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Dr Asher Larmie
United Kingdom
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Calling all yo-yo dieters and chronically ill folk! I'm a FAT doctor (Neurodivergent and Trans too) who wants you to ditch the diet, recover from the years of fat shaming, unlearn all the lies about weight that you've been told since you were little, and find healthcare professionals that will look beyond your weight. I've got over two decades of medical experience plus a lifelong journey as a Fat person. I talk a lot about weight stigma, provide evidence based information, and promote weight-inclusive healthcare.
Calling all yo-yo dieters and chronically ill folk! I'm a FAT doctor (Neurodivergent and Trans too) who wants you to ditch the diet, recover from the years of fat shaming, unlearn all the lies about weight that you've been told since you were little, and find healthcare professionals that will look beyond your weight. I've got over two decades of medical experience plus a lifelong journey as a Fat person. I talk a lot about weight stigma, provide evidence based information, and promote weight-inclusive healthcare.
Jay's Story
Meet Jay, whose twenty-year health journey reflects the experience of countless Fat patients in rural communities. From an old motorcycle injury to high blood pressure, their story illustrates how weight-centric medical care can lead to years of frustrated consultations, missed diagnoses, and deteriorating health.
00:18:44 - What does weight inclusive care look like?
In this episode, I break down how weight-inclusive care changes everything - from the first examination to long-term treatment plans. I share how proper medical investigation, understanding of weight cycling, and compassionate care can transform both patient outcomes and the doctor-patient relationship.
00:27:19 - Everything You've Been Told About Weight Loss Is A Lie
Diet and exercise do NOT reduce the risk of developing OA of the knee according to the PROOF study. Today's study is entitled "The role of diet and exercise and of glucosamine sulfate in the prevention of knee osteoarthritis: Further results from the PRevention of knee Osteoarthritis in Overweight Females (PROOF) study": pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26806185/
00:31:13 - Ask Me Anything
I was asked to weigh in on the weight inclusive treatment of high cholesterol (nice pun, by the way!)
Want to learn more about the weight inclusive management of high blood pressure and arthritis of the knee? Then check out my on-demand masterclasses: learn.fatdoctor.co.uk/courses/BP
learn.fatdoctor.co.uk/courses/osteoarthritis
And if you're looking for a weight inclusive doctor and struggling to find one, don't forget that you can consult with me anytime: www.fatdoctor.co.uk/consultations/
00:18:44 - What does weight inclusive care look like?
In this episode, I break down how weight-inclusive care changes everything - from the first examination to long-term treatment plans. I share how proper medical investigation, understanding of weight cycling, and compassionate care can transform both patient outcomes and the doctor-patient relationship.
00:27:19 - Everything You've Been Told About Weight Loss Is A Lie
Diet and exercise do NOT reduce the risk of developing OA of the knee according to the PROOF study. Today's study is entitled "The role of diet and exercise and of glucosamine sulfate in the prevention of knee osteoarthritis: Further results from the PRevention of knee Osteoarthritis in Overweight Females (PROOF) study": pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26806185/
00:31:13 - Ask Me Anything
I was asked to weigh in on the weight inclusive treatment of high cholesterol (nice pun, by the way!)
Want to learn more about the weight inclusive management of high blood pressure and arthritis of the knee? Then check out my on-demand masterclasses: learn.fatdoctor.co.uk/courses/BP
learn.fatdoctor.co.uk/courses/osteoarthritis
And if you're looking for a weight inclusive doctor and struggling to find one, don't forget that you can consult with me anytime: www.fatdoctor.co.uk/consultations/
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Відео
What Is Health, Really?
Переглядів 27День тому
Health isn’t a one-size-fits-all concept. It’s as diverse and dynamic as the people who experience it. In this episode, I challenge the narrow, static definitions of health and asks whether health is a basic human right or a privilege. A binary concept or a specturm. A journey or a destination. If you want to explore health in more detail, don’t miss my FREE workshop, Redefining Health, availab...
