HHX: New Format, More Hacks, New Shows

Grasshopper New Media expanding into more new shows on health

The show formerly known as the Health Hacks Podcast will now be referred to as HHX (it seems the folks over at Apple don't like people using the term "podcast" to describe this format, although I'm sure Kleenex, Kool-Aid, Coke, Q-Tip, Band-Aid, and Windex don't have any problem with people using their brand name in a generic way!).

Plus, most people seem to be under the impression that you need an iPod to listen to a podcast. Not so! In fact, you can listen to it over your computer RIGHT NOW--in fact, here's Epidode 8 of HHX for your listening pleasure!

 Health Hacks Podcast Episode 8: PopUp Player

This week's show features a new format with more hacks and less music. Let us know what you think.

We have Reinhard Engels from Everyday Systems talking about habits and setting goals. Our newest contributor Eve the OT emphasizing the impact of stress on your health and how to better manager it (boy, do I need that right about now!). You get to hear the final segment of Kevin Kennedy-Spaien's interview with Occupational Therapist Rick Frank on yoga. And I talk about Tricia Cunningham’s new book coming out in December called "The Reverse Diet: Lose Weight by Eating Dinner for Breakfast and Breakfast for Dinner."

Please share your feedback about HHX Episode 8 by clicking here. In fact, check out what this listener had to say about my segment on HHX from last week...I get the feeling she's not very fond of livin' la vida low-carb. HA!

Exciting things are happening at Grasshopper New Media behind the scenes right now that I'd like to share with you and invite you to become a part of. Have you ever wanted to host your own show about health that would reach an audience of hundreds, thousands, maybe even tens or hundreds of thousands? Hey, it could happen if you have something to say! That's why GNMHealth.com was created.

They are actively looking for fresh voices to start hosting new shows similar to HHX, except with various themes. For example, they have offered to pick up the show I was going to do on the radio locally here in Greenville/Spartanburg, SC area since it did not work out and begin airing "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore" coming soon (I'll let you know more when it happens)! I'm so excited about flying solo with a show focused exclusively on the low-carb lifestyle.

Another show that GNMHealth is wanting to do is one that features people who have lost over 100 pounds that would be geared to people who NEED to lose over 100 pounds. Know anyone like that?! I can think of a few! :D

Or perhaps you have the most unique show idea on the planet as it relates to health. Feel free to share it with the team at GNMHealth by clicking here. This could be YOUR opportunity to share your thoughts and opinions on health to a larger audience. Let me know what you idea is and I'll put in a good word for you with the people at Grasshopper New Media! THANKS for listening and more exciting things are in store coming soon!

Backwards Diet Is Backwards Approach To Weight Loss

And people call the Atkins, low-carb approach weird?! Did you hear about this woman who lost 172 pounds on something called "The Backwards Diet?"

The guinea pig for this "diet" is a former 292-pounder named Tricia Cunningham. She devised to so-called weight loss method to lose weight and attempt to get healthy without adhering to any particular weight loss plan such as Atkins.

"If I can do it, anyone can do it," said Cunningham. "I tipped out at a maximum weight of 292 pounds. My joints and back would hurt. Even the vehicles I drove had to be bigger, because I was bigger. I woke up one morning and looked in the mirror and said, 'this is it.'"

I think everyone who has ever been overweight or obese can relate. But what does this "diet" (and note I'm calling it a diet and not a lifestyle change) entail?

Eating a "diet" of fruits, vegetables and fish, Cunningham decided to have breakfast for supper and vice versa. Say what? Are you kidding me? Shall we call it a "low-fat diet" on acid?!

This lady's "diet" makes even Jorge Cruise's new "3 Hour Diet" make sense in comparison!

To help boost her metabolism, she eats five cloves of garlic a day and cooks salmon in orange juice for breakfast. Ewwww! She'll even mix eggs with virtually any vegetable she can find. Can you imagine a turnip green omelet? Ugh! Yucky poo!

And what, pray tell, does she drink? Can you say lemon water? Do you see where this is going? And dinner consists of oatmeal with orange-juice soaked shredded wheat. Oh, yummy! NOT!

While I applaud Cunningham for losing 170 pounds and dropping down from a size 22 to a size 1 in the time it takes to make a baby, I cannot recommend this way of eating for people. Besides the obvious unpalatable choice of foods you have to eat (mostly low-fat and low-calorie), losing weight is not about "timing" or eating a "balanced" diet. Even if you turn your meals around on a "backwards diet," it will not make you lose weight any more effectively than livin' la vida low-carb.

Even still, all you have to do is a quick Google News search to see the media falling all over themselves to herald this "diet" as something great. But people like me have had similar weight loss success on Atkins and get nary a positive mention from anybody in the media. Could the double standard be any more obvious?! We'll keep chipping away at them, though, until they finally come around to our side!