Big Fat Nutrition Policy | Nina Teicholz 

I work in a large hospital in Houston, TX. If you want a honey bun, bag of chips, and 20 ounce, sugary drink at 2 a.m., you'll have no problem getting them. If you want real food, you had better bring it with you. After you get finished with the vending machine, turn around to see them touting their "heart research," advertised on the elevator door.

One thing she didn’t talk about is our sugar intake is up 50% since the 70s. Why? Because they took all the fat out of the food. Which makes it taste bad. So they put in sugar because it taste better.

Does anybody else find it odd that if you eat like the food pyramid, you will look like it.

In July of 2022 I prepared myself for giving up sugar for a month. I told myself that on August 1, 2022 I wasn't going to eat sugar for 31 days. At the end of July I found out I had gluten sensitivity by reading a book and researched about it. On August 1, 2022 I gave up both gluten and sugar and I felt amazing. After 31 days of being sugar free I was finally able to admit to myself that I have a sugar addiction and decided adding sugar back into my diet was not ideal for me. I soon figured out i'm lactose intolerant, sensitive to corn. allergic to soy (crazy cuz everything have soy in it) my stomach can't tolerate seed oils and artificial sugars. All these sensitivities that I have is crazy. I'm full black and I grew up eating junk food and buying the cheapest items in the stores. I use to shop at Walmart and buy great value food products now I can't even buy great value food products because it's all full of junk that my stomach can't digest properly or soy that im allergic to. I try to educate other blacks but all I say seems to fall on death ears. My highest weight was 280 pounds two years ago and now i'm in the 160s and I dont feel like im on a diet at all I just know what I can eat and what I need to stay away from. I really enjoy eating and don't feel the need to over eat and when i'm not hungry I dont eat. I dont eat any grains, dairy, soy, sugar and flours and I feel like a million bucks.

"The American diabetes association is almost 100% supported by the pharmaceutical companies that makes insulin" It says it all.

After 13 years of following a high starch plant-based diet both on the advice of my physician and thanks to movies like Forks Over Knives and Hungry for Change, I'm 50 lbs overweight. Since moving to a low carb, mostly meat and fat centric diet, I've already lost six inches off my waist in less than a month!!

Ask any doctor how much time was spent in medical school studying nutrition, and that will tell you everything you need to know about the true goals of the health care industry. You want to live a long and healthy life, stay the hell away from the health care, processed food, and pharmaceutical industries.

As an 83 year old carnivore/keto man. Glad to have seen this, why because I am constantly told I will die sooner than later… I’m stronger feel great I can look in a mirror and see a 50-60 year old… I do no heavy exercise but do chores etc! walking a lot… Live in NYC a car is not necessary….

I dropped 70+lbs and reversed my fatty liver that I had for 10+ years in about a year doing Keto, plus I’m putting muscle back on that I lost on starvations diets from the past. I also have to thank Dr. Eric Berg and Dr. Darren Schmidt for helping me to turn my health around.

I am old enough to remember when I was little that not only hardly anybody was fat, or even plump, but when women wanted to lose a few pounds to fit their best frock better on Saturday, they stopped eating potatoes, bread, cakes and biscuits for a few days. They ate all the meat, eggs, cheese etc. These foods were considered nutritious. My mother called bread and potatoes ‘fillers’.

My grandad saved his children and their children ... and their children by his experience working in a margarine factory during WW2. It was such a disgusting dark-coloured and rank smelling slop that was bleached and coloured to look like butter. I grew up eating butter, unlike all my school friends in the 80s, and none of us believed the margarine ads on TV, because we knew Pa's story. I can't imagine the ailments my whole family would have today if we'd listened to the health advice of the government. Interestingly, the people who married into the family, and refused to convert to butter, have had cancer and high cholesterol/blood pressure. I wonder ...

Another thing I love about this woman... When she answers the question about her team and talks about its diversity, she's not talking about race, gender, sex orientation, etc... It's about their knowledge, skills, and background. The things that really define us, so refreshing. We need more people like her.

