Episode 261: Sarkis Chahinian and Vic Basmadjian
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Sarkis Chahinian is a gym owner, trainer, and nutrition enthusiast from Montreal, Canada. With the help of his friend—and ours—Vic Basmadjian, he was introduced and converted to the low-carb and carnivore diet.
In this conversation, Dr. Tro. Dr. Brian, Sarkis, and Vic talk about how Sarkis became interested in fitness and came to own a gym, Sarkis' experience opening a gym in Canada during the Covid pandemic, Sarkis' mental health journey, Sarkis' dietary journey from "bro dieting" to keto dieting following Vic's advice, regulatory capture and how it effects food and dietary advice, the primary ways in which Sarkis' diet has changed and, consequently, which aspects of his life have changed for the better, changing the way you think about and interact with food, the perfect partnership of eating right and exercising, the power of community and collaboration to effect positive change in people's lives, and why stress may be the biggest single factor determining dietary success or failure.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Low-Carb MD Podcast. |
| 0:03.8 | No one is beyond help. |
| 0:05.8 | No one is beyond hope. |
| 0:08.5 | As we have always said, we are bringing you medical information and cutting-edge science, |
| 0:12.7 | but none of this is medical advice. |
| 0:15.7 | Please seek out input from your own doctor. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello, and welcome back to the Low-Carb MD Podcast, Troll, or like outnumber today. |
| 0:29.2 | We got two cool guys here, so this is going to be fun. |
| 0:32.3 | Actually, Brian, the truth is you're outnumbered. |
| 0:35.0 | This is the Armenian takeover of the Low-Carb MD Podcast. |
| 0:39.8 | We have three awesome, awesome people here today, or two other awesome people here. |
| 0:47.1 | I'm excited about this one. |
| 0:49.4 | You want to know why Brian? |
| 0:50.4 | Brian, before we do that, tell everybody what's the good news. |
| 0:55.0 | Did they let you off the hook? |
| 0:56.0 | Is California let you off the hook yet? |
| 0:57.8 | No. |
| 0:58.8 | It looks like I'm in jail right here. |
| 1:00.9 | I'm in Kansas City. |
| 1:01.9 | I'm loving it. |
| 1:02.9 | I'm having a good time. |
| 1:03.9 | Believe it or not, they have a really good barbecue here. |
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