I'm not paying any attention to a 7 day observational study done without proper controls. They were looking for a predetermined conclusion out of bias.
Agreed. If what he said is true, not to take a baseline is an irresponsible as a researcher, but then again, self reporting can be very skewed (...and yes, I know things can get skewed by changing parameters, but not getting baseline info is just plain ignorant). It's similar to saying, "I lost 10 lbs" and not measuring your starting weight.
My father is a diabetic and when he was in hospital he was put on a 'low carb diet ' he was aloud 150 carbohydrates per meal! 🙀 I found this insane, many doctors do not understand what low carb means, now my diabetic 78 year old mother doesn't listen to the doctors, she eats 20 carbs a day only, lots of meat and fat, she doesn't need insulin and her A1C is perfect, 😄
150 what? There is no such thing as 150 carbohydrats. Must be calories or grams, I assume. There is a HUGE difference between 150g of life carbs and 150 calories from carbs. 150 grams of carbs will be a lot more than 150 calories.
@@HansenFT they literally said 150 carbs a meal, so if say the grape juice was 40 carbs, then the bread 24, the rice 60, the mashed potatoes 20, his chicken was zero, and then he could have a diet popsicle at 6 carbs, they had us figure out his meals like this everytime we ordered, I really thought it was insane, one of his meals really consisted of rice and mashed potatoes, for a diabetic!
@@G8Grape , Same thing happened to my dad when he was hospitalized for diabetic complications. The menu choices were ridiculous. Everything was highly processed and they literally served him straight carbs with carbs. I was so sad about the horrible food they were encouraging him to eat. Like would it be that difficult to offer real food, in smart combinations such as protein, fiber, fat and less carbs? Ugh, hospitals!
Let me tell. you, many doctors do understand that the ADA is corrupt to the core and their low carb diet is a business model. They can not talk to dietitians since they are also under a protocol. Everything is out for money, damn the patients.
Epidemiology sure. What is missing are the real correctly controlled RCT'S from birth till death. Never going to happen so the marketing and narratives keep flying like mosquitos😅
@@reason3581 there are short term epidemiology studies. Yes. Several. There are many observational study on carnivore. And there are all the studies of "tribes" and groups such as Inuit tribe and many others. No long term controlled RCT'S (birth till death) proving anything related to any specific diet. No one wants to volunteer to be locked up for life to complete a controlled test.
I use a low carb version of the Mediterranean diet, lost 40 pounds, rid myself of inflammation, and lowered my insulin requirement 50 percent even though I was highly insulin resistant and had the best lab tests in my life. I got my first A1C below 6.0. Type 1 diabetic for 63 years.
This diet saved my life. Insulin resistance sounds much better than diabetes, cancer, stroke and a heart attack. My insulin is so resistant now that I lost 40 pounds and my prediabetes and high blood pressure are now fully reversed.
Are you stupid? Insulin resistance IS diabetes! I went on keto for 6 months and became SEVERELY insulin resistant. Carbs and sugar are extremely dangerous to me now. Keto ruined my life!
The same source who has put fruit loops and lattes on the bottom (the grain section they suggest you eat the most of) of the new updated food triangle. The triangle has always been upside down and this enforces it.
I have been doing Keto for 2 years and started carnivore on March 17th 2023. I am feeling absolutely amazing. Joint pains are gone, and I no longer need to go to the chiropractor. Indigestion is gone as well. I started doing press-ups, and in the first week, I did 35 per day, which was 5 more than I usually do. I have steadily increased the number every day and did 70 a few days ago! I can't believe it! What I added was boron, which was suggested by one of the many doctors I follow on TH-cam. That took it to another level. I am 67 years young and will never eat vegetables again. No carbs, absolutely no carbs. I have not put sugar in my coffee or tea for at least 40 years. Another effect of this diet is that the plaque on my teeth has completely gone. After about a week, I could feel it coming off, a very strange sensation. Additionally, I no longer have bleeding gums. I only take thyroxine for my underactive thyroid. I hope to get off of it over the next year on this diet. I think this is far superior than any 7 day trial. But then I’m not a scientist or doctor so what do I know.
@richardly1543 No, even on a strict keto you still eat 20-30 g of carbs because all vegetables have carbs. You cannot avoid them. Besides, once you have regained your slim figure you can restart to eat every day up to 150 g of carbs without getting thick again. That is my experience.
I learned one fact in the past 3 yrs. They don't want us to be healthy and independent. They need us to be sickly, weak and needing medical intervention
Old Grandpa Jenkins, a venerable relic of Lowcarbville, was as much a part of the town as the old church steeple or the babbling brook that ran through the heart of the valley. His sun-worn skin was an atlas of laugh lines and tales untold, and his snowy white hair caught the afternoon light, lending him an ethereal glow. Seated on his well-worn porch, he overlooked the world with a sparkling gaze as clear as the blue skies above. By his side, like a golden ray of the setting sun, lay Bessie, his loyal Labrador, her fur shimmering in the tender light, eyes half-closed in contentment. As they reclined in the warm embrace of the afternoon sun, Grandpa Jenkins took a sip of his ice-cold lemonade, a quiet symphony of citrus notes and icy chills dancing on his tongue. His mind spun tales, as the bubbles in his drink ascended in a sparkling procession towards the heavens above, like tiny celestial bodies on an eternal quest. A ruckus arose from the backyard of the house beyond his porch, rousing Grandpa Jenkins from his contemplation. It was the Thompson twins, their energy as unfettered as the cascading waterfall in the nearby hills, and the notorious redneck kid from the house behind, Billy-Joe. They were huffing and puffing, tossing timbers over the fence into Billy-Joe's yard, their faces flushed with the thrill of their illicit endeavor. Billy-Joe's parents, upon discovering the wooden intruders strewn across their yard, roared in indignation. They thundered at the Thompson twins, their voices echoing through the serenity of Lowcarbville. When the twins pleaded innocence, blaming Billy-Joe, the young renegade retorted, "You lie, you lie, you lie!" Grandpa Jenkins chuckled, his heart warmed by the drama playing out. It reminded him of the recent fuss in town over a new study proclaiming that low carb diets caused insulin resistance. Being from Lowcarbville, the town took its carbs very seriously. He picked up a copy of the report that lay on his table, the words printed as black and white soldiers of truth. Yet, as he delved into the pages, he felt a twinge of familiarity. He saw the Thompson twins in the statistics and graphs, their truth obscured by a swirl of numbers and scientific jargon. The study's subjects reported their food intake in a manner almost akin to the kids' truth. It was as if the researchers had asked the twins to toss timbers of data over a metaphorical fence without understanding their origins or consequences. And when the findings emerged, voicing the shocking correlation between low carbs and insulin resistance, the townsfolk, like Billy-Joe's parents, had a fit. Grandpa Jenkins took another sip of his lemonade, its icy sweetness cutting through the afternoon haze. He realized that just as the Thompson twins were wrongly blamed, so too were the low carb diets. Both victims of hasty judgment and misinterpretation. Bessie stirred at his side, her golden coat gleaming with wisdom and comfort. Her gentle eyes seemed to understand the complexity of the situation, embodying the tranquility that comes with accepting that all truths have their shade of gray. She nudged her head onto his lap, a wordless comfort in the confusion that seemed to take root in the hearts of Lowcarbville's inhabitants. As he scratched behind her ears, Grandpa Jenkins contemplated the way 'facts' could be bent, twisted, and skewed, all depending on the perspective. Perhaps, he thought, the true essence lay in unraveling the many layers of perception, and accepting that truth, like poetry, is often a prism, refracting different shades of reality based on the angle of interpretation. And with that, he leaned back in his rocking chair, Bessie by his side, ready to witness the endless play of truth and illusion under the vast, cloud-speckled canvas of Lowcarbville’s sky.
No way, I was insulin resistant 7 years ago. I changed my diet totally and I reversed the insulin resistance for 7 years now. I refused to be diabetic and take medicine.
As a result of an adhesion from a previous surgery, I recently had emergency surgery for a strangulated intestine. My doctors were amazed at my blood test results and my lack of inflammation despite the fact that I am in my 50s. For 14 months, I had been following a ketogenic diet strictly and exercising daily. A low carb diet has changed my life , I feel 20 years younger and it has helped me recover quickly from an unexpected medical emergency.
I’m 3 years full carnivore and at 45 I’m in the best shape of my life! Lost 50 pounds and I have zero inflammation left in my back from a herniated L4L5 and Arthritis!
@@tjsullivan4793 - if your triglycerides are low, HDL high, then your high LDL is most likely the good fluffy kind. An advanced lipid test will show this.
I met 2 teenage type 1 diabetics when I was a teenager back in the 80's on a residential activity holiday. They were both zero carb (carnivore) and found it great for allowing their body to not have to be mothered all the time. I found it amazing as I'd had an aunty die long before my time from type 1 and I'd imagined it to be a life distroying thing. I am now carnivore myself and wish I'd done it 40 years ago. I used to go hypo and feel faint after a few hours of hard work but on carnivore I can go 24/36 hours and feel so awake and fighting fit, I feel like a teenager again and the weight loss is tarific too.
At almost 4 years on keto. Lost 230+lbs, Can run for miles, Walk/workout everyday and at 36 am in the best shape of my life. If I can do it, Anyone can!
Recently, I hit my one year mark on my complete carnivore diet. I am 61. Just meat- no grains, no veggies, no fruits, just meat. and my overall health has improved tenfold. I'm down to 120 lbs, (from 158) my arthritis and psoriasis are in complete remission and my aging has actually reversed. The brown spots on my hands and face went away...the callous at the bottom of my foot went away...I stopped snoring...my gums stopped bleeding....my eyesight has improved as I no longer need bifocals..i stopped grinding my teeth..I can sleep on demand...and my hair is growing like crazy..the mental clarity is unbelievable. ..i just had my yearly physical and my sugar was 80...A1c 4.5...110/70 pressure...heart rate..80. My cholesterol shot up but cholesterol has nothing to do with heart disease (not ONE proven study) so I'm not worried. ..who funded this one? the same who funded the erythritol bogus study? I don't beleive them anymore...
Ahh - the dreaded cholesterol - lol. Now we have studies coming out that people over 50 years old with higher than "normal" cholesterol actually have lower all-mortality rates. Such a lie we've been sold for so many years! I'm very happy for your health success!!
Just curious, I'm 90% carnivore, avocados and blueberries are the ONLY plant based material I get here and there just because I enjoy them so much but my question is, you mentioned ONLY meat...do you include eggs? Eggs are considered carnivore, I usually have anywhere from 4 to 5 eggs every day...pasture raised only, the yolks are so much more amber and beautiful in color, you can tell they are very dense in nutrition.
Almost 55 years old. Just started doing a keto diet 2 weeks ago. Went to doc told him I just started keto. He happens to be a big fan of that. Gave me some guidelines. Had blood work done after first week. Going to have my bloodwork done again in 90 days to see any changes.
Thank you for this, as this was the kind of study the high carb food producers are putting out. I am 81 years old and have lost over 50 pounds in the last 3 years and keep it off. I am so healhy and never sick. I feel 40 at over 80. You will never get me on sugar or high carb foods again. I eat the best organic meats and organic greens and that is about all. I know it works .
