Make sure you have your optic nerves in your eyes checked…clinically speaking….it has caused blindness in some over time….a direct link…new study release ….
@@tiffanyhanson3701 it’s hard to stay away from pasta and bread and beans the most affordable thing out there! But I’m managing it takes willpower but I don’t crave potatoes like I thought I would go figure lol!
My doctor actually told me to 'watch my carbs' for my my borderline diabetes. In 3 months I'm almost in the normal range. I stopped eating processed sugar, breads, pasta and high glycemic veggies and fruits. Pretty simple.
I was on ozempic, I ended up with lipase levels 3x higher than normal, almost had pancreatitis from it. I’m not a drinker at all, and 1 month after coming off the ozempic, my levels were completely normal again. I started Carnivore after and lost 50 lbs in less than 4 months after coming off ozempic and went from an ha1c of 6.4 to 5.2. These kind of meds should be more carefully monitored
@@makeupbyami08I fortunately didn’t have any or I would’ve been hospitalized for acute pancreatitis. We stumbled upon the results of the crazy high lipase levels on a routine blood screening. We ruled out alcoholism bc I didn’t drink, the next question was am I on ozempic.. which I was. We took me off it and checked again 1 month later and my levels had returned into a normal range.
My doc insisted I go on it for pre-diabetes. I stayed on it for four weeks, and my muscles hurt so terribly, I went off it. I lost no weight, and my gut was mess up too…
I took ozempic for one month, I lost about 6 lbs however, the side effects were bad, I felt like it was going to cause health problems in the future so I stopped
I took it for 3 weeks and I loved it because it COMPLETELY shut down that nagging food noise. Finally, I could exhale and just eat like a normal person! But the nagging reports of adverse side effects plus the fact that I actually read the enclosed informational insert scared me and I stopped.
@@Mhel2023 Agreed I took it the first time around the GI was bad on the side effects I was just prescribed it by my new doctor and hearing about the longer term studies and muscle loss I am just going with no thanks.
Maybe ask why people are willing to put up with nausea on these drugs. Nausea can be treated. The unbearable obsession and hunger for carbs that comes from cutting out carbs from your diet can’t be treated (except with a drug like semaglutide). People act like it’s so simple- cut calories, cut carbs, exercise more. All that usually achieves is increased hunger and fatigue. You may be able to swim up stream like that for a few months, but eventually the current will sweep you away. That’s why the vast majority fail. Semaglutide and similar drugs takes away the knawing hunger and resulting obsession that comes from the hunger. That’s why it’s so popular.
Actually the physical impact of a diet high in processed carbs is the double whammy of increasing hunger hormones ghrelin and decreasing satiated hormone leptin. Add to it that in Dr Chris vanTulleken's experiment of eating high processed food for 30 days showed a change on brain scans in the increased activity in the area for repetitive behaviour. This will eventually reverse after a while on low carb diet, in a physical aspect. So the obsession and hunger for carbs that may be after a considerable time of cutting down carbs appear to be of more a mental aspect, i.e. that some food is in the mindset connected to be used for rewards and comfort and not real hunger. And some people have a very strong resistance to do work on their mental status, you see it in "girl world" influencers as well as in the series "My 600-lb life" even if they acknowledge they had serious trauma at some point in their life and it is obvious it have affected their attitude to food. But they are quite stubborn on getting the magic wand and having no ability in improving their control of their food intake to how much as well as to what they eat.
It's weird to me that when someone has an eating disorder we collectively worry about their physical and mental health, but when they take a drug that creates the exact same outcome of barely eating enough, they are 'brave' and 'doing it for their health'.
Thank you I been saying this for some time now. No one seems to see it that way. Take ozempic, eat not much-its ok. Get weightloss surgery, eat next to nothing-its ok Decide to just eat not much- ahh no! You will just go into starvation mode and gain instead of lose, and get scurvy!! Bla bla Can't people see its all just eating less.
