'Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show' Episode 150: Week Of Weight Loss Wisdom--Rebecca Wilhoit

Rebecca Wilhoit has a low-carb strategy for her PCOS

We're winding up this encouraging and inspiring "Week Of Weight Loss Wisdom" with our second to last podcast interview with yet another success story who has found great success livin' la vida low-carb. We've heard from a Zone dieter, a weight loss reality show dieter, and an Atkins dieter. Today we hear from someone who hasn't had to deal with a great obesity problem, but she has had a need for controlling a condition she has called polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). We know from the research that a low-carb diet is great for this and it has worked fabulously for today's guest.

In Episode 150 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," tune in to hear Rebecca Wilhoit whose life took a turn for the worse when she was diagnosed with PCOS. The weight gain and the fertility problems that this insulin-resistant condition brings on can be scary, but Rebecca was fortunate enough to hook up with a fabulous low-carb researcher and nutritional consultant named Cassandra Forsythe who has made a huge difference in Rebecca's life. Listen in and learn how her fitness focus has changed since she began this low-carb lifestyle change.

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Rebecca Wilhoit is the perfect example of how this "Week Of Weight Loss Wisdom" is as much about improving health as it is shedding weight. Her life was changed for the better after reading The New Rules Of Lifting For Women and Women's Health Perfect Body Diet by Cassandra Forsythe, aka "Cass" as Rebecca kept calling her in the interview. You could really tell that there has been a strong bond of friendship between Rebecca and Cass and that has no doubt played a major role in Rebecca's success. I can't wait to share my interview with Cassandra Forsythe with you on June 30th.

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The fourth podcast interview in this special "Week Of Weight Loss Wisdom" with Rebecca Wilhoit is a good reminder about underlying conditions such as PCOS and how they can negatively impact the weight and health of women. Do you have PCOS and use a low-carb nutritional approach to overcome it? We'd love to hear your stories of triumph, so be sure to share those in the show notes section of Episode 150.

We've had a great week of podcasts and there's one more coming tomorrow with Charlie Hills, the author of a very funny, but very real book about diets called Why Your Last Diet Failed You and How This Book Won't Help You on Your Next One. Of all the diets he's ever been on in his lifetime (and it's been a bunch!), only one has ever truly worked for him. Hmmmm, I wonder what it could be? Tune in to find out! Leave us your feedback about the show on our podcast hotline at (206) 202-6516 or you can e-mail me questions and comments anytime at livinlowcarbman@charter.net. THANK YOU for listening!

'Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show' Episode 84: Talking Low-Carb Living And Fertility With Dr. Gil Wilshire

Dr. Gil Wilshire says PCOS is a growing fertility concern for women

In Episode 84 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," we hear from reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Gil Wilshire at the Columbia, Missouri-based Mid-Missouri Reproductive Medicine & Surgery Clinic discuss polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), obesity, and infertility to see how livin' la vida low-carb is part of the solution to these health issues.

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Dr. Wilshire is one of the leading physicians in the field of fertility, but one of only a handful nationwide who actually implores a controlled-carbohydrate approach (or "nutrient-dense" as he likes to refer to it) with his mostly overweight patients who are having trouble getting pregnant. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have a spouse who just happens to be the most popular low-carb blogger on the planet living under the same roof, too (she even brags on hubby today in this blog post about my interview with him)!

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Dr. Wilshire is certainly on the cutting edge of the latest scientific data regarding carbohydrate-restriction as it relates to the child-bearing health of his patients. Why do you think low-carb living hasn't caught on yet among his colleagues and do you think there will be more people like Dr. Gil Wilshire turning to this healthy nutritional approach in the future of reproductive care? Tell me what you think about treating PCOS, obesity, and infertility with a low-carb diet.

THANK YOU as always for listening to "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore." I welcome your feedback at my podcast web site or via e-mail anytime at livinlowcarbman@charter.net.

