After six months of no sugar, low carb and intermittent fasting 4-5 days per week my skin tags are gone and my waist is down from41 to 36. Still a ways to go, but am so thankful for your videos and helpful tips. I am a 78 year old woman and had little hope of being metabolically healthy. Thanks for your practical tips and clear explanations of things to do. Now to convince the doctor I don’t need the statin he prescribed.
BMI isn't everything and is generalized and over-utilized by physicians. HOWEVER, from 56 to 29? WOW!! Amazing work. Making simple changes in lifestyle is difficult for most modern Americans but the determination you've showed? You give hope to us all. Thanks for sharing.
My BMI is 22 and my A1C is still over 11, with morning glucose around 300-350. Everyone talks about losing weight--but I'm not sure how much more I can realistically lose. It seems like the tiniest bit of carbs spikes my glucose through the roof. So does sleeping, for some bizarre reason.
Yup, skin tags that had been there since my late 20s are now gone. Hooray! What did I do? Intermittant and longer term fasting , zero sugar, zero carbs (carnivore), zero seed oils, and zero highly processed foods.
@@johnnyd2383 I can't actually answer the question as you ask it because I didn't pay attention over time. What happened was one day when getting dressed I noticed they were no longer there. While I only noticed it all at once, it could have been a gradual thing that I did see.
@johnnyd2383 had a tag at side of mouth for well over a year bought a tool which basically burnt it but it kept growing back ,started I.f and pretty quickly it disappeared ,never tied the two together but now I know that's what got rid of it.
I've been on low carb diet since January 2023 : my health has improved , lost 18 kg etc, but a teaspoon of sugar makes me very tired very quickly and if I sleep it off I feel hung over the next day. I avoid refined carbs and sugar as much as possible.
True there are Many doctors like Dr Eric Berg's here on TH-cam who are educated in nutrition and knowledgeable in this topic of insulin resistance they are doing their research and diving into the results of these research papers to help us understand about insulin levels @@CS-uc2oh
@@Christina0925 Bad thing about cheat day is that it very easily turns into cheat week, then months, possibly even years. 😢 If you do cheat, don't beat yourself up and hop back asap.
@@Christina0925yes you can but what you need to consider is that sugar and carbs like breads and pasta messes with the mechanism that lets you feel satiated after eating a meal and keep the hunger away till the next meal. Every time you have sugar/carbs (remember sugar is a carb) you risk being overwhelmed by food cravings.
It would be a miracle, sugar is a carb and what you need to do to see real results is to stop eating all carbs or very little carbs. Just keep in mind that carbs causes the food cravings so the less the better. Once you stop eating carbs you will still get hungry but you will not crave for certain foods any longer. I eat when I want to and how much I want to but in a controlled manner at the times I have set and at quantities that is sensible and healthy. Since going carnivore I have never over eaten, felt bloated or stuffed or felt uncomfortable from too much food in my stomach. I always eat till a feel satiated meaning I never leave the table still feeling hungry but I just get to that point much sooner while eating and once I reach that point I have no desire to keep eating because the food tastes so good or because I keep on craving for more even though I am already full.
Just had hip replacement surgery and was told "motion is lotion." Need to keep moving. Also, "rest is rust" meaning sedentary life style makes you "rusty." I choose lotion!!!!
@@Robin-mj6jv66 and had one replaced 2 months ago. I was walking with walker next day. 2 days later used a cane. Week after I didn’t use anything. Do your PT and it will go well
I've been following you and doing IF and low carb for almost 3 years. I used to have skin tags on neck and underarms. They are all completely gone. Never had dark patches.
Just (1) day of fasting per week can do a lot. You BG and insulin are lowered. You also will learn what hunger feels like. This will help you not feel hunger on the days you eat normally. If you have body fat going 24 hours is not harmful or difficult. Many find going 36 to be easier. You just skip dinner and go to bed.
I started intermittent fasting since 2022. I would finish my last meal no later than 7pm and would not eat again until late morning the next day. I felt good going to bed with an empty stomach did not lose much weight. I added ketogenic diet on top of that beginning December 2023. I have seen big improvement both in weight loss and fat reduction around the waistline after two months!
I didn't do Keto but lost also when lowering carbs and not eating after 6 or 7. it gave my body a chance to relax and burn. I found just having coffee in the morning had me lose the most, 40 pounds in 4 months but I incorporated a light breakfast back and gained a few pounds.
@@Puffin289Everyone is different but I had to watch what I was eating and really lowered carbs/sugar (not natural sugar) but for me the biggest thing was going 14 plus hours and not eating between meals. The constant snacking at work even with healthier foods didn't work for me. Now I will have almonds and yogurt if really hungry but I just never gave my body a break.
Intermittent fasting helped me lose the menopause 15 I had gained, been doing it for 6 years and weight is normal however, LDL is high doctor trying to push the statins and yesterday I saw the fake news claim intermittent fasting can cause cardiovascular disease 🙄
Love this... I'm not exactly on low carb but I am on a LOWER carb diet.. the changes are so quick. Moods are better and dropped 2 kgs in a week.. hope I'm able to maintain this
I got a CGM about two months ago. I am a 71 yo male. At the start I typically found my glucose level to be around 210mg/dl. As I found what spiked my blood I eliminated those foods from my diet. Just the elimination of the blood spikes brought my reading down to numbers under 130. One morning during the first week I had a reading of 60. Woah, that's a low number and I guess I was going to low. The medications I was taking Glipizide and Metformin. I removed the Glipizide completely and cut the Metformin to half. My blood sugar was completely normal and stayed between 90-130. I've noticed that coffee, sad to say causes big spikes (and I don't put sugar in it) so I switched to one cup of tea in the morning. Bread, pizza, noodles, potatoes and rice no more. I had read all the things I should avoid but it wasn't believable never realized how my mind works. Realization was the key for me. When I go to the grocery store now I take a typewritten list and stick to it.
This is why I want a CGM. I need to put in a call to insurance to see what they will cover, if anything. It might be worth it to do for a few months even if I have to pay out of pocket.
@@JmarieD if it helps the pharmacist says the doctor needs to say you have to check your sugar four times per day. The covered. Otherwise a discount card will get you $75 for a month
when I was really fat I had a black ring around my neck (my parents thought I had done something really bad when they saw it) and also in my arm fold. I lost a bunch of weight and reduced sugar intake drastically. There are no signs of those dark spots anymore
I've been eating Keto/Carnivore for two weeks, and have settled on Keto, this works good for me. Your videos are so practical and very helpful, thank you.
Omg! I use to have those skin tags in my arm pits and stomach and I’ve been so busy , I haven’t noticed but they are gone!!! Yes!!🎉🎉🎉 thank you so much Dr Becky!! I’m 53 and post menopausal the weight is coming off but so very slowly. I’m eating mostly meat, butter, eggs and a low carb vegetable like broccoli or green beans on an occasion. I also eat avocado on an occasion. I wished you had a pay program where I could get more specific information about what I could change or do better but I’m very grateful for the info I get now!! Ty so much!🙌🏼🇺🇸
What a wonderful realization, Kim! I do have programs on my website. Here is information on my Freedom 40-Day Diet Reset Program: drbeckyfitness.com/freedom-40-day-diet-reset/
That is awesome news!! I will definitely check this out!!! I’m also diabetic but I’m thinking when I go back to the endo, my A1C will be below 6! All my doctors only want to give me pills, I didn’t accept that, my faith in most has deteriorated over the last several years so I set out to teach myself! I get comfort being able to follow you but it will be great to have someone who knows way more than me to help me! The gratitude is in abundance!! Ty!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
I lost slowly....like a 1-2 pounds month but health is what I'm after and I'm metabolically healthy now. I've been doing this for almost years and haven't weighed this little in more than 40 years!! Happy happy!!!
I have followed these videos for about a year now and monitored my morning blood glucose. My discovery is that bread can spike my glucose level quickly so I severely limit any bread or carbohydrates to as close to or blow 20g per day. I am now 71 years old and glucose levels have stabilised at normal levels for some time and thankfully my weight is reducing, so far 12kgs. I cant really see my eating habits changing from this routine. Intermittent fasting and low carbohydrate with monitoring my macros really works. This process I started due to vaccine damage and also thankfully my fitness and digestion is returning to normal, although I was wary of putting any stress on my heart. This summer with continuation of this way, I have new extended goals for weight loss and exercise. Thank you for your help.
Try sourdough and then freeze it then toast it both freezing and toasting change the carbs in it not will not spike like regular bread and goes down much faster too!
I 100% agree. I had gestational diabetes. My OB would argue with me when my blood sugar was higher than most of my readings in a week (but still in range) that it wasn't bc I was stressed out. I would tell her no I was stressed out when my readings were high. She was awful and would vehemently deny what I literally saw with my own eyes . A friend of mine with Type 2 Diabetes confirmed what I was thinking. Stress really does affect blood sugar!
I went low carb about two years ago and about three dozen skin tags disappeared. It seems like the oldest ones went away first. I'm down to about three or four now.
I have been carnivore for 5 months and I noticed my skin tags are shrinking. I have heard about this from you guys before and I thought you were full of it, ….well I’ll be!
When I first mentioned my skin tags to my then family physician some 5-6 years ago, she dismissed them as a sign of aging: she jocularly calls them barnacles, she said. Not a word about insulin resistance, let alone it being a precursor of diabetes 2. I had to educate myself via TH-cam videos like this one and get an insulin resistance diagnosis in Europe, while visiting relatives there, to figure out what was going on and what to do about it. Btw, I simultaneously had digestion issues and burping in an empty stomach that she recommended TUMS for. I even got myself tested for H. pylori; negative. It was just a few weeks after I'd adopted the low-carb way of eating that I noticed my burping was gone and I no longer had any digestion issues. Some people, like me, really don't do well on carbs and need to eliminate all grains and sugar for good. Occasional consumption of either is ok, but by occasional I mean once or twice a month, tops. I find carbs so addictive that for now -- I still have quite a bit of weight to lose -- it's best not to have any at all.
