The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show With Jimmy Moore

Paleo podcast super fan Michele Speidel is our interview guest today in Episode 733 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

How many of you are podcasting junkies? You know who you are. Whenever you're in your car, working out at the gym, traveling with the family or some other activity where there's some free listening time, you choose to load up your smartphone or MP3 player with a bunch of podcasts. They're a quick and convenient way to pass the time, be entertained and hopefully learn something new. When it comes to health podcasts, there's certainly a lot to choose from. And since we first debuted on iTunes way back in October 2006 as one of only a handful out there sharing this kind of message, there have been in excess of 80+ brand new health podcasts devoted to Paleo, primal, low-carb, real food eating alone! Needless to say, the impact that is having on the collective health of all those listeners tuning in each week is immeasurable. But people are listening like our special interview guest today, Michele Speidel from the "Paleochel" blog.

Michele is a long-time listener to "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show" and has enjoyed many of the new podcasters who have come on the scene in recent years. With several hours of commuting time traveling around the nightmare traffic that is the mainstay around the Washington, DC corridor, she passes the time listening to health podcasts to learn more about this subject of nutrition as it relates to her own health. Michele has always loved this topic since she was regularly reading Prevention magazine back in the 1980's as a kid. Of course, her nutritional philosophy has shifted greatly from those popularized low-fat, high-fiber articles she learned from during the days of Reagan to the healthy real foods-based low-carb/Paleo lifestyle that she enjoys today. Listen in as Jimmy and Michele talk openly about her own weight struggles, how she has continually pursued finding the answers about her health despite not seeing the success she wants, and a delightful trek down the amazing list of health podcasters who have influenced her the most.

Here are Michele's favorite health podcasts:

(Jimmy has interviewed ALL of these podcasters at least once and we've provided links to those conversations in the notes below)

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 733
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ultrastream "Paleo Water" System
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Glycosolve with berberine (Use coupon code "THANKYOU" for 10% off)
- Michele Speidel bio
- Michele's "Paleochel" blog
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #536: Diane Sanfilippo And Liz Wolfe From ‘The Balanced Bites Podcast’
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #569: There’s So Much More To Dave Asprey Than His Famous ‘Bulletproof Coffee’
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #625: Paleo Podcaster Abel James Wants People To Get Wild With Their Diet
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #649: Dan ‘Healthy Comedian’ French Infuses Paleo Message Between The Laughs
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #434: Angelo Coppola From The ‘This Week In Paleo’ Podcast
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #692: Dr. Amy Myers Brings A Fresh New Face To Functional Medicine
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #515: Naturopathic Physician Dr. Lauren Noel
- RELATED PODCAST: Low-Carb Conversations #83: Clark Danger Warns Of The Damage Of Developing Stronger Antibiotics
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #699: Paleo Parents Matthew McCarry And Stacy Toth Help Us Move ‘Beyond Bacon’
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #589: Scientist-Turned-Stay-At-Home ‘Paleo Mom’ Sarah Ballantyne
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #599: Roger Dickerman And Dr. Colin Champ Bring A Fresh Perspective To Paleo Podcasting
- RELATED PODCAST: Ask The Low-Carb Experts #10: All Things Thyroid (Thyroid 101) | Chris Kresser
- RELATED PODCAST: Ask The Low-Carb Experts #20: Transitioning To The Paleo Diet | Robb Wolf
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #730: SCD Lifestyle Guys Jordan Reasoner And Steve Wright On The Perfect Poop
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #531: Sean Croxton Reveals ‘The Dark Side Of Fat Loss’

Integrative health practitioners, certified nutritionists, and bestselling authors Dr. Jayson & Mira Calton are our interview guests today in Episode 732 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

With the influx of so many great voices in the Paleo, primal and low-carb communities over the past few years, our knowledge base has expanded exponentially through the fabulous work these people are doing. And Dr. Jayson and Mira Calton (listen to Jimmy's previous interview with them in Episode 530) are certainly doing their part to help educate us about the critically important subject of micronutrition and knowing what's in your food choices. They've written two incredible books about this in 2013: Rich Food Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (GPS) (listen to them talk about this book in Episode 34 of "Ask The Low-Carb Experts") and the re-release of Naked Calories: The Calton's Simple 3-step Plan to Micronutrient Sufficiency. Listen in as Jimmy speaks with Dr. Jayson and Mira about why they decided to repackage and update their book, how their work is helping low-carbers better understand the best food options taking into account the micronutrition in foods, the failure of most multivitamin supplements and what they did to fix that issue, the vegetable oil-free salad dressing product they are working on, and SO MUCH MORE! It's a fun conversation with three friends gabbing it up.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 732
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ultrastream "Paleo Water" System
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Quest Nutrition's brand new White Chocolate Raspberry Protein Bars
- Dr. Jayson & Mira Calton bios
- Naked Calories: The Calton's Simple 3-step Plan to Micronutrient Sufficiency
- Rich Food Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (GPS)
- Calton Nutrition
- The Calton's Nutrience multivitamin
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #530: Dr. Jayson And Mira Calton Shift The Focus From Macronutrients To Micronutrients
- RELATED PODCAST: Ask The Low-Carb Experts #34: Dr. Jayson and Mira Calton | The Importance Of Food Quality On A Low-Carb Diet

