464: Acupuncturist Chris Kresser Is ‘The Healthy Skeptic’

Written on April 14, 2011

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Acupuncturist and “The Healthy Skeptic” blogger Chris Kresser is our guest today on The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!

Kresser, a licensed acupuncturist and practitioner of integrative medicine who shares about health and nutrition at his wildly-popular Healthy Skeptic Blog and companion podcast, visits the show today to discuss such controversial topics as the efficacy of statin drugs, the link between fat and diabetes, the most important voices in nutrition medicine and much, MUCH more! He is one of the true voices of reason in an insane health world right now, so DON’T MISS THIS INTERVIEW!

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Shannon

I really liked this interview. Chris comes across as extremely intelligent and well-researched. I have noticed that some holistic practitioners (especially those who are not clinically trained) tend to skim over hard scientific facts. He doesn’t have to try to wiggle out of scientific-based questioning because his basis for knowledge is actually grounded in hard science.

http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

I loved doing this interview, Shannon! It’s nice to talk to people like Chris who are both articulate and super-smart. Rare combo!

http://turbokelly.com Kelly

Fantastic.
Nancy Schneider

Thank you for this. My husband is a physician and I’ve shared some of Chris’s blogs with him and he’s very favorably impressed.

http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

Cool!

Jill

Brilliant interview. Thank you Jimmy and Chris. Smile. Let’s put every drug known to man in the water supply so we can all live happily ever after. Laugh.
Jill

http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

So encourage them, they might actually do it!

Rene

Great interview. I wonder what Chris would think of your fast?

http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

I dunno. Might ask him.

Nina

Jimmy

Check out the Gary Taubes latest: lipid panel

http://www.garytaubes.com/2011/04/before-sugar-were-talking-about-cholesterol/

Woohoo! Eat yer heart out, Dr Oz.

Nina

http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

Yep, saw that!

Rene

Dr Paul Jaminet(perfecthealthdiet.com) responded to a question about your fast:

[5] Long Fasts: Jimmy Moore is doing a 7-day total fast.

I would caution him to drink lots of water and take electrolytes (salt for sodium and chlorine, plus potassium and magnesium, maybe mineral water with calcium). Personally, I would ease any long fast a bit with coconut oil or MCTs. And if any troubles develop, cut the fast short.

I myself will soon be doing my longest fast of the year, from Holy Thursday evening to Easter Sunday, about 64 hours.
http://www.LeanerLiving.com Spencer Nadolsky

Great interview Jimmy!

As a newly graduating medical student, I agree that we are taught to push drugs drugs and more drugs.
However, we are taught to first prescribe lifestyle changes.

The problem is that most of our teachers/mentors will say that our patients won’t listen to us and that prescribing a drug is easier.

I have found early in my training that this isn’t the truth and that patients actually DO listen. Getting doctors to prescribe the right lifestyle (diet) might be a tough task though.