Exactly. If someone is bored with keto they aren't doing it right. The quality of my food has gone way up, and I feel way better. A win win. You have to be getting paid a lot of hush money to be spewing out so many lies. That's what we are seeing in 80% of the medical community including nutritionists and dieticians. They would be out of a job if everyone followed Dr Westmans recommendations.
I have to say, my breakthrough in carnivore was realising that food isn't entertainment. I spent a long time trying to recreate old habits, but have mostly learned to form new boring attitudes to food. I do still fall off the wagon too much though ...sometimes it is Aperol, sometimes ice cream , I'll always be addicted to carbs and they tug me on almost every visit to a shop.
I really don't find a keto diet boring at all. I don't really miss deserts, bread or potatoes much at all. I eat lots of tasty meat, and enjoy the fatty meats without guilt.
I felt embarrassed for them. Their lack of nutrition and lack of humility about their lack of nutritional knowledge was something else! Thank You Dr Westman for all you do!
@@YeshuaKingMessiah ....this is the first time I have seen these two but my overall impression of them is they seem to be preaching to the simple minded - exactly like Don Pettit of NASA - came from the same cookie cutter school it seems [controlled].
After losing 44 pounds in 5 months (226 to 182) on a ketogenic diet, I found both my cardiologist and my PCP to be intrigued and wanting more information. My triglycerides were cut in half ( 139 to 69), and that got their attention. When I told them my GERD disappeared and my blood pressure was down an average of 10-15 points, they were even more intrigued. I felt that they were open to hearing about the health benefits of the keto diet. I truly believe that many doctors are opening their minds to this concept, and I hope acceptance becomes more widespread in the medical community over time.
I agree. I found a new to me doctor early last year. When I told him that I ate a low carb diet, he was okay with it. He ran the normal tests which all came back a-okay.
My pcp and cardiologists recommended I go off keto. Since I had gone to UCLA Promoting Reduction of Obesity class and learned nothing and lost nothing because the information was at least 20 years old, I thought they’d be happy for me, but instead she kept grilling me on how I was going to keep the weight off. None of the MANY other diets got me more than 10 pounds loss, and keto took off 50 pounds.
He said, "With Pharma we don't have to starve our epileptic patients" What a load of crap. Keto diets do not lead to starvation. He also said "... if you are carbohydrate deficient..." What another load of crap. These doctors are talking out of their...
The two are stand up comedians, idiots prepared to ‘follow the old rules’ makes you want to check out the mindset of ANYONE in charge of any part of your body.
@@Rhaspun exactly it does for the majority because most people have gone on various types of diet during their lives. I see it as a lifestyle but also my lifestyle is including more healthy activities to help keep myself fitter, it’s like a whole lifestyle package! I’m 63 years old and want to be fit if I live to old age, don’t want a Zimmer frame or wearing diapers.
💯 I presumed on a diet I would be hungry all the time, feeling deprived. I'm never hungry and eat until I'm completely full. After 8 months, I had to up my calories because I was losing more weight than I wanted. 220 to 170. I look and feel better around 180.
@@douglasmoore8033 it’s been over three years for me, I was so ill and was feeling that I really didn’t want to live, thank goodness I worked out that it was food doing it. Doctors, osteopath and chiropractor told me I was eating a good diet, I thought I was, lol. Life is great now and I lost 30yrs, it wasn’t my weight, just chronic nerve and joint pain and severe dizziness. Keep well!
its like watching my own gp... completely convinced he knows what he's talking about and completely confident while doing it... yet is completely clueless.
Indeed indeed. Especially when they say, “pharmaceutical companies developed a drug, so they dont have to starve patients to control their seizers.” The fact is they were never starved! They were most likely satiated by eating a keto genic diet, and were only eating once per day, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT HUNGRY! I’ve been eating zero carb now over 6 years. I’M NEVER HUNGRY! What you do on a ketogenic diet is you replace ALL carbs with fat. Thats a net gain in caloric intake (but calories are irrelevant). Eating more than before. But starving? Two Docs that dont know their ass from hole in the ground.
@@CatouMilou technically they weren't really doing keto after carnivore because cultures started eating alot of rice and potatoes which are high carb foods , and when they started cooking baked breads became a staple what they didn't have However were processed mass produced foods like we do today and they didn't modify their foods GMOs are killing us
Weren't they starving before Twinkies were invented? Any pharma drug yet that make a diet of pop tarts, 7 up, hot dogs, potato salad, and chocolate cake a well-balanced diet? LOL
Yes! When my doctor asked me how I lost 150 lbs in less than two years (with VERY minimal excess flabby skin) I just said I cut out junk foods. He was satisfied with that response although I don't think he could understand it. He just told me to keep on doing whatever I was doing. I'm carnivore. I shall continue.
But if you would have told him the truth, he may be recommending keto diets to his other patients right now. Please be honest with your doctor and don't listen to bad advice if he says to start eating carbs again.
My GP sent me to a Keto doctor (saved my life) two years ago. Now he is concerned my LDLs are slightly elevated (this without taking statins since I started Keto). He wants me to talk to a nutritionist. No way. I haven't felt this good since I got out of college (I am 60 now). I just wish I had done it 40 years ago. 160 pounds down. Look good in the mirror (except for the flabby skin - some sins are harder to come back from). Tried several times the low fat approach, and it always ended in tears in about a year. I am two years in, and I don't see anything changing. I crave my Keto diet foods - not grain and starchy vegetables.
I am not bored on the keto diet. I just have to be creative in the kitchen and work a little harder in food prep. The days of easy food prep by opening a box or package is long gone. Ease and simplicity of packaged foods is an enemy...even if it is labelled as keto.
What I loved about the doctors’ comments over the course of the video (paraphrased): “I don’t believe in ‘diets’ - they’re too difficult to follow” … “I’m a vegetarian!”. They were so internally inconsistent. Thank you for sharing this, and pointing out their inconsistencies.
Their main points: 1. Diets are too hard to follow and are boring. 2. Plant-based is better. 3. Go back on your medications. 4. Return to eating a "normal" diet. No bias here! Totally ridiculous!
I’m 70 years old and I am not bored at all. I feel wonderful the best of my entire life ! I started in October of 2022. And I’m not bored at all. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 congratulations to me ! Thank you Doctor Westman ❤️
I trained as a Registered Nurse and had no education in nutrition. How many other medical based professions do? Physio, psychology, dental? For generations, crackpot statements came out and influenced our intake of foods which led to a world wide epidemic obesity
More like corporations who significantly benefited from influencing our food. All those cereals I ate as a kid followed by high fiber cereals. All crap
I was trained as a dental hygienist with many “nutrition” classes under my belt. The low fat high fiber I ate for years (I was a good girl following my own advice) has given me massive gut issues and more…I am now ketovore, heart burn, constipation, inflammation, and high blood sugar no more!!
@@cynthiahelmich3762 I remember when computers had just come out & I got a diet program (Diet Power) and tracked everything watching out for Fat and saturated fat but also eating carbs and highly processed crap (ah, Doritos)
@@alancameron6937Something to keep in mind is that you are unlikely to eat a whole tomato or onion in one meal. That one vegetable is likely to be distributed into 4-8 portions. At most, you’re usually having the equivalent of 1-2 Roma tomatoes which is 2-4g of carbs
I really was difficult to listen to these 2 surgeons go on with their, dare I say, misinformation. Kudos to you Dr. Westman. Thank you for your reaction.
And you can tell these doctors are big proponents of big pharma so their goal is to give a pill for every ill instead of actually treating the root causes of problems. Hence why so many took the payouts to push the experimental covid shots
Scary that these “Doctors” don’t take time to read the research or update their knowledge. Their comments suggest they haven’t done that simple task. Went Keto 2020, never hungry and never felt I was on a diet-it is a lifestyle . At age 70, I am healthier than I was at 40 -23% BMI, no longer pre-diabetic, off BP meds, GERD, joint pain meds. Thank you Dr Westman.
Well said. Although I miss chips, candy and other bad carbs, I sure love salting my meats and adding butter on top. I also like that I can still eat some of my fave veggies. Let's spin it around...Is it crazy to think that being told to avoid 75% of meats in addition to staying away from fat and salt seems much more restrictive?
@@Jhirmack_Johnson ha ha! Only if you love meat. I have grown to like meat, fish, eggs, or fermented dairy more than I used to, but sort of have to make myself eat enough. I just don’t have the urge to eat more, more, more as I do if/when I eat foods that include sugar or grains.
@@blaze1148 Never really thought of adding grated cheese to a steak. I do add it all the time to ground beef, so that I can eat enough to satisfy my protein needs.
Those surgeons don't know what they don't know and yet act like they're experts! And we wonder why there is an obesity epidemic in the world.......Since the introduction of processed foods, vegetable oils, high yield Roundup ready wheat/corn etc. the obesity rates and chronic health problems have skyrocketed! And just because they've made a pill for something doesn't mean that it's safe to get unhealthy because that's essentially what they're telling you! Go ahead and get the chronic diseases because we have a regimen of pills you can take, may cause all kinds of side effects but we are here to help................SMDH
I knew immediately these two clowns didn't know what they were talking about when they said we are supposed to run on glucose primarily. If that was the case I would be in a coma or dead by now. These doctors are what's wrong with our current medical establishment. 60 years of wrong information and you can see the results. A sick population. Isn't that proof enough for them or does hush money keep them from speaking out?
