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Whenever I talk to people whose lives have been changed for the better after they decided to make the prudent decision to start livin’ la vida low-carb to lose weight and/or get healthy, one of the first questions I ask them is this: “Do you have a blog?” If they answer “no” then I encourage them that we need more voices like them proclaiming the life-changing power of healthy low-carb living. The typical response is, “But what do I have to offer with so many great low-carb and Paleo blogs already out there?” The answer: YOU! That’s right, it is YOUR journey, YOUR story, YOUR weight loss, YOUR turnaround from a chronic health problem. I can’t write about beating diabetes because I am not diabetic. My story is mine and your story is yours. But all of us blogging together collectively weave an interesting tale that lets our culture know that the low-fat, high-carb, “healthy whole grains” diet that avoids “artery-clogging saturated fat” does not have a monopoly on good nutrition. When we stand up and make our voice heard through a blog, a YouTube video and even a podcast, it’s yet another chance for somebody who is mired in conventional wisdom to see that they too can buck the trend and start their low-carb lifestyle change in earnest and with confidence that it will positively impact them as well.

So how about it? Are you a low-carb or Paleo success story and haven’t taken the plunge to start blogging yet? Watch this YouTube video about starting your own low-carb blog and get in on the action of educating, encouraging and inspiring others with what you have to offer. When you decide to join in on the fun by starting your own Paleo, low-carb and health blog, then e-mail me the URL to livinlowcarbman@charter.net so I can feature you in a future blog post like this one. I take great joy and pleasure in spreading the word about the work that others in the low-carb community are doing through their outstanding blogs. It takes a lot of hard work to keep a blog going, but it is so worth the challenges involved. Consistency, quality and communication are three of the key elements to making your blog a success. That’s what many of these 55 new Paleo, low-carb and health blogs listed below are doing well and I encourage you to visit as many of them as you can, leave them a comment, write them an e-mail, and bookmark their page if you like what you see there. In case you missed any of my previous blog listings, take a look-see at all of them here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

Here are 55 new Paleo, low-carb and health blogs for February 2012:

1. LOW CARB DIET WORKS
2. PRIMAL PETER
3. DITCH THE WHEAT
4. MEATY, BEATY, BIG AND BOUNCY
5. HEALTHY COOKING @ SUITE101
6. FAT2PHATWITHFAT
7. PALEO WEIGHT LOSS COACH
8. THE NUTRITION DEBATE
9. DENIS J. KUCHARSKI’S BLOG
10. EAT. SLEEP. MOVE.
11. GO PRIMAL PAST 50
12. REINVENTING JESSICA
13. FEARLESS CRUNCH
14. MY FINAL ATKINS JOURNEY TO GOOD HEALTH
15. GYM RAT LAB RAT
16. PALEO BY DIANA
17. FIT URBAN MOMMY MAYHEM
18. JULIE AND WIL’S BLOG
19. LOW CARB RECIPES FOR ‘HOOS
20. HIGHBROW PALEO
21. FITNESS AND FAT LOSS
22. SUGARFREEGOODIES
23. A CHANGE OF LIFE…
24. NO CARB FOODS DIET
25. THE FRUGAL LOWCARBER
26. PALEOTHOUGHTS
27. TEMPLESTRONG
28. GRAIN FREE DIET
29. THE IF LIFE
30. EAT SLEEP LOVE TRAIN REPEAT
31. THE WINE WENCH
32. PRIMAL FOCUS
33. FU DIET
34. HOW TO COOK LIKE YOUR GRANDMOTHER
35. DON’T LET THE HEALTH SERVICE KILL YOU
36. FROM PUDGY TO PALEO
37. DIABETIC DIET GUIDE
38. VERSATILE HEALTH
39. CLIMBING MT EVEREST
40. HEALTHY-FAMILY.ORG
41. MELISSA THINKS
42. DIVINE HEALTH FROM THE INSIDE OUT
43. MEMPHIS QUE
44. VIRTUAL NUTRITION AND FITNESS
45. THE CANDIDA CARBS SOLUTION
46. BACON BEATS BREAD
47. STRUGGLE AND EMERGE
48. CLARE’S NUTRITION CORNER
49. CHEF ON A MISSION
50. MY LOW CARB DIET
51. THE CHOLESTEROL MYTH
52. FAT NEWS
53. ADIOS TO FATTY
54. JOURNEY TO ME VIA HCG
55. PRIMALISTEN (Swedish)

If you or someone you know has a low-carb, Paleo or health blog or web site that you’d like to see featured in a future blog post here at “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb,” then I’d love to know about it. E-mail me the name of the blog and the URL to livinlowcarbman@charter.net so I can add it to my next big blog update. As I said at the beginning of this post, if you’ve been successful in your weight and health by eating a healthy Paleo or low-carb diet, then you should DEFINITELY consider blogging too. Don’t underestimate the kind of influence YOU can make in the lives of people within your sphere of influence. When you’re ready to make a difference in the world with all you know about low-carb living, then drop me a line to let me know.

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We’re beginning to get into a pretty good groove with our brand new “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” podcast which is already doing very well on the iTunes charts being prominently featured in the “New & Noteworthy” section of Health podcasts for the past few weeks. CHECK IT OUT:

It’s been gratifying to launch this new LIVE show that airs on Thursday nights at 7PM ET focusing on specific topics of interest to the low-carb community and I am stoked about what we have lined up for you in the weeks and months to come (see below for who we have coming up as special guest “experts” on the show). In order to keep this early success going, I’d LOVE to have your help in continuing to get the word out and it’s super-simple to do: Go to the “Jimmy Moore Presents: Ask The Low-Carb Experts” podcast page on iTunes and leave us your review. It could be anything from just a few short words about what you think of the show or several paragraphs about how this is the best podcast you’ve ever heard…okay, maybe you don’t have to do that–unless you wanna! THANK YOU for helping us make this podcast another awesome addition to the low-carb podcasting universe. If you happened to miss my previous #ATLCX podcasts, be sure to listen to them as well: Episode 1 with Jackie Eberstein on “Weight Loss Obstacles” or Episode 2 with Dr. Ron Rosedale about “All Things Leptin and Episode 3 with Dr. William Davis about “Healthy Whole Grains?”

In Episode 4 of “Jimmy Moore Presents: Ask The Low-Carb Experts,” we have a worthy expert guest to draw wisdom from in Dr. Fred Pescatore, M.D. who is the author of several nutritional health books, including the New York Times bestselling book The Hampton’s Diet among many others. He is a traditionally trained physician who practices nutritional medicine and is internationally recognized as a health, nutrition and weight loss expert. You may have seen him in recent months as an expert nutrition contributor on “The Rachael Ray Show” and he is currently on the editorial board of US Weekly magazine as well as a regular contributor to In Touch, First for Women and Women’s World magazines. Dr. Pescatore also has a masters degree in public health and is deeply involved in the philanthropic community devoting his time working in hospitals in Tanzania, while also helping to support organizations in the United States. Prior to opening his own medical practice, he was the Associate Medical Director of The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine working closely with the late great Dr. Robert C. Atkins for five years. His extensive knowledge of the role nutrition plays in improving both metabolic and cardiovascular health makes him an excellent expert to call upon to address this week’s issue of cardio-metabolic health. We were sincerely privileged to have him join us on ATLCX answering listener questions in EPISODE 4 on February 2, 2012.

Listen to Dr. Fred Pescatore on “How To Improve Cardio-Metabolic Health”:

What cardio-metabolic is about keeping heart and metabolism healthy

Why the Standard American Diet is ruining our health

The diabetes epidemic is a result of cardio-metabolic syndrome

How metabolic syndrome is impacting heart health

Impaired fasting blood glucose above 90 is a problem

Whether the Food Network celebs listen to him or not

Why he thinks the only reason Paula Deen announced her diabetes

When you deal with food, people’s lives are at stake

Food can kill you and food can cure you that impact health

What would happen if Deen came out and changed the way she eats

Whether chia and flax seeds have any metabolic disadvantages

The balance of adding healthy fats to low-sugar fruit is critical

Why congestive heart failure is so prevalent in modern society

The lack of CoQ10 and how statins deplete your body of it

How statin drugs are now being linked to breast cancer in women

When you smoke for so long, it eventually catches up to you

Reducing inflammation and controlling your carb intake will help

Why he’s jumped on the no-grain bandwagon recently

The nonstop TV ads on “healthy whole grains” lowering cholesterol

People who try to exercise without eating fat are harming themselves

Every study shows low-carb provides better weight loss than any other

How every health entity is “fighting against” low-carb

The “dark ages of dieting” that the low-fat diet brought on

Why the Scandinavian countries are seeing a low-carb explosion

How transparency as a governing model allows for truth to prevail

What steps to reverse muscle atrophy and rebuild muscle

Full-body weight training is the “most important thing you can do”

More lean muscle helps you burn more calories at rest

Why it is vital to “start off slowly” to build on a “foundation”

His new medically-assisted gym he has in his doctor’s office

You have to keep your mobility and flexibility going as you age

Why low-carb is the basis for everything in your health plan

Whether low-carb nutrition can help with atrial fibrillation

The problem with taking blood thinners and aspirin for heart health

How much healthier his patients are using nutritional therapy

Why the insurance companies don’t embrace low-carb/Paleo eating

The “whole system is flawed” in the realm of U.S. healthcare

There are more antibiotics put in cattle than in human beings

For people with asthma, you should eat low-carb and grain-free

Meat only becomes inflammatory when it is “married to carbohydrates”

Why low-carb is a virtual cure for inflammatory bowel disease

Whether athletes need to be consuming starchy carbs for recovery

For muscle repair, you need protein and not carbohydrates

When you build up glycogen stores, you may need more carbs

Why it is important to eat within an hour of lifting weights

Eating throughout the day will help weight lifters get “bigger”

The “big myth” of having to carb-load before a marathon

Whether you have to watch your salt intake with hypertension

Darker-skinned people are more apt to be salt-sensitive

Keeping arteries flexible by reducing oxidative stress

Sugar is sugar is sugar no matter if it is natural or not

If you can get rid of carbs, then you’ll be optimally healthy

Whether PVCs can be treated through lifestyle changes like low-carb

Sugar, alcohol, caffeine, stress and lacking sleep lead to PVCs

Why heart rhythm disturbances are treated with statins and low-fat

Doctors “make something up” when they prescribe what they do

How to lower CRP levels with food, supplements and exercise

The “Gym Rat” section on his web site for exercise

The three whole grains he thinks “aren’t that unhealthy for us”

Necessity of having blood tests run to see how you are doing

Whether you need to take niacin as long as you eat extra veggies

Why the no-flush niacin is virtually useless and doesn’t work

If niacin works, then you will feel the flushing effect

What somebody says to their doc who doesn’t get it on cholesterol

Why patients should print out information and show their doctor

If your doctor doesn’t respect what you want to do, fire him

There are four ways you can listen to Episode 4:

1. LISTEN LIVE ON THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 7PM ET by calling (712) 432-0900 or on Skype at “freeconferencing.7124320900″–whether you call or Skype, be sure to use the access code “848908.” You can listen and even participate on the topic discussion by asking your questions directly to the featured expert.

2. Listen at the iTunes page for the podcast:

3. Listen and comment about the show at the official web site for the podcast:

4. Download the MP3 file of Episode 4 [65:07m]:

If you cannot join us LIVE on the podcast on Thursday nights at 7PM ET, then you can still ask your questions of the expert guests in two ways. First, you can visit AskTheLowCarbExperts.com and fill out the form along the right-hand side of the page under “Submit Your Question” to input your name, e-mail address, the name of the expert you want to ask, and your question for them. These questions will be asked LIVE on the show airing on Thursdays. Or, for your convenience we have set up a way for you to e-mail us your questions directly to AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name, the name of the expert you want to ask your question to in the subject line, and your question on the specific topic of discussion. This is a golden opportunity for you to tap directly into the wealth of knowledge and experience on all things related to healthy low-carb living featuring the best and brightest experts in the realm of health!

Did you have any feedback about what Dr. Fred Pescatore shared about “How To Improve Cardio-Metabolic Health?” Make your voice heard in the show notes section of Episode 4. Get a copy of The Hamptons Diet and keep up with Dr. Pescatore at DrPescatore.com. We’re excited about what we have coming up for you in EPISODE 5 next Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 7PM ET with blogger and Primal Blueprint author Mark Sisson to cover the rather controversial topic of “Ketosis: Devil or Angel?” You can start submitting your questions for Mark Sisson by using the “Submit Your Question” form (on the right-hand side of the web site) or e-mail your name, the name of the expert you want to ask your question to in the subject line, and your question on the specific topic of discussion to AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. If you have any questions related to ketone bodies, ketosis and how it affects your health, then be sure to tune in LIVE next Thursday night to ask your question directly to Mark Sisson.

Here are the upcoming experts and topics we’ll be covering on #ATLCX:

EPISODE 5: February 9, 2012 | Mark Sisson | “Ketosis: Devil or Angel?”
EPISODE 6: February 16, 2012 | Chris Masterjohn | “Cholesterol 101″
EPISODE 7: February 23, 2012 | Dr. Cate Shanahan | “Long-Term Effects Of The SAD Diet”
EPISODE 8: March 1, 2012 | Dr. Mary Vernon | “What Questions Should I Ask My (Non-Low-Carb Friendly) Doc?”
EPISODE 9: March 8, 2012 | Mat Lalonde | “All Things Calories (Calories 101)”
March 15, 2012–NO PODCAST–ATTENDING PALEOFX
EPISODE 10: March 22, 2012 | Chris Kresser | “All Things Thyroid (Thyroid 101)”
EPISODE 11: March 29, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Volek | “Saturated Fat Is Good For You?”
EPISODE 12: April 5, 2012 | Denise Minger | “The Fallacy Of Vegan/Vegetarian Diets”
EPISODE 13: April 12, 2012 | Dr. Cassandra Forsythe | “Low-Carbing Women & Weight Lifting”
EPISODE 14: April 19, 2012 | Dr. Larry McCleary | “Dietary Remedies For ADHD”
EPISODE 15: April 26, 2012 | Dr. Eric Westman | “Exploding The Low-Carb Myths”
5-3 and 5-10: NO PODCASTS–ON THE 5TH ANNUAL LOW-CARB CRUISE
EPISODE 16: May 17, 2012 | Valerie Berkowitz | “Low-Carb, Pregnancy & Kids”

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In Episode 39 of “Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends,” my co-host Mindy Noxon Iannotti and I welcome in two more wonderfully awesome friends in the low-carb community to give us their thoughts and opinions on the health stories that are making news and screen them through the eyes of real low-carbers. Today we have Mark Jeacoma from “Primal Low-Carb” and Tina Langston here to talk about Paula Deen’s recent announcement that she has Type 2 diabetes, the misinformation that has been spread around out there about what causes diabetes (NEWSFLASH: it’s NOT the butter!), the New York Times column “The Fat Trap” by Tara Parker-Pope that says attempting weight loss is futile and Gary Taubes’ response to that column adding back in a bit of reality to the discussion. Plus, don’t miss our recipes at the end for delicious low-carb crackers and muffins made with flaxseeds! So pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let’s talk about it on the Virtual Porch gabbing away about the health headlines of the day from the low-carb perspective.

