Life's Best Medicine Podcast
208 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 140 ratingsTotal health encompasses more than just physical wellbeing; it includes factors like family life, the health of our relationships, spirituality, and the way we see our relationship to the rest of the world and to others. In this show, Dr. Lenzkes and his guests discuss these factors and share stories of heroism, compassion, and healing along the way. Being a medical doctor, Dr. Lenzkes has made a commitment to helping people, and he firmly believes that this commitment extends into every aspect of life.
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Episodes
Episode 207: Michelle Hall
July 17, 2024 03:56 - 57 minutes - 65.9 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Michelle Hall is a Certified Primal Health Coach and Human Intestinal Microbiome Specialist who strives to help others suffering from similar health issues she did. Through an integrative approach, Michelle assists people by creating sustainable changes in their lives to become their most vibrant, healthy, and fulfilled selves. She began her own journey towards health and wellness in July, 2020, after years of unhealthy l...
Episode 206: Dr. Donald Vega
July 10, 2024 03:32 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Donald Vega is a 46 year old husband and father. He is a registered dietitian, strength and conditioning specialist and life-style mentor, based in Costa Rica with more than 24 years of experience in health education. He is the founder of Kilosophy which was established with one vision: “To reverse metabolic disease through a free, fit, happy and healthy society.” He has presented at conferences in Costa Rica, Panama, A...
Episode 205: Jessyca Reynolds
July 03, 2024 04:02 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Jessyca Reynolds is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Life Coach who has over 10,000 hours of coaching experience in the last six years working with hundreds of clients. At age 41, she had all but given up on life. She was taking 17 pills a day for bulimia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, chronic migraine, bladder disease, and other ailments. She spent every day completely consumed by food addiction and bingeing....
Episode 204: Vinnie Tortorich
June 26, 2024 04:32 - 1 hour - 74 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Vinnie Tortorich is a fitness and weight loss expert, the author of the best-selling Fitness Confidential, filmmaker of such films as Beyond Impossible and FAT: A Documentary, and host of the very popular Fitness Confidential podcast. In this episode, Dr. Brian and Vinnie talk about… Vinnie’s battle with leukemia How the NSNG (No Sugar, No Grains) approach to dietary health impacts cancer growth What makes life worth...
Episode 203: Jan Ellison Baszucki
June 19, 2024 03:42 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. 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, Th...
Episode 202: Doug Reynolds
June 12, 2024 03:32 - 55 minutes - 63.2 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. 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 nutritio...
Episode 201: Overview of the Low Carb Cruise 2024
June 06, 2024 03:35 - 16 minutes - 18.7 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. In this episode, Dr. Brian shares some highlights and insights from the recent Low Carb Cruise, at which he was a speaker. Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Arizona Metabolic Health Low Carb MD Podcast HLTH Code: HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH HLTH Code Website Keto Mojo: Keto Mojo
Episode 200: Christopher Lee Maher
May 22, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Christopher Lee Maher is a retired US Navy SEAL, best-selling author, and holistic wellness pioneer regarded as the unparalleled authority in stress resolution, healing, personal evolution, and longevity. As a Navy SEAL, Christopher was in what appeared to be peak physical health and even spent time training for the Olympics. What he didn’t realize was that his internal health was deeply compromised. Soon symptoms like join...
Episode 199: Dr. Deanna Price
May 15, 2024 04:00 - 55 minutes - 63.1 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Deanna Price completed her residency in 1999 and stayed on an extra year as Chief Resident. Dr. Price attended medical school at University of California, San Diego and did her residency at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. She worked the first 15 years of her career in San Diego, then moved to Prescott Arizona in 2015. She worked for Yavapai Regional Medical Center until 2024. Dr. Price is board certified in Interna...
Episode 198: Lessons from Guatemala 2024
May 08, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes - 31.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. In this episode, Brian shares some stories as well as lessons/insights from his recent medical mission trip to Guatemala. Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy! Links: The Merlo Foundation: Website Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Low Carb MD Podcast HLTH Code: HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH HLTH Code Website Keto Mojo: Keto Mojo
Episode 197: Bronson Dant
May 01, 2024 03:38 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Bronson Dant has been coaching and training people in health and fitness for almost 10 years. He started CrossFit around his 40th birthday and quickly fell in love with the variety, community, coaching, and results. Bronson opened his own CrossFit gym in 2014. In 2018 Bronson discovered the secret to extreme optimization of his metabolic health and performance. Since then, he has designed specific methods to use both nutrit...
