I AM FROM THE USSR, GREW UP THERE AND MUST SAY THAT SO MUCH CHEAP HEALTHY DELICIOUS AFFORDABLE FOOD EXISTED NOWHERE IN A WORLD!!! CONSERVING FOOD WAS IS JUST a MERE TRADITION BUT NOT a SURVIVAL! Our people were very healthy and slim there! Evrth was standartized BY THE HIGHEST HEALTH SECURITY CRITERIA NAMED "GOST" which could never be beaten by the Western standarts, and controlled by the government, NO JUNK FOOD, NO MEDICAL MAFIA ADVERTISEMENT BY TNK OR ANY COMPANIES! GOD BLESS YOU, MY MOTHERLAND USSR! 🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗😢😢We WILL MAKE YOU COME BACK SOON, HAVE A PATIENT!
I'm a Black American and my 94 yo grandmother has said this all my life about vinegar. Vinegar for maintaining weight and blood pressure. Who am I to doubt her - she is 94 and counting.
This makes so much sense! Being an American of Mexican descent who has lived in Mexico City, I have seen footage of the 1980s earthquake that devastated Mexico City & what you’ll notice is that people were very slim, despite living off of a diet very high in carbs (corn). The interesting thing is it is a strong custom to add lime to everything in Mexico… tacos, soups, etc. It’s also common to serve meals with veggies (cauliflower, carrots & jalapeños) cured in vinegar. It wasn’t until the U.S. introduced fast food, soda and all of their processed junk that Mexico developed an obesity epidemic! Wow. Mind blown.
Sorry about that! All of our “scientific advances” haven’t been as good as we’d hoped. Apparently the same thing happened in Costa Rica, where they used to have one of the world’s longest lifespans. On the same token, American Scientists, such as Dr. Fung, are now helping to undo the damage! So thankful for guys like him.
@@michaeljay4816 Reminds me of the history of white rice in asia during the victorian era, where it was emphasized over brown rice because of it's "purity", leading to similar lasting effects including beriberi. And not to be pedantic but Jason Fung is Canadian🍁
One of the things that is so notable about many of Dr. Fung's videos is how it confirms the wisdom of many long held cultural dietary practices. The fact that vinegar has this ability to blunt the glucose spiking effects of dietary carbs and that varied cultures have *independently* developed means to incorporate vinegar in their cooking illustrates how, despite these cultures existing millennia before the emergence of modern science, they were ahead of their time. It should teach us that our tendency to dismiss the insights of the past is done at our peril.
I TRULY believe that we should have more regards to the "traditions" or practices of the past (before "science" became a new god). It shows that human beings and certain cultures already looked at ways to address healthy living with food...something that "science" now only barely mentions but still promote the food "pyramid/plate" way. It keeps this system going because the food industry as we know it could be adversely affected. In my view, they are all part of the same (evil, yes evil) system.
I love anything pickled, vinegar, dill pickles, cabbage, etc. I do 3 day fasts and took Dr. Fung's advice on day 2 when you have some hunger have some pickle juice, I do that and a cup of black coffee and day 3 I have no hunger at all.
Also fasting costs nothing and saves you money. Most people don't understand how easy and beneficial it is. They think it's hard, it's so simple and natural.
@@Jjj6212 Easier to fast than carry around excess weight. I've done 18:6 IF as well as 3, 5, 10 and 14 day water fasts for since 2018 due to the Dr. Fung's advice. It's very liberating. Once your body adjusts, eating multiple times a day becomes an unappealing nuisance. Once 410 pounds, I now weigh 140. My doctor can't believe the change. I also added fermented foods to my diet last year and ACV before meal(s) about six months ago. Started working out in 2021. I feel like I'm reverse aging.
So interesting! I lived in Peru for a while. When people there want to lose weight, they would always squeeze half a lemon or lime onto their rice (a staple food), saying it helped "burn the calories".
I lived in Peru for about 2 years. When I first arrived I weighed 180lbs... by the end of those two years I left the country weighing about 145 lb. I literally had lime juice with my rice and soup and proteins every lunch and dinner. I also walked A LOT. I was very very healthy and a good weight when leaving the country.
In Italy, the salad is last and has vinegar on it. The salad has fermented peppers. The pickled vegetables are eaten as an appetizer The spaghetti is eaten with meat and sauce. The bread us eaten with olive oil, vinegar and salt.
Starting IF 7 years ago after watching one of your videos. I am now 56 and have maintained 18/6 since then. I am the healthiest I have ever been. People comment that I’m too thin, but I feel great, plus my bloods are amazing. Thank you Dr Fung you are the BeSt 🙏🏻🤩
No one ever told me I was fat but after low carbing and getting thin, everyone felt free to tell me I was too thin lol Congratulations to you on your hard work 😊
@@Chinyerefyvinegar and olive oil is often a base for a dressing. Goes over pasta, salad, or dip bread in. Often you mix herbs to this mixture for more flavor.
@@Chinyerefyin Italy they serve olive oil with vinegar as a side with bread. And then at end of meal usually we would have a veg salad with olive oil and vinegar salad. I don't think they drink it as much it is part of the diet. The olive oil is fresh and amazing we shipped a bunch back.
In Greek food culture we always use vinegar or lemon juice in our salads and the best taste of bread is the one when you 'dive' your bread into the oil and acidity of your choice in salad bowl. The oil, mixed, in most of the cases, with vinegar and the juices from the vegetables in the salad are giving superb taste to bread. Another way of eating bread in Greece is to have a small bowl with mixed olive oil and vinegar to dip your bread in it.
Yum. Same in Albania! I love the oil and vinegar at the bottom of the salad bowl. It’s flavored from the tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. We also eat yogurt with our bread.
I'd like to point out. I started practicing drinking lemon juice right before every meal that has carbs. I put 3 Table spoons of 100 percent lemon juice in 6 ounces of water and drink it right before consuming my meal. After a week, I started noticing that I one, feel very satisfied after eating my meal and don't want seconds at all and two I weighed myself 10 days after starting and I starting losing weight even faster. I must confess that I go to the gym 3 times a week and do heavy heavy lifting and walk 3 miles 4 days a week and I was already losing weight, but I went from losing 3 lbs per week to 8 lbs. I lost 8 lbs in 10 days and I'm pretty positive that it's due to the lemon juice. Like he said it's prob not allowing for all of the carbs to be digested and the glucose spike being minimized. I have type 2 diabetes. I also at the very same time started practicing not eating naked carbs, he talks about this in one of his other videos. Before I eat carbs, he suggests that you eat a little bit of protein 10 min before you eat your meal or any carbs. I don't get to do it every time, but I do it quite a bit. I'll eat a piece of low fat cheese or 4 ounces of greek yogurt 10 min before my meal, or sometimes I'll mix 15 grams of protein worth of whey in 4 ounces of water and drink that before my meals. Both these things in combination has caused me to start losing pretty much 50% more when I check in the scale. I just weight myself again the day before yesterday only 5 days had pasted and I had lost 3.7 lbs, in just 5 days. I am NOT on a caloric deficit. I'm eating my maintenance. High protein diet. The only different factors were those two things. Drinking the lemon juice right before my meals and eating a small amount of protein BEFORE eating the carbs that are in my meal. Try it and you will feel amazed at the results. Obviously if you're eating more than your caloric needs you may not see that significant of a result. Also if you're not exercising like I am, if you do see results they may not be as dramatic as mine. But if you're eating your maintenance or on a caloric deficit and you practice both these things, you may see even better results like I am experiencing.
Thank you for sharing this! I have been doing IF of varying lengths with no results. I am pre-diabetic, so I think that makes it a bit more difficult, but seeing you as a T2 and still losing weight is inspiring. I am trying to eat better and maximize some weight loss with hacks such as these. I wanted to ask Dr. Fung if he felt we needed to put the lemon juice or ACV actually on the food, or if we could do as you do and drink it before a meal. I am going to try this. Thank you for all your help here.
Thank you, Dr. Fung. You shed a lot of light of why Asian diet eat a lot of carbohydrate but maintain their skinny weight. Chinese use a lot of vinegar in their cooking, Korean use fermented like kimchi, Vietnamese use fish sauce (fermented fish), Japanese soak Sushi rice in vinegar. You've done it again; this info is very valuable for us who want to lose weight. Thank you so much.
@@Blackandwhitecat-u9v Most Asian love to eat that's why our food so tasty. The reason why Asian in US are over weight because we are following the American diet. I'm changing back to my Asian diet now.
