Keto / Low-Carb Diets Can Be Dangerous - Follow these 4 Rules! 

The problem is most doctors are not supportive of diet & lifestyle remedies so I’m reluctant to share everything with them

Went on keto and two meals a day at the same time. After the first few days I lost all the feelings of hunger and weakness that you are talking about. A year later I went from 38 ro 32 inches on my belt and just last week I was able to climb up a mountain five miles up and another five miles down without a sweat. I was never on meds so was not that bad to begin with, but I no longer snore and able to sleep easily now.

Report: I was put on bp meds for stroke level BP 160 over? Then put on heart meds for crazy heart flibs. After being KETO for 6 years and stopping my meds, my last BP was actually low and when they checked my chart it was low for several months. They agreed this is my new normal. I also stopped the heart meds because all the sudden they were making me almost pass out. A-Fibs are not a major concern anymore. I'm off diabetes meds and it is controlled by diet alone. I've gone from almost 300lbs to 187. I do not restrict calories and eat all I want. I do restrict carbs to 20-25 day. I eat twice a day and have high fat snack if I get hungry between. My inflammation is much improved so long as I watch out for bad oils and limit wheat. KETO lifestyle has cured me of kidney failure. I don't experience any bad things from KETO. Although in the beginning when my body was transitioning I lost some hair. But it grew back after yr 1. I truly believe keto lifestyle and this channel has been a Godsend that saved my life. Carbs are like demons wanting to destroy you.

This is such an important message Dennis. Most people just focus on the end result and forget that it actually takes time (sometimes a lot) for the body to upregulate all of the enzymes it needs for this change in metabolism.

30 year diabetic, on both long acting and short acting insulin for 5 years, until I started the Virta keto program offered through my employer. It's been almost a year on keto. The Virta program has a physician and coach that monitor my glucose and adjust my insulin as my biomarkers have improved. I started March 1 2023. I cut the carbs to less than 30g a day. Cold turkey. My Virta Dr halved my long acting insulin and I totally stopped the short acting insulin .As of today, I went from 120 units of long acting insulin and 12 units fast acting with meals, and a A1C of 9.1, to a A1C of 6.5 , 30 units long acting insulin, and 122 pounds lost. It was not difficult, has no keto flu, the Virta program is pretty easy to follow. It has saved my life. So going keto while on insulin is quite doable, doesn't need to be gradual if you have good medical supervision. It's better to run high glucose for a time and avoid the lows. And thank you Dennis, I love your videos and advice ❤️

My body is constantly fighting for more carbs. I have to be on watch all the time to tame the beast that wants to kill me 😅

Greetings from Ethiopia. That was very informative. Thank you, Dennis.

Yes sir me too I had become very weak after going to low carb

I agree with the CGM. It changed my life. My blood sugar when I was on insulin got as low as 39 a couple times during the night. My A1C was 8.3. After I received a CGM, I was able to set an alarm on it to go off when my blood sugar got below 65. I am now off insulin and my A1C is 6.6. I 'm certain it will go down at my next DR. visit to around 6.1. I know these aren't impressive numbers but I've had type 2 diabetes for about 17 yrs. now. Been following your channel for about 6 years now and have learned an awful lot from it. Keep the good work. BTW, according to my CGM, I check my blood sugar 54 times a day.

Excellent advice, Pastor Dennis. The low carb, keto, carnivore influencers need to heed your advice. An added benefit is less chance of" keto flu". Eating some carbs can make it harder to deal with food addiction to carbs, but careful selection of carbs by avoiding sugary drinks and foods can be helpful. God bless you and your beautiful Benedicta.

Hello sir. Good news, i was tested 11.8 four month ago, today i reached the 4 club. I just tested 4.7mmol. 🎉🎉

CGM are a great help in controlling diabetes. A complete game changer.

Superb, potentially life-saving advice!

When I first cut carbs I noticed the weakness. I added some electrolytes (LMNT) and salt (Redmond’s sea salt) and after a few days all side effects went away. I think I lost about 10 pounds in water weight and it caused my electrolytes to be off. All is well now, never going back to junk carbs again.

Dennis, thank you for getting that out there. I should have given more detail... the times I woke up in the middle of the night, I crawled to my meter and once it was 32 and then 28 the second time. Good to mention about the glucose tablets (gotten at Walgreens, CVS...), I always kept a single serving bottle of OJ in the bottom door of my fridge for access. People don't understand when blood sugar is that low, you can't just get up and walk around. One must crawl. I'm 6'2" and was like a baby trying to reach my meter. Well, off to Chicago tomorrow for family visit and a chat with the vascular surgeon. Love the videos!