Alot of the stuff we were told was to help sell more corn and soybean products. Very bad for our people. Kellogg's got rich though.

One of the most important videos on YT! And frankly, I'm surprised it's still here.

Every now and then a voice crying in the wilderness comes among us to make us change the way we think about the status quo - Nina is one of those.

She failed to mention that Ancel Keys studied 22 countries but only used the data of 7 because that's how he " fit" his hypothesis to the data

How many of our loved ones suffered and died early due to this recommended food pyramid all about greed and power!

The medical industry is in the business of treating dis ease, it's not in their interest to prevent it. When you realize this you'll understand that doctors are not experts on nutrition.

My daughter and I just watch the documentary 1969 Woodstock and that's exactly what we noticed. Not one person at that concert was even a little bit overweight.

Wow! It's fascinating how so much public nutrition policy is based on nothing more than an unproven hypothesis, in fact a now disproven one! Thank you for doing this work, Nina.

When I was a kid everyone cooked with lard, and there were only 2 fat boys in my town, and they were both the kids of two different bakers. So, there you have it; they ate bread every day (carbs). In this town, avocados are everywhere and we ate them daily.

I can confirm that many "scientists" are no longer required to "distrust" themselves, but instead to double down on the position that pays the best. Real science is hard and must be held to the highest levels of scrutiny. If a study cannot be replicated then it is as good as trash.

I cooked and fed 6 type 2 diabetics for several years based on ADA recommendations. That was 10 years ago when the last one died, early I might add. I became a type 2, 7 months ago. The dietician (at the VA hospital I might add), gave me the ADA guidelines. I looked at that and then at her. "F*ck that" I said, threw her dietary guidelines in her waste basket and walked out. Went out, cut the carbs to 20 - 40 a day. Upped my protein. Two weeks later my glucose crashed, called my doctor. He took me off two of the three medications I was on. Went in a month later, doctor says you are the BEST diabetic ever. Nobody pays attention to the dietician. I didn't have the heart to tell him what I'd done. I will on my next visit. Three months later my A1c went from 12.6% to 5.8% in three months, my cholesterol went down, my triglycerides normalized. I'm still on one drug, but it looks like I'll be off it soon. I lost 40 lbs, I'm sedentary. My exercise is going grocery shopping once every 2 weeks, with this pandemic (I'd be more active if I could hit the road). I'm a 64 year old woman, 5 foot tall total. I was 178 lbs when I started. I'm at 136 lbs now. Nine pounds to go and I'll start trying to maintain in the 115 - 125 range. The ADA needs to be schooled, by diabetics. BTW, Weight Watchers are going in the hole.

Nina, I cannot even begin to tell you how much I appreciate the 10 years of your life you spent to bring us such a profound disclosure. you are my hero

Wow! Did you notice how this speaker defends her positions with facts that are hard to refute? Impressive in the extreme.

I gained a lot of weight during the pandemic and started looking for solutions. I found the Keto/LCHF diet and lost 25 Kg in about a year. It's the biggest scandal of our times what happened. Kudos to Nina for uncovering the truth 👏

My primary doctor is awesome. I had high cholesterol and she told me to keep away from carbs. I took her advice and my weight went from 160 to 139 in 3 1/2 months. I wasn't even on a diet just no carbs and sugar. I feel much better. Soooooo not all doctors are ignorant when it comes to diet. I love my doctor!

I’ve read “The Big Fat Surprise”. It’s an excellent book, but was no surprise to me. I grew up in the 1960s and 70s. In those days, everyone knew that carbohydrates were fattening ( we didn’t talk about “ healthy” and “unhealthy” foods then). Then, in the 1980s, we were told that fatty foods (such as red meat, eggs, and butter) were “unhealthy” and that we should eat a lot of carbs, instead. The result- people got very fat. It should have been obvious to anyone who remembered the 60s and 70s, that the low-fat dietary advice was flawed, but unfortunately almost everyone was brainwashed by the propaganda.

