Paleo f(x) conference cofounders and owners Keith & Michelle Norris are our guests today in Episode 1090 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

The swift rise in popularity of the Paleo community has given a platform for more and more opportunities for people promoting this real food-based lifestyle. From books to blogs, podcasts to reality television appearances, the Paleo message is going strong with a huge following of people embracing the principles of this way of living. It's something that Keith & Michelle Norris from Austin, Texas first tapped into back in 2012 when they cofounded what has become the world's largest Paleo conference (with over 2500 people in attendance in 2015) called Paleo f(x). The 2016 event is expected to be even larger when it takes place at the Palmer Events Center on May 27-29, 2016. Anybody who's anybody in the Paleo community will be in attendance at this event and it includes people not just from Paleo, but also from the primal, low-carb, ketogenic, Weston A. Price, and general health communities. Listen in as Jimmy speaks with Keith and Michelle about what is sure to be another record-breaking attendance and historic event!

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- Keith & Michelle Norris bio
- PaleoFX.com
- Paleo f(x) 2016 coming May 27-29, 2016 in Austin, Texas
- Health Entrepreneurs f(x) event on May 26, 2016
- PaleoFX on Facebook
- PaleoFX on Twitter
- PaleoFX on Instagram
- PaleoFX on YouTube
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #929: Keith And Michelle Norris Invites You To The Biggest And Best PaleoFX Event Yet
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #767: Guest Hosts Keith & Michelle Norris From Paleo f(x)™ With Kiefer & Dr. Rocky Patel
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #562: PaleoFX Founders Keith And Michelle Norris Reflect On Their Inaugural Event

Neuroscientist and author Michael Graziano is our guest today in Episode 1089 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Today we have an interview for you that goes a bit deeper into the psychology behind hunger and weight loss. What if it has little to nothing to do with blood sugar, insulin, or a gurgling in your stomach and is all in your head. This is the hypothesis of a Professor of Neuroscience at Princeton University in New Jersey named Michael Graziano who wrote a thought-provoking column for Aeon called The hunger mood that caught Jimmy's attention. He concludes that losing weight and capturing control of hunger and cravings has little to do with anything except your state of mind, your mood, and that we're all at least a little hungry all the time. Michael wrote a book in 2013 about his general thinking on this subject entitled Consciousness and the Social Brain. Although the book itself doesn't specifically address hunger and weight loss, Jimmy and Michael dive deeply into this fascinating subject that might run counter to what you've always believed about how the body and brain works. This is one fascinating discussion you don't want to miss!

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- Start tracking your health markers for FREE at HeadsUpHealth.com
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the new lemon-lime flavored Jigsaw Electrolyte Supreme supplement (Get $10 off your order with coupon code "LLVLC")
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- Dr. Michael Graziano bio
- Dr. Graziano's Aeon column: The hunger mood
- Consciousness and the Social Brain

Fitness expert, personal development guru, and author Craig Ballantyne is our guest today in Episode 1088 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Many people live their lives feeling stuck in rut, simply going through the motions of their regular routine, and never even thinking about doing something different or even better than what they are doing right now. But then it happens--you have a special day where everything goes right and you feel so fabulous and unstoppable that you wonder why everyday can't be like this. This "perfect day" feeling is something that a Toronto, Ontario Canada-based fitness expert, personal development guru, and author named Craig Ballantyne from EarlyToRise.com strives to impart on others through his work by living the principles he teaches with his clients. Very longtime listeners to the show will remember Craig being on the podcast talking about his Turbulence Training fitness program way back in July 2009 in Episode 271. Now Craig has shifted gears in helping others become the success they want to be in their career, personal goals, and just life in general. He's outlined the points that guide him in a concise and practical new 2016 book entitled The Perfect Day Formula.

