My dad did not even have high ldl when he had his heart attack. All the doc did was gave him a statin and told him to eat the Mediterranean diet. He suffered from muscle aches and mental fog through the entire time he took the statins. After a carnivorish diet for 6 months he’s down 40lbs, off the meds, and is full of energy and thriving. Thanks to people like Chaffee, Ovadia, Ken Barry, and Pradip Jamnadas for helping improve the health of millions!
So he went keto and is off cholesterol meds, I thought that will raise your LDL. Not saying it’s bad, but I’m sure his LDL didn’t drop to a doctors recommendations on a meat diet. So just can’t believe the doctor took him off meds. That’s awesome though, I just thought they would push up more when the LDL goes up
@@Primetime_dadsI think you need to spend some time reading a few books and watching some more videos. Depending on if you learn better through videos or books.. Cholesterol in food does not raise your cholesterol. We need cholesterol. There is a tremendous amount of misinformation that most people have absorbed and believed to be fact. There are many reasons for this misinformation, it goes beyond the scope of a comment here to explain it but the information is out there. If you want it respond and I will provide some resources. This is the most important thing we can do for ourselves, there is nothing more important healthwise.
@@Primetime_dads you don't have to take medicines your Dr thinks dporopriate, or have their "permission" to stop. I told my Dr the side effects were ruining my life. She actually suggested more pills to treat the side effects. 😂
I lost my mom in 2016. She was 43. I always prayed she would change her diet and turn her life around but life has other plans sometimes. 😞 thank you for teaching the masses my dude ✊
Thank You Doc Chaffee for having a Cardiologist on your Podcast, I’ve been worried about Premature Death as My Father Died at 51 with a Heart Attack, I’m 59 1/2 and been on Keto to Carnivore for 4 years now… Lost 70lbs and Thriving… Thank You and Dr. Ken D. Berry
You really should get a coronary artery calcium scan (CAC). At your age it should stil be zero or very low. At 60 mine was zero then 73 at age 63. If yours is 200 or more, you should be concerned. Sounds like you intervened at the right time with carnivore diet. I have been carnivore 6 months. Keto for 25 years. I do better on carnivore. A1C and triglycerides are lower.
@@petercyr3508 I did a CAC May 2021 and it was 374.5 Total with the Left anterior descending being 287.4… It maybe too late that I got on Carnivore, I will continue to stay on Carnivore and help others whom struggle with their health ❤️
@@imandan1966yes I believe you’re right. But most do not take the time to look at the newest data and literature. Which is understandable. Full time surgeons are incredibly busy, especially on top of family life. We are lucky to have some physicians like this who actually have the time to dive deep on the newest data
@@pinsneedles1743 it tells you that he is not fit because of what he studied at the university, at medical schools they barely teach nutrition at all. He said that himself, he lost weight by following what a journalist said. He should not be seen as an expert in this field, because he is clearly not one.
I’m a 65 year old and just finished some baseline tests. My doctor yelled at me after I said I won’t take statins he’s recommending. He said, “you’re going to have a heart attack or a stroke! Is that what you want to do to your family?” As he sits like humpty dumpty in his roller chair, belly about half way to his knees. Poor guy. Its what he’s been taught. Of course I’ll never go on a statin. I know he was really concerned. Not sure how to share this information but I think I’ll just recommend your channels! Thank you for getting the word out there! You ARE making such a difference!!!
kficandothis: Please note...I listened to various doctors on UA-cam and came to the conclusion that Statins were no good. I stopped taking them and my blood test results, six months later, were so high that I was shocked. I take them daily now and will not be stopping.
@@elizabethshannon24 Welp, if your cholesterol levels were so HIGH it was Shocking, then Yes, you probably NEED to take the Statins! At least until you have a handle on your daily diet and life-style. But Most others will do much better by NOT taking the Statins!😉
Wow had same experience ten years ago went off statins due to heavy legs my cholesterol got better after eating four to five dozen eggs a week now it’s back up again I’m going back to meat and a salad
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217statins give brain fog dementia. Best thing to do is no bread wheat sugar potatoes rice lots of meat farmers eggs because they are higher in nutrients
Thank you so so much for bringing us all this info.... my hubby just had another stent placed... he is on so much medication now but just don't listen to me :( but, in all this info being brought to me over and over I'll keep up the fight for my own health and see if he follows me ❤
Yes ma’am, we cannot teach on deaf ears. He will accept the fact that pills and surgery do not reverse this disease and do a bad job “managing” it as well. It will only lead to more chest pain, more stents , and possibly clots in other areas of his body. If it happens in his brain, it is a stroke, if it happens in his lungs, it is a pulmonary embolism. Both of these are true emergencies and can threaten life in a very quick way. He must accept this and step up to the plate and be a MAN and make some changes. Or else he is on his way to leave this earth way too soon. Is this harsh? I’m trying to get through to him. You’re already there, continue to be that amazing influence on him.
@te_hago_las_nalgas Is it extremist to eat something that gives you health benefits that are almost immediately noticeable. For example, I had a constant problem with acid reflux for years and was always taking medication and herbals to make life bearable. When I started carnivore not only did I stop having heartburn (immediatly)I stopped snoring, sleep better and more deeply, I don't have brain fog anymore, my legs don't swell anymore, I lost about 12kilos, don't have any desire for food between meals. This is not a life I will be going back to in a hurry I can assure you, if you see medical results from the diet it makes it absolutely positive. I am nearly 66yrs old and feel better than I have felt for the last 15years. I forgot to say that my skin and hair are also healthier. Once I got over 7 days of Keto Flu, and found somewhere to buy good quality meat, butter, eggs, mineral water, and cheese, it's been easy and enjoyable doing this diet change.
'live in more an instinctual way' brilliant, thank you! I'll use that to help sway many of my unhealthy friends and colleagues. Brilliant interview, thank you Dr. Ovadia and Dr. Chaffee as always! Been sharing this all afternoon.
Great video,the trouble is if you stop going to your doctor,no other doctor will take you if you still have a doctor,I am on carnivore since October 1st and feel great and intend to stay on this healthy lifestyle forever.I personally don’t agree with having occasional treat like cake or chocolate,that would lead me to binging and start my sugar cravings,I’m all or nothing and decide to do the nothing,I’m 73 and at goal for about 2 years after following Keto and Ketovore but decided for the rest of my life,I need to stay healthy for what ever time I have left
I'm 68 today and off and on carnivore 4 years now had a heart attack 6 months ago. It's been a battle of mind over matter for me. Like the Dr. said it's a mind set. Between the heart attack and the covid scam I lost my focus. Good luck!
@Odette same here. I've been a carb addict from age 11 to 62. Too afraid to cheat in case I can never pick carnivore up again. One bite would lead to more. I feel amazing. No more pre-diabetic bloods. Stable weight for the first time in my life, and with no starvation or effort. I love seeing us older folks thrive on this 🥰
@@guitarguyjoefry I fell off wagon at least twice in my five year journey and allowed myself to have buns on my hamburgers and then that lead me to say,well I’m going to have one cookie,but one wasn’t enough so said I’m going to eat all the foods that I want today and start back tomorrow but tomorrow didn’t come right away until about a month later when I saw I was gaining all my weight I had lost and had to start all over again.I am now at goal and intend to stay this way,not worth cheating for a few minutes of pleasure
Hi Odette, I totally agree with you. I haven't eaten refined sugar or really any fruit in 4 years. Veggies cause me bad autoimmune disease symptoms too, but I still eat a minuscule amount of onion and carrot daily. I should stop that really, as it I only did it to help stop the carnivore diarrhoea when transitioning as it seems to work for me. In the summer, I had a diet coke on a few occasions. My teeth started hurting, so I thought you need to stop this. It was like coming off cigarettes (I know as an ex-smoker from years ago) I was craving that diet coke like crazy. Totally shocking. The chemicals in it addict you and the sweet taste makes you want more. So, absolutely knocked it on the head. I now only drink sparkling water and black coffee on occasion. My teeth have stopped hurting and I'm no longer craving sweet things! If I were to eat cake, I would be in a bed, inflamed, not able to think straight and with a pounding heart rate. I'm a registered nurse and I know that this is not right. I too, intend to keep going on carnivore, but to try to cut back on goat cheese a little (my treat as such). I don't eat cow dairy at all, or drink any milk. Just a little goat cheese daily. I seem to be OK with goat as it's A2 dairy, I believe. I'm at my best on red meat and mostly lamb. If I just ate red meat I think I might be completely better. It's my high LDL which keeps me mixing up my diet as GP scared the life out of me about my 386 LDL on my last visit. Anyway, waffling on! Great to chat to people on the same path though x
I think about sending these videos to my family but they wouldn't accept this as reality. Doctors aren't wrong and God wouldn't have given us fruits and vegetables if they were harmful.
It should be possible to make an online program where patient gets the relevant blood tests and set up a baseline of evidence of metabolic health. Hereafter make changes and new tests with relevant interval . I would love that. Perhaps a set of arguments you can use with your physician to get the relevant tests.
I’m about to be 33, I started carnivore June of 2022. I am not 100% strict but working my way towards it. And I feel amazing. I have not been to a Doctor in about 8-10 years. I literally cannot remember the last time I went to one. Sometimes I feel like I should go see one just to make sure but then I don’t believe them so I just don’t go.
At least go to the doctor to get your blood work done and then go every six months so you can compare your bloodwork. Tell him you want an extensive bloodwork they’ll give you the printout and you can see where you’re at and what you need to work on. God bless you and stay healthy
An acquaintance of mine, who had to have a heart valve replaced, warned me against going carnivore because his cardiologist said he had gotten the issue from a ketogenic diet. But my friend was only keto for about 3 of his 60 years, so his cause unknown due to genes and 57 years of eating the SAD diet.
"Eat better food, sleep more, move more." But he missed the one that ties them all together...get outside more and get more light into the eyes (morning especially) as this will supercharge the other three points. Important note: Sunlight needs to enter the eyes without sunglasses, contacts or eyeglasses on as these reduce the healing portion of the sun (red light and uv, which uses cholesterol to upregulate hormones).
Quatum Physics. Watch videos by Jack Kruse. He is the leading expert in light exposure and it's effects on health. Sarah Kleiner Wellness has the best video interview with him that I've seen, posted on September 15th, 2021.