Episode 196: Dr. Robert Lufkin
April 24, 2024 04:39 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Robert Lufkin is a physician/medical school professor (UCLA and USC) focusing on the applied science of health, longevity, and consciousness. After reversing chronic disease and transforming his life he is making it his mission to help others do the same. In addition to being a practicing physician, he is author of over 200 peer reviewed scientific papers and 14 books that are available in six languages. Robert has give...
Episode 195: Lessons About Community from Biking
April 17, 2024 04:03 - 14 minutes - 16.2 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. In this episode, Dr. Brian goes solo to share a personal story he recently experienced while on a bike ride with a few friends. It is a lesson on the power and purpose of community and teamwork. We don’t need to go through life as a lone wolf. It is much easier and much more fulfilling to work together in community. Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Websi...
Episode 194: Grace Price
April 10, 2024 04:01 - 56 minutes - 64.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Grace Price is an 18 year old who has spent the past two years chasing after a cure for cancer. This chase led her ultimately to write, edit, produce, and direct the documentary film, Cancer: A Food-Borne Illness. The film follows Grace across the country as she searches for the lifestyle factors that are putting people at high risk for cancer. It turns out that one of the best ways to prevent cancer is simple: don’t eat su...
Episode 193: Dr Matthew Phillips
April 03, 2024 03:11 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr Matthew Phillips, upon completing his neurology training in Melbourne, realized that he had no interest in going the usual route of further specializing in a particular neurological disorder. After spending three years learning about a variety of therapeutic possibilities that he had never considered, he came to realize that metabolic strategies, particularly fasting and ketogenic diets, were promising therapeutic option...
Episode 192: Kathy Bowers
March 27, 2024 12:34 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Kathy Bowers decided after working for over 20 years as a family practitioner in social care & children and families to leave and become a parenting/teen & life coach. Now for over 40 years she has worked with parents and their children in all areas of parenting & parenting issues including behaviour problems. In this episode, Brian and Kathy talk about all that is involved in family coaching, the biggest confounders of f...
Episode 191: John Davidson
March 20, 2024 05:03 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. John Davidson is the founder of Broken Truth—a website dedicated to exposing “bad actions by those in power and encourage corporations, groups, and governments to change their errant behaviors.” He is also working on producing/directing a new documentary film entitled, Epidemic of Fraud. The film explores the bizarre media, medical, and partisan political attacks levied against a class of ancient medications. He has also w...
Episode 190: John Marion
March 13, 2024 12:48 - 59 minutes - 68.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. John Marion is the founder of Alpha Dog Capital—a company providing access to tax-advantaged, higher-return passive real estate investment opportunities. He is also the host of the Alpha Dog Capital Deal Flow Channel Podcast—a show that brings listeners investment and business deals from industry experts and deal makers. John also has 4 decades of professional experience, working with non-profit organizations for 26 years a...
Episode 189: Dr. Tro Kalayjian, Rosette Kalayjian, and Lanell Lenzkes
March 06, 2024 05:17 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Tro Kalayjian is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine. He is a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners and has lost 150 pounds by challenging conventional medical advice. Now, he is dedicated to helping patients achieve health, prevent disease, and reduce medication dependence. He is also Dr. Brian’s co-host on the Low Carb MD Podcast. Rosette Kalayjian is an e...
Episode 188: Hal Cranmer
February 28, 2024 06:22 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Hal Cranmer is the owner of A Paradise for Parents Senior Living—an assisted living home with experts who have had lots 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. Also joining the show is Terry, whose husband, Dave, has been living at Hal’s assisted living home. Dave suffers fro...
