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Low Carb MD Podcast

Eating in the Age of Addiction | Michael Prager - E430

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Medicine, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Michael Prager is a journalist and writer focused on food addiction and the science of ultra-processed foods. Drawing on personal experience and deep reporting, he explores how modern food environments hijack appetite—and what it takes to reclaim health, agency, and freedom around food. He is also the chairman of the Food Addiction Institute and the author of two books: Fat Boy Thin Man and Sustainable You.

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

  • (00:00) Intro

  • (03:15) Michael's personal health journey dealing with food addiction and how he first became interested in researching food addiction

  • (13:38) How spiritual and emotional health relate to physical health

  • (28:12) Food addiction research and new developments in the mission to get food addiction officially recognized

  • (39:10) Practical tips for dealing with food addiction

  • (44:41) How Michael went from being a food addict to being the chairman of the Food Addiction Institute and writing books on food addiction

  • (53:08) Michael's spiritual journey from being a hardcore agnostic to believing in and praying to God

  • (01:00:52) Outro

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Low Carb MD Podcast.

0:03.2

No one is beyond help.

0:04.9

No one is beyond hope.

0:07.2

Nothing said on the Low Carb MD podcast is medical advice.

0:11.3

Please consult your own doctor before making any lifestyle changes.

0:20.8

Hello and welcome back to the Low Car MD podcast, Trow were you reunited.

0:26.2

I'm back in the country.

0:28.1

I'm excited.

0:29.1

I'm excited about today, Brian.

0:30.8

You know, we we spent a week off and gosh, I just want to thank, you know, everybody, all our listeners.

0:39.5

I want to thank you, Brian.

0:40.6

And I'm so thankful for our guests today.

0:44.8

Somebody who, you know, who's been working at the helm of the cross between diet and mental health for a very long time.

0:57.7

And so I'm excited about today, Brian.

1:00.6

I know you are as well.

1:02.1

I am too because I know when we talked about food addiction, like people thought we were

1:05.6

like doctors that our license should be taken for even considering this.

1:10.1

And our guest was doing this stuff years before we even brought this up.

1:14.5

So there was definitely science already.

1:16.7

And it's just overwhelming the data that's coming back now.

1:20.0

So we'll let the expert talk about this, true.

1:22.5

Do the intros.

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