My husband's old Doctor told my husband to go Atkins. He retired now young whippersnapper dr your going to kill your self. Really that's funny his BP down Hes lost 50 lb His Triglycerides which were off the charts they could not measure now 56 border line diabetic gone stage 3 kidney disease gone. 🥩🥓🍗🧀🥚
I love that phrase. What some of my dear friends think though is they would rather take a pill. They don’t realize their medical condition is self-inflicted and could be fixed by eliminating a few things from their diet. And doctors push pills.
I developed DM2 eating 60 years on a plant based diet. I was hungry all the time. Keto saved my life. In 3 months my A1c went from 7.8 to 6.1. My cholesterol levels went down to “normal” levels. For the first time in my adult life my HDL is above the 20’s. I’m now off all diabetic meds. Gerd is gone. I’ve lost 30 pounds. I still need to lose 40 pounds. I’ve been in a stall for months. Now I’m trying OMAD hoping this will get me out of the stall. I would never go back to vegetarian/vegan diet.
Wow. People are so physiologically different from each other. Im basically whole food plant based now, with some occasional fish, and the reverse happened to me. Got off a low carb diet due to it causing dramatic rise in blood pressure and cholesterol.
@Austin-jp9pi lots of people are junk food vegans. I mean, Coca-Cola and oreos are vegan. So is Crisco. She said plant based, she didnt use the word "healthy"🤣 My experience with 30 days of a vegan whole food plant based diet was totally different. My LdL went down 89 points!! 😁
If your pay check requires that you don’t understand something. You won’t understand at all. These guys should be ashamed of themselves. Doing harm for money is evil.
These doctors are absurd and it’s embarrassing to even listen to them. Keto is far from boring and my husband is turning his health around by being on keto. Thank you for all you do and for sharing this video.
When we stop treating the consumption of food as a primarily pleasurable event in our lives we will get rid of the mindset of getting bored with eating certain foods.
True but it is not reasonable to expect everyone to want to treat eating as solely fuel. People enjoy good cooking and eating good food with people they love. That is how we have evolved. As with many things there is a middle ground between treating food as a pleasurable recreational activity and solely as nutrition or fuel. Right now it is too far in the direction of recreational activity, we have to bring it back towards something we do more for nutrition and fuel while not losing the other component entirely. What you said was absolutely correct, we should not treat it as a primarily pleasurable event. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy our food and bond over good cooking with our loved ones but it does mean that the focus should be brought back to what food should be, nutrition to support our health.
Been low carb/keto for about 15 years. Still not bored. And after decades of starving myself fat and sick on 1200 low fat, high fibre calories a day, I really enjoy not starving. No hunger shakes. Love it.
My doctor was excited to lean I was on the Carnivore diet in the three months since my last visit. In three months I lost 27 pounds, dropped my A1C from 8.8 to 6.6, lowered my blood pressure back to normal, and he took me off my diabetes meds. The Carnivore diet isn't boring at all. I love meat, eggs, fish, and a little cheese.
@@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline I hope so. I've been trying to get below 7 for over two years so I can have my knees replaced. Low 5's would be awesome.
its like watching my gp... completely convinced he knows what he's talking about and completely confident while doing it... yet is completely clueless.
I agree, meds don't always work and have major side effects 😢 plus keto doesn't starve or deprive anyone. Those doctors should give up their licenses. Started keto 4.5 years ago and switched to carnivore 1 year ago. Not bored. Angry at the two doctor's ignorance. But not bored. Also they don't know the ketogenic diet goes back to the 1860s. wow. Im not a doctor and I've done my research. They don't want me to comment to them. I would've be nice!
I don't think they should necessarily give up their licenses, but they definitely need to stick to their specialty and stay out of giving nutritional advice.
To be fair, the into chapter in most of the cookbooks I read have very similar origins of the diet. But yes, they didn’t do their due diligence before spouting off
My daughter had twin sisters as friends one was Atkins one was vegetarian. The vegetarian looked old sick and was always sick. The Atkins sister was young healthy and very seldom sick.🤔
I just found you about a month ago. You randomly showed up on my feed and I’ve been binge watching your videos ever since. Such a wealth of knowledge on this subject. I absolutely love your channel!
The diet is not a starvation diet, and these doctors exhibit the typical attitude that a pkharmaceutical solution is always preferable. It is way too easy to throw a pill at the problem and move on to the next patient.
I was diagnosed with stage IV carcinoma of the parotid gland I'm 2017. Immediately had 35 radiation-targeted radiation, followed by 4 chemo treatments. Pure Hell! Lost all my hearing in my left ear and sustained some facial paralysis Lately, I have had a noticeable increase in various skin cancers, tenderness in my left jaw, and noticeable drooping on the left side of my face. I have started a carnivore diet as a way to get myself off of sweets and carbs (living in Mexico, this is difficult). I am seeing my original oncologist in two weeks, so I am very apprehensive about talking about my diet change. I am certain that my wife, who was a practicing nurse for many years is supporting me now,will fold like a cheap suit in front of this respected oncologist. Since she will be my interpreter in the interview I am not optimistic how it will transpire, but I intend to stand my ground on my beliefs and will only make some compromises if it makes sense.
How long have you been doing keto or carnivore? Have you seen any improvement in your body? I am one year on the program and staying in ketosis to prevent recurrence of cancer.
Maybe instead of saying you are on carnivore, just say you have reduced your sugar, carb and refined grain intake. No doctor can argue about that. They don’t need to know specifics. Best of wishes with your health!
Just tell him that sugar feeds cancer, so you have eliminated all sugars from your diet and you have been feeling amazing eating a meat based, low carb diet. Tell him just so he knows he should tell his other patients to try it when they come in complaining about how bad they feel. If he gives you bad advice, tell him you will change to his suggested way of eating if your method stops making you feel like Superman.
I was diagnosed with Primary Biliary Cholangitis four years ago. Terminal, stage 4. I went on a low carb eating plan and lost 70 lbs in six months. My blood pressure normalized, my cholesterol and blood sugars are normal. And SURPRISE my blood work for PBC/liver function is normal. I am 70 and have never felt better. No doctor has ever asked me what I eat.
@@jeremymarlin1850 Dandruff is just scalp skin peeling off incorrectly due to inflammation. Your systemic inflammation goes way down, no more dandruff.
These videos are so helpful. There is so much content from a lot of well meaning creators but after reading your carb confusion book one thing really stuck with me: I have to deal with the reality and conditions of MY body and how it reacts to what I feed it and the reality is that I can’t tolerate carbohydrates. I love vegetables and I’m not a huge fan of the meat industry, but even eating a cup of lentils or a cassava or half a cup of rice raises my blood sugar by 35-50 mg/dL. Watching these reaction videos have really helped me allay my fears about going keto and provided hope that I can reclaim my life back from type 2 diabetes. I really do feel grateful for Dr. Westman and his straightforward approach.
I had an unprintable emotional response to these surgeons pontificating about something they know nothing about. I love my physician husband of 42+ years, but I would have to say he is pretty ignorant of the nutritional aspect of health. I pretty much have to keep my mouth shut about his diet and my own. I am just glad that he is in good health generally, we’ll see what happens when we are both in our 70’s.
LOL , I too , Bite my tongue when talking to my Doctor , As a T2D , he tells me to eat High Carb Foods ! I Simply nod my head , Smile ,and think ,Good Luck with That . He is None the Wiser .
I think we need to start being straight with our doctors in order to educate them. My PCP pushed back a little when I went HFLC, but now seems more open to my maintaining my health on a low carb diet and gave me a clean bill of health at my last appointment. I also challenged my sibling's doctor and got him to stop his statins and significantly improved his diet. That same doctor laughed at me when I suggested he order a dietician consult. The doctor is overweight, BTW. My parents are sneaking behind their doctor's back and lowering their Statin usage without telling the doctor. That is making them healthier, but isn't helping the doctor learn anything and do better with his other patients. WE ALL NEED TO SPEAK UP!
I’m on my fourth year of this lifestyle and I’m loving it. Never bored and I certainly don’t feel deprived. Best of all, at 70 years young, I take nothing from big pharma nor do I ever want to be their slave.
Doctors want to keep you coming back to them on a regular basis. Once a month. I'm 70 years old and I noticed that all my doctor was doing was just taking my blood pressure and listening to my breathing. I can monitor my blood pressure on my own. If it were to go up high I would see my doctor. I even check my blood glucose level. Those little tools are cheap so I watch my blood glucose levels. It stays low. I am overall in good health. I will go in when I need blood work to get the tests the doctor wants to check up on.
Dr Georgia Ede's book that just came out yesterday, "Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind" talks about the many mental issues that are helped by a keto diet.
For dinner I had ground Italian sausage mixed into cauliflower rice, Rotel chopped tomatoes, Rao's marinara sauce, topped with pecorino romano cheese. Homemade yogurt with blueberries and keto granola. Does that sound boring?