I have gastroparesis and so I'm in a couple of gastroparesis Facebook groups on Facebook and the number of people joining these groups that have lasting gastroparesis because of these drugs ✨after coming off of them✨ is alarming and I feel like nobody is really talking about it beyond "some nausea and vomiting as side effects". Are people being warned that this can happen? Being given a nausea medication with your ozempic prescription isn't enough. Those often cause constipation, and then you're medicating for that too. Gastroparesis is miserable and some people with it actually gain weight. My food sits in my stomach all night long and keeps my blood glucose elevated so I'm creeping up on pre diabetes. I just got a CGM so I'm seeing the patterns in my highs and lows and it's very concerning what gastroparesis is doing to the rest of my body. I have GERD, my teeth are a MESS, and I'm still fat. This is not a long term weight solution.
I certainly don’t know if they are being told this by their Dr but it certainly is listed as a side effect! It’s one of many reasons I have no interest in such a drug.
All weight loss will result in muscle loss. Ozempic doesn't cause you to lose muscle, cutting calories on a an already shitty diet without resistance training causes you to lose muscle. GLP-1 with a high protein low carb (keto/carnivore) diet with some resistance training 1-2 times a week is easy mode with minimal muscle loss maybe even gain muscle.
True. He's a trend chasing money grubber. I smelled the phoney on him from the start. It didn't help that the first video of his that I was his episode where Saladino flipped and was talking about how awesome fructose was! Talk about a phoney!
Unless we talk about the starting metabolic health of the individual and the dosing amount, ozempic is being misrepresented. I’m a type 2 diabetic who with consistent exercise and low carb still couldn’t break the metabolic block. Started on ozempic lowest dose and finally my blood sugar is lower. No real weight loss so far despite tracking everything but I’m on it for blood sugar effects. No intention of increasing the dose since I’m getting the response I need.
Excellent video, as always, Dr. Westman. Super helpful! Thank you for taking your time in explaining and sharing the information on Ozempic. For me, Ozempic is not the right choice personally. The gastroparesis side effect stops me.
I had the best results doing OMAD, certainly was not Plant based. Not doing OMAD atm, as I am in maintenance mode. When I did OMAD ( just one way of eating - not a diet ) I lost 18 kgs / 39 lbs. When tracked which was rare - my intake comprised of 60% fat and 20% each from carbs and Protein. Neat paired with lifting weights - getting more sleep also helped. No specific cardio was carried out.
My sister is brainwashed by this medication. Spends so much money and feel like crap for days after taking it. She is not even overweight anymore (66kg) wants to hit 60kg. She even had a thyroid scare that may, or may not be related to wegovy at all. She has this weird mindset that she has to take it for the rest of her life or she will become fat.. how do i help her..
Dr. Westman, I am a big fan of yours. But I suggest you take another look into Ozempic before making statements like this is the end of it. It’s not really a drug - it’s a cocktail of peptides. And used judiciously and in conjunction with resistance training and proper diet, it’s an amazing tool.
Society has become so dam lazy these days. Just set your mind to it and make it happen. People would rather risk side effects and possible long term issues.
It’s really sad that people think they need this 💩. I get it, changing old habits to new ones isn’t easy but I don’t need shots and pills that essentially take my appetite while wasting away.
Ozempic = I drink Ensure protein shakes,Equate protein shakes, Stimulant stool softeners as needed, Acid Reflux caplets as needed, Gas pills as needed,drink lots of water and Electrolytes daily this helps me with the unpleasant side effects.
legit don't need to watch this video but read this! i lost 25-30kg of pure fat gained alot of muscle got abs first time in my life and i look really good now and ive been off wegovy for a long time now and didnt regain almost any fat at all or the extreme hunger and sugar cravings fast food cravings i had before. the key is to change your life while your on the metdication use it as a tool and slowly taper down the dose don't go cold turkey off it, ive struggled to get in good shape my entire life and it happend so fast with this medication 6-7 months and i was in best shape ever :)
I found it very interesting that the person who could not get their Ozempic “fix” gained a lot of weight back. To me, this sounds like a pharmaceutical cash cow, creating a dependency on their product to maintain sales.
