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.

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.

Dr. Jonny Bowden’s updated book will be called “Living Low-Carb”

One of the very first people from the low-carb community to contact me when I started blogging about low-carb in 2005 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. 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!

Click here to find out more about this newly revised and updated version of the classic Jonny Bowden low-carb book!

21 is the magic number of new low-carb blogs I have for you

It’s been four years since I started my “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog and over that time the low-carb blogging community has absolutely exploded in numbers and popularity. Just one look at all the blogs and web sites dedicated to this topic listed at my “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Links” blog and you’ll see this ain’t some fringe movement by a vocal minority. Literally tens of millions of people are eating a carbohydrate-restricted diet for the sake of managing their weight and health without the use of prescription medications. They feel a certain level of freedom from the bondage they have lived in for most of their lives thinking a low-fat diet was the only answer to improving health. We know better!

With new people starting to blog about healthy low-carb living on what seems like a daily basis, I am constantly on the lookout for blogs and resources that are dedicated to spreading the positive message of livin’ la vida low-carb to the masses. That’s the primary mission of my own blog and I am pleased to see so many others taking up this mantle and doing it, too. Working side-by-side with others who have been changed by this way of eating to educate, encourage, and inspire people to live better than they ever thought possible is both a privilege and an honor.

I have previously highlighted some of the new low-carb blogs to come along over the past couple of years in a series of blog posts here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. And today you’ve hit the jackpot because I have 21 more outstanding low-carb blogs you should give a second glance. These new and veteran bloggers are doing a yeoman’s job at articulating why restricting carbohydrates is ideal for treating obesity, diabetes, and a whole host of other health issues.

Take the time to look at all 21 of these blogs over the next few days:

1. CARB JUNKIE
2. FAT HEAD BLOG
3. HELLISTILE’S CAULDRON
4. AT DARWIN’S TABLE
5. COMMENTARII MEI
6. ON MY WEIGH…AGAIN
7. RUNNING AGAINST THE GRAIN
8. GET THE SKINNEY
9. LIFE SPOTLIGHT–NO BS FITNESS, HEALTH AND LIVING
10. VEGANISM IS NOT NATURAL AND NOT HEALTHY
11. ALLERGIC TO CARBS (WARNING: R-Rated)
12. DIABETES BIEN (Spanish)
13. CAMPAIGN FOR REAL HEALTH
14. THE LOW-CARB CURMUDGEON
15. DAD REWRITE
16. DANNA’S PLACE
17. LCHF-SKOLAN–AKTUELLT (Swedish)
18. RECOVERING FATTY
19. SCOTT’S LOW-CARB BLOG
20. MATTERS TO ME
21. THE NAKED NUTRITION NETWORK

Would you like some FREE PUBLICITY for your low-carb health and weight loss blog? I would be thrilled to give yours a big boost here at my blog in the near future as a way of saying THANK YOU for your service to the low-carb community. E-mail me about your blog with a link to the URL by writing to livinlowcarbman@charter.net. I appreciate the opportunity to share what you are doing with my wonderful readers!

Popular weight loss blogger Shauna Reid is the amazing Dietgirl!

All of us who have been on a journey to lose a significant amount of weight have a story to share because this kind of significant life event isn’t always a quick and easy narrative. Ask anybody who has lost over 100 pounds–losing the weight was the relatively easy part, it’s what happened prior to and after that attempting to keep the weight off for good where the reality of life can kick you in the tail. It’s this kind of amazing adventure that today’s podcast interview guest detailed in her new book.

In Episode 235 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” it’s a privilege to have with us straight from Scotland by way of Australia one of the most famous weight loss bloggers in the world Shauna Reid from the “Dietgirl” blog. She recently released a book about her experience losing half of her body weight called The Amazing Adventures Of Dietgirl. Starting out at 351 pounds in her early 20s, Shauna went through an incredible path to shed the pounds while going through some stressful times. If you wanna be encouraged in your weight loss, then go check out Shauna’s stunning before and after photos. WOW, what a difference! Hear her talk about what it was like blogging every moment of this extraordinary feat in her life. Although she’s not a low-carber, I think Shauna has some invaluable insights on life that you’ll love and appreciate.

