The Intersection of Metabolic Health and Spiritual Health | Pastor Gary Evensen - E437

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Medicine, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Pastor Gary Evensen is the longtime leader of North Jersey United Pentecostal Church and an ordained minister with the United Pentecostal Church International. Since his conversion in 1980, he has spent more than four decades in ministry, serving in roles from deacon to pastor and helping lead churches across the country. Alongside his wife Milly—a gifted gospel singer and pianist—he has been deeply involved in missions and church planting, including pioneering their current congregation in Secaucus. Pastor Evensen brings a lifetime of experience in faith, leadership, and personal transformation to every conversation.

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

(00:00) Intro
(02:41) Gary's spiritual and metabolic health journey
(12:45) Fasting and the Christian life
(16:01) Fasting and physical health/wellbeing
(23:08) Dealing with guilt and shame without turning to unhealthy coping habits
(31:58) Cortisol, B1 deficiency, and obesity
(47:57) The health issues faced by pastors and people in ministry
(57:19) Outro

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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.
0:23.3	Welcome back to the Low-carb MD podcast.
0:24.3	Fro, good to see it. It's been a little while, man.
0:25.3	We've been staying busy, it sounds like.
0:27.9	Oh, it's, they can't keep us apart.
0:31.1	You know, they can't keep us apart.
0:32.4	I have to go through a, I have to tell a personal story.
0:35.8	And I won't go into too much details.
0:40.2	But I am, I'm super excited for our guest today, somebody I've known for many years, somebody I have to thank,
0:45.5	you know, I have to be honest, who's helped me in ways that I, you know, maybe I can't go into
0:51.2	completely. But we have an exciting talk.
0:55.5	We're going to talk about the cross section between metabolic health and spiritual health
0:59.1	today.
1:00.0	And I know this is something more in your ball court, Brian, but I'm happy to-
1:03.4	Amen, amen.
1:04.4	We can talk about that here again?
1:05.9	Good.
1:06.3	Yeah, we can.
1:06.9	I'm happy to be a conduit at least.
1:10.2	We have, you know, Pastor Gary Evanson, who is here with us.
1:14.6	And if you came to, you know, the Tord Health inaugural grand opening, you know, he's the pastor who actually blessed this building.
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