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why are you then providing information on fat LOSS, while according to to your video (th-cam.com/video/QD64IbRyNv0/w-d-xo.html) you've struggled with muscle GAIN. So you're probably way different from the people that want to lose fat, and so you might just be adding to the confusion :(
Never dieted in my life though have done ketosis as it is a metabolic state & not a diet as I was instructed by my GP to do so for a time which the benefits were minor to modest. The One thing I always limited my consumption was sugar though I halved my starch consumption replacing it with fat, fibre & other food sources as I aged because I can't sustain what I once did as a child or young man. I think one of the leading causes for people weight gain & poor physique is one reason being 'sugar'. I never had a sweet tooth like most while my mother was the opposite which she mimicked my eating habits in time & lost multiple stones though she can't help but eat chocolate for hidden sugar she is far better off. My rule is the same as my Cockney elders which is ''waste not, want not'', ''you are what you eat'' & ''variety is the spice of life'' What Most do is they think their is 1 super food & they waste so much in their pantry because they buy fruit & vegetables they pretend to eat fooling themselves. If it is quality grub & not the same thing every day then I eat it though I have no sweet tooth making my life easy. You have to break that sweet tooth as my brother is of the same genetics to me but is overweight. People tell of the health issues of smoking, alcohol etcetera but I'd argue excessive sugar is the real life ender.
I was going to say this is Netflix documentary level work, but then I realized it's even better. Most of the nutrition stuff they produced so far is garbage. Well done!
Josh spends a lot of time on these videos, and it always suck it takes a while for them to come out, but once they do finally come out, you figure out it was worth waiting for them to get polished and uploaded!
Don’t insult Josh - Netflix “documentaries” are as accurate as Braveheart. Game changers being a prime and topical example. One most egregious being Cleopatra. Josh, top notch work as always 👌🏻
The opening time lapse, where you removed food from the tabletop as it was deemed "unhealthy" was fucking brilliant. What a masterful way to help us visualize the absurdity of this echo chamber.
@@merkamark most vegan claims are based on non-replicable, uncontrolled, unobserved survey data with very weak associations (associations that are usually only derived after some post-hoc adjustments and not seen in the raw data). carnivore claims are based on actual physiological and biochemical processes of the human body, e.g. we shouldn't eat fiber because our cecum is basically non-existent; we shouldn't mix carbs and fats because it activates the Randle Cycle, slowing metabolism and leading to glucose pooling in the blood (diabetes); we shouldn't eat plants because we don't efficiently convert the nutrients to their bioavailable form, etc which would you say is more reliable and logical?
@@merkamark most vegan claims are based on non-replicable, uncontrolled, unobserved survey data with very weak associations (associations that are usually only derived after some post-hoc adjustments and not seen in the raw data). carnivore claims are based on actual physiological and biochemical processes of the human body, e.g. we shouldn't eat fiber because our cecum is basically non-existent; we shouldn't mix carbs and fats because it activates the Randle Cycle, slowing metabolism and leading to glucose pooling in the blood (diabetes); we shouldn't eat plants because we don't efficiently convert the nutrients to their bioavailable form, etc which would you say is more reliable and logical?
I want to take that lady who said she doesn't need any food and lock her into a cell for a month. Let her prove it to us all. Who knows how many people she killed
ppl are responsible for their own actions though. If they're dumb enough to do it, then hey. ppl listen to supposed experts all the time who give bad advice
sure feels that way. like we're all walking down a hallway with countless people popping out of doors to try to convince us of something. it's kind of disgusting and disturbing really.
I think social media has just made it so much easier for grifters to get their shit out there, while also making it much easier for others to call them out
I worked in cybersecurity and supported intelligence operations until July of this year. There were some interesting ups and downs over the years, but 2020 is when we saw the spike that never really went down. We had a perfect storm of a gradual drop in to the barrier to entry (technical skill set required), target rich environment (everyone is on social media all day long), and motivation to succeed (economy sucks).
Too many people on social media having main character syndrome thinking they have to do something unique to stand out in a crowd of “npcs”. Perfect for scammers and fugazzi science preachers
I lost 90 lbs last year and people always ask me how I did it. All I tell them is that I found lower calorie, more satiating foods that I enjoyed and made them the cornerstone of my diet. I didn't exclude anything but I always made myself aware of nutrition facts of something before I ate it.
All the people I know who are still active and healthy in their 90s, eat everything in moderation! Being active, being social, being interested in something, have a passion in life is the key.
