Jimmy Moore's '30-In-30' Challenge

Craig Ballantyne's fat-burning, muscle-building 'Turbulence Training' plan

All you have to do is Google the terms "fat loss" and "fitness" and you'll find well in excess of 3 million web sites from people with all sorts of philosophies regarding nutrition, exercise, and health out there. For people who are overweight, obese, and/or out of shape and want to do something positive for themselves, it can be extremely difficult to cut through the forest to get to the real solution you are looking for. But today's podcast interview guest has come up with a program that is helping people shed the fat and build the muscle.

In Episode 271 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," we hear from Craig Ballantyne who created the Turbulence Training plan to help busy people who want to maximize the impact of their workouts in less time. Hear Craig talk about how he got involved in the fitness industry after being a stellar athlete growing up, his aversion to cardiovascular exercise for weight loss, what solid nutrition can do to help enhance your fitness, and the common myths that surround fat loss and fitness that too many people still erroneously believe. Learn from the experiences of this personal trainer who knows from whence he speaks.

Click here to listen to my 45-minute one-on-one chat with Craig Ballantyne.

Labels: Craig Ballantyne, fitness, interview, Jimmy Moore, The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show, Turbulence Training

Mark Sisson discovered "The Primal Blueprint" for healthy living

Whenever you want to start from scratch on building a house, any contractor worth his weight will tell you that you the necessity for having a solid blueprint to show you precisely what needs to be done for a strong foundation to build upon. But blueprints aren't limited to just buildings. As you will hear from today's podcast interview guest, even our diet and health regimen could use a solid blueprint that is both proven and effective.

In Episode 270 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," we hear from Mark Sisson who has authored a brand new book entitled The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes For Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, And Boundless Energy. After flailing in his own health as a high-level athlete following conventional wisdom for nutrition and healthy living, Mark realized there had to be a better way. He found it by going back to our original ancestors who ate "primal" and found his health improve dramatically. Now he's sharing about how others can incorporate this traditional way of eating with the right fitness plan to create unbelievable genetic changes that are essential to being successful in your weight and health goals. If you haven't picked up a copy of Mark's new book, then you owe it to yourself to get it ASAP! Enjoy hearing him share about what you'll get from this truly remarkable book.

Click here to access my 40-minute conversation with Mark Sisson about his new book The Primal Blueprint.

Labels: book, fitness, health, healthy, Jimmy Moore, Mark Sisson, podcast, Primal Blueprint, The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show, weight loss

Nina Planck has lots of "real food" tips for pregnancy and babies

A few weeks back, Christine and I recorded this YouTube video about the real foods that are available to you like real grass-fed beef, pastured eggs, locally-grown organic veggies, and raw milk. When you eat these higher-quality foods as part of your healthy low-carb lifestyle, there's just something good about the knowledge of knowing you are eating the best foods you possibly can. One of the biggest advocates for this way of eating is here today for an interview to talk about incorporating these delicious "real foods" into your diet, especially when you are pregnant or have a new baby in your home.

In Episode 269 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," we hear from author Nina Planck who wrote a fantastic book in 2007 called Real Food: What To Eat And Why. Now she's back with a brand new book for pregnant women and the babies they are having called Real Food For Mother And Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby’s First Foods. In today's interview, you'll hear her talk about her story of eating a "healthy" low-fat diet, why she changed to eating a genuinely healthy real food low-carb lifestyle, the purpose of eating real foods over the garbage you buy in grocery stores, what the inspiration was for the new book for moms and little ones, what a fertility diet REALLY looks like, what the myths of a fertility diet are and why, and so much more! ENJOY this chat with one of the best in the business.

Click here to access my fabulous 45-minute podcast interview with Nina Planck.

Labels: book, diet, fertility, health, interview, Jimmy Moore, Nina Planck, real food, Real Food For Mother And Baby, The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show

The incredible new $9 A1c Test from ReliOn® at Wal-mart

There are a plethora of tests your family doctor can run to measure your levels of LDL and HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, vitamin D, cortisol, homocysteine, and so much more. Many of these are especially important to those of us who have taken back control of our own weight and health by following a carbohydrate-restricted lifestyle change. This wonderful way of eating has made us healthier than we ever thought possible and we find out by running various diagnostic tests.

