It seems like so long ago since I started the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog, but it’s only been a little more than four years now. But one of the very first people from the low-carb community to contact me was a man named [...]]]>
Dr. Jonny Bowden’s updated book will be called “Living Low-Carb”

It seems like so long ago since I started the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog, but it’s only been a little more than four years now. But one of the very first people from the low-carb community to contact me was a man named Dr. Jonny Bowden. At the time he didn’t have “Dr.” in front of his name like he does now, but he was already an established bona fide expert on fitness and health. He sent me an autographed copy of a book he had written in 2003 on low-carb diets called Living The Low Carb Life and I absolutely devoured the information he shared in that masterpiece comparing the various low-carb plans so that people could find the plan that was right for them.

After reading through this amazing book, I penned an enthusiastic review describing Living The Low-Carb Life as the “must-have book for everybody doing low-carb!” It was May 2005 and I was super-excited about telling the whole world about how low-carb living had radically changed my life in the year prior. I couldn’t imagine how my life would have turned out in the coming years without the lifesaving knowledge that came from experiencing the low-carb lifestyle up close and personal in my own life. Unfortunately, that sentiment was not shared by those in the publishing world at the time who thought low-carb was a dead and dying fad that must be avoided like the plague (which is why I am anxious to see how well my upcoming new book with “low-carb” in the title will do when it releases this summer).

And this negative sentiment about low-carb from the publishing world inevitably made an impact on authors like Bowden who said in an early 2006 interview that he wished he hadn’t written Living The Low-Carb Life. In a follow-up interview I had with him on my blog later that year, Bowden clarified his position and told me that use of the term “low-carb” was “too partisan” and “like a religion” for a lot of people within the carbohydrate restriction community which is why he said what he did. He then went on from 2007-2008 to write four highly successful bestselling health books on Fair Winds Press ( The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth , The Most Effective Natural Cures On Earth, The Healthiest Meals on Earth, and The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy) that never once mentioned “low-carb” on the front or back cover anywhere–although the content inside the books was decidedly geared towards low-carb living. For all intents and purposes, “low-carb” was abandoned as a marketing tool for future Bowden books–or so it seemed!

In late 2008, I received notice that Sterling Publishing was interested in an updated and revised version of Living The Low-Carb Life to include much of the new low-carb research as well as the new diet plans that have come out since the 2003 release, including including The All-New Atkins Advantage, The Low GI Diet, The Ultimate New York Diet, The Maker’s Diet, The Biggest Loser, and many more! And the look of the book will be very similar to the original except for the title. The new book set to be released on January 5, 2010 will be called Living Low Carb: Controlled-Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss.

Did you see that–they put “low-carb” in the title! The world must be coming to an end for something this monumental to happen. I gotta tell you, only someone with the writing credentials and marketing prowess of the caliber of Dr. Jonny Bowden could have ever convinced a publisher to allow him to use that term on a major book release in 2010. Are we seeing the beginning signs of a serious low-carb rebirth within publishing circles? Is the science behind low-carb living FINALLY catching up enough that it can no longer be ignored and proclaiming “low-carb” is not something to be ashamed of anymore? We can only hope!

The new book will be very similar to Bowden’s original except it will be more comprehensive with “all the newest data that support the long-term health benefits of a contemporary low-carbohydrate eating plan.” I LOVE THAT! It focuses on the studies that have been conducted, the fact that this way of eating is a permanent lifestyle approach, and that it is meant as a benefit to your health first and foremost rather than for weight loss. Those three facts alone make me very excited about the prospects for this new version of a classic low-carb book. If you never read the original, then you’ll be pleased to see how each low-carb plan is examined, evaluated, and analyzed by Bowden to give you all the pros and cons of choosing a specific plan over another. This will become an invaluable tool for anyone who is interested in livin’ la vida low-carb, but don’t quite know where to start or which plan is right for them. Living Low-Carb will help provide that answer!

