People did not do this! The public ate as they always had. Fatty foods in large amounts with bags of sugar eg doughnuts, You cannot believe that people only ate carbohydrate. Flour was processed carbohydrate which people only consumed with fat eg croissant, buns, pastry. Just because people made low fat foods does not mean people ate it. Schools always buy the cheapest not the best food. Kids prefer chips so that is what they ate. The government subsidised corn to feed cattle and chickens. Corn syrup was useful to ensure profits from any surplus.
@@cliffordmorris60911973 - government now subsidizes corn and high fructose corn syrup ... people now consuming way more high profit, but addictive fructose. Problem is that this is ADDICTIVE for many people and they then eat far more than they need and all the negative results detailed in this video ensue.
That is what people already do. Most people don't know what the recommendations say. Well, I do: Do not eat refined grains. Eat whole grains. Chose beans, fish and chicken over other meats. Fill your plate with at least 50% veggies and fruit. Vegetables should be the hearty colourful kinds. Kale, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, carrots, beets. Get no more than 5-10% of your energy from saturated fat, and about 30% of your energy from fat. These are almost universal in the world, and lie close to the pattern prescribed by Ancel Keys, and it is probably the diet most associated with longevity and heart health. Nobody does this. This "documentary" makes it seem like the recommendations are the problem, but that is clearly not the case. Adherence is well below 10%. Don't trust a documentary that only interviews low carb folks and presents a sensationalist one-sided view. They didn't even interview anyone at the USDA, which is mind-boggling considering the claims.
Yeah, I never desinfected, held no distance, wore my mask badly and used it a year, not vaccinated, twice infected hardly sick and still alive, eat low carb high saturated fat and will not do anything special to protect climate. Having a great life.
At one point in the video (or was it the special features?) a dietician pointed out that they aren't trained to analyze the science in their profession; they're taught to parrot the low fat high carb doctrine based on Ancel Keys's flawed research. According to Robert Lustig, doctors are trained the same way. He actually had a PhD in biochemistry so he knew that insulin was the fat accumulation hormone and how the metabolic pathways worked. But after he went to medical school he literally forgot this and accepted the medical dogma of "Calories in, calories out" and "Eating fat makes you fat". I wonder if the sleep deprivation and constant exposure to groupthink played a role in that?
When they get ZERO nutritional training it's absolutely bizarre to consult a GP before changing your diet. It's like seeing a dentist for your foot problem.
They say this so they don't get sued, it's that simple. If somebody accidently fucked up themselves up with their advice without saying this, that might happen, but saying to "ask your doctor" alleviates this.
Wow! You said it rather well. I took control of my children’s diet after going Keto and I am starting to see results from them, mentally and physically!
I stumbled across this documentary about four years ago now, and it absolutely changed my life. In about ten months, through an increased focus on what I ate and increased exercise, I lost about fifty pounds, and have kept it off to date. I had been trying to lose weight for maybe ten years prior, but nothing ever stuck. These days I have way more energy and have gone from struggling to run a couple kms to running ultramarathons. To the filmmakers, if you ever happen to see this, thanks for helping change my life.
I cut out all rice, grains, pasta, cereals and potatoes six months ago. In effect, a ketogenic diet. I’ve lost 30 kg (about 70 pounds). My blood pressure and cholesterol is on point. An obesity counsellor and psychotherapist said my diet is unhealthy. 🤦🏻♂️
Great job! I did low carb diet for about a year and lost 45lbs and feel amazing. I now cycle higher and lower carb days throughout the week and have been able to maintain my weight loss for almost two years.
Good for you! Also, your counselor and therapist don;t know what they are talking about. Keto is safe and effective. Carbs are a new thing for humans, we did not evolve to eat them, all they do is cause obesity diabetes etc.
39:50 - my mum used to say, "Pay the farmer now or the doctor later." And she loved real butter. She's nearly 70 and on no med's and never sees the doctor. Same with her husband and her children. Thanks, Mum!
Ohhh! This is a great mindset! I dont like buying healthy food cuz its expensive and time consuming but considering how expensive healthcare is... I probably shouldn’t hesitate as much.
My Mom was taken in by the margarine and crisco scam and until a year and a half ago I thought margarine was healthier than butter. I sure enjoy my grass fed butter now though!
@@108wee Healthy food doesn't have to be expensive. Healthy pre-prepared food is, but to buy fresh vegetables by the kilogram, dried beans, lentils, brown rice and cook from scratch.......... actually it's quite affordable.
@@artzymac5641 , that's so AWESOME! Do you follow keto or LCHF? IF? BTW, I've lost 33 lbs via diet AND exercise. Turns out, I enjoy working out! Who knew?
Omg.. why do I feel so blessed by this comment... I was making this so complicated. Thank you. Edit: the comment was underrated because there is so much wisdom in what you typed. I will never forget this. Cultural diets play a huge role in this.
I was a bodybuilder as a young adult. However, after breaking my neck and later being shocked by 16,000 volts, I became quite sedentary. Additionally, I settled for the Standard American Diet and added doughnuts, cookies and other carbs. Now, I am diabetic and 100 lbs overweight. I started a ketogenic diet this year and have already lost over 20lbs and my blood sugar levels are normal again. I am a living testament to the message of this documentary and applaud this message. Thanks for the hard work.
