Hi Dr berry. I need your advice. Iam following carnivore and my fasting glucose level was 4.3 however c peptide was 0.13nmol/l. Since carnivore my blood suger in constantly normal range. Does this mean I am type 1？ I dont take any insulin, my doctor said c peptides being low is caused by carnivore but I think its too low
@@KenDBerryMD I totally agree, you and Neisha have been so generous with your knowledge and helped my family immensely. Thank you, you two are an amazing blessing!
Thank you so much uploading this wonderful trusted physician to help us understand our bodies and how to prevent or help us reverse this horrific disease.
What I love about Dr. Berry is his folksy or plainspoken manner of articulating concepts, which in the hands of other physicians or researchers, would sound too complicated to be comprehensible. While many of us, who have immersed ourselves in the lectures, books and interviews regarding nutrition, might not see the presentations of other physicians and researchers on this channel as bewildering, for someone who is new to this health space, these other presentation, covering similar topics, maybe hard to follow. Dr. Berry deserves much credit for making all of this more accessible to the layperson. Thank you Dr. Berry.
I'm reversing my diabetes with diet- my cpeptide is 1.48, my insulin is 4.4 but my hba1c was still 6.1... I have added IF to my carnivore diet and my blood sugar levels are much better... I am off victoza,2000 mg of metformin, 50 units of insulin after being diabetic for 25 years
I've been low carb now about 5 years. Before low carb I had annoying skin tags. Like everyone else I thought, hey, you get 'em, others don't. So not true.. I'm in my 60s now and have perfectly clear skin. No tags, only a couple "age spots" that continue to shrink and fade, wrinkles almost none- just kept the ones that make me "interesting".. blahahaaa. . Going low carb is a journey. It took many years to get your body in such sad shape, it will take many years to undo the damage. But, make no mistake about it you do get immediate life saving results the moment you decide to improve your health! The point i want to make is the improvements don't stop, everything keeps getting better. For me it was after a year or so I kept scratching at little patches of skin every now and then and after awhile I realized I was removing old damaged skin. I even had a buddy one day suddenly blurt out, "Hey, your skin looks great. " this did lead to a few awkward moments, but I understood what he meant, I don't look like the usual "weathered" 60 something year old. The transition period can be tough as you reprogram your entire diet, but you can make it very enjoyable, it's worth the effort. I feel a good as I did in my 30s. I was Airborne in my 30s so that's saying a lot, but seriously, I feel that good and do the same things as I did then. 4 mile run, 12 mile ruck, .. my normal workout routine is around 100 burpees, push-ups and squats, once or twice a week with calisthenics and..... ok.. yoga.. mixed in the other days - don't knock yoga.. something else you have to do for years to really excell at and enjoy the extended benefits... love life, live life.. it's so sad seeing the diseased, sick, weak, complaining, miserable peoples these days... don't be one of them! Feeling great everyday... can't be sad.
That was brilliant 👏, thanks for such clarity. Wish Ken was my doc. Actually, he sort of is , because he has helped me ×100 more than my ignorant doctor has. Linda, UK.
Thank you Dr. Ken for all you do. It is unfortunate that so many people really don’t care about their health. I have a couple of friends who are type 2 and I share a lot of information with them and they do keto or low carb for a few weeks, quit for a long while and start again. Thank you also for mentioning HS in another video and the possible relationship with insulin resistance, really appreciate it. Low carb and keto has really helped me and I think I need to eliminate some more foods from my keto diet.
I wouldn't be surprised. It's likely the main the reason people are walking around with crazy low vitamin D is prediabetic or diabetic metabolism. It weakens your immune system and makes you more vulnerable to viruses. Getting rid of diabetes basically fixes everything.
Most cost effective way to monitor and control your blood sugar (besides cutting out the carbs & before getting a peptide or hba1c tests), is to get a glucose test kit and test your blood daily. You’ll get a daily picture of how your diet affects your blood sugar. Keeping your glucose < 5.4 will pretty much ensure your HbA1c will be in the right range when you visit the doctor.
Our doc ordered labs for my husband two days ago, he told the nurse put A1c on there since we haven’t had one recently; I said can you add c-peptide to that? He said sure. Got the labs back this morning (our lab is quick!) and now we have a good starting point for him trying keto/ketovore/carnivore (he’s gonna probably ease into it) Thank you for this video!