Listen to Mark Jeacoma & Tina Langston gab on the latest health headlines:

The strange looks Mindy received at a training program with her work

How she felt “a little bit like a freak” eating eggs and sausage

Mark’s brand new “Primal Low-Carb” podcast

He read a “little bit” about Atkins in 1998 when he was “huge”

How he gained weight trying to do low-carb on his own

Why we fool ourselves into thinking that we “know better” about diet

How low-carb podcasts got him back on the low-carb lifestyle again

He “lost” his path and was “lying” to himself about his diet

The Paleo diet was “the missing link” for him to make low-carb work

His excursion into eating organ meats like beef tongue now

Tina hails from New Zealand was battling with high blood pressure

How she ate high-carb, low-fat and focused on “healthy whole grains”

She read the Atkins book and “could really relate to it”

The documentary “To Age Or Not To Age” she saw that got her on low-carb

How she discovered she is a Type 2 diabetic and low-carb “reversed” it

“Paula Deen’s Golden Opportunity To Educate The Public About Diabetes”

Tina “never heard of” Deen, but says low-carb can help with diabetes

How the media all pointed to “that stick of butter” for her diabetes

Why Tina doesn’t watch her fat at all with her diabetes management

Mindy adores Deen’s “endearing character,” but this is “unfortunate”

How Deen claims she wanted to help diabetics…is it in a pill though?

Diabetes is a death sentence if you don’t change your lifestyle

How TMZ caught Paula Deen eating a cheeseburger and focused on the fat

“Politan: It’s not the butter, it’s the carbs”

How Mindy showed the Kool-Aid demo to her co-workers to educate them

Tina senses that “things are changing” in regards to low-carb

Mark notes that Deen’s son has a show called “Not My Mama’s Meals”

New York Times column “The Fat Trap” by Tara Parker-Pope

Mindy said this column made her “very depressed” from “hopeless” tone

Why these columns are futile because you discourage people from trying

Mark thought it was “a dismal article” and it “got a lot of traction”

Too many people “bought into it” and people “really believe it”

Tina thought this column was “rubbish” and was encouraged by Taubes’ follow-up

Response to “The Fat Trap” column by Gary Taubes

How Tina slipped up and ate bread, but got right back on track

Tina’s flax seed crackers and muffins recipes

Why she recommends buying the whole flax seed and grind them fresh

Tina’s desire for a low-carb cooking show on television

Mark cooking beef tongue dish inspired after reading Mark Sisson

How I got Christine to try beef tongue in 2011

There are three ways you can listen to Episode 39:

1. Listen at the iTunes page for the podcast:

2. Listen and comment about the show at the official web site for the podcast:

3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 39 [31:18m]:

By all means, we’d love to have YOU be a part of the conversation as well, so be sure to submit your questions and comments to us ANYTIME by using any of the following ways to contact us: Twitter, Facebook, the official web site, and e-mail. We enjoy asking our panel of “friends” to chime in on your most pressing questions about low-carb diets so they can provide you with insights from their own personal experiences on the subject. So don’t be bashful–tell us what you think about the show and ask, ask, ask away about anything related to healthy low-carb living!

Today we heard from Mark Jeacoma & Tina Langston talking about “Paula Deen’s Golden Opportunity To Educate The Public About Diabetes,” “Politan: It’s not the butter, it’s the carbs,” New York Times column “The Fat Trap” by Tara Parker-Pope, Response to “The Fat Trap” column by Gary Taubes, Tina’s flax seed crackers and muffins recipes, Mark’s beef tongue recipe inspired after reading Mark Sisson, and so much more! Tell us what you though about what you heard in today’s show in the show notes section of Episode 39. If you’re loving you some “Low-Carb Conversations” then you won’t want to miss who we have coming up in the next couple of weeks:

EPISODE 40: February 10, 2012–Laura Caruso & Crystal Fieldhouse
EPISODE 41: February 17, 2012–Joey Cardillo & Sarah Ballantyne

JOIN OUR GROWING LIST OF FRIENDS! If YOU want to be on a future episode of “Low-Carb Conversations” then just e-mail your Skype username to livinlowcarbman@charter.net. When we’re ready to record again, I’ll be in touch.

If you have something to share about what you heard on “Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends,” then drop us an e-mail at lowcarbconversations@gmail.com. Tell us your comments about the show, ask any questions you may have for our friends to talk about, pass along your ideas for what you’d like to hear discussed, and let us know if you’d like to join us on the panel in a future episode. We’d love to hear from you, so reach out and touch us sometime! THANKS for joining us in the conversation and we’ll talk with you about healthy low-carb living again next Friday. DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT ITUNES AND LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW!

People are always asking me, “Jimmy, when are we going to see a low-carb cooking show on television?” Ever since George Stella was taken off of The Food Network and Blaine Jelus had his “Blaine’s Low-Carb Cooking” show removed from FIT TV in the past few years, the healthy low-carb message has been eerily silent. With high-profile cooking shows on television now like Gordon Ramsey’s “Hell’s Kitchen,” Bravo’s “Top Chef,” and “The Next Food Network Star,” I’m very surprised we haven’t seen a Paleo or low-carb chef featured on any of these shows. What an opportunity it would be to take dishes that have traditionally been full of carbage and make them into something that tastes amazing while maintaining the nutritional integrity of a carbohydrate-restricted lifestyle change. Surely there is SOMEBODY out there who can deliver the goods and make this happen!

Well, it just so happens there is! A promising new television cooking show is in the works featuring the most widely-recognized name in low-carb cookbooks in the world teaming up with a rambunctious and highly-knowledgable practicing physician who understands the proper role nutrition plays as a therapeutic measure for people desiring weight loss and improved health. They are the bestselling author of a series of low-carb cookbooks named Dana Carpender and the low-carb “Shock Doc” himself Dr. James Carlson. Both Dana and Dr. Jim have been guest speakers in the past few years on the Low-Carb Cruise as well as on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” podcast (listen to Dana in Episode 158 and Dr. Jim in Episode 145, Episode 146, Episode 215).

Now these two are taking their combined passion, knowledge and experience to create a brand new television show they are calling “Your Doctor’s in the Kitchen.” Go right now to the official Facebook page for this TV Show and press “Like” to help them capture the attention of television stations and networks that desperately need to be sharing this message with frustrated television viewers who are obese, diabetic and need someone to show them how easy it is to cook and eat healthy–the low-carb way! Paula Deen is missing her golden opportunity to create a show like this to educate her fans, but Dana and Dr. Jim have gotten creative making two video samples of what their new low-carb cooking TV show would look like. Check this out!

Your Doctor’s in the Kitchen Promo

http://youtu.be/pdBVXmVp71M

Your Doctor’s in the Kitchen – How To Make Rice-A-Phony

http://youtu.be/Shnm4vuB1Xk

WOW, wouldn’t this be incredible to see on cable or network television someday? It’s both educational and entertaining that reminds me of the wackiness of somebody like Alton Brown on The Food Network. And yet it maintains the dietary integrity of what high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb living is all about and passing on that message to the television viewers at home. Here’s our chance low-carb community to rally around an exciting new project that could penetrate the truths about the low-carb lifestyle into our culture. Show your support for “Your Doctor’s in the Kitchen” by CLICKING HERE and hitting the “Like” button. This could very well make a REAL difference in helping make that paradigm shift in thinking about low-carb living happen. On behalf of Dana Carpender and Dr. James Carlson, THANK YOU for your support of this exciting new venture.

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In Episode 541 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we hear from the UK’s premier low-carb physician and health journalist named Dr. John Briffa. He is a returning podcast interview guest (listen to my two previous interviews with him in Episode 292 and Episode 408) who has a brand new book entitled Escape The Diet Trap: Lose Weight For Good Without Calorie-Counting, Extensive Exercise or Hunger. This book continues to spread the message that weight loss isn’t just about cutting your calories, eating less food, exercising until you pass out and suffering through glorified bouts of starvation. Instead, by embracing a healthy high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb nutritional lifestyle change, you can be freed from the bondage of the typical “diet” trends that are out there and live a life that is enjoyable and healthy at the same time. Dr. Briffa is the first to tell you that “this is not a diet book” and you’ll quickly find out why during Jimmy’s interview with him today! He’s quite an articulate and passionate defender of this way of eating that is changing the lives of real people every single day through stunning weight and health changes.

Listen to Dr. John Briffa explain how to get out of “the diet trap”:

He likes to keep “a healthy distance” from the white coat photos

His “duty as a human being” to tell people these nutritional truths

Why health journalism tends to be skewed against low-carb diets

The major UK newspaper that ran excerpts from his new book

A “real shift” happening in the minds of people about health

His optimism about the “sea change of opinion” about low-carb

How print media is “catching up” to the online journalism

The trickle-down effect happening in the health blogosphere

Looking at the comments of print media online is eye-opening

Health professionals find the engaged patient “very difficult”

The infallibility mindset that many physicians have about health

How people are becoming “less deferential” to doctors now

His pessimism about medical education shifting to nutrition

Why non-medical people have more “objectivity” about health

In medicine “we are allowed to do loads of things that don’t work”

The remuneration that doctors receive for reaching certain goals

Doctors feel “compelled” financially to do the standard treatments

His appreciation for the rebellious work of Dr. William Davis

Wheat is “not the staff of life, it’s the staff of nightmares”

The story behind his disclaimer that “this is not a diet book”

Many people want to read books that say more than “just do this”

The heavy emphasis on BMI and why it’s not the best obesity measure

How waist circumference is a better way to measure body fat

If you have a gut, then you need to get rid of it

The actuaries who determine what health insurance should cost

Why “cutting back” is exactly the wrong thing to do

1950 research shows the “disaster” that low-calorie diets are

The body becomes resistant to weight loss as calories decrease

How hunger is a one-way ticket for failure for weight loss

How 1600 calories/day could be a “starvation” diet for some

Why “a piece of fish and vegetables” isn’t what a hungry person craves

The less hungry you are, the more weight you’ll lose and keep off

Hunger “jeopardizes” weight loss efforts and why it should be avoided

The hunger scale he encourages people to measure

Why he promotes the use of a snack between lunch and dinner

You can be “self-nourished” by using intermittent fasting

Why fruit is “overrated” and not an ideal snack for controlling hunger

Why he no longer consumes breakfast regularly anymore

Cereal and toast for breakfast makes you hungry quickly

How you can eat a little more low-carb food to go longer between meals

Why “you should have animal” in your soup if you eat it

The sandwich lunch culture that exists in the UK

If he could outlaw just one food, it would be bread

There are four ways you can listen to Episode 541:

1. Listen at the iTunes page for the podcast:

2. Listen and comment about the show at the official web site for the podcast:

3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 541 [65:06m]:

4. Listen on the Stitcher app–NO DOWNLOADING!

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Brand new interview expert guests are being lined up for your listening enjoyment and I can’t wait for you to hear them share about what a healthy lifestyle change looks like! Go to PayPal.com and you can give your gift of any amount to the e-mail address livinlowcarbman@charter.net. Your continued financial support and listenership is essential to keeping this podcast alive and well and we THANK YOU so very much for your support!

Did you have any reaction to what you heard from Dr. John Briffa? Do tell, do tell–and share it with us in the show notes section of Episode 541. Pick up a copy of Escape The Diet Trap and keep up with everything Dr. Briffa is doing at his official web site. We are excited to have him joining us as a featured guest speaker on The 5th Annual Low-Carb Cruise in May 2012. If you enjoyed his interview today, then you can meet the man himself on the cruise.

Coming up next week, we have a super week of podcasts for you on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.” On Monday, we hear from two authors hailing from the UK named Simon Shawcross and Georges Phillips who have written an awesome new book called The ONE Diet looking at the healthy benefits of low-carb living. Then on Tuesday, we take a close examination at the process behind The 2010 Dietary Guidelines with Adele Hite from Healthy Nation Coalition. And don’t miss my interview with America’s Brain Doctor Eric Braverman, MD who has penned a brand new book entitled Younger Brain, Sharper Mind: A 6-Step Plan for Preserving and Improving Memory and Attention at Any Age from America’s Brain Doctor looking at ways to stay younger, longer in your life. Join us next week, won’t you?

DON’T MISS THE “ASK THE LOW-CARB EXPERTS” PODCAST ON THURSDAY NIGHT: Episode 4 of “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” is coming up on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7PM ET addressing the topic “How To Improve Cardio-Metabolic Health” featuring former Atkins Center Associate Medical Director and Hampton’s Diet author Dr. Fred Pescatore (you may have seen him on The Rachael Ray Show recently). If you have questions about how what you eat impacts your heart health that you would like for Dr. Pescatore to address, then feel free to send it to me at AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Or ask your question LIVE on my show by calling (712) 432-0900 or Skype the show for FREE by calling the username freeconferencing.7124320900. Whether you call or Skype, be sure to use the access code 848908. Listen LIVE and leave us a review at iTunes if you like what you hear. This is your chance to interact with the best nutritional health experts in the world, so don’t be bashful.

If you have something to share about what you heard on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show,” then drop us an e-mail at our dedicated podcast e-mail address–LLVLCShow@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you about what you think about the show, interview guest suggestions, show topics, and anything else you want to share! I LOVE hearing from my listeners, so share what’s on your mind.

If you love this podcast and want to share these interviews with friends and family members who may not be connected to the Internet, then we invite you to check out our new “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” podcast store where you can get up to 10 episodes in mp3 format or a single episode (up to 75 minutes long) on an audio CD format. So many of my listeners have been asking for ways to share the life-changing messages being shared on this podcast and now you can. CLICK HERE to support the show and spread the low-carb love!