There are FOUR ways you can listen to Episode 235:

1. Listen and comment about the show at iTunes:

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

3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 235 [34:39m]:

4. Calling (818) 688-2763 to listen via Podlinez

Subscribe to the RSS feed or you can click on the “Subscribe” button at iTunes. If you are having trouble, then watch this video tutorial from my producer Kevin Kennedy-Spaien.

What did you think about what Shauna “Dietgirl” Reid had to say about weight loss and blogging? Talk about it in the show notes section of Episode 235. Get a copy of Shauna’s new book The Amazing Adventures Of Dietgirl (FREE sneak peek of the first chapter) and by all means bookmark her “Dietgirl” blog to visit it often. Special THANKS to Shauna Reid for sharing her story with me and my listeners in today’s podcast.

PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF THIS SHOW! If you have not already done so, please go to the iTunes page for my podcast, click on “Write a Review” and share what my podcast means to you. And if you’d like to financially support this podcast, then please consider clicking on the “Donate” button on the side panel of the podcast web site. We appreciate your generosity!

The interviews just keep rolling in and next week will feature two guests with virtually diametrically opposite dietary philosophies. On Monday, I welcome for the first time on my podcast show Dr. Jeff Volek, a noted low-carb researcher from the University of Connecticut and co-author of the famed TNT Diet from Men’s Health magazine. We discussed a wide range of topics related to low-carb living. Then on Thursday, I’ll bring you Dr. Michael Ozner who wrote a book called The Great American Heart Hoax: Lifesaving Advice Your Doctor Should Tell You About Heart Disease Prevention (But Probably Never Will). I really had high hopes about this interview when I heard about Dr. Ozner’s book. But unlike Dr. Volek, he is dedicated to promoting a high-carb, Mediterranean-styled diet that runs counter to what many low-carbers would say is healthy. Listen in to hear what he has to say about heart health and why low-carb is probably not the best way to improve it (we’ll see about that!). That’s what is on tap next week on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore.”

I’ve been compiling more new and excitingly eclectic low-carb health and weight loss blogs over the past couple of months to share with you some of the up-and-comers within the low-carb community. We all have our own personal way of spreading the message of livin’ la vida low-carb that is unique to us individually and today’s list of blogs are certainly no exception. If you missed any of my previous posts featuring the latest and the best low-carb bloggers on the planet today, then you can check them out here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

For now, enjoy these 18 new low-carb blogs to add to your collection:

1. ANGIE’S JOURNEY
2. THE ROAD TO GETTING RIPPED
3. HEALTHOSITY
4. 24/7 LOW-CARB DINER
5. MEGAN’S LOW-CARB JOTTINGS
6. GOOD FOODS, GOOD LIFE
7. LIVE FIT BLOG
8. BECOMING A BUTTERFLY (Swedish)
9. THE LOW DOWN ON MY LOW CARB LIFE
10. HAPPY HEALTHY
11. NURTURING HOPE
12. VEE’S “GETTING HEALTH AND DIET” RAMBLE BLOG
13. LOW CARBS 101
14. I’M LOSING FAT
15. MIGHTY MINX
16. DROPPING THE FAT
17. BACON IS MY LOVER (FYI: Rated “R”)
18. THE COMFORT EATER’S DIET

You can access many more low-carb blogs and web sites by visiting my “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Links” blog. Do you have a low-carb blog you’d like for me to feature in a future blog post here at “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb?” I’m all about sharing the love with my fellow low-carb health and weight loss bloggers, so send me more information about your blog by e-mailing me anytime at livinlowcarbman@charter.net. THANKS!

Dr. Judith Beck offers up a follow-up to her bestselling “Beck Diet Solution”

Too often people start on a weight loss adventure and don’t really know what they are doing. People just automatically assume they know what to do and start doing those things they’ve heard about. Unfortunately, mistakes will likely happen and usually lead to a dismal failure with the dieter going back to their old habits again and resume the unhealthy, obese habits. My podcast interview guest today has previously written a bestselling book about the mental issues involved with weight loss, but she wanted to arm her readers with some more concrete, practical advice in her brand new follow-up book.