Episode 187: Ganesh Venkataramanan
February 21, 2024 04:51 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Ganesh Venkataramanan, pen-named Geeves, is a graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology. He works as a Vice President at a Software technology company. With his background in science and experience in working with highly analytical teams, Ganesh found that scientific explanations, while fine in themselves, lacked depth and human meaning. Though his worldview in college was atheistic, a series of chance en...
Episode 186: Dr. Sabine Hazan
February 14, 2024 05:56 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Sabine Hazan has always been dedicated to understanding life. She sought a career in medicine and was accepted to medical school based on outstanding research on obesity conducted as an undergraduate. She completed her residency at the University of Miami during the peak of the HIV epidemic, treating extremely ill patients at Jackson Memorial Hospital and in the local jail. There, she was awarded two prizes for her rese...
Episode 185: Leah Koskinen
February 07, 2024 06:33 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Leah Koskinen is a board certified Physician Assistant who has an interest in metabolic and women’s health, maximizing hormone health, as well as lifestyle interventions and overall well-being. Leah graduated from California State University in Monterey Bay with a Master of Science Physician Assistant degree. During her time as a student, she participated in clinical rotations with Dr. Lenzkes, learning more about metabolic...
Episode 184: Mimi Morgan
January 31, 2024 05:58 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Mimi Morgan grew up in Kentucky where, despite developing asthma at the age of two, she spent lots of time outdoors, taking care of horses, and riding horses. Unfortunately, her low fat, low protein way of eating ultimately brought about some serious health issues. She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and Parkinsonism. Shortly thereafter, she was diagnosed with Spinal Osteomyelitis. Her health was steadily declining....
Episode 183: Dr. Ken Berry
January 24, 2024 05:44 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Ken Berry is a practicing family physician who has been practicing medicine since 2003. He is a passionate advocate of health on his YouTube channel where he has over 2 million subscribers. Along with his online presence, he is active in the Keto Community and is best known for his direct, no nonsense approach to health and wellness. Dr. Berry is the author of the best selling book Lies My Doctor Told Me. In this con...
Episode 182: Allen and Taylor Martin
January 19, 2024 07:32 - 1 hour - 105 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. The Martin family’s lives were changed on November 9, 2022. On that day their daughter, Trista, died suddenly. Allen and Taylor, her parents, were left in shocked disbelief. How could an 18 year old girl with a clean bill of health die so suddenly with no explanation? It turns out that Trista had, without her parents’ knowledge, gotten the Pfizer vaccine just 112 days before her untimely death. Thank you for listening. Ha...
Episode 181: Rhonda Britten
January 17, 2024 15:55 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Rhonda Britten - Emmy Award-winner, Repeat Oprah guest, 4x Bestselling author, and founder of the Fearless Living Institute – has devoted her life to one thing: teaching people how to master fear. Rhonda's four bestselling books include her seminal work Fearless Living, which shares her groundbreaking work called the "Wheel of Fear," Change Your Life in 30 Days, Fearless Loving, and Do I Look Fat in This. She's been read, h...
Episode 180: Dr. Georgia Ede
January 10, 2024 07:54 - 51 minutes - 59.1 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Georgia Ede is, among many other things, the recipient of the Metabolic Mind Award from the Baszucki Institute and author of the groundbreaking book, Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind. She is a Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist based in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. She spends much of her time and effort studying, writing, and speaking about the strong scientific connection between food and brain health....
Episode 179: Life's Best Medicine: 2024 Preview
January 03, 2024 07:20 - 13 minutes - 15.4 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. In this quick preview episode, Dr. Brian talks about the exciting guests and topics lined up for the Life’s Best Medicine Podcast in 2024. Stay tuned for more brilliant and inspiring guests and stories. Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Low Carb MD Podcast HLTH Code: HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH HLTH Code Website Keto Mojo: Ket...
Episode 178: Mike Davis (@GuyNAustin)
December 20, 2023 06:15 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Mike Davis (@GuyNAustin on Twitter) is a self-described “random guy in Austin who got tired of being sick and overweight at the age of 48 and decided to do something about it.” After achieving amazing results simply by kicking soda, he tried the ketogenic diet. This adoption of the keto diet enabled him to normalize his blood pressure and shed roughly 25% of his bodyweight in 10 weeks with no exercise at all. In this epis...
