Author, health innovator, hunter, explorer, and quantified selfer Ashley Tudor is our interview guest today in Episode 837 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

If you've been paying attention to what's been happening with nutritional health in recent years, then you'll already there are two movements that have run along parallel paths in terms of their popularity. One is Paleo which was the #1 diet search term in 2013. But the other one is the quantified self movement with the whole idea of people conducting their own n=1 experiments to see what happens to them when they make changes to some aspect of their diet and lifestyle. Our host Jimmy Moore did this in 2012-2013 with his nutritional ketosis experiment. But if you ask Paleo enthusiast and quantified self-experimenter Ashley Tudor about this, she'd say self-testing is the way you make Paleo work best for you and she's outlined how and why in her new Victory Belt Publishing book entitled Perfecting Paleo: Personalize Your Diet Rules: Ancient Wisdom Meets Self-Testing.

Listen in to hear Jimmy and Ashley discuss why she is a big believer in hunting, how to make quality meats more affordable to the masses, her travels to other countries and her observations about the food culture there, the various experiments she did on herself in her pursuit of perfecting Paleo (including a stint into nutritional ketosis), and so much more. Ashley is a vibrant and articulate representative in the Paleo community that not near enough people know about. Soak in what she has to say in today's episode.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 837
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Try the many flavors of products from Quest Nutrition
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Join Jimmy Moore's Livin' Low-Carb Meal Plan
- Ashley Tudor bio
- Perfecting Paleo: Personalize Your Diet Rules: Ancient Wisdom Meets Self-Testing
- Perfecting-Paleo.com
- Ashley on Facebook
- Ashley on Twitter
- RELATED PODCAST: Low-Carb Conversations #46: Darryl Edwards And Ashley Tudor Take On Recent Red Meat Study And Pink Slime In Schools
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #658: Guest Host Dave Asprey And Ashley Tudor On Raising A Bulletproof Baby

Professional mountain biker, certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner and a recent graduate of the Kalish Institute Christopher Kelly is our interview guest today in Episode 836 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

One of the common memes put out there mostly in the Paleo community is how low-carb diets are perfect for people who are slothful and don't do a lot of movement. But they say if you exercise just a little to the very elite level, then you had better be refueling your body with carbohydrates. But this doesn't make any sense to pro mountain biker Christopher Kelly. After finding health through the nutritional density of a low-carb Paleo diet along with some key lab-driven functional medicine techniques, Christopher now engages in professional mountain bike races at the highest level eating a low-carb, high-fat, ketogenic diet. When he became frustrated by the current state of healthcare offered by conventional medicine, that's what make him partner up with wife and food scientist Julia as well as a low-carb friendly doctor named Dr. Jamie Busch to form the new practice Nourish Balance Thrive in Berkeley, California.

Listen in as Jimmy and Christopher blow the myth that you absolutely need carbs to perform athletically, why breast feeding for mothers doesn't require as many carbohydrates as we've been told, the lack of evidence that exists supporting the idea that very low-carb, ketogenic diets lead to hypothyroidism, the REAL reason why low thyroid function happens on a low-carb diet, some of the basic problems his clinic is seeing in the food diaries of their clients eating low-carb, and the self-sabotage people make putting so much stress on themselves along with a sleep deficiency that can tee-totally derail your attempts to lose weight and get healthy. This podcast is SOLID GOLD from start to finish, so don't miss a moment.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 836
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get Athletic Greens from GetNutritionalInsurance.com
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get Leaner Living's Glycosolve and Vitamin K2/D3 (Use 10% Off Coupon Code: THANK YOU)
- Christopher Kelly bio
- Nourish Balance Thrive
- Get a FREE consultation from Christopher Kelly
- Nourish Balance Thrive on Facebook
- Paleo Baby iTunes podcast

Ketonix breath ketone analyzer inventor Michel Lundell and author, designer, health enthusiast, and voiceover artist Leslie Klenke are our interview guests today in Episode 835 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

