Time to take things more seriously
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- We've all heard it from our doctors "eat less and exercise more" It's easy to put it off when you're younger, but the older i get the more seriously I need to take my health.
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Without your health you can't do the things you love, nor the things you need to.
Very graceful rejection of unsolicited medical advice. I learn all sorts of things from you John.
I'm glad you're taking your health more into consideration. I, for one, love both channels. This one for your personal side, & Black Bear for the instruction. Take care, John.
I’m a trucker and at 35 with two kids and a home I am already trying to think in this mindset, but it’s hard to do there’s always something else to get done besides your personal health. I wish you the best man really enjoy the videos, need you healthy
Work can really cut into the time needed to be healthy
Yep. In the same boat
I usually watch most of what you share……and are grateful for all the “lessons”. Do what you have to do to stay healthy and thanks for sharing a wake up call. You’re the best John.
Great talk, Great Vid! Thanks for sharing.
I have only been watching your main channel for a few days now, but you seem like a wonderful person, and I really enjoy listening to your stories. And just like I am glad I found your main channel, I am glad that I found your personal channel, as well!
It’s not the number of videos, it’s the quality that keeps me coming back. Often I watch videos to be entertained, I watch yours to learn and be inspired to get into my shop. Not only wearing my safety glasses, also wearing my ear protection. 😊
100% support doing what you need to do to take care of your health. Stay well.
It is unlikely that the higher protein intake is the problem. It is more likely that the increase blood sugar is causing your triglycerides to increase. There is a direct correlation between blood sugar levels and triglyceride levels.
I completely agree with this. I would also very strongly not suggest removing saturated fats (animal fats). Bacon and eggs are definitely not the problem. Limiting the bread is a good choice. I would also add in some intermittent fasting. And start small with IF. I've lost 100lbs, reversed insulin resistance (prediabetes), and have never been so healthy as I am at 40. There is so much old medical advise regarding fats and other things that are just wrong (I did so many of them for years, getting bigger and unhealthier). And not all LDL Cholesterol is bad either. Only the Small Dense LDL.
100%. I was going to post this myself. Triglycerides are nearly always tied to refined carb intake. Low carb diets drive triglycerides down
Yes
We want you to stick around as long as possible John! Started taking care of my health a few months ago…..would love to see if you are using any new video gear or software. Thanks for your time John
I'll keep that in mind for a future video
Thanks as always John. I am grateful and entertained by you and your channels and whatever you share is always very welcome . 1 or 2 a month is definitely better than 0 but 3 or 4 would not be as enjoyable if it compromised your health or added stress . Never feel full or satisfied without carbs myself, bread or tatoes all the things your cutting down on so good luck.
Thanks John. Looking forward to watching your success. The best plan is the one you follow. As always, it's a joy to watch your videos. You continue to inspire!
We all need the exercise 😂 Best of luck man.
Without your health there will be no more videos. It's that simple. More than one video a week is too many for me. I am subscribed to about 50 UA-cams so I can run out of time to watch them easily. Also I do not watch any of the "shorts" nor do I like speeded up video.. And I like what I do watch to be in the 20 to 25 minute range. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Well John. We are about the same age and what you are experiencing is not an easy change. I too grew up on eggs, meat and spuds for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch. But as we get older things change. Stay active and aim high. Best of luck from central Pennsylvania.
I turned 54 this year, I am having heart surgery here in the next month.
The only medical advice I would give someone is don't take your health for granted, listen to your doctor and do not keep things from the doctor. I did it for many years and it took a heart attack to wake me up.
I remember when there was only 1 channel, keep healthy, I will keep you in my prayers. I have learned so much from you and been influenced greatly by your work. I would like to for many years to come
Best of luck with your surgery, I hope your feeling better soon.
@@JohnSwitzer you as well.
John, do what feels best for you and Janet! Once winter sets in, the exercise is honestly tougher to get motivated about! Loved the glimpse of the cabin project. Every time I go to my Doctor, I start off with, I know, lose 10# and eat better, what else?😂
Absolutly brotha! ALL of us MEN no matter what age need to take our health VERY seriously!!!
Take care of your health first . That's the most important. I just went through a fun ordeal with prostate cancer and everything was put on hold until that was taken care of . Thanks for sharing John .
Glad to hear they were able to take care of it.
Listened to a great podcast the other day about the benefits of fiber in our diet. Might be worth a list when you’re exercising. BBC instant genius channel.
John, thank you for sharing! I am with you 100% on that we need to take our health seriously. Following this advise is not always easy.
I love eggs and bacon and cheese. What really helped me was finding easy sources of fiber to eat throughout the day, like apples, carrots, and sugar snap peas.
Hello John, I am in the same situation as you healthwise. But, that french bread and cheese sounded really good! Please take care. I/we appreciate all your videos. Thank you for sharing.