Natural medicine practitioner and author Dr. Datis Kharrazian is our interview guest today in Episode 731 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

How many people are dealing with the negative effects of dysfunctional brain function these days? From a total lack of concentration, brain fog, afternoon fatigue and general sense of things not being quite right in the heard, it's an all-too-common issue people just tolerate or medicate to deal with it. But today's podcast interview guest says there are some very easy things people can do right now to take back control of their brain health for good. Health educator Dr. Datis Kharrazian (listen to Jimmy's interview with him about his thyroid book in Episode 725), who specializes in sharing non-pharmaceutical applications to chronic illnesses, autoimmune disorders, and complex neurological disorders to medical practitioners around the world, is back with a brand new book on this subject entitled Why Isn't My Brain Working?: A Revolutionary Understanding of Brain Decline and Effective Strategies to Recover Your Brain's Health. This book contains so much invaluable information that most physicians unfortunately don’t know about regarding their patients' brain health. Listen in as Jimmy and Dr. Kharrazian discuss the critical role nutrition and other lifestyle factors play in issues with brain health. This one is a MUST-LISTEN!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 731
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ultrastream "Paleo Water" System
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get grass-fed beef, pastured pork, pastured chicken and pastured turkey from Tendergrass Farms
- Dr. Datis Kharrazian bio
- Why Isn't My Brain Working?: A Revolutionary Understanding of Brain Decline and Effective Strategies to Recover Your Brain's Health
- BrainHealthBook.com
- Dr. Kharrazian's blog
- Dr. Kharrazian on Twitter
- Dr. Kharrazian on Facebook
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #382: Dr. Datis Kharrazian On Thyroid Problems And Metabolic Syndrome
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #725: Dr. David Perlmutter Blames Carbs For Brain Health Decline In ‘Grain Brain’
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #544: Dr. Eric Braverman Shows You How To Have A ‘Younger Brain, Sharper Mind’
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #463: Dr. Larry McCleary Updates His ‘Feed Your Brain, Lose Your Belly’ Book

Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) Lifestyle advocates and digestive health experts Jordan Reasoner And Steve Wright are our interview guests today in Episode 730 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Digestive health issues are a much more serious problem than most societies consuming a Westernized diet even realize. From Celiac Disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diarrhea, bloating, GERD, stomach cramps and more, the reality is we are putting up with a lot more issues that are able to be health through a targeted grain-free, sugar-free, starch-free, and unprocessed food plan known as the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) Lifestyle. The concepts of this therapeutic nutritional concept for digestive health issues were shared in a book called Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet by Elaine Gloria Gottschall. Our interview guests today were heavily influenced by this book and credit Elaine's writings for helping them get healed from their own digestive health woes.

Jordan Reasoner and Steve Wright are the two enthusiastic guys behind the SCD Lifestyle web site, the #1 resource for naturally healing digestive disease, reducing stress, and living a long, healthy life. They've authored their own book on this subject called SCD Lifestyle: Surviving To Thriving and work tirelessly educating the public on what REALLY works to heal the body from these digestive diseases that used to plague them. Listen to Jimmy speak with Jordan and Steve about why it is important to remove the carbohydrates down to those that are the easiest to digest, how the Specific Carbohydrate Diet was originally created to manage Celiac Disease, the symptoms to be paying attention to if you want to know if your digestive process is functioning well, the "Four Horsemen" you need to be wary of on your low-carb diet, what a "perfect poop" is and what's preventing it from happening, the importance of digestive enzymes and HCL in digestion for those needing assistance, the critical nature of including probiotics in your supplemental strategy, and so much more! We've been meaning to get these guys on the podcast for a while and I think you'll agree they were worth waiting for. ENJOY!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 730
- GET JIMMY'S NEW BOOK: Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers? (or the Kindle e-book)
- Jordan Reasoner bio
- Steve Wright bio
- SCD Lifestyle: Surviving To Thriving book
- SCDLifestyle.com
- The SCD Lifestyle Solution podcast
- SCD Lifestyle on Twitter
- SCD Lifestyle on Facebook
- SCD Lifestyle on YouTube

