A Conversation with Dr. Tro Kalayjian | Jason Fung
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Welcome to the Fasting and Longevity Summit 2.0, hosted by Dr. Jason Fung, a global leader in fasting and metabolic health. In this transformative episode, Dr. Fung sits down with Dr. Tro Kalayjian, a renowned obesity specialist and pioneer in metabolic syndrome management. Together, they share their personal journeys, professional insights, and strategies for overcoming obesity and achieving lasting health.
This video highlights the revolutionary practices behind fasting, low-carb nutrition, and patient-centered care that have transformed thousands of lives. Whether you're new to fasting or exploring advanced metabolic health strategies, this episode delivers invaluable advice to inspire your health journey.
What You’ll Discover in This Episode:
🔥 Dr. Tro’s Inspiring Journey:
From struggling with obesity to becoming a trailblazing obesity specialist, hear how Dr. Tro overcame challenges like genetic predisposition, metabolic issues, and misinformation in traditional medicine.
📖 Breaking the Calorie Myth:
Dr. Tro and Dr. Fung debunk the outdated "calorie in, calorie out" narrative. Learn how addressing hunger, improving satiety, and tackling metabolic drivers are key to sustainable weight loss.
🎯 Innovative Patient Care:
Explore Dr. Tro’s groundbreaking practice, leveraging tools like continuous glucose monitors, ketone meters, body composition analysis, and remote monitoring. Discover how his clinic has helped patients lose nearly 100,000 pounds!
💡 Science-Backed Strategies:
Dr. Fung and Dr. Tro discuss low-carb diets, intermittent fasting, and evidence-based approaches to reverse chronic conditions like Type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and obesity.
🎯 Real-World Advice:
From addressing hunger to managing metabolic syndrome, learn actionable steps to revolutionize your health and sustain long-term results.
Why Watch This Episode?
✔️ Gain practical tips for weight loss and reversing metabolic issues
✔️ Learn how to create a healthier relationship with food
✔️ Understand the science behind low-carb and fasting-based approaches
✔️ Be inspired by Dr. Tro’s success stories and patient transformations
About Dr. Tro Kalayjian:
Dr. Tro is a board-certified obesity specialist and founder of a cutting-edge weight-loss clinic. His mission is to provide the medical care he wished he’d had, combining science-backed strategies with compassion to help patients overcome chronic diseases and lead healthier lives.
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Have you tried low-carb or intermittent fasting? Share your experience in the comments below! Let’s empower each other on our health journeys.
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I have been doing a low carb diet along with IF and OMAD for 2 years. My colitis disappeared. It is in histological remission. My GI doctor had me write down everything I was doing. My eczema went away, my eye sight improved, all my aches and pains went away. I will soon be 65 yo but feel 20 years younger. I eat a lot of fatty meat-my trigs are 48 and my triglyceride/HDL ratio is .86. My colitis symptoms went away within days so I knew I was on the right track and never looked back. Thank you Dr. Fung!
Isn't OMAD IF? OMAD and Extended Fasting?
OMAD is one meal a day and IF is intermittent fasting
@@karlharris3105 lol, of course, that is what those two abbreviations stand for. OMAD is Intermittent Fasting though. I think you may have meant Extended Fasting in your original comment.
Extended fasting is beyond 24 hours.
IF has a eating window maybe 6 hours where one could eat 2 meals and then fast for 18 hours
Seven years in and still learning from Dr. Fung and Dr. Tro. They are teaching the superior health strategy to standard of care western medicine.
Great comment (keep passing it forward 👍)
I love the way they cut through the BS like a hot knife in butter. (Cywes, too.)
Eating 1 meal a day. No sugar/ low carb. Only natural food like fish- bird- chicken- eggs- meat- berries - vegetables and no fruit! Only drink water. Walk my dog. Lost 44 lbs in 8 months. Weigh 132 lbs now and 5,5 tall. I look and feel GREAT. I cheat some days and still loosing weight 🙋🏼♀️ fantastic 🥳
I lost 55 lbs. you really don’t need to give up fruit. That’s insane to tell people.
@@allenpaul102Nobody is telling anybody what to do. They’re just sharing their experience.
I lost 80 lbs while still eating fruit, but am still considering not bringing it back after I finish my 30-Day World Carnivore Challenge. Yes, I can maintain my weight loss while still eating fruit, but it definitely keeps my sugar cravings going.
Dr. Tro is my PCP, and he and his team have been amazingly supportive throughout my health journey. Great to see him on your channel!