Yea exactly, the food lobby is extremely powerful and have a vested interest in pushing sugars/grains. My results on my own health speak for themselves
And.. I bet you are not HANGRY!! carbs are a filler.. and it fools the body,., For a minute, then it realizes there's no nutrients.. so... You get hungry again. Today. I probably will burn 10,000 calories doing some spring cleaning. I'm eating tuna with Mrs dash and a tsp of mayo. On criminal bread. With potato chips. But my dinner will be meat and pan seared vegetables, in olive oil. I eat baked potatoes and sweet potatoes, plantains.. those type of carbs once a week. But only before the work I know will metabolize it. And I start with a jump on my air jogger to prepare my body for the carbs in this bread. Then I sit 15 minutes and then get to 4 hrs of LABOR. WEIGHT BEARING LABOR. Otherwise, I don't eat them. Today, I'll also allow myself some ice cream and granola with pure maple syrup or honey. TREATS .. RARE TREATS.. JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT DEPRIVE MYSELF OF A CRAVING. I eat it, figure out what my body is really craving, and eat that or take a supplement. I was diagnosed with 2diasbetes 5 years ago. I did metformin, nutritionist, and more exercise but in a particular order and began eating BREAKFAST. PROTIEN, which I never did for years. I'd eat at like 3. I broke down into English what the nutritionist said.. after she said no one listens to her anyway, but it's her job so she did her speel. I showed her my interpretation with visuals.. she said that's right. So I have her my visuals and told her she should explain it to all patients like that. 6 months later, when I saw her again, she said her patients were doing fantastic. Her job description, in medical terms was shutting off the patients and made it sound like too much work. And too confusing throwing terms they never heard so couldn't understand without a medical dictionary. And I suggested they WANT dieticians to do this so patients fail and stay in the system.. $$ She never thought of it like that.. but agreed, as she had been spoken to after her patients started doing well and getting off metformin, which she was honest with me about at go,, " it is a gateway to insulin" But used short term, in the right routine, one can be off it in 6 months, like Prednisone, it should be a taper dosing. I was her first ever patient to go on and off it in 8 months. Never had issues since. Meat and veg.. greens.. and I love my foods. I have a lot to choose from and never rotate the same foods weekly, I start by what's on sale..
Thanks for sharing. Gives me hope. I'm in worse shape in my forties than most ppl I see around town in their 60s and 70s. I talked out of keto precovid by several doctors. Needless to say my conditions have worsened not improved despite working with dieticians. So I'm glad there's hope that with keto I can turn it around and feel better so I can get some comfort & joy out of life
I really liked your recent take on “Mediterranean Keto,” and that’s what I’ve been gravitating towards. (I think the biggest problem is that people just want to eat too much, too often…)
I believe it’s about balance. When I’m in the rainforest doing Ayahuasca and being that aligned to nature we eat rice and plantains etc. I truly believe it’s a mix. If we look at ancient tribes our diets were never consistent. Some days all we ate was the meat we caught or just fish then there were days it was fasting or then veggies and fruits. Intuitive eating plays into that as well too. Our world is so disconnected to their bodies and we have been conditioned into regimented ways of eating and controlling diet. When I am my healthiest is when I am aligned to nature and following nature cues. Whenever I return to the city the food first of all tastes completely different. The chemicals and falsity of how we cultivate food disconnects our natural energetic connection to food. There is a link. I have only learned this through the shaman path and after years of digestion issues due to an autoimmune disease that attacks my liver. I am now almost 50 and at my healthiest with a range of fasting different times a week and mixing my foods between carbs and fat. I would suggest going and study with some shamans outside of our society because they have wisdom beyond these research papers
Exercise, exercise, exercise was the turning point for my insulin resistance. Diets can only do so much. But carbs are essential in the end, for health.
I had a high carb diet. My blood work showed my C-Reactive Protein high with rheumatoid arthritis. Fast forward 2 years, cut ( gluten ) carbs down by 75% my C-Reactive protein still high but no detection of arthritis in my blood work. I’ll keep going this route to hopefully get the inflammation down in my body and my lupus will be under control.
If you have actual medical conditions go full keto! It's not even worth it for me to get off/cheat keto and my problems are minor compared to yours! Go all the way!
This the first video of yours I stopped short on at the 5 minute mark because you said that they didn’t do blood work before, so this study is not even worth me committing to memory. Love your videos, thank you! Keep up the great work!
I'm the same. How I'm feeling is "proof" enough for me. And even _if_ and that's a big IF the findings are correct, I value quality of life over quantity anyway.
Exactly. Why would you prefer a population-level generalisation to your own more direct person-specific experience? Just as N=1 is not generalizable from 1 person to whole populations, so does the reverse apply. (" My granny drank a gallon of hooch for breakfast each day and lived to be 150". Great. And SO WHAT?)
So, you don't care what life-ruining effects it could have on other people, because it makes you feel good? Have you considered what would happen to you if you ever needed to go back to carbs? You're basically giving yourself diabetes.
@@T-aka-T "Why would you prefer a population-level generalisation to your own more direct person-specific experience?" EXACTLY! people have been so brainwashed to trust "studies" over "anecdotal evidnece" - even if the anecdotal is THEIR ACTUAL LIVED EXPERIENCE 🤦🏾♀🤦🏾♀
I have been doing a no carb / low carb diet for about 1.5 years now. I am a Type 2 Diabetic. I had an A1C of 11 IN Feb of 2022. In April of 2o22 My A1C dropped to 5.9 I lost 50 pounds. and ALL my health numbers were in the normal range. My family docotr was overwlemed wiih my reults. I have been able to maintain all the numbers and changed to check ups 2 times a year in stead of every 4 months. I have followed many of the suggestions on this channel that helped me become successful. I feel greater than ever at the age of 54. I have a wealth of energy and can even enjoy some foods I previously could not. Thank You for your information Thomas and the guidance you provide on this channel. My previous hospital team had me on 72grams of carbs per meal 3 times a day, and 23 grams of carbs for snacks 2 times a day and I was not getting any better. I took matters into my own hands and dropped it all to 20 grams of carbs per meal and no snacks. BAM! I am now healthier than ever and enjoying life. This may not work for everyone but it worked for me with no issues. My A1C currently is 5.73 If I keep this up a little longer there will be no more metformin needed. I am currently researching workout information for a diabetic, not much out there, so I can bulk up a bit and build more muscle
Those roads are simply breathtaking to ride. My wife and I ride from Wagga Wagga to Melbourne every 6 or so weeks to spend time with our grandaughter and when we do we always take the "long way" through Beechworth, Bright, Whitfield pass etc on the way down. It turns it into a full day trip but the opportunity to take our MY07s through them there hills is always worthwhile. We are so blessed to be born in this amazing country.
I was completely Keto for three years and then fell pregnant, and on a glucose tolerance test I was found to be barely over the mark for my first thing in the morning fasting glucose test. (In Ireland, this was a 5.1), although the glucose one hour after each time part of the test I easily passed. I was classified as "gestational diabetic" and made to go to a talk with some other pregnant women with information from the 1970s on how to deal with it. Hugely frustrated, I found taking a small snack last thing at night ended the issue. I had perfect blood sugar readings for the rest of my pregnancy (I was 45), and after the birth, I heard about cycling off and on Keto every 3-4 months. I then cycled off keto and then back on every 3-4 months for a couple of months. Because of being diagnosed "gestational diabetic" during pregnancy, I have to have yearly blood tests now. Everything gets checked on them. EVERYTHING IS PERFECT. My blood glucose was 4.8 this year. I am 47.
I appreciate the point about dietary history before this one week study, which is insane anyway because of detoxing. I tried clean Keto twice and both times it made me severely ill (second time triggered severe IBD flare up and I was in fetal position in agony for 6 months), however that is not because keto is bad but because I have so many auto immune conditions that conflict with one another that I need to figure out a way to get to a place where I can handle something like Keto (the book dirty genes is a great explanation for why healthy foods can backfire and how to work towards a body that can handle it). For example, keto made my skin and brain feel much better, but my IBS&IBD couldn't handle all the cruciferous veggies and clean oils I was having each day. My body CRAVES protein and I do much better on high protein diets, but I have severe ME/CFS so because my mitochondria is malfunctioning, all my organs are sluggish/oxygen-deprived and I struggle to digest food in general. Starches are easier for people with ME, but they also trigger fungal infections for me. So, my body's immediate reaction to something does not determine how good or bad something is, only that I'm sensitive in this moment. The best option for me is the Auto-Immune Protocol diet (AIP) which is paleo. That doesn't mean it is better than keto, just that it is the one that causes the least suffering lol. So my point is, with such a small sample size in that study, it's hard to know what other factors could misrepresent the efficacy. On the flip side, despite all my illnesses, my bloodwork has always looked insanely good and baffled doctors - so I can present as being super healthy when clearly I'm not. So I agree, the FULL picture needs to be presented for each person in a study. What is the disease history of these patients? Were there other life changes during that week such as more stress at work? But to be honest, the minute I see a sample size of less than 1k (and even that is small), and that it was only for a week.....yeah, that's not a serious study.
low carb reversed my Insulin resistance and saved my health ! And I was not over weight I was lean and athletic. My younger years of high carb caused my insulin resistant.
Tom, thanks for interpreting these new studies. It’s important to have a knowledgeable individual such as yourself deciphering the latest information. Thank you!
I’ve been on carnivore and intermittent fasting (16/8) for just over two months. I’ve lost 14 pounds! My weight goal is to lose 50 pounds in nine months. I now realize on carnivore I can be any weight I want.
Not to ‘burst your bubble’ but starting Carnivore will dump a bunch of water weight. It’s still a great diet, just don’t expect this initial surge of weight loss to continue.
Great video, Thomas! It's refreshing to see you critically analyze and question the validity of nutritional studies. The sensationalized and oversimplified findings of many studies can be misleading and cause confusion among viewers. I appreciate how you highlighted the flaws in this particular study's methodology, such as relying on self-reported data and not considering important factors like sleep. It's crucial to approach nutritional research with nuance and consider the complexities of different types of carbohydrates and fats. Thank you for shedding light on the limitations of these studies and emphasizing the need for critical evaluation. Keep up the great work, Thomas!
Here's one for you guys. Im 47 After suffering with long covid that has given me really bad brain fog for years now. Also with it depression and anxiety. I recently chucked myself back into the gym. Changed my diet to meat eggs and a couple of selected veg. Cut out the carbs and sugar. Hey f00kin presto back feeling brand new with constant energy levels and much better mental focus. Im losing my belly fat and gaining lean muscle. Before this my energy would peak and trough and i felt absolutely horrendous all of the time. I actually felt that bad i thought i was getting dementia. Please get yourselves off the highly processed junk and eat properly. You will find you no longer need to snack all of the time which will actually save you money 😊
Started the carnivore diet about a month ago and all my gut issues seemed to go away, health and fitness have increased 10 fold and my labs look great.
It's like the WHO put out a statement recently telling everyone how bad sugar substitutes are for weight loss due to not being sustainable. I for one have been using it for years and am able to control my cravings. Been maingaining for 3 years now, low carb and single digit body fat.
Strange indeed. I have been keto/now carnivore for over 3 years, and my insulin resistance has def been reversed, glucose consistently under 100. I do not believe these studies, or most doctors anymore. I have never felt better, am not on any meds, and am almost 72.
I love that your calling them out 😂 your 💯 correct. Most people cannot balance a checkbook 😂 your videos are so full of education and my brain needs it. Thank you so much for posting regularly and helping us all learn these things.
My primary doc, who is a proponent of low carb living, told me there are some people with diabetes whose blood sugar is better regulated on a mostly vegan diet. The point is that everyone’s biology is different and while there are trends, ultimately you need to find what works best for you.
Sounds like the person doing the study was a graduate student needing to publish a paper in order to graduate. The department gave little funding to the student and thus only a single round of blood test were able to be done.
It's not only about carbs and what type and how much you eat. It's also about how it's packade. If you eat an fruit raw as it is or if you eat the same fruit as juice the juice suger will go fatser into your body. When eating raw fruit the fibers will make the suger take longer time to reach your blood.
Thanks for this info Thomas. Let me first say, I love keto/low carb way of eating. It has helped me to lose weight and overcome my tendency to overeat. My son has T1D and about 3 years ago he tried going keto/low carb. When he was eating low carb, his blood sugars were perfect but if he had to correct for a low blood sugar with even 15 grams of carbs his blood sugar would shoot up 200 points higher than what it would previously off low carb/keto. He also had a harder time getting it back down. I’ve seen reports from other T1D having the same issue. I’ve read that it could possibly be consuming high amounts of fat overfilling the cells and not allowing the cells to utilize insulin. Definitely would love to see more research especially consuming saturated fat vs unsaturated. Thank you for always keeping us updated on the latest research. ❤
Ive been following an endocrinologist who has had patients come in who were Type 2 diabetic and had been eating no carbs at all... multiple patients. Their livers were releasing too much glucose to compensate for the lack of carbs in their diet.
