July 1, 2009
Filed under: In The News — jimmy @ 11:41 pm
All the latest and greatest early summer low-carb health headlines
Summertime is in full swing now and the wealth of information about carbohydrate restriction and healthy living hasn’t slowed down a lick. I’ve been letting it pile up for several weeks and now I’m loaded for bear today with a boatload of low-carb news and health headlines for June 2009. As always, feel free to send me any new and notable links to interesting low-carb diet and health stories anytime at livinlowcarbman@charter.net.
Click here for news about a new study on pancreatic cancer, new commentary from Jackie Eberstein, a debate over ASP vs. insulin, a video by Dr. Robert Su about his book Carbohydrates Can Kill, the LDL cholesterol nonsense, a new report called “F As In Fat 2009,” the obesity rates skyrocketing in Indonesia, a “Test Your Carb IQ” quiz, a magazine feature story on fat, a government-sponsored study on Vitamin D and fish oil, casting for Season 9 of “The Biggest Loser,” a study on high-carb foods and their impact on heart health, a 165-pound weight loss on a “hunter-gatherer” diet, a brand new Gary Taubes lecture video with slides, and the new film on real food entitled Food Inc. in theaters now!
June 30, 2009
Filed under: Health — jimmy @ 7:11 pm
DON’T MISS A SINGLE PODCAST EPISODE ON ITUNES: Please visit the new podcast feed to subscribe and access all the new episodes of my podcast show on iTunes. We are still working hard to move all the old archives over from the old podcast site to the new one at TheLivinLowCarbShow.com/ShowNotes.
Nutritional psychologist Julia Ross explains why carbs are so addictive
We’ve heard scientific evidence over the past year that carbohydrate-laden foods comprised primarily of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup is much more addictive than cocaine and heroin. That sounds preposterous to people who would retort back “but it’s only food!” And yet, is it? What if we stopped looking at carbohydrates as food but rather in the same way we view those addictive drugs? That’s exactly what my podcast guest today encourages people to do in order to properly understand how to best improve their weight and health.
In Episode 266 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” what a thrill it is to share with you my interview with Julia Ross, author of The Diet Cure: The 8-Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Problems, and Mood Swings–Now and The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions–Today. She is one of the foremost experts on the carbohydrate connection that is plaguing our diet and mental health in modern times.
Hear Julia discuss the reality of carb addiction, what she would recommend to help Oprah with her weight woes, why even protein distribution throughout the day is essential, the reason why she believes her program is a “cure” for people, the brain chemistry deficiency that people experience, the travails of undereating on thyroid function, the conspiracy to increase the sugar content of breakfast cereals, why low-fat, low-calorie diets are especially dangerous, the lack of balance of essential fatty acids, the fallacy of taking prescription drugs for mood issues, and so much more! This is a classic podcast, so listen from start to finish and soak it all in.
Click here to access this amazing interview with low-carb champion Julia Ross!
June 29, 2009
Filed under: Events — jimmy @ 7:13 pm
Just a quick update on the ongoing class action lawsuit against Heidi Kimberly Diaz and her Kimkins diet scam. You’ll recall I told you about a desperate Diaz firing her original attorney and filing for bankruptcy back in January after being disgraced with the dubious distinction of being awarded the “Worst Diet Product” of 2008 award. Things just aren’t looking too good for the Corona, California woman who is in a rather precarious position after the devious shenanigans she has attempted to pull off with this low-fat, low-carb, starvation diet scheme. I’m dedicating an entire chapter of my upcoming August 2009 book release 21 Life Lessons From Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb to the subject of avoiding people like Heidi Diaz who are lurking about online looking for victims to devour.
Basically this four-page document is to serve notice of the impending class action lawsuit against Diaz and is directed to “everyone who purchased a membership to Kimkins through the Kimkins web site from January 1, 2005 to October 15, 2007.” This is a REAL case that is set to take place on August 24, 2009 at 8:30AM PT in Riverside County Superior Court in Riverside, California.
Click here to access the class action lawsuit papers to find out how YOU can possibly participate in it if you purchased a Kimkins membership during the allotted dates.
Filed under: Ingredient — Jon Gales @ 4:03 pm
Cilantro can be a great way to add a low (almost no!) carb flavor boost to many dishes. Popular in Latin American and Asian cuisine, cilantro has been catching on in the US over the past couple of years. How is cilantro polarizing? Despite its popularity there are a minority of people who can’t taste all of the herb’s flavors and report that it tastes like soap. For the rest of us it’s an essential addition to salsas, salads and more.