@@cincin4515same here my grandmother lived until 111. Her diet was very simple she ate toast with butter in the morning and ate red meat in the afternoon with rice - she used seed oils to cook. I think the reason why both of our grandmothers lived long was because of the fasting my grandmother was a devout Christian always praying
@@SpectreXSto be fair a very high percentage died during birth skewing the numbers...plus predators..infected wounds and broken bones were death sentences
Your loss.... if you wish to dispel anything other than what you were conditioned to. Explain how the world's top performance athletes are carnivore diet if it isn't the correct fuel. 🤔
"Don't stick to a diet that can be named" is one of the best quotes i've ever heard. (20:42). It tells us that each and every persons needs are individual. Good vid btw!
Vegetarianism is also technically a diet but it can be extremely versatile with hundreds of traditional cuisines falling under this category. Even saying that "don't follow diets that can be named with one word" is a bit too much of a generalization imo.
i lost 50 pounds in about 4 months by eating more satiating food that's high in protein and healthy fats, and 2 years later haven't gained any of it back and don't feel like i'm dieting at all. if your diet is not comfortable for you it will never last.
Something that bugs me being more towards plant based (meat and dairy appears to set off certain unpleasant gut issues), is this big snobbery against tinned pulses and frozen veg. Sometimes practicality strikes higher than idealism. And I cannot afford to make everything 100% fresh and from scratch 100% of the time. Sometimes "good enough" is simply "good enough".
When I was a teen girl I read that women shouldn't eat more than 1200 kcal a day, it ended in the hospital for me, I had less than 80 pounds on a 5'11 frame. Years after I was still in a cycle of sports bulimia and binge eating, I tried veganism, was scared of "unnatural" food. In my 30s now I've given up on the idea that I'll ever fully recover and be able to eat normally, I still count calories but manage to stay at around the same weight although I'm vulnerable to phases stress eating or subsisting for coffee for days. The mental and physical damage is immense, my mother was already going through a cycle of endless juice fasts during my childhood, did I even have a chance?
I grew up in the 60's & 70's. We starved ourselves while drinking low calorie alcohol like mother and entered the 80's with dreadful eating disorders. I still don't know what I'm supposed to eat and binge often.
@@cincin4515yes this is true. Diet culture was absolutely horrible in the 80’s. I remember watching my mother develop binge eating disorder after she joined weight watchers in the early 80’s. It deeply and negatively affected my perception of food and healthy/disordered eating. She’s still very obese and has disordered eating at almost 80 years old.
Only a suggestion, feel free to take it or leave it: you may want to look up Dr Ken Berry. He is a practicing physician and he actually answers questions on his live TH-cam every week. Just a suggestion. I wish you all the best 👍🏻🌞🥰
There are no quick fixes or short cuts in fitness or diets. The best way is always through getting educated on how to eat properly with a balanced healthy way to suit your individual goals, preferences, and lifestyle. Another great video Josh!
Sure, Mr. Science guy. Balanced, healthy, suit your individual goals yada, yada, yada. You really don't know what you are talking about. Just regurgitating what someone else said.
@@jaghad Ok there tough guy... 😂 After 30 years in the gym & 20+ years as a fitness professional working with hundreds of clients in that time, I’d say I’m pretty well versed in these things. Never thought I’d meet someone who thought getting more educated and doing things in a healthy balanced way was a bad thing…..? 🤷♂️🤦♂️ Wishing you all the best on your fitness journey, & hope you find it in you to have an open mind so you keep learning something new every day. 💪
Everyone has their own idea of balanced. So telling people to eat balanced can't work without fact based Information. Some people think drinking soda and eating JunkFood with a meal of self cooked veggies once a week is balanced. Some say it's eating as many different fruits and veggies as you can and have raw meals like rainbow salads every other day and don't eat sugar. So jzst saying "balanced" is a hollow as it can get.
@@CordeliaWagner Like I said, it’s all based on any number of individual factors, which obviously vary from one person to another. But a balanced approach that accounts for those individual variables is always best, especially when it comes from a place of knowledge and education, and not from a standard fad diet template that people frequently blindly follow.
@@CordeliaWagner The key phrase is "getting educated", that's what @FitLabb said. People eating junk food with veggies may think it's balanced, but they're obviously not educated enough.
Love that you included Dr. Mike! He and Renaissance Periodization are the voice of reason in a wilderness of lies, half truths and misleading information.
I eat meat, vegetables, fruit, bread, dairy, and I am happier than ever. Trying to follow a specific diet made me depressed and anxious. Took me awhile to realize that
You never fail us, my man. You’re a legit filmmaker. Nutrition was one of my biggest struggles for years as a lad, largely because of the insanity surrounding diet cults. Thank you as always 💪
I believe you are unmatched in the level of content you make, and you don't even have enough followers to justify making stuff available for free! You are amazing, and you make great contributions to the fitness industry issues that plague the world today. Great work.
