Jimmy Moore's Livin' La Vida Low Carb Blog http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog To educate, encourage, and inspire the world to start low-carb living Sat, 19 May 2012 02:35:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= 47 New Paleo, Low-Carb & Health Blogs For May 2012http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/47-new-paleo-low-carb-health-blogs-for-may-2012/14254 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/47-new-paleo-low-carb-health-blogs-for-may-2012/14254#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 21:37:06 +0000 Jimmy Moore http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=14254 It’s time again for the annual Low-Carb Cruise and this year is super-exciting (how can you NOT be excited about a cruise though?). On Saturday night at the hotel in Houston, Texas, the amazingly witty and hilarious Tom Naughton will be doing a very special roasting of the guest speakers on the 2012 cruise. [...]]]> It’s time again for the annual Low-Carb Cruise and this year is super-exciting (how can you NOT be excited about a cruise though?). On Saturday night at the hotel in Houston, Texas, the amazingly witty and hilarious Tom Naughton will be doing a very special roasting of the guest speakers on the 2012 cruise. I have no doubt in my mind this is going to be a rip-roaring good time and I’m going to try to have this videotaped so that you can see it when we return home in a couple of weeks. And then the cruise itself is set to leave our of Galveston port on Sunday, May 6, 2012 and headed to Grand Caymans, Jamaica and Cozumel before heading back to harbor on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Our all-time record for attendance on this cruise is 110 which happened last year, but this year we have a whopping 275+ enthusiastic low-carb, Paleo and real food enthusiasts ready to have some fun in the sun and learn a few things from the low-carb conference we’ll be having on the ship during the three days at sea. The Low-Carb Cruise Committee has done an absolutely sensational job of organizing everything well and we keep getting better and better at it every year. I can’t wait to share about the good times I know we’re sure to have and sharing how YOU can be a part of it all in 2013 when we leave out of New Orleans, Louisiana for the 6th Annual Low-Carb Cruise. Details coming in June 2012.

Christine and I decided we’d drive down to Texas from our home in South Carolina and make it a road trip of sorts swinging by Pensacola, Florida to see my mom and sister Beverly. We’re heading out on Wednesday morning driving the 8 1/2 hour to get there and will spend all day on Thursday seeing part of my family for the first time in quite a while. After my brother Kevin died in 2008 at the age of 41 from morbid obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, it’s been difficult going “home” to where I grew up. But I’m always anxious to see my mom and sis every chance I can (which isn’t often with my busy schedule). Then we’ll head out on Friday morning for Houston, TX from Pensacola which is about an 8 hour drive. After the cruise, we’ll take a couple of days getting back home again before chilling out for a couple of more weeks during the month of May.

After the huge outpouring of love (and financial support–THANK YOU!) from so many of you to my recent blog post about dealing with ugly personal attacks, I realized the importance of taking care of my own health and that perhaps that kind of daily negativity is grinding away taking its toll on me physically. Isn’t it ironic that in the midst of trying to help others live a healthy lifestyle that perhaps I’m partially destroying my own in the process? Maybe I’ll blog some here and there when I return from the cruise. But it could be quite regenerating to just let it all go for the month of May and come back strong in June. I dunno what I’ll do just yet (I can’t imagine NOT blogging at least a little), but I will DEFINITELY be back full force come June 4, 2012 with my podcast schedule. I’m so very grateful for the amazingly kind and encouraging comments that so many of you who I consider dear friends have left for me to keep doing what I do. Oh I will–you can be assured of that. God bless you all!

Since I’ll be away for a long while, I’ve got 47 new Paleo, low-carb and health blogs for you to check out. You have plenty of time to take a look at all of these, so please visit them over the next month, 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, here, here, here and here.

Here are 47 new Paleo, low-carb and health blogs for May 2012:

1. LOW CARBOHYDRATE REVIEW
2. N=1: A JOURNEY TO HEALTH
3. CHUNKY TO CHA-CHA
4. IT’S THE SATIETY
5. AGAINST THE GRAIN
6. BACON & SKINNY JEANS
7. 30 BANANAS A DAY…SUCKS!
8. A CHANGE OF LIFE
9. KOKOPALEO
10. GOOD FOR YOU GOODIES
11. PEACE, LOVE, AND LOW CARB
12. PALEO FOR WOMEN
13. TRAIN TO WIN, EAT TO LOSE
14. KARA NANCE MD
15. SWEDISH DIET
16. BOOKBODY
17. THE FOODIE AND THE FAMILY
18. YOUR HEALTH IS ON YOUR PLATE
19. SARA GOTTFRIED MD
20. MRS. PALEO
21. A WEIGHT WATCHING ANGEL
22. MY LIFE IN A PYRAMID
23. CONFESSIONS OF A CROSSFIT COACH
24. LOW-CARB LIFESTYLE: THE THEORY & PRACTICE
25. SARAH GETS STRONG: A CROSSFIT/PALEO LOVE AFFAIR
26. MAKE IT FUN & IT WILL GET DONE
27. EATHROPOLOGY
28. THE THINKER
29. THE UNREFINED KITCHEN
30. THE CAFE WELLNESS
31. AUTISM BUSTER
32. PALEO STYLE
33. PRINCIPLE INTO PRACTICE
34. PRIMAL PASTURES
35. CLAUDIO RIVERA
36. THE DAWN OF PALEO
37. YOGI WELLNESS JOURNEY
38. DR. DEBORAH’S BLOG
39. FIT TWIN CITIES
40. THE WILDERNESS CHILDE
41. HOME WITH PURPOSE
42. LITTLE DOG LOST
43. THE REAL NUTRITIONIST
44. TOM’S UNDERGROUND FITNESS
45. DIETINGLADY
46. DIETA LOW-CARB E PALEOLITICA (Portuguese)
47. SYLPH GOURMAND (Serbian)

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. If you’ve been successful in your weight and health goals by eating a healthy Paleo or low-carb diet, then you should DEFINITELY consider blogging too. You are already influencing others where you realize it or not, so why not take your inspiring self online and impact the lives of so many more? 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. I’ll hook you up with lots of eyeballs for your brand new blog dedicated to Paleo, low-carb and health. I look forward to being away for the next couple of weeks on the Low-Carb Cruise and over the next month on my podcasts…but I’ll likely blog a little when I return home so I’m not a total slacker in May. Or maybe I won’t. See ya soon!

