Low Carb MD Podcast

By: Dr. Brian Lenzkes Dr. Tro
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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 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 383: Hal Cranmer

    Episode 383: Hal Cranmer
    Mar 3 2025
    Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Hal Cranmer is the owner of A Paradise for Parents Senior Living—an assisted living home with experts who have had a great deal of success improving the physical and cognitive health of its residents. After serving in the Air Force and working in real estate, Hal began opening assisted living facilities in Arizona. Since he began offering low-carb/carnivore food and other lifestyle therapies—exercise, red light therapy, etc—at his facilities, he has witnessed an amazing increase in his residents’ health and quality of life. In this episode, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Hal talk about… (00:00) Intro (01:45) Hal’s career history from the Air Force to manufacturing to real estate to assisted living (03:18) The culture shock many experience from visiting an assisted living facility for the first time and why assisted living is such a hard line of work to be in (11:13) How Hal is improving the health of the people in his assisted living homes by providing low carb and even carnivore meals (13:55) Pushback to Hal’s recommendation of low carb nutrition and how he accommodates his residents who have sweet cravings or are not interested in following a low carb diet (16:44) Some of the amazing health recoveries that Hal has seen since he started helping patients improve their nutrition and start exercising (23:10) What type of person ends up in the various types of elderly care—hospice, memory care, assisted living, independent living, etc. (29:35) Stories of cognitive recovery in residents who suffered from cognitive decline (37:49) Improvements that are being made to Hal’s facilities and how he is seeking to implement new and innovative ways to improve his residents’ quality of life (44:01) The favorite low carb meals, snacks, and treats among Hal’s residents (46:39) One more incredible, recent success story! (48:57) How Hal’s approach to caring for his residents is spreading and starting to catch on among other assisted living facility owners (51:36) How to avoid a dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis in your old age 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: Hal Cranmer on the Life’s Best Medicine Podcast (Ep 166): https://lifesbestmedicine.com/podcast/episode-166-hal-cranmer/ Hal Cranmer on the Life’s Best Medicine Podcast (Ep 188): https://lifesbestmedicine.com/podcast/episode-188-hal-cranmer/ Hal Cranmer: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/assisted_living_hal_cranmer/A Paradise for Parents: https://aparadiseforparents.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HalCranmerFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/aparadiseforparentsassistedliving/ • Fight Memory Loss: https://fightmemoryloss.com/ 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/ 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://doctortro.com/community/
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    59 mins
  • Episode 382: Andy Schoonover

    Episode 382: Andy Schoonover
    Feb 24 2025
    Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Andy Schoonover is the CEO and founder of CrowdHealth, a company that deploys a crowdfunding model to pay its users’ medical bills. CrowdHealth, which is currently operating in all 50 states, can even help people when they’re overseas. The idea for CrowdHealth was born shortly after Andy moved to Austin, TX. His insurance refused to cover a 15 minute, $8,000 procedure for his daughter who had to get tubes in her ears because she had a hole in her eardrum. The insurance company claimed the procedure was ’not essential’ for her. In this episode, Dr. Tro, Dr. Brian, and Andy talk about… (00:00) Intro (02:01) Andy’s career in remote healthcare and patient monitoring and how his experiences working in this field led him to starting CrowdHealth (05:34) How the perverse incentive structures of the health insurance system lead to a lack of interest in cutting costs and, often, a lack of interest in addressing the root cause of disease in patients (13:37) Why a new philosophy of health insurance is needed and the kind of system such a new philosophy would entail (18:59) Andy’s crowdfunded medical bill sharing company and how it steps in to fulfill the need for a new solution to our broken medical insurance system (27:58) How CrowdHealth is set up specifically to avoid falling into the same perverse incentive structures of big insurance companies (35:08) Which pre-existing conditions and unhealthy habits disqualify people from joining CrowdHealth and what kinds of healthcare costs are not covered by CrowdHealth (42:04) How generosity and reciprocity safeguard the economics of CrowdHealth’s system (46:34) Why CrowdHealth is only direct-to-consumer (48:19) How CrowdHealth handles routine examinations (49:46) How CrowdHealth stacks up against other popular ‘health share’ programs, why these programs have been steadily going up in cost, and how CrowdHealth plans on avoiding the same rapid increase in cost to their customers (54:44) How quickly CrowdHealth pays doctors and hospitals (58:17) How CrowdHealth incentivizes its community to improve their metabolic health and dietary habits (01:01:34) How both DPC practices and CrowdHealth avoid system overload by making the same probability bet (01:05:15) How clinics like Tro’s, which cares for some of the most obese and metabolically sick people, can partner with a company like CrowdHealth, which admits people who are already metabolically well and relatively fit (01:10:06) Whether age is a factor in what CrowdHealth members pay (01:12:58) How CrowdHealth handles families with obese or otherwise unhealthy children or other family members (01:16:38) 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 Schooner’s recent appearance on the Life’s Best Medicine Podcast: https://lifesbestmedicine.com/podcast/episode-231-andy-schoonover/ Andy Schoonover: CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com Promo Code to pay $99 for first 3 months of CrowdHealth: TRO 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/ 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://doctortro.com/community/
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode 381: Christine Trimpe

    Episode 381: Christine Trimpe
    Feb 17 2025

    Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Christine Trimpe is an author, speaker, and weight loss coach. 48 years old and 100+ pounds overweight, Christine’s health was in a precarious position. She had also been battling fatty liver disease, pre-diabetes, sleep apnea, and painful ovarian cysts. Today, her body has been set free from decades of obesity and a plethora of related health issues. How did she do it? How did she reclaim her health? It was part spiritual transformation, part mental renewal, and part nutritional understanding.

    In this episode, Dr. Tro and Christine talk about…

    • (00:00) Intro

    • (02:20) The ‘Take Ownership Experience’ that changed Christine’s life

    • (05:43) The emotional and spiritual strongholds that were holding Christine back from making healthy choices

    • (11:34) The process of Christine’s breaking emotional/spiritual strongholds and beginning to pursue health

    • (13:17) How Christine’s diet has changed and evolved from before she discovered keto to the present day

    • (16:31) How the gradual move away from a more communal society in the United States has enabled addictions/ddisorders of various kinds and why community protects individuals

    • (24:08) The pros and cons of the philosophy of the body positivity movement and why sugar/food addiction differs from other addictions

    • (28:51) The many difficulties facing people struggling with addictions of various kinds and what is needed to truly turn your life around

    • (36:54) Healing through community involvement at church

    • (42:06) What Christine eats in a day today versus six years ago

    • (43:14) Christine’s #1 tips for people trying to get started on a keto diet

    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:

    • Christine Trimpe’s recent appearance on the Life’s Best Medicine podcast: https://lifesbestmedicine.com/podcast/episode-233-christine-trimpe/

    • The Obesity Code (book by Dr. Jason Fung): https://www.amazon.com/Obesity-Code-Unlocking-Secrets-Weight/dp/1771641258

    Christine Trimpe:

    • X: https://x.com/KetoChristineMI

    • Website: https://christinetrimpe.com

    • Books: https://christinetrimpe.com/about/#books

    • Crush Your Cravings: https://pages.christinetrimpe.net/mas...

    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/

    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://doctortro.com/community/

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    44 mins

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