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

Jimmy's exclusive Cholesterol Clarity interview with cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon Dr. Dwight Lundell is what you'll hear today in Episode 713 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Get ready to listen to nine very unique interviews over the next three weeks on "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show" as we present a very special behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jimmy Moore's fantastic new book release entitled Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers? Leading up to the August 27, 2013 release date in the United States and September 15, 2013 worldwide, we thought it would be fun to let you eavesdrop in on some of the informal conversations Jimmy conducted earlier this year with 29 of the world's top experts on the subject of cholesterol and heart health. These were the very interviews he used to create the frequent "Moment of Clarity" quotes you will see sprinkled throughout his book that he coauthored with low-carb researcher and Durham, NC-based internist Dr. Eric Westman. We're gonna let you take a look in to see how the sausage was made with these amazing interviews!

The first expert interview guest we're presenting to you in today's show is certainly no stranger to this podcast. He is Dr. Dwight Lundell (listen to Jimmy's previous interviews with him in Episode 571 and Episode 280) and his vast experience looking inside the chests of tens of thousands of heart patients over the years gives him a qualified perspective to speak on the subject of cardiovascular health, cholesterol and what the real cause of heart disease is. Keep in mind that these interviews are not the formal kind you may be used to hearing on this podcast. But you get to experience some truly invaluable information that Jimmy's Cholesterol Clarity experts had to share with him for his book (some of which didn't even make it in the book!).

Visit CholesterolClarity.com for more information about the book.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 713
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Gina Ryan's "Nourishing By Heart" nutrition counseling (40% discount for LLVLC fans)
- GET JIMMY'S NEW BOOK: Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers?
- Official web site for Cholesterol Clarity
- Dr. Dwight Lundell bio
- Dr. Lundell's "The Cure For Heart Disease" web site
- "Heart surgeon speaks out on what really causes heart disease "
- Dr. Lundell on Twitter
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #571: Dr. Dwight Lundell Reacts To Media Attention Of His Column ‘What Really Causes Heart Disease’
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #280: Dr. Dwight Lundell Says Statins Are No Cure For Heart Disease!

Paleo mom blogger and bestselling cookbook author Sarah Fragoso is our guest today in Episode 712 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

One of our favorite returning guests to this podcast is the lovely and talented all-American Paleo mom Sarah Fragoso from the "Everyday Paleo" blog who has already written several bestselling books over the past few years. But now she's set out on a quest that will take her and her family around the world in the next few years. First stop: ITALY! After spending 30 glorious days in the land of carbohydrates (but it's really not), Sarah got a feel for what authentic Italian cuisine is really like so she could make them Paleo. That culminated in her latest book Everyday Paleo Around the World: Italian Cuisine: Authentic Recipes Made Gluten-Free. Listen in as Jimmy and Sarah talk about her amazing trek through the land of pasta, pizza and bread and what she did to make them gluten-free, Paleo and delicious!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 712
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: The New Low-Carb Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Quest Bars
- GET JIMMY'S NEW BOOK: Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers?
- Sarah Fragoso bio
- Everyday Paleo Around the World: Italian Cuisine: Authentic Recipes Made Gluten-Free
- Everyday Paleo
- Paleo Lifestyle and Fitness Podcast by Sarah Fragoso and Jason Seib
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #608: Sarah Fragoso Brings Your Family Real Food For Real Life
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #482: Sarah Fragoso From ‘Everyday Paleo’

Weston A. Price Foundation President Sally Fallon is our guests today in Episode 711 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

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In what is sure to be a highly-anticipated MUST-LISTEN for everyone in the Paleo, low-carb and real food movement, we've got the woman at the center of a firestorm of backlash in the Paleo community today as we bring to you an exclusive interview with Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) President Sally Fallon Morell. After she received numerous requests from WAPF members about the differences between the diet her organization promotes and low-carb as well as Paleo diets, Sally decided to address it directly in her "President's Message" in the Summer 2013 Wise Traditions newsletter. What she wrote in that newsletter upset a lot of people primarily from the Paleo community who support the work of the WAPF but didn't understand why she chose to single out a narrowly-defined interpretation of Paleo for her criticism.

