Real Health Conversations
Real Health Conversations (Formerly Low-Carb Conversations) is hosted by Holly Jean Mullen, FNTP and features a variety of voices in the world of modern nutrition and health science, expressing many different points of view.

Real food business owner Akshay Arabolu and vegan-turned-Paleo blogger Kristen Suzanne join our host Dietitian Cassie along with special guest co-host, personal trainer, fat loss expert, and health podcaster Sam Feltham today in Episode 103 of "Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends!"

Do you like hearing all the great opinions from our panel each week examining the health headlines of the day through the prism of low-carb, primal, and Paleo? Then won't you consider supporting us with your financial donations to help us keep this podcast going. We are grateful for the faithful support of our amazing listeners and you can CLICK HERE to be a part of the fun we have here week after week. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOU SUPPORT!

Today, Dietitian Cassie invites on Sam Feltham from "Smash The Fat" to be her special guest co-host along with guest friends Akshay Arabolu from "Love Me Butter" and Kristen Suzanne. They first discuss the SECRET HEADLINE Girls who are obese at 11 'get lower GCSE results': Effect of weight can bedifference between C and D grade and then discuss various health headlines, including the meat and dairy is as bad as smoking study, the proposed changes to the nutrition facts label, Dr. Mark Hyman's 10-Day Detox Diet appearance on Dr. Oz, the relationship between what we eat and how we feel, and Dr. Eric Westman and his diabetes patients who improved their health with a low-carb diet. Plus, don't miss Kristen's Paleo Mexican Tuna Salad recipe and Akshay's Roasted Chicken recipe at the end. So pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk!

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Sam Feltham from "Smash The Fat"
Sam on Twitter
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Akshay Arabolu from "Love Me Butter"
Akshay on Twitter
Akshay on Facebook
Kristen Suzanne's blog
Kristen on Twitter
Girls who are obese at 11 'get lower GCSE results': Effect of weight can be difference between C and D grade
Meat, dairy, may be as detrimental to your health as smoking cigarettes
Food Nutrition Labels Set for an Overhaul
On Dr. Oz: Mark Hyman’s 10 Day Detox diet
Our Moods, Our Foods: The messy relationship between how we feel and what we eat
Dump Sugar, Eat Fat, Cure Diabetes
Kristen's Paleo Mexican Tuna Salad recipe
Akshay's Roasted Chicken recipe

Direct download: LCC-103-arabolu-suzanne.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:10am EDT

Paleo blogger and cookbook author Arsy Vartanian and diabetes expert Mary Kolk join our host Dietitian Cassie along with guest co-host and fellow registered dietitian and real food blogger Amari Thomsen, RD, LDN today in Episode 102 of "Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends!"

Help us keep this listener-supported podcast on the air if you'd like to see it continue providing sophisticated and educated opinions about the latest health headlines every Friday. CLICK HERE to be a part of the growing list of fans of this podcast who are financially contributing to our success. THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT! This week, our host Dietitian Cassie invited fellow dietitian Amari Thomsen from "Eat Chic Chicago" to be her special guest co-host in this episode. These two RDs gab about an interesting headline in A Dietitian's Confession: Why I’m Changing My Tune on the Paleo Diet by Heather Neal, RD.

They are then joined by guest friends Arsy Vartanian from "Rubies & Radishes" (author of The Paleo Slow Cooker: Healthy, Gluten-free Meals the Easy Way and The Paleo Foodie Cookbook: 120 Food Lover's Recipes for Healthy, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free and Delicious Meals) and Mary Kolk from "The Diabetes Lady" discussing the Secret Headline Chipotle adds vegan tofu to their menu as well as whether Paleo promotes a meat obsession, if eating a Paleo diet is really good for you or not, questioning if being fat is the new normal, the problems with our modern diet, reasons why people should try low-carb, and so much more! Plus we've got some great recipes for you, including Amari's Wild Blueberry BBQ ribs recipe and Arsy's Flank Steak with Cilantro Sauce recipe. The time has come to pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk!