When you tell people that sugar is adictive (and you insist a little), they get angry, start lying, attack you personally, etc. You know,... How alcoholics and drug addicts react.
Today was my first day without sugar. It was so hard..but no sugar in my diet is going to do wonders for my energy level and overall health I can feel it 😉
ruza split, how's it going? I found the first week to be the hardest, then it stopped being an issue. Now, seven months later, I can't even eat anything sweet. It's disgusting.😀
I was talking about the addictive properties of sugar on the bus with a friend and the two people next to us started grinning in a mocking manner like we were nuts. Especially when I said that sugar lights up the same areas as cocaine in the brain. On this matter people are either non-educated, miseducated or in denial, it's very hard to get people to watch these kind of videos.
I AM an alcoholic and a drug addict and you are full of shit. People like me never once doubted that these things were addicting. We knew it. We might not admit it to assholes like you but we knew exactly what we were doing. I've been clean since 1992.
I’ve been avoiding processed food for about 2 years, I’ve lost a third of my body weight and have never felt better. It has to be a lifestyle change. Not a diet.
That kind of method just let my mother lost weight without increasing her exercise. I get the feeling these foods are not just unhealthy they make you unnecessarily more hungry.
Bbu but, the sugar and carbs which are extremely addictive drugs are everywhere. You cannot resist the temptation with just the sight of them flashing in your face.
Started keto 8 months ago. Lost 25 pounds, high blood pressure, pre diabetes and fatty liver mysteriously disappeared. Who would of known a diet based on 70 percent fat could do that.
I am doing one meal a day with a focus on eating as much saturated animal fat as possible and I've lost 0.37 pounds a day for several months. I've peeled back years of gain in a few months.
By standard American diet they mean food pyramid, which nutritionalists do consider healthy, but has been the cause of rising diabetes and obesity over the last decades. So yes nutritionalists do think it is healthy, and they are wrong, and evil for pushing this sickness onto the world.
@@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32 lol the rise of obesity has nothing to do with the "food pyramid". 99% of Americans couldn't give two shits about the god damn food pyramid. The rise in obesity is all about the increased consumption of highly processed foods with refined carbs supplemted with a shit ton of saturated fats. When most people shop at the groceries, most of their shopping is done in the center isles and frozen food sections that is ride with processed junk.
You're spot on about the role played by government agencies, but your conclusion wrong. We will all die, whether we eat a low carb diet or not. If we listen to the government's advice, we will simply die an earlier and slower and more painful death than would otherwise be the case. It's all about quality of life, not about avoiding death.
@@Ummfatimah404 yeah there are life insurance companies that are interested in Low Carb diets and are starting to research Keto Diets. If you live longer, they win. If everyone dies in there 40’s(which is happening here in 2021), life insurance companies go out of business, so they are the leverage we need for change because of their take with the food companies. Hopefully I see this change in my life, one could hope...
As a diabetic I was MORTIFIED when my new doctor was suggesting I eat a higher carb diet even when I told her that being Low carb is what initially improved my blood work and weight three years ago. Apparently I'm still doing it wrong and I need to go back on higher carb lower fat even though my blood work sugar and weight are great. For several visits she was on me to swap diets and I finally asked her why and she says bc the guidelines say this and I'm like yeah but they are wrong and any time I try to follow them I feel like crap. She says I'm just not doing it right or I need to give it time. I respond with why on Earth should I stop doing what has worked steadily for years and swap back to something that I know for a fact doesn't work and try to force the thing that doesn't work to try to work? She basically hasn't brought it up since.
Medicine is always changing its mind. I decided years ago that I would make my educated decisions and let 'er rip, so to speak. So far it's worked pretty well.
She knows she'll make less money on you over more time if you don't get back on the death spiral. I learned that the hard way with my grandfather and Uncle, at no time in your life are you more profitable to a doctor than during the deathspiral in the last few years of your life. They can always get more patients after they've mined you to the grave
I literally cry when I see some of the sample diets from Diabetes Australia. One of them started with white bread with jam (jelly) for breakfast. I was in disbelief.
I tried to tell my professor about the dangers of the food pyramid and how it was created by food consortiums and she said, "Oh, no, that was the last food pyramid, not this one." Eye roll. Then she proceeds to tell us about the "science" behind carbo loading. I asked her if she was familiar with the word gluconeogenesis and if there was such a thing as an essential carbohydrate and she smirked and dismissed the entire idea. We have to repeat dangerous and false information as fact to pass the test!
The food pyramid might be off, however I am sure pies, sodas, pizza, and sugar filled cereals are not at the bottom of the pyramid. This documentary pretends that people got sick because of the food pyramid, however shows pictures of people eating enormous amounts of food and slices of fat cheesy pizza as proof of this while I can't help thinking this was never what the food pyramid prescribed... 🙄😱. Don't get me wrong I love the fact more and more national health care institutions put vegatables, greens, beans and fruits at the bottom, where they should be. Carbs however are a useful and efficient source of energy.
Actually there are many essential carbohydrates they are called vegetables. Why? Because they contain all the vitamins and minerals your body needs plus those essential fats. Animal fat and manufactured vegetable fats contains no vitamins or minerals. They are simply fat.