We've got a special doubleheader podcast for you today with two great interviews you'll enjoy hearing. The first one features a Swedish engineer named Michel Lundell who was diagnosed with epilepsy and discovered the ketogenic diet as a means for controlling his seizures. But when we became disappointed with blood and urine ketone testing, Michel started investigating breath ketones and invented the world's first commercially available breath ketone analyzer he calls Ketonix. Hear him share about this amazing new device that is perfect for people doing nutritional ketosis. Then in the main interview, we've got an author, designer, health enthusiast, and voiceover artist named Leslie Klenke who was given an opportunity by Mark Sison's Primal Blueprint Publishing to write a book for teenaged girls called Paleo Girl: Take a Leap. Empower Yourself. Be Awesome!. Listen in to hear Jimmy and Leslie talk all about this exciting new book that has been sorely needed in the community.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 835
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com or on Amazon.com in the STANDARD or SPORT edition
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Check out ILoveSkinnyFat.com (Use $5 Off Coupon Code: ILOVESKINNYFAT)
- Michel Lundell bio
- Ketonix breath ketone analyzer
- Leslie Klenke bio
- Paleo Girl: Take a Leap. Empower Yourself. Be Awesome!
- Leslie Klenke 
- Leslie on Facebook
- Leslie on Twitter

Australian journalist and New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson is our interview guest today in Episode 834 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Although Paleo and low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) have become more readily accepted in our culture in recent years, there is still a large segment of the population who have never even heard of these concepts because they're still stuck on the concepts that your body needs carbohydrates and that dietary fat will make you fat and clog your arteries. But some proponents of these lifestyle changes have taken a more stealth approach to getting the message out by simply describing the basic tenets of these programs as healthy without overtly giving them a name. For the popular Australian blogger and New York Times bestselling author of the book I Quit Sugar: Your Complete 8-Week Detox Program and Cookbook named Sarah Wilson, she believes this is a much more prudent way to get people on the right track with their health goals. Listen in as Jimmy and Sarah have a delightful conversations about the ins and outs of giving up carbohydrates and embracing healthy saturated fats to attain optimal health.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 834
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Check out ILoveSkinnyFat.com (Use $5 Off Coupon Code: ILOVESKINNYFAT)
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com or on Amazon.com in the STANDARD or SPORT edition
- Sarah Wilson bio
- I Quit Sugar: Your Complete 8-Week Detox Program and Cookbook
- SarahWilson.com
- IQuitSugar.com
- Sarah on Facebook
- Sarah on Twitter
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #821: Sarah Wilson: 2014 Low-Carb New Zealand

Nutritional health expert and author Dr. Mike Roussell is our interview guest today in Episode 833 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

We live in exciting times when it comes to health information and it is thanks in part to the people who are active sharing information in the mainstream about nutrition, fitness and lifestyle changes. One of those people is a Pennsylvania-based man with a doctorate of nutrition named Dr. Mike Roussell, PhD who is a passionate advocate for taking complex nutritional concepts and making them palatable to the general public by translating them into practical advice the people can use to lose weight and get health. He's the author of the Kindle e-book The 6 Pillars of Nutrition - A Simple Diet Solution for Permanent Weight Loss, Better Health, and a Longer Life and a regular contributor to Men's Health and many other national print publications and leading online fitness outlets. Jimmy found out about Dr. Mike in this April 2014 “Ask The Diet Doctor” column at Shape.com. Listen in as Jimmy and Dr. Roussell have an engaging conversation about the role a low-carb, high-fat, ketogenic diet can play in a healthy lifestyle.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 833
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get Athletic Greens from GetNutritionalInsurance.com
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get Leaner Living's Glycosolve and Vitamin K2/D3 (Use 10% Off Coupon Code: THANK YOU)
- Dr. Mike Roussell bio
- MikeRoussell.com
- The 6 Pillars of Nutrition - A Simple Diet Solution for Permanent Weight Loss, Better Health, and a Longer Life Kindle e-book
- "Ask the Diet Doctor: Fueled by Fats Alone" by Dr. Mike Roussell in Shape Magazine
- Dr. Mike on Facebook
- Dr. Mike on Twitter
- Dr. Mike on YouTube

Former low-carb blogger and podcaster Hank Garner is our interview guest today in Episode 832 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

The low-carb community is growing so fast thanks to the efforts of the hard-working people whose lives have been changed by this way of eating. So many low-carb success stories go on to become active on social media, in the blogosphere, and even in the health podcasting world. And it wasn't that long ago in 2011 when >Hank Garner was one such story (listen to Jimmy's interview with Hank in Episode 487) with an incredible 130-pound weight loss success story, top-ranked interview-based iTunes health podcast called "My Low-Carb Journey" (named by Jimmy as one of the top 10 health podcasts every low-carber should be listening to in 2011), and running in half marathons while vastly improving his health while accomplishing more than he ever thought possible. Life was good.

But then it happened.