Sounds like my Ketovore breakfast of sausage with a side of cottage cheese topped with blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, almonds, walnuts, hemp seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds, and avocado with a coffee with raw milk and a shot of apple cider vinegar with the mother. It was delicious, barely budges my blood sugar, and it will keep me full all day long. I will have pork steaks tonight with a 90% chocolate square and green tea. I no longer live to eat; I eat to live, but eating is still very enjoyable without all the blood sugar spikes and constant hunger and cravings that came with the SAD and vegan diets I was on before Carnivore/Ketovore.
thank you Dr.Westman the amount of misinformation and attacks on keto makes us think there is an agenda to not developing healthy tools and skills for a healthy life unless there's pharma drugs involved. They like to portray themselves as experts but their knowledge, understanding and utility is borderline negligent. Keep up the good work
Keto for over three years and definitely not boring!! Eggs this AM in chicken broth, ground beef jerky and ribeye steak. SAD diet and being hungry was horrible! Love weight loss, being more muscular and not chasing carbs!
I am about to be 72 years old. I've been on a keto diet for the last 10 years, the last 2 as a carnivore. I love my diet. I've lost 150 lbs and all the inflammation in my joints, my hair and beard has grown thicker, and my skin is much clearer. No more pains in my abdomen. I don't take any meds or supplements. I work out 5 times a week at the gym. Do I ever cheat? Once in a while I will eat salad, mushrooms, onions, avocadoes, and split pea soup, maybe a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. But not weekly or even every month. I have watched some of these doctors' other videos. They are very biased and their mindset is from the old paradigm. They generally talk down to the viewer as if we are idiots. I wonder if in my life time the medical community will stop kissing the ring of the pharmacy and food companies and start actually try healing their patients, rather than give out meds and send you on your way.
I cut out coffee and got constipated, so went back to one coffee per day and it solves that problem with a tiny bit of MiraLAX or a prune daily. There is nothing wrong with some low carb fruits (berries), veggies, and nuts and dairy to turn Carnivore into Ketovore. Adding back in some of the low carb whole foods to go from Carnivore to Ketovore brought down my LDL to more reasonable levels and I still feel amazing! CGM showed that eating them hardly made my blood sugars budge at all. It is a wonderful compromise once you hit your ideal body weight. I am even able to lose weight on Ketovore when I do intermittent fasting too.
I am 62 years old female and always ate the standard American diet and had many problems and was overweight and on my way to big health issues. I have been on the healthy keto diet for three years. Highly sustainable and enjoyable and satisfying.
I'm not bored AT ALL! They food is delicious and I'm not hungry. I feel better than I have in years. 10 yrs ago my a1c was 17. I've got it down to 7.2 with low carb. I can't wait for my next appointment I just started your method a month ago and my meter loves it too. I'm in range every day and I've cut way back on insulin. I can't be more happy. Thank You for making it simple
The amount of conflicting information made me try carnivore. It's been 8 days I've dropped 16 pounds. I have metabolic syndrome and my doctor said I was good to try it . I feel so much better. It's only been 8 days It's like a miracle. My skin issues even went away this fast. Thank Jesus. Amen
I started on Keto in July of 2021. I'm 71 had all kinds of sinus congestion for as far back as I can remember. Inflammation in my fingers, lots of pain in my hands and in general. 2.5 years later I rarely feel congested not even enough to feel I need a remedy, pain in my whole body, virtually gone. I'm not eating keto all the time anymore, but I definitely keep carbs to a bare minimum, eat lots of red meat (hormone free grass fed) Sugar is not in my life anymore. IF everyday, OMAD at least 4 days a week. 3 day fasts every couple of months. I'm 71 and don't take meds of any kind. I feel good. Thank you to the doctors who are on board with keeping us healthy NOT medicated. Old age is NOT a disease and it's NOT the problem. Eating the wrong foods is the problem.
...because there is no money in it. Same with the lack of menopause literature....there is more money in calling a woman crazy and prescribing pills than looking at the underlying facts...but oh God forbid if guys have ED they NEED need to get their hormones checked and put on hormones.
Thank you and totally agree, Dr Westman. The most challenging aspect of keto or LCHF has been finding open minded doctors. On the flip side, being on keto /LCHF now 5 years has meant not having to visit doctors other than for blood tests once a year.
These doctors are ignorant in not knowing the higher HDL and lower triglycerides are a good lipid profile benefit. They also don’t know higher LDL levels on a low carb diet can be protective!
I just stumbled upon Dr. Westman’s video and so happy I did. I just began ketovore. I am very familiar with a clean keto diet having successfully lost a lot of weight. I’m now progressing to a carnivore diet. Dr Barry is amazing for those who may not know him. He’s the main guy I follow (among a small group of other Keto/Carnivore experts) I was so impressed with Dr Westman’s explanations and really appreciate that he effectively compared his knowledge to these two influencers. People are so often mislead by marketing. The fact that these 2 influencers are wearing scrubs, made me realize right away that they are only promoting what mainstream medicine wants the public to know/follow. Sadly, the food industry doesn’t want us healthy nor do the pharma companies. Thank you Dr Westman!! Glad I found you here. Will watch more of your videos.
I love how they come straight out of the gate arguing against one popular definition of the word 'diet' with nothing but the other (less popular) definition of the word 'diet'. Dr Westman, you are very charitable with your criticisms. Everyone on the internet should strive to be more like you.
I have been on a Keto culinary way of life for over 3 years and am a Type-1 diabetic for 49 years and bloodwork has been great with my last A1C was 5.5! There is plenty of variety of delicious foods to consume and are delicious too I am enjoying every meal under my healthy keto regimen.
I used to get burst blood vessels in my eye 1-2 a year but since going Keto 3 years ago my blood pressure is now lower and no burst blood vessels. Weight also went from 195 to 184. I'm 62yo male.
Dr Weening made a statement toward the end that in the recent past and often still would never be heard in your Dr office and that is that "T2D is reversible" (paraphrase). In 2017 "The Obesity Code" was recommended to me which I devoured. As a result of my enlightenment 6 years later and counting I,ve lost 80lbs, A1C 11.0 to 5.0, BP lowered, Trig down, HDL up. Minus 8 in waist circum and many more benefits. Our anatomy has evolved to function best with a specific type of nutrition. If we stick with that we're good. Thank you Dr Westman.
Diabetes is one of few diseases where the people who have it are defined by the use of the form of the word: "Diabetic." We don't say "canceric" or such words regarding other diseases. So it is more proper to say "people with diabetes."
14:20 I was a patient of Dr. Atkins in the 1980’s, and I recall some years later trying to lose a few pounds, and having trouble, until I went back and reread his hand-out on it, where it said, “eat just enough to satisfy your hunger, then stop.” Once I put that into practice, the pounds started falling off like before. 👍
I am definitely not bored with my carnivore diet. I love the simplicity! I also don’t miss things like chips and dip, because I make beef crisps that are the best “chips” ever! Love the options and I feel incredible! 🎉❤😊
@@catchristo9406 That's what they told me to do when I blow out my A1C to 10.1. I told the dietitian 'why would I eat carbs when that's what caused my diabetes in the first place.
My son died from having a seizure. We were not told about Keto and the benefits for him. We find out after he died that the meds were hard to stay on. It messed with his energy and numbed his personality. I listened to doctors like these surgeons - it’s criminal how flippant they are about epilepsy and the effects of a proper diet.
I'm living out of the USA right now and the people I've met in the UK don't seem to have a clue about keto! Sad as a lot of these people could use a good keto diet to get healthy.
Not really. I’m in the UK have been Keto for 5 years. Most people I speak to know of it and many are eating at least low carb if not full Keto. There is a problem here, the NHS, very little understanding of diet or nutrition in the NHS, they just aren’t trained or aware, they still advise counting calories
I had a gastroenterologist tell me to keep taking medicine even after my ulcer and hers have been fixed and contained. I changed my eating habits. And four years later, I am healthy and no meds at all. Thanks Keto.
The formats with two talking heads are bad theater. Two people talking about one subject and agreeing with the other person without evaluating what is being added to the conversation.
*I had very high blood sugar I only managed to improve my health when I found a WONDERFUL treatment,❤❤ if you want to know about it, I left the video in the comment reply*
This is such a great explanation of the disconnect between what a lot of doctors instruct patients to do versus what really works for a TON of people. Thank you so much for this video, Dr. Westman--I'm glad it popped up on my homepage!
40 yrs old and was fed up feeling tired and sick all the time. Went on Keto and got down from 198lbs back down to my college weight of 180 in 3 weeks. I feel amazing, now working out 4x per week, kicking ass at work, my fathering has improved and other relationships, and love the meat, berries, and vegetables get to eat as I please. Appetite naturally gets curbs, and "jonesin'" for stuff like alcohol, sweets, Marijuana etc all dissappear. Truly a miracle thing that big pharma, and medical and food/alcohol industries don't want you to know. The first three days were hard though with "keto flu"...but that goes away fast as the bacteria and cells that live off sugar and take over your brain briefly get killed.
Problems arise from just the medication “only” approach. Statin drugs as well as several seizure medications unfortunately cause nerve or long term neurological harm.
Any diet that results in a significant positive health outcome is potentially a patient lost. Lost patients = lost incomes for those who have an invested interest in the sickness industry .