Another important video for people to know Dennis. I,m sure this video will be very helpful to many people. God Bless!❤😊

You are so right! I went on Keto, which as a type 1 diabetic was incredibly stupid and dangerous, I wound up in the emergency room and almost died. There is a reason they tell Type 1 Diabetics to constantly check ketones and keep them below 0.6. There is a HUGE difference in being a type 1 and a type 2; I have heard miraculous stories from type 2 diabetics getting their numbers down and even reversing their insulin resistance from Keto, but there is a difference in being insulin resistant and being a type 1 with damaged beta cells in the pancreas and not producing any insulin. I threw everything I knew about type 1 out the window to try Keto to see if it helped with inflammation, and I paid a HUGE price in my health for that stupidity.

Thanks for the info,Dennis.I have understood that the motivational encouragement you give is mostly for type2 diabetes and I have heard you mention many times to check with MD first before making major changes.Appreciate you and Benedicta.

As a T1D using an insulin pump - I always have candy readily available - especially when exercising. When I travel, I put candy in my travel bag. Having a CGM is very helpful!

You continue to provide people with good advice. Keep up the good work.

Don't quit carbs cold turkey - be gradual. 1) Work closely with your doctor. 2) Test yourself like crazy. 3) Keep sugary antidotes around. 4) Get a CGM. I just saved you 17 minutes!

See why we follow you Doc, all these other channels dont share the other side of the coin.... blessings

Dennis, the same holds true for blood pressure meds. On a low-carb diet, the blood pressure drops as insulin levels normalize and if you're on medication for BP it can go too low. I experienced a significant drop in my pressure and only caught it on time because I was regularly monitoring. I went off the BP meds within just a few weeks of starting my diet which resulted in normalizing blood sugars to an A1C of 5.2 and a 100-pound weight loss.

I prayed to find some way to lose weight that I could do healthy and sustainably. Nothing has ever worked. Cannot count calories and feel restricted and like I need a million rules to follow. I found intermittent fasting. I started by eating breakfast between 10-12. After seven months, I had to lengthen my fasting window, because I believe it was causing me to have panic attacks early a.m. Not sure if it was messing with sugar levels or not. I now do 16:8. Have lost about 16 lbs. and never could lose weight. Prediabetic. I liked your video explaining the carbs and which fruits and vegetables have less than others. Will never give up vegetables. They are good for you. God didn't put cows in the garden of Eden to chase around for a hamburger, He put veggies and fruit in there. No way would I do Keto, but I can see why it would help to get off some carbs. Thanks for your information.

Changing overnight can be brutal. No one worth their salt tells ppl to transition quickly, glad you are telling ppl this. I was already low carb when I went carnivore and it still was rough for about 10 days and I was on no meds. I would also say if anyone is taking blood thinners for any reason be careful too. Not sure if they actually make sugar go up, or just mess with the glucose test, but doc wanted to give me insulin while I was on one. I refused, specifically because I didn’t want to go hypoglycemic. It takes time to adjust, and takes time to heal. Slow, steady and be patient. I would not fast until well adapted. A decent few weeks even to go carnivore should be fine. The lows are still pushed by any carbs you eat, or your meds. Carnivore likely won’t push you that low by itself.

Always learning from ya!

You need to adjust the insuline first to go low carb, adjust T2D med and monitor low carb diet. Our body can't adjust insulin and that is why people got sick from begining. So if someone depend on med to control blood sugar, he/she has to adapt liw carb diet monitor blood sugar every 2h and adjust the insulin or metformin medicine.

Thank you Dennis, this is the video I’ve been waiting for. I have been eating low carb for about a year and a half. I used to test 3 times a day with “Mike” but last year was prescribed a CGM. I have known since I was diagnosed with diabetes that my blood sugars could go high and very high but what the CGM told me was my blood sugars could also drop into the dangerously low range

Great advice Dennis

I went from 400 lbs of eating anything I wanted and went OMAD carnivore all at once. I had no issues with eliminating carbs. No carb craving. 200 lbs less lighter two years later. I'm sure some have issues transitioning but I didn't experience it.

Excellent! And I’m an RD who works with most people with DM!

My bench press and bodyweight went way down but my blood pressure and cholesterol and a1c went way down too and no longer take the meds since eating less carbs.

I am reconsidering clean diet. I walked 3 years and control diabetes. Denis video help me lot in 2021.I have started gym. I m 33 year old. I was diagnosed with sugar at 30 age at 10.2 a1c. After that I brought back to 5.6.then I became careless. Will update the nxt a1c.

