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The LLVLC Show (Episode 538): Dr. Lowell Gerber Discovers Low-Carb Promotes Health & Weight Loss

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In Episode 538 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” I’m pleased to welcome an interventional cardiologist and low-carb weight loss instructor from Freeport, Maine named Dr. Lowell Gerber from “Lifestyle & Age Management Medicine.” Just a few short years ago, Dr. Gerber was still mired in conventional wisdom regarding the role nutrition plays in health, especially heart health. But something kept bothering him about treatment options for cardiovascular disease that seemed too pharmaceutically-focused with drug therapies like statins and less interested in getting to the root causes of the issue nutritionally that are causing this to happen. When he began having own issues with his weight and health following the “recommended diet,” he knew something was wrong. That’s when he came across the work of a fellow physician from Lawrence, Kansas named Dr. Mary Vernon and her Innovative Metabolic Solutions program teaching medical professionals about the basics of using carbohydrate-restriction therapeutically with patients to help them with obesity, diabetes and many other chronic diseases. Ever since then, Dr. Gerber has been like a sponge soaking in all of this information that has rekindled his passion and love for making patients healthier than ever before. We discussed all of the changes that have happened since Dr. Gerber discovered livin’ la vida low-carb in the past few years and what his big plans are to continue educating others about this healthy nutritional approach!

Listen to Dr. Lowell Gerber talk about his newfound passion for low-carb:

  • How he was pursuing a PhD when he instead chose to go to medical school
  • What it was like for him to be “a 99-pound weakling” as a kid
  • Why physical fitness and triathlons were always a part of his life
  • How he was diagnosed by his doctor with “overuse syndrome”
  • He was told to “get all the fat out of your diet” and you’ll be better
  • The predicable weight gain that happened after he cut his fat
  • His “aha, eye-opening moment” when he realized his patients were right
  • How he had always dished out the conventional cardiac diet advice
  • Why he “never believed” his patients when they said they are compliant
  • The dietitians and personal trainers he would recommend to his patients
  • He was “chastising” his patients from being “arrogant” about the diet
  • When his weight and health deteriorated on this, he finally understood
  • His discovery of ASBP and the work of Gary Taubes
  • He was led to Dr. Mary Vernon and her Innovative Metabolic Solutions
  • How he dibble-dabbled with the low-fat guidelines promoted by PCRM
  • Low-carb is “science-based”; low-fat is more “epidemiology-based”
  • The results of low-carb on him and his patients that convinced him
  • How he is trying to take the low-carb message to the older generation
  • A lot of older people are excluded from the weight loss trials
  • Why living optimally healthy is why low-carb is right for older people
  • The health issues he was personally dealing with before going low-carb
  • His transition from cardiology to treating cardio-metabolic syndrome
  • How cardiologists get “dinged” when they don’t “check the boxes”
  • Performance bonuses and penalties for not following the proper protocol
  • Compliance with the process is preferred over the desired outcomes
  • How to get other cardiologists on board with the right nutrition
  • Statin drugs can lead to insulin resistance and sexual dysfunction
  • Low-fat diets lead to frailty while low-carb preserves lean body mass
  • His “dream” of creating a vacation destination to learn about low-carb
  • How he moved to Maine to be there for aging family members
  • The “luck” of coming upon 60 acres of land to build the facility
  • Medical facility, lecture rooms, hiking trails and more on this land
  • How dogs and cats deal with the same issues with obesity and diabetes
  • How having a pet can help older people stay healthy
  • The “recreational eating” that replaces the comfort foods people crave
  • Firefighters testing for heart disease
  • The QRI machine that uses audible sound waves to detect inflammation
  • How they are working on an iPhone app that will use this technology
  • The “metabolic fitness test” he is using on firefighters
  • The story of a young firefighter who suddenly died in the firehouse
  • Why firefighters are “dropping over dead” despite being outwardly fit
  • How cardiac arrest can happen even in non-stressful situations
  • The goldfish swimming around in a blender analogy
  • How firefighters are indicative of societal health overall
  • The much more “intense” fires they deal with from new chemicals used
  • The tremendous growth of the ASBP/Nutrition & Metabolism Society conferences
  • Why the low-carb message “cannot be ignored anymore” by physicians
  • How diet alone may not be enough for some people, but it’s a good start
  • The controversy over HCG that has ensued at the ASBP meetings
  • Atkins is still called a “fad” as is HCG despite decades of existence
  • The FDA has decided to pull all of the homeopathic HCG from the market
  • How a T-3 protocol plus 400-calorie diet is approved, but not HCG?
  • The “rogue cardiologists” promoting healthy nutritional concepts
  • It’s like “history is being rewritten” to fit the low-fat dogma
  • Why getting this information “in the hands of moms” is so crucial