The more I listen to Dr. Westman, the more I like him. The more I listen to these other 2 doctors, the more I disagree with them. I’m on day 90 of the carnivore way & love it. It’s so simple & easy.
It's hard to find a doctor that's useful. The people in my life who had the worst health consequences were people who just did whatever their doctor told them to. I wouldn't do ANYTHING a doctor told me without looking into it myself. I've caught several mistakes various doctors have made with my own health.
I'm a little bored eating rib eye every day but why should eating be fun? I eat for nourishment and to try to get healthy again. I find that I feel best on a beef diet.
You're following the strictest form of carnivore, the lion diet? Beef, water and salt exclusively? Maybe you could vary it up with different cuts of beef. Tri-tip is looked down upon but I find that pasture raised tri-tip (possibly grain finished although that isn't ideal) is absolutely delicious. Do you eat eggs? Every now and then I will make bacon in the oven. I don't like doing it often because I don't want my house to smell of bacon but if the weather is nice and I can open all the windows I might make bacon and eat that over the course of the next few days. Make an omelette with goat cheese and bacon in it and that's a nice change from beef. Wild caught salmon is a good food. We don't have to be 100% exclusively beef, salt and water although Dr Chaffee would say that this is the best mode for getting healthy. It is definitely useful for people who are sick or trying to determine which foods are unhealthy for them. The problem with starting a pure carnivore diet can be oxalate dumping. For those who have eaten lots of fruits and vegetables before starting the carnivore keto stopping all vegetables immediately can cause oxalate dumping. If you're not experiencing that then you're good. I love Dr Chaffee but he does engage in hyperbole. When he says that plants are trying to kill us he's right but it also opens the door for what he is saying to be disregarded. Plants do have compounds that are not good for us. But it depends on the individual. If your people going back have eaten a specific fruit or vegetable for hundreds or thousands of years you are probably reasonably well adapted to eating it in moderation. This is why some of us can eat collard greens or spinach without ill effect but others can't. There is no one size fits all but there are elements that are applicable to everyone. We all have to avoid sugar, processed foods, processed carbohydrates whether they are white or so-called whole grain. There is almost no difference between white flour and whole wheat flour for example. We have to get rid of pro-inflammatory ultra processed grain and seed oils. This is true for everyone. How much fruit and vegetables an individual can tolerate while remaining healthy varies from person to person. I find that I do better on 90 to 95% carnivore some small amount of fruits and vegetables, far below this threshold for keto. 10 to 15g a day maximum. Give tri-tip a try. We have a butcher store near us, Double D Meats that is fantastic. We can get a 3 lb tri-tip, cut it up at home, salt it and let it sit open in the fridge for a couple of days, when we cook it we get a great sear and it is delicious. Very hard to get bored with that. Congratulations on your progress!
@@KyarrixI seem to get leg cramps worse when I stray from rib eye. I'm eating lots of salt and taking extra electrolytes with magnesium and many more ingredients. I had a CAC score in May of 429 so I'm being very strict. I'll repeat next May and see if it's worth it.
@@lowellcrabb151 That's interesting that you get leg cramps when you stray from ribeye even to a different cut of meat? There is more fat in ribeye could that be responsible, how would the additional fat reduce cramps? It sounds like you're eating a very strict carnivore diet. How do you feel overall? Do you feel better and how long have you been on it?
@@Kyarrix I don't have any explanation of how or why it works, only my observation. I wish I had a doctor who I could trust to know something about low carb, high fat diets. My current doc thinks seed oils are healthy fat. Looking for a keto/carnivore doctor now.
Why does keep saying "starving"? No one is starving here!! I eat until I'm full and keep carbs around 20gr. per day. Weight stays stable, and no inflammation! Feel better than I did in my 40s and 50s.
I was talking to my barber yesterday about the best way to insulate my house, my mechanic on how to get food stains out of my shirts, and the grocery store clerk on which motor oil is best for my EV. They all agreed that these guys are the best. 😂
The first thing I noticed when I went keto was my arthritis pain was going away. By second week I no longer took pain meds. By 2 months my IBS was gone. It was a 20 year problem. I lost weight over 6 months “45#”. Four years later, now 71, I feel great and am off all meds. I fired 3 doctors who tried to prescribe medication or tests. Currently I am seeing my general practitioner once a year for bloodwork and check-up. After getting lazy and eating more carbs, problems started up again. One week on keto and all is well. Thank you and keep up the good work. Spread the word everywhere. Most important, stop eating garbage.
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Lol You must be reading too many comments here
Also (from Stoicism), "It is impossible to learn, that which you think you already know".
In my humble opinion, the illusion of knowledge is a form of ignorance.
Perfectly said about keto Know-It-Alls.
The illusion of knowledge is ignorance.
Bored?
Over 7 years of keto. I do not Live to Eat. I Eat to Live.
I use hobbies to combat boredom, not food.
Exactly. If someone is bored with keto they aren't doing it right. The quality of my food has gone way up, and I feel way better. A win win. You have to be getting paid a lot of hush money to be spewing out so many lies. That's what we are seeing in 80% of the medical community including nutritionists and dieticians. They would be out of a job if everyone followed Dr Westmans recommendations.
I have to say, my breakthrough in carnivore was realising that food isn't entertainment.
I spent a long time trying to recreate old habits, but have mostly learned to form new boring attitudes to food. I do still fall off the wagon too much though ...sometimes it is Aperol, sometimes ice cream , I'll always be addicted to carbs and they tug me on almost every visit to a shop.
Perfect statement - it can still be enjoyable food but not addictive.
I really don't find a keto diet boring at all. I don't really miss deserts, bread or potatoes much at all. I eat lots of tasty meat, and enjoy the fatty meats without guilt.
Great reply ! My life as well.
I felt embarrassed for them. Their lack of nutrition and lack of humility about their lack of nutritional knowledge was something else!
Thank You Dr Westman for all you do!
I’m always embarrassed for them
They know nothing about what they talk about
I quickly turn them off
Let’s hope as surgeons, they’re competent
They're orthopedic surgeons--what else can you expect? 😉
@@YeshuaKingMessiah How could they possibly be competent?
@@MargaretUIUC Mechanics, then?
@@YeshuaKingMessiah ....this is the first time I have seen these two but my overall impression of them is they seem to be preaching to the simple minded - exactly like Don Pettit of NASA - came from the same cookie cutter school it seems [controlled].
After losing 44 pounds in 5 months (226 to 182) on a ketogenic diet, I found both my cardiologist and my PCP to be intrigued and wanting more information. My triglycerides were cut in half ( 139 to 69), and that got their attention. When I told them my GERD disappeared and my blood pressure was down an average of 10-15 points, they were even more intrigued. I felt that they were open to hearing about the health benefits of the keto diet. I truly believe that many doctors are opening their minds to this concept, and I hope acceptance becomes more widespread in the medical community over time.
I agree. I found a new to me doctor early last year. When I told him that I ate a low carb diet, he was okay with it. He ran the normal tests which all came back a-okay.
Wow, congrats, well done!! 👏👏👏
My pcp and cardiologists recommended I go off keto. Since I had gone to UCLA Promoting Reduction of Obesity class and learned nothing and lost nothing because the information was at least 20 years old, I thought they’d be happy for me, but instead she kept grilling me on how I was going to keep the weight off. None of the MANY other diets got me more than 10 pounds loss, and keto took off
50 pounds.
The doctors “Aren’t fully informed..”. Understatement!
Bravo!! You must teach them how to cure patients!!😊
He said, "With Pharma we don't have to starve our epileptic patients"
What a load of crap. Keto diets do not lead to starvation. He also
said "... if you are carbohydrate deficient..." What another load of
crap. These doctors are talking out of their...
My thoughts exactly. These two are clueless and the scary part is that many of their viewers will believe them. They were so misinformed.
Exteriors.....
"Doctors"😂
Right?! That comment about "starving" patients is so dumb as to be laughable.
The two are stand up comedians, idiots prepared to ‘follow the old rules’ makes you want to check out the mindset of ANYONE in charge of any part of your body.
It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle.
Yes. A diet implies that the new eating habits has an end point.
@@Rhaspun exactly it does for the majority because most people have gone on various types of diet during their lives. I see it as a lifestyle but also my lifestyle is including more healthy activities to help keep myself fitter, it’s like a whole lifestyle package! I’m 63 years old and want to be fit if I live to old age, don’t want a Zimmer frame or wearing diapers.
💯 I presumed on a diet I would be hungry all the time, feeling deprived.
I'm never hungry and eat until I'm completely full.
After 8 months, I had to up my calories because I was losing more weight than I wanted. 220 to 170.
I look and feel better around 180.
@@douglasmoore8033 it’s been over three years for me, I was so ill and was feeling that I really didn’t want to live, thank goodness I worked out that it was food doing it. Doctors, osteopath and chiropractor told me I was eating a good diet, I thought I was, lol. Life is great now and I lost 30yrs, it wasn’t my weight, just chronic nerve and joint pain and severe dizziness. Keep well!
I saw that video before, and became horrified at how ill-informed those two doctors are. Good Lord.
....the shocking thing is that people out there believe them.
its like watching my own gp... completely convinced he knows what he's talking about and completely confident while doing it... yet is completely clueless.
Indeed indeed.
