I had some success doing Atkins in 2003 but as soon as I transitioned to the Atkins bars and shakes as a snack, it became the gateway for me to getting back into my sweet tooth and eventually back into binge eating. Thankfully, 3 1/2 years of doing keto, I’ve avoided the relapse.
The same thing happened to me. Now I'm doing Carnivore. I'd like to eventually reintroduce a small amount of monk fruit for my coffee. But it's a slippery slope with those of us who are addicted to food.
I couldn't agree more. I undertook this journey to STOP obsessing over food. I've broken it by about 90%. My continuing battle is to STOP CRAVING FOOD TO EAT WHEN I KNOW I DON'T NEED IT (mental hunger/emotional BS). I find something to do. Food addiction is real. Info: Began keto in April of 2020. Female 62yrs. old. Starting A1c: 8.3. Starting weight: 240lbs. High blood pressure, back pains, joint discomfort, neuropathy in both feet, T2 diabetic for 30+ years. Currently: 65 yrs. old. Currently 150lbs. A1c: 5.3 I jog up and down stairs now. I squat. Off all medicines. Ketovore.
All the artificial sweeteners tend to cause problems for me. Aspartame gives me headaches, Splenda makes my teeth feel like they are going to explode. Erythritol and Stevia cause my joints to hurt. For me I just avoid all sweeteners-real or otherwise. Eat mostly carnivore and my weight loss is extremely slow but if I eat carbs I gain weight instantly. Definitely feel better! Thank you for all you do Dr. Cywes.
My knees have been hurting so much lately. I do use a bit of cream in coffee and I know this can be inflammatory. Now I’m thinking stevia could be affecting my knee pain when I read you had pain also.
I’ve been losing about 10 pounds per month since I started Keto IF about 6 months ago… until I started eating those Keto bars and keto bread. Despite my fasting, calorie count and net carbs staying the same, I only lost a few pounds after introducing those foods into my diet. I thought i could cheat with these snack foods, but my body rejected them. I know now that my net carbs and total carbs need to be the same thing - and the closer I get to 0 for carbs, the better my body responds. I added in more meat and stopped eating the “cheat” Keto foods and that got me back on track. I’m not even sure I stayed in ketosis eating those keto snacks.
I’ve lost 50 lbs. on keto in 5 months. I believe I’ve been able to do this very easily because I use stevia in my coffee and allow myself an occasional Diet Coke. (And I never eat lookalikes.) This has become plenty of sweetness for me! I do intend to cut out the Diet Coke, but not the stevia. My A1C has fallen from 9 to 5.6. As Dr. Cywes says, I believe that controlling my diabetes is much more beneficial to my health than a little stevia is detrimental to it! And maybe it helps that I actually do live in the Rocky Mountains. 😂
I quitted almost all sugary taste after 66 day water fasting. My extreme measure was due to my ankle pain which is now greatly reduced and and I can do gardenig and such. But there was still one sweet source left - a b-complex vitamin drink. So the last step was to change that to pills not containing sweet taste. Now I'm sweet taste absolutist. Totally quitting sweet taste adds one more layer to safety network which you need as made of strong routines. As is this channel metions many times, the underlying reason for addiction is not cured by keto diet or fasting or any diet. But you don't need to be physically mortally sick just because you have an addiction. I'm "addiction addicted" so some addiction always keep on creeping around ready to drag me under the surface. When you quit sweet taste you get the benefit of being able to be much more sensitive to other tastes. That implies I classify adding sweet taste as an addiction too.
For a few years, I used either monk fruit sweetener or Swerve in my coffee. I decided to ditch both cold turkey and am fine with my decision. I don't miss them at all. They are addictive for sure.
@@notjustformeit has no relationship. One th8ng is the addiction something can give, something completely different is if you miss it or not. Imagine this sentence. I gave up smoking 3 years ago, and I don’t miss cigarettes anymore. Does it mean tobacco is not addictive?
You are so right Dr. Cywes, and so human. We can relate to you. Life throws some big punches at us and I was low last night. Once I’d have reached for …….sugar carb loaded junk. I went to the freezer and took out some homemade chocolate low carb made with butter copha cocoa and liquid allulose. It was excellent. 🇦🇺
I found the distinction between sugarfree drinks and foods very interesting. I have never called completely abstained from the former, even during my most rabid attempts at 'healthy eating'. I just really enjoy the occasional coke light or energy drink. I never observed them triggering hunger in me. If anything, they reliably help distract me from wanting a snack. Coffee works equally well for me, but simply isn't always available or much more expensive, when out and about. Food with artificial sweetener is a big no no for me, though, unless it has inbuilt portion control. Because I can be counted on to overeat on anything hyperpalatable. I don't even loose weight on keto or carnivore, unless I track calories and make sure, to stay under 1800 or so. If I allow myself, to eat all the meat and butter and salmon and eggs I want, I'll eat way more then that. Which is why I personally prefer classic keto. It allows me to bulk up my meals with low calorie veggies and salads.
I agree to a point. I firmly believe that Stevia and Monk fruit are superior to all others because they are natural products as opposed to chemicals that do not have any reason to be in human body. I used to load 3 packets in 24 oz of drink, now down to 1. Still need that little taste. As always, I appreciate your talks.
I have not yet found anything you've said that I disagree with in many videos and I have stayed within 20 lbs of ideal weight in the past 42 years as a T1D, as I already am a low carb person. In this video about the occasional sweetener is exactly right. For black drip coffee I do not bother but with instant coffee I feel I need to add a sweetener pack to improve it as it is not as tasty as a real drip coffee which has a richer taste. I Life has to have some benefits. I have never been addicted to carbs ever, but the reason I listen to your videos is you are exceptionally intelligent and have things well thought out and very well presented. I listen for the education about more health topics but not because I need to be dissuaded from carbs as I already have done that with good enough success. My point is to say you are one of the great doctors in the USA.
I think look-alikes are OK for people who are not carb addicts. People who exist on a ketogenic diet for the health benefits who don't have an issue with carb/food addiction are better suited to these things. If you are a carb addict (I am one) that has used food as a bridge for most of their lives, look alikes are not a good idea. They are a gateway drug. They are giving you permission to use food as emotion management. I know this from first hand experience having done a ketogenic diet with look-alikes in the rotation. They were always a good way to trigger a binge event. So for me personally, they are a no go.
If you spend anytime in a nursing home you’ll see all the residents use the “little pink packets “ in their coffee and tea. These people are 80, 90, and even one lady was 100 years old! Don’t eat junk or processed foods, cut out all white things and eat real food! I use Bocha sweet (which is derived from Japanese pumpkins). It doesn’t trigger me but I only use it occasionally Thank you Dr Cywes for all that you do
I am following the carnivore diet which I feel great on, however I still had high blood pressure. I saw your video on insulin suppression and eating two table spoons of honey a day to help stabilize insulin levels, and it worked pretty rapidly. My blood pressure has come down and stayed that way. Thanks Dr. Cywes 😊
Great video! No sugar! Strarted stevia. Half packet. Going down to quarter packet, then eventually 0. Coffee only. Carnivore 5 months. Never felt better 😊
Dr. Cywes, you’re gonna love this, I was consuming very high dosages of Splenda and neutrasweet in my coffee, tea and cooking with it for desserts, and drinking up to a 12 pack of diet soda that contains obviously other artificial sweeteners. I was finally diagnosed by Mayo clinic to have ulcerative colitis and ended up on Entyvio, for seven years, I decided that I would try eliminating all package foods, all processed foods, all sugar, all imitation and artificial sweeteners and go on a carnivore diet. Within three months, I completely healed my colin’s ulcerative colitis and was able to get off the every other month’s infusions of Entyvio and that was five years ago and to this date I’m feeling great. I’m guessing my colon was waving a white flag saying enough enough of all this artificial crap. Obviously, this is an anecdotal situation and there’s no science or research or studies that I’ve done it’s just what happened to me by a process of elimination, I’m guessing the megadoses of artificial sweeteners that I was consuming pretty much, was the main cause of my issue, and that’s my own hypothesis. I welcome. any thoughts.