I switched to animal fats and a low carb high fat diet several years ago. A recent heart cath showed no blockages at all. I am 67 years old and that is exceedingly rare. Carbs give me hideous amounts of gas, bloating, and cause rapid weight gain. I eat eggs, bacon, ham and sausage nearly every day but no toast and a rare biscuit on special occasions. When I was eating a high carb diet and exercising heavily I gained weight and it wasn't muscle. When the carbs went away so did my weight.

I stopped exercising and lost 50 pounds. (Because I also gave up carbs.)

I am just starting out on this low carb, natural food, high fat journey and it's been such a huge awakening. Hard to believe how the food industry has strangled the scientific community for so long. Thank god for Nina and her supporters in medicine and science for shedding light on this.

Also, Ancel studied more than 7 countries - I think it was around 20 but he left out the ones that didn't corroborate the result he was looking for.

This presenter is logical, balanced, and without rancor where there have been violations, which keeps her mind clear. She encourages sound minded investigation, and in depth evidence. Thank you.

I forgot to mention my brother was 360 lbs at 5'11 at 40 years of age with insulin dependant diabetes. Within 3 years on no carb diet he is 170 lbs. He eats red meat and bacon everyday. He takes one metformin daily. He was insulin dependant for 20 years.

I really enjoy Ms. Teicholz's truthful and fact based presentation and style, as well as her substantive message. The Institute should do everything it can to have her back.

Ansel Keys said that Miocardial infarction was caused by fats. But cigarette smoking is a most important factor. In 1965 most people use to smoke in the world. Today most people don't smoke. Great Nina .

I thank Ancel Keys. This is a perfect illustration of how most scientific "truths" come to be held by normal people. This is the story that made me realise that science is next to impossible in a world where people take pride in being "scientific". Evryone is then afraid of being the one to point out weaknesses, and those who do are labelled as being unscientific, or worse, deniers. This is going on everywhere, not only in nutrition.

I've lost 10+ kilos in 2 years on keto and intermittent fasting. I entered the lifestyle slowly and never felt like it required a lot of discipline. Once I'm in, it feels really natural without struggle or cravings.

This has been a very informative discussion. I have been on the Carnivore Diet for the past 4 months. Prior to this I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, hypertension plus other inflamation causing diseases/ailments. I have lost 35lbs., my blood sugar is normal and normal bp plus no more aches in my body. I am not going back to the standard diet.

I'm so glad you did this. Personally you are my hero! I had lots of my family members died from doctors recommending the wrong foods. I began searching because now I'm insulin resistant. Keep up the good work 👏

A degree doesn't matter that much, commitment and dedication do.

55 year old male i went carnivore 8 months and i am so happy i did my life has changed all for the good, i had an accident and sat in chair for 20 months while i waited for spinal surgery i am still very inactive but i have lost 50 pounds and the doc cant believe how good my blood work came back last week

WOW....where does one start. Totally informational, educational, clear command of the subject matter (10 years of her life committed to this, 10 years!), in my view, clear understanding and mastery of the needed science based on valid and detailed and structured investigation...just outstanding job, no matter what beliefs you have, or have had over the years...this presentation clearly challenges current thinking, guidelines, etc. I am super glad there is an active "advocacy group" taking leadership. Also, as I ramble on, finding this on You Tube by "accident" just speaks to the need for the advocacy, the science needed, etc. to get the message out about the "issues/flaws" of past "studies" and get valid studies done..no matter what the results. Bravo, bravo, Ms. Teicholz...thank you!!!!

70 years fighting fat finally friend told me about keto so l tried it and effortlessly lost 25 lbs in 5 months. Now granddaughter has started by just stopping sugar and lowering carbs and eating more real fats. Word of mouth is getting out.... In ketosis

maybe she mentions this later but the study was of 22 countries and he took the 7 that supported his theory.

Great lecture. You can tell she really knows her stuff and is not influenced by any corporate or governmental entity.

