Episode 290: Dr. Bret Scher
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast.
Dr. Bret Scher is the Director of Metabolic Mind. He is a board-certified cardiologist, lipidologist, and leading expert in therapeutic uses of metabolic therapies, including a ketogenic diet. He has practiced for over 20 years as a preventive cardiologist and was the medical director for dietdoctor.com for over three years. The mission of Metabolic Mind is to share information and resources about the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry.
Bret's goal is to inspire individuals to dictate their own health by adopting healthy lifestyle habits. He is also certified in Functional Medicine, Personal Training, Fitness Nutrition, and Behavioral Modification.
Tro, Brian, and Bret talk about the goals and mission of Metabolic Mind, the founding story of Metabolic Mind, current issues in medical education, the many mental health benefits of the keto diet, how to take good metabolic information and make a difference in people's lives on the individual and on a larger level, sustaining weight loss and metabolic health for the long term, and controlling stress.
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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. |
| 0:18.8 | Hello and welcome back to the Low-Carb MD Podcast. |
| 0:27.2 | Today, we got a special guy who has done a ton of work and the irony of all ironies |
| 0:33.3 | is that we trained, we were chief residents. |
| 0:36.3 | He's a year ahead of me and as a chief resident and I took over the reins and made the program |
| 0:40.8 | to go downhill a bit from his wisdom and then he goes off to cardiology and then he becomes |
| 0:47.9 | diet doctor, podcast guy and he's done so much work and it's crazy how back then we |
| 0:54.3 | had no like this was not on either of our radars to be in this area of medicine and then |
| 0:59.6 | he morphs himself again and goes into the mental health aspects of lifestyle and so he's |
| 1:05.3 | done a great job. |
| 1:06.3 | He's been a guy who's been super fit, active, he practices what he preaches and what else |
| 1:13.4 | you want to say, Troll? |
| 1:14.7 | Well, you forgot that not only is he a board certified cardiologist and a board certified |
| 1:20.8 | internist, he's also a personal trainer. |
| 1:23.7 | He's gotten personal training certification, health coaching certification. |
| 1:27.9 | I mean, you know, what else can I, what else can I say, Troll? |
| 1:32.6 | Brett, sure, we're happy to have you back on, absolutely a pleasure to reconnect with you |
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