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Jonny Bowden for all of his fantastic contributions to the low-carb community for so many years. We are better educated about making healthy carbohydrate-restricted choices for our bodies and the future of this way of eating looks bright indeed. While I don’t think the whole world is gonna start immediately running away from the high-carb, low-fat dogma they’ve been indoctrinated with for most of their lives based simply on the release of this one book, I do think there will be a lot of people who check out this book and begin the reeducation process about what they thought they knew was true about a healthy diet. Hopefully the success of books like this one will show the publishing world just how wrong they were to blacklist “low-carb” from being used to market books about the subject. Let’s show our support for the publishers who are willing to allow authors to use “low-carb” loud and proud in the title! The message is much too important to be dancing around what we really mean.

One of the most highly respected and celebrated health experts of our day who is actually friendly towards livin’ la vida low-carb is none other than Dr. Jonny Bowden. He is a board-certified nutritionist and a longtime beloved weight loss coach inspiring many with [...]]]>
Dr. Bowden recently released “The Most Effective Natural Cures On Earth”

One of the most highly respected and celebrated health experts of our day who is actually friendly towards livin’ la vida low-carb is none other than Dr. Jonny Bowden. He is a board-certified nutritionist and a longtime beloved weight loss coach inspiring many with his one-of-a-kind writing and speaking style. Currently he serves as a contributing writer for America Online and is involved in a myriad of other opportunities to share the positive message of healthy living with the masses. I named him among my Top 10 Low-Carb Movers & Shakers Of 2007 and he is someone we can all look up to as a leader for low-carb living.

Jonny has written one of the most outstanding books about the low-carb lifestyle that’s ever been penned entitled Living The Low-Carb Life and followed that masterpiece up with a fabulous book on Fair Winds Press last year called The 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth that listed many delicious and nutritious low-carb foods amongst the list of the most healthy morsels of goodness you can possibly put in your mouth.

Well, Jonny’s back again with a follow-up to that bestseller now called The Most Effective Natural Cures On Earth: The Surprising Unbiased Truth About What Treatments Work And Why and I am in the midst of reading it as we speak. Fans of The 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth will absolutely eat this one up because the format nearly identical as Jonny goes through some of the most gripping health ailments of our day and finds an all-natural cure for each of them. You’ll be happy to hear that livin’ la vida low-carb is prescribed for a whole lotta things, including polycystic ovarian syndrome, high cholesterol and weight loss, for example, so stay tuned for my review of that book as well as an interview with Dr. Jonny Bowden on my podcast show coming very soon. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, check out these two free chapters from The Most Effective Natural Cures On Earth and see for yourself what this new book is all about. Then head on over to the Dr. Jonny Book Tour web site to learn about this event that is set to take place virtually on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 8:00pm EST. Jonny will be interviewed by veteran interviewer and marketing wizard Alex Mandossian about his new book! You WON’T want to miss this chance to hear about one of the best new health books of 2008 from this diet and health giant!

Interestingly, Jonny’s publisher will waste no time with delivering another follow-up book on July 1, 2008 called The Healthiest Meals On Earth: Recipes That Fortify, Protect, And Nourish You featuring full-fledged recipes that incorporate the foods from the first two books in the series to create some of the most delectable meals on the face of the Earth! Jonny is a busy man and I personally don’t know how he fits it all in. But he, like me, enjoys staying active and involved, so let’s support him in his efforts to educate people to start living better than they ever thought possible!

You really have to admire the marketing brilliance of a company like Amazon.com. They are true innovators and undeniable leaders in their industry because they never just settle for the amazing success they have been able to achieve. Instead, they keep improving and [...]]]>
Olivia Brown takes advantage of the new video review format at Amazon

You really have to admire the marketing brilliance of a company like Amazon.com. They are true innovators and undeniable leaders in their industry because they never just settle for the amazing success they have been able to achieve. Instead, they keep improving and improving by offering their customers unique features that keep them coming back.

The latest such improvement is the addition of a brand new feature that allows for video reviews of the products on Amazon. Yep, now not only can you WRITE about what you think of your favorite CD, book, electronic device or whatever else you purchase on their site, but you can also TELL everyone by making your own video reviews. It’s the new wave of technology in product reviews and I think it adds a personal touch to their web site.