Listen in as Jimmy and Sally share why she has major concerns with the use of the term "Paleo," her problem with the heavy promotion of lean meats as espoused by Loren Cordain and Robb Wolf, whether she has heard of other members of the Paleo community who promote many of the principles of the WAPF, what would make her more comfortable with the idea of Paleo, and a whole lot more! If you've been concerned about this rift that has taken place between the WAPF and Paleo, then you won't want to miss this conversation.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 711 - SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Glycosolve with berberine (Use coupon code "THANKYOU" for 10% off) - GET JIMMY'S NEW BOOK: Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers? - Sally Fallon Morell bio - Welcome Message From Sally at Weston A. Price web site - Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats - The Weston A. Price Foundation - Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats - Wise Traditions Summer 2013 President’s Message: Myths and Truths about the Weston A Price Foundation - The Paleo Mom: Rebuttal to Wise Traditions Summer 2013 Newsletter article (titled Myth:The WAPF Diet is Like the Paleo Diet) - The Balanced Bites Podcast Episode #97: A rebuttal to Sally Fallon’s Take on Paleo - Gary's Health Tips: Sally Fallon – President of the Weston A. Price Foundation Attacks the Paleo Movement: My Take and Rebuttal - Live Wild: Do You Want To Know Where Your Food Comes From? - Primal Docs: Trouble in Paradise: An Open Letter to the Weston A. Price and Paleo Communities - Robb Wolf: Weston Price vs. Paleo - The Paleo Drummer: Petty tribalism helps no one, or why that WAPF hit piece on paleo is beyond stupid and ill-conceived - The Paleo Network: Weston A Price v The Paleo Diet - The Paleo View Podcast Episode 49: Paleo Philosophy – Part 2 - Critical MAS: Paleo vs Weston Price - Wise Traditions 2013 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on November 7-11, 2013 - RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #681: LLVLC Classic – Sally Fallon Of The Weston A. Price Foundation

CrossFit instructors, gym owners, and food bloggers Brandon and Megan Keatley are our guests today in Episode 710 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

We head down to the deep South today in Jimmy Moore's home state of South Carolina to speak with a dynamic husband-wife duo in the Paleo community you may not have heard much about before. They are Brandon and Megan Keatley from the "Health-Bent Paleo Recipes" blog and living Paleo since 2007 spreading the word in the Columbia, South Carolina area. They're opening a brand new CrossFit gym this summer and they recently released their debut book on Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint Publishing called Primal Cravings: Your favorite foods made Paleo. Yes, that's a picture of a hamburger on the front cover! Listen in as Jimmy speaks with his fellow Southerners Brandon and Megan about how much they abhor Paleo perfectionism, why they have starch in many of their recipes (as well as many very low-carb recipes), how they wanted to convey healthy "all-American" comfort foods, and so much more. ENJOY!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 710
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Quest Nutrition's brand new White Chocolate Raspberry Protein Bars
- GET JIMMY'S NEW BOOK: Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers?
- Brandon and Megan Keatley bio
- Primal Cravings: Your favorite foods made Paleo
- "Health-Bent Paleo Recipes" blog
- Health-Bent on Facebook
- Health-Bent on Twitter

Registered dietitian and author Brooke Alpert is our guest today in Episode 709 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

It's taken a while for mainstream conventional wisdom to come down hard on the negative health implications of consuming sugar and foods that turn to sugar in the body, but it is finally starting to get a much-deserved black eye. Through the great work of people like Dr. Robert Lustig and Gary Taubes, among others, the sweet stuff has lost some of its luster and today's podcast interview guest is doing her part to spread that message even further. She is a New York City-based nutritional health expert named Brooke Alpert from "B Nutritious." Brooke has authored a fabulous new book in 2013 entitled The Sugar Detox: Lose Weight, Feel Great, and Look Years Younger that has been featured on The Dr. Oz Show. Listen in as Jimmy and Brooke engage in a fabulous conversation about why sugar is probably not such a good idea to be consuming in your diet, the health consequences resulting from excess sugar intake, the healthfulness of including quality fats in your diet and so much more! This is one sweet interview that won't leave you stuffed.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 709
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Quest Nutrition's new Low-Carb Pastabilities noodles
- Brooke Alpert bio
- The Sugar Detox: Lose Weight, Feel Great, and Look Years Younger
- Brooke's "B Nutritious" web site
- Brooke on Twitter
- Brooke on Facebook

Nutritional biochemist and author Bill Lagakos is our guest today in Episode 708 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Before we get into today's featured interview, Jimmy wanted to share a quick conversation with one of his Twitter followers named Joe Anastasi who shockingly shared last week that he felt like he had to switch away from his high-fat, low-carb diet to a high-carb, low-fat diet so his cholesterol numbers would fall into the "preferred rate" range to get the life insurance coverage he needs to take care of his family. Needless to say, Joe is not happy about doing this, but he feels like he had no other choice. Listen in and Jimmy and Joe talk about this critical topic and invite YOUR input and personal experience about dealing with getting life and health insurance.