Where is he at?
@@ThuyNguyen-lf2sm We are nationwide!
Thank you Dr Tro for sharing your experience in the doctor’s office at 13. I had a similar experience as well at the same age. My family doctor with my father in the room asked if I was a special diet. I understood “Are you on a seafood diet?” Not understanding as I experienced an allergic reaction to lobster I said no. The family doctor clarified his question with “Are you on a see food diet? You see food you eat it.” Than him & my father proceeded to laugh to my embarrassment. It has definitely marked me for life, even at 54 yo I still remember it like it was yesterday. Thank you Dr Jason Fung for your books. I’m still learning and realizing my addictions to food and working on improving my life. My goal is to be pharmaceutical free for as long as I live.
I'm getting off my meds and divorcing my Dr 😂
I’m so sorry that happened to you. Yes, negative childhood experiences can have life-long effects.
Food addiction and Emotional eating needs to be more in the public consciousness!
The best way for health is fasting.
The best medicine for all diseases, prevention,treatment, slowing and stopping diseases is fasting .
“You gotta treat the patients. When stuff doesn’t work you have to say it doesn’t work and find something that does. That’s being a doctor.”
This should be on the wall in every doctors office.
Thank you for everything you do to make our health better.
This is one of Dr Fung's best videos.
You could ALMOST accuse Doctor Fung of only having his fan boys on, EXCEPT these are clinicians with actual real world results not internet "influencers". Great series so far!
especially tht his man has relly no financially reasons really to extra work on this videos other than his genuine interet in spreading the good path. You can tell he works a lot and tired but still behind him his motivation is to pursuit this simplem logical and magical solution. That also worked for me, transformed my life. Thank you from France doc
Dr Fung and his friends are a God Send.
What a fantastic talk. I love fasting.
Good morning! Dr Jason thank you for lessons.i went from 198 to 157 I feel great no more bp. merry Christmas and happy new year 🙏❤️
12:02 "I'm applying all the principles that, you know, I've learned from all the luminaries including yourself [Dr. Fung].." Luminaries. What a perfect title for all the people like Dr. Fung who have helped us find the path to better health and normal weight, instead of having to rely on the bad advice given to us by our own doctors.
@@AzaleaBee They are truly the light in the dark.
Because of Dr. FUNG I was diabetic for over 20 years all kinds of health issues, long story short A1C highest 15.? Lowest 9..? B/c of following what you said and say 7months or so ago including weight lost my A1C 6.7 and 3 months ago it’s Now 6.1 THANK DR. JASON and MEGAN (You Look Fabulous Mz. Megan…!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉🎉
Dr. Fung's books got me started. They explained the insulin theory/ mechanism in an in depth but simple enough way that it just made sense. God bless you both for helping humanity move back in the right direction. No amount of money replaces good health.
Thank you so much for sharing! I continue to look up to you and trust your content.
He has a point about chemicals in sugar. I can tell you as a grower that sugar beets have to be sprayed nearly every week as opposed to corn and soys that get sprayed a few times then are left alone unless there is an unexpected problem.
Wow!!
Thank you so much Dr Fung for these informative videos.
Love this interview!!! Thanks Dr Fung and Dr Tro! Learning a lot from both of you. Please keep doing the great job you’re doing to MAKE THE WORLD HEALTHY AGAIN!!
Dr Tro literally has his office across the street from me! Heard so many great things about him from the community.
Where is he at?
Lucky you!
I'm loving these interviews! 🥰. Thank you for all you do 🙏
Thank you for giving us information to transform our health and our lives.
I am on LCHF , Keto and IF for past 11 years, cured GERD, insulminia, chronic fatigue, migraines with this life style! God bless all people know this lifestyle!
In the early 1960's I was about 10 y/o, chubby - cuz the pediatrician told me to eat pickles instead of cookies. That's all it took. That told me, it's the carbs. While a teenager- vegetarian, then became anemic, that told me I need meat. Now lowcarb, mostly carnivore- here to stay & include IF... works well, only thyroid replacement at 69 y/o
Just finished the guide to complete intermittent fasting in vacation . Loved the book learned some much . Thank Dr Fung. Lost 40 lbs since January. Triglycerides from 125 to 45 - next had one Dr help with this in the last 50 years . Thank you 🙏
Nice to see you popping in more often👍
Both closings are so powerful. Thank you for your continued efforts to promote benefits of fasting.