Carnivore saved my life. BP back to normal. No more IBS. No more body pain. So many other problems are gone. I thank God I found Dr. Berry. I had the keto flu for 2 weeks. After that, all good. Even after 9 months, my body still wants carbs. Sugar and carbs are the devil. I am over 70 pounds lighter these days. 😊

Went cold turkey Couldnt think or function for 3 days. Week 2 sleep was awesome Energylevels were horrible. Week 3 sleep was horrible and still is in week 4. I am sure things will normalize soon.

I have the exact same testimony.

Excellent post sir. thanks for sharing this today. Have a blessed week ahead gang 😊

I'm very glad you were able to reverse the hypoglycemic episode. Warnings like yours may save someone's life. I had a similar hypo experience with dyhydroberberine. Dr Ergin has some good examples of how to portion a plate. I used it to come off of keto. I'm more cautious with supplements now though.

My friend you are a humble person, I have been following you for a long time now, yes the advice is ok since I believe in what you teach about diabetes as time goes on more info will always come to light which doesn’t means the process was wrong, from high carb to no carbs in my case w send my reading on Mike the meter to as low as 40 fortunately I always had in my wallet sweets I am okay,today I will never go back to carbs never stop intermittent fasting because like you rightly said I can go without eating for extra long periods and feel in a powerful state the process you teach is 100% genuine and like any thing in life from a baby to a full grown person everything is gradual I went cold turkey but made it was a little scary but with time I finally have the power to just choose to eating many of the food you advice to eat so it’s good advice to go at it gradually like I say humble people will always love the truth and be adaptable that’s who you are because of this simple truth I have some other areas where I will step back and go gradually thanks my friend I would personally like to hear your voice on my phone having a chat with you. Not forgetting your dear wife.

Just keep the carbs below 50 grams a day ! Make sure you get micronutrients and sea salt bout 2-4 grams - B vitamins ! Fatty foods in moderation Moderate protien ! stay hydrated ! I been on keto not so much for weight loss but for all the other benifits !

I ran into the issue with low blood sugar a month or two after I started on a keto diet at the start of last year, woke up very low and had to eat something sugary in the middle of the night. I'm off the insulin now, though, and hoping I can get off the other meds soon. Another issue I had on keto , and that others should be aware of, was a Vitamin A deficiency. I was suffering some severe eye strain and dry eye, and my vision had changed (same prescription, but my focal distance had changed), and my ongoing retinopathy issues were exacerbated (was having minor retinal bleeds every couple of weeks). I hadn't really thought about it, but I'd almost completely cut out most of my Vitamin A sources, and it caught up with me. I started taking a supplement and rolling in more carrots and veggies that I'd cut out, and it seems to be reversing itself now, thankfully; it's been over a month since the last little bleed, and my eye other issues have vanished.

You also need to increase your electrolytes as you decrease the carbs.

As I envision the spot my friend is in with galloping meds (including Rybelsus) I know she will not be going low carb. She would rather be practically (and probably finally) bedridden (or worse). HOWEVER, I can see her path to going low carb as maintaining similar control over blood sugar every step of the way that she would have if she followed all your videos. Knowing before going. It really boils down to SLOWLY, like you say, learning your 24 hour insulin reactions and backing off from carbs step by step. After all, you have a whole new diet to attend to. It would be nice to have a doctor work with you but what are the odds of that? Thank you Dennis for the whole truth about this with the full, expanded, story.

As a 20y T2 on 1/day insulin, a1c 6.2, and never test, ever, I went cold turkey high fat keto/carnivore in a single day. I just simply took 10% my usual insulin for a couple days then gradually increased it to a point it induces a little hunger. 5 units below that is my regular dose. Eager to see my new a1c and weight in April at the doc. Your mileage may vary.

If you use insulin and decide to go low carb/keto and keep the same insulin doses then obviously you will have issues that may become dangerous. A new culinary lifestyle requires medication adjustments and with a CGM it all becomes so much easier I am a Type 1 and on healthy keto for over 5 years, and went from 15 units of fast acting insulin before each meal to 2 units before my OMAD or 2 meals a day. Long term insulin went from 45 units before bedtime to 20 units split into 2 doses of 10 units, one before bedtime and 1 when waking up I eat NO breakfast and eating window closes at 6PM firm. A1C is 5.1 and lost and have kept off 60 pounds and i have never felt better I put this plan in place on my own and my primary care physician was amazed and impressed by my actions Its all possible, just ask the Lord for knowledge/ understanding and HE will provide.

For me, just stopped Meds period, Blood Glucose went up over next week which was the indicator Meds had left my system, so can start keto. Then Glucose started to come down toward normal and become steady.

Keto flu is largely avoidable through electrolyte supplementation, per Phinney, Volek, Westman. (Wish I'd known....) If you're on insulin or other meds that tend to cause hypos, that's a different story.

