LCHF diet works, I had a 12 fasting glucose of 108, now it is 76. I had a HA1C of 5.9, now it is 5.0. I had fatty liver disease, now my liver is fine. I had hypothyroidism, now my thyroid is doing good. Ten months ago, I weighed 260 ilbs., I now weigh 185 ilbs..
Excellent presentation, Dr. Gerber! Thanks for what you do directly with patients as a non-conventional conventional medical doctor, as a differentiated leader in the broader health care community, and as an organizer of Low Carb Denver 🩺💪
You are diagnosed with metabolic syndrome if you have three or more of the following: 👍 A waistline of 40 inches or more for men and 35 inches or more for women (measured across the belly) A blood pressure of 130/85 mm Hg or higher or are taking blood pressure medications. A triglyceride level above 150 mg/dl.
My GP and my cardiologist are completely clueless about basic chemistry and biology. My cardiologist can't even discuss lipophilic vs hydrophilic statins and has no idea what a PCSK9 inhibitor does. This is basic, 101 level stuff, not complex problem solving. He also had NO IDEA that lead causes endothelial damage. I had to send him several papers and I still don't think he believes me. Lead poisoning dates back to the Roman Empire, it is not some new discovery.
I just cant understand when this information is out there and has been for years, that the governments do nothing to change the status quo of the dietary advice. It's highly disturbing.
This needs to be put in to book form and required reading in med school and continuing education for all doctors, but where is the healthy fasting? The Omad Outlaw 🤠
My GP and cardiologist will not do A1c or insulin testing, they say is is not necessary and insurance will not pay for it and not considered good practice! I am on my 4 doctor and know there might/probably be a problem. They only follow cholesterol numbers. They want me on statins. My cardiologist is obese and my GP is a Vegan. What to do? I have Dr. Gerber’s book and follow his recommendations best I can. Thank you for this presentation.
They are useless anyway, especially the vegan. They just go off a list of medications today but they all slowly kill you and many of them manke you diabetic, such as beta blockers. A1C is the most important measure they do, but you don't really need to take it if you are eating right. Ditch sugar, bread, any food that's ground up and anything with added wheat or carbs. Start fasting occasionally. You will be insulin sensitive.
This is a great presentation and so true about the overlap of heart disease and diabetes yet so many don't know! I have someone in my family with heart disease who doesn't realize the dangers of eating high starch vegetables and bread.
Interesting bringing up the insulin sensitive overweight (mostly women) cohort. A talk on that alone would be of interest to many. Keto as normally presented doesn't work well for them.
Women don't like to eat protein they are afraid of it. They need to eat more meat and less fat, zero oil. Oil is almost as bad as sugar and many of these ladies pack it in.
Yep. Never worked for me. And I don't dose myself with oil, and I do eat meat. I'm not sick, have great blood pressure, exercise daily, and keto never works.
The USA needs to stop subsidizing grains and other high-carbohydrate foods and move the subsidizing to chickens, hogs, cattle, and other animals. Subsidizing grains and other high-carbohydrate foods makes CAFOs possible and makes stuffing humans on carbohydrates possible. Subsidizing animal husbandry would make grass-fed, grass-funished animals more possible.
My doctor put me into statin today May 05, 2021. Before that he prescribed me blood pressure lowering drug. What he didn’t know is that i am just paying the medication despite i am not taking it and all results came back normal after i tried LCHF high fiber KETO on a 1 meal a day. Doctor then go on putting me into statin and amlodipine maintenance. I am paying it again and will come back next 2 months later. I want to prove him massively wrong!!!
Even pattern 1 of kraft test is the very limit of healthy. Ideally 30 at 1 hour mark and 10-20 at two hour mark with normal glucose at 2 hour mark is excellent. I reckon you could say insulin resistance start more than 15 years before T2DM.
I don't doubt it. But I guess they're trying to indicate the maximal amount that is still acceptable? ; remembering most of the (adult) population is probably outside it. It has to seem like something doable (unless you're more interested in selling drugs, then you make it seem impossible, like low cholesterol, lol). I did a non-fasting insulin test about 2 to 3 years ago. I had eaten lunch {two eggs, avocado and cheese on a bagel} about 3 hours before. Insulin was measured at < 1.0 (less than 1 IU). I'm obviously outside the general population in terms of body composition and insulin sensitivity.
