Why Gary Brecka Changed his Mind on Keto, Fasting, and 3 other things 

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Stop consuming sugar, processed foods, and seed oils. Work out, sleep well, and exercise.

I have also changed my mind about number of health related videos I watch.

Been doing intermittent fasting for over thirty years. Breezed through menopause, no weight gain. I am 71 years old and still have my curvaceous shape. I am so used to eating only one meal a day that it's a way of life for me.

It does seem like a lot of influencers are sold to the highest bidder. As for me I am staying on the Heart Attack Diet. Been on it 40 years, and am the same size as I was in college. Eat plenty of meat and eggs three times a day.

People don’t stress yourselves 100% of us will die one day. Eat healthy walk or exercise to raise ur heart rate, be compassionate n kind to others, learn to breath deep for 10 mins a day, spend some quiet time in nature. What these guys talk about is true the question is money and time. Above all learn to love urself n loved ones n gratitude it’s all cost very little. ❤️🙏🏽

### Key Takeaways: Gary Brecka's Changed Stance on Health Practices 1. **Intermittent Fasting Adjustments**: - Gary Brecka, influenced by Dr. Valter Longo's research, now advocates for a minimum of 12-hour fasting periods. - Recommends cyclical fasting, periodic three-day water fasts, fast mimicking diets, and a 12-13 hour daily fasting window. - The optimal fasting window varies by individual, especially considering glycemic profiles, with prolonged fasting potentially harmful to those with hypoglycemia. - Intermittent fasting's effects on testosterone levels can vary based on metabolic health, highlighting the importance of considering hormone ratios and nutrient deficiencies. 2. **Revised Views on Microdosing and Toxins**: - Revised stance on microdosing, now emphasizing caution with cumulative dosages of toxins found in tap water, supplements, and energy drinks. - Stronger stance against GMO foods and artificial additives due to potential health risks. - Advocates for informed consumer choices and the benefits of innovative organic farming practices. 3. **Rethinking Long-Term Keto**: - Now views the keto diet as potentially unsuitable for permanent lifestyle choice due to potential negative impacts on cellular metabolism. - Suggests a cyclical keto approach for certain individuals, highlighting the importance of adapting beliefs based on new evidence. 4. **Cold Therapy Insights**: - Cold plunging can be beneficial before exercise for performance and pain reduction but may hinder recovery post-exercise. - Recommends 3 to 6 minutes of cold water immersion at 48 to 50°F for benefits like metabolism boost and mental strength. - Advocates for a balanced approach to exposure to extreme temperatures and suggests hot water immersion as an alternative for some benefits. 5. **Education and Accessibility**: - Emphasizes the importance of education and making healthy lifestyle choices more accessible to inspire healthier behaviors in the general population. 6. **Open-mindedness and Personalization**: - Brecka's changes in stance across various health topics underline the significance of personalizing health practices based on individual data and being open to evolving scientific evidence. 7. **Finding More on Gary Brecka**: - For more insights and content from Gary Brecka, he can be found at theultimatehuman.com and on Instagram as @garybrecka.

I'm 77, learned I was prediabetic with mild ED six years ago. I went keto for four months, then transitioned to carnivore. A year later I noticed "something" was up, so I asked my PCP to check testosterone. It came in at 521, a good number for a guy half my age. Morning wood had returned.

I don't change my mind by fashion or picky studies, I change it according to my blood work, how I feel, and How I look, and since my blood work exceptionally good, and everything else too, I will stick to evening intermittent fasting no matter what some picky studies or studies with mysterious interest behind them say. Best

This is a very interesting conversation. I lost 180 pounds on keto listening to primarily Tom, Dr Ken Berry, and Dr. Berg. I became an expert on saving my own life and used data to tweek and adjust along the way. I love this stuff. "Know Thyself" or get to know yourself.

I am now my own scientific study and do REALLY well on 16:8 while doing keto, resistance training and HIIT track sessions (800m). Turning back the clock. I'm 54 but look and feel like I'm in my 30s!

