Dr. Westman Reacts: Insulin Resistance on Keto 

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Diana Schwarzbein pioneered low carb and has seen a few of her patients come in insulin resistant/T2 diabetic when eating no carbs.

Thomas DeLauer interviewed Dr Tim Noakes about thre weeks ago. Both are very atletical while Mr. Noakes are a seasoned gentleman and experienced marathon runner who eventually got himself damaged by all that of fueling with quick carbs. Thomas DeLauer has also diabetes and sort of swayed between being very fit (he ran his first marathon at age 11 and in his early twenties he was severely obese). They both think that it's a great part of the mental expectation of that energy pack of carbs that functions as that "switch". Dr Noakes also states that it is to a great extent a placebo effect that is very powerful to the extent that the body actually may rise the glucose levels even if they don't actually consume the energytablet or drink. It's a very interesting interview for those who are concerned about low carb diets and endurance sports (or need arguments to those who for some reason persist to claim you need to eat a lot of carbs if doing that type of excercise), it's on Thomas DeLauer's YT channel , the episode is called "You won't eat carbs again".

@@johannas.l.brushane2518Thomas is a quack. Ignore anything he says.

Hi Dr Hampton. I loved watching you having a discussion on Dr Ken Berry's channel. Thanks for taking the time to educate us.

Problem with that is most doctors have no clue about dietary advice and will most likely recommend a nice bowl of oats for breakfast.

May I ask how long you've been on it & your ages? Just curious how different people respond to keto at different stages!

Those doctors were bashing the keto diet and Westman used baby gloves on them when he should be fighting back with boxing gloves.

Same here.

Wow 👏👏👏

we are Carb Addicted , we must not take it , Just like Nicotine and stuff .

As long as your HDL is normal or above and your Triglycerides are normal or below you are good to go My LDL is 325 and after taking Dr Westmans cholesterol class I am not concerned

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yX1vBA9bLNk.html Also cholesterol can be elevated when you in the process of loosing weight

Cholesterol is very important for the proper functioning of the human body. It's a myth that we must fear high cholesterol.

Watch Dr. Berg video on cholesterol he will explain

Your HDL to Triglyceride ratio is more important to pay attention to. If the ratio is below 2.0, the research shows there is very little chance you have small, dense LDL particles. These are the particles that cause arterial plaque. Large, fluffy LDL particles do not. When you go low carb, it is common for everything to improve in your blood work (HA1C, glucose, HDL, Triglycerides) but LDL will often go up. This makes sense because Keto involves increasing your healthy fat consumption. Despite all the improvements in metabolic health, the average MD will focus on the elevated LDL and in knee jerk fashion insist that someone benefitting from Keto/low carb-high fat take a statin. You need to do your own homework because the average physician is not remotely up to date on this stuff and is financially motivated to treat chronic conditions instead of cure them. Good luck!

There are suggestions that on carnivore / keto diets red blood cells love longer. This means they just happen to become more glucated over time, so the HbA1c levels are inflateď simply because of that fact as opposed to higher blood glucose levels. Worth looking into.

Make sure you check it with different labs, you'd be amazed at the discrepancies. Also, check fasting insulin.

I have Dawn phenomenon, so have fasting numbers anywhere from 128-160..after two hours or less, numbers level off great. I’ve recently started taking a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar (with water) before bed..this has enabled my fasting number to drop 10-15 points. Went keto mid 2021…lost 33 pounds..but seemed to have hit a plateau now..but not giving up. Wonderful video..

Most likely you are in a glucose-sparing state. Your body knows you don’t need to leech onto so much glucose (organs/muscles) so it lets it float around in the blood for fast use needs.

Have your friend follow Dr Westmans advice even take a class. Watch out this is very important, if your friend does an actual 20 carbs or less diet they will need to monitor medication carefully with Drs over-site because they will might need to drop meds fairly fast. Watch as many Dr Westman videos as you can. Get informed and proceed carefully. It works!

They get money from meds for sick people. Keep people sick is what they want.

Sorry Dr. AJ, but it is not a construct or just a theory. You should be checking a fasting plasma glucose and a fasting serum insulin level on your patients, then calculate their HOMA IR score. This is a direct measurement of insulin resistance, plus your patients may be showing other physical signs of the condition. You should educate yourself first before saying things like this. Take better care of your patients. Before you ask, yes I too am a doctor.

