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

Naturopathic physician Dr. Mona Morstein is our special interview guest on Episode 1477 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show. Dr. Mona Morstein from DrMorstein.com has been a practicing naturopathic physician for thirty years. Dr. Morstein is recognized as an expert on pre-diabetes and diabetes, and also treats other hormonal conditions, reproductive, thyroid and adrenals. Her 560 page book Master Your Diabetes: A Comprehensive, Integrative Approach to Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, is an in-depth, evidenced based, accessible educational book for both patients and physicians.  Dr. Morstein is the founder and Executive Director of the Low Carb Diabetes Association, a 501c3 education non-profit. Listen in today as Jimmy and Dr. Morstein talk about: Using a comprehensive integrative approach to treating diabetes the fact that diabetes can be 1) prevented, 2) controlled, and 3) put into remission (T2DM). Using a low carb diet how exercise factors in the importance of sleep stress management healing the gut e

Author and podcaster Allan Misner is our special interview guest on Episode 1476 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show. A day before his 39th birthday, Allan Misner from 40plusfitnesspodcast.com woke up to the fact he was unfit, unhealthy, and unhappy. Once an athlete, he had let himself go as work stress, a toxic relationship and, frankly, poor health choices had gotten him to well over 250 pounds. Over the next eight years, he rode countless waves of wellness and fatness. It was this roller coaster ride that made him realize that a decision wasn’t enough. So, one day, while lying on the bed of a hotel room, hung-over and fat again, he made a commitment to his health and well-being. Allan is the host of the 40+ Fitness Podcast, and author of the book, The Wellness Roadmap: A Straightforward Guide to Health and Fitness After 40 to ensure others don’t need eight years to figure it out.   Listen in today as Jimmy and Allan talk about: His story and why he focuses on people over 40 The Wellness GPS and why is sett

Functional Medicine Doctor Dr. Becky Campbell is our special interview guest on Episode 1475 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show. Dr. Becky Campbell is a board-certified doctor of natural medicine who was initially introduced to functional medicine as a patient. She struggled with many of the issues her patients struggle with today, and she has made it her mission to help patients all around the world with her virtual practice. Dr. Becky Campbell is the founder of Dr. Becky Campbell.com and author of “The 30-Day Thyroid Reset Plan.” She has been featured on multiple online publications like Mindbodygreen, Bustle, Popsugar and more. She has been a guest on the Balanced Bites Podcast as well as many others as a thyroid health expert. Dr. Campbell specializes in Thyroid disease, Autoimmune disease and Histamine Intolerance and hopes to help others regain their life as functional medicine helped her regain hers.   Listen in today as Jimmy and Dr. Campbell talk about: Her path to functional medicine Why the whole

New York Times best selling Author Drew Manning is our special interview guest on Episode 1474 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show. Drew Manning is the New York Times best selling author of the book, Fit2Fat2Fit, which chronicles his journey of gaining 75 lbs on purpose that went viral back in 2011. Since then he has had 2 seasons of a hit TV show on A&E and a very successful keto program that has been downloaded over 300,000 times.  His new book, Complete Keto, launches February 12 which addresses the mental and emotional side of transformation while providing an easy to follow 30 Day Keto Program, helping people achieve a complete transformation.   Listen in today as Jimmy and Drew talk about: His breakout book Fit2Fat2Fit How doctors need to be able to show empathy to patients The mental and emotional aspects of maintaining a healthy lifestyle Changing the perception of health and fitness to markers other than weight His hit television series His new book Complete Keto Dealing with life altering things

Professional triathlete Dr. Jay Wiles is our special interview guest on Episode 1473 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show. Dr. Jay T. Wiles from DrJayWiles.com is a Clinical Health and Nutritional Psychologist located in Greenville, SC. Dr. Wiles has procured experience in the field of health psychology and nutritional psychology via applied research within both a university and VA medical center setting, as well as through teaching, consulting, and providing patient care. With a passion for integrative and holistic care, Dr. Wiles’ goal is to provide education to healthcare professionals on the bidirectional relationship between what we eat and our psychological and cognitive performance. His desire is to increase this knowledge and awareness that it may result in informed and collaborative shared-decision making, as well as improved quality of patient care that further bolsters health promotion and disease prevention. Listen in today as Jimmy and Jay talk about: The role of mental health care in functional m