Loved this video! My PCP, although wonderful did not know what hyperinsulinemia was and no idea what HOMA-IR. I’ve been on keto/IF just over two years and all my numbers are great. I’m 65. My doc asked how did I do it? I said I told you: keto!
Thanks. My doctor doesn't know any of this. I have asked repeatedly for these tests and he denies me every time. Maybe this information will help. Wish me luck!
Thank you doctor. Still overweight, but a 4.7 A1C on my last test on a keto/carnie diet. I think it's working for me. High ldl however. I told him to document I won't take more than the 10mg Crestor I'm on now...he said okay. Trigs 115 and HDL 56. So much better bloodwork than usual!
Stop taking statins, they are bad for you. I believe Paul Mason has talked about it on this channel, or ken berry on his own RU-vid channel Edit: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HgEv-tOAY8M.html
May God bless you with more & more strength to serve the ailing community with your profound wisdom. I salute to your sincerity of purpose. Love & Blessings to you & your loved ones.
Went to my doctor (in UK) yesterday and asked her to do a fasting insulin and c-peptide blood test. She said he‘s never heard of these two tests! I told her that after having reversed my diabetes with keto I am now interested in finding out how my insulin resistance is getting better. She said „If your a1c comes back in the normal range then you don‘t have insulin resistance“. Educating your doctor about the keto lifestyle is one thing but where do you start with such a lack of basic understanding?!? I‘ve now also found out that in the UK the National Health Service does indeed not offer a fasting insulin test even for diabetics. Well if you don‘t test you can continue to pretend that the health of the nation isn‘t as dire as it really is! I will now pay privately for the blood tests I need but feel sorry for my fellow metabolically ill citizens who don‘t go through the trouble to educate themselves...
I can understand their concern. For insulin and C-peptide, it has to be spun immediately, pull off plasma/serum, freeze quickly; then send out to a specialty lab for analysis - result within a week or two. And those are expensive tests. For HbA1c or glucose, all labs can put out those results within an hour at minimal cost. So your offer to pay if you insist upon learning those values is the right way to go. BTW, Dr. Barry has stated that blood pressure and abdominal girth can pretty much make the diagnosis so...?
Christa Wild, so true. I work in care & concentrate on holistic approach & keeping my clients not only alive but well too. My last two clients most definitely had problem with their Insulin(both craving sugar in large amounts, having candida & skin issues,etc,...) and suffering great deal with their various ailments. UK doctors are so frustrating with their lack of up to date knowledge, their overmedicating and caring so little esp. when it comes to nutrition, statins, PPI, steroids etc,...
Hey Dr Berry, it's not my damn job to educate my doctor! I can't believe you said that. What the hell is going on in today's medical profession where the patients are the ones to educate our own damn doctors!!! This really pisses me off!
A question Dr Ken Berry, if a low C-peptide indicates a type 1 diabetic, does that automatically mean that the ONLY treatment is insulin? I mean, if they are not drastically low, then maybe reducing carb intake with Keto, or better, zero carb carnivore, then they should, at least at that time, manage with no insulin. This would confirm reports of early T1's being able to go many months with no insulin. T1, not always a case of "no" insulin, just too low for the "recommended" carbohydrate consumption.
Insulin has many jobs in the human body. When c-peptide (proxy marker for insulin production) is under 0.3-0.4, most will need a small dose of insulin each day
Couldn't get much clearer information that would indicate whether or not one is on the road to diabetes ... Thanks, Dr. Berry, from central BC, Canada.
Your patients are very lucky to have you. Sometimes I wonder what is going on in Med school, and why doctors are not smart enough to treat the cause of problems.
Thank u so much Dr Berry for this video learned a lot more. My husband is now pre-diabetic a1c is 5.8 fasting glucose 114 trying to get him to do keto. Cutting out the 10 cans of Dr Pepper a day. This video helped a lot 💜💜
Thank you 🙏. Can you indicate what a full metabolic test would look like - which blood tests would tell the full story about your metabolism ? It sure seems like metabolism and lifestyle are at the centre of pretty much ALL disease so I want to ask my doc for a complete picture or fire him . Again thank you to low carb down under and dr Berry.
Dr Berry. You ARe a mighty man of valour and an extraordinary Dr.! Jesus working through you; his instrument; as you share Fabulous correct information; is literally saving my life;; limbs; arteries; etc. Thankuu for exhibiting the courage to put your self on the line;; against an avalance of false diagnoisis. And ;;; misinformation from which ; I too have suffered as a once victim Of lack of knowledge ( thou well meaning! You and your lovly wife and family are much in our PRAYERS!! Keep up the good fight. YOU ARE A KNIGHT to the sick and afflickted; and to anyone;;; EVERYONE;; who desires to continue being healthy. I SALUTE U SIR!!
Removing carbs wasn't enough for me. I had to seriously restrict seed oils and chicken fat. I make my own salad dressing with mct oil and avacado oil mayo. Soybean oil is toxic to mice, it probably is not super good for humans.
I'm pretty sure insulin has to be fairly low for you to even get into ketosis, so if you have ketones in your urine or blood your C-peptide is probably low too, or will be by the next day.
21:32 Did you mean that as an example of a T1 mistakenly treated as a T2? Because T1 going entirely undiagnosed for 10 years is highly unusual. Type 1 diabetes usually kicks in hard and fast, unlike type 2 diabetes, which can go on silently for decades. In adults, the symptoms can take longer to appear, compared to T1 in kids. But we are talking about weeks vs. days, and not about years.
Dr. Berry your last videos mentioned Indians Asians and Caucasians as an African American I was wondering if you would mention some symptoms and conditions particular to us. Thank you in advance. I like very your videos. You and Dr. Westman have help me lose of 100lbs in a little over a year. God bless
Very interesting. Thank you. I am a physician assistant and will adjust my practice after learning about C Peptide. Do you ever check fasting insulin levels?
One easy way to check at home without lab work: get a glucometer, few test strips and lancets. Then take your fasting sugar, jot it down, eat a ridiculously high carb brekky like pancakes w syrup and a big glass of juice. Take blood sugar again at 1 hour intervals for 3-4 hours. Jot those down. How soon does that spike come down? Still sky high after 4 hours? You’re in trouble.
I wish more people knew this. It would answer so many questions! FWIW, I think anyone that wants to live a long healthy life should strive to keep their glucose from _ever_ going over 140 and try to keep it under 120 most of the time.
I am not diabetic but trying to prevent it since I am obese with weight that seems to be set on stone on me - and feel like it! Even with Keto, lchf, fasting and omad 😡💔🥺
Cheese is common on the Keto diet, but hard to find lactose and galactose content on many cheeses. My assumption has been hard 'tasty' cheese would contain lower amounts, but on this I am not sure.
I think I remember Dr. Berry say that hard cheeses have almost no sugar (galactose) in them because in the fermentation process the bacteria feed off the sugars. Might want to look it up to confirm...😊 Skim milk has galactose but no fat (satiety) so easier to over eat. Whole milk has the fat and the galactose but is filling even if it has the small amt of sugar.
On today's news (21/10/2020) an article on treatment for diabetes/access to diabetic medication is restricted to area code. So low socio-economic areas have less/dated access to diabetic medication. How sad that these people are not being given information that their diabetes T2 can be reversed or T1 possibly improved and how to do it. How short sighted and cruel by the powers that be.
Thanks for the message. One question I have if I may? I thought insulin goes up in response to rising sugar, yet you suggest that sugar rises as a result of insufficient insulin. If you could please clarify my misunderstanding Doc. Thankyou
Normaly when sugar enter blood stream insulin is secreted, the higher sugar the more insulin, that's in non diabetic individuals. But if he/she already diabetic the pancreas cannot secret the desired amount of insulin because of prolonged high secretion that was happening in the pre diabetic/early diabetic period, so the blood sugar remains high with all the bad sequences of it.
Someone once told me that their 300+ pound coworker who eats like crap can’t help the fact that she has diabetes and heart issues is because her whole family has them and it is genetic. I said that is bull. The only thing that runs in her family is the predisposition of eating like crap and choosing to be unhealthy during their lifetime. They were very offended by me. 🤷♀️
What would you call healthy A1C level - I.e what is the goal level for these tests. Here in Sweden “ normal” is the goal but that cannot be the goal if majority is prediabetic . Are there low carb doctors that you know of in Sweden and recommend ?
STRONG PREDICTOR of diabetes (esp women) -- HbA1c v age -- below 5 fine (x1 risk), once you go past 5 risk climbs, slowly up to about 5.5, then rockets up to 6.5 to give risk x 4 see Low Carb Downunder Dr Brian Lenzkes -- after about 20 mins -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a6UNFpJM5fo.html
I've been doing keto for about 15 months and have lost 85 pounds. I had labs done in August. My C-peptide is 1.54, insulin is 6.3, hemoglobin A1c is 5.6 and my fasting glucose is 110. Why is the glucose so high and should I be concerned?