I hope your health turns the corner and you get the results you need. Take care John.
We love you John, take good care of your health and do whatever you enjoy the most!
I totally understand John, i need alot more exercise and alot less carbs and snacks! We're happy to follow along on your journey!
I’ve had a lot of success following a modified “Mediterranean diet“ the book something like a paleo diet. This allowed me to totally reverse my diabetes and bring my blood lipid levels to a healthy point I would be happy to chat with you about what has worked for the past 15 years.
That is the one style of eating my doctor did recommend.
Thanks for the update John and I hope your health improves and that you find a better work/life balance!
While improvement would be nice, the big thing is not allowing things to cross the line into being unhealthy. Fixing things before they become problems
I really in joy all of your videos I know what you are going through I have the same problem I just pray for God to help you get it in control
Frankly John, as a consumer of your videos, I rarely watch the second channel, and even this one, unless it just happens to show up when I'm on youtube, (like it did today) but your main channel, I look for every Sunday, and even on the xtreamly rare occassion you are doing something I'm not interested in I'll let it run in the background to help keep your veiw hours up. As for a blacksmith that needs more exercise . . .
Wonderful that you are taking better care of yourself! God bless you in your efforts!
I have found that changing one aspect of life at a time is my key to success. I am more likely to revert back to an unhealthy lifestyle if I try to dive in all at once.
Perhaps an unedited 5 minute "Vlog" of a small amount of your daily walks would be rather nice. Keeps videos flowing while helping you stay on top of those walks. Good luck Mr Switzer!
I do like that idea,but can almost never get through a video without having to stop and re phrase something I didn't say correctly.
@JohnSwitzer I understand that for sure. I tried making some videos myself and it took almost all day and I hardly got anything forged!
Hello sir. More videos in this channel will be great.
I will try my best
Take care of yourself John!
Well said. Keep up the good work!
I've had 2 family members have warnings about being pre type2 diabetic. One followed doctors advice and doesn't have to take medication, while the other thought they knew best and is now taking medication 3 or 4 times a day
Sometimes these lessons are hard learned.
I will pray for good health so you can be the strong bear that you are. And please do the things that make you happy life is too short godbless you and yours john much love from arkansas.
You need to watch Dr. Ken Berry videos on your health. Very helpful.
I cannot like this comment enough
I've dropped 25lbs using his (Dr Berry) advise. I think mainstream media is in with big pharma and the food industry. Just look at who owns the food(hint is is the big tobacco companies that lost their bread n butter when the govt got involved). Good luck with your doctor.
Take care of your health we enjoy you making videos.
I think you're doin great I'm 53 and have not been nice to myself and it's starting to show ...gosh darn it
Only you can fix you, it’s up to you to get yourself back in good standards with your Doctors concerns.
Hey John:
You do what YOU need to do to to keep on keeping on. We, your subscribers would rather have less videos per month for more years than see your obituary in a paper!
When you want to up your game with walking, try rucking. Take a backpack with some weight (maybe put a couple gallons of water jugs in it). That bit of weight does wonders for strength and endurance.
Good on ya Jon. Stick to it brother!
Looks to me like you get a fair amount of exercise in just walking out to your different forge areas and if you start walking to work on your cabin that should add a fair amount to your walking. I wish you well and good health, I'd like to be able to still be watching you and getting more good ideas from you once I'm retired and can get to doing more with my forge. Take care.
Just take care of your self!
As Joe Rogan said once, (roughly) "Time is like a thief. Every day it is trying to rob you of a little bit of strength and vitality. You have to fight it back on a daily basis." Fight the good fight!
Welcome to the joys of having an aging body...
As someone who doesn't intentionally work out, but bikes to work, I am a big fan of incidental exercise. How many times did you walk in and out of the cabin to set up the camera, get the shot, then retrieve the camera?
Several, but I don't keep count
Most doctors know what is best for their patients
Most Doctors don't have a clue about nutrition. Get yourself on a Carnivore diet and your blood work will drop back in the good category.
good luck with all.
The way I drive, I don’t worry about my cholesterol.
Welcome to the club, it's all part of living to an old age in a modern world.
Sure beats the alternative
Take your doctor's advice and maybe a nutritionist. I wish I could be as active as you are but arthritis in every joint in my body limits what i can do
a heavier nutrient rich organic dark sourdough bread instead of depleted white bread. Sugar intake via fructose, sucrose, simple carbohydrates (white bread), etc. are more of a concern than proteins that contain cholesterol. Our main source of cholesterol is not food intake but manufactured by the liver. Liver health is most important.
pasta and carb is what effects triglycerides, Been fighting the same problem for 34 years since my first heart attack.