In Episode 232 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we are privileged to hear from one of the leading voices in weight loss and health today named Dr. Judith Beck, who shares about her new book The Complete Beck Diet for Life: The Five-Stage Program for Permanent Weight Loss to provide greater clarity about what people desiring weight loss need to do. After writing The Beck Diet Solution in 2007, Dr. Beck said she secretly checked out how people were doing with the cognitive therapy concepts she shared about in her original book. She quickly realized that her lack of any specifics about diet confused some people, so the new book seeks to remedy that. You’ll enjoy hearing her talk about the negative role of carbohydrates, the mental struggles with hunger, why people are irrational when it comes to dieting, the reason why people so often fail on their diet, and so much more. Dr. Beck has a great deal of information to share, so I encourage you to listen to this podcast interview from start to finish.

There are FOUR ways you can listen to Episode 232:

1. Listen and comment about the show at iTunes:

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

3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 232 [34:06m]:

4. Calling (818) 688-2763 to listen via Podlinez

Subscribe to the RSS feed or you can click on the “Subscribe” button at iTunes. If you are having trouble, then watch this video tutorial from my producer Kevin Kennedy-Spaien.

What do you think about Dr. Judith Beck’s Complete Diet For Life? Do you agree with what she had to say about effective weight management? Talk about it in the show notes section of Episode 232. Pick up your own copies of The Complete Beck Diet for Life: The Five-Stage Program for Permanent Weight Loss as well as The Beck Diet Solution. Learn more about the work Dr. Judith Beck and her father Dr. Aaron Beck by visiting their web site BeckInstitute.org.

Coming up on Thursday’s podcast, we’ll have a fun one-on-one chat with fellow low-carb blogger Laura Dolson from the About.com Low-Carb Diets web site. She has a wealth of wisdom to share and I look forward to sharing it with you! PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF THIS PODCAST! If you have not already done so, please go to the iTunes page for my podcast, click on “Write a Review” and share what my podcast means to you. THANK YOU for sharing your comments about the show and how much it has enriched your low-carb lifestyle.

Tanya Attebery shares her obese childhood experiences in “Fat-Haters Club”

Were you a chubby kid like I was back in the 1980s? If so, then you know all about the pain and heartache that comes from the constant teasing and names that are hurled in your direction simply because the scale shows you have a few pounds more than the rest of your class. The psychological damage that comes from that experience can impact you into your teenage years and well into adulthood which is why my podcast interview guest today is taking the lessons she learned from her own childhood to help counsel middle school students she serves as guidance counselor for now as an adult.

In Episode 231 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we hear from Tanya Attebery discussing the details of her new book entitled Fat-Haters’ Club where she talks about the personal struggles that come from being ont he receiving end of insults, names, and “just jokes.” As an overweight pre-teen, she heard it all and shared parts of her own story into four different characters in her book. The interview shares how Tanya went from being the one hated into a “fat-hater” herself after losing a significant amount of weight in her freshman year of high school. If you or your child have endured the very real pain of dealing with living in the body of an obese person growing up, then this podcast today is for YOU!

There are FOUR ways you can listen to Episode 231:

1. Listen and comment about the show at iTunes:

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

3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 231 [19:49m]:

4. Calling (818) 688-2763 to listen via Podlinez

Subscribe to the RSS feed or you can click on the “Subscribe” button at iTunes. If you are having trouble, then watch this video tutorial from my producer Kevin Kennedy-Spaien.

What did you think about Tanya Attebery’s story? Can you relate to the feelings she shared about being obese and then being on the other end of the spectrum? Which side of the “Fat-Haters Club” are you on? Share your reaction to today’s podcast in the show notes section of Episode 231. Grab a copy of Fat-Haters’ Club and pay a visit to Tanya’s Dreams Don’t Fade web site, blog, and MySpace page.

Next week we’ve got two especially compelling interview guests to share with you. On Monday, we hear from Dr. Judith Beck, author of a new book called The Complete Beck Diet for Life: The Five-Stage Program for Permanent Weight Loss which is a follow-up to her bestselling 2007 book The Beck Diet Solution. You’ll hear her discuss the cognitive therapy techniques for weight loss she uses with her clients that her father Dr. Aaron Beck started using in the 1960s as part of The Beck Institute For Cognitive Therapy and Research. Then on Thursday, we get to talk to one of my fellow low-carb bloggers from the About.com Low-Carb Diets web site, Laura Dolson. She is arguably one of the most professional and humble people I know in the low-carb community and I am privileged to call her a friend. I look forward to letting you hear directly from Laura next Thursday!

