Obesity, heart disease, and diabetes have been on the rise for the past few decades with seemingly no end in sight. It should be obvious to anyone with a brain that whatever we are doing differently now than we did before this astronomical rise began in the 1970s should be corrected immediately. And maybe, just maybe the answer to this issue that baffles the so-called health “experts” and government health agencies could be what we have added into our diet when we pushed for the removal of fat from our diet. Today’s podcast interview guest knows abundantly well why these diseases of modern man exist and has come up with a simple, yet effective solution to correct them.
In Episode 357 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we hear from cardiologist Dr. Rob Thompson, bestselling author of the books The Glycemic Load Diet and the accompanying The Glycemic Load Diet Cookbook with Dana Carpender. His latest release is The Low-Starch Diabetes Solution: Six Steps to Optimal Control of Your Adult-Onset (Type 2) Diabetes that was inspired by Dr. Thompson’s sudden personal diabetes diagnosis.
Listen to him share why dietary fat and cholesterol being a culprit in heart disease has become a joke among his cardiologist colleagues, why high cholesterol is entirely genetic and has nothing to do with your diet, why he supports the use of statin drugs, the difference between glycemic index and glycemic load, how the addition of grains to our food supply introduced more starch to our diets, how grains have added 100 times more glucose from starch than prehistoric man, why glycemic load is all but ignored, why carbohydrates are so heavily promoted (HINT: cha-ching!), why he believes most Americans can easily afford fresh, non-starchy foods, how the glycemic load works in practical application, why the glycemic load of beer is so difficult to measure, why red meat is not the problem with heart disease, obesity and diabetes, the statistics of how cholesterol and fat consumption have dropped while starch has dramatically increased, why dietary fat doesn’t go up when you begin eating low-carb, why portion control is unnecessary on low-carb, his concerns over the sustainability of the Atkins diet, how a lack of activity has contributed to obesity and diabetes, why he wrote a book on the subject of diabetes, his support for the use of Metformin for preventing and treating diabetes, the importance of LDL particle size as the preferred method for measuring cholesterol, how vinegar and walnuts can inhibit starch absorption, why not drinking any liquid with meals can slow the amount of starch your body absorbs, why walking two miles is just as effective as running two miles, how diabetes damages your body through the blood vessels, why blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes all act together to destroy your health, and his highly controversial position on the role of sugar in the diet. You’ll find this interview to be quite fascinating!
There are three ways you can listen to Episode 357:
1. Listen at the new iTunes page for the podcast:
2. Listen and comment about the show at the official web site for the podcast:
3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 357 [56:09m]:
How did you like what you heard from Dr. Rob Thompson? Tell us what you think in the show notes section of Episode 357. Pick up a copy of his three books: The Glycemic Load Diet, The Glycemic Load Diet Cookbook and The Low-Starch Diabetes Solution. And be sure to check out Dr. Thompson’s LowGlycemicLoad.com web site for more information about his low-GL concept!
Our next podcast coming on a special Wednesday edition of the show will feature Dr. Norris Chumley, a former 400-pound man who shed 160 pounds off of his body and has kept it off for nearly two decades. He will inspire you in your own efforts to take off the weight! I’ll be gone to New York City this weekend for the Nutrition & Metabolism Society meeting, but we’ve got two more awesome interviews coming up for you next week. On Monday, we’ll hear from Matt Schoenberger and Jeff Thibitout who penned a book called Speed: The Only Weight Loss Book Worth Reading looking at how a series of lifestyle changes including carbohydrate-restriction can and will help you shed stored body fat. Then next Thursday you’ll hear from our next SURPRISE INTERVIEW GUEST who will discuss the subject of diabetes and how to solve it. I’ll keep the name of this guest under wraps until next week, but I have no doubt this will be a podcast anyone concerned about the subject of diabetes will want to hear. THANK YOU for making “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show” the #1 low-carb podcast on the Internet today!
Comments
Jimmy,
You hit the nail right on the head in pointing out that starch is a major player in the obesity epidemic. But the starch causing the problem is from wheat, which is now mostly genetically modified, and then over-refined until the remaining product has no health benefits and many negative impacts on the human body.
It is true that traditional fat consumption, especially animal fat, has gone down a great deal in the last four decades. Unfortunately, we have replaced those calories with bread, sugar and it's evil twin Skippy (high fructose corn syrup), and the worst ones of all, hydrogenated oils and the more than 2400 chemicals now added to our food.
Animals we consume have also been compromised by the use of growth hormones, steroids, antibiotics and the feeding of animal protein to animals that were not designed to eat animal protein.
Be in good health and keep up the good work.
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