Three of the people that are on it that I've spoke to are under the impression from their doctors that they'll be on it for the rest of their lives. That's insane in my opinion
If a raw carrot sounds tasty, you're hungry. If a piece of chocolate cake sounds tasty but a raw carrot does not, you're bored. Go something else. Seriously, this little insight allowed me to drop almost 200 lbs.
As always, Dr Westman filters out all the “other stuff”. I’m not a big fan of Tom because he has no real training I weight loss. His main concern is looking buff, but he’s not an expert, take what he says with a grain of salt! For sound reliable information stick with Dr Westman, Dr Jason Fung and Dr Ken Berry. Real medical doctors who help people every day
Thomas lost almost 100lbs with keto and fasting, he uses that as his credentials. His older content reflects that and is overall pretty good at that. Nowadays he’s been more into biohacking and performance. Hell he’s started flip flopping recommending carbs to people again. I do definitely agree with you though. I recommend anyone take his videos with a grain of salt as much of what he says in recent history is not for weight loss. It is based on rodent studies or very fringe research for performance and biohacks
Yeah but Sharo, Tom lost over 100 lbs. So he's been through it and likes to share what works and what doesn't. And the "why" behind everything through the literature. He also gets Doctors from all different back rounds to interview and you learn from those Doctors. But absolutely, everyone should follow Dr. Westman, Dr. Ken Berry, and Dr. Jason Fung.
The only thing that bothers me about Thomas is he's pushing a different supplement every day, and before he does he'll tell you he doesn't really take that many supplements. Maybe he means at one time!
I'm always amazed to hear that it's OK to do weight loss surgery and take drugs because the benefits outweigh the risks but the keto lifestyle is dangerous even though people do well. I guess follow the money because no one has your back if they can make a quick buck
Dr. Westman emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive approach to weight loss that combines medication, nutrition, and lifestyle factors. He advocates for personalized care that takes into account individual needs and circumstances. Additionally, he stresses the significance of monitoring and managing side effects associated with weight loss medications, such as nausea and vomiting. Overall, Dr. Westman's advice centers on adopting a balanced and evidence-based approach that prioritizes sustainable results and patient well-being.
I always say to friends that eating low carb you do not get easily hungry, but you just eat the times you have set for yourself. 1-3 times a day. I like 2 times a day. That way I am keeping my irritable colon ok and the unrecular heart beat away that comes from irritable colon. Low carb is essential for my health!
You have irregular heart beat ? Have you been checked for SVT? Super ventricular tachycardia? This is something I was getting , heart would just take off going at irregular speeds , turned out to be SVT, now on Metropolol which keeps it normal, my daughter had what's called an oblation for her SVT they operate and burn of some of the faulty receptors in the heart. If this is your experience speak to your doctor , just thought I'd mention it .
I'm type 2 diabetes but it's genetic so no amount of watching my diet is gonna reverse it. Also ozempic stopped working for me after a year and now I frequently have hypers. Doc finally listened and I'm getting put on a gen 2 jab
It's very ironic, every person I've spoken to who has undergone bariatric surgery says tge same thing - they have to eat differently after the surgery & focus on getting enough protein... hhhmmmm, sounds like keto & intermittent fasting , badically... it doesn't seem to occur to them that they could've eaten that way without the surgery & they would have achieved the same results!
And some have to go on a high protein diet BEFORE the surgery to loose some weight ,in order to qualify for the surgery. So...why not continue this WOE?
@@silentnot4812a video game streamer I used to watch, went on a tirade when someone in the chat said they do keto and do fine in the gym. The way he claimed he understood how keto works and then said he would never recommend it to anyone told me everything I needed to know. He “understands” it from a mainstream perspective and in many cases that means they think it’s unhealthy
I know quite a few people who have had weight loss surgery, and every one of them eventually gained their weight back because they didn't take the time to learn about their body and actually find out why they got so heavy in the first place. All they cared about was losing the weight quickly and easily. Pretty sad.