It's funny how life has a cruel way of throwing us a curve ball every us every now and then when we least expect it. For Hank, that meant a diagnosis in 2011 of a degenerative arthritic condition where basically the cartilage in his joints was disintegrating. This led to a foot surgery that prevented him from being able to workout as he was used to doing. It was a depressing time for Hank who had found such confidence and energy from all of the things he was able to accomplish through his low-carb success story. Now all those rewards were crumbling around him like falling bricks and this led to an increase in stress, opening up of some old emotional wounds, and the predictable weight gain and decline in health that so many who have found success have experienced.

Listen in as Hank and Jimmy discuss the circumstances that took place in the midst of his foot problems, the additional stress that came when he moved his parents next door to him, the scared and confused position he was in about how to climb out of the hole he was in, how his own personal arrogance about his 2011 success made him more vulnerable to the ultimate failure he experienced, the humility he took on in the healing process both emotionally and physically, how this experience impacted his faith in God, the inspiration and release he received by writing a fictional novel called Bloom, how he turned to nutritional ketosis in 2014 to start healing himself again, the instant results he began seeing when he got focused on doing this again, and so much more! If you're one of the many who e-mailed Jimmy asking "Hey, where's Hank Garner?" then you won't want to miss this special update episode today.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 832
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com or on Amazon.com in the STANDARD or SPORT edition
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Check out ILoveSkinnyFat.com (Use $5 Off Coupon Code: ILOVESKINNYFAT)
- Hank Garner bio
- HankGarner.com
- Hank Garner's fictional novel Bloom
- Get Bloom now available in various formats
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #487: Podcaster Hank Garner’s Amazing 100+ Pound Low-Carb Weight Loss Success

10-year old Type 1 diabetic Dave Dikeman and his dad Richard Dikeman are our interview guests today in Episode 831 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Most of the time when we share interviews with you on this podcast, it features an established author, researcher, doctor, blogger or someone with a presence on the Internet. However, when Jimmy heard about the story of a young man with Type 1 diabetes who had beat it with a low-carb diet, he just had to get him on the podcast for a chat. That young man's name is Dave Dikeman and he's joined on the show by his dad Richard. Listen in as Jimmy speaks with Dave and Richard about how they discovered he had Type 1 diabetes after losing 12 pounds and having a scare with diabetic ketoacidosis, the rather "interesting" food they fed him in the hospital, the adjustment period trying to follow the American Diabetes Association diet, their shocking, eye-opening realization during an ADA-fundraising event where they served high-carb snacks that there had to be a better way, how they came across low-carb nutrition for controlling diabetes, how to overcome the "kids-need-carbs" mentality, what his friends think about the way he eats and whether he feels ostracized eating this way, what his favorite low-carb foods are, whether he see this diet as challenging in any way, how he gets an A1c of 4.4, and so much more. Dave and Richard aren't promoting anythingbut the fact that anyone can do this if they're willing to give up sugar and grains. Be inspired by what this kid has to share about overcoming obstacles to not just survive, but thrive. ENJOY!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 831
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com or on Amazon.com in the STANDARD or SPORT edition
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Try the many flavors of products from Quest Nutrition
- Dave Dikeman story
- Richard Dikeman on Facebook

Ancestral Health Symposium (AHS) co-founder Brent Pottenger and AHS public relations specialist Karen Phelps are our interview guests today in Episode 830 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

As the popularity of the Paleo lifestyle has gained prominence in recent years, it shouldn't be surprising that these people would want to gather together to learn about the latest scientific evidence supporting this way of eating. Plus, since Paleo is about great-tasting food and healthy living, the fellowship of the people involved in it having the opportunity to hang out, work out, and eat out together is something that must be fulfilled. Since 2011, that's exactly what the Ancestral Health Symposium (AHS) has done. It started at University of California-Los Angeles that year, then went to Harvard in 2012, and Atlanta in 2013. This year's event will take place August 7-9, 2014 at the University of California-Berkeley and REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. Today we have AHS co-founder and fourth-year medical school student Brent Pottenger and AHS public relations specialist and Paleo blogger Karen Phelps sharing about what they have in store for #AHS14 at Berkeley. Listen in as Jimmy, Brent and Karen dive into the details about AHS, how it attracts people from all walks of life, why they choose to focus on the "ancestral" community rather than Paleo, the wide variety of talks we can expect to hear at AHS14, the special BONUS day of lectures on August 10th honoring the late Seth Roberts, why this event is for anyone (even low-carbers) interested in being healthy, and so much more. If you've been thinking about coming to AHS14, listen to this podcast to hear plenty of reasons why YOU should be there.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 830 - SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com or on Amazon.com in the STANDARD or SPORT edition - SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Check out ILoveSkinnyFat.com (Use $5 Off Coupon Code: ILOVESKINNYFAT) - Brent Pottenger - Brent on Twitter - Karen Phelps from "Paleo Periodical" - Karen on Twitter - Ancestral Health Symposium - Registration to #AHS14 - BONUS Seth Roberts Memorial Talks on August 10, 2014 - RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #598: Recollections On #AHS12 Paleo Conference At Harvard - RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #496: Brent Pottenger & Aaron Blaisdell From The Ancestral Health Symposium - RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #391: The Ancestral Health Symposium Nutritional ‘Woodstock’ Coming August 2011 - RELATED PODCAST: Must-Hear Podcast Interviews After Attending The 2011 Ancestral Health Symposium