@@thoang101 You can't break laws of energy. Asian or not. If you eat more than you can use, you will gain weight. If you eat less, you will lose weight. There is no way around this. I truly don't understand it when people think some hack will magically stop the basic laws of energy from applying to them.
Dr. Fung, Thank you for all the good work you do for your patients. Under your guidance thru your books and videos I have lost 82 lbs since July 2021. I was on U-500 insulin 3x per day at 30 units. A1C at times 10+. Now A1C 6.1 and my doctor has told me to stop the U-100 that I was most recently on. I do OMAD and have done 3 7 day fasts in the past year. I was a T-2 for 18 years.
@@tommyharris5817 I definitely want to start with weights. As it stands now, my arm muscles visible now that no longer in fat man mode. Can see my arm veins too.
@@bethfraser7518 Thank you Beth. Good luck on your health journey too. I just completed a 9 day fast about 3 weeks ago. Never hungry during it as I did not have carbs or sugar in my system. I freaked out on Day 8 as my glucose was at 55. I took 2 sugar pills although I did not have any hypoglycemics symptoms. I have later found out that when fully burning ketones low blood sugar is normal.
Simple practical ways: (i) Squeeze lemon juice over your plate of food or salad greens, (ii) put a table spoon of apple cider vinegar into a glass of water and drink it after eating your meals. I do that so hopefully suggestions are helpful for you. God Bless.
Thank you dr.Fung❤After many years of struggling with weight loss 7 years ago I came across your videos that change my life forever: no more struggle, no more frear...i can't thank you enough ❤God bless you💓
Thank you Dr. Fung i have lost 6kgs in 3weeks. I was recently detected as pre diabetic and while I was searching how to reverse, i came across your video and started OMAD with low curbs. Seriously you are one among million. I still need 10kgs more to loss. Fighting!!
if your OMAD stops working, switch it up to alternating lunch and dinner (one day lunch, next day dinner) -0 this gives you a 16hrs/30hrs fasting schedule and will be enough of a shakeup to keep your body guessing
this explains why my grandpa and granda ma reach 100 even they love rice with every meal, their traditional meals are always paired with something acidic or pickles..
Adding a vinegar, lemon juice or and fermented food to lower your carb number, wow. Today I added lemon to a veggie mixture on toasted bread, great news. I add lime juice to my daily avocado. Tomorrow I will add balsamic vinegar to my sweet potato.
Thank you Dr Fung! 🇨🇦 I am also living in. Ontario. Didn’t know you were so close about 1.5 hr away. 👋 I have struggled with weight for almost 30 years. I have tried many diets and lap band only to gain more. I am new to fasting. Started 6 days ago. No hypoglycaemia in 18-19 hr fast. Down 4 lbs so far. So grateful for your help. Thank you so much for your insight and encouragement 😘❤️🙏🏻 Update sept 2022 I’m down 17 lbs. not moving fast but at least it’s heading in the right direction. Hypoglycaemia is a thing if the past which I am very grateful. I was omitted wheat and processed sugar for 3 moths and was fasting 22 hrs most if the time. I was not losing any weight and decided I needed to find something a little less ridged. So I’m now 19 hr fast and feeling much better and weight is starting to move again. Thank you for your kind comments and encouragement 😘
How solutions can hide just under our nose - just a few minutes away from Dr Fung …?? And struggled for 30 years - duhh !! Internet has become our closest neighbor..!!
That made a lot of sense. I started my diet two years ago, I always added a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar to a glass of water before every meal. I lost thirty pounds in the first three months! I stopped doing that after I reached my goal of fitting into my pants back in my college days:)
I don’t get it. If putting vinegar in water worked, then after you got to your goal and stopped, you should have gained the weight back. So clearly it was something other than the vinegar.
This makes a lot of sense. I never understood why vinegar works until now. I’m a home brewer. Enzymes were discovered in brewing. The alpha and beta amalyze in malt breaks down the starch into sugars in the mash. Everyone should see this, it’s quite amazing to watch when using other starches in the mash. They go from a thick gruel to a consistency of water in an instant. Anyhow, I was able to lose 50 lbs and still have a beer or two with dinner most nights, or while golfing, doing a keto diet. I also do 16:8 IF-super easy once you are keto adapted. Since the finished beer is about pH of 4-5, that probably does aid somewhat in digestion. I do not drink a lot, but was able to on keto/low carb with IF and still lose weight. With other diets, I always gave up beer, but eventually have one and go off the diet. This is working great for me and my doctor thinks keto is “crazy” but tells me to “keep doing what I’m doing” because my blood tests now are much better than before.
@@sircharles7323 In general, ales have a slightly lower pH than lagers; typical values for ale are 4.0-4.5, for lager 4.4-4.7. Each yeast strain, however, has its own characteristics. They key is to stick with just 1 or 2 servings. Also, craft beer or homebrew is best since the yeast are typically not filtered out (as it is in many commercial beers). The yeast is B vitamins, basically.
Dr. Fung, I’ve read a couple of your books and watch your videos and share them with family and friends. We benefit greatly from your hard work and your dedication to improving the health of humanity. Thank you
As a diabetic, this is very important to me and others with diabetic. Thank you Dr Fung for all your wonderful videos you so kindly educate us with. God bless you.
Thanks for explaining this so well. I drink water with lemon and about a month or so ago I started adding about a TBSP of ACV to drink while I eat my OMAD meal. Now I understand more clearly. I also eat a bit of sour kraut or homemade kimchi with each meal. I've learned so much. Thank you for all you do 😊🙏
@@sl4983 Hello. All week I eat at 4.45am just after I wake up. Normally muesli with soya milk. then I eat nothing to lunch time at 12, which is a cheese or smoked sausage or fish salad. Then I won't eat to the next morning. Friday night I have a few beers and a kebab And then Saturday and Sunday I have a large one meal each day. Which is high In protein and low in carbs. I don't care if I eat fat, I feel fuller if I do. I just cut carbs down to a minimum and have a fast between my meals. At first I found it hard but now my body is getting used to it because I've made friends with hunger. It's more natural then being full all the time.
Thank you so much for persevering and helping our world Dr Fung- you’re not selling or marketing anything more than wisdom. What a relief and blessing- and your followers and commentaries are full of pride for the cultural relevance of your research. Be Proud of all you are offering and how you live your life sir- we are fortunate to have your books, videos and resources. Once again- thank you so much.
I am 190 I always been 145 my whole life at one point lower than that I've gained over 50 lbs in the last 4 years and now that I am engaged I am wanting more to be healthy again. th-cam.com/users/postUgkx5VQ5nUzHu6i0O5_u7ipyLnCz0lbsSvr0 I am not fat but I am thick and have muscle. I am very close to how you were but a lil smaller but I am so sick people making comments to me like I'm huge or like you said having shorts that used to be so cute on me and now I can't even find a pair to fit me. I used to love shopping now I don't even want to go to the store and if I do I pick the biggest size don't even try it on and deal with it. I went from size 5 to size idk because I don't even want to know the real number. I hate looking at pics of myself now or me before. thank you for your video it's time to make a change.
Same here.i have never been skinny, always with muscle. I lost weight after two kids and looked great, then last year gained weight after an accident and concussion. Have been so dizzy and have lots of headaches,so I was put on meds that got me to gain 20+ pounds... Also , with meds making me nauseous and being nauseous from walking, standing etc i relief on some carbs which i didn't do before. I swelled up like a balloon and was itching my skin constantly. I felt like my skin was about to pop which the nurse said meant i was allergic. After they switched the meds, it didn't get much better for a good while plus side effects from the new meds. I started building up tolerance to fast for long periods of time, eating a spoonful of plain peanut butter to hold me over when it was hard. I eat cabbage and meats, small amounts. Acv in water. Thank God the swelling and this weight is starting to slowly go away. I've lost a few pounds, i feel a bit lighter. I have ways to go but i refuse to give up. I've been depressed over my pain and weight for a long time. You and i can do it. Let's just keep going. I ve done it before and i can do it again with God's help. Before meals i also say a blessing and all God to let me have it for my health and not the extra weight . Good luck! I hope soon we are a bunch of lbs lighter!
I gained 20 pounds, going from 125 to 145. It came on slowly and I asked my pcp and obgyn about it and they gave me nothing. The pcp at least tried, and gave me a list of carbs to stay away from. But I knew this wasn’t the answer. This info, plus always eating starches last, with lots of protein and fiber/veggies beforehand, and walking for 10 minutes after each meal has been amazing. I am down 11 pounds and it’s still coming off. I do try to eat over 100 g of protein a day, and I do strength training and do HIIT sprints on the treadmill 2x each (over the course of 4 days) at the gym. I also eat all my food in an 8 hour window. I hope this info might help you, I remember feeling helpless and desperate when none of my “old tricks” worked and my local health care system failed me.