]]> http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/47-new-paleo-low-carb-health-blogs-for-may-2012/14254/feed 27 The LLVLC Show (Episode 576): Nell Stephenson Gives The Paleo Diet A Modern-Day Makeoverhttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-llvlc-show-episode-576-nell-stephenson-gives-the-paleo-diet-a-modern-day-makeover/14244 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-llvlc-show-episode-576-nell-stephenson-gives-the-paleo-diet-a-modern-day-makeover/14244#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:39:05 +0000 Jimmy Moore http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=14244 GET BEN GREENFIELD’S ‘LOW-CARB DIET FOR TRIATHLETES’: NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE: http://cmp.ly/3

In Episode 576 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” it’s my pleasure to share with you for the second time an outstanding Paleo nutritional health expert named Nell Stephenson. I first interviewed Nell in Episode 399 sharing about what [...]]]>

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In Episode 576 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” it’s my pleasure to share with you for the second time an outstanding Paleo nutritional health expert named Nell Stephenson. I first interviewed Nell in Episode 399 sharing about what she is doing for the Paleo community in September 2010. Since that time she’s been very busy working on spreading the message to a much wider audience by rebranding the Paleo message that many like to hearken back to Paleolithic times and give it a modern-day makeover.

After collaborating with Professor Loren Cordain and Lorrie Cordain on The Paleo Diet Cookbook: More than 150 recipes for Paleo Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Beverages in 2011, Nell is back in 2012 with a fabulous new book of her own imploring her philosophy of living Paleo in a modern world entitled Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean, and Feel Fabulous With the Diet You Were Born to Eat. Nell says that far too many people, women especially, can be turned off by the whole “caveman” aspect of the Paleo diet. While she says that approach is perfectly fine as a way to attract some people (mostly men) to the lifestyle, she has a different take on Paleo that is more suited to modern-day living. That’s why she created this fun new term Paleoista to mash together Paleo and fashionista in a different twist on eating this way. Listen in as Nell shares about how to respect the traditional diet of our ancestors while living in the 21st Century!

Listen to Nell Stephenson share about how to become a “Paleoista”:

  • Her continued work with clients in adopting the Paleo lifestyle
  • Her new local Paleo In Motion business in Los Angeles
  • Where she came up with the concept of “Paleoista”
  • Paleo doesn’t have to be “cave-y”
  • It can be for everybody even if you don’t mimic Paleo man
  • Ancestral nutrition without the ancestral lifestyle
  • We all need to be eating real food and moving–that’s it!
  • The “Paleoista” concept is the “feminine voice” in Paleo
  • Women might feel more comfortable with this than caveman imagery
  • Men are also being influenced by this book because women reading it
  • She wants to be a female example of Paleo success
  • People are unhealthy but are scared into eating Paleo
  • Paleo is a much more “balanced” diet than people realize
  • Why doing a zero-carb, processed meats diet is not smart
  • Whether everybody should be doing a Paleo diet or not
  • Why real food Paleo living is so maligned in modern-day society
  • Society takes things out of context (tofu is a prime example)
  • Eating a lot of soy doesn’t necessarily reduce breast cancer risk
  • The direct ties between MyPlate and the agricultural industry
  • Many people have to be at the end of their health to change
  • People should get more active in promoting Paleo to the masses
  • Oprah doing the Paleo lifestyle might shifting public opinion
  • Dr. Oz’s “Prehistoric Diet Plan”
  • The enemies of Paleo attempt to co-opt terms in what they believe
  • “Paleo” products that aren’t really Paleo at all
  • You have to read the ingredient labels on any packaged foods
  • Why doing 2 one-hour kitchen prep time weekly is necessary
  • What it is so difficult about cooking at home for most people
  • The average American watches 34 hours of television weekly
  • Why movement is a vital part of becoming a “Paleoista” too
  • Always start with a “fun” goal to get interested in exercise
  • Recognize we all have a gift of having a healthy body to move
  • You’ve gotta be fair to yourself and give it time to work
  • At a restaurant, she chooses to order last (for good reason)
  • Her fun dishes like the “Chicken Cordain Blueberry” recipe
  • The 50+ Paleo recipes she included in the book
  • The sprinkling of “Paleoista” success stories throughout the book
  • How Tonya in Afghanistan inspires making Paleo work in the military
  • She’s always wanted to help people and “make a difference”
  • It’s not really hard about knowing what to do (“eat fresh food and move”)
  • Nell’s long-distance Paleo nutrition counseling via Skype

    There are four ways you can listen to Episode 576:

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    What did you think about Nell Stephenson’s Paleoista concept for promoting Paleo to modern-day women? Sound off about it in the show notes section of Episode 576. Pick up a copy of Nell’s book Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean, and Feel Fabulous With the Diet You Were Born to Eat and stay on top of all of her work at Paleoista.com. This was our LAST LLVLC SHOW PODCAST until Monday, June 4, 2012 while I’m away on the Low-Carb Cruise and taking a bit of time off for rest and relaxation to recharge the batteries. Don’t despair, though, I will be back better than ever before after taking off the month of May. THANK YOU so much for your enthusiastic support of my podcast.

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    ]]> http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-llvlc-show-episode-576-nell-stephenson-gives-the-paleo-diet-a-modern-day-makeover/14244/feed 2 Aren’t You Going To Respond To The Negative Attacks Against You?http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/arent-you-going-to-respond-to-the-negative-attacks-against-you/14203 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/arent-you-going-to-respond-to-the-negative-attacks-against-you/14203#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:24:38 +0000 Jimmy Moore http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=14203 Now that I’m beginning my eighth consecutive year of low-carb blogging, I wanted to address an important and often contentious issue that perhaps many of you my readers have no idea is happening. It’s not usually anything you see out in the open if you’re just a casual online reader who is simply trying [...]]]> Now that I’m beginning my eighth consecutive year of low-carb blogging, I wanted to address an important and often contentious issue that perhaps many of you my readers have no idea is happening. It’s not usually anything you see out in the open if you’re just a casual online reader who is simply trying to stay on top of what’s happening with the latest diet, fitness and nutritional health information on the Internet hopping around from blog to blog. But for those of us who are deep in the trenches and put ourselves out there on a daily basis for the world to see and interact with us, there’s much more going on behind-the-scenes than you may even realize. Some people have caught on to it and have been writing me e-mails with increasing frequency basically asking me this simple question: “Aren’t you going to respond to the negative attacks against you?”