Dr. Chaffee this was a wonderful interview and discussion. I have read about this for 20 years and yet very little change in mainstream health circles. Do you have a UA-cam or other media guiding the transition to full carnivore including base amount of beef to eat to make sure we are not under eating? Also, the guest discussed 5 baseline markers he follows. I think: Waist Circumference, BP, HDL, Triglycerides, and something else. Any chance of getting an acceptable range for those baseline markers? Thanks so much again.
Great interview, great guest. We shouldn't rely solely on experts in a given area to determine the course of our lives and how we treat ourselves, but it's always good when a surgeon in a given area supports the ideas of something that is not exactly mainstream. And it came from someone who didn't just jump on board, it came from someone who benefited from those ideas. And our society needs to get used to the idea that if someone benefits actively from going against the accepted belief in something, it's not always just a genetic freak situation. It needs to be taken seriously and looked at, which is what we are getting now around meat and animal based eating.
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0:46 Introduction 0:42 Dr Philip Ovadia relaying his background health story - discovering Low Carb 6:00 Seven principles of metabolic health 1. Mindset - View your health as a system What does it take to obtain metabolic health - the habits that support health 2. Eat real food 3. Sufficient sleep 4. Move more 5. Manage your stress 6. Support - Finding a physician or partner with the knowledge to support your journey 7. Make sustainable changes one at the time to assess efficacy 8:51 Challenge of finding a physician to be your advocate regardless of beliefs 14:05 Being your own advocate 16:28 Dr Philip Ovadia - what his intake of food consists of 18:22 Individualized patient advice 21:10 The Red Meat Issue 22:50 Saturated Fat/LDL 29:51 The quality of science 33:50 The downstream harms from prescribing for one heart disease marker 36:00 Dr Philip Ovadia's practice & typical patient 38:15 Heart surgery role - what caused the disease initially 40:25 Metabolic improvement, reducing insulin resistance leading to better health 42:00 Evidence of risk factors of insulin resistance versus LDL in heart disease 43:56 Trend of heart disease affecting younger demographic 46:30 Seed Oils, Statins and the SAD guideines 47:50 System snail pace -Acting on evidence & the groundswell influence 49:20 Patient health improving with low carb 50:25 Preventing, stabilizing & improving chronic heart disease & improving wellbeing 52:10 5 basic markers we can start with & the diagnostic tools Dr Philip Ovadia employs in evaluation of metabolic health 54:28 Colleagues reception to Dr Philip Ovadia's approach to heart disease 58:38 Metabolic Monday 59:00 Progress - Diet conversation is on the table 102: Dr Chaffee poses the question; does the type of heart condition change the dietary advice? 105:50 Dr Philip Ovadia contact details - Links in the description
****One of the major issue for healthcare today is Managed Care and 80% of Doctors are employees***** 30 years ago, 80% of doctors were independent business owners that answered to their patients and their own conscious. The Managed Care model is mostly about profit not health!
I am 36 and I had a heart attack at 35 and they put a stent in. I have been told all about the low fat diet and eating healthy and it works sometimes and to a point. But I want something more permenent and real. I have always thought that sugars and processed foods were part of the issue. I believe in the plant issues. I have always thought there was a better way. I am nervous with anything new. But I really want to try carnivore diet, I also am worried because I don't want another heart attack and have always been told that fat is the problem.
The irony of people going to see doctors and showing off their improvement only to be told they're going to hurt themselves is that in most cases the patient knows more about how to achieve health than the supposed expert. The problem is that the patient often still doesn't believe that.
Great interview and I agree with you two whole heartedly. I am a 64 year old male First MI at 40 (2001) and cholestrol was 190. Followed vardioligst diet and got cholesterol down to 150 and kept having MI's every other year, then had CABG X 2 in 2007. In 2013 had severe stroke but stopped statins and diagnosed with CHF, CAD. peripial artery disease. deep vein thrombosis. Swine flu in 2014 which caused respritory and kidney failure and advanced other illnesses. Lion diet late spring 2023 and raised EF from 13-17 to 20-25. Hospitalized in June 23 with arythmias (flatlined in ER). Pacemaker/defibrilator (It shocked me back to reality 3 times the first week). Struggled to get back to carnivore/lion until Feb 24. Now I'm back to lion and plan on staying that way.
There are numbers to look for that are important: Having a higher HDL and Low Tryglycerides is important....Author of Metabolical , Dr. Robert Lustig agrees totally with you both....He actually said in a video, "throw away the total cholesterol number!" Sugar is the main issue. When are doctors going to measure "fasting insulin" when going for blood work??
No disrespect, but all the major plant based doctors look frail to me. The ones that don't probably eat more plant based fats. But the hardcore low-fat ones do not look healthy compared to their animal product consuming peers.
Hi Anthony. Another excellent interview. Thank you. Please can you do a podcast with Dave Feldman, or at least talk about Lean Mass Hyper Responders (LMHR)? My LDL is 386, but excellent HDL and Tg. However, I have spoken to some individuals who meet the criteria for LMHR phenotype who are experiencing xanthelasma from high LDL on a keto/carnivore diet. Why would this be the case? Could you look into this and perhaps talk about it. The current thought and advice for LMHRs is to increase carbs to 50-100g a day. The premise being that carbs are the lever to lower LDL. The advice being that not enough is known about exponentially high LDL on a low carb diet to suggest this presentation is benign. PS - I’ve been predominantly carnivore for a while and back to back viral infections have ceased. However, reducing my red meat intake and increasing carbs has resulted in another cold sore infection. I believe carnivore is the best diet for me but GP says lower your LDL and be seriously worried. Thank you. Clare 🙂
Dr Chaffee please could you talk about the APO E factor? My husband is E4/E3 and I believe mustn't eat too much fat and therefore needs a small amount of carbs. There's very little about this topic anywhere so far. So thrilled to have a carnivore doctor here in Perth. Hope you love it and stay! Edited to add, he's a 68 year old ex-smoker with a CAC of 1329. Been carnivore for 3.5 years, so I reckon his CAC may have been higher BC (before carnivore).
How's your husband now, nine months later? Rather than a CAC (or, at least, in addition to it), you may wish to consider a CT Coronary Angiogram (CTCA), as CAC can miss some plaques. Also, I suggest you contemplate the following comments from Peter Attia on LDL cholesterol: ua-cam.com/video/X_Jij_Yso_c/v-deo.html Has your husband had his LDL checked? How about ApoB? LDL-P is probably a good test, since approximately 90% of atherogenic particles are LDL.
@@karlhungus5554 I'll look into all of these things, thank you. He's been taking a Vitamin K complex from America - I forget the researcher who produces them right now. Plus melatonin in high doses. Keeping the fat intake low - medium and his previously distended tummy is almost flat most days now. It happened very quickly when I made these changes. Have him on CoQ 10 as well. I'd planned to get his CAC retested after a year. I know they almost never reverse, but it would be good to make sure it isn't getting worse. I'll check out the other test too. Many thanks.
@@yamlwoz Hi. Thank you for the response. I'm not a doctor, but Vitamin K seems like a really good idea. Similarly, I think going easy on the dietary fat is also well-advised, especially in your husband's situation. I can't post them here, because UA-cam will delete them, but if you click my screen name and go to the "About" tab, I have posted some resources for you to contemplate. Extremes of anything in life make me uneasy. This goes for diets and supplements, too. Pushing too much in one area can cause the body to push back in other areas, as a compensatory measure. If you look up the term "Mineral Wheel," for example, you will find a graphic that shows the interactions between various minerals. Most things interact and affect other things. We don't really know the long-term implications of a high-fat, meat-only diet. Such a diet would have been unknown to our ancestors. No doubt they would have preferred fatty meat all day every day, but that would not have been the reality. They ate whatever they could, in order to stay alive. Maybe in 20, 30, or 40 years the carnivore diet will have been properly tested, measured, and have perfect results with no disadvantages. But, until such time, it's an unknown. I wish you and your husband the very best.
@@karlhungus5554 I've taken a copy from your page, many thanks for your efforts. I'm happy with the high dose melatonin because I follow the page and scientific papers of a top researcher in that field, but am always open to other well researched information. Thanks again.
You might consider magnesium, as this might melt the calcium in the arteries, then vitamin K2 (not K1) to move the calcium into the bones and teeth. With such a high CAC score, vitamin D might best be avoided until that number comes down, this to reduce the absorption of calcium. Calcium supplements are to be avoided, as well. By magnesium, I mean magnesium glycinate, and not magnesium oxide. You'll probably have to order this, as it's not common in groceries and pharmacies. I can offer resources, if you're interested.
Dr. Chaffee I would like to emphasize since joining your channel and watching your podcasts I have learned more information than the 4 years I have been doing my own research on these topics.
I am 83 years old but I did have cardiac events. The reason I have lived as long as I have thus far is heart surgery to correct issues. I had a heart attack 30 years ago. Not over weight, exercised daily, cycling, running, and watched my eating. So my wife took me to the emergency room and the doctor on duty said I had a heart attack and they inserted a stent in my right ventricle artery. Saved my life. A few years went by and I had surgery on both carotid arteries on each side of my neck. The issue was plaque caused by periodontal disease in my gums, which surgery corrected that. However the result was that bad bacteria was in my blood and that is much of story up until 4 years ago I had quadruple bypass surgery and I am still alive due to excellent doctor care. So the question I have is this- how can I get rid of the bad bacteria that resides in my blood and has apparently resided in my blood for decades. I have always taken aspirin and K2, etc. nothing seems to help.
Very excellent interview and conversation about heart health, cholesterol, saturated fat, and the blood lipid metrics that most doctors disregard. Many doctors have a myopic and reductionistic point of view on LDL due to it being depicted as "bad cholesterol" which is not true and the heart lipid hypothesis that basically says high cholesterol causes heart disease (nothing more than guilt by association). It is the sugars and seed oils in the diet that drive chronic, systemic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction that leads to insulin resistance induced by chronic hyperinsulinemia, which is caused by chronic carbohydrate toxicity in the body as a result of a bad, improper, and inappropriate diet mostly made up of processed carbohydrates, seed and bean oils, and synthetic ingredients the human body is not designed to digest. Additionally, people with familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, truly have to be very aware and health-conscious about all of the nutrition and overall lifestyle choices they make. The ones who are metabolically healthy and fit will not show signs of atherosclerosis or atherogenesis, provided they sustain and maintain their optimum lifestyle. However, the ones with metabolic dysfunction and chronic inflammation may experience major issues seen with dyslipidemia than those who don't have FH. So, it is not the cholesterol or the saturated fat per se. Cholesterol's role is to heal damaged endothelial tissue in the vasculature. It is one's overall metabolic state of being and function that will indicate these risks. A single biomarker doesn't determine your overall health, it is your energy, cognitive ability, mood, stability, ability to adapt effectively, motivation, strength, drive to do more, optimal physiological function of organ systems, tissues, cells, and mitochondria that will shape and define your true state of health. Thanks again for another great episode Dr. Chaffee. You had a brilliant guest and I look forward to seeing you on his podcast for another discussion.
