Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care Now Offering CGMs Direct to Patients and Coaching Clients

Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care is pleased to announce it now has continuous glucose monitors available for sale to patients and coaching clients who live in any of the states in which the practice is licensed. The practice recently received a shipment of the Freestyle Libre CGMS, and is looking forward… Continue reading Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care Now Offering CGMs Direct to Patients and Coaching Clients

A Year-in-Review and Update on Dr. Tro’s Medical Practice & Clinical Operations

As I sit here writing this year-end review for our practice, a member of my staff has literally been waiting on the phone for three hours with an insurance company, to provide them with the information needed to get an urgent test approved. The insurance company wanted the notes from the specialist who was co-managing… Continue reading A Year-in-Review and Update on Dr. Tro’s Medical Practice & Clinical Operations

Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care Announces Partnership with Diet Doctor

Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care is proud to announce a partnership with DietDoctor.com. All new patients and clients who enroll with the practice will receive a membership to the website. “DietDoctor is the most comprehensive site for all things keto and low carb. It has been an indispensable resource to me personally,… Continue reading Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care Announces Partnership with Diet Doctor

Keto Mojo GK+ Blood Glucose & Ketone Meters Make Remote Monitoring Easier than Ever

Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care is proud to use the new Keto Mojo GK+ Blood Glucose & Ketone Meter in our office. This state-of-the-art device will interface with the EMR Elation Health system, allowing our staff to seamlessly view patient’s ketone data. The Bluetooth-enabled meter gives patients the option to share… Continue reading Keto Mojo GK+ Blood Glucose & Ketone Meters Make Remote Monitoring Easier than Ever

LowCarbMD Podcast Available for Livestream, Beginning Friday, October 30 at 9:00 am ET

Interview with Marty Kendall Will Be First LCMD Episode Available Live via Zoom The popular Low Carb MD Podcast, hosted by Dr. Tro Kalayjian and Dr. Brian Lenzkes will be recording new episodes LIVE via ZOOM, starting Friday, October 30, at 9:00 a.m. ET. The livestream is available to Patreon subscribers, and will feature a… Continue reading LowCarbMD Podcast Available for Livestream, Beginning Friday, October 30 at 9:00 am ET

The Low Carb, Keto Holiday Survival Guide

The holidays are coming fast and for most of us, they present unavoidable challenges no matter what phase of the low-carb ketogenic journeys we’re in. They are the #1 cause of people abandoning their diets and undoing all their hard work. We all know about the big holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, but things really… Continue reading The Low Carb, Keto Holiday Survival Guide

Near Catastrophic Medical Event Involving Dr. Tro’s Father Leads to Donation of Medical Devices to Armenia

A near catastrophic medical event involving the father of physician Dr. Tro Kalayjian has led to the donation of two potentially lifesaving handheld portable ultrasound machines to the Association of Cardiologists of Armenia and the Republican Medical Center of Artsakh. The donation is the result of a collaboration between Friends of Armenia (FAR) supporter Dr.… Continue reading Near Catastrophic Medical Event Involving Dr. Tro’s Father Leads to Donation of Medical Devices to Armenia

New Study: Hypertriglyceridemia Can be Reversed by Ketogenic Diet & Intermittent Fasting.

A case series recently co-authored by Dr. Tro Kalayjian, DO, suggests hypertriglyceridemia can be reversed through the implementation of a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting. The manuscript is entitled Reversal of severe hypertriglyceridemia with intermittent fasting and a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet: a case series, and was published July 27, 2020, in Current Opinion in… Continue reading New Study: Hypertriglyceridemia Can be Reversed by Ketogenic Diet & Intermittent Fasting.

Are You Hungry?

By Amy Eiges I recently wrote on Twitter about the value of “failing” at many attempts to lose weight, all of which landed me before Dr. Tro and the beautifully simple question he posed after reviewing my food logs. He never asked that I track food, but I was terrified not to, conditioned by countless… Continue reading Are You Hungry?

