Nourished by Grace: A Christian Keto Journey | John Wilbur (jmacwrites) - E412

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Medicine, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

John Wilbur is the author of Nourished By Grace, a faith-centered guide to breaking free from diet culture and finding true health and restoration. After years of battling frustration, fad diets, and dead-end health advice, he discovered a compassionate, Biblical approach to caring for the body. Now he's on a mission to share it with others.

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

(00:00) Intro
(02:03) How John became a Christian
(08:10) How John turned his health around using the low carb diet
(18:08) The connection between religion and the keto diet
(24:50) How John's message has been received by his family and friends
(32:27) Fasting, ketosis, and the spiritual life
(36:19) Hiking the Appalachian Trial
(43:44) Why John decided to write Nourished by Grace
(51:37) Making spiritual connections
(57:37) True kindness and compassion
(01:05:11) Grace
(01:07:17) Outro

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Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
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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.
0:20.4	Hello and welcome back to the low carb MD podcast.
0:23.9	Trow, I think we've matured with time because I remember we couldn't talk about some of
0:29.8	these things before because people get upset with me.
0:31.7	And I even had to sell my own podcast, Life's Best Medicine, to talk about this kind of stuff
0:35.7	because I think this is Life's Best Medicine.
0:37.5	So who did you round up, Trow, to drag in to get tortured by us for instance? life's best medicine to talk about this kind of stuff because I think this is life's best medicine.
0:41.9	So who did you round up, Tro, to drag in to get tortured by us for an hour?
0:49.5	He's actually somebody I've really grown fond of, somebody we've met, I met several times.
0:58.8	He's actually an avid author, you know, whether you're looking to talk about sort of faith-based healing,
1:04.7	you know, and how, you know, and this is his newest book, he's an author, nourished by Grace,
1:11.6	by J. Mack writes, or whether you're interested in how to hack the app, you know, hike the Appalachia.
1:14.7	He's certainly got a book on that.
1:20.7	I'm excited today to have somebody who's touched me and touch the community we're building here.
1:31.2	And happy to have, you know, Mr. John Wilbur, J. Mack writes, come here and, and sort of talk about his book and maybe everything that led up to this book. So super excited. Yeah, John, welcome.
1:37.5	Great to have you. Let's hear your story. All right. Well, thank you. I'm glad to be here.
1:43.9	Yeah, I was just kind of telling you a little bit about it as far as the faith journey. So I can tell you a little bit about that and my, I guess, healing journey physically as well as what made me combine it all to the book that I wrote. So I'll just start off.
2:02.6	When I was in the Air Force, I had met this man,
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