🎊 🎉 🎊 🎉🥳🥳 makes my heart kinda happy for a stranger to have found a way to become peaceful and content, to have found a way to b a better version of themselves. Congratulations!! 😊
I feel my hunger pains are more manageable on low carb so I’m eating less. Also my feet used to be really dry, and they are also clearing up nicely. Plus I’ve lost 20lbs.
Got off all wheat mid 2021..also remain on low carb lifestyle. I check levels with a basic glucose meter, usually 3 x day....but would love a CGM. I don’t want to have to see a Dr in order to get a prescription for one. I’ve lost 30 pounds so far. Dropped 3 dress sizes..a wonderful journey.
20 years on keto now (it wasn't even called this when I started). First meal of the day would be an English breakfast: 2 rashers of bacon 2 eggs, 2 sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms and water cress or lettuce with lashings of black tea. Could be any time up to 3pm from a 7-8pm meal the night before. Didn't do this to drop weight as I've never had a problem in this respect. Changed my former vegetarian diet due to the chronic, debilitating and incessant pain - which ceased within 1 day of switching to keto. One thing I'd highlight to anyone considering switching is to watch your triglyceride:HDL ratio and keep it below 2.0. to ensure no heart problems. Keep your trigs low by avoiding carbs and your HDL as high as possible by eating LOTS of saturated fat (and avoiding all seed oils). All other lipid profile markers are irrelevant.
@@Jefe-qh8kd Thank you. No I won’t. It’s ridiculous. I started cutting out sugar, cookies, candies and processed foods combined with IM in January. Lost 8 lbs, BMI is now 21.8. I wasn’t that heavy but not in a good shape. My A1C was 5.8. That’s borderline and I want it down. I’m working on it.
I bought my CGM from RapidRXUSA for $89, for two weeks. Downloaded the free app. It last for two weeks. I used it to text theories around what happened with my blood glucose when I walked after eating, slept more hours or eating lower carbs, more protein, etc. The two weeks usage allowed me to create a plan that I can follow with certainty without relying on a CGM. I now know when it's working based on my body cues. Hope this helps!
@JayJayNay, I'm also in Canada, and I DO NOT want one! It's NOT necessary! I'm a type two diabetic and the highest my HbA1c ever got was 7.3. My doctor couldn't advise me on what I should do to lower my numbers. He sent me to a dietitian-nutritionist who advised me to eat 6 times a day; one of the meals consists of 3 high-carb foods; imagine rice, yellow lentils, and potatoes, in the same meal! I left and never returned. I searched on TH-cam and watched many videos, some of them with Dr. Mandell, Dr. Berg, and other doctors, plus a pastor named Mr Dennis Pollock. Those gentlemen are helping many of us worldwide! May God bless them🙏 Next, I went to Shopper's Drug Mart and bought a "Contour Next" glucose monitor test kit. I started consuming low-carbs, moderate protein, and fats, drinking 2 litres of water and walking every day on my treadmill when I didn't go outdoors. I began testing my blood glucose (only) when I consumed a meal that I thought was a bit higher in carbs than usual. Within 5 months, I brought down my HbA1c to 6.0, with the help of those doctors, the pastor, and my glucose monitor that only takes a tiny drop of blood; the needle is so fine that you don't hurt at all whenever you prick your fingertip! You can do what I did and I can assure you that you'll be happy! Btw, you'll also get 2 boxes of FREE test strips per year; each box has 100 strips; you can buy whatever you may need for yourself. Mr. Jay, I wish you the best, and God bless 🙏
I asked my Dr for a fasting insulin test when he was already doing a metabolic panel and he absolutely refused. His comment was, “You are insulin resistant, we know your insulin will be high.” That was the last straw. I am getting a new traditional Dr and a functional medicine Dr.
Where I live (Europe), insurance doesn't cover insulin level assessment anyway. I just go to the lab, have it done and pay for it. It costs about 25 €, that's about 25 US $.
If it was just a fasting test then you could have turned up to the test fasting, no? If it was for a Oral Glucose Tolerance Test then they will give you glucose that will give you a bad spike and maybe make you feel unwell.
I asked my dr for a fasting insulin level and also an iodine test. She refused and as led my, “ why do you need to know that?” I explained and she refused. I am getting a new dr. I’m tired of this one’s cookie cutter medical practice.
After getting fired from my job and just eating once a day, with leafy veggies from my backyard and boiled eggs from my chickens, my high blood sugar became normal lol
Continuous glucose monitor is mostly uninteresting for non-diabetics. Your body compensates until it can’t anymore. You can be close to full diabetes and have a near flat sugar curve. Before diabetes breaks out you may have 5 times as high insulin than a normal person. When you cannot compensate anymore, that’s when diabetes suddenly appears.
I am a 75 year old male and I still wear the same 29" waist jeans that I wore when I graduated High School in 1967. I hope that means my insulin is under control.
There lots of skinny diabetes. 90 % are either prediabetic or have it and don't know. Your body can struggle for decades before until it's to late and into dialysis. Just check your insulin resistance with a c peptide test
Nope. I'm 42, wear 27-28" pants, am 5'5" and weigh around 130. My fasting glucose is typically around 300-350 and my last A1C was 11-something. Everyone always talks about this disease like it's caused by morbid obesity. Even when I was a little heavier, I was never more than "overweight". I have no family history. I did eat like crap when I was younger, but I still don't get this disease at all.
3 months of no sugar, zero added salt and fat, whole food plant based mostly raw eating, and have lost over 2kg of visceral fat, and de-fatted my liver. It’s called the ‘Mastering Diabetes Programme’ run by a PHD biochemistry guru. Brilliant! Insulin sensitivity has returned on an extremely high carbohydrate diet, and blood pressure has returned to what it was in my 20s (122/68) from a high of 185/95 on Keto. My VO2 Max is improving, and at 66 I feel fantastic.
Great video and wonderful advice. Started fasting regularly about a year ago and saw big changes in my overall health. I had two noticeable skin tags on my stomach area that haven't completely disappeared but are more just small bumps now and not as much a "tag". I imagine they are just slowly reducing and hope to see them disappear soon.
I was 204+ lbs, now 182lbs and still falling. I started low cab 9 months ago. In the last month I went ultra-low carbs not even a tiny amount of rice bread ect.. I stopped taking insulin too. My numbers are usually 80-120. When I get my new heath insurance, Probably veterans VA, I'll ask them about a cgm and these tests. Right now I am testing a lot, to make sure my BG is under control. But testing 5+ times a day is expensive and a pain in the butt.
That is all fine well and good, about the insulin test which I have ask for numerous times, and am told there is no such test. Visited an endrocronologist in Lexington Ky. recently, ask about a insulin level test, and was told they only done that if you were passing out. I was having huge spikes and wanted to know if my pancreas was acutually making enough insulin to curb it. Our medical community is nearly worthless. Its sad when the patient knows more that the doctor you see for help. Been on top of this for 7 years, sometimes I need a new idea, that I dont know anything about or heard of.
😒 many meals spike insulin😩 I helped my dad drop his glucose from 430 to 160’s it has been 3 weeks, we do 2 good meals a day. A bit of low sugar fruit in his big salads.lots of healthy fats and fatty meats. He’s feeling better than ever!
I have a persistent, tiny, skin coloured skin tag (not dark) that I still pinch off regularly in an armpit. It has been showing up on me since pregnancy with my fist son over 25 years .
Thanks Dr. Becky. When I go for blood work now, they don't check for my BG, just non fasting HbA1c. Along with my other profiles. My stomach doesn't like being full any longer.
My Nurse Practitioner referred me to an Endocrinologist, For a fasting insulin test!! They had just done my blood panel which included my Fasting Glucose. Btw, they did not know anything about Homa IR/Fasting Insulin.
Just checked for my skin tags on my neck and in my arm pits and they are GONE!!! I never realized. Also had a fungal infection going on under what used to be my man boobs and its barely a dark spot now! Yes get rid of that sugar its poison!
Very informative videos. Thank you. I am wondering if you would do a video on hypoglycemia? I wear a CGM and have been awakened in the night several times since starting my CGM due to low glucose (under 58) There doesn’t seem to be a lot of information on TH-cam regarding this condition, mostly type 2 which I don’t have but am close to pre. I keep my insulin low throughout the day and have only had three spike since starting the CGM three weeks ago. Once with brown rice, another with a very heavy dessert, and a spike with a hot bath. Perhaps you could shed some light on why a bath would cause my glucose to go from 79 to 146 then back down 15 minutes after getting out of the tub. all very interesting stuff. I don’t like being awakened in the early morning hours though. Sleep is gold for me. Thank you
Get a fasting insulin test, A1C test and fasting glucose test. These tests will confirm where you are in regards to blood sugar issues, especially since you are seeing skin tags and the dark patches. It's VERY important to fix it.