Dr Fung, you are the best! Just tested this theory with my rice diet. Lunch was 1cup of rice with one cup of fruit. One and half hrs later Blood sugar was 164. For dinner I Drank three Tbsp of “green bottle”lemon juice with 27 oz of water with one cup of rice and my blood sugar 1.5 hrs later was 107!!! This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and helping people!!
@@ertfgghhhh it’s lemon juice concentrate. Real Lemon was the first brand that I know off then all other lemon juice concentrates come in a green bottle! In other words you don’t have to use fresh lemon juice.
Try no rice (worse carb to have because of glycemic index) and no fruit (fructose) substitute for protein and fiber filled veggie like green beans with butter. Your blood sugars will drop dramatically. Just an experiment. ☺️
Huh. I started adding balsamic vinegar to the pot every time I made rice just because I thought it'd taste good. I didn't even know at the time sushi rice was made with vinegar. Maybe my subconscious was trying to tell me.
Thank you for posting. I have been researching Microbiome and yes fermenting foods help with digesting and helps balance bacteria which helps with cravings energy. I make sushi all the time but I don't use sushi vinegar I use Braggs because of the mother and I add a little monk sugar without heating the vinegar not to kill thr bacteria. Taste the same but healthier
Great info. I live in Tokyo and my wife makes great pickles. I guess the old practice of vinegar on your french fries makes sense too. Cheers from Tokyo!
I sometimes watch a vegan TH-camr. She puts lemon juice into everything after it's finished. She is very slim. I must check more into this. I already knew about not eating naked carbs but not about eating the carbs last. I do like sushi but haven't had it since I started lowering my carbs. You have made my day LOL It's not just about the quantity but how you consume them.
This was so enlightening for me. Thank you for the video. I’m a high carb eater. Vegetarian. I feel great. I’m not overweight, but somehow began to wonder if I’m doing “something wrong”, because of all the low carb talk I hear. Turns out, I eat a salad every day for years with my one meal and I put vinegar on it. I also drink lemon water all day. I was doing this because I like tart tasting things. I had no idea of the benefits.
@@cmoneyhmoney8879 I've always loved vinegar since I was a kid and pickles too. I would eat drink straight pickle juice! Nice to know I was just ahead of my time
That's make three of us!! I'm surprised I still have good teeth. I've loved tart items since childhood. I remember my mom would use two lemons to make a pitcher of lemonade. I would use one lemon or two lines to make ONE glass of lemonade. One glass!!! Sometimes I would squeeze lemon/like unto my tongue and sprinkle salt on top! I also always found a way to add tart items like vinegar, pickles, relish, vinegrette etc to food.... to give a better flavour. And don't talk about every and any tart/sour fruit. Note: Sour here doesn't mean foul. It's the opposite of sweet
You ... Peter Lustig... and Mark Sissen changed everything for me 12 years ago before intermittent fasting was "a thing"... I lost 27 kilos and avoided more medication.... You are doing the right thing... keep preaching
I saw Dr. Jung being interviewed on youtube medical and I loved what he was saying about insulin and glucose and insulin resistance. Hearing him explain it; helped me to understand the critical importance of all of us educating ourselves. I am enjoying Dr Jason Fun
The salt reduction promotion took fermented foods off the plate. Pickes, kraut and soy sauce. I'm adding all of those back in hard and fast. I love soy sauce.
Fascinating! I knew there had to be more to it than "Japanese stop eating at 80% full" and "balanced plates" sort of mentality. We as a society used to eat TONS of pickled stuff because well lack of refrigeration. My parents talk about leaving tuna sandwiches, bologna sandwiches 'out' as kids. They didn't have 'ice packs' in their lunch boxes which tells me something def changed in gut microbiomes. There was also almost no allergies back then. (these are observations of my own) great video Dr Fung! :)
Thanks for sharing. The chubbyemu video where the patient would leave out all food for long times and never had a problem. Then ate the suspect romaine that had the funky bad bacteria and almost died. Yep food has changed. If that person can leave a burger out for hours and never have a problem. Most whole non-processed meat doest have preservatives. And they did just fine. When all the stuff has preservatives. Then the food chain is so polluted. Dirty processing plants. To dirty plants getting sprayed with rotten manure. Or rotten rinse water. I smell it on produce. I'm going organic, but that's not great either. Need to live at trusted farmers markets for the summer.
@@scoobtoober2975 Actually here in CA salmonella outbreaks are almost always, without fail ORGANIC PRODUCE. Seriously. It's weird. I think over antibiotic usage and being 'too clean' has caused the prevalence of food allergies. My parents talk about NO peanut allergies, asthma, etc as kids. Now it's everywhere along with celiac but we spray the hell out of our food with glysophate too. Terrible.
@@katehammers5775 That's terrible. Thanks. I'll seek local farms that claim they dont use anything. I noticed a guy in a soviet country shopping. The potatoes had two kinds. One covered in dirt, caked on. Other was like ours, washed or highly brushed. So many vegetable problems. I thought organic would be different. Thanks for saving me that failure.
this video gives me chills. it is said that my prophet used to eat wheat bread with vinegar and praise vinegar as one of the best food in the world. modern day vinegar is.. kinda taste not good so we always think this is just an act of modesty by eating a simple food and praising it. turned out it really is one of the best addition to wheat bread. moreover, back in the days all vinegar are made traditionally from fruit. thanks for the great video dr. Fung
I followed OMAD and LCHF for 10 days or so and lost 4 pounds this week without exercise (currently injured) - my goal is to lose another 10 pounds or so. As a T2 diabetic, I have also purchased a blood glucose level meter to monitor my BGLs to monitor my progress with a view to taper off Metformin/alogliptin under my GP's management. Additionally, as a sufferer of depression which I am prescribed medication for, I have also noticed that my moods are much more stable throughout the day with no dips and I feel just more positive about myself overall since adopting OMAD plus LCHF. No significant hunger pangs under OMAD to report as high fat foods such as oily fish, bacon, double cream, cheddar cheese and (almond) butter are keeping me satiated between meals. Thank you so much Dr Fung. Your advice is life changing.
if your OMAD stops working, switch it up to alternating lunch and dinner (one day lunch, next day dinner) -0 this gives you a 16hrs/30hrs fasting schedule and will be enough of a shakeup to keep your body guessing
Thank you for sharing! What I struggle with is can you possibly get enough protein eating OMAD? It’s easy for me to eat OMAD but was concerned about that, opinion? :)
Wow! I've had Type 1 for over 50 years and eat a very low-carb diet. Thanks to you, I'm going to start adding acids to my veggie intake. Appreciate it!
@@derryshore5586 Why wouldn't they be able to? I'm type 2 diabetic and I've been doing it for 2 weeks now. I've been going to the gym and losing 2.5 lbs give or take per week. Started drinking 3 tbs of lemon juice in 4 ounces of water before every meal that has carbs and in just 10 days I lost 7.8 lbs. I weighed myself 5 days after that and I lost another 3.7 lbs. I'm not having any issues other than I am now losing weight faster. I take metformin and my blood glucose is stable. She can always ask her doctor to look up the study and ask them if it's safe for a type one diabetic to do this, but I suspect there should be no issues. I've never heard of lemon juice or vinegar to be on the not to consume list for any diabetics.
Wow this is the first time am hearing this info !!! Carbs with vinegar, pickled veggies, milk and lemon!!! This knowledge is gold! Thanks a lot Dr Fung!!!
Great info, thanks. Also, freezing, then toasting bread significantly lowers the carb content, as does refrigerating cooked potatoes overnight before consuming them.
@@catherineonwellness What are you saying scientists have gotten wrong? "The impact of freezing and toasting on the glycaemic response of white bread" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17426743/ What is your own methodology?
This might explain why the Maltese diet of bread + capers + olive oil doesn't result in diabetes for the majority. Olive oil buffers the carbs plus the vinegar in the capers blocks the amylase.
Thank you!!! First time Ive seen this data. Have followed you, listened to maybe 50 vids you did, and Ive read all your books. Never saw this info before. INVALUABLE, and very simple to implement
Hi from South of India. It is our culture for ages here to eat rice with lentils, Vegetables and ghee and end the meal with rice and curds. That makes sooo much sense how following our ancient practice e blindly could be of great help. Thank you so much for this video .