Especially when they say, “pharmaceutical companies developed a drug, so they dont have to starve patients to control their seizers.” The fact is they were never starved! They were most likely satiated by eating a keto genic diet, and were only eating once per day, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT HUNGRY! I’ve been eating zero carb now over 6 years. I’M NEVER HUNGRY! What you do on a ketogenic diet is you replace ALL carbs with fat. Thats a net gain in caloric intake (but calories are irrelevant). Eating more than before. But starving? Two Docs that dont know their ass from hole in the ground.
@@Technichian462if i saw these 2 in the OR i would cancel the surgery.
@@Jojo-o6o6w Not only your GP
These two seem to be performers rather than professionals.
Probably sponsored by big pharma
Yeah, TV doctors
Some characteristics come to mind: narcissism, complacency, scoring and some I cannot mention here.
Yup. Clowns.
Tictoc comes to mind when I watch them,,
The keto diet started two million years ago.
That was carnivore; keto started maybe ond and a half or two millenia later.
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@@CatouMilou technically they weren't really doing keto after carnivore because cultures started eating alot of rice and potatoes which are high carb foods , and when they started cooking baked breads became a staple what they didn't have However were processed mass produced foods like we do today and they didn't modify their foods GMOs are killing us
Weren't they starving before Twinkies were invented? Any pharma drug yet that make a diet of pop tarts, 7 up, hot dogs, potato salad, and chocolate cake a well-balanced diet? LOL
Yes! When my doctor asked me how I lost 150 lbs in less than two years (with VERY minimal excess flabby skin) I just said I cut out junk foods. He was satisfied with that response although I don't think he could understand it. He just told me to keep on doing whatever I was doing. I'm carnivore. I shall continue.
But if you would have told him the truth, he may be recommending keto diets to his other patients right now. Please be honest with your doctor and don't listen to bad advice if he says to start eating carbs again.
I also had very minimal flabby skin, after losing 225 lbs in three years! I was shocked!
My GP sent me to a Keto doctor (saved my life) two years ago. Now he is concerned my LDLs are slightly elevated (this without taking statins since I started Keto). He wants me to talk to a nutritionist. No way. I haven't felt this good since I got out of college (I am 60 now). I just wish I had done it 40 years ago. 160 pounds down. Look good in the mirror (except for the flabby skin - some sins are harder to come back from). Tried several times the low fat approach, and it always ended in tears in about a year. I am two years in, and I don't see anything changing. I crave my Keto diet foods - not grain and starchy vegetables.
@exhaustguy it's a bit extreme to do but if you fast for 30 days your body will eat all that excess skin
I am not bored on the keto diet. I just have to be creative in the kitchen and work a little harder in food prep. The days of easy food prep by opening a box or package is long gone. Ease and simplicity of packaged foods is an enemy...even if it is labelled as keto.
What I loved about the doctors’ comments over the course of the video (paraphrased): “I don’t believe in ‘diets’ - they’re too difficult to follow” … “I’m a vegetarian!”. They were so internally inconsistent. Thank you for sharing this, and pointing out their inconsistencies.
I see that in vegans too! "I'm not restrictive, and I'm vegan!"
😅😢😂
I thought the same thing!
Their main points: 1. Diets are too hard to follow and are boring. 2. Plant-based is better. 3. Go back on your medications. 4. Return to eating a "normal" diet.
No bias here! Totally ridiculous!
@@carolphillips8802 SAD thing is there are so many people following these "experts"
I’m 70 years old and I am not bored at all. I feel wonderful the best of my entire life ! I started in October of 2022. And I’m not bored at all. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 congratulations to me ! Thank you Doctor Westman ❤️
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Yay Sherry 🎉🎉
Can't make money if patients aren't sick. Keto for life! 💪
Absolutely true! It's all about them making money.
@@cwebr789 💯
There is a reason the FDA is food and drugs, they poison us with bad food and then poison us with their drugs all the while raking in the cash
first day in med school :
"a patient cured is a client lost ... "
Yes, have reported that video. They are no difference than hoaxers and shills. In fact they are murdering millions of innocent people.
I've been Keto for 4.5 years. NOT BORED of my diet AT ALL!
5+ for me~same! 😋🥩🤤
When dealing with ignorant and biased doctors, it is better not to say too much.
I trained as a Registered Nurse and had no education in nutrition. How many other medical based professions do? Physio, psychology, dental? For generations, crackpot statements came out and influenced our intake of foods which led to a world wide epidemic obesity
More like corporations who significantly benefited from influencing our food. All those cereals I ate as a kid followed by high fiber cereals. All crap
I was trained as a dental hygienist with many “nutrition” classes under my belt. The low fat high fiber I ate for years (I was a good girl following my own advice) has given me massive gut issues and more…I am now ketovore, heart burn, constipation, inflammation, and high blood sugar no more!!
@@cynthiahelmich3762 I remember when computers had just come out & I got a diet program (Diet Power) and tracked everything watching out for Fat and saturated fat but also eating carbs and highly processed crap (ah, Doritos)
I hardly think a ribeye steak with mushrooms onions and tomatos is a boring meal.
Onions and tomatoes are quite high carb
Agree completely! We had pork chops for breakfast. Nothing boring about that!
@@alancameron6937 Calm down. Half an onion has like 4g of carbs
Or a Reuben salad or especially a Cobb salad (I think I want salad) or jalapeno popper soup.
@@alancameron6937Something to keep in mind is that you are unlikely to eat a whole tomato or onion in one meal. That one vegetable is likely to be distributed into 4-8 portions. At most, you’re usually having the equivalent of 1-2 Roma tomatoes which is 2-4g of carbs
Almost 5 years keto/carnivore- never been bored! Proper human diet is the best for your health!
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I really was difficult to listen to these 2 surgeons go on with their, dare I say, misinformation. Kudos to you Dr. Westman. Thank you for your reaction.
And you can tell these doctors are big proponents of big pharma so their goal is to give a pill for every ill instead of actually treating the root causes of problems. Hence why so many took the payouts to push the experimental covid shots
Cringe boys...
Yes, his diplomacy was amazing.
I hope they see Dr W's rebuttal!
I've been doing low carb for 2 years and I honestly don't feel restricted or bored
Eric I am not at all bored with my 2 year keto diet
Love feeling so well
Keep up your great work
72 year old Aussie ❤
Erie , Did you try the Carnivore Diet for January Carnivore Month ?
I did and noticed my inflammation has Reduced .
Scary that these “Doctors” don’t take time to read the research or update their knowledge. Their comments suggest they haven’t done that simple task. Went Keto 2020, never hungry and never felt I was on a diet-it is a lifestyle . At age 70, I am healthier than I was at 40 -23% BMI, no longer pre-diabetic, off BP meds, GERD, joint pain meds. Thank you Dr Westman.
Keto boring? With all that wonderful meat? I don’t think so. And it’s definitely not restrictive, being fat is restrictive.
Ribeye is lovely with grated cheese sprinkled on top 😊
Well said. Although I miss chips, candy and other bad carbs, I sure love salting my meats and adding butter on top. I also like that I can still eat some of my fave veggies. Let's spin it around...Is it crazy to think that being told to avoid 75% of meats in addition to staying away from fat and salt seems much more restrictive?
@@Jhirmack_Johnson ha ha! Only if you love meat. I have grown to like meat, fish, eggs, or fermented dairy more than I used to, but sort of have to make myself eat enough. I just don’t have the urge to eat more, more, more as I do if/when I eat foods that include sugar or grains.
@@blaze1148 Never really thought of adding grated cheese to a steak. I do add it all the time to ground beef, so that I can eat enough to satisfy my protein needs.
Not restrictive at all! That’s where being part of a support group can be very helpful, too.
why would these docs in the video think it's BAD to burn fat
Those surgeons don't know what they don't know and yet act like they're experts! And we wonder why there is an obesity epidemic in the world.......Since the introduction of processed foods, vegetable oils, high yield Roundup ready wheat/corn etc. the obesity rates and chronic health problems have skyrocketed! And just because they've made a pill for something doesn't mean that it's safe to get unhealthy because that's essentially what they're telling you! Go ahead and get the chronic diseases because we have a regimen of pills you can take, may cause all kinds of side effects but we are here to help................SMDH
....they are obviously sponsored by Big Pharma - they need unhealthy people to make money so they steer people away from healthy nutrition.
Many surgeons think they are gods.
Remember that they have customers because of bad diets...
I knew immediately these two clowns didn't know what they were talking about when they said we are supposed to run on glucose primarily. If that was the case I would be in a coma or dead by now. These doctors are what's wrong with our current medical establishment. 60 years of wrong information and you can see the results. A sick population. Isn't that proof enough for them or does hush money keep them from speaking out?
Not to mention putting the population at high risk for a pandemic
Dr Westman is the master of patience. Real virtue. Thanks for correcting clowns on the regular, Doc!
My doctor told me to avoid carbs and try intermittent fasting. Great gal!
My husband's old Doctor told my husband to go Atkins. He retired now young whippersnapper dr your going to kill your self. Really that's funny his BP down Hes lost 50 lb His Triglycerides which were off the charts they could not measure now 56 border line diabetic gone stage 3 kidney disease gone. 🥩🥓🍗🧀🥚
I just ate 2 burgers stuffed with some blue cheese.