You might look into DDP Yoga as well as a light bread. There's one from Sara Lee that is a whole grain. Not sure if you have that in your area. It's they're 45 Delightful Multigrain. I find it helps with the bread cravings while being healthier. With the DDP Yoga, a lot of people have benefited from it.
I think I remember hearing you talk about drinking a couple of beers on one of your main channel videos. That's a pretty big source of carbs. Maybe you should look into seltzers. They practically have no carbs, and they make them in MANY types of flavors. Surely you could something that your tastebuds could enjoy!
We really don't drink much beer. Generally we split one if we go out for Mexican food once a week.
I was having same cholesterol issues was taking stations until severe lower back pain I had a bad knee after total knee replacement my cholesterol went back to normal my doctor put me on the plant based diet carbs are your enemy not meat and eggs
I wish merging channels was an option. A way to stealth upload without them showing up as notifications. Keep them but then the content being separate because you do not hold them to the same type or standard. Yeah… 50 bucks adds up over a year. Maybe delete once it falls off enough.
The ability to merge channels would be nice.
I don’t worry about cholesterol, it’s high blood sugar that will cause inflammation. Carbs and sugar will get you.
Taking advice from the internet is not a bad thing, you just need to run it by your doctor first... Random people are still people. Some of them are pretty smart.
Can you move the shorts from BBF2 to the main channel? I don't do many shorts to worry about it. :)
I could re upload those, but I have actually found that the shorts seemed to bring down the long form videos. UA-cam recommends a new video to established viewers and the shorts viewer don't watch the longer videos, so it seems to cause UA-cam to not keep recommending the video.
Hi John, my Dr told me to eat more meat a couple of years ago. I had low protein and was pre diabetic. So now my blood sugar good but my cholesterol is high. Hard to find a balance.
So true,
You mean you’re going to take advice from a professional who went to school for 8+ years and studies and reads about human health? Good for you! Best of luck on your new habits!
a good advice is to take no advice from random guys of the interweb
Look up metabolic syndrome. It's all related. Diabetes is not fun and has dire consequences. A 30 minute walk daily can really help.
Cut out the bacon it will do you wonders 😊👍
This is not medical or fitness advice just what I did. After a severe back injury and waiting for workers compensation to approve the surgery I gain about 30lbs over 5 years of inactivity. I finally got approved for the surgery and the surgeon told me that I had to lose about 30lbs before the surgery. At the time I was on a 20lb lifting restrictions and I couldn't stand and walk for more than 15-20 minutes at a time before I'd start losing feeling in my legs and if I pushed too long my legs would give out and I'd fall over. I changed my diet slightly to include a vegetable of some kind with every meal and just a salad for lunch three times a week. With meats I concentrated on more lean cuts and incorporated as much wild game as I could, mostly deer and squirrel with occasional rabbit. I never have eaten a whole lot of breads or pastas, so there wasn't much to cut out there. Exercise was probably the hardest thing to figure out with the limitations I had. Three to five times a week I'd walk as far as I could carrying a small hunting stool with me before my legs gave out, then sit in the stool for 30-45 minutes to let my back calm down and then walk back. Sometimes I had to sit back down before getting back to the house. During two summers leading up to the surgery I would go to the lake and swim for about an hour to an hour and a half 3 times a week (weather permitting). I also did fitness band exercise given to me by the physical therapist three times a week. The therapy band set that I bought from Wal-Mart came with a description of different exercises you could do, most of which were the same ones given to me from therapy and a couple that I couldn't do until after the surgery.
I hope this helps someone.
God bless.
I love the videos. They are the reason I started doing some smithing at home.
Don’t let them lie to you John. Research carnivore diet. I’m on it currently and never felt better.
Surely you ate other things than bacon and eggs, too. It's a bit presumptive to conclude. Ok, bacon isn't great with the salts, but that's another matter. Of course, nor is it a tempting prospect to experiment on oneself.
I've been listening to interviews with a norwegian scientist, professor Svihus, that works with bad cholesterol. He is critical of the nutrition advice that is given, and says:
1. He is not getting data to support that eggs and animal fats raise bad cholesterol (LDL). The research that governments and MDs cite for that is 50 years old, from the days of hydrolysed margerine of types since banned.
2. Only Virgin olive oil and coconut oil make little bad cholesterol. Cold pressed rapeseed is OK at best. All the others are bad.
3. The number one problem is processed foods, because no matter what the foods contain it is more managable for the body if it is locked in a cell structure and your body has to work to get it out.
That means that also juice and smoothies, often deemed healthy, are quite bad. Sugar spikes aren't just bad for diabetes, when the liver is overwhelmed with sugars it stores it by making LDL.
4. People don't make plant based margerine to do the public health a favor. They do it because the ingredients are cheap and the profit margin huge. But they play the poorly documented health card for all it's worth.
I want to see more of your videos, don't ruin it for me.
Meat is cruel and unhealthy.