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Amari Thomsen from "Eat Chic Chicago"
Amari on Twitter
Amari on Facebook
Arsy Vartanian from "Rubies & Radishes"
Arsy on Twitter
Arsy on Facebook
The Paleo Slow Cooker: Healthy, Gluten-free Meals the Easy Way
The Paleo Foodie Cookbook: 120 Food Lover's Recipes for Healthy, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free and Delicious Meals
Mary Kolk from "The Diabetes Lady"
Mary on Twitter
- SECRET HEADLINE: Chipotle adds vegan tofu to their menu
A Dietitian's Confession: Why I’m Changing My Tune on the Paleo Diet by Heather Neal, RD
The End of Paleo: Our Meat Obsession Cannot Continue
The Paleo Diet: Can It really be good for you?
Is Fat the New Normal?
What’s Wrong With the Modern Diet?
5 Reasons to Give Low Carb a Try
Amari's Wild Blueberry Barbecue Ribs

Direct download: LCC-102-vartanian-kolk.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:46pm EDT

Paleo health and fitness bloggers Lindsay Tupper and Liz McGaw join our host Dietitian Cassie along with guest co-host and fellow registered dietitian Stacie Hassing today in Episode 101 of "Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends!"

We had a lot of fun last week in our epic and historic Episode 100 (with a special appearance by our co-host Jimmy Moore who has been away writing on his next book Keto Clarity: Your Definitive Guide to the Benefits of a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet) and you'll definitely want to check it out in case you missed hearing Jimmy and Dietitian Cassie speaking with a dozen all-star guest friends for a two-hour health headline extravaganza. If you like what you hear on this listener-supported podcast and want to help keep it going for the next 100 episodes, then consider financially supporting us. CLICK HERE to make a donation towards keeping "Low-Carb Conversations" on the air each week. THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT!

This week, our host Dietitian Cassie invited a fellow registered dietitian named Stacie Hassing, RD, LD to join her as guest co-host. These two nutritional health experts talk amongst themselves about a Huffington Post column What Dietitians Eat. Then they welcome in two amazing guest friends in Lindsay Tupper from the "Paleo Fitness Mama" blog and Liz McGaw from the "Paleo On A Budget" blog. Listen to this fabulous foursome give their opinions on a 6-year old who was suspended for not bringing a healthy snack to school, whether the latest winner of The Biggest Loser lost too much weight, how many eggs you can safely eat in your diet, why full-fat whole milk keeps you skinny, and a video that reveals what 200 calories look like. Plus, we've got delicious recipes from Lindsay for Grain-Free Pizza Bites and Liz' Paleo Pancakes. So pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk!

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Stacie Hassing on Facebook
Stacie Hassing on Twitter
Lindsay Tupper from the "Paleo Fitness Mama" blog
Lindsay on Facebook
Liz McGaw from the "Paleo On A Budget" blog
Liz on Facebook
Liz on Twitter
What Dietitians Eat
Boy, 6, suspended from school for 4 days after he was found to have packet of Mini Cheddars in lunchbox
Did the biggest loser contestant lose too much weight?
Eggs and Cholesterol: How many eggs can you safely eat?
The Full Fat Paradox: Whole Milk May Keep Us Lean
VIDEO: This is 200 Calories
Lindsay's Grain-Free Pizza Bites
Liz' Paleo Pancakes

Direct download: LCC-101-tupper-mcgaw.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:09am EDT

We celebrate our historic 100th Episode milestone with our hosts Jimmy Moore and Dietitian Cassie along with a dozen special all-star guest friends today in Episode 100 of "Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends!"

It's a very special day in the history of the "Low-Carb Conversations." We've got so many great surprises in store for you today featuring a dozen of our favorite all-star guest friends telling us about their most memorable, life-changing health headlines in the two years since this podcast began. It's two glorious hours of good times for you in this extended episode celebrating hitting triple digits. We are a listener-supported podcast and so much appreciate all of your financial donations to help keep this going for the next one-hundred episodes. CLICK HERE to donate and continue the weekly romp through the health headlines. THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT!

This is unlike any episode we've ever done before featuring quickie guest friends popping in and out talking about the following health headlines:

Co-host Jimmy Moore: “Saturated fat is not the major issue”

Co-host Dietitian Cassie: “An Open Apology to All of My Weight Loss Clients”

Original co-host Mindy Noxon Iannotti: “Food for Thought: Can the Paleo Diet Heal Mental Disorders?”

