The Art of Metabolic Health | Craig Emmerich - E443

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Medicine, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Craig Emmerich is a bestselling author, health coach, and keto/carnivore expert who has spent more than 15 years helping people improve their metabolic health through nutrition and lifestyle change. Alongside his wife, Maria Emmerich, he co-authored several influential books, including Keto: The Complete Guide to Success on The Ketogenic Diet and The Carnivore Cookbook. With a background in electrical engineering, Craig brings a systems-based approach to health, simplifying complex nutrition science into practical strategies for lasting wellness.

In this episode, Dr. Tro and Craig talk about…

(00:00) Intro
(04:51) Craig's experience with Lyme disease—how it effected him and how he dealt with it
(13:00) How Craig was able to stay sane and deal with constant pain while dealing with his chronic Lyme
(18:39) The impetus for Craig and Maria to write their latest book, The Art of Metabolic Health (Link below)
(21:32) Peptides and GLP-1s
(29:11) Outro

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Craig Emmerich:

The Art of Metabolic Health (book): https://keto-adapted.com/product/the-art-of-metabolic-health/
Website: https://ketomaria.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/craig_emmerich/
X: https://x.com/emmerich_craig
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZia0TtezGqjGcXwXJhDoQ

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://toward.health
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
IG: 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 lifestyle changes.
0:20.7	Welcome live people. This is the low carb MD podcast and you're joining on me either through
0:28.1	that tort health app or through social or through Patreon, gosh, or through wherever else
0:36.0	or the podcast itself. We are so grateful for you all listening in.
0:40.9	It is me solo today because my partner in crime, Dr. Brian Linskis, is out doing a mission and
0:47.7	volunteer work in South America.
0:51.2	And he is dressing up as a medical clown.
0:56.0	So he can serve some of the areas that really need medical care.
1:02.0	So I have the honor of doing a solo interview with Craig Emmerich, who if you don't know who he is,
1:13.2	he's an engineer turned nutrition researcher.
1:15.6	And he is, they are a power couple, in my opinion.
1:22.4	Craig is amazing insights, interviews, if you haven't caught his interview with low carb USA or his lectures with
1:31.7	the SMHP, please go out and look at those. And he is married to Maria Emmerich, whose books,
1:41.8	and I know you've helped with a lot of the books too, whose books have
1:47.1	really been so meaningful to many of my patients.
1:50.8	And so many people I know, in fact, we're doing an assisted living home project right now,
1:56.9	whose coach there, the coach there was trained by you all.
2:01.9	Yeah.
2:02.2	And she is doing absolutely amazing work.
2:05.0	So one, I have to thank you for being such evangelists of metabolic health.
2:12.9	Both you, Craig, and the misses.
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