It’s the final day of January 2012 and boy do I ever have some fantastic “Pictures Worth More Than A Thousand Words” to share with you! I’ve been scouring the Internet, social networking sites and my own mailbox to find some pretty remarkable examples of the good, the bad and the ugly in picture form related to diet, fitness and health. If you missed any of my previous posts in this series, be sure to check ‘em all out here: June 2011, August 2011, September 2011, October 2011, November 2011 and December 2011. Here’s the latest edition for January 2012:

This infographic has gone viral this week from somebody who’s obviously read books by Gary Taubes:

by Column Five Media via

(If you have trouble seeing this, CLICK HERE to see a larger version)

This image of two 51-year old ladies who eat diametrically opposite diets with very different results on aging has been reposted over and over again on Facebook:

And here’s a new one that somebody created from a recent posted photo of low-fat vegan diet guru Dr. Dean Ornish compared with similarly-aged Mark Sisson who eats a more low-carb primal-styled diet–STARK DIFFERENCE:

Reader Dean couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the front cover of Paula Deen’s latest magazine cover with her and her husband gawking over a big slice of sugary/floury cake. In light of her recent Type 2 diabetes revelation, this was especially disappointing at what a wasted opportunity to educate the public on controlling diabetes:

My buddy Burt said this is “my kind of morning” waking up to a sunrise breakfast of bacon and eggs:

She 82 years old and can dead lift over 150 pounds! What’s YOUR excuse:

Is this SERIOUSLY the entrance to one of the top gym chains in America? Yep, it sure is:

You may have heard by now that the company that makes Twinkies has filed for bankruptcy. That inspired this funny cartoon inspired by the “end of the world” predictions made by the Mayans for 2012:

My friend on the ground Per Wikholm in Sweden watching what’s happening in the LCHF (low-carb, high-fat) movement there sent me this photo that is the flip side of the recent butter shortages happening in Scandinavia, especially Norway. It seems margarine sales have plummeted so much that the low-fat butter alternative (that nobody there is eating!) can be purchased for 15 cents per pound! He notes the abnormally low price still isn’t enticing people to purchase the margarine but that it’s good news for him because it’s the “best price ever for a decent shoe shine”:

Reader Susan was SHOCKED when she was driving through Plainview, Texas recently and saw these cows grazing on what you would hope to be a field of grass. But if you look closely you’ll notice it’s an old cotton field instead! She told me she was greatly concerned because “the cotton fields in this region are ‘defoliated’ with powerful chemicals that help the leaves fall off the cotton plants so that the plants are easily harvested by combine machines.” She couldn’t help but ask whether the meat produced by these cows “could possibly have this chemical in [them]?” Absolutely! She concluded that you need to “know thy farmer” because “not all grass-fed beef is created equal.” Yikes!

I want 6-pack abs as much as the next guy, but this is just odd to say the least (yes, I know this is fake, but how many gimmicky fitness products are out there that make this look tame?):

If ever there was a pictorial definition of irony, this is it:

And while we battle childhood obesity, we’re missing the obvious reasons what it exists:

On my way to the post office recently, I saw the following license plate of a man who just happened to be mailing a package and ended up in line behind me. I asked him about the plate and he said his brother-in-law died from it. This gave me an opportunity to share with him what I do and how nutrition and alternative health can play a key role in preventing conditions like this. What an awesome opportunity to share about the healthy low-carb lifestyle:

Don’t you wish all of life was as easy as a Paleo Diet Flowchart:

And finally, here’s something that should bring a big smile to the face of Dr. William Davis:

If you see a picture that you think fits perfectly within the scope of this “Pictures Worth More Than A Thousand Words” series, then e-mail the link or the photo itself to me at livinlowcarbman@charter.net. I’m always looking for new stuff to share as part of this regular monthly series–so send it on! Can you believe January is already gone?

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In Episode 540 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we welcome a molecular biologist and Paleo nutrition blogger from Peru named Lucas Tafur from the “Immunometabolism” blog. There are so many amazing people in the low-carb and Paleo blogosphere doing outstanding work spreading the proper nutritional messages of how to be optimally healthy through simple dietary and lifestyle changes. And Lucas is one of those people because he combines his education and experience in nutrition (having obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics) with a thorough understanding of molecular biology (a subject he is currently studying along with biochemistry in pursuit of a Master of Science degree) to educate his readers about why chronic diseases exist and what to do about them. His particular area of interest is regarding the role bacteria in the gut plays in overall health in conjunction with a proper low-inflammation nutritional approach (which includes the consumption of saturated and monounsaturated fats mostly from animal-based sources, low vegetable oil fats, moderate in animal protein and low-carb) and we explore this subject quite thoroughly in our interview today.

Listen to Lucas Tafur discuss why high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb is optimal:

His interest in nutrition began at 12 with metabolic syndrome

He started working out in the gym and learning about nutrition

Why the nutritional education was based on “guidelines, not science”

The lack of biochemistry basis for today’s nutrition

His interest in ketogenic, low-carb diets he discovered online

Whether obesity and diabetes is as bad in Peru as in the U.S.

The association between poverty, a “bad diet” and chronic disease

We need to “change drastically the way we eat” to reverse health decline

It’s “very frightening” for him to watch what a pregnant woman eats

How the fetus is long-term impacted by stress and food chemicals

People are “not informed” on inflammation and autoimmunity

Molecular biologists are looking for genes controlling obesity and diabetes

Why immunobiology has been separated from metabolism

The studies coming out on ketogenic diet and epileptic seizures

What is “immunometabolism” and the relationship it has to health

Obesity isn’t an accumulation of more body fat, it’s an immune disorder

Low-carb diets reduce inflammation in people with metabolic syndrome

Not everyone needs to eat low-carb, yet many people do

An ideal body should respond well to a high-carb diet

Most people searching for diet advice have metabolic issues

Low-carb tends to be the best way to deal with obesity, chronic disease

Why low-carb should be the “default diet” and not low-fat

What he likes about the work of Dr. Richard Feinman

How people in the low-carb community can be monopolistic nutritionally

Veganism is more of a “cult” than a lifestyle improvement

The “two camps” that formed when I published my “safe starches” post

Why he believes the term “safe starches” is “misunderstood”

Whether he will be attending #AHS12 in Boston coming August 2012

How “safe starches” have nothing to do with glucose response

Why grains are “potentially bad” for people with inflammation

Calling all whole grains bad for everyone is “misleading”

Grains are “not a good food” but they’re not the “evil” people think

Why bacon and eggs is more heart healthy than whole grains

His pursuit of a PhD program in immunobiology (“future of health”)

His opinions on “fecal transplants” shared by Dr. Art Ayers

The effect of gut flora on autoimmune diseases is “very powerful”

The “yuck factor” of fecal transplants is the major barrier

Fecal transplants are a “simple procedure” and you’re “cured”

Everyone is looking for “the magic pill” without making changes

You can assess your health everyday by looking at your stool

Texture, shape and frequency are the primary things to look for

Jeroen Raes study published in Nature in April 2011

Attempts to standardize gut flora patterns in different diseases

Identifying which treatment works for people based on gut flora

This is “very complex” because we don’t know much about gut flora

Why he switched from “Ketotic” to “Immunometabolism” blog in 2011

How with every blog post he attempts to “learn something new”

His attempt to call attention to studies that aren’t being discussed

The desire to make complex topics seem understandable

What his ultimate dream is for the future of his career

Financial interests will continue to create barriers in coming years

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There are four ways you can listen to Episode 540:

1. Listen at the iTunes page for the podcast:

2. Listen and comment about the show at the official web site for the podcast:

3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 540 [43:32m]:

4. Listen on the Stitcher app–NO DOWNLOADING!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THIS PODCAST! If these podcast interviews on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from the most provocative and thought-provoking diet, fitness, and health experts have helped you in any way, then won’t you consider helping us out by clicking on the DONATE button on the official podcast web site? We love making these exclusive health interviews featuring the world’s top nutrition and fitness experts available to you at no charge so that the positive low-carb message can get out there to the people who need to hear it the most. Now that we’ve expanded the podcast to air three days weekly, your generous donations of any amount are greatly appreciated to help us keep the education going.

Brand new interview expert guests are being lined up for your listening enjoyment and I can’t wait for you to hear them share about what a healthy lifestyle change looks like! Go to PayPal.com and you can give your gift of any amount to the e-mail address livinlowcarbman@charter.net. Your continued financial support and listenership is essential to keeping this podcast alive and well and we THANK YOU so very much for your support!

How did you like what you heard from Lucas Tafur? We’d love to have your feedback about it in the show notes section of Episode 540. Check out Lucas’ “Immunometabolism” blog to keep up-to-date with the work he is doing. Coming up on Wednesday, Dr. John Briffa returns to the podcast to discuss his 2012 book release Escape The Diet Trap. He will be a featured guest speaker on The 5th Annual Low-Carb Cruise in May 2012 where he will continue this discussion of the concepts in his book. You want interviews, I’ve got interviews: see the guests who are coming up now through July 2012.

WE NEED YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE “ASK THE LOW-CARB EXPERTS” PODCAST: “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” is off and running well right now and Episode 4 is coming up this Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7PM ET addressing the topic “How To Improve Cardio-Metabolic Health” featuring former Atkins Center Associate Medical Director and Hampton’s Diet author Dr. Fred Pescatore (you may have seen him on The Rachael Ray Show recently). If you have questions about how what you eat impacts your heart health that you would like for Dr. Pescatore to address, then feel free to send it to me at AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Or ask your question LIVE on my show by calling (712) 432-0900 or Skype the show for FREE by calling the username freeconferencing.7124320900. Whether you call or Skype, be sure to use the access code 848908. Listen LIVE and leave us a review at iTunes if you like what you hear. This is your chance to interact with the best nutritional health experts in the world, so don’t be bashful.

If you have something to share about what you heard on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show,” then drop us an e-mail at our dedicated podcast e-mail address–LLVLCShow@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you about what you think about the show, interview guest suggestions, show topics, and anything else you want to share! I LOVE hearing from my listeners, so share what’s on your mind.

If you love this podcast and want to share these interviews with friends and family members who may not be connected to the Internet, then we invite you to check out our new “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” podcast store where you can get up to 10 episodes in mp3 format or a single episode (up to 75 minutes long) on an audio CD format. So many of my listeners have been asking for ways to share the life-changing messages being shared on this podcast and now you can. CLICK HERE to support the show and spread the low-carb love!

MEET JIMMY MOORE AT PALEOFX IN AUSTIN, TX ON MARCH 14-17, 2012:

We like to stay on top of what’s happening in the Paleo/low-carb community and be there to bring you any breaking news as soon as we hear about it. That’s exactly what we have for you today as we begin Episode 539 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” with a shocking turn of events that took place on Friday, January 27, 2011. That day a group of dietitians began investigating a popular low-carb diabetes blogger named Steve Cooksey from the “Diabetes Warrior” blog because they claim he is providing nutritional counseling services to his readers without a dietetics license. As a formerly obese man who was taking insulin and several medications to help control his diabetes, Steve now no longer has to do that since discovering the amazing health benefits of high-fat, low-carb living that control his blood sugar and insulin levels. Obviously, Steve is a changed man and has become quite passionate about combatting the high-carb, low-fat nonsense that is being promoted by groups like the American Diabetes Association to unsuspecting diabetics who are none the wiser that this is a recipe for disaster in treating their disease.

This apparently does not sit very well with a dietetic group in North Carolina who has been voraciously combing through his web site looking for ways he is violating the law. It seems this group would like nothing more than to silence Steve’s First Amendment rights to free speech under the guise of accusing him of providing diet advice without being an RD. Although this sounds like a nightmare (and it is for Steve right now), in the end this could be a HUGE opportunity to spread the low-carb message even more if this story gets some major media attention. Rest assured that we’ll definitely be following what’s happening with this very closely as it unfolds. Here’s a YouTube video of my 9-minute conversation with Steve Cooksey which airs in today’s episode (please pass this video around on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, your blog, and everywhere else where people can see it and respond):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a_TtJ1_Rso

In Episode 539 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we welcome someone who addresses a pretty common issue I hear about quite a bit in the low-carb and Paleo communities: “How can you eat this way on a budget?” I suppose it is a sign of the economic times we live in with high unemployment and falling wages that people are increasingly concerned about watching their budget while at the same time understanding their need and desire to feed themselves optimally well with grass-fed meats, pastured eggs, locally-grown organic vegetables and more. Well, never fear because Carolyn Rush is here offering up a fabulous new e-book for all of you penny pinchers out there in a resource called Primal Tightwad: Maximizing Your Health on a Minimal Budget . Endorsed by former podcast guest Nora Gedgaudas who wrote Primal Body, Primal Mind (listen to my interview with Nora about her book here), this e-book is sure to help so many people who struggle to find a balance between consuming nourishing foods that keep them healthy without causing major damage to their pocketbooks! Carolyn wrote this book on the prodding of Nora although she thought everyone knew about this stuff already. Obviously not–and now we have a great way to eat well and still have change left in our pockets.

Listen to Carolyn Rush talk about how easy it is to eat healthy on a budget:

How she has reclaimed the term “tightwad” so it’s no longer a “pejorative”

Her mother showed her how you can buy good quality food on less money

The “game” she makes it to spend as little money as possible on healthy food

How people are “very surprised” how easy it is to find good food at good prices

Why the most popular health food store Whole Foods just sells healthy “crap”

What Whole Foods does better than any other store (just one thing!)

Why it’s important to go to one store for one thing to stock up

Her work in the past twenty years in the natural health industry

She met Nora Gedgaudas through working in a health supplement store

Why it’s easy to eat cheap, but not so easy to eat cheap and healthy

How Nora “inspired” her to write this book to help others

Why it never dawned on her that people didn’t know how to shop smart

People don’t know how to shift their meals to good quality with less money

The “carbo-centric” message of a lot of “diet-on-a-budget” books

You’ll “pay a price down the road” in your medical bills eating high-carb

The “meal templates” she provides in her book to “plug in” whatever food you have

People are wasting a lot of money on getting spices that they don’t really need

Why she’s no fan of planning your meals ahead of time one month at a time

She consumes about two dozen eggs weekly and enjoys red cabbage frittata

You should make eggs the center of your low-budget diet for “versatility”

Why it’s hard to convince people who have been “brainwashed” about cholesterol

The “Tightwad Essentials” that people can do to eat healthy on a budget

How the calculator is one of the best tools for eating healthy

If something is 20 cents cheaper, that’s $73 per year savings

Her use of almond flour that she makes with raw almonds in a food processor

It is absurd to spend $14/pound for almond flour–so MAKE YOUR OWN!

