Hey Tom, first of all thanks a lot for putting these awesomely informative and life changing videos. I would like to explore on IBD, how to keep it under control without relying on immunosuppressants. Thanks
I have brothers and sisters who have prematurely passed (6) of them, all had issues with obesity and diabetes. They were hooked on Big Pharma and any attempt to shift the solution to exercise and diet was resisted. All were told by their doctors diabetes was more hereditary than anything else and diet would only marginally help their condition. They absolutely refused to do anything but wait for some miracle cure that would require no effort. As much as I loved them it was frustrating they would not take their heath into their own hands. I too have struggled with weight even as I have remained active, take vitamins and have not allowed my condition to get worse. Now at my advanced age I have begun losing the 40 lbs that I need to lose and already I feel much better. I take no drugs, I'm blessed.
I worked hard on a low carb diet with intermittent fasting and was very successful at loosing weight however, it all came crashing down when I started having serious vertigo episodes that finally sent me to the emergency room! After going through a host of tests and scans to make sure I wasnt having a stroke I was told that I was suffering from "non-diabetic hypoglycemia " as a result of my diet. It shocked me into realizing that I had been diagnosed with the hypoglycemia as a teen and how our family doctor back then had diagnosed every one of my siblings and my mother with the same condition and said it was a genetic problem. I was told by the hospital that I had to completely stop the diet and intermittent fasting or I would eventually find myself in a coma from low blood sugar! Fast forward several yrs and I'm now over 200 lbs as a female and have recently been told that I'm borderline diabetic! Every ounce of the 35 lbs I lost on the low carb diet with intermittent fasting has piled back onto my body but multiplied by about 3 and I have no idea how to take it off without that same diet because I've tried other diets recommended by a nutritionist with pitiful results! My body is a hot mess and I was recently declared to be permanently disabled by various doctors and specialists from compounding accidents / injuries to my spine, bilateral sciatica , degenerative changes to my hips and knees and I'm walking with two canes or a walker! Is there a less harsh diet and fasting diet I can do... or even a different diet program i can do that won't cause the same issues? PLASE HELP... I'm desperate to avoid becoming a medical statistic! Thank you 🙏
@@angiesiege A few years ago, as I leaned over to look at the bottom of a chair, I suddenly became nauseous & had vertigo. Long story short, a few of us all discussed similar experiences & people on a radio talk show were even discussing it. We called it vertigo flu. A veterinarian neighbor also had it & said he quickly cured it by taking an anti histamine, as he said the tiny hairs in our ear canals were gunked up, causing havoc with our balance. So every morning I took "a shot" of children's allergy medicine that had an anti histamine in it. I had it on & off throughout the years. Almost always coinciding with allergy season. But ever since I've taken a lot of C, D3, resveratrol, quercetin, curcumin & zinc to prevent virus infection, knock on wood it hasn't come back. I am also occasionally taking a mucous relief OTC medicine containing guaifensin, which may also help the vertigo- I'm not really sure. I've heard so many say the intermittent fasting with low carb has helped them tremendously. Good luck with everything I'll pray you find some relief 🙏 ❤️
@@beeethetruth9645 I suffered with vertigo as well..I'd move my head or get up out of bed and my head would start to spin out of control..It left me feeling nauseous for at least 30 minutes..I went to a Chinese healer and had ear candling done to both ears..That was about two years ago and it seems to have balanced my ears back to normal..I had one mild episode since...I'm going to have it done again..It cost $30..After the candling, he massaged my head and neck area for 10 minutes and i felt great.
@D B well see who outlives who.. 😘 the body is just not material but emotional as well as energetic... Trauma memories state in the body and cause illness
As an ICU nurse for over 17 years I gotta say, THIS WAS AWESOME!!! I just watched it for the second time. His research makes so much sense. I love looking at this in a completely different light. Thank you.
Doctors trying hard to help others stay healthy or get back to health for free show biggest hearts deserving highest appreciation, admiration and highest regards or respect 🙌 They showed genuine beauty of character and it's classy 👌 👏 ✨
Absolutely 💯. Well said I really value These Dr. Putting the correct information out there and explaining it for the common people. They should be commended. They are literally saving lives by giving us the motivation to make the proper adjustments. Once we have the knowledge then we have no excuses. Either live or die prematurely. It's up to us
Much relief after going through this stuff. Stress no doubt affects my blood sugar levels ru-vid.comUgkx6Cu3qDh3FB7umUbfXaU7hDAHrqvwQyNk Taking a walk usually help bring them down. Eating sweets is not my favorite, but if i take a large portion of them, my blood sugar level rises high. I think it's the high concentration of the glucose flowing into the bloodstream all at once. This is a lesson worth taking note of. This is a great material to learn from.