I stopped counting calories a few years ago and started counting nutrients instead. Most carb-rich foods instantly removed themselves from my diet as their nutrient profiles were too low.

The founding fathers must be rolling in their graves to see how we let the government tell us how to live It’s shameful

I have been on the Carnivore diet for two weeks and have lost 6.5 lbs and feel great. My hip pain in gone in one week. Wake up people! Since 1980 I have gained no matter what I did on the standard American diet. Now I’m losing weight for the first time in 25 years.

I like her, especially when she talks about her skepticism and joked she should live off grid. She is so me

“Science isn’t supposed to be political.” - 2020 and 2021 have a word with you

8 months ago I was 55 yo and weighed 270. Today, after adopting a Keto lifestyle and practicing intermittent fasting, I am down to 210. My goal is to get and stay below 190 lbs (which will put me around 15% body fat) for the rest of my life.

This video should be required viewing for all Humans.

I used to be really fat, and I was on the verge of developing some serious health conditions. I remember not being able to tie my shoelaces and my sleep suffered as well. My life changed when I finally set my mind to the thinking that anything is possible if you decide to do it. I took a meal plan to start with. I created it online, from Next Level Diet, which was super helpful to me. I didn't have to worry about calories, macros, nutrients and all that stuff. I just focused on walking long distances and exercising after I got on a level where I could do some simple workouts. I hope my story will inspire you to do the same. To change your body you must first change your mind!!

You ask "what happened in 1980?" You probably don't know because you are old enough. 1980 was when all women went to work and there was no one home to cook nutritional meals anymore. The entire family began to eat fast food, microwave dinners, oversized portions at restaurants and so on.

Not a doctor...........Just a lot smarter then one! Great Lecture. I am on Keto and I have never been healthier and happier.

Thank you NINA for your courage .

My parkinism,dystonia, chronic fatigue and depression got much worse on the vegan and vegetarian diets. I'm only 38. I've lost my vegan friends (judge me), but upon researching healthy, whole food ketogenic diet for my brain, I'm switching and hopefully save my life.

According to my intensive research... yellow fingers are caused by Cheetos

My husband's grandmother (Paternal) lived until 99 years 8 months of age with a cholesterol level between 300-400 (this is her "bad" cholesterol). They should do a latent study on the older population as we know what they were NOT eating. Just a thought...

I've been drinking whole milk, eating eggs and meat, fish and butter practically everyday of my life. I and my siblings, look 10 years younger than we are. But, I also had been a top athlete for 20 years and physically active on a moderate level since with good blood pressure. If I didnt smoke, I'd be the best example of being the picture of great health on this diet.

The Danish Diabetes Association, of which I am a member, recently had an article out called "The Battle of the Diets", because more and more Danish diabetics are shunning the official recommendations (which are based on all that fat research from the US), of 60% of energy coming from carbs, eat low fat alternatives, more vegetable oils etc. They put a disclaimer saying they might be wrong about the previous recommendations, but there wasn't enough evidence to give new guidelines, and diabetics should do what works best for them. Well, I followed the guidelines exactly, as a type 1 diabetic since age 14 (30 now), and guess what? I never had normal blood sugars, as that of a healthy person, but was under what was considered acceptable for insulin treated diabetics. The international guidelines are so lax when it comes blood sugar control, because no one is able to have normal blood sugars eating 60% of their energy needs from carbs. Now I've been diagnosed with autonomic neuropathy and mild gastroparesis, even as a compliant diabetic, due to abnormal blood sugars. I switched over the Dr. Richard K. Bernstein's low carb diet, who himself has been a type 1 for 73 years and still working as a doctor at age 85, and has a youtube channel. Now I have almost normal blood sugars, only in a few months, something that 16 years of following the recommendations wasn't able to do.

The women's health initiative is one of the most destructive clinical trials, ever. My mom was part of it and still believes that low fat, especially polyunsaturated fat is the way to go for health. Ironically, she's one of the least healthy people I know.