Professional triathlete Richard Wygard is our special interview guest on Episode 1472 of The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show. Richard Wygand is the president of The go Luke Wygand Foundation and former professional triathlete. In 2004 Richard lost 100 pounds, quit smoking, and became a professional triathlete. After racing for 12 years Richard became a Dad in 2016 after winning his first full distance triathlon. Richard's son was born with an unexpected muscle condition called nemaline myopathy. Richard retired from racing Ironman to dedicate himself to advocating for his son's cause. So far Richard has done a 24 hours paddle-boarding challenge and is about to do a rowing marathon to raise awareness. Richard recently found a way to carry Luke's breathing machine and they started to run together. Listen in today as Jimmy and Richard discuss: Richards's journey from low-fat vegan to keto Competing in and training for Ironman Racing on Keto His son's rare muscle condition How he changed his son's diet and what that

Wellness engineer and author Jonathan Bailor is our interview guest today in Episode 1471 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”. Jonathan Bailor from SANESolution.com pioneered the field of Wellness Engineering and is the founder and CEO of the world’s fastest growing permanent weight loss and diabesity treatment company SANESolution. He authored the New York Times best seller The Calorie Myth, has registered over 26 patents, has spoken at Fortune 100 companies and TED conferences for over a decade, and served as a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, where he helped create Nike Kinect Training and Xbox Fitness. His work has been endorsed and implemented by top doctors from Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, and UCLA. A summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of DePauw University. Listen in today as Jimmy talks with Jonathan about: The SetPoint Diet His new Diabesity miniseries His history as a Wellness engineer Writing his new book The term Diabesity The epidemi

Pro BMX athlete, speaker, and a keto coach Josh Perry is our interview guest today in Episode 14701 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”. Josh Perry is a pro BMX athlete, speaker, and a keto coach and advocate who's fighting 4 brain tumors. His strong passion for living his life to the fullest and living a ketogenic lifestyle stems from an open cranial brain surgery in 2010 at Duke University to remove a massive brain tumor, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in 2012 to shrink 2 regrowths and a third diagnosis of 2 additional tumors in his skull in 2017. Despite living with 4 brain tumors, Josh lives his life on his terms and has committed his life to serve and support others the best he can. Listen in today as Jimmy talks with Josh about: His BMX career Taking risks in life The head injury that might have saved his life Living with 4 brain tumors Perspective & choices Fear of failure learning that health is internal How he found Keto Mindset not just actions or changes and more  

Board certified family physician Dr. Gus Vickery is our interview guest today in Episode 1469 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”. Dr. Vickery is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Dr. Vickery is a board certified family physician and started Vickery Family Medicine, which is designated as a patient-centered medical home, in 2005. Dr. Vickery believes that his specialty is taking complex issues and breaking them down so that regular people can understand them, and also apply them. Instilling in his patients a sense of hope is part of his practice and he feels that helping his patients feel better about themselves puts them on a path to wellness. Listen in today as Jimmy and Dr. Vickery talk about the truth of health and why he believes that our human bodies are designed well, separating the truth from the myths of health marketing, what good health really means, and much more.  

President and CEO  of Swerve Sweetener Andress Blackwell is our interview guest today in Episode 1468 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”. As one of the founders of Swerve Sweetener, Andress Blackwell is currently the President and CEO and oversees the vision and strategy for this zero-calorie, natural sugar replacement. With an early career in radio, Andress is a former top-rated morning show personality. She currently resides in New Orleans and can often be seen on weekends competing in Stockdog Trials with her crew of Border Collies and Australian Shepherds. Today Jimmy and Andress talk about how her unique product was created, and why the keto community could benefit from using Swerve, and much more.  