I have had an interesting experience with my endocrinologist. I used to be very successful with keto and intermittent fasting but fell off the wagon. My sugars shot up, I gained weight and all of the old problems I had came back. I went back on insulin and started Ozempic. Not once did we discuss my diet or lifestyle . Right now I am aiming for Ketovore because I need to heal from major surgery.
Do these side effects happen to the diabetics this was meant for in the first place? I only started hearing about them once they became a weight loss fad.
Why make things complicated when it might not be necessary? I suggest you try the simple way first to see if it will work for you. Just changing what I ate worked for me. I went low carb in Oct 2021 after being diagnosed with diabetes and was not doing it to lose weight. I weighed 80kg, 5 foot tall. I started losing weight quite easily without even trying. I did not measure carbs (just kept them low) or calories. I continued doing my regular stretching and strengthening exercises that I had been doing for at least one year prior to changing my WOE. I got to 62kg easily and stayed there for a long time. Earlier this year I cut out cheese because it causes mild constipation (and can make my hemorrhoids flare up) and lost 4kg, again without trying. I now weigh what I did in the mid 1980s before I had children.
I'm on the lowest dose (wegovy) with phenomenal results and zero side effects. Lost 18 kg six years ago on a restrictive high protein diet and exercise. I regained half of it and after that I never managed to lose any weight again, no matter what I did, because I had developed regular binge attacks that would spoil all my efforts. I wanted to lose the last 10 pounds and it's a game changer for me. Working out a lot to preserve my muscles and try to eat as much protein as possible. No binge-eating ever since I started. Feels like freedom in my head.
Fancy taking dangerous drugs to lose 10lbs.! I find that to be a very strange behaviour. What on earth has happened to the human race? Perhaps you could go to a poor third world country or an impoverished area of your own country for a few months and help the poor, starving people of the world and your mindset might change when it comes to appreciating the great advantage you have with the opportunity and education you have that should help you appreciate how easy it is to make healthy choices in your life in comparison to the great majority of people in the world.
I've lost 7 lbs in the first 2 weeks of trying low carb! People have to be willing to put in the time and effort if they're serious about wanting results!
That's great! Stay strong and consistent and you'll get wherever you want. I started in August and went from 90kg to 74 now. No more obesity after years of trying and falling with dieticians and personal trainers
Let’s face it, Ozempic sounded like a dream come true! As a society, we’re lazy. We all want the fast fix . We need to understand… if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
Yes. No one wants to hear the truth and that is that we have created a multi-dimensional unhealthy society and that this has consequences. Almost nobody was obese or even overweight when we were eating real food in moderation.
In my opinion, it is just as important to eat enough of the right food as well as limit or eliminate the bad food. I think we overweight and obese people are malnourished. Taking a drug that will cause you to eat less will make you more malnourished. I am not an MD or a nutritionist, but I think it is a good idea to increase the consumption of protein first. Do that before you even consider cutting down on the carbs. Eventually you do want to cut down on the carbs, but first things first.
What is so important about carbs when you are trying to reduce energy in the diet and burn body fat? Try reducing carbs and oils and increasing protein.
I'm 63 and never sick, never go to the doctor, medical costs: 0, never took a pill. Quite easy: live at peace, far away from the 5g antennas, keto + int fasting 💪💪💪
@@staceyb213 Gastro G Intestinal I Gastro…… Related to the stomach, therefore she was in the hospital with GI issues AND she happens to take that stuff. Co-incidence? Costs a lot of people a lot of money if she was in the hospital with side effects. I hope she is OK now.
I took ozempic for diabetes and did not loose any weight on it! I stopped taking it and started doing ketovore and my blood sugar is getting better including my high blood pressure!!
I lost 30 lbs, knocked 0.5 off of my A1c, dramatically reduced my triglycerides, raised my HDL and normalized my blood pressure among other positive outcomes with a ketogenic diet and increased activity, mainly walking and biking. Long term keto may have some adverse effects, however, at least in my case. Over time, I experienced some thyroid and inflammation biomarker issues and high LDL/ApoB so I have reintroduced some carbs, mainly fruit juice, potatoes and sourdough bread in small quantities. I have not gained back the weight but we'll see how the carbs affect my chemistry at my next blood test. No Big Pharma medications for me, diet and lifestyle rules!