Episode 177: Dr. Jason Fung
December 13, 2023 06:09 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Jason Fung returns to the show! 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. In this episode, Brian and J...
Episode 176: Ben Bikman Returns
December 06, 2023 06:50 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Ben Bikman earned a Ph.D. in Bioenergetics at East Carolina University with a focus on the adaptations to metabolic surgeries in obesity. He continued to explore metabolic disorders, with a focus on insulin resistance, as a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore. As a professor at Brigham Young University and the director of its Diabetes Research Lab, Dr. Bikman has continued to study insulin...
Episode 175: Thoughts on Thanksgiving
November 29, 2023 05:11 - 17 minutes - 19.8 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. In this episode Dr. Brian talks about the power of forgiveness and gratitude. Holding grudges and withholding kindness and love from family and friends is bad for you, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is always a better choice to have grace, overlook slights and disagreements, and be thankful. Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Low Ca...
Episode 174: Gene McLeod
November 22, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Gene McLeod is an author based in Richmond, Virginia. His new book, Intersections, is a family saga/drama that explores nature vs. nurture across three generations- based on a true story. He is also the lead singer for The Usual Suspects—a Richmond-based band. In this episode, Brian and Gene talk about Gene’s new book, Intersections, the impact of nature, nurture, and environment on personality and the course of one’s lif...
Episode 173: Owen Johnston
November 15, 2023 06:35 - 1 hour - 76 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Owen Johnston is a physical therapist in San Diego, CA. He graduated from CSU Fresno's Doctor of Physical Therapy program in December 2015 and opened Advanced Physical Therapy & Wellness in 2022 with his wife and business partner, Jen. In this episode, Brian and Owen talk about how/why Owen started his own Physical Therapy practice, Owen’s discovery of and entrance into the Christian faith, how Owen chose to pursue physic...
Episode 172: Dr. Paul Kolodzik
November 08, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Paul Kolodzik has provided metabolic health and weight loss medical services to patients for nearly 15 years. Believing that the key to metabolic health is appropriately limiting carbohydrate intake to achieve blood glucose reduction/stabilization, fat catabolism (burning fat), weight loss, and disease reversal, Dr. Paul is passionate about helping people make the appropriate lifestyle changes to achieve wellness. He is...
Episode 171: Reed Davis
November 01, 2023 04:08 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Reed Davis, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine. Over 20 years ago, Reed Davis recognized people were caught in a “cycle of trial and error” and he committed to being the last person they needed to see. While working with top leaders in alternative medicine, he ran thousands of labs on thousands o...
Episode 170: Pastor K and Pastor M
October 25, 2023 07:02 - 1 hour - 86 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Pastor K is a teacher and disciple-maker who has taught biblical principles and discipleship to pastors in countries around the world. Pastor M is also a teacher of biblical truth. He grew up in the Hindu faith worshiping over 120 goddesses. It was not until a group of Christian missionaries came to his house and healed his brother who was on his death bed that he gave his life to Christ. Since then his ministry has bro...
Episode 169: Joseph Onesta
October 18, 2023 05:14 - 1 hour - 110 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Joseph Onesta is a clinical hypnotist who specializes in helping people reverse type 2 diabetes and/or lose a significant amount of weight. He is the Onesta Process, a unique combination of education, coaching and hypnotherapy that helps clients comfortably adjust to the necessary lifestyle changes to become and stay free from diabetes and obesity. He is also a speaker and author of several books on nutrition and hypnothera...
Episode 168: Dr. Lily Johnston
October 11, 2023 04:52 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Lily Johnston, MD, MPH is board-certified in Vascular as well as General Surgery. Dr. Johnston received her BA from Princeton University, and her MD from the University of California, San Diego. After a residency in General Surgery at the University of Virginia, she completed a Vascular Surgery Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Johnston also earned a Master’s of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Universit...
Episode 167: Leah Glascox (Koskinen)
October 04, 2023 05:28 - 56 minutes - 64.5 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Leah Glascox (Koskinen) is a physician assistant currently working with Dr. Brian Lenzkes at his private medical practice (San Diego Metabolic Health) in San Diego, CA. She is a board certified Physician Assistant who has an interest in metabolic and women's health, addressing hormone health, as well as lifestyle interventions and overall well-being. Her goals within practicing medicine are to empower patients while educati...