June 26, 2009
Filed under: Health — jimmy @ 9:20 pm
Reinhard Engels says healthy eating can be summed up in 14 words
Whenever most people start thinking about going on a diet, the first thing that comes to mind is how complex and difficult it can all seem. In fact, a good number of people write to me often obsessing over every little minutia of the calories they consume, the fat intake, the carbohydrate consumption, measuring every little thing before it crosses their lips. But what if healthy living could be as simple as a few words that it super simple? Today’s podcast guest set out to do just that with a special dietary plan he came up with.
In Episode 265 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we hear from Reinhard Engels, creator and author of the book The No “S” Diet: The Strikingly Simple Weight-Loss Strategy That Has Dieters Raving–and Dropping Pounds. I first “met” Reinhard when we worked together as contributors in 2006 to Chris Brogan’s now-defunct “Fat Guy Gets Fit” podcast, and then later the also now-defunct “Health Hacks Podcast,” hosted by my current podcast producer, Kevin Kennedy-Spaien. I was always fascinated by how analytical he made things sound with various diet and exercise concepts that seemed a little oddball at face value. But the more you looked at them, the more sense they really made. In addition to The No “S” Diet diet, Reinhard also developed a special exercise routine called “Shovelglove” that attempted to mimic the movements of our early ancestors in the action of chopping or hammering that gave their bodies exercise.
Click here to hear more about Reinhard Engel’s No “S” Diet and fitness plan that fits well within a healthy low-carb lifestyle.
June 25, 2009
Filed under: New Product, Publications — jimmy @ 7:24 pm
My second book is scheduled to be released in August 2009
I’m always looking for new and innovative ways to get the message out about healthy low-carb living which is why my blog has branched out into various areas, including a twice-weekly, interview-styled podcast show, a fun and engaging YouTube video series with my wife Christine, a very active low-carb discussion forum, and so many other areas like Facebook, Twitter, and web sites that syndicate the content I provide. Visit LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com for a full listing of all the official “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb”-affiliated projects.
One of the ways I have been working on sharing what I’ve learned about the low-carb lifestyle is by writing books. In October 2005, I released my debut book Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb: My Journey From Flabby Fat To Sensationally Skinny In One Year which shared what my 180-pound weight loss on the Atkins diet was like in 2004. Some criticized me at the time for writing a book so soon after losing weight because I really hadn’t learned anything yet.
Well, now it is five years later and I’ve learned so much about not just low-carb, but life in general that I wanted to share some of the lessons gleaned from taking this amazing journey to better health. While my first book focused almost exclusively on my personal weight loss experience, this new book entitled 21 Life Lessons From Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb: How The Healthy Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew will share the evidence behind the health benefits of this way of eating and how that has changed my life in more ways than I could have ever dreamed.
This new book allows me to discuss ways my life has been positively impacted by the circumstances that have happened since I became such a public figure on behalf of low-carb, dieting, and healthy living on the Internet. There will even be some revealing moments in the book regarding my encounters with personal critics, my side of the Kimkins scam story that has never been shared publicly, and the death of my brother Kevin in 2008.
Click here to learn more about my upcoming new low-carb book by listening to a special rebroadcast of a one-hour TeleClass presentation that took place on June 18, 2009.
Filed under: Publications — jimmy @ 7:18 pm
My Top 30 best low-carb blogs and web sites on the Internet
Last weekend when I got away for a few days to attend my 20-year high school reunion in Florida, I posted this column featuring 24 brand new low-carb diet and health blogs that have caught my eye as of late as has become my tradition to do prior to leaving town. New low-carb information web sites are continually being formed each and every day and I’m all too eager to share them with my readers so they can be exposed to new voices of support and encouragement about livin’ la vida low-carb. Feel free to share YOURS or one that you think should be highlighted here in a future blog post by e-mailing me the URL anytime at livinlowcarbman@charter.net.
When I returned home earlier this week from my Florida trip, I received the following e-mail from a reader who was curious about the low-carb diet and health blogs and web sites that I like to visit regularly. Here’s what he wrote:
You recently posted several blogs that we can check out. For someone that doesn’t have time to keep up with all of the low-carb blogs, can you recommend the web sites or blogs that are great for inspiration and information for my low-carb lifestyle? Which one’s do you visit on a regular basis?
Oh, this is so gonna get me in trouble because I KNOW already I’m gonna leave some good people who do a wonderful job of low-carb blogging out. Although there are a TON of excellent low-carb information sites listed at my low-carb links blog that I highly encourage you to check out, click here for the ones I have bookmarked to check early and often in no particular order–they’re all AMAZING and updated on a consistent basis.