One of the most enthusiastic reviewers on Amazon who has taken this new video review format and run with it is Top 1000 Amazon Reviewer Olivia Brown. What a spunky woman this is and she’s a self-described “a voracious reader and consummate blogger.” Her blog is Happy Luau and I’m impressed by how elaborate it is because she has a lot to say. In fact, Olivia reads MY blog and has commented here quite a bit lately.

Because of her prestigious position at Amazon as a highly-respected and prolific reviewer, Olivia’s opinions carry a lot of weight. So when she started video reviewing beginning a couple of weeks ago when Amazon rolled out this new format, people began taking immediate notice. And when she reviewed what is arguably the most compelling book about diet and health in the last century, I took notice.

Check out Olivia Brown’s video review of Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes to see how detailed she gets with her reviews. This woman is absolutely amazing and thorough in her analysis of the books she reads and I was impressed with what she said about the Taubes book. It sounds like that book has genuinely changed her life.

But Olivia didn’t stop with Good Calories, Bad Calories for her video reviews. She also did an awesome one for Jonny Bowden’s classic book Living The Low-Carb Life which compares the various low-carb plans and gives an overview of each one to help you decide which diet is best for you. I reviewed this book and have spoken very highly of it for anyone who is livin’ la vida low-carb. Olivia was inspired by this book to continue her new low-carb lifestyle journey.

Finally, I was pleasantly surprised to see Olivia’s video review of my book Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb. She was very kind in her remarks about the book I wrote about my low-carb weight loss journey. And she saw EXACTLY what I was attempting to do with my book: help motivate others in their own journey to lose weight and get healthy. THANK YOU Olivia!

Check out more from Olivia Brown as she is adding lots of new reviews–both the “old school” written ones and the hip new video ones, too! GREAT JOB, Olivia! Keep ‘em coming!

I’m privileged to share with you about a special one-on-one interview about my low-carb weight loss success story with the one and only Dr. Jonny Bowden on Tuesday, July 31st at 5pm EST. The Your Body, Your Health, Your Life radio show is [...]]]>

Dr. Jonny Bowden to interview me on his popular health radio show

I’m privileged to share with you about a special one-on-one interview about my low-carb weight loss success story with the one and only Dr. Jonny Bowden on Tuesday, July 31st at 5pm EST. The Your Body, Your Health, Your Life radio show is a part of the Total Health Radio Network and is available to be listened to during or after it airs by clicking here.

You can even get interactive with the show by calling toll-free at 866-434-8685 during the show to ask me or Jonny a question. I’d love to hear a GREAT shout-out from the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog clan, so give us a buzz, won’t you?

It is such a thrill to have the one and only Dr. Jonny Bowden, author of 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth and the MUST HAVE Living The Low-Carb Life, because I consider him one of the true giants in the field of nutrition and weight loss in America today. I could sense that in my interview with him last year and have great respect and admiration for what he is doing to help people.

If you agree, then I invite you to recommend Dr. Jonny Bowden to become a new natural health expert at the uber-popular health web site Mercola.com. That site is being expanded to include more voices in the health debate, so let’s get behind Jonny!

And don’t forget to listen to his interview with ME!

One of my favorite people in the world of health and nutrition is none other than the highly-respected and much-revered Dr. Jonny Bowden. Ever since I first met him over two years ago when I first started my blog, I have had nothing but [...]]]>
Dr. Jonny Bowden shares about seven healthy foods you should eat

One of my favorite people in the world of health and nutrition is none other than the highly-respected and much-revered Dr. Jonny Bowden. Ever since I first met him over two years ago when I first started my blog, I have had nothing but pure admiration for this man who is helping people no just with weight loss, but in changing their life. You can tell it is the heartbeat of all he does as evidenced in my blog interview with him last year!

His latest book is the well-written and informative 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth. He is also the author of what I consider the MUST-HAVE low-carb book for ANYONE who is even thinking about livin’ la vida low-carb–Living The Low Carb Life: Choosing The Diet That’s Right For You From Atkins To Zone. Additionally, Dr. Bowden has an inspiring audio trilogy that will kick you in the pants and get you going the right way on your healthy lifestyle change.