The big question is why people have undesirable weight. Once they answer this then they would just deal with the cause. I am in Kenya, and here we do not have a weight problem. We just do things. Methinks the problem in the US is the agriculture and the food. Perhaps also the fact that the US has zeroed agriculture, food and eating down to science and evidence, and peoples lives are supposed to fit into this. Why not consider that other animals just live without science
same thing keeps happening and people aren't adapting. they say new treatment is amazing and after year or two people realize it has terrible side effect.
In the year 2000, the pharmaceutical companies had to take 100 previously tested, approved, and "safe" medications off the market due to the medications turning out not to be safe at all. The number of medications removed from public use every year had been growing rapidly up to the year 2000, and I'm very sure it's continued to increase even more rapidly each year since then, though exact numbers are suspiciously hard to find.... They're using us as guinea pigs for profit. They don't care if the pills help us or harm us, all they care about is if they can gain more than they lose.
Regarding fast weight after weight loss surgery: I just saw my cousin last night and she had lost almost 100 pounds in the last year from weight loss surgery and I was shocked and how aged and unhealthy she looked! 😢 This video just inspired me to get my copy of "The Official Page 4" out and get back to basics. Thanks Dr. Westman!
I think you’re being naive. Especially regarding weight loss for women. Mounjaro is a life saver and losing muscle mass happens with every diet. While I agree that protein is critical when on these drugs, I believe low carb or keto diets are unsustainable for the long term. I think people need to focus in portion control for the long haul. And people need to learn how to eat slowly so they get used to listening to their cues from their bodies telling them when they are sated.
I don't know if it's relevant, but, I was on ozempic for about 2 months, it caused me some damage. I didn't lose weight and my insulin resistance got worse. I was already eating Low Carb High Fat. What is so frustrating to me is that my gut almost stopped working, my blood glucose didn't reduce. Luckily my local pharmacy had no ozempic so I decided to stop taking it as I didn't want to go through re-starting each time I couldn't get it. I was eating OMAD and sometimes fasting for longer. I now eat carnivore with as much fat as I can tolerate, slowly my body 14:15 is recovering, I am trying to be patient
Supressing your appetite by using appetite suppresants IS NEVER EVER A GOOD CHOICE EVER! You should be putting on muscle.. and you gotta eat to do that. There are some pretty good peptide therapies out there that are a far better choice.. example cjc 1295/ipamorelin.. You want to put on muscle..When you put on muscle, your weight will adjust accordingly.. This does not occur when you SUPRESS YOUR APPETITE..
Oh terrific. The good old drug companies will add provide a 2nd drug to prevent the muscle loss they've caused with the 1st drug. Yep sounds like normal modern practice.
The elephant in the room is that these drugs interfere with proper nutrient absorption. Gastrointestinal distress can indicate several different issues, but in this case it would be indicating a transit time that is too short to properly feed either you or your gut microbiome. And, the amount of energy consumed to clear out all of this undigested food is staggering. This is energy that you need to be using for autophagy, and cellular regeneration. But instead you are wasting it on attempting to digest and eliminate food that provides you with little nutrition. It is a massive energy and nutrient sink hole. Essentially these drugs starve you of the nutrients you need to fuel bodily functions such as cellular repair. Keto addresses this directly. There is no such thing as a magic pill.
If you can get the meds, take them and then also use a low carb excersise plan to maintain. To be able to reach your goal weight after years of being on keto carnivore fasting etc is a dream come true
So basically, inorder to use the drug effectively, you have to change your diet. If you just changed your diet in the first place, you would get the same results and didn’t have to drug yourself.
I think this is a good tool for people that don't have the strength to do it the hard / healthy way. The only way I would ever take something like this is if I was extremely obese.