@stephanusghibellino It's not supposed to have, it's a video about cults, genius. I really love people who comment under a documentary "why isn't this documentary about a different topic". Jesus, just find a documentary about what you want to watch rather than whine about documentaries on other topics that they don't contain what you're looking for
I feel like most people forget that everyone digests food different. What can be „good“ for one is quite damaging for the other. I am gluten intolerant, that doesn’t mean that gluten in and of itself is bad. It’s just not good for me. Humans forgot to listen to their bodily cues - and I feel like each and every person should spend some time to ask themselves „how does my body react to different food types?“ There are more universal effects (e.g. Having „bad“ reactions to too much processed foods) and more unique and niche reactions (like being gluten intolerant). At the end of the day, it is important to know how your own body reacts to food stimuli - only then will it be possible to hack your behavior with the goal of feeling your best. As you once nicely said „it’s no use looking good if you don’t feel good“
I’ve done keto, and intermittent fasting. Keto I felt amazing but it wasn’t very sustainable money-wise or socially. Intermittent fasting is the only one I’ve actually done consistently for years. It’s easy to do, doesn’t require any specific foods, you have control over when you eat and it’s not that strict. I break it all the time with little consequence.
Same but I do one meal a day now. I’ll get hungry and then it goes away . I only eat at night once per day and I’ll eat what ever I want. I did the no carb diet and got shredded but it’s not sustainable . It’s also depressing. We need to find something that doesn’t feel like a diet but more like regular living. I find one meal a day keeps my calories in check and it’s easily manageable and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on what I like to eat . But my weight loss is very slow but I’m good with that cause I can stick with it
I found out I did intermittent fasting without knowing it, as I have troubles in the start of the day to eat something wich turned into a habbit. After I let someone tell me I somewhat do that I took it more seriously. I have never been fat in my life even though I am a big sugar addict and in general dont eat very healthy. Im pretty sure any form of fasting that suits you best is the way.
I find keto/ whole food eating is actually cheaper if I add in processed carbs I end up paying for the processes involved in making it and for the colourful packaging etc
I remember watching "Eating You Alive," a documentary about eating a strictly plant-based diet, and it not only claimed that eating this way is the only way to stay healthy, but that it can cure pancreatic cancer (one of the quickest-killing examples).
@@ALT-vz3jn I think that is very likely. He was getting a combination of higher sugars (great for most cancers) and lower nutrients. He was apparently so clever and yet does something so stupid...
14:00 Note Margarine and butter are made from two different fats. Butter consists of 70% saturated fat, 25% monounsaturated fats, 5 to 10% trans fatty acids, and 1 to 2% polyunsaturated fats. Realistically, butter should have 2 ingredients. Milk, and salt. That's it. The other problem is what the animals are fed, like gmo corn, or the antibiotics. etc. Margarine is made from a mixture of vegetable oil, and water. Margarine consists of a water-in-fat emulsion, with tiny droplets of water dispersed uniformly throughout a fat phase in a stable solid form. While butter is made by concentrating the butterfat of milk through agitation, modern margarine is made through a more intensive processing of refined vegetable oil and water.
I developed anorexia recently. Even science based dieting techniques like CICO can be taught and done very irresponsibility and lead to illness. I would have never developed anorexia if I did not go online. I’m 100% sure of that. These diets everywhere combined with common sentiments like “if you can’t lose weight, it’s your fault” or “you’re a leech on society and selfish” of course will lead people to the path of eating disorders.
@@bruhmoment1835, yah and smart people never fall for cults. C'mon we all know it is not a truth. We still a social monkey with oooga-boooga brains and can slip at any given time. A little bit more stress, financial, phycological or other instability and nicely curated feed pipeline can take you to unexpected informational sh*thole. It is smart to understand it, not to be delulu and think that it can't happen to you.
I honestly stopped giving a f*** about all the cancer research when it comes to food. Everything seems to cause it and actually getting cancer seems to be random, so whatever. Eat as healthily as you're able to, eat varied foods and check with your doctors what you might need to work on.
This should literally be a Netflix documentary. Instead, they crank out shitshow after shitshow when it comes to food documentaries and are 100% part of the problem
@@bate01071 It's really pathetic that you view someone just trying to contribute their thoughts as trying to get likes. What's a bit low is assuming their motivations. I don't think anyone is here is stupid enough to think that getting likes under a video means anything, and I doubt many people have the energy to come back to bask in the glow of their popular comment.
@@bate01071 you know what’s low? Promoting misinformation that causes eating disorders. Now that’s low. Now, sit down and shut your mouth and let the adults talk.
First time I read about eating cotