# Episode 301: Dr. Lenzkes—The Hidden Link No One Told Me About: Mold, Leaky Gut, and Insulin Resistance (My Story) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-best-medicine-podcast-2442697/episode-301-dr-lenzkes-the-hidden-link-no-one-told-me-about-mold-leaky-gut-and-insulin-resistance-my-story Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-best-medicine-podcast-2442697/episode-301-dr-lenzkes-the-hidden-link-no-one-told-me-about-mold-leaky-gut-and-insulin-resistance-my-story.md Podcast: [Life's Best Medicine Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-best-medicine-podcast-2442697) Published: 2026-06-26T16:34:00+00:00 Episode link: https://lifesbestmedicine.libsyn.com/episode-301-dr-lenzkesthe-hidden-link-no-one-told-me-about-mold-leaky-gut-and-insulin-resistance-my-story Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/lifesbestmedicine/LBM_301.mp3?dest-id=2443361 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-s-best-medicine-podcast-2442697/episodes/episode-301-dr-lenzkes-the-hidden-link-no-one-told-me-about-mold-leaky-gut-and-insulin-resistance-my-story Duration seconds: 2176 ## Resource Dr. Brian struggled with weight his whole life until a chance encounter with a patient led him to the work of Dr. Jason Fung. This initial spark kicked off a health revolution in his personal life and fundamentally changed the way he practiced medicine. In addition to the expected results of following a keto diet, Dr. Brian also began experiencing some unexpected issues. After some research and experimentation, he realized he was suffering from the effects of mold exposure. In this episode, he goes through the whole story from beginning to end of how he discovered what was ailing him and how he finally solved his chronic problem. In this episode, Dr. Brian talks about… (00:00) Intro (04:31) How Dr. Brian first started to go down the rabbit hole of fasting and keto (08:39) Brian's personal experience with mold exposure and mold toxicity (12:42) Brian's parasite experience (16:54) Mold detoxing (30:23) Concluding thoughts For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening! Links: Resources Mentioned in this Episode: LBM Episode with Darren Schmidt: https://lifesbestmedicine.com/podcast/episode-295-darren-schmidt-dc/ Dr. Brian Lenzkes: Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ HLTH Code: HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH • • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-s-best-medicine-podcast-2442697/episodes/episode-301-dr-lenzkes-the-hidden-link-no-one-told-me-about-mold-leaky-gut-and-insulin-resistance-my-story/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-best-medicine-podcast-2442697/episode-301-dr-lenzkes-the-hidden-link-no-one-told-me-about-mold-leaky-gut-and-insulin-resistance-my-story.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.