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Hello and welcome back to the low-carb MD podcast today is our 100th episode

it's been an absolute pleasure and absolute honor for us to do this podcast

Trot, welcome.

Listen, I can't tell you, Brian, just before we start,

I have to say, Brian, I have to thank you.

You know, you saw a little punk and me a long time ago and you dragged me into this mess and here we are about to interview one of my role models, mentors, somebody I looked on, you know, when know, when people thank me for what I do,

I say, you know, we're standing on the shoulder or giants.

And here we are, you and me,

after you've dealt with me for the past year interviewing.

I just can't believe we have them on the show.

Professor Tim Nokes.

Professor Tim Nokes is such an absolute honor

and we don't want to make too light of this

because the gravity is unbelievable. you did what you went through you

opened the door for the rest of us you could have easily walked away the most

decorated scientist and you know dock and you refuse to do that you could have walked away into the sunset and said okay I'll just not talk about this but you went through a heck of a lot and when we started this podcast you were still going through your battles and and I said

Tro if we do this we're putting arrows on our back, you know, but Professor Nokes is opening the door and he's allowing this to happen for us.

So gosh, it's such an honor to have you and we'd love to hear your story and what gave you the

fortitude to stand up and not just cower in the corner? Well, thanks Brian and thanks, Troy, and thank you for those lovely words.

I appreciate it and I think my wife and now are in the state where we're actually happy we went through it. There were moments during the

last four or five years when it was really, really tough. And there were times when maybe we weren't

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