Tales From The Scale: The Evil Metal Box

Health Coach Amy Eiges: Dealing With a Bad Case of the F***-Its By Amy Eiges This is not the blog post I intended to sit down and write this week, but circumstances change, so…. here goes. On Friday I purchased a pair of pants that is the size I said I’d be satisfied with when… Continue reading Tales From The Scale: The Evil Metal Box

How to Keep “Cheats” From Sinking Your Weight Loss Goals

By Brian Wiley In most cases, I don’t think using the term “cheating” to describe a deviation from your diet is appropriate, because cheating is defined as “acting dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.” In most cases, there is no advantage to cheating with your food choices. Toward the end of this… Continue reading How to Keep “Cheats” From Sinking Your Weight Loss Goals

Diet Doctor Podcast #49 — Featuring Dr. Tro Kalayjian

Is Dr. Tro Kalayjian “a zealot or a caring physician?” That’s the question posed by Dr. Bret Scher, who interviewed Dr. Tro in Episode #49 of the Diet Doctor Podcast, which was released yesterday. Scher sets up the interview as follows: Few people have taken a personal and professional journey as remarkable as Dr. Tro’s.… Continue reading Diet Doctor Podcast #49 — Featuring Dr. Tro Kalayjian

Rosette’s Baked Goods and Dr. Tro Donate Low-Carb Cookies to Greenwich Hospital

Today at Yale New Haven Health Greenwich Hospital, front-line health care workers received a healthy and delicious gift of keto-friendly, low-carb, sugar-free cookies from Rosette’s Baked Goods to help lift spirits as they continue to stand up to the challenges posed by the coronavirus. The individually wrapped cookies were donated by Rosette Kalayjian, founder of… Continue reading Rosette’s Baked Goods and Dr. Tro Donate Low-Carb Cookies to Greenwich Hospital

Weathering the Perfect Storm

By Amy  Eiges   If you are brand new to keto/low carb or just starting out on your weight loss journey, you might want to save this blog post for a rainy day, but for the many of us that have been at this for a while and possibly discouraged, frustrated, stalled, finding it difficult… Continue reading Weathering the Perfect Storm

Online Group Coaching Aims to Help Participants Maintain Benefits of Low Carb & Fasting; Manage Stress During These Difficult Times

Sign-up Link for Group Coaching Register by July 7 to waive the introductory session fee. UPDATED JUNE 30 – A Message from Dr. Tro Topics for Group Coaching Zoom Meeting June 30, 2020 – 5:30 p.m. EDT Being Consistent Avoiding Paralysis by Analysis Our practice has hosted more than a dozen free online Town Hall… Continue reading Online Group Coaching Aims to Help Participants Maintain Benefits of Low Carb & Fasting; Manage Stress During These Difficult Times

Low Carb MD Podcast Releases 100th Episode

Physicians Tro & Lenzkes Push Back Against Decades of Bad Dietary Advice, Changing Lives in the Process Dr. Brian Lenzkes and Dr. Tro Kalayjian hit a major milestone Monday, with the release of the 100th episode of their popular Low Carb MD podcast. It seemed fitting that the Episode 100 featured an interview with low-carb… Continue reading Low Carb MD Podcast Releases 100th Episode

The Cold, Ugly Truth: “I Will Always Be a Food Addict”

By Amy Eiges I am a food addict.   The fact that I have lost about 180 pounds would seem to indicate that I am no longer a food addict, and indeed, I had convinced myself for a while that this was the case. Riding high on weight loss and ketones, decreasing clothing sizes, and… Continue reading The Cold, Ugly Truth: “I Will Always Be a Food Addict”

Self-Care Must Be a Priority Under COVID-19 Quarantine

By Amy Eiges These are extraordinary times we are all living through right now, and it would be easy to slip back into self-destructive behaviors, forgetting to make your own self-care a priority. Eating disorders, substance abuse and mental health issues thrive in isolation, and many of us are in seclusion right now, separated from… Continue reading Self-Care Must Be a Priority Under COVID-19 Quarantine

Low Carb Carry Out Options to Help You Through the COVID-19 Quarantine

By Brian Wiley A week ago, I created a list of non-perishable foods to stock up on during the Covid-19 outbreak. At the time, it looked like this situation might only last a couple weeks, but since then things have a taken a turn for the worse, and just about all of us have been… Continue reading Low Carb Carry Out Options to Help You Through the COVID-19 Quarantine

Remote Monitoring Tools Become Even More Useful Amid COVID-19 Concerns

Patients Can Reverse Symptoms of Diabetes, Come Off Meds & Overcome Obesity, and More Without Visiting Doctor’s Office   In the midst of a pandemic that has literally changed the course of history for hundreds of millions of people around the globe, one of the last places you probably want to visit is a doctor’s… Continue reading Remote Monitoring Tools Become Even More Useful Amid COVID-19 Concerns

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