Check you insulin resistance along the way too c peptide or homa it test. Avoid processed oil even olive. Fatty liver goes with insulin resistance, the definition of diabetes is insulin resistance and fat that spilled over. My doctor didn't know those tests. I had to ask several times with endocrinologist and a c peptide test for insulin resistance. Also avoid adding salt as there is already salt in food. It is corrosive can cause hemorogic stroke. Dr fuhrman duscuses this in TH-cam. There lots of skinny diabetes. 90 % of population e either prediabetic or have it and don't know. Your body can struggle for decades before until it's to late and into dialysis. Just check your insulin resistance with a c peptide test
Hi Dr. Becky, just wanted to let you know so you can share with your followers, that certain drugs like hydroxyurea, impact the CGM that levels uses. Every other day it would look like I was a screaming diabetic when I took the medication for my platelet disorder. Subsequently, the compiled data wasn’t accurate or helpful. The Freestyle Libra was not impacted by the medication! I would say having a CGM is very beneficial in determining food choices!👍👍
You know, there is also another way to predict your insulin sensitivity or insulin resistance, besides the more accurate HOMA-IR. From your most recent Lipid Profile, take your Triglyceride level and divide it by your HDL. Triglyceride/HDL =
@sarikadatta3706 Wow, that's great, awesome. Your TG/HDL ratio is a better predictor of atherosclerosis than your total cholestrol and LDL-C levels. If you are insulin sensitive, and your HDL is above 60, it doesn't matter how high your LDL-C levels are. You are protected from heart disease. There is good evidence that when atherosclerosis does occur, it is almost always in the setting of insulin resistance, metabolic dysfunction, and inflammation. So, I am very happy for you. You are fantastic. Congratulations 🎊 and keep your fasting insulin levels below 5. My recent fasting insulin level is 4.3 Keep up the great job you are doing. Have a great day. :)
Mine were 863 and 20. So a ratio of around 42. I guess that means I'm very insulin resistant. I am not even overweight. My BMI is 22 and they tell me I don't need to lose weight. I don't know what else to do other than 100% avoid all types of carbs forever. That seems to be the only thing that works, including avoiding milk, all fruit, and any veggies that are at all sweet (carrots, beets, corn). Basically live on meat and veggies forever? Or will the numbers eventually normalize and allow for a more diverse diet again? Is there any kind of pill that will increase insulin sensitivity? Do they know what causes insulin resistance yet? It seems like there should be some way to get at the root of the problem...
@joe5923 Hi Joe, there is a medical term that describes your condition, thin, normal BMI, yet still insul8n resistant. It's called TOFI (Thin Outsite Fat Inside). It's the fat you can't visibly see that's harmful. That fat is the liver fat or fatty liver or insulin resistance of the liver. My TG/HDL ratio before I started my ketogenic lifestyle and OMAD was over 6. Now it's 1.01. Yes I agree with you. You don't have to lose weight. What you have to do is follow a ketogenic lifestyle, start a one-meal-a-day intermittent fasting or OMAD, stop snacking. 0 grains, 0 sugar, 0 fructose and l9ng walks. All this helped me become insulin sensitive. I hope it helps you too. But, yes, definitely cut down your carbohydrates down to 10 to 20g a day and OMAD.definitelydefinitely
Thank you for bringing to my attention the correlation between insulin resistance and skin tags. I've had a few high fasting blood sugar results over the last few years but my doctor hasn't really explained all of the signs and symptoms or made a big deal about it, however, I've researched my results and i can consider myself pre-diabetic!. I DO have a few extra skin tags which I didn't understand. Nice to be able to link it to something. Makes sense as I've also read a lot that says sugar feeds cancer growth which I assume skin tags are a benign form of.
Thank you Dr. Becky. I'm using 'sugar and food cravings' to regulate my blood glucose / insulin resistance. I'm not a fan of scientific measurements. The industry of medical science institutions haven't been friendly to my interests in optimum health and longevity. Ironically. But that's just me here @75 YO. Yurthebst!
I can't tell you how not eating late, I try to stop by 6,630, made in my digestion and stomach. It flattened, I had less indigestion, gas, etc. It really helped. I never felt good sleeping and waking with a full or half full stomach. Now that is something I pretty much kept up for 3 years. I have been eating more sourdough bread lately and although very good, have to cut back. I love it but it makes me feel sluggish and I just don't feel as good. In moderation but it's hard to buy a tiny loaf. : )
Hi Dr Becky, your highest glucose level during the day was 113? I thought it is normal to reach levels up tp 140-160 after a meal, that is what i got. even though my fasting glucose is always around 80-90. i'm amazed your glucose levels are THIS even.
Hi Shurrrig, I eat a low-carb diet daily, so my blood glucose level stays low. In a short video, I don't show all of my daily readings, but I have meals that raise my level into the 140+ range.
Yes skin tags gone. My dermatologist said they are caused by excess sugar. My Pcp sort of said someting similar: that the body is so overwhelmed with sugar and fat it starts storing it in odd places, hence rashes and skin tags
Given that non-glucose sugars (like fructose) can spike insulin, I wish there was an insulin monitor available. (is there?) Would you agree that not monitoring insulin nor fructose misses key factors?
In the UK the NHS will absolutely NOT measure insulin. Can't find any private practice to do it either. Very frustrating. I read that in Europe 14% of people diagnosed as type 2 diabetic actually have a late onset autoimmune disorder and are actually type 1. NHS doesn't care, the "solution" is just the same. This way to the inevitable medication escalator. I guess insulin is the bread and butter earner for pharma - keeps it ticking over between statin crazes & such
Dr. Becky, You may not read the comments this late after this video, but I wanted to reach out to you because my husband got some confusing Labs yesterday. He has lost close to 50 lb doing low carb. He felt awful in the beginning and started taking an electrolyte supplement called lmnt to help with keto flu and leg cramps. It made a huge difference! He got his labs this week and his LdL went way up, triglycerides went way down to 51, HDL went up to 56, and his A1C went up to 6.2 from 5.7 previously. His CO2 was low as well. His doctor was thrilled about the weight loss but she was very upset about the LDL and the CO2. She wants to put him on a statin, she wants him to start eating potatoes and bananas and less protein and she wants him to stop drinking the lmnt. My husband is so discouraged and we don't know what to do. I think she's at a total loss with people who do keto. We need a doctor that understands this lifestyle so they can help us navigate it. Any advice?
Reece.... ask for a CAC score (google it). I'm sure his scan will silence his doctor's fears about his Ldl. Also, a TH-cam channel called "Low carb down under" has a ton of info to help when talking to your doctor about keto to get them up to speed.
Not specific to this video ... I really wish more influencers and commentors would make a critical distinction between "carbs" vs. simple / processed vs. complex (lots of fiber) carbs.
You can't get high-fiber carbs without all the bad carbs that come along with them though. Look at some of the "whole grain" pastas that have 30% RDA fiber in a single serving. Their carb content is still 90% simple carbs.
Low fat plant based. Lots of veggies. You can still have potatoes, eat them with veggies - slows down the sugar of the potato. So mush easier to eat this way than the restrictive medically accepted way. Look at Dr. Bernard's video and book.
Becky, watched one of your posts a month or so back. Used to be a regular viewer of your 2FitDocs page. Glad to see that Keith is alive & kicking and doing well! Will he be occasionally joining you on your page? I used a CGM myself for about two years to determine which foods I needed to avoid. I went carnivore in Oct 2021 and now that I have my eating habits set, I don't do any testing anymore.
This disease is so frustrating. Even when I think I'm being low carb, I wake up with glucose levels in the 300s. My last fasting glucose reading at the doctor's was 445. (I had stupidly eaten very high carb the day before.) I'm not even addicted to sugar or carbs, but they seem to be hidden in everything. I often think I'm avoiding carbs, but apparently I'm not. We are supposedly "insulin resistant," so what is the point of doctors prescribing higher and higher dosing of insulin to us? Doesn't that just make us more resistant in the long run? My dosing has only gone up, never down. If I'm very good about avoiding carbs in a day, my glucose can end up being as low as 100-110 or even occasionally in the 90's before bed. Again, frustrating, because it'd seem that after a day's worth of eating--even if low carb--the glucose should be higher, not lower. I then take my insulin before bed, which is worrisome sometimes when my sugar levels are already around 100. The doctors tell me to make sure my sugars don't go lower than 70. How do I know what they are while I sleep?! It makes me want to purposely binge carbs before going to sleep just to be on the safe side. I generally wake up right back at 300+ again. I'm at the point of wanting to try like a weeklong fast. But do I keep injecting insulin if I'm not eating anything? I'm a small guy, 5'5" and 130 lbs. I carry my fat in my stomach, which I guess is why I'm diabetic. No family history. I could stand to lose another 10-ish pounds of belly fat, and be on the low end of "normal" BMI. I'll do this if it would make the diabetes go away, but the doctors always just comment about my BMI being in the normal range as is. Very annoying disease!
A question: how long is normal for your A1c to get below 5.7? I have been keto/carnivore for 14 months. My last A1c was a repeat reading of 6.1. That was in October 2023. My next A1c will be in April. Based on morning fasting glucose numbers, averaging about 116, I'm not expecting my A1c to go down much or at all. Are there people like me that might take 2 or 3 years to get the A1c down below 5.7? I'm 66 yo. C-peptide 2.2. Fasting insulin 7. I weigh 157. Before keto, my A1c was 6.7. I lost 30 lbs in the first 6 months, but weight holding steady since. I wore a CGM for 2 weeks and it was quite stable during that time. I feel that the diet is working, but would love to see A1c improvement.
Two questions: are you sure you’re in ketosis? And do you fast at all? If so, how long? A1c typically isn’t hard to get down pretty quickly, but depending on metabolic issues, it may take a bit longer. I would incorporate longer fasts and make sure you’re in ketosis most, if not all the time, for a while.
@@LauraB.335 I don't check ketones often or lately. But other than some morning coffee (decaf)with heavy cream, I just have 2 meals a day, a 19 - 5 pattern.
There are many variables to consider, so predicting when you'll get below 5.7 is not possible. There are factors that can impact morning fasting glucose, such as dawn phenomenon that don't affect your A1c.
My belt size at the moment is 34” and has never been over 38”. In spite of this I have always had a large gut and were most likely insulin resistant from my late teens. I wish I knew about insulin resistance a long time ago. At 55 working to get my health back and ave started a ridged carnivore diet 5 weeks ago with 16 hour intermittent fasts.