No,no no, been intermittent for years ,ripped feel great. Daily 16:8, once a month 36 hour fast. Blood work is perfect and 52. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

I have been doing tge luon diet/omad for tge past 2 years. At 53 i feel more healthier than i was at 23. Thanks to dr. Ken Berry, dr. Anthony Chaffee, dr. Shawn Baker, Maikhaila Peterson. Plus i just saw a podcast with a lady rancher, with dr. Anthony Chaffee, she's been a strict carnivore for over 65 years❤. And she trives.

As person who just "saw the light" 2 months ago, I can attest that people genuinely do not know how bad our food is. If you tell someone that a line of cocaine is the same as a cupcake, they laugh and say, "I'll take the cupcake." They also believe that illness is part of getting old. I didn't accept that for myself. That's why I changed my life, thanks to videos like these.

I'm 78 years of age male do four jobs and don't take any medications. I have over the years, watched many podcasts and lectures on health issues and can only say what seemed to work for me. At 5'11" 9 years ago I weighed 13+ stone. Over the last 9 years I gradually changed my lifestyle moderately to include some exercise cutting carbs and trying to keep my eating pattern between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. which I guess is sort of intermittent fasting. I decided to avoid fads and stick to a lifestyle that I could live with comfortably. My weight is now 12 stone 2lbs and I've got rid of most of my belly. What I have learnt is that there are so many experts with conflicting and to try and settle on something that seems to work for you or your body.

I do intermittent fasting 4 days a week. I do HIIT with weights 3 days a week. My meals are more plant and animal protein than carbs with some fruits that are seasonal. Ive managed to get my GERD under control. I have no menopausal waistline and perimenopausl symptoms are minimal. I recover faster from all those horrible colds and flus going around and Im much healthier than the 20 and 30 year olds that I work with.

I'm so grateful I'm alive in this age where all this information is available to us.

I started 18/6 IF 2020 until now and low carb diet (70 to 100 gms max daily) 5 days a week and 19/5 on sat and normal time in Sunday. I also do 30 min cardio TTS and an hour weight lifting MWF. My breakfast are 2 serving of different fruits with green tea and whole wheat slice of brown bread with peanut butter and boiled / poach egg. My lunch and dinner are vegetables, skinless chicken, fish, sea foods, brown rice half cup each meal a day and minimum of red meat. At 66 still no pain and no health issue. Wish to continue as a way of life this life style as long my body can. I had asthma, hypertension, pneumonia, joint and back pain before but after 2 yrs it's all gone. Now I lift weights and jog and my body is in great shape with a good muscle on it. I only had minimal wrinkles and a healthy skin of a 45 yrs old. I only started lifting 63 yrs old and I added 15 lbs of muscle in my body at 66 yrs old. Some say if your on your 60s you cannot develop muscle anymore but I still got the muscle and still working on.

In November of 2019, at age 65, I went on a keto diet and lost 30 lbs in 90 days. About a month after starting the diet I began to exercise with light weights about 5 or 6 days a week. But I wasn't feeling at optimal health, so I switched to more of a Paleo or Mediterranean style diet. I went on to lose another 18 lbs by November of 2020. Then I began to get lazy. I wasn't watching my diet as closely and gained about 10 lbs. I stayed at that level for about a year to a year and a half, and then became even more relaxed in my diet. I eventually gained all but 10 lbs back. Since then I've been eating better and have lost about 15 lbs. I'm feeling good and I'm still working out about 4 days a week. But my goal is to lose another 15 lbs. That would put me around 180 to 185. Although quite a bit heavier than my college weight, I feel pretty healthy at 185, so would be happy to stay there. For me, keeping the sugars, breads, grains, and processed foods to a minimum is the key. I eat lots of eggs and different kinds of meat. When I'm eating right, I feel good. The challenge is to stick with it. I'm learning how to show myself grace. When I move away from my diet I don't beat myself up, but simply get back on track.

From my perspective I saw 2 like-minded guys, having a well-balanced conversation that they both enjoyed having. Brecka did most of the talking. Thomas gave responses and anecdotes and questions, because this is interpersonal interaction that’s happening here. That’s how 2 people relate and communicate. There was no disrespect in this video and Thomas’s opinions are valuable too. 😀 And on the topic of content, I enjoy watching the trend of research and how it’s applied in practice. The people Thomas is inviting to do these podcast segments, are all sharing similar views in how they’ve changed their minds, and it’s because of how they professionally respond to changing research and the interpretation of it. Doesn’t mean they all have vested interests. Just means they care about the evidence just as much as their personal experiences. Quality content 👍🏼

There were few carbs to eat before agriculture, and forced fasting every winter. Some benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering carbs in the diet: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. When insulin is high, vit D stays locked in the blood cells. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion plaques, growths and pathogens by the immune system. This will also remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body. Blood clotting is lessened and clots and plaques are removed over time. Fasting restores your circadian rhythm to normal over time. T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself! Fasting restores NAD+ and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating). This will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitochondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. When the fast is completed, your stomach acid levels will be normalized. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood. This stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, which can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. 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Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.

The circadian style of intermittent fasting has become a lifestyle for me. I generally stop eating by nightfall and go 13 to 15 hours without eating. I dropped the last 20 lbs four years ago and never gained it back. I will adjust for special circumstances but I feel a lot better when I eat this way.

There is such a thing as OVERTHINKING some things. Eating "healthy" does not need to be so freakin complicated or broken down into something so precise as a rocket launch. Sheesh.

My carb cravings do not seem to reduce when I do cold plunging, BUT, I definitely feel that I am more empowered to say, "Get thee behind me", to those cravings more easily. I am 68 years old and I have been doing water-only fasting for up to 10 days at a time ever since I was in my twenties. I have used will power to eat as few carbs as possible for as much as a year. But I have never become free of carb cravings. This is very important to me in my struggles to be healthy.

Dude your series on things experts have shifted on is so RAD! Innate shifts I’ve gradually introduced over the last four years are getting total validation by your panel and it’s reassuring! Ty!!!

If you’re a woman looking to fast or intermittent fast I would highly suggest Dr. Mindy Pelz. She really breaks it down into when you should and shouldn’t fast to optimize your hormones throughout your cycle. Following her advice has made my periods significantly less painful (almost no cramps now) and more consistent.

Year and a half Carnivore. I eat at 10am and again at 7pm. About 20 meat patties from in n out burger. I guess I’m going to die despite curing every negative symptom I ever had.

There's nothing wrong with any of these 'diets' IF, Keto, carnivore etc., they all work if adhered to, and the beauty of these is they are very easy for people to adhere to, to the end of reducing calories.

Odd. Why not Keto long term? Here I am humming along, feeling good on Keto the past 3 years and now wonder why I'd go off of it. My blood work is good, my weight is stable, I have no plaque build up and I'm feeling great. What's the damn reasoning for his view?

I love these interviews and the guests you've had. Also, it's been a real treat to see you evolve into such an insightful and hilarious host.

As we age we become more naturally insulin resistant and that should be YOUR measure of how much fasting you do along with your health status. It’s also a lifestyle preference, my wife and I both 58 years young eat OMAD and I’m carnivore she is low carb. We like it as we do not have to worry about multiple meals, our food consumption has reduced as we do not need a lot of food. We are very active retired couple with no metabolic health issues. As I got older I realized the horrible food I was eating in addition to eating way too much of it our society pushes on us. If nothing else we need to push back on big food and government to stop poisoning the food supply with chemicals, sugar and seed oils and the only way is for us ALL to get healthy and demand only healthy food choices.

Been on KetoVore for four years. Two meals a day, 10 am and 3pm. Steak, butter and eggs generally. Feel friggin' great. Age 49.

Gary Brecka talks about the people he’s worked with and the physiological mechanisms at play that he’s seen over time. Thomas talks over him, cuts him off to talk about his experience of one or what others have said about the topic. As an interviewer, I wish he’d let his guests do more talking. I’m here for them.

Thomas DeLauer takes what is simple and makes it more complex and confusing all to sell you more stuff.

Eating from 6am to 11pm?! That is not normal. Humans historically never ate like that and had good health. Maybe the glutinous ancient people but I seem to recall there are pictures depicting them as obese and unwell. 😮 We should only eat when the sun is up. As our day winds down and digestion slows in the evening, eating late is bad. As my own n of 1, when I eat after 5-6pm, I wake up in the middle of the night and cannot get back to sleep. If I eat in a smaller window and a smaller meal at late afternoon, I sleep through the night.

I felt the best in my entire life when I fast plus I did a 3-day fast and felt WONDERFUL & prior to that, I was diagnosed as being pre-diabetic. Further, I’ve adopted a lifestyle of low carb and carnivore eating style and feel energetic and no longer have the blood sugar spikes and drops that I experienced before!!

I agree with 12 to 16 hours. I think it's generally person specific. My thinking is, eat if you are hungry, but, don't snack, just eat a proper meal. If you just want a snack, I eat half a stick of butter and have a cup of coffee. That satisfies me especially in the morning about an hour after I get up. I will eat over an 8-10 hour period usually, with a larger meal around 12-2pm, and then at home another meal, usually smaller but not always. I let my hunger dictate that. I was mostly strictly carnivore for a while, but that was not working for me alone. I needed something else. I added an avocado and a can of olives. My thinking is very clear on this, fats. Health fats. The fiber is a non-thought for me, but honestly, with the fat seems to be doing it's work unexpectedly by me, and so far it has been gloriously welcome. By the way, eating avocado with olive is amazingly tasty paired together. Otherwise, my diet consist of ribeye or other beef, bacon (lots), sour cream (everyday) and, occasionally blueberries with my evening sour cream (1/4 cup). It's my treat of treats. I eat eggs often, and I eat butter everyday, on the stick or in my coffee or on my eggs or steak. That accounts for 99.999% of my diet.

I love all this info and so much that is going into this research, but I do believe women need to follow different things especially during our cycle. A lot of men speak on health but many forget to add on that women need a different approach

Wow this is such powerful information! More value in 2 minutes than what you could get from 60 minutes of most nutrition interviews. 🙏🙏

I don't think Gary Brecka understands autophagy. It's never off. It just get's more robust, and 12 hrs doesn't significantly impact its robustness. You'd have to be fasting much longer than 24 hrs (arguably 2-3 days) for any significant increases in beclin1 or atg mobilization or decreases in s6k.

We are confused every month changing mind we don’t know what to follow keto diet or intermittent fasting carnivore etc ..

Before this video, I was completely and utterly confused about intermittent fasting whether it’s beneficial or not beneficial and now after watching this, I’m even more confused. I absolutely understood nothing that you two were talking about. Unfortunately, I do not have the availability to get all this data and share it with someone who actually knows what they’re talking about when it comes to glycemic levels or glucose levels or fasting. I’m also concerned about the interview that Peter Attia did when he covered protein intake and what it’s doing to your body during a fasting window that you’re not getting enough protein in your body because your body only absorbs so much of protein and you cannot feed your body enough protein during two meals.

I did Keto to help t with my inflammation, that was causing my gout flareups, along with alcohol and tobacco. I agree that carbs are not evil, but processed foods can be. I have learned to not be so crazy about my carb intake to the degree that any carbs are bad for me. I workout and know the importance of "good" carbs. Good stuff!

Really enjoyed this, thank you! I really find your data to be helpful.

I fast. I eat meat, fruit and vegetables. I eat what makes me function better. No fast food, no processed food. Organic everything. Sometimes that is complicated believe or not. I started growing my own food too.

I'm my own study on IF. I'm definitely not on 16:8 every day, 2-3 weeks a month I can do 20-22 hour fasts 3 days a week and 16:8 for 3 other days and 3 meals on Sunday (if people want to share a meal with me it had better be sometime between Saturday night and Sunday night). After I have ovulated the PMS kicks in. Some days are better than others. I still try for 16:8 minimum, 6 days a week, but I settle for 12-14 hours unfed and go crazy on beef jerky instead of potato chips. The rest of the month I feel like my appetite is well regulated thanks to IF, but it has no impact on how ravenous I have always been in that week or so before my period. The PMS salt and sugar cravings are still there too, but I focus on having lots of protein before the dark chocolate. As long as the scale is on a downward trend I'm happy.

Fasting is a life changer,..also, no seed oils, no alcohol, fast foods (processed foods), GMO, etc. Just sleep, fast 16/8, walk 1 hour a day and no stress. You will not regret it.

I take an ice bath 3 times a week for 2-3 minutes. When I train, for example, by bicycle, I can have the same wattage but 10 beats lower heart rate. Other days I take a cold shower, always before training ice bath and shower. I take a sauna after training. took 8 days for me to take effect.

The problem is that many people can barely afford the inflated prices of regular food, let alone pasture raised and organic ! Some of these guys are out of tough with the reality of the average person.

That doesn't happen, because let's say you finish dinner at 6 or 7pm by the time you get up and have breakfast at 8 or 9am it's been around 14 or 16 hours and that is every day. That's normal range.

I'm Ric, You have reached ME!! I'm down 136 lbs and I keep most of my muscle. I have been watching for years and most of your advice has helped me make a plan. You give people the tools to ask the right questions. I do high protein, fat, low carb. I also intermittently fast Monday -Friday 20/4. and 12-12 Fri-Sun. No Workouts yet but my job has me at 15,000 steps a day. 5-6 days a week. ThankYou.

110F is a great starting temperature for a bath. Add Epsom salts and sodium bicarbonate. Take EDTA at the beginning and activated charcoal 20-30 minutes later. That's my oxalate soak above.

society is a cofactor in our longevity ...even when Thomas DeLauer puts nothing but elixir in his body .. if he has less social interaction .. his longevity will tank .. same goes for modern society ... modern society has zero brotherhood or community feeling... everybody feels like a nobody that dont belomg together .. and consuming non stop chaos in social media ... i mean .. holy cow !!!

Except you DO have to check these same products occasionally because companies suddenly will add a gum, a stabilizer, an additive etc... where previous there had been none. It is exhausting.

The best combination that I have ever trained with was with Mike Bergner in California after a very heavy first day Olympic lifting training session we sat in a sauna which was about 195° for 10 minutes with eucalyptus oil and leaves on the heater then straight out and dove into the swimming pool @ 48 degrees underwater all the way across and then getting out and getting into his Jacuzzi which was 105° for 10 minutes then back to the pool under water then back into the sauna. Three cycles of that and it was the best sleep in my entire life and after the heavy pounding workout was not sore the next day and did another PR max work out setting both PR’s in the snatch 135kg & 165 in the clean & jerk, day after doing 127/160 225kg/2 back squats. Absolute best training weekend of my life! Hot and cold baby, works every time!😳⚡️💥🏋️‍♂️✨😊🙏🙏

I love a good soak with Epsom salts in a hot bath! I’m 60 and since losing 30 pounds my body runs cold not hot! I’ve never had a hot flash and never been on HRT the thought of cold plunge makes me shiver 🥶 lol I hate the cold weather here in Northern Utah lol

Thank you for great info interview. Better distinctions!!!

Woman need to fast totally different than men. They need to follow their cycle. One week before their period carbs (healthy carbs… ie; sweet potato!) are needed to support hormones.

Thank you Thomas, and Gary for evolving, and adapting your views based on the scientific literature by not remaining stuck the dogmatic-mentality: just because something worked for you means it's end all be all.

2 of my favourite people that I look up to whenever I need good health advice I love Thomas and Gary.

Seems like Thomas is on a roll with having no idea. That's the problem with Thomas. He's amoral. I'd rather him pick a side and not necessarily defend it but support it. But now he just seems to be like a podcaster for people who flip flop everyday, besides the carnivore folk for some reason they seem pretty dedicated.

To be fair, I'm in the 9-10% body fat range but I still use a fanny pack at Universal

I have just done my usual 24 hours once a week dry fast. Since I started a diet of higher protein, low carbs, calories count diet plan before last Christmas I lost 7 kg and my blood pressure normalised in 5 weeks, since then I find a lot easier to do my 24 hours dry fast. I had a lot of issues with my teeth needing root canal and a month ago I could not believe when the dentist told me the only problem was a cavity under a crown. Wow ! I really believe in autophagy now. I used to feel like a doctor fixing up things in my body after 14 to 16 hours fasting. As I do my fasting dinner to dinner, last night I felt this pain near my knee where I have a small cyst from a fall after only 4 hours. I did not feel anything else after that. As I am losing weight I keep fasting like that so I don t get lose skin and to keep healthy as I am at 68. I only want to lose 3 more kg to get to the nr of cm over 1m in my height 1.67m

I changed my mind on intermittent alcohol drinking. Used to go on all weekend drinking binges then didn’t drink alcohol at all during the week. Initially I bought into the hype but didn’t work well for me

Would love to see you interview Dr Mercola because he’s really changed his stance

For two years straight I did 57 degree 5 minutes cold plunge 3 times a week. Now the last three years I just take occasional Cold showers for 30 seconds. The acute stress is what I’m going for and I save a lot of time not having to prep for and was off chlorine after an actual cold plunge

Thank you 😊

maybe the best Gary Brecka interview/chat so far! congrats!!

Food is not complicated. They just need content to talk about.

I would like to see a more accurate book Regarding the whole process with keto, fasting with low, medium, high, and athletic level. Recovery. Please make it so we can learn about it n a whole complete level Beginning to the end. Thanks 🙏

I’m convinced. Next time I’m at Universal Studios, I’m grabbing the $14 turkey leg instead of the $14 funnel cake 😁

Enough! Everyone needs to find what works for them. If you're healthy and fit you can follow the advise these guys give. If you're metabolically sick like almost everyone, Fast until you're healthy.

i love the granular details but 90% of society needs it simplified. Charles Poliquin said it best... no matter the athlete he was training... no carbs until you've got abs. once you have abs we time the carbs intake for peak performance. its that simple. if youve ever stuck to a no carb diet long enough you know you eventually get so fukking shredded you have to eat some carbs. as with Carnivore MD or Liver King. people like to shit on them... but id say get that shredded then talk. My basically philosophy is im allowed to eat carbs only when ive earned them... meaning abs are poppin.💪

I did a meat fruit diet for a month. I lost 6lbs. Mental clarity was on point. Energy thru the day even tho my workouts felt lifeless compared to being carbed up. I broke my diet and had a 2 cheat meals day. Went to the gym the next day fasted and hit upper body including bench pull ups shoulder presses and arms in less than an hour. It was beautiful. I’m going to eat meat n fruit during the week and do 1 cheat day focused on portion control. 💪🏼

That’s what my routine is VerticalFasting and has been going on 3 straight years. Minimal 12 hour fast and max 24 depending on BMI over 20.

We change idea every 6 months?

Fasting doesn’t work well for me because I have a very physical job which I enjoy, I’m 62 and up early on the job digging and moving heavy things and with no food in the system I feel weak and more prone to injury

We have to think back 10.000+ years when we only ate food that was available in the season. So it makes sense that you would consume more fruit and veg in the warmer months and more meat in the colder part of the year.

The more I learn, the more I realize that all people are different, and everyone has to figure out what is the diet and lifestyle they thrive on. Everyone should avoid ultra-processed foods, execrcise and get enough sleep. Outside of that its really up to each person to figure it out. Some do better on a carnivore diet, others more a liberal low carb diet, and others are fine on more carbs. Some feel the best doing OMAD (mostly men I suspect), others need 3 meals a day. Some do fine on dairy, others need to avoid it. Find out what fits you, and what you can do long term.

Where is the part about kerrygold Butter....? Just asking for a friend

Stop eating ultra processed foods

I do Carnivore to put my IBS, hopefully, into remiasion. So far (3 weeks) the bloating has gone down quite a bit and no excessive gassiness. So far it's working.

I eat from 10ish with some butter. Then a pound of steak on the barbeque at work for lunch, usually between 1-2 pm. Then some sour cream and more butter in the afternoon. I get home around 7-8pm and may take a little sour cream and maybe pork rinds, but usually try not to. Most of the time I only have some fat between meals, but, on Saturdays I might eat between 11 am and 5 pm with a lot of bacon and sour cream. It depends on how I feel and when I want to go to the gym. I don't try to schedule it. I let my body tell me how it feels. I am ketogenic 100% of the time when I test, up to five times a day, and happy about that. I use a blood meter that. An test both glucose and ketones. I've only been hard core seto carb for two months now, and was loosely a carnivore the previous 22 months. Hardcore gets and keeps me in ketosis which I wanted so that I could track it and essentially record the changes and benefits as I feel them, or perhaps negatives if I can catch them. So far so good. At 62 it's hard to know too quickly what is happening. It takes time and I am patient.

Love how they always talk about what’s bad to eat and drink, but don’t say what exactly we should be eating and drinking. Especially when it comes to the water talk. K, tap waters bad and a lot of waters have fluoride. So what water do you guys suggest? On the cheaper side too and accessible at grocery stores. Won’t get an answer.

One of the best interviews I’ve seen because it’s all about common sense. What works for one person may not work for another. Gary goes over this in detail. It’s a person by person evaluation, folks. It’s common sense and prudent to change your mind based on new data that you discover. What’s so difficult to understand about that?

Thanks for this very informative. Please let me know. What are you talking about wall hats in the sauna . I go to the sauna several times a week . I’ve been experimenting one day a week with Andrew Herman’s in for 30 out for a few minutes10-20 then Back in for 30 take a break for a few hours and then repeat . I feel is a huge energy expense. I literally feel a great expanse in energy . The thing about the cold plunges. I can always find a reason to put it off. Feed the cats fixed pile of junk on my desk . But Once I jump in there I realize it’s not so bad . I’m talking about my bathtub with a bunch of ice in it.. and I’m thinking about buying a tub that I could put outside my apartment . If I own my place or had the space I would’ve bought the real deal already . but I find the cold shock a life changer, and like you’re saying psychologically mentally resilience completely amps up.

I switched from keto, carnivore and intermittent fasting to raw fruit in the morning and raw fruit for lunch and raw veggies for dinner with either nuts or cheese or beans and grain or Good quality meat. I feel so much better! I have less adrenal fatigue, feeling like my pituitary is regulating my system better and I sleep so much better, too. My eyes are more clear, I have more energy, my brain feels lit up with energy and my skin looks and feels way better. My lymph system is working better, too. I think keto and fasting has its place, but for me, it isn’t an everyday thing anymore. Maybe 2 days a month, now.

Kerry gold is the best butter!!!

I have my doubts about this presenter these days, he always seems to be pushing his sponsors products a little too much.

These series of interviews should be title "The Contrarion Viewpoint". 😜

Since I am unable to cold plunge in a bath, will cold showering for a minute and a half on each front and back get the same results since my water is 50 degrees from a 4,000 aquifer? Also, should I allow the water to flow over my head?

This is nuts! Who can live their lives under these neurotic conditions of dieting like you're running a laboratory. Life is too short and you end up doing more damage to yourself from stress and missinfo than any benefits from this approach.

Changed my mind about being subscribed to this channel

Eyes mind heart and soul wide open. NO FEAR!

I wish one of these gentlemen would write a book on what type of products that’s not modified and are safe to eat. I think it would be the number one best selling book.

This is getting so boring now. Find an expert who's changed their mind and it's the new way to go, just like the way before was the way to go. Many of us have found a way that works well for us, and for many IF + keto has been a game changer and we excel on it. Personally I thrive on 16/8 in as far as weight stability, fat loss, strength and energy. I'll stick with what resonates with my own body and life. Finding it hard to listen to this constant flip flopping.

Im starting to think they're just changing their opinions to gain views and make make content. Tired of seeing these people preach one thing then change their minds 😴

The frustrating thing about this is that the medical tests we need are not covered by our health insurance. And we may not have enough of our own cash to take them. $599 is more money than I can afford.

I find that trying yourself is the best way to find out what fits you. And also it changes. Love intermittent fasting!!! But doing it the same way never works for me.

Love your content but Brecka is so fucking cringe