I only use vinaigrettes on my salads . I also use pickled peppers . I find that my body responds really well to vinegar and fermented foods like sourkraut (sp?).
Thank you, Dr. Fung. Your vids have helped me remain non-diabetic, while others around me are not doing so well. I share your vids with family and friends, but they either don't believe or bad habits are just hard to break.
I do not understand the negative ramifications of a blood sugar spike? How is a spike detrimental and how is a spike bad for weight loss? Could you do a video and explain it in simple terms or guide me to your video if you've already explained it? Thank you so much for your very informative content!
My grandfather used to make big jars of lime pickles- lime/lemon, salt, chillies, pickle was eaten with rice and yogurt/dhal/curry or rice porridge, i have seen others eat chapati (like tortilla) with similar pickles. The generation with very few fat people.
Could you please make a video explaining how to consume these acids with various carbs e.g. do you dip the bread in vinegar while eating, do you mix rice with lemon juice, do you make bread with the acids premixed in the dough before baking (if the acid can withstand the cooking/baking heat) etc. and what quantities of acid for what quantities of carbs to get the 40 or 50 % reduction in blood glucose/insulin spikes. Any recipes/diet protocols would also help. It's a tall ask, but would enable putting these findings into practical use. Thanks!
Ever since I learned these tips, I’ve been implementing them whenever I do eat carbs. It’s really good to know! The more knowledge we have, the more we can take control of our metabolic health.
That helped explain how I am still losing weight slowly, although I haven't gone low carb, I do fast intermittently. I eat a variety of sauerkrauts and kimchis are my daily go to food for fermented veggies. Thanks again.
Thank you very much dr. fung you change my life since i accidentally start watching your videos about fasting. Oct. 2021 i weigh 183 lbs 5'3 height with T2 diabites high BP
It would be very nice to mention great scientist Jessie Inchauspe and her book 'Glucose Revolution', where she explains everything based on her research. So thank you very much Jessie!
I was looking to see if she would be mentioned. I read her book and then started seeing these videos pop up and thought he must have read her book too. Would be nice to see that recognized.
20 years ago, I came across someone very lean (though not muscular either) that loved to eat all the pickled and fermented side dishes, but he wasn't much into the main meal. I was probably over twice his weight, because I was only eating the main meal and not the side dishes. Now I'm learning the science of what I observed throughout my life..
One question/suggestion comes to my mind. Here in my country we have habit to prepare bread on our own. Its quite popular. We use flour and water to make sourdough (kind of natural acid). Then after adding new flour leads to get bread. In most common case we use rye flour. So... the end product - bread - tastes really acid :) And there's a lot of acid in it. Maybe that could be a part of solution :)
Sourdough bread has GI of 54 while the ordinary white flour bread has GI of 71. This is a proof that sourdough bread is more healthy than ordinary bread. And as long as it is long fermentation, it will smell and taste a bit more acidic. Some people do not like it, but I love it. Baking sourdough bread for the last 5 years and can not imagine eating bread from the shop. Also, sourdough bread has less gluten than ordinary bread, which means less carbs.
A lot of south Indians are vegetarians on a rice and lentil diet mostly, often fermented like a dosa. coconut which is quite fatty is also a big part of the diet. They tend to be slim. Unlike northern vegetarian Indians who are not and their diet has a lot of fried snacks. South Indians also incorporate a lot of tamarind in every meal. Tamarind is seen as a digestive aid and also great for liver in Ayurveda. Indians in general believe sour and bitter foods are good for you. and now science is backing up.
So glad I found you. I really need to educate myself so I can make the right choices to enrich my longevity and well-being. You explain things very clearly.
i am so glad you have your own channel i kept seeing you on others channels until i found yours, I am looking for information to help save my son from T1D
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Hello, what do you think about the paleolithic diet? Thank you
Thank you for that topic.
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Thank u
You mention adding “some” amounts of acids, but what are the ratios? 1 tsp. Vinegar per meal? Thank you.
I'm a Black American and my 94 yo grandmother has said this all my life about vinegar. Vinegar for maintaining weight and blood pressure. Who am I to doubt her - she is 94 and counting.
We all should listen to our elders more. In their day folks had common sense. I hope she is with you many more years.
@@callofgaming5642 Thank you.
Extra Vinegar intake has bad effects, osteoporosis,
Beautiful!!
Is GMA still here?
This makes so much sense! Being an American of Mexican descent who has lived in Mexico City, I have seen footage of the 1980s earthquake that devastated Mexico City & what you’ll notice is that people were very slim, despite living off of a diet very high in carbs (corn). The interesting thing is it is a strong custom to add lime to everything in Mexico… tacos, soups, etc. It’s also common to serve meals with veggies (cauliflower, carrots & jalapeños) cured in vinegar. It wasn’t until the U.S. introduced fast food, soda and all of their processed junk that Mexico developed an obesity epidemic! Wow. Mind blown.
I always wondered were the quart of lime to squeeze on Mexican food came from. Quite insightful!
Sorry about that! All of our “scientific advances” haven’t been as good as we’d hoped. Apparently the same thing happened in Costa Rica, where they used to have one of the world’s longest lifespans. On the same token, American Scientists, such as Dr. Fung, are now helping to undo the damage! So thankful for guys like him.
@@michaeljay4816 Reminds me of the history of white rice in asia during the victorian era, where it was emphasized over brown rice because of it's "purity", leading to similar lasting effects including beriberi.
And not to be pedantic but Jason Fung is Canadian🍁
@@wi11i6m Woah! Crazy.
And Corn flour treated with lime to make Masa to make Tortillas. They figured it out without moder science and lab experiments
One of the things that is so notable about many of Dr. Fung's videos is how it confirms the wisdom of many long held cultural dietary practices. The fact that vinegar has this ability to blunt the glucose spiking effects of dietary carbs and that varied cultures have *independently* developed means to incorporate vinegar in their cooking illustrates how, despite these cultures existing millennia before the emergence of modern science, they were ahead of their time. It should teach us that our tendency to dismiss the insights of the past is done at our peril.
I TRULY believe that we should have more regards to the "traditions" or practices of the past (before "science" became a new god). It shows that human beings and certain cultures already looked at ways to address healthy living with food...something that "science" now only barely mentions but still promote the food "pyramid/plate" way. It keeps this system going because the food industry as we know it could be adversely affected. In my view, they are all part of the same (evil, yes evil) system.
It also burns fat and reduces hunger by an independent mechanism
I love anything pickled, vinegar, dill pickles, cabbage, etc. I do 3 day fasts and took Dr. Fung's advice on day 2 when you have some hunger have some pickle juice, I do that and a cup of black coffee and day 3 I have no hunger at all.
Also fasting costs nothing and saves you money. Most people don't understand how easy and beneficial it is. They think it's hard, it's so simple and natural.
@@Jjj6212 Easier to fast than carry around excess weight. I've done 18:6 IF as well as 3, 5, 10 and 14 day water fasts for since 2018 due to the Dr. Fung's advice. It's very liberating. Once your body adjusts, eating multiple times a day becomes an unappealing nuisance. Once 410 pounds, I now weigh 140. My doctor can't believe the change. I also added fermented foods to my diet last year and ACV before meal(s) about six months ago. Started working out in 2021. I feel like I'm reverse aging.
So interesting! I lived in Peru for a while. When people there want to lose weight, they would always squeeze half a lemon or lime onto their rice (a staple food), saying it helped "burn the calories".
I lived in Peru for about 2 years. When I first arrived I weighed 180lbs... by the end of those two years I left the country weighing about 145 lb. I literally had lime juice with my rice and soup and proteins every lunch and dinner. I also walked A LOT. I was very very healthy and a good weight when leaving the country.
In Italy, the salad is last and has vinegar on it. The salad has fermented peppers. The pickled vegetables are eaten as an appetizer The spaghetti is eaten with meat and sauce. The bread us eaten with olive oil, vinegar and salt.
The salad must be the first to eat for effective blood sugar management.
If you grew up Italian the salad was alwaysssss the last part of the meal.
@@cetinsadik7969 Protein is always first
@@cetinsadik7969 Unless you eat really slowly, the entire meal winds up in your stomach - and digestive tract at the same time.
@@cetinsadik7969correct salad with vinegar first then vegetables then protein then carbs as per Glucose Goddess
My Dear Cousin lived to 98 years old. She always had cucumbers in vinegar 😋 ❤🎉Smart Lady!!!❤🎉
Thanks for sharing!
There's a popular practice in the Middle East, dipping fresh bread in Balsamic vinegar and Olive Oil ... It's quite delicious.
We do that in California too.
Italians do that also, adding maybe some herbs.
funny - this was one of my first thoughts when he was speaking about bread consumption!
The Italians seem to already know these rules Maybe without knowing it
And in Greece.
Starting IF 7 years ago after watching one of your videos. I am now 56 and have maintained 18/6 since then. I am the healthiest I have ever been. People comment that I’m too thin, but I feel great, plus my bloods are amazing. Thank you Dr Fung you are the BeSt 🙏🏻🤩
No one ever told me I was fat but after low carbing and getting thin, everyone felt free to tell me I was too thin lol Congratulations to you on your hard work 😊
They don't want us thin and healthy.
Mix vinegar with olive oil and you get a double whammy against insulin resistance. We Italians have known this for years.
Do you drink it or add to food?
Before a meal or after? Thanks.
Grate carrots, add vinegar and oilve oil, tiny salt and bam!
@@Chinyerefyvinegar and olive oil is often a base for a dressing. Goes over pasta, salad, or dip bread in.
Often you mix herbs to this mixture for more flavor.
@@Chinyerefyin Italy they serve olive oil with vinegar as a side with bread. And then at end of meal usually we would have a veg salad with olive oil and vinegar salad. I don't think they drink it as much it is part of the diet. The olive oil is fresh and amazing we shipped a bunch back.
An Greeks and Indians and Mexicans
In Greek food culture we always use vinegar or lemon juice in our salads and the best taste of bread is the one when you 'dive' your bread into the oil and acidity of your choice in salad bowl. The oil, mixed, in most of the cases, with vinegar and the juices from the vegetables in the salad are giving superb taste to bread. Another way of eating bread in Greece is to have a small bowl with mixed olive oil and vinegar to dip your bread in it.
No gyros?
Yum. Same in Albania! I love the oil and vinegar at the bottom of the salad bowl. It’s flavored from the tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. We also eat yogurt with our bread.
@@percyhawkins716 That’s like asking someone from America ‘no hot dog?’ when discussing a common delicious, healthy meal
Not only is your video good but also the comment section that it sparked has a lot of helpful testimonials and info!
I'd like to point out. I started practicing drinking lemon juice right before every meal that has carbs. I put 3 Table spoons of 100 percent lemon juice in 6 ounces of water and drink it right before consuming my meal. After a week, I started noticing that I one, feel very satisfied after eating my meal and don't want seconds at all and two I weighed myself 10 days after starting and I starting losing weight even faster. I must confess that I go to the gym 3 times a week and do heavy heavy lifting and walk 3 miles 4 days a week and I was already losing weight, but I went from losing 3 lbs per week to 8 lbs. I lost 8 lbs in 10 days and I'm pretty positive that it's due to the lemon juice. Like he said it's prob not allowing for all of the carbs to be digested and the glucose spike being minimized. I have type 2 diabetes. I also at the very same time started practicing not eating naked carbs, he talks about this in one of his other videos. Before I eat carbs, he suggests that you eat a little bit of protein 10 min before you eat your meal or any carbs. I don't get to do it every time, but I do it quite a bit. I'll eat a piece of low fat cheese or 4 ounces of greek yogurt 10 min before my meal, or sometimes I'll mix 15 grams of protein worth of whey in 4 ounces of water and drink that before my meals. Both these things in combination has caused me to start losing pretty much 50% more when I check in the scale. I just weight myself again the day before yesterday only 5 days had pasted and I had lost 3.7 lbs, in just 5 days. I am NOT on a caloric deficit. I'm eating my maintenance. High protein diet. The only different factors were those two things. Drinking the lemon juice right before my meals and eating a small amount of protein BEFORE eating the carbs that are in my meal. Try it and you will feel amazed at the results. Obviously if you're eating more than your caloric needs you may not see that significant of a result. Also if you're not exercising like I am, if you do see results they may not be as dramatic as mine. But if you're eating your maintenance or on a caloric deficit and you practice both these things, you may see even better results like I am experiencing.
Thank you so much for your useful input ☺️
You know what. Use the same logic, drink lemon juice while eating. I bet the result is gonna be even much more effective!;)
@@TheHoth1 The great thing about drinking it before you eat your food is that it helps you eat way less food.
Thank you for sharing this! I have been doing IF of varying lengths with no results. I am pre-diabetic, so I think that makes it a bit more difficult, but seeing you as a T2 and still losing weight is inspiring. I am trying to eat better and maximize some weight loss with hacks such as these. I wanted to ask Dr. Fung if he felt we needed to put the lemon juice or ACV actually on the food, or if we could do as you do and drink it before a meal. I am going to try this. Thank you for all your help here.
Thank you Rob, I am going to implement these two points into my daily regimen.
Thank you, Dr. Fung. You shed a lot of light of why Asian diet eat a lot of carbohydrate but maintain their skinny weight. Chinese use a lot of vinegar in their cooking, Korean use fermented like kimchi, Vietnamese use fish sauce (fermented fish), Japanese soak Sushi rice in vinegar. You've done it again; this info is very valuable for us who want to lose weight. Thank you so much.
Most Asians don't overeat.
@@Ryan_DeWitt Not true I'm an Asian and I like to eat that's why I follow fasting program to shed my extra weight.
@@thoang101 Anecdotal. He said MOST.
@@Blackandwhitecat-u9v Most Asian love to eat that's why our food so tasty. The reason why Asian in US are over weight because we are following the American diet. I'm changing back to my Asian diet now.
@@thoang101 You can't break laws of energy. Asian or not. If you eat more than you can use, you will gain weight. If you eat less, you will lose weight. There is no way around this. I truly don't understand it when people think some hack will magically stop the basic laws of energy from applying to them.
Dr. Fung, Thank you for all the good work you do for your patients. Under your guidance thru your books and videos I have lost 82 lbs since July 2021. I was on U-500 insulin 3x per day at 30 units. A1C at times 10+. Now A1C 6.1 and my doctor has told me to stop the U-100 that I was most recently on. I do OMAD and have done 3 7 day fasts in the past year. I was a T-2 for 18 years.
Try weight training as it helps insulin resistance and makes cells more sensitive. You'll look better too.
I wish my grandmother would have had this information 25 years ago. She would have been around a lot longer 😢💔
@@tommyharris5817 I definitely want to start with weights. As it stands now, my arm muscles visible now that no longer in fat man mode. Can see my arm veins too.
wow - now that's dedication! Good for you - your body will appreciate all the great progress you've made!
@@bethfraser7518 Thank you Beth. Good luck on your health journey too. I just completed a 9 day fast about 3 weeks ago. Never hungry during it as I did not have carbs or sugar in my system. I freaked out on Day 8 as my glucose was at 55. I took 2 sugar pills although I did not have any hypoglycemics symptoms. I have later found out that when fully burning ketones low blood sugar is normal.
Ethiopians eat a lot of a traditional flatbread called injera (it's our rice), and it's made after fermenting the dough for 3 days!
it's nice, but too complex to prepare ,5 days😢
Fermentation is magical!
Simple practical ways: (i) Squeeze lemon juice over your plate of food or salad greens, (ii) put a table spoon of apple cider vinegar into a glass of water and drink it after eating your meals. I do that so hopefully suggestions are helpful for you. God Bless.
Why not some before and/or during meals?
You can also drink lemon water (a glass of water with 1/4 a lemon squeezed in) instead of apple cider vinegar, which is damaging to the tooth enamel.
@vaska1999 not if you use a straw. And lemons have sugar which rot the teeth too you know...
Thank you dr.Fung❤After many years of struggling with weight loss 7 years ago I came across your videos that change my life forever: no more struggle, no more frear...i can't thank you enough ❤God bless you💓
Thank you Dr. Fung i have lost 6kgs in 3weeks. I was recently detected as pre diabetic and while I was searching how to reverse, i came across your video and started OMAD with low curbs. Seriously you are one among million. I still need 10kgs more to loss. Fighting!!
Hello dear, what is OMAD?
@@kwanyin4274 one meal a day
if your OMAD stops working, switch it up to alternating lunch and dinner (one day lunch, next day dinner) -0 this gives you a 16hrs/30hrs fasting schedule and will be enough of a shakeup to keep your body guessing
@@kwanyin4274 intermittent fasting
I lost 18 kgs with OMAD. But lost all of it due to ill health. @@a4dd4a
this explains why my grandpa and granda ma reach 100 even they love rice with every meal, their traditional meals are always paired with something acidic or pickles..