    I actually wrote about this particular subject in LESSON #14 of my 2009 book 21 Life Lessons From Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb: How The Healthy Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew in a chapter titled “If you put yourself out there on the Internet, people will judge you.” The original title was actually going to be “If you put yourself out there on the Internet, people will hate you” but my editor said using the word “hate” was rather strong and decided “judge” was more appropriate. But in reality, hate is probably putting it nicely. Over the years I have seen seen some of the ugliest, most vile, crude personal attacks against me, my wife and many of my fellow low-carb blogging friends in the comments section of my blog and podcasts, on my YouTube videos, on the social networking sites, at my forum and even direct e-mails. In fact, entire blogs have been created to “expose” me as a big fat fraud, outright liar, money-grubbing shyster who is only looking for fame and fortune by fooling people into embracing low-carb living. They’ve resorted to posting some really horrible comments about me all over the Internet in an effort to reveal to others that I am not who I say I am. What’s interesting is that it’s not all vegans and vegetarians either–some of these comments are from people who eat low-carb and Paleo themselves! What’s up with that?

    Anybody who knows me in real life realizes how incredibly silly those characterizations are because I try to live my life as authentically and honestly as I possibly can with unprecedented transparency for a blog about weight loss and health. And lemme tell you, there are a lot better ways I could go about to get fame and fortune than what I’m currently doing if that was my primary goal for doing what I do. What really motivates me to keep doing all that I do is the opportunity to encourage others in their own health journey, to provide inspiration to them in the midst of their struggles, and to offer up valuable information that could positively impact their pursuit of a healthy lifestyle. I work upwards of 70-80 hours a week with all that I do and I personally respond to 400+ e-mails daily without ever asking for a single dime of money in return. In fact, all of the information I provide (except for what is in my books) is available to the public 100% absolutely FREE. It doesn’t cost you a single penny because it deserves to be out there as my way of paying it forward to those who desperately need the life-changing message that livin’ la vida low-carb has to offer them! I consider all of this a labor of love.

    Sometimes people will be critical of the fact that I make a living blogging, podcasting and working online. Perhaps it stems from jealousy from those who haven’t been able to do this as a full-time career and they’re mad that I’ve been able to figure it out. And while I have some really fantastic companies who advertise products and services on my web sites to help me keep this thing going, I’m by no means getting rich doing this nor do I really care to be. But here’s some interesting food for thought:

    If a mere 10 percent of the people who read my blog, listen to my podcasts, watch my YouTube videos, frequent my forum and all the other places where I post information online would just donate $1 to me through PayPal per year, then I’d NEVER have to look for sponsors to support my work.

    Pretty amazing, huh? Seriously, that small amount of donations would give me the necessary income to sustain what I do, pay my bills and still have enough money to take care of everything else I need. The stark reality is that 99.99% of those who have been exposed to my work have never contributed a single red cent to help me continue to bring the kind of quality information to you every week. I understand some people have financial challenges that prevent them from giving even a dollar and I totally understand that–but others could. I’m grateful to everyone who sows a financial seed into the work of “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” and your generosity does not go unnoticed by me. THANK YOU!

    Whether you realize it or not, I work some pretty insane hours pumping out the material that is provided here on a daily basis. From the time I get up in the morning sometimes as early as 5:00AM until as late as 8:00PM I am scouring the Internet for the latest health information, checking hundreds of e-mails and personally responding directly to them all, lining up brand new guests for my podcast, interviewing and recording audio for my various shows, talking to fellow bloggers and potential bloggers offering up my advice to them, updating Facebook, Twitter and other social media with fresh content, preparing material for brand new books…and so much more! It’s a busy day and I’m the first to say how much I LOVE IT! These past few years have been so gratifying to me because I’m able to enjoy my “job” because it doesn’t feel a bit in the world like work. It’s just what I do now and I have no plans to ever stop doing it no matter how much hateful criticism I receive.

    Wanna see a representative sample of what I’m talking about? Some of this may be shocking to those of you who don’t have a blog or haven’t been exposed to a large audience. If you start receiving this kind of response, then congratulations–you’ve arrived! Check this out (I’ll give you a few moments to pick your jaw up off the floor):

    And even as I was writing this blog post, this came in on Twitter:

    I guess these people have an expectation that if they write a comment like this on my blog, Facebook wall or Twitter page, at a YouTube video, on my forum or elsewhere online that I have a duty to publish it. I do not. I tend to agree with the famous blogger Tim Ferriss from “The Four-Hour Workweek” blog and his doctrine of it being okay to disagree with the ideas I share on my blog. But once you cross the line into personal attacks against me or others, there is no expectation that your comment will ever see the light of day. DELETE! I’m more than happy to entertain lively debate and discussion of the topics I blog about (that’s what a blog is for, right?). But if you decide to write some of the kind of stuff I shared above, it’s a guaranteed way your comments will never be approved. I have no problem blocking these kind of unproductive, demeaning comments from ever seeing the light of day. If you can’t be positive or at the very least show common decency in a public forum, then you don’t deserve to be heard. It’s pretty easy to disagree without being disagreeable and at the same time be encouraging even in the midst of criticism. Some people have yet to master this fine art of comment decorum.

    These sample comments I shared above are only a few of the ones I’ve received just over the past week. The fact of the matter is I pretty much get stuff like this on a daily basis now and have been for much of the past year or so. Beginning a couple of years after I started blogging I was receiving this kind of feedback about once a month, then every few weeks, then once a week, and lately every single day. Although it was a bit startling at first to hear such negativity about me personally from people I’ve never even met, I soon found these to be incredibly funny. The depth of passionate disgust put on full display from faceless, nameless people who wouldn’t have a clue about what my life is all about is rather comical when you stop and think about it. They’re all up in arms over someone who’s blogging…about food…and his diet…these people must not have a life if I am the bane of their entire existence!