I believe you! I was a diet soda junkie and I had severe intestinal issues and I also had skin tags really bad. I also have went carnivore and have been carnivore since March of 2022. I have healed alot of my issues and the majority of my skin tags went away. I do drink Zevia sodas which are sweetened with Stevia and I don't have issues, but a few months back I tried adding back diet Mt Dew and I immediately started growing skin tags again. I stay far away from aspartame and sucralose!
Some good stuff here. For many "perfection" is an avoidance mechanism. If perfection is needed and impossible, there is no sense in even starting. At any given point, the only thing we can do it get a little better than we are right now. Over time those little improvements compound and can really get you somewhere. MY experience is similar to the Doc's, I can have the occasional Diet Coke or put Crystal Light in my water and not fall off the wagon, but I wouldn't even dream of eating a no sugar brownie.
Dr. Cywes, thank you for the information on the artificial sweeteners. I've been feeling kind of guilty because I do use them for my coffee and to indulge in a sugarfree soft drink once in a while. There's so many different opinions out there on the pros and cons of artificial sweetners that one doesn't know whom to believe.
I agree. Going keto is supposed to teach you to eat real food. Creating "keto" substitutes for foods that were bad doesn't teach you new and better eating habits.
I feel like personally using the liquid stevia has helped me stay away from white sugar for over 10 months. I use it in my coffee and I drink Zevia. It really has been a life saver for me. It has helped me several times not go for the junk others around me are eating. I totally agree with everything you said in this video. Thanks so much!!
I don't eat anything with Sugar , Sugar addictive's or Sugar Alcohols for almost 11 years ( on January 1, 2012 ) That's one thing, I never started eating Keto snacks of any kind. When I stopped something, I stop Cold turkey. I know it's hard for anyone to believe, but it's the truth. This is how I control myself from eating the Junk foods. I just stop everything and figure out what I can eat only. Without involving snacks , soda , etc . I like going Cold turkey , it's just the person I am .
Well said Dr Cywes. I do have orange/lemon squash cordial which has sucralose only one glass a day to get my colestyramine medication which incidentally contains aspartame. I have no problem it doesn't make me hungry. My regular drink is black tea. When I started keto I joined a keto recipe group but the amount of pudding recipes and cakes/cookies were overwhelming. I left the group.
I put 25% sucralose solution in coffee, three drops or so a cup, when I want sweet coffee. Sometimes I make pancakes from eggs and cream cheese, and use the sucralose in those. It tolerates a bit of heat. Yes, the eggs and cream cheese pancakes are lookalikes and I’m having them less often of late. Adding blueberries to them is even worse… There’s aspartame in the Crystal Light (and knockoffs) I sometimes drink a lot of. Not ideal. Better than eating or drinking sugar.
I’m glad I like in the country side but make up for it by consuming artificial sweeteners 🤪 Joking aside, comparing that use versus being as overweight I was the choice is easy for me. Thank you, Dr Cywes!
My biggest health issue right now is Barrett's disease and Esophageal Cancer . I alreayd know 2 people who died from Esophageal Cancer ( they aren't related ) , this really bothers me too. I have Erosion Esophagus and several of issues, I have a test every 6 months, "EGD test " to keep tracked of my Esophagus. Remember I don't eat over 80% of processed foods , No Sugar , etccc . I stopped this almost 11 years ago. Way before I had Esophagus , Gerd, Acid Reflux , Erosion Esophagus , Low Stomach Acid and Hiatal Hernia . I am doing everything I know to take care of my health from Day one - present. Dr Cywes , has an Awesome Video on my topic with Esophagus .
Ive been low carb since 2001 (still have my '93 Atkins book as my then-guide and my food logs for my first months -whew that was tough!) - I'd be lying if I said that over the last 22 years, I didn't use artificial sweeteners and "look-alike" products. I've found the best time for the look-alikes, for me, is when I bring them to social gatherings. If I'm having something that *looks* like what everyone else is eating, I'm less likely to sample & give in to temptation (been there & done that!!) Overall I've maintained a 110lb weight loss using these strategies (I'm now 51, f) and kept myself out of trouble doing. On a day to day basis, it's been years since I've even wanted "regular" drinks, or foods, but do use powdered electrolytes and some sweetener-based water enhancers.
I have not had sugar for 1 1/2 years and my carbs betw 20-50 daily since then as well. I use artificial sweeteners, stevia/monk fruit/erythritol, and have NO desire to go back to candy, sugar and carbs. I am also grain free but maybe three times a year have a pizza or a taco made with fresh ingredients. That's the easy part because the hard part is finding food at the stores that fits this lifestyle so I end up cooking/baking my own.
Thank you again from the Karoo...very hot down here. I like your idea of a diet coke once in a while if water is not satisfying and coffee to hot. I drink lots of coffee with butter and addicted to it and trying to hold out until midday. But if I am so emotional I will give in and drink it for a bridge to help me getting over that moments. I also experienced that painting really lifts my spirit. Thank you for your advice! I also love my veggies now and not doing strict carnavore as it is just to expensive
Thank you Dr Cywers. While listening to you I cooked my fish for lunch. I often use.a Tuscan herb mix, like I did today, but no more as the recipe has been changed and sugar has been added. It was by accident I found out by licking a finger when cleaning up the bench. Such disappointment so will have to create my own now. 😔 In Appreciation of all you do Doctor Cywers.
I’ve listened to some of Dr Thomas Seyfried’s talks about metabolic health being the cause of cancer and it appears his research is spot on. Dr Cywes, you touched on this topic in this video, would love to see a full video of yours on cancer and damage to the mitochondria from a high carbohydrate diet causing cancer. That would be fascinating!
dr thomas Seyfried is Awesome!!! Did you ever see the video , where the man who got rid of his cancer . I'm looking for that video where the man , stopped his cancer and what he did for it .
Very much agree doc. 5 years at a normal BMI after losing 120lbs and I am able to enjoy Stevia without triggering my carb addiction. I used to make a lot of lookalikes but the longer I do this the less I make them. Thank you for addressing the cancer subject, that has always nagged me.
I wasn't aware that Pure Monk Fruit (no ethritol) was considered an artificial sweetener. I use Micro amounts in my coffee to take the edge off the sometimes bitter taste...It doesn't actually add any sweetness to the beverage. Love yr podcasts.
Absolutely all true! I use to chew some gum early on , use to use stevia early on, but then slowly transitioned off, but at that point in time it was a "lifesaver" from my carb addiction. I have to keep things simple, because at one point even carnivore bread became an issue, even though at 0 carbs, I couldn't control how many! Thanks for all that you do, Dr. Cywes!