Putting Prediabetes Panic Into Perspective
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In this episode, I uncover the truths about prediabetes - what it is, what it isn’t, and why you’ve been misled. Meet Joy, a mother navigating the weight stigma tied to her diagnosis, and stick around for the debut of my new segment: *"Everything You’ve Been Told About Weight Loss Is a Lie."* Learn more about my masterclass “Prediabetes Isn’t A Real Medical Condition”: learn.fatdoctor.co.uk/cou...
Season 4 Finale
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In the final episode of season 4, Asher recounts his personal growth over the past year and has a message for 2025. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. Season 5 launches on Wednesday the 15th January.
Raven's Story
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Raven's story is one that I imagine many of us are intimately familiar with. Raven is a 34 year old graphic designer, A plus student and all round badass who has been trying to shrink their body their entire life. This episode is just in time for the holiday season and the run up to the January New Year, New You nonsense that we know is coming. It's the penultimate episode of season 4. You can ...
Jude's Story
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Jude is Fat, exahusted, and ashamed. They've been so tired lately they finally bit the bullet and visited their doctor. Of course the doctor told them to eat less and get some exercise. But they also mentioned a sleep study. But Jude can't possibly have sleep apnea because that's just another thing everyone will blame on their weight. What's Jude to do?
Unwrap the holidays: Who's struggling this season?
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The holidays can be a lot-especially if you’re juggling too many expectations, feeling the weight of others’ emotions, or just trying to keep it all together when everything feels like it’s falling apart. In this episode, I’m diving into how the holiday season can throw extra pressure on those of us who take on more than we should-whether that’s managing everyone else’s needs, pushing ourselves...
There's no such thing as the Amercian Dream
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A whole bunch of us were raised on the premise of an Amercian Dream, and it turns out we were all sold a lie. The harder we work, the less we own. As the average life expectancy reaches new heights, so too do health disaprities. No matter who we vote for, politicians have zero interest in doing the will of the people. And there's no justice to be found in the legal justice system. So now that w...
Surgeons are lying liars who lie
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It's amazing what some surgeons will say to get out of performing surgery. Which is weird, because they're supposed to like performing surgery. Otherwise why become a surgeon? In this episode, Asher explores one of the many mysteries of life and does a lot of ranting. What can he say? He's autistic and he doesn't have time for lies.
(Re)Introducing the Fat Doctor
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4 years ago, Asher failed his final diet. More accurately, the final diet failed him. 3 years ago, he came out as transmasculine. Two years ago, he uprooted his entire life and moved to Scotland. This time last year, he realised he was neurodivergent. In may 2020, he was writing a weight loss blog. A lot has happened since then, so he figured it was high time he re-introduced himself.
Fat justice, Diabetes and French Cheese with Lisa
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Asher talks to Lisa, creator of Mon Gros Podcast which literally translates into my BIG podcast (or FAT podcast, depending on which way you look at it). There is an entire 10 minute segment dedicated to cheese in this episode. You're welcome. Check out @MonGrosPodcast on Instagram or wherever you usually listen in: www.podcastics.com/podcast/mongrospodcast/
Fat and AuDHD with Nicola Salmon
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Asher has known Nicola for several years now. Among other things, Nicola is Asher's go-to expert for anything weight inclusive that is fertility related. Today Asher and Nicola discuss how they work with clients and how their AuDHD impacts their work lives. Hint: it's not a superpower but it does make them uniquely placed to support neurodiverse clients. You can find Nicola on Instagram @fatpos...
How I got my doctor to respect me with Cara Winsor Hehir
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The other day, Cara messaged Asher to say: "I've been slowly pushing my doctor to forget that I'm fat and there as been some growth. At my last appointment she was scheduling me for an MRI and there is a mandatory weight question. She told me about it upfront, said she would not weigh me but that she needed a number to put in there. She asked me what I thought she should write, I gave her the a...
AMA with #thefatdoctor episode 5
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Don't miss my masterclass 🌟How to lower your blood pressure without diet or exercise🌟 www.fatdoctor.co.uk/high-blood-pressure/ Ready to book a diabetes review? www.fatdoctor.co.uk/diabetes/ Or maybe you just want to book a discovery call? calendly.com/thefatdoctor/check-up Today we talked about: 🩺How I treat clients who ask me for weight loss advice 🩺 BMI based treatment denials (in this case f...