  Crowd Cow founder Joe Heitzeberg is our interview guest today in Episode 1467 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”. Joe Heitzeberg is the CEO and co-founder of Crowd Cow. Crowd Cow's mission is to help people discover and access the highest quality craft meats, and to bring people together — farmers and consumers, families and friends. Prior to Crowd Cow, he was the co-founder and President of Madrona Venture Labs, the in-house startup incubator of Madrona Venture Group which produced venture-backed high tech startups including Mighty AI and ReplyYes. Before that, he was the co-founder and CEO of MediaPiston (acquired by UpWork in 2012, IPO in 2018) and Snapvine (acquired by WhitePages in 2008). Joe was raised in Seattle, graduated from the University of Washington and has an MBA from MIT. Some of the topics covered in today's show include: Why it is important to know where our food comes from Why most big food companies want to keep you ignorant of where their food comes from Crowd Cow's unique way of

Keto researcher and Co-Founder of Life Sense International Dr. Alvin Berger is our interview guest today in Episode 1466 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”. Today Jimmy talks with Dr. Alvin Berger.  Dr. Berger is on the board of various academic/industrial organizations and a Food Cooperative (Harvest Moon, Long Lake, MN); is a reviewer or on the Editorial board for various journals; and a keynote speaker at symposiums. Beginning in 2016, he has increasingly spoken to diverse audiences on podcasts and radio shows to provide education on ketogenic diets and fats, to improve the life of diabetics and others. Dr. Berger is currently CEO of Sciadonics and SciaEssentials, companies developing novel anti-inflammatory fatty acids for oral and topical use; and Co-Founder of Life Sense International, a company developing ketogenic products such as KetoMCT.

Author of the book Southern Keto Tasha Newton is our interview guest today in Episode 1465 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”. Listen in today as Jimmy and Tasha talk about southern food, her journey to keto, the decisions she made to pursue a more healthy lifestyle, developing new ways to eat keto while honoring her southern roots, how sharing recipes and food ideas on social media exploded, developing healthy ways to cook comfort foods, her new cookbook Southern Keto, and much more.   Links mentioned in LLVLC Episode 1465: Southern Keto on Amazon Tasha on Instagram @ketoislife Southern Keto Cookbook on Instagram @southerneketocookbook Tasha on Facebook

Jan 8, 2019 Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer Lauren Berryhill is our interview guest today in Episode 1464 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show”. Lauren Berryhill, aka Keto Coach Lauren, is a Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer. She specializes in the Ketogenic Diet and offers Nutrition & Macro Coaching geared towards a Ketogenic way of eating, as well as custom Online Fitness Training. She first began following a Keto lifestyle in January 2017 and has managed to lose a total of 103 pounds (not all with keto). Keto was her saving grace and has helped her overcome her binge eating disorder, become the healthiest version of herself thus far and break her addiction to food. Food addiction has been a life-long struggle. Lauren calorie counted, did IIFYM, weight watchers and was SUPER restrictive anytime that she would diet. In January 2017 she started Keto after searching for a true lifestyle change. She now spends her days helping pe

Writer, speaker, and podcaster Elle Russ is our interview guest today in Episode 1462 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.” Elle Russ from ElleRuss.com is a writer, speaker, and host of the popular Primal Blueprint Podcast. She is the 5th person in the world to be certified in Ancestral Health and is the leading voice of thyroid health in the Paleo, Primal, and Evolutionary Health movements.  Elle is the author of the bestselling book THE PALEO THYROID SOLUTION. She lives and plays in Malibu, California. Listen in today as Jimmy and Elle talk about dealing with criticism from the internet, finding peace with your body, achieving health might not look the same to everyone, dealing with other people's expectations, and more. Instagram: Instagram.com/_elleruss/ Twitter: Twitter.com/_elleruss Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elleruss/ Paleo Thyroid Solution on Amazon: Amazon.com/Paleo-Thyroid-Solution-Fatigued-Uninformed/dp/1939563240 Elle's Website: ElleRuss.com

Chemical engineer Ivor Cummins is our interview guest today in Episode 1462 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.” Ivor Cummins BE(Chem) CEng MIEI completed a Biochemical Engineering degree in 1990. He has since spent over 25 years in corporate technical leadership and management positions and was shortlisted in 2015 as one of the top 6 of 500 applicants for “Irish Chartered Engineer of the Year”. Ivor’s career specialty has been leading large worldwide teams in complex problem-solving activity. Since 2012 Ivor has been intensively researching the root causes of modern chronic disease. A particular focus has been on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. He increasingly shares his research through public speaking engagements at various health conferences around the world. Most recently he presented at the Irish National Institute of Preventative Cardiology (NIPC) conference – and went on to defend low carb in an hour-long debate (against four professors of medicine/nutrition!). Ivor’s recently publi

Low-carb researcher and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Eric Westman is our interview guest today in Episode 1461 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.” Dr. Westman is the co-founder and chief medical officer of HEAL Clinics, associate professor of medicine at Duke University and director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic. He is board-certified in internal and obesity medicine. His clinical research includes over 45 peer-reviewed papers on the efficacy of ketogenic diets and lifestyle in the management of type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, and obesity. He is past chairman of the board of the Obesity Medicine Association, fellow of the Obesity Society, co-editor of a medical textbook on obesity, and author of the New York Times bestseller The New Atkins for a New You. Listen in today as Jimmy and Dr. Westman talk about the explosive growth of the low-carb keto message over the last few years, how the world has changed since Dr. Westman started treating patients with the keto message, helping patients at

Filmmaker and comedian Tom Naughton is our interview guest today in Episode 1460 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.” Tom Naughton began his professional life as a writer and editor for Family Safety & Health magazine. In the many years since, he's worked as a freelance writer, a touring standup comedian, and a software programmer. Fat Head, his humorous documentary about the lousy health advice handed down from official sources, has been seen on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, as well as on television networks in several countries. His speeches and other health-related videos have been viewed by millions of people online. Tom now lives on a small hobby farm with one wife, two daughters, two dogs, one cat, and dozens of chickens. Listen in today as Jimmy talks with Tom about his brand new film Fat Head Kids and the companion book, why he decided to tackle this project aimed at educating kids, the fantastic artwork in the film by none other than his wife, why they chose to animate the film and what tha

Today's show features a special medical Q&A with our panel of medical professional guest speakers at the 2018 Low-Carb Cruise in Episode 1454 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”   Have you heard about the annual Low-Carb Cruise that our host Jimmy Moore helps organize each year as the preeminent event for the low-carb community? They just completed their eleventh one in 2018 with lots of incredible guest speakers who are the leading voices for carbohydrate restriction and ketogenic diets, including people like Dave Feldman, Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. Steve Phinney, Tom Naughton, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Ann Childers, and many more! Today’s featured audio is from our panel of medical experts hosting a Q&A from the audience.   JOIN US ON THE LOW-CARB CRUISE MAY 31, 2019 If these lectures whet your appetite to be a part of the festivities on the big, historic celebration on the 12th Annual Low-Carb Cruise coming up May 31, 2019, then it would be awesome to have you join in on the fun in the sun with all of your

We feature a panel of non-medical guest speakers for a special Q&A today in Episode 1458 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.” Have you heard about the annual Low-Carb Cruise that our host Jimmy Moore helps organize each year as the preeminent event for the low-carb community? They just completed their eleventh one in 2018 with lots of incredible guest speakers who are the leading voices for carbohydrate restriction and ketogenic diets, including people like Dave Feldman, Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. Steve Phinney, Tom Naughton, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Ann Childers, and many more! Today’s featured audio is from our panel of non- medical guest speakers. JOIN US ON THE LOW-CARB CRUISE MAY 31, 2019 If these lectures whet your appetite to be a part of the festivities on the big, historic celebration on the 12th Annual Low-Carb Cruise coming up May 31, 2019, then it would be awesome to have you join in on the fun in the sun with all of your low-carb and ketogenic friends. Sign up at lowcarbcruiseinfo.com to reserve you