I had all types of side effects when I started ozempic(nausea, light headed, vision issue) , I called the Company and they said they’d notate it. I didn’t go on ozempic to lose weight and didn’t lose any. Almost a year later blue cross federal said they wouldn’t cover it anymore and had to stop with really no plan to reduce it beforehand. I’ve been doing Keto for the last month & a half. My weight hasn’t budged at all. I honestly think Ozempic screwed up the chemistry in my body. I’ve done Keto before going on the Ozempic and did great losing weight; what else can I do? Not quitting but this really sucks!
The GLP-1 Probiotic from a company called Pendulum works quite well for me. You still have to modify your diet and include exercise in the for of resistance training and frequent walking. Mitopure from Timeline and Glutaryl is extremely helpful too.
A friend of mine is using a combination of a GLPT1 Agonist with insulin for his T2D. He didn't want to change his diet. He was losing weight to the point that he was getting hypos, so he reduced his medication and now his weight loss seems to have stalled. That's not really a problem at the weight where he is now. Since you're going to be using these drugs for the rest of your life, unless you change your lifestyle, I think the main point is to use as little of these drugs as possible. These drugs reduce your appetite, effectively causing you to starve yourself. Not only is there a high risk of loss of muscle mass, but because people eat less of their unhealthy diet, there is also an increased risk of nutritional deficiencies. The aim is to lose weight as slowly as possible. You can always increase the dose if the weight loss stalls. But then the question is: do you really need to lose more weight? By taking less of these drugs you also reduce the risk and severity of side effects. So, if you are at a point where you are just a little overweight, the risks of increasing the dosage are already not worth it.
I’m 66yo and adding muscle weight back and again after adding resistance/crossfit to my daily 4mi trail run. How much difference to muscle loss does high protein make if I were to lose some of the 15lb I’ve put on. 10%, 30%, 80% ?… how much difference does high protein (140g) make VS moderate protein (80g) I’m plant based, and it is hard to add protein without also adding complex carbs .. btw: I have no problem with complex carbs as my a1c is 4.9% insulin between. 3 and 6, ldlc around 65, but, my waist has increased by 1/2” due to AB growth
Interesting that a drop in A1C of 1.0 to 1.38 is declared ‘significant’. If your A1C is 10, then does a 1.38 drop actually make that much difference? Simply cutting carbs can quickly give you a 5.0 drop in A1C (from personal experience). It seems that the effectiveness of medication is over-stated - perhaps why many would say that an A1C of 7.0 for a diabetic is ‘good’. In terms of weight loss, I went ‘low carb’ 10+ years ago and lost weight steadily over a couple of years (from 79kg down to 75). I’m now around 70 and, if anything, need to be careful to keep my weight up!
Not much talk about the gut microbiome effects from the digestive slo-down from a GLP1A . I'm reluctant to try a GLP1 A because I'm low carb carnivore for 18 months now and the gut is micro is amazing. I have major weight loss issues tho. In fact, a few months ago I found out I was diabetic and since using Insulin, I've been slowly gaining weight even tho I'm eating less than 15 carbs/day. I think insulin resistance and a secondary metabolic syndrome of some sort. I have noticed that I have bulked up a little from all the hi protein. At age 65, protein is paramount to maintain muscle mass.
Is 0.5 mg dose for diabetes control okay I do not plan to go on a higher dose. This is the supposed to be the lowest therapeutic dose. I have been on this for several years HbA1c is now 5.7%
The lowest dose for Ozempic is .25mg every 2 weeks. My dr just started me on it a month ago at the lowest dosage bc my body has trouble taking some medications. For example, I’m on Amlodipine for my BP. If I take 10mg a day, whether we break it up to 5mg ea in the morning and at night, I faint and wind up with stitches in my head. If we do 7.5mg/day, I get dizzy and it makes me vomit. If I take 5mg/day, my body does fine with zero side effects, but my insurance company didn’t want to cover the 5mg. My dr had to argue with the insurance company and prove that my body can’t handle the higher dosages before they’d cover it. She started me at the lowest dosage of Ozempic for T2D, and my body couldn’t tolerate it at all yet the insurance company had no problem covering that medication, go figure. I projectile vomited multiple times within 24 hrs of taking it, and had extreme bowel issues which landed me in the hospital for dehydration and other issues. So, that was a no from my body on the lowest dosage of Ozempic. I told my dr when the “cure” becomes worse than the disease, it’s not worth it. I have a very busy life, and I don’t have time to spend projectile vomiting for days with further issues that resulted in a hospital visit nor does my wallet appreciate it very much. I’m going to change my diet to Keto and IF to see how that goes since my body is so touchy with medications.