Excellent video! I had been on statins for high cholesterol since my 40s. I’m now 71. It still kept gradually going up. I recently went off and began eating “carnish” (mostly meat but sometimes cheat, like Dr O). My ldl went up to 206, HDL 80. My doctor yelled at me for stopping the statins, told me I was playing with fire. By the way, I’m slim, exercise daily, happy-go-lucky personality, and all my other bloodwork numbers were perfect!
@@vtgirl1969 Hello, Thank you for sharing your story. I am happy to hear that you started a carnivorish diet and that you are seeing improvements. Statins deplete Coenzyme Q10 by disrupting the cholesterol cascade (biosynthesis) pathway, which is a natural, biological part of the human body and human development. Furthermore, LDL is a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol cargo to the liver for recycling. Cholesterol is vital to human development and the primary building block for cell membranes. The main concern is when LDL lipoprotein becomes oxidized due to consuming an improper diet high in carbohydrates and industrial seed oils. However, in general, LDL is not the single marker to look towards to determine your risk of a cardiovascular event or all-cause mortality in that case. More importantly, HDL and triglycerides should be accounted for and the HDL to Triglyceride ratio must be calculated to indicate one's risk of developing a heart attack or stroke. From the markers you mentioned, your basic blood lipid panel looks fine and your diet is definitely great. Therefore, you are doing awesome. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your story. Take care.
@@vtgirl1969Ive heard a bunch of people say that their blood work is normal and healthy but cholesterol is supposedly high on the carnivore diet. Makes you wonder if the high cholesterol number is actually normal and within range. It absolutely blows my mind when everything else is normal, but the only thing doctors focus on is cholesterol and want to push a statin.
I did kindly and politely discuss exactly what you described and my doc of 30 years still insisted on following the LDL myths and wanted me on a statin. I then left his office and started looking for another doctor who is not woke and brainwashed and a big pharma shill. Problem is in the entire Toledo area I cannot find a doctor who understands my dilemma. I am afraid of getting sick with something else and won't have a doc I can trust.
the dangerous one is smell dense LDL to clean the arteries if you are not taking blood thinners is very easy and clots and whatever or prevent strokes cayenne can do it for example if you aint taking drugs and blood thinners nattokinase can clean the arteries in 2 months and hawthorn berry
@easyrider4x. There is always tele-medicine. I did that through covid to get the meds we needed. Reach out to Frontline Doctors for referrals in your area
Agree to take the medication, but don't take them. Agree to eat his diet, but don't, you eat the diet that is going to improve everything. Then fill him in...or don't!!
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There's a link between ex smokers and insulin resistance. I knew a NON diabetic 86 year old lady who quit smoking and fell into a diabetic coma within 3 days. The doctors explained that a hit of nicotine hijacks and imitates an insulin response which over time, the body becomes reliant on the cigarette for an insulin response. Hence so many fat ex smokers.
@36.56 Truth!!! The closest hospital to where I currently live; where an emergency call and ambulance ride would take someone... is NOT equipped to deal with ANY cardiac events!!! They have to go there and be rerouted to another hospital 20 to 30 + minutes away, providing they are able to stabilize the patient enough for transport. The aforementioned hospital that can't treat cardiac patients nearly let a friend of mine die in the hallway waiting after a known heart attack where she was left to sit and wait over 5 hours! It's unacceptable.
If we should not fear saturated fat, is there anything we *should* fear? If saturated fat is not the primary issue for heart disease, then what is? What dietary factors create atherosclerosis?
That is an excellent question, I think the answer broadly lies in eating things that we are not biologically designed to eat. Every species on earth has a very specific diet, and when any animal goes outside of that diet they get serious adverse health effects. More specifically, it's much more likely to be an inflammatory disease precipitated by the same things that would cause diabetes, metabolic syndrome, etc. Namely carbohydrates, sugar, alcohol, smoking, certain drugs, as well as seed oils which have a direct correlation with the rise in heart disease as well and are very pro-inflammatory.
@@anthonychaffeemd I definitely agree with the statement: "Every species on earth has a very specific diet, and when any animal goes outside of that diet they get serious adverse health effects." Dr. John McDougall made a strikingly similar statement in a TEDx talk just over a decade ago, however, he was making the claim that a low fat diet of starches (potatoes, rice, corn, bread, beans, etc.) with the addition of fruits and vegetables was the best diet for humans. He supported this idea in part by observing all large successful human populations throughout history. I think a lot of people are interested in the carnivore diet (myself included), and would find a tremendous amount of value if two doctors of opposing views were to interview each other. I think as a doctor you should reach out to someone like Dr. John McDougall who has a distinctly dissenting view, if for no other reason than great content that would add a lot of value to viewers who are looking to continue to improve and inform their daily dietary choices.
Seed oils combined with sugar. You will also need to make sure to test your vitamin D3 levels every year. Supplement vitamin D3 with lots of K2 along with magnesium. Keep your electrolytes up also but not too much.
I could use some help from the #Carnivore community. I make my own beef tallow. Mostly eat ribeyes. Feeling awesome overall. After making my latest batch of tallow, my wife and I both feel like we have a brick in our stomach, are nauseous and haven't eaten in three days, no appetite. We both are convinced it's the beef tallow. When we have a burp up, we can taste the tallow...Any tips on what we can do to make this pass a little faster? Just suck it up and wait? Eat some yoghurt? Any other tips?
Sounds like you might not be fat adapted..........yet. Try apple cider vinegar before you eat and digestive enzymes supplements that will help break down the extra fat intake. I had the same issue until my body was used to the 70/30 fat/protein ratio I do on carnivore. Ribeyes are 70/30 btw.
@@boofoorashani632 thanks for the response. My wife and I both were fine for the last month. We just want to feel better asap and start eating again. This heavy feeling in our stomach and constantly feeling nauseous is getting really old after three days now.
@@Kvin86 those meals should be long gone after 3 days. You might be coming down with something, or fighting something off. If not, just let your body do it's thing. If you're not hungry and meat doesnt sound good, it may be that your body is happy with less for a time.
Doc, ever had an issue with someone who couldn’t consume red meat? Stopped eating it 19 years ago due to terrible stomach aches/ gas/ cramping. Going carnivore and just started to consume it again and seem to be okay so far ? Odd situation though
Different things that you eat can be influenced by the other things that you're eating. So if you're eating red meat with a bunch of plants and fiber it can be digested differently and possibly cause a problem. It's also an issue with being conditioned to think it's bad for you, which will naturally make you feel unwell when you eat it. I would get the same response when I would eat something fatty, and now that's my favorite part. But that's great that you're giving it a try and you're doing well with it! I wouldn't worry about what was happening either way, the important thing is that you're able to eat it now and you're doing great.
Question for you, Dr. Chaffee: how can one lower triglycerides other than cutting out sugar? I have been carnivore since February and my trigs are 153 and HDL is 78. I am not overweight and I do not smoke. Thanks for any answer you’re able to provide!! Love your videos!
Update: I read a study that said coffee May affect triglycerides so I stopped drinking coffee. I went from drinking about 4 cups a week to zero. My trigs were tested after about a month of this and they were down to 66! My HDL went up more to 91. Interesting!
*****A good question for this cardiologist would be, what is he doing in his practice for young adults suffering with myocarditis and pericarditis due to the COVID-19 vaccine.***** the world, or those countries with the highest vaccination rates are dealing with a tsunami of negative health effects! The United States and England are witnessing a 20% increase in all cause mortality. This is based off what insurance companies are reporting for term life insurance policies. If you’re going to trust anyone’s statistics,I trust the insurance industry! A 10% increase in all cause mortality in the life insurance business, is equivalent to a 200 year weather event or three standard deviations from the norm. A single standard deviation from the norm is statistically significant.
Great interview! I like the idea of metabolic marker Monday. :) Maybe you should incorporate that as part of your disclosures before talks at conventions like Low Carb Down Under ...
Today marks 3 years on strict keto/carnivore. I have had 3 CAC scores in my life. 40 was score of 0. At 50 score was 67. At 53 score was 172. I'm 55 years old now and will get another CAC scan this February. Fingers crossed. Lifetime of high triglycerides 400-500 and low HDL 24...A1C was 5.9 weight was 208 lbs. I'm now 170 lbs. A1C is 5.2 Taking prescription fish oil, D3 and K2. Also on low dose statin Crestor with ezetimibe. Triglycerides are now 90! HDL is still low in the 20's. LDL is 66. Total cholesterol is 98. I'm very happy with my labs. CAC scan in February will be very emotional for me if my score is higher. I hear your score increases 20% a year if you don't do anything. I'm doing something....so wish me luck.
Had my 4th CAC Score scan done. Score was 226. So an increase for me. I did some research and found out that statin "stabilize plaque" by accelerating the calcification of your arteries. I also learned about LDL-P and LDL Pattern A & B. I'm LDL pattern B with lots of small dense LDL particles. I should not have been eating all that Saturated fat on keto. If you are LDL Pattern "B" keto is bad for you.
@PeaceIsYeshua Statins accelerate the calcification of your arteries. I'm off statins now. Just was approved for Repatha 140Mg. Taking Ezetimibe and prescription fish oil capsules. Going ro exercise more and back off some saturated fats....no more dense saturated fats like in cheese and heavy cream and dairy including butter. More olive oil and avocado oil....eating more vegetables and some fruit now. Still low carb.
Keto is great for most people. I agree. Myself, however, when it comes to coffee with buttter, I puke. But you all should be doing it, most especially the version high in saturated fats. I am simply too weak.