    There are four ways you can listen to Episode 538:

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    4. Listen on the Stitcher app–NO DOWNLOADING!

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    How did you like what you heard from cardiologist Dr. Lowell Gerber today? Give us your feedback about it in the show notes section of Episode 538. Learn more about Dr. Gerber’s work at Lifestyle & Age Management Medicine and check him out on my “List Of Low-Carb Doctors.” We’ve got three fantabulous guests coming up for you next week: Carolyn Rush who wrote an e-book called Primal Tightwad: Maximizing Your Health On A Minimal Budget, nutrition expert and molecular biologist Lucas Tafur, and Dr. John Briffa who will talk about his brand new book Escape The Diet Trap. I’m booked up into June with brand new interviews, so check out the official web site to see who I have lined up for you in the coming months!

    HAVE YOU LISTENED TO MY BRAND NEW PODCAST YET? “Ask The Low-Carb Experts” podcast is doing very well in the two weeks since it released on iTunes and Episode 3 is set to air on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7PM ET addressing the topic “Healthy Whole Grains?” featuring Dr. William Davis. If you have questions about whole grains and their REAL impact on your health that you would like for Dr. Davis 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. THANK YOU for your support!

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    • Pamela Brink RN, PhD

      I am constantly struck by the fact that physicians do not “discover” low carb diets until they, themselves, need to lose weight and coan’t do it using “conventional wisdom.” Although they had been advising patients for years to eat low fat/high carb, they were simply repeating what they had heard without doing any further research on the topic. Only when weight control became a personal issue did they look further. Here we have just another physician added to the long list of physicians (notably Atkins and M. Eades) who had to discover for themselves that low carb is the way to go. I am glad these discoveries are being made and being advertised. I am glad too that these physiicians are developing ways to treat their paients that include a low carb life style. What I find distressingly depressing is that their work has had so little impact on the medical community as a whole and that people keep dying of diabetes and cardiac problems because of medical blackouts on dietary reform. Thanks for this podcast Jimmy.

      • Anonymous

        THANKS Pam! I’ve often said this to guests on my podcast who are in the medical profession who discover the benefits of carbohydrate-restriction. But for their own personal experience needing to go low-carb, they never would have found it or believed it could work with their patients. This is sad indeed. And it’s not just weight control, but various health issues as well. Even more problematic is the fact that so many of these well-meaning doctors are seeing patients succumb to these preventable diseases and just chalk it up to them not following the low-fat, high-carb diet protocols. Sigh.

      • http://denversdietdoctor.com Jeffry Gerber, MD

        Pamela, doctors and other healthcare professionals have been brainwashed like the rest of society.  Looking back, we were only making things worse for our patients.  Like others in the healthcare profession, I am guilty of a similar experience.  My patients and family showed me the way, then I tried low-carb back in 2003.  I read more about the science, nutrition finally made sense. Clearly it is going to take a grass-roots effort to bring about change! Dr Jeff Gerber – Denver’s Diet Doctor

        • Anonymous

          Patients will continue to lead this reeducation process. Keep leading the charge amongst your peers, Dr. Gerber (er, Jeff that is!).

      • http://www.facebook.com/Leaner Spencer Nadolsky

        Hi Pam,

        We definitely have a long way ahead of us, but I have to say that just as a resident physician, I have a whole hospital turning heads towards what I do – (Which is promote a low carb / paleo lifestyle). We are not taught this stuff in medical school and I honestly think it is going to take quite awhile to really get this into the medical school curriculum. It won’t be easy but the truth will tease itself out eventually especially with the help of patients and guys like Jimmy spreading the word!