@@alexaad1712 it is a 'construct", as it is not 1 measurement of 1 item. We have to review various items. It is not a problem or a negative comment, just the truth we cannot provide a patient with their insulin resistance reading. YES we have several tests, as I stated, that provide a big picture view of the situation. Please show me a hospital lab report the reads: insulin resistance value = xx. Doesn't exist. Not yet. Someday we hope.

How can i just eat like a human without all the craziness🤦🏾‍♀️ Ever since modern food technology ( 13:29 Big Food) comprised our food supply with all the ultra refined carbs, added sugar and industrialize seed oils, our metabolic health declined. Now we don’t know what’s healthy 🤷🏽‍♀️ We’re just a confused society 🤦🏾‍♀️

From the Bart Kay school of medicine. I know plenty who would disagree with him on this.

@@my-yt-inputs2580 what does he say ?

Excersise is also effective against insulin resistance.

Low carb / keto doesn't work for everyone check your sleep, stress levels inflammation levels etc etc

Ironically, I posted a similar comment concerning my experience trying carnivore before I read your comment. On carnivore, my fasting morning glucose levels would stay above 100 while on keto they were usually in the 80s. Also, on carnivore it would take most of a day of continued fasting for my glucose level to go below 100. I'm done with carnivore because I found it to be too restrictive a diet as well as being boring and cheerless.

Did you eat until you were full and get plenty of healthy saturated fat.

I didn’t lose my carb cravings until I went carnivore

Yes, and those who recently received a transfusion.

Eat carbs it will go back down

if you dont change your diet it will thrn into type 2 diabetes

Hi Carbage Man, it’s really difficult to comment without knowing so much more. Dr. Westman’s method is very different from internet Keto. You may want to sign up for the waitlist of his popular Keto course 👇 adaptyourlifeacademy.com/keto-made-simple-masterclass/

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6.1 corresponds to an average glucose of 126. Your fasting insulin will likely be high with a HOMA-IR in the developing insulin resistance category.

Your liver may be dumping a bunch of stored stuff. People who know a whole lot more than me can explain it better but I bet you have fatty liver that's resolving.

judys • Take it slow, don't rush it. For some of us it takes years of doing strictly healthy keto to normalize our diabetes, colesterol, high blood pressure, glucose metabolism, fat liver, fat pancreas, thyroid, etc. Reducing your stress is very important. If you do high strength exercises, you should know that they increase your stress hormone cortisol too much, which increases blood glucose even if you eat keto. Any stress of any kind acting on your body ( physical stress, work stress, family stress, too much mental work, exercising too much, working too much, worrying too much, etc ) increases your blood glucose.

The body normally produces glucose shortly before waking in the morning, commonly known as the dawn phenomenon or dawn effect. I usually test my blood glucose level shortly before my first meal of the day, which is around 11 am or noon. My glucose is elevated when I first wake up but then drops to the mid 80s a few hours later.

@@patrickh709 - did you read the part where he said it was low in the morning?

@@patrickh709 Same here but this started happening after 2 years on low carb. Kinda shocked me as it was under 100 for the first two years.

@@montycora Zachary said his insulin was low (though I'm not sure how he knows that) in the morning, not his glucose. He states "often my Fasting Blood Sugar is high, like 110-114, instead of 85 or less".

@@notsatch - there is no way a person can measure insulin at home, so one can easily assume he meant glucose...

You should listen to Dr. Paul Mason’s explanation of this. He has videos on RU-vid explaining this.

Me too.

@@alexaad1712 Also, Dr Ken Berry, Dr Shawn Baker, Dr Anthony Chaffee, and Prof Bart Kay.

I could listen to Dr. Paul Mason all day long, and that goes for all the people on “low carb down under” channel.

@@alexaad1712 Hi Alex. I listen to all I can by Paul Mason but I don't remember him talk about higher AbA1c with Keto. Can you give me a link or lecture name? Thanks!

😂😂 Huberman is a quack!

@@awesomesauce3110 lol...eye Dr, I think. But true about keto lowering tolerance to carbs. Called physiological insulin resistance. Says so on Diet Dr. Site, too. Reversible if you increase carb intake for a while.. supposedly. ..like if you have to take glucose intolerance test.