Listen in as Jimmy and Craig discuss why he shifted his work to personal development, how someone can drastically improve their life through a few targeted strategies for success, what the 3-C formula is that he uses and how it works, how and why someone would want to create certain rules of life for themselves, what Craig never does in his lectures anymore as one of his rules, the commitment Jimmy makes to always do this one thing for his followers, the five pillars of transformation that will set you up to accomplish anything, why concentrating on what counts (and figuring out what matters the most) is critical to this working, how to create a vision for your life that you can live by, and Craig's personal battle with anxiety attacks that he was able to overcome to now help others. Today's episode is a bit outside-the-box of the typical diet and health guests you typically hear, but we think you're gonna love this focus on making the best possible YOU there can be. ENJOY!

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- Craig Ballantyne bio
- The Perfect Day Formula
- PerfectDayFormula.com
- EarlyToRise.com
- Craig Ballantyne on Facebook
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #271: ‘Turbulence Training’ By Craig Ballantyne Blasts The Fat, Makes You Fit

Holistic health expert, health podcaster, and health summit host Bridgit Danner is our guest today in Episode 1087 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

There are so many tests that can be run when you find out you have whacked out hormones. And truth be told, it can be confusing for the average patient to try to figure it all out. This is something a Portland, Oregon-based holistic health expert and podcaster named Bridgit Danner (listen to her on Low-Carb Conversations Episode 141) from BridgitDanner.com who runs a fabulous health podcast of her own entitled Women's Wellness Radio on iTunes. She's hosting a FREE online conference called the Women's Wellness Summit airing from April 11-18, 2016. Listen in as Jimmy and Bridgit cover the basics of testing for your health, whether or not testing is really that important, the various types of testing, including blood, stool, saliva, and urine, and a whole lot more. This is practical information you can use to take the best care of your own health as you can!

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- Vanessa Collette's Ketogenic Girl Minute
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the 2015 Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com
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- Bridgit Danner bio
- BridgitDanner.com
- Register for the FREE Women's Wellness Summit coming April 11-18, 2016
- Listen to Bridgit's Women's Wellness Radio on iTunes
- Bridgit on Twitter
- Bridgit on Facebook
- Bridgit on Instagram
- RELATED PODCAST: Low-Carb Conversations #141: Bridgit Danner And Noelle Tarr Ponder Whether The End Of Junk Food Is Underway

Toronto, Ontario-based nephrologist, obesity and diabetes expert, and author Dr. Jason Fung is our guest today in Episode 1086 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Weight loss is so incredibly hard as anyone who has tried to make it happen can attest. Part of the problem is the way we have been treating obesity and Type 2 diabetes is almost entirely wrong. Weight gain and the development of obesity is controlled by the hormone insulin and the insulin resistance that is created from chronically elevated levels of insulin. This is something a Toronto, Ontario-based nephrologist and author named Dr. Jason Fung from IntensiveDietaryManagement.com recognized a very long time ago in treating his patients dealing with the frustration of stubborn pounds that refuse to come off. Now he has outlined the principles he uses with his own patients in a provocative new book entitled The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss. Listen in as Jimmy and Dr. Fung discuss the concepts in his latest book while previewing their upcoming joint collaboration on the subject of fasting in late 2016 called Fasting Clarity: The Definitive Guide to Healing Your Body Through Intermittent and Extended Fasting.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 1086
- Vanessa Collette's Ketogenic Girl Minute
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Try the KETO//OS exogenous ketones supplement
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the 2015 Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com
- Dr. Jason Fung bio
- The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
- PRE-ORDER NOW: Fasting Clarity: The Definitive Guide to Healing Your Body Through Intermittent and Extended Fasting
- IntensiveDietaryManagement.com
- Dr. Fung on Twitter
- Dr. Fung on YouTube
- Fung Shweigh Facebook fasting group
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #1038: Dr. Jason Fung Is Back With Another Great Fasting Q&A Session On Periscope
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #1017: Dr. Jason Fung Answers Tons Of Fasting Questions On Special Periscope Interview
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #945: Dr. Jason Fung Exposes Two Big Lies And How To Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

