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Ask The Low-Carb Experts (Episode 4): ‘How To Improve Cardio-Metabolic Health’ | Dr. Fred Pescatore

Jimmy Moore — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:33:48 +0000

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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 3 [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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Low-Carb Conversations (Episode 39): Mark Jeacoma & Tina Langston Take On Deen, Diabetes And Weight Loss

Jimmy Moore — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:37 +0000

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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!

Is There A Low-Carb Cooking Show Coming To Television?

Jimmy Moore — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:55:13 +0000

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.

The LLVLC Show (Episode 541): Dr. John Briffa Helps You ‘Escape The Diet Trap’

Jimmy Moore — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:29:58 +0000

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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:

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4. Listen on the Stitcher app–NO DOWNLOADING!

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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.

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Pictures Worth More Than A Thousand Words For January 2012

Jimmy Moore — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:06:58 +0000

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

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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?

The LLVLC Show (Episode 540): Lucas Tafur From ‘Immunometabolism’ Blog Talks Gut Health

Jimmy Moore — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:56:47 +0000

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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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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.