There is no need to add butter to coffee. Keto is not 'more fat more fat more fat" it is an adequate amount of fat relative to the diet. People do keto wrong. There is no need to add oils or fats to your coffee if you don't enjoy that. Eat grass-fed fatty meat and if you like coffee have it with some cream. Dr Chaffee would say to avoid coffee entirely he is a proponent of pure carnivore, meat, water and salt but that isn't something majority of people are willing to do. I still have coffee with heavy cream. An ounce or two of heavy cream once a day in my coffee is something I enjoy. Dr Chaffee would tell you that he is not always in ketosis because he eats a lot of protein. Protein spikes your insulin to a lesser extent than carbs do but it's still spikes. If you are eating enough protein and healthy fats and staying away from most vegetables, most of the time and avoiding processed food entirely you should be fine. But do not force yourself to put fat in things that you don't enjoy. Understand that everyone will have their own interpretation and the fact that someone advocates for putting butter and coffee does not mean that this is something you should do. People did not put butter in their coffee thousands of years ago and they were in ketosis most of the time.
Salam doctor thanks I am from pakistan 🇵🇰 mother of four kids age64 years- i have weight all my life very active and eat healthy food for ten years i was 110 kg now i am 94kg God bless you I like your mathed
Sadly (imo), Dr. Paul Mason (Sydney, Australia) very recently made a lecture/video in which he very specifically named “dairy” a very serious contributor to heart disease, though he did say it’s not as bad as smoking, or drinking, yadda, yadda. He cited a study (???) that demonstrated insulin spikes post dairy consumption. However, “dairy” is pretty broad. I have to wonder if he literally meant 100% of dairy products, or are there some safe ones that are okay. And, btw, if it is 100% of dairy, then how do we explain the French paradox?
Milk has lactose which is guaranteed to spike your blood sugar. I'd be curious about butter (has some milk in it) and cheese. I can tell you from a personal standpoint that I was keto 8 months ago and eating provolone cheese, heavy cream and butter. I quit those (other than occasional butter) when I went carnivore and lost 25 pounds in a month and a half so it seems like Dr. Mason is onto something.
@@davem4193 Interesting. Thank you. I knew about milk and low fat dairy, but I’m a butter and heavy cream person. I may need to rethink those two items, though clearly there are people who do quite well on them (ie, Butter Bob Briggs, Bella the Steak and Butter Girl, etc). No more butter burgers? Drats!
@@karenf9137 I love butter as well and would like to eat more. I've done well with just limited amounts. Bella did a video recently about reading the ingredients in butter and making sure there's no milk in it. I'm going to try ghee for a while, I just made my first homemade batch of it a few days ago. It tastes fantastic, even better than butter in my opinion.
If I'm eating Carnivore, two meals a day. I'm 80 and should be getting 1500 calories in a sedentary lifestyle, apparently. I typically eat 4 eggs with bacon one meal and 8 oz of hamburger the other. Do I need to worry at all about calories? Is OMAD at 800-1000 calories OK?
❤ Thank you! My health is important to me and I trust the evidence of my health improving. In Mexico I pay out of pocket and my goal is to he off heart meds. Mostly carnivore, seafood, eggs, a bit of dairy. Evolutionary, lost 20 lbs, better without sugar, carb veggies and the bloat. happy there just want more energy and off meds.
With carnivore 90% I increase my kidney function My GP seems happy No high BP no diabetic no heart decease I am 78 Lost 25 pounds I know some people and friends think I am Crasy No alcool eather
Your body needs salt too much salt is another made-up stat/falsehood. Thought at some point I'd have to cut down my salt inact and realized after turning 66 mu bp was on the high side my Dr prescriped meds which I refused I love my liver. Went on keto lost 10lbs after a month my bp was great and salt is very important on keto. I'd my Dr had her way Id be on statins also again I appreciate my liver my enzymes went from flagged high to very healthy in less then 3 months eating mostly meat, eggs with low carb veggies
Ha! Dr Chaffee! I read that Eat To Live book by Dr Fuhrman. And when I ate like that, back in 2016 or so, omg I was so gassy. Actually no matter what plants I ate, my abdomen was gassy and bubbly and heavy. And it only got worse as the years went by. Carnivore gives you that flat tight tummy and waist⚡️ I haven’t seen Fuhrman lately but I have seen Mcdougall. Yeah he’s old but frail is for sure the word.
My cardiologist did a c reactive check in my blood work it checks if high inflammation in the body.This causes the sticky substance in the arteries.Mine was in range but cholesterol was 6.5 he wasn’t to concerned do the c reactive test when you have your next blood test.
Well, that was a very longwinded chat, the summary of which could have been reduced to five or ten minutes without all the unnecessary anecdotal dialogue.🤔 Stay safe, regards Niels.
Do you have any knowledge on smoking and carnivore? I went carnivore, but two people I know with previous heart disease issues have taken it up based on what I've been saying. This is worrying me a lot as they are both smokers and both still on some heart medications, and it worries me whether smoking and red meat is a problem from some things I've read.
does anyone know a good version of the carnivore bar you can get in Australia? unfortunately the option Dr Chaffee mentions in his video only ships in the US
I wondered the same thing and did a search and found an online store. I don't think I'm allowed to put links in here but just do a search on 'Carnivore Snacks Australia'.
My husband just diagnosed with A fib. Not sure what he will do yet I'm trying to get him totally carnivore or at least ketovore, but he is a big pop/soda drinker and junk food snacker. Is there any proof of carnivore helping with A fib?
My cholesterol has always been high and I have constantly had to resist doctor's urging to take statins. Recently I had an echocardiogram which revealed NO BLOCKAGE, No Plaque. Looks like I really didn't need those statins after all. Reading "The Big Fat Surprise; Why Butter, Meat, & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet" by Nina Teicholz changed my life for the better. It speaks to much of what he is saying here. Not only is 'low fat diet' bad advise, but the types of fat recommended are terrible for your health.
For DECADES, we were told that saturated fat is detrimental to your health. HOWEVER, that depends ! If you have high insulin levels (insulin resistant), then you cannot metabolize or process saturated fat adequately.. You will need to drastically lower your low carb intake before you can metabolize saturated fat. When you cut your carb intake then metabolizing red meat / bacon does not become a problem. When you intake bread, pasta, rice, and sugar, the body cannot metabolize the saturated fat at the same time because insulin is too busy burning the carbs. Bacon / eggs / saturated fat could be bad if you are insulin resistant. Secretion of insulin prevents you from burning fat. It is NOT the saturated fat that’s the problem, it is HOW the body is processing it. The more carbs you eat, the more readily they turn into fat which causes your cholesterol / triglicerides to go up. You CAN eat more saturated fat when your insulin levels are low enough! The body cannot efficiently burn carbs and saturated fat at the same time. It’s either one or the other. If your insulin level is high or out of control, then the saturated fat will clog your arteries and contribute to blood fat. CONSUMING SATURATED FAT IS NOT DANGEROUS IF YOUR INSULIN IS LOW. Diabetics have to take medication because they have been eating a lot of carbs, but then, after taking that medication, they have to eat carbs, otherwise their blood sugar can go too low !
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My dad did not even have high ldl when he had his heart attack. All the doc did was gave him a statin and told him to eat the Mediterranean diet. He suffered from muscle aches and mental fog through the entire time he took the statins. After a carnivorish diet for 6 months he’s down 40lbs, off the meds, and is full of energy and thriving. Thanks to people like Chaffee, Ovadia, Ken Barry, and Pradip Jamnadas for helping improve the health of millions!
So he went keto and is off cholesterol meds, I thought that will raise your LDL. Not saying it’s bad, but I’m sure his LDL didn’t drop to a doctors recommendations on a meat diet. So just can’t believe the doctor took him off meds. That’s awesome though, I just thought they would push up more when the LDL goes up
@@Primetime_dadsI think you need to spend some time reading a few books and watching some more videos. Depending on if you learn better through videos or books..
Cholesterol in food does not raise your cholesterol. We need cholesterol. There is a tremendous amount of misinformation that most people have absorbed and believed to be fact. There are many reasons for this misinformation, it goes beyond the scope of a comment here to explain it but the information is out there. If you want it respond and I will provide some resources. This is the most important thing we can do for ourselves, there is nothing more important healthwise.
@@Primetime_dads you don't have to take medicines your Dr thinks dporopriate, or have their "permission" to stop. I told my Dr the side effects were ruining my life. She actually suggested more pills to treat the side effects. 😂
Geese, Dr Anthony, you are absolutely gorgeous 🙏♥️
F you....we , what you call big pharma, need to feed our families....
I lost my mom in 2016. She was 43. I always prayed she would change her diet and turn her life around but life has other plans sometimes. 😞 thank you for teaching the masses my dude ✊
Ovadia on Ken Berry's channel was the first video that introduced me to carnivore. That was less than 3 months and more than 35 pounds ago. Thank you!
That is awesome! Really glad to hear that!
Yep Dr berry is who helped me lose 20
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Great!! I got my start with Dr. Ken Berry 😀
Damn 35lbs in 3 months? Sounds like someone was snacking quite a lot :P congrats
Thank You Doc Chaffee for having a Cardiologist on your Podcast, I’ve been worried about
Premature Death as My Father Died at 51 with a Heart Attack, I’m 59 1/2 and been on Keto to Carnivore for 4 years now… Lost 70lbs and Thriving… Thank You and Dr. Ken D. Berry
You really should get a coronary artery calcium scan (CAC). At your age it should stil be zero or very low. At 60 mine was zero then 73 at age 63. If yours is 200 or more, you should be concerned.
Sounds like you intervened at the right time with carnivore diet. I have been carnivore 6 months. Keto for 25 years. I do better on carnivore. A1C and triglycerides are lower.
@@petercyr3508 I did a CAC May 2021 and it was 374.5 Total with the Left anterior descending being 287.4… It maybe too late that I got on Carnivore, I will continue to stay on Carnivore and help others whom struggle with their health ❤️
@@Lgarell60 yet may have been the carnivore that got you that high.
@@Lgarell60 could you update on your CAC later this year?
He is a cardiac surgeon, not a cardiologist.
WOW ... two surgeons who really care about humanity. Many blessings to these two leaders . This podcast should be review by every doctor in USA!
most surgeons care about humanity
@@imandan1966yes I believe you’re right. But most do not take the time to look at the newest data and literature. Which is understandable. Full time surgeons are incredibly busy, especially on top of family life. We are lucky to have some physicians like this who actually have the time to dive deep on the newest data
'The heart surgeon is not worried about saturated fat- and no one else should be' Well said Dr Ovadia and thank you.
The heart surgeon was obese. He clearly does not know much about nutrition.
@Sobchak2 he does now, or he would be fat, sick, and nearly dead!
@@pinsneedles1743 it tells you that he is not fit because of what he studied at the university, at medical schools they barely teach nutrition at all. He said that himself, he lost weight by following what a journalist said. He should not be seen as an expert in this field, because he is clearly not one.
So what is his approach if it is not limiting saturated fat?
@@crand20033 stay slime and fit, eat mostly meat, ignoring cholesterol or apob.
At least, that's what he says.
Excellent interview! Love doctors whose focus is "cures" instead of "treatments".
I guess he has made enough money so he doesn't need more patients.
Or prevention. ❤❤
Well now of a dr gives out much advice on prevention that also can make a dr rich lots of people woukd rather pay for to keep it away
It’s great to hear this from a cardiologist.
Wonderful conversation.
Thank you!
I’m a 65 year old and just finished some baseline tests. My doctor yelled at me after I said I won’t take statins he’s recommending. He said, “you’re going to have a heart attack or a stroke! Is that what you want to do to your family?” As he sits like humpty dumpty in his roller chair, belly about half way to his knees. Poor guy. Its what he’s been taught. Of course I’ll never go on a statin. I know he was really concerned. Not sure how to share this information but I think I’ll just recommend your channels! Thank you for getting the word out there! You ARE making such a difference!!!
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kficandothis: Please note...I listened to various doctors on UA-cam and came to the conclusion that Statins were no good. I stopped taking them and my blood test results, six months later, were so high that I was shocked. I take them daily now and will not be stopping.
@@elizabethshannon24 Welp, if your cholesterol levels were so HIGH it was Shocking, then Yes, you probably NEED to take the Statins! At least until you have a handle on your daily diet and life-style. But Most others will do much better by NOT taking the Statins!😉
Wow had same experience ten years ago went off statins due to heavy legs my cholesterol got better after eating four to five dozen eggs a week now it’s back up again I’m going back to meat and a salad
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217statins give brain fog dementia. Best thing to do is no bread wheat sugar potatoes rice lots of meat farmers eggs because they are higher in nutrients
Thank you so so much for bringing us all this info.... my hubby just had another stent placed... he is on so much medication now but just don't listen to me :( but, in all this info being brought to me over and over I'll keep up the fight for my own health and see if he follows me ❤
Yes ma’am, we cannot teach on deaf ears. He will accept the fact that pills and surgery do not reverse this disease and do a bad job “managing” it as well. It will only lead to more chest pain, more stents , and possibly clots in other areas of his body. If it happens in his brain, it is a stroke, if it happens in his lungs, it is a pulmonary embolism. Both of these are true emergencies and can threaten life in a very quick way. He must accept this and step up to the plate and be a MAN and make some changes. Or else he is on his way to leave this earth way too soon.
Is this harsh? I’m trying to get through to him. You’re already there, continue to be that amazing influence on him.
I'm one of those ppl who was plantbased (11yrs) and then did the 180 over to carnivore diet.. the health and changes that are happening is awesome!
Me too, 9 years vegan 😢 and now thriving on carnivore
That's what ancient men ate. Didn't have much else.
@te_hago_las_nalgas Is it extremist to eat something that gives you health benefits that are almost immediately noticeable. For example, I had a constant problem with acid reflux for years and was always taking medication and herbals to make life bearable. When I started carnivore not only did I stop having heartburn (immediatly)I stopped snoring, sleep better and more deeply, I don't have brain fog anymore, my legs don't swell anymore, I lost about 12kilos, don't have any desire for food between meals. This is not a life I will be going back to in a hurry I can assure you, if you see medical results from the diet it makes it absolutely positive. I am nearly 66yrs old and feel better than I have felt for the last 15years. I forgot to say that my skin and hair are also healthier. Once I got over 7 days of Keto Flu, and found somewhere to buy good quality meat, butter, eggs, mineral water, and cheese, it's been easy and enjoyable doing this diet change.
Leaf eaters are always sick.
'live in more an instinctual way' brilliant, thank you! I'll use that to help sway many of my unhealthy friends and colleagues. Brilliant interview, thank you Dr. Ovadia and Dr. Chaffee as always! Been sharing this all afternoon.
Great video,the trouble is if you stop going to your doctor,no other doctor will take you if you still have a doctor,I am on carnivore since October 1st and feel great and intend to stay on this healthy lifestyle forever.I personally don’t agree with having occasional treat like cake or chocolate,that would lead me to binging and start my sugar cravings,I’m all or nothing and decide to do the nothing,I’m 73 and at goal for about 2 years after following Keto and Ketovore but decided for the rest of my life,I need to stay healthy for what ever time I have left
I'm 68 today and off and on carnivore 4 years now had a heart attack 6 months ago. It's been a battle of mind over matter for me. Like the Dr. said it's a mind set. Between the heart attack and the covid scam I lost my focus. Good luck!
I am 71 and totally agree, I want to maximize my health and live active as long as possible.
@Odette same here. I've been a carb addict from age 11 to 62. Too afraid to cheat in case I can never pick carnivore up again. One bite would lead to more. I feel amazing. No more pre-diabetic bloods. Stable weight for the first time in my life, and with no starvation or effort. I love seeing us older folks thrive on this 🥰
@@guitarguyjoefry I fell off wagon at least twice in my five year journey and allowed myself to have buns on my hamburgers and then that lead me to say,well I’m going to have one cookie,but one wasn’t enough so said I’m going to eat all the foods that I want today and start back tomorrow but tomorrow didn’t come right away until about a month later when I saw I was gaining all my weight I had lost and had to start all over again.I am now at goal and intend to stay this way,not worth cheating for a few minutes of pleasure
Hi Odette,
I totally agree with you. I haven't eaten refined sugar or really any fruit in 4 years. Veggies cause me bad autoimmune disease symptoms too, but I still eat a minuscule amount of onion and carrot daily. I should stop that really, as it I only did it to help stop the carnivore diarrhoea when transitioning as it seems to work for me.
In the summer, I had a diet coke on a few occasions. My teeth started hurting, so I thought you need to stop this. It was like coming off cigarettes (I know as an ex-smoker from years ago) I was craving that diet coke like crazy. Totally shocking. The chemicals in it addict you and the sweet taste makes you want more. So, absolutely knocked it on the head. I now only drink sparkling water and black coffee on occasion. My teeth have stopped hurting and I'm no longer craving sweet things!
If I were to eat cake, I would be in a bed, inflamed, not able to think straight and with a pounding heart rate. I'm a registered nurse and I know that this is not right.
I too, intend to keep going on carnivore, but to try to cut back on goat cheese a little (my treat as such). I don't eat cow dairy at all, or drink any milk. Just a little goat cheese daily. I seem to be OK with goat as it's A2 dairy, I believe. I'm at my best on red meat and mostly lamb. If I just ate red meat I think I might be completely better. It's my high LDL which keeps me mixing up my diet as GP scared the life out of me about my 386 LDL on my last visit.
Anyway, waffling on! Great to chat to people on the same path though x
Excellent conversation. I wish every member of my family would listen to this.
I think about sending these videos to my family but they wouldn't accept this as reality. Doctors aren't wrong and God wouldn't have given us fruits and vegetables if they were harmful.
I agree: "health" is different than simply the absence of illness
Right. Health has to encompass zest and vitality I feel!
It should be possible to make an online program where patient gets the relevant blood tests and set up a baseline of evidence of metabolic health. Hereafter make changes and new tests with relevant interval . I would love that. Perhaps a set of arguments you can use with your physician to get the relevant tests.
That should be possible. I'm sure it will be sometime soon
I’m about to be 33, I started carnivore June of 2022. I am not 100% strict but working my way towards it. And I feel amazing. I have not been to a Doctor in about 8-10 years. I literally cannot remember the last time I went to one. Sometimes I feel like I should go see one just to make sure but then I don’t believe them so I just don’t go.
Please don't go 👍
Stay AWAY rom doctors! Their tests alone can kill you;-)
At least go to the doctor to get your blood work done and then go every six months so you can compare your bloodwork. Tell him you want an extensive bloodwork they’ll give you the printout and you can see where you’re at and what you need to work on.
God bless you and stay healthy
Yes and ask for a cac scan
Of course you are only in your 30s I was the same way as you get older more problems pop up
Excellent interview!
And thank you for bringing up FH, my LDL is 16.3 mmol/L (or around 630 mg/dL) and I'm not giving up carnivore diet.
Great talk Insulin Resistance being the number one risk factor for heart disease. LDL is healthy if not damaged by sugar / carbs and/or seed oils.
This right here, this statement, is what needs to be pushed. Yes woman yes.
I like how Dr. Ovadia simplifies information about metabolism and how Foods we eat can affect it positively.
I loved the book! I’ve gifted it to friends & family who need to know this information. 👍🏼
An acquaintance of mine, who had to have a heart valve replaced, warned me against going carnivore because his cardiologist said he had gotten the issue from a ketogenic diet. But my friend was only keto for about 3 of his 60 years, so his cause unknown due to genes and 57 years of eating the SAD diet.
linus Pauling showed more than 30 years ago that low cholesterol was associated with emotional and mental behavioral problems
"Eat better food, sleep more, move more." But he missed the one that ties them all together...get outside more and get more light into the eyes (morning especially) as this will supercharge the other three points.
Important note: Sunlight needs to enter the eyes without sunglasses, contacts or eyeglasses on as these reduce the healing portion of the sun (red light and uv, which uses cholesterol to upregulate hormones).
Would like to know what you base this on?
Quatum Physics. Watch videos by Jack Kruse. He is the leading expert in light exposure and it's effects on health. Sarah Kleiner Wellness has the best video interview with him that I've seen, posted on September 15th, 2021.
@@Angel283 melatonin and vitamin d
@@Turbotomass Yes, and melatonin is made by UVA. Vitamin D is made by UVB.
Unfortunately, the “sun” is a bunch of lightbulbs.💡
Dr. Chaffee this was a wonderful interview and discussion. I have read about this for 20 years and yet very little change in mainstream health circles. Do you have a UA-cam or other media guiding the transition to full carnivore including base amount of beef to eat to make sure we are not under eating? Also, the guest discussed 5 baseline markers he follows. I think: Waist Circumference, BP, HDL, Triglycerides, and something else. Any chance of getting an acceptable range for those baseline markers? Thanks so much again.
Just check for ratio of height and waist size. Keep in that limit
Great interview, great guest. We shouldn't rely solely on experts in a given area to determine the course of our lives and how we treat ourselves, but it's always good when a surgeon in a given area supports the ideas of something that is not exactly mainstream. And it came from someone who didn't just jump on board, it came from someone who benefited from those ideas. And our society needs to get used to the idea that if someone benefits actively from going against the accepted belief in something, it's not always just a genetic freak situation. It needs to be taken seriously and looked at, which is what we are getting now around meat and animal based eating.