Kombucha expert and author Hannah Crum is our guest today in Episode 1085 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Gut health is officially back on the map again for so many people now as we have rekindled our love and desire for returning to the traditions and techniques of the past when disease was less prevalent. One of these popular methods was fermentation (which Jimmy addressed in Episode 52 of Ask The Low-Carb Experts) to increase the good healthy bacteria that live inside your gut. Sauerkraut, kefir, yogurt, and kombucha are all making a major comeback in recent years because of the emphasis on fermented foods from groups like The Weston A. Price Foundation, the Paleo community, and the real food movement in general. For a woman who calls herself "The Kombucha Mamma" named Hannah Crum from KombuchaKamp.com, this rekindling of interest in fermented tea brings a great big smile to her face. Hannah was a guest on this show last year in Episode 973 when she told us about a book she was working on all about kombucha and now it's here: The Big Book of Kombucha: Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea.

Listen in as Jimmy and Hannah talk about this 400-page book full of flavor inspirations and cocktail recipes, the robust international history and research behind kombucha, how kombucha will change your health for the better, the increased awareness and availability of fermented foods now, how easy it is to get started making your own kombucha, the celebrity endorsement of people like Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Foods for her book, and so much more. If you've got questions about kombucha, then Hannah Crum is your go-to resource for getting the answers you need.

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- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get these zero carb, 100% grass fed beef sticks for 30% off regular price (discount automatically applied clicking on this link)
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- Hannah "The Kombucha Mamma" Crum bio
- The Big Book of Kombucha: Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea
- KombuchaKamp.com
- The Kombucha Kamp blog
- Hannah on Twitter
- Hannah on Facebook
- Hannah on Instagram
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #973: Hannah Crum Offers Up Comprehensive Kombucha Info At The Kombucha Kamp
- RELATED PODCAST: Ask The Low-Carb Experts #52: Jill Ciciarelli | All Things Fermented (Fermentation 101)

Top-ranked health podcaster, corporate wellness coach, and author Shawn Stevenson is our guest today in Episode 1084 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

While most of us have done a great job dialing in our diet and even our fitness levels to exactly what works for us, there's a major blind spot in a good number of health journeys that can unravel and sabotage even the best of nutritional health plans. That topic is sleep and combined with stress these are a nasty one-two punch death knell to any and every healthy lifestyle. This is something a St. Louis, Missouri-based health podcaster from The Model Health Show and corporate wellness coach named Shawn Stevenson (listen to Jimmy's previous interview with Shawn in Episode 915) understands abundantly well. He recognized how critically important this issue of sleep is in the success or failure of his clients by noticing consistent patterns that lead to compromised sleep. Now he's put it all together in a brand new book about it entitled Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success. Listen in as Jimmy and Shawn dive deeply into what it takes to get some great ZZZ's at night for better health.

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- Shawn Stevenson bio
- Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success
- SleepSmarterBook.com
- The Model Health Show iTunes health podcast
- Shawn on Twitter
- Shawn on Facebook
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #915: Shawn Stevenson Shares The Best Way To Model Health Is To Sleep Smarter

Integrative and Functional Medicine Doctor and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Frank Lipman is our guest today in Episode 1083 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

A lot of people believe that as you get older that it's inevitable that you'll become old, fat, and sick. Obesity, fatigue, aches and pains, regular bouts of illness, memory loss, low libido, and feelings of depression and anxiety are just naturally assumed to happen when you reach a certain age. But for a New York City-based Integrative and Functional Medicine Doctor named Dr. Frank Lipman from DrFrankLipman.com (listen to Jimmy's previous interview with him in Episode 907), he believes this isn't an inevitability associated with age. Dr. Lipman says the human body is resilient enough to be healthy and slim while the mind is meant to be razor sharp and focused if we implement specific diet and lifestyle strategies for making these things happen. He's outlined all of these things in his brand new 2016 book 10 Reasons You Feel Old and Get Fat: And How YOU Can Stay Young, Slim, and Happy!. Listen in as Jimmy and Dr. Lipman talk about the importance of ketogenic nutrition, why lifestyle factors such as sleep and stress are so critically important, the problem with taking prescription medications to mask the symptoms we feel, how to help the body heal, finding support to make these changes permanent, and more! We always enjoy hearing what Dr. Lipman has to say and we think you will too.

