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The LLVLC Show (Episode 544): Dr. Eric Braverman Shows You How To Have A ‘Younger Brain, Sharper Mind’

Jimmy Moore — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000

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In Episode 544 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we welcome to the podcast the Director of the PATH Medical Center and bestselling health author Dr. Eric Braverman. He is “America’s Brain Doctor” who has dedicated his life to helping his patients get their life back by reversing the aging process as the years pass by. He does this through a variety of ways, including hormone replacement therapy, supplementation, and changes in diet. His latest book is called Younger Brain, Sharper Mind: A 6-Step Plan for Preserving and Improving Memory and Attention at Any Age from America’s Brain Doctor and it explores ways to keep your brain sharp even into the golden years by feeding your body what it needs to be healthy, how exercise plays a role in this process, and rearranging parts of your life to put yourself in the best position to preserve this vital organ for many years to come. He’s quite an interesting man who brings a lot to this discussion of brain health. Listen in as I discuss this important subject with Dr. Braverman.

Listen to Dr. Eric Braverman share how to make your brain younger:

The various aspects of what makes up a “balanced brain”

Every choice you make is “a brain choice” for the better or worse

His first job at the age of 17 working with a brain health researcher

It’s important that nutrients in brain function are balanced

Slow is death, youth is light–speed indicates health

25% of the population has had a significant head trauma

Many people have had “micro-strokes” that impact the brain adversely

Around 40, your brain will begin to shrink

Exercise gives you a “brain spark” to keep the neurons alive

The brain can become “metabolically asleep” when it “clogs”

When the brain slows down, it needs green tea and fruits to awaken

Whether food quality makes a difference in brain health or not

Why he is concerned about pesticides and plastic toxins on the brain

What a patient can ask their doctor if they want to run these tests

Women would rather go shopping than to spend time on their brain

Fat is a factor in brain health, but it depends on what you eat

His fear of cholesterol in “greasy food” regarding brain health

Oils are good, but oils are fats that are used to fry foods

Fast food is “damaged fat” and olive oil should be “a cornerstone”

Coconut oil isn’t “a brain builder” because of saturated fat

His PATH plan is Mediterranean/Asian/Indian influenced

A brain-friendly “power omelette” for the brain

Most restaurants won’t help us eat the proper way for brain health

Why saturated fat isn’t healthy for proper brain health

Every carbohydrate should be on “a fiber and nutrient scale”

What impact on brain health there is from consuming wheat

People with Celiac have a lot of problems with the brain

Call 888-231-PATH and get more brain health information from him

The enzymes that will “slow down by half” your age speed

Whether he is a fan of chelation therapy for removing heavy metals

His preference for a “chelation challenge” to see if it’s necessary

The “lung growth” that is a result of the “soot” deposits on buildings

He’s a fan of pharmaceutical industry as long as they aren’t “overused”

His support for hormone replacement therapy to restore hormonal health

Why natural testosterone replacement is better than the little blue pills

Improved brain health will give “our mojo back as a nation” intellectually

Why your various body parts can have differential aging

The caveats that come from “overusing” testosterone replacement

His concern about blood clots that comes from testosterone

Why you can’t take any one thing too exclusively

Everyone who takes hormones should have a PET scan and a CVC

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What did you think about the brain health ideas promoted by Dr. Eric Braverman? Give us your thoughts in the show notes section of Episode 544. Pick up a copy of Younger Brain, Sharper Mind and visit Dr. Braverman’s PATH Medical Center web site. Coming up next week, it’s gonna be a fabulous trio of interviews with three beautiful ladies making a difference in the world of health. On Monday, we’ll hear from an enthusiastic Type 1 diabetic named Kerri Sparling from the diabetes advocacy blog “Six Until Me.” Then on Tuesday, Sarah Fragoso from “Everyday Paleo” returns to the show to talk about her new children’s book PALEO PALS: Jimmy and the Carrot Rocket Ship. And on Wednesday, we’ll have the assistant to the New York State Council on Food Policy at the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets named Sarah Johnson sharing about the work she is doing in a state government position to change food healthy policy especially among children. I can’t wait to share these engaging interviews with you!