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over 19yrs ago & was put on the pen for insulin but I had heard from a nurse who was attending to me in the hospital about chromium & cinnamon. So I started using the supplements & really cut back on sugar because I was definitely hooked on sugary products (soda's,cakes,cookies,ice cream , certain juices) not realizing the danger I was putting myself in & to top it off my father had died because of diabetes & high blood pressure so I was heading in the same direction in my 30's. But the info she gave me dramatically lowered my A1 c & after less than two (2) months I was no longer taking insulin shots! Here I am in my early 50's & still no more insulin shots or diabetes!! Taking chromium & cinnamon tablets in my case has I guess reversed my diabetic situation & also restricting my daily sugar intake has been outstanding! Is it the cure? I don't scientifically know but I know my position as of now!
At 82 being a type 2 diabetic having to take multiple insulin shoots in the past I have noticed that this diet has worked wonders, I have now figured out how to balance this diet so that my sugar does not drop too low, 3 days without insulin with steady normal glucose readings!
This guy is the best in the diet doctors' arena. my mom has 90 years is diabetic since 30 years ago. She manages the insulin with coconut oil and avocado. I trained her to mix butter with avocado with 2 eggs as breakfast and during the day when became hungry eats a little 100% acorn-fed Iberico Chorizo. She is keeping her energy without taking insulin.
@@carlosnunes3701 hola, cómo es su dieta? Mi mamá (81) es diabética y toma 3 pastillas 2 glipizide y 1 metformin cómo toma El aceite de Coco para evitar la insulina?
@@veronicamercado2432 si no comes hidratos de carbono os nivels de insulin sao minimos eu nao sou doutor mas a solucao e diminuir os acucares e nao I jectar insulin ate onde se possa
This is one of those rare RU-vid videos that I will be watching over and over again, trying to absorb as much as possible into my tiny non-medical, non-scientific brain, because what you are describing is so terribly important. I have relatives who cannot "just stop eating (whatever)", who are taking increasing amounts of meds, and who are knowingly, slowly killing themselves.
Yes this is real it can go fast in the end. I know one old guy who could basicly not sit by the table normaly at the end but the wife still sponfeed him cake 🎂 and this is Sweden not USA. He had diabetes and died like a yers later. 5 years earlier he was not healthy but not in anyway a package 📦 he could walk around I would geuss like 30 kg overwieght. Soo obvius not healthy but not like dying in 10 years stuff.
lol, big buddy of hardcore carnivore Shawn Baker, of course enthusiastically promoting zero carbs and exclusively eating animal proteins. jeez, how about a well balanced diet centered around low processed fresh saisonal produce
I have been fasting - mainly OMAD and sometimes OMAD every other day - for only four weeks. Already the changes are amazing! I have lost 8 lbs; I am sleeping through the night (I cannot remember when this last happened because I had trouble sleeping more than 4 hours at a time); my brain fog is definitely lifting. I feel great. The fasting days are so easy now that I am used to them and actually enjoy them. Fasting is the answer for me.
I remember hearing a story of a 500 LB man who was on a boat in the Caribbean that sunk. He was the only survivor and survived for 11 weeks on the ocean drinking only rain water that he caught and stored in black 35 Gallon trash bags and he ate tiny fish that would pool around the edge his raft which was about 5 oz. a day of raw fish. Long story short he was 121 pounds when rescued and he no longer was a type one Diabetic. 5 years later they did special on him and he only weighs 135 lbs. and is NOT hungry and has to remember to eat and is no longer a diabetic. WILD!
Just remember to keep carbs low and don't overeat on your eating days and you will correct your metabolism and probably lose more weight. I admire you so much for what you're doing!
@@johnsluggertype 1 is an autoimmune disease, and it’s because what makes insulin for normal people, doesn’t work anymore, so he couldn’t have been type 1 , he must have been type 2, where losing weight does make so much difference, he also wouldn’t be 500 lbs with type 1, people with type 1 that do not make insulin are skinny and unless caught on time they will just die if insulin is not administered before every meal.
My goodness, this guy hits the nail right on the head, people with all these symptons just rely on their Drs to give them more medicine instead of becoming knowledgeable and taking a different path to wellness
STOP blaming people. Do you blame people with cancer or kidney disease? You know, people sure do blame people with diabetes a LOT< but you never hear them blame people with SKIN CANCER. Yeah, much easier for Tom and his pal to blame the fat people. That's already culturally acceptable.
That perspective works until you yourself get terminally ill. Not every disease can be cured with "the right attitude". It's such a simple minded approach some people take to put a distance between themselves and illness. "The body can cure itself" they say. Now I wouldn't rely on doctors either, they often create more symptoms than they cure. The middle way.
@@itzajdmting long fasting will re set the system as Will a carnivore diet - highly recommend Dr Paul Saladino and Dr Gabrielle Lyon they have loads of interviews for beginners and more on RU-vid and various podcasts. Cheers
@@CedrickOlausson I remember Dr Deepak Chopra speaking over 20yrs ago and he said the body’s nature is to heal itself and you know what? He’s right. If you are stage 3-4 cancer there’s testimony of people doing 21 day fasts and cancer has left their system. If you’re curious why, and who wouldn’t be, start to explore autophagy.. it explains so much. You always want to have your body clear out the weaker or dodgy cells. To your health x
@@Highintensityhealth I subscribe to your channel and love your content. Do you know what the dietary triggers for restless leg syndrome could be? I've been following the keto diet and IF for a while now but still have this issue. Perhaps it's a lack of something as opposed to something I'm putting in?
Ben Bikman is not just knowledgeable but especially intelligent. You can tell by how he responds to questions and holds the whole conversation in perspective.
Both my parents were type 2 diabetics and, although they tried to eat healthy, they had no idea what was healthy. My dad would eat an entire package of dried figs because fruit was considered "healthy." I wish I could travel back in time and show them your videos.
I'm sure my dad would have lived a lot longer if he was given correct advice to deal with his diabetes. I got to a 6.5 A1C and my Dr put me on Metformin. I decided not to take the meds and watched a bunch of videos on correct diet for diabetics and settled on Keto & OMAD as I was 300llbs at 5'8" as well. I eat a mixed diet of plants and animal proteins and have dropped my weight to under 200lbs and my A1C is now 5.3. Triglycerides down to 85 from over 600. Diet is everything. Finally got through my thick skull at 57.
@@a.s.r.3661 Fruit is very healthy in moderation if it gives good results with your body. It's a matter of balance and personal particulars. Beer is also very healthy by the same criteria,…. and that goes for anything good.
I’ve been doing intermittent fasting and cutting out simple carbs for 5 weeks. I’ve lost about 12 lbs and the improvements in my skin are amazing. My eating window lasts for 4 hours in the afternoon. Around 5:30 I fast for 20 hrs. I never enjoyed eating 3 meals a day and always felt full. This works for me!
After 6 months of IMF keto I have gone from 238-175But The loss and weight has been muscle mass not fat. The keto diet there's something missing if you are mobility challenged and cannot exercise. What do you recommend?
I’m now up to 25 lbs and it’s been 2 months. I’ve gone from a BMI obese category to overweight. I’m working my way down to the normal category. I went on vacation and fasted on the plane. Wasn’t hungry. Everyone else was munching away on the snacks.
Not just any butter! It has to be the grass-pastured butter. And it better be on top of a large serving of green, leafy vegetables like cabbage, dandelions, mustard greens and such.
I took notes..going to keep eating my fats..my health is so much better with low carbs! Even on my treat days i feel different..going on 3 years of diet changes & diabetes under control😊
@@danfloros4267 The over secretion of insulin caused by eating too much carbs and even too much protein causes disease.You can force yourself into a low calorie life long diet of suffering and wishing your death or lower insulin secreting foods considerably,have lower appetite and increased health caused by just that.How is eating way more fat and keeping insulin secretion foods low "masking the disease"? TLDR; edit...why am I responding to an idiot I just wondered after posting this hence edit.
I have concerns with Bikman being presented as Dr Bikman. I know it's a thing that is done on RU-vid, if you have a PhD you are are accorded the honorific as a means of bolstering credibility. This is not to say that his information isn't useful and important but he is not an MD. Dr Fung is. I would prefer more transparency, rather than forcing the viewer to go and look the speaker up. I'm very familiar with Dr Fung, I'll give Ben Bikman the benefit of the doubt but from my perspective presenting him as a doctor is just next to deceptive.
@@Kyarrix He is extremely well known in the keto community. He said in this video he studies insulin resistance. Its not just RU-vid but everywhere Id refer to him as a doctor. You should look up his studies and check for yourself. Its good to seek the truth to verify anyway. I don't trust an MD any more than PhD these days, depending on how much they understand research quality and think past the dogma spoonfed to them.
All adults in the U.S. should be tested for high insulin (the Kraft test) along with their A1C. Dr. Kraft documented the problem of high insulin and how 'normal' A1Cs can mask this underlying issue many decades ago.
Our bodies are fearfully and wonderfully made and yet so complex. But how would I have known all this valuable information. God bless you guys. Very informative discourse. I am a health fanatic. And any info to maintain my health is very much welcomed. Thank you again 👏👏❤️
it's no surprise the best I felt was when I mimicked Ben's diet years ago I have to go back on it, I got to give up the sugar, it's killing me. In the past I did 16 hour fasts with 2 low carb meals no snacks and drink water only. I lost 45lbs in 3 months and my body felt calm and clean. Now I'm a wreck. The solution is so simple, I just got to ride the storm of giving up my sugar addiction. Pray for me.
You can do it. One day and one healthier meal at a time. Cold Turkey just doesn’t work for everyone. You know what to do… give yourself some grace and calm your mind to start somewhere. Hope You are already in your journey and feel better. :)
I was a vegan for a few years. My weight, glucose and LDL went up and HDL went down. I switched to KEtO a few months ago, lost weight, reduced numbers and still working on becoming healthier. At 74, that was quite a switch in life style but I feel better now than I have in years.
Can you tell me How you feel better? Is it energy, less brain fog, better sleep? I'm curious because I am debating (not Keto for me) adding some meat back to my diet. I eat some fish and chicken. But no (hooved) meat for decades. My immune system seems to be letting me down even though I eat well.
@@patriot20000 I hope by now that you realized you need meat in your diet. I’ve been mostly Carnivore for 6 months, Ketovore for three years before that. I have more energy, better sleep, virtually no aches or pains - at 65! Still work full time. 💪🏻🧠
Type 2 diabetes and how best to keep the spine and joints are especially interesting for me. Also, more information on chemicals used in our environment and on our foods. In America we think we have stricter standards on these chemicals but you might be surprised what we allow that other countries do not. Hope you have this guest on again
Sugar is soo addictive and in almost all foods !! Makes it hard to cut it out ! Ketovore Omad for life now .no longer on 100units of insulin and 2000 mg of metformin every day !
Excellent video. You are so right, we need to train our body to not eat so often. Right now, l am down to two meals daily most days, with at least twelve hours of fasting before my first meal Sometimes, l go up to 15 hours. I have gone upto 24 hours a few days ago and l didn't get dizzy or anything, just some ginger tea without sugar and water throughout the day. Sometimes, l do more than fifteen hours. I have lost weight, though l wasn't fat to begin with.
I’m so confused by the varying advice out there. We are told, via the likes of the Blue Zone studies, that a predominantly plant based diet allowed the longest lived populations of the world to thrive; Loma Linda, Okinawa, Sardinia, Nicoya etc. Doctors the like of Dean Ornish promote the reversal of heart disease and metabolic issues through a plant based diet. I’m not arguing for one or the other; i just don’t know. How can research and conclusions being drawn give polar opposite with regard to eating plants or meat. If i knew what to do for my health, i would do it.....the more answers you seek, the more questions and diverse the opinions rise up. So, does meat not affect endothelial function? I wish we could get all the opposing Doctors in one room and interpret the studies and research; I’m lost on all this.
@@josenelsonist Yes, the thing you cant see is if a meat diet affects endothelial function. If it does, and I cant say, I’m not a doctor, you could be a long way down the road and have heart disease without knowing it. Will a plant based diet leave me with insufficient essential vitamins eg. B12. Well, we know it will; that’s why vegans supplement. I guess the only way we would know is to have full access to labs and medical testing on a very regular basis. Not many of us are going to have that.
I am no expert either and have wondered the same thing. I’ve heard some (Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. John Douillard for example) advocate mostly plant based with small amounts of meat. That makes sense to me.
There are so many ways how to eat healthy. I do not believe in any specific type of diet is good for everyone. All it is so complicated, the place we live in has also important role...But for sure eat food that is close to nature, organic, not processed.
I can't sleep hungry. I intermittent fast and have my meals later in the day. Food makes me sleepy and that's fine coz its night time anyways. Also, nobody invites you for a birthday breakfast. lol. Most of my social meals are dinner. As a woman, "pure" keto messed up my cycle like crazy, apparently, my body fat percentage was low, to begin with. I incorporate carbs through carb cycling and I feel great!
I carb cycle now in maintenance and feel my best. What kind og pattern do you eat? Luke trying new patterns to try 🙏 its hard for me to eat more than omad so when i eat carbs i get to eat 2mad and use it to my advantage. Cheers
@@richardlawson6787 some people cant do that without consequences. It matters about the insulin released and how fatigued the body is to listening. Eating 400 carbs at one meal can mean consequences all day even if omad. If young and insulin sensitive sure but dumping toxic loads of glucose wont help many people with insulin resistance and may need low carb/keto AND fasting longer periods. Not all people fit the same shoes but lowering insulin the most is beneficial to all. Maybe an insulin spike is beneficial to your workout regime. I do not want to break ketosis for my brain and chronic condition as ketones are the best fuel. Cheers
After learning about how insulin effects the body, ive cut out all beverages except unsweet tea and water, reduced processed foods almost to nothing, started fasting etc. down 50 lbs and my a1c has dropped from 5.9 to 5.1. Still need to lose 100 more but now things make sense. 9/22 update. Down 90lbs since April 22. Just finished a 5 day fast. 343 4/22. 253 9/22
I've been vegan for many, many years. Never had a deficiency in iron, protein or vitamin B12. Spiraling and chlorella have iron. My iron levels are perfect. It would be nice if he said that it is completely feasible to be a healthy vegan without deficiencies.
You sounded pretty superior to say you don't care about any animal or what they do as long as you can live longer. What makes you so special? Your podcast? I mean i like your longevity desire but are you really that great that nothing else matters but you living longer?
okay so good to know that pretty much my entire life i've been having insulin resistance without being deemed as diabetic or even prediabetic. I have all these issues including pcos. Thanks for sharing true information
Yes me too it sucks! Really! I just found out I was insulin resistance but all my test are normal other than measurement in my blood insulin was high! So these are good tips
Generally, it takes several days for your body to adjust to a low carb diet. The first 4 or 5 days can be rough if you cut carbs completely because your body must switch over from using glucose to glycogen for fuel. This takes a little time and explains why you feel tired and crappy. On top of that, people usually experience withdrawal symptoms when they detox from sugar. It is much easier to gradually reduce carbs by eliminating them in stages. However, if you do go cold turkey, most people find that after those first few days, they feel much better.
It's because you never got to ketosis... Probably because you didn't eat enough fat (is common with meat eaters - they eat more protein than fat thinking that's what keto/carnivore is). It's high fat moderate protein
I thankfully addressed the root cause and keto/low carb/fasting has enabled me to reverse my T2 diabetes, normalised my blood pressure, got off all my meds and lost loads of weight. It works and it’s possible to maintain long term.
What were the results of your HOMA-IR test? Also, I hardly think that forcing your body into a ketogenic mode (which is a starvation mode) for the long term would be healthy.
In men, it is often Peyronie's disease (as opposed to PCOS), which is emotionally devastating. My channel is dedicated to covering the disease and the metabolic approach plus other therapies. A lot of men I speak to with the disease have been following the low fat paradigm most of their lives and also have neuropathies. AGEs have been found in abundance in Peyronie's / Dupuytren's plaques. Ben Bikman is a godsend! I have recommended his book to many men.
Thank you so much for the episode. I am 68 yr old and have been having a pounding pulse for years and no healthcare provider has gotten to root of it. I’ve been put on calcium channel blockers and beta blockers because they thought it was HBP but all that did was drop my bp and make me feel profoundly fatigued, waking up every night with feeling all my pulse sites pounding and unable to sleep. I’ve been told I’m just having anxiety and medicated for that. I have doing IF for 6 months and only getting marginal decrease in belly fat but pulses kept on pounding. Nobody could explain Why. Dr Bikman explained to perfectly the Why?. It’s been IR all along but I now know why it was happening and have very good dietary advice, I think he saved me, thank you!!❤️
Brenda I’m the same but with also regular heart palpitations- been told and treated the very same as you - I’ve cut out carbs and sugar for only 3 days now combined with intermittent fasting and already this has improved as well as my bloating stomach cramps and mighty painful joints and sciatica pain - I have 70lbs to lose down 6lbs in 3 days
I have to say I strongly disagree with having the eating window in the morning. Once I break my fast in a day, it gets much more difficult to fast the rest of the waking hours. Breakfast has always made me hungry the rest of the day.
I concur with your statement. Besides that it is nearly impossible to enjoy a meal when you are having to rush back to work and don't even get a lunch break and are on the phone running errands trying to get everything done before 5:00 p.m. I believe that enjoying the meal is the most important part of digestion. You can always see when people are eating fast they do not have proper digestion. Then after they eat their meal, they want to eat another meal and another one another one. Plus he also said that he eats at one p.m. and then he said he eats at 9:00 a.m. so which is it?
Thank you so much for sharing this incredibly enlightening and comprehensive discussion. Never came across one such deliberations on insulin resistance, diet, exercise, vitamins and food that are essentially beneficial to the body.
Maybe start a discussion , shake some trees, on why the Dutch government invests in healthy nutrition (various ways) and in the US the FAA is planning on weighing passengers before boarding planes of up to 70 seats because the obesity is out of control . Tom, thank you for your remarkable contribution to our collective wellbeing .You and your wife are true role models!💖
They are making some people buy 2 seats. I had an obese person sit next to me and she was literally in my seat too. No surprise when we have aisles and aisles of junk food in every supermarket! Including 50 kinds of white bread and "whole grain" that is white bread with a teaspoon of whole grain or seeds in it. And great breakfast cereals like Fruit Loops and Cookie Crisp cereal for America's overweight kiddies! Shopping the perimeter is all you need.
Very informative talk. Thank you to everyone who puts out great info to help us get healthier. I wish more people could be convinced that main stream medicine is not the end all to be all. I actually have been fasting every other day so far for about an 80 day period (so 40 fast days) I eat between noon and midnight on my eating day. Mostly eat what I want and have found as time goes by that I am eating healthier and actually want to do so. Drink plenty of water on all days. Some supplements everyday; other supplements only on the eating days (because they don't go well on an empty stomach) I am now able to wear some clothes that I have not been able to wear for at least the last 15 years. Check out Dr. Jamnadas on how he helps his patients slowly get into intermittent fasting for weight loss.
The first statement is very misleading. Many cultures around the world had vegan diets. I have been on a vegan diet and feel and look amazing. My mother has been vegan for 20 years lol. I don't think it is for everyone, especially if don't get your major nutrients in. But to say it's incompatible with life lol.
@Tom, I have followed Ben for a long time, but your session here, and your prompting questions i found opened a more clear explanation of Insulin and its affects in our body. Great exchange guys....all relevant and beautifully connected .....
T1D for 35 years. - i've been attempting to reduce my insulin use for a decade or so with great success. I've gotten to where one unit of Humalog can do what four did a year or so ago. (Exercise does this too.)
@@AndrewDasilvaPLT thank you. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 1 year and half ago. I am doing my best but I always ask others that have more experience with this than me. I exercise, fast and eat low carb. I also take a cinnamon supplement with each meal. I will exercise more. Thanks a lot. Anything else you can advice me it’s greatly appreciated. Wishing you light and love.
I learn something new everytime I hear Dr Ben B speak. You asked great questions. Some of the info still went over my head. As a type 2 diabetic, i lived on sugar fir a long time. So its still hard after 2.75 years being low carb. But i keep at it.
You are definitely not alone! I am 62, type 2 diabetic and thanks to videos such as this I know exactly what I should and shouldn’t eat but every time at the grocery store I am drawn to the Twinkies and cupcakes and Kris’s Kreme donuts like a little kid! I manage to get past them most days but every once in a while I fail and then beat myself up! It’s hard!
Wow.. Thank you Tom and Dr. Ben! Learned so much I didn’t know.. Amazing how many things I thought were healthy, are actually damaging me. I have to say though.. t’s not only food.. Getting enough sleep, drinking plenty of water and breathing deeply can make can make a huge difference in our health.
"A vegan diet . . . well, uh, to put it bluntly . . . is incompatible with human survival." Oh, so that's why the people in the Antediluvian Age (all of whom were vegans) lived to be 800 to 900 years of age on average??? Thanks for the enlightenment. * blank stare *
As a diabetic talking to doctors and nurses I have never heard the information on glucose the way it was presented here. If this kind of information were part of diabetes education more people could understand it is not just about you not being able to have the same amount sugar as a “normal” person. They would instead understand how they have to actively work to cure their own problems.They would feel empowered to help themselves.
My endocri has never once mentioned anything metabolic for me. I am active, had a t1 spouse, so we never had gravy, excessive carbs, sweets or full bowls of fruit. I have changed to interm fasting, very few carbs/day, keto reciepes, no sugar free sodas, having protein most meals, green tea iced tea. Lots of water & still on meds & Toujeo insulin. My a1c is always 7.3, so I must be crazy brittle. Today for fathers day lunch, I had a serving of homemade enchiladas, it was a real extra and when it cools down I will walk neighborhood. My life is busy & could be stressful but I have love & joy in my life. I try to keep learning from each RU-vid diabetic education. I do want to save my organs.
❣How well prepared you always are for your guests Tom. This information is so important for people to understand and I feel too few do. Why? I don't think this information is really put out there for people. Far too often... "oh you have high blood pressure? Here's a pill."
The vegan diet may well be incompatible with human health and survival and expensive to boot. But, so is a diet based around animal protein, especially if it's insisted that we need to consume grass fed, pasture raised, organic this and that, which is totally impractical for the entire human population and bloody expensive for those of us on a low income. I can buy a bag of rice for £1.50 and it'll last me for one week, or more. A lamb chop would be more expensive and it'll last me for one meal. Nobody ever brings up the fact that we have to cook animal protein in order to consume it. I'd hardly call that any more "natural" than having to soak and cook pulses and grains.
This interview is wonderful 😊😍. I will have to get this book 📚. "Why We Get Sick, by Dr. Ben Bickham, Phd." To finally learn the true root of this tremendous problem - insulin resistance. We need to understand how insulin behaves on its pathological side. Dr. Ben Bickham. Your handle on this subject is incredible! "Insulin tells fat cells to grow". Sex hormones telling where to store the fat, what a grasp!!! Thank you for you effort in the area of insulin and it's effects on humans. I absolutely love this forum. The interview is lovely and so information packed... Doctors are allowing themselves to morph and develop into a great source of knowledge when it comes to maintaining health. May Abba Yah bless their work well.
It was all going so well until Dr. Bickman said the fat on my butt and thighs will always be insulin sensitive.... damn! Despite that bitter, bitter observation, I still believe him to be one of the most trustworthy, authentic, and honest people in the metabolic health/science space. God bless you, Ben.
Bless your body. I have all the health problems that come with belly fat (being apple shaped) and I envy being able to wear an A shape skirt with a tiny waist. Bless your body.
Thank you very much for your kind words and unparalleled wisdom and advice Dr. Bikman. I was diabetic two years ago and I went into a comma. Before I went into the comma, I'd feel thirsty and the same time feel thirsty. For heaven's sake diabetes is dangerous and kindly check on your diet.
I’m so sick of this “Dont eat carbs” bs 🙄 not all carbs are the same. Slow releasing carbs DO NOT cause insulin spikes. Why is nobody talking about the MASSIVE scientific link between saturated fat and insulin resistance? It’s anyways the same old story. Don’t eat fruit, carbs are evil, pump yourself full of animal fats and dairy and you’ll be fine. What a crock of shite. Saturated fat is one of the lead causes of CVD and insulin resistance, not pair that with refined carbs and smoking/ inactivity and you’ve got yourself a perfect storm. Please do the research on pubmed into saturated fat and diabetes/metabolic syndrome. And as for the carnivor diet don’t get me started on that one! Do you people not value the health of your colons???!!! Or have an idea of the many viral roles that fibre plays in the health of not only out colons but also our gut bacteria which in turn makes up around 80-90% of our ENTIRE IMMUNE SYSTEM?!!! By eating a meat only diet and no carbs, you’re essentially removing all colon cleansing fibre from your diet. Absolute INSANITY! Also if people’s stomach acids are low (which is the case in most people, as a huge majority of the population are on antacid medications), this causes further problems with carnivore diets as the meat doesn’t get digested properly and then you’re left with fermenting/putrefying meat in the colon which can cause even more problems such as ulcerative colitis and diverticulosis. A whole foods, plant based diet, consisting of Whole grains, beans, legumes (when paired together will give you all 9 essential amino acids, making them ‘complete proteins’) fresh fruits and vegetables (full of antioxidants, phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals) and nut and seeds, when eaten properly and paired with healthy unsaturated fats (avocados and the like) have been shown in numerous research studies to not only prevent type 1 and 2 diabetes, but also REVERSE it! Along with many other common illnesses. Only a small fraction of people have the genetic SNP that prevents them from converting EPA/DHA/ALA not everyone, b12 can be supplemented and is also found in nutritional yeast and non-heam iron from dark leafy greens is perfectly safe and just as effective at preventing iron deficiency, just squeeze some lemon juice (vitamin C) over the dark leafy greens to further boost non-haem iron absorption.
All this is obvious...to anyone with "half a brain". Don't need a Ph.D to understand basic physiology. No offense...nice teaching video to the 99%. Cheers.
My Doctor told me Food becomes your medicine! And he is 100% correct. I have trouble with the food thing! It is absolutely the hardest thing you can do as a type 2 diabetic! It’s a crazy roller coaster ride!
Ben Bikman is extremely engaging despite some of the medical terminology. Explains all the various pathologies my family and I have been facing for a couple of years now. As always, Tom gets the best out of his guests. Also, take a deep breath and imagine that all of this content is free! What a miracle for those of us who would actually make the changes these talks urge us to. :-)
I am so motivated that it has caused me to clean out my refrigerator and pantry. Getting rid of unhealthy foods . 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thanks Dr. Bickman. Presently reading ‘Why we get sick ‘.
@@patriot20000 this is by far the most comprehensive, explicit, believable and convincing one about the whole Diabetes debate. I must confess that the first part I read was the diet plan. The last chapter . Since I wanted to start on my own diet plan first. Then I read the other chapters. None of my GPs ever mentioned a Fasting Insulin level test. I did one and was surprised that it was 5.02 . Although I am not diabetic but has been diagnosed with prediabetes. My Hba1c was 6.1 . 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I am presently working on lowering my Hba1c . Everybody should be reading this book, no matter your illness, or your medical condition. I am sooooo pleased that I could read this book before it is too late.
The Keto & Intermittent Fasting is terrific for me. Minor joint pains gone. Feeling great. I have never been Diabetic. I have never taken meds. Most doctors today want you to take meds for everything. I refuse. In fact I have stayed far away from our Medical field. I have always had a pretty good diet so I have had a head start.
Curious you mentioning Dr Bickman being a man of faith? Does religion make a scientist more believable,intelligent,caring? It’s like thinking the same about someone who is a red head vs brunette/blonde.
@@3101home means his main agenda is people's health and not the size of big pharma or doctors pockets. Means he doesnt push something knowingly damaging to people's bodies. Means he believes he is held accountable to a power higher than him and that he does not have the power or want that power to play "god".
I’d love to see you interview Cyrus Khambatta & Robby Barbaro, authors of Mastering Diabetes. They have a Vegan approach to reversing and managing diabetes.
Valerie, thanks! I just don't think we need to eat animals for survival. I believe that Bikman made this statement so he can sell more of his books to meat eaters...I am 63, vegetarian for many years and have no chronic illness including not having diabetes...
From where are animals takes B12 ?... idiotic statement to say you can't take enough proteins and B12 from plants. They have. Have been vegan over 7 years and have no problems. We don't need protein to live, we need amino-acids which are converted in proteins. By the way you look older than your age dude. I won't take your advice.
I wish people talking about this subject would stick to the phrase 'Blood Glucose ' and not 'Sugar'. Everyone knows what sugar is, and it's white stuff, and it's not what circulates around the body in your blood. Indeed, the white stuff is Sucrose which is only 50% Glucose. The othere 50% is fructose which does not stimulate insulin. It just gums up the liver. So in the context of Insulin Resistance, it's a confusing statement to link blood glucose to sucrose.
I've started a low carb diet around 50 times and have lost over 100lbs twice on it, and yet still here I am morbidly obese. I don't want the pills, I want an active life but bad food habits lead to bad movement habits and the cycle goes around and around. It's usually not about knowing, it's about consistently acting. And to consistently act, you need to get rid of your habits, and unfortunately your brain never forgets a habit. the best you can do is make a new one on top of the old one.
Oh Tom I cannot stand eating dinner. I force myself. I did not think of doing my intermittent fasting and cutting off my eating earlier. Thanks we need more of these excellent health talks
My brother had diabetes and I took him for all his appts. I never heard his Dr said eat less sugar or in his case, drink less soda. He did raise his insulin injections regularly though, which to my observation seemed to make him want more sugar.
I am a retired police officer and we were always taught that the simplest answer is usually the correct one I think that holds up here to, don't ate so much damn sugar. and carbohydrates, that means all carbohydrates slowly - quickly metabolized - nonsweet, a carbohydrate is a carbohydrate and if you're diabetic stop eating them. Nothing taste good enough to feel bad and if you don't feel bad now you will. At least until you die at an earlier age than you should've.
Love these... in May i started noticing fuzzy vision during the day/mostly in the morning... double vision... im my best research study too.. i expect its insulin resistance ... i was following a keto menu.. thought it might be a temporary sensitivity... doesn't improve if i eat carbs
This doctor is SEVERELY misinformed about the cost of a vegan diet and vitamin supplements, and testing deficiencies. Everyone should test for deficiencies.
I have to disagree on the Vegan topic because he always referred to baby. However adults do not need as many nutrients as babies, not everybody can be vegan but vegetarians get enough iron and omega 3 from vegetable sources. Dr Fung explains it better, It should precise how much amounts is enough for the body, so a Vegan diet is totally acceptable if you get the right amount with supplements or not.
As someone who is probably pre if not full blown T2 (haven't had blood looked at for a while), I'm hoping that any damage that has been done to capillaries or small nerves can be repaired or reversed. The canary in the coal mine for me right now is the beginnings of peripheral neuropathy in the form of pins and needles in the feet. I will be getting tested soon, but until then I'm just assuming that I am T2 and adjusting EVERYTHING that I possibly can to lower insulin. Thank you Tom and Dr. Bikman.
@Bpjames Alpha Lipoic Acid will help neuropathy pain...Dr Mandell, a chiropractor on YT has a video about it.... Also research Berberine (herb) for lowering blood sugar. Im praying for you God bless you🤍
The idea of eating animal flesh to me is incompatible . I don't nor will I ever touch meat again. I have been vegan for 50 years and I look younger than my friends, and I don't have any health problems. My non vegan friends however DO have ongoing health problems. (and boy do they look old)
I am living prof that this works. I have been on a keto diet for 9 weeks and I have lost 58 lbs mostly water. But no pain at all . I was talking over 14 meds now nothing blood work is getting better and I am able to work again. Not just work but like when I was 30 .I'm 56 now 6 '3 190 and only 5 more lbs to go .but I so love eating once a day with a 22 hour fast I think I keep it up . And absolutely no stupid carbs. My teeth are whiter and I can get out of bed with only 6 hrs sleep and work as a stone mason all day and feel amazing. Thanks to Dr Berg and the both of you.
I had listened to Ben some time back talking about Ketosis. I love listing to him explain how all works so full of knowledge and ability to get the message across to a layman like myself. Great interview Tom
Notice Ben danced around the issue and didn't tell us what is causing insulin resistance in his opinion. We are supposed to assume it's the carbs. The vegan doctors will tell you insulin resistance is caused by eating too much fat. So, if you want to be metabolically healthy you need to "fix" the insulin resistance problem. And in the case of low carb eating all you're doing is controlling the blood sugar numbers just like with drugs, but you aren't reversing the disease. And in Tom's case what caused the spike in blood sugar? Was it the carbs in ice cream or was it the massive amount of fat in ice cream preventing the milk sugars from being used in the muscles?
There are good fats (what your grand parents ate) and bad fats that we eat every day in some form or other … ie Seed oils …deadly to your health - all the canola and “vegetable” (actually cotton seed oil mostly) Shun all oils made from seeds … yes, even peanut oil - peanuts are seeds, not nuts. Check out “Low Carb Down Under” and lots of honest smart doctors on Utube. Natural animal fat IS GOOD FOR YOU … and even more healthy than the protein.
I appreciate Ben sharing and I am on journey with my diabetes. Why do some doctors message conflict with each other? Neal Bernard and Michael Gregor say basically the opposite when it comes to diet and nutrients that come from plant based diets.
Watch Dr. Jason Fung on RU-vid. He is a nephrologist who gets almost all his T2 patients off insulin with fasting and I.F. within weeks to a few months even when they have been on insulin for years. The others he is able to reduce their insulin drastically. He became tired of watching his patients over the years needing more and more insulin and getting worse. He believed there had to be a better way. His books on fasting and obesity are in the library.