Interrogating your doctor's statements
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Interrogating your doctor's statements
It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change #NOWEIGH Reason one, part three
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It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change #NOWEIGH Reason one, part three
Calorie deficits do not work #NOWEIGH reason one, part two
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Calorie deficits do not work #NOWEIGH reason one, part two
Weight loss is unsustainable #NOWEIGH Reason One
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Weight loss is unsustainable #NOWEIGH Reason One
The 3 R's of weight inclusive healthcare
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The 3 R's of weight inclusive healthcare
What's muscle mass got to do with it?
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What's muscle mass got to do with it?
What is health? Certainly not anything to do with your lifestyle. Shame on your for propagating medical misinformation. You are delusional and dangerous.
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If you want to destroy your own life that's perfectly fine. For the love of God do not try to destroy the rest of society with your terrible advice. Do you even feel bad for all the kid's lives you've destroyed with your bs.
You’re stupid and pathetic. Get off UA-cam.
I don't know how this popped up in my feed, but I looked you up because your statements in this seemed dangerously misinformed-- you are no longer a doctor due to losing your medical license earlier this year, which checks out. While weight cycling is bad for the body, you're acting like that's the only option. And it's simply not true that weight cycling "almost always" results from intentional weight loss-- it appears you are only saying that it does because that's just been your personal experience. Diets don't work long-term, but permanent lifestyle changes (i.e. stopping overeating, eating healthy foods, and exercising regularly) do.
Absolute mess.
I think your channel might get some major trafic soon: ua-cam.com/video/TuvhRu4MpO0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=ThinkBeforeYouSleep
Stop lying to people
According to WEF, we will own nothing, have nothing and be happy! WTAF!!!!! I've experienced fatism, misogyny, bullying and ageism, homelessness & bankruptcy so far in my long life. & I'm so tired of constantly having to fight/battle every single day! It's exhausting! I'm loving this episode Asher ❤
I don’t like leaving comments on UA-cam because it feels just so public to have my name out here in commentland, but why did I CRY through watching this? Your journey strongly resonates with me on many levels. I found your content in late 2020 or early 2021 as one of my children was dx with an eating disorder in late 2019 and I was beginning the task of unlearning because I knew it was integral for me to do so for the benefit of my children. I had been challenged to do so by other eating disorder caregivers in a support group and someone had recommended your content. It felt like a life and death situation for me to unlearn and relearn for my child’s survival. I was desperate for her sake. So you were/have been one of my guides to unlearning all I thought was true regarding health. But I did not know until today that you were also going through this unlearning journey at the same time, likely mere steps ahead of me. I know you don’t need my empathy but I can’t stop it; I have it for you and others who pave this path. Your impact on the world is enough! Those who are ready to unlearn will. The rest will challenge you and accuse you of things, it seems, and all that does is garner more attention towards the inaccuracy of information being sold to us by our governments, healthcare systems, and education systems. There’s more to my journey that finds connection to your journey, but I’m not comfortable with sharing anymore so publicly. I hope your job continues in this way to the benefit of those in need of your service and for the benefit of you and your family. Happy belated trans birthday to you 🎉
Happy trans birthday beautiful Asher ❤
Well done Lisa ! Thanks to both of you for this episode :)
So happy to see that that the world is meeting you Lisa! I adore you! I loved this interview!
