Episode 265: Matt and Jan Baszucki

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD
Podcast. Matt Baszucki had a psychotic break in the spring of
2016—sleeplessness and delusions of grandeur. He was diagnosed as
bi-polar with psychotic features by a psychiatrist. Over the next
two years, Matt experienced many hospitalizations, bi-polar
episodes, and psychotic episodes. Even when he began changing his
lifestyle habits for the better, his mental health was still a
huge issue to say the least. It was not until he had an encounter
with the keto diet that he found a lasting solution.


Jan Baszucki, Matt’s mother, is a former marketing executive, a
best-selling author and essay-writer, and is the current
president of the Baszucki Group. Jan is also a mental health
advocate and aspiring citizen scientist. She is currently at work
on a memoir about her son’s recovery from bipolar disorder with a
100-year-old metabolic treatment for epilepsy.


In this episode Dr. Tro, Matt, and Jan talk about Matt’s mental
health story up to this point, Matt’s health protocol, the tragic
lack of available treatment protocols for bi-polar that use diet
as a therapy, how to safely and effectively come off of a
medication, empowering patients with knowledge to be their own
advocate and take their health into their own hands, the role
that music played in Matt’s recovery, and the founding of
Metabolic Mind.


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


Links:


Jan and Matt Baszucki:


Matt’s Podcast, Bipolarcast

Metabolic Mind YouTube

Metabolic Mind Website

Baszucki Group



Dr. Tro Kalayjian:


Website

Twitter

Instagram



Dr. Brian Lenzkes:


Website

Twitter