Did you see all the negative media coverage of a study about low-carb diets that was published this week in the March 2, 2010 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine? Most people will see all the headlines about low-carb diets and think it should be avoided like the plague. But our friend Colette Heimowitz from Atkins Nutritionals gives us a brief 5-minute update at the beginning of today’s podcast to pick apart the flaws in this so-called damning research on low-carb diets. She points to the new book New Atkins For A New You (which we featured in an interview with Dr. Eric Westman on Monday) for anyone interested in learning more about how to do Atkins correctly.
Dr. Uffe Ravnskov argues the case for not fearing fat and cholesterol in our diet
Did you know that consuming dietary fat and cholesterol can actually be GOOD for you? If you say things like this to most medical or nutritional professionals, then they’ll look at you funny and label you a quack. But does the science support limiting saturated fat and lowering cholesterol in the body or increasing it? Today’s podcast interview guest presents compelling evidence to the latter to combat the conventional wisdom that unfortunately still dominates mainstream thought in health circles today.
In Episode 339 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we are so thrilled to welcome the great Dr. Uffe Ravnskov from Sweden who has a fantastic new book called Fat And Cholesterol Are Good For You. One of the world’s leading cholesterol skeptics (and member of the international group THINCS), Dr. Ravnskov has been battling the hardline establishment for decades and is fully convinced based on his examination of the medical literature that the heart health/saturated fat/cholesterol theory is bunk. You’ll be hard pressed to think otherwise after listening to this living legend share his life’s work with us today.
Listen to Dr. Ravnskov talk about why he became so passionate about the subject of promoting the health benefits of fat and cholesterol, why a Finnish TV show burned his book on air, why saturated fat and high cholesterol are not harmful especially for women and the elderly, how eating dietary cholesterol has very little impact on blood cholesterol, why having low cholesterol levels lead to cancer, the benefits of having high LDL cholesterol, how to convince people to stop taking statin drugs to artificially lower cholesterol, why statin drug and margarine companies have gotten him banned from appearing on television, the explosion of low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) in his homeland of Sweden, the significant absence of evidence supporting the role of saturated fat in any health calamity, how to lower the number of small, dense, and dangerous LDL particles, how to silence your opponents regarding the healthful benefits of saturated fat and cholesterol, the blacklisting he has experienced with many of the medical journals, what the harmful effects of consuming excessive carbohydrate in the diet is, how Type 1 diabetics used to be treated with extremely low-carb diets prior to the discovery of insulin, what his favorite high-fat foods are, why he’s not a fanatic about getting grass-fed and pastured foods only, whether polyunsaturated fats should be limited or not, and what people can do to avoid a heart attack. It was such a privilege and honor for me to speak directly with one of the real experts on the front lines and cutting-edge of the health debate. Soak this one in for all it’s worth and listen to it several times if you still believe fat and cholesterol will harm you.
There are three ways you can listen to Episode 339:
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 339 [64:07m]:
What did you think about Dr. Uffe Ravnskov? Share your feedback about my interview with him in the show notes section of Episode 338. Get your own copy of his book Fat And Cholesterol Are Good For You and be sure to check out Dr. Ravnskov’s cholesterol skeptics web site. Coming up next week, we’ll be taking our first week off in nearly two years while I’m traveling with 100 of your fellow low-carbers on a cruise ship down to the Bahamas for The 3rd Annual Low-Carb Cruise. Be looking for information in the coming months about the 2011 cruise which we are currently organizing and looking to line up some fabulous guest speakers. More on that coming soon! We’ll be back with brand new podcasts again beginning March 15, 2010.
GOOD NEWS! For those of you who have been e-mailing me about accessing past podcast interviews, we are excited to let you know they are back online again. Shortly after our 200th episode in mid-2009, we had a complete server meltdown at our podcast web site and have since reposted most of our back episodes. But a few have still missing and some even lack the proper show notes. Due to popular public demand, we are now making available the audio of the episodes we haven’t yet had a chance to formally republish. This “Archive” section is where you can get them until we are able to republish these episodes. Once they are reposted, the audio link to the MP3 will be removed from the “Archive” page and become searchable via the search box near the top of each page. Thank you for all of your wonderful support of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show!” And don’t miss our all-new layout as well as checking out the mobile version of the podcast web site and let us know what you think!
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