Thank you dr.Fung for your good work. Your videos keep me on track
Thank you Doctors!
another good doco is what’s with wheat. the changes GMO to wheat has caused so many auto immune diseases and we are all in crisis due to our poor food industry and the doctors prescribing drugs. lose lose situation. you guys are doing a great job, keep up the push of eating well and the benefits of fasting. thank you
Such an informative video!
Thanks for the info and the encouragement. I'm ready to get back to fasting 👍🏻🤗💙
I'm doing a 36 hr dry fast right now; am feeling ok so far ! fasting is v good
I can’t stop watching DrFung’s and Co programs! I started 20/4 IF 2 years go, after reading Dr Jason’s book on IF. Unfortunately my metabolic Syndrom needed more drastic adjustment. So thanks to Dr Berry, I went on Ketovore regiment last October24. My weight went down from 180 to 161 within first 2 months. My head fog disappeared, my energy levels jumped during the day, my A1C dropped from 6.8 to 6.2, fasting glucose went from 118 to 87. Also, my dental check up was amazingly great: no pockets or signs of inflammation in gums.
I have 2 autoimmune conditions: Hashimoto’s and Sjogrens. There are many reports of great results with Hashimoto’s, but what about Sjogren’s? Are there any?
💚🏜️💚 thank you both.
When these guys mention studies, they tell us it's a small study. Currently, we're eating food based on no studies or corrupt results.
I'll be there 👍
Great info. Thanks.
Great podcast Doctors! Data should speak volumes! Thank you!
Dr. FUNG books are more valuable than $5.00 if they were in liquid form we would call them”Liquid Gold …your number one DR. FUNG🥇🥇🥇🏆🥇🥇🥇
Thanks for the video. Started 13 months ago with intermitting fasting. The last six months eating between 12-1300 and 1700/1800. Realy love it. Easiest thing to do. Biggest challenge is not to overeat during those two blocks. Oh and i doing 48hour fast once a month (twice a year a 72 hour fast). Love it: 72 hours little bit too long
The key to a longer fast like 72 hours is electrolytes. Put a little salt in your water. Dr. Berg sells electrolyte capsules that of course don’t contain sugar. Makes a big difference. Best wishes 😊
@ thanks. Already do it. It is also more mental (feels like depression) instead of hunger
Ty❤
I have mBC & would really appreciate if you guys would do a podcast addressing which CA cells have multiple insulin receptors. The docs out there (I’m a PT at a well known CT facility) don’t get it. I need more knowledge to self advocate. 💥
Can you make a video about dangers of iron overload please
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5:55 No, at least one endocrinologist I know (Robert Lustig) will say "STOP EATING FRUCTOSE, IT IS A FRiCKEN TOXIN".
Can you please shed light on safety and effectiveness of semaglutides.
Dr Fung, my granddaughter has ADDISON DISEASE. Would intermittent fasting and low carb help her? Love your tutorials. ❤️❤️❤️
I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ONE OR MORE OF THESE TRIALS OF FASTING,, I WILL DO IT FREE.. SIGN ME UP
Thank you for all you do. Quick question, One of my meds [carvedilol] says take with food. And several of my supplements have vegetable oils in them. 1st, can I take the med w/o food? 2nd, Will the oils in the supps break my fast?
Sorry you will see some miss write but hope you get what I’m trying to praise you on, you two are the best..I’m 65 and a shorty like Mz. Megan I feel like I’m in my 40’s ago….🥓🥑🥓
Seems there is a med course titled “how to keep a steady flow of patients”?…
Who can change the questions on the exams that doctors write? Think about this: If getting your medical licence depends on getting the correct answers to questions on your exam and the exam questions are centered around the incorrect paradigm, then that is the main perpetuating engine of the old paradigm!😢
How does one go about finding a clinic in the U. S?
I am obese. I try to water fast at least 2 days a week. What would either of you suggest I do per week? I mean how many days??
go to 42:30 in the video. Cut out carbohydrates
Fasting, low carb, and exercise. If you’re a woman, you should only fast the week after your period to avoid messing with your hormones. You can fast up to 3 days with water and a squeeze of lemon without having refeeding issues, but the day after your fast, be careful about overeating or you will mess up the fast. Other than that, eat very low carb and exercise as much as you can in natural ways throughout the day. Watch Dr Berg for a good diet explanation. He has some good explainer videos. The only carbs you should be eating are leafy green and cruciferous veggies. (Any water based veggie, really). Corn, carrots, and potatoes are not veggies - they’re starches. Avoid fruits until you stabilize your blood sugar and then only eat them with protein and fat to avoid an insulin spike. Eat lots of high quality protein (pasture raised eggs, ground beef, fish, steak, shrimp, tuna, salmon, rotisserie chicken) and only good fats (animal fat, bacon, pure cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, real grass fed butter). If you’re hungry before bed, it’s better to have a pat of butter or a handful of walnuts than a carbohydrate. Anything but carbs.
