Dr. James Muecke - 'Turning the tide' 

I’ve been doing TRF and LCHF and on my 6th week I’ve lost 18lbs without exercise. This is my lifestyle now and I ❤ it! Never going back to high carb, high sugar, eating more than 2x a day. I have lots of energy. I don’t have food coma anymore. I sleep and wake up really well. My skin is clear. My hair and nails are shiny and strong.❤❤❤I save energy, time and money!

I worked as a nurse in a long term care facility with 64 residents in Canada. Many of them were diabetics on high doses of various types of insulin, yet the meals and desserts served only aggravated their diabetes, resulting in daily episodes of hyperglycemia for those clients, who ended up receiving extra doses of insulin to reduce their blood sugars. I spoke of the problem many times with the dietician but to no avail. It was most frustrating. I know the benefits of a LCHF diet as it helped me reverse my T2D in a few months.

Same in germany: as a teacher i am told to educate kids to eat 6 times a day and to prefere carbohydrates. Less meat and more pufa's..... And most of my colleges are in constant fear of kids dying from hunger.... this leads to constant eating and more token systems based on sweets. And every first grade school is provided with free fruits for the children for that extra fructose boost. There is so much money involved...

I’ve been keto for 9 yrs. 59 years old and never felt better. I’ve never had so much energy. All my health problems,including menopause symptoms have completely gone. Luv keto . I will never stop .

G-d bless Dr James Muecke. May his worthy endeavor be fulfilled quickly, to save lives and prevent suffering.

Optometrist here. I've seen so many people lose their vision from diabetes it's crazy. The worst part is, I show them pictures of their bleeding retinas, but they won't change their eating habits. When it hits their central vision they are ready to change, but by then there is permanent damage and they need lots of laser surgery and/or ocular injections to save their sight. People are hard-headed.

*Thank you Dr James Muecke and Low Carb DownUnder* . It was because of the free information that I found about low carb diet when researching diabetes after being diagnosed in Oct 2021 that I managed to put my diabetes into remission after only 3 months. My fatty liver, which was moderate in 2019 (and possibly worse after that year) is now mild after 1 year of eating low carb. I've lost 20% of my body weight (80kg to 64kg), my waist has gone from 44" to 38", my blood pressure has gone down and my cholesterol numbers are excellent. But because my LDL is high (other ratios are great) GP and cardiologist both want me to take a statin. No way. I'm 65 year old female with a recent CAC score of 0. I feel very blessed that I've been able to take charge of my health through such a simple and non drug method.

Dr James and low Carb Down Under, you are great. I have been almost 100% carnivore and a real food eater for the last 3 years. I sorted out all my health issues 3 years ago Height: 193cm Weight: 122kg Pre-diabetic, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver, Permanently tired Today Height: 193cm Weight: 85kg Perfectly healthy with top blood markers.

A hero indeed - Australia you need to support him

Excellent content. Thank you!🙏

This is such a gigantic battle. You have great courage and I just want to cheer you onward!

I love this presentation. Have already watched it three times. Succinctly covers so much ground in just over half an hour.

Thankfully, professionals like Dr. Muecke and those shown on LCDU have the drive to keep pushing for proper human nutrition and exposing the terrible lies large corporations feed us for the sake of profits. It must be draining sometimes to keep banging your heads against some of the false information that is widely promoted. Thank you for keeping up the fight.

Was surprised today to find out that after 150 days of 20:4 IF, LCHF/eTRF diet, that along with usually noted benefits, the floaters in my eyes have nearly dissipated after 15 years. Anyone else note similar results?

Brilliant and eye-opening presentation. However, I would not hold my breath waiting for solutions to come from government. Government IS the problem.

A true hero - obviously deserved the australian of the year award! We need more like him.

When the ADA said to sugar manufactures in the 60's or so. You need to create something to counter the sugar effects on teeth. They created better toothpastes. The helped bribe funding research that said sugar is good for you. Or promote the need to brush teeth. Without sugar there is way less need. Great talk. I wish this t2d to end in the masses. We are all medicated and recommended the pro-medicating diet.

Not just medical students, but nurses and nutritionists as well.