Her homemade mayonnaise with coconut oil and olive oil

The “mindset” to have an overall worldview on managing your resources

Her story of using all of the red cabbage core and all after years of ditching it

Where do people who eat healthy low-carb Paleo waste money the most

Creating a relationship with your local farmer is the key to getting good meat

Why the cheaper cuts may take a little more time to prepare, but it’s worth it

The meat cutter at your local store can tell you when meats will get marked down

If you don’t ask, then you don’t get–so ask and you will get

How being a primal/Paleo/low-carb eater gives us “an advantage” in shopping

Where people should go to find the best quality foods at an affordable price

Why you shouldn’t “write off conventional grocery stores” for good food

The “local” food sold in supermarket chains nowadays

Looking for sales on nuts, organic eggs, coconut oil, and organic veggies

How to keep track of what foods should cost (or pay the price for it!)

The importance of “improvisation” when you find something on sale

Beware of the marketing traps that stores try to lure you into buying

The “downside” of shopping warehouse stores for people eating fresh foods

How idiotic it is for stores to charge double the price for nut butters vs. nuts

The seasoning packets that are overpriced and people are suckered into buying

Following directions, reading the recipe and “start easy” makes cooking a cinch

Why you shouldn’t be “intimidated” by cooking because everyone has to start

How eating out is not a good way to be frugal with your meal budget

What people can do to be a tightwad when eating at restaurants

The “mark-up” on restaurant beverages is the biggest budgetary scam on customers

Why she considers eating out in the “entertainment budget” and not for food

How choosing an appetizer is a good choice for your meal

The wasted money spent at McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants

A slow cooker takes about as much time as it does to get through the drive-thru

How watching Food, Inc. inspired her to write this e-book

People’s lack of understanding of the unintended consequences of cheap fast food

Why choosing something “organic” isn’t necessarily a healthy option for people

How most people have more money to spend on quality foods than they think they do

Combining food and medical costs together is an eye-opening experience

The Raquel Welch-inspired front cover of the e-book

There are four ways you can listen to Episode 539:

1. Listen at the iTunes page for the podcast:

2. Listen and comment about the show at the official web site for the podcast:

3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 539 [50:57m]:

4. Listen on the Stitcher app–NO DOWNLOADING!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THIS PODCAST! If these podcast interviews on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from the most provocative and thought-provoking diet, fitness, and health experts have helped you in any way, then won’t you consider helping us out by clicking on the DONATE button on the official podcast web site? We love making these exclusive health interviews featuring the world’s top nutrition and fitness experts available to you at no charge so that the positive low-carb message can get out there to the people who need to hear it the most. Now that we’ve expanded the podcast to air three days weekly, your generous donations of any amount are greatly appreciated to help us keep the education going.

Brand new interview expert guests are being lined up for your listening enjoyment and I can’t wait for you to hear them share about what a healthy lifestyle change looks like! Go to PayPal.com and you can give your gift of any amount to the e-mail address livinlowcarbman@charter.net. Your continued financial support and listenership is essential to keeping this podcast alive and well and we THANK YOU so very much for your support!

How did you like what you heard from Steve Cooksey and Carolyn Rush today? Tell us your thoughts on it in the show notes section of Episode 539. Keep up with all that’s happening with Steve Cooksey’s battle against the by reading his “Diabetes Warrior” blog and subscribing to his Facebook page. And don’t miss getting your copy of Primal Tightwad: Maximizing Your Health On A Minimal Budget. Coming up on Tuesday we’ll have Paleo nutrition expert and molecular biologist Lucas Tafur from the “Immunometabolism” blog giving us a lesson in gut health. Then on Wednesday, returning podcast guest Dr. John Briffa will be back to discuss his brand new book Escape The Diet Trap (and he’s even joining us as a guest speaker on The 5th Annual Low-Carb Cruise in May 2012). We’ve got lots of great podcasts in store for you in the coming months, so be sure to check out the full line-up into July 2012 now posted at the official web site.

WE NEED YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE “ASK THE LOW-CARB EXPERTS” PODCAST: “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” is off and running well right now and Episode 4 is coming up this Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7PM ET addressing the topic “How To Improve Cardio-Metabolic Health” featuring former Atkins Center Associate Medical Director and Hampton’s Diet author Dr. Fred Pescatore (you may have seen him on The Rachael Ray Show recently). If you have questions about how what you eat impacts your heart health that you would like for Dr. Pescatore to address, then feel free to send it to me at AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Or ask your question LIVE on my show by calling (712) 432-0900 or Skype the show for FREE by calling the username freeconferencing.7124320900. Whether you call or Skype, be sure to use the access code 848908. Listen LIVE and leave us a review at iTunes if you like what you hear. This is your chance to interact with the best nutritional health experts in the world, so don’t be bashful.

If you have something to share about what you heard on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show,” then drop us an e-mail at our dedicated podcast e-mail address–LLVLCShow@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you about what you think about the show, interview guest suggestions, show topics, and anything else you want to share! I LOVE hearing from my listeners, so share what’s on your mind.

If you love this podcast and want to share these interviews with friends and family members who may not be connected to the Internet, then we invite you to check out our new “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” podcast store where you can get up to 10 episodes in mp3 format or a single episode (up to 75 minutes long) on an audio CD format. So many of my listeners have been asking for ways to share the life-changing messages being shared on this podcast and now you can. CLICK HERE to support the show and spread the low-carb love!

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In Episode 38 of “Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends,” my co-host Mindy Noxon Iannotti and I have yet another fun-filled chit-chat session with two more of our awesome friends in the low-carb/Paleo community. Paleo and yogilicious blogger Ash Sierra from the “PALE(y)Ogini” blog and MS overcomer Whitney Ross from the “Nutrisclerosis” blog help us rock the podcast today with some nutritional bombs in response to several recent health headlines making news. Listen to us discuss a study that claims eating a high-fat diet leads to brain injury (and what one of the study authors Stephan Guyenet had to say about this portrayal of his research) as well as a new campaign in the UK called “Change4Life” dedicated to promoting ways to cut the fat out of your diet. Uhhhh, no thanks! Plus we’ll have our favorite part of the show where we share some delicious, mouthwatering low-carb recipes and more fun than you can shake a stick at. So pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let’s talk about it on the Virtual Porch where we have a gabfest about all things low-carb! Join in on the conversation with us.

Listen to Ash Sierra & Whitney Ross chime in on these health stories:

“Texas Drought Takes Cow Numbers Down By 600K”

It seems like everything low-carbers like to eat tend to go up in price

Ash’s interesting background into veganism and yoga

How she ate a “clean” diet but started having health issues

Why working with sustainable farming opened her eyes to food

She cut out wheat and decided to get her foods locally

Her “total health and well-being meltdown” that led to low-carb Paleo

How she was introduced to the Paleo world and changed forever

Whitney’s multiple sclerosis that was “reversed” by Paleo

How CrossFit introduced her to the nutritional concepts of Paleo

Why it didn’t take long for her to notice her MS was “going away”

She now has created a “knowledge center” to help others with MS

The enormous energy she has now when she previously needed support walking

Why she thought she’d rather have MS than to give up her bread

How she finally gave up the bread and pasta and got her health back

The “inspiration” of Dr. Terry Wahls who beat her MS too

The “street cred” Dr. Wahls lends to using nutrition for treating MS

All the new drugs that are coming out for MS, but no mention of diet

The “pure marketing” that happens with medications on every disease

“High-fat diet ‘injures brain’” in RODENTS

Ash’s concern that people will unnecessarily cut their fat more

The poor quality oils that people use that are decidedly unhealthy

People who are predisposed to get fat will move in that direction

Study co-author Stephan Guyenet’s take on this study

Whitney’s “predisposed” opposition to mouse/rat studies

Why “it doesn’t take much brain power” to know there is an agenda

The role India plays in “keeping the pharmaceutical industry alive”

The vegetarian diet and genes that lead to poor health in India

How she hates when people “cherry-pick” studies that push propaganda

Mindy’s belief this is “sensationalism” just to grab headlines

Why low-fat doesn’t really need any help getting their message out

How older women especially are so resistant to eating fat

Increase in Google search trend for “Paleo diet” since 2009

Why it was appreciated to have Stephan Guyenet correct the headlines

What would happen if they used coconut-based foods in the study

“Easy Ways To Reduce The Amount Of Fat In Your Diet”

Whitney’s problem with UK’s NHS promoting this “misguided” message

Ash’s concern that they don’t want to promote truly healthy foods

The “bad fat” that is included in factory farmed meats

Mindy asks “don’t we know this already” about cutting fat

Why the “handwriting is on the wall” about the low-fat lie

Whitney’s “Primal Meatball” recipe

Why she chooses to use just “pure ground beef” in her meatballs

Parmesan cheese is the key in making the meatballs delicious

Whitney’s “Dutch Oven Fail Safe Beef Roast” recipe

Ash’s “Sugar-Free, Super Simple Key Lime Mousse” recipe

There are three ways you can listen to Episode 38:

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By all means, we’d love to have YOU be a part of the conversation as well, so be sure to submit your questions and comments to us ANYTIME by using any of the following ways to contact us: Twitter, Facebook, the official web site, and e-mail. We enjoy asking our panel of “friends” to chime in on your most pressing questions about low-carb diets so they can provide you with insights from their own personal experiences on the subject. So don’t be bashful–tell us what you think about the show and ask, ask, ask away about anything related to healthy low-carb living!

Today we heard from Ash Sierra & Whitney Ross commenting on “High-fat diet ‘injures brain’” in RODENTS, study co-author Stephan Guyenet’s take on this study, the UK’s NHS promoting “Easy Ways To Reduce The Amount Of Fat In Your Diet,” Whitney’s “Primal Meatball” and “Dutch Oven Fail Safe Beef Roast” recipes, Ash’s “Sugar-Free, Super Simple Key Lime Mousse” recipe, and so much more! Give us your feedback about what you heard in today’s show in the show notes section of Episode 38. Never fear, we’ve got more “Low-Carb Conversations” coming up for you in the next few weeks:

EPISODE 39: February 3, 2012–Mark Jeacoma & Tina Langston
EPISODE 40: February 10, 2012–Laura Caruso & Crystal Fieldhouse
EPISODE 41: February 17, 2012–Joey Cardillo & Sarah Ballantyne

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It’s been fun launching my THIRD podcast dedicated to promoting the positive and life-changing message of healthy low-carb living. In just two short weeks, the “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” podcast has broken into the Top 10 of Health podcasts overall, been featured among the “New & Noteworthy” Health podcasts on iTunes, and garnered some truly fantastic ratings and feedback from listeners who are excited about this interactive LIVE show that airs on Thursday nights at 7PM ET. If you’ve been listening and become a fan of my new show, then I’d LOVE to have your review on iTunes to help us keep the momentum going to tell the world that low-carb is far from being a “fad” and that health is genuinely improving in the lives of real people who are implementing this effective nutritional approach. If you missed Episode 1 with Jackie Eberstein on “Weight Loss Obstacles” or Episode 2 with Dr. Ron Rosedale about “All Things Leptin, then go check them out to see what my new podcast project is all about! Fans of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” will appreciate this weekly focus on specific topics with some of the most highly-qualified expert guests in the world featuring a Q&A session with callers on the line and questions e-mailed ahead of time. I hope you are enjoying listening as much as I am enjoying hosting it!

In Episode 3 of “Jimmy Moore Presents: Ask The Low-Carb Experts,” we pull out the big guns for a pet peeve subject in the realm of nutritional health by tackling the issue of “Healthy Whole Grains?” highlighting a Wisconsin-based cardiologist who knows a thing or two about how the health of this nation is being destroyed, not helped by the promotion of wheat and other whole grains as “healthy.” His name is Dr. William Davis and he’s certainly no stranger to the low-carb community. In 2011 he released his long-awaited book called Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health about how obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases have been brought on by the enormous changes made to wheat crops in modern times.

Dr. Davis is a preventive cardiologist whose unique approach to nutrition (that is unlike what most of his fellow heart doctors are using) allows him to advocate for reversal, not just prevention, of heart disease. He is the founder of the Track Your Plaque program and lives in the state of Wisconsin. Dr. Davis has been on the cusp of identifying the key causes of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease for well over a decade with his examination into the negative impact of consuming “healthy whole grains.” He was a special guest speaker on The 3rd Annual Low-Carb Cruise discussing his work promoting heart health through prevention with the use of an inexpensive CT Heart Scan test and he will be one of the featured guest speakers on the May 2012 Low-Carb Cruise sharing more about this subject in a lecture entitled “The Great Whole Grain Caper.” But we were glad to have him join us on ATLCX answering listener questions in EPISODE 3 on January 26, 2012.

Listen to Dr. William Davis address the topic “Healthy Whole Grains?”:

The “ubiquitous” message of promoting “healthy whole grains”

How the grain industry has the money and platform to push their message

The “series of blunders” that led us to believe grains are good for us

Why no questions are asked about the suitability for human consumption

The “inadvertent reengineering” of the gliadin protein in wheat

How gliadin increased daily consumption of calories by 400-500

The surge in weight and eventual diabetes epidemic because of gliadin

Type 1 diabetes rates have skyrocketed and wheat “smells bad” in this

Kids with Celiac disease have a 10-20 fold risk of Type 1 diabetes

Kids with Type 1 diabetes have a 10-20 fold risk of Celiac disease

Whether wheat gluten is better than tofu for vegetarians

The emotional and mental effects that come from consuming gliadin

Whether spelt and rye are just as deleterious as wheat in our diet

Why wheat was “more benign” in the past, but it’s never been “harmless”

Why he’d never consume any grain no matter how ancient it is

How farmers are lured into these high-yield dwarf strain of wheat crops

Rye is so closely intertwined with wheat that it’s “equivalent”

Something bad replaced with something less bad is promoted as healthy

Whether consuming other foods with phytate in them is just as harmful

Quinoa falls into “non-wheat” carbohydrates, but not recommended

The “quite a high blood sugar” than come from these non-wheat carbs

The lack of data that phytates are a “practical issue” regarding health

Why it’s important to “pick our battles” in diet to promote health

Wheat, HFCS, sugar, pesticides, and factory farming are all important

Why he’s “just not convinced” about needing to soak nuts and grains

Wheat leads to “extreme acidification of the body” that harms bone health

Why the arguments against wheat are probably much worse than he is saying

Lectins blocking leptin means that wheat leads directly to obesity

We’ve “only scratched the surface” on the impact of wheat on health

Whether wheat germ is worse or not as bad as consuming wheat bread

The “superiority of health” that wheat germ has, but it’s undeserved

The highest concentration of glycoprotein lectins are in wheat germ

How wheat germ penetrates “foreign substances” into the bloodstream

Whether fermentation or sprouted wheat merely makes it even worse

If there are other physicians who are embracing the anti-wheat message

How this wasn’t “even on the radar” of most doctors before his book

How people are now connecting the dots between wheat and disease

Whether he’s had medical colleagues contact him since his book released

How patients are hearing their doctors recommend Wheat Belly

Many people are become “sour” on the idea that nutrition is powerful

The healthcare system is “treating poor nutrition” from foods like wheat

The incentives and penalties for the various health procedures

Whether there are no symptoms from wheat isn’t a license to eat it

How high blood sugar levels from consuming wheat leads to declined health

Why you never “feel” small LDL particles and most people have it

The “very rare” existence of people who don’t have Small LDL-P

Why a high Small LDL-P makes it “crystal clear” about what to do

His protocol of wheat elimination and a low-carb diet

Why statin drugs won’t improve the Small LDL-P issue

Why it’s not enough to “just eliminate wheat” without other changes

The genetic condition that leads people to be skinny but high Small LDL

How avoiding wheat isn’t just about gluten, but also amylopectin A

It’s about wheat avoidance and not gluten avoidance for health

The rise of gluten-free foods that are just as harmful as eating wheat

Whether soaking brown rice removes the anti-nutrients makes it healthier

Rice is a “more benign grain” but is susceptible to genetic modification

Why the geneticists never look at whether food is for human consumption

What to do when going grain-free doesn’t control blood pressure

Why health concerns still happen despite wheat-free, low-carb living

What’s worse for you–white bread or whole grain bread?