@@RobCGilliam you let your body not be flooded with insulin. It takes time for your body to get used to the correct signaling responses. You also may have a sensitivity/allergy to certain foods you’re eating.
@@RobCGilliam A1C measures average bonded glucose in the blood so if the results are off, either you're not monitoring correctly/continously or there could be an issue related to your blood or something physiological in your blood affecting the test. When i looked up possibilities i got: Unhealthy hemoglobin conditions affect A1C accuracy - sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, iron deficiency, blood transfusion, kidney failure, or a similar disease. Some hemoglobin variant causes A1C error. Most people with a hemoglobin variant does not have any symptoms, and unknowing carry it. Higher than actual a1c may be due to Uremia and acetylated hemoglobin (massive dose ingestion of salicylates). Kidney disease, liver disease, hemoglobinopathy, and recovery from blood loss decreases A1C number. Vitamins C and E supplementation reported lower A1C by inhibiting glycosylation. Low A1C has an association with Iron-deficiency anemia. Baseline HbA1c level in anemic patients was lower than that in the control group. Additionally, a significant increase in the patients' HbA1c levels after two months of anemia treatment. Low A1C found in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnant women due to short erythrocyte lifespan. A1C accuracy can also report being influencing by vitamin C and E intake. To avoid errors, avoid taking these supplements for about 24 hours before the A1C test. Abnormal hemoglobin lifespan causes A1C error. If you have abnormal hemoglobin, then your HbA1C may be low in hemolytic anemia. The life span of RBC is short in hemolytic anemia so HbA1C may be on a lower side. In polycythemia and post-splenectomy patients where the red cell life is longer than usual. Thus HbA1C may be on the higher side. So be cautious when interpreting A1C results in these conditions.
@@kitxxxxxxx Thanks for your interest in terms of commenting in a helpful effort. My A1C is not inaccurate. Not sure how that is the topic here. Mutiple times measured by lab tests and twice home tests. The last home test was right at 5.5, the same as the lab test 2 months ago. My comment was that Keto did not reduce my A1C after 18 months of strict ketosis with intermittant fasting. In the last 2 months I've tested a vegan diet with moderate whole food carbs, low fat and moderate protein. Low fat because keto blew up my LDL-C levels. Sitting here this morning looking at my CGM the last day and it was in the 80's for my 14 hour fasting period. It barely hit 125 yesterday after meals with 50 g of carbs and quickly came down. If I have days like this consistently it would land my A1C close to 5.0.
@@RobCGilliam What blood type are you? There’s no one, single diet that works for everyone. Some people thrive more on low carb and/or meat based, while others thrive more on higher carb and/or plant based. Others fall somewhere in the middle. The main thing that most people would benefit from is keeping added sugars and highly processed foods low most days (I say most because diets don’t have to be perfect 100% of time and is unrealistic-aiming to eat healthier most days is the goal).
I am doing keto when I need to get rid of my allergies in the beginning of a summer. Works amazingly good. After three days of keto I go from running nose and itching eyes into perfectly healthy person. And this is not even strict keto, just eliminated bread and grains, starchy veggies too. I also try to buy clean food and reduce seed oils as much as possible. After I get rid of the hay fever symptoms I can even cheat some days by allowing myself to have a beer or a piece of cake.
Good stuff. Sounds like a bad study to be ignored. We do need studies like this. I just came out of 18 months of strict keto where I started with lots of saturated fats, but the last 6-8 months stuck to more unsaturated (e.g., lots of nuts & nut butter) fats. Fully aware of the view that LDL does not matter in many minds. But mine did go from a lifelong 80's to 180 in 12 months. And my A1C did not budge from the prior period of Mediterranean-based diet. That was a main goal being prediabetic in 2019 @ 5.9 A1C. A 3 month keto test then pushed it down to 5.5. But this 18 months of keto landed me in the exact same spot. So my A1C did not change and my LDL skyrocketed. My worry was how high LDL would impact my vascular system long-term. The risk was too high for me give the lack of research. So I'm on vegan + fish + some eggs now. Low fat, high protein, moderate carb. And I got a CGM to track this new change in diet. I'm getting days with average blood glucose around 100 which equals an A1C of 5.2 or so... lower than I've seen in many years. Lots of days in the 104-106 range. I feel great. I did on strict keto too for honesty and liked that diet. I'm seeing nighttime glucose in the 80s for long periods of sleep. When I first transitioned 6 weeks ago, I had massive spikes in blood glucose up to 180-200 from bowl of oatmeal. As I've strategically incorporated carbs, these spikes have reduced a lot. They were largest with the first meal of the day on fasted belly. Now I'm eating two big pieces of Daves killer bread toast with eggs whites and my one avocado a day, followed by a vegan protein shake with lots of berries and oat milk and my blood glucose peaks at around 125-130 and then back just below 100. My 700-800 cal dinners with beans, tons of veggies and fish peak at 125. If I have a lot of beans up to 135, but quickly back down to 100 and then in the 80-90s by 10 pm sleeping. I do not think low carb causes insulin resistance, but it may mask it. I do not think it solves insulin resistance. You're running on fat and that blocks insulin from unlocking the cells for glucose. Blood glucose only goes down because there is not carb intake. That's cool if you never need to worry about high LDL. I was just not willing to risk cardiovascular disease down the road. Pretty happy now on this mostly plant-based low fat diet. Once my LDL is back to normal, I'll add in more fats and reduce carbs a little, which may further lower my blood glucose and any spikes.
I think you’ve hit on it. I am a big fan of the mastering diabetes book and plan and it’s vegan. The author has a PhD and is type1 diabetic and an athlete. I like your take on it. He says keto works in the short term but is bad in the long term. I like your approach because of the variety of foods
@@betsyc6055 This source of information is what hit me like a rock after my LDL numbers doubled in one year on keto, and my A1C stayed the same. Perhaps all the fat was blocking the insulin pathway. My liver is still a bit overactive from all of that glucose production from the lack of carbs, but seems to be improving the insulin-glucagon signaling. And my pancreas seems to be improving in terms of much smaller spikes. And it has been nothing short of incredible how lean I got in 2 months on a vegan + fish & eggs diet.
Your comments make total sense. The internet is full of conflicting advice. Speaking from personal experience, I reduced my overweight problem (I wasn’t anywhere near obese) simply by reducing my carb intake and avoiding junk food. There is absolutely no doubt of the fact that high carb intake makes you constantly hungry Since I lowered my carbs my constant hunger literally disappeared. I exercise routinely, eat a balanced diet which includes red meat, drink a minimum amount of alcohol and everyone I know or meet thinks that I look 10 to 15 years younger than my actual age which is now approaching 70!
For those who won't read a lot of studies you always want to think about bias and power when really examining whether a study is useful. Observational studies, while not useless, are much more helpful when the population examined is really large (not this study). However, they contain bias as subjects are not blinded etc and can be influenced by the fact that they are in a study. Randomized controlled trials are useful in reducing this bias as subjects and interpreters are usually blinded (i.e. double blinded), and you will often hear Thomas talk about "meta analysis" which basically put together several studies (often can be a mix of RCTs and observational) which as you would imagine increase the power due to larger numbers and are considered higher quality. Regardless, good stuff as usual Thomas. Thanks
IDK, I was overweight with high blood pressure and a knee issue, two months of trace carbs, just protein and fat and my knee doesn't hurt, less joint pain, down 23 lbs, blood pressure is great, and this time (I've done this before but fell off) I'm not tired or sluggish and I have lots of energy to work out. I think I'm going to keep doing the things that keep me feeling good, like now, and adjust if I start feeling wrong or can't improve in sports performance, or if my numbers come in bad from blood work.
That’s not true. I have reached my goal and maintaining my weight with low carb. My doctor did her thesis on the ketogenic diet so I won’t be changing it any time soon.😂
@@aurapopescu1875 Actually, it just took a lot of perseverance, patience, and consistency. You can do it, too. Trust me, lol, I was pretty metabolically unlucky for a long time. I was 225 in 2012 and decided I was tired of being fat and started my fitness journey. It took years for me to finally get here. You can do it.
My ancestry comes from a moderate carb area of the world, so I've many generations that tolerate up to 100 carbs a day. But I got best results zeroing out the carbs. Look, if you're under 40 you can burn carb kindling without much damage. But after growth dies at 25 or so, your palette has to walk away from sweet to herbal. You ain't a kid anymore has real meaning.
@@foxiefair123 I was referring to your doctor!!!!!! I have been Keto for more than 4 years now. Reversed pre-diabetes and NAFLD plus so many other health benefits 🤗 But having a doctor who actually studied the ketogenic diet....... good for you 👍👍👍
I have been doing Keto for two years now. I have a fasting glucose of 87. Low triglycerides, my HDL is up, my LDL is down. I am fat adapted. I cycle. I used to need carbs every hour to ride. Now, I can ride close to 40 miles without needing to fuel up. I did a 100 mile bike ride a few months back. If I was still eating massive amounts of carbs, I would never have been able to do it.
Hi, what did you fuel up with during a bike ride? I'm on keto, also cycle, but I can only do 25-30 miles comfortably since I'm on the diet. Used to do 50-70 miles with moderate carb before.
I am not an expert, but every person I have ever met who went down the low-carb / fasting / carnivore diet route has become healthier than they have ever been. That matters more to me than these so-called studies.
I'm lifting weights more or less 40 yrs, turning 61 yrs old this yr and still 12 to 15 % bodyfat. My diet is still the same ever since I started my weight training, carbs, proteins and fats. Egg whites, chicken breast, sweet potatoes, rice, broccoli are the staples, I seldom eat beef. Have cheat meals every now and then and I stop taking whey protein about 10 yrs ago. No maintenance meds.
Thanks Thomas Just to put things in perspective, I'm 57 now and when I was 39 I got into the best shape of my life for a summer trip to Spain. I had my bf checked before I left (w pro calipers) and was at 8%. I was also close to the strongest I've ever been. I cooked all my own meals for 7 weeks and ate exactly 40% protein, 40% carbs and 20% fat except for my 'Cheat Meal' every Friday night I'd eat 2 large Popcorns at the movies. So my real carb intake was, you guessed it, probably 45%+. Ya, ... that study seems incorrect...
Have you looked at the gluten goddess? She looks at how you order your food (veges, protein and fat , then carbs) prevents glucose spikes. Instead the glucose entersbyour bloodstream slower and does less damage. Was reminded because sadly popcorn creates an even faster spike than eating white sugar! I was disappointed by that too.
@@wordzmyth Over the years I've tried other 'Cheat Meal' type foods. Honestly my Anecdotal-Bro conclusion is that massive amounts of popcorn is the ultimate cheat meal during a low carb cut bc it reloads glycogen and the fiber makes it better than rice, pasta or whatever sweets, etc... I didn't realize that 18 years ago but I do now. Big Carb reloads are the secret sauce of successful cuts...
I’m low carb the last 4 years and been normal weight 3 of those years. Health gets better ever year and that’s my finding in my own study. 56 and lovin life.
I think it’s important for people to try everything and see what works for them. I did keto for a while and it had benefits for me, but I wasn’t able to lose much weight with it and my performance in the gym was always bad, yes even after months of keto to become “fat adapted”. Conversely, I’m now doing a low fat higher carb diet, and my performance is much better and weight loss is happening. Will get blood work after a while on this and see where I’m at.
Kind of matches my story John. Keto did push my A1C down from 5.9 to 5.5 in 4 months and I lost 25 lb down to an ideal weight for me of 170. A1C of 5.5 was too close to prediabetes, so in the last 18 months I did even stricter keto and my A1C did not budge, but my LDL doubled. Decision time. Trust that high LDL was no big deal and keep keto even though it was not helping lower avg blood glucose, or try something different. I did like the cleanish keto. Main drawback was constant electrolyte problems and cramping while surfing. I moved to low fat pescatarian plant-based diet and cramps disappeared and after less than 2 month I got crazy lean. This is telling me my LDL is improving drastically as well. And this new CGM technology is showing glucose dropping in the 80s all night and now barely spiking after meals. If all days were like yesterday according to my CGM, my A1C is headed towards 5%.