Dean Dwyer: “Paleo diet ranks last on 'best diets' list”

Emily Maguire: “Gary Vitti's low-carb diet for the Lakers”

Evan Brand: “Seeking serenity? Flotation therapy offers an inexpensive way to achieve it.”

Franziska Spritzler: “Sweden Becomes First Western Nation to Reject Low-fat Diet Dogma in Favor of Low-carb High-fat Nutrition”

Roland Denzel: “Rick Warren, co-authors discuss their diet program, The Daniel Plan"

Lynne Ivey: “ASBP's Obesity Algorithm Recognizes Low-Carb Diets”

Adam Kosloff: “What would Richard Feynman do?”

Monica Bravo: “Heart surgeon speaks out on what really causes heart disease”

Tom Naughton: “A Resistant Starch Primer For Newbies”

Tara Grant: “Sinusitis Linked to Microbial Diversity”

Kaila Prins: “I’m not vegan anymore”

It's Episode 100...'nuff said! Now it's time to pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk about it!

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- Co-host Jimmy Moore: “Saturated fat is not the major issue”
- Co-host Dietitian Cassie: “An Open Apology to All of My Weight Loss Clients”
- Original co-host Mindy Noxon Iannotti: “Food for Thought: Can the Paleo Diet Heal Mental Disorders?”
- Dean Dwyer: “Paleo diet ranks last on 'best diets' list”
- Emily Maguire: “Gary Vitti's low-carb diet for the Lakers”
- Evan Brand: “Seeking serenity? Flotation therapy offers an inexpensive way to achieve it.”
- Franziska Spritzler: “Sweden Becomes First Western Nation to Reject Low-fat Diet Dogma in Favor of Low-carb High-fat Nutrition”
- Roland Denzel: “Rick Warren, co-authors discuss their diet program, The Daniel Plan"
- Lynne Ivey: “ASBP's Obesity Algorithm Recognizes Low-Carb Diets”
- Adam Kosloff: “What would Richard Feynman do?”
- Monica Bravo: “Heart surgeon speaks out on what really causes heart disease”
- Tom Naughton: “A Resistant Starch Primer For Newbies”
- Tara Grant: “Sinusitis Linked to Microbial Diversity”
- Kaila Prins: “I’m not vegan anymore”

Direct download: LCC-100th-episode-bonanza.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:07pm EDT

Paleo chef and lifestyle coach Mary Shenouda and Paleo blogger Megan Opel join our host Dietitian Cassie along with guest co-host and RD-in-training Christin Grettenberger today in Episode 99 of "Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends!"

We're back again today with another look at the real message behind the latest health headlines as we do each and every Friday here on "Low-Carb Conversations." This is probably one of the only podcasts that lets you hear the raw opinions about what's going on out there regarding diet, fitness and health from real people in the low-carb and Paleo community. We are very honored to do thatand it's what keeps us coming back week after week with brand new shows. THANK YOU for showing your support for this show by listening and donating to help keep it going. We're so grateful for people like Thomas, Jose, Caroline, June, Mark, Eric and Barbara who have invested in what we are doing here with their financial support and it definitely helps us keep it going strong. CLICK HERE to add your name to the list of those who are benefiting from what you hear each week on "Low-Carb Conversations." THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT!

We've got some good news for you coming up next Friday, February 28, 2014. Our host Jimmy Moore will come out of hibernation from writing his book Keto Clarity: Unleash The Health Benefits Of The Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet to be a part of the epic, CAN'T MISS Episode 100 we have planned for you. He and Dietitian Cassie have quite the entertaining and surprising show to share with you and you're just gonna have to tune in next week to find out what the fuss is all about. But we promise it will be totally worth your while with an all-star line-up of more than a dozen guest friends who will be here to help us celebrate this momentous occasion in "Low-Carb Conversations" history. Mark your calendar now so you don't miss this one. It's gonna be a podcast for the ages!