This podcast episode was so full of joy. I loved it ! It made me so happy, especially when you talked about cheese. Appart from that, I agree so much that we can feel like little children when we sit in front of a doctor ( except Docteur Asher of course 😄 ) and that the relation betwin a patient and a doctor should be more like a partnership, a collaboration. Big kiss to both of you ! Thank you so much for both of your works in the HAES movement. Sarah 💜
You’ll do anything but eat healthy and take a walk huh 😂😂😂😂
when your feet fall off will u post a video about it? looking forward to it oinker
Oink oink porky
Hey porky, enjoying diabetes? healthy at any size huh? lmao
This is such a beautiful conversation and so liberating 🎉
Thank you so much ! This makes me feel so good ! ❤
I know what makes my blood pressure spike: STRESS. And what causes stress? Discrimination
learn.fatdoctor.co.uk/courses/BP
www.fatdoctor.co.uk/high-blood-pressure/
www.fatdoctor.co.uk/high-blood-pressure/
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Reversible: eat only meat, eggs, butter, cream and cheese ... no carbs/starches = no insulin; then fast 16h a day and eat before sun down = body will repair itself ...
Being obese is lethal. There is no doubt about that. It's evident that you have no idea about medicine.
What does this even mean, if you have a mole and think it’s just a mole you shouldn’t not go to a doctor because you know your body best, most doctors have more experience with the human body than any of us
First of all, thank you. I'm glad you recognise I know more about this subject than you do. I've been a doctor for over 20yrs. At no point did I say "don't go see your doctor". I said don't let doctors tell you that it's all in your head. Perhaps you ought to pay better attention next time. try thinking before you speak.
I love all your shorts. They are great.
Great to see you posting!
I’m so tired yet can NEVER sleep!!
What are your credentials as a doctor?
Weight cycling is bad for our health in every way, then!? Including our mental health in my experience 😢
Stop eating and you will be fine
This sounds so true. I'm not a doctor so what do I know, but I'm sure chronic dieting does have a lot of bad effects.
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You don't cut carbs and replace them with protein you replace them with fat. The worst thing you can do is eat significant quantities of fat and carbs together (as in the Standard Ametican Diet) due to the effects of the Randle Cycle.
That's hilarious!!! You're so funny 😂😂😂
@@fatdoctoruk Thanks. I must say you are also quite amusing as a parody of a fat acceptance activist.
I was on a diabetic medicine (don't remember what it was called) made me pee sugar. I lost weight but I spent 3 weeks of the month with such bad thrush that I couldn't stay on it😢
I am intimately familiar with said drug and said side effect. Solidarity friend!
I'm also a fat doctor (not THE fat doctor). Can't wait for the book and any videos that I can send people to watch. Others in the health world think I'm a bit fringe, and just promote the 'no dieting' because I'm big. No-one has stopped to ask me why. No-one. NOT ONE person. They are all a little embarrassed, I think. I'm sure they think I go home and gorge. And sometimes I promote that thinking, as I am so over NO ONE asking me anything about my journey. If I lost weight they would all be on to me like a rash, asking me how I 'did it'. Until I regained the weight, in which case they would mutter behind my back about my fall from grace. Anyway, rant over. So happy to see you here!
Hi friend!!! Good to see you here!!!
Love the book title Asher ❤
Aaaah, thank you. Clearly you are outstandingly punny too
@@fatdoctoruk indeed so! Both my GP & the physio told me I HAD to lose 3 stone to have a knee replacement (& my knee issues began as a teenager because I have long legs & grew quickly, NOT because I'm larger....) So I told them all my qualifications in food psychology, eating disorders, weight counselling, etc!! The physio roared with laughter, and we'll he might! I am living proof that dieting does not work!!! And anyway, joint replacements are now done under local anaesthetic!!! 🤷♀️
Asher finally has a UA-cam channel! Yayy
Right? Took a while but I got there eventually
@@fatdoctoruk Happy to have you! Can't wait to buy the book when it comes out!
I "sustained" my weight loss only by having an ED. After around 10 years I ended up in hospital (six months & 3 operations). What I'd been doing to sustain my weight, getting increasingly extreme, I ended up with sepsis, and v nearly died. Now, no dieting, fat (again), but much healthier than I ever was, when I was thin(er). & As a fat person with an ED, I'm absolutely sure the only reason I survived is because I was fat. Had I not had body fat to sustain me I would have died.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm so glad you're well now. And thank goodness for your fat!!!
Should be banned for spreading false info that can seriously cause long term physical and mental issues
And yet here we are. Lol.