Such important information that will never be shown in the main stream media except to denigrate as misinformation and conspiracy. Government is captured by business so relying on them is like putting faith in the health advice of an an addict. We live in world where doing your own research is considered the act of a dangerous fool. The problems are too deep and personal for a legislative solution. We need to push personal responsibly because corporations will NEVER put people before profit. Please keep up the good fight for personal health

Stay in the battle! Billions of ensnared, but unaware victims are silently suffering.

I have eliminated my endometriosis-associated pain with LCHF, excruciating pain which I’ve cyclically endured every month for more than 3 decades. Was this strategy ever offered to me by a doctor? no, a gynaecologist? no. I figured this shit out on my own, educating myself about cellular processes as a mature age uni student and this free info from you wonderful lot and others like you. I contacted my gyno to share my breakthrough in the hope it would help others, have they reached out to learn more from me? No. Thank you, everything you’ve mentioned in your talk, Ive been banging on about for years but no-one will listen as I’m not a Dr, so frustrating that I can’t help more ppl like me. Thank you again, that was a fantastic talk, well done 👏🏻 👏🏻

We the people must work. Save your families.

Amazing work being intensely & corruptly buried by massively profitable evil corporations everywhere. But we are breaking through! Thank you for your leadership for health (from California, remitting pre-diabetes & morbid obesity with Keto/IF!)

it is so frustrating when the truth is right in front of you yet you refuse to see it; feel it; live it; acknowledge it in any way.... power to the ppl

Congratulations on your award! You will make a lasting difference!! Enjoying your talk from Canada.

Thank you Dr Muecke and Low Carb Down Under. Please keep up the good work of Educating, Informing the people and holding Processed Foods Companies and Government responsible.

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Eating LCHF for 9 months and lost 30 kg without hunger. All health markers improved and chronic pain vastly decreased prior to significant weight loss. Did I mention that I am a 70 year old male 😄🥩😂

Thank you for your intellect and honesty. As someone who has turned around Type 2 Diabetes through diet I wish you well with turning the tide. I must admit I was horrified when the Australian of the Year 2023 was awarded to a person whose message is about body image and encouraging people to embrace their bodies rather than embrace what they put in it.

You'd be hard pressed to get the ABC's "Health Report" to endorse such a radical idea as low carb. They've totally bought into the prevailing wisdom. And as for Magda's recent foray on tv: look at the credits...food and drink manufacturers of Australia happily providing support for the program.

I hope your house and practice don't get burned down like Dr Berrys did, keep safe and thank you so much

Thank you, and well said. The meat industry needs to be subsidised to improve ethical farming. When meat becomes more affordable and ethically produced, we will have a healthier nation, hopefully less reliant on cheap grain products. Still so much work to do.

Why do These Government Institutions continue with there False Nutritional Guidelines. Thanks to all you Low Carb High Fat Nutritional advisors Doctors and Laymen. Stop the Sugar and Chemicals in our Food.Keep on Fighting yous have a lot of Soldiers supporting yous.Thanks.

Dark PR is not released yet on Amazon here in the US. Release date is in March.

at around 10:00 he mentions chocolate and other sugaryfoods, near the checkout of supermarkets - fairly normal. then he goes on to say that he's spotted similar near the fruit and vegetables in his local supermarket.. and goes on to say its also being sold in service stations, chemists etc. I've also seen it being sold in.. toy stores, electronic stores and such. no place is safe!

Amazing work! Please keep it up and maybe bring it to the US.

LCDU is the best. Thank you.

Bravo James.

It makes good sense for chemists to promote sweets at 1 metre from the ground at checkout counters. Help promote illnesses in young children as in investment in revenue rolling in their pharmaceutical lines when those children become sick adults. Priming future profits.

Everyone share this excellent video as far and wide if you can ❤….

Well done ! Keep fighting. Everyone needs to remember that these government "guidelines" are not law. You need to do what’s best for you. Think about what you are made of. Protein, fat, electrolytes, water. You are what you can absorb. I didn’t see broccoli, wheat, sugar, soybean oil in that aforementioned list. 😎

thanks for trueisam. Australian governments failing Australians pandering to big power & big money. Snouts in troughs.

This Fellow will not make friends.. Very Very good talk…

I guess I stand corrected on my dr's advice. She was the only normal 1950's size Dr in the clinic. She said i recommend the med diet. News article looked 10 years old, on the door she pointed at. I said, lchf. She said we'll see what your blood work says. She didn't call me back. I feel for her, handcuffed to guidelines. It's such a dictatorship. Step out of line and loose your license.

It been so many years now and all doctors should be recommending low carb and at least no sugar and low carb for most of their patients with high glucose but all their doing is writing prescriptions.

There aisles or sections in super markets for vegan foods but there are no aisles/section for diabetic patents. In addition, ingredints listing are so small to be legible to diabetic patients.

I feed my kids lots of fat loaded dinners. Veg slathered in butter. Squash pie with cream, eggs, cheese. Almond crust with coconut oil. They dont even know the difference. I keep telling them fat is good for you. And protein. They enjoy the sugary stuff way less. Even when offered ad libitum. They will eat endless cheese burgers with no bun and no ketchup(even if offered). It is a sustainable change and can be implement anywhere. Eating out is my bane, super weight putting on. Has to be the seed oils for me. Fried foods in seed oils. I made burgers and tallow fried fries for thanks giving. No stomach up-set. No desire to run a few miles. Very good stuff. It was homemade buns, egg/butter enriched. Coleslaw with avacado oil and vinegar. I lost a father-inlaw to diabetes last year, a co-worker this year. IF OMAD for life. These non-sensible deaths need to stop. Keep up the good fight and help getting things changed or at least highlight it.

My biggest concern, personally, is if I should become disabled in some regard (via accident or something), what will I be fed in a hospital situation? If I needed a feeding tube I would want only Atkins shakes in it NOT the garbage that is usually poured in. *I know Atkins shakes aren't perfect food, but they must be better than the mixture the hospital provides.

Keep it up James. 😅😍Love you.

I don't think awareness campaigns or education are the answer. People know that sugar is bad. Most nurses and many doctors in hospitals are overweight. The truth is, people are addicted. They do not eat to relieve hunger, they eat for pleasure. To get their next fix. To relieve stress. The main issue is the food environment. Manufacturers have created all of these ultra-processed foods, and it's everywhere, on almost every supermarket shelf, every vending machine, everywhere you go. And the manufacturers have the wealth and lobbying power to ensure that nothing will be done. They get children hooked from a young age with colourful packaging and adverts.

Perhaps schools who swerve up highly processed foods need to be liable for dental costs in their pupils?

I wonder if it would be beneficial to ditch latin name and call it officially "sugar disease" (like we call it in polish - "cukrzyca", from word "cukier" (sugar))

It's amazing the similarity between meth and sugar.

You know what makes me laugh mums? You give your little ones soft drinks to get them out of your hair and the drinks send them up the walls. They go crazy, then you wonder what's wrong with them. It's the sugar. Worse still, in no time at all, they're teeth are falling out.

Instead of the position, Low carb initiates ketone production , better to say higher carb interrupts the preferred state of Ketosis.

We also need to address that feeding = love. Proper human diet does not include sugar in the morning sugar in the evening and sugar at every meal. Sugar disguised as fruit when your insulin resistant is a danger. As a child I had apple and occasionally strawberries Now its exotic sugar bred fruit or worse concentration of orange. I am a mean old grandma I dont ply my grandchildren with sugary treats. They get coluring books or pocket money or a game. I am not going to play a part in wrecking their teeth etc. Great video perhaps a treat at Christmas like the old days. Not constant overload. Poor teens are not going to live as long as parents. An epidemic of diabetes and mental health deliberately given wrong info.

James i am t2d patient. Can we get subsidised cgm to control glucose spikes and preventing hypoglycemia?

The current guidelines support the current jobs economy. They're trying to inspire changes in jobs away from the carbs based jobs, but that takes time. Green energy jobs, LGBTetc related jobs (terrible but it's replacing carbs caused medical work, same with virus scare tactics... replaces carbs jobs). Even more child neglect & crime requires jobs to deal with that. I'm not sure how I would go about inspiring job replacements for carbs related jobs. I think I would inspire more farming related jobs like Joel Salatin's farm, nut trees & whatever needed for a massive increase in small scale farming and networking for micro farms even in apartments you can grow a LOT of food to sell frequently. Accounting & tax paperwork services would free small farmers to focus on production they enjoy rather than paperwork. I hate that aspect of farming, so have been reluctant to start a farming career. But healthy fats low carb farming can help our community more than vaccines & masks ever could, and can be done with much less energy use than low fat high carb food systems. I just started using a luffa sponge in the kitchen that I grew, and I'm so excited about it!!!! When they get worn out, I can burn them as heat for our home. Same with the large thick sunchoke stems that I put in the portable garden barn to cut up soon as "firewood". I even found a way to prepare them that can't cause gas. They are absolutely delicious like potatoes but low glycemic!!! And perennial, extremely easy to grow. Harvest & replant sections like you would with garlic. But Sunchokes can be left in the ground until spring, mulched heavily to prevent the ground from freezing, so you can harvest as you need them so no autumn rush to deal with that harvest. Very convenient!! Very gassy if not prepared correctly though. But you never have to buy them again. The Native Americans planted them along trails so they would always have food available if needed. The green leaves/stems are good livestock feed too, probably edible for people. High in protein. Going to look up how to grow a lot of farm animal feed. It's really expensive to buy organic bagged feed. I want to do a worm farm, and mealworms, maybe crickets too. And to grow fresh greens all winter for the poultry, with the least amount of purchased every possible if any. Zero preferably. Need a wood burner in my greenhouse.

And the awfulness or plant fats

I'd love a citation for his statement that one in 200 obese people are metabolically healthy since Dr lustig gives the number as 1 in 5, I believe

25:56 - Poor mum :(

having real food available is good and all, but a lot of people don't know how to cook...maybe it's the education system's failure

It would help if ABC stop showing their propaganda documentaries on food health

Maybe he needs to talk with Magda!! Together they may be able to get more traction..?

Cows loose body parts so we don't have too

"Our diet is responsible for more diseases than smoking, alcohol, and sedentary lifestyle combined." Phew.

Don't forget seed oils they're just as bad as sugar.

I get so tired of hearing about the Mediterranean diet. It just is a feel good sound. It is leading to the confusion. There is one diet and that is the very low carbohydrate diet to reverse diabetes. Talking about vegetarian will ultimately lead people down the path to neurodegenerative disease. BTW, my 94 year old dad grew up on the waters of the Mediterranean. He did and continues to consume a Mediterranean diet. Each village had their own diet. Don’t co-opt an indigenous diet and make it something that should be spread around the world.

Try sending your child’s food for lunch each day.

Dr. Muecke, I have been told I have diabetic retinopathy. When they talked surgery I felt desperate. I put cayenne residue in them and that was over 2 years ago. Doctors had quite a stir but now he won't even speak to me about my condition, he just sends info to my primary care provider, leaving me in the dark. I understand his training is surgery but my goal is to avoid that if at all possible. I do not know how often I should put the c.r. in my eyes? Hurts terribly for 3min or so.

With all due respect, I call bullshit on this. The problem is not evil food companies that sneak around. The problem is ignorant or cowardly scientists and physicians that can't or won't succinctly state what the problem is, and what the solution is. I will succinctly state this at the end of this post, but I am not a scientist or doctor. Feel free to disagree with my problem and solution statements and provide your own. Just make sure they are one sentence for the problem, and one sentence for the solution. Instead, we are masking a lack of agreement with non-scientific terms like "Ultra-processed food." This is a term, much like "Mediterranean diet" that has no rigorous definition and can therefore be used in consensus statements. The vegans think it means one thing, the carnivores think it means another thing, the keto people think it means another thing, and the calories in - calories out people think it means yet another thing. In the meantime, the food companies are still hanging their hat on what they were specifically told was the problem by (you guessed it) scientists. They were told to "Lower fat, and especially lower saturated fat." The products they make (Which I agree are mostly crap) have seed oil so they are low in saturated fat. And they typically don't have red meat, so they tick that box too. How do you go about regulating food companies if you can't even define what the problem is and get consensus? Why are you so sure that people won't follow healthy guidelines if you can't even state what the guidelines are? Here is the problem and the solution to the biggest health problem in the history of mankind: The cause of metabolic syndrome and type two diabetes (and numerous related diseases) is excessively high average insulin levels over years and decades resulting in insulin resistance, metabolic dysfunction, and type 2 diabetes. The cure to metabolic syndrome and type two diabetes is lowering average insulin levels which is achieved by, in order of priority, lowering sugar consumption, lowering carbohydrate consumption, and being more physically active. I'm sure I'll get lots of hate for this one ...

This is awful. I wish people would just stick to healthy foods, like kale, fruit, and water.

I would be careful about assigning social media activism as anything but people being people, the whole "Russian bots"-argument isn't constructive.

I eat all food groups

Dr. Muecke, you wouldn't be so enthusiastic to change the dietary guidelines if you would imagine the changes of careers needed, how to keep people getting the same level of income. What would people do all day if half of current jobs were eliminated suddenly with a switch to proper low carb & IF diet? If half of the people had to switch to farming, could they be paid as much? Even the printing jobs are related to the mostly carbs dietary guidelines. Marketing & office jobs relating to marketing & medical, repairs, construction, government jobs reliant on the extra tax revenues possible in a mostly carbs economy. You seem unaware of the upheaval that would befall any first or 2nd world country that would suddenly switch the dietary guidelines to truth. Farming can create natural fats and pastured protein only so fast when they're currently set up and skilled in mostly carbs. I did learn this week that I can use the skim milk to fertilize my food garden. The chickens, cats, and geese can only drink so much of it. We never drink/cook with the skim milk. We drink the goat milk raw & whole, but separate some of the cream to make butter, ghee (high heat healthy cooking oil!!!), and to have cream for tea, coffee, sauces, whipped cream. I still have to try making ice cream yet. Need more goats lol. You never hear the elites complaining about goat methane. I've never even heard them fart. The horse farts often. Goat milk is way healthier for people than cow milk. True organic fresh goat milk is even better as formula for babies when mom can't feed baby mother's milk. I predict that dairy goat farming for milk, meat, hides, pet food & skim milk as garden fertilizer too, is going to really take off soon. Nigerian Dwarf has the highest cream content of any dairy goat breed, much more than cows. Sheep can be more cream percentage but they don't make as much reliable milk I think, but they're good for meat and wool and can turn the lawn into people/pet food lol. Goats can turn hay & briars into people/pet food. The government & wealthy elite really can't support pasture farming bcz it can cut out a lot of middlemen, tax revenues and GDP numbers, and cut out investors mostly. Goats are small enough that family/neighbors can do their own processing. Freezing/refrigeration could be optional. They would just have to process more frequently if they didn't have electricity or it was too expensive. We can tolerate more carbs if were much more active and eat our needed calories in less frequent meals. And properly prepare the best quality grains. No GMO, no chemicals. Soak/sprouted grains. This used to be common knowledge how to help grains, rice, seeds, potatoes, corn be more healthy than damaging. We might not need carbs for survival, but they are tasty and nutritious. We don't need a wide variety of flowers or art or music either but it's nice. A bare bones existence is boring even if enough.

So boring. This guy is just reading off notes.

Thank you for this informative talk! The question is, how will we keep the foods one typically eats on a low carb diet affordable for the average Australian when Australian farms have been on the decline for many years now? I also always wondered how, when we are surrounded by ocean, there is hardly any affordable seafood on the supermarket shelf from Australian waters. It's all imported from Asia, while, I guess, ours is exported. How come all Australia schools don't have working vegetable gardens and fruit trees as well as perhaps quails, which can provide eggs and meat in smalls spaces? Surely every school with a playground can make room for such things so children can eat from the school grounds rather than tuckshops with addictive processed junk. And a proper kitchen in schools which serves proper home cooked meals (using the vegetables, eggs and meat grown at school) with a lower carb focus? We have to start with our kids. The earlier they are on the sugar, the shorter their lives will be. www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1449323.htm and 9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/aussie-farmers-fear-proposed-nsw-government-restrictions-will-decimate-business/e2f12979-6b10-4ffe-9dfe-d9870329ed74 au.news.yahoo.com/woolworths-shoppers-furious-at-supermarkets-prawns-020348235.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMAR3sBiuiJViOk7NDRntidJlZ9RBW8kWJDc3pdJBk8QgE8chB0UTg2qwqcld1p1kBus3u6lOjk9znQmtu1CKclnPBV6h75MnqCxwAXCLUZQuh7l0ptnYGcF1QM-0IucAR6MJngrp1P-5v5FeCxY5awQDOQPlOoYsB_Mj2mJIbHl