Brainerd Lakes Symposium Shines a Light on Metabolic Health
On September 21, LowCarbUSA® hosted an exceptional one-day symposium on metabolic health in Brainerd Lakes. The event, spearheaded by local healthcare leaders Dr. Angie Ausban and Dr. Jeremiah Eisenschenk, alongside LowCarbUSA co-founders Doug Reynolds and Pam Devine, drew over 200 participants. The event fostered a collaborative environment where healthcare professionals and the general public came together […]
“Shrinking Fat Cells: Energy versus Insulin” – Dr. Benjamin Bikman to Present at 2024 Symposium in Boca
“Why We Get Sick” author to discuss why fat matters and what to do about it We recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Benjamin Bikman, a distinguished expert in the field of metabolic health. Dr. Bikman is set to present at the 8th Annual Symposium for Metabolic Health in Boca Raton, Florida, taking […]
A Life Transformation – Restored Health and Down 200 lbs: Ep 79
Download Episode Allen Green weighed in at 403 lbs at age 49 when he discovered the concept of carbohydrate restriction and the ketogenic diet. Now he has regained his health, is off all his medications, of which there were many, and he has lost almost 200 lbs to boot. He discusses how he got to […]
Surprising Insights from Wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM): Ep 77
Download Episode Recently Pam and I were approached by Casey Means, MD who is the co-founder and Chief medical officer of a company called Levels which is creating an App to integrate with a CGM and provide a whole lot of added value to basic scan data available in the CGM dashboard. We go over […]
Fabulously Keto: Are You a Moderator or an Abstainer? – Ep 76
Download Episode Jackie Fletcher and Louise Reynolds were both morbidly obese at one point but both follow a ketogenic lifestyle now and both have reversed that situation although they followed very different paths to get there. Louise is a university professor from Australia although currently she is resident in Bangkok. After trying everything to beat […]
Andrew Oswari, MD Becomes One Of the First To Be SMHP Accredited : Ep 67
Download Episode Two years ago, Dr. Andrew Oswari, a family medicine doctor practicing integrative medicine, was experiencing what most doctors are currently experiencing, depression and disillusionment due to their lack of ability to help any of their patients with chronic illnesses get better. Ongoing progression of the conditions and escalating medications are the order of […]
Jen & Dave Unwin: Fireside Chat – What Lovely, Humble People: Ep 64
Download Episode I have wanted to sit down and chat with David and Jen Unwin for the longest time so this was a real treat. We start out by hearing briefly how he first came to learn about Low Carb, and that was through a patient who went off and reversed her diabetes on her […]
Gary Taubes’ New Book – The Case For Keto: Ep 63
Download Episode After bursting onto the scene with Good Calories Bad Calories in 2007, Gary Taubes has gone on to write many books that have managed to make it into the mainstream and not get pigeonholed in the Keto or Low Carb genre which, let’s be honest, is still pretty small as communities go. […]
Ben Bikman – What is Insulin Resistance, Really? Ep 62
Download Episode What a fascinating discussion with Dr. Ben Bikman about what Insulin Resistance really means. He makes this statement towards the end but I would like to highlight it right here at the start, “We should be studiously avoiding dogmatic thinking and constantly be checking what we think we know, lest we become that […]
Nonprofit for Metabolic Health Practitioners is a Game Changer: Ep 61
Download Episode https://youtu.be/380n6htjsfk/ I sat down with Dr. Adele Hite to talk about the imminent launch of the nonprofit Society for Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP). She has been instrumental in helping us to get to this point. Back in 2018 she worked with the panel of advisors that we put together to oversee the development […]