    And it’s not like I’ve hidden from my struggles over the years. Regular readers of this blog will be the first to tell you I’ve been very open and honest about my weight gain that has me currently at 300 pounds (sharing most recently about it in this blog post). It seems I’m in a knockdown, drag out battle with my body from the over three decades of poor high-carb eating I put it through that even the past 8 years of healthy low-carb living can’t undo some of the damage that’s been done. I’m thankful that low-carb has helped me preserve my health as well as it has and prevented me from following my brother Kevin to an early grave at the age of 41 four years ago (I’m 40 now, so this hits close to home). I’m by no means giving up, but getting these hormonal/metabolic issues under control is going to take a lot more than just simply cutting carbs (improving my sleep, lowering stress, normalizing hormone levels, exercising properly, and more are all key parts of the equation).

    All of this is a part of my journey to better health and I’ll continue to share what I learn along the way. My readers understand I’m not perfect nor do I think many of you expect me to be a muscular, thin man. It’s probably not in the cards for me no matter how hard I work at it. And quite frankly I’m just not interested in forcing weight loss to happen at the cost of my incredible health markers, including high HDL, low triglycerides and a heart scan score of zero. I will figure out what’s right for me by continuing to pursue it daily! Nobody is forcing anyone to read this blog. If there’s nothing here that interests you, then feel free to move on to other blogs that do (I’ve never understood why anyone feels compelled to keep reading something they think is of poor quality or irrelevant). There’s plenty of them out there featuring writers who have six-pack abs, a size 28-inch waist, muscles popping out of every area of their body and more! If that’s what you’re looking for, then my blog is not for you.

    I’ve been pondering this issue with the negative attacks a lot over the past few months and then it dawned on me–people who resort to these kind of negative attacks are probably people who are hurting themselves in some form or fashion. They’re likely experiencing their own feelings of doubt, insecurity and pain from something that happened in their past that causes them to project those feelings of anger, resentment and heartache on the closest target they can find. Since my life is pretty much an open book here at my blog and on my podcasts where I share all the ups, downs and in-betweens of my personal low-carb journey, I suppose people see me as an easy target for hurling insults in an effort to make themselves feel better about their own situation.

    I’ve done this long enough now that I rarely take anything that’s said about me online seriously because most of the time that anger has very little at all to do with me and more to do with what’s going on with that person. There was a great book I read several years ago on this called HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE: Getting a Grip on Anger by Chester W. Wood who used his experience in law enforcement and as a youth pastor to develop Biblical strategies for helping people work through their anger issues. It’s a powerful resource explaining much of what oftentimes happens online when there is no accountability for what is said about others. Knowing that God can heal the hurts in those who criticize, I regularly pray for them to find peace, love and joy in their own lives to conquer the negativity that pervades everything they do.

    So, the answer to the question I used as the title of this blog post is a resounding no. I’d much rather spend my time educating, encouraging and inspiring the majority of those who do love and appreciate the work I do than to be drug down, beaten and discouraged my a minuscule minority who have made it their mission in life to be a perpetual thorn in my flesh. The haters will always be with us…but that doesn’t mean we have to put up with their antics. If you can’t spread a positive and encouraging message in your online communications, then I really don’t have any interest in engaging or promoting you in any way. People are already hurting enough in their day-to-day interactions at work and home and don’t deserve to be exposed to this kind of foolish nonsense on the Internet. My tactic is to ignore this stuff and shine a light on those who are doing good. In the end, the world is a much better place if we all tune out the naysayers and thus lessen their impact.

    ]]>     http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/arent-you-going-to-respond-to-the-negative-attacks-against-you/14203/feed 89     The LLVLC Show (Episode 575): Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon Tells You How She Really Feels About Calorieshttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-llvlc-show-episode-575-dr-krista-scott-dixon-tells-you-how-she-really-feels-about-calories/14197 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-llvlc-show-episode-575-dr-krista-scott-dixon-tells-you-how-she-really-feels-about-calories/14197#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:40:11 +0000 Jimmy Moore http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=14197 LOW-CARB, GLUTEN-FREE CONDIMENTS MADE WITH STEVIVA NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE: http://cmp.ly/3

    In Episode 575 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we are pleased to have a Toronto, Ontario-based nutrition and fitness extraordinaire named Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon from “Precision Nutrition” with us to talk about her perspective on what diet, exercise and [...]]]>

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    In Episode 575 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we are pleased to have a Toronto, Ontario-based nutrition and fitness extraordinaire named Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon from “Precision Nutrition” with us to talk about her perspective on what diet, exercise and healthy living is all about. After I met Krista at the PaleoFX event in Austin, Texas in March 2012 (I moderated a panel she was a part of that week), there was no question in my mind that I had to invite her to be on as a special interview guest on my podcast. This PhD in Women’s Studies has a genuine heart for reaching that busy woman who thinks she doesn’t have time in her schedule for eating right and exercising. She’s really quite the character as you can see first-hand at her wildly-popular women’s fitness and health web site Stumptuous.com. In fact, you may notice at the top of her web site two words that look tee-totally out of place and I dare you to click on it to see what it’s all about (although it might catch you off guard at first, I think you might be pleasantly surprised by the overall message she’s conveying!). Listen in as I speaks with Krista directly about this two-word shocker, get her thoughts on where low-carb and Paleo diets get it wrong (and right!) and how to engage women especially into making fitness a regular part of their healthy lifestyle change. This was a fun one that I hope you enjoy listening to as much as I did recording it!