I won't eat again for 20 hours.
Sounds great! We had pork chops for breakfast from our friend's farm.
“Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food.” Hippocratus 400 BC
I love that phrase. What some of my dear friends think though is they would rather take a pill. They don’t realize their medical condition is self-inflicted and could be fixed by eliminating a few things from their diet. And doctors push pills.
I developed DM2 eating 60 years on a plant based diet. I was hungry all the time. Keto saved my life. In 3 months my A1c went from 7.8 to 6.1. My cholesterol levels went down to “normal” levels. For the first time in my adult life my HDL is above the 20’s. I’m now off all diabetic meds. Gerd is gone. I’ve lost 30 pounds. I still need to lose 40 pounds. I’ve been in a stall for months. Now I’m trying OMAD hoping this will get me out of the stall. I would never go back to vegetarian/vegan diet.
Sometimes people do a 24-36 hour fast to lose weight as the body has to tap fat reserves for energy.
Wow. People are so physiologically different from each other. Im basically whole food plant based now, with some occasional fish, and the reverse happened to me. Got off a low carb diet due to it causing dramatic rise in blood pressure and cholesterol.
I'm curious as to how you had diabetes on a healthy plant based diet.
@Austin-jp9pi lots of people are junk food vegans. I mean, Coca-Cola and oreos are vegan. So is Crisco. She said plant based, she didnt use the word "healthy"🤣 My experience with 30 days of a vegan whole food plant based diet was totally different. My LdL went down 89 points!! 😁
@michelletulumello661 Wow, that is awesome. It really disappointing that people say they were plant based, and really, they were junk food based.
It's amazing how many people write it off as a fad, doctors too.
If your pay check requires that you don’t understand something. You won’t understand at all. These guys should be ashamed of themselves. Doing harm for money is evil.
What scared me was them saying keto is boring. So that's the medical criteria for eating? Make sure your diet is not boring?
"Then I switched to medication and a balanced diet."
I'm glad the surgeon shared that. It speaks volumes.
These doctors are absurd and it’s embarrassing to even listen to them. Keto is far from boring and my husband is turning his health around by being on keto. Thank you for all you do and for sharing this video.
If something, keto challenges you to be more creative with your food, since you have to turn down the easy to prepare carb meals
You're dealing with 2 surgeons...If they are not cutting something, they don't know what they are talking about.
Unfortunately, most nutritionists would not be better.
When we stop treating the consumption of food as a primarily pleasurable event in our lives we will get rid of the mindset of getting bored with eating certain foods.
True but it is not reasonable to expect everyone to want to treat eating as solely fuel. People enjoy good cooking and eating good food with people they love. That is how we have evolved.
As with many things there is a middle ground between treating food as a pleasurable recreational activity and solely as nutrition or fuel.
Right now it is too far in the direction of recreational activity, we have to bring it back towards something we do more for nutrition and fuel while not losing the other component entirely.
What you said was absolutely correct, we should not treat it as a primarily pleasurable event. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy our food and bond over good cooking with our loved ones but it does mean that the focus should be brought back to what food should be, nutrition to support our health.
Been low carb/keto for about 15 years. Still not bored. And after decades of starving myself fat and sick on 1200 low fat, high fibre calories a day, I really enjoy not starving. No hunger shakes. Love it.
Yet eating like the French with cooking meat in butter and cream is very pleasurable.
@@kiwikim5163 this is true. butter and cream seem to make all my keto meals delicious
My doctor was excited to lean I was on the Carnivore diet in the three months since my last visit. In three months I lost 27 pounds, dropped my A1C from 8.8 to 6.6, lowered my blood pressure back to normal, and he took me off my diabetes meds. The Carnivore diet isn't boring at all. I love meat, eggs, fish, and a little cheese.
That's wonderful! Congratulations and keep it up! Wishing you excellent health.
@@marionhochberg9091 Thanks. You can be sure that I'll keep it up.
I see low 5's in your A1C future.❤
@@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline I hope so. I've been trying to get below 7 for over two years so I can have my knees replaced. Low 5's would be awesome.
its like watching my gp... completely convinced he knows what he's talking about and completely confident while doing it... yet is completely clueless.
Love this! Convinced, confident and clueless. See this on a LOT of topics. I use certain and smug but I may steal this :)
At least my gp was humble enough to admit he didn’t know anything about what I was doing
And all the smarter ones got fired or quit around mid 2021.
I agree, meds don't always work and have major side effects 😢 plus keto doesn't starve or deprive anyone. Those doctors should give up their licenses.
Started keto 4.5 years ago and switched to carnivore 1 year ago. Not bored. Angry at the two doctor's ignorance. But not bored. Also they don't know the ketogenic diet goes back to the 1860s. wow. Im not a doctor and I've done my research.
They don't want me to comment to them. I would've be nice!
I don't think they should necessarily give up their licenses, but they definitely need to stick to their specialty and stay out of giving nutritional advice.
After everything I have gone through before keto, this interview really rubbed me the wrong way.
Too true.
To be fair, the into chapter in most of the cookbooks I read have very similar origins of the diet. But yes, they didn’t do their due diligence before spouting off
My daughter had twin sisters as friends one was Atkins one was vegetarian. The vegetarian looked old sick and was always sick. The Atkins sister was young healthy and very seldom sick.🤔
I just found you about a month ago. You randomly showed up on my feed and I’ve been binge watching your videos ever since. Such a wealth of knowledge on this subject. I absolutely love your channel!
The diet is not a starvation diet, and these doctors exhibit the typical attitude that a pkharmaceutical solution is always preferable. It is way too easy to throw a pill at the problem and move on to the next patient.
I was diagnosed with stage IV carcinoma of the parotid gland I'm 2017. Immediately had 35 radiation-targeted radiation, followed by 4 chemo treatments. Pure Hell! Lost all my hearing in my left ear and sustained some facial paralysis Lately, I have had a noticeable increase in various skin cancers, tenderness in my left jaw, and noticeable drooping on the left side of my face. I have started a carnivore diet as a way to get myself off of sweets and carbs (living in Mexico, this is difficult). I am seeing my original oncologist in two weeks, so I am very apprehensive about talking about my diet change. I am certain that my wife, who was a practicing nurse for many years is supporting me now,will fold like a cheap suit in front of this respected oncologist. Since she will be my interpreter in the interview I am not optimistic how it will transpire, but I intend to stand my ground on my beliefs and will only make some compromises if it makes sense.
How long have you been doing keto or carnivore? Have you seen any improvement in your body? I am one year on the program and staying in ketosis to prevent recurrence of cancer.
Why do you think you need to tell your doctor about your diet? I wouldn't say a thing.
Maybe instead of saying you are on carnivore, just say you have reduced your sugar, carb and refined grain intake. No doctor can argue about that. They don’t need to know specifics. Best of wishes with your health!
@@CLooLoo i live in Guadalajara and am not fluent enough Spanish to talk with the oncologist without my wife interpreting. Thanks for input
Just tell him that sugar feeds cancer, so you have eliminated all sugars from your diet and you have been feeling amazing eating a meat based, low carb diet. Tell him just so he knows he should tell his other patients to try it when they come in complaining about how bad they feel. If he gives you bad advice, tell him you will change to his suggested way of eating if your method stops making you feel like Superman.
I especially liked Dr. W's comment on how physicians think they are qualified to make claims about everything.
Some physicians take their title too seriously. As if it granted an all knowing knowledge about everything about the body.
I was diagnosed with Primary Biliary Cholangitis four years ago. Terminal, stage 4. I went on a low carb eating plan and lost 70 lbs in six months. My blood pressure normalized, my cholesterol and blood sugars are normal. And SURPRISE my blood work for PBC/liver function is normal. I am 70 and have never felt better. No doctor has ever asked me what I eat.
have you had any imaging re:: stage 4 since normal readings?
Within ten days of starting Keto, my dandruff was gone.
@@jeremymarlin1850 guessing stopped feeding yeast w sugar
Carnivore here same
@@jeremymarlin1850 Dandruff is just scalp skin peeling off incorrectly due to inflammation. Your systemic inflammation goes way down, no more dandruff.
That and I heard a keto doc say that insulin goes to the hair follicle glands and increases oil production. Less insulin, less oil produced.
Amazing
These videos are so helpful. There is so much content from a lot of well meaning creators but after reading your carb confusion book one thing really stuck with me: I have to deal with the reality and conditions of MY body and how it reacts to what I feed it and the reality is that I can’t tolerate carbohydrates. I love vegetables and I’m not a huge fan of the meat industry, but even eating a cup of lentils or a cassava or half a cup of rice raises my blood sugar by 35-50 mg/dL. Watching these reaction videos have really helped me allay my fears about going keto and provided hope that I can reclaim my life back from type 2 diabetes. I really do feel grateful for Dr. Westman and his straightforward approach.
I had an unprintable emotional response to these surgeons pontificating about something they know nothing about. I love my physician husband of 42+ years, but I would have to say he is pretty ignorant of the nutritional aspect of health. I pretty much have to keep my mouth shut about his diet and my own. I am just glad that he is in good health generally, we’ll see what happens when we are both in our 70’s.
LOL , I too , Bite my tongue when talking to my Doctor , As a T2D , he tells me to eat High Carb Foods !
