There are several diets out there, but I can't keep track of which is the healthiest. My brother is doing the Atkins friendly-low carb diet and I am terribly worried about him. His diet includes high calorie and high fat foods and he has little physical fitness. Is this low carb diet actually healthy?

Do you have any suggestions I can give him?
Or maybe I am wrong and the Atkins diet is healthy, please let me know what you think.

Thanks!

The healthiest diet to follow is one with lean meats (not high fat) plenty of vegetables and lean meats. Atkins is actually really good at giving you a heart attack and most doctors won't recommend it. Carbohydrates give your body necessary fuel. Fats are also necessary, but the healthiest places to find them are in olive oil and fish oils. Fatty ground beef, for example, is not the healthiest meat choice you could make. Get a good variety of lots of healthy, non-processed foods in your diet to make sure you're getting all of the nutrients necessary for life.

Anywhere from 1800-2000 calories a day is healthiest for women, around 2000 a day is healthiest for men. Regular exercise is a must.

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http://LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/blog blogger Jimmy Moore and his wife Christine hear from a lot of people who express their concerns about why they’re not losing weight. They identify 7 reasons why you may not be losing weight in the latest installment of their popular “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb on YouTube” series.

In Episode 74, Jimmy and Christine touch on a few of the most common explanations for stalled weight loss or even weight gain. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but may include the reason you could be struggling with a seeming lack of progress on your healthy low-carb lifestyle.

7 REASONS WHY YOU MAY NOT BE LOSING WEIGHT
1. Too many carbs
2. Too few calories
3. Muscle growth
4. Too much protein
5. Medications
6. Too much exercise
7. Stress

Keep in mind that your body is constantly adjusting to any new changes you make in your diet and exercise routine, so your individual response to these changes will vary from what others experience. DON’T compare yourself to the progress you see other people are having and ALWAYS remember that livin’ la vida low-carb is about a permanent lifetime way of eating, not just some fad diet you’re on for a short period of time. Wrap your head around that concept and it will serve you well in your low-carb life.

Keep watching “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube” and send us your comments and questions at livinlowcarbman@charter.net anytime. Visit Jimmy Moore at his http://www.LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/blog blog, http://www.TheLivinLowCarbShow.com podcast, and his discussion forum at http://www.LivinLowCarbDiscussion.com for even more education, encouragement, and inspiration about the amazingly healthy low-carb lifestyle!

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They’re back! That lovable low-carb couple featuring LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com blogger Jimmy Moore and his devoted wife Christine are in the studio again for their first studio video in the popular “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube” series in a long time. They’ve enjoyed being out and about with their FLIP camera in recent weeks, but it was good getting back in front of the camera together again.

Today’s episode addresses eating at a party while on the low-carb lifestyle. It can be tempting and challenging, but livin’ la vida low-carb at a party is NOT impossible. If you feel obligated to eat the food presented at a party with you friends or family because you were invited, then you’ll want to watch this video. DON’T DO IT and Jimmy and Christine will tell you why.

We’ve got our winner from our previous video who won the Grill Daddy Pro gadget we featured in today’s video. The name of the winner who left a comment in Episode 28 and was chosen in the drawing is…(drum roll please)…kristilou2000! CONGRATULATIONS and please contact me with your name and mailing address so we can get your Grill Daddy Pro mailed out to you ASAP. THANK YOU for watching and keep looking for more giveaways in future videos.

Keep watching “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube” and send us your comments and questions at livinlowcarbman@charter.net anytime. Visit Jimmy Moore at his http://www.LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com blog, http://www.TheLivinLowCarbShow.com podcast and http://www.LivinLowCarbDiscussion.com forum for even more education, encouragement, and inspiration about the amazingly healthy low-carb lifestyle!

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http://LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/blog blogger Jimmy Moore and his wife Christine wanted to share just a few of the REAL FOODS you should be eating and enjoying as part of your low-carb lifestyle in the latest installment of their popular “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb on YouTube” series.

In Episode 75, Jimmy and Christine show you how to enhance the quality of your low-carb menus by including fresh locally-grown produce as well as locally-raised Vitamin D-rich eggs from a farmer’s market http://www.localharvest.org , some local omega-3 fatty acid-filled grass-fed beef http://www.eatwild.org , and local raw milk that has not been homogenized or pasteurized http://www.realmilk.org . Most of what you get from your local grocery store or supermarket is mass produced, highly manufactured, from cooped up animals, and grain-fed. EWWWW! Yes, these higher quality foods may be a little more costly now, but the dividends to your health make them so worth it! And YOUR HEALTH is worth the added expense, right?