    Listen to Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon give you the skinny on health:

  • She was the kid who was “cutting gym class” and “always picked last”
  • Feels like she’s “an outsider within” not being an athlete growing up
  • She started weight training when she found she was athletic
  • How to get women interested in weight lifting
  • She never had a problem with strength training personally
  • Strong role models in weight lifting is important for women
  • Professional bodybuilders are not relatable for most women
  • We need to showcase the various sizes of people involved in this
  • Even for people with disabilities need to be highlighted
  • Why a soup can or anything not attached is a free weight
  • Link things to what people do (getting up out of a chair is a squat)
  • Renaming exercise as “movement” to take the mystique away
  • Micromanagement of your health outsources it to so-called “experts”
  • The risk aspect of fitness is what makes trainers so much money
  • People don’t know what foods are good for us and bad for us
  • An industry has popped up providing 45,000 food-like health products
  • Food companies started making processed food for military (OJ)
  • Slick food marketing has disillusioned what it means to eat well
  • Most people would be “shocked” by how much they’re being lied to
  • Read the book The End Of Overeating by David Kessler
  • Her Stumptuous.com web site she began in 1997
  • She always thought she’d “phase out” the web site at some point
  • But it’s now more relevant than ever before
  • She read the science library to access the latest studies
  • When she began writing, her site was the “monster” source of info
  • Saying “strong is the new sexy” shifts the focus to how you look
  • More women take up weight training now from the “growth of knowledge”
  • Women’s athletics has come on strong and increased interest
  • Her unabashed, in-your-face FREE e-book F*** Calories
  • One day she just “snapped” and had to write about calories
  • The doctrine of calories just “makes people crazy” and obsessed
  • It’s demeaning of “the majesty and wonder” of the human body
  • Living healthy doesn’t have to be complicated and convoluted
  • Calorie concept is “an easy trade-off” for people to conceptualize
  • The simplicity of calories makes it so easy to embrace as truth
  • Calories in, calories out has a certain logic to it for most people
  • It sounds so scientific to count calories consumed vs. burned
  • People have no grasp of the fundamentals of metabolism
  • Our bodies are way smarter than us in running as it is supposed to
  • There’s a very system-based approach to treating medical issues
  • There’s a “fragmentation” of the understanding of the body
  • We’ve got to reach people where they’re at right now in this moment
  • We have to look at people’s “complex set of needs”
  • Everyone is motivated–either to do something or not do something
  • You have to make changes “relevant” to people in “small steps”
  • We have a lot of power to make changes in our environment
  • Impact the people around you in your life with positive changes
  • Being the agent of change will shift the paradigm of our culture
  • It all “starts with relationships” when you want people to change
  • Getting actively involved with someone in the change makes it happen
  • How to get people involved more in the Paleo health community
  • “We are all change-makers” to influence others with the message
  • Reaching out across the boundaries to people who might not find us
  • People come to this from different paths and it takes all those paths
  • The more people who are blogging and podcasting the merrier
  • People want to find people that are “just like me” to relate to
  • Building a “robust” movement will take more and more people
  • Awesomeness-based vs. awfulness-based coaching
  • Her “oh-my-God-soymilk” Starbucks story at PaleoFX
  • Pointing to people’s failures is the wrong way to go about motivating
  • Focusing in on what people do well already and make them better
  • Zeroing in on the positive parts increases your motivation to do it
  • Her work at the online coaching company “Precision Nutrition”
  • The “mixed bag of people” working there with a variety of backgrounds
  • It’s a “life transformation program” that impacts the body and more
  • Clients there check in every day to track their progress
  • The “Healthy Food Bank” charity
  • Her Spezzatino food magazine

    There are four ways you can listen to Episode 575:

    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 575 [49:37m]:

    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 Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon? Tell us your thoughts about it in the show notes section of Episode 575. Download your FREE copy of Krista’s e-book F*** Calories and keep up with what she is doing at stumptuous.com. Coming up on Tuesday, we welcome back former podcast interview guest Nell Stephenson (listen to my first interview with her in Episode 399) who will be here discussing her brand new book Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean, and Feel Fabulous With the Diet You Were Born to Eat. Don’t forget, this will be the LAST LLVLC SHOW PODCAST until Monday, June 4, 2012 while I’m away on the Low-Carb Cruise and taking a bit of time off for rest and relaxation to recharge the batteries. THANK YOU for listening!

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    ]]> http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-llvlc-show-episode-575-dr-krista-scott-dixon-tells-you-how-she-really-feels-about-calories/14197/feed 0 7-Year Blogiversary Giveaway Contest–THE WINNERS!http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/7-year-blogiversary-giveaway-contest-the-winners/14193 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/7-year-blogiversary-giveaway-contest-the-winners/14193#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:17:08 +0000 Jimmy Moore http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=14193 What a fun time we have had all month long in my 7-Year Blogiversary Giveaway Contest celebrating my seven amazing years of low-carb blogging. Sometimes it seems like yesterday when I started blogging and other times I can hardly remember what life was like before becoming a blogger. This blogiversary contest was a special [...]]]> What a fun time we have had all month long in my 7-Year Blogiversary Giveaway Contest celebrating my seven amazing years of low-carb blogging. Sometimes it seems like yesterday when I started blogging and other times I can hardly remember what life was like before becoming a blogger. This blogiversary contest was a special one with a record-breaking number of entries from hundreds of people all around the world. And the feedback that so many of you shared about how “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” has changed your life in some way warmed my heart and encouraged me to keep doing what I’m doing. Although it can seem bleak at times about the prospects for the future regarding nutrition, hopefully you have found that my blog and podcasts is a place of solace and reassurance that better days are coming soon. I am so appreciative for all of you giving me a purpose in life to educate, encourage and inspire about healthy low-carb living on a daily basis through the health blogosphere. THANK YOU for all of your steadfast love and support that keeps me excited about sharing with you on a daily basis.

    Your answers to the survey questions were phenomenal and I can’t wait to start tabulating your answers after the Low-Carb Cruise. There’s a lot of data there that will be useful in giving you the current pulse of the low-carb/Paleo community. If you haven’t seen the survey results from previous years, be sure to check out 2009, 2010 and 2011. I hope to have the 2012 survey results blog post completed by June. Stay tuned!

    But enough about all of that, you wanna know who won, right? This year we had OVER 90 PRIZES for you to win, including not just one but TWO excellent GRAND PRIZES: the brand new 2012 iPad (third generation) and a $600 voucher to attend the 2013 Low-Carb Cruise leaving out of New Orleans, Louisiana in May 2013. WOO HOO! Plus, there were some other pretty incredible exclusive prizes like the very last ticket to the upcoming Ancestral Health Symposium in Boston that’s totally sold out, an opportunity to co-host with me my “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” podcast with the guest of your choice, and so much more! Just in case you missed any of the prize package posts, here they are again: Prize Package Post #1, Prize Package Post #2, Prize Package Post #3, Prize Package Post #4, Prize Package Post #5 and Prize Package Post #6.