Using one of these units which is connected to your phone, it's not safe, having your information on the internet , an ipns don't work good enough, I suggest you just eat right and check your blood sugar as much as possible, On a graft 180 on the top and 80 on the bottom, keeping my numbers within the graft, I'm getting 99 up to 1:54, which all are within the graft, and knowing what spikes your blood sugar depending on what you eat, paying attention to what you eat is very important, and there's more to this as far as disciplining yourself and knowing what you can eat and what you can't eat, not watching what I was eating landed me on the floor with a diabetic coma, I almost died, but once I understood what was going on and paid attention to what I ate, my levels which I keep now within the 180 and the 80 on the graft, changed everything, but I'm still using two long-lasting shots of insulin a day, but I'm working towards no insulin whatsoever with a doctor's supervision.
I am a "recovering type 2" but been keto two years, and I wear a Libra 3. (also have had the 2 and Dexcom 6). My endo has claimed on many occasions, that CGMs are designed for people with "real diabetes" and are not as accurate on people without diabetes. (My A1C is around 5.7) Is this true? She says the CGM will read low. She says it needs the blood spikes to adjust, and my spikes are minimal.
Silly question: when it's said stop eating 3 hrs before bed..... is that 3 hrs before you fall asleep or 3 hrs before you lay down in bed? It takes me a while to wind down so i may be in bed an hour or 2 before I'm falling asleep for 7-8 hrs.
Puzzled! My smart warch shows glucose levels at 3.30mmls for most of the night, 5 in the morning. I eat late morning and mid-afternoon each day, fasting the rest. My levels start to rise to 7-8 BEFORE eating but fall away rapidly! Why these early peaks, anyone?
I’m so underweight yet my insulin sensitivity is sooo low….when I cut carbs I lose more of my already unhealthy weight…it feels like I’m in starvation mood that is keeping me so anxious…I eat protein and I’m generally not hungry all the time…but the issue of losing too much weight in a short period of time none stop is terrifying I guess my problem with carbs isn’t sugar in particular…it could be gut sensitivity
Eat more healthy fats, olive, coconut, avocado oils, and saturated fats have gotten a bad rap over the years but they are good and your body needs them, like butter, eggs, hard unpasteurized cheeses, fermented foods like yogurt, keifer, etc, just be careful with the sugar content and choose more natural
This was a superb video - the skin tags are supremely annoying and I figured just genetic. Now that there's a chance I can nix them, I will add extra focus to the reduction of carbs. Many thanks.
Great video - that was immediately followed by a Jardiance commercial. Too funny, since following your good advice means never having to use Jardiance.
I started about 2 weeks ago. I had blood work done and my glucose was high, my last A1C was a little high. I don’t want to be diabetic, so I want to change my lifestyle. I love my ice cream, cookies, desserts and knew I was having too much everyday. Since my change I lost about 5 lbs. Now I wish I could get my wife to understand why she can’t lose weight because she eats to much sugar.
Zero insulin resistance, A1C 5.1 and I eat plenty of whole grain bread and pasta. Now what? No need for crazy keto if you stay in energy balance after reaching goal weight. You can do that with or without carbs. I prefer life with carbs 😃
Hi doctor! Over the years my weight has yo-yod and I did lose substantial weight in my 20s going from 300lb to around 205lb. As a result my skin tags I had did disappear. I regained all my weight though. Then just two years ago at 35, I decided to lose weight using low carb, exercise and fasting. As a result I’m now just about 185lb or so. I’m healthier than I ever was before, my waist has gone down from 44 to around 36, and my bmi is in the over weight range, no longer obese. I’m making progress at getting to normal weight bmi. The thing is though, my skin tags are still there this time 😂. How weird, I expected them to go away once I crossed 200lb.
Insulin resistance is a normal response to a serious problem that you are inflicting on yourself - eating carbohydrates. What needs to be overcome is not insulin resistance but rather the habit of stuffing yourself with carbohydrates. Stop eating carbohydrates and insulin resistance isn’t even a topic of discussion. The requirement for dietary carbohydrates in humans is zero. People have insulin resistance because they are eating a substance that their body neither requires nor desires. It can make all of it needs on its own. It doesn’t want your input. Stop inputing carbohydrates.
I’m pretty sure that’s oversimplified ! I eat a pretty low carb diet and I have symptoms if Insulin resistance … dr says insurance won’t cover the test
@@wms72 all carbs ultimately become the same thing - glucose. Humans have a system to manage that. Don’t mess with it. Just leave it completely alone and let it do its job. Sadly we live in a world awash in dietary carbs so it’s almost impossible to avoid it.
@@karahamil3657Exactly. I started low carb with an a1c of 11.5, 7 years ago (next week). I have since went dirty keto > keto > ketovore > dirty carnivore > carnivore strict (2 weeks ago). I did a gradual decrease in carbs, started at 30 total per day, down to less than 5 total per day this past year (mostly), and now only see carbs from eggs and and a small amount of cheese. Insulin resistance does not always reflect a carbage diet! I will have my a1c tested again in a few weeks. I have gone as low as 5.6, and gone back up to 6.1. Strict carnivore, very high fat recently, appears to be making some changes. We are always learning...always! I went off insulin 5 years ago, and I went off Metformin 3 years ago. One size does not fit all...and I refuse to put people in a labeled box!
@@karahamil3657 that you have symptoms even with a low carb diet supports my point. The poison is a matter of dose and when it comes to carbs the dose is low. Thats why our pancreas springs into action to deal with any glucose added to your bloodstream. It tightly controls the amount because if it doesn’t it’s toxic at best and deadly at worst. It’s hard to avoid all carbohydrates for sure. Nature didn’t anticipate the grocery store.
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After six months of no sugar, low carb and intermittent fasting 4-5 days per week my skin tags are gone and my waist is down from41 to 36. Still a ways to go, but am so thankful for your videos and helpful tips. I am a 78 year old woman and had little hope of being metabolically healthy. Thanks for your practical tips and clear explanations of things to do. Now to convince the doctor I don’t need the statin he prescribed.
That is great to hear, Sarah! Congrats on the changes you've made!
Just don’t take the statins. It’s your choice what to swallow.
That's awesome, congratulations!
My skin tags have never gone away no matter what.
You don’t have to convince him. He works for you and he has no real authority over your decisions.
Low carb not no carb, but my a1c did drop to 5.0 then 4.8. Triglycerides down sugar down. 🎉. My BMI was 56. Now it's 29. So happy.
You Killed it!
How long did it take for these results?
BMI isn't everything and is generalized and over-utilized by physicians. HOWEVER, from 56 to 29? WOW!! Amazing work. Making simple changes in lifestyle is difficult for most modern Americans but the determination you've showed? You give hope to us all. Thanks for sharing.
My BMI is 22 and my A1C is still over 11, with morning glucose around 300-350. Everyone talks about losing weight--but I'm not sure how much more I can realistically lose. It seems like the tiniest bit of carbs spikes my glucose through the roof. So does sleeping, for some bizarre reason.
Yup, skin tags that had been there since my late 20s are now gone. Hooray! What did I do? Intermittant and longer term fasting , zero sugar, zero carbs (carnivore), zero seed oils, and zero highly processed foods.
So what's your diet then
How long did it take for them to go away.? Did they just fall off or gradually got smaller and smaller.?
@@johnnyd2383 I can't actually answer the question as you ask it because I didn't pay attention over time. What happened was one day when getting dressed I noticed they were no longer there. While I only noticed it all at once, it could have been a gradual thing that I did see.
@@foodmonsterweightloss5886 Thank you sir.
@johnnyd2383 had a tag at side of mouth for well over a year bought a tool which basically burnt it but it kept growing back ,started I.f and pretty quickly it disappeared ,never tied the two together but now I know that's what got rid of it.
I've been on low carb diet since January 2023 : my health has improved , lost 18 kg etc, but a teaspoon of sugar makes me very tired very quickly and if I sleep it off I feel hung over the next day. I avoid refined carbs and sugar as much as possible.
My goodness, a Doctor who understands nutrition and the catastrophic results of insulin resistance.
There are lots of doctors now and more knowledgeable too.
True there are Many doctors like Dr Eric Berg's here on TH-cam who are educated in nutrition and knowledgeable in this topic of insulin resistance they are doing their research and diving into the results of these research papers to help us understand about insulin levels @@CS-uc2oh
@@CS-uc2oh Not here in Canada unfortunately
@@lindadurand247considering Canada is a lot more authoritarian it’s easier to keep people “in line”
After three months without sugar, I noticed my skin is brighter. Hoping for more miracles!
It's not a miracle, it's simply biology. Good work.
Can you have sugar at least once per month as a treat?
@@Christina0925 Bad thing about cheat day is that it very easily turns into cheat week, then months, possibly even years. 😢
If you do cheat, don't beat yourself up and hop back asap.
@@Christina0925yes you can but what you need to consider is that sugar and carbs like breads and pasta messes with the mechanism that lets you feel satiated after eating a meal and keep the hunger away till the next meal.
Every time you have sugar/carbs (remember sugar is a carb) you risk being overwhelmed by food cravings.
It would be a miracle, sugar is a carb and what you need to do to see real results is to stop eating all carbs or very little carbs.
Just keep in mind that carbs causes the food cravings so the less the better.
Once you stop eating carbs you will still get hungry but you will not crave for certain foods any longer. I eat when I want to and how much I want to but in a controlled manner at the times I have set and at quantities that is sensible and healthy. Since going carnivore I have never over eaten, felt bloated or stuffed or felt uncomfortable from too much food in my stomach.
I always eat till a feel satiated meaning I never leave the table still feeling hungry but I just get to that point much sooner while eating and once I reach that point I have no desire to keep eating because the food tastes so good or because I keep on craving for more even though I am already full.
Just had hip replacement surgery and was told "motion is lotion." Need to keep moving. Also, "rest is rust" meaning sedentary life style makes you "rusty." I choose lotion!!!!