In Episode 76 of "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube", Christine and I talk about one such test called the A1c test. Diabetics know about this test that measures what your average blood glucose number has been over the past 2-3 months. But even for non-diabetics, having an idea about how well your blood sugar control is working is an empowering bit of information that can motivate you to keep up with your low-carb nutritional approach.

Unfortunately, this test tends to be a bit expensive if your doctor runs it in his office--to the tune of about $75-$100. But recently I heard diabetes health blogger Amy Tenderich from the "Diabetes Mine" blog share about an inexpensive A1c test you can get from Wal-mart for just $9.

Click here to watch today's video about this A1c Test that you can take for less than ten bucks!

Labels: A1c, health, kit, livin' la vida low-carb, Reli On, test, video, Wal-mart, YouTube

Hank Cardello exposes his insider knowledge about how we got "stuffed"

People often ask me how I find so many excellent podcast interview guests and the answer is I'm not afraid to ask. In my daily research for my blog, I'm constantly coming across new authors and researchers who would be outstanding candidates for an interview. Occasionally, some of my fellow low-carb bloggers will write about a new diet or health book they have read and that will trigger a desire to get them on my podcast.

One such example of this was this April 2009 blog post by Dr. Mike Eades where he discussed a book that explains how "the various arms of the food industry--food manufacturers, grocery stores and restaurants--all work hand in hand to make us fat. The government is in there, too, always making the wrong moves and usually making the situation worse." After reading Dr. Mike's commentary on this book, I just knew I had to get the author on my podcast for an interview--and he's here with us today.

In Episode 268 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," we hear from Hank Cardello, a former food and beverage marketing executive who had a "wake-up call" when he thought he had leukemia. Although this scare turned out to be benign, Cardello started on a crusade to expose the things food manufacturers are doing to damage the weight and health of their consumers--some of it unwittingly. He wrote a book entitled Stuffed: An Insider's Look At Who's (Really) Making America Fat that is one of the most incredible eye-opening books about what is going on behind-the-scenes of food companies, restaurants, grocery stores, and anyone marketing food to you. Whether you realize it or not, everything you see that makes you want to buy food and beverages is orchestrated by some executives in a board room somewhere trying to figure out how to get people to buy more. It's Capitalism 101 and there's nothing wrong with a business seeking to be profitable.

But the problem comes in when there is little attention paid to the unintended consequences of marketing foods that are not exactly the best choices when it comes to controlling weight gain and preventable diseases. Listen to Hank Cardello talk about why he is so passionate about getting corporations to be more responsible, who else is complicit in this problem besides the food manufacturers and distributors, the manipulations made by fast food, convenience stores, and grocery stores, the "health halo" that surrounds some companies like Whole Foods and Subway, what's wrong with the food labeling, how you can still eat healthy without overshooting your budget, the trend happening with offering healthier options, the perception of offering better choices to consumers, and the interesting future trends that are coming in the food industry. This is one thought-provoking podcast interview you don't want to miss!

Click here to listen to my interview with Stuffed author Hank Cardello.

Labels: book, companies, diet, fast food, food, Hank Cardello, health, interview, Jimmy Moore, manufacturers, restaurants, Stuffed

Gretchen Becker says going low-carb for diabetes control is "extreme"

We're living in strange times as it relates to diabetes health nowadays. We know that carbohydrates stimulate increases in blood sugar and insulin and yet the major diabetes organizations like the American Diabetes Association (ADA) ENCOURAGES a high-carb, low-fat diet for people with this disease. How bassackwards is that? Sure, the ADA says low-carb is good for weight loss up to one year, but what about the positive effects of blood sugar and insulin control that comes from carbohydrate restriction? Today's podcast interview guest is a self-educated Type 2 diabetic who was not able to get it under control until she started livin' la vida low-carb.

In Episode 267 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," we hear from Gretchen Becker, author of a series of books on diabetes as well as co-author of The Four Corners Diet. You'll hear Gretchen talk about her severe diabetes diagnosis, why the ADA diet failed her, what a low-carb diet did to help control her diabetes along with medications, details about the various books she has available for people, why saturated fat may lead to greater insulin resistance, her new diabetes blog called "Wildly Fluctuating," and how diabetics controlled their disease prior to insulin. Gretchen is a self-made diabetes expert and has quite a bit to say about this subject as it relates to low-carb living. ENJOY!

Click here to listen to my half-hour interview with Gretchen Becker about low-carb and diabetes.

Labels: diabetes, diet, Gretchen Becker, health, Jimmy Moore, The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show

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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!