And yet here we are 😂
That's what I'm saying dude. I hope they get their license revoked if it hasn't been already. They're genuinely delusional, and promoting that delusion to other desperate individuals.
How is dieting bad
depends on the diet
Eat right and feel better. There is no need for a "diet." It's a poor lifestyle that destroys us. 🤷♂️
Do you really want to know? Because there are SO MANY REASONS.Dieting is one of the most harmful things you can do to your body.
@@23asman 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
i think she's confusing "not eating" as "dieting". Current understanding of "dieting" = "eating with a specific restriction" and not "anorexic diet"
Doesn't matter what you call it, it's a step in the right direction. Happy for you.
I eat what I want whenever I want and I don't exercise. I'm glad you're happy for me.
Your body actually does get the difference. In fact you gut flora play a major role in what you crave to eat. There are colonies in your gut prefering carbs/fats/proteins. So it is a lifestyle change and futher it is a bodily change. Been there done that. I was a sugar tooth and now I am craving more meat and fat. It takes time and dedication to do the switch but it can happen. And of course that involves changing what you eat. Why its not a diet? Because i still gain and lose weight depending on life happenning but I do find it easy now to maintain it at a good level. Cards and processed sugars are shit.
You keep lying to yourself friend. Best of luck to you!
It's a diet
I understand this phrase as "you have to be on this diet until the day you die"
You're not a doctor, change your account name
Unlike a lot of the fakers on the internet, I am a doctor. I graduated medical school in 2003. You can look me up. My GMC number is 6077567. Hope that helps,
bmi is just a measurement that tells you how much weight your frame can safely carry. people with very large/unnatural amounts of muscle like alan ritchson from reacher also start developing health problems as their bmi goes up. weight around your chest and neck can put pressure on your heart and lead to sleep apnea. carrying too much weight in gereral will cause strain on your back and knees, its the same for everybody, it doesn't matter how fit you are, or what percentage of bodyfat or muscle you are carrying.
Rubbish. None of that is true. But thanks for playing.
Would you prefer doctors to measure your gut circumference over bmi 😂😂
Neither are useful. Not sure why you think that's funny? Perhaps this video was too complex for you to understand? let me know what you struggled with and I will explain it to you.
@@fatdoctoruk I just don't like fat people tbh, it's really not hard to drop weight and its literally a benefit to yourself and others, speaking from experience obviously. If you could hear how loud your footsteps are, how much more you sweat compared to normal people, how your loud breathing makes people feel uncomfortable, you'd at least understand.
@@fatdoctoruk Last comment was deleted so my response is now "cope harder" 🤷🏼♀️
@@Insanio😂😂😂😂 figured you weren't that smart. Not your fault. We can't all be doctors!!!
@@fatdoctoruk aren't doctors supposed to take a Hippocratic oath? But I'm guessing you've had your license taken for being bloated dumpling
Collecting BMI data is just as useful as collecting eye color, or height data. It’s not readily useful in any particular way to the individual but on mass these, along with hundreds, or thousands of other metrics (or datapoints) are useful to find correlations which of course do not equal causations. I have blue eyes, and if there’s a higher correlation between having blue eyes and getting cancer that could either be coincidental, bad data, or actually connected in some way so I should get screened more often to align with the higher percentage of getting cancer compared to people with brown eyes. BMI is just a datapoint but at least it’s a datapoint you can change if you believe it would be beneficial to you, unlike having blue eyes which you cannot. I like that we collect datapoints on aspects within our control.
Nearly 100 years of research shows that only a very small percentage of people can lose weight and keep it off long term. About 2-5%. So BMI is not very changeable via weight loss. The most likely outcome of intentional weight loss in the long term is weight GAIN. We only pretend that weight is a modifiable factor (down) so the diet industry can make money.
Unless your doctors start telling you to take a medication or undergo surgery to change your eye colour. And that in turn INCREASED your risk of cancer. That's why you can't compare eye colour to BMI. Hope that helps.
@@fatdoctoruk it’s not a comparison, it was an example for anyone who may be confused as to why it’s a good idea to collect data and make changes to the data that are within our control. I hope that helps!