Thank God for Ninas who bravely & intelligently decide to dance to a different tune for truly better health. She's done her homework then unselfishly shared it with the world. Thanks, Nina, for your awesome talk.

That was amazing. Unbelievable what the public has been deceived into believing.

This was wonderful! The presentation and also the Q&A!! I loved the book Nina wrote; I read it 5 years ago and it made all the difference in the research I have done on my health. My husband and I follow a ketogenic diet with select leafy greens and essential no processed sugars or grains. Our lab work at age 65 and 66 is all normal; with a slight elevation in our LDL...which is a good thing! The BEST thing is the absence of hunger because meat satisfies. Thank you for this great talk!

I can recall my stats professor showing the correlation between the number of movies Nicolas Cage started in and the number of drownings in the US. 😂

My fasting glucose put me squarely into pre-diabetic at 6.1 mmoL. The writing was on the wall and I was headed to T2 Land if I continued. I have been on keto diet since October 2022 and now March 2023, I have lost 17.5 lbs and my BMI is mid 23. My last blood test puts me on the threshold at 5.6 mmoL. I have switched off vegetable oil and to Tallow / Lard / Ghee / Butter fat, less than 20g of carbs and very satiated with red meat, and stay away from grains, and all matter of sugar. I had to increase Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium to balance my electrolytes as my body has been in ketosis. Bottom line, I am healthier and looking forward to the next blood test. Great presentation and huge affirmation on my course of action.

The tobacco industry took their marketing cues from the sugar cane growers. In the 1950's, they determined that if people started cutting fat out of their diets they would eat more sugar. Soon afterwards, sugar beet growers joined in, and by the 1970's, the processed food industry developed an industrial process to make Fructose from corn syrup. A lot more financial concerns began lobbying the government to help them sell their products. The government exists to promote commerce, not to look after your health.

"Maybe just one of you watching online" lol. with over a quarter million views on this channel alone! Good for you!

50 years ago I was in medical school in France. My parents sent me all of the American textbooks and I had the French ones. Here's what Guyton said. Carbohydrates protect fat, fat protects protein. That means you can't burn fat until you deplete your carbohydrate reserves. If you don't eat carbs for 48 hours you will deplete them and you can start burning fat. It also talked about how eating too many carbs would cause the beta cells in the pancreas to hypertrophy causing hypoglycemia and would eventually burst causing diabetes. I went on a zero carb diet for one year and lost 40 pounds. So I've known about it longer than most doctors have been alive.

She’s right about the 70’s. I was a teenager in the seventies. Everyone was slim, I absolutely don’t remember any fat kids in high school. Fast food wasn’t a thing for me, I couldn’t afford it. I spent what ever money I had on my interest, which was clothes. Food was eaten at home.

