Comments on: Jimmy Moore’s Life Lessons

By: Angel

Angel — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:05:37 +0000

I switched my cat over to a no-carb diet a couple of years ago (not long after I went low-carb). He wouldn’t have been considered unhealthy at the time, except for a little extra weight, but he still had some significant improvements. He lost weight, his coat developed a healthier sheen, and his personality became calmer. He is still quite healthy and has no unnecessary fat.

Our dog is fed regular dog food but she also gets a lot of meat and bone scraps, and she always has. She’s staying healthy too. Most dogs apparently have a greater tolerance for carbs than cats do.

Could be. My sister’s dog eats dry dog food, and he’s pretty tubby. I wish she’d give him more meat.

By: Dave, RN

Dave, RN — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:16:56 +0000

Exactly. If you leave a dog or cat to their own devices, they don’t throw down a ear of corn on your doorstep, they bring home a bird or a mouse. I’ve seen my (dearly departed now) Bichone Frise tear up a big rat in a second. I also found a rabbit ripped in half in my backyard. Canines and felines are carnivores. That’s why they have those big pointy teeth. Unfortunately, if grain that’s flavored like meat is in their bowl, they’ll eat it.

My son has two dogs he loves, and I’ve already warned him about feeding them grains and soy. I think he got the message.

By: Cathryn

Cathryn — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:01:38 +0000

I’m finding out that corn or soy is not good for animals either. We manage feral cats and have a lot of problems with gastro-intestinal issues with them. We look to our catfood ingredients and saw a lot of corn and soy products. We’ve tried to find foods that aren’t high in either but it’s hard because the common pet food is corn or soy first.

But this is what we’ve seen:
One cat had chronic kidney infections and the vet said we may have to euthanize him. We pulled him off dry cat food and he’s healthy at 12 years of age and hasn’t had a kidney infection in 4 years.
One cat couldn’t digest his food and was literally starving to death. Pulled him off corn and soy foods; added B12 to his regime and he’s healthy now.
One cat threw up corn and soy dry foods. Pulled her off those and she quit vomiting.

I believe that a change in diet is necessary to be healthier. I’ve changed my diet over the past 3 years and am alive because of it. I’ve lost weight, my blood pressure is down, and my kidneys are stabilized. The first thing I quit doing were any foods that were preserved and going out to eat in restaurants. Now I’m exploring low carbs and I see improvement already.

Indeed. As Dr. Sears told me, dogs and cats don’t develop cancer or heart disease unless we feed them grains and soy. It’s not even close to their natural diet.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:49:09 +0000

Hi Holly, Just to reply and clarify re the post about diet and autism:
What my family ate prior to going low-carb (with fish oil and vit D3 supplements) was the kind of diet recommended, and still recommended, by nutrititionists and government agencies. We never ever ate under the golden arches or anything else we thought was junk food. I only gave my kids candies or high sugar foods as special treats.
I followed the dietary guidelines faithfully - the food pyramid, low-fat, high-carb with lots of bread and cereals. Despite all this I was grossly over-weight and all of us had health issues of one sort or another. That all changed when I turned to low-carb to lose weight and the rest followed as in my previous post.
I distinguished then, and still do, between people who believe that they’re eating a healthy diet by following recommended guidlines, and people who don’t, and really do subsist on fried chips and chocolate.

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:49:15 +0000

I’ve read your blog and Jimmy’s blog - and now it’s helping me pass (get a B so far) in my statistics class! These blogs are teaching people more than health.

It’s interesting everyone is talking about Autism. My research paper is about autism and poor dietary nutrition (both prenatal and post natal). I’ve seen some really interesting research…

Here’s a site I like. The author explains statistical concepts very well:

http://www.sportsci.org/resource/stats/index.html

By: Cathryn

Cathryn — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:06:50 +0000

Another hit on autism…I know of a family who had 5 children with varying degrees of autism. One of the things they changed was to cut off all grain, especially wheat, corn, and soy products. They now eat grass-fed buffalo because beef is too saturated with corn, wheat, and soy products (not to mention other ingredients the food industry like to promote as FOOD). They also suspect a link to GMO products and try to avoid them as well.

Lo and behold, their children improved on the new diet and are outdoing other children at school.

Makes you think about other lies the food industry has fed to us over the decades.

That’s outstanding. Think of all the parents who have lived through that nightmare without knowing a change in diet might help.

I’ll still order a burger or steak at a restaurant when I’m out for meals, but we get most of our meats from a local farm now, as well as raw-milk cheese. The chickens in particular taste far better than the factory product.

By: Ailu

Ailu — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:44:46 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I am definitely gonna buy his book now.

Enjoy.

By: Ailu

Ailu — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:43:27 +0000

I always enjoyed Jimmy’s blog, but sometimes I got the impression he was just a wee bit thin skinned from some of his posts. But now that I understand his background, wow, you’ve come a long way Jimmy! So thanks for the insight, Tom. Honestly, your blog is my favorite, love your writing style, warmth, and humor. And believe me, that’s a compliment, cause I must subscribe to over 50 blogs on various issues…never counted them, but now maybe I might… lol

I appreciate that very much.

By: Graybull

Graybull — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:34:18 +0000

Hopefully…..Jimmy’s book will sell well. The same for all that you (Tom) are doing……..along with The Eades, Gary Taubes, Loren Cordain, Charles Hunt and all the rest…….none of these brave individuals can ever make too much money, doing this kind of work. More money just allows them to do more……in getting the message out………………..in the challenge of combating the “conventional wisdom” about health…..that we hear multiple times, every day.

“A person’s good health is their most important asset. There is no greater aspiration or a goal more nobel than helping people achieve optimum health.”

Considering how much money has been made by people and companies hawking lowfat garbage, I couldn’t agree more.

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:10:18 +0000

I have no doubt that Jimmy started his site out of a genuine motivation to help people but once it became a moneymaking entity he changed, and not for the better. If he had kept the site a hobby site I think that people would be a lot more forgiving of the frankenfood ads and the Kimkins situation. However, it’s his sole source of income and he did so much flip-flopping on Kimkins and other things that a lot of people got turned off and his credibility took a pretty major hit. He’s a good information compiler, I’ll give him that much.

He knows the Kimkins affair hurt him. He got burned — but so did Woman’s Day and others. I avoid low-carb breads and pastas and desserts, since I’m trying to go nearly primal, but Jimmy likes them. In the Eades’ first book, they write about different levels of adherence, such as purist and hedonist. Jimmy likes his desserts and he’s honest about it; that’s why he publishes his daily menus. Compared to where he started, he’s way ahead of the game. And for those who can’t imagine life without sweets and wouldn’t go low carb without them, they as may as well be aware of the alternatives.