Now, you will have a chance to hear directly from this leading health guru LIVE on Connie Bennett’s phenomenal new online radio show called “Stop SUGAR SHOCK!” This new show premiered on BlogTalkRadio last Tuesday night and yours truly was honored to be Connie’s very first guest ever for the launch of her new show (you can still listen to that interview ANYTIME by clicking here).

The “Stop SUGAR SHOCK!” show airs LIVE at 6:00pm EST on Tuesday nights and Dr. Bowden is the guest slated for the July 17, 2007 broadcast. Even if you miss it LIVE, you can listen to the complete show within a few hours after it airs.

Dr. Bowden will be discussing 7 of the world’s healthiest foods and why they’re so good for us referencing the information he wrote about in his latest book. Be sure to tune in because Dr. Jonny Bowden is always engaging and entertaining. I KNOW you’re gonna love him as much as I do!

Weight loss has become so highly-coveted in the United States and around the world in modern society that people are quite literally desperate to find sound nutritional advice about how to make it happen. Unfortunately, far too many of these well-meaning [...]]]>
Dr. Jonny Bowden wants to give you a taste of his amazing audio series

Weight loss has become so highly-coveted in the United States and around the world in modern society that people are quite literally desperate to find sound nutritional advice about how to make it happen. Unfortunately, far too many of these well-meaning diet and weight loss products on the market today fall well short of the mark and that’s such a shame.

That’s why I’m so thrilled to know there are people like author and weight loss motivator Dr. Jonny Bowden out there who are making a real difference in the lives of thousands of people daily. As someone who has worked directly with clients desiring weight loss and a better life for over 15 years, Dr. Bowden has his finger on the pulse of what people need to make it happen in their own lives and he’s more than willing to share what he has learned with others.

Dr. Bowden has authored what I consider to be the very best book about livin’ la vida low-carb that you could ever get your hands on called Living The Low-Carb Life as well as his phenomenal brand new encyclopedia-like (but definitely NOT boring!) book of the most nutritious food you can put in your mouth entitled 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth. I even had the privilege of interviewing him at my blog in August 2006 to find out more about the work this man is doing to help people get healthy.

As great as his books are for arming people with the facts about what they can do to lose weight and radically transform their lives forever, I believe one of the best God-given gifts Dr. Bowden has is the unique ability to articulate and even persuade others that eating right, making fitness and health a priority, and then doing it cheerfully are all easily within their reach. No kidding, the man is THAT good as tens of thousands of people who have been impacted by him can attest.

I’m thoroughly convinced of all of those things myself now more than ever after being exposed to his outstanding audio series. I previously reviewed each one of the three components in the Bowden audio trilogy:

- 9 Essential Steps To Weight Loss
- 23 Ways To Improve Your Life
- Change Your Body, Change Your Life

If I didn’t believe these resources were going to help people who are overweight or obese get off their rear and start living healthy as soon as possible, then I wouldn’t have blogged about them at all. But let me tell you–these are indeed the real deal and I highly encourage you to check them out.

Even still, I know there is that skeptic deep within all of us who doubts something like an audio series can help them. That’s why I’m pleased to announced that Dr. Bowden has a very special offer that I think you’ll enjoy: A FREE AUDIO COURSE! That’s right, he wants to give readers of the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog the opportunity to check out what he’s all about by providing a complimentary sampling of the “Essential Steps To Weight Loss” series so you can see for yourself.

To take advantage of this generous offer, click on the banner below:

You will be asked to enter your first name and e-mail address so your FREE AUDIO COURSE will be sent directly to your e-mail box. Then you’ll receive your first e-mail from Dr. Jonny Bowden almost immediately with the ability to read or listen to him address the various aspects of weight loss. In the coming days, you will receive daily e-mails with your FREE sample providing more of Dr. Bowden’s messages about losing weight and getting healthy.

There is absolutely no obligation and this offer is 100% completely FREE! So I hope you will consider it as a gift from me and Dr. Bowden today just for reading my blog. We’re all in this weight loss battle together, so we might as well help each other out to get motivated and stay motivated to reach that great promised land of optimum health.

By livin’ la vida low-carb, you are WELL on your way!