Motion is lotion, movement is medicine. I had a hip replacement 6 years ago and haven’t stopped moving since 😊
Motion is lotion, rest is rust. Movement is medicine, sitting is quitting. "Go not gently into that good night". Our ancestors were not obese.
@@georgiarasmussen8343 100%
I will have both hips replaced soon. I am 54. I am terrifies!!!!
@@Robin-mj6jv66 and had one replaced 2 months ago. I was walking with walker next day. 2 days later used a cane. Week after I didn’t use anything. Do your PT and it will go well
I've been following you and doing IF and low carb for almost 3 years. I used to have skin tags on neck and underarms. They are all completely gone. Never had dark patches.
Just (1) day of fasting per week can do a lot.
You BG and insulin are lowered.
You also will learn what hunger feels like.
This will help you not feel hunger on the days you eat normally.
If you have body fat going 24 hours is not harmful or difficult. Many find going 36 to be easier. You just skip dinner and go to bed.
I started intermittent fasting since 2022. I would finish my last meal no later than 7pm and would not eat again until late morning the next day. I felt good going to bed with an empty stomach did not lose much weight. I added ketogenic diet on top of that beginning December 2023. I have seen big improvement both in weight loss and fat reduction around the waistline after two months!
I didn't do Keto but lost also when lowering carbs and not eating after 6 or 7. it gave my body a chance to relax and burn. I found just having coffee in the morning had me lose the most, 40 pounds in 4 months but I incorporated a light breakfast back and gained a few pounds.
Your IF method looks like my pattern, except I dont eat any breakfast but I'm not losing any pounds.
@@Puffin289Everyone is different but I had to watch what I was eating and really lowered carbs/sugar (not natural sugar) but for me the biggest thing was going 14 plus hours and not eating between meals. The constant snacking at work even with healthier foods didn't work for me. Now I will have almonds and yogurt if really hungry but I just never gave my body a break.
I started that combo 4 days ago. I hope I see results
Intermittent fasting helped me lose the menopause 15 I had gained, been doing it for 6 years and weight is normal however, LDL is high doctor trying to push the statins and yesterday I saw the fake news claim intermittent fasting can cause cardiovascular disease 🙄
Skin tags gone. High BP gone. Lost 5 inches from my waist. Low carb diet worked for me!
Love this... I'm not exactly on low carb but I am on a LOWER carb diet.. the changes are so quick. Moods are better and dropped 2 kgs in a week.. hope I'm able to maintain this
What else you do?
What was ur starting BP? Just got diagnosed w high BP
@@vallyKat8 People never answer
I got a CGM about two months ago. I am a 71 yo male. At the start I typically found my glucose level to be around 210mg/dl. As I found what spiked my blood I eliminated those foods from my diet. Just the elimination of the blood spikes brought my reading down to numbers under 130. One morning during the first week I had a reading of 60. Woah, that's a low number and I guess I was going to low. The medications I was taking Glipizide and Metformin. I removed the Glipizide completely and cut the Metformin to half. My blood sugar was completely normal and stayed between 90-130. I've noticed that coffee, sad to say causes big spikes (and I don't put sugar in it) so I switched to one cup of tea in the morning. Bread, pizza, noodles, potatoes and rice no more. I had read all the things I should avoid but it wasn't believable never realized how my mind works. Realization was the key for me. When I go to the grocery store now I take a typewritten list and stick to it.
Please share the list with us
I had same problem with coffee until I switched to a zero sugar fat free creamer. Black no spike.
This is why I want a CGM. I need to put in a call to insurance to see what they will cover, if anything. It might be worth it to do for a few months even if I have to pay out of pocket.
Thanks for sharing! So encouraging!! Looking into a CGM!
@@JmarieD if it helps the pharmacist says the doctor needs to say you have to check your sugar four times per day. The covered. Otherwise a discount card will get you $75 for a month
when I was really fat I had a black ring around my neck (my parents thought I had done something really bad when they saw it) and also in my arm fold. I lost a bunch of weight and reduced sugar intake drastically. There are no signs of those dark spots anymore
I've been eating Keto/Carnivore for two weeks, and have settled on Keto, this works good for me. Your videos are so practical and very helpful, thank you.
Omg! I use to have those skin tags in my arm pits and stomach and I’ve been so busy , I haven’t noticed but they are gone!!! Yes!!🎉🎉🎉 thank you so much Dr Becky!! I’m 53 and post menopausal the weight is coming off but so very slowly. I’m eating mostly meat, butter, eggs and a low carb vegetable like broccoli or green beans on an occasion. I also eat avocado on an occasion. I wished you had a pay program where I could get more specific information about what I could change or do better but I’m very grateful for the info I get now!! Ty so much!🙌🏼🇺🇸
What a wonderful realization, Kim! I do have programs on my website. Here is information on my Freedom 40-Day Diet Reset Program: drbeckyfitness.com/freedom-40-day-diet-reset/
That is awesome news!! I will definitely check this out!!! I’m also diabetic but I’m thinking when I go back to the endo, my A1C will be below 6! All my doctors only want to give me pills, I didn’t accept that, my faith in most has deteriorated over the last several years so I set out to teach myself! I get comfort being able to follow you but it will be great to have someone who knows way more than me to help me! The gratitude is in abundance!! Ty!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Also I fast for 17 to 18 hrs 6 days a week as well but for some reason my body likes to shed the fat slow lol.
Same for sign tags
I lost slowly....like a 1-2 pounds month but health is what I'm after and I'm metabolically healthy now. I've been doing this for almost years and haven't weighed this little in more than 40 years!! Happy happy!!!
I have followed these videos for about a year now and monitored my morning blood glucose. My discovery is that bread can spike my glucose level quickly so I severely limit any bread or carbohydrates to as close to or blow 20g per day. I am now 71 years old and glucose levels have stabilised at normal levels for some time and thankfully my weight is reducing, so far 12kgs. I cant really see my eating habits changing from this routine. Intermittent fasting and low carbohydrate with monitoring my macros really works.
This process I started due to vaccine damage and also thankfully my fitness and digestion is returning to normal, although I was wary of putting any stress on my heart. This summer with continuation of this way, I have new extended goals for weight loss and exercise. Thank you for your help.
Try sourdough and then freeze it then toast it both freezing and toasting change the carbs in it not will not spike like regular bread and goes down much faster too!
@@strawberryme08 I always freeze what little bread I actually eat and then toast it. Yes, it does help. Thank you.
Thank you your post confirms what I've been reading @@strawberryme08
Even the low carb and keto breads spike my blood sugar
I have noticed big spikes in my blood sugar when I'm in bad traffic! The stress factor is real~!
I 100% agree. I had gestational diabetes. My OB would argue with me when my blood sugar was higher than most of my readings in a week (but still in range) that it wasn't bc I was stressed out.
I would tell her no I was stressed out when my readings were high. She was awful and would vehemently deny what I literally saw with my own eyes . A friend of mine with Type 2 Diabetes confirmed what I was thinking. Stress really does affect blood sugar!
Absolutely!! Stress is a thing!!! No one ever mentions that little detail!!🥵👎🙄👎👹
cortisol, the struggle is real.
WOW!! How can we control the stress- cortisol triggers ?? Experiencing this too 😬
Yep! Skin tags gone. Me and husband. Been IF and low carb for 18 months. Now fat adapted.
I went low carb about two years ago and about three dozen skin tags disappeared. It seems like the oldest ones went away first. I'm down to about three or four now.
I had all skin tags disappear and waistline improvement. Substantial good feeling as well.. less thirst, less hunger.. Thsnks Dr. Becky. ❤
I have been carnivore for 5 months and I noticed my skin tags are shrinking. I have heard about this from you guys before and I thought you were full of it, ….well I’ll be!
@@Silentnomore0is we eat carbs again after reversing insulin resistance
@@Silentnomore0welcome to the gang that's woke up and smelt the coffee!
When I first mentioned my skin tags to my then family physician some 5-6 years ago, she dismissed them as a sign of aging: she jocularly calls them barnacles, she said. Not a word about insulin resistance, let alone it being a precursor of diabetes 2. I had to educate myself via TH-cam videos like this one and get an insulin resistance diagnosis in Europe, while visiting relatives there, to figure out what was going on and what to do about it.
Btw, I simultaneously had digestion issues and burping in an empty stomach that she recommended TUMS for. I even got myself tested for H. pylori; negative. It was just a few weeks after I'd adopted the low-carb way of eating that I noticed my burping was gone and I no longer had any digestion issues. Some people, like me, really don't do well on carbs and need to eliminate all grains and sugar for good. Occasional consumption of either is ok, but by occasional I mean once or twice a month, tops. I find carbs so addictive that for now -- I still have quite a bit of weight to lose -- it's best not to have any at all.
It’s not d grins themselves. It’s because they’ve been engineered. Our bodies r rejecting artificial stuff.
I lost a STAGGERING 80 POUNDS in 4 MONTHS by doing intermittent fasting and KETO. I feel MUCH BETTER NOW.
🎊 🎉 🎊 🎉🥳🥳 makes my heart kinda happy for a stranger to have found a way to become peaceful and content, to have found a way to b a better version of themselves. Congratulations!! 😊
My skin tags are nearly gone so this is promising news!! Waist is down about 3.5" but lots of room for improvement.
I feel my hunger pains are more manageable on low carb so I’m eating less. Also my feet used to be really dry, and they are also clearing up nicely. Plus I’ve lost 20lbs.
Got off all wheat mid 2021..also remain on low carb lifestyle. I check levels with a basic glucose meter, usually 3 x day....but would love a CGM. I don’t want to have to see a Dr in order to get a prescription for one. I’ve lost 30 pounds so far. Dropped 3 dress sizes..a wonderful journey.
Weight watchers give script now for one
20 years on keto now (it wasn't even called this when I started). First meal of the day would be an English breakfast: 2 rashers of bacon 2 eggs, 2 sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms and water cress or lettuce with lashings of black tea. Could be any time up to 3pm from a 7-8pm meal the night before. Didn't do this to drop weight as I've never had a problem in this respect. Changed my former vegetarian diet due to the chronic, debilitating and incessant pain - which ceased within 1 day of switching to keto. One thing I'd highlight to anyone considering switching is to watch your triglyceride:HDL ratio and keep it below 2.0. to ensure no heart problems. Keep your trigs low by avoiding carbs and your HDL as high as possible by eating LOTS of saturated fat (and avoiding all seed oils). All other lipid profile markers are irrelevant.
I’m all for it, but $199 per month (plus almost 10% sales tax in CA) + $199 for the app? This is truly ridiculous.
Get a prescription from your doctor and use a discount code at most any large pharmacy. You can get the price down to about 60 bucks a month all in
Don't do it. It's completely unnecessary. If you're unhealthy and you know it...then you'll know when you're regaining health.
@@Jefe-qh8kd Thank you. No I won’t. It’s ridiculous. I started cutting out sugar, cookies, candies and processed foods combined with IM in January. Lost 8 lbs, BMI is now 21.8. I wasn’t that heavy but not in a good shape. My A1C was 5.8. That’s borderline and I want it down. I’m working on it.
I bought my CGM from RapidRXUSA for $89, for two weeks. Downloaded the free app. It last for two weeks. I used it to text theories around what happened with my blood glucose when I walked after eating, slept more hours or eating lower carbs, more protein, etc. The two weeks usage allowed me to create a plan that I can follow with certainty without relying on a CGM. I now know when it's working based on my body cues. Hope this helps!
@JayJayNay,
I'm also in Canada, and I DO NOT want one! It's NOT necessary!
I'm a type two diabetic and the highest my HbA1c ever got was 7.3. My doctor couldn't advise me on what I should do to lower my numbers.
He sent me to a dietitian-nutritionist who advised me to eat 6 times a day; one of the meals consists of 3 high-carb foods; imagine rice, yellow lentils, and potatoes, in the same meal! I left and never returned.
I searched on TH-cam and watched many videos, some of them with Dr. Mandell, Dr. Berg, and other doctors, plus a pastor named Mr Dennis Pollock. Those gentlemen are helping many of us worldwide! May God bless them🙏
Next, I went to Shopper's Drug Mart and bought a "Contour Next" glucose monitor test kit. I started consuming low-carbs, moderate protein, and fats, drinking 2 litres of water and walking every day on my treadmill when I didn't go outdoors.
I began testing my blood glucose (only) when I consumed a meal that I thought was a bit higher in carbs than usual.
Within 5 months, I brought down my HbA1c to 6.0, with the help of those doctors, the pastor, and my glucose monitor that only takes a tiny drop of blood; the needle is so fine that you don't hurt at all whenever you prick your fingertip!
You can do what I did and I can assure you that you'll be happy! Btw, you'll also get 2 boxes of FREE test strips per year; each box has 100 strips; you can buy whatever you may need for yourself.
Mr. Jay, I wish you the best, and God bless 🙏
I asked my Dr for a fasting insulin test when he was already doing a metabolic panel and he absolutely refused. His comment was, “You are insulin resistant, we know your insulin will be high.” That was the last straw. I am getting a new traditional Dr and a functional medicine Dr.
Yeah that would have been the last straw for me too because WHAT?! The absolute nerve 😒
That Doctor was a fool. He obviously didn't care if he lost you as a patient. Good riddance to him.
Where I live (Europe), insurance doesn't cover insulin level assessment anyway. I just go to the lab, have it done and pay for it. It costs about 25 €, that's about 25 US $.
If it was just a fasting test then you could have turned up to the test fasting, no? If it was for a Oral Glucose Tolerance Test then they will give you glucose that will give you a bad spike and maybe make you feel unwell.
I asked my dr for a fasting insulin level and also an iodine test. She refused and as led my, “ why do you need to know that?” I explained and she refused. I am getting a new dr. I’m tired of this one’s cookie cutter medical practice.
The only thing more pure than the knowledge Dr. Becky shares is her pure beauty!
After getting fired from my job and just eating once a day, with leafy veggies from my backyard and boiled eggs from my chickens, my high blood sugar became normal lol
Wow! That is a success story❤
Great example of turning a negative into a positive. Looks like things are looking up already!
Vegetables are dangerous
Starts @2:00
@@StrongBodymindandspirit Only if they're loaded with cheese and other dairy products.
I had skin tags disappear . I always thought that was hokey pokey ! But it really is a thing !
Oh thank God she’s not sponsored by anybody. that was a completely useful and unbiased opinion.
Video is sponsored. She stated in video it was sponsored by Levels. They sell CGM products.
I have a cgm , it helps me to realize how long my blood sugar will stay elevated when I eat too many carbs
Continuous glucose monitor is mostly uninteresting for non-diabetics. Your body compensates until it can’t anymore. You can be close to full diabetes and have a near flat sugar curve. Before diabetes breaks out you may have 5 times as high insulin than a normal person. When you cannot compensate anymore, that’s when diabetes suddenly appears.
Well put.!!
I am a 75 year old male and I still wear the same 29" waist jeans that I wore when I graduated High School in 1967. I hope that means my insulin is under control.
There lots of skinny diabetes. 90 % are either prediabetic or have it and don't know. Your body can struggle for decades before until it's to late and into dialysis. Just check your insulin resistance with a c peptide test
You're wearing jeans that are 56 years old ?!🤔
My brother has always been bone thin and developed diabetes and in danger of losing his kidneys.
You may be TOFI. Test for Insulin levels
Nope. I'm 42, wear 27-28" pants, am 5'5" and weigh around 130. My fasting glucose is typically around 300-350 and my last A1C was 11-something. Everyone always talks about this disease like it's caused by morbid obesity. Even when I was a little heavier, I was never more than "overweight". I have no family history. I did eat like crap when I was younger, but I still don't get this disease at all.
3 months of no sugar, zero added salt and fat, whole food plant based mostly raw eating, and have lost over 2kg of visceral fat, and de-fatted my liver. It’s called the ‘Mastering Diabetes Programme’ run by a PHD biochemistry guru. Brilliant! Insulin sensitivity has returned on an extremely high carbohydrate diet, and blood pressure has returned to what it was in my 20s (122/68) from a high of 185/95 on Keto. My VO2 Max is improving, and at 66 I feel fantastic.
Great video and wonderful advice. Started fasting regularly about a year ago and saw big changes in my overall health. I had two noticeable skin tags on my stomach area that haven't completely disappeared but are more just small bumps now and not as much a "tag". I imagine they are just slowly reducing and hope to see them disappear soon.
Bro enaku konjam tamil la solla mudiuma insulin resistance ku ena pannanum nu
Another powerful video from Dr Becky i love the fact that i can overcome
insulin resistance.
I was 204+ lbs, now 182lbs and still falling. I started low cab 9 months ago. In the last month I went ultra-low carbs not even a tiny amount of rice bread ect.. I stopped taking insulin too. My numbers are usually 80-120. When I get my new heath insurance, Probably veterans VA, I'll ask them about a cgm and these tests. Right now I am testing a lot, to make sure my BG is under control. But testing 5+ times a day is expensive and a pain in the butt.
That is all fine well and good, about the insulin test which I have ask for numerous times, and am told there is no such test. Visited an endrocronologist in Lexington Ky. recently, ask about a insulin level test, and was told they only done that if you were passing out. I was having huge spikes and wanted to know if my pancreas was acutually making enough insulin to curb it. Our medical community is nearly worthless. Its sad when the patient knows more that the doctor you see for help. Been on top of this for 7 years, sometimes I need a new idea, that I dont know anything about or heard of.
I love own your labs. You can order and pay for your labs online. Have blood drawn at a labcorp and results xome to your portal after.
I’m on my way to overcoming insulin resistance!
Congrats girl 😊
😒 many meals spike insulin😩 I helped my dad drop his glucose from 430 to 160’s it has been 3 weeks, we do 2 good meals a day. A bit of low sugar fruit in his big salads.lots of healthy fats and fatty meats. He’s feeling better than ever!
He needs vitamin A liver is a good source. It helps the pancrease make insulin.
@@vitaminhead1465 Is this true? If so, THANK YOU! I love liver!
I have a persistent, tiny, skin coloured skin tag (not dark) that I still pinch off regularly in an armpit. It has been showing up on me since pregnancy with my fist son over 25 years .
Thanks for sharing this.
I appreciate you being here for us !
I like very much the way you present information in a simple way, thanks for your effort.
Thanks Dr. Becky. When I go for blood work now, they don't check for my BG, just non fasting HbA1c. Along with my other profiles. My stomach doesn't like being full any longer.
HbA1C is a preferred measure to BG. If you do one you will probably not do the other.❤
My Nurse Practitioner referred me to an Endocrinologist, For a fasting insulin test!! They had just done my blood panel which included my Fasting Glucose. Btw, they did not know anything about Homa IR/Fasting Insulin.
Just checked for my skin tags on my neck and in my arm pits and they are GONE!!! I never realized. Also had a fungal infection going on under what used to be my man boobs and its barely a dark spot now! Yes get rid of that sugar its poison!
