Registered Dietitian, Holistic Nutritionist and bestselling author Esther Blum is back again today as our guest in Episode 646 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!

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One of the most beautiful terms in the English language you could use to describe a woman is to say that she's "gorgeous." There's just something special about that word and it's something that former podcast guest Esther Blum from "Living Gorgeous" (listen to my previous interview with her in Episode 243) believes is possible to achieve in just three shorts months. This Connecticut-based Paleo-friendly RD is the author of a brand new book on this subject entitled The Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous Project: Three Months to a New You where she offers up some sage advice for bringing about meaningful changes in your diet, fitness and lifestyle to become the thing of beauty you've always dreamed of. Listen in as Jimmy and Esther talk about why getting adequate fat and protein into your diet is a critical part of becoming gorgeous!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 646
- SIGN UP FOR LOW-CARB CRUISE: Low-Carb Cruise coming to Carnival Magic sailing out of Galveston, TX on May 5-12, 2013
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Jimmy Moore's Livin' Low-Carb Meal Plan
- Esther Blum bio
- The Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous Project: Three Months to a New You
- "Living Gorgeous" official web site
- "Living Gorgeous" Facebook page
- Esther on Twitter
- COMING JANUARY 2014: Cave Women Don't Get Fat
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #243: Find Out ‘The Secrets Of Gorgeous’ From Esther Blum

Health and fitness expert, blogger and bestselling author Mark Sisson returns again as our guest today in Episode 645 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!

As one of the biggest superstars in the Paleo movement, Mark Sisson from the "Mark's Daily Apple" blog has contributed so much invaluable information to this community of Primal enthusiasts who have radically changed their lives implementing the nutritional and fitness principles outlined in his 2009 book The Primal Blueprint (listen to our interview with Mark about it in Episode 270). But in his long-awaited 2013 sequel entitled The Primal Connection: Follow Your Genetic Blueprint to Health and Happiness (read Jimmy's review of this book), Mark Sisson goes well beyond diet and exercise to get to the heart of the six key "connections" that are just as important in your overall pursuit of health and happiness. Listen in as Jimmy and Mark dive deeply into the incredible concepts in what is sure to be one of the most important health books of 2013!

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LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 645 - SIGN UP FOR LOW-CARB CRUISE: Low-Carb Cruise coming to Carnival Magic sailing out of Galveston, TX on May 5-12, 2013 - USE OUR LINK FOR AMAZON.COM PURCHASES: Click here to buy from Amazon and we get a small cut - Mark Sisson bio - The Primal Connection: Follow Your Genetic Blueprint to Health and Happiness - Jimmy Moore's review of The Primal Connection - "Mark's Daily Apple" blog - RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #270: It’s Time To ‘Get Primal’ With Mark Sisson’s New Book - RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #320: Best of 2009 ‘Encore Week’: Mark Sisson - RELATED PODCAST: ATLCX #5: Ketosis: Devil or Angel? | Mark Sisson

British low-carb nutrition advocate and obesity expert Zoe Harcombe returns as our guest today in Episode 643 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!

We've been told by the so-called health "experts" that the reason why so many people are dealing with a weight problem is because they eat too much and don't exercise enough. This notion has been repeated so often that it has just become generally accepted as fact without anyone ever looking into whether it's actually true or not. That's why we invited back Zoe Harcombe (listen to my previous interview with her in Episode 427) to share about her brand new 2013 book revealing the truth about why weight gain happens (and it has very little to calories). It's called Why Do You Overeat? When All You Want Is To Be Slim and it pulls the curtain back on the conventional wisdom that continues to plague those who are desperately seeking a way to lose weight and get healthy for good. Listen in as Jimmy and Zoe have another delightful conversation about the reality of obesity and how low-carb living can help reverse it.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 643
- SIGN UP FOR PALEOFX: PaleoFX coming to Austin, TX on March 28-30, 2013
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: LLVLC iPhone app
NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE: http://cmp.ly/3
- Zoe Harcombe bio
- Why Do You Overeat? When All You Want Is To Be Slim
- ZoeHarcombe.com
- The Harcombe Diet
- The Harcombe Diet Club
- The Obesity Epidemic web site
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #427: Zoe Harcombe Has Identified The Reasons Behind The Obesity Epidemic

Ultramarathon runner and low-carb endurance athlete Timothy Allen Olson is our guest today in Episode 642 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!

We've often heard within the context of endurance athletics that you must be consuming copious amounts of carbohydrates in your diet in order to adequately fuel your performance. But what would happen if an athlete decided to shift his training from being a sugar-burner to a fat-burner using ketones for fuel instead? That's what marathon runner Timothy Allen Oson from the "Sole To Soul Rhythm" blog decided to put to the test after experiencing stomach pain during his races. We'll talk with him more about this in the primary interview in today's podcast.

But first, we wanted to share about an exciting new research endeavor that we think YOU should be a part of. It's called The American Gut Project and it's the world's LARGEST open-source, community driven effort to characterize the microbial diversity of the American public. In a brief conversation with Jimmy, Human Food Project Founder Jeff Leach shares about why it's important to learn more about the microbes in your gut, his desire for a wide diversity in stool samples from Paleo, low-carbers, vegans and even SAD diet eaters, the need to raise $400,000 to pay for the expenses of conducing this research and the differences that will be seen between gut biota with people in various places around the world. This is a critically important project that we hope all of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show" podcast listeners will participate in, so CLICK HERE to join Jimmy and Christine in finding out what's in your gut!

After coming in sixth place in the 2011 Western States 100-mile Endurance Run when he went through an excruciating stretch of running that had him stop to go to the bathroom over 20 times towards the end of the race, Timothy knew he needed to make a change. So he cut the gluten and then most of the carbohydrates out of his diet that helped him experience some remarkable improvements in the stomach pain as well as in his training. When the 2012 Western States 100 rolled around in June 2012, Timothy was ready to take on this challenge of running such a long race in a mostly-ketogenic state. What happened? Well, Tim not only came in first place to win the race, but he did it in a record time of 14:46:44--21 minutes faster than the previous course best!

Watch this video of Timothy Olson's 2012 Western States 100 win:

http://vimeo.com/45046731

Listen in as Jimmy and Timothy talk about how he has always had a passion for running, the interest he got in learning more about nutritional performance due to his own physical challenges, why "carb-loading" is still so popular amongst his fellow endurance athletes, why he chooses to eat a high-fat, low-carb diet to be in a ketogenic state, his historic win at the 2012 Western States 100 ultramarathon, how a late-race challenge from one of his fellow competitors pushed him to finish strong, what he did to avoid "bonking" during the race, his new sponsors giving him the freedom to race in places like New Zealand in 2013 and so much more. You've heard about this ketogenic diet marathon runner, now hear directly from the man himself in his own words in today's interview.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 642
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Jimmy Moore's Livin' Low-Carb Meal Plan
- LISTEN TO JIMMY'S OTHER PODCASTS: "Ask The Low-Carb Experts" airing LIVE on Thursday nights and "Low-Carb Conversations" on Fridays
- SIGN UP BY FEBRUARY 2, 2013: The American Gut Project
- Timothy Olson bio
- "Sole To Soul Rhythm" blog
- "Western States 100 – Low Carber Wins Ultramarathon – Steve Phinney and Jeff Volek Study"
- Follow Timothy on Twitter
- Like Timothy on Facebook