Great book. Listened twice so far... thank you, Dr. O.
Also thanks to Dr Chaffee for all your content. 🙏🙏🙏
Wish the VA docs would do some research on the Carnivore diet. Major struggle!
If anyone is able to mark out the time stamps for this episode, it would be very much appreciated! Please post them in a reply to this message if you are able to do it Thank you very much!
0:46 Introduction
0:42 Dr Philip Ovadia relaying his background health story - discovering Low Carb
6:00 Seven principles of metabolic health
1. Mindset - View your health as a system
What does it take to obtain metabolic health - the habits that support health
2. Eat real food
3. Sufficient sleep
4. Move more
5. Manage your stress
6. Support - Finding a physician or partner with the knowledge to support your journey
7. Make sustainable changes one at the time to assess efficacy
8:51 Challenge of finding a physician to be your advocate regardless of beliefs
14:05 Being your own advocate
16:28 Dr Philip Ovadia - what his intake of food consists of
18:22 Individualized patient advice
21:10 The Red Meat Issue
22:50 Saturated Fat/LDL
29:51 The quality of science
33:50 The downstream harms from prescribing for one heart disease marker
36:00 Dr Philip Ovadia's practice & typical patient
38:15 Heart surgery role - what caused the disease initially
40:25 Metabolic improvement, reducing insulin resistance leading to better health
42:00 Evidence of risk factors of insulin resistance versus LDL in heart disease
43:56 Trend of heart disease affecting younger demographic
46:30 Seed Oils, Statins and the SAD guideines
47:50 System snail pace -Acting on evidence & the groundswell influence
49:20 Patient health improving with low carb
50:25 Preventing, stabilizing & improving chronic heart disease & improving wellbeing
52:10 5 basic markers we can start with & the diagnostic tools Dr Philip Ovadia employs in evaluation of metabolic health
54:28 Colleagues reception to Dr Philip Ovadia's approach to heart disease
58:38 Metabolic Monday
59:00 Progress - Diet conversation is on the table
102: Dr Chaffee poses the question; does the type of heart condition change the dietary advice?
105:50 Dr Philip Ovadia contact details - Links in the description
@@kazzana9013 thank you for doing !!!!! so helpful for us all
@@carol-annes5492 Cheers! It was about time I took my turn. I have enjoyed the efforts of so many, numerous times.
@@kazzana9013 took effort which i admire.... good on ya!
@@kazzana9013 Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!
Much respect 🙏 to these REAL doctors 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
****One of the major issue for healthcare today is Managed Care and 80% of Doctors are employees***** 30 years ago, 80% of doctors were independent business owners that answered to their patients and their own conscious. The Managed Care model is mostly about profit not health!
55-65 years ago a Dr. would come to your home in emergency situations at least that was my experience when I was very ill asxa young child.
Heading to your website to investigate coaching for my husband. 👍❤️
I am 36 and I had a heart attack at 35 and they put a stent in. I have been told all about the low fat diet and eating healthy and it works sometimes and to a point. But I want something more permenent and real. I have always thought that sugars and processed foods were part of the issue. I believe in the plant issues. I have always thought there was a better way. I am nervous with anything new. But I really want to try carnivore diet, I also am worried because I don't want another heart attack and have always been told that fat is the problem.
The irony of people going to see doctors and showing off their improvement only to be told they're going to hurt themselves is that in most cases the patient knows more about how to achieve health than the supposed expert. The problem is that the patient often still doesn't believe that.
Great interview and I agree with you two whole heartedly. I am a 64 year old male First MI at 40 (2001) and cholestrol was 190. Followed vardioligst diet and got cholesterol down to 150 and kept having MI's every other year, then had CABG X 2 in 2007. In 2013 had severe stroke but stopped statins and diagnosed with CHF, CAD. peripial artery disease. deep vein thrombosis. Swine flu in 2014 which caused respritory and kidney failure and advanced other illnesses. Lion diet late spring 2023 and raised EF from 13-17 to 20-25. Hospitalized in June 23 with arythmias (flatlined in ER). Pacemaker/defibrilator (It shocked me back to reality 3 times the first week). Struggled to get back to carnivore/lion until Feb 24. Now I'm back to lion and plan on staying that way.
Did you have surgery for your CHF?
There are numbers to look for that are important: Having a higher HDL and Low Tryglycerides is important....Author of Metabolical , Dr. Robert Lustig agrees
totally with you both....He actually said in a video, "throw away the total cholesterol number!" Sugar is the main issue. When are doctors going to
measure "fasting insulin" when going for blood work??
No disrespect, but all the major plant based doctors look frail to me. The ones that don't probably eat more plant based fats. But the hardcore low-fat ones do not look healthy compared to their animal product consuming peers.
Finally somebody using their brain!
Not looking healthy does not necessarily equate to 'being unhealthy'!
What a great cardiologist! Thanks for spreading the truth! You are saving lives!
Hi Anthony. Another excellent interview.
Thank you.
Please can you do a podcast with Dave Feldman, or at least talk about Lean Mass Hyper Responders (LMHR)? My LDL is 386, but excellent HDL and Tg. However, I have spoken to some individuals who meet the criteria for LMHR phenotype who are experiencing xanthelasma from high LDL on a keto/carnivore diet. Why would this be the case? Could you look into this and perhaps talk about it.
The current thought and advice for LMHRs is to increase carbs to 50-100g a day. The premise being that carbs are the lever to lower LDL. The advice being that not enough is known about exponentially high LDL on a low carb diet to suggest this presentation is benign.
PS - I’ve been predominantly carnivore for a while and back to back viral infections have ceased. However, reducing my red meat intake and increasing carbs has resulted in another cold sore infection. I believe carnivore is the best diet for me but GP says lower your LDL and be seriously worried.
Thank you.
Clare 🙂
Dr Ovadia is an impressive Human Being, and an attentive doctor
Dr Chaffee please could you talk about the APO E factor? My husband is E4/E3 and I believe mustn't eat too much fat and therefore needs a small amount of carbs. There's very little about this topic anywhere so far. So thrilled to have a carnivore doctor here in Perth. Hope you love it and stay! Edited to add, he's a 68 year old ex-smoker with a CAC of 1329. Been carnivore for 3.5 years, so I reckon his CAC may have been higher BC (before carnivore).
How's your husband now, nine months later? Rather than a CAC (or, at least, in addition to it), you may wish to consider a CT Coronary Angiogram (CTCA), as CAC can miss some plaques. Also, I suggest you contemplate the following comments from Peter Attia on LDL cholesterol: ua-cam.com/video/X_Jij_Yso_c/v-deo.html Has your husband had his LDL checked? How about ApoB? LDL-P is probably a good test, since approximately 90% of atherogenic particles are LDL.
@@karlhungus5554 I'll look into all of these things, thank you. He's been taking a Vitamin K complex from America - I forget the researcher who produces them right now. Plus melatonin in high doses. Keeping the fat intake low - medium and his previously distended tummy is almost flat most days now. It happened very quickly when I made these changes. Have him on CoQ 10 as well. I'd planned to get his CAC retested after a year. I know they almost never reverse, but it would be good to make sure it isn't getting worse. I'll check out the other test too. Many thanks.
@@yamlwoz Hi. Thank you for the response. I'm not a doctor, but Vitamin K seems like a really good idea. Similarly, I think going easy on the dietary fat is also well-advised, especially in your husband's situation. I can't post them here, because UA-cam will delete them, but if you click my screen name and go to the "About" tab, I have posted some resources for you to contemplate.
Extremes of anything in life make me uneasy. This goes for diets and supplements, too. Pushing too much in one area can cause the body to push back in other areas, as a compensatory measure. If you look up the term "Mineral Wheel," for example, you will find a graphic that shows the interactions between various minerals. Most things interact and affect other things.
We don't really know the long-term implications of a high-fat, meat-only diet. Such a diet would have been unknown to our ancestors. No doubt they would have preferred fatty meat all day every day, but that would not have been the reality. They ate whatever they could, in order to stay alive. Maybe in 20, 30, or 40 years the carnivore diet will have been properly tested, measured, and have perfect results with no disadvantages. But, until such time, it's an unknown. I wish you and your husband the very best.
@@karlhungus5554 I've taken a copy from your page, many thanks for your efforts. I'm happy with the high dose melatonin because I follow the page and scientific papers of a top researcher in that field, but am always open to other well researched information. Thanks again.
You might consider magnesium, as this might melt the calcium in the arteries, then vitamin K2 (not K1) to move the calcium into the bones and teeth. With such a high CAC score, vitamin D might best be avoided until that number comes down, this to reduce the absorption of calcium. Calcium supplements are to be avoided, as well.
By magnesium, I mean magnesium glycinate, and not magnesium oxide. You'll probably have to order this, as it's not common in groceries and pharmacies.
I can offer resources, if you're interested.
Dr. Chaffee I would like to emphasize since joining your channel and watching your podcasts I have learned more information than the 4 years I have been doing my own research on these topics.
Anthony is a good looking guy and we like the sound of his voice! :D
Keep up the great work Chaffee! I wish I knew about all of this in my rugby days. Colorado
Dr Chaffee! I just tried a carnivore bar and ugh - tasted terrible! Thank you for having Dr. Philip Ovadia!
I am 83 years old but I did have cardiac events. The reason I have lived as long as I have thus far is heart surgery to correct issues. I had a heart attack 30 years ago. Not over weight, exercised daily, cycling, running, and watched my eating. So my wife took me to the emergency room and the doctor on duty said I had a heart attack and they inserted a stent in my right ventricle artery. Saved my life. A few years went by and I had surgery on both carotid arteries on each side of my neck. The issue was plaque caused by periodontal disease in my gums, which surgery corrected that. However the result was that bad bacteria was in my blood and that is much of story up until 4 years ago I had quadruple bypass surgery and I am still alive due to excellent doctor care. So the question I have is this- how can I get rid of the bad bacteria that resides in my blood and has apparently resided in my blood for decades. I have always taken aspirin and K2, etc. nothing seems to help.
Very excellent interview and conversation about heart health, cholesterol, saturated fat, and the blood lipid metrics that most doctors disregard. Many doctors have a myopic and reductionistic point of view on LDL due to it being depicted as "bad cholesterol" which is not true and the heart lipid hypothesis that basically says high cholesterol causes heart disease (nothing more than guilt by association).