This week, Dietitian Cassie invited a nutritionist and dietitian-in-the-making named Christin Grettenberger from the "Detective Dietitian" blog to join her as guest co-host. They journey through the latest health headlines with two amazing guest friends, Mary Shenouda from "The Paleo Chef" blog and Megan Opel from the "Peaches & Cake" blog. And we bring back our special "Secret Headline" this week as the panel gives their spontaneous reaction to the headline "Kraft removes artificial preservatives in its most popular cheese slices". Listen in to hear these ladies discuss why nutrition can be confusing (and the argument that it really isn't), a stunning admission by the McDonald's CEO that their company is fighting to be "relevant" again, the real deal on the "Simply Orange" brand of juice from Coca-Cola, how a pregnant mom's decision to eat a high-fat diet will affect her baby's brain, and so much more. Plus, we'll have some yummy recipes like Megan's "Pistachio-Crusted Salmon" to share from our guest friends that will have you begging for more! Now it's time to pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk about it!

REMEMBER, DON'T MISS EPISODE 100 NEXT FRIDAY!

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Christin Grettenberger from the "Detective Dietitian" blog
Christin on Twitter
Christin on Facebook
Mary Shenouda from "The Paleo Chef" blog
Mary on Twitter
Mary on Facebook
Megan Opel from the "Peaches & Cake" blog
Megan on Twitter
- SECRET HEADLINE: Kraft removes artificial preservatives in its most popular cheese slices
Why Nutrition Is So Confusing by Gary Taubes
Diet, Weight, and Health: Confused Only If You Want To Be! by Dr. David Katz in rebuttal of Taubes' column
McDonald’s Fighting to be "Relevant" to Customers, CEO concedes
Coca Cola’s "Simply Orange" Juice Is Anything But
Pregnant mother’s fatty diet may alter baby’s brain
Megan's "Pistachio-Crusted Salmon" recipe

Direct download: LCC-99-shenouda-opel.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

Professional basketball player Kyle Visser and his holistic nutrition student wife Julia Visser join our host Dietitian Cassie along with guest co-host and fellow registered dietitian Aglaee Jacob today in Episode 98 of "Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends!"

We'll rolling along again on "Low-Carb Conversations" and we hope you'll plan on sticking around with us on Fridays for the foreseeable future. Jimmy will continue to be away for a while (except for the epic Episode 100 coming on February 28, 2014) writing and going through the editing process with his next book Keto Clarity: Unleash The Health Benefits Of The Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet, but Dietitian Cassie will keep things rolling along with guest co-hosts and amazing guest friends. If you enjoy hearing these educated opinions about the health headlines of the day, then we'd be honored to have your support. CLICK HERE to help us keep this show going. THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT!

Dietitian Cassie has invited yet another one of her fellow RDs to be her special guest co-host today. Her name is Aglaee Jacob from the "Health With Real Food" blog and these two incredible Paleo/low-carb dietitians compare notes on how they became advocates for real food living. Before getting to their guest friends, Cassie and Aglaee chat about the article Why Are So Many Dietitians Critical Of The Low-Carbohydrate Diets? by another fellow RD named Franziska Spritzler.

Cassie and Aglaee are joined by a sensational pair of guest friends in husband-wife team Kyle and Julia Visser. Kyle Visser is a professional basketball player living and playing in his 5th season of the New Yorker Phanthoms team in Germany. His wife Julia is the founder of "Jules' Fuel" dedicated to sharing the benefits of real food, fitness, travel, and purpose in life, including how she convinced Kyle to give a Paleo-styled nutritional approach a try. Listen in as Cassie, Aglaee, Kyle, and Julia give their take on the latest health headlines, including the 9 foods an athlete would never eat, the Coca-Cola ad that was banned in the UK for being misleading, the negative implications of consuming gluten on brain health (explained well in the YouTube video "The Truth About Gluten"), how exercise can be used therapeutically to minimize stress in your life, and a wonderful TEDx Youth talk by Dr. Katherine Reid called "UnBlind My Mind: What Are We Eating?" Plus, don't miss Julia sharing two of her sensational recipes--3-Layered Paleo Shepherd’s Pie and Easy Egg McNothin’. So why don't you go ahead and pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk about it!