@@RobCGilliam that’s good stuff. For me it was the horrible workout performance on keto. I felt great mentally when I first started keto but eventually started feeling kinda crappy overall. I’ve only been doing low fat for a couple weeks but feel a lot better
@@contrarian717 just track your LDL and liver enzymes. I loved the high good fat diet. But elevated LDL and AST is too worrisome, but we're all different. AST from 18 to 45 may be fatty liver development.
HACKS I DO: ZERO carb, Intermittent Fasting18/8, eating two meals a day? Eating in the 10AM to 5PM window. DOCUMENTING your progress with a Glucose/ketone meter? Still snacking? Not getting 8 hours sleep at least 3 hours after last calorie enters your lips? Still eating packaged crap with more than 3 or 4 ingredients? Not using a glass of lemon/lime ACV mixed in seltzer morning noon afternoon as a hack? After 60 years thinking milk chocolate and cookie dough was a food group, I was 67 when I went keto carnivore to lose the last 50 pounds 5 years ago. 272 is now 168 this morning. BS 84. A1C 4.8 to 5.1. Uric acid is 5.2. Use google to find yourself a path. Come with me if you want to live.
depend on your situation before you did keto and fast. is 110-120 lower than your blood glucose before? do you have diabetes? 110-120 after you eat is normal. after 6-7 hour no eating 110-120 is too high.
Not all carbohydrate are equal. The food contains refined carbs and low fiber are main problem of insulin spike. If a food contains complex type of starch like amylose and fiber then it will not rise blood sugar. And also Insulin Resistance depends on level of activity for an individual
Not only do we need more studies done on ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. But we need thoroughly done studies where the people doing the studies are held accountable with each other to fight bias. Because sadly as it sits right now, there's a "study" out there for nearly anything anyone wants to hear. Problem is a huge majority of them are trash, prove nothing, and sometimes accidently prove a contradictory point without realizing it.
I don't follow Keto but you make some absolutely valid points. If people are going to treat science like it's the final word then it must be GOOD science and even that isn't always infallible.
I knew that from the get-go. if you hardly ever eat carbs, your insulin secretion is low and the effect of your insulin is also botched. best thing is eat what you like, in moderation. Hello, isnt that what your parents always told you (those of you who are age 45-75) also, you can reverse insulin resistance simply by hard exercise if you can do it, thats how i fixed mine back in the day, and you can also just lose 20 to 30 lbs, that works as well, and there's a diet that is almost 100% carbs, called the starch solution, that also works. carbs are not the enemy. while you can fix some things with low carb, you have to stay low carb, and that's not enjoying your life in my opinion. This is for IR and type 2. type 1 is altogether different and is caused by not enough insulin secretion. type 2, often is caused by longstanding IR, whereby your insulin just isnt working even though you release a lot or enough. you can also stop eating for a few days to reverse IR. see Dr. Jason fung, that's his M.O.
The best diet is intermittent fasting. No depravity of food, just limits on how often you can eat. It’s nearly impossible to eat all your calories in 1 setting. As well, after a few days your appetite will naturally decrease. Just eat all you want in 1.5 hours, just make sure it’s a balanced diet not cupcakes. Yes, you can include dessert. After you hit your goal weight, divide your meal into 2 meals if you wish.
I can attest to this…. Long term low carb/keto caused massive spikes in blood glucose with severe crash and burn afterwards… I taught my body to tolerate carbs and be flexible enough to go without for exercise and fasting…. Metabolic flexibility should be the goal …. So do both, carbs and no carbs, cycle in and out all the time.
Good quality studies are extremely rare. Here is a perfectly fine alternative explanation with exactly opposite conclusion: people with insulin resistance tend to naturally eat lower card diet, e.g because too much carb makes them sick or other ways their body has some sort of signal pointing to the problem. Also, do I get it right that like half of the group of accidentally picked 120 people were insulin resistant (7 days of not..)? Or we are talking about 5 people out of 120 who were the low carb part of the gorup?
I actually saw massive spikes with diabetic dogs on low carb high protein diets . I was recommended to give my diabetic dog the raw meat diet . It was brutal for he blood sugar with huge spikes and drops in bloodsugar . Got off that diet brought balance and carbs into her diet and her sugar stabilized . Insulin needed carbs to work with to achieve balance . Actually the diabetic prescription food has carbs . It always comes back to balance . Protein is important and so are carbs if you promote them separately your going down the wrong path .
Life in moderation which includes FOOD! Balance … keep to the outer aisles of the grocery store, cook more at home and recognize feeding emotion oppose to nourishing the body. Thanks for the insight!
From this video I learned to go low on saturated fats and get my fats from olive , avocado and macadamia oils mainly to avoid lipotoxicity: I did not know that. Ty. Out go my lard, butter and coconut oil.
My weight is normal. I exercise regularly, and at most times I eat meals that have value in nutrition. I also like sweets, but do not indulge excessively. I like my carbs (good carbs as well as the bad carbs) and not ashamed to admit it. I also do 16h fast 3x/week. Eating is one of the most enjoyable things in life and I don’t feel the need to deprive myself of it.
I would say the study is right. I was always thin. And tried this low carb Keto carnivore. Felt really good at 1st for about 2 to 3 months Then everything went downhill. Maybe I just lost too much weight for my size but I would not recommend it for someone who's already thin. My blood pressure went through the roof. Just be careful. When you get dry mouth automatically your body is telling you something's wrong. So just stop and start eating carbs again.
This reminds me of when people say 12 step programs don’t work. I’ve been sober 17 years through a 12 step program and you couldn’t convince me otherwise. Same thing here.
My father in law has cancer. (Was diabetic for years before diagnosis) sedentary lifestyle, high carb diet. His treat costs a 100k a month. There is so much money in treatments (not cure!) so I am not surprised they find these studies.
Thomas I'm 53 years old and a few years ago I weighed over 300 lbs at 5 foot 9. I started watching your videos and started taking your advice and juicing and such and lost 75 pounds. I'm now at 233 lbs and having issues losing any weight anymore. I have a bad back and my left leg has nerve damage so I'm limited on too much exercises involving cardio really. To give an idea, I can take about 400 steps before my left leg starts going numb at the toes, the outside of my thigh feels like someone is holding a hot iron to it and my calf feels like it ran a marathon. My right leg is just fine. I used to be a runner when I was younger and that was my main style of exercising. After injuring my back and leg I fell into depression and gained a lot of weight. Went from 190lbs healthy to over 300 lbs. I was wondering if you could recommend a weight training plan that might benefit someone in my situation. God bless and thank you for all of the information
social media saying study says this and that but no proof where the sources are ! Best way is to listen to your body and do you blood works ( cholesterol, Lipo B protien, SGPT , HBA1C , FBS etc ) as your own proof . Check your vitals regularly such as blood pressure , heart rate .
Hi Thomas, I'm with Richard Horton, the editor of the Lancet. Here's what he says about studies: “The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness”
The study for 'Low carbohydrate intake correlates with trends of insulin resistance and metabolic acidosis in healthy lean individuals' was funded by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The authors mostly come from the Dasman Diabetes Institute and I did see some indications they promote a vegetarian (bordering on vegan) high fiber diet. The same diet that gave me chronic constipation! It would also appear that might be a conflict of interest with a true low carb / keto diet, which is often high animal flesh/fat. If someone was consuming up to 45% of energy from carbs, that implies they are on a mixed macro diet (often carbs & fat) and that will cause activation of the Randle Cycle, which is probably not a good thing. I've never done Atkins diet but I thought that started as proper low carb / keto then progressed towards mixing some carbs back in to the diet, so ultimately it was not low carb / keto? The study did not attempt to analyse the actual diets that were used and admits they did not check, so it might be a weakness in the results. They do comment on 'low' carb causing metabolic acidosis. Having metabolic acidosis comes with a long list of possible symptoms and I suspect most people on long term true low carb do not have any of those symptoms because they often feel better when low carb, not worse. I have never had any of those symptoms, except not wanting to stuff my face with food throughout the day and lower appetite is a symptom. I don't know who to believe these days. I found low carb / keto appears to have positive benefits for me with zero obvious negatives, whereas I know higher carb was causing issues, so I stay with low carb (
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I'm not paying any attention to a 7 day observational study done without proper controls. They were looking for a predetermined conclusion out of bias.
Agreed. If what he said is true, not to take a baseline is an irresponsible as a researcher, but then again, self reporting can be very skewed (...and yes, I know things can get skewed by changing parameters, but not getting baseline info is just plain ignorant). It's similar to saying, "I lost 10 lbs" and not measuring your starting weight.
@@davidoletep absolutely ,
Those were my thoughts too. PRE-DETERMINED OUTCOME!
Yes. As the old saying goes "data should be used like a lamp and not a lamp post, for illumination, not support"!
Good idea!
My father is a diabetic and when he was in hospital he was put on a 'low carb diet ' he was aloud 150 carbohydrates per meal! 🙀 I found this insane, many doctors do not understand what low carb means, now my diabetic 78 year old mother doesn't listen to the doctors, she eats 20 carbs a day only, lots of meat and fat, she doesn't need insulin and her A1C is perfect, 😄
150 what? There is no such thing as 150 carbohydrats. Must be calories or grams, I assume. There is a HUGE difference between 150g of life carbs and 150 calories from carbs. 150 grams of carbs will be a lot more than 150 calories.
Hospital food is ultraprocessed garbage anyway
@@HansenFT they literally said 150 carbs a meal, so if say the grape juice was 40 carbs, then the bread 24, the rice 60, the mashed potatoes 20, his chicken was zero, and then he could have a diet popsicle at 6 carbs, they had us figure out his meals like this everytime we ordered, I really thought it was insane, one of his meals really consisted of rice and mashed potatoes, for a diabetic!
@@G8Grape , Same thing happened to my dad when he was hospitalized for diabetic complications. The menu choices were ridiculous. Everything was highly processed and they literally served him straight carbs with carbs. I was so sad about the horrible food they were encouraging him to eat. Like would it be that difficult to offer real food, in smart combinations such as protein, fiber, fat and less carbs? Ugh, hospitals!
Let me tell. you, many doctors do understand that the ADA is corrupt to the core and their low carb diet is a business model. They can not talk to dietitians since they are also under a protocol. Everything is out for money, damn the patients.
You can find a study to fit whatever narrative you want
Epidemiology sure. What is missing are the real correctly controlled RCT'S from birth till death. Never going to happen so the marketing and narratives keep flying like mosquitos😅
…except the narrative that animal food based low carb diet is healthy long term. Hard to cherry pick when there are no studies
Facts.
Especially if there is a large financial benefit to some industry. Big food funds the studies that help them sell their poison.
@@reason3581 there are short term epidemiology studies. Yes. Several. There are many observational study on carnivore. And there are all the studies of "tribes" and groups such as Inuit tribe and many others. No long term controlled RCT'S (birth till death) proving anything related to any specific diet. No one wants to volunteer to be locked up for life to complete a controlled test.
I laughed out loud when you said they didn't test blood work BEFORE their "study". Hilarious. Thank you for bringing this to light.
Wow how is that even a study….?
I use a low carb version of the Mediterranean diet, lost 40 pounds, rid myself of inflammation, and lowered my insulin requirement 50 percent even though I was highly insulin resistant and had the best lab tests in my life. I got my first A1C below 6.0. Type 1 diabetic for 63 years.
How do you handle low blood sugars? I haven’t been getting many but it is challenging.
That's wonderful!!!
Congratulations!
Strong work.
u rock sir!
This diet saved my life. Insulin resistance sounds much better than diabetes, cancer, stroke and a heart attack. My insulin is so resistant now that I lost 40 pounds and my prediabetes and high blood pressure are now fully reversed.
Are you stupid? Insulin resistance IS diabetes! I went on keto for 6 months and became SEVERELY insulin resistant. Carbs and sugar are extremely dangerous to me now. Keto ruined my life!