It is the sugars and seed oils in the diet that drive chronic, systemic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction that leads to insulin resistance induced by chronic hyperinsulinemia, which is caused by chronic carbohydrate toxicity in the body as a result of a bad, improper, and inappropriate diet mostly made up of processed carbohydrates, seed and bean oils, and synthetic ingredients the human body is not designed to digest.
Additionally, people with familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, truly have to be very aware and health-conscious about all of the nutrition and overall lifestyle choices they make. The ones who are metabolically healthy and fit will not show signs of atherosclerosis or atherogenesis, provided they sustain and maintain their optimum lifestyle. However, the ones with metabolic dysfunction and chronic inflammation may experience major issues seen with dyslipidemia than those who don't have FH.
So, it is not the cholesterol or the saturated fat per se. Cholesterol's role is to heal damaged endothelial tissue in the vasculature. It is one's overall metabolic state of being and function that will indicate these risks. A single biomarker doesn't determine your overall health, it is your energy, cognitive ability, mood, stability, ability to adapt effectively, motivation, strength, drive to do more, optimal physiological function of organ systems, tissues, cells, and mitochondria that will shape and define your true state of health. Thanks again for another great episode Dr. Chaffee. You had a brilliant guest and I look forward to seeing you on his podcast for another discussion.
Excellent video! I had been on statins for high cholesterol since my 40s. I’m now 71. It still kept gradually going up. I recently went off and began eating “carnish” (mostly meat but sometimes cheat, like Dr O). My ldl went up to 206, HDL 80. My doctor yelled at me for stopping the statins, told me I was playing with fire. By the way, I’m slim, exercise daily, happy-go-lucky personality, and all my other bloodwork numbers were perfect!
@@vtgirl1969 Hello,
Thank you for sharing your story. I am happy to hear that you started a carnivorish diet and that you are seeing improvements. Statins deplete Coenzyme Q10 by disrupting the cholesterol cascade (biosynthesis) pathway, which is a natural, biological part of the human body and human development.
Furthermore, LDL is a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol cargo to the liver for recycling. Cholesterol is vital to human development and the primary building block for cell membranes. The main concern is when LDL lipoprotein becomes oxidized due to consuming an improper diet high in carbohydrates and industrial seed oils. However, in general, LDL is not the single marker to look towards to determine your risk of a cardiovascular event or all-cause mortality in that case. More importantly, HDL and triglycerides should be accounted for and the HDL to Triglyceride ratio must be calculated to indicate one's risk of developing a heart attack or stroke.
From the markers you mentioned, your basic blood lipid panel looks fine and your diet is definitely great. Therefore, you are doing awesome. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your story. Take care.
@@vtgirl1969Ive heard a bunch of people say that their blood work is normal and healthy but cholesterol is supposedly high on the carnivore diet. Makes you wonder if the high cholesterol number is actually normal and within range. It absolutely blows my mind when everything else is normal, but the only thing doctors focus on is cholesterol and want to push a statin.
You should have Dr Pradip Jamnadas on your show. His video about Vitamin K and calcification is very interesting.
I agree with you ❤❤
So much gold in here I could not keep up. Thank you for the transcript so that I can quote properly
I did kindly and politely discuss exactly what you described and my doc of 30 years still insisted on following the LDL myths and wanted me on a statin. I then left his office and started looking for another doctor who is not woke and brainwashed and a big pharma shill. Problem is in the entire Toledo area I cannot find a doctor who understands my dilemma. I am afraid of getting sick with something else and won't have a doc I can trust.
the dangerous one is smell dense LDL to clean the arteries if you are not taking blood thinners is very easy and clots and whatever or prevent strokes cayenne can do it for example
if you aint taking drugs and blood thinners nattokinase can clean the arteries in 2 months and hawthorn berry
@easyrider4x. There is always tele-medicine. I did that through covid to get the meds we needed. Reach out to Frontline Doctors for referrals in your area
How is LDL a myth. Even dr Ovada said it isn’t.
Agree to take the medication, but don't take them.
Agree to eat his diet, but don't, you eat the diet that is going to improve everything.
Then fill him in...or don't!!
Love these 2 guys….Thanks so much for everything you do XXX
I have high LP(a). Researching this is like going down a terrifying rabbit hole. I am at a loss what to do. I just turned 59.
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So sugar fried foods and chinese right
41:33 "Insulin reisitance is the number one risk factor for heart disease." Very interesting information! Is it a greater risk factor than smoking?
Smoking negatively impacts insulin sensitivity
There's a link between ex smokers and insulin resistance. I knew a NON diabetic 86 year old lady who quit smoking and fell into a diabetic coma within 3 days. The doctors explained that a hit of nicotine hijacks and imitates an insulin response which over time, the body becomes reliant on the cigarette for an insulin response. Hence so many fat ex smokers.
@36.56 Truth!!! The closest hospital to where I currently live; where an emergency call and ambulance ride would take someone... is NOT equipped to deal with ANY cardiac events!!! They have to go there and be rerouted to another hospital 20 to 30 + minutes away, providing they are able to stabilize the patient enough for transport. The aforementioned hospital that can't treat cardiac patients nearly let a friend of mine die in the hallway waiting after a known heart attack where she was left to sit and wait over 5 hours! It's unacceptable.
If we should not fear saturated fat, is there anything we *should* fear? If saturated fat is not the primary issue for heart disease, then what is? What dietary factors create atherosclerosis?
That is an excellent question, I think the answer broadly lies in eating things that we are not biologically designed to eat. Every species on earth has a very specific diet, and when any animal goes outside of that diet they get serious adverse health effects. More specifically, it's much more likely to be an inflammatory disease precipitated by the same things that would cause diabetes, metabolic syndrome, etc. Namely carbohydrates, sugar, alcohol, smoking, certain drugs, as well as seed oils which have a direct correlation with the rise in heart disease as well and are very pro-inflammatory.
@@anthonychaffeemd I definitely agree with the statement: "Every species on earth has a very specific diet, and when any animal goes outside of that diet they get serious adverse health effects."
Dr. John McDougall made a strikingly similar statement in a TEDx talk just over a decade ago, however, he was making the claim that a low fat diet of starches (potatoes, rice, corn, bread, beans, etc.) with the addition of fruits and vegetables was the best diet for humans. He supported this idea in part by observing all large successful human populations throughout history.
I think a lot of people are interested in the carnivore diet (myself included), and would find a tremendous amount of value if two doctors of opposing views were to interview each other.
I think as a doctor you should reach out to someone like Dr. John McDougall who has a distinctly dissenting view, if for no other reason than great content that would add a lot of value to viewers who are looking to continue to improve and inform their daily dietary choices.
I fear the government.
Seed oils combined with sugar. You will also need to make sure to test your vitamin D3 levels every year. Supplement vitamin D3 with lots of K2 along with magnesium. Keep your electrolytes up also but not too much.
Medical complacency kills!
I could use some help from the #Carnivore community.
I make my own beef tallow. Mostly eat ribeyes. Feeling awesome overall.
After making my latest batch of tallow, my wife and I both feel like we have a brick in our stomach, are nauseous and haven't eaten in three days, no appetite.
We both are convinced it's the beef tallow. When we have a burp up, we can taste the tallow...Any tips on what we can do to make this pass a little faster? Just suck it up and wait? Eat some yoghurt? Any other tips?
Sounds like you might not be fat adapted..........yet. Try apple cider vinegar before you eat and digestive enzymes supplements that will help break down the extra fat intake. I had the same issue until my body was used to the 70/30 fat/protein ratio I do on carnivore. Ribeyes are 70/30 btw.
@@boofoorashani632 thanks for the response. My wife and I both were fine for the last month.
We just want to feel better asap and start eating again. This heavy feeling in our stomach and constantly feeling nauseous is getting really old after three days now.
@@Kvin86 those meals should be long gone after 3 days. You might be coming down with something, or fighting something off. If not, just let your body do it's thing. If you're not hungry and meat doesnt sound good, it may be that your body is happy with less for a time.
@@anthonychaffeemd Thanks for the reply doc.
@@Kvin86 how is your well-being now?
Doc, ever had an issue with someone who couldn’t consume red meat? Stopped eating it 19 years ago due to terrible stomach aches/ gas/ cramping. Going carnivore and just started to consume it again and seem to be okay so far ? Odd situation though
Different things that you eat can be influenced by the other things that you're eating. So if you're eating red meat with a bunch of plants and fiber it can be digested differently and possibly cause a problem. It's also an issue with being conditioned to think it's bad for you, which will naturally make you feel unwell when you eat it. I would get the same response when I would eat something fatty, and now that's my favorite part. But that's great that you're giving it a try and you're doing well with it! I wouldn't worry about what was happening either way, the important thing is that you're able to eat it now and you're doing great.
Great chat gentlemen!
Grass fed beef butter eggs
Hope there will be a research on GKI and Atherosclerosis
Question for you, Dr. Chaffee: how can one lower triglycerides other than cutting out sugar? I have been carnivore since February and my trigs are 153 and HDL is 78. I am not overweight and I do not smoke. Thanks for any answer you’re able to provide!! Love your videos!
Oh, and A1c is 5.6 and blood pressure is not high. :)
My guess is stay carnivore for a longer time period
Update: I read a study that said coffee May affect triglycerides so I stopped drinking coffee. I went from drinking about 4 cups a week to zero. My trigs were tested after about a month of this and they were down to 66! My HDL went up more to 91. Interesting!
@@taradalton8118 were you using a French press? I’ve heard that it doesn’t filter out properly and causes high triglycerides and/or ldl
"Other than cutting out sugar" ???? That's funny. Sugar DESTOYS your system. If you're not willing to give up sugar, you're already lost.
*****A good question for this cardiologist would be, what is he doing in his practice for young adults suffering with myocarditis and pericarditis due to the COVID-19 vaccine.***** the world, or those countries with the highest vaccination rates are dealing with a tsunami of negative health effects! The United States and England are witnessing a 20% increase in all cause mortality. This is based off what insurance companies are reporting for term life insurance policies. If you’re going to trust anyone’s statistics,I trust the insurance industry! A 10% increase in all cause mortality in the life insurance business, is equivalent to a 200 year weather event or three standard deviations from the norm. A single standard deviation from the norm is statistically significant.
Great interview! I like the idea of metabolic marker Monday. :) Maybe you should incorporate that as part of your disclosures before talks at conventions like Low Carb Down Under ...
Today marks 3 years on strict keto/carnivore. I have had 3 CAC scores in my life. 40 was score of 0. At 50 score was 67. At 53 score was 172. I'm 55 years old now and will get another CAC scan this February. Fingers crossed. Lifetime of high triglycerides 400-500 and low HDL 24...A1C was 5.9 weight was 208 lbs. I'm now 170 lbs. A1C is 5.2 Taking prescription fish oil, D3 and K2. Also on low dose statin Crestor with ezetimibe. Triglycerides are now 90! HDL is still low in the 20's. LDL is 66. Total cholesterol is 98. I'm very happy with my labs. CAC scan in February will be very emotional for me if my score is higher. I hear your score increases 20% a year if you don't do anything. I'm doing something....so wish me luck.
Any updates?
Had my 4th CAC Score scan done. Score was 226. So an increase for me. I did some research and found out that statin "stabilize plaque" by accelerating the calcification of your arteries. I also learned about LDL-P and LDL Pattern A & B. I'm LDL pattern B with lots of small dense LDL particles. I should not have been eating all that Saturated fat on keto. If you are LDL Pattern "B" keto is bad for you.
@@KevinSmith-4Liberty
Sorry to hear that! My guess is that the statin is the real enemy here. Those are absolutely horrible. 😔
@PeaceIsYeshua Statins accelerate the calcification of your arteries. I'm off statins now. Just was approved for Repatha 140Mg. Taking Ezetimibe and prescription fish oil capsules. Going ro exercise more and back off some saturated fats....no more dense saturated fats like in cheese and heavy cream and dairy including butter. More olive oil and avocado oil....eating more vegetables and some fruit now. Still low carb.
I'm concerned why your HDL isn't higher.
Keto is great for most people. I agree. Myself, however, when it comes to coffee with buttter, I puke. But you all should be doing it, most especially the version high in saturated fats. I am simply too weak.
There is no need to add butter to coffee. Keto is not 'more fat more fat more fat" it is an adequate amount of fat relative to the diet. People do keto wrong. There is no need to add oils or fats to your coffee if you don't enjoy that. Eat grass-fed fatty meat and if you like coffee have it with some cream.
Dr Chaffee would say to avoid coffee entirely he is a proponent of pure carnivore, meat, water and salt but that isn't something majority of people are willing to do. I still have coffee with heavy cream. An ounce or two of heavy cream once a day in my coffee is something I enjoy.
Dr Chaffee would tell you that he is not always in ketosis because he eats a lot of protein. Protein spikes your insulin to a lesser extent than carbs do but it's still spikes. If you are eating enough protein and healthy fats and staying away from most vegetables, most of the time and avoiding processed food entirely you should be fine.
But do not force yourself to put fat in things that you don't enjoy. Understand that everyone will have their own interpretation and the fact that someone advocates for putting butter and coffee does not mean that this is something you should do. People did not put butter in their coffee thousands of years ago and they were in ketosis most of the time.
In the carnivore diet can you drink different teas like dandelion and green tea
Thank you both for your insights ❤❤
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finding an md that knows this stuff is impossible....how about you guys creating a list for us?
Sadly (imo), Dr. Paul Mason (Sydney, Australia) very recently made a lecture/video in which he very specifically named “dairy” a very serious contributor to heart disease, though he did say it’s not as bad as smoking, or drinking, yadda, yadda. He cited a study (???) that demonstrated insulin spikes post dairy consumption. However, “dairy” is pretty broad. I have to wonder if he literally meant 100% of dairy products, or are there some safe ones that are okay. And, btw, if it is 100% of dairy, then how do we explain the French paradox?
Oops… I forgot to post this:
ua-cam.com/video/rdgS3PuSuyg/v-deo.html
He gets into dairy near the end.
Milk has lactose which is guaranteed to spike your blood sugar. I'd be curious about butter (has some milk in it) and cheese. I can tell you from a personal standpoint that I was keto 8 months ago and eating provolone cheese, heavy cream and butter. I quit those (other than occasional butter) when I went carnivore and lost 25 pounds in a month and a half so it seems like Dr. Mason is onto something.
@@davem4193 Interesting. Thank you.
I knew about milk and low fat dairy, but I’m a butter and heavy cream person. I may need to rethink those two items, though clearly there are people who do quite well on them (ie, Butter Bob Briggs, Bella the Steak and Butter Girl, etc).
No more butter burgers? Drats!
@@karenf9137 I love butter as well and would like to eat more. I've done well with just limited amounts. Bella did a video recently about reading the ingredients in butter and making sure there's no milk in it. I'm going to try ghee for a while, I just made my first homemade batch of it a few days ago. It tastes fantastic, even better than butter in my opinion.
@@davem4193 ty
If I'm eating Carnivore, two meals a day. I'm 80 and should be getting 1500 calories in a sedentary lifestyle, apparently. I typically eat 4 eggs with bacon one meal and 8 oz of hamburger the other. Do I need to worry at all about calories? Is OMAD at 800-1000 calories OK?
Mainstream doctors focus on LDL as you have said, do low-carb doctors focus mainly on A1c and other insulin indicators?
❤ Thank you! My health is important to me and I trust the evidence of my health improving. In Mexico I pay out of pocket and my goal is to he off heart meds. Mostly carnivore, seafood, eggs, a bit of dairy. Evolutionary, lost 20 lbs, better without sugar, carb veggies and the bloat. happy there just want more energy and off meds.
With carnivore 90% I increase my kidney function My GP seems happy No high BP no diabetic no heart decease I am 78 Lost 25 pounds I know some people and friends think I am Crasy No alcool eather
I like your leading My goal is a healthy gut. only. BUT I have lost 2 stone I hope I don't lose Any more weight on ketovore Any sugestions please
Ok, more meat and no sugar, low carbs, low salt, but how much and what kind of fruit to avoid diabetes.
Your body needs salt too much salt is another made-up stat/falsehood. Thought at some point I'd have to cut down my salt inact and realized after turning 66 mu bp was on the high side my Dr prescriped meds which I refused I love my liver. Went on keto lost 10lbs after a month my bp was great and salt is very important on keto. I'd my Dr had her way Id be on statins also again I appreciate my liver my enzymes went from flagged high to very healthy in less then 3 months eating mostly meat, eggs with low carb veggies
Fatty red meat. Liberal salt. Lots of eggs. Lots of butter. How much?? Eat till you are full. No fruit. No vegetables.
Is there a special LDL blood test for HIGH PARTICLE LDL?
Ha! Dr Chaffee! I read that Eat To Live book by Dr Fuhrman. And when I ate like that, back in 2016 or so, omg I was so gassy. Actually no matter what plants I ate, my abdomen was gassy and bubbly and heavy. And it only got worse as the years went by.
Carnivore gives you that flat tight tummy and waist⚡️
I haven’t seen Fuhrman lately but I have seen Mcdougall. Yeah he’s old but frail is for sure the word.
Thank you, both!
My cardiologist did a c reactive check in my blood work it checks if high inflammation in the body.This causes the sticky substance in the arteries.Mine was in range but cholesterol was 6.5 he wasn’t to concerned do the c reactive test when you have your next blood test.
I had labwork and my LDL and cholesterol are high but my Tryglycerides is really low. I don't get it, I thought they have correlation.
Well, that was a very longwinded chat, the summary of which could have been reduced to five or ten minutes without all the unnecessary anecdotal dialogue.🤔
Stay safe, regards Niels.
Your post is very longwinded and could have been reduced to 6 words
Do you have any knowledge on smoking and carnivore? I went carnivore, but two people I know with previous heart disease issues have taken it up based on what I've been saying. This is worrying me a lot as they are both smokers and both still on some heart medications, and it worries me whether smoking and red meat is a problem from some things I've read.
Thanks again!!
Our health is our own responsibility also the decisions we make about it
does anyone know a good version of the carnivore bar you can get in Australia? unfortunately the option Dr Chaffee mentions in his video only ships in the US
I wondered the same thing and did a search and found an online store. I don't think I'm allowed to put links in here but just do a search on 'Carnivore Snacks Australia'.
I love you guy's ❤.
You are the true Doctor's that care about sick people!!"💋
How about the thing that the ARB meds for high bp causes a low igf number and hypothyroidism????
Well, certainly one reason I tune in is too look at Dr Chaffee😜
23:15. Where can I find those quotes exactly.
My husband just diagnosed with A fib. Not sure what he will do yet I'm trying to get him totally carnivore or at least ketovore, but he is a big pop/soda drinker and junk food snacker. Is there any proof of carnivore helping with A fib?
THANK YOU!!!
And there is plenty of protein in plant based diet. Plus healthy muscle building is more reliant on carbs intake to maintain mass
My cholesterol has always been high and I have constantly had to resist doctor's urging to take statins. Recently I had an echocardiogram which revealed NO BLOCKAGE, No Plaque. Looks like I really didn't need those statins after all.
Reading "The Big Fat Surprise; Why Butter, Meat, & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet" by Nina Teicholz changed my life for the better. It speaks to much of what he is saying here. Not only is 'low fat diet' bad advise, but the types of fat recommended are terrible for your health.
For DECADES, we were told that saturated fat is detrimental to your health. HOWEVER, that depends ! If you have high insulin levels (insulin resistant), then you cannot metabolize or process saturated fat adequately.. You will need to drastically lower your low carb intake before you can metabolize saturated fat. When you cut your carb intake then metabolizing red meat / bacon does not become a problem. When you intake bread, pasta, rice, and sugar, the body cannot metabolize the saturated fat at the same time because insulin is too busy burning the carbs. Bacon / eggs / saturated fat could be bad if you are insulin resistant. Secretion of insulin prevents you from burning fat. It is NOT the saturated fat that’s the problem, it is HOW the body is processing it.
The more carbs you eat, the more readily they turn into fat which causes your cholesterol / triglicerides to go up. You CAN eat more saturated fat when your insulin levels are low enough! The body cannot efficiently burn carbs and saturated fat at the same time. It’s either one or the other. If your insulin level is high or out of control, then the saturated fat will clog your arteries and contribute to blood fat. CONSUMING SATURATED FAT IS NOT DANGEROUS IF YOUR INSULIN IS LOW. Diabetics have to take medication because they have been eating a lot of carbs, but then, after taking that medication, they have to eat carbs, otherwise their blood sugar can go too low !