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Hello and welcome to the ninety-first episode of the Internet’s most frequently listened to low-carb podcast–“The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show With Jimmy Moore!” Remember, four out of five gastroenterologists recommend this podcast to their clients who chew gum (or something like that!).
This week, our host Jimmy Moore asks you to envision a utopian society in the far-off future where the government and self-appointed diet and health “experts” demonize carbohydrates and encourage a healthy, balanced diet with ample fats! Could this actually come to pass? We think so, but it will be a blessing if we live long enough to see it!
Listen in for Jimmy’s take on the future of nutritional recommendations.
LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 91
– LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com blog
– LivinLowCarbDiscussion.com forum
– Jimmy Moore’s interview with Good Calories, Bad Calories author Gary Taubes
Did you miss anything Jimmy said? Follow the next link for a complete transcript!
Transcript of Episode 91:
This is Episode 91 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore.” It’s a new week full of exciting new challenges, hopes, and dreams for a better tomorrow. If you’re disappointed with your current weight and health and want to do something about it, then I can think of no better day to start than today. Pick yourself up a copy of your favorite low-carb book, read it from cover to cover, follow that plan exactly as prescribed by the author, and then do it for the rest of your life. If you commit to doing that starting right here in this very moment, then I have no doubt you will become the low-carb weight loss success that you deserve to be. YOU CAN DO THIS and I’m happy to support you in your efforts to shed the pounds and get healthy. Listen to past episodes of this podcast show at TheLivinLowCarbShow.com and visit my LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com blog as well as my brand new LowCarbDiscussion.com forum for even more education, encouragement, and inspiration for your healthy low-carb lifestyle change.
Imagine for just a moment that the world has finally come to its senses about the legitimate harm that eating too many of the wrong kind of carbohydrates like sugar, white flour, starchy foods, processed foods, etc. can do to your health. I know, I know, it’s a stretch in this day and age of fat phobia, but stay with me on this one.
What if we suddenly gave carbohydrates the “fat” treatment? Say what?
Think about what our society would be like if carbohydrates were given the exact same special classification and utter disdain in our society as fat has enjoyed almost exclusive rights to for the past three decades.
Allow me to briefly illustrate it for you with the following examples:
– The government announced today that they have released a brand new Food Pyramid with carbohydrates ending up at the very top as the least amount that you want to be consuming daily.
– Major food companies concerned about the health of their customer base decided to release a new line of healthy low-carb and carb-free foods. Company executives say they have put a lot of effort into making these taste great for the consumer.
– If you want to lose weight, then you need to eat your fruits and vegetables, exercise daily, and eat a balanced low-carb diet. Don’t resort to extreme fad diets like those dangerous low-fat, low-calorie gimmicks that completely eliminate a whole category of food because that is so unhealthy.
– You must avoid eating carbohydrates as much as possible to ward off obesity, clogged arteries, heart attack, and stroke.
– Dieticians, doctors, and other medical professionals recommend their patients strictly follow a low-carb diet as the only effective means for controlling their weight and preventing the onset of obesity-related diseases.
How does all of this sound? If you are livin’ la vida low-carb, then it sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?
All I did was take what life is like today with the focus on fat as the great enemy to our health that government leaders and health “experts” would have us believe to be the gospel truth and simply shifted the focus from “fat” and replaced it with “carbs” instead. It’s interesting how radically different just this one minor change makes. Can you envision what our society would be like if we started looking at carbohydrates like we do fat? Revolutionary indeed!
Can somebody tell me why is it that the “fat” message has been able to dominate what is deemed as nutritionally sound advice for so long despite being the dismal failure in curbing obesity and the onset of diseases such as metabolic syndrome, heart disease and diabetes? Surely people realize by now that the low-fat lie has been the single-biggest bamboozle in the history of mankind, right? So why wouldn’t they want to start giving carbohydrates an opportunity to enjoy the same treatment that “fat” has enjoyed for so long?
The good news is that some of us already have. The low-carb lifestyle is an entirely different mindset that pretty much throws all conventional wisdom about healthy eating out the window in favor of a more effective and very safe method for controlling your weight and improving your overall health.
We low-carbers are on the cutting edge of that revolution that the late Dr. Robert C. Atkins made popular over the past three decades while low-fat fever swept this country because we are all living proof of what can happen when you get your focus on what is really at the root of obesity–the overconsumption of sugar and other refined carbohydrates–and ignoring the doomsday warnings about the evils of consuming fat. Get over it already people! Fat won’t make you fat as long as carbs are reduced.
Will we ever see a day when carbs are given the exact same treatment as “fat” is today? Perhaps, but I don’t think it will happen in my lifetime, although I hope it does now that Gary Taubes has released his fantastic new book entitled GOOD CALORIES, BAD CALORIES that absolutely blows the lid off of the low-fat fraud that has been perpetrated on our culture for a generation. Despite this, nothing will discourage me from continuing to share with people the positive message of livin’ la vida low-carb and how it can change their lives forever just like it did for me! My weight and health will never be the same again. One by one, community by community, we can and WILL make a difference by our example. Keep on being the shining example of what livin’ la vida low-carb is REALLY all about! Whether it becomes mainstream or not, at the very least WE can give carbohydrates the “fat” treatment in our own lives to show the whole world that low-carb living is an excellent alternative to low-fat.
That’s it for Episode 91 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore.” What do you think would happen if carbohydrate-restriction became the nutritional recommendation of our government and health leaders? Would obesity and disease improve? Talk about it in the show notes section at TheLivinLowCarbShow.com. Come back on Thursday as I’ll have a very special conversation with my wife Christine about dealing with mental health issues like depression while low-carbing. You won’t want to miss it. So, until next time, keep on livin’ la vida low-carb!