E389 - The Fight For TRUE Nutrition | Mike Sweeney, RD

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Diet, Mental Health, Lowcarb, Nutrition, Keto, Brianlenzkes, Health & Fitness, Jasonfung, Doctortro, Intermittentfasting, Trokalayjian, Medicine, Meganramos

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Mike Sweeney (@thelowcarb_rd) is passionate about helping people with chronic disease avoid the chronic struggles that he himself faced. He reversed his own pre diabetes and keeps his IBS under control by living a low carb lifestyle. In 2024 he helped over 40 patients achieve diabetes remission and 15 patients become symptom free from IBS. Mike’s passion isn't just about food, it's about empowering people to take control of their health.

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

(00:00) Intro
(02:39) Mike’s educational background and nutritional journey
(07:35) Mike’s first experience with the keto diet
(16:30) The connection between carnivore/keto, mental health, and other positive health outcomes
(19:42) The good health outcomes associated with higher protein intake
(25:40) Why people generally do not like dietitians and nutritionists
(30:29) Why it is so important in medicine and nutrition to keep an open mind and review the actual evidence for any position or recommendation before making a judgment
(35:05) Why zebras don’t get ulcers
(37:23) How industry and research is captured and made to serve corporate interests rather than public health
(42:24) Educating versus legislating to achieve public health
(01:04:45) Outro and plugs

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers (book): https://www.amazon.com/Why-Zebras-Dont-Ulcers-Third/dp/0805073698

Mike Sweeney:

X: https://x.com/thelowcarb_rd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikesweeneydietitian/

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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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Low Carb MD Podcast. No one is beyond help. No one is beyond hope.
0:07.2	Nothing said on the Low Carb MD podcast is medical advice. Please consult your own doctor before making any
0:13.7	lifestyle changes. Hello and welcome back to the low-carb MD podcast.
0:24.1	Trow, what are you excited about?
0:26.1	Oh, my God.
0:26.9	Are you kidding me?
0:27.6	We got the Jack's dietitian from the UK who's with us.
0:31.9	What's not to be excited?
0:33.7	You know, hide your kids.
0:35.3	Hide your wife, you know.
0:37.5	He's making beef great again, Brian.
0:40.3	I've been following this dietitian on Twitter for a couple of years at least, and he's just on fire.
0:50.1	He's just absolutely on fire and we'll put his handle in the show notes.
0:55.7	And I just wanted to bring him on, get to know him a little better, understand, you know, as a trained dietitian, how he came to metabolic health.
1:06.3	And let's see if we can learn a thing or two.
1:09.5	Yeah, and how things are different across the pond here. Yeah, Mike, welcome. Great to have you. Yeah, thanks for having me on, guys. I'm not sure you're going to learn anything here, but we'll see how it goes. Yeah, hopefully we can all educate some. We'll figure something out. But tell us your story. Like, how did you, what made you go into nutrition and what was your path like?
1:29.2	Was it a direct path or did you circle around to do other stuff?
1:32.0	And how did you get your interest?
1:35.2	Yeah, no, good question.
1:36.7	To be fair, it's a bit of a long story.
1:38.2	So I'll try to keep it short.
1:39.3	But I started in sports science, did that as an undergrad.
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