Dr. James E. Carlson on a mission to teach low-carb to the world
Have you been listening to “Encore Week” at my podcast show this week where I’m featuring FIVE one-hour interviews with Gary Taubes, Dr. William Davis, Dr. James E. Carlson, Dr. Mary C. Vernon, and Dr. James LaValle sponsored by Atkins Nutritionals? If not, then you are missing some truly remarkable NEW interviews with my best guests from 2008. Each of these interviews are chock full of nuggets of truth that will help start your new year off on the right foot.
In Episode 215 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” Dr. James E. Carlson is on deck today returning again for the first time since his June 2008 appearance made a splash on the low-carb community in support of his “in-your-face” book Genocide: How Your Doctor’s Dietary Ignorance Will Kill You!!! Dr. Carlson brings his trademark matter-of-fact speaking style back for a sixty-minute carb-bashing fest that will have you stand up and cheer! He brings up some thought-provoking topics during the interview that you’ll want to listen to over and over again to absorb it all.
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Hey Jimmy,
This Encore week is the best thing ever. Please do it again some time if possible.
Although I know dr. Carlson’s previous podcasts of by heart by now , its always great to hear things again, said in a different way, putting some old and new puzzle pieces together.
Nice answers on gluconeogenesis. I am as always so impressed by Dr. Carlson’s ease of explaining biochemical things in such an easy way. Hmm the whole thing on sweet things, smelling it, tasting it.. dreaming about it.. who knows, maybe in 5 years time new evidance will come to light.
Same goes for dr. Davis. I really had to hear the info on the importance of measuring the vldl particle sizes and adding vitamin D again.
Looking forward to Dr. Mary C Vernons interview.
It is really such a privilage to listen for free to these pioneers of the future and to be young enough to apply their advice. Thank you.
THANKS for listening, JayCee!
–Jimmy
One thing that Dr Carlson touched upon when you were talking about gluconeogenesis, was that there are certain proteins/amino acids that are glucogenic, implying (to me at least) that some amino acids are more easily processed into glucose than others. Is this the case, or did I misunderstand? If it is right, I’d love to hear him expound some more on what amino acids are NOT glucogenic, and more pertinently, what foods supply them.
I’ve written to Dr. Carlson to respond to this question at my podcast site, Kitty. THANKS!
–Jimmy
Fantastic! After reading “Genocide,” I can’t get enough of Dr. Carlson. It’s now the book I recommend first to people kicking the tires of low carb, because of it’s brevity, direct style, and readability. If I still lived on Long Island, he’d be my doctor.
I am constantly amazed at the new tidbits you can pick up from these podcasts, even though you think you’ve read all the books and followed all the websites. Sometimes it’s just a different way of expressing things, but a different way of framing something can sometimes be very important to your own understanding or to others. In this case it led me to think more about the conventional reasoning for avoiding empty carbs. You usually hear the expression “don’t eat empty calories” used. I got to thinking that Dr. Carlson must hate that expression, given his take on calories, reiterated in the podcast. So I tried to frame it another way for myself. Here’s what I came up with: Don’t eat the carbs (bread, pasta, etc.) that will turn on the fat making, turn off the fat burning, and add no nutrients. Not quite as catchy, but it’s that way I understand the mechanisms, and it indeed has nothing to do with calories.
Great to hear that Dr. Carlson is taking his passion on the road, starting with the medical schools. A comment by Vadim at Dr. Eade’s blog shows both the necessity and the difficulty of the battle. He indicates that NONE of the 200 medical students he talked to informally that had taken Dr. Feinman’s biochemistry class at SUNY Downstate thought that low carb was the way to go.
On the other hand, and on a much, much smaller scale, I reconnected yesterday with four people that I see only annually at professional refresher training. They had collectively lost 130 pounds over the last year. Guess why? At last year’s training I had referred them to PPLP, Gary Taubes’ Berkeley lecture, and of course, your blog. So you’re like a virtuous MLM plan, multiplying the results of your efforts through your web site visitors. Keep on doin’ what you’re doin’.
The other comment that really stuck with me from Dr. Carlson’s interview was that widespread adoption of proper low-carb nutrition would virtually eliminate heart disease, and how dramatic that would be. I recalled the section in his book where he explains how people really do adhere to the low-fat diet when their doctors recommend it, but then their doctors don’t believe them because their lab tests worsen. The low-fat, low-cholesterol, low-calorie diet is hard to follow, and yet tons of people do follow it (as evidenced by the decline in consumption nationwide of high-fat or high-cholesterol foods), or at least make great strides in that direction, BECAUSE THEIR DOCTORS TOLD THEM IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. Imagine the impact of a majority of doctors telling their patients that FOLLOWING A LOW-CARB DIET IS VERY IMPORTANT, instead of the exact opposite advice they give today, discouraging low-carb.
One day . . . . . .
Steve
It sounds like he is making an audio/digital version of his book. Can you let us know when he does and maybe sell it here?
Thanks, and keep up the good work,
Jonathan
You know I will, Jonathan.
–Jimmy