Mmmm… insulin resistance is diabetes type 2…. Just saying…
I’d be interested to know who funded the study. Kellogg’s and General Mills???
Gates Foundation
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣. Sorry , that was just my first reaction
The same source who has put fruit loops and lattes on the bottom (the grain section they suggest you eat the most of) of the new updated food triangle. The triangle has always been upside down and this enforces it.
Pfizer
The Sugar Research Foundation, probably. 😆
I have been doing Keto for 2 years and started carnivore on March 17th 2023. I am feeling absolutely amazing. Joint pains are gone, and I no longer need to go to the chiropractor. Indigestion is gone as well. I started doing press-ups, and in the first week, I did 35 per day, which was 5 more than I usually do. I have steadily increased the number every day and did 70 a few days ago! I can't believe it!
What I added was boron, which was suggested by one of the many doctors I follow on TH-cam. That took it to another level. I am 67 years young and will never eat vegetables again. No carbs, absolutely no carbs. I have not put sugar in my coffee or tea for at least 40 years.
Another effect of this diet is that the plaque on my teeth has completely gone. After about a week, I could feel it coming off, a very strange sensation. Additionally, I no longer have bleeding gums. I only take thyroxine for my underactive thyroid. I hope to get off of it over the next year on this diet.
I think this is far superior than any 7 day trial. But then I’m not a scientist or doctor so what do I know.
Very interesting the thing with the plaque.
Not sure why, tarter also shattered and came off for me during keto, though I eat plenty of low carb veggies
The thing is if you do go back to eating carbs again, your body will probably have a very difficult time processing. Aka insulin resistance
@richardly1543 No, even on a strict keto you still eat 20-30 g of carbs because all vegetables have carbs. You cannot avoid them.
Besides, once you have regained your slim figure you can restart to eat every day up to 150 g of carbs without getting thick again.
That is my experience.
I learned one fact in the past 3 yrs. They don't want us to be healthy and independent. They need us to be sickly, weak and needing medical intervention
Old Grandpa Jenkins, a venerable relic of Lowcarbville, was as much a part of the town as the old church steeple or the babbling brook that ran through the heart of the valley. His sun-worn skin was an atlas of laugh lines and tales untold, and his snowy white hair caught the afternoon light, lending him an ethereal glow. Seated on his well-worn porch, he overlooked the world with a sparkling gaze as clear as the blue skies above. By his side, like a golden ray of the setting sun, lay Bessie, his loyal Labrador, her fur shimmering in the tender light, eyes half-closed in contentment.
As they reclined in the warm embrace of the afternoon sun, Grandpa Jenkins took a sip of his ice-cold lemonade, a quiet symphony of citrus notes and icy chills dancing on his tongue. His mind spun tales, as the bubbles in his drink ascended in a sparkling procession towards the heavens above, like tiny celestial bodies on an eternal quest.
A ruckus arose from the backyard of the house beyond his porch, rousing Grandpa Jenkins from his contemplation. It was the Thompson twins, their energy as unfettered as the cascading waterfall in the nearby hills, and the notorious redneck kid from the house behind, Billy-Joe. They were huffing and puffing, tossing timbers over the fence into Billy-Joe's yard, their faces flushed with the thrill of their illicit endeavor.
Billy-Joe's parents, upon discovering the wooden intruders strewn across their yard, roared in indignation. They thundered at the Thompson twins, their voices echoing through the serenity of Lowcarbville. When the twins pleaded innocence, blaming Billy-Joe, the young renegade retorted, "You lie, you lie, you lie!"
Grandpa Jenkins chuckled, his heart warmed by the drama playing out. It reminded him of the recent fuss in town over a new study proclaiming that low carb diets caused insulin resistance. Being from Lowcarbville, the town took its carbs very seriously.
He picked up a copy of the report that lay on his table, the words printed as black and white soldiers of truth. Yet, as he delved into the pages, he felt a twinge of familiarity. He saw the Thompson twins in the statistics and graphs, their truth obscured by a swirl of numbers and scientific jargon.
The study's subjects reported their food intake in a manner almost akin to the kids' truth. It was as if the researchers had asked the twins to toss timbers of data over a metaphorical fence without understanding their origins or consequences. And when the findings emerged, voicing the shocking correlation between low carbs and insulin resistance, the townsfolk, like Billy-Joe's parents, had a fit.
Grandpa Jenkins took another sip of his lemonade, its icy sweetness cutting through the afternoon haze. He realized that just as the Thompson twins were wrongly blamed, so too were the low carb diets. Both victims of hasty judgment and misinterpretation.
Bessie stirred at his side, her golden coat gleaming with wisdom and comfort. Her gentle eyes seemed to understand the complexity of the situation, embodying the tranquility that comes with accepting that all truths have their shade of gray. She nudged her head onto his lap, a wordless comfort in the confusion that seemed to take root in the hearts of Lowcarbville's inhabitants.
As he scratched behind her ears, Grandpa Jenkins contemplated the way 'facts' could be bent, twisted, and skewed, all depending on the perspective. Perhaps, he thought, the true essence lay in unraveling the many layers of perception, and accepting that truth, like poetry, is often a prism, refracting different shades of reality based on the angle of interpretation.
And with that, he leaned back in his rocking chair, Bessie by his side, ready to witness the endless play of truth and illusion under the vast, cloud-speckled canvas of Lowcarbville’s sky.
No way, I was insulin resistant 7 years ago. I changed my diet totally and I reversed the insulin resistance for 7 years now. I refused to be diabetic and take medicine.
What diet have you been on?
@@HCT-Pain i guess he is keto
@@HCT-Pain most likely low carb
Keto or carnivore!
You didn't "reverse" anything. The second you touch any carbs, they are gonna hit you harder than ever before.
As a result of an adhesion from a previous surgery, I recently had emergency surgery for a strangulated intestine. My doctors were amazed at my blood test results and my lack of inflammation despite the fact that I am in my 50s. For 14 months, I had been following a ketogenic diet strictly and exercising daily. A low carb diet has changed my life , I feel 20 years younger and it has helped me recover quickly from an unexpected medical emergency.
I’m 3 years full carnivore and at 45 I’m in the best shape of my life! Lost 50 pounds and I have zero inflammation left in my back from a herniated L4L5 and Arthritis!
I wish I could afford to be on a carnivore diet but I love my vegetables too though😥
Where is proof
I also really try to limit carbs and eat primarily protein but do yourself a favor and monitor your cholesterol especially LDL
Helps my arthritis too. Don’t worry about the high LDL. It’s actually a good sign. Not good for big pharma though!
@@tjsullivan4793 - if your triglycerides are low, HDL high, then your high LDL is most likely the good fluffy kind. An advanced lipid test will show this.
I met 2 teenage type 1 diabetics when I was a teenager back in the 80's on a residential activity holiday. They were both zero carb (carnivore) and found it great for allowing their body to not have to be mothered all the time.
I found it amazing as I'd had an aunty die long before my time from type 1 and I'd imagined it to be a life distroying thing.
I am now carnivore myself and wish I'd done it 40 years ago.
I used to go hypo and feel faint after a few hours of hard work but on carnivore I can go 24/36 hours and feel so awake and fighting fit, I feel like a teenager again and the weight loss is tarific too.
At almost 4 years on keto. Lost 230+lbs, Can run for miles, Walk/workout everyday and at 36 am in the best shape of my life. If I can do it, Anyone can!
Nice!!!
A quadriplegic can't. Just saying.
230 pounds is insane. Good for you. Keep it up!
but people should ideally do healthy keto because dirty keto can make some things worse in some people
@@FirstnameLastname-dm2xl What is "dirty keto?"
When Thomas said "most people can't even balance a cheque book..." I felt so attacked! 😂
😂 too funny! My first thought was, “People still use checkbooks?”
Recently, I hit my one year mark on my complete carnivore diet. I am 61. Just meat- no grains, no veggies, no fruits, just meat. and my overall health has improved tenfold. I'm down to 120 lbs, (from 158) my arthritis and psoriasis are in complete remission and my aging has actually reversed. The brown spots on my hands and face went away...the callous at the bottom of my foot went away...I stopped snoring...my gums stopped bleeding....my eyesight has improved as I no longer need bifocals..i stopped grinding my teeth..I can sleep on demand...and my hair is growing like crazy..the mental clarity is unbelievable. ..i just had my yearly physical and my sugar was 80...A1c 4.5...110/70 pressure...heart rate..80. My cholesterol shot up but cholesterol has nothing to do with heart disease (not ONE proven study) so I'm not worried. ..who funded this one? the same who funded the erythritol bogus study? I don't beleive them anymore...
Ahh - the dreaded cholesterol - lol. Now we have studies coming out that people over 50 years old with higher than "normal" cholesterol actually have lower all-mortality rates. Such a lie we've been sold for so many years! I'm very happy for your health success!!
🎉🎉🎉
Just curious, I'm 90% carnivore, avocados and blueberries are the ONLY plant based material I get here and there just because I enjoy them so much but my question is, you mentioned ONLY meat...do you include eggs? Eggs are considered carnivore, I usually have anywhere from 4 to 5 eggs every day...pasture raised only, the yolks are so much more amber and beautiful in color, you can tell they are very dense in nutrition.
LOl, source: trust me bro
@@MP-wb5yd he, or she is relating a personal experience. Nothing wrong with that and I’m quite certain you do the same.
Almost 55 years old. Just started doing a keto diet 2 weeks ago. Went to doc told him I just started keto. He happens to be a big fan of that. Gave me some guidelines. Had blood work done after first week. Going to have my bloodwork done again in 90 days to see any changes.
Thank you for this, as this was the kind of study the high carb food producers are putting out. I am 81 years old and have lost over 50 pounds in the last 3 years and keep it off. I am so healhy and never sick. I feel 40 at over 80. You will never get me on sugar or high carb foods again. I eat the best organic meats and organic greens and that is about all. I know it works .
Yea exactly, the food lobby is extremely powerful and have a vested interest in pushing sugars/grains. My results on my own health speak for themselves
And.. I bet you are not HANGRY!!
carbs are a filler.. and it fools the body,., For a minute, then it realizes there's no nutrients.. so... You get hungry again.
Today. I probably will burn 10,000 calories doing some spring cleaning.
I'm eating tuna with Mrs dash and a tsp of mayo. On criminal bread. With potato chips.
But my dinner will be meat and pan seared vegetables, in olive oil.
I eat baked potatoes and sweet potatoes, plantains.. those type of carbs once a week. But only before the work I know will metabolize it. And I start with a jump on my air jogger to prepare my body for the carbs in this bread. Then I sit 15 minutes and then get to 4 hrs of LABOR. WEIGHT BEARING LABOR.
Otherwise, I don't eat them.
Today, I'll also allow myself some ice cream and granola with pure maple syrup or honey.
TREATS .. RARE TREATS..
JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT DEPRIVE MYSELF OF A CRAVING. I eat it, figure out what my body is really craving, and eat that or take a supplement.
I was diagnosed with 2diasbetes 5 years ago.
I did metformin, nutritionist, and more exercise but in a particular order and began eating BREAKFAST. PROTIEN, which I never did for years. I'd eat at like 3.
I broke down into English what the nutritionist said.. after she said no one listens to her anyway, but it's her job so she did her speel.
I showed her my interpretation with visuals.. she said that's right. So I have her my visuals and told her she should explain it to all patients like that.
6 months later, when I saw her again, she said her patients were doing fantastic.
Her job description, in medical terms was shutting off the patients and made it sound like too much work. And too confusing throwing terms they never heard so couldn't understand without a medical dictionary. And I suggested they WANT dieticians to do this so patients fail and stay in the system.. $$
She never thought of it like that.. but agreed, as she had been spoken to after her patients started doing well and getting off metformin, which she was honest with me about at go,, " it is a gateway to insulin"
But used short term, in the right routine, one can be off it in 6 months, like Prednisone, it should be a taper dosing.
I was her first ever patient to go on and off it in 8 months.
Never had issues since.