    Enough waiting, let’s share who the big WINNERS were in the contest:

    Low-Carbing Among Friends prize: Lori G. from Pennsylvania

    Paleo Plan prize: Amy P. from Georgia

    Farewell Club Perma-Chub book: Alissa F. from California
    Farewell Club Perma-Chub book: Bevin B. from California
    Farewell Club Perma-Chub book: Brian H. from Pennsylvania
    Farewell Club Perma-Chub book: Chana G. from New York
    Farewell Club Perma-Chub book: John A. from Illinois

    Primal Fuel prize: Christina T. from Ohio

    Nourished e-book by Judy Barnes Baker: Jill C. from Arkansas
    Nourished e-book by Judy Barnes Baker: Clare F. from Iowas
    Nourished e-book by Judy Barnes Baker: Wendy M. from Indiana

    OraWellness Brushing Blend: Beau T. from Louisiana
    OraWellness Brushing Blend: Jodi H. from Iowa
    OraWellness Brushing Blend: Katie L. from New Mexico

    Grassfed Jerky Chews prize: Daniela M. from Illinois

    The ONE Diet book: Anne L. from Arkansas
    The ONE Diet book: Ashley N. from Maine
    The ONE Diet book: Bobbi K. from Indiana
    The ONE Diet book: June K. from Maryland
    The ONE Diet book: Tracy L. from California

    Practical Paleo/21-Day Sugar Detox: Dawn P. from California
    Practical Paleo/21-Day Sugar Detox: Holly J. from Virginia
    Practical Paleo/21-Day Sugar Detox: Jason M. from Indianapolis

    Health And Vitality Truths book: Carol P. from California
    Health And Vitality Truths book: Claudio R. from Minnesota
    Health And Vitality Truths book: Debbie H. from Arizona
    Health And Vitality Truths book: Jon-Paul from Wisconsin
    Health And Vitality Truths book: Mary M. from California

    Wise Traditions London 2011 Conference DVD: Amelia D. from Maryland
    Wise Traditions London 2011 Conference DVD: Ken R. from California

    Trinity Hill Farms gift pack: Allison R. from Texas
    $25 gift card for Trinity Hill Farms: Amanda P. from Pennsylvania
    $25 gift card for Trinity Hill Farms: Christina R. from Texas
    $25 gift card for Trinity Hill Farms: Darrin S. from Connecticut
    $25 gift card for Trinity Hill Farms: Ely N. from New Jersey

    5-pack of Paleo Diet books: Drew I. from Colorado
    5-pack of Paleo Diet books: Linda H. from South Carolina
    5-pack of Paleo Diet books: Michelle B. from North Carolina

    Sugar Nation book: Alan A. from Florida
    Sugar Nation book: Gina M. from Nevada
    Sugar Nation book: Naomi M. from Texas
    Sugar Nation book: Rikard J. from New Jersey
    Sugar Nation book: Wendy M. from California

    Leaner Living Protein Powder/Glycosolve: Maryann H. from Tennessee
    Leaner Living Protein Powder/Glycosolve: Perry K. from New Jersey
    Leaner Living Protein Powder/Glycosolve: Robin B. from Maryland

    The Smarter Science Of Slim book: Holly T. from Indiana
    The Smarter Science Of Slim book: Judy P. from Washington
    The Smarter Science Of Slim book: Krissy H. from Ohio

    Ticket to 2012 Ancestral Health Symposium: Jan A. from California

    Why We Get Fat paperback book: Amelia P. from Alabama
    Why We Get Fat paperback book: Christina E. from Arizona
    Why We Get Fat paperback book: David V. from Ohio
    Why We Get Fat paperback book: Debbie D. from Wisconsin
    Why We Get Fat paperback book: Jeanine M. from California

    $50 Gift Card to PaleoPax.com: Allison H. from Utah
    $10 Gift Cards to PaleoPax.com: Brandon L. from Texas
    $10 Gift Cards to PaleoPax.com: Ike M. from Kansas
    $10 Gift Cards to PaleoPax.com: Charles F. from Quebec
    $10 Gift Cards to PaleoPax.com: Cris C. from Ohio
    $10 Gift Cards to PaleoPax.com: Derian L. from Texas
    3 months PaleoPax subscription boxes: Donald E. from South Carolina
    3 months PaleoPax subscription boxes: Fritz C. from New Jersey
    3 months PaleoPax subscription boxes: Jennifer K. from Arizona

    Dan’s Plan prize: JonMarc G. from Ohio

    Naked Calories book: Mark L. from Massachusetts
    Naked Calories book: Linda R. from Arizona
    Naked Calories book: Amy D. from Illinois

    Dr. Stephen Phinney/Dr. Jeff Volek prize: Patti B. from Massachusetts

    10 Minute Trainer by Tony Horton: Mary F. from Florida

    Paleoista book and 1-hour Skype consultation: Lisa P. from Minnesota

    Rollergirl and Well Fed books: Kimberly C. from Pennsylvania

    LC Homestyles Beef and Chicken Chili: Teresa B. from Missouri
    LC Homestyles Beef and Chicken Chili: Kim E. from Missouri

    Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution book: Kelly S. from Oregon
    Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution book: Marina B. from New Jersey
    Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution book: Mary H. from Massachusetts

    Beyond Broccoli book: Melinda O. from Mississippi
    Beyond Broccoli book: Michelle B. from Washington
    Beyond Broccoli book: Shellie H. from Idaho

    PALEO Magazine 1-year digital subscription: Anne T. from Texas
    PALEO Magazine 1-year digital subscription: Lisa C. from Texas
    PALEO Magazine 1-year digital subscription: Matt B. from Pennsylvania

    Upgraded Coffee/Whey: Steve P. from Missouri

    GAPS book & DVD: Badier V. from California
    GAPS book & DVD: Sheri F. from California

    Immunitrition Organic Cultured Vegetables: Peggy H. from Nebraska

    Copies of both Jimmy Moore e-books: Bev N. from British Columbia
    Copies of both Jimmy Moore e-books: Cara Z. from Maryland
    Copies of both Jimmy Moore e-books: Mark S. from Maryland
    Copies of both Jimmy Moore e-books: Frankyne M. from California
    Copies of both Jimmy Moore e-books: Tammy C. from Missouri

    Co-host Episode 600 of The LLVLC Show: Art K. from California

    THE FIRST GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS….
    $600 2013 Low-Carb Cruise Voucher: Andrea W. from Indiana

    AND THE SECOND GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS….
    2012 third generation iPad: Julia S. from Virginia

    A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who won a prize and sincerest gratitude to everyone who entered to win. You make this giveaway contest bigger and better every single year and without you my readers I wouldn’t be blessed to do what I do here. What a ride this “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” journey has been over the past seven years and I look forward to continuing it with you for many more years to come. If you won a prize, then please allow 6-8 weeks for it to be delivered to you. Please feel free to e-mail me at livinlowcarbman@charter.net if you do not receive your prize by August 1, 2012. If I haven’t said it to you enough, let me say it again: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I am grateful beyond all measure for each and every one of you for enriching my life through your kind e-mails and comments about the work I do.