June 23, 2009
Filed under: Health — jimmy @ 10:16 pm
YOU CAN GET THE NEW PODCAST EPISODES ON ITUNES: Despite sharing about the new podcast feed for several weeks now, many people are still e-mailing me about their disappointment that they can’t access the new episodes of my podcast on iTunes. But you CAN! Here’s how: simply click on the new podcast feed and subscribe to the iTunes feed. Then when you go to iTunes on Mondays and Thursdays to access the new episodes, they’ll download for you to listen to them on your computer or iPod. So stop lamenting that you’re missing out and start catching up on some pretty awesome interviews that have come out in recent weeks. THANKS!
Legendary low-carb diabetes care expert Dr. Richard Bernstein
Diabetes has quickly become one of the most pressing health issues of our day. It used to be that juvenile diabetes (Type 1) was the prevalent form of this terrible disease, but adult onset diabetes (Type 2) has quickly overtaken it by a long shot in the 21st Century. Millions of people are walking around right now with elevated blood sugar and insulin levels and don’t even know that they may be well on their way to developing diabetes because of their excessive carbohydrate intake that is promoted as “healthy” by the leading diabetes health organizations like the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Today’s podcast interview guest who has been bravely trumpeting the low-carb solution to diabetes for decades while being scorned, ridiculed, and lambasted for holding what has been described by the conventional medical community as “extreme, radical” views.
In Episode 264 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” it is my sincere privilege and honor to bring to you a very special one-hour interview with somebody I rank right up there as a personal nutritional hero along with the late, great Dr. Robert C. Atkins. He is 75-year old living legend Dr. Richard Bernstein, author of the recently revised and updated bestselling low-carb diabetes book The Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars. If you are unfamiliar with this amazing man in the world of low-carb and diabetes, then you owe it to yourself to listen to everything Dr. Bernstein has to share.
In my interview, you’ll hear Dr. Bernstein’s discuss his personal story of dealing with Type 1 diabetes for nearly six decades, how his engineering background helped him come across self-monitoring for effective blood sugar control, the politics that dominate diabetes care, the research he has conducted on this disease, why he decided to pursue a medical degree at the age of 45, why his books were banned from being advertised to patients in the ADA publications, why he describes the obese and diabetics as “orphans,” the impact President Obama’s Supreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor who has Type 1 diabetes could have on diabetes care, why the ADA seems to want to keep diabetics sick, why he believes the work he has done on behalf of diabetes is only “tiny,” how a top entertainer with diabetes could put low-carb diets on the map, his classic face-to-face dLife debate with the ADA’s top dietitian Hope Warshaw, the reasons people come to see him, why hypothyroidism and immune deficiency disorders are so prevalent in diabetics, the reason Metformin is the #1 medication he prescribes for diabetics or prediabetics when low-carb diet alone is ineffective, the fallacy of consuming fiber for diabetics, the lack of evidence against saturated fat consumption impacting blood sugar and insulin, his “star athlete” lipid panel because of his low-carb lifestyle, why taking a statin drug is detrimental to health, and the lasting impact of the work he has done.
Click here to listen to this podcast for the ages that it is probably one of the best “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” interviews of 2009!
Filed under: Low-carb Recipes — jimmy @ 4:38 pm
Everything you could ever want in a refreshing summer salad
With the hot summer weather upon us, it’s nice to have some cool low-carb recipes that will keep your body energized with the fuel it needs without needlessly heating up your kitchen to unbearable levels with cooking up meals. And what better way to keep the oven and burners off than a fantastic salad with all your favorite low-carb fixins!
This recipe is compliments of our friends at Low-Carb Connoisseur and they suggest using whatever low-carb vegetables you happen to have in your refrigerator or are in season at your local farmer’s market and backyard garden. Things like chopped mushrooms, diced zucchini, sliced celery and anything else that fits within your healthy low-carb lifestyle are PERFECT for this Cobb salad. Let this awesome low-carb recipe keep you and your house cool all summer long!
Click here to see what’s in this amazing low-carb Cobb salad, how to make it, and what the outstanding nutritional panel looks like. ENJOY!
June 18, 2009
Filed under: Health — jimmy @ 11:37 pm
Are YOU the next to hop on the low-carb blogging bandwagon?
Highlighting new low-carb blogs for you guys to check out is something I really enjoy doing whenever I take off on a trip where I’ll be gone a few days. Since I’ll be heading down to Florida bright and early on Friday for my 20-year high school reunion and won’t be returning until late Sunday night, I hope you check out these awesome sites that share our philosophy about carbohydrate-restricted lifestyles. You can see my previous low-carb blog listings by clicking here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Click here to see these 24 brand new low-carb diet and health blogs I have for you today.
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