I don't know about insulin resistance, but the resistance to this message is epic and far more dangerous than even insulin resistance. I am heartened (pun intended) to hear that slowly, creakingly slowly, the truth is seeping out and being acted upon. Push back is happening too, though, but once the Genie is out of the bottle...
As far as what he said about hitting a plateau after rapid weight loss on a low carb diet, I’ve experienced something similar after eating low carb for almost a year and a half now. It’s not the plateau that’s the real issue and the leading indicator. It’s that my body starts to slow down to compensate for the perceived energy deficit instead of burning more stored energy (the same thing happened and it happened a lot sooner when I was on the standard American diet), resulting in things like brain fog and a general sense of lethargy. What’s helped me when I’ve hit a plateau is actually engaging in controlled overeating for a period, usually a week, and then rapidly dropping my food intake right after that. My body seems to recognize that there’s no need to slow down cellular and physiological processes because there’s enough energy coming in, and it will then start using stored fat again.
If someone tries to talk thermodynamics with you make sure they explain Carnot cycles, entropy and enthalpy first. If they cannot ask them to come back when they can. These are not new concepts. Carnot published his theory in 1832..... Why do we have to debate ancient history with our medical professionals?
They think statistics is science and don't actually know any statistics, and they bring up the laws of thermodynamics without even knowing what they are. The human body does not obey the second law of thermodynamics, period.
@@LTPottenger That's patently ridiculous. Of course our bodies obey the laws of physics. But in system level design, the control software dominates the behavior far more than the basic laws of physics Think of your house. The internal temperature is largely determined by where you set your thermostat. The flame temperature of natural gas vs propane is important, but it won't change your thermostat setting.
@@ldean8360 You obviously don't know them or understand what they mean. They don't apply to the human body at all, it's pure nonsense lol They apply to the universe not to how the body handles energy which would lead to immediate death.
He says the ADA recgnises low carb but their website still advises eating low fat, low salt and moderate carbs! I can't find any reference to low carb on their website. Anyone know where to look?
@Sporty Business There are now 66 published randomised controlled trials comparing low-carb and low-fat diets, and these are the results...🙂👍 www.PHCuk.org/RCTs #RealFoodRocks
A better question would be what is the optimal range for A1c. Remember, the system was set up to deliberately delay the diabetes diagnosis as long as possible. It was NOT designed to catch the disease early. They thought it was incurable, so they were trying to avoid labeling people with a basically uninsurable "disease". Well meaning, but ignorant.
Ok. I dont think the problem was the presenter but me. If ur not really smart this isnt the presentation for you (and it sure wasnt for me). I'm 66 yrs old in 7 weeks I've gone frm 360 to 330 lbs with omad and low carb and want to avoid the check mark. So what do I do? And shorter answer the better
Question about zero calorie drinks - If the body filters the chemicals and we don't get any calories anyway, doesn't water and zero calorie drinks have the same effect?
Under 100 morning fasting level, under 140 ( ideally under 120) two hours after a meal. Healthy people have normal bs levels in the 70's and 80's most of the time, but not once ure metabolically damaged. Prediabetic are between 100 and 126 morning fasted bs levels.
I try to stay under 120mg/dl after meals. Keep in mind that the less often you eat the less you are exposed to sugar spikes, and the more you can deplete your liver fats and glycogen the less any kind of food will spike your sugar. Finally, a 15 minute walk after every meal works better than any drug invented. I also really recommend HIIT and weight lifting (even pullups/pushups counts).
The highs don't matter that much in spite of what you might think. It really only matters because it causes dehydration. What matters is how much fat is in your liver, which dictates how much glycogen it can store and how much sugar it will shoot out through the day. Once it reaches a certain point you are going to become t2 diabetic like flipping a switch. That is why high carb diet is bad and why vegetable oils are bad they put a ton of fat on the liver and that causes big problems.
Good presentation but there is nothing new here. Maybe the first thing to address is to fix your patients hearing problem. Because I've heard this same presentation for more than 5 years now.
Sad how it takes 30 years for the medical profession to finally get this and still “dyed in wools” still won’t. Holistic clinicians have been explaining this for decades. All good though.