Paleo health and fitness blogger and podcaster Tony Federico is our interview guest today in Episode 829 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

Today we welcome back to the podcast one of the truly great members of the Paleo health community in Tony Federico from LiveCaveman.com. He's the dynamic voice behind the hit iTunes health podcast "Paleo Magazine Radio" (PMR) and has released a brand new book that will be of interest to Paleo and low-carb enthusiasts alike. It's called Paleo Grilling: A Modern Caveman's Guide to Cooking with Fire and it features some truly mouthwatering recipes and information about how fire revolutionized the way we eat as humans. Listen in as Tony and Jimmy discuss why cooking food is important, the stereotype that men are the only ones who grill, whether grilling foods can increase the carcinogens on the meat, and a whole lot more. If you love grilling or want to get inspired to fire up the barbie this summer, then this is the podcast for you!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 829
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get the Ketonix breath ketone analyzer from Ketonix.com or on Amazon.com in the STANDARD or SPORT edition
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get Leaner Living's Glycosolve and Vitamin K2/D3 (Use 10% Off Coupon Code: THANK YOU)
- Tony Federico bio
- Paleo Grilling: A Modern Caveman's Guide to Cooking with Fire
- LiveCaveman.com
- "Paleo Magazine Radio" iTunes podcast
- Tony on Twitter
- Tony on Facebook
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #742: Tony Federico Warns Processed Relationships As Unhealthy As Fake Foods
- RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #678: Guest Host Tony Federico On The Next Generation Of Paleo
- RELATED PODCAST: Low-Carb Conversations #30: Tony Federico And Marisa Peer On Cholesterol Myths And Reducing Healthcare Costs

Functional nutrition consultant and certified CrossFit coach Terry Shanahan is our interview guest today in Episode 827 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”

There are so many great people (some who are unknown to the rest of the health community) who are working in their own spheres of influence to share the message of a low-carb, Paleo, and ketogenic diet approach to getting healthy. One such proponent of these nutritional principles is nutrition and fitness expert Terry Shanahan from "The Shanahan Plan" who has personally used this approach himself to overcome chronic illness. Now he's using that experience along with knowledge of how powerful nutrition can be in the lives of others to teach them through online courses simplified down into three-day chunks about how to transition over to more of a Paleo-style diet. It's called The Paleo Transition and is being used by people desiring weight loss, those wanting improved athletic performance, and even those who have unexplained health challenges they want to try to figure out. Terry has an in with the professional sports world successfully telling them about the real food-based plan he talks about in his courses, including the star of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks named Kyle Korver.

Jimmy first heard about Terry's work with a local chain of grocery stores in the Omaha, Nebraska area called Wohlner's where they now have a section of their store dedicated to Paleo products and a full deli lunch that serves Paleo-friendly meals. Seriously! Terry has even managed to get a catering company to start offering Paleo options for clients that want healthier choices. Not too shabby for someone who at the age of 24 thought he was going to be dead because of an undiagnosed autoimmune/food sensitivity issue. Listen in to this incredible interview Jimmy conducted with someone you should be hearing a lot more about in the years to come.

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 827
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Get Leaner Living's Glycosolve and Vitamin K2/D3 (Use 10% Off Coupon Code: THANK YOU)
- SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Check out ILoveSkinnyFat.com (Use $5 Off Coupon Code: ILOVESKINNYFAT)
- Terry Shanahan bio
- The Shanahan Plan
- The Paleo Transition
- Terry on Twitter
- Terry on Facebook
- Terry on Google+
- Terry on YouTube