Keep watching “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube” and send us your comments and questions at livinlowcarbman@charter.net anytime. Visit Jimmy Moore at his http://www.LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/blog blog, http://www.TheLivinLowCarbShow.com podcast, and his discussion forum at http://www.LivinLowCarbDiscussion.com for even more education, encouragement, and inspiration about the amazingly healthy low-carb lifestyle!

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My husband and I are working on a low carb lifestyle, but we are looking for substitutes for pasta and rice in our diet. Does anyone have any ideas?
We are trying to not eat a ton of carbs, we have always used brown rice and wheat pasta, but we are looking for low/no carb substitutes.

Cous cous, quinoa

Some people have said that, at best, it should only be used for 6 months max since it is so high in fat and protein and so low in carbs. I've heard others (not doctors) say that it is perfectly healthy to make low-carb your permanent way of eating for the rest of your life. What's the truth here? If someone spends several years doing low-carb will they eventually have heart trouble or any other medical trouble relating to the diet?

The low carb diet is a life style change… the high protein and high fat is a misconception since you body naturally prevents you from eating too much on this diet…

I suggest you go to your local library and find the follow-up book, Atkins for Life… this have life examples of how at-risk individuals turned their health issues around with a low carb diet and adopted it in their lives…

This video is the second half of the Atkins Diet Misconception: Diabetes series. If you have not seen Part 1, please watch it here:

The last video dealt with case ing the existing treatment or recommendations to follow a high carb diet managed with ever increasing doses of insulin. This video deals with the evidence for rather managing it with a low carb lifestyle. There are two great studies for advocating this method.

1:) Dietary carbohydrate restriction in type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal
Nutrition and Metabolism(Lond) 2008; 5: 9.
Numerous authors including Richard Bertstein, Mary Vernon, Jeff Volek, Eric Westman

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2359752&tool=pmcentrez

Conducted Multi-center trial in which 63 obese men and women were randomly igned to either diet, 21 Low Carb, 21 Control, 21 High Carb for a one year study.
This discussion focuses on type 2 diabetes but many of the principles will apply to metabolic syndrome and possibly to type 1 as well[6,7].
1. Carbohydrate restriction improves glycemic control, the primary target of nutritional therapy and reduces insulin fluctuations.
2. Carbohydrate-restricted diets are at least as effective for weight loss as low-fat diets.
3. Substitution of fat for carbohydrate is generally beneficial for markers for and incidence of CVD.
4. Carbohydrate restriction improves the features of metabolic syndrome.
An important idea guiding current medical thinking is that clustering of seemingly disparate physiologic states, obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia and hypertension, termed metabolic syndrome (MetS) suggests a common underlying cause. A recent review showed that carbohydrate restriction improves all of these markers[24].
5. Beneficial effects of carbohydrate restriction do not require weight loss. It’s not simply a weight loss argument or due to people losing weight do they achieve the benefits.

2.) Low-carbohydrate diet in type 2 diabetes: stable improvement of bodyweight and glycemic control during 44 months follow-up
Jörgen V Nielsen email and Eva A Joensson email

http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/5/1/14

Conclusion:
There is now little evidence for the claim that a fat-reduced diet for weight reduction has any particular value beyond caloric counting [10]. Current dietary recommendations seem to be a major part of their problem rather than being part of the solution. Carbohydrate restriction, however, reverses or neutralises all aspects of the metabolic syndrome [20,21].

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Please go to my favorites and watch part 1 and 2!!!

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I don't eat a lot of meat, but I eat some. I love fish.

I'm looking for a healthy cookbook that incorporates lots of fruits and veggies and whole grains. And has breakfast, lunch and dinner items.

Nothing too drastic (i.e. no carb, low-fat, etc.)

Just a plain healthy lifestyle cookbook.

try asian or specifically japanese cookbooks, especially since you like fish

you can get some good deals on "bargain" cookbooks at borders, for example

The ever-present LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com blogger Jimmy Moore and PMSing yet still so adorable wife Christine talk about how to handle the cravings that naturally come on when you start the low-carb lifestyle. When it comes to cravings, there are two kinds: that feeling that you want something high-carb and/or sugary when you are in the midst of a weight loss effort and the intense feeling that women feel during their special time of the month when biting the head off of the men they love is …

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