Shaping the Future of Metabolic Health: The 2025 San Diego Symposium | Doug Reynolds - E404

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Diet, Mental Health, Lowcarb, Nutrition, Keto, Brianlenzkes, Health & Fitness, Jasonfung, Doctortro, Intermittentfasting, Trokalayjian, Medicine, Meganramos

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🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Doug Reynolds is the founder of LowCarbUSA®, a leading organization dedicated to promoting low-carb, ketogenic, and metabolic health through science-based education. A former endurance athlete and self-proclaimed “carb skeptic,” Doug turned his personal health journey into a mission to help others reclaim their lives through nutrition.

One of his most impactful contributions to the fight for metabolic health is The LowCarbUSA® conference. Officially known as the Symposium for Metabolic Health, it is a premier scientific and clinical event hosted by LowCarbUSA® in collaboration with the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP). Founded by Doug in 2016, it brings together world‑renowned researchers, healthcare professionals, and passionate individuals to explore the therapeutic benefits of carbohydrate restriction—and its role in combating insulin resistance, inflammation, hyperinsulinemia, type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular and neurological disorders.

The Symposium for Metabolic Health – San Diego 2025, hosted by LowCarbUSA® and the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP), takes place August 14–17 at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort. This premier event brings together healthcare professionals, researchers, and health enthusiasts to explore cutting-edge science and clinical strategies focused on therapeutic carbohydrate reduction and metabolic health. Highlights include a full day dedicated to brain and neurological health, 28 CME credits, practical tools for improving patient outcomes, and unique networking opportunities—all set against the scenic backdrop of Coronado Bay, with both in-person and livestream options available.

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

(00:00) Intro
(4:41) Metabolic psychiatry and ketogenic therapies for mental health conditions
(13:58) Why it is ketosis and metabolic health that matters, not counting calories
(20:17) GLP-1 drugs
(22:25) The speaker line-up for the upcoming 2025 Symposium for Metabolic Health in San Diego, CA
(42:42) Why you should come to the Symposium!
(49:11) PROMO CODE FOR EVENT (20% off): Low Carb MD

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

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Doug Reynolds:

2025 Symposium for Metabolic Health: https://thesmhp.org/symposium-for-metabolic-health-san-diego-2025/
LowCarbUSA: https://www.lowcarbusa.org
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PROMO CODE FOR EVENT (20% off): Low Carb MD

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

Website: https://www.doctortro.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Low Carb MD podcast. No one is beyond help. No one is beyond hope.
0:07.2	Nothing said on the Low Carb MD podcast is medical advice. Please consult your own doctor before making any
0:13.7	lifestyle changes. Hello and welcome back to the Low Carb MD and Life's Best Medicine podcast.
0:23.6	We're running this on both because we have a good friend of ours, a guy who's had a huge impact on both of us, Trow and I.
0:29.6	A friend, someone that we've, he's been our mentor, he's taught us a lot.
0:33.6	We've learned and met everyone through him. So, Toro, I'll let you do the intros.
0:39.3	No, you know, not just that. I've worked with him for, for the past, gosh, is it's going to be four
0:44.7	years with the SMHP. Maybe it's going to be the fifth year pretty soon. Uh, I think we have the
0:51.1	largest now metabolic health, not-for-profit,
0:54.6	with the largest amount of physicians and health coaches and practitioners all across the United States.
1:02.4	And, you know, you said he affected us by.
1:04.4	And the world.
1:04.7	Just just.
1:06.2	Yeah, and the world.
1:07.2	Strip.
1:07.5	Yeah.
1:07.8	There's a lot of people that are international that are getting accredited
1:14.3	and everything as well.
1:15.1	So that's, that's awesome.
1:18.2	We have, we have the pleasure of having the president and the chairman of the SMHP, the president
1:26.3	of low carb USA and somebody I call a friend.
1:31.1	And you know, you said, Brian, he was a mentor to us and he's affected us.
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