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF THIS PODCAST! If you have not already done so, please go to the iTunes page for my podcast, click on “Write a Review” and share what my podcast means to you. THANK YOU for sharing your comments about the show and how much it has enriched your low-carb lifestyle. And if you’d like to financially support this podcast, then please consider clicking on the “Donate” button on the side panel of the podcast web site. We appreciate your generosity and for listening to “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore.”

While I’m away this week on a big boat, enjoy these new low-carb blogs

As has become my custom when leaving out of town and away from the computer for a while, I have an outstanding list of new low-carb blogs for you to enjoy. I’ve featured many of them before in past posts here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

This time around I’ve got 50 brand new low-carb blogs that have been making waves in the past few months and I think you’ll find some new ones to add to your collection of regularly-visited blogs. Give these low-carb bloggers some love this week by visiting ten of them a day all this week and leave them a comment. They’ll get a big kick out of all the traffic this week.

Click here to access and ENJOY these 50 new low-carb blogs and I’ll see you in a week!

Calling sugar a “poison” is not so far-fetched after you hear David Gillespie

I’m heartened to know that more and more people are becoming aware of the dangers of sugar consumption and, more importantly, fructose. This is a popular concept being discussed within health circles who are lamenting the switch from sucrose to fructose as the primary sweetener in foods today. And it’s not just happening here in the United States either–my podcast interview guest today is an attorney from Australia who decided to do his own research of the medical journals to find out what the connection between fructose and obesity is and then write a book about it.

In Episode 219 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we hear from David Gillespie, author of a new book entitled Sweet Poison: Why Sugar Is Making Us Fat which is not yet available in the U.S., but will be releasing later in 2009. But you get a sneak peek into this fascinating book about the compelling and comprehensive research into why fructose is so harmful to weight and health, why it is summarily ignored by food manufacturers as a detrimental and dangerous substance, and what strategies people can use to avoid getting hidden fructose in their diet. If you have a sweet tooth for fructose-based foods and want to know what’s so wrong with that, then this podcast is for YOU!

There are FOUR ways you can listen to Episode 219:

1. Listen and comment about the show at iTunes:

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

3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 219 [29:14m]:

4. Calling (818) 688-2763 to listen via Podlinez

Subscribe to the RSS feed or you can click on the “Subscribe” button at iTunes. If you are having trouble, then watch this video tutorial from my producer Kevin Kennedy-Spaien.

Are you a fan of my podcast and feel compelled to help spread the word to more people who need to hear it? If so, go to the iTunes page for “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore” and leave your own comment about the podcast. How has it impacted your life? Have you learned anything from what you have heard on the show? SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK! This is the very best way to give access to the show to those who have never heard of it before. THANKS for sharing with others about my podcast and keeping low-carb on the forefront of the diet and health conversation.

How did you like my friend David Gillespie from Australia? Was his argument against fructose convincing enough to make you want to avoid it? Respond with your reaction by leaving a comment in the show notes section of Episode 219. Visit David’s web site SweetPoison.com.au and be on the lookout for his book Sweet Poison: Why Sugar is Making Us Fat. And don’t miss his incredibly entertaining and informative blog called “Raisin Hell.”

Although I will be gone next week on a cruise to Mexico with 40 of my fellow low-carbers, that doesn’t mean there won’t be any podcasts for you to enjoy during my absence. On Monday, you’ll hear from Bob Hawkinson who wrote a book called The Joy Of Diabetes that encourages diabetics to take a more positive look at their disease to keep their spirits high as they overcome the struggles of living with diabetes. Then on Thursday, Nadine Saubers will be along to talk about her new book entitled The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fighting Fatigue and how you can overcome chronic fatigue. If you walk around like a zombie all the time and want to feel alive and energetic again, then this is YOUR podcast to listen to. Visit TheLivinLowCarbShow.com next week to listen to these shows since I will be away. I’ll blog about them here when I return at the end of next week. THANK YOU for listening!