I'm a sweet taste addict, so I decided to quit them. I started Keto, but the sweets kept me addicted, so I transitioned to Carnivore which changed my life and brain, I quit the sweetners mostly, but was off and on. I feel they increase my appetite and contribute to the sweet taste expectation, so I decided to quit them completely. I use to have them a couple of days a month for the past year, but no more. 💪🏻
My Grandfather used Saccharine for 30 years from 1932 When he was 46 to 1962 when he was 76.. because he was a Type 2 Diabetic- however he did very little else to adapt to a low carb diet and it was a time when there were no monitors except at the doctors office and only weekly trips to a drugstore to get a weeks worth of insulin to indiscriminately inject with a HUGE needle... so he eventually died at 76 of a heart attack...NOT from cancer from using saccharine - he nor anyone I knew as a child back then who used saccharine...none of them died of cancer!!
There are 128 ounces in a gallon. 16 oz goes into 128, eight times. So if you pay $x dollars for a 16 oz drink, you are paying $x dollars Times 8 per gallon. Example: if you pay 5$ for a 16 oz sugar laden coffee drink, that amounts to $40 a gallon. And we B*tch about the price of gasoline? And gas takes you to work. That $40 drink takes you to the toilet. A $1, 12 oz canned Coke will cost you $10.66 a gallon. (128/12 = 10.66). This info alone is enough to stop wasting money on emotions.
I’m on a medically supervised keto program. You may be familiar with Virta? I heard your statements here about replacing regular foods we enjoy with keto versions. I get what you are saying here and I see it all the time in the various forums. People creating replacements. When I shop, I’m not looking for replacement ingredients. Every week I buy keto- friendly products. Meats, eggs, butter, lots of non-starchy vegetables, etc. Perhaps only once a month, I may buy some pork rind crumbs and as a new variety of making chicken, I may coat my boneless skinless chicken with the crumbs and egg wash. Allowing me to enjoy something different. As a diabetic for many years who is very sensitive to carbs, I now know there is no turning back. If I eat more than a low amount of carbs, I will feel terrible and my blood sugars will skyrocket. I have no desire to do that. So, is my once a month (most times a time gap longer than that) treat myself to variety, is it so bad?
I can’t eat aspartame, but the others are ok for me in my tea. Aspartame gives me crazy painful cramps in my abdomen, sides and back. So if you have unexplained cramps and use aspartame, try cutting it out. My cramps stopped the day after I quit.
I've noticed that after knocking back a 1.25 - 2.0 litre bottle of most diet soda's, about 20 - 30 minutes later, I get quite a strong empty, hollow sensation in the gut which kind of emulates hunger ... needless to say that if you satisfy that hunger with carb-laden crap ( as so many people who think diet drinks are good because they're calorie-free ) then the consequences are obvious !
Great content doctor C, I’ve always felt consuming “Keto” desserts a joke akin to confessing your sins to a priest in order to commit more sins later.Being a stevia user now from decades of massive sugar abuse, I always remind myself that this “ hack” also has a shelf life !
I'm lucky I do love my carbs but I gave them up because I wanted to feel better more then the carbs so it wasn't hard for me. I wasn't a sugar guy anyway but fighting Crohn's and being lonely because of it was more important to me then anything food or drink. 9 months carnivore and just now starting to tell I'm better. The first few months was supper hard because my body would not flip to using fat for fuel. I almost gave it up because I felt worse for 5 or 6 months but so glad I stayed with it. A person has to have hope and the western medical system as a whole is broken. IMHO.
I make high fat ice cream to help me increase my fat intake and boost autophagy/ketosis. I do add a small amount of vanilla stevia and allulose to it. It’s barely sweet tasting.
I put a few grams of absorbic acid in my coffee, adds a sweetness and cuts the bitter, I use to be one that liked some coffee with my sugar😂.. now mostly carnivore and havent bought sugar in years.
There's such a thing as being dogmatic about certain things. When one is an addict, you need those "bridges" to eventually cut off any crutches. As for cancer, 67% of cancers are not caused by any bad habits but are a roll of the dice. When someone is obese, certainly morbidly obese, and you tell them they can't use stevia, monk fruit, erithrotol, etc., so they fail and get worse, shame on you! That is calculated sabotage. It would be better for some to even get surgery if that's the only way to lose weight, elevate the quality of their life, and prolong their life. I get really tired of people virtue signaling. As a fitness professional for decades, the people who do that the most are usually not satisfied with where they are, so they attack others to prop themselves up. If something is working for YOU, great. But persecuting people for where they are is something that the struggle should have taught us all is wrong. I'm not excluding myself here. I have to check myself everyday when insecurities and self loathing creep in. We need to support one another. I have friends on diabetes medications that control their blood sugars and helped them lose weight. One of them is being judged every day when she, at 61, works out 2 to 3 days per week doing heavy resistance training with cardio between, and has lost 140 lbs.. She knows she's a work in progress, so when people judge her, I tell her to remember where she came from when she could barely walk, and use their dirty looks and unwanted helpful tips as motivation to keep going. She eats plenty of carbs, but she's improving every day. I eat nothing from a plant but only drink rooibos and coffee as bridges, and, yes, I use stevia. I also have a max bench of 240 lbs. and am turning 59. I was the biggest food addict you could ever meet and used, what I called exercise bulemia to look like a fitness model in my 40s. In other words, I didn't puke. I worked out way too much. I was a premier trainer because I looked like a superhero. My nickname was "Xena." But I was eating crap. I ate fully loaded bagels with bacon, cheese, egg, mayo and washed it down with chocolate smoothies. Now, I'd kill for that body, and I literally have no choice but to be carnivore because eating plants gives me chronic IBS. Nobody would have judged me as I wolfed down pizza and spaghetti because I looked like an athlete. But when folks gain weight from menopause, or illnesses, etc., the claws come out. To all of those who are using bridges, no matter where you are in the process of cleaning up your eating, I salute you for your efforts because I know how hard it is to wake up every morning and make those conscious decisions not to slide back into old bad habits. Relapse happens and you just hop back on the wagon. Love yourself NOW as you are. Getting to your goal so you can be "happy" is a myth. Be happy in your journey because happiness is not dependent on others. It's a choice.
A long time ago (in this galaxy) I began drinking Slimfast as a meal substitute. It was SO GOOD that I began drinking it WITH my meals... You can guess what happened. I ended up with 220lbs on my 5'8" frame.
Yeah i found stevia flavored dring powder and stevia drops quite usefull. Mild thoughts about something sweed --> i will mildly flavor and sweeten watert. Strong thoughts about something sweet --> i will make myself bit oversweetened drink (not much) ---> soon just mildly sweet drink is enough again :)
Dr. I drink Stevia daily and I try to go easy. I use it in coffee and LMNT, daily. I never thought about giving it up. Are you saying I should cut down and eventually stop? Oh my. I don't eat any fake foods.
Just a confession...I consume at least a 2 liter of diet cola...daily. The thought of going without it seems like an impossible feat. This makes me think that I likely am someone for whom artificial sweeteners causes a sweet-seeking problem. Ugh.
Would you enjoy water with lime or water infused with cucumber? In restaurants I like water with lime as my drink. It’s refreshing. Also saves me $3 or more lol. You can probably step down quantity wise by replacing half of the diet sodas with water with lime or with plain water if you like plain water. After a few months you can replace 2 out of 3 with water. Eventually you can drop it altogether if that is your goal replacing 100% with water or water with lime and or cucumber.
