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Next up is Episode 13 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore and we welcome you back to our fourth episode of the week in the penultimate podcast of this motivational marathon. Are you enjoying the show? Hey, let us know by leaving a comment!
As usual, Jimmy has a cornucopia of excellent information about the low-carb lifestyle and how YOU too can achieve your weight loss goals! In today’s episode, he discusses how your body actually manufactures its own carbohydrates out of the protein you consume. Freaky!
Find out what this process known of gluconeogenesis is all about and why everyone who is on a low-carb plan needs to know about this. Prepare to be educated because class is in session!
Special THANKS to the sponsors of Episode 13: CarbSmart.com, OperationFitness.com, and Weight Loss Buddy
LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 13:
– OperationFitness.com
– Weight Loss Buddy
– Related blog post: “Purging The ‘Body Needs Carbs’ Ignorance”
Did you miss something Jimmy said in this episode? Click through below for a full transcript!
Transcript of Episode 13:
It’s lucky Episode 13 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore” as we continue the celebration of this first week of the year 2007 with daily podcasts about the amazingly healthy low-carb lifestyle. And what a week it has been, too! I’ve already shared with you about how I started my low-carb lifestyle on New Year’s Day in 2004 and went on to lose 180 pounds. Then I revealed my 10 tips for getting started on your low-carb lifestyle the right way. Yesterday I talked about how important it is to do low-carb the right way and to be sure you do the Induction phase by the book. Today I’m gonna get a little more technical with you and discuss the biological process of how the body makes its own carbs for energy even when you don’t consume any carbohydrates at all.
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As an ongoing student of the low-carb lifestyle, I have to admit I don’t always understand every little detail about how and why this way of eating works so well to help people manage their obesity, diabetes, and other health-related issues. But that doesn’t mean I’m just gonna throw my hands up in the air in disgust and give up trying to absorb all the information I can about livin’ la vida low-carb. Instead, hopefully I can impart to you what I have learned in easy-to-understand language that will make it crystal clear why low-carb is the fantastically miraculous nutritional approach so many of us think it is. In this episode of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” I want to introduce to you a vital concept in the wonderful world of low-carb that you may or may not have heard about before. The more I find out about this process, the bigger my smile gets for choosing low-carb as my permanent lifestyle change. Understanding this revolutionary concept alone about low-carb will arm you with so much knowledge that you will simply confound the enemies of low-carb living so much they’ll be left speechless! What is it? It’s that 15-letter “g” word I talked about at the end of yesterday’s podcast called gluconeogenesis! Glucosaywhatsaywhat?!?! It’s gluconeogenesis. Get used to saying it because it is a key concept in livin’ la vida low-carb. Gluconeogenesis, also known as GNG, is the body’s way of creating glucose, or sugar carbs, out of the breakdown of proteins in the liver.
Although opponents of low-carb believe you are depriving your body of important dietary elements when you don’t eat the large amount of carbohydrates their low-fat buddies want you to, gluconeogenesis blows that theory out of the water because actually your body can make its own carbs from the protein you eat. Did you know this? I dare say not many people do. Should gluconeogenesis be a part of any discussion of healthy dietary methods? I sure think so! During gluconeogenesis, blood glucose levels in the body are normalized and maintained when the glucose is synthesized in the liver. During those times when the body is not taking in any food, like while you are sleeping, gluconeogenesis goes to work in this “fasting” mode using amino acids, lactate, and glycerol to begin creating the sugar the body needs and it is regulated by hormones such as cortisol and insulin to maintain proper levels of glucose. After about one day of fasting, all of the glycogen in the liver is depleted and gluconeogenesis begins in earnest using things such as lactic acid and protein to create glucose for the body. The exciting part of gluconeogenesis is that it sets your body into fat-burning mode which we talked about in an earlier podcast this week is called ketosis where excess ketone bodies are released into the blood system, brain, heart and muscles for energy. Isn’t this an incredible process? Once you grasp the concept of gluconeogenesis, you are light years ahead of most people in understanding better about the low-carb lifestyle and what makes it so special in the realm of diet, health and nutrition. More importantly, you will have the scientific facts to throw back at the naysayers who tell you that you “need” to eat carbohydrates for your body to function right. With gluconeogenesis working for you, your body could never take in another carbohydrate ever again and still survive just fine. That’s the amazing process of gluconeogenesis defined!
Oh, but I can hear the cat calls from the so-called health “experts” now. You need to eat carbs or you’ll harm your body! How are you supposed to get any energy if you never eat carbs? People who ask these silly kinds of questions don’t want to know the truth because it will get in the way of their low-fat, high-carb agenda. They submit scare tactics like the body NEEDS carbs for energy and that restricting your carb intake makes you lethargic to alarm people. What’s with this assumption that if you don’t eat carbs your body will simply shut down? That’s so shortsighted. Now, if you stopped eating any food at all, then I would agree that the body would not last very long. But why are fat and protein getting the short shrift of the macronutrients while carbohydrates are suddenly mandatory? The truth of the matter is fat and to a lesser extent protein become your fuel source when you begin livin’ la vida low-carb. That’s so hard to explain to people who are indoctrinated with the “fat-is-bad” mantra that has been hammered down our throats for three decades. But eating fat, even the much-maligned saturated fat, is extremely healthy for you. Regarding energy on low-carb, let’s just say my first few days on low-carb wasn’t a pretty picture, but it got much better for me in less than two weeks. Then, as my weight began pouring off my body like never before, guess what happened to my energy level? Was I moping around like some Ichabod Crane weakling? HA! Not even close. Like so many other people who have been on low-carb, my body has never felt this healthy, vibrant and alive as it does today, although I eat less than 40g carbs per day which low-carb opponents believe should have me falling flat on my face. Guess what? I could literally run circles around any of these nincompoops in ANY race at ANY time because I am fit as a fiddle thanks to my low-carb lifestyle. Three years of eating this way and counting now.
This is the bottom line. What are you going to put in your mouth? The so-called health “experts” believe you need a minimum carbohydrate/fat/protein ratio of 50/35/15 and that your carbs need to be the “right” kind. If half of your food intake is carbohydrates, you’ll never be able to experience stabilized blood sugar levels regardless of the “right” or supposedly “good” carbs. But even within the context of these “good carbs,” there can be poor options for people to consider. While sugar, white flour, and processed foods are obvious carbs that need to be avoided, even the much-heralded whole grains and some fruits and vegetables need to be avoided too because of their starchy or sugary makeup. People don’t NEED carbs any more than they need a hole in their head. I suggest to anyone who believe carbs are a necessary part of life read up on all the latest scientific studies showing how healthy and effective livin’ la vida low-carb is for people needing to manage their weight and ward off diseases. It will truly astound you and you might just learn something that could save your life.
A recent survey found that half of all Americans are eating lower-carb because they realize the health benefits that come from being on a controlled-carb plan for weight loss success. Whether the media and those health “experts” ever want to admit it or not, low-carb living really is the mainstream and it’s only a matter of time before people will demand better information out of their government and health leaders in the United States. We have been lied to long enough by the special interests who have repeatedly told us that we must reduce our fat, calories and portions if we ever hope to control our weight. Hogwash! The preponderance of the evidence has shown the low-fat diet to be ineffective and even detrimental to the body while the low-carb lifestyle in study after study is being hailed as a nutritional miracle worker for defeating such catastrophic societal ailments as obesity, diabetes, cancer and so much more. That’s why I’ll be livin’ la vida low-carb for the rest of my long and healthy life!
That’s it for Episode 13 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore.” You won’t want to miss tomorrow’s final episode of this special week’s worth of podcast shows when I reveal the most shocking news about low-carb you will ever hear in your entire life. This will even drop the jaws of the low-fat supporters so come back and find out what it is. Tell a friend about the show and invite them to listen to this ever-growing by leaps and bounds podcast. And as always, keep on livin’ la vida low-carb!