I Simply nod my head , Smile ,and think ,Good Luck with That . He is None the Wiser .
@@jimmyhvy2277 The doctor probably doesn’t care what you eat anyway. I’m just being realistic. I know it’s sad, but true.
@@jimmyhvy2277whhaatt?!?
@@christineramseyer4721but give out terrible advice???
I think we need to start being straight with our doctors in order to educate them. My PCP pushed back a little when I went HFLC, but now seems more open to my maintaining my health on a low carb diet and gave me a clean bill of health at my last appointment. I also challenged my sibling's doctor and got him to stop his statins and significantly improved his diet. That same doctor laughed at me when I suggested he order a dietician consult. The doctor is overweight, BTW.
My parents are sneaking behind their doctor's back and lowering their Statin usage without telling the doctor. That is making them healthier, but isn't helping the doctor learn anything and do better with his other patients. WE ALL NEED TO SPEAK UP!
I’m on my fourth year of this lifestyle and I’m loving it. Never bored and I certainly don’t feel deprived. Best of all, at 70 years young, I take nothing from big pharma nor do I ever want to be their slave.
First, they "don't advise on health", but now they're experts on keto? I have a serious problem and they repeatedly refuse me ANY diet advice!
Doctors want to keep you coming back to them on a regular basis. Once a month. I'm 70 years old and I noticed that all my doctor was doing was just taking my blood pressure and listening to my breathing. I can monitor my blood pressure on my own. If it were to go up high I would see my doctor. I even check my blood glucose level. Those little tools are cheap so I watch my blood glucose levels. It stays low. I am overall in good health. I will go in when I need blood work to get the tests the doctor wants to check up on.
Dr Georgia Ede's book that just came out yesterday, "Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind"
talks about the many mental issues that are helped by a keto diet.
My copy came in the mail half an hour ago. Looking forward to reading it.
Dr. Westman, your videos are the best.
For dinner I had ground Italian sausage mixed into cauliflower rice, Rotel chopped tomatoes, Rao's marinara sauce, topped with pecorino romano cheese. Homemade yogurt with blueberries and keto granola. Does that sound boring?
Sounds like my Ketovore breakfast of sausage with a side of cottage cheese topped with blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, almonds, walnuts, hemp seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds, and avocado with a coffee with raw milk and a shot of apple cider vinegar with the mother. It was delicious, barely budges my blood sugar, and it will keep me full all day long.
I will have pork steaks tonight with a 90% chocolate square and green tea.
I no longer live to eat; I eat to live, but eating is still very enjoyable without all the blood sugar spikes and constant hunger and cravings that came with the SAD and vegan diets I was on before Carnivore/Ketovore.
thank you Dr.Westman the amount of misinformation and attacks on keto makes us think there is an agenda to not developing healthy tools and skills for a healthy life unless there's pharma drugs involved. They like to portray themselves as experts but their knowledge, understanding and utility is borderline negligent. Keep up the good work
Those two are not afraid to be taken for simple minds..😅
Keto for over three years and definitely not boring!! Eggs this AM in chicken broth, ground beef jerky and ribeye steak. SAD diet and being hungry was horrible! Love weight loss, being more muscular and not chasing carbs!
I am about to be 72 years old. I've been on a keto diet for the last 10 years, the last 2 as a carnivore. I love my diet. I've lost 150 lbs and all the inflammation in my joints, my hair and beard has grown thicker, and my skin is much clearer. No more pains in my abdomen. I don't take any meds or supplements. I work out 5 times a week at the gym. Do I ever cheat? Once in a while I will eat salad, mushrooms, onions, avocadoes, and split pea soup, maybe a cup of coffee or a glass of wine. But not weekly or even every month. I have watched some of these doctors' other videos. They are very biased and their mindset is from the old paradigm. They generally talk down to the viewer as if we are idiots. I wonder if in my life time the medical community will stop kissing the ring of the pharmacy and food companies and start actually try healing their patients, rather than give out meds and send you on your way.
"... and send you on your way."
... with an appointment to return periodically -- forever.
I cut out coffee and got constipated, so went back to one coffee per day and it solves that problem with a tiny bit of MiraLAX or a prune daily.
There is nothing wrong with some low carb fruits (berries), veggies, and nuts and dairy to turn Carnivore into Ketovore. Adding back in some of the low carb whole foods to go from Carnivore to Ketovore brought down my LDL to more reasonable levels and I still feel amazing! CGM showed that eating them hardly made my blood sugars budge at all.
It is a wonderful compromise once you hit your ideal body weight. I am even able to lose weight on Ketovore when I do intermittent fasting too.
I am 62 years old female and always ate the standard American diet and had many problems and was overweight and on my way to big health issues.
I have been on the healthy keto diet for three years. Highly sustainable and enjoyable and satisfying.
I'm not bored AT ALL! They food is delicious and I'm not hungry. I feel better than I have in years. 10 yrs ago my a1c was 17. I've got it down to 7.2 with low carb. I can't wait for my next appointment I just started your method a month ago and my meter loves it too. I'm in range every day and I've cut way back on insulin. I can't be more happy. Thank You for making it simple
Cant beat Ribeye Steak and Eggs , 3 years now. Shopping is also quick and easy .
My lunch for today. Ribeye and eggs😊
Best meal ever. Nothing better. All you need.
@@josephpchajek2685in your opinion but it's really just the best . Too much time wasted phaffing over crap food . I have never felt better in my life
The amount of conflicting information made me try carnivore. It's been 8 days I've dropped 16 pounds. I have metabolic syndrome and my doctor said I was good to try it . I feel so much better. It's only been 8 days It's like a miracle. My skin issues even went away this fast. Thank Jesus. Amen
Do you mean, "metabolic" syndrome?
@@catchristo9406 yep nazi
That's what he said, why the question? @@catchristo9406
I started on Keto in July of 2021. I'm 71 had all kinds of sinus congestion for as far back as I can remember. Inflammation in my fingers, lots of pain in my hands and in general. 2.5 years later I rarely feel congested not even enough to feel I need a remedy, pain in my whole body, virtually gone. I'm not eating keto all the time anymore, but I definitely keep carbs to a bare minimum, eat lots of red meat (hormone free grass fed) Sugar is not in my life anymore. IF everyday, OMAD at least 4 days a week. 3 day fasts every couple of months. I'm 71 and don't take meds of any kind. I feel good. Thank you to the doctors who are on board with keeping us healthy NOT medicated. Old age is NOT a disease and it's NOT the problem. Eating the wrong foods is the problem.
My Dr. had no comment concerning my using Ketogenic approach, but was pleased that I had dropped 60 pounds!
I cannot understand why we don’t educate medical people about nutrition. I’m a nurse and I had one semester.
...because there is no money in it.
Same with the lack of menopause literature....there is more money in calling a woman crazy and prescribing pills than looking at the underlying facts...but oh God forbid if guys have ED they NEED need to get their hormones checked and put on hormones.
Medicine dominated. Most of the doctors really don’t pay attention to biology, chemistry and anatomy. They just study to pass the test.
Thank you and totally agree, Dr Westman. The most challenging aspect of keto or LCHF has been finding open minded doctors. On the flip side, being on keto /LCHF now 5 years has meant not having to visit doctors other than for blood tests once a year.
Five years on keto way of life - i have never been bored! Keto eating actually simplifies planning meals and buying groceries.
It's like if a study showed long term sustainable health benefits the funding stops because of leading away from the need for "health care".
These doctors are ignorant in not knowing the higher HDL and lower triglycerides are a good lipid profile benefit. They also don’t know higher LDL levels on a low carb diet can be protective!
Totally true.
I just stumbled upon Dr. Westman’s video and so happy I did. I just began ketovore. I am very familiar with a clean keto diet having successfully lost a lot of weight. I’m now progressing to a carnivore diet. Dr Barry is amazing for those who may not know him. He’s the main guy I follow (among a small group of other Keto/Carnivore experts)
I was so impressed with Dr Westman’s explanations and really appreciate that he effectively compared his knowledge to these two influencers. People are so often mislead by marketing. The fact that these 2 influencers are wearing scrubs, made me realize right away that they are only promoting what mainstream medicine wants the public to know/follow. Sadly, the food industry doesn’t want us healthy nor do the pharma companies.
Thank you Dr Westman!! Glad I found you here. Will watch more of your videos.
Thank you, Dr. Westman - I like your gentle approach.
I love how they come straight out of the gate arguing against one popular definition of the word 'diet' with nothing but the other (less popular) definition of the word 'diet'. Dr Westman, you are very charitable with your criticisms. Everyone on the internet should strive to be more like you.
I have been on a Keto culinary way of life for over 3 years and am a Type-1 diabetic for 49 years and bloodwork has been great with my last A1C was 5.5! There is plenty of variety of delicious foods to consume and are delicious too
I am enjoying every meal under my healthy keto regimen.
I used to get burst blood vessels in my eye 1-2 a year but since going Keto 3 years ago my blood pressure is now lower and no burst blood vessels. Weight also went from 195 to 184. I'm 62yo male.