Meat and veg.. greens.. and I love my foods. I have a lot to choose from and never rotate the same foods weekly, I start by what's on sale..
Thanks for sharing. Gives me hope. I'm in worse shape in my forties than most ppl I see around town in their 60s and 70s. I talked out of keto precovid by several doctors. Needless to say my conditions have worsened not improved despite working with dieticians. So I'm glad there's hope that with keto I can turn it around and feel better so I can get some comfort & joy out of life
I really liked your recent take on “Mediterranean Keto,” and that’s what I’ve been gravitating towards. (I think the biggest problem is that people just want to eat too much, too often…)
His video on low carb Mediterranean was excellent, plus it’s my fav way to eat. The food in the south of France and in Malta is so delicious.
I believe it’s about balance. When I’m in the rainforest doing Ayahuasca and being that aligned to nature we eat rice and plantains etc. I truly believe it’s a mix. If we look at ancient tribes our diets were never consistent. Some days all we ate was the meat we caught or just fish then there were days it was fasting or then veggies and fruits. Intuitive eating plays into that as well too. Our world is so disconnected to their bodies and we have been conditioned into regimented ways of eating and controlling diet. When I am my healthiest is when I am aligned to nature and following nature cues. Whenever I return to the city the food first of all tastes completely different. The chemicals and falsity of how we cultivate food disconnects our natural energetic connection to food. There is a link. I have only learned this through the shaman path and after years of digestion issues due to an autoimmune disease that attacks my liver. I am now almost 50 and at my healthiest with a range of fasting different times a week and mixing my foods between carbs and fat. I would suggest going and study with some shamans outside of our society because they have wisdom beyond these research papers
Omg!! I saw the title and my heart sank!! Thank you for breaking this down!! Geeze!!!
I’ve been on a carnivore keto for 2 years now and getting stronger and stronger🥩🥓🍳🧈💪🏽
Sadly there's so much bs propaganda out there. Have to be careful.
Ditto Fam! He Got Us! BUTTTTTTT THEY WERE THE ONES FOOLIN' ! 7 DAYS? THE WHOLE FLIPPIN HECK!?😂😂😂😂😂
Exercise, exercise, exercise was the turning point for my insulin resistance. Diets can only do so much. But carbs are essential in the end, for health.
I had a high carb diet. My blood work showed my C-Reactive Protein high with rheumatoid arthritis. Fast forward 2 years, cut ( gluten ) carbs down by 75% my C-Reactive protein still high but no detection of arthritis in my blood work. I’ll keep going this route to hopefully get the inflammation down in my body and my lupus will be under control.
did you also lose weight and choose healthier foods in general?
If you have actual medical conditions go full keto! It's not even worth it for me to get off/cheat keto and my problems are minor compared to yours! Go all the way!
@@JohnSmith-zs1bf I’ll will definitely give it a go.
Yes Whole Foods only for me. No sugar, no seed oils no starch, no wheat, no corn, and no soy!
What about lectins? They cause inflammation too.
This the first video of yours I stopped short on at the 5 minute mark because you said that they didn’t do blood work before, so this study is not even worth me committing to memory. Love your videos, thank you! Keep up the great work!
I really don't care at this point what a study says, I feel miles better on keto than I do having carbs everyday
I'm the same. How I'm feeling is "proof" enough for me. And even _if_ and that's a big IF the findings are correct, I value quality of life over quantity anyway.
Exactly. Why would you prefer a population-level generalisation to your own more direct person-specific experience?
Just as N=1 is not generalizable from 1 person to whole populations, so does the reverse apply. (" My granny drank a gallon of hooch for breakfast each day and lived to be 150". Great. And SO WHAT?)
Exactly
So, you don't care what life-ruining effects it could have on other people, because it makes you feel good?
Have you considered what would happen to you if you ever needed to go back to carbs? You're basically giving yourself diabetes.
@@T-aka-T "Why would you prefer a population-level generalisation to your own more direct person-specific experience?" EXACTLY! people have been so brainwashed to trust "studies" over "anecdotal evidnece" - even if the anecdotal is THEIR ACTUAL LIVED EXPERIENCE 🤦🏾♀🤦🏾♀
I have been doing a no carb / low carb diet for about 1.5 years now. I am a Type 2 Diabetic. I had an A1C of 11 IN Feb of 2022. In April of 2o22 My A1C dropped to 5.9 I lost 50 pounds. and ALL my health numbers were in the normal range. My family docotr was overwlemed wiih my reults. I have been able to maintain all the numbers and changed to check ups 2 times a year in stead of every 4 months. I have followed many of the suggestions on this channel that helped me become successful. I feel greater than ever at the age of 54. I have a wealth of energy and can even enjoy some foods I previously could not. Thank You for your information Thomas and the guidance you provide on this channel. My previous hospital team had me on 72grams of carbs per meal 3 times a day, and 23 grams of carbs for snacks 2 times a day and I was not getting any better. I took matters into my own hands and dropped it all to 20 grams of carbs per meal and no snacks. BAM! I am now healthier than ever and enjoying life. This may not work for everyone but it worked for me with no issues. My A1C currently is 5.73 If I keep this up a little longer there will be no more metformin needed. I am currently researching workout information for a diabetic, not much out there, so I can bulk up a bit and build more muscle
I have infolin resistance on these kinds of studies.
That was funny
love it!!!
Im subscribed to your comments now
Those roads are simply breathtaking to ride. My wife and I ride from Wagga Wagga to Melbourne every 6 or so weeks to spend time with our grandaughter and when we do we always take the "long way" through Beechworth, Bright, Whitfield pass etc on the way down. It turns it into a full day trip but the opportunity to take our MY07s through them there hills is always worthwhile. We are so blessed to be born in this amazing country.
I was completely Keto for three years and then fell pregnant, and on a glucose tolerance test I was found to be barely over the mark for my first thing in the morning fasting glucose test. (In Ireland, this was a 5.1), although the glucose one hour after each time part of the test I easily passed. I was classified as "gestational diabetic" and made to go to a talk with some other pregnant women with information from the 1970s on how to deal with it. Hugely frustrated, I found taking a small snack last thing at night ended the issue. I had perfect blood sugar readings for the rest of my pregnancy (I was 45), and after the birth, I heard about cycling off and on Keto every 3-4 months. I then cycled off keto and then back on every 3-4 months for a couple of months. Because of being diagnosed "gestational diabetic" during pregnancy, I have to have yearly blood tests now. Everything gets checked on them. EVERYTHING IS PERFECT. My blood glucose was 4.8 this year. I am 47.
BTW, my Keto is very clean. I eat salad every single day. with hard boiled eggs and lovely avocado in it!
Bravo to you.
Nobody should love your body more than you.
"Because of being diagnosed "gestational diabetic" during pregnancy, I have to have yearly blood tests now."
What do you mean "have to"?
@@pookiecatblue I get a yearly request to go to my GP in Ireland where I live to have blood tests performed.
I appreciate the point about dietary history before this one week study, which is insane anyway because of detoxing. I tried clean Keto twice and both times it made me severely ill (second time triggered severe IBD flare up and I was in fetal position in agony for 6 months), however that is not because keto is bad but because I have so many auto immune conditions that conflict with one another that I need to figure out a way to get to a place where I can handle something like Keto (the book dirty genes is a great explanation for why healthy foods can backfire and how to work towards a body that can handle it).
For example, keto made my skin and brain feel much better, but my IBS&IBD couldn't handle all the cruciferous veggies and clean oils I was having each day. My body CRAVES protein and I do much better on high protein diets, but I have severe ME/CFS so because my mitochondria is malfunctioning, all my organs are sluggish/oxygen-deprived and I struggle to digest food in general. Starches are easier for people with ME, but they also trigger fungal infections for me. So, my body's immediate reaction to something does not determine how good or bad something is, only that I'm sensitive in this moment. The best option for me is the Auto-Immune Protocol diet (AIP) which is paleo. That doesn't mean it is better than keto, just that it is the one that causes the least suffering lol. So my point is, with such a small sample size in that study, it's hard to know what other factors could misrepresent the efficacy.
On the flip side, despite all my illnesses, my bloodwork has always looked insanely good and baffled doctors - so I can present as being super healthy when clearly I'm not. So I agree, the FULL picture needs to be presented for each person in a study. What is the disease history of these patients? Were there other life changes during that week such as more stress at work? But to be honest, the minute I see a sample size of less than 1k (and even that is small), and that it was only for a week.....yeah, that's not a serious study.
The key question in my mind is "Who funded the study?". The answer to this question reveal a lot about findings.
McDonalds, maybe ?
@@panchopuskas1 Isn't McDonalds food known as HGH as in Human Girth Hormone?
Absolutely agree!
I am guessing the Ad vent ist food industry.
@ The Pudgy Yes. 😂😂😂
low carb reversed my Insulin resistance and saved my health ! And I was not over weight I was lean and athletic. My younger years of high carb caused my insulin resistant.
Tom, thanks for interpreting these new studies. It’s important to have a knowledgeable individual such as yourself deciphering the latest information. Thank you!
I’ve been on carnivore and intermittent fasting (16/8) for just over two months. I’ve lost 14 pounds! My weight goal is to lose 50 pounds in nine months.
I now realize on carnivore I can be any weight I want.
Not to ‘burst your bubble’ but starting Carnivore will dump a bunch of water weight. It’s still a great diet, just don’t expect this initial surge of weight loss to continue.
Great video, Thomas! It's refreshing to see you critically analyze and question the validity of nutritional studies. The sensationalized and oversimplified findings of many studies can be misleading and cause confusion among viewers. I appreciate how you highlighted the flaws in this particular study's methodology, such as relying on self-reported data and not considering important factors like sleep. It's crucial to approach nutritional research with nuance and consider the complexities of different types of carbohydrates and fats. Thank you for shedding light on the limitations of these studies and emphasizing the need for critical evaluation. Keep up the great work, Thomas!
Here's one for you guys. Im 47 After suffering with long covid that has given me really bad brain fog for years now. Also with it depression and anxiety. I recently chucked myself back into the gym. Changed my diet to meat eggs and a couple of selected veg. Cut out the carbs and sugar.
Hey f00kin presto back feeling brand new with constant energy levels and much better mental focus. Im losing my belly fat and gaining lean muscle. Before this my energy would peak and trough and i felt absolutely horrendous all of the time. I actually felt that bad i thought i was getting dementia. Please get yourselves off the highly processed junk and eat properly. You will find you no longer need to snack all of the time which will actually save you money 😊
"This study brought to you by Coca Cola."
lol sponsored by Corn Flakes
Yes, Yes, Yes!!! "Most people can't even balance a checkbook." THIS was my first thought when I heard about how they conducted this study. Thank You!
The re-adaptation phase to consuming carbs needs to be longer than a week depending on how long u were low/zero carb for.
I totally agree
Depends on the kind of carbs your eating as well. Cant lump them all into 1 category.
You see, that's why I respect you. You dissect the info and present it in a most unbiased way!
Started the carnivore diet about a month ago and all my gut issues seemed to go away, health and fitness have increased 10 fold and my labs look great.
As you slowly starve the food companies of their stock increases, lol. Good for you!
This is why I love this channel.
It's like the WHO put out a statement recently telling everyone how bad sugar substitutes are for weight loss due to not being sustainable. I for one have been using it for years and am able to control my cravings. Been maingaining for 3 years now, low carb and single digit body fat.
Strange indeed. I have been keto/now carnivore for over 3 years, and my insulin resistance has def been reversed, glucose consistently under 100. I do not believe these studies, or most doctors anymore. I have never felt better, am not on any meds, and am almost 72.
I love that your calling them out 😂 your 💯 correct. Most people cannot balance a checkbook 😂 your videos are so full of education and my brain needs it. Thank you so much for posting regularly and helping us all learn these things.
My primary doc, who is a proponent of low carb living, told me there are some people with diabetes whose blood sugar is better regulated on a mostly vegan diet. The point is that everyone’s biology is different and while there are trends, ultimately you need to find what works best for you.
Thank you for breaking this down just like a study: summary, methodology, findings, summary. Good work!
Sounds like the person doing the study was a graduate student needing to publish a paper in order to graduate. The department gave little funding to the student and thus only a single round of blood test were able to be done.
Some
Looney tune liberal university full of vegans trying to get people off of meat
It's not only about carbs and what type and how much you eat. It's also about how it's packade.
If you eat an fruit raw as it is or if you eat the same fruit as juice the juice suger will go fatser into your body. When eating raw fruit the fibers will make the suger take longer time to reach your blood.
Thank you for doing this, the world needs more people like yourself #respect 🙇🏻 🙌🏻
Thanks for this info Thomas. Let me first say, I love keto/low carb way of eating. It has helped me to lose weight and overcome my tendency to overeat. My son has T1D and about 3 years ago he tried going keto/low carb. When he was eating low carb, his blood sugars were perfect but if he had to correct for a low blood sugar with even 15 grams of carbs his blood sugar would shoot up 200 points higher than what it would previously off low carb/keto. He also had a harder time getting it back down. I’ve seen reports from other T1D having the same issue. I’ve read that it could possibly be consuming high amounts of fat overfilling the cells and not allowing the cells to utilize insulin. Definitely would love to see more research especially consuming saturated fat vs unsaturated. Thank you for always keeping us updated on the latest research. ❤
This study was funded by the Idaho potatoe farmers conglomerate and Stouffer's ready made lasagna makers.😮
Lol
Ive been following an endocrinologist who has had patients come in who were Type 2 diabetic and had been eating no carbs at all... multiple patients. Their livers were releasing too much glucose to compensate for the lack of carbs in their diet.
The key to fix insulin resistance: make insulin amplitude closer to straight line and at normal level.
Low carb/keto/paleo/carnivore can achieve that
This is what I thought, but my A1C stayed the same. If you eat a diet that requires no insulin how do you solve insulin resistance?
@@RobCGilliam you let your body not be flooded with insulin. It takes time for your body to get used to the correct signaling responses. You also may have a sensitivity/allergy to certain foods you’re eating.
@@RobCGilliam A1C measures average bonded glucose in the blood so if the results are off, either you're not monitoring correctly/continously or there could be an issue related to your blood or something physiological in your blood affecting the test.
When i looked up possibilities i got:
Unhealthy hemoglobin conditions affect A1C accuracy - sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, iron deficiency, blood transfusion, kidney failure, or a similar disease.
Some hemoglobin variant causes A1C error. Most people with a hemoglobin variant does not have any symptoms, and unknowing carry it.
Higher than actual a1c may be due to Uremia and acetylated hemoglobin (massive dose ingestion of salicylates).
Kidney disease, liver disease, hemoglobinopathy, and recovery from blood loss decreases A1C number.
Vitamins C and E supplementation reported lower A1C by inhibiting glycosylation.
Low A1C has an association with Iron-deficiency anemia. Baseline HbA1c level in anemic patients was lower than that in the control group. Additionally, a significant increase in the patients' HbA1c levels after two months of anemia treatment.
Low A1C found in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnant women due to short erythrocyte lifespan.
A1C accuracy can also report being influencing by vitamin C and E intake. To avoid errors, avoid taking these supplements for about 24 hours before the A1C test.
Abnormal hemoglobin lifespan causes A1C error. If you have abnormal hemoglobin, then your HbA1C may be low in hemolytic anemia. The life span of RBC is short in hemolytic anemia so HbA1C may be on a lower side. In polycythemia and post-splenectomy patients where the red cell life is longer than usual. Thus HbA1C may be on the higher side. So be cautious when interpreting A1C results in these conditions.
@@kitxxxxxxx Thanks for your interest in terms of commenting in a helpful effort.
My A1C is not inaccurate. Not sure how that is the topic here. Mutiple times measured by lab tests and twice home tests. The last home test was right at 5.5, the same as the lab test 2 months ago.
My comment was that Keto did not reduce my A1C after 18 months of strict ketosis with intermittant fasting.
In the last 2 months I've tested a vegan diet with moderate whole food carbs, low fat and moderate protein. Low fat because keto blew up my LDL-C levels. Sitting here this morning looking at my CGM the last day and it was in the 80's for my 14 hour fasting period. It barely hit 125 yesterday after meals with 50 g of carbs and quickly came down. If I have days like this consistently it would land my A1C close to 5.0.
@@RobCGilliam What blood type are you? There’s no one, single diet that works for everyone. Some people thrive more on low carb and/or meat based, while others thrive more on higher carb and/or plant based. Others fall somewhere in the middle. The main thing that most people would benefit from is keeping added sugars and highly processed foods low most days (I say most because diets don’t have to be perfect 100% of time and is unrealistic-aiming to eat healthier most days is the goal).
I am doing keto when I need to get rid of my allergies in the beginning of a summer. Works amazingly good. After three days of keto I go from running nose and itching eyes into perfectly healthy person. And this is not even strict keto, just eliminated bread and grains, starchy veggies too. I also try to buy clean food and reduce seed oils as much as possible. After I get rid of the hay fever symptoms I can even cheat some days by allowing myself to have a beer or a piece of cake.
Good stuff. Sounds like a bad study to be ignored.
We do need studies like this. I just came out of 18 months of strict keto where I started with lots of saturated fats, but the last 6-8 months stuck to more unsaturated (e.g., lots of nuts & nut butter) fats. Fully aware of the view that LDL does not matter in many minds. But mine did go from a lifelong 80's to 180 in 12 months. And my A1C did not budge from the prior period of Mediterranean-based diet. That was a main goal being prediabetic in 2019 @ 5.9 A1C. A 3 month keto test then pushed it down to 5.5. But this 18 months of keto landed me in the exact same spot. So my A1C did not change and my LDL skyrocketed. My worry was how high LDL would impact my vascular system long-term. The risk was too high for me give the lack of research.
So I'm on vegan + fish + some eggs now. Low fat, high protein, moderate carb. And I got a CGM to track this new change in diet. I'm getting days with average blood glucose around 100 which equals an A1C of 5.2 or so... lower than I've seen in many years. Lots of days in the 104-106 range. I feel great. I did on strict keto too for honesty and liked that diet. I'm seeing nighttime glucose in the 80s for long periods of sleep. When I first transitioned 6 weeks ago, I had massive spikes in blood glucose up to 180-200 from bowl of oatmeal. As I've strategically incorporated carbs, these spikes have reduced a lot. They were largest with the first meal of the day on fasted belly. Now I'm eating two big pieces of Daves killer bread toast with eggs whites and my one avocado a day, followed by a vegan protein shake with lots of berries and oat milk and my blood glucose peaks at around 125-130 and then back just below 100.
My 700-800 cal dinners with beans, tons of veggies and fish peak at 125. If I have a lot of beans up to 135, but quickly back down to 100 and then in the 80-90s by 10 pm sleeping.
I do not think low carb causes insulin resistance, but it may mask it. I do not think it solves insulin resistance. You're running on fat and that blocks insulin from unlocking the cells for glucose. Blood glucose only goes down because there is not carb intake. That's cool if you never need to worry about high LDL. I was just not willing to risk cardiovascular disease down the road. Pretty happy now on this mostly plant-based low fat diet. Once my LDL is back to normal, I'll add in more fats and reduce carbs a little, which may further lower my blood glucose and any spikes.
I think you’ve hit on it. I am a big fan of the mastering diabetes book and plan and it’s vegan. The author has a PhD and is type1 diabetic and an athlete. I like your take on it. He says keto works in the short term but is bad in the long term. I like your approach because of the variety of foods
@@betsyc6055 This source of information is what hit me like a rock after my LDL numbers doubled in one year on keto, and my A1C stayed the same. Perhaps all the fat was blocking the insulin pathway. My liver is still a bit overactive from all of that glucose production from the lack of carbs, but seems to be improving the insulin-glucagon signaling. And my pancreas seems to be improving in terms of much smaller spikes. And it has been nothing short of incredible how lean I got in 2 months on a vegan + fish & eggs diet.
Your comments make total sense. The internet is full of conflicting advice. Speaking from personal experience, I reduced my overweight problem (I wasn’t anywhere near obese) simply by reducing my carb intake and avoiding junk food. There is absolutely no doubt of the fact that high carb intake makes you constantly hungry Since I lowered my carbs my constant hunger literally disappeared. I exercise routinely, eat a balanced diet which includes red meat, drink a minimum amount of alcohol and everyone I know or meet thinks that I look 10 to 15 years younger than my actual age which is now approaching 70!
I still have ppl tell me they don’t eat sugar while eating a pizza and pasta platter in front of me . 😳 wtf
For those who won't read a lot of studies you always want to think about bias and power when really examining whether a study is useful. Observational studies, while not useless, are much more helpful when the population examined is really large (not this study). However, they contain bias as subjects are not blinded etc and can be influenced by the fact that they are in a study. Randomized controlled trials are useful in reducing this bias as subjects and interpreters are usually blinded (i.e. double blinded), and you will often hear Thomas talk about "meta analysis" which basically put together several studies (often can be a mix of RCTs and observational) which as you would imagine increase the power due to larger numbers and are considered higher quality. Regardless, good stuff as usual Thomas. Thanks
I am wondering who sponsored this study? Kelloggs? Krispy Kreme? 😅😅
IDK, I was overweight with high blood pressure and a knee issue, two months of trace carbs, just protein and fat and my knee doesn't hurt, less joint pain, down 23 lbs, blood pressure is great, and this time (I've done this before but fell off) I'm not tired or sluggish and I have lots of energy to work out. I think I'm going to keep doing the things that keep me feeling good, like now, and adjust if I start feeling wrong or can't improve in sports performance, or if my numbers come in bad from blood work.
That’s not true. I have reached my goal and maintaining my weight with low carb. My doctor did her thesis on the ketogenic diet so I won’t be changing it any time soon.😂
Lucky you!!!
@@aurapopescu1875 Actually, it just took a lot of perseverance, patience, and consistency. You can do it, too. Trust me, lol, I was pretty metabolically unlucky for a long time. I was 225 in 2012 and decided I was tired of being fat and started my fitness journey. It took years for me to finally get here. You can do it.
My ancestry comes from a moderate carb area of the world, so I've many generations that tolerate up to 100 carbs a day. But I got best results zeroing out the carbs. Look, if you're under 40 you can burn carb kindling without much damage.
But after growth dies at 25 or so, your palette has to walk away from sweet to herbal. You ain't a kid anymore has real meaning.
@@foxiefair123 I was referring to your doctor!!!!!!
I have been Keto for more than 4 years now. Reversed pre-diabetes and NAFLD plus so many other health benefits 🤗
But having a doctor who actually studied the ketogenic diet....... good for you 👍👍👍
@@aurapopescu1875 That’s great!😀🥳🎉Sorry I misunderstood you, but yes, you’re right. In that case, I’m lucky.
I have been doing Keto for two years now. I have a fasting glucose of 87. Low triglycerides, my HDL is up, my LDL is down. I am fat adapted. I cycle. I used to need carbs every hour to ride. Now, I can ride close to 40 miles without needing to fuel up. I did a 100 mile bike ride a few months back. If I was still eating massive amounts of carbs, I would never have been able to do it.
Hi, what did you fuel up with during a bike ride? I'm on keto, also cycle, but I can only do 25-30 miles comfortably since I'm on the diet. Used to do 50-70 miles with moderate carb before.
Very biased study aimed at continuing the Tribal debate. No base line bloodwork before study is laughable. Good breakdown .
I am not an expert, but every person I have ever met who went down the low-carb / fasting / carnivore diet route has become healthier than they have ever been. That matters more to me than these so-called studies.
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I'm lifting weights more or less 40 yrs, turning 61 yrs old this yr and still 12 to 15 % bodyfat. My diet is still the same ever since I started my weight training, carbs, proteins and fats. Egg whites, chicken breast, sweet potatoes, rice, broccoli are the staples, I seldom eat beef. Have cheat meals every now and then and I stop taking whey protein about 10 yrs ago. No maintenance meds.