Very informative videos. Thank you. I am wondering if you would do a video on hypoglycemia? I wear a CGM and have been awakened in the night several times since starting my CGM due to low glucose (under 58) There doesn’t seem to be a lot of information on TH-cam regarding this condition, mostly type 2 which I don’t have but am close to pre. I keep my insulin low throughout the day and have only had three spike since starting the CGM three weeks ago. Once with brown rice, another with a very heavy dessert, and a spike with a hot bath. Perhaps you could shed some light on why a bath would cause my glucose to go from 79 to 146 then back down 15 minutes after getting out of the tub. all very interesting stuff. I don’t like being awakened in the early morning hours though. Sleep is gold for me. Thank you
Thank you Dr Becky. I really appreciate your clarity in all your videos.❤
I have skin tags AND dark patches around my neck, never thought much about them but maybe they are a sign...
Get a fasting insulin test, A1C test and fasting glucose test. These tests will confirm where you are in regards to blood sugar issues, especially since you are seeing skin tags and the dark patches. It's VERY important to fix it.
They are a sign! No maybe. lol
Check you insulin resistance along the way too c peptide or homa it test.
Avoid processed oil even olive. Fatty liver goes with insulin resistance, the definition of diabetes is insulin resistance and fat that spilled over. My doctor didn't know those tests. I had to ask several times with endocrinologist and a c peptide test for insulin resistance. Also avoid adding salt as there is already salt in food. It is corrosive can cause hemorogic stroke. Dr fuhrman duscuses this in TH-cam. There lots of skinny diabetes. 90 % of population e either prediabetic or have it and don't know. Your body can struggle for decades before until it's to late and into dialysis. Just check your insulin resistance with a c peptide test
Hi Dr. Becky, just wanted to let you know so you can share with your followers, that certain drugs like hydroxyurea, impact the CGM that levels uses. Every other day it would look like I was a screaming diabetic when I took the medication for my platelet disorder. Subsequently, the compiled data wasn’t accurate or helpful. The Freestyle Libra was not impacted by the medication! I would say having a CGM is very beneficial in determining food choices!👍👍
Berberine is natural from bayberry plant. Outperformed metformin in meta studies.
You know, there is also another way to predict your insulin sensitivity or insulin resistance, besides the more accurate HOMA-IR. From your most recent Lipid Profile, take your Triglyceride level and divide it by your HDL.
Triglyceride/HDL =
Thank you, Dr. Gillaspy..
Thanks
My trig. Are 1.44 and HDL 1.27.
I am at 1.13
@sarikadatta3706 Wow, that's great, awesome. Your TG/HDL ratio is a better predictor of atherosclerosis than your total cholestrol and LDL-C levels. If you are insulin sensitive, and your HDL is above 60, it doesn't matter how high your LDL-C levels are. You are protected from heart disease.
There is good evidence that when atherosclerosis does occur, it is almost always in the setting of insulin resistance, metabolic dysfunction, and inflammation.
So, I am very happy for you. You are fantastic.
Congratulations 🎊 and keep your fasting insulin levels below 5. My recent fasting insulin level is 4.3
Keep up the great job you are doing.
Have a great day. :)
Mine were 863 and 20. So a ratio of around 42. I guess that means I'm very insulin resistant.
I am not even overweight. My BMI is 22 and they tell me I don't need to lose weight. I don't know what else to do other than 100% avoid all types of carbs forever. That seems to be the only thing that works, including avoiding milk, all fruit, and any veggies that are at all sweet (carrots, beets, corn).
Basically live on meat and veggies forever? Or will the numbers eventually normalize and allow for a more diverse diet again? Is there any kind of pill that will increase insulin sensitivity?
Do they know what causes insulin resistance yet? It seems like there should be some way to get at the root of the problem...
@joe5923 Hi Joe, there is a medical term that describes your condition, thin, normal BMI, yet still insul8n resistant. It's called TOFI (Thin Outsite Fat Inside). It's the fat you can't visibly see that's harmful. That fat is the liver fat or fatty liver or insulin resistance of the liver. My TG/HDL ratio before I started my ketogenic lifestyle and OMAD was over 6. Now it's 1.01.
Yes I agree with you. You don't have to lose weight. What you have to do is follow a ketogenic lifestyle, start a one-meal-a-day intermittent fasting or OMAD, stop snacking. 0 grains, 0 sugar, 0 fructose and l9ng walks. All this helped me become insulin sensitive. I hope it helps you too. But, yes, definitely cut down your carbohydrates down to 10 to 20g a day and OMAD.definitelydefinitely
Thank you for bringing to my attention the correlation between insulin resistance and skin tags. I've had a few high fasting blood sugar results over the last few years but my doctor hasn't really explained all of the signs and symptoms or made a big deal about it, however, I've researched my results and i can consider myself pre-diabetic!. I DO have a few extra skin tags which I didn't understand. Nice to be able to link it to something. Makes sense as I've also read a lot that says sugar feeds cancer growth which I assume skin tags are a benign form of.
Excellent presentation. T2 diabetic for 40 years. Did well the slow , hard way. 84 this Fall
What is it about Chiropractors becoming nutrition experts? I know of at least 4 of them that are TH-cam influencer.
They care about prevention and aren’t owned by pharma
Thank you Dr. Becky. I'm using 'sugar and food cravings' to regulate my blood glucose / insulin resistance. I'm not a fan of scientific measurements. The industry of medical science institutions haven't been friendly to my interests in optimum health and longevity. Ironically. But that's just me here @75 YO. Yurthebst!
I can't tell you how not eating late, I try to stop by 6,630, made in my digestion and stomach. It flattened, I had less indigestion, gas, etc. It really helped. I never felt good sleeping and waking with a full or half full stomach. Now that is something I pretty much kept up for 3 years. I have been eating more sourdough bread lately and although very good, have to cut back. I love it but it makes me feel sluggish and I just don't feel as good. In moderation but it's hard to buy a tiny loaf. : )
Bread freezes well in freezer bags, and some research says it lowers the glycemic index.
I love listening to your information and you are easy to listen to very calming and not hyper! Bless you for all you do lovely young lady!
You and your Channel are a perfect CAM.
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Hi Dr Becky, your highest glucose level during the day was 113? I thought it is normal to reach levels up tp 140-160 after a meal, that is what i got. even though my fasting glucose is always around 80-90. i'm amazed your glucose levels are THIS even.
Hi Shurrrig, I eat a low-carb diet daily, so my blood glucose level stays low. In a short video, I don't show all of my daily readings, but I have meals that raise my level into the 140+ range.
@@beckygillaspy thank you so much for clarifying! that helps alot!
Yes skin tags gone. My dermatologist said they are caused by excess sugar. My Pcp sort of said someting similar: that the body is so overwhelmed with sugar and fat it starts storing it in odd places, hence rashes and skin tags
Given that non-glucose sugars (like fructose) can spike insulin, I wish there was an insulin monitor available. (is there?) Would you agree that not monitoring insulin nor fructose misses key factors?
She mentions the there is NOT a way to measure insulin at home…….
In the UK the NHS will absolutely NOT measure insulin. Can't find any private practice to do it either. Very frustrating. I read that in Europe 14% of people diagnosed as type 2 diabetic actually have a late onset autoimmune disorder and are actually type 1. NHS doesn't care, the "solution" is just the same. This way to the inevitable medication escalator. I guess insulin is the bread and butter earner for pharma - keeps it ticking over between statin crazes & such
I love the clarity of the presentation! 👏👏
Thank you for this information. Tells me I am making progress.
Dr. Becky,
You may not read the comments this late after this video, but I wanted to reach out to you because my husband got some confusing Labs yesterday. He has lost close to 50 lb doing low carb. He felt awful in the beginning and started taking an electrolyte supplement called lmnt to help with keto flu and leg cramps. It made a huge difference! He got his labs this week and his LdL went way up, triglycerides went way down to 51, HDL went up to 56, and his A1C went up to 6.2 from 5.7 previously. His CO2 was low as well. His doctor was thrilled about the weight loss but she was very upset about the LDL and the CO2. She wants to put him on a statin, she wants him to start eating potatoes and bananas and less protein and she wants him to stop drinking the lmnt. My husband is so discouraged and we don't know what to do. I think she's at a total loss with people who do keto. We need a doctor that understands this lifestyle so they can help us navigate it. Any advice?
Reece.... ask for a CAC score (google it). I'm sure his scan will silence his doctor's fears about his Ldl. Also, a TH-cam channel called "Low carb down under" has a ton of info to help when talking to your doctor about keto to get them up to speed.
Get a new doctor. If you are using the flavored lmnt change to the unflavored.
That was excellent, short and to the point.
Not specific to this video ... I really wish more influencers and commentors would make a critical distinction between "carbs" vs. simple / processed vs. complex (lots of fiber) carbs.
I’m with you! I find it somewhat misleading and cheats the listener out of great opportunities for variety and nutrition
You can't get high-fiber carbs without all the bad carbs that come along with them though. Look at some of the "whole grain" pastas that have 30% RDA fiber in a single serving. Their carb content is still 90% simple carbs.
Low fat plant based. Lots of veggies. You can still have potatoes, eat them with veggies - slows down the sugar of the potato. So mush easier to eat this way than the restrictive medically accepted way. Look at Dr. Bernard's video and book.
Becky, watched one of your posts a month or so back. Used to be a regular viewer of your 2FitDocs page. Glad to see that Keith is alive & kicking and doing well! Will he be occasionally joining you on your page?
I used a CGM myself for about two years to determine which foods I needed to avoid. I went carnivore in Oct 2021 and now that I have my eating habits set, I don't do any testing anymore.
He joined me in a couple of video over the past year! th-cam.com/video/eDpLc5vfgY0/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/1Q9fWZa9C3s/w-d-xo.html
Fantastic video Dr. Becky.
This disease is so frustrating. Even when I think I'm being low carb, I wake up with glucose levels in the 300s. My last fasting glucose reading at the doctor's was 445. (I had stupidly eaten very high carb the day before.) I'm not even addicted to sugar or carbs, but they seem to be hidden in everything. I often think I'm avoiding carbs, but apparently I'm not.