I tried this ! I went on a keto diet and then a month later I started intermittent fasting , and I can say I will NEVER go back to eating like I used too ! The weight is falling off , and my mental clarity is so amazing like sludge has been removed ! PLEASE TRY THIS ! It will make a difference . And I was a guy who thought all this kind of stuff was bullshit ! Now I’m a firm believer
I was diagnosed with type two (2) diabetes four years ago. I was very stunned when I heard the doctor . I still remember my grandmother rotting to death ........ oh that smell. So i cut all carbs ........ and from 143kgs I am now down to 89 kgs ...... nearly 120 pounds .
Supermarkets these days are a joke. 60% of stuff is just sweets and junk food, 80% is carb loaded shit Check ingredients, there is sugar punched into literally anything non fresh
Thats why you should prepare your own foods and just eat whole foods its better for you I eat less carbs now I made a chicken vegetable stir fry no noodles or rice with it and now I feel so much better and lost a lot of weight.
I took a health class in high school and I was surprised to find that no one in class knew how to read nutrition labels (my elementary school in the Philippines literally tested us on how to identify the label and tell if a food is healthy or not)
Don't forget salt. Anything packaged is LOADED with it. Ramen noodles are the WORST, at like 1,700 mg. I only eat half a package at one time and use very little seasoning. You'd actually be better off with a little butter or cream cheese for that creamy flavor.
I can remember being a kid and seeing a junk food advertisement and I would BEG my parents for the food. Even though I didn’t want it before the commercial. 100% affected me as a kid.
I am 66. I used to be morbidly obese according to two medical doctors, and was plagued with several other chronic health conditions. In short, had become insulin resistant and was in a stage of poor metabolic health. Two years ago, i began eating differently. I began an aggressive style of intermittent fasting by eating just one big meal per day. I cut out all sugars, including most fruits from my diet. I also stopped eating all highly processed junk 'foods', and drastically reduced my carb intake - no more breads, cereals, pastas, etc. A typical meal consisted of a variety of steamed fresh organic, non GMO veggies from local farmers and local markets supplied by the same local farmers. I also have a serving of high quality meat protein also coming from mostly local free range farms. I also use a good amount of herbs and spices and healthy fats with my meals. After just two months of eating this way, i lost about 60 pounds of excess fluids and body fat with no increase in physical activity or exercise. And very soon after that some real magic began happening. All those chronic health conditions that plagued me for decades just started reversing - going away. No more fatty liver condition. No more pre-diabetes symptoms. No more occasional high blood pressure. The edema - swelling in the feet and lower legs was gone. And with the edema gone the occasional chronic infections called cellulitis never returned. The peripheral neuropathy - pain in my feet from nerve damage was gone. Even my COPD symptoms from decades of smoking subsided. No more chronic cough, wheezing and shortness of breath. And i still smoke on a modest level. Imagine that. Even my teeth and bones got stronger, and my testosterone levels improved. I am healthier and stronger than i was 10 years ago. It is almost like aging in reverse! I use absolutely no pharmaceutical product - prescribed or over the counter for any reasons whatsoever. This video is amazing, and it came out about six years ago. I wish i knew six years ago what i learned two years ago. I would probably be even better off than i am now. But better late than never. I have been spreading freely what i have learned with whoever will listen. If you are struggling with weight and health issues, give intermittent fasting and eat real foods a try. If i can do it at my age, chances are, you can do it too. Best wishes to everybody who took the time to read my little rant, and to those who did not.
I was recently diagnosed as a type 2, I’m 27 and I immediately began researching and came across low carb/keto. I was on 90 units of insulin per day, A1C was over 9, after doing keto for four months my A1C is now 5.7, lost 50 pounds and I am completely off insulin. My blood sugar stays in the 80s and I no longer suffer from acid reflux, stomach aches, diarrhea, and high blood sugar like I used to. I appreciate your “rant” lol, if only people knew how much whole foods can improve our health !
Cool, but when you say After just two months of eating this way, i lost about 60 pounds of excess fluids and body fat ....this is not magic its well established research. The IF simply allowed you to lose weight through calorie redcution ..again no magic involved. Also don't fall for the low carb rant extremism there are ways to eat a balanced diet inbcluding carbs with no risk of insulin resistance.
I've been on keto for about 3 months now and have lost 40 pounds. My mind is sharper, I have way more energy, my feet and knees don't hurt anymore, I have significantly less body odor. This shit is the real deal. I tried a few times a few years ago, but this time I'm a believer.
keto turned me into a zombie too while i was going through withdrawls then i didnt eat enough ..once i ate more in one meal and drankl enough to stay hydrated through the day and added a tspoon of pink salt for minerals.. i came to life and lost 40 pounds in three months including one month of no weight loss ..my body transformed my shape and took the swelling out of my left ankle from an old injury and numbness went away in my leg in places ..feels much better
Keto is great, but carbs give me explosive energy for my workouts, and martial arts class, but i only consume them before and after, and the rest of my meals are high fat. I honestly feel great doing it like that. It’s not like I consume a lot of carbohydrates, only a 150 grams a day.
@@omartaha6901 there is nothing wrong with eating carbs we've been eating carbs for centuries, it is just that we are eating highly processed garbage carbs and way too much of them.