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The LLVLC Show (Episode 543): Adele Hite Shares A Dirty Little Secret About The Dietary Guidelines

Jimmy Moore — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:58:59 +0000

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In Episode 543 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we are pleased to have a good friend who I have been privileged to know over the past few years. Her name is Adele Hite (you might recall my 2-part YouTube video of her presentation in May 2010 at a meeting of The Nutrition & Metabolism Society here and here) and she is currently an MPH/RD candidate at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health and the Executive Director of an advocacy group called Healthy Nation Coalition. Adele has had a keen interest in nutrition, health and wellness for the past decade ever since she was trying to figure out how to shed 60 pounds off of her body and improve her health in the process. That’s when she discovered how amazingly powerful low-carb diets can be as a therapeutic measure for people struggling with fixing their own health. She was privileged to work with the great low-carb researcher and practitioner Dr. Eric Westman in his Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic in Durham, North Carolina where she was responsible for educating patients on how to implement a low-carb lifestyle change to fix their obesity, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and more. She is now pursuing multiple degrees in nutrition and public health as well as serving on the board of directors as the Executive Director of the Healthy Nation Coalition dedicated to redefining what the definition of “healthy” food in America is. Listen in to today’s episode as she shares a dirty little secret about how the government-recommended Dietary Guidelines are made and why it’s not really based on any relevant science. This one is an eye-opener for sure!

Listen to Adele Hite dish on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines:

Her beginning in nutrition as a vegetarian shunning animal foods

She ate that way for 16 years as her “weight just kept going up”

She was “not a happy person” as her health got worse and worse

She “quit dieting,” did some research, and found low-carb

Her fortuitous meeting with Dr. Westman

Her work with Dr. Westman’s patients educating them on low-carb

Continuing her nutritional education to find the low-carb “flaw”

There are so many “entrenched interests” that keep low-fat going

The 1980 Dietary Guidelines released with science “divided”

There was “no evidence” that this diet prevented chronic disease

Frustration over “the same [diet] for every patient”

The food and drug industries love the Dietary Guidelines

We live life assuming as a society that “we’re gonna get sick”

Her internship in DC revealed these industries are also “victims”

We can make better decisions dealing as individuals on diet

My testimony before the USDA in July 2010

Robert Post who said “the evidence is just not there” for low-carb

She asked about “revisions” in Guidelines based on testimonies

Post responded, “no, why would there be” any changes made?

The 2005 report showed there was “no requirement for carbohydrate”

The fear of dietary saturated fats is what keeps driving this

Ignoring low-carb is simply “justifying an addiction”

Krauss study found no link between saturated fat and heart disease

We are always looking for ways to “justify” keeping carbs in our diet

What about all the scientists who “vetted” the science

The Dietary Guidelines have never been studied for effectiveness

Americans have “followed the Guidelines” pretty faithfully

And yet obesity, chronic disease, and more have increased

Her interest in how we persist in the face of “inconclusive” evidence

We have to “take the gloves off” to make change happen

RDs are “intimidated” by American Dietetic Association (ADA)

You have to “keep your mouth shut” or face the consequences

Patients will lead the charge when they combine their voices

How the Ancestral Health Symposium is unifying the communities

Why having a policy focus is critical moving forward

How a lawsuit against saturated fat prohibition may be needed

Getting the diet information out to people without the filters

She’s taught that it’s “a matter of course” you’ll get fat and sick

How Paleo puts the focus on food quality that improves low-carb

The food system is not set up to make healthy foods affordable

Why changing the macronutrients properly is step one

It’s important to listen to your own body and ignore the experts

The close association she found between the Guidelines and ADA

How Joanne Slavin made the case for increasing animal protein

How this whole section of the report just “disappeared”

The “anonymous” group that is really behind the Guidelines

She refused to take no for an answer and dug deeper with a FOIA request

When she got the names, she saw 7 of 8 panelists were RDs

The “indoctrinated” education of RDs who were on this panel

You don’t deviate from the USDA Dietary Guidelines or the ADA

Who exactly is guaranteeing the Guidelines are based on science

Slavin admitted “there is no scientific basis” for the Guidelines

Registered dietitians are “selling the Guidelines” to the public

The “self-perpetuating circle” that this system creates

How the Guidelines brag about “transparency” with the process

There should be parameters created for Guidelines based on outcomes

The scientists long realize Guidelines aren’t based on science

Why a scientist would put themselves in a position to be used

What she would like to see happen to the Dietary Guidelines

Her “Fix Our Food” project to make food reform happen

We are on the cusp of a paradigm shift that is taking place

The problem is “the machine” that produces these Guidelines

Individuals will need to take the charge in producing change

There are four ways you can listen to Episode 543:

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 543 [59:53m]:

4. Listen on the Stitcher app–NO DOWNLOADING!

What did you think about Adele Hite’s information about how the Dietary Guidelines are created? Sound off about it in the show notes section of Episode 543. Learn more about Adele’s work through the Healthy Nation Coalition to help shape the Dietary Guidelines into something that will produce real results for obesity and chronic disease based on science for many years to come. Coming up on Wednesday we have America’s Brain Doctor Eric Braverman, MD who has 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 that examines ways to stay younger, longer in your life. Dr. Braverman is certainly an interesting man who has some peculiar thoughts about how to sharpen your mind and keep your brain healthy as you age.