The “shades of bad” when you’re looking at the various breads

Fiber and B vitamins in whole grain bread doesn’t make it good for you

Whether consuming flax seed and chia are safe or not

Why research fails to look at grain consumption vs. eating no grains

Whether wheat promotion is the “biggest health nutrition blunder” ever

Nutritional changes promoted in schools to combat childhood obesity

How “decades” of change that is going to have to happen at USDA

The role parents have to play in shifting the paradigm in diet

Why educating “through the back door” is what will make change happen

The USDA is “not in the business of protecting the consumer”

What is happening when you “feel sick” after eating wheat

The Wheat-Free Research Foundation that will examine issues with wheat

What you can say to people who claim you can’t get fiber without grains

There is no deficiency in essential nutrients when you eat wheat-free

Regularity improves consuming a low-carb, wheat-free diet plan

Whether it’s possible to control diabetes with low-carb, wheat-free diet

The promotion of a high-carb diet which leads to worsening of symptoms

Why doctors don’t promote a low-carb diet ahead of time for diabetes

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If you cannot join us LIVE on the podcast on Thursday nights at 7PM ET, then you can still ask your questions of the expert guests in two ways. First, you can visit AskTheLowCarbExperts.com and fill out the form along the right-hand side of the page under “Submit Your Question” to input your name, e-mail address, the name of the expert you want to ask, and your question for them. These questions will be asked LIVE on the show airing on Thursdays. Or, for your convenience we have set up a way for you to e-mail us your questions directly to AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name, the name of the expert you want to ask your question to in the subject line, and your question on the specific topic of discussion. This is a golden opportunity for you to tap directly into the wealth of knowledge and experience on all things related to healthy low-carb living featuring the best and brightest experts in the realm of health!

Did you have any feedback about what Dr. William Davis shared about “Healthy Whole Grains?” Sound off about it in the show notes section of Episode 3. If you want to learn more about the deleterious effects of consuming whole grains and especially wheat, then definitely pick up a copy of Dr. Davis’ New York Times bestselling book Wheat Belly and keep up with all he is doing promoting this message at WheatBellyBlog.com. The educational fun continues in EPISODE 4 next Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7PM ET with low-carb physician Dr. Fred Pescatore who wrote The Hamptons Diet. He’ll be addressing the all-important topic of “How To Improve Cardio-Metabolic Health.” You can start submitting your questions for Dr. Pescatore using the “Submit Your Question” form (on the right-hand side of the web site) or e-mail your name, the name of the expert you want to ask your question to in the subject line, and your question on the specific topic of discussion to AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. If you are concerned about the relationship between your diet, its impact on metabolism, and heart health, then be sure to tune in LIVE next Thursday night to ask your question directly to Dr. Pescatore.

Here are the upcoming experts and topics we’ll be covering on #ATLCX:

EPISODE 5: February 9, 2012 | Mark Sisson | “Ketosis: Devil or Angel?”
EPISODE 6: February 16, 2012 | Chris Masterjohn | “Cholesterol 101″
EPISODE 7: February 23, 2012 | Dr. Cate Shanahan | “Long-Term Effects Of The SAD Diet”
EPISODE 8: March 1, 2012 | Dr. Mary Vernon | “What Questions Should I Ask My (Non-Low-Carb Friendly) Doc?”
EPISODE 9: March 8, 2012 | Mat Lalonde | “All Things Calories (Calories 101)”
March 15, 2012–NO PODCAST–ATTENDING PALEOFX
EPISODE 10: March 22, 2012 | Chris Kresser | “All Things Thyroid (Thyroid 101)”
EPISODE 11: March 29, 2012 | Dr. Jeff Volek | “Saturated Fat Is Good For You?”
EPISODE 12: April 5, 2012 | Denise Minger | “The Fallacy Of Vegan/Vegetarian Diets”
EPISODE 13: April 12, 2012 | Dr. Cassandra Forsythe | “Low-Carbing Women & Weight Lifting”
EPISODE 14: April 19, 2012 | Dr. Larry McCleary | “Dietary Remedies For ADHD”
EPISODE 15: April 26, 2012 | Dr. Eric Westman | “Exploding The Low-Carb Myths”
5-3 and 5-10: NO PODCASTS–ON THE 5TH ANNUAL LOW-CARB CRUISE
EPISODE 16: May 17, 2012 | Valerie Berkowitz | “Low-Carb, Pregnancy & Kids”

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It’s almost hard to believe that it has been five years since Judy Barnes Baker released her first low-carb cookbook called CARB WARS: Sugar Is The New Fat when she burst on the scene introducing some truly remarkable recipes that embrace the concept of transforming traditionally high-carb dishes into ones that can be both nourishing and blood sugar-stabilizing for her and her husband to enjoy. I’ve gotten to know Judy personally since 2007 through her blog, her lectures and attendance on the annual Low-Carb Cruise as well as through frequent e-mail and telephone exchanges over the years. Today I consider Judy a dear friend and a fellow crusader in this battle for the hearts and minds of people regarding what healthy low-carb living is real all about. And in the years that have transpired since she released CARB WARS there has been some really curious circumstances that have led to the creation of a second book of recipes. But this is no ordinary tale–it’s one of the most intriguing back stories behind a book that I’ve ever heard in my life with her sophomore release entitled Nourished: A Cookbook for Health, Weight Loss, and Metabolic Balance. I’ll share more specifics about this unbelievable story of how this book came about in just a moment. But first I want to brag on this incredible new cookbook that deserves to be in the kitchen of everyone who eats low-carb, Paleo or healthy in general!

One thing you can always be assured of with a Judy Barnes Baker book is professional brilliance in everything about it. From the cover photos featuring mouthwatering, succulent low-carb recipes as well as plenty of gorgeous photographed meal ideas sprinkled throughout the pages, it would be nearly impossible for you to say eating a healthy low-carb is “boring” as it is sometimes described by naysayers. In Nourished, you get lots of recipes but also specific menu-planning options to know which dishes are paired well together. For novice cooks who need that guidance, this is an invaluable resource and one that I’ve never seen before in any cookbook I’ve ever used.

At the beginning of Nourished, Judy presents an overview of why high-fat, low-carb diets are preferred for weight loss, controlling diabetes, and getting a handle on a whole host of common chronic health conditions like Alzheimer’s, heart disease and stroke. The one common denominator in obesity and metabolic syndrome seems to be the negative impact that comes from consuming carbohydrates which promotes fat storage and declining health. It doesn’t happen overnight so most people don’t understand the urgency in embracing the concepts of what I like to call livin’ la vida low-carb. But as an old Baptist preacher always used to say, “Payday someday.” And yet it doesn’t have to be that way which is why Judy provides a basic course in how low-carb diets work, what benefits you can expect to see, the safety of following such a plan, and why the continued “fat phobia” in our culture is not based on the science. For the uninitiated it’s an excellent introduction to the key concepts behind the low-carb lifestyle. And it’s a friendly reminder for those of us who have been eating this way for a while.

I appreciate that Judy doesn’t just have you jump into making these dishes without offering up her wise experience in working with ingredients you may not necessarily be used to using in a healthy cookbook. Saturated fat is rarely seen in recipes dedicated to being healthy and yet this is an ingredient that gives many of these recipes the flavor profile that will have you coming back to this cookbook time and time again. And for those who are concerned about the health ramifications from consuming real, whole foods like butter, coconut oil and tallow, for example, Judy makes a compelling argument for why you should be including them in your healthy diet. She also educates the reader about the various sweeteners, flours, thickeners and such that will make your low-carb cooking adventures as worry-free as possible.

So, what about all those incredible low-carb recipes? Of course, there are plenty of recipes for your regular daily meals included in the “Everyday Food” section in Part 1 with options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Part 2 offers up suggestions for “Special Occasions and Entertaining” for those times when you have guests in your home and you want to wow them with your low-carb culinary excellence. From appetizer to the main course and even dessert, Judy’s got you covered. And if you’re worried about what to do during the various holidays that take place during the year, Part 3 is just for you featuring “Seasonal and Holiday Menus.” Everything from the perfect Valentine’s Day dinner, Easter dinner, Thanksgiving, Christmas, you name it is included in this book. Take the worries out of these stressful cooking events knowing you are making delicious, homemade food that is tasty and healthy for everyone who will be consuming it. Part 4 teaches you some of the “Basic Recipes” that you will use time and time again in your kitchen for various purposes like dressings, sauces and condiments. And finally, Part 5 includes lots of ideas for “Snacks, Food for Travel, and ‘Freebies’” that answer the age-old question, “What is something quick I can eat when I’m on-the-go all the time?” Judy answers that quite thoroughly with ideas galore for you to enjoy, embrace and implement into your hectic lifestyle that nevertheless deserves to be Nourished.

In the back of the book, Judy helps you identify and source the ingredients you will need to make these recipes she has created by connecting you with web sites and brick and mortar stores that carry these specialty products. It’s all conveniently wrapped up in a 350+ page book that you will reference time and time again in the years to come! And this book is so special that it includes not just one, but three incredible forewords from some of the biggest names in low-carb research and practice: Dr. Mary Vernon is the famous low-carb physician treating mostly obese and diabetic patients with carbohydrate-restriction in Lawrence, Kansas and is educating her fellow medical professionals about the benefits of low-carb diets through Innovative Metabolic Solutions; Jackie Eberstein is a registered nurse who worked with the late, great Dr. Robert C. Atkins in his complementary medicine practice in New York City for nearly three decades and still works with The Veronica Atkins Foundation to educate people about the benefits of the Atkins Lifestyle; and Dr. Richard Feinman is a biochemistry professor at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, New York and the Founder of The Nutrition & Metabolism Society dedicated to elevating the science in the discussion of diet and health. It says a lot about the value of Nourished to have three such distinguished and credentialed experts endorse the amazing work that Judy Barnes Baker has invested into this project.

With that said, here’s the unbelievable story behind this book that you may not know about unless you’ve heard my May 2011 podcast interview with Judy about it. After writing her first low-carb cookbook CARB WARS in 2007, she was attending the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference and had a “chance” encounter with a representative from the American Diabetes Association (that ended up turning into a full-fledged opportunity to write an official ADA-recommended menu-styled cookbook for them). Judy was shocked, of course, because the ADA has never been a fan of the high-fat, low-carb nutritional approach for people with diabetes (except for the purposes of weight loss up to one year beginning in 2008). Skeptical, she agreed to write the book and submitted a thorough 32-page book proposal with 15 sample recipes that she never expected them to accept. A few months later she received news that the ADA board had approved her proposal and she began working on her book in the Fall 2008. For more than a year, Judy was faithfully submitting her recipes and nutritional information to them with very little feedback about how she was doing. In fact, the book actually became available for pre-order on the McGraw-Hill web site and she thought the book was actually going to happen.

Realizing what a golden opportunity this was to promote the low-carb message to diabetics who desperately needed to eat this way, Judy was especially careful not to be too “in your face” with her high-fat, low-carb recipes and took painstaking mindfulness and tact in creating recipes that she thought they would approve of. After months of “dead silence” after turning in the draft of her book, she realized something was wrong when they started promoting the book with a front cover that included an “austere looking plate” of bland, low-fat food that didn’t resemble any of the actual recipes she created for the book. Shortly thereafter, she received a conference call from the editors encouraging her to make “changes” that they deemed important, namely for her to lower the fat content of the recipes by choosing lean meats, whole grains, low-fat and fat-free dairy, reducing the salt content of the recipes and switching from using butter to margarine. She politely explained to them that a healthy low-carb diet for diabetics is one that is high in fat, not low-fat. They gave her an ultimatum–make the changes or it would not be published. To her credit, Judy refused to back down from her principled stance that a healthy low-carb diet is one that includes fat…so she walked away from the lucrative deal despite being told by the ADA representative she was working with that she had written “a good book.”

Though disappointed, Judy was not about to let all of her hard work go to waste and began pursuing alternative means for getting her book published under the original title The Healthy Edge: A Cookbook Based on the Latest Science of Nutrition and Metabolism. She started re-writing parts of the book where she had been careful about appeasing the ADA and made them like she wanted them to be. I’m sure that “Fat Phobia” section in the beginning of Nourished was a direct response to this rejection by the ADA of her book. But she knew she had to speak the truth about what low-carb living is all about. That’s why she teamed up with the Nutrition & Metabolism Society and Innovative Metabolic Solutions to get this book published at long last in 2012. Thanks to lots of guest contributions from her friends in the low-carb community who provided their own recipes for this book, the book is a perfect collection for anyone seeking to live optimally healthy.

Judy has a personal dream to sell 50,000 copies of this book to show the ADA how foolish they were to screw around with someone who was simply trying to do her part to truly help people with diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome by providing recipes and information that could quite possibly change their lives forever. I think this is a noble cause worth rallying behind by doing our part to help Judy reach this goal she has set. It’s time to send the ADA a message–high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb living is saving lives, normalizing blood sugars, lowering A1c levels, reducing and eliminating the dependence on insulin and diabetes medications, and giving hope to people who feel hopeless about a disease that has reached epidemic levels. You can go the route of famous people like Paula Deen who choose to keep eating carbohydrates while taking questionable prescription diabetes drugs or you can eat deliciously healthy recipes made with real butter and other fats while eschewing the blood sugar and insulin-raising effects of carbohydrates. The choice is yours!