Diagnosed with T2D in Sep 2020, along with super high BP and weight of 264 Lbs, the ER were rushing to get me in the Cat Scan machine because I was dangerously close to either going into a diabetic coma or having seizures. A month later, at my Dr.'s office, my A1C was 10.8, my cholesterol very high and my liver enzymes were bringing me close to possibly developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease... I started researching how I could make changes and that's when I found the Keto Diet, as well as supplements to help both my liver and cholesterol levels. By Nov, my A1C was down to 8.8, Jan it was down to 5.9, both in Mar & May it was 5.4 and I will have it checked again in a few weeks, but I have already had it consistently controlled as of Mar. I have since added intermittent fasting and worked my way up to fasting between 18-20 hours daily with no problems with this whatsoever. I skip breakfast altogether and eat a fairly large brunch with a moderate portioned dinner, usually with both meals being consumed within a 4 hour window. I also drink only when I'm thirsty to prevent sodium loss and use plenty of Redmond ancient sea salt. As a result of my dedication, my liver enzymes and blood pressure stabilized, with much improvement in my cholesterol. My doc lowered my T2D meds and took me off of HZTZ completely. Now, just 11 months after that dreadful day at the ER, I weigh 172 lbs! Though I initially went on Keto to improve my physical health, it's benefit was also this whopping 92 lbs. lost in just 11 months! I never got the so-called "Keto Flu," so I don't even know what that is. I also have zero problems staying on very low carbs, eating between 14-23 net carbs per day. I also never saw a "Keto plateau" that lasted more than 2 weeks or so, which prompted me to change something small (i.e. switching the times I ate or temporarily flipping my portions for a day or two until, voilà, I was back to losing weight again and could easily revert back to my previous manner of eating). It seems that, sometimes, I just have to do something small to kick my body back into weight loss mode. Now my Dr. tells me that she wishes I could coach her other diabetic patients, but I have learned by TRYING NEEDLESSLY to help my younger sister, who has had out of control diabetes for well over 10 years, that you CAN NOT coach anyone into being motivated enough to truly control themselves, despite the fact that she can clearly see how much it has benefitted me. Sadly, no one can teach someone else self-discipline, especially after they have been afflicted for so long that they no longer have any hope left to give. Doctors, who are quick to please big pharma by writing constant prescriptions are failing to actually help their patients and bringing them to such a state of despair that they lose their will to try anything different. Sadly, this means that I will likely live long enough to see my little sister's last days. They are about to put her on insulin, which will be her death sentence... and there's nothing I can do to convince her that she does not need insulin since insulin resistance is the problem for type-2 diabetics to begin with. She is already churning out so much insulin that her body is, literally, ignoring it! How is giving her more going to help her in the long run? 😥 Wed, 17 Nov UPDATE: My A1C was, once again, 5.4 on my Oct Dr. visit. She took me off all diabetes & blood pressure meds and I am maintaining my glucose & bp just fine with Keto and IF only. I also lost 10 more pounds, for a grand total of 102 pounds lost in 14 months, though my weight loss has slowed. However, I am now within 27 pounds of my goal weight, so why stop? If it ain't broke, don't fix it! 😉☺😁

The dude talking about salt (at 50-ish minutes) makes so much sense in the context of one of my coworkers who is overweight! She has told me she never adds salt to anything, but I know she eats like an entire medium sized bag of cheetos and the like pretty often (along with bigger portions of whatever else). Her brain is trying to find salt wherever it can so she tries to eat more and what she eats more of is carbs. Gah. Very sad. Interesting information, though.

She is amazing in Q & A. Interesting how a non medico can know more than most medicos

Tom Naughton did a documentary on a lot of this in 2009, 5 years before her book. There are a lot of people that have been talking about this subject for a while. I am glad to see it getting more attention and to see that it is coming out in prominent forums.

Same issues with debating about efficacy of Corona Vaccines.

Nina Teicholz is a huge catalyst for change in our world. Bravo to her!

All this information needs to be turned into a Netflix documentary to reach a wider public. I switched from a 7+ year vegan to keto/carnivore just 3 weeks ago and never felt this great. Everyone should at least give it a try for 30 days and then decide whats the healthiest nutrition for their body.

Amazingly brilliant presentation. Thank you Cato Institute and special thanks to Nina for her scholarly yet clearly communicated research and data. Grateful for the scholarship!

This talk is amazing and something EVERYONE should watch. Especially those who discredit the carnivore diet or headstrong vegans and people who believe saturated fats are bad. This is quite possibly the biggest corruption in human nutrition

That was a great talk. What I found most enlightening was how much policy is based on epidemiological studies, rather than hard science and data. We're so lucky to have people in this world like Nina. It's obvious how much work she's done. Just so solid on all her points, and answering a couple of sticky questions with no defensive attitude at all. She knows her stuff.

Not easy to go against a brick wall. Epidemiology has not helped mankind. Nina Teicholz has chosen to dig deeper into better nutrition & health & share her findings with us. Big thank you, Nina.

So I started eating a diet of beef and brocolli and my cholesterol and blood pressure went way down. My doctor told me to stop that and do the DASH

Thank you Nina!

