Jimmy Moore On CNBC-TV’s dLife Diabetes Life Program On January 31, 2010
CNBC-TV show dLife host Benno Schmidt interviews www.livinlavidalowcarb.com author and health blogger Jimmy Moore for a segment of the nationally-televised diabetes-related health program for January 31, 2010. Benno asked Jimmy a series of questions about his weight loss, the decision to choose a low-carb lifestyle, the tragic death of his brother Kevin, and why anyone should listen to what he has to say since he’s not a doctor or nutritionist. This was Jimmy’s second national television appearance. Relevant links: www.dlife.com www.livinlavidalowcarb.com tinyurl.com www.livinlavidalowcarb.com http www.youtube.com
I think South Beach and Atkins are the ways to go.
I agree with you on the corn syrup, MSG, preservatives, prepared foods, and all soda, but encouraging a plant-based diet is not the way to go for everyone. I for one have done extremely well improving my health with a high-fat, meat-based, low-carbohydrate nutritional approach and encourage people to eliminate as many grains as possible from their diet if they deal with diabetes or other metabolic disorders. You can get all the B vitamins you need from other sources. Congrats on your success!
To improve health and prevent disease, people should be eating mostly plant based foods. People need to eliminate corn syrup, MSG, preservatives, prepared foods and ALL SODA from their diets. America would be so much healthier if they did these things! I am a big fan of whole grains; they’re a big source of B vitamins. I eat a little meat, and it’s all free range. Been dropping pounds steadily since I started this lifestyle.
assume people’s thoughts.
First of all I am not at all implying that a low fat diet is the one and only way to go. I realize that everyone is different. Second of all what I find works for me is not by any means “conventional”. I base my opinions on my own personal experience, not what people tell me. I couldn’t care less what the majority of what people say. I find that I have infinitely more energy and mental clarity when eating primarily fresh local produce than eating meat, dairy, ect.. You should not quick to
“The human body is an amazing organism and can adapt to many habitats; this, however. does not mean it is optimal.”
We can use that same argument to counter the ‘conventional’ thought that a low fat diet is considered ‘optimal’. What is optimal for one person may not be best for another.
Why can’t health professionals and others accept the fact low carb diets are better for some people. One size diet does not fit all!
While YOU may not be pushing them, the people who are have a vested interest in convincing consumers to buy their “healthy whole grain” foods to make a buck. If word got out that your body doesn’t really NEED these carbs, then they’d be out of business quickly. Anyone who has read my stuff will tell you that I realize we are all different and I recommend people find what works for them, follow it exactly, & then keep doing it forever. I have no problem with someone choosing not to go low-carb.
I am not at all pushing grains, I don’t eat them myself. I am just saying that everyone is different. I totally respect your lifestyle and can see that it works well for you, though others do better on eating primarily fruit and vegetables, such as myself. The Inuits, also, did not necessarily thrive just because of what they were eating. The human body is an amazing organism and can adapt to many habitats; this, however. does not mean it is optimal.
Obviously if you’re exerting that much energy you’ll need to have more availability of glucose in the body. But look at the Inuit people and Eskimos…they not only survived, but THRIVED eating basically no carbs at all. Check out the work of researcher Vilhjalmur Stefansson who lived among these people groups consuming meats as the primary source of energy. It is indeed possible despite what we’ve been led to believe by those pushing grains.
While I made the statement that there is no dietary need for carbohydrates, that doesn’t mean I don’t eat any at all. I get great healthy carbohydrates into my body through delicious green, leafy and non-starchy veggies, some from the cheese and eggs I consume, and even meat has some carbs in it from the glycogen stores of the animals. Demystifying what low-carb living is all about is the main purpose of all that I do because this healthy whole foods way of eating changed my life forever.
you would not have much success with this lifestyle. I am not saying what you are doing is wrong, though rather there is a time and place for carbohydrates; some need way more than others.
True, but if you were pursuing an intense physical endeavor such as mountaineering, the availability of of the glucose in carbohydrate rich foods would allow for greater energy. your body would perform at a better rate, for there is less energy expended in the process of converting that food into carbohydrate. I didn’t mean to say you were inactive, I just meant that one’s energy expenditure could only be so much with only fat and protein. I am saying that if you were an endurance athelete,
Yep. It was scary those few years of my life, but thankfully I found the way that would help me stay healthy and fit for the rest of my life — LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOW-CARB!
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No, actually I’m VERY active and the point I was making in the interview (and in my new book) was that there is no dietary need for carbs metabolically because your body will make glucose from the protein you consume (watch Episode 45 of Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube to learn more about gluconeogenesis).
That’s funny! No, after losing 170 pounds on a low-fat diet in 1999, I was so hungry, irritable and rebellious about HAVING to eat that way for the rest of my life that I gained it all back and then some in a matter of four months which ballooned me back up to 410 pounds prior to me going on low-carb in 2004. That year I shed 180 pounds and have kept most of that weight off ever since continuing to eat a carbohydrate-restricted, high-fat, moderate-protein diet.
“ZERO need for carbohydrates”- you must be very inactive.
you lost 170 pounds on low fat?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?! so that means you only lost 10 lbs on atkins!
Why not offer both low-fat and low-carb as an option for people? Right now all the dietary recommendations call for a high-carb, low-fat diet. Wouldn’t it be better if we let people decide which plan is right for them?
What’s up with your last question, ‘Why not both?’
you’re body can turn protein into glucose carbs are not necessary
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It’s true that there is little need for carbs except for brain and neurons that can not burn fat unless you feed them glucose . You can eat some complex carbohydrates or do what I use, L-Glutamine is the supplement that feeds the brain happy and cuts all cravings for sugars, grains and even alcohol
The body NEEDS fat and protein, but there is absolutely ZERO need for carbohydrate in your diet. Yes, you want some from non-starchy veggies, but that’s about it. I’ve had more energy and stronger than ever before because of healthy low-carb living!
you need proteins to rebuild muscle and to start burning fat. What happens when you get sick and have no energy and muscles , you will get fat again if you don’t build muscles
Carbs are necessary for energy and brain functions, Lemon juice is great for losing weight and alkalizing body in my experience. Although it’s acidic , its very alkalizing in the body and just turns the accumulated fat into something that body can dispose of .
My whole wheat bread has no sugar but has fiber and proteins. Fats gets accumulated when your body doesn’t know what to do with strange substances so it stores them.This is always acidic environment and mostly processed sugar that is turned into fat by the insulin.