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In Episode 538 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” I’m pleased to welcome an interventional cardiologist and low-carb weight loss instructor from Freeport, Maine named Dr. Lowell Gerber from “Lifestyle & Age Management Medicine.” Just a few short years ago, Dr. Gerber was still mired in conventional wisdom regarding the role nutrition plays in health, especially heart health. But something kept bothering him about treatment options for cardiovascular disease that seemed too pharmaceutically-focused with drug therapies like statins and less interested in getting to the root causes of the issue nutritionally that are causing this to happen. When he began having own issues with his weight and health following the “recommended diet,” he knew something was wrong. That’s when he came across the work of a fellow physician from Lawrence, Kansas named Dr. Mary Vernon and her Innovative Metabolic Solutions program teaching medical professionals about the basics of using carbohydrate-restriction therapeutically with patients to help them with obesity, diabetes and many other chronic diseases. Ever since then, Dr. Gerber has been like a sponge soaking in all of this information that has rekindled his passion and love for making patients healthier than ever before. We discussed all of the changes that have happened since Dr. Gerber discovered livin’ la vida low-carb in the past few years and what his big plans are to continue educating others about this healthy nutritional approach!

Listen to Dr. Lowell Gerber talk about his newfound passion for low-carb:

How he was pursuing a PhD when he instead chose to go to medical school

What it was like for him to be “a 99-pound weakling” as a kid

Why physical fitness and triathlons were always a part of his life

How he was diagnosed by his doctor with “overuse syndrome”

He was told to “get all the fat out of your diet” and you’ll be better

The predicable weight gain that happened after he cut his fat

His “aha, eye-opening moment” when he realized his patients were right

How he had always dished out the conventional cardiac diet advice

Why he “never believed” his patients when they said they are compliant

The dietitians and personal trainers he would recommend to his patients

He was “chastising” his patients from being “arrogant” about the diet

When his weight and health deteriorated on this, he finally understood

His discovery of ASBP and the work of Gary Taubes

He was led to Dr. Mary Vernon and her Innovative Metabolic Solutions

How he dibble-dabbled with the low-fat guidelines promoted by PCRM

Low-carb is “science-based”; low-fat is more “epidemiology-based”

The results of low-carb on him and his patients that convinced him

How he is trying to take the low-carb message to the older generation

A lot of older people are excluded from the weight loss trials

Why living optimally healthy is why low-carb is right for older people

The health issues he was personally dealing with before going low-carb

His transition from cardiology to treating cardio-metabolic syndrome

How cardiologists get “dinged” when they don’t “check the boxes”

Performance bonuses and penalties for not following the proper protocol

Compliance with the process is preferred over the desired outcomes

How to get other cardiologists on board with the right nutrition

Statin drugs can lead to insulin resistance and sexual dysfunction

Low-fat diets lead to frailty while low-carb preserves lean body mass

His “dream” of creating a vacation destination to learn about low-carb

How he moved to Maine to be there for aging family members

The “luck” of coming upon 60 acres of land to build the facility

Medical facility, lecture rooms, hiking trails and more on this land

How dogs and cats deal with the same issues with obesity and diabetes

How having a pet can help older people stay healthy

The “recreational eating” that replaces the comfort foods people crave

Firefighters testing for heart disease

The QRI machine that uses audible sound waves to detect inflammation

How they are working on an iPhone app that will use this technology

The “metabolic fitness test” he is using on firefighters

The story of a young firefighter who suddenly died in the firehouse

Why firefighters are “dropping over dead” despite being outwardly fit

How cardiac arrest can happen even in non-stressful situations

The goldfish swimming around in a blender analogy

How firefighters are indicative of societal health overall

The much more “intense” fires they deal with from new chemicals used

The tremendous growth of the ASBP/Nutrition & Metabolism Society conferences

Why the low-carb message “cannot be ignored anymore” by physicians

How diet alone may not be enough for some people, but it’s a good start

The controversy over HCG that has ensued at the ASBP meetings

Atkins is still called a “fad” as is HCG despite decades of existence

The FDA has decided to pull all of the homeopathic HCG from the market

How a T-3 protocol plus 400-calorie diet is approved, but not HCG?

The “rogue cardiologists” promoting healthy nutritional concepts

It’s like “history is being rewritten” to fit the low-fat dogma

Why getting this information “in the hands of moms” is so crucial

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How did you like what you heard from cardiologist Dr. Lowell Gerber today? Give us your feedback about it in the show notes section of Episode 538. Learn more about Dr. Gerber’s work at Lifestyle & Age Management Medicine and check him out on my “List Of Low-Carb Doctors.” We’ve got three fantabulous guests coming up for you next week: Carolyn Rush who wrote an e-book called Primal Tightwad: Maximizing Your Health On A Minimal Budget, nutrition expert and molecular biologist Lucas Tafur, and Dr. John Briffa who will talk about his brand new book Escape The Diet Trap. I’m booked up into June with brand new interviews, so check out the official web site to see who I have lined up for you in the coming months!

HAVE YOU LISTENED TO MY BRAND NEW PODCAST YET? “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” podcast is doing very well in the two weeks since it released on iTunes and Episode 3 is set to air on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7PM ET addressing the topic “Healthy Whole Grains?” featuring Dr. William Davis. If you have questions about whole grains and their REAL impact on your health that you would like for Dr. Davis to address, then feel free to send it to me at AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Or ask your question LIVE on my show by calling (712) 432-0900 or Skype the show for FREE by calling the username freeconferencing.7124320900. Whether you call or Skype, be sure to use the access code 848908. Listen LIVE and leave us a review at iTunes if you like what you hear. THANK YOU for your support!

If you have something to share about what you heard on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show,” then drop us an e-mail at our dedicated podcast e-mail address–LLVLCShow@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you about what you think about the show, interview guest suggestions, show topics, and anything else you want to share! I LOVE hearing from my listeners, so share what’s on your mind.

If you love this podcast and want to share these interviews with friends and family members who may not be connected to the Internet, then we invite you to check out our new “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” podcast store where you can get up to 10 episodes in mp3 format or a single episode (up to 75 minutes long) on an audio CD format. So many of my listeners have been asking for ways to share the life-changing messages being shared on this podcast and now you can. CLICK HERE to support the show and spread the low-carb love!

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In Episode 537 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we welcome natural health enthusiast and Paleo blogger David Csonka from the “Naturally Engineered” blog. David says he is committed to “unlocking human potential, the natural way” as he puts it on his popular blog about barefoot running, fitness, lifestyle, nutrition and physiology. He is a big believer in the human body’s extraordinary resilience and adaptability to virtually anything we challenge it to do. From freaky science project junk foods that dominate American food culture to the backwards obsession of our society to ignore the freedom of being barefoot vs. wearing shoes for athletics, you’ll find yourself nodding in agreement with a lot of what you hear today’s interview. We’ve got a community full of amazing people like David out there and I’d love to hear from YOU if there’s somebody you think I need to know about and interview. E-mail me that low-carb/Paleo diamond in the rough out there who is doing great work in the blogsophere spreading the message to livinlowcarbman@charter.net and I’ll work on getting them on one of my future podcasts.

Listen to David Csonka share his love for natural health living:

What information science is and why he chose to pursue it

The lack of programs for web development in 2004

How he “hit a real slump” working in a cubicle job

How he got into running before he understood more about it

When he was introduced to the concept of barefoot running

The damage he was experiencing in his knees after running a race

His “surprise” in learning about barefoot running

Why more people don’t get into the idea of barefoot running

The thorn injury he suffered while barefoot training

How we’ve “missed the point” with shoe technology in modern times

Reebok sued over EasyTone shoe claims

Why he doesn’t blame shoe companies for promoting “toning” shoes

The “calculated risk” of companies putting out risky marketing claims

How and why he got into the CrossFit movement

What was “one of the most transformative events” of his life

What sets CrossFit apart from traditional “globo gyms”

The community aspect that happens at CrossFit to engage users more

How the “cult” aspect of CrossFit was highlighted at #AHS11

Why he doesn’t really CrossFit train anymore but uses some principles

Injuries on CrossFit isn’t necessarily the plan’s fault

What he is doing for exercise now since backing away from CrossFit

Why he chooses to “step out of my comfort zone” to help other benefit

How a blog is merely a tool for chronicling the individual journey

Why he doesn’t have much credibility with weight loss because he’s thin

What led him to the work of Robb Wolf and the Paleo diet

The Zone diet is the “official diet” of CrossFit with Paleo secondary

How he watched Dr. Barry Sears explain Zone…but it was “nuts” for him

The hunger from the lean meats and forcing himself to eat broccoli

It occurred to him that “weighing and measuring foods” didn’t make sense

The Paleo concept just “clicked” with him from the start

What the biggest problems people have with going Paleo

How foods promoted as “healthy” are truly harmful to your health

The lunacy of eating a Boca burger as a way to improve your diet

How the vegan movement has penetrated the culture with their message

What he thinks the vegan groups are doing to market themselves well

How The China Study is viewed as “the holy grail” of veganism

The “dogmatic attitude” that tends to dominate the diet wars

What’s in people’s psyche making them “susceptible” to conventional wisdom

Why people “don’t want to be challenged mentally” with beliefs and values

His contributions to the new PALEO Magazine

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Brand new interview expert guests are being lined up for your listening enjoyment and I can’t wait for you to hear them share about what a healthy lifestyle change looks like! Go to PayPal.com and you can give your gift of any amount to the e-mail address livinlowcarbman@charter.net. Your continued financial support and listenership is essential to keeping this podcast alive and well and we THANK YOU so very much for your support!

How did you like what you heard from David Csonka from “Naturally Engineered” today? Tell us what struck your fancy about this interview in the show notes section of Episode 537. Check out David’s awesome blog “Naturally Engineered” and get engaged with his high-quality content on Google+. Coming up on Wednesday, I’m happy to bring to you a cardiologist named Dr. Lowell Gerber who has head-over-heels embraced low-carb nutrition and is now heavily promoting it through his Lifestyle & Age Management Medicine. It’s exciting to see more and more medical professionals like Dr. Gerber getting involved in carrying forward the science supporting carbohydrate-restriction as a meaningful therapeutic health measure.

HAVE YOU LISTENED TO ONE OF THE HOTTEST NEW HEALTH PODCASTS YET? My brand new LIVE “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” podcast has exploded on to iTunes since it released a couple of weeks ago and Episode 3 is set to air this Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7PM ET addressing the topic “Healthy Whole Grains?” featuring Dr. William Davis. If you have questions about whole grains and their REAL impact on your health that you would like for Dr. Davis to address, then feel free to send it to me at AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Or ask your question LIVE on my show by calling (712) 432-0900 or Skype the show for FREE by calling the username freeconferencing.7124320900. Whether you call or Skype, be sure to use the access code 848908. The podcast has soared to the top of the Health podcast charts on iTunes and is currently featured in the “New & Noteworthy” in that category. Listen in and leave us a review at iTunes to help keep this incredible momentum going. THANKS so much for your support!

If you have something to share about what you heard on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show,” then drop us an e-mail at our dedicated podcast e-mail address–LLVLCShow@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you about what you think about the show, interview guest suggestions, show topics, and anything else you want to share! I LOVE hearing from my listeners, so share what’s on your mind.

If you love this podcast and want to share these interviews with friends and family members who may not be connected to the Internet, then we invite you to check out our new “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” podcast store where you can get up to 10 episodes in mp3 format or a single episode (up to 75 minutes long) on an audio CD format. So many of my listeners have been asking for ways to share the life-changing messages being shared on this podcast and now you can. CLICK HERE to support the show and spread the low-carb love!

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In Episode 536 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” it’s such a genuine pleasure to welcome one of the newest additions to the Paleo/low-carb podcasting world with “The Balanced Bites Podcast” co-hosts Diane Sanfilippo and Liz Wolfe. I’ve previously featured an interview with certified nutrition consultant and Paleo diet enthusiast Diane from “Balanced Bites” in 2011 and this time around she is joined by her fellow Paleo/primal/Weston A. Price-loving nutritional therapy practitioner and blogger Liz from the “Cave Girl Eats” blog for a rip-roaring, fun-filled, free-for-all conversation with me about their exciting new podcast that has quickly risen among the elite health podcasts on iTunes, the various conversations and controversies happening in the Paleo community, and anything and everything in between. If you wanna get a sneak peek at what Diane and Liz do on “The Balanced Bites Podcast” and grab just a taste of what it sounds like (and even some inside scoop on these two lovely ladies of Paleo), then you gotta listen to my interview with this dynamic duo of podcasting awesomeness. And by all means, SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR PODCAST ON ITUNES! You’ll become a hooked fan like me (yes, I have three podcasts of my own, but there are several I enjoy–and TBBP is one of them!).

Listen to Diane and Liz talk about Paleo and podcasting:

Diane’s work as a holistic Paleo nutritionist

Liz and her adventures in Paleo blogging and nutrition

How the term “ancestral” is a more embraced concept than Paleo

Why not every person needs to do the same thing to be healthy

Problems with the standard nutritional message that’s promoted

The biggest mistake is to think we “know everything already”

Why it’s important to keep being “lifelong learners”

A common theme of the questions they address on their podcast

The “shotgun approach” that modern society uses for health

How Diane and Liz found each other

Why they choose to pre-record their show and not air it LIVE

How they take questions from their listeners

Why they decided to do the Q&A format on their podcast

How they try to be less “scientific” than Robb Wolf‘s podcast

The importance of relating to the “lowest common denominator”

Various interviews they have on their show with Paleo peeps

The self-described function Liz plays on their podcast

How Liz focuses on the mental/emotional side of things

Where they see their podcast going in 2012

How doing a podcast on a topic is better than a big blog post

What under-served health subject needs to be addressed more

Why people don’t care about avoiding certain foods

Why “being lean” doesn’t really have much to do with health

How even the coverage of important issues is just lampooned

How ridding our lives of environmental toxins is critical

Disengaging from the “frantic consumerism” with health

The “back and forth” that happens when adopting new behaviors

The opportunity to teach parents to “grow healthy kids” is hot

Why Diane tells some clients they need to “quit their job”

People should be happy and make time for their health

Why it’s important to “shift their consciousness” in life

Being grateful and positive is a critical part of health

Diane learned positive thinking working at Lululemon Athletica

The lack of perspective people have about their goals

How people are still so misinformed about cholesterol

Having “that guy” client that argues cholesterol numbers matter

The nourishing, cell-building properties of cholesterol

How everyday people get “strung out” about health numbers

What Diane ends up ultimately teaching people through her work

Why they don’t know what their blood numbers or weight are

Whether there are conversion issues that impact hormones

Why it’s good to step away and de-stress every once in a while

How people who help others may end up harming themselves

There are four ways you can listen to Episode 536:

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THIS PODCAST! If these podcast interviews on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from the most provocative and thought-provoking diet, fitness, and health experts have helped you in any way, then won’t you consider helping us out by clicking on the DONATE button on the official podcast web site? We love making these exclusive health interviews featuring the world’s top nutrition and fitness experts available to you at no charge so that the positive low-carb message can get out there to the people who need to hear it the most. Now that we’ve expanded the podcast to air three days weekly, your generous donations of any amount are greatly appreciated to help us keep the education going.