Certified Health Coach, fitness blogger and NPC bikini competitor Madelyn Moon is our interview guest today in Episode 729 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

When many people are ready to finally make some fundamental life changes to dramatically alter the way they eat for health, move their bodies and live their lives, it's unfortunate that they tend to sabotage their own efforts because they put pressure on themselves to attain absolute perfection. It's this kind of thinking that motivates today's podcast interview guest Madelyn Moon from "Moon Fitness" to do what she does working directly with clients to help them find peace and happiness with their body with smart Paleo-styled nutrition and fitness concepts that work.

Listen in as Jimmy speaks with Madelyn about her unique mindset regarding health, the experiences she went through that helped shape her current thinking, how social media catapulted her on the Paleo scene, her experience doing swimsuit bodybuilding competitions, the danger of overexercising and engaging in poor habits preparing for a competition, how she is currently training for another competition doing full-on Paleo, the way she increased her fats when she started eating Paleo, and so much more! If you're feeling down in your efforts to lose weight and change your body, then glean from the wisdom of this young woman who has some great wisdom to share with you today.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 729
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get grass-fed beef, pastured pork, pastured chicken and pastured turkey from Tendergrass Farms
- Madelyn Moon bio
- MoonFitness.net
- Madelyn on Facebook
- Madelyn on Twitter
- Madelyn on YouTube
- Madelyn on Instagram
- Madelyn on Pintrest
- Hire Madelyn Moon's Coaching Services

Bestselling Paleo cookbook authors Charles & Julie Mayfield are our interview guests today in Episode 728 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

There are so many genuinely talented and good people involved heavily in the Paleo community using their gifts to share this message with the world around them. That's what makes this movement so special and why it's such a privilege to have a front-row seat to all the key players making it happen right here on this podcast. From fitness gurus to recipe makers and everything in between, they all play a crucial role in making their mark on the world. Today's interview guests are a prime example of what's right about Paleo. They are the husband-wife (and brand new mommy-daddy) duo of Charles & Julie Mayfield from "Paleo Comfort Foods" (listen to our previous interview with them in Episode 513) who return today to talk about their brand new 2013 book release Quick & Easy Paleo Comfort Foods: 100+ Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes.

Listen in as Jimmy chats with his friends Charles and Julie about how their life has changed since their last podcast in 2011 (including the birth of their first child), how they brought "comfort foods" back en vogue again in the Paleo community, the reason why they made a book for people who don't have a lot of time to make healthy meals, why healthy food saves you time that you would normally go to the doctor from being sick, how getting a rotisserie chicken is better than a frozen lasagna, the Thanksgiving burger recipe in their new book, the snack ideas they include in their book that can be brought on an airplane or at a party, why Nutella is not a great healthy food to eat, why they think it's important to get the kids involved in creating real food recipes, and the beautiful tribute they include in the back of the book to their newborn baby Scott. If you haven't experienced this amazing man and woman yet, then don't you dare miss this interview!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 728
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Try the noGRAINola from Primal Paleo Concepts
- Charles & Julie Mayfield bio
- Quick & Easy Paleo Comfort Foods: 100+ Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes
- Paleo Comfort Foods: Homestyle Cooking for a Gluten-Free Kitchen
- PaleoComfortFoods.com
- Charles & Julie on Facebook
- Charles & Julie on Twitter
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #513: Charles & Julie Mayfield Present ‘Paleo Comfort Foods’

Duke University medical school students Peter Wei and Alex Chamessian are our interview guests today in Episode 727 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

If you've been listening to this podcast over the years when Jimmy has had conversations with medical doctors, then you already know these physicians are lucky if they received one, maybe two weeks worth of nutritional education as part of their formalized training for treating their future patients. This doesn't sit too well with a future generation of medical professionals who are rising up to take a stand for the integral role diet plays in overall health.

A couple of medical school students at Duke University named Peter Wei And Alex Chamessian discovered the power of low-carb living and are now trying to communicate that message with their fellow students. They're doing this through a new book entitled Learning Medicine: An Evidence-Based Guide as well as connecting with their fellow medical school students who are also supporters of a low-carb/Paleo/primal diet at AncestralMed.org. Listen in as Jimmy speaks with Peter and Alex about this critically important endeavor to teach medical school students about the effectiveness of nutritional health protocols.

NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE: http://cmp.ly/3

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 727
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Quest Nutrition's brand new White Chocolate Raspberry Protein Bars
- Peter Wei bio
- Alex Chamessian
- Learning Medicine: An Evidence-Based Guide
- AncestralMed

Evolutionary psychologist, Paleo blogger and author John Durant is our interview guest today in Episode 726 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Taking the ancestral health message to the tens of millions of people who need to hear it the most is the intense passion of so many people who are actively promoting the Paleo and primal lifestyle through blogs, podcasts, on YouTube, social media and more! One of the leading voices in this movement is John Durant (listen to our previous podcast interview with him in Episode 379) and he's releasing his debut book called The Paleo Manifesto: Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health.

Interestingly, although John uses the term "Paleo" in the title of his book, he readily admits this book really isn't as much about Paleo as it is looking at our predecessors for lessons about why we live the way we do. Listen in as Jimmy and John take a look at the Biblical rules regarding cleanliness (as John shared in his 2013 Ancestral Health Symposium talk in Atlanta), why he focused on more than just the Paleolithic Age in his book, the basic principles in our diet that we should be paying most attention to, John's first attempt at being a hunter, the nature of being a gatherer in our modern-day society, and a whole lot more! The Paleo Manifesto looks to be one of the most influential health books of 2013.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 726
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Quest Nutrition's new Low-Carb Pastabilities noodles
- John Durant bio
- The Paleo Manifesto: Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health
- HunterGatherer.com
- John Durant on Twitter
- John Durant on Facebook
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #379: John Durant Says Paleo Living Is So Easy Even A NYC Caveman Can Do It!

Famed neurologist, nutritional health practitioner and author Dr. David Perlmutter is our interview guest today in Episode 725 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

When famed cardiologist Dr. William Davis published what would go on to become a perennial New York Times bestselling book entitled Wheat Belly in 2011, his focus was on the metabolic effects of consume wheat and other culprit carbohydrates and their relationship to rampant obesity and chronic disease. Now that people are becoming more aware of how inferior consuming "healthy" whole grains really are on managing their weight and metabolic health, along comes a brand new book in 2013 that is set to add another compelling argument that perhaps the impact of carbohydrates like wheat, sugar and more on your brain health is the best reason to cut these foods out of your diet. The author is a highly-respected nutrition-minded neurologist practicing in Naples, Florida named Dr. David Perlmutter who has written the seminal book on this topic called Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers.

Learn why Dr. Perlmutter decided to write Grain Brain:

http://youtu.be/39DfirUi2Jk

Listen in as Jimmy and Dr. Perlmutter discuss why nutritional solutions are the only thing to prevent dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases, the fact that there is no drug or cure for many of the most common brain health issues, the heavy toll that carbohydrate consumption is having on the brain, why the brain prefers to run on ketones produced by a low-carb, high-fat diet, the incredible benefits of getting into a state of nutritional ketosis, and so much more! This is perhaps one of the most interesting podcast interviews we'll share with you on "The "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show" podcast in 2013. ENJOY!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 725
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Glycosolve with berberine (Use coupon code "THANKYOU" for 10% off)
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get grass-fed beef, pastured pork, pastured chicken and pastured turkey from Tendergrass Farms
- Dr. David Perlmutter bio
- Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
- DrPerlmutter.com
- Dr. Perlmutter on Twitter
- Dr. Perlmutter on Facebook

Biochemistry researcher, inventor and entrepreneur Binx Selby is our interview guest today in Episode 724 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

We've had hundreds of guests appear on this podcast over the years and occasionally we like to bring them back for another interview. Today's interview features a man we first featured in an interview way back in December 2008 in Episode 212. His name is Binx Selby from the "BalancePoint Institute" in Boulder, Colorado and he is the Director of the Lifestyle for Health Research Institute, focusing on prevention as an answer to the healthcare problem. Binx quickly discovered the role inflammation plays on most of the chronic health issues we deal with in modern-day society and the purpose of using low-carb, high-fat diets to reduce this inflammation. Listen in as Jimmy and Binx talk about these concepts that are empowering people to take back control of their own health!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 724
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: The new low-carb Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Quest Bars
- Binx Selby bio
- How I Grew Younger...And Why You Should Too: In just 2 weeks, you can reduce belly fat, cholesterol, inflammation, and the age of your arteries with the BalancePoint diet
- BalancePoint Institute
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #212: Binx Selby And His High-Fat, Low-Carb-Based BalancePoint Protocol