These are my favorite low-carb items from my friends at CarbSmart

I was talking to my buddy Andrew DiMino from the online low-carb retailer CarbSmart.com the other day about creating a special “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” gift basket that includes an autographed copy of my new book 21 Life Lessons From Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb plus 10 of the best low-carb products I love to use. The result is that big beautiful basket at the top of this post that is packed full of the following:

These are the things I love on my healthy low-carb lifestyle and I know you’ll love them, too! And you can get this gift basket exclusively from CarbSmart.com with all of these low-carb goodies including my new book for less than $100. Supplies are limited on this offer, so get one as a gift for that low-carb lover in your life today. Click here to order! Plus, be sure to check out all of the other low-carb gift baskets that make the perfect gift for literally any occasion.

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Purity Bread is perfect for low-carbers and people with Celiac disease

The problem with most breads these days is that they are generally made with a nasty bleached, highly-refined, wheat-based flour which have an adverse glycemic impact on blood sugar and insulin levels. And even the supposedly “healthy” whole grain breads can pose issues for people with allergies to wheat, yeast, and dairy. But the good news is there are some truly innovative companies out there who understand the unique needs of people who suffer from conditions like Celiac disease as well as those of us who are livin’ la vida low-carb.

In Episode 83 of “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube”, Christine and I are excited to tell you about yet another amazing new bread product from our friends at Julian Bakery. It’s called Purity Bread and is gluten-free, low-carb, wheat-free, yeast-free, sweet-free, and dairy-free. Each 1/4 inch slice contains only 2g net carbs, 7g protein, and tastes like some of the most delicious sourdough bread you’ve ever tasted. It can be used with butter or your favorite fat to make a super gluten-free, low-carb stuffing or any number of incredible recipes.

Click here to watch our latest video to learn more about Purity Bread and my new favorite Purity Pizza dish.

HealthWise Bakery makes some truly delicious zero net carb bagels

While it can be a lot more difficult to find good quality foods to add to your healthy low-carb lifestyle, I’m always on the lookout for new ones you may not have heard about before. In recent weeks I’ve been sharing with you about several low-carb products that I’ve personally tried, enjoyed, and wanted to share with you like Yes! To Cookies, Truvia, and Dreamfields pasta. I am inundated with requests to try new products every single day, but only the best ones that pass my own personal lofty standards of a very extensive vetting process are shared on my sites. That’s why I’m pleased to tell you about another fabulous low-carb product today.

In Episode 82 of “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube”, Christine and I tell you about HealthWise Bakery Net Zero Carb Bagels from our friends at Linda’s Diet Delites. These moist and delicious bagels contain just 90 calories, 2g fat, 14g carbohydrates which are all dietary fiber, and 12g protein in each bagel! Although they are low in fat, these bagels can be made perfect with some butter, cream cheese, and any other low-carb toppings you’d like to put on them as you will see in our video. Christine even enjoys the “crunch” of the bagel chips that are also available from the HealthWise Bakery brand.

Click here to watch our video review of the HealthWise Bakery Zero Net Carb Bagels if you are interested in adding these to your healthy low-carb lifestyle.

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ATTENTION LLVLC PODCAST FANS! In 2009, I’ve been able to interview some of the biggest names in diet, health, and nutrition and I need your help deciding which ones you thought were the best of the best. Just as we did with the best of 2008 during our special “Encore Week” presentation in January, we’re gonna do it again in the first week of 2010 with the best of 2009. E-mail me your TOP THREE favorite interview guests from 2009 along with any follow-up questions you would like for me to ask them and why you are voting for them to livinlowcarbman@charter.net. I will be taking nominations through November 30, 2009 so I can follow-up with your five most-requested podcast guests. Think back through who you REALLY liked and want to hear more from and then send me their names and any follow-up questions you’d like for me to ask them. This was so much fun last year and I can’t wait to see who you want to hear more from!

“The Diet Diva” Tara Gidus shares about the Truvia sweetener

More and more people are beginning to catch on to the need for finding healthy alternatives to sugar. We all know the deleterious effects that sugar has on our bodies by raising our blood sugar and insulin levels which wreak havoc inside the body. That’s why it’s good to know there are adequate substitutes out there and they just keep getting better. My podcast interview guest today shares more about the most exciting new one to hit the marketplace in recent memory.

In Episode 299 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we hear from registered dietitian Tara Gidus, aka “The Diet Diva,” who tells us why the new stevia/erythritol-based all-natural sweetener in the green and white packets called Truvia. It’s the first major stevia-based sweetener to come out on the market as part of a joint venture between The Coca-Cola Company and Cargill Foods as I first shared about in May 2007. In fact, I was privileged to taste Truvia for myself in New York City last summer and was immediately impressed by how good it looked and tasted. Tara tells us all about the benefits of adding Truvia to your diet, what really nasty ingredient is found in every other sweetener but not in Truvia, the various products that are currently using Truvia as a sweetener, the desire to have a bulk spoonable product, and why stevia took so long to get approved as a sweetener by the FDA.

Click here to listen to my interview with Tara Gidus about this amazing new zero calorie, zero net carb sugar alternative.

