PRIZE PACKAGE #4 WILL HAVE TWO WINNERS!!

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Prize package for winner #1 in the 4th Nourished giveaway: Prize package for winner #2 in the 4th Nourished giveaway: I am so excited to tell you about the 4th Prize Package in the Nourished giveaway. And this time there will be 2 prize packages and 2 lucky winners! One winner will receive a Baker’s Gift Set of vanilla products from Singing Dog Vanilla, with a retail value of $34.99 PLUS a 6-pack of 0.75-ounce bottles of EZ-Sweetz liquid sucralose, with a retail value of $62.99.…

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INTERVIEW ON KABC LOS ANGELES

I’ve been invited as a guest on the John Phillips Show on KABC Talk Radio in Los Angeles this morning and the McIntire in the Morning Show tomorrow. It occurred to me that new visitors to my blog might expect to find a description of my latest book, so here it is: NOURISHED; A Cookbook for Health, Weight Loss, and Metabolic Balance The science is clear—controlling insulin is the key to health and metabolic balance, and controlled-carbohydrate diets are the natural way to control insulin. The menus…

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NOURISHED GIVEAWAY #3: A NEW WINNER AND A NEW PRIZE PACKAGE

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The winner of the 2nd prize package in the giveaway celebrating the launch of Nourished; a Cookbook for Health, Weight Loss, and Metabolic Balance, has been selected and notified. She requested that I not publish her name. Here is #3 in our line up of fabulous awards. Review the rules and entry requirements here: http://carbwars.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-weeks-of-prizes-to-celebrate.html (It’s easy, but we have to tell you these things.) Prize Package Primal Body, Primal Mind; Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and a Longer Life, by Nora T. Gedgaudus, ©…

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SIX WEEKS OF PRIZES TO CELEBRATE “NOURISHED” #2

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Prize Package #2:   A Gift Basket of Products from LC Foods. Retail value – $55.86 PLUS 21 Life Lessons From Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb: How The Healthy Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew, by Jimmy Moore, 2009. List Price -$27.99 LC Foods Gift Basket: The science is clear, but the stores are still full of non-fat, low-fat, and low-calorie “diet” foods, while low-carb items are hard to find and usually disappointing. What should be the world’s easiest diet, one that never leaves you hungry,…

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WE HAVE A WINNER!

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Prize Package #1 in the Nourished giveaway, a hardback copy of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and a set of eight stainless steel steak knives, goes to (drum roll, please): Genevieve Carter! There are lots more good things to come, so don’t give up if you didn’t win this time. I’ll be posting Package #2 shortly, so reread the rules here http://carbwars.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-weeks-of-prizes-to-celebrate.html and get your entries in for the next round. Don’t forget to tell me that you want to enter the giveaway, which…

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Interview with Dr. Su about Holiday menus and recipes

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I’m a little late posting this link to the interview I did with Dr. Su on his Carbohydrates Can Kill website. He invited me to share some of the holiday menus and recipes from my new cookbook, Nourished. It is always a pleasure to talk with Dr. Su and as usual, we ran out of time before we ran out of conversation. Your can listen here: http://www.carbohydratescankill.com/3311/80-judy-barnes-baker-on-lowcarb-holiday-entertaining This Christmas tested our ingenuity as a sudden windstorm knocked out our power just as my daughter was putting four ducks in…

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NOURISHED IS LAUNCHED!

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I got a big surprise today! I had promised the first box of books to Glen over at LC Foods Corp. It seems he got his delivery before I got mine, and he has already started shipping them out. http://lcfoodscorp.com/books/nourished-judy-barnes-baker-book Then a little while ago, I got an e-mail from Jimmy Moore saying I should check out his blog at: http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/low-carb-cookbook-author-judy-barnes-baker-releases-her-long-awaited-new-book-nourished/12520. Wow, it looks like Nourished is launched! Glen is selling Nourished at his cost and he even says he can get them out in time for Christmas giving.…

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PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY MOORE!

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Unless you are new to the low-carb lifestyle, you are certainly familiar with Jimmy Moore’s Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb site at http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/. Jimmy serves as Grand Central Station for the low-carb community. I have him to thank for much of the success of my first book, and I was thrilled when he invited me for one of his very popular podcasts to introduce the new one. When we recorded the interview, I was confident that the book would be out, or at least available for pre-order, by…

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Brainstorming in Portland for the Metabolism Society

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  Dr. Feinman, founder of the Nutrition and Metabolism Society, invited me to join him and two other Northwest NMS members for a brainstorming session in Portland a little over a week ago. D offered to drive me down, so we put on a CD of Bluegrass music and took the day off for a much-needed mini-vacation. That’s me, Dr. Ann Childers, Dr. Peter Ballerstedt, and Dr. Richard Feinman in the picture above (left to right). I was thrilled to meet Dr. Ann Childers, a child and adult trained psychiatric physician who helps her patients…

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Gary Taubes on Dr. Oz Today

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I’m not a follower of the Dr. Oz daytime television show, but I won’t miss it today because Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat, is scheduled to appear. The promo for the show says, “The man who thinks everything Dr. Oz says is wrong.” It is scheduled to air at 3:00 PM today on the West Coast, but check your local listing for the channel and time in your area. (C) 2011, Judy Barnes Baker, Carb Wars; Sugar is…

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SMART EATS LECTURE SERIES

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I’ve been invited to speak at the Smart Eats Store in Mill Creek on Tuesday, March 8, at 6:00PM. “Smart Eats is happy to announce that our friend and local author Judy Barnes Baker will be coming on Tuesday March 8th at 6:00PM to speak to our customers about her book, Carb Wars; Sugar is the New Fat, and low carb in general. Space is limited, so if you would like to attend please RSVP to info@smarteatsusa.com to be added to the guest list. If…

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