In today's featured interview, we've got a rising star in the low-carb and Paleo communities with a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology and a researcher into issues such as obesity, inflammation, and insulin resistance named Dr. William "Bill" Lagakos, PhD from the "Calories Proper" blog. There's been a lot of debate in recent years about the role calories play in nutrition which is what led Bill to write a simple little book entitled The Poor, Misunderstood Calorie to educate people on this subject that has been used to justify the promotion of a low-fat, high-carb diet. Check out this awesome conversation between Jimmy and Bill about the distinction between the definition of a calorie biochemically vs. nutritionally, the importance of the quality of calories consumed, the vital role that fats play in the diet, and so much more! The calorie apologists are gonna hate what Bill Lagakos has to share in this interview. Tune in to hear his defense of the reputation of the poor, misunderstood calorie. And don't miss his upcoming appearance on the LIVE "Ask The Low-Carb Experts" podcast on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 7PM ET taking on the topic "All Things Calories (Calories 201)."

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 708
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Gina Ryan's "Nourishing By Heart" nutrition counseling (40% discount for LLVLC fans)
- Joe Anastasi on Twitter
- Bill Lagakos bio
- The Poor, Misunderstood Calorie
- Bill's "Calories Proper" blog

Paleo nutritional therapist and author Diana Rodgers is our guest today in Episode 707 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

We return this week after taking a few weeks off while Jimmy Moore was away on vacation. He's relaxed, refreshed and ready to go with more fantastic interviews with the leading voices in the world of health. Before we get into our main interview today, first we want to share a brief conversation Jimmy had with former podcast guest Cathy Payne (who appeared on the show with her husband Jon back in Episode 344) from "Broad River Pastures" in Georgia. Cathy has started a new Indiegogo campaign called "Help Save Heritage Livestock Breeds with Broad River Pastures" where she is trying to preserve various breeds of farm animals that have become endangered by the growth of factory farming. She believes the diversity of these animal food sources is critical to maintaining healthy meat sources in the years to come. Listen in as Jimmy and Cathy share about this critically important subject for everyone who believes in the sanctity of real food. SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS EFFORT!

Today we welcome back Diana Rodgers from "Radiance Nutrition" for another great interview (listen to her first appearance on the podcast in Episode 534) sharing about her brand new August 6, 2013 book release Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts On the Go: The Solution to Gluten-Free Eating All Day Long with Delicious, Easy and Portable Primal Meals. Diana is committed to helping people understand the importance of food sustainability, the powerful principles of Paleo living and making this way of eating more accessible and implementable in the lives of real people. Listen in as Jimmy and Diana have a delightful conversation about these topics and more!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 707
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Quest Nutrition's new Low-Carb Peanut Butter Cups
- Cathy Payne's "Help Save Heritage Livestock Breeds with Broad River Pastures" Indiegogo campaign
- Cathy's "Broad River Pastures" web site
- Diana Rodgers bio
- Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts On the Go: The Solution to Gluten-Free Eating All Day Long with Delicious, Easy and Portable Primal Meals
- "Radiance Nutrition" web site
- Diana on Twitter
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #534: Diana Rodgers Educating The Public On Real Food, Traditional Diets For Optimal Health

Botanist/evolutionary biologist researcher and professor Dr. George Diggs, Jr. is our guest today in Episode 706 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

In the many interviews we have shared on this podcast, we often lament that there is very little education provided to the future physicians on the subject of nutrition as it relates to health. This obvious problem with healthcare is partly to blame for why obesity and chronic illness continues to become worse and worse. But thankfully there are people like today's interview guest Dr. George Diggs, Jr., a professor in the Department of Biology and Center for Environmental Studies at Austin College in Sherman, Texas as well as a Research Associate at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.

