Episode 281: Dr. Matt Calkins and Dr. Laura Buchanan
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast.
Dr. Laura Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and is on the board of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida and was a valedictorian of her class at the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is on staff at Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care.
Dr. Matt Calkins is board certified in family medicine and loves studying the science of longevity, the optimization of all phases of health, and applying his knowledge to physician and patient wellness. Matt earned his M.D. from the University of Florida and holds a B.Sc. in physics. He has published papers on food addiction, CGMs, and diabetes.
In this conversation, Tro, Brian, Matt, and Laura talk about how much stress management factors into metabolic health, how Dr. Matt found his way into medicine, how Drs. Matt and Laura met, the importance of patient empowerment for patient success, conflicts of interest in standard medical care, and the benefits of the DPC model for healthcare.
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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. |
| 0:25.7 | Hello and welcome back to the Low-Carb MD Podcast. |
| 0:28.0 | Throw. |
| 0:29.0 | You got a full house over there. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm outnumbered. |
| 0:31.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:32.0 | We got the dream team here. |
| 0:33.0 | It's the dream team. |
| 0:34.0 | Dr. Laura Buchanan is here today and Dr. Matt Cawkins is here today. |
| 0:40.1 | So excited. |
| 0:41.1 | Dr. Laura has been working here, working together for almost a year now and hopefully soon |
| 0:48.6 | also Dr. Matt Cawkins. |
| 0:51.0 | Just a little bit about Dr. Matt Cawkins, besides the fact that he's a metabolic health |
| 0:56.2 | practitioner, he's also board certified in family medicine and soon to be board certified |
| 1:02.7 | in obesity medicine. |
| 1:04.6 | He has published two papers in the space which are interesting. |
| 1:09.2 | I think one poster, one paper, poster on using CGMs for food addiction and another one using |
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