling with obesity and binge eating

• Why Cindy stared the Ask Nurse Cindy Facebook and YouTube accounts

• How Nurse Cindy responded to naysayers and opposition to her new dietary approach

• Psychological challenges faced by people who suddenly, for the first time, achieve a healthy weight

• The power of the Single Decision

• The importance of functional exercise

• The prevalence of wound care patients who are diabetic or metabolically unwell

• The most important factors for success in a new change of lifestyle

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Cindy Davis Mikolajczyk:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asknursecindy/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AskNurseCindy

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asknursecindy

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://www.doctortro.com/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Jan Ellison Baszucki is president of Baszucki Group and founder of Metabolic Mind. A former Silicon Valley fintech marketing executive, Jan is a writer, parent, mental health advocate and aspiring citizen scientist. She is the author of the national bestselling debut novel, A Small Indiscretion, which was a San Francisco Chronicle recommended book of 2015. Her essays have appeared in publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Writer’s Digest, and her short fiction has received numerous awards, including an O. Henry Prize for her first published story. Jan holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford, and an MFA from San Francisco State University. 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. Brian and Jan talk about…

• How Jan’s son found relief from bipolar disorder, addiction issues, and obesity by following a ketogenic diet
• The connection between following a ketogenic diet and improvement in sleep quality
• Why metabolic health and mental health are so interrelated
• The work and mission of the Baszucki Group and Metabolic Mind
• Why getting stress under control and getting social/family support are also essential for improving mental and metabolic health
• The physiological effects of psychological phenomena
• Lessons that nature teach us about human health
• Metabolic health at the cellular level
• The power of getting morning sunlight exposure

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Jan Ellison Baszucki:

• Baszucki Group
• Metabolic Mind
• Twitter
• Bipolarcast

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Doug Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA—a platform offering a variety of educational tools and resources to medical practitioners and laypeople alike. He is also the President of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners—an organization founded to represent all researchers and practitioners working to improve metabolic health around the world through education, training, and support of evidence-based nutritional approaches, including carbohydrate restriction, as a valid therapeutic option or intervention.

In this episode, Dr. Brian and Doug talk about how the SMHP (Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners) came to be, the purpose and vision of the SMHP, new developments in the SMHP such as the recently established Journal of Metabolic Health, the upcoming Symposium for Metabolic Health in San Diego, California (see show notes for details), and the benefits/dangers of sugar-free alternatives.

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

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Doug Reynolds:

• SMHP
• LowCarbUSA
• Twitter
• Symposium for Metabolic Health – San Diego 2024 (Aug 15 – 18)
• Discount Code for Symposium for Metabolic Health: LOWCARBMD

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

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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 board certified in family medicine and 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. He has published papers on food addiction, CGMs, and diabetes.

In this episode, Tro, Brian, Matt, and Laura talk about the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recent recommendations with regard to children and low-carb diets, the AAP’s recommendations for children with regard to GLP1s and bariatric surgery, the differences between a low-carb diet that treats epilepsy and a low-carb diet tailored to treat metabolic disease, and why simply getting away from processed foods drastically improves health.

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AAP Publications referenced in this episode:

• Low-Carbohydrate Diets in Children and Adolescents With or at Risk for Diabetes

• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity

• Management of Type 1 Diabetes With a Very Low–Carbohydrate Diet

Dr. Matt Calkins:

• Twitter

• Aging Successfully

• Carbohydrate reduction for metabolic disease is distinct from the ketogenic diet for epilepsy

Dr. Laura Buchanan:

• Twitter
• The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website

• Twitter

• Instagram

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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. By the time Scott hit his late 40s/early 50s he weighed over 550 pounds thanks to his adherence to the standard American dietary/exercise advice. It was not until Scott began walking, fasting, and reading the work of Jason Fung and others that he was able to start dropping weight and getting healthy. Similarly, Scott’s wife, Camille has been able to radically improve her personal health following the same dietary principles that her husband discovered. Together they run the website Improvisational Keto Kitchen—a site which provides a number of dietary tools, hacks, techniques, and recipes that Scott and Camille have adapted or developed to make the very low carbohydrate lifestyle not only sustainable, but enjoyable.

In this episode, Tro, Brian, Scott, and Camille talk about the power of fasting, the work of Vinnie Tortorich and Jason Fung, the spiritual impetus for the beginning of Scott’s weight loss journey, why abstinence is often better than moderation for those struggling to lose weight and/or stick with their diet, how Camille’s arthritis, anxiety, asthma, fibromyalgia, and allergies have improved, how Scott and Camille support and help each other to continue down the path of health, the importance of having a ‘why’ motivating your health journey, avoiding the ‘reformed smoker’s mentality’ after you discover a health lifestyle that works for you, and the power of consistent effort.

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

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Scott and Camille:

• Improvisational Keto Kitchen

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website

• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website

• Twitter

• Instagram

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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Judy Kohlheim and Erika Bell met on the Clubhouse app in a keto community club created by Judy. They became fast friends and began talking/communicating outside of the app. Together, they are the brains and braun behind the Keto Orlando Summit.

In this episode, Tro, Judy, and Erika talk about their keto origin stories, the inception of the Keto Orlando Summit, the damage done by the ADA to innocent people and families and why no one should trust the ADA for nutritional information, pregnancy and trying to get pregnant on the keto diet, and the lineup of the upcoming Keto Orlando Summit.

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

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Judy Kohlheim and Erika Bell:

• Keto Orlando Summit

• Erika’s Instagram

• Judy’s Instagram

• Keto Orlando Summit Discount Code: DRTRO

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website

• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website

• Twitter

• Instagram

Doctor Tro App

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Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Judy Wolfe, a Certified Food Addiction Professional, SUGAR and HMA Certified through Bitten Jonsson, is a trailblazer in battling sugar and food addiction. She's a Co-founder of SUGARxGlobal.com, a 24/7 one-stop-shop recovery platform based on their unique C.A.R.E. System (Connection-Action Steps-Recovery Protection™-Education) for crushing cravings and sparking transformations. With a personal recovery journey spanning 33 years and impressively maintaining a 125-pound weight loss, Judy's practical, action-driven approach has positively impacted hundreds on their path to sugar/food addiction recovery.

In this episode, Tro, Brian, and Judy talk about the genetic aspect of food/sugar addiction, the behavioral signs of a person struggling with food addiction, the time period for addiction recovery, philosophical issues with public policies that try to tax an addictive food substance into obscurity and disuse, why stress is the number one killer of the addiction recovery process, why moderation is emphatically NOT the answer for those who are truly sugar/food addicted, how diets don’t work but good nutrition does, the beauty and power of community in the addiction recovery process, and the difference between an addict and a harmful user.

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

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Judy Wolfe:

• SUGARx Global
• YouTube
• Instagram

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website
• Twitter

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram

Doctor Tro App

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