@@alonoalvarez7031 Not to mention that road kill smell on their breath and body is horrific. I never smelled anything worse. How is 40 pounds in a month healthy, tho?
@@kevinchong7991 yes somewhat true at first, but if you make it your life style it actually gets easy (and natural). You will adapt over time. But dedication at first is needed for sure.
@@kevinchong7991 If you go on Keto and get fat adaptive you just intermittent fast out of lack of hunger. 12-14 hour periods where you just feel no hunger.
I used to follow a whole-foods, high-carbohydrate vegan diet and I over time I began to notice what I assume were many pre-diabetic symptoms. I felt tired all the time, particularly after eating. I eventually got into a habit of having to sleep after lunch because I physically couldn't keep myself awake. My vision became blurry, again, more noticeable after eating a heavy carbohydrate meal. I feet became numb and I noticed tingling sensations. I couldn't focus, I couldn't think straight and occasionally I became quite disoriented. I was constantly hungry. I was only 21 years old, and I was super lean. I appeared to be physically healthy looking from the outside. I exercised regularly. I never saw a doctor about this. I did my research and now I practise daily intermittent fasting and follow a still whole foods lower-carbohydrate, higher fat diet. I fast throughout the day and eat in the evening. It has totally transformed my life. I have sustained energy I never had before, I can stay focussed through the whole day and I am 1000x more productive, and I never get hungry. I don't have to worry about food all day. I can't believe I was so sick for so long without even realising. It defies 'common sense' logic. Carbs = energy. Eat three meals a day with snacks in-between. Stay away from fats. Yeah right. All of my symptoms were blood sugar and insulin related. I believe I was killing myself.
relatable. i am also 20-ish and around 60kg but still had terrible intermittent carb cravings(cereal/bread) and drowsy after-meal but then keto came to the rescue.
Grew up in a community where fast food is king(food dessert). I simply started listening to my body, in my 20's I was feeling like crap until i changed my eating. Healthy fats and lots of fruits and veggies. Grains in moderation, and very low sugar. I hope to see I change in my community. Let's eat to live! If we don't buy it... they won't sell it. Be the change.
This video is amazing. I grew up as a big kid, way overweight. Over the past 6 months I've changed my life and I've lost over 40 pounds and I'm still going. I still have that underlying addiction to carbs BUT most of my diet is low carb and high fat, IT WORKS. I'm going to keep this video in my favorites list as a constant reminder of what I'm doing and why.
You can buy fast and healthy. You just have to plan a bit. You have to wash and measure and chop all the food when you get home. Kids should ABSOLUTELY be right there in this. They'll be more likely to eat healthy if they helped grow it, wash it and measure it. I buy bean burgers and cooked grass fed hamburgers. Cut them in half and assume full calories for the whole thing, or assume 25% addition. I also like nutritional yeast. It has lots of B vitamins and tastes great on eggs or salads. Kind of a nutty flavor. If you plan your next meal ahead, you'll eat a ridiculous amount fewer calories. Like 70% fewer. Apples are like 100 calories. I'd assume the huge ones are like 200, same as sumo oranges or a few Cutie mandarins. Avocados are high far, BUT you should be ok, assuming you assume it's 300 per fruit and guess high. If you mix things like beans or seeds/nuts with a bit of corn in say, polenta, you'll have a complete protein. Key is MEASURE IT, and assume high. On polenta, it's like 100g so I used like 80g and assumed a full load of calories. Italians (it was a poor person's food back in Italy) put butter on it, but you can easily get by with a tiny bit of olive oil used in the breakfast pan with an egg or maybe a few scoops of low-salt chili with beans. I've found you can add salt all you like, but packaged stuff is REALLY high in salt. Ramen is about the WORST, at 1,700 mg! That's RIDICULOUS. You'd be a million times better off with a bit of bone broth you made, a little cream cheese or butter and the TINIEST bit of the flavor pack. Maybe even break it in half. I personally have to be very careful with too much fat/meat. It bothers my stomach A LOT. I always guess high calories (add 25%) and lower the portion to cover any discrepancies. Use smaller white or blue plates and spoons. If it contrasts with your food colors, you'll eat less. You could even buy green salad bowls to eat more of that. I buy Irish, grass fed butter in little plastic containers. Then I use those to measure fruit (140g at around 100 calories). I bet kids would LOVE the tiny boxes. I do. Lol. I also leave butter, ice cream and all that stuff at my father's. I can always go get it , but 90% of the time, i don't. Lol. I'm.a bread addict. With butter. That gets frozen and hidden if I have to have it at home. You can freeze butter, no problem. A food scientist told me that. You CAN'T freeze soft cheese like brie, cream cheese and so on. The more of an annoyance it is to get it., the less you'll eat.
hey. great job keep it up. One question, If you cut or lower down carbs. Do you not eat carbs at all? what are your sources of carbs and if suppose majority of your calories are from fat or protien, will it result in high cholesterol?
I just want to thank the person who took the time to draw all of those things. I've seen so many videos trying to understand health as a whole better and this video is the best I have seen. It explained things really well and I appreciated the humor
I agree that junk food is cheap, but the problem is how convenient it is, eating healthy in America requires you to organize yourself. When I was a social worker I had hispanic immigrant families who were REALLY poor, and I was surprised that they were not obese and eating completely unhealthy. They explained me that eating healthy and cheap was possible but required cooking, time, and organizing your time. They got together with other families to share memberships of Cotsco and BJs; they also would buy different things on different places such as fruits and vegetables on Trader Joes or local markets; packaged foods in Cotsco; etc; and they would cook 3 times a week for their families. These were families from central America that still had the habit of cooking at home and were trying their best to preserve their cooking habits.
yeah, I grew up on welfare and my mom always told me how we *couldn't afford* junk food! She'd buy huge bulk bags of carrots, potatoes, dried beans, and get handouts of free cheese and butter. this cost MUCH less than mcdonalds, but she was more educated about nutrition than other low income people, and had time to cook (being unemployed)
The nutritionist I was referred to by my family doctor told me in regards to the 8 oreos I ate in one sitting; "I like to see things like oreos in a food journal because we shouldn't be overly strict with ourselves" but that I shouldn't have pork in my diet if I want to lose weight. In reality, increasing the protein in my diet exponentially is what stopped my body from craving ridiculous amounts of carbs. I fully believe most overweight people could EASILY drop their weight if they ate more animal protein.
Half of my family is diabetic. My grandmother recently died from complications of diabetes. My mom has constant foot wounds. After my Nan died, my mom let me test my blood sugars and they are a little high than they should. I'm trying the low carb and high fat diet. So far I've lost 12 pounds in 5 weeks.
Why do you think COVID is affecting so many? Their health is already trash because of obesity and metabolic diseases, so more people are more susceptible to the effects of COVID-19.
Worked out for over 3 months, with the goal of burning my belly fat(I'm not obese, just have an ugly jiggly belly), my belly didn't even come close to flat. Went on keto and my abs are starting to show from the first week.
Going on low carb diet is the best decision I took in my 20s. I used to feel hungry all the time, depressed af and keep gaining weight. my progress is slow (i've only lost 4kgs in 1 month) but at least I feel way better and dont crave snacks all the time. I'm still struggling to fight the temptation bcs lots of ppl said my diet is weird, even my father who is obese said so! I never listen to him though, seeing him eat so many carbs along with fat and sugar makes me sick! I'm so glad the low carb diet community is so open minded, humble and reasonable compared to those who insist me to do low fat diet!
Try drinking teas. A bag of 20 at trader joe's is $2.50. Thats 20 cups! You'll feel natural herbal energy and you can control the amount of sugar you intake.
4kg in one month is great progress! You should be proud of yourself! People have all kinds of hang ups and opinions relative to keto and low carb diets.. but when you're looking fantastic and feeling great who cares? The most important thing is to listen to your body, if you feel healthy that's all that matters.. and people might just catch on and be inspired by you when they see you killing it 🙌💪
exactly! when l was carb addicted my stomach growled and hurt all the time unless it was full...l thought l had an ulcer but later realized it was just high blood sugar and carb addiction causing my stomach trouble....l am down 14 lbs in 2 months and feel much better...good luck in your journey...we will suceed!
@@TheoVBD The parents are who decided to give their children unhealthy foods and not get them to exercise. They can blame whoever they want, at the end of the day they failed as a parent and they only have themselves to blame.
I always find it funny, if you tell people you are eating a low fat diet, no one bats an eye. But if you tell them you are eating low carb diet, they lose their minds.
I work in a hospital that is physically joined to another hospital. In between is a McDonald's. That's right, inside the hospitals. You should see the poster children for diabetes coming out of that place.
This makes me so mad. I am a Type 1 diabetic, and they recommended me to eat all these carbs. I switched to Keto 6 months ago, and my blood sugars are in the normal range most of the time.
@Andrews cool Because i would need high doses of insulin for it. And high doses of insulin are unpredictable, and so are carbs. Thus, my blood sugar would either go too high, or too low. Its hard to match Insulin with carbs. If i reduce carbs & insulin, my blood sugar is much more stable. This is safer and results in a better quality of life if you are not constantly worried about passing out from hypoclycemia.
Same I’m type 1 diabetic and went keto. Now my blood sugars are in the normal range too near enough every day. Makes me angry as well. They told me to eat carbs I don’t and I have never been more healthy
Andrew Evans No, no, no! Potatoes, rice are verboten! Your liver burns carbs before fat because carbs are more toxic to your body. See Dr. Ken D. Berry MD on the RU-vid . I did and lost the weight and fixed Type 2 diabetes, neuropathy, ED, and hypertension.
I find it ridiculous that people blame “marketing”. Educate yourself. Be a parent, not a friend to your kids; saying ‘No!’ to your kids is actually a good thing. If you or your kids are fat, don’t blame marketing. Blame yourself for not turning off the tv and making educated decisions. Stay on top of current information because we now know that the SAD diet is antiquated. Check your resources. Make you and your family’s health a hobby. It really can be done.
Yes! My mom was looking at my elementary food menu for the month one day and was worried. Pizza, hamburger, hot dogs, corn dogs, ect. So she packed our lunch.
30 years ago i was highly suspicious of the cereal for breakfast myth. I made my son a cooked breakfast & hardly ever got fast food. Made everything home made
@Jim Davis 30 years ago, my business woman mom found time to cook breakfast for me. Lucky me, she didn't feed me the sugary cereal crap. I'm way healthy than most people my age.