In addition to Dr Fung, Dr Mindy Pelz is a great resource for female fasting and diet. She is more keto and I am more carnivore, but she has great guidance.
@@mtc-j9i "If you're a woman, you should only fast the week after your period..." Just making a small point. Not all women menstruate.
How is it going @reginarichards7001? How long have you been water fasting two days a week? What does your eating look like on the other 7 days? How about sleep?
I once was obese with a BMI of 38. All the aches and pains and moods that came with it. I am glad those days are behind me. Wishing you the very best.
Dr Fung. I have been trying to get some answers and so far no one has responded. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. I am 57 years old, been on keto diet for about 3 months now. Low Carb, Moderate Protein & Fat. Lost 25 lbs, blood sugar came down to normal. Triglyceride down from 7.4 to 1.3, but cholesterol went up both HDL & LDL. What i do not get is that my Blood Pressure is not going down, any clue. I am at 200lb 5 feet 6 inches tall. Don't eat a lot of salt/sodium. it's between 140 to 160 / 81 to 90 most of the time. From Ontario, Canada. My fats are grass fed butter or Organic, Extra virgin olive oil, organic cold press coconut oil, Organic avocado oil, fresh avocado. Don't eat beef or pork. Only chicken, lamb, eggs and whey isolate protein powder 0 sugar. Sardines, salmon tin & fresh. Shrimp, sweet pepper, broccoli, cauliflower. Some salad with regular cheese and i make my own dressing apple cider vinegar, lemon juice & EVOO salt & pepper to taste. would have some sour dough bread 1 slice maybe 2 or 3 times a week toasted with butter & EVOO. Sauerkraut and kimchi. Some lentil roti & occasionally 1 cup basmati rice. Blood pressure still high. Any clue. Supplements D3 10,000 IU with 300 mcg K2 (MK7), Magnesium Bisglycinate 400mg daily, Methylated B Complex, Zinc Picolinate 25mg with Copper 2mg & Hawthorn Berry supplements 540mg 3 x daily. Lemon juice, apple cider vinegar and cayenne pepper in the morning.
Resorts to only fatty acids as fuel 😮
Gets surprised by increase in lipids 😂
Thinks sugars or sodium causes high BO 😅
You are doing a lot of the stuff I am doing. I was 218 last year this time. I am at 168lbs today. I am 5'7". You need to drop your weight further. I have heart rhythm issue and my blood pressure was in the 135-85 range. I see 120/75 sometimes 117/80 these days. I cannot tell you why that is but the results are encouraging. I go to the gym almost everyday. Weight training every other day. On off days, I use a rowing machine which was recommended by my cardiologist. Weights for about 30-45 minutes. Rowing machine 25-45 minutes. Regardless of the exercise routing, I always do sauna for 25-35 minutes. So that is almost everyday of sauna. I am on keto diet and battling prostate cancer. I look much younger than my 65 year age and feel like I am in my 40's. I also do a lot of IF. To lower my glucose which refused to drop due to high Cortisol levels. I did a 6 day water only fast and saw glucose numbers in the 60's which I had never seen before.
You can do it. Just establish an exercise routine and stick to it. Your diet seems to be on the right track. Just add some physical activity. Even waking 20-30 minutes a day can make a big difference. For me the biggest impact came from fasting. Dr. Fung saved me from a diabetic. I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes in 2015. I was given meds to deal with it. The meds did not help at all. Fasting has helped me control my glucose levels ever since. I have cut sugar and simple carbs out of my diet for good. Only carbs I get are from veggies. The only fruits I eat are occasional berries. Also look up Dr. William Li.
@@bizpixvegas7651 Thank you so much. I am getting into weight training and walking a bit more often now. Seem like every time I go on the tread mill or go for a 30 minutes or more walk, my blood pressure drop a bit. Will continue and improve on that.