'Project PCOS' Offers Free Health Resources

Project PCOS providing top-notch resources and health support

I'd like to tell you about a brand new resource for women who suffer from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, commonly referred to as PCOS. It's called Project PCOS and I am excited to make you aware of the fantastic work they are doing to educate, encourage, and support anyone who has been impacted by this condition--whether they know it yet or not!

Launched on February 1, 2007, the Project PCOS web site set out as its goal to bring greater awareness to this sometimes misunderstood ailment by promoting it to the public, medical professionals, and even health and government leaders (they are encouraging people who support their cause to even e-mail, call or meet with their legislators) through a progressive online petition drive for 1 million signatures. Also, for a nominal donation of $1, you can leave your comments for others to see in the One Million For PCOS campaign.

For those 10 percent of women and girls who suffer from PCOS worldwide, Project PCOS wants to be there for them giving comfort, support, and dependable information to help them deal with it through the use of creative online chats, forums, educational programs, newsletters, directories, links, podcasts, downloadable files, and so much more. Best of all--IT'S FREE!


Ashley Tabeling is extending her PCOS Pals Yahoo! community

The vision for Project PCOS came from the passionate desire by a woman named Ashley Tabeling a few months ago to give people a one-stop shop on the Internet for finding anything and everything they were looking for about PCOS. She went out and found some of the biggest leaders in the PCOS community to help her with this ambitious plan, including Linda Harvey from PCOS Today Magazine, Tarra Hartl, a long time PCOS advocate and co-founder of PCOS Living, Tammy Dolak, a PCOS community advocate, and Branden Simbeck, an IT specialist and PCOS advocate.

With modern advances in communications technology, Tabeling and her team believe this new venture will revolutionize how people learn about, treat, and care for people suffering from PCOS. Since about half of all women who have this condition are never officially diagnosed, Project PCOS is hoping to reach many of those women to help them understand what is happening to them and doing something about it before the symptoms get even worse.

Specifically, PCOS is a rather complex hormonal disorder that does not have a cure as of yet (although, I highlighted this study at my blog last year that found a low-carb diet can lower insulin levels and improve the metabolic and reproductive outcomes in women with PCOS). If PCOS is left untreated, then it can lead to other more debilitating conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, endometrial cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and kidney problems. Click here to read more about what PCOS is and the most common symptoms.

The medical advisor for Project PCOS is Dr. Dennis Gage, who reveals the unfortunate fact that PCOS is often mislabeled which also can lead to terrible medical issues such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. This is why having all the information about PCOS in one place, just as Project PCOS was set up to do, is going to be crucial as more and more are afflicted with it in the coming years.

Interestingly, PCOS patients will be able to go to the Project PCOS "Ask The Expert" page and get trusted answers to any question about PCOS from medical professionals who specialize in treating PCOS. Some of the experts who have signed on to help with this include Dr. Charles Glueck, the Director of the Jewish Cholesterol Center, Dr. Dennis Gage, author of The Thinderella Syndrome, Julie Lenz, a PCOS coach, Dr. Katherine Sherif, co-director of the PCOS Center at Drexel, Martha McKittrick, a nutritionist, Monika Woolsey from After the Diet, Kelly Bliss from KellyBliss.com, Drs. Deborah and Spencer Ward, Hansi Halloway, Ms. Plus Sized NC 2004, Tulin Reid, founder, PCOS Living and plus-size model, Dr. Shahab Minassian, Director of Drexel Fertility, Dr. Samuel Thatcher, author of PCOS The Hidden Epidemic and Claire, the great-granddaughter of Dr. Irving Stein from the Stein-Leventhal Syndrome. An truly impressive list of the best of the best indeed!

If you are a medical professional or want to volunteer your services to help with Project PCOS, then please send an e-mail to information@projectpcos.org. Or, you can also e-mail Ashley Tabeling directly at atabeling@projectpcos.org for more information about this exciting new health resource.

Learn more about Project PCOS by reading their Q&A page and keep checking back for more updates in the coming weeks and months as the site grows. Sign the petition (IT'S FREE!) and get involved if you care about giving more attention to this awful condition. THANKS for your support of this worthy cause!