It’s time to say Yes! To Cookies with this new low-carb product

One of my favorite things to do is highlight fresh, new and exciting low-carb products that I have found that you may not have heard about. While there is a lot of so-called “low-carb” products out there claiming to be good for people on carbohydrate-restricted diets, the truth is many of them don’t even come close to the standard that I believe fits within the mold of low-carb living. But at the same time, there are some diamonds in the rough who have created some truly outstanding products and I’m proud to share one of those with you today. It’s called Yes! To Cookies.

They come in Cocoa-licious and Strawberry-Banana Blitz flavors

In Episode 81 of “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube”, Christine and I are so pleased to tell you about an awesome new zero net carbs, stevia/erythritol-sweetened, sugar-free, starch-free, and even gluten-free cookie mix called Yes! To Cookies. I’m sure you’ve tried many of those “other” supposedly low-carb cookies out there, but this one is the real deal. If you like to bake cookies, then these mixes fit the bill for you. And the sky’s the limit with recipe ideas as I share about one that I did in today’s video.

Click here to watch our video review of Yes! To Cookies to learn more about this new product.

Truvia is the first major stevia-based sweetener on the market

More and more consumers are becoming health savvy these days than ever before. They’re reading labels, looking for natural alternatives to sugar, and in general attempting to live a better life for the sake of their weight and health. With all the chemical-based sugar substitutes that are out there today, the sad fact is that the vast majority of them are not necessarily the best options for people who are attempting to maximize their health. That’s why I’m pleased to tell you about a relatively new zero-calorie sweetener that not only tastes good but comes from natural sources called Truvia.

In Episode 79 of “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube”, Christine and I talk about why the “pink stuff,” “blue stuff,” and “yellow stuff” can’t measure up to the quality of the brand new “green stuff.” People who start on a healthy low-carb lifestyle turn to these things to replace the sugar they were consuming in their diet. While stevia is certainly not new to the market, Cargill Foods debuted Truvia to consumers in October 2008 to provide a great-tasting blend that takes the sweetest part of the stevia plant called rebiana and use the all-natural sugar alcohol erythritol as a bulking agent. This is in stark contrast to that nasty sugar-based maltodextrin bulking agent that all those “other” ones use. The result was the creation of Truvia.

Click here to watch our video review of Truvia to learn more about this new sweetener.

Dr. Brian Young’s “Carb Tracker” app from Healthy U Technologies

A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a very nice gentleman named Dr. Brian Young, a periodontist who lives in Jacksonville, Florida, who wanted to tell me about a brand new iPhone/iPod Touch application he developed that he thought would be of great interest to my readers. At the time, he had submitted his software idea to Apple for inclusion in the Apple iTunes store for consumers to download what he had developed. The resulting product which is now available for purchase is called Carb Tracker.

Click here to learn more about this new Carb Tracker iPhone app software that tracks your carbs, water, and weight.

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.

The açaí berry is world-renowned for its amazing health properties

We’ve all heard of the so-called “superfood” claims that are out there, but what exactly makes them so “super” for you? Well, the fact is most of these foods and derivative supplements come from mostly naturally-grown fruits and plants that are especially nutrient-dense compared with other foods. They’re power-packed with disease-fighting vitamins, minerals, and other essentials to health that it only makes sense to do what you can to add them to your diet. One such superfood I want to tell you about today is açaí.

Click here for more information about how adding just a few ounces of açaí berry juice to your daily supplement routine can provide you with more than enough antioxidants, amino acids, and essential fatty acids to complement your healthy low-carb lifestyle.

Italian biscotti is now available even to low-carbers!

I gotta be honest with you–most of the so-called low-carb products that are out there for consumers to buy are complete and utter crapola! Yeah, I know, big shock, right? Well, I’ve tried a good many of them over the years and seek only to find the very best ones available to tell you about. I wouldn’t write about anything that I haven’t already tried and enjoy myself and today I’m excited to share with you a unique new Italian low-carb product that is absolutely out of this world.

It’s CiaoCarb Sugar Free Almond Mini Biscotti straight from Italy and the taste of this low-carb offering is utterly amazing to say the least. They come in 8.81-ounce bags and are incredibly delicious for your low-carb lifestyle since this kind of food is usually off limits to people restricting their carbohydrate intake. But with 7g fat, 8g fiber, 5g protein, and just 2g net carbs for each 2-biscotti serving size, it’s a pretty remarkable product that my wife Christine and I can’t say enough about.

We recorded this YouTube video review for you to learn more about it:

We’d love to have you try this CiaoCarb Sugar Free Almond Mini Biscotti and let us know what YOU think about it! We’re constantly keeping our eyes peeled for even more fantastic low-carb foods for you to enjoy on your healthy lifestyle change. Who says you have to feel deprived of delicious low-carb alternatives? With healthy alternatives like this, that kind of thinking is history.

CarbSmart celebrating their 10-year anniversary this week

By the way, my low-friend Andrew DiMino who is the founder and owner of the online low-carb retail store CarbSmart.com is celebrating a HUGE anniversary this week–A DECADE OF SERVICE TO THE LOW-CARB COMMUNITY! In the volatile market of low-carb retail, Andrew has worked hard to provide stellar customer service and a wide array of products that fit into a healthy low-carb lifestyle. It is with great admiration and pride that I share my congratulations to him and his team at CarbSmart for ten years of excellence. Here’s to many more years of success helping people who are livin’ la vida low-carb, Andrew! Be sure to check out the special 10-year anniversary giveaway specials happening all this week at CarbSmart!