    ]]>     http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/7-year-blogiversary-giveaway-contest-the-winners/14193/feed 26     Ask The Low-Carb Experts (Episode 15): ‘Exploding The Low-Carb Myths’ | Dr. Eric Westmanhttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/ask-the-low-carb-experts-episode-15-exploding-the-low-carb-myths-dr-eric-westman/14183 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/ask-the-low-carb-experts-episode-15-exploding-the-low-carb-myths-dr-eric-westman/14183#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:11:37 +0000 Jimmy Moore http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=14183 LOW-CARB, GLUTEN-FREE CONDIMENTS MADE WITH STEVIVA NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE: http://cmp.ly/3

    In Episode 15 of “Jimmy Moore Presents: Ask The Low-Carb Experts,” we have an amazing bona fide low-carb expert for you in Duke University researcher and health practitioner Dr. Eric Westman. He is a lifestyle medicine physician/bariatrician who specializes in disease prevention of his [...]]]>

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    In Episode 15 of “Jimmy Moore Presents: Ask The Low-Carb Experts,” we have an amazing bona fide low-carb expert for you in Duke University researcher and health practitioner Dr. Eric Westman. He is a lifestyle medicine physician/bariatrician who specializes in disease prevention of his patients primarily through the use of low-carbohydrate nutritional approaches that often improve conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, PCOS, metabolic syndrome, sleep apnea, fatty liver disease and more. Dr. Westman is the co-author with Dr. Stephen Phinney and Dr. Jeff Volek on the New York Times bestselling book The New Atkins For A New You (listen to my interview with him about this book in Episode 338 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”) and he has performed some of the most influential scientific research on low-carb diets in the world over the past decade. He regularly teaches his patients in Durham, North Carolina about low-carb diets and has heard virtually every objection about it over the years. That’s why we were privileged to have him here with us dispelling the myths people still believe about low-carb living. I’m pleased to have brought you a highly-qualified expert like Dr. Eric Westman today joining us on ATLCX answering listener questions about the plethora of low-carb myths in EPISODE 15 on April 26, 2012.

    Listen to Dr. Eric Westman “Exploding The Low-Carb Myths”:

  • His frustration over the “endless” concerns that never come true
  • There’s a myth that you need 120g carbs daily for brain health
  • But our bodies make glucose internally without eating it
  • Low-carbers have to stand up and say “I’m alive!” to dispel this
  • Mothers are having babies on a carbohydrate-restricted lifestyle
  • Dietitians are used to talking about calories on a weight loss diet
  • It’s not that calories don’t count, but you don’t have to count them
  • Calories do matter with weight loss and yet you don’t talk about them
  • The science has been done on this but the teaching hasn’t changed
  • Low-carb is described as “high-protein” by they’re adequate protein
  • It’s actually a “high-fat” diet despite the negativity against fat
  • If fat was bad, why would our bodies be storing something harmful
  • The science has never really proven the low-fat diet saves lives
  • Fat being bad is the “most pervasive myth that’s still out there”
  • The French have never feared the fat in the foods they eat
  • Those who eat the most fat tend to have the best good cholesterol
  • People mix up healthy nutritional ketosis with dangerous ketoacidosis
  • Only Type 1 diabetics needs to be concerned with ketoacidosis
  • The notion that people won’t maintain low-carb hasn’t been tested
  • There needs to be more support for people wanting to eat low-carb
  • Negative response didn’t happen to The New Atkins like before
  • When Dr. Atkins died, nothing changed about the science supporting it
  • If you have heart disease, a high-fat diet doesn’t make it worse
  • Cardiovascular health improves consuming a high-fat, low-carb diet
  • It’s hard to make a whole lot of money promoting knowledge to people
  • Is There Any Such Thing As “Safe Starches” On A Low-Carb Diet?
  • Everyone’s blood sugar will go up, but we don’t know what insulin does
  • It’s the big insulin response that’s “not harmless” and “not healthy”
  • If you’re insulin resistant, you need to count carbohydrate grams
  • VIDEO: Dr. Westman’s “No Sugar, No Starch” Diet Overview
  • Why he uses total carbs over net carbs with his patients
  • Net carbs are okay for a lot of people if you’re fairly healthy
  • If you go to his clinic with obesity and diabetes, total carbs matter
  • The worse your health is the “stricter” you need to be counting carbs
  • It’s “easier to teach” the total grams of carbohydrate
  • There are no answers on how much fiber is required in the diet
  • A high-fat, high-carb diet will lead to Type 2 diabetes
  • Scientists often blame the fat in studies, but the carbs are high too
  • A high-fat diet without the carbohydrates is “the cure for diabetes”
  • The United States may not be ready for low-carb, high-fat (LCHF)
  • The idea that being in nutritional ketosis is harmful is a myth
  • Ketones are being used as fuel along with fatty acids instead of glucose
  • Whether ketosis is “the optimal state” is still a question
  • Science is showing that ketones reduce cancer and improve aging
  • Glucose metabolism is creating free radicals that age us
  • A shift from recommending urine ketone to blood ketone measurement
  • His challenge to obesity researchers to test one long-term low-carber
  • No science supports low-carb raises cortisol, burns out adrenals
  • Many of these issues come up from one individual and are not typical
  • People who follow the “Chet Atkins” diet instead of Robert Atkins diet
  • Why moderating protein in the diet is important on a low-carb diet
  • Researchers recommend 1-1.5g protein per pound of lean body mass
  • The challenge is whether the diet is high-fat or high-protein
  • This is certainly one of the “innumerable” number of studies needed
  • Too much protein converts to glucose because of gluconeogenesis
  • Whether there’s any validity with the “one golden shot” theory
  • Anecdotally people think low-carb only works once
  • Some people may not be as enthusiastic about low-carb second time
  • There are many changes that can happen to the body as we age
  • Whether there is any such thing as an “essential carbohydrate”
  • The body makes all the carbs you need from fat and protein you eat
  • The very low amount of sugar that is in the human bloodstream
  • A Coca-Cola has seven times more sugar than what’s in the human body
  • Diabetics should ask their doctors where the blood sugar goes
  • Dr. Mike Eades’ blog post “A spoonful of sugar”
  • Why diabetic teachers are so adamant about patients eating carbs
  • The unnecessary fear of hypoglycemia vs. hyperglycemia
  • What about the Asians who eat carbs and are thin and healthy
  • The Rice Diet in Durham is very low-calorie as well
  • As affluence increases, so do the calories which can be problematic
  • Eating carbohydrates is “optional” and not really necessary
  • A diabetic low-carb diet improves blood sugar levels in most people
  • Eating more carbohydrates than you can burn will store as body fat
  • Low-fat diets work because they are also low-calorie (low-carb, too!)
  • Hunger goes away on low-carb because you burn fat for energy
  • Carbohydrate gives 2,000 calories, but fat gives 40,000 calories
  • Fat is more efficiently burned and used by the body than sugar
  • Muscles and the heart prefer fat for fuel, brain uses ketone bodies
  • Low triglycerides and high HDL are typical of a low-carb dieter
  • LDL can be lower, higher or “extremely high” while on low-carb
  • The type of LDL cholesterol is typically the larger vs. small
  • The most important thing to look at is the HDL cholesterol
  • Get your arterial system scanned with an ultrasound doppler to see
  • A zero heart scan calcium score means “there’s no disease”
  • Ask your cardiologist what purpose LDL cholesterol has in the body
  • LDL cholesterol acts as a “boat” for the fat-soluble vitamins
  • Why low-carbers aren’t perfect bodies, health vs. low-fat vegans
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency on a vegan diet is a very real concern
  • Bariatric physicians aren’t using vegan diets for obese patients
  • The dream of a genuine low-carb vs. vegan diet research study
  • Low-carb studies don’t tend to keep them on a ketogenic diet
  • Just because it’s not in a study doesn’t mean it’s not true
  • If low-carb works for six months, what happens on the next day?
  • The people in charge of study funding don’t think low-carb is healthy
  • Why NIH-funded studies provide more prestige in research
  • Low-carb, low-fat (South Beach) can indeed be difficult to do
  • Eating a high-fat, low-carb diet with bacon is a “glorious” diet
  • Dr. Will Yancy doing a study allowing people to choose their own diet
  • Children without diabetes need calories and protein, but not carbs
  • School lunches tend to have more carbs because they’re cheaper
  • Type 1 diabetic kids do need a few carbs to offset insulin injection
  • Why consuming salt is not as big of an issue on a low-carb diet
  • We need about 5g of salt a day for what the body can use
  • When you sweat in the summer, you need to replenish salt with water
  • What you can tell people who think you need to be eating sugar
  • Giving a smoker two cigarettes a day gets them back to it again soon
  • Eating sugar is just as addictive in the brain as smoking, drugs
  • People who say “you have to eat” doesn’t mean you need sugar
  • Even Dr. Robert Lustig allows for up to 30g sugar daily
  • Dr. Lustig’s recent appearance on “60 Minutes”
  • People on low-carb can have thyroid symptoms, but unknown why
  • He uses low-carb nutrition with thyroid replacement for patients
  • “It doesn’t make sense” to add back in carbohydrates to fix thyroid
  • Whether you never eat high-carb foods ever again once going low-carb
  • There is “no forbidden food” on low-carb, make the right choices
  • His work at Innovative Metabolic Solutions with Dr. Mary Vernon

    There are four ways you can listen to Episode 15:

    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 14 [96:01m]:

    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. Eric Westman shared about “Exploding The Low-Carb Myths?” Give us your thoughts about it in the show notes section of Episode 15. As I stated at the end of the podcast, we will NOT be having any new episodes in the month of May because of the upcoming Low-Carb Cruise on May 6-13, 2012 and then a couple more weeks afterwards to give me a small break from my podcasting schedule (it’s been nearly nonstop five days a week since the beginning of the year and I’m feeling it). But never fear, we will be back with EPISODE 16 on June 7, 2012 Maria Emmerich and Valerie Berkowitz addressing the very popular topic of “Low-Carb, Pregnancy & Kids.” THANK YOU for your support of this new podcast and tell people you know about it if you like what we’re doing.

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

    EPISODE 16: June 7, 2012 | Maria Emmerich and Valerie Berkowitz | “Low-Carb, Pregnancy & Kids”
    EPISODE 17: June 14, 2012 | Sarah Fragoso and Jason Seib | “All Things Exercise (Exercise 101)”
    EPISODE 18: June 21, 2012 | David Getoff | “The Truth About Sweeteners”
    EPISODE 19: June 28, 2012 | Julia Ross | “How To Beat Carbohydrate Addiction”
    6-29 to 7-18: NO PODCASTS
    EPISODE 20: July 19, 2012 | Dr. Jonny Bowden | “All Things Vitamins (Supplements 101)”
    EPISODE 21: July 26, 2012 | Nora Gedgaudas | “Are Starches Really Safe?”
    7-27 to 8-15: NO PODCASTS
    EPISODE 22: August 16, 2012 | Dr. Kaayla Daniel | “The Truth About Soy”
    EPISODE 23: August 23, 2012 | Dr. Stephen Phinney | “Long-Term Stalls & Weight Gain Even On A Well-Formulated Low-Carb Diet”
    EPISODE 24: August 30, 2012 | Dr. Donald Layman | “All Things Protein (Protein 101)”
    EPISODE 25: September 6, 2012 | Fred Hahn | “All Things Slow Lifting (Slow Burn 101)”
    EPISODE 26: September 13, 2012 | Robb Wolf | “Transitioning To The Paleo Diet”

    Spread the word about this podcast: PLEASE REVIEW THE SHOW ON ITUNES!

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