The LLVLC Show (Episode 542): Simon Shawcross and Georges Phillips Present ‘The ONE Diet’

Jimmy Moore — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:36:15 +0000

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In Episode 542 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we welcome British weight loss coach and personal trainer Simon Shawcross and hypnotherapist Georges Phillips who are the co-authors of an exciting new book entitled The ONE Diet with a foreword from one of my former podcast interview guests named Dr. Doug McGuff. Simon has been actively helping people attain their weight loss and fitness goals in London, England since 2000 and often shares his love for low-carb nutritional health to his clients, in various seminars, and in his writings on health for several newspapers and magazines. Georges was one of Simon’s clients who got the help he so desperately sought and brought a fresh new perspective on how to improve upon the low-carb lifestyle even more. They collaborated on this new book to merge the nutritional and fitness knowledge that Simon possesses with the mental health experience that Georges brings to the table. These two men are a fine example of finding what works for you and then tweaking it to make it as optimal as it can be. Tune in to today’s episode as we get to the heart of this different look at low-carb living and bringing about meaningful changes that will shift the cultural beliefs on nutrition and health.

Listen to Simon Shawcross and Georges Phillips in today’s interview:

Georges’ interest in psychoanalysis that turned to dieting

Simon got “burned out by overtraining” until he found Dr. McGuff

Exercise alone isn’t enough, you have to get the diet right too

We’re “stuck in a time warp” on proper nutritional information

Humans do not believe they can be programmable, but they can

How low-fat diets that are being pushed in UK public schools

The tax being promoted on natural fats like butter in Denmark

People need to be educated more on nutritional truth

The tremendous amount of money involved in diet and health

How it’s “quite a challenge” to discern who to listen to and not

The “battle” we have with companies making obesity and health worse

Why they decided to call their book The ONE Diet

The “missing element” of the psychological aspect of weight loss

People are treated “robotically” when it comes to diet motivation

The “gratification” we feel we deserve from the foods we eat

Why people turn to something to eat when they get stressed

Comfort eating tends to become an addiction for many people

Jessica Biel Personifies Carbohydrate Addiction

How your mind can get “in a panic” as if you think you are dying

The ONE Diet is a high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb diet

70% of the foods sold in supermarkets will make you fat and sick

How low-fat diets can make a “future bulimic” and weight issues

Why children need to learn the proper diet principles NOW

What one thing people need to do to produce a lifestyle change

The “wacky ideas” that keep us stuck from doing what we need to

People need to look for their own “tipping point” to change

Why “it’s a huge mistake” to look at the scale alone for progress

How a weight loss “stall” on the scale doesn’t mean diet failure

The “distorted” perception that people have about themselves

The mental “suffering” people go through after losing weight

Why you have to constantly make a new goal to stay motivated

The “bombardment” of quick-fix weight loss ads sidetracks people

It takes a little effort to make something become “effortless”

Not everyone around you wants you to be successful at weight loss

The Internet has become an amazing diet resource for people

How digestion improves and joints stop hurting quitting statins

There are four ways you can listen to Episode 542:

1. Listen at the iTunes page for the podcast:

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How did you like what you heard from Simon Shawcross and Georges Phillips? Let’s hear from you about what struck you the most in the show notes section of Episode 542. Pick up a copy of The ONE Diet and keep up with what Simon and Georges are doing at their official web site. Coming up on Tuesday, we put The 2010 Dietary Guidelines under the microscope with nutrition education PhD candidate Adele Hite from Healthy Nation Coalition. While most people think the government-recommended nutritional axioms are founded on science, but you’ll be shocked to learn how they are actually created. Then on Wednesday we have America’s Brain Doctor Eric Braverman, MD who has 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 that examines ways to stay younger, longer in your life.

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:

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

Today we heard from 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

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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:

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

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

4. Listen on the Stitcher app–NO DOWNLOADING!

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.

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.