Good grief. Long term side effects from keto, paleo, carnivore AND ozempic are basically unknown. Few long term studies and those few we do have point to higher all cause mortality. So glad I went plant based 40 years ago. No addictions, medications, health problems and compared to animal based diets and pharmaceuticals, it’s dirt cheap. Soooo much protein addiction. It’s worrying.
A glaring mistake in the beginning of this video is the statement that Ozempic is a first generation GLP1. Liraglutide (saxenda/victoza) was the first generation and they lost their patent either this year or the end of last year.
Nothing to be proud of or snarky about in being a "doctor." Doctors have done a substantial amount of damage societally especially as it relates to nutrition. Thankfully I did keto intermittent fasting and tremendous walking and lost a hundred pounds. No surgeries which are doctor backed. No drugs which are also doctor backed. Again doctors are the fingertips, the tips of the spear, the avant-garde of drug companies.
Seeing all of the Ozempic posts on Tik Tok made me start Keto again. I’ve never really seen such big girls and I could lose 30lbs 😂. I really don’t wanna go there. They have no idea what they are doing to themselves
Are you kidding me that you think people don’t know that diet and exercise are important for losing weight?! How condescending can you be? And to say that most people are unaware of a keto diet is ridiculous. You might be seeing some people who don’t know this, but most people are definitely aware of these options. The biggest problem is some of the marketing messaging that confuses people but those high-level concepts. I own a weight loss and wellness center and people are definitely aware and often very well researched typically. I really don’t like the way he is so condescending.
Even though keto and low carb give me some modest weight loss, I never experienced the reduced appetite. I can so easily over eat zero carb foods. I'm now on Zepbound and doing low carb.
Why is it such a big issue that weight gain can recur after stopping the medication? I have asthma… another chronic disease….and if I stop taking the medication that I’ve been taking for more than 25 years… my asthma will become uncontrolled…. Same happens with anyone on blood pressure medication… why should we expect anything different for medication for another chronic disease like obesity…
While I get what you are trying to argue here, you cannot make quite frankly small changes with diet and activity and be cured of your asthma. Dealing with obesity as a disease is fine, categorize it how you want, but it is a self inflicted and avoidable disease. I say this as someone who was formerly obese and made diet/activity changes to lose over 100lbs and maintain now a healthy weight.
People don’t want to see ppl heal they are invested in them being sick or overweight because if their ok that person isn’t codependent or they then have to compete with the person who has lost weight ect so many people have tall poppy syndrome
It all feels.like another testing epidemic of something they dont have a clue about, would rather my kids vape than do in the UK what is called zoe instead, there on carnivore and looking and acting amazing
Dr. Ken Berry, on a recent video, stated that you, Dr. Bikman, and him were starting the "American Diabetes Society" and were currently working on the site. Dr. Berry encouraged donations. Is this correct? I have not seen anything from you or Dr. Bikman related to starting this new endeavor.
I think you're wrong. And if a person is doing what they should by way of chaning habits and exercising and eating protein, then the muscle loss is minimal.
Thank you doctor As a surgical tech I wish people would educate themselves about the medication and the fact as you stated that they still need to add nutrition and exercise. My heart doctor did not offer me any medication when he asked me to lower my weight and I have done it by modifying my diet and adding more movement even with my my health issues because I sure don’t want to add any more ❤
The individuals who use this way to shed weight are lazy weak types, if you want to slim down put in the effort, cut out the crap food and get your arse in gear and do the hard work of exercise.