Same, I don't go to supermarkets anymore , whenever I'm hungry I pay a visit to the greengrocer. Also my father owns a farm so I've got my fridge full of meat all year round.
I just went plant based/low sugar and I legit stayed in one area of the supermarket. and by some miracle I found plant based chicken nuggets and corn dogs for my kids in the freezer section. Other than that I didnt even go to any other section, there was no point. I couldn't eat like 70% of the food there and everything I used to eat has high fructose corn syrup, gelatin or other animal products and ridiculous amounts of sugar.
@@lovelybones8179 watch the ingredients in the plant based meats. Most are made of soy products which aren't good for you in large amounts plus the majority of soy products are gmo
A friend of mine developed type 2 diabetes at the age of 63, totally changed their diet to strict protein (this person has had cancer, so cannot eat soy, I speak of animal proteins) and vegetable diet (of which I grow microgreens for them, specifically), and they relate feeling markedly better, losing weight at a reasonable rate, and they don't feel hungry all the time. I am slowly seeing them become slimmer, and overall, their demeanor is a much happier one. Our healthcare system should be re-labeled "sickcare," because it only addresses obstacles to good health, rather than promote healthy habits all round. We all know what we need to do, to become or stay healthy. For many, however, blissful ignorance will kill them while increasing all our "sickcare" costs. Wow! Be happy!
I have been eating low carbohydrate unprocessed foods now for 16 months and went from wearing 38 to 30 inch jeans, eliminated snoring, no longer ever feel faint or weak.
I was diagnosed with type II diabetes w/an A1C of 10.3 and was put on meds to regulate my blood sugar. I started eating a Keto diet and 2 1/2 months later lost almost 30lbs, my A1c is 5.7 and is expected to be even lower next time due my first month having relatively high avg blood sugar while my pancreas got back in line. We cooked almost every night in my house our problem was using a lot of potatoes,corn, breads, and rice; getting rid of all those and sugars completely turned my health around and I will never look back.
I am so thankful for this video. I have diabetic people in my family, also i am diagnosed with PCOS so i have a very high chance of getting type 2 diabetes in the future. This video introduced me to keto, and following this diet didn't just help me lose excess weight, but normalized my periods, fixed my low/high energy spikes and fixed my sleep. Thanks to your video i might have a chance to have a child in the future, and not get D2 or have heart issues. I really hope that more people see this, because especially in 3-rd world countries, like where i live, people don't believe in things like ''low carb'' or ''healthy fat'' etc. Anyways, thank you so much. Best of luck
Diabetes runs on both sides of my family. But no one is fat. We did have the big belly syndrome. So if you looked at me you would think I’m normal weight. But my waist was 6 inches more than it was when I was in my 20s. Went onLCHF2 years ago. I lost 35 pounds no longer have diabetes no longer have high blood pressure and no longer have acid reflux. I lost those 6 inches off my waist because that’s where the fat seems to be accumulating. I was never extremely muscular but I never lost any of that muscle that I had with keto. I am working out and I’m building muscle. I look healthy I feel healthy at all my blood labs come back with perfect results. I eat as much as I want and still maintain the same weight without even trying. That’s one of the biggest things about keto compared to veganism. You will lose weight with veganism no doubt but you also lose a lot of muscle and it keeps coming off. Keto stoped the hunger urges so I don’t gain weight and I don’t lose weight. In other words my body has stabilized. My last meal is around 8 o’clock at night and I don’t have snacks because I’m not hungry. My first meal of the day is around 11 because I don’t feel that hungry. I was very insulin resistant. Insulin is the main thing that keto controls and helps bring back to normal. Carbs are sugar and if you’re insulin is not working properly that sugar remains in your system hence diabetes. I’m 68 and in better shape than I was in my 30s. Acid reflux which I suffered with for two decades and just was told to take pills by specialists disappeared within two weeks of starting keto. I haven’t even had heartburn in two years. And my weight and waist is down to where I was in my 20s. How people demonize keto is beyond me. How Can something that cures all your ills makes you feel better and look better be harmful? That just doesn’t make any sense.
@@kimnahboi3188 Stay away from that drug you're so young, just cut all carbs its hard at first but the payoff is good in so many ways. Be careful carbs are in everything
I'm at the 40 minute mark of the video and I just want to say that eating fast food is not cheaper than eating healthy. At least, not where I'm from. More convenient, yes. But not less expensive.
Very true. I spend $30 on all the protein and veggies I need for 3 dinners for my family. That's $10 per dinner for 3 people. Way cheaper and way healthier.
In Spain junk food is much more expensive than healthy by far. Despite of this fact, we are becoming a lazy country and we increase the supermarket´s products cause is more "convenient"
In America, I spend $140 a WEEK at the grocers for meat or veg, but that’s just to feed Myself only. Fast food would cost less than $7 a DAY. So I agree, it definitely depends on what country you live in. And in certain parts of America, there is NO real food and ONLY fast food. I guess it’s time to relocate!
In the U.S., it is cheaper to eat fast food. Good quality (organic, non-GMO...) meats, veggies, fruits and oils are too expensive for some families. Our fast food chains often have a dollar menu, where the foods on that menu are only $1!
I was 40 lbs overweight after years on a low-fat, 70-20-10 diet, with lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. I switched permanently to a 35 - 35 - 30 diet, added animal fats to my diet, and have lost all that weight and have kept it off for >18 years now. (I never did eat much fast food or soda, and that didn’t change.)
If you eat fast food "value meals" 3 times per day, you'd spend well over 30 bucks. If that's cheap, we have different definitions of that word. You can eat healthy home prepared meals for half that.
Ince I’ve started eating healthier I’ve found that I spend less money on food because I don’t feel the urge to binge on it. If I buy chocolate for the same price as some oranges, the chocolate will last much less time and so I will buy it more frequently so cheap food may seem cheaper but you’re also more likely to eat higher quantities and so spend more especially because it’s not very filling
When I think about food I think about grass fed cheese, free range chicken, wild fish, bacon, heavy cream in coffee, buffalo meat, venison, and so on. Yummy.
@@porchturds8149 Do you grow all of your own vegetables, or travel to the countries they are imported from to collect them? Except for the buffalo, I've caught/hunted, killed, and dressed all of those, and milked cows and goats in the past. Do I have your seal of approval to buy meat at the supermarket now?
My grandmother is in her nineties. She's been diet conscious her entire life and always mentally sharp. About three years ago she stopped caring and started eating processed junk foods (mainly cake and cookies) from the supermarket regularly. She's now unable to see well and doesn't know who we are. Imo, the bad foods hastened her decline.
Been on keto on and off for 3 years , every time I introduced carbs back into my diet I ballooned up in weight , the past year I have stuck to the diet and started lifting , I have now in total lost 111lbs and at 21 years old I finally feel like I can start living the life I want 🤙
@@LittleMissSunshine721 generally the body craves carbs in the first week or so but after your body starts switching to ketones the craving for carbs and sugar basically vanishes, also you feel more satiated and tend to eat less (I went from eating 6-7x a day to 2-3x)
Diagnosed pre-diabetic . I'm six foot three 155 lb which is considered underweight. I only have 12% body fat. Im thin and fit and have always been. This confounded my doctors why I would be pre-diabetic with fatty liver. In addition I'm a lifetime vegetarian. It confounded me as well which is why I began to do tons of research. I've been on the keto diet now for 2 months due to my research. No more sugar, including from fruits, or processed foods. I am no longer pre-diabetic. The results point to all the low fat foods and high sugars that was eating. Now I'm eating high-fat no sugar and my body corrected. What I discovered was all the low-fat vegetarian foods was super laden and with sugars which was causing me to have fatty liver.
Richard same story here. Thin, fit, prediabetic, I was just not a vegetarian. Intense research also. Keto/IF yes. My only dilemma is to balance eating enough (to not lose even more weight) vs eating lesser than before (to keep insulin/bs down). Tough to find that balance.
I'm 15 and I tried to research ways to improve my health. The problem was that I couldn't distinguish pseudoscience from real studies. While I am a skeptic I also try to have an open mind, have a balance. But this documentary is what I've been searching for a long time. Thank you.
If you want to go to the extreme with good and nice health consider keto diet or even more extreme variant of it and that is carnivore diet. The way I see it fruit and vegetables should be eaten in moderation, they should never "dominate" you plate. They should be seen and considered as a nutritional supplement to your base food when you need it. The keto/carnivore is also a good way to "reset" your body and you can later after like 2-4 weeks with that diet start reintroducing ingredients/ food you were eating before. Thereby see and feel how they affect you individually. The human body only truly needs fat, protein and a reasonable amount of vitamin and minerals to work properly as that kind of diet is what humans have lived off from throughout the majority of human history. If that diet got us here to this point then that means it is actually working well and is successful.
There is definitely a lot of false information out there, and more "opinions" than facts, i find that frustrating as well and it takes patience to get to the truth of anything. However starting this young you have a huge advantage! I know i took my health for granted as a youth, and became seriously ill as an adult before realizing i could empower myself with my own research. What i do is try to find unbiased neutral sources that don't slant the information. For examples vegans may have incentive to say meat is bad for you, or pharmaceutical companies might rather profit from pills then heal with food. It's best to find someone stating facts in an unbiased, unemotional way and providing sources and studies to back things up. However many studies can also be misleading so learning the difference with "sample size" "double-blind testing" "peer reviewed studies" "correlation vs causation" these are skills that will better help you determine the validity of research. I also like to check multiple sources to look for consistency. You sound smart and i'm sure you'll do just fine! Lately i have been researching the ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting. Almost sickening now to see how healthy fats were removed from food and replaced with sugar. The amount of sugar hidden in food is making so many people sick. Anyway you sound like you have the perfect balance of open-mindedness, willingness to learn, and skepticism. That will serve you well in life.
For your age just use 30% 30%30% ratio. 30% vegetables, 30%whole grains or pasta, 30% inprosessed meat/fish/shrimps. Buy little scales and measure prepared food. Altogether you must eat not more than 150 g of food per meal. It should be 50g of each. Health guaranteed . And 6 glasses of water every day minimum
I pretty much flipped the foods upside down on the pyramid, cut out sugar, flour, junky processed foods and high carb foods. I lost 30 pounds quickly and blood sugar went down to normal levels. I figured the best thing to do was the opposite of what the government guidelines were.