We are supposedly "insulin resistant," so what is the point of doctors prescribing higher and higher dosing of insulin to us? Doesn't that just make us more resistant in the long run? My dosing has only gone up, never down.
If I'm very good about avoiding carbs in a day, my glucose can end up being as low as 100-110 or even occasionally in the 90's before bed. Again, frustrating, because it'd seem that after a day's worth of eating--even if low carb--the glucose should be higher, not lower. I then take my insulin before bed, which is worrisome sometimes when my sugar levels are already around 100. The doctors tell me to make sure my sugars don't go lower than 70. How do I know what they are while I sleep?! It makes me want to purposely binge carbs before going to sleep just to be on the safe side.
I generally wake up right back at 300+ again. I'm at the point of wanting to try like a weeklong fast. But do I keep injecting insulin if I'm not eating anything? I'm a small guy, 5'5" and 130 lbs. I carry my fat in my stomach, which I guess is why I'm diabetic. No family history. I could stand to lose another 10-ish pounds of belly fat, and be on the low end of "normal" BMI. I'll do this if it would make the diabetes go away, but the doctors always just comment about my BMI being in the normal range as is.
Very annoying disease!
A question: how long is normal for your A1c to get below 5.7? I have been keto/carnivore for 14 months. My last A1c was a repeat reading of 6.1. That was in October 2023. My next A1c will be in April. Based on morning fasting glucose numbers, averaging about 116, I'm not expecting my A1c to go down much or at all. Are there people like me that might take 2 or 3 years to get the A1c down below 5.7? I'm 66 yo. C-peptide 2.2. Fasting insulin 7. I weigh 157. Before keto, my A1c was 6.7. I lost 30 lbs in the first 6 months, but weight holding steady since. I wore a CGM for 2 weeks and it was quite stable during that time. I feel that the diet is working, but would love to see A1c improvement.
Two questions: are you sure you’re in ketosis? And do you fast at all? If so, how long? A1c typically isn’t hard to get down pretty quickly, but depending on metabolic issues, it may take a bit longer. I would incorporate longer fasts and make sure you’re in ketosis most, if not all the time, for a while.
@@LauraB.335 I don't check ketones often or lately. But other than some morning coffee (decaf)with heavy cream, I just have 2 meals a day, a 19 - 5 pattern.
There are many variables to consider, so predicting when you'll get below 5.7 is not possible. There are factors that can impact morning fasting glucose, such as dawn phenomenon that don't affect your A1c.
Thank you both, for your comments!
@@beckygillaspyI
Yes my tags disappeared after carnivore low carb
My doctor uses C Peptide in place of insulin. What is the conversion between C Peptide and insulin?
My belt size at the moment is 34” and has never been over 38”. In spite of this I have always had a large gut and were most likely insulin resistant from my late teens.
I wish I knew about insulin resistance a long time ago. At 55 working to get my health back and ave started a ridged carnivore diet 5 weeks ago with 16 hour intermittent fasts.
Using one of these units which is connected to your phone, it's not safe, having your information on the internet , an ipns don't work good enough, I suggest you just eat right and check your blood sugar as much as possible,
On a graft 180 on the top and 80 on the bottom, keeping my numbers within the graft,
I'm getting 99 up to 1:54, which all are within the graft, and knowing what spikes your blood sugar depending on what you eat,
paying attention to what you eat is very important, and there's more to this as far as disciplining yourself and knowing what you can eat and what you can't eat,
not watching what I was eating landed me on the floor with a diabetic coma, I almost died,
but once I understood what was going on and paid attention to what I ate, my levels which I keep now within the 180 and the 80 on the graft, changed everything, but I'm still using two long-lasting shots of insulin a day, but I'm working towards no insulin whatsoever with a doctor's supervision.
With a cgm you would not have had coma .
graph best wishes with your health
Just ordered my Levels kit. Really hoping it helps...
Good stuff!!! Thanks Dr. Becky!
Thankyou . Good vidio in formative especially the last part .
Blood Glucose *Meter. Monitor is reserved for CGM type devices that are continuously measuring.
I am a "recovering type 2" but been keto two years, and I wear a Libra 3. (also have had the 2 and Dexcom 6). My endo has claimed on many occasions, that CGMs are designed for people with "real diabetes" and are not as accurate on people without diabetes. (My A1C is around 5.7) Is this true? She says the CGM will read low. She says it needs the blood spikes to adjust, and my spikes are minimal.
Silly question: when it's said stop eating 3 hrs before bed..... is that 3 hrs before you fall asleep or 3 hrs before you lay down in bed? It takes me a while to wind down so i may be in bed an hour or 2 before I'm falling asleep for 7-8 hrs.
lay down
Puzzled! My smart warch shows glucose levels at 3.30mmls for most of the night, 5 in the morning. I eat late morning and mid-afternoon each day, fasting the rest. My levels start to rise to 7-8 BEFORE eating but fall away rapidly! Why these early peaks, anyone?
Could be the "dawn phenomenon" many people talk about.
This was informative and helpful. Thank you.
Can you give examples of low carb?
Thank you for explaining in a calm manner!
Gets to point at 7:53
How refreshing to listen to a soothing female voice. Most sound like hammering tin and yet most videos employ them. Why?
So juicing is not good? I have ginger, beetroot and carrot juice once a week. Is that not good for IR? Or can you still have fresh juice?
I’m so underweight yet my insulin sensitivity is sooo low….when I cut carbs I lose more of my already unhealthy weight…it feels like I’m in starvation mood that is keeping me so anxious…I eat protein and I’m generally not hungry all the time…but the issue of losing too much weight in a short period of time none stop is terrifying
I guess my problem with carbs isn’t sugar in particular…it could be gut sensitivity
Eat more healthy fats, olive, coconut, avocado oils, and saturated fats have gotten a bad rap over the years but they are good and your body needs them, like butter, eggs, hard unpasteurized cheeses, fermented foods like yogurt, keifer, etc, just be careful with the sugar content and choose more natural
Really appreciate this information. Thank you!
This was a superb video - the skin tags are supremely annoying and I figured just genetic. Now that there's a chance I can nix them, I will add extra focus to the reduction of carbs. Many thanks.
Very helpful information. I know how important this is. IR is the real reason for heart disease. Thank you thank you thank you!
Great video - that was immediately followed by a Jardiance commercial. Too funny, since following your good advice means never having to use Jardiance.
Been following you or a while now and really love all the information you provide. Question; What do you think of "Gut" health?
It is very important. I have discussed it within a few videos.
I started about 2 weeks ago. I had blood work done and my glucose was high, my last A1C was a little high. I don’t want to be diabetic, so I want to change my lifestyle. I love my ice cream, cookies, desserts and knew I was having too much everyday. Since my change I lost about 5 lbs. Now I wish I could get my wife to understand why she can’t lose weight because she eats to much sugar.
Zero insulin resistance, A1C 5.1 and I eat plenty of whole grain bread and pasta. Now what? No need for crazy keto if you stay in energy balance after reaching goal weight. You can do that with or without carbs. I prefer life with carbs 😃
Hi doctor! Over the years my weight has yo-yod and I did lose substantial weight in my 20s going from 300lb to around 205lb. As a result my skin tags I had did disappear. I regained all my weight though. Then just two years ago at 35, I decided to lose weight using low carb, exercise and fasting. As a result I’m now just about 185lb or so. I’m healthier than I ever was before, my waist has gone down from 44 to around 36, and my bmi is in the over weight range, no longer obese. I’m making progress at getting to normal weight bmi. The thing is though, my skin tags are still there this time 😂. How weird, I expected them to go away once I crossed 200lb.
Congrats on your progress! It's hard to say if they will go away with time.
I went through a period of having so many skins tags and now they are all gone. Had no idea it was my diet.
What test for insulin resistance should I do ?
Insulin resistance is a normal response to a serious problem that you are inflicting on yourself - eating carbohydrates. What needs to be overcome is not insulin resistance but rather the habit of stuffing yourself with carbohydrates. Stop eating carbohydrates and insulin resistance isn’t even a topic of discussion. The requirement for dietary carbohydrates in humans is zero. People have insulin resistance because they are eating a substance that their body neither requires nor desires. It can make all of it needs on its own. It doesn’t want your input. Stop inputing carbohydrates.
For thousands of years, bread was considered the "Staff of Life." Carbs aren't toxic, but refined sugars are.
I’m pretty sure that’s oversimplified ! I eat a pretty low carb diet and I have symptoms if Insulin resistance … dr says insurance won’t cover the test
@@wms72 all carbs ultimately become the same thing - glucose. Humans have a system to manage that. Don’t mess with it. Just leave it completely alone and let it do its job. Sadly we live in a world awash in dietary carbs so it’s almost impossible to avoid it.
@@karahamil3657Exactly. I started low carb with an a1c of 11.5, 7 years ago (next week). I have since went dirty keto > keto > ketovore > dirty carnivore > carnivore strict (2 weeks ago). I did a gradual decrease in carbs, started at 30 total per day, down to less than 5 total per day this past year (mostly), and now only see carbs from eggs and and a small amount of cheese. Insulin resistance does not always reflect a carbage diet! I will have my a1c tested again in a few weeks. I have gone as low as 5.6, and gone back up to 6.1. Strict carnivore, very high fat recently, appears to be making some changes. We are always learning...always! I went off insulin 5 years ago, and I went off Metformin 3 years ago. One size does not fit all...and I refuse to put people in a labeled box!
@@karahamil3657 that you have symptoms even with a low carb diet supports my point. The poison is a matter of dose and when it comes to carbs the dose is low. Thats why our pancreas springs into action to deal with any glucose added to your bloodstream. It tightly controls the amount because if it doesn’t it’s toxic at best and deadly at worst. It’s hard to avoid all carbohydrates for sure. Nature didn’t anticipate the grocery store.