Brand new interview expert guests are being lined up for your listening enjoyment and I can’t wait for you to hear them share about what a healthy lifestyle change looks like! Go to PayPal.com and you can give your gift of any amount to the e-mail address livinlowcarbman@charter.net. Your continued financial support and listenership is essential to keeping this podcast alive and well and we THANK YOU so very much for your support!

How did you like what you heard from Diane Sanfilippo and Liz Wolfe from “The Balanced Bites Podcast” today? Share your thoughts in the show notes section of Episode 536. Listen to “The Balanced Bites Podcast” and visit Diana at “Balanced Bite” and Liz at “Cave Girl Eats.” Coming up on Tuesday the fun continues with David Csonka from the “Naturally Engineered” blog discussing his lifestyle principles for optimal health. Then on Wednesday we’ll hear from a cardiologist named Dr. Lowell Gerber who has become convinced of the low-carb message thanks to the educational modules presented by Dr. Mary Vernon and Dr. Eric Westman and has developed an ingenious way to educate and communicate carbohydrate-restriction to the masses. You WON’T want to miss this interview!

My brand new LIVE “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” podcast has been a big hit on iTunes since it released a couple of weeks ago and Episode 3 will air this Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7PM ET addressing the topic “Healthy Whole Grains?” featuring Dr. William Davis. If you have a question about whole grains and their impact on health that you would like for Dr. Davis to address, then feel free to send it to me at AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Or ask your question LIVE on my show by calling (712) 432-0900 or Skype the show for FREE by calling the username freeconferencing.7124320900. Whether you call or Skype, be sure to use the access code 848908. The podcast has catapulted toward the top of the Health podcast charts on iTunes and is currently featured in the “New & Notable” in that category. I’d appreciate having you subscribe to my new show and leave a review to help keep this incredible momentum going. THANK YOU for listening and interacting with my latest podcast project.

If you have something to share about what you heard on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show,” then drop us an e-mail at our dedicated podcast e-mail address–LLVLCShow@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you about what you think about the show, interview guest suggestions, show topics, and anything else you want to share! I LOVE hearing from my listeners, so share what’s on your mind.

If you love this podcast and want to share these interviews with friends and family members who may not be connected to the Internet, then we invite you to check out our new “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” podcast store where you can get up to 10 episodes in mp3 format or a single episode (up to 75 minutes long) on an audio CD format. So many of my listeners have been asking for ways to share the life-changing messages being shared on this podcast and now you can. CLICK HERE to support the show and spread the low-carb love!

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In Episode 37 of “Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends,” Mindy and I have a very special chat session with two more super “friends” in the low-carb community. The first guest is certainly no stranger to low-carb living as she’s lived with me through all the ups into morbid obesity and downs after going on the Atkins diet in 2004 and in-betweens over the years. She’s of course the lovely Christine Moore who decided to pop by the show today to put me in my place…er, I mean, contribute to the show. It’s always nice to have you here honey. Our other guest friend for today’s show is Dan Pardi from “Dan’s Plan” who I met at #AHS11 (The Ancestral Health Symposium) in Los Angeles last August. He is committed to helping people understand the root of the cause of their obesity and poor health by giving them a three-pronged strategy for living optimally healthy. I plan on having Dan on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” in a few months to go into full detail about his “plan” for success. Today we talk about an insane column discouraging people from eating a Paleo-styled “caveman” diet and a thought-provoking piece on whether the Paleo diet is actually healthy or not. It’s always a load of fun when we get together on Fridays, so pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let’s talk about it on the Virtual Porch in the wonderful world of livin’ la vida low-carb!

Listen to Christine Moore & Dan Pardi opine on health headlines:

“What’s the best diet? U.S. News ranks its favorites for 2012″

Why the low-carb Atkins and Paleo diets rank poorly

Dan is working on his PhD examining sleep deficiency on health

His creation of “Dan’s Plan” to fix the “broken lifestyle”

He provides information and helps people track their lifestyle

Why modern exercise guidelines is “missing the mark”

Mindy has created a standing work station for her desk job

How standing has “made such a difference” in how she feels

For diet, Paleo is “a great starting place” for good nutrition

Regarding sleep, it is determined by what happens in the day

How artificial life can stimulate the mind if used at night

The importance of getting into bed earlier than you’re used to

Light in the eye affects melatonin production disrupting sleep

The “iPad insomnia” syndrome from the light on reading devices

Why the red light spectrum is less disruptive on sleep than blue

Melody Cherney’s column “Don’t Eat Like A Caveman”

Dan’s believe that this article is “a hot mess of ineptitude”

How she misses the good arguments for adopting Paleo living

There’s nothing essential about eating wheat and legumes

The way whole grain marketing assumes it’s healthy

How there aren’t any references included in this opinion piece

Individual sensitivities to foods vary to avoid a universal diet

Why we should move more towards the quality grass-fed meats

Mindy’s belief that factory farming is “the issue” at hand

Christine’s belief that the author of the column “needs some fat”

The varying kinds of Paleo diets from higher-carb to low-carb

Dr. Daemon Jones’ “The Caveman Diet: Is It A Healthy Option?”

The use of “nutrient dense” to describe the Paleo diet

Christine’s enjoyable satiety eating higher-quality foods

Dan’s appreciation for the arguments made in this column

The stark difference between the two columns

Mindy notes that eating low-carb Paleo is about “healthiness”

The role Paleo has played putting the focus on health

Why Dan adopts a low-carb diet especially when he travels

Dan’s “Paleo Buffalo Burger” recipe

Christine’s favorite “fried chicken” recipe I make for her

There are three ways you can listen to Episode 37:

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By all means, we’d love to have YOU be a part of the conversation as well, so be sure to submit your questions and comments to us ANYTIME by using any of the following ways to contact us: Twitter, Facebook, the official web site, and e-mail. We enjoy asking our panel of “friends” to chime in on your most pressing questions about low-carb diets so they can provide you with insights from their own personal experiences on the subject. So don’t be bashful–tell us what you think about the show and ask, ask, ask away about anything related to healthy low-carb living!

Today we heard from Dan Pardi & Christine Moore discuss “What’s the best diet? U.S. News ranks its favorites for 2012,” Melody Cherney’s column “Don’t Eat Like A Caveman,” Dr. Daemon Jones’ “The Caveman Diet: Is It A Healthy Option?,” Dan’s “Paleo Buffalo Burger” recipe and so much more! Tell us your feedback about what you heard in today’s show in the show notes section of Episode 37. Next week we’ll have two more AWESOME friends with us sharing their thoughts on healthy low-carb living while commenting on some of the latest health headlines as Ash Sierra & Whitney Ross grace us with their presence on the podcast. And if YOU want to be on “Low-Carb Conversations” in the coming months, then all you gotta do is e-mail me your Skype username to livinlowcarbman@charter.net. When we’re ready to record again, I’ll be in touch. Don’t be bashful–come join in on the fun!

If you have something to share about what you heard on “Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends,” then drop us an e-mail at lowcarbconversations@gmail.com. Tell us your comments about the show, ask any questions you may have for our friends to talk about, pass along your ideas for what you’d like to hear discussed, and let us know if you’d like to join us on the panel in a future episode. We’d love to hear from you, so reach out and touch us sometime! THANKS for joining us in the conversation and we’ll talk with you about healthy low-carb living again next Friday. DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT ITUNES AND LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW!

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In Episode 2 of “Jimmy Moore Presents: Ask The Low-Carb Experts,” we continue bring you the very best experts on issues that concern the low-carb community with a focus on “All Things Leptin (Leptin 101)” featuring one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject in Dr. Ron Rosedale. He is the author of The Rosedale Diet where he outlines the role of this “master hormone” in basically every metabolic function in the body. Dr. Rosedale is an internationally-known expert in nutritional and metabolic medicine whose work with diabetics is truly groundbreaking. Through his work, he has helped literally thousands of patients suffering from so-called incurable diseases to regain their health. One of Dr. Rosedale’s life goals is to wipe out Type II diabetes in this country as a model for the world. Dr. Rosedale has helped set up health retreats in India so that his knowledge could be shared with others who are less fortunate. His specific research interests include diabetes and the aging process, the correlation between diet and the aging process, and leptin, insulin, and the quality of metabolism. He has been studying and talking about the role of the hormone leptin for nearly two decades and is more than qualified to address this very important issue for people interested in health and weight loss in their low-carb lifestyle. From comparing Dr. Rosedale’s plan with the “Leptin Rx” promoted by Dr. Jack Kruse to the impact of leptin resistance on various areas of health like PCOS, we fully addressed this topic featuring e-mailed questions as well as LIVE callers who participated in EPISODE 2 on January 19, 2012.

Listen to Dr. Ron Rosedale take on “All Things Leptin”:

Why leptin is the most important health marker there is

The reason why body fat stores are “paramount to life”

The two main functions of life are to eat and reproduce

He was the “very first” to promote the importance of insulin

His 1999 lecture “Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects”

Why he shifted from insulin to leptin in his emphasis

Insulin is the 3-star general, leptin is the 4-star general

Why having a certain amount of fat was necessary for famine

How leptin “filled in a whole lot of blanks” on fat storage

Animals in the wild covet fat as a nutritional resource

Timelapse Video Of A Dead Elephant Being Eaten

Why a shark won’t really eat a skinny human body

Controlling fat storage has been historically important

It’s important to know what to do with energy

How genetic expression gears will shift to adjust energy

Why nature’s design doesn’t call for life after having babies

Leptin allocates resources to keep life going for a long time

What determines health is the accuracy of hormonal signals

The more you use a signal, the more “corrupted” it becomes

When you spike insulin or leptin often it becomes damaged

How leptin increases can make the “signal less audible”

The “tolerance” to leptin that the body adjusts to

Why leptin has a lot more to do with health than obesity

Fat-burning is the ultimate goal of managing leptin levels

The best way to get insulin “heard” is to lower it

Why doctors don’t test for leptin as much as they do insulin

His “deja vu” of this same question about insulin 20 years ago

How leptin was discovered in the ob/ob mouse in 1994

The misapplication of leptin in treating obesity in humans

Leptin interest “greatly waned” when no money was to be made

The latest known health benefits that come from leptin

What he thinks about Dr. Kruse’s ideas on protein and exercise

The main things that are “lost” by those promoting leptin

How what you eat is “100 times more powerful” than time of day

Why a high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb diet will “win out”

His 2006 lecture “Protein: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”

The reason why you don’t want to consume excessive protein

“Metabolic momentum” where the body burns what it’s used to

One of the major causes of osteoporosis from protein breakdown

Very few people in the world are burning fat for fuel

Your health and longevity depends on burning fat vs. sugar

Burning sugar for fuel makes fat-burning next to impossible

Sugar is mainly for anaerobic activity and red blood cells

Why you want to be burning fat and ketone bodies for fuel

The longevity benefits that come from calorie restriction

Leptin is the mediator of the health benefits from fasting

What the mTOR pathway is and why we want to be on it

The “ancient pathway” of the mTOR pathway in all life

Leptin is “the prime hormone that regulates hunger”

How your risk of cancer “goes way up” when mTOR is elevated

Whether he’s going to update his book or write a new book

How not much has changed about what he was saying 20 years ago

The “more supporting science” he will share in his updated book

His lack of interest in obesity but in treating diabetes/heart health

Why you can’t possibly feed potatoes and rice to diabetics

How diabetes “went away” with no medications on his plan

The few “minor things” he wanted to add to his original book

The book that will go “much deeper into the science” on LCHF

His “surprise” that people still aren’t embracing low-carb

Why the differences in low-carb advocates are pretty minor

How “embarrassed” he was to give a lecture to doctors about insulin

The “science is so clear” on the connection of food and hormones

How disease can be reversed successfully through nutrition

Why we need to “add to” the Paleo diet for proper application

What he means by “moderate protein” in his low-carb plan

Carbohydrate is a non-essential nutrient, protein is essential

How much protein is enough for someone to be consuming

Who needs to be eating a little more protein than others

The importance of spreading your protein out over three meals

What if leptin levels are low–what diet is optimal for this?

Reproductive capacity is the only problem with very low leptin

The difference in the testing laboratories for leptin

Having low leptin levels is “great” because you will burn fat

Why avoiding starches that turn to sugar is important

Why a lot of cases of hypothyroidism isn’t hypothyroidism

What the difference is between insulin and leptin resistance

How a moderate protein, low-carb diet fixes both

How to burn your own fat for fuel to keep your cells “happy”

Why you should never “fight hunger” if you get hungry

Eating foods that don’t spike insulin/leptin is essential

The “science has to be correct” for medical community to embrace

Whether leptin works in real time to impact satiety levels

What role leptin plays in PCOS and fertility

Reproduction is “all but totally controlled by leptin”

Someone with PCOS does not need to consume a high-protein diet

Why the “total opposite” diet of conventional wisdom is best

How HGH raises glucose and negatively impacts fat burning

HGH raises triglycerides and prevents lean mass from growing

Growth hormones will “really mess you up” and should stop

Why triglycerides can go “way down” when you eat low-carb

Triglycerides of his patients come “crashing down” in two weeks

There are four ways you can listen to Episode 2:

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If you cannot join us LIVE on the podcast on Thursday nights at 7PM ET, then you can still ask your questions of the expert guests in two ways. First, you can visit AskTheLowCarbExperts.com and fill out the form along the right-hand side of the page under “Submit Your Question” to input your name, e-mail address, the name of the expert you want to ask, and your question for them. These questions will be asked LIVE on the show airing on Thursdays. Or, for your convenience we have set up a way for you to e-mail us your questions directly to AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name, the name of the expert you want to ask your question to in the subject line, and your question on the specific topic of discussion. This is a golden opportunity for you to tap directly into the wealth of knowledge and experience on all things related to healthy low-carb living featuring the best and brightest experts in the realm of health!