Adding a vinegar, lemon juice or and fermented food to lower your carb number, wow. Today I added lemon to a veggie mixture on toasted bread, great news. I add lime juice to my daily avocado. Tomorrow I will add balsamic vinegar to my sweet potato.
I lost 30 kg and now weight 79.5 (want to go to 70 kg) thank you dr Fung.
I love my apple cider vinegar I always have it before I break my fast with sparkling water and lemon juice.
Thank you Dr Fung! 🇨🇦 I am also living in. Ontario. Didn’t know you were so close about 1.5 hr away. 👋 I have struggled with weight for almost 30 years. I have tried many diets and lap band only to gain more. I am new to fasting. Started 6 days ago. No hypoglycaemia in 18-19 hr fast. Down 4 lbs so far. So grateful for your help. Thank you so much for your insight and encouragement
😘❤️🙏🏻
Update sept 2022 I’m down 17 lbs. not moving fast but at least it’s heading in the right direction. Hypoglycaemia is a thing if the past which I am very grateful. I was omitted wheat and processed sugar for 3 moths and was fasting 22 hrs most if the time. I was not losing any weight and decided I needed to find something a little less ridged. So I’m now 19 hr fast and feeling much better and weight is starting to move again. Thank you for your kind comments and encouragement 😘
Persistence pays. I've lost 75 lb of body fat and am never going back.
How solutions can hide just under our nose - just a few minutes away from Dr Fung …?? And struggled for 30 years - duhh !! Internet has become our closest neighbor..!!
@@bohdanburban5069 Same here! Using mostly alternate day fasing (ADF) I've lost over 75 lbs in six months.
That made a lot of sense. I started my diet two years ago, I always added a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar to a glass of water before every meal. I lost thirty pounds in the first three months!
I stopped doing that after I reached my goal of fitting into my pants back in my college days:)
I don’t get it. If putting vinegar in water worked, then after you got to your goal and stopped, you should have gained the weight back. So clearly it was something other than the vinegar.
@@kutatm Not if it was the difference between a deficit and a gain. Maintenance is in the middle of those two ends.
@@kutatm He was just in a calorie deficit, that's how fat is used. Not some magic vinegar.
This makes a lot of sense. I never understood why vinegar works until now. I’m a home brewer. Enzymes were discovered in brewing. The alpha and beta amalyze in malt breaks down the starch into sugars in the mash. Everyone should see this, it’s quite amazing to watch when using other starches in the mash. They go from a thick gruel to a consistency of water in an instant. Anyhow, I was able to lose 50 lbs and still have a beer or two with dinner most nights, or while golfing, doing a keto diet. I also do 16:8 IF-super easy once you are keto adapted. Since the finished beer is about pH of 4-5, that probably does aid somewhat in digestion. I do not drink a lot, but was able to on keto/low carb with IF and still lose weight. With other diets, I always gave up beer, but eventually have one and go off the diet. This is working great for me and my doctor thinks keto is “crazy” but tells me to “keep doing what I’m doing” because my blood tests now are much better than before.
... you are lucky with beer and keto, what ph does the industry made beer have?
@@sircharles7323 In general, ales have a slightly lower pH than lagers; typical values for ale are 4.0-4.5, for lager 4.4-4.7. Each yeast strain, however, has its own characteristics. They key is to stick with just 1 or 2 servings. Also, craft beer or homebrew is best since the yeast are typically not filtered out (as it is in many commercial beers). The yeast is B vitamins, basically.
@@Photologistic ... thank´s a lot, in Austria we don´t have ales, mainly we have lager, so I must look for some Import Ale then ;-)
@@sircharles7323 Hefeweizen, Pils, Helles, martzen/Oktoberfest, and Kolsch are some of my favorites, actually.
@@Photologistic 😊👍👏
Dr. Fung, I’ve read a couple of your books and watch your videos and share them with family and friends. We benefit greatly from your hard work and your dedication to improving the health of humanity. Thank you
He really is a gift to humanity.
@@newleft2254 Amin
Black beans and rice with vinegar and onions on top. Awesome!
Red beans n brown rice with lime and cilantro (optional) is a yumfest too
Do you mean plain white vinegar? I love beans and rice but can't imagine pouring vinegar on it.
_" A pickle a day keeps the sugar away "_ ☺️👌
Good one. It probably does too!
I love pickles
Dill or sweet?
Sweet would defeat the purpose @@patricestafford294
@@patricestafford294must be dill
Clausen is the best brand from the store. I pickle mine
As a diabetic, this is very important to me and others with diabetic. Thank you Dr Fung for all your wonderful videos you so kindly educate us with. God bless you.
Such a lovely comment. Bless you, too. May you be healed from your diabetes. Amen. xx
Your breakdown of carbs and with the addition of lemon and or vinegar sure is news worthy !! Thanks !!
Thanks for explaining this so well. I drink water with lemon and about a month or so ago I started adding about a TBSP of ACV to drink while I eat my OMAD meal. Now I understand more clearly. I also eat a bit of sour kraut or homemade kimchi with each meal. I've learned so much. Thank you for all you do 😊🙏
You only eat one meal a day?
@@sl4983 Yes! Still do👍. It's plenty. Really
When I do the one meal a day in about a week I start getting sores on my tongue. I must not be getting enough nutrition in that one meal.
@@conniealldis3171 unlikely
@@conniealldis3171 talk to your doctor!
Thank you so much for making this content. You've changed my life. I've lost 35lbs in 16 weeks and feel amazing.
What did you do
@@sl4983 Hello. All week I eat at 4.45am just after I wake up. Normally muesli with soya milk. then I eat nothing to lunch time at 12, which is a cheese or smoked sausage or fish salad. Then I won't eat to the next morning. Friday night I have a few beers and a kebab
And then Saturday and Sunday I have a large one meal each day. Which is high In protein and low in carbs. I don't care if I eat fat, I feel fuller if I do. I just cut carbs down to a minimum and have a fast between my meals.
At first I found it hard but now my body is getting used to it because I've made friends with hunger. It's more natural then being full all the time.
Thank you so much for persevering and helping our world Dr Fung- you’re not selling or marketing anything more than wisdom. What a relief and blessing- and your followers and commentaries are full of pride for the cultural relevance of your research. Be Proud of all you are offering and how you live your life sir- we are fortunate to have your books, videos and resources.
Once again- thank you so much.
Maiden name is Poole! Hey fam!
Another goldmine uncovered! Thanks Dr Jason Fung 🙏
Yes this is a great explanation. I drink lemon water with all of my meals as well as taking acv daily. No naked Carbs!!!!
Lebanese meals always start with pickles. And the salad usually dressed with lemon
Thanks for the information
They also have syrup laden sweets.
@@yoya4766 You don't have to eat those.
Italians got this right… dipping the bread in vinaigrette and olive oil
I am 190 I always been 145 my whole life at one point lower than that I've gained over 50 lbs in the last 4 years and now that I am engaged I am wanting more to be healthy again. th-cam.com/users/postUgkx5VQ5nUzHu6i0O5_u7ipyLnCz0lbsSvr0 I am not fat but I am thick and have muscle. I am very close to how you were but a lil smaller but I am so sick people making comments to me like I'm huge or like you said having shorts that used to be so cute on me and now I can't even find a pair to fit me. I used to love shopping now I don't even want to go to the store and if I do I pick the biggest size don't even try it on and deal with it. I went from size 5 to size idk because I don't even want to know the real number. I hate looking at pics of myself now or me before. thank you for your video it's time to make a change.
Congrats on your engagement!
Mmmmmfffffff nxxxxxx! Annoying 😑 😒 😑
Congratulations and best wishes for your wedding.
Same here.i have never been skinny, always with muscle. I lost weight after two kids and looked great, then last year gained weight after an accident and concussion. Have been so dizzy and have lots of headaches,so I was put on meds that got me to gain 20+ pounds... Also , with meds making me nauseous and being nauseous from walking, standing etc i relief on some carbs which i didn't do before.
I swelled up like a balloon and was itching my skin constantly. I felt like my skin was about to pop which the nurse said meant i was allergic. After they switched the meds, it didn't get much better for a good while plus side effects from the new meds. I started building up tolerance to fast for long periods of time, eating a spoonful of plain peanut butter to hold me over when it was hard. I eat cabbage and meats, small amounts. Acv in water. Thank God the swelling and this weight is starting to slowly go away. I've lost a few pounds, i feel a bit lighter. I have ways to go but i refuse to give up. I've been depressed over my pain and weight for a long time. You and i can do it. Let's just keep going. I ve done it before and i can do it again with God's help. Before meals i also say a blessing and all God to let me have it for my health and not the extra weight . Good luck! I hope soon we are a bunch of lbs lighter!