Any idea what your fasting glucose was prior to keto? The most likely cause is "dawn effect". Another (slim) possibility is that you have a form of MODY.
I have done c peptide test in the middle of the day (I have been eating before that) and my results came: 4 ng/ml but on the test they wrote normal range 0,9-7,1 ng/ml so I'm really confused , are my results ok or not?
Whenever, I hear about genetics, (part myth), being the cause of many diseases, what I really hear, is how many people are simply not able to get into their jeans! So, perhaps we could call this "jeanitics", LOL!
I believe I have diabetes. 9yrs ago, I had gestational diabetes. After the pregnancy, I was pre-diabetic. Why would I get tested? Would it be for my knowing or for medication?
It would be helpful for you to know if you need a lifestyle change as Dr. Berry mentioned if your are indeed carb intolerant. If you are than you would benefit by not eating carbs and then you will not have to suffer from diabetes or need the medications.
Definietly not 1% for "lifestyle" people that work out hard dont have a diabetus problem, maybe if u exclude every person that trains medium-hard since very few do, its probably 1% after but lifestyle clearly is overwhelmingly more then 1% we have some of the biggest and fattest strongmen and they dont have a diabetus problem do they? they eat a sht ton of carbs as well, lifestyle has significantly more weight then 1%
I think the real fast is don't eat like a hog a couple of days before you fast eat normal for a couple of days then fast when I say normal like I said first don't eat like a hog do you know a bag of chips 1/2 gallon ice cream 12 fast break candy bars
I think diets got a lot to do with it I'm not no doctor I used to drink almost a gallon of milk a day you know that can't be true good for your system I used to pop pills you know that ain't good for your system
Its not! Diabetes is preventable That's the massage here, But if did happen patient should go on with low crab diet and that will prevent them from developing all DM complications like renal failure, poor eye sight, cardiovascular disease and etc.. In other scenario patients still complains of having complication inspite of taking all medication required,exersice, eating no sugar and low fats as they were advised!
And the increase in diabetes can be traced to Trans fat oils and processed foods which were introduced in the 1960s on the faith of one doctor.s selective "study" that was slanted to get the results he wanted.
Long time Keto / Lchf followers r having high Blood sugar issues and very low insulin. Cos The real cause of insulin resistance is dietary fat. We discussed it at length in this article. People with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are told to eat foods that are low in carbohydrates and high in fat and protein simply because they don’t create an immediate need for insulin. But in the hours and days after a meal high in fat and protein, your insulin needs increase significantly, because both fat and protein make insulin less powerful over time” And so many Keto influencers r doing Carb Cycling cos they know w/out carbs body s not functioning yet again they r hiding this knowledge from public cos it s against Keto / Lchf! Why not then teaching ppl balanced diet inc good carbs w/out junk foods? ☹️
Suspended medical license. Does make me see a lot of these online doctors in a different light b/c many have had their licenses revoked or suspended due to multiple complaints and violations but they run around on the internet calling all other physicians "stupid", "liars", "dumb" but meanwhile it was only 2 yrs ago before their license was revoked that they were treating patients with the same regimens. Were you intentionally "lying" to your patients then??
Isn't "low fat dairy" what's left when one skims off the cream that's risen to the top? And isn't galactose just a sugar of the lactose disaccharide composed of glucose and galactose, present in all forms of milk be it whole or skim? I don't quite understand dairy but I recently found a hookup for raw milk and cream. YAY! I'm old enough to remember weekly milkman home deliveries. Those were the good old days...before bHT hormone were injected into cows.
Maybe FBG plus HbA1c with a reflex to C-peptide if elevated? Just a curious aside but I wonder what the levels of C-pep and insulin are in someone with pancreatic cx? I'm thinking that a detailed hx would distinguish between an insulin surge vs. a defect in clearance. No?
Was it a coumadin-based rat poison? I was taught that skin tags were genetic and possibly viral... now I'm learning the truth. What an excellent lecture!!
That eentsy inset of Ken talking is, well...almost useless. I can blow it up to a fuzzy 1" x 1.5" but I wish you were bigger and the Powerpoint were a little smaller to accommodate. Just my humble opinion. Good talk! Oh BTW, HbA1c has been around for awhile. I remember running those at Scripp's in La Jolla as far back as ~1981. Not exactly a new test. It's been around for 40 years now. Thanks!