Did you have any feedback about what Dr. Ron Rosedale shared about “All Things Leptin (Leptin 101)?” Tell us your comments about this in the show notes section of Episode 2. Pick up a copy of his book on leptin called The Rosedale Diet and check out all the abundance of incredible health resources from Dr. Rosedale on his official web site at DrRosedale.com. We’ve got an awesome show lined up for you in EPISODE 3 next Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7PM ET with the author of the New York Times bestselling Wheat Belly named Dr. William Davis on the subject “Healthy Whole Grains?” You can start submitting your question for Dr. Davis using the “Submit Your Question” form (on the right-hand side of the web site) or e-mail your name, the name of the expert you want to ask your question to in the subject line, and your question on the specific topic of discussion to AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. If you still think consuming whole grains is “healthy,” then fire away with your best questions for Dr. Davis for next week’s episode or join us LIVE next Thursday night.

Here are the upcoming experts and topics we’ll be covering on #ATLCX:

EPISODE 4: February 2, 2012 | Dr. Fred Pescatore | “How To Improve Cardio-Metabolic Health”
EPISODE 5: February 9, 2012 | Mark Sisson | “Ketosis: Devil or Angel?”
EPISODE 6: February 16, 2012 | Chris Masterjohn | “Cholesterol 101″
EPISODE 7: February 23, 2012 | Dr. Cate Shanahan | “Long-Term Effects Of The SAD Diet”
EPISODE 8: March 1, 2012 | Dr. Mary Vernon | “What Questions Should I Ask My (Non-Low-Carb Friendly) Doc?”
EPISODE 9: March 8, 2012 | Mat Lalonde | “All Things Calories (Calories 101)”
March 15, 2012–NO PODCAST–ATTENDING PALEOFX

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In Episode 535 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we welcome a Boston, Massachusetts area holistic child & adult psychiatrist as well as certified GAPS practitioner named Dr. Judy Tsafrir. She is one of the most enthusiastic fans of the GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) protocol as outlined by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. I’ve been working on getting an interview with Dr. Campbell-McBride for a while (and still pursuing it!), but I was intrigued by Dr. Tsafrir’s dedication to and implementation of these principles in her own psychiatric practice as a great reason to have her come on the show to talk about it. Of course, it didn’t hurt to read in her bio that she believes in “the importance of a high saturated fat, moderate protein and low carbohydrate diet with an avoidance of all processed and refined foods for optimal health.” YES!!!

The focus of the GAPS nutritional plan for treating a wide variety of mental disorders like autism, depression, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, learning disabilities, dyslexia, dyspraxia and more zeroes in squarely on the consumption of real, whole foods that restore gut health to bring everything back into proper balance again in the body. As you can imagine, Dr. Tsafrir is a great fan of traditional diets as espoused by The Weston A. Price Foundation, the evolutionary principles of the Paleo diet, and the principles of LCHF (low-carb, high-fat diets). Her ultimate goal is to heal all of her patients through the therapeutic use of natural dietary and detoxification steps. And we’re just happy to bring her message to you today on the podcast!

Listen to Dr. Judy Tsafrir discuss diet and mental health:

How she has been a long-time listener to this podcast

She comes from a family of psychiatrists and psychiatric issues

Her family history of obesity, diabetes and metabolic issues

The deep cultural focus on eating and food within her family

How she sought out answers for her problems with little success

The role the GAPS protocol has played in improving health

What the GAPS program is all about and why it works

How the microflora in the gut impact our health

Why pathogenic microflora can “get the upper hand” in the gut

The sterility of an unborn baby’s gut until the birthing process

How the wrong kind of microflora can “leak out” into the body

Dr. Campbell-McBride’s upcoming new book on the GAPS plan

The “disease states” that happen when the body attacks proteins

The GAPS protocol is grain-free, sugar-free and starch-free

The diet “starves the pathogens” while “healing the gut”

Fermented foods repopulate the good bacteria in the gut

How greens “juicing” is used in creating “GAPS milkshakes”

What role epsom salt baths play in detoxifying the body

Getting an enema done to help further detox the body

Who should get a “coffee enema” for detoxing and healing

Why people tend to ignore the role of their gut health

Why there is a “disconnection” between diet and how they feel

The “enormous impact on the gut” from psychological issues

How there are so few people talking about “feelings” and food

Why “talking about things” can help with mental health issues

What her patients think about nutritional advice for health

How people come to her because she is a holistic psychiatrist

It can take “a long time” to heal health nutritionally

When medications can “be real useful” for some people

Whether the low-fat has contributed to psychological issues

Why people turn to a carbohydrate-rich food for comfort

How to convince people that consuming fat is okay to eat

Where the Paleo/low-carb movement is heading in the future

She is so “impressed” with the growth of the low-carb community

How easy it is to start writing a blog and publish herself

What a psychoanalyst is and what role it plays in mental health

Combination of talking and nutrition she uses with patients

How your cultural upbringing dictates how you feel and think

If someone has psychological issues, who do you talk to?

Where people can find a holistic psychiatrist in their area

The difference between in person vs. long-distance sessions

Whether nutrition is the wave of the future in psychiatry

The health dangers of prescribing the anti-psychotic drugs

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There are four ways you can listen to Episode 535:

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What did you think about what Dr. Judy Tsafrir had to say about the role of nutrition in mental health? Give us your thoughts in the show notes section of Episode 535. Learn more about her practice at JudyTsafrirMD.com, read her fabulous accompanying blog, follow her on Twitter and pick up a copy of Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride’s book Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia. Coming up next week we’ll have three more amazing podcast guests to share with you. On Monday, we’ve got the fun-loving dynamic Paleo duo of Diana Sanfilippo and Liz Wolfe from “The Balanced Bites Podcast” sharing about their incredible new top-rated health podcast. Then on Tuesday you’ll hear from David Csonka from the “Naturally Engineered” blog sharing his unique perspective on nutritional health. And finally on Wednesday we’ve got a cardiologist named Dr. Lowell Gerber who has recently discovered the role low-carb nutrition plays in health and is creating a unique way to educate people about how to implement healthy low-carb living into their daily life. It’ll be another extraordinary week of low-carb podcasting next week!

DON’T FORGET! My brand new LIVE “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” podcast is off and running and Episode 2 is set to air on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7PM EST. And we’ve got a GREAT topic of discussion with a highly-qualified expert guest: “All Things Leptin” featuring low-carb physician Dr. Ron Rosedale. If you have a question about the leptin hormone that you would like for Dr. Rosedale to address, then feel free to send it to me at AskTheLowCarbExperts@gmail.com. Or ask your question LIVE on my show by calling (712) 432-0900 or Skype the show for FREE by calling the username freeconferencing.7124320900. Whether you call or Skype, be sure to use the access code 848908. The podcast is already doing VERY well on iTunes landing near the top of the Health podcast charts this week. THANK YOU to those of you who have supported this brand new show and helping us make it an instant success! I look forward to talking with you LIVE on Thursday night.

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Not much change up or down today, and we slipped a day, but I had an exhausting weekend with the deployment of a new server at my office, and was still "digging out" from that on Tuesday. Dana keeps having to tell me to hold my arms our further on the flies, so I'm thinking of dropping it down to level 5 again and working on form, next time.

Workout Stats:  SetLevelWeightRepsChange Squats625211+1 Hamstring Curls69 Shoulder Press6435+1 Pullups6675 Flies65 Curls62427 Pullovers65-1 Dips67

If you could only name one American cultural icon who epitomizes what good old-fashioned Southern-styled cooking is all about, then it would undoubtedly have to be the ever-so-folksy and ultra-charming celebrity chef Paula Deen. This 64-year old woman has done a truly phenomenal job over the past decade of becoming a household name as one of the most popular personalities on The Food Network and beyond. She’s got cookware, spices, baking mixes, and so much more all plastered with her name and likeness on the packaging. She truly is the Queen of Southern Cuisine and has worked hard to earn that prestigious title.

There’s no denying that Paula has effectively built up her strong brand by endearing herself to a television audience and enthusiastic fan base through the use of that infectious Savannah, Georgia drawl, involving her family in creating and telling stories about her recipes, her notoriously mischievous laugh and infamously bragging about putting “a stick of butter” in just about all of her recipes. It’s really hard not to personally like someone like Paula, although I’ve often cringed watching her make recipes on her shows that are chock full of white flour and sugar when almond flour and a stevia/erythritol blend may have worked just as well. But she’s never had to be concerned with the health implications of her cooking–until now.

In case you haven’t heard all the rumors swirling around about Paula Deen in recent weeks, it was confirmed on NBC’s Today show today: SHE HAS TYPE 2 DIABETES! Here’s her candid interview with Al Roker talking quite openly about her 2009 diagnosis and why she decided to come out about it in 2012:

If I had to describe my reaction to that Today show interview, it would have to be disappointed. As much as my heart breaks for Paula Deen about this diabetes diagnosis, is the answer after three years of researching and learning about it really to become the paid spokesperson for pharmaceutical diabetes drugs like the ones from Novo Nordisk? There’s certainly nothing wrong with getting paid to promote a product, but I wonder how much she truly investigated the role of nutrition in helping her own personal diabetes as well as the fans she is attempting to give “hope” to through her newfound revelation today. Paula says she held off on telling anyone other than her immediate family about her Type 2 diabetes so she could learn as much as she could to properly educate people about it. But is a prescription drug the best she could come up with?

Paula said she’s excited about her new “Diabetes In A New Light” television program to help educate people about diabetes. But when you look closely at the web site for this new endeavor, it’s nothing more than an infomercial for the injectable, non-insulin diabetes drug Victoza® from Novo Nordisk. The safety information about this drug states that animal studies found it “caused thyroid tumors…including thyroid cancer” which could be “fatal.” The drug also may lead to a “severe…inflammation of the pancreas” which could “lead to death,” especially for those with high triglycerides which is typical of people with metabolic conditions such as diabetes. Stomach pain, hypoglycemia, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and kidney failure are all known side effects of taking this drug. Is this drug supposed to make people with Type 2 diabetes better?! YIKES!

Of course, Deen notes that her diabetes happened as a result of genetics, stress, age, diet and lifestyle. It’s those last two that Roker attempted to ask her about since her recipes are famous for being “fatty” (translation: loaded with “artery-clogging” saturated fat) inquiring about whether the diabetes has forced her to change her diet. She quickly noted that the recipes she makes on television are only for “entertainment” and that she doesn’t really eat this way. Oh, come on! I have never once heard her give a disclaimer on any of her programs that these recipes are only for very special occasions and should not be consumed often. For food addicts and those unconcerned with their health, no doubt they have watched Paula Deen on television and bought her cookbooks incorporating her recipes as a regular part of their meal planning. Some very shrewd publicity agent probably coached her on making this point but it really doesn’t hold much water in my book.

I just about puked when I heard her say that she promotes and encourages “moderation” and says she has always eaten that way herself. I did a podcast rant about this subject in January 2007 and it really gets my goat hearing somebody like Deen preaching “moderation.” This is nothing more than the equally-disasterous kissing cousin known as the “balanced diet” and it doesn’t really mean anything. Most people who are obese or diabetic cannot consume whatever foods they want even in moderate amounts anymore. Their metabolic condition requires them to make significant adjustments to their nutrition and lifestyle habits that will restore their health. That could mean reducing their carbohydrate intake to a level that will properly control their blood sugar and insulin while also increasing their consumption of fat, especially saturated fat, to serve as their fuel source while adequately satiating the body in combination with a protein intake appropriate for the individual. There’s such subjectivity of what “moderation” can mean that it is rendered meaningless.

It’s encouraging to hear Deen exclaim that people should “get on a program that works for you” because I believe that’s absolutely 100% true. Whether you are wanting to lose weight or improve your health, my motto with everything I do has always been to find the plan that will work for you, follow that plan exactly as prescribed and then to keep doing that plan for the rest of your life. I sincerely hope Paula finds what will work for her in properly managing her diabetes. She’s at an age where it can be a bit more difficult, but it’s not impossible to get her diabetes under control. Unfortunately, the answer is not going to be found in low-fat, high-carb diabetes educator hacks like Hope Warshaw or the American Diabetes Association (which only partially acknowledged low-carb diets in 2008 but only for their weight loss effects in diabetics), but rather in the real-life stories of real people who have changed their lives forever!

And this leads me to my final point. What a golden opportunity Paula Deen has to help truly educate the public about diabetes! If she is sincere in her desire to give “hope” for people struggling with managing this disease, it’s not gonna come from a pharmaceutical company pushing an expensive prescription drug with bigger risks than diabetes. It will actually come from an embracement of real, whole foods that promote healthy blood sugar levels, keeping insulin from going haywire, and still delivering delicious-tasting recipes that bring a smile to the faces of people living with Type 2 diabetes. My fear is that “healthy diet” that is promoted with the Victoza® drug will be translated as low-fat, high-grain nutrition that is exactly the opposite of what a diabetic needs. Why else do you think the ADA ran away from a truly low-carb cookbook in 2011? They KNOW this way of eating works marvelously for diabetics and there’s no money to be made in promoting healthy nutrition and actually making diabetics get better.

I hope Deen avoids the pull of “groupthink” and “dogma instead of data” coming from the medical community about nutritional health. Instead, I would love to see her honestly continue to learn as much as she can about this disease realizing there is so much more to it than simply popping a pill to cover up the ill effects. I wonder if she even knows about the research showing diabetic nephropathy can be reversed on a high-fat, ketogenic diet and that we should stop feeding diabetes what it really wants–carbohydrates! She can learn that a high-carb, low-fat diet is ineffective when you have high insulin levels and that the real diabetes treatment is a high-fat, low-carb Atkins-styled diet. The sooner she learns this, the better she will be able to manage her own diabetes–and quite possibly make a positive impact on the lives of her devoted fans who are suffering from this disease as well. She has quite a platform with her notoriety and fame if she’s willing to speak the truth for the benefit of a public starving for REAL answers about their health.

Plus, wouldn’t you just love hearing Paula Deen making a low-carb pound cake recipe using almond and coconut flour, a stevia sweetener blend along with “a stick of butter?!” Oh, now THAT would be both entertaining and educating all at the same time–and yummy too. MUST SEE TV, baby! Maybe it will happen…someday.

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