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

Holistic Health Practitioner and Nutrition Therapist Reed Davis is our special guest today on Episode 1491 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Reed Davis from FunctionalDiagnosticNutrition.com is a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP), Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), Fitness Trainer and Environmental Paralegal. He is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine and Founder of the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) Certification Course. Reed served as Health Director and Case Manager at The Better Health & Wellness Center in Poway, California for over 10 years where he developed the FDN and D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success® Programs. He now teaches the FDN Course, having over 2500 trainees or graduates in 50 countries and recently established the Association of FDN Professionals, an alumni and advocacy group.

Listen in today as Jimmy and Reed talk about:

• How he got interested in health
• The challenges that patients face with the traditional labs in a doctor's office
• How Functional Testing works
• What patients can expect from this type of testing
• And more.

"We've created a new movement with functional health coaches that know how to look at health tests and knows what to do to fix it permanently and not just treat symptoms." – Reed Davis

Ketogenic hiker and entrepreneur Jessie Greger is our special guest today on Episode 1490 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Low-Carb researcher and author Dr. Richard Feinman is our special guest today on Episode 1489 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Dr. Richard David Feinman from FeinmanTheOther.com has long been a researcher in low-carbohydrate diets and, while he always says he is not an advocate of anything, he has been instrumental in bringing out the benefits of keto and carbohydrate restriction as well as the extensive failures of the traditional medical recommendations. Professor of Cell Biology (Biochemistry) at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Feinman’s current research interests, in collaboration with Dr, Eugene Fine, is in application of ketogenic diets for cancer.

Dr. Feinman is the founder and former co-Editor-In-Chief (2004-2009) of the journal, Nutrition&Metabolism. He has a BA from the University of Rochester and he holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Oregon. Richard Feinman is principal author of the classic comprehensive review “Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base” He has just published the second edition of his book, now titled Nutrition in Crisis which brings him to our show today.

Listen in today as Jimmy talks with Dr. Feinman about:

• His book Nutrition in Crisis: Flawed Studies, Misleading Advice, and the Real Science of Human Metabolism
• Where his research has taken him
• His take on on the current state of nutrition
• How acceptance of low carb and keto has changed
• His work with cancer research
• and much more

"A lot of people are doing what I call 'slouching into low-carb'. They are looking for ways to embrace it without losing face." – Dr. Richard Feinman

Podcaster and keto weight-loss success Jesse Deacon Jones is our special guest today on Episode 1488 of The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Jesse Deacon Jones from Average Joe Keto has an amazing story of going from transformation, from overweight to fit, and from conventional wisdom to keto success.  Prior to keto, he would run endless miles and follow a "healthy" diet to improve his composition and lose the fat, but it didn't work.  In fact, all the cardio he did led to him damaging the cartilage beneath his knee caps.  This practically cost him the use of his legs and he had to put an emphasis on nutrition.  After finding keto and totally transforming his health, he has been on a mission to share his story and improve the health of others.

Listen in today as Jimmy and Jesse talk about:

• Dealing with lifelong weight problems
• The fact that he and his friends would eat the same things but he gained weight
• Getting cut from 8th grade basketball
• Thinking that running and hard work would solve the problem
• Sustaining injuries from running
• Finding keto and realizing it's not about exercise
• How keto has changed his life
• Podcasting to share the message
• and much more

Author Paul Robinson is our special interview guest on Episode 1487 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Paul Robinson from RWT3,com became ill with hypothyroidism in his late twenties. For twenty plus years, he has fought through the morass of misinformation to recover his health. At first, Paul, was put on the most common thyroid treatment, but over time he became even more ill, with both low cortisol and low thyroid symptoms. Paul saw many endocrinologists and doctors, but eventually, he realised that he had to figure out what was wrong himself and he was able to recover. But the 15-year struggle had cost him his career and damaged his relationships. He had lost all of his thirties and some of his forties.

In the process of getting well, he had managed to develop a safe protocol for using the T3 thyroid hormone (Liothyronine) and an innovative approach called the Circadian T3 Method (CT3M) that can correct adrenal function in many cases. At the suggestion of his family doctor, Paul wrote ‘Recovering with T3’ to explain these protocols whilst his second book, ‘The CT3M Handbook’ talks more about CT3M, based on patient experience with it.

Author and Keto motivator Sam Griffin is our special interview guest on Episode 1486 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Sam Griffin from KeepinItGriffin operates a social media channel dedicated to his video productions of his family's adventures.
During the day, Sam works as the Community Service Manager for a luxury apartment complex. Sam discovered the keto lifestyle through a podcast that Jimmy guested on with Able James, the went all in on the LLVLC show. He became a keto motivator to anyone that would listen and put his real world knowledge in his new book Down To Earth Keto: A Guide To The Ketogenic Lifestyle.

• Listen in today as Jimmy and Sam talk about:
• His story of battling muscular dystrophy
• Keto and kids “how to kid Keto”
• Keto on a budget
• Keto on the go
• Fighting Keto over-complexity and showing people that keto is something that regular people can do
• Keto and how it gives you an edge on athletics
• Cleaning up the language of diets and false guilt over eating certain foods

"Eggs and bacon are back on the menu. You can either burn fat for fuel or carbs for fuel. It's not that complicated." – Sam Griffin

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Health policy, promotion and education consultant Gillian Szollos is our special interview guest on Episode 1485 of The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Gillian Szollos is a health policy, promotion and education consultant who uses a ketogenic diet to control her epileptic seizures. Her knowledge and passion have helped many others optimize their ketogenic diets to achieve their individual goals. She interviews people from all over the world who use ketogenic diets therapeutically and share their stories on her website KetoAllDayEveryDay.com. Gillian's writing and public speaking engagements serve as opportunities to build community and share successes while drawing attention to the therapeutic possibilities of a ketogenic diet to change lives and in many cases, save them. A continuous biohacker, she believes food is medicine.

Listen in as Jimmy and Gillian chat about:

• How she uses biohacking to improve her health
• Keto for controlling seizures
• Weight loss and lipedema 
• Her most recent experiment
• Her love of the CGM and why she thinks everyone should have one
• Her upcoming talk on the Low Carb Cruise 
• And much more

Keto Podcaster Carl Franklin is our guest today for Episode 1484 of The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show.

If you have been paying attention to the keto community for the last few years you've probably seen The Two Keto Dudes with their podcast and their unique keto gathering called KetoFest. Carl Franklin is one of the two keto dudes from this fun keto podcast. He, like many of us, has used keto to reverse diabetes and lose weight. His mission is to show the world that cooking is necessary for keto success.

Listen in today as Jimmy and Carl talk about

• Carl's journey to Keto
• The importance of real food and knowing how to prepare it
• How using a Continuous Glucose Monitor has helped him track down foods that spike his glucose
• How he identified caffeine and stress as problems
• Dealing with family that don't understand that low-fat is not the answer
• Overcoming criticism
• KetoFest
• And much more.

"We've been living with this deranged metabolism for in my case almost 50 years, and it takes time to undo." – Carl Franklin

Obesity medicine doctor and author Dr. Linda Hodges is our special interview guest on Episode 1483 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Linda Hodges, DO from exceptionalweightloss.com is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine and is a diplomat to the American Board of Obesity Medicine.  She is currently practicing critical care medicine in addition to two private clinics: a weight loss clinic that was started in 2015 and a ketamine clinic that was started in 2017.  Dr. Hodges' passion for obesity medicine started in 2011 when she discovered everything she'd been taught about nutrition was wrong.

Listen in today as Jimmy talks with Dr. Hodges about:
What we get wrong about weight loss
More physicians need to be comfortable treating obesity - or refer
The importance of mindset for success
Bio-Individuality
Childhood obesity and the "let 'em live a little" mindset
Just because it's what we see, doesn't mean it's normal or right
The idea that you can't lose weight too slowly - "do it right so you don't have to do it over"

"If you're doing good things for your body and your soul, weight loss is a bonus side effect. Weight loss is never my primary goal." – Dr. Linda Hodges

Certified keto and intermittent fasting coach Carlos Spells is our special interview guest on Episode 1482 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.

Carlos Spells from blacknketo.com was raised following the Standard American Diet. He started at a young age drinking soda and eating processed food as a way of life. By the time he hit his early 20's, he weighed over 300lbs, suffered from allergies, and also labeled pre-diabetic. He tried various workout plans and eating strategies to lose weight only to end up right where he started from. After following conventional diet and exercise advice, he saw results, but did not feel like he hoped. As a result, he started doing more research on low carb and that's when he came across Jimmy Moore and the podcast Keto Talk. Fast forward to today, he has managed to lose 50 more pounds, rid himself of allergies, regulate his digestive system and seriously cut back on his caffeine intake. In addition, he was no longer diagnosed as being pre-diabetic. Now he enjoys showing others how they can improve their health/fitness, lose weight and still enjoy life while eating delicious real food on a ketogenic and intermittent fasting lifestyle.

Listen in today as Jimmy and Carlos talk about:

• The stigmas about keto in the black community
• Personalizing keto/intermittent fasting to make it fun
• Seeing food as medicine too
• How his ideas of fitness have evolved
• How he views being an ambassador for a healthy keto lifestyle in his community