Cutting off sugar, starch and high carb products 1 year ago including only eating once a day, has brought me so much joy. I honestly feel that I've been reborn. No more discomfort, so much clarity, clean skin, nice looking body and no ups and downs in my energy level during the day.
Im trying fasting and IF and sometimes one meal a day, I have a question How do you manage to fit it into your social schedule? I much as I plan for the next day, sometimes something unexpected comes up. Did you do one meal a day everyday for a year or did you have days you ate "normal"?
@@venusinfurs76 I've only been eating 2 meals a day once. I used to eat twice a day earlier (12 and 6 pm). If you want to be able to be more flexible, I would suggest that you allow yourself to have a period of like 4 hours where you can eat.
It's not smart in the long run if you're aiming to preserve as much muscle as possible. Same as fasted cardio. You need protein & nutrients throughout the day to retain as much muscle as possible.
I gave up sugar and carbs entirely last year. i change to low carb high fat diet. I get full easier with fat. it helps my diet a lot. I've been doing intermittent fasting about 7 months ago with moderate exercise with dumble . and just started doing gym this month. I lost about 28kg total and still counting.
I just wish I could like this twice! 4 years keto 2 months carnivore. I've never felt better. My labs are perfect! Beautiful HbA1C and my doctor couldn't be happier
Controversial point, there’s always time to cook. I used to work two jobs and still have time to cook. Batch cook if you need to. Your health should trump ‘convenience’. Is a disease such as diabetes more convenient than cooking? Coz you’ll have to pick one.
In defence of busy people however, I will say 100 years ago there was almost always one adult who stayed at home to manage the cooking. Unfortunately most households’ income don’t allow that to happen nowadays but I would advocate for a domestic manager whenever possible.
About 5 years ago, I lost 100 pounds by going plant-based. Once I had kept a steady weight, I switched to high-carb diet ala "The Starch Solution." I gained back over 30 pounds following that diet to the letter. I'm now no longer follow a plant-based diet but low-carb, high-fat. Lost those 30 and feeling better than before.
We need to teach nutrition in schools. How is it that our kids know everything there is to know about punnet squares but know nothing about why we eat food and the nutritional value of it when it’s something we do multiple times in one day?
It’s funny cause I had a health class in middle school... where we baked brownies and cookies and everyone felt sick after eating them... it’s sugar after all 🤷🏽♀️ it’s funny. And then the teacher tells us to eat margarine instead of butter. What, is it the 1990s or something? I didn’t know it then but I know it now, margarine is so unhealthy...
Government told us for decades that margarine is heart-healthy and you should eat that instead of butter which is bad. Turns out this is 180 degrees opposite of the truth, and millions died as a result. Funny thing is, government is STILL telling us the same thing. Now do you want these people managing even more aspects of your life and and your health?
I cook at home. Period. We go out to eat only for special occasions and then to good restaurants. The thought of eating fast food regularly is nauseating.
Read the book "The Obesity Code" by Jason Fung MD. Dr Fung is a Canadian medical doctor who, after medical school, studied nephrology so that he could specialize in treating kidney disease. He looked through the research and realized two things that the problem is we need to give our bodies a break from insulin by doing two things: (1) eat low carb high good fats (LCHGF) instead of high carb low fat (HCLF). (2) fast so that your body produces less insulin and more glucagon
YES! JASON FUNG IS A FREAKING ROCK STAR!!!... I LOST 15 POUNDS IN 2 WEEKS JUST BY FASTING... EATING LOW CARBS... AND DOING NO EXCERCISE AT ALL. MY MUSCLE MASS INCREASED TOO BECAUSE OF GROWTH HORMONE.
I immigrated to Canada from Uzbekistan. My first memories are all about food differences: all food was way too sugary. I remember I was so surprised by beef, pork, chicken in all these sweet coatings. Salads were sweet. Sweet corn. While working for one of Toronto's colleges for many years, I met many new immigrants from different countries. They all had the same experience with food here. Some could never adjust to it. I know people from Iran who would never eat sweet meat. So, yes, this diet is mostly western I believe.
i’m a filmmaker and that dolly zoom in the grocery store was just impeccable *chefs kiss*😍 but seriously i’m impressed with the amount of hard work that went into this, great job!
Born in the US and have traveled extensively. Most of you who have traveled know damn well no other country does what the US does with its food. In fact, in one of my fav countries, Portugal most of the shit we put in our food is banned there. If you haven’t had meat, fruits and veggies over seas than you dont know what youre missing. Not even a week into some of my trips and I start feeling healthier.
I think the concept of food is one of the major culprits of this pandemic. When interviewed people in this documentary consider burgers popcorn pizzas and whatnot as food. I think for them to think that, it goes beyond the tastiness of these foods. It also has to do with the instant gratification these foods bring. They’re fast and effortless and cheap. But for someone who cooks 95% of the time, I’m not so sure if I agree with the cheap part. I would have to spend at least $7 at a fast food place to get the amount of food to make me feel full while I could just fix myself a nice healthy filling meal for under $3 at home. It will have to take a fundamental change in how people think about and look at food to stop the pandemic.