Hi Doc, where do you stand on preservatives like Sodium Erythorbate and Sodium Nitrite in bacon. In my keto/carnivore diet that i started back in August, i eat about 8-9 thick slices of Smithfield’s Applewood smoked bacon a day. It tastes really good and the favorite food in my diet. But seems there is a lot of debate about sodium nitrates in the human diet? My BUN increased from 23-27 after starting this diet and creatine decreased from 1.27 to 1.19. Triglycerides dropped from 125 to 65. HDL increased from 38 to 48. HbA1C from 5.8 to 5.6. Could the increase in BUN be due to the addition of so much bacon to my diet. My previous breakfast was a bowl of steel cut oats, chopped pecans, ground flax seed and fresh blueberries and raspberries added.
Hi Dr Cywes! First of all, thank you for your valuable insights that you keep providing us with. I was stuck at 94KG and above for a few years, and now I am at 87, after little over a month. There is only one question that is bugging me. For someone who has only been insulin resistant (assumingely, undiagnosed) and is practicing a martial art such as Judo, is it safe to have elevated cholesterol levels? Intense training also comes with a lot of non-nutritional inflammation, and I’d like to know if in this case, elevated LDL will build up plaques. Thank you kindly 🙏
I seem to be fighting a tremendous uphill battle. I seem to be able to get to a certain “fat point” and then my soul just rebels 😂 I went from 300lbs to 230lbs on a low carb protocol but have slowly rebounded to 250 and I’m stuck. It’s the carbs. I am struggling to stay under 100g/day let alone anything less than that and many days it’s higher especially with weight training. Really appreciate the content. Perhaps you could speak to Splenda. Is it generally the same as the others? Thanks.
Dr Cywes, you've contradicted your message in other videos. You've stated unequivocally that replacement foods such as keto bread and the like are as harmful as non alcoholic beer. These look alikes, as you call them in this video, serve the same purpose of transition for many people as the beverages you mentioned. Show some consistency in your messaging to help your community better deal with the initial stresses of getting away from the standard western diet
I have been a strict Ketovore/Carnivore for over a year and a half now with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas when I do make a keto treat using stevia or monkfruit. This is so I have something to share (if anyone else wants a healthier dessert option - like my son) and to have a piece or two when everyone else is eating sweetened cranberries, pumpkin pie, and many other sugary treats. I do not make them the rest of the year, not even on my birthday. Do you still think this is problematic?
Sir, I am very confused now after watching your presentation on a carnivore diet....I am trying to stop a cancer tumour growing through diet, and I have just finished reading....THE CHINA STUDY, by Dr Colin C Campbell, who says meat feeds cancer cells, and also, how the OKINAWA (Japan,) who live a long life eat tofu,and sea vegetables, and the HUNZA TRIBE, known for their long life, how they eat apricot kernels, (cyanide), from the apricots they grow. I have just stared eating them, along with almonds, nuts, oats, chia seeds and flaxseed, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, tahini, cocoa, cocoa butter, avocado, red onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, basil, raspberries, sweet potatoe, tomatoes, seaweed, coconut, coconut oil, soya beans, lentils and barley....I also suffer sever constipation all the time and now I don't know what to eat to stop this tumour growing.....Please can you help me?....I would be very grateful....Thank you for your time....🙏🙏🙏🙏
Fiber actually CAUSES constipation, not relieve it. I wouldn't eat anything you have on your list there especially the soy. All soy is GMO/toxic, contaminated with glyphosate and will disrupt your hormones. Seeds are useless and too high in omega 6. Stay a mile away from oats; too high in carbs also glyphosate ridden. Stick to meat and eggs. Lots of disinformation about meat; don't believe it it's not true.
In my experience, artificial sweeteners are best used very sparingly. I’m down 60 lbs through various stages of keto, ketovore … not only that but gained numerous health benefits and finally breaking my food/carb addiction after 40 years of it. I had to unsubscribe from some keto TH-camrs because their whole channel became cooking look alike foods. It was obviously slowing their progress and making me think about food every single day. Keto Chow shakes, ice cream, pumpkin caramel bread, pancakes etc etc. I want to focus on the other wonderful things in life like exercise, family, meat😂😂
Good subject Cancer thrives on Sugar , Sugar addictive's and maybe Sugar Alcohols. No surprise in anything, anymore . When my girlfriend told me, several years ago, she felt Sugar Addictive's caused her Cancer , I just listened. She would drink 40 ounce of Tea, she addictived those little pink packets to her Tea. First off, I hate Tea, all I do is drink water. Last night I end up getting a call, I was told my cousin right now has Cancer and they can't (hospital ) figure out where it came from. That's heart broke my heart. Another family member has Cancer too .
What can I use in my Morning Coffee to Replace Sugar. Artificial Sweeteners e.g. Phenylalanine and Aspartame have literally nearly killed me. I am Deadly Allergic to them and I go into ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK if I Ingest even a small amount. This is not Psychosomatic. I would like an answer. I have to carefully read every Food Label. I get a Metallic taste if anything Artificial is detected. I have looked at the Chemical Makeup of these products and don’t understand why this happens. I have been unable to obtain a reason or explanation from a lot of Doctors I have consulted. The Chemical makeup is similar: Sucrose Formula is C 12 , H 22, O 11. Aspartame Formula: C14, H 18, N 205 Phenylalanine Formula: C9, H11, NO, 2 I have not tried Stevia due to reading these results. Long Term use of Stevia significantly increased cholesterol levels and significantly decreased HDL levels (serum high-density lipoproteins) and increased LDL levels (serum low-density lipoproteins). Levels of free fatty acids were significantly higher than those of control groups I would greatly appreciate any feedback. Thanks.
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I had some success doing Atkins in 2003 but as soon as I transitioned to the Atkins bars and shakes as a snack, it became the gateway for me to getting back into my sweet tooth and eventually back into binge eating. Thankfully, 3 1/2 years of doing keto, I’ve avoided the relapse.
The same thing happened to me. Now I'm doing Carnivore. I'd like to eventually reintroduce a small amount of monk fruit for my coffee. But it's a slippery slope with those of us who are addicted to food.
I couldn't agree more.
I undertook this journey to STOP obsessing over food. I've broken it by about 90%. My continuing battle is to STOP CRAVING FOOD TO EAT WHEN I KNOW I DON'T NEED IT (mental hunger/emotional BS). I find something to do.
Food addiction is real.
Info: Began keto in April of 2020. Female 62yrs. old.
Starting A1c: 8.3. Starting weight: 240lbs. High blood pressure, back pains, joint discomfort, neuropathy in both feet, T2 diabetic for 30+ years.
Currently: 65 yrs. old.
Currently 150lbs.
A1c: 5.3
I jog up and down stairs now. I squat.
Off all medicines.
Ketovore.
You are an inspiration to this 63 year old. Thank you for sharing.
All the artificial sweeteners tend to cause problems for me. Aspartame gives me headaches, Splenda makes my teeth feel like they are going to explode. Erythritol and Stevia cause my joints to hurt. For me I just avoid all sweeteners-real or otherwise. Eat mostly carnivore and my weight loss is extremely slow but if I eat carbs I gain weight instantly. Definitely feel better! Thank you for all you do Dr. Cywes.
My knees have been hurting so much lately. I do use a bit of cream in coffee and I know this can be inflammatory. Now I’m thinking stevia could be affecting my knee pain when I read you had pain also.
Stevia cause me migraines and joint pain I use pure sucralose ( no filers) it’s the only one that I don’t have side affects that I notice
"A snack is always an emotional event." I need that slogan on a t-shirt, perhaps a mug, maybe a lunch bag, and also a bumper sticker....
I’ve been losing about 10 pounds per month since I started Keto IF about 6 months ago… until I started eating those Keto bars and keto bread. Despite my fasting, calorie count and net carbs staying the same, I only lost a few pounds after introducing those foods into my diet.
I thought i could cheat with these snack foods, but my body rejected them. I know now that my net carbs and total carbs need to be the same thing - and the closer I get to 0 for carbs, the better my body responds. I added in more meat and stopped eating the “cheat” Keto foods and that got me back on track. I’m not even sure I stayed in ketosis eating those keto snacks.
I’ve lost 50 lbs. on keto in 5 months. I believe I’ve been able to do this very easily because I use stevia in my coffee and allow myself an occasional Diet Coke. (And I never eat lookalikes.) This has become plenty of sweetness for me! I do intend to cut out the Diet Coke, but not the stevia. My A1C has fallen from 9 to 5.6. As Dr. Cywes says, I believe that controlling my diabetes is much more beneficial to my health than a little stevia is detrimental to it!
And maybe it helps that I actually do live in the Rocky Mountains. 😂
I quitted almost all sugary taste after 66 day water fasting. My extreme measure was due to my ankle pain which is now greatly reduced and and I can do gardenig and such. But there was still one sweet source left - a b-complex vitamin drink. So the last step was to change that to pills not containing sweet taste. Now I'm sweet taste absolutist. Totally quitting sweet taste adds one more layer to safety network which you need as made of strong routines. As is this channel metions many times, the underlying reason for addiction is not cured by keto diet or fasting or any diet. But you don't need to be physically mortally sick just because you have an addiction. I'm "addiction addicted" so some addiction always keep on creeping around ready to drag me under the surface. When you quit sweet taste you get the benefit of being able to be much more sensitive to other tastes. That implies I classify adding sweet taste as an addiction too.
For a few years, I used either monk fruit sweetener or Swerve in my coffee. I decided to ditch both cold turkey and am fine with my decision. I don't miss them at all. They are addictive for sure.
If you don't miss them at all, then how are they addictive?
@@notjustformeit has no relationship. One th8ng is the addiction something can give, something completely different is if you miss it or not. Imagine this sentence. I gave up smoking 3 years ago, and I don’t miss cigarettes anymore. Does it mean tobacco is not addictive?
Are you able to quit coffee? That’s where I am addictive.
You are so right Dr. Cywes, and so human.
We can relate to you.
Life throws some big punches at us and I was low last night.
Once I’d have reached for …….sugar carb loaded junk.
I went to the freezer and took out some homemade chocolate low carb made with butter copha cocoa and liquid allulose.
It was excellent.
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Allulose is terrific
I found the distinction between sugarfree drinks and foods very interesting.
I have never called completely abstained from the former, even during my most rabid attempts at 'healthy eating'. I just really enjoy the occasional coke light or energy drink.
I never observed them triggering hunger in me. If anything, they reliably help distract me from wanting a snack. Coffee works equally well for me, but simply isn't always available or much more expensive, when out and about.
Food with artificial sweetener is a big no no for me, though, unless it has inbuilt portion control. Because I can be counted on to overeat on anything hyperpalatable.
I don't even loose weight on keto or carnivore, unless I track calories and make sure, to stay under 1800 or so. If I allow myself, to eat all the meat and butter and salmon and eggs I want, I'll eat way more then that. Which is why I personally prefer classic keto. It allows me to bulk up my meals with low calorie veggies and salads.
I agree to a point. I firmly believe that Stevia and Monk fruit are superior to all others because they are natural products as opposed to chemicals that do not have any reason to be in human body. I used to load 3 packets in 24 oz of drink, now down to 1. Still need that little taste. As always, I appreciate your talks.
As natural as cocaine?
I have not yet found anything you've said that I disagree with in many videos and I have stayed within 20 lbs of ideal weight in the past 42 years as a T1D, as I already am a low carb person.
In this video about the occasional sweetener is exactly right. For black drip coffee I do not bother but with instant coffee I feel I need to add a sweetener pack to improve it as it is not as tasty as a real drip coffee which has a richer taste. I Life has to have some benefits.
I have never been addicted to carbs ever, but the reason I listen to your videos is you are exceptionally intelligent and have things well thought out and very well presented. I listen for the education about more health topics but not because I need to be dissuaded from carbs as I already have done that with good enough success. My point is to say you are one of the great doctors in the USA.
I think look-alikes are OK for people who are not carb addicts. People who exist on a ketogenic diet for the health benefits who don't have an issue with carb/food addiction are better suited to these things. If you are a carb addict (I am one) that has used food as a bridge for most of their lives, look alikes are not a good idea. They are a gateway drug. They are giving you permission to use food as emotion management. I know this from first hand experience having done a ketogenic diet with look-alikes in the rotation. They were always a good way to trigger a binge event. So for me personally, they are a no go.
If you spend anytime in a nursing home you’ll see all the residents use the “little pink packets “ in their coffee and tea. These people are 80, 90, and even one lady was 100 years old! Don’t eat junk or processed foods, cut out all white things and eat real food! I use Bocha sweet (which is derived from Japanese pumpkins). It doesn’t trigger me but I only use it occasionally Thank you Dr Cywes for all that you do
I hate to point out the obvious, but if she got to 100, she must be doing something right.😅
I am following the carnivore diet which I feel great on, however I still had high blood pressure. I saw your video on insulin suppression and eating two table spoons of honey a day to help stabilize insulin levels, and it worked pretty rapidly. My blood pressure has come down and stayed that way. Thanks Dr. Cywes 😊
Thanks for sharing. My BP is still high and I've been carnivore 6weeks. What time of day do you eat the honey?
@@delnacarruthers7277 Hi there! I have one table spoon in the morning, and the other around dinner time. It's still working great 🙂
Great video! No sugar! Strarted stevia. Half packet. Going down to quarter packet, then eventually 0. Coffee only. Carnivore 5 months. Never felt better 😊
This was brilliant 👏 thank you!
I'm going to avoid putting "artificial" anything into my body. Addiction is addiction.
Dr. Cywes, you’re gonna love this, I was consuming very high dosages of Splenda and neutrasweet in my coffee, tea and cooking with it for desserts, and drinking up to a 12 pack of diet soda that contains obviously other artificial sweeteners. I was finally diagnosed by Mayo clinic to have ulcerative colitis and ended up on Entyvio, for seven years, I decided that I would try eliminating all package foods, all processed foods, all sugar, all imitation and artificial sweeteners and go on a carnivore diet. Within three months, I completely healed my colin’s ulcerative colitis and was able to get off the every other month’s infusions of Entyvio and that was five years ago and to this date I’m feeling great. I’m guessing my colon was waving a white flag saying enough enough of all this artificial crap. Obviously, this is an anecdotal situation and there’s no science or research or studies that I’ve done it’s just what happened to me by a process of elimination, I’m guessing the megadoses of artificial sweeteners that I was consuming pretty much, was the main cause of my issue, and that’s my own hypothesis. I welcome. any thoughts.
I believe you! I was a diet soda junkie and I had severe intestinal issues and I also had skin tags really bad. I also have went carnivore and have been carnivore since March of 2022. I have healed alot of my issues and the majority of my skin tags went away. I do drink Zevia sodas which are sweetened with Stevia and I don't have issues, but a few months back I tried adding back diet Mt Dew and I immediately started growing skin tags again. I stay far away from aspartame and sucralose!
Some good stuff here. For many "perfection" is an avoidance mechanism. If perfection is needed and impossible, there is no sense in even starting. At any given point, the only thing we can do it get a little better than we are right now. Over time those little improvements compound and can really get you somewhere. MY experience is similar to the Doc's, I can have the occasional Diet Coke or put Crystal Light in my water and not fall off the wagon, but I wouldn't even dream of eating a no sugar brownie.
Keto Chow shakes have sucralose. One a day with heavy cream hits the spot. After 5 years of really nothing sweet tasting it is a treat.
Dr. Cywes, thank you for the information on the artificial sweeteners. I've been feeling kind of guilty because I do use them for my coffee and to indulge in a sugarfree soft drink once in a while. There's so many different opinions out there on the pros and cons of artificial sweetners that one doesn't know whom to believe.
Very useful information. Thanks
I agree. Going keto is supposed to teach you to eat real food. Creating "keto" substitutes for foods that were bad doesn't teach you new and better eating habits.
I feel like personally using the liquid stevia has helped me stay away from white sugar for over 10 months. I use it in my coffee and I drink Zevia. It really has been a life saver for me. It has helped me several times not go for the junk others around me are eating. I totally agree with everything you said in this video. Thanks so much!!
I don't eat anything with Sugar , Sugar addictive's or Sugar Alcohols for almost 11 years ( on January 1, 2012 )
That's one thing, I never started eating Keto snacks of any kind. When I stopped something, I stop Cold turkey.
I know it's hard for anyone to believe, but it's the truth. This is how I control myself from eating the Junk foods.
I just stop everything and figure out what I can eat only. Without involving snacks , soda , etc .
I like going Cold turkey , it's just the person I am .
Well said Dr Cywes. I do have orange/lemon squash cordial which has sucralose only one glass a day to get my colestyramine medication which incidentally contains aspartame. I have no problem it doesn't make me hungry. My regular drink is black tea. When I started keto I joined a keto recipe group but the amount of pudding recipes and cakes/cookies were overwhelming. I left the group.
I put 25% sucralose solution in coffee, three drops or so a cup, when I want sweet coffee. Sometimes I make pancakes from eggs and cream cheese, and use the sucralose in those. It tolerates a bit of heat.
Yes, the eggs and cream cheese pancakes are lookalikes and I’m having them less often of late. Adding blueberries to them is even worse…
There’s aspartame in the Crystal Light (and knockoffs) I sometimes drink a lot of.
Not ideal. Better than eating or drinking sugar.
I happily use artificial sweeteners in my tea and coffee, and ample amounts of hot drinks at that!!!
I use steva, have done for a while now. Its better than 2 teaspoons of sugar in my coffee or tea lol.
Always straight up and full of truth. Thank you for all you do Dr. Cywes. Opening eyes and saving lives one video at a time...
I’m glad I like in the country side but make up for it by consuming artificial sweeteners 🤪 Joking aside, comparing that use versus being as overweight I was the choice is easy for me. Thank you, Dr Cywes!
My biggest health issue right now is Barrett's disease and Esophageal Cancer .
I alreayd know 2 people who died from Esophageal Cancer ( they aren't related ) , this really bothers me too.
I have Erosion Esophagus and several of issues, I have a test every 6 months, "EGD test " to keep tracked of my Esophagus. Remember I don't eat over 80% of processed foods , No Sugar , etccc . I stopped this almost 11 years ago.
Way before I had Esophagus , Gerd, Acid Reflux , Erosion Esophagus , Low Stomach Acid and Hiatal Hernia .
I am doing everything I know to take care of my health from Day one - present.
Dr Cywes , has an Awesome Video on my topic with Esophagus .
Ive been low carb since 2001 (still have my '93 Atkins book as my then-guide and my food logs for my first months -whew that was tough!) - I'd be lying if I said that over the last 22 years, I didn't use artificial sweeteners and "look-alike" products. I've found the best time for the look-alikes, for me, is when I bring them to social gatherings. If I'm having something that *looks* like what everyone else is eating, I'm less likely to sample & give in to temptation (been there & done that!!) Overall I've maintained a 110lb weight loss using these strategies (I'm now 51, f) and kept myself out of trouble doing. On a day to day basis, it's been years since I've even wanted "regular" drinks, or foods, but do use powdered electrolytes and some sweetener-based water enhancers.
Thank you doctor
I have not had sugar for 1 1/2 years and my carbs betw 20-50 daily since then as well. I use artificial sweeteners, stevia/monk fruit/erythritol, and have NO desire to go back to candy, sugar and carbs. I am also grain free but maybe three times a year have a pizza or a taco made with fresh ingredients. That's the easy part because the hard part is finding food at the stores that fits this lifestyle so I end up cooking/baking my own.
Hey Dr. Cywes With Thanksgiving being next week, I think it’s time for you to tell people how to stay healthy and carb free during the holidays
I like your no-nonsense approach!
Thank you again from the Karoo...very hot down here. I like your idea of a diet coke once in a while if water is not satisfying and coffee to hot. I drink lots of coffee with butter and addicted to it and trying to hold out until midday. But if I am so emotional I will give in and drink it for a bridge to help me getting over that moments. I also experienced that painting really lifts my spirit. Thank you for your advice! I also love my veggies now and not doing strict carnavore as it is just to expensive
Thank you Dr Cywers. While listening to you I cooked my fish for lunch. I often use.a Tuscan herb mix, like I did today, but no more as the recipe has been changed and sugar has been added. It was by accident I found out by licking a finger when cleaning up the bench. Such disappointment so will have to create my own now. 😔 In Appreciation of all you do Doctor Cywers.
I’ve listened to some of Dr Thomas Seyfried’s talks about metabolic health being the cause of cancer and it appears his research is spot on. Dr Cywes, you touched on this topic in this video, would love to see a full video of yours on cancer and damage to the mitochondria from a high carbohydrate diet causing cancer. That would be fascinating!
dr thomas Seyfried is Awesome!!! Did you ever see the video , where the man who got rid of his cancer .
I'm looking for that video where the man , stopped his cancer and what he did for it .
@@debbiec6216 the channel “homesteadhow” has had Dr Seyfried on his channel along with stage 4 cancer survivors sharing their stories.
I consume LMNT but should start drinking the unflavored version since it doesn’t have Stevia
The unflavored version is so much better. The others are far too sweet for me.
@@mrsfarmwife84Oh, me too!
Not the message I expected to hear but I understand your point. Some need a bridge to go sugar free and I can see how this would be helpful.👏
Thank you for this explanation of ditching the obvious!
I am positive that a non plant based diet is the best.
If we must have something sweet added occasionally it’s best to use monk fruit or stevia etc.
Good stuff Doc.!
Very much agree doc. 5 years at a normal BMI after losing 120lbs and I am able to enjoy Stevia without triggering my carb addiction.
I used to make a lot of lookalikes but the longer I do this the less I make them.
Thank you for addressing the cancer subject, that has always nagged me.
I wasn't aware that Pure Monk Fruit (no ethritol) was considered an artificial sweetener. I use Micro amounts in my coffee to take the edge off the sometimes bitter taste...It doesn't actually add any sweetness to the beverage. Love yr podcasts.
Try adding a pinch of salt or ground cinnamon to help with coffee bitterness.
Absolutely all true! I use to chew some gum early on , use to use stevia early on, but then slowly transitioned off, but at that point in time it was a "lifesaver" from my carb addiction. I have to keep things simple, because at one point even carnivore bread became an issue, even though at 0 carbs, I couldn't control how many! Thanks for all that you do, Dr. Cywes!
I use monk fruit sweetener in my coffee as a bridge from not eating dessert after meal. It suffices me and able stop there.
I'm a sweet taste addict, so I decided to quit them. I started Keto, but the sweets kept me addicted, so I transitioned to Carnivore which changed my life and brain, I quit the sweetners mostly, but was off and on. I feel they increase my appetite and contribute to the sweet taste expectation, so I decided to quit them completely. I use to have them a couple of days a month for the past year, but no more. 💪🏻
My Grandfather used Saccharine for 30 years from 1932 When he was 46 to 1962 when he was 76.. because he was a Type 2 Diabetic- however he did very little else to adapt to a low carb diet and it was a time when there were no monitors except at the doctors office and only weekly trips to a drugstore to get a weeks worth of insulin to indiscriminately inject with a HUGE needle... so he eventually died at 76 of a heart attack...NOT from cancer from using saccharine - he nor anyone I knew as a child back then who used saccharine...none of them died of cancer!!
There are 128 ounces in a gallon. 16 oz goes into 128, eight times. So if you pay $x dollars for a 16 oz drink, you are paying $x dollars Times 8 per gallon. Example: if you pay 5$ for a 16 oz sugar laden coffee drink, that amounts to $40 a gallon. And we B*tch about the price of gasoline? And gas takes you to work. That $40 drink takes you to the toilet. A $1, 12 oz canned Coke will cost you $10.66 a gallon. (128/12 = 10.66). This info alone is enough to stop wasting money on emotions.
Occasional look alikes are useful for me. During the holidays I like to make pumpkin muffins, and I use artificial sweeteners in them.
I’m on a medically supervised keto program. You may be familiar with Virta?
I heard your statements here about replacing regular foods we enjoy with keto versions. I get what you are saying here and I see it all the time in the various forums. People creating replacements. When I shop, I’m not looking for replacement ingredients. Every week I buy keto- friendly products. Meats, eggs, butter, lots of non-starchy vegetables, etc. Perhaps only once a month, I may buy some pork rind crumbs and as a new variety of making chicken, I may coat my boneless skinless chicken with the crumbs and egg wash. Allowing me to enjoy something different. As a diabetic for many years who is very sensitive to carbs, I now know there is no turning back. If I eat more than a low amount of carbs, I will feel terrible and my blood sugars will skyrocket. I have no desire to do that. So, is my once a month (most times a time gap longer than that) treat myself to variety, is it so bad?
I can’t eat aspartame, but the others are ok for me in my tea. Aspartame gives me crazy painful cramps in my abdomen, sides and back. So if you have unexplained cramps and use aspartame, try cutting it out. My cramps stopped the day after I quit.
I've noticed that after knocking back a 1.25 - 2.0 litre bottle of most diet soda's, about 20 - 30 minutes later, I get quite a strong empty, hollow sensation in the gut which kind of emulates hunger ... needless to say that if you satisfy that hunger with carb-laden crap ( as so many people who think diet drinks are good because they're calorie-free ) then the consequences are obvious !
Great content doctor C, I’ve always felt consuming “Keto” desserts a joke akin to confessing your sins to a priest in order to commit more sins later.Being a stevia user now from decades of massive sugar abuse, I always remind myself that this “ hack” also has a shelf life !
I'm lucky I do love my carbs but I gave them up because I wanted to feel better more then the carbs so it wasn't hard for me. I wasn't a sugar guy anyway but fighting Crohn's and being lonely because of it was more important to me then anything food or drink. 9 months carnivore and just now starting to tell I'm better. The first few months was supper hard because my body would not flip to using fat for fuel. I almost gave it up because I felt worse for 5 or 6 months but so glad I stayed with it. A person has to have hope and the western medical system as a whole is broken. IMHO.
I do Stevia Peppermint drops...It's natural.
I make high fat ice cream to help me increase my fat intake and boost autophagy/ketosis. I do add a small amount of vanilla stevia and allulose to it. It’s barely sweet tasting.
I put a few grams of absorbic acid in my coffee, adds a sweetness and cuts the bitter, I use to be one that liked some coffee with my sugar😂.. now mostly carnivore and havent bought sugar in years.
There's such a thing as being dogmatic about certain things. When one is an addict, you need those "bridges" to eventually cut off any crutches. As for cancer, 67% of cancers are not caused by any bad habits but are a roll of the dice. When someone is obese, certainly morbidly obese, and you tell them they can't use stevia, monk fruit, erithrotol, etc., so they fail and get worse, shame on you! That is calculated sabotage. It would be better for some to even get surgery if that's the only way to lose weight, elevate the quality of their life, and prolong their life. I get really tired of people virtue signaling. As a fitness professional for decades, the people who do that the most are usually not satisfied with where they are, so they attack others to prop themselves up. If something is working for YOU, great. But persecuting people for where they are is something that the struggle should have taught us all is wrong. I'm not excluding myself here. I have to check myself everyday when insecurities and self loathing creep in. We need to support one another. I have friends on diabetes medications that control their blood sugars and helped them lose weight. One of them is being judged every day when she, at 61, works out 2 to 3 days per week doing heavy resistance training with cardio between, and has lost 140 lbs.. She knows she's a work in progress, so when people judge her, I tell her to remember where she came from when she could barely walk, and use their dirty looks and unwanted helpful tips as motivation to keep going. She eats plenty of carbs, but she's improving every day. I eat nothing from a plant but only drink rooibos and coffee as bridges, and, yes, I use stevia. I also have a max bench of 240 lbs. and am turning 59. I was the biggest food addict you could ever meet and used, what I called exercise bulemia to look like a fitness model in my 40s. In other words, I didn't puke. I worked out way too much. I was a premier trainer because I looked like a superhero. My nickname was "Xena." But I was eating crap. I ate fully loaded bagels with bacon, cheese, egg, mayo and washed it down with chocolate smoothies. Now, I'd kill for that body, and I literally have no choice but to be carnivore because eating plants gives me chronic IBS. Nobody would have judged me as I wolfed down pizza and spaghetti because I looked like an athlete. But when folks gain weight from menopause, or illnesses, etc., the claws come out. To all of those who are using bridges, no matter where you are in the process of cleaning up your eating, I salute you for your efforts because I know how hard it is to wake up every morning and make those conscious decisions not to slide back into old bad habits. Relapse happens and you just hop back on the wagon. Love yourself NOW as you are. Getting to your goal so you can be "happy" is a myth. Be happy in your journey because happiness is not dependent on others. It's a choice.
One of the best comments I’ve ever read!
@@petebowen9031 wow. Thank you. It came from the heart.❤️
Thanks ❤
I thought using artificial sweeteners is more of a physiological effect that will still increase your insulin
It seems to at least in some people. I’m a type 1 diabetic so it’s not a problem for me.
A long time ago (in this galaxy) I began drinking
Slimfast as a meal substitute. It was SO GOOD that I began drinking it WITH my meals...
You can guess what happened. I ended up with 220lbs on my 5'8" frame.
Yeah i found stevia flavored dring powder and stevia drops quite usefull. Mild thoughts about something sweed --> i will mildly flavor and sweeten watert. Strong thoughts about something sweet --> i will make myself bit oversweetened drink (not much) ---> soon just mildly sweet drink is enough again :)
How does one move from applying Nutritional information about carbohydrates Practically yet avoid the trap of overthinking and over analyzing
I eat one-ingredient foods for the most part (I’m carnivore). So not a lot of nutrition labels to check or think about. Works for me.
Artificial Sweeteners need to be removed the same as Sugar!
When I used Coke Zero and Diet Ginger Beer my weightloss stalled. Did not gain though.
Thank you. I was a bit worried about aspartame in the gum.
Black tea and stevia is my cure to sweet tooth and sugar addiction.
You're a treasure.
Dr. I drink Stevia daily and I try to go easy. I use it in coffee and LMNT, daily. I never thought about giving it up. Are you saying I should cut down and eventually stop? Oh my. I don't eat any fake foods.
I think I'm lm ketosis. I have a light headache, I stay thirsty,I feel week. But I've lost 7cm around my waist.
What about the allulose and the new studies showing its benefits
Just a confession...I consume at least a 2 liter of diet cola...daily. The thought of going without it seems like an impossible feat. This makes me think that I likely am someone for whom artificial sweeteners causes a sweet-seeking problem. Ugh.
Great video, but what do I do if I'm addicted to sugar free soda and want to give it up? Is there some kind of mind hack I can use?
Would you enjoy water with lime or water infused with cucumber? In restaurants I like water with lime as my drink. It’s refreshing. Also saves me $3 or more lol. You can probably step down quantity wise by replacing half of the diet sodas with water with lime or with plain water if you like plain water. After a few months you can replace 2 out of 3 with water. Eventually you can drop it altogether if that is your goal replacing 100% with water or water with lime and or cucumber.
How is Monk fruit an ARTIFICIAL sweetener?
Aspartame ? Surely not ? 😕
Hi Doc, where do you stand on preservatives like Sodium Erythorbate and Sodium Nitrite in bacon. In my keto/carnivore diet that i started back in August, i eat about 8-9 thick slices of Smithfield’s Applewood smoked bacon a day. It tastes really good and the favorite food in my diet. But seems there is a lot of debate about sodium nitrates in the human diet? My BUN increased from 23-27 after starting this diet and creatine decreased from 1.27 to 1.19. Triglycerides dropped from 125 to 65. HDL increased from 38 to 48. HbA1C from 5.8 to 5.6. Could the increase in BUN be due to the addition of so much bacon to my diet. My previous breakfast was a bowl of steel cut oats, chopped pecans, ground flax seed and fresh blueberries and raspberries added.
Don't worry about the nitrites in your bacon - Dr ken berry will tell you why :
th-cam.com/video/8Ygs2j0v0sU/w-d-xo.html
Hi Dr Cywes! First of all, thank you for your valuable insights that you keep providing us with. I was stuck at 94KG and above for a few years, and now I am at 87, after little over a month.
There is only one question that is bugging me. For someone who has only been insulin resistant (assumingely, undiagnosed) and is practicing a martial art such as Judo, is it safe to have elevated cholesterol levels? Intense training also comes with a lot of non-nutritional inflammation, and I’d like to know if in this case, elevated LDL will build up plaques. Thank you kindly 🙏
I seem to be fighting a tremendous uphill battle. I seem to be able to get to a certain “fat point” and then my soul just rebels 😂 I went from 300lbs to 230lbs on a low carb protocol but have slowly rebounded to 250 and I’m stuck. It’s the carbs. I am struggling to stay under 100g/day let alone anything less than that and many days it’s higher especially with weight training. Really appreciate the content. Perhaps you could speak to Splenda. Is it generally the same as the others? Thanks.
I see your point. Only Black bears live in the Rockies. There's no more grizzley's 😂
Dr Cywes, you've contradicted your message in other videos. You've stated unequivocally that replacement foods such as keto bread and the like are as harmful as non alcoholic beer. These look alikes, as you call them in this video, serve the same purpose of transition for many people as the beverages you mentioned. Show some consistency in your messaging to help your community better deal with the initial stresses of getting away from the standard western diet
I have been a strict Ketovore/Carnivore for over a year and a half now with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas when I do make a keto treat using stevia or monkfruit. This is so I have something to share (if anyone else wants a healthier dessert option - like my son) and to have a piece or two when everyone else is eating sweetened cranberries, pumpkin pie, and many other sugary treats. I do not make them the rest of the year, not even on my birthday. Do you still think this is problematic?
Mivolis.
Talk about Mivolis,
Does glycine give a cephalic response to raise insulin?
Sir, I am very confused now after watching your presentation on a carnivore diet....I am trying to stop a cancer tumour growing through diet, and I have just finished reading....THE CHINA STUDY, by Dr Colin C Campbell, who says meat feeds cancer cells, and also, how the OKINAWA (Japan,) who live a long life eat tofu,and sea vegetables, and the HUNZA TRIBE, known for their long life, how they eat apricot kernels, (cyanide), from the apricots they grow. I have just stared eating them, along with almonds, nuts, oats, chia seeds and flaxseed, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, tahini, cocoa, cocoa butter, avocado, red onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, basil, raspberries, sweet potatoe, tomatoes, seaweed, coconut, coconut oil, soya beans, lentils and barley....I also suffer sever constipation all the time and now I don't know what to eat to stop this tumour growing.....Please can you help me?....I would be very grateful....Thank you for your time....🙏🙏🙏🙏
Fiber actually CAUSES constipation, not relieve it. I wouldn't eat anything you have on your list there especially the soy. All soy is GMO/toxic, contaminated with glyphosate and will disrupt your hormones. Seeds are useless and too high in omega 6. Stay a mile away from oats; too high in carbs also glyphosate ridden. Stick to meat and eggs. Lots of disinformation about meat; don't believe it it's not true.
In my experience, artificial sweeteners are best used very sparingly. I’m down 60 lbs through various stages of keto, ketovore … not only that but gained numerous health benefits and finally breaking my food/carb addiction after 40 years of it.
I had to unsubscribe from some keto TH-camrs because their whole channel became cooking look alike foods. It was obviously slowing their progress and making me think about food every single day. Keto Chow shakes, ice cream, pumpkin caramel bread, pancakes etc etc. I want to focus on the other wonderful things in life like exercise, family, meat😂😂
You can live without ARTIFICIAL!!
Can the stimulate an insulin release?
For sure
Good subject
Cancer thrives on Sugar , Sugar addictive's and maybe Sugar Alcohols. No surprise in anything, anymore .
When my girlfriend told me, several years ago, she felt Sugar Addictive's caused her Cancer , I just listened.
She would drink 40 ounce of Tea, she addictived those little pink packets to her Tea.
First off, I hate Tea, all I do is drink water.
Last night I end up getting a call, I was told my cousin right now has Cancer and they can't (hospital ) figure out where
it came from. That's heart broke my heart. Another family member has Cancer too .
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What can I use in my Morning Coffee to Replace Sugar. Artificial Sweeteners e.g. Phenylalanine and Aspartame have literally nearly killed me. I am Deadly Allergic to them and I go into ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK if I Ingest even a small amount. This is not Psychosomatic. I would like an answer. I have to carefully read every Food Label. I get a Metallic taste if anything Artificial is detected.
I have looked at the Chemical Makeup of these products and don’t understand why this happens.
I have been unable to obtain a reason or explanation from a lot of Doctors I have consulted.
The Chemical makeup is similar:
Sucrose Formula is C 12 , H 22, O 11.
Aspartame Formula: C14, H 18, N 205
Phenylalanine Formula: C9, H11, NO, 2
I have not tried Stevia due to reading these results.
Long Term use of Stevia significantly increased
cholesterol levels and significantly decreased HDL levels (serum high-density lipoproteins) and increased LDL levels (serum low-density lipoproteins). Levels of free fatty acids were significantly higher than those of control groups
I would greatly appreciate any feedback. Thanks.