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Happy New Year and welcome back to The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore for the very first episode of 2012 featuring a brand new interview with one of 2011’s most popular guests Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt! He’s the first interview as part of Jimmy’s annual “Encore Week” episodes where he invites back the best of the best from the previous year. “Encore Week” 2012 starts off with one of the biggest low-carb superstars in the Scandinavian world in Dr. Eenfeldt who is taking what they call LCHF (low-carb, high-fat) to a whole new level of mainstream acceptance that will have you longing for the same kind of revolution to begin happening in the United States.
Plus, Dr. Eenfeldt answers these questions from LLVLC Show listeners:
DAN ASKS:
Could Dr. Eenfeldt comment on the saturated fat tax in his neighboring Scandanavian country of Denmark?
ELIZABETH ASKS:
Why do I gain weight like gangbusters if I go off the ketogenic diet I’m adapted to and why do I not lose weight when I return to the ketogenic state? My fasting insulin is VERY LOW by the way.
FORTUNE ASKS:
A common topic in the low-carb community are the struggles of women over 40 eating this way. We all know men have a much easier time losing the weight than women, esp. women over 40. But none of the experts has ever to my knowledge addressed any tips or tricks especially for this group. Do women need to balance their estrogen before they can lose the weight? Or after 40 is just impossible for women to fully return to a normal pre-menopause weight?
LIZ ASKS:
I’m from the UK and my total cholesterol level at the beginning of the year 2011 was 4.87. Now, when I had my cholesterol measured a few weeks ago after eating low-carb, high-fat for nearly one year it had risen to a massive 8.58. The only thing that has changed is my diet, but I understood that high fat eating has no impact on cholesterol levels in the blood! Is there an upper total cholesterol limit that is regarded as unsafe? Should I be pleased that my cholesterol is so high or does this have any negative health implications?
SUSAN ASKS:
What is the best way to talk to my endocrinologist about low-carb, high-fat? She was happy to hear I was cutting starches and sugars, but as soon as I said the word “Atkins” she said “Atkins causes heart attacks” and “Dr. Atkins died of a heart attack.” She then went on to tell me I should do the lower-fat, low-carb South Beach Diet if I wanted to do low carb. Needless to say, a heated discussion ensued after that. Do you have any special tips regarding the best way to approach my doctor? Should I simply try and find another endocrinologist?
PAUL ASKS:
To what extent can a ketogenic diet impact the thyroid and/or adrenal health of a person with sub-clinical thyroid and/or adrenal dysfunction? Does low-dose cortisol impact insulin resistance?
JAMIE ASKS:
If your doctor has told you that they want to put you on statins, what (evidenced-based) references would you quote to argue against it?
CASSIE ASKS:
Is there any truth to the creation of a slowed metabolism as a result of an extended low carb diet?
JANET ASKS:
I would like to know if he has experience putting people without gallbladders on high-fat low carb diets and if so, how do they do?
Don’t miss the rest of the “Encore Week” 2012 interviews featuring Paul Jaminet, Jenny Ruhl, Dr. William Davis and Dr. Jack Kruse later this week.
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LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 525
– Support our sponsor: Quest Protein Bars–Try The New Natural Line
– Listen to Jimmy’s original interview: 494: The Scandinavian LCHF Movement Featuring Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt
– DietDoctor.com (English blog)
– Kostdoktorn.se (Swedish blog)
Is it just me?? I’ve tried to download twice, and both times get Episode 511. I’ll try back later… already heard that one. 😉
Sorry you had trouble, but I’m glad you got it worked out Loretta.
By the way here’s some conversions
Vitamin D – 2.5 nmol/l = 1 ng/dl
Cholesterol – 1 mmol/l = 38 mg/dl
Triglycerides – 1 mmol/l = 88 mg/dl
Glucose – 1 mmol/l = 18 mg/dl
Thanks!
Jimmy, firstly thanks for doing the episode before this one. I don’t plan on listening it since I’m not fond of Bible but it shows great openness to different ideas.
Secondly, is there a possibility that episodes get labeled in the showname-guest (i.e. lvlc374-dr-stephan-guyenet.mp3 )format again ? For those of us who don’t use any special podcast programs it’s really hard to find a certain episode via Windows search since the new ones don’t have the guest name in it (i.e. LLVLC-ep-520.mp3).
If it’s possible 🙂
Thanks for all the beautiful work and happy 2012 !
Sounds like a question for my producer Kevin Kennedy-Spaien to address. Hopefully he’ll chime in on this one. 😀
Fixed already ! Thank you Jimmy and thank you Kevin !
Many thanks for this episode Jimmy and Andreas. Two charming gentlemen. Any chance of a low carb cruise out of Brisbane?
Oh, Jill, I’d LOVE to cruise from there. Not sure how me we could get to fly out of Australia though. 😀
Good discussion. I have heard the same argument about thyroid and low carb and I have NEVER seen ANY evidence to ever show such a thing. I would be extremely interested if anyone could come up with something valid on that point. Thanks!