I personally had to do 36h fasts once a week to make the needle move again. If you test glucose and ketones together you can really get a handle is your body actually in ketosis. I was surprised to find even though I was eating basically no carbs I sometimes wasn't in keto. Like 0.3 on ketones. A 36h fsdt puts me at 1.5-2.5 on ketones and it works for several days post fast so long as I keep carbs down or out. I fast Mondays because it's a 'low' stress day to not eat.
Blood pressure still around 140-150/85-95. Blood sugar dropping, 5.6-7.5mmol. I add more meat and fat with just Avocado. Today I was pushing ketones. Did the urine strip and it shows 4mmol/l (40 mg/dl). I had 4 eggs sunny side up. 1 Turkey burger and 3 slices of turkey bacon. 1 medium Avocado and 1 can of sardine.
Mary Ruddick
You both are right Dr. Jason and Dr. Tro.
Waiting to prove the efficacy of intermittent fasting and low-carbohydrate diets in the next 10 to 15 years to incorporate them into one's lifestyle turns out to be daydreaming.
By that time, who knows what will happen to the unheeding nay-sayers who are reluctant to make lifestyle changes a part of their lives?
One of close relative’s hypertension, Hashimoto’s, RLS have disappeared completely and small joints arthritis too.
Laanghanm param aushadham-Ayurveda. Fasting is the ultimate medicine.
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I'm really disappointed. I just finished a 7 day fast & got my blood sugar in the 4s & 5s for a few days. I broke my fast today & this morning my blood sugar was back at 7. I ate partial keto today, & added a Tbsp of rice, extrra choy, a bag of nuts & a small keto treat just as a reward for getting thru my 7 days fast. I thought that my blood sugar would at least be blunted a bit more since I literally just finished a 7 day fast.
It just seems like everytime I let go of the reins my blood sugar is going to rocket.
I am confused about what remission is. Is it an A1C in range for a year managing it OR is it a good AIC eating what you want when you were a teenager.
I mean I want a slice of pizza from time to time. My partner polished off a whole pizza & his blood sugar remained stable. Am I ever going to be able to have chicken & rice ever again or a slice of pizza? Or am I stuck with chicken & brocoli for the rest of my life?
You’re supposed to spend half the time of your fast (so in your case, about 3 days), carefully refeeding. Start with bone broth. Then add some fermented veg like kimchi. Then easily digestible proteins like eggs. Then cooked veggies. Then fish or meat. avocados and other more oily foods. Always really small portions to get your digestive juices flowing again. And then finally you can eat normally again. You can’t jump off a fast and start treating yourself. Your body is primed and ready to STORE because you’ve deprived it for 7 days. It takes more discipline to come off a fast properly than to actually do the fast. No treats when you come off a fast. Eat clean.
It’s better not to fast at all than to fast and then treat yourself - you will actually gain more weight that way.
@@mtc-j9i Good advice... except you can treat yourself breaking a fast. Bone broth is a treat! So are homemade fermented vegetables. It's about perspective, I guess.
I do eat what I want. But what I want has changed.
Dr Fung should be appointed obesity czar by RFK.
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It’s is fasting getting on with it. Simple.
Fungus is kinda chubby lately. Am I the only nooticer here?
We are not all interested in fat loss. There are those who are lean mass hyper responders. Time for videos on this issue, not always the same ole, same ole, where the video evolves around those who gain weight from looking at a donut from across the street
Or, ummm, y'know, just go find something somewhere else that meets your needs?! This message isn't for you.
Do you do the same with tv? Sit and watch stuff that's irrelevant to you then complain that it's not relevant instead of just changing the channel?!
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Carnivore, fasting, and health is not synonymous with obese people losing weight. Get over yourself
Carbs are whole grain or refined grain? I keep intermittent fasting vegan and loosing weight. No refined carbs!
High fiber natural carbs are absorbed more slowly than refined carbs, so insulin doesn't spike as much with them. And since you practice intermittent fasting, you are allowing your insulin to go back to baseline before having another bolus of food. Dr Fung developed the fasting method precisely for his elderly patients that were not willing to give up their starchy carbs. You can lower your insulin by having carbs being the last thing you eat in each meal and by doing a strict intermittent fasting protocol. People that are extremely insulin resistant may have to lower even their whole grain carbs, because they are just too sensitive to carbs
Straight afterwards: advert for whey powder 🤦🏾
Dr do you think intermittent fasting or omad can give kidney or gallbladder stone???
Not good doc, but yes, it increases the chances, specially if you go low carb.
@@Amaraticando 😂🤣