Hi Dennis, Ive just been diagnosed pre diabetic tbh I was shocked. I came across your channel on investigating it on RU-vid. It was a 2 year old one on what to eat. Im 55, have high blood pressure and just been put on statins for cholesterol. Im an Irishman we love our potatoes. I suppose what Im saying is where do I start? I really dont know what to eat. I have now just this week cut down on the amount of spuds on my plate. Im a bit scared of getting diabetes tbh. I know I just cant stop taking carbs immediately I would probably go into shock. Anyway Im really grateful for your channel and have subbed. Hoping you will see my comment. Thanking you. Fantastic advice and video..

It is true ,my wife got very low sugar one morning ,so yes ,if you taking medicine be careful

Dennis I have heard you are writing a new book. I have a request that you also include your tried and true recipes as well as links to the products you use like

I started on low carb eating while on several diabetes meds. Luckily I could check in with my doctor through an online app when I started experiencing weakness and fatigue from low blood sugar after a couple of weeks. I remember being at an event and suddenly getting shaky and went into a cold sweat. I had to find a place to sit and chew on several glucose tablets to help get me out of the spiral. When I later contacted my doctor, she immediately took me off the med that was causing the low blood sugar. Still taking Metformin, but at half the dosage. Blood pressure med also has been reduced by half.

Withdrawal syndrome happens with many foods and medicines.

I keep some Kombucha for when my blood sugars fall below 70. With my recent A1C test at the Doctor's office, I was in the low 5's and he told me I could lower my evening dose.

I have liver fibrosis stage 3, with a fatty liver of over 66% fat. Is keto right for me? The last 6 months I’ve been eating 50% fat, 30% protein, 20% carbs all good sources. 2000 calories a day. Lost 50 pounds, but still have liver scarring and fatty liver. Idk what to do. Doctors want me to eat Mediterranean diet. All my foods I eat come from Mediterranean diet list but I’m eating more fat and less carbs than they want. What should I do?

Sir , is Shirataki Noodles good for a diabetic , please share 🙏

Thank you for this video. I am not on insulin. That is not my problem. I just started trying the eliminate carbs from my diet. I am going slow as you suggested. Last week I eliminated diet soft drinks and coffee creamer. Next week I am going to eliminate frozen dinners that are high in carbs. I have a question. Is Dave’s Killer Bread ok. I take a peanut butter sandwich to work. That is all I have time to eat for breakfast.

You can do anything you really want, you just need a big enough reason.

I thought a veggie based vegan diet was what I needed to cure myself of diabetes. Boy was I wrong! Last Thursday I was extremely irritable and thought I wasn’t going to be grouchy with anyone and ate 5 chocolate bars. Then my BS was 9.1 and i evaluated my diet and realized that high carbs were the problem when I came across your videos. I immediately switched my diet Friday and blood sugars are in low 5’s! Thank you Dennis!

What does one do when doctors, dietians, are saying we need carbs whole grains and fruits

If I know that I am going to be doing a LOT of physical activity I actually don't take my meds to help lower my glucose level, since your body will use that energy... Kind of what your commenter is alluding to. Of course this is really telling us that the true key to lowering A1C is regular moderate exercise....

It means if u manage diabetes without medication and low carb is more better than u on the medication and eating carbs😊

Too expensive for cmg but good tool.

Also can you link the video where you teach how to use the glucose monitor ??

I am doing zero carbs carnivore, for years, all my chronic health conditions went away.

Thank you very much. I see you in heaven. God bless you richly. Jesus is our Savior and Lord!

YES LOL IT PUTS A LOT OF DOCTORS OUT OF BUSINESS

She got the "Keto" Flu as her body detoxed from carbs, sugar, Seed oils

Hey sir, somehow i wasnt getting your videos and i checked and i wS unsubscribed and i know i didnt do it. I checked for u and got subed again.

Can you link that woman who did carnivore ???

It sounds like you are making bad choices in the food you eat. Diabetes is pretty bad but you decide to drink coca-cola to fix it? Go to unprocessed foods, modern junk food is the reason we are having all these health problems these days.

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Injecting insulin at previous levels then removing carbs is common sense, carbs turn into sugar.

It may work for some people, Keto has saved me from metformin and high blood pressure tablets, no longer type 2 diabetic, healthy and lots of energy!

Along the same lines when you change your diet to Keto you may lose some hair. It'll come back when your body adjusts.

I had an A1C of 12.7 and immediately went on a 500 calorie a day very low carb diet. I felt terrible and passed out while shopping. It took around a month to adjust but eventually everything returned to normal and now I feel great! I would say that if you are thinking of going low carb, take it easy for a while - maybe take a week off work . I was never tempted to go back on a normal diet after watching Dennis's videos though!

Go for a walk.

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Doctor's are too invested in high carb thinking.

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