I gained 20 pounds, going from 125 to 145. It came on slowly and I asked my pcp and obgyn about it and they gave me nothing. The pcp at least tried, and gave me a list of carbs to stay away from. But I knew this wasn’t the answer. This info, plus always eating starches last, with lots of protein and fiber/veggies beforehand, and walking for 10 minutes after each meal has been amazing. I am down 11 pounds and it’s still coming off. I do try to eat over 100 g of protein a day, and I do strength training and do HIIT sprints on the treadmill 2x each (over the course of 4 days) at the gym. I also eat all my food in an 8 hour window. I hope this info might help you, I remember feeling helpless and desperate when none of my “old tricks” worked and my local health care system failed me.
Dr Fung, you are the best! Just tested this theory with my rice diet. Lunch was 1cup of rice with one cup of fruit. One and half hrs later Blood sugar was 164. For dinner I Drank three Tbsp of “green bottle”lemon juice with 27 oz of water with one cup of rice and my blood sugar 1.5 hrs later was 107!!! This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and helping people!!
What's green bottle lemon juice
@@ertfgghhhh it’s lemon juice concentrate. Real Lemon was the first brand that I know off then all other lemon juice concentrates come in a green bottle! In other words you don’t have to use fresh lemon juice.
Try no rice (worse carb to have because of glycemic index) and no fruit (fructose) substitute for protein and fiber filled veggie like green beans with butter. Your blood sugars will drop dramatically. Just an experiment. ☺️
@@monajenniges4807did you watch this video? Literally the entire reason for the post.
The green bottle is lime i think and the yellow is lemon@@jenniferwhitehead9153
Huh. I started adding balsamic vinegar to the pot every time I made rice just because I thought it'd taste good. I didn't even know at the time sushi rice was made with vinegar. Maybe my subconscious was trying to tell me.
Thank you for posting. I have been researching Microbiome and yes fermenting foods help with digesting and helps balance bacteria which helps with cravings energy. I make sushi all the time but I don't use sushi vinegar I use Braggs because of the mother and I add a little monk sugar without heating the vinegar not to kill thr bacteria. Taste the same but healthier
Great info.
I live in Tokyo and my wife makes great pickles.
I guess the old practice of vinegar on your french fries makes sense too.
Cheers from Tokyo!
It’s great that more and more information like this is coming out so that people can better understand mechanisms of how this all works.
Wise words from an experienced Toronto nephrologist. Cheers from Northern Ontario.
I sometimes watch a vegan TH-camr. She puts lemon juice into everything after it's finished. She is very slim. I must check more into this. I already knew about not eating naked carbs but not about eating the carbs last. I do like sushi but haven't had it since I started lowering my carbs. You have made my day LOL It's not just about the quantity but how you consume them.
I love Dr. Fung's voice, so calming with great knowledge, thank you for doing this.
This was so enlightening for me.
Thank you for the video.
I’m a high carb eater. Vegetarian.
I feel great. I’m not overweight, but somehow began to wonder if I’m doing “something wrong”, because of all the low carb talk I hear.
Turns out, I eat a salad every day for years with my one meal and I put vinegar on it.
I also drink lemon water all day.
I was doing this because I like tart tasting things. I had no idea of the benefits.
My family thinks there is something wrong with me for liking tart tasting things. I guess that makes two of us.
@@cmoneyhmoney8879 I've always loved vinegar since I was a kid and pickles too. I would eat drink straight pickle juice! Nice to know I was just ahead of my time
Craving lemon could be a sign of iron deficiency..
@@suzys937They didn't say they were craving it. They just said that they liked the taste of it
That's make three of us!!
I'm surprised I still have good teeth. I've loved tart items since childhood. I remember my mom would use two lemons to make a pitcher of lemonade. I would use one lemon or two lines to make ONE glass of lemonade. One glass!!!
Sometimes I would squeeze lemon/like unto my tongue and sprinkle salt on top!
I also always found a way to add tart items like vinegar, pickles, relish, vinegrette etc to food.... to give a better flavour. And don't talk about every and any tart/sour fruit. Note: Sour here doesn't mean foul. It's the opposite of sweet
That is an excellent and interesting explanation. Thanks a million for not promoting ACV as the one and only Acid source.👍🤓👍
You ... Peter Lustig... and Mark Sissen changed everything for me 12 years ago before intermittent fasting was "a thing"... I lost 27 kilos and avoided more medication.... You are doing the right thing... keep preaching
I saw Dr. Jung being interviewed on youtube medical and I loved what he was saying about insulin and glucose and insulin resistance. Hearing him explain it; helped me to understand the critical importance of all of us educating ourselves. I am enjoying Dr Jason Fun
The salt reduction promotion took fermented foods off the plate. Pickes, kraut and soy sauce. I'm adding all of those back in hard and fast. I love soy sauce.
Love these short, straight to the point videos! True professional!
Thank you Dr. Fung! You're my hero. I've been doing intermittent fasting for almost a month eating omad.
Methinks another Jason Fung book is on the way.
Fascinating! I knew there had to be more to it than "Japanese stop eating at 80% full" and "balanced plates" sort of mentality. We as a society used to eat TONS of pickled stuff because well lack of refrigeration. My parents talk about leaving tuna sandwiches, bologna sandwiches 'out' as kids. They didn't have 'ice packs' in their lunch boxes which tells me something def changed in gut microbiomes. There was also almost no allergies back then. (these are observations of my own) great video Dr Fung! :)
We never had cold packs in my lunches as a kid. I ate a whole LOT of tuna salad sandwiches in my life.
@@shelenecostello And Mayo!!
Thanks for sharing. The chubbyemu video where the patient would leave out all food for long times and never had a problem. Then ate the suspect romaine that had the funky bad bacteria and almost died. Yep food has changed. If that person can leave a burger out for hours and never have a problem. Most whole non-processed meat doest have preservatives. And they did just fine. When all the stuff has preservatives. Then the food chain is so polluted. Dirty processing plants. To dirty plants getting sprayed with rotten manure. Or rotten rinse water. I smell it on produce. I'm going organic, but that's not great either. Need to live at trusted farmers markets for the summer.
@@scoobtoober2975 Actually here in CA salmonella outbreaks are almost always, without fail ORGANIC PRODUCE. Seriously. It's weird. I think over antibiotic usage and being 'too clean' has caused the prevalence of food allergies. My parents talk about NO peanut allergies, asthma, etc as kids. Now it's everywhere along with celiac but we spray the hell out of our food with glysophate too. Terrible.
@@katehammers5775 That's terrible. Thanks. I'll seek local farms that claim they dont use anything. I noticed a guy in a soviet country shopping. The potatoes had two kinds. One covered in dirt, caked on. Other was like ours, washed or highly brushed. So many vegetable problems. I thought organic would be different. Thanks for saving me that failure.
this video gives me chills.
it is said that my prophet used to eat wheat bread with vinegar and praise vinegar as one of the best food in the world.
modern day vinegar is.. kinda taste not good so we always think this is just an act of modesty by eating a simple food and praising it.
turned out it really is one of the best addition to wheat bread. moreover, back in the days all vinegar are made traditionally from fruit.
thanks for the great video dr. Fung
I didn't know that
The Prophet Muhammed also sugested eating diseased flies, and drinking from wells full of dead animals.
I followed OMAD and LCHF for 10 days or so and lost 4 pounds this week without exercise (currently injured) - my goal is to lose another 10 pounds or so. As a T2 diabetic, I have also purchased a blood glucose level meter to monitor my BGLs to monitor my progress with a view to taper off Metformin/alogliptin under my GP's management. Additionally, as a sufferer of depression which I am prescribed medication for, I have also noticed that my moods are much more stable throughout the day with no dips and I feel just more positive about myself overall since adopting OMAD plus LCHF. No significant hunger pangs under OMAD to report as high fat foods such as oily fish, bacon, double cream, cheddar cheese and (almond) butter are keeping me satiated between meals. Thank you so much Dr Fung. Your advice is life changing.
if your OMAD stops working, switch it up to alternating lunch and dinner (one day lunch, next day dinner) -0 this gives you a 16hrs/30hrs fasting schedule and will be enough of a shakeup to keep your body guessing
@@TS-cz1cx thank you friend.
Thank you for sharing! What I struggle with is can you possibly get enough protein eating OMAD? It’s easy for me to eat OMAD but was concerned about that, opinion? :)
Wow! I've had Type 1 for over 50 years and eat a very low-carb diet. Thanks to you, I'm going to start adding acids to my veggie intake. Appreciate it!
I noted that he said the studies were done in healthy people..I have asked if diabetics can do this with the vinager..Waiting for a reply from him
@@derryshore5586 Why wouldn't they be able to? I'm type 2 diabetic and I've been doing it for 2 weeks now. I've been going to the gym and losing 2.5 lbs give or take per week. Started drinking 3 tbs of lemon juice in 4 ounces of water before every meal that has carbs and in just 10 days I lost 7.8 lbs. I weighed myself 5 days after that and I lost another 3.7 lbs. I'm not having any issues other than I am now losing weight faster. I take metformin and my blood glucose is stable. She can always ask her doctor to look up the study and ask them if it's safe for a type one diabetic to do this, but I suspect there should be no issues. I've never heard of lemon juice or vinegar to be on the not to consume list for any diabetics.
Wow this is the first time am hearing this info !!! Carbs with vinegar, pickled veggies, milk and lemon!!! This knowledge is gold! Thanks a lot Dr Fung!!!
Jason... You're the Man..!!!
You have been instrumental in me changing my life one day at a time.
Truly inspiring.
Great info, thanks. Also, freezing, then toasting bread significantly lowers the carb content, as does refrigerating cooked potatoes overnight before consuming them.
Not true
@@catherineonwellness What are you saying scientists have gotten wrong?
"The impact of freezing and toasting on the glycaemic response of white bread"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17426743/
What is your own methodology?
also cook, chill and reheat pasta before eating for glycemic reduction
This might explain why the Maltese diet of bread + capers + olive oil doesn't result in diabetes for the majority. Olive oil buffers the carbs plus the vinegar in the capers blocks the amylase.
Thank you!!! First time Ive seen this data. Have followed you, listened to maybe 50 vids you did, and Ive read all your books. Never saw this info before. INVALUABLE, and very simple to implement
Hi from South of India.
It is our culture for ages here to eat rice with lentils, Vegetables and ghee and end the meal with rice and curds. That makes sooo much sense how following our ancient practice e blindly could be of great help. Thank you so much for this video .
Are you referring to raw milk curds?
@@bexgarden5543 not necessarily raw milk...but yes, curds from milk even boiled. The culture added to milk is the curd itself.
I always learn something new by listening to Dr Jason Fung. Jason Rocks!!! Cheers! 🥂
I squeeze fresh lemon on lentil soup and vegetables snd o salad all the time for taste , this was cultured I grew up with .
Wow! I was always puzzled about the benefits of vinegar .
This makes perfect sense .
This is very interesting I knew about this but you're thorough explanation gives me a better understanding
Today i pickled some veggies in apple cider vinegar and now this video.....thank god i did right😊
Thank you Dr.Fung for all the life changing knowledge you impart.
I only use vinaigrettes on my salads . I also use pickled peppers . I find that my body responds really well to vinegar and fermented foods like sourkraut (sp?).
Good stuff 😏👌
Wine has a ph that is very close to vinegar. Perhaps this explains why the French and Italians are so much skinnier!
So many reasons! Much less processed food. Active lifestyle. Smaller portions, not eating on the run..
I was looking for this. I like my wine. Google should tell me something
But doesn’t wine have a lot of sugar?
@@rebeccawhite3221 yes, will knock most out of ketosis
Dr Fung you have the best dietary information to convey to us!! Thank you
You are one of the few doctors I trust. You have helped so many people. Thank you
I love vinegar, I drink pickle juice also, sauerkraut and the juice. Great video. Thank you!
Thank you, Dr. Fung. Your vids have helped me remain non-diabetic, while others around me are not doing so well. I share your vids with family and friends, but they either don't believe or bad habits are just hard to break.
WOW! Just add vinegar is sooo easy to do!!
Thank you for this evidence based info!!! 👍👍👍
Good instructor! Not every Dr. is.
I do not understand the negative ramifications of a blood sugar spike? How is a spike detrimental and how is a spike bad for weight loss? Could you do a video and explain it in simple terms or guide me to your video if you've already explained it? Thank you so much for your very informative content!
Thank you Dr. Fung, I am still following your recommendations from your book on intermittent fasting! Your advice is always much appreciated !
My grandfather used to make big jars of lime pickles- lime/lemon, salt, chillies, pickle was eaten with rice and yogurt/dhal/curry or rice porridge, i have seen others eat chapati (like tortilla) with similar pickles. The generation with very few fat people.
Could you please make a video explaining how to consume these acids with various carbs e.g. do you dip the bread in vinegar while eating, do you mix rice with lemon juice, do you make bread with the acids premixed in the dough before baking (if the acid can withstand the cooking/baking heat) etc. and what quantities of acid for what quantities of carbs to get the 40 or 50 % reduction in blood glucose/insulin spikes. Any recipes/diet protocols would also help. It's a tall ask, but would enable putting these findings into practical use. Thanks!
I will love some info on that as well. Thanks for asking
Excellent questions.
Brilliant video, very useful information
Ever since I learned these tips, I’ve been implementing them whenever I do eat carbs. It’s really good to know! The more knowledge we have, the more we can take control of our metabolic health.
Hope this means dipping crusty bread in olive oil with balsamic vinegar is okay. 😋
dont forget the dukkah!
That was my first thought but I don’t eat bread!
That helped explain how I am still losing weight slowly, although I haven't gone low carb, I do fast intermittently. I eat a variety of sauerkrauts and kimchis are my daily go to food for fermented veggies. Thanks again.
😙👌 That's very good ! Also vitamin K2 in fermented foods ...
Sauerkraut is loaded with sodium nobody needs. I quit eating it
@@jamescalifornia2964 Yep. And Vit K2 is good for the heart
@@canwejustloveeachother2550 - ❤️ 👌
Thanks, very useful. I have lost 35 pounds in 6 weeks following you. I still need 30 more. Anyway thanks again
You lost 35 pounds in 6 weeks? Did you mean to say 6 months?
@@giraffesareselfish9563 I've lost over 60 lbs in under 4 months doing alternate day fasting.
Simple ideas ....big effects ...thanks Dr Fung ! You are a star ⭐!
Thank you very much dr. fung you change my life since i accidentally start watching your videos about fasting. Oct. 2021 i weigh 183 lbs 5'3 height with T2 diabites high BP
It would be very nice to mention great scientist Jessie Inchauspe and her book 'Glucose Revolution', where she explains everything
based on her research. So thank you very much Jessie!
I was looking to see if she would be mentioned. I read her book and then started seeing these videos pop up and thought he must have read her book too. Would be nice to see that recognized.
Dr Fung always delivers an educational program.
Great video Dr Fung. It ties back to your last week video. Enjoy your Sunday!
Hi Dr. Fung - THANKYOU for this VALUABLE information 😊 greetings from South Africa
20 years ago, I came across someone very lean (though not muscular either) that loved to eat all the pickled and fermented side dishes, but he wasn't much into the main meal. I was probably over twice his weight, because I was only eating the main meal and not the side dishes. Now I'm learning the science of what I observed throughout my life..
One question/suggestion comes to my mind. Here in my country we have habit to prepare bread on our own. Its quite popular. We use flour and water to make sourdough (kind of natural acid). Then after adding new flour leads to get bread. In most common case we use rye flour. So... the end product - bread - tastes really acid :) And there's a lot of acid in it. Maybe that could be a part of solution :)
Sourdough bread has GI of 54 while the ordinary white flour bread has GI of 71. This is a proof that sourdough bread is more healthy than ordinary bread. And as long as it is long fermentation, it will smell and taste a bit more acidic. Some people do not like it, but I love it. Baking sourdough bread for the last 5 years and can not imagine eating bread from the shop. Also, sourdough bread has less gluten than ordinary bread, which means less carbs.
Sourdough bread, especially self prepared is pretty healthy. No need to worry 😊
A lot of south Indians are vegetarians on a rice and lentil diet mostly, often fermented like a dosa. coconut which is quite fatty is also a big part of the diet. They tend to be slim. Unlike northern vegetarian Indians who are not and their diet has a lot of fried snacks. South Indians also incorporate a lot of tamarind in every meal. Tamarind is seen as a digestive aid and also great for liver in Ayurveda. Indians in general believe sour and bitter foods are good for you. and now science is backing up.
So glad I found you. I really need to educate myself so I can make the right choices to enrich my longevity and well-being. You explain things very clearly.
Thanks Dr Fung. You are so wonderful!
i am so glad you have your own channel i kept seeing you on others channels until i found yours, I am looking for information to help save my son from T1D