Episode 166: Hal Cranmer
September 27, 2023 04:44 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Hal Cranmer is the owner of A Paradise for Parent’s Senior Living. After serving in the Air Force and working in real estate, Hal began opening assisted living facilities in Arizona. In this episode, Brian and Hal talk about how Hal got into assisted living care, providing the best quality of life for seniors, the lack of emphasis on diet and lifestyle in most assisted living facilities, the damage that sugar does to the ...
Episode 165: Ken Armstrong
September 20, 2023 04:32 - 58 minutes - 67.1 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Ken Armstrong is a business analyst, cyclist, and low-carb/keto proponent. He has an amazing weight loss story—losing over 210 lbs over the course of his dietary journey—with high points and low points and lessons learned along the way. Having been disappointed again and again by a variety of different diets, Ken discovered Gary Taubes’ book, Why We Get Fat, which set him on the path to finally attaining health and sustaina...
Episode 164: Dr. Laura Buchanan
September 13, 2023 04:58 - 59 minutes - 68.3 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Laura Buchanan is a board-certified family medicine physician with a passion for using lifestyle modification as the first-line standard of care wherever possible. She completed her family medicine residency at Wake Forest in 2022 and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. For her undergraduate education she received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the Univer...
Episode 163: Brad and Maggie Jones
September 06, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Maggie Jones is a stage 4 cancer thriver who credits metabolic therapies, along with conventional treatment, with miraculously prolonging her life, which she has now dedicated to raising awareness of metabolic therapies. Brad Jones has over 20 years of editing experience and has worked on everything from a Peabody Award-winning documentary to the highest-rated shows ever on MTV and CMT. In this episode, Brian, Maggie, and...
Episode 162: Debbie Hubbs
August 30, 2023 04:48 - 29 minutes - 34.1 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Debbie Hubbs is the founder of Low Carb Cruise. The goal of Low Carb Cruise is to bring people together from all around the world who are either currently living the keto lifestyle or wish to learn more about it in an enjoyable, social, informational and educational setting. She started in 2008 with just 30 people and has grown to 350 people! In this episode, Brian and Debbie talk bout the history of the Low Carb Cruise a...
Episode 161: Lessons from the San Diego Symposium for Metabolic Health & "Hurricane" Hillary
August 23, 2023 04:10 - 33 minutes - 38.1 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. In this episode, Dr. Brian Lenzkes talks about the recent Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners conference that was hosted by LowCarbUSA in San Diego, CA. Dr. Brian talks about the effects of stress, poor sleep, loneliness, and the recent ‘hurricane’ that hit San Diego. Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy! Links: Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Website Low Carb MD Podcast HLTH Code: H...
Episode 160: Lessons from Roseto, Pennsylvania
August 16, 2023 05:21 - 58 minutes - 66.9 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. In 1955 President Eisenhower had a heart attack and began a search to discover the cause of heart disease and heart attacks. Researchers discovered that Roseto, Pennsylvania, a small town on the Eastern side of the state, had a very unique population. It just so happens that the small Italian community that made up the majority of the population of this town had no fatal heart attacks under the age of 55. Also, those above ...
Episode 159: Tinka
August 09, 2023 06:03 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Tinka is a singer/songwriter currently based in California, though she is originally from Israel. She grew up eating a standard Middle Eastern diet and struggled with mental health growing up (especially anxiety). Though she had always taken active steps to alleviate her mental health, it was not until she discovered the low-carb diet that she was able to see sustainable, substantial improvement with her various health issu...
Episode 158: Eranda Wickramasinghe
August 02, 2023 06:01 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Eranda’s greatest joy is his family. He is privileged to live a life of abundance and in many ways, he owes this to three extraordinary women: His mother, who gave him life, raised him as best she could while she suffered violent domestic abuse, she is the bravest person he knows. His sister, she has the biggest heart of anyone he knows, for never giving up hope for a better future for our mother. His wife Ruth, th...