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- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get VESPA fat-burning booster (use coupon code LLVLC for 15% off)
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get low-carb, sugar-free, grain-free Good Dee's Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix (use coupon code LLVLC for 10% off)
- Dr. Frank Lipman bio
- 10 Reasons You Feel Old and Get Fat: And How YOU Can Stay Young, Slim, and Happy!
- DrFrankLipman.com
- Dr. Lipman on Facebook
- Dr. Lipman on Twitter
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #907: Dr. Frank Lipman Presents The New Health Rules In Bite-Sized Chunks
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #617: Integrative Physician Dr. Frank Lipman Wants To Get To The Root Of Health Problems

Ketogenic nutritionist, blogger, and international bestselling author Maria Emmerich is our guest today in Episode 1082 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

The ketogenic movement is in full force now as the hunger for more and more information about low-carb, moderate protein, high-fat diets is at an all-time high. The runaway success of Jimmy's 2014 book Keto Clarity was only the beginning of a groundswell of successful resources on this subject. One of the best and most prolific leaders in the keto world is nutritionist, blogger, and 9-time author Maria Emmerich from MariaMindBodyHealth.com who coauthored the international bestselling book in 2015 with Jimmy called The Ketogenic Cookbook: Nutritious Low-Carb, High-Fat Paleo Meals to Heal Your Body (listen to Jimmy's chat with her about that book in Episode 986). Maria has been out there doing her thing for many years since her own dramatic health transformation thanks to embracing nutritional ketosis and she's back in 2016 with another outstanding book about this way of eating called Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking: Meal Plans and Time Saving Paleo Recipes to Inspire Health and Shed Weight. Listen in as Jimmy and Maria have a delightful chat about the incredible recipes included in this new book.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 1082
- Vanessa Collette's Ketogenic Girl Minute
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the 2015 Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Try the KETO//OS exogenous ketones supplement
- Maria Emmerich bio
- Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking: Meal Plans and Time Saving Paleo Recipes to Inspire Health and Shed Weight
- The Ketogenic Cookbook: Nutritious Low-Carb, High-Fat Paleo Meals to Heal Your Body
- MariaMindBodyHealth.com
- Maria on Facebook
- Maria on Twitter
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #986: Jimmy Moore And Maria Emmerich Make Real Food Focus Of The Ketogenic Cookbook

Manual therapist, movement coach, and health podcaster Aaron Alexander is our guest today in Episode 1081 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Have you ever stopped to think about why you move your body in the way that you do? Probably not. We get into a habit of doing things the way we always do without much thought as to why to sit a certain way, stand putting more weight on one foot over the other, and other subconscious decisions that can directly impact the productivity and comfort of how we live our lives. For a Bend, Oregon-based manual therapist and movement coach named Aaron Alexander from AlignTherapy.com, he describes this body awareness as self-care that warrants our undivided attention to detail so we can move and live the way were were intended. Aaron is a fellow podcaster at the popular Align Therapy iTunes health podcast where he discusses these issues and so much more. Listen in as Jimmy and Aaron have an oftentimes goofy but informative conversations about the power of self-care and the impact it has on our health, what traveling does to your ability to move well, how to keep up great movement practices while traveling internationally, and so much more! This was a fun interview and you can get even more between these two by listening to the special BONUS interview Aaron did with our host Jimmy on his podcast today HERE.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 1081
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the new lemon-lime flavored Jigsaw Electrolyte Supreme supplement (Get $10 off your order with coupon code "LLVLC")
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Try the all-new Cookies & Cream Quest Protein Powder
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get these zero carb, 100% grass fed beef sticks for 30% off regular price (discount automatically applied clicking on this link)
- Aaron Alexander bio
- AlignTherapy.com
- Align Therapy iTunes health podcast
- Listen to Jimmy interviewed by Aaron on the Align Therapy podcast
- Aaron on Facebook
- Aaron on Twitter
- Aaron on Instagram
- Aaron on YouTube