Certified Functional Diagnostic Practitioner and graduate of the Kalish Institute Christopher Kelly is our guest today in Episode 961 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”
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Today we have arguably the most unique episode we’ve ever done in the history of this podcast. While the vast majority of the interviews conducted on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” have featured Jimmy speaking with medical doctors, researchers, nutritional health experts, and more, what you will hear today is something far different than that. Jimmy has been dealing with some inexplicable weight gain over the past couple of years despite having an immaculate low-carb, high-fat, ketogenic diet. This caught the attention of a big fan of this show and a Certified Functional Diagnostic Practitioner named Christopher Kelly from Nourish Balance Thrive. He offered to conduct a battery of functional health tests on Jimmy and our host thought it would be educational to have you eavesdrop in on the analysis of these numbers to give a taste of what kinds of things a functional medicine practitioner looks for and discusses with their clients. Listen in and follow along as Jimmy and Chris have a fascinating one-hour consultation about his latest health numbers.
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Hi, I listen to most of Jimmy’s podcasts and enjoy how candid Jimmy is about his health and lifestyle. He has helped a lot of people over the years. I do have a comment regarding this particular podcast and the fact that Jimmy is gaining weight. I think what is missing here is that Jimmy needs to establish a routine exercise program. Some cardio and more resistance training. I would suggest he higher a trainer that will establish a routine program with him on a weekly basis. I think Jimmy is using the stress excuse as a reason he is gaining weight. I disagree. Exercise along with meditation is a great way to reduce stress as well as lowering blood sugar. I would also look at using my fitness pal to track all his meals over the next several weeks. I thought I had my fats, proteins and carbs dialed in with my diet but boy was I wrong. Using my fitness pal has really opened my eyes. Anyway, keep up the great work! I look forward to hearing your next podcast. Thanks
Did you listen to the podcast, Patrick? The exercise component was discussed buddy.
Yes Jimmy I did listen to the entire podcast. Again, my take on it is that you seem to be using “stress” as a reason that you have gained weight. I have not heard you talk about what your exercise program is. I heard you are waiting to get a tractor tire so you can flip it around in your yard. Do you walk, do push ups, other types of exercise? Can you share with your audience what your exercise routine has been? What your daily diet is? Thanks
Here’s an interesting, and perhaps pertinent article from Peter Attia about ketosis, looking at whether ketosis implies weight loss (it doesn’t necessarily). As far as fasting blood glucose being a little higher on low carb: I think muscles develop physiologic insulin resistance when they sense scarcity of dietary glucose, in order to preserve glucose for the brain. I can post links supporting this, if desired. Final thought: I think the “weight gain” issue would be better represented by a measure of body composition (measured by dexa, BodPod, etc.) in order to differentiate lean body mass increase (desired) vs fat accumulation (not desired). Thanks for sharing your journey. http://eatingacademy.com/weight-loss/how-to-make-a-fat-cell-less-not-thin-the-lessons-of-fat-flux
exercise is key.everyone says that to lose weight diet is enough. i am convinced that sport is too, not for the calories burned, but the things that does on the side: makes you feel better, relaxes you, makes you stronger, improve your strength and so on. it has to be consistent and hard. moving two dumbells here and there is not sport. body weight exercise is a good way. it is not as easy as it seems, it is high satisfactory. check out: al kavadlo on you tube or through markdailyapple.
and i forgot, most important: follow mark sisson guidelines. move slowly ( bike riding, trail hicking ecc) almost every day, lift heavy things ( body weight weight lifts ), but most important: SPRINT every 7/10 days. that will mobilize your metabolism at best. it works for most people
Yep, well aware of Mark’s philosophy.
Yep, do that already buddy.
Jimmy,
I am a clinical pathologist who listens to your show with great interest. Christopher did a really great job of interpreting your tests. I would like to add that I am most concerned about the microcytic hypochromic anemia. Once it starts to manifest, iron deficiency is rather far along. How often do you donate blood? Once monthly donations should not cause this. I would suggest looking for sites of bleeding that may not be apparent to you. The most frequent culprit is GI bleeding. Upper GI bleeding especially can be the most difficult to detect. Stool blood tests are okay for screening if positive but often show false negatives. Endoscopy is better. I would not sit on this any longer as the cause of this could be an ulcer or more life threatening such as a bleeding tumor. Sorry for the scare but we need you Jimmy!
THANKS Heather! I’m certainly not sitting on this…I’m taking proactive steps to deal with this. I donate every 58 days, but will stop doing that henceforth. Please email me at livinlowcarbman@charter.net so I can get the specific tests you are referring to run by name. THANK YOU again!
Hi Jimmy, how are your Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium? they produce folate in the gut. Check out this:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/3/1/118/htm.
I’m taking both lactobasillus and 5 strain bifidobacterium in a very clean formula; and also add glucomannan (prebiotic) which feeds the bacteria plus control blood sugar and improves cholesterol.
Getting the uBiome test to see.
Jimmy we need more research on the protein part of the diet. You should test what amount of protein raises your blood sugar. Low carbohydrate diets can make you insulin resistant if you take too much protein. They did a few studies on rats the proved this. After a certain amount of protein, you see the same problems you see with high carbohydrate diets. You see high blood sugar and high insulin. You should test the amount of the protein and the frequency that causes sugar to go up.
Hi Jimmy,
I hope all is well on the cruise, and I hope Heather isn’t right about her suggestion above. I was thinking about the iron deficiency and the reduced red blood cell size. Besides being part of hemoglobin’s structure, iron is also required for myoglobin in skeletal muscle (draws oxygen out of the blood and into the muscle). In addition, iron is a huge component of the electron transport system in our mitochondria, allowing for efficient aerobic metabolism. Thus, if your iron is low, your aerobic capacity will be diminished. This may explain the higher lactate concentrations (glucose is being used for fuel, without oxygen, and lactate is a by-product). So, with your red blood cells not delivering as much oxygen to your muscles, and your muscles not being able to utilize it as much, your anaerobic metabolism is “winning out” over your aerobic metabolism. Now, why would that lead to body fat gains? My guess is that your adipose tissue is releasing fatty acids to the blood, but your muscles are not utilizing them, so they end up being transferred back to your adipose tissue for re-storage. And if your muscles are insulin resistant, that means less glucose is entering muscle tissue, and could end up being taken up by adipose tissue and converted to fat. These are strictly guesses. I bet once you get your iron levels back to normal, your muscles will better respond to resistance training, and they will become “fat burning machines” again. I like Fred Hahn’s Slow Burn Fitness – but you already know all about Fred’s program. Good luck with everything, Jimmy – and keep up the great work with the podcasts. Maybe one of these years I can go on the Low Carb Cruise.
I thoroughly enjoyed this podcast episode! I’m kind of a geek about lab tests and loved the detailed analyses. Plus, I could listen to Chris Kelly’s accent all day.
I just want to say thank you for everything that you do. I have learned so much from you, your books and the people you interview. It is a bit like “drinking from a fire hose!” You share information, but you also share “happy.”