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Aglaee Jacob from the "Health With Real Food" blog
Aglaee on Facebook
Aglaee on Twitter
Kyle Visser's Athlete Speaker Coach web site
Kyle on Facebook
A Professional Athlete’s Journey to a Whole Foods {Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free} Diet
Julia Visser from "Jules' Fuel"
Julia on Facebook
Why Are So Many Dietitians Critical Of The Low-Carbohydrate Diets?
9 Foods An Athlete Would Never Eat
Coca-Cola Ad Banned In UK For Misleading Customers
This Is Your Brain On Gluten
- VIDEO: The Truth About Gluten
Stressed By Work/Life Balance? Just Exercise
TEDx Youth talk by Dr. Katherine Reid: UnBlind My Mind: What Are We Eating?
- Julia's column 7 Ways you might be inadvertently sabotaging your weight loss
- Julia's recipe 3-Layered Paleo Shepherd’s Pie
- Julia's recipe Easy Egg McNothin’

Direct download: LCC-98-visser.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:48am EDT

Paleo bloggers Juli Bauer and Julia Colling join our host Dietitian Cassie along with guest co-host and fellow registered dietitian Laura Schoenfeld today in Episode 97 of "Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore & Friends!"

 

It's been over three months since our last episode of "Low-Carb Conversations" and we've so missed being here with you discussing and dissecting all the latest health headlines. Jimmy Moore is away writing his next book coming on August 5, 2014 entitled Keto Clarity: Unleash The Health Benefits Of The Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet that is sure to follow in the bestselling footsteps of his 2013 release Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers? (the audiobook version will be available within the next few weeks). Just as we did while Jimmy was away last year with his book, we'll be featuring some guest co-hosts filling the chair with Dietitian Cassie over the next few months (except for our epic Episode 100 that you won't want to miss coming up on Friday, February 28, 2014--MORE DETAILS ON THAT SOON!).

Don't forget we are a listener-supported podcast and rely on your donations to keep the episodes coming throughout 2014. We're incredibly thankful for the support of our enthusiastic fans and would be honored to have you join that group who provides us a financial donation if you benefit from this podcast. CLICK HERE for a quick and easy way to send $1, $5, $20 or even $100 towards the costs of making the magic of "Low-Carb Conversations" happen on a weekly basis. THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORT!

With Jimmy away, Cassie invited on one of her fellow RDs to join her in today's episode in the amazing Laura Schoenfeld from the "Ancestralize Me" blog and a staff nutritionist at ChrisKresser.com. She and Cassie chatted about this blog post from Laura explaining the flaws in that U.S. News & World Report ranking of diets that released last month as well as a SheKnows news story that quoted Cassie responding to what U.S. News considers a "healthy" diet. When you get two real food RDs this riled up, it must be an important topic of discussion!

Cassie and Laura are joined by two incredible guest friends in Juli Bauer from the "PaleOMG" blog and author of the cookbook OMG. That's Paleo? and Julia Visser from "Jules' Fuel." This fabulous female foursome had a great time sharing their opinions about some recent health headlines, including four reasons why you shouldn't go on a low-carb diet, more commentary on the U.S. News & World Report 2014 diet rankings, the critical role saturated fat should play within the context of a healthy diet, the World Health Organization (WHO) deciding to pull back the curtain on the health impact of sugar, seven practical ways to begin reducing the amount of carbohydrate in your diet, and so much more! Plus, everyone's favorite segment with delicious new low-carb recipes is back at the end of today's show. I know it's been a while, but you know what to do--pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee and let's talk about it!

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Juli Bauer from the "PaleOMG" blog
- Juli's cookbook OMG. That's Paleo?
Juli on Twitter
Juli on Facebook
Julia Visser from the "Jules' Fuel" blog
Julia on Twitter
Julia on Facebook
4 Reasons You Shouldn't Follow A Low-Carb Diet
US News 2014 Diet Rankings
Saturated Fats Role (or Non role) in the New Year’s Diet Resolution
The World Health Organization has taken a tough stand on Sugar. It’s about time we listened
A Beginner’s Guide To Cutting Carbs: 7 Realistic Tips To Get You Started
- RECIPE: Julia's 3-Layered Paleo Shepherd's Pie
- RECIPE: Julia's Easy Egg McNothin’

Direct download: LCC-97-bauer-visser.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:14pm EDT