Dr Weening made a statement toward the end that in the recent past and often still would never be heard in your Dr office and that is that "T2D is reversible" (paraphrase). In 2017 "The Obesity Code" was recommended to me which I devoured. As a result of my enlightenment 6 years later and counting I,ve lost 80lbs, A1C 11.0 to 5.0, BP lowered, Trig down, HDL up. Minus 8 in waist circum and many more benefits. Our anatomy has evolved to function best with a specific type of nutrition. If we stick with that we're good. Thank you Dr Westman.
Wow like to be a fly on your wall! You should have your own channel. Congratulations 👏
Thank you Dr Westman. It is so refreshing every time I watch one of your videos.
Diabetes is one of few diseases where the people who
have it are defined by the use of the form of the word:
"Diabetic." We don't say "canceric" or such words regarding
other diseases. So it is more proper to say "people with
diabetes."
14:20 I was a patient of Dr. Atkins in the 1980’s, and I recall some years later trying to lose a few pounds, and having trouble, until I went back and reread his hand-out on it, where it said, “eat just enough to satisfy your hunger, then stop.” Once I put that into practice, the pounds started falling off like before. 👍
I am definitely not bored with my carnivore diet. I love the simplicity! I also don’t miss things like chips and dip, because I make beef crisps that are the best “chips” ever! Love the options and I feel incredible! 🎉❤😊
I listen to Dr Westman, for nutrition, he’s all I need. If I need open heart surgery and endless pills I’ll go to these guys. .
Before insulin, doctors knew to treat diabetes was to follow a diet of 10 grams of carbs or less & listed extensive foods to eat.
Wow, doctors at my hospital put diabetic pts on 45-60 mg carbs PER MEAL!!!
@@catchristo9406 That's what they told me to do when I blow out my A1C to 10.1. I told the dietitian 'why would I eat carbs when that's what caused my diabetes in the first place.
My son died from having a seizure. We were not told about Keto and the benefits for him. We find out after he died that the meds were hard to stay on. It messed with his energy and numbed his personality. I listened to doctors like these surgeons - it’s criminal how flippant they are about epilepsy and the effects of a proper diet.
I'm living out of the USA right now and the people I've met in the UK don't seem to have a clue about keto! Sad as a lot of these people could use a good keto diet to get healthy.
That’s sad. When I was in Mexico City in 2019 the young, educated adults knew about keto. Mexico has a terrible diabetes problem.
Not really. I’m in the UK have been Keto for 5 years. Most people I speak to know of it and many are eating at least low carb if not full Keto. There is a problem here, the NHS, very little understanding of diet or nutrition in the NHS, they just aren’t trained or aware, they still advise counting calories
I had a gastroenterologist tell me to keep taking medicine even after my ulcer and hers have been fixed and contained. I changed my eating habits. And four years later, I am healthy and no meds at all. Thanks Keto.
The formats with two talking heads are bad theater. Two people talking about one subject and agreeing with the other person without evaluating what is being added to the conversation.
Maybe their channel could be called The Echo Chamber.
They make the case for Keto (food cravings minimized). I have been doing Keto for two years, and I see absolutely no reason to break away from it.
*I had very high blood sugar I only managed to improve my health when I found a WONDERFUL treatment,❤❤ if you want to know about it, I left the video in the comment reply*
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This is such a great explanation of the disconnect between what a lot of doctors instruct patients to do versus what really works for a TON of people. Thank you so much for this video, Dr. Westman--I'm glad it popped up on my homepage!
You are the best and dr. Barry ❤❤
40 yrs old and was fed up feeling tired and sick all the time. Went on Keto and got down from 198lbs back down to my college weight of 180 in 3 weeks. I feel amazing, now working out 4x per week, kicking ass at work, my fathering has improved and other relationships, and love the meat, berries, and vegetables get to eat as I please. Appetite naturally gets curbs, and "jonesin'" for stuff like alcohol, sweets, Marijuana etc all dissappear. Truly a miracle thing that big pharma, and medical and food/alcohol industries don't want you to know. The first three days were hard though with "keto flu"...but that goes away fast as the bacteria and cells that live off sugar and take over your brain briefly get killed.
Thank you Dr Westman!
Problems arise from just the medication “only” approach. Statin drugs as well as several seizure medications unfortunately cause nerve or long term neurological harm.
Any diet that results in a significant positive health outcome is potentially a patient lost. Lost patients = lost incomes for those who have an invested interest in the sickness industry .
Every pre-diabetic child is a boon to Big Pharma’s revenues.
The more I listen to Dr. Westman, the more I like him. The more I listen to these other 2 doctors, the more I disagree with them.
I’m on day 90 of the carnivore way & love it. It’s so simple & easy.
It's hard to find a doctor that's useful. The people in my life who had the worst health consequences were people who just did whatever their doctor told them to. I wouldn't do ANYTHING a doctor told me without looking into it myself. I've caught several mistakes various doctors have made with my own health.
If the pandemic has taught me anything, its that most doctors are surprisingly ignorant of anything other than pharmaceuticals.
I'm a little bored eating rib eye every day but why should eating be fun? I eat for nourishment and to try to get healthy again.
I find that I feel best on a beef diet.
You're following the strictest form of carnivore, the lion diet? Beef, water and salt exclusively? Maybe you could vary it up with different cuts of beef. Tri-tip is looked down upon but I find that pasture raised tri-tip (possibly grain finished although that isn't ideal) is absolutely delicious.
Do you eat eggs? Every now and then I will make bacon in the oven. I don't like doing it often because I don't want my house to smell of bacon but if the weather is nice and I can open all the windows I might make bacon and eat that over the course of the next few days. Make an omelette with goat cheese and bacon in it and that's a nice change from beef.
Wild caught salmon is a good food. We don't have to be 100% exclusively beef, salt and water although Dr Chaffee would say that this is the best mode for getting healthy. It is definitely useful for people who are sick or trying to determine which foods are unhealthy for them.
The problem with starting a pure carnivore diet can be oxalate dumping. For those who have eaten lots of fruits and vegetables before starting the carnivore keto stopping all vegetables immediately can cause oxalate dumping.
If you're not experiencing that then you're good. I love Dr Chaffee but he does engage in hyperbole. When he says that plants are trying to kill us he's right but it also opens the door for what he is saying to be disregarded. Plants do have compounds that are not good for us. But it depends on the individual. If your people going back have eaten a specific fruit or vegetable for hundreds or thousands of years you are probably reasonably well adapted to eating it in moderation. This is why some of us can eat collard greens or spinach without ill effect but others can't.
There is no one size fits all but there are elements that are applicable to everyone. We all have to avoid sugar, processed foods, processed carbohydrates whether they are white or so-called whole grain. There is almost no difference between white flour and whole wheat flour for example. We have to get rid of pro-inflammatory ultra processed grain and seed oils. This is true for everyone.
How much fruit and vegetables an individual can tolerate while remaining healthy varies from person to person. I find that I do better on 90 to 95% carnivore some small amount of fruits and vegetables, far below this threshold for keto. 10 to 15g a day maximum.
Give tri-tip a try. We have a butcher store near us, Double D Meats that is fantastic. We can get a 3 lb tri-tip, cut it up at home, salt it and let it sit open in the fridge for a couple of days, when we cook it we get a great sear and it is delicious. Very hard to get bored with that.
Congratulations on your progress!
@@KyarrixI seem to get leg cramps worse when I stray from rib eye. I'm eating lots of salt and taking extra electrolytes with magnesium and many more ingredients.
I had a CAC score in May of 429 so I'm being very strict. I'll repeat next May and see if it's worth it.
@@lowellcrabb151 That's interesting that you get leg cramps when you stray from ribeye even to a different cut of meat? There is more fat in ribeye could that be responsible, how would the additional fat reduce cramps? It sounds like you're eating a very strict carnivore diet. How do you feel overall? Do you feel better and how long have you been on it?
@@Kyarrix I don't have any explanation of how or why it works, only my observation. I wish I had a doctor who I could trust to know something about low carb, high fat diets. My current doc thinks seed oils are healthy fat. Looking for a keto/carnivore doctor now.
Started Keto at 69 at 250 and now I'm 75 and 176. I'm much more vital than my peers, I'm still functional and can run across the street.
Why does keep saying "starving"? No one is starving here!! I eat until I'm full and keep carbs around 20gr. per day. Weight stays stable, and no inflammation! Feel better than I did in my 40s and 50s.
Whoa! Those two doctors are very ignorant. I’m embarrassed for them!!
Great video!!! That’s why I unfollowed those “doctors” a few months ago! Typical ivory tower dwellers! 😂🎉
U subbed to these 2 nuts?
I've done the same
I was talking to my barber yesterday about the best way to insulate my house, my mechanic on how to get food stains out of my shirts, and the grocery store clerk on which motor oil is best for my EV. They all agreed that these guys are the best. 😂
The first thing I noticed when I went keto was my arthritis pain was going away. By second week I no longer took pain meds. By 2 months my IBS was gone. It was a 20 year problem. I lost weight over 6 months “45#”. Four years later, now 71, I feel great and am off all meds. I fired 3 doctors who tried to prescribe medication or tests. Currently I am seeing my general practitioner once a year for bloodwork and check-up. After getting lazy and eating more carbs, problems started up again. One week on keto and all is well. Thank you and keep up the good work. Spread the word everywhere. Most important, stop eating garbage.