Adding my heartfelt thanks to you, Nina, for the extraordinary amount of effort you continue to put into educating us about the "real truth" of nutrition and its effects on health. All the best to you, and may you see a pyramid of building success as a result of your work!

My Doctor still tells me to eat fiber and multi grain bread to prevent colon cancer. I just smile at him and shake my head. Carnivore has put me in type 2 diabetes remission. Perfect cholesterol, and A1C.

Life changing presentation 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thank God for a balanced presentation without sanctimony!

I don't know much about Cato or how this was all set up, but I was hopping for a lot more young people to be in attendance to learn from this presentation. I'm 31 and just in the past year have learned how much of a farce our political and nutritional ecosystem really is. I'm just glad Cato has an open mind and not seemingly promoting an agenda. Science can be manipulated and Covid really showed that.

Born in early 60s. I distinctly recall my family’s switch to margarine. We were the guinea pigs for this diet shift. We never consumed a lot of butter before that, but oddly, the margarine intake was higher, plus the plastic container (complete w/Bisphenol A) made great cereal bowls.

great job Nina, it really sucks that I had to figure all this out on my own about a 1.5 years ago, I hope you can get the nation if not the world to see the truth. I started on a keto diet then went zero carbs best decision of my life.

I recently suffered a severe Heart failure event, and I very nearly died, I am in the UK, my cardiologist told me to ignore the NHS diet and just restrict my intake of Carbohydrates. The weight is dropping off me. I feel great, and I never feel hungry.

This woman is awesome. Thanks for your investigative journalist. You are a true journalist. You don't have to be a scientist. You are serving a higher purpose! You are aggregating all their data and finding the truth! Thank you again! XD

Keep going this is your time your breaking the ground every one is listening don't stop digging you have them on the ropes .

I was at 270. I am 6'2. I was pre-diabetic, joints hurt to the point of not being able to sleep, and had high blood pressure. I started eating this way almost one and a half years ago. I am now 220 - 225, no more pre-diabetes, sleep like a baby - joints no longer hurt. blood pressure is now in the normal range. I eat 70% fat, 30% protein and some incidental carbs - 1-2% a day (so subtract that from fat or protein %s, not sure which one). The "experts" were wrong, again........

Nina is SUPER ! Her efforts are much appreciated!

Lovely to see the writer of the book that confirmed what I had come to conclude in “curing” myself of diabetes. Over the last decade I’ve been hospitalised for a number of health issues and become insulin-dependent on the “scientific” diet I was forced to eat. Upon returning home I’ve not needed any diabetes medication to bring my serum glucose back to the normal range. Restricting carbohydrates also reduced my weight from 120 kg to 80 kg, the optimum for my height and age (over 65) according to several studies. Many thanks Ms Teicholz and Cato institute. Long may you prosper :-)

There is also the crossbreeding of wheat strains in the 1970s, which resulted in a highly-desired short stem variety, so the wheat didn't fall down in the field, from heavy heads atop tall, weak stems. The cross of Japanese shorter varieties with the tall hard winter wheat of America created a surprise: not only was the offspring both high-yielding, hardy and stocky, but was also MUCH higher in gluten! And the gluten was slightly different chemically, it seems. From what the medical community says, you'd think only celiac disease patients should worry about gluten. But it has been proved that if you test broadly for actual blood evidence of celiac disease, only 17% of those who test positive, have recognizable symptoms of it! Which means that 83% of those who have celiac disease are ASYMPTOMATIC. This is proven by scientific studies. Which means... a high percentage of us are walking around with compromised systems, and the doctors don't have a clue why we are miserable. Gluten has been determined to be at the root of many things, including diabetes, insulin resistance, autoimmune diseases, etc. Which may be one reason these things improve dramatically when wheat is excluded from the diet.

They killed my father and gave my mother cancer. Still nobody has explained any of this to people that grew up with the "fat food bad" mind set. It's evil, political, money grubbing people that run pharma and all the other large corps. Funny the work "corps" is short for corporations and also a dead body! Thank you Nina Teicholz. I love and respect you. God bless you.