Jimmy met Dr. Diggs in person at the 2011 Ancestral Health Symposium in Los Angeles and became enamored by this Paleo-minded professor teaching future medical school students about evolutionary nutritional health principles. In fact, he co-wrote a book with his like-minded colleague Dr. Kerry Brock that is being used as a textbook in a classroom setting called The Hunter-Gatherer Within: Health and the Natural Human Diet that is the first-of-its-kind incorporating Paleo health concepts into a mainstream educational setting. Cool!

Listen in as Jimmy and Dr. Diggs discuss his interest in the intersection of diet/nutrition, evolution, and health over the past decade, why he decided to write a book about evolutionary health, why the non-profit Botanical Research Institute of Texas published their first-ever diet and health book, how this book is being used in college classrooms to teach about Paleo principles, why the target audience for the book is the "non-science" college students and the general public, the health problems associated with our carbohydrate-laden modern diet, the problem with consuming plants that have defended themselves chemically against predators and so much more! This is a fascinating discussion fans of Paleo, primal and low-carb diets will eat up.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 706
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Quest Nutrition’s new Low-Carb Pastabilities noodles
- Dr. George Diggs, Jr. bio
- The Hunter-Gatherer Within: Health and the Natural Human Diet
- Dr. Diggs' "Thoughts Of An Evolutionary Biologist" blog
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Fitness and nutritional habits expert James Clear is our guest today in Episode 705 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

If you want to learn about how to implement the Paleo or low-carb lifestyle into your daily routine, then there are plenty of people in the community who are ready, willing and able to tell you exactly what to eat, what not to eat, how to exercise, the supplements you should be taking, ways to enhance your sleep and whole host of other practical ways to make it happen. But today's podcast guest James Clear believes the best key to finding success--in weight loss, your pursuit of health, or really ANYTHING--is in formulating and fostering good habits and behaviors that will set you on the right path. His personal mission is to make it easier for people to live healthy, be happy, and contribute to the world around them.

James does this most effectively by combining his vast knowledge of the latest academic research with real-world experiences that provide strategies for rethinking and improving health, fitness, and medicine. Through that, he uses the science of habit formation and behavioral psychology to make it dead simple for people to make real, lasting changes in their lives. Listen in as Jimmy and James have a great pow-wow session on how to form good habits, instill positive behaviors and set challenging, yet attainable goals for finding ultimate satisfaction in whatever you desire to achieve in life. This is a FANTASTIC episode on strengthening your mental muscles!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 705
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Glycosolve with berberine (Use coupon code “THANKYOU” for 10% off)
- James Clear bio
- James Clear blog
- James Clear on Twitter
- Get James Clear's FREE "Transform Your Habits" Guide
- James Clear on Abel James' "Fat Burning Man" podcast
- James Clear on Angelo Coppola's "Latest In Paleo" podcast

Restaurant owner and low-carb Paleo diet advocate Edmund Woo is our guest today in Episode 704 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

In late 2012, Jimmy Moore was driving around town in his car in Spartanburg, South Carolina and heard an advertisement from a local restaurant in the neighboring town of Greenville boasting of a "Low-Carb Paleo" meal plan service. Naturally, this piqued his curiosity since that's the core message of what we share here at this podcast. So he contacted Edmund Woo, the owner of Saskatoon Steaks Fish Wild Game Restaurant, to inquire about how he got interested in low-carb and Paleo diets.

Edmund said he's a huge fan of CrossFit and through that he learned about and embraced the concepts of Paleo living as espoused by people like Robb Wolf and Mark Sisson. Listen in as Jimmy took this show on the road and went to meet Edmund Woo in person at his beautiful restaurant to talk about his passion for helping people get healthy the low-carb Paleo way, why he decided to start a meal service catering to this way of eating, his personal nutritional coaching of these customers, why he doesn't think a Paleo-only restaurant could possibly survive as a business model and so much more! It's inspiring to see a local restaurant owner trying to influence the customers in his area by educating them on what healthy low-carb Paleo living is all about.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 704
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: The New Low-Carb Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Quest Bars
- Edmund Woo bio
- Saskatoon Steaks Fish Wild Game Restaurant in Greenville, SC
- Saskatoon on Twitter
- Saskatoon Facebook page
- Edmund's "Low Carb Paleo" Meal Plan