Thanks Thomas
Just to put things in perspective, I'm 57 now and when I was 39 I got into the best shape of my life for a summer trip to Spain. I had my bf checked before I left (w pro calipers) and was at 8%. I was also close to the strongest I've ever been. I cooked all my own meals for 7 weeks and ate exactly 40% protein, 40% carbs and 20% fat except for my 'Cheat Meal' every Friday night I'd eat 2 large Popcorns at the movies. So my real carb intake was, you guessed it, probably 45%+. Ya, ... that study seems incorrect...
Have you looked at the gluten goddess? She looks at how you order your food (veges, protein and fat , then carbs) prevents glucose spikes. Instead the glucose entersbyour bloodstream slower and does less damage.
Was reminded because sadly popcorn creates an even faster spike than eating white sugar! I was disappointed by that too.
@@wordzmyth Over the years I've tried other 'Cheat Meal' type foods. Honestly my Anecdotal-Bro conclusion is that massive amounts of popcorn is the ultimate cheat meal during a low carb cut bc it reloads glycogen and the fiber makes it better than rice, pasta or whatever sweets, etc... I didn't realize that 18 years ago but I do now. Big Carb reloads are the secret sauce of successful cuts...
I’m low carb the last 4 years and been normal weight 3 of those years. Health gets better ever year and that’s my finding in my own study. 56 and lovin life.
I think it’s important for people to try everything and see what works for them. I did keto for a while and it had benefits for me, but I wasn’t able to lose much weight with it and my performance in the gym was always bad, yes even after months of keto to become “fat adapted”. Conversely, I’m now doing a low fat higher carb diet, and my performance is much better and weight loss is happening. Will get blood work after a while on this and see where I’m at.
Kind of matches my story John. Keto did push my A1C down from 5.9 to 5.5 in 4 months and I lost 25 lb down to an ideal weight for me of 170. A1C of 5.5 was too close to prediabetes, so in the last 18 months I did even stricter keto and my A1C did not budge, but my LDL doubled. Decision time. Trust that high LDL was no big deal and keep keto even though it was not helping lower avg blood glucose, or try something different. I did like the cleanish keto. Main drawback was constant electrolyte problems and cramping while surfing.
I moved to low fat pescatarian plant-based diet and cramps disappeared and after less than 2 month I got crazy lean. This is telling me my LDL is improving drastically as well. And this new CGM technology is showing glucose dropping in the 80s all night and now barely spiking after meals. If all days were like yesterday according to my CGM, my A1C is headed towards 5%.
Funny how we all differ. I'm high fat, almost no carbs, losing too much weight, consider carbs now to try and gain, although I don't want to do carbs.
@@RobCGilliam that’s good stuff. For me it was the horrible workout performance on keto. I felt great mentally when I first started keto but eventually started feeling kinda crappy overall. I’ve only been doing low fat for a couple weeks but feel a lot better
@@contrarian717 just track your LDL and liver enzymes. I loved the high good fat diet. But elevated LDL and AST is too worrisome, but we're all different. AST from 18 to 45 may be fatty liver development.
@@RobCGilliam tnx for the heads up, will do
When it comes to IR, do you make a distinction between physiological IR and pathological IR?
Keto Day 52 and my fasting blood glucose levels have been in the 110-120 range regularly, I’m definitely concerned
HACKS I DO: ZERO carb, Intermittent Fasting18/8, eating two meals a day? Eating in the 10AM to 5PM window. DOCUMENTING your progress with a Glucose/ketone meter? Still snacking? Not getting 8 hours sleep at least 3 hours after last calorie enters your lips? Still eating packaged crap with more than 3 or 4 ingredients? Not using a glass of lemon/lime ACV mixed in seltzer morning noon afternoon as a hack?
After 60 years thinking milk chocolate and cookie dough was a food group, I was 67 when I went keto carnivore to lose the last 50 pounds 5 years ago. 272 is now 168 this morning. BS 84. A1C 4.8 to 5.1. Uric acid is 5.2. Use google to find yourself a path.
Come with me if you want to live.
depend on your situation before you did keto and fast. is 110-120 lower than your blood glucose before? do you have diabetes?
110-120 after you eat is normal. after 6-7 hour no eating 110-120 is too high.
@@ThanhThanh-it1pm hadn’t tested regularly before recently, but it used to be about 100. Thanks for asking
This is after 12-14 hrs
@@KDF54321 you used to test on hospital and you checked by yourself regularly recently at home by your own machine ?
Not all carbohydrate are equal. The food contains refined carbs and low fiber are main problem of insulin spike. If a food contains complex type of starch like amylose and fiber then it will not rise blood sugar. And also Insulin Resistance depends on level of activity for an individual
Not only do we need more studies done on ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. But we need thoroughly done studies where the people doing the studies are held accountable with each other to fight bias. Because sadly as it sits right now, there's a "study" out there for nearly anything anyone wants to hear. Problem is a huge majority of them are trash, prove nothing, and sometimes accidently prove a contradictory point without realizing it.
The studies we need done cannot be done so its a waste of time.
@@leemanwrong why can't they be done?
@@こなた-m1o Mainly because its unethical to experiment on humans and also because its expensive.
I don't follow Keto but you make some absolutely valid points. If people are going to treat science like it's the final word then it must be GOOD science and even that isn't always infallible.
The bullshido is strong with these studies.
I knew that from the get-go. if you hardly ever eat carbs, your insulin secretion is low and the effect of your insulin is also botched. best thing is eat what you like, in moderation. Hello, isnt that what your parents always told you (those of you who are age 45-75) also, you can reverse insulin resistance simply by hard exercise if you can do it, thats how i fixed mine back in the day, and you can also just lose 20 to 30 lbs, that works as well, and there's a diet that is almost 100% carbs, called the starch solution, that also works. carbs are not the enemy. while you can fix some things with low carb, you have to stay low carb, and that's not enjoying your life in my opinion. This is for IR and type 2. type 1 is altogether different and is caused by not enough insulin secretion. type 2, often is caused by longstanding IR, whereby your insulin just isnt working even though you release a lot or enough. you can also stop eating for a few days to reverse IR. see Dr. Jason fung, that's his M.O.
Don’t worry everyone.. lol we can’t have alternative sweeteners or low carb now. Lol YEA… OK.
This is a trash study.
Thanks again for slowing down your speech so I can follow without rewinding!!! Much better!
Yeah, I did restrict carbs and only lemon juice for fructose, retain glucose at 4.5 dl or 80 mmol
The best diet is intermittent fasting. No depravity of food, just limits on how often you can eat. It’s nearly impossible to eat all your calories in 1 setting. As well, after a few days your appetite will naturally decrease. Just eat all you want in 1.5 hours, just make sure it’s a balanced diet not cupcakes. Yes, you can include dessert. After you hit your goal weight, divide your meal into 2 meals if you wish.
I can attest to this…. Long term low carb/keto caused massive spikes in blood glucose with severe crash and burn afterwards… I taught my body to tolerate carbs and be flexible enough to go without for exercise and fasting…. Metabolic flexibility should be the goal …. So do both, carbs and no carbs, cycle in and out all the time.
Saturated fat can be an issue in conjunction withif you eat 45% of your diet as carbs. A discussion of the Randle Cycle is warranted...
Good quality studies are extremely rare. Here is a perfectly fine alternative explanation with exactly opposite conclusion: people with insulin resistance tend to naturally eat lower card diet, e.g because too much carb makes them sick or other ways their body has some sort of signal pointing to the problem. Also, do I get it right that like half of the group of accidentally picked 120 people were insulin resistant (7 days of not..)? Or we are talking about 5 people out of 120 who were the low carb part of the gorup?
I honestly love your content and I’m so grateful for it! You really dig deep. I’m not even keto or low carb.
I actually saw massive spikes with diabetic dogs on low carb high protein diets . I was recommended to give my diabetic dog the raw meat diet . It was brutal for he blood sugar with huge spikes and drops in bloodsugar . Got off that diet brought balance and carbs into her diet and her sugar stabilized . Insulin needed carbs to work with to achieve balance . Actually the diabetic prescription food has carbs . It always comes back to balance . Protein is important and so are carbs if you promote them separately your going down the wrong path .
Life in moderation which includes FOOD! Balance … keep to the outer aisles of the grocery store, cook more at home and recognize feeding emotion oppose to nourishing the body. Thanks for the insight!
From this video I learned to go low on saturated fats and get my fats from olive , avocado and macadamia oils mainly to avoid lipotoxicity: I did not know that. Ty. Out go my lard, butter and coconut oil.
My weight is normal. I exercise regularly, and at most times I eat meals that have value in nutrition. I also like sweets, but do not indulge excessively. I like my carbs (good carbs as well as the bad carbs) and not ashamed to admit it. I also do 16h fast 3x/week. Eating is one of the most enjoyable things in life and I don’t feel the need to deprive myself of it.
I would say the study is right. I was always thin. And tried this low carb Keto carnivore. Felt really good at 1st for about 2 to 3 months Then everything went downhill. Maybe I just lost too much weight for my size but I would not recommend it for someone who's already thin. My blood pressure went through the roof. Just be careful. When you get dry mouth automatically your body is telling you something's wrong. So just stop and start eating carbs again.
This reminds me of when people say 12 step programs don’t work. I’ve been sober 17 years through a 12 step program and you couldn’t convince me otherwise. Same thing here.
My father in law has cancer. (Was diabetic for years before diagnosis) sedentary lifestyle, high carb diet. His treat costs a 100k a month. There is so much money in treatments (not cure!) so I am not surprised they find these studies.
Thomas I'm 53 years old and a few years ago I weighed over 300 lbs at 5 foot 9. I started watching your videos and started taking your advice and juicing and such and lost 75 pounds. I'm now at 233 lbs and having issues losing any weight anymore. I have a bad back and my left leg has nerve damage so I'm limited on too much exercises involving cardio really. To give an idea, I can take about 400 steps before my left leg starts going numb at the toes, the outside of my thigh feels like someone is holding a hot iron to it and my calf feels like it ran a marathon. My right leg is just fine. I used to be a runner when I was younger and that was my main style of exercising. After injuring my back and leg I fell into depression and gained a lot of weight. Went from 190lbs healthy to over 300 lbs. I was wondering if you could recommend a weight training plan that might benefit someone in my situation. God bless and thank you for all of the information
Green mederteranian diet with Duckweed smoothies & Walnuts.Superb results.
Thanks for covering this topic T!
Best advice. Wear a CGM. Pay attention and adjust accordingly.
social media saying study says this and that but no proof where the sources are ! Best way is to listen to your body and do you blood works ( cholesterol, Lipo B protien, SGPT , HBA1C , FBS etc ) as your own proof . Check your vitals regularly such as blood pressure , heart rate .
Hi Thomas, I'm with Richard Horton, the editor of the Lancet. Here's what he says about studies:
“The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness”
The study for 'Low carbohydrate intake correlates with trends of insulin resistance and metabolic acidosis in healthy lean individuals' was funded by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
The authors mostly come from the Dasman Diabetes Institute and I did see some indications they promote a vegetarian (bordering on vegan) high fiber diet. The same diet that gave me chronic constipation! It would also appear that might be a conflict of interest with a true low carb / keto diet, which is often high animal flesh/fat.
If someone was consuming up to 45% of energy from carbs, that implies they are on a mixed macro diet (often carbs & fat) and that will cause activation of the Randle Cycle, which is probably not a good thing.
I've never done Atkins diet but I thought that started as proper low carb / keto then progressed towards mixing some carbs back in to the diet, so ultimately it was not low carb / keto? The study did not attempt to analyse the actual diets that were used and admits they did not check, so it might be a weakness in the results.
They do comment on 'low' carb causing metabolic acidosis. Having metabolic acidosis comes with a long list of possible symptoms and I suspect most people on long term true low carb do not have any of those symptoms because they often feel better when low carb, not worse. I have never had any of those symptoms, except not wanting to stuff my face with food throughout the day and lower appetite is a symptom.
I don't know who to believe these days. I found low carb / keto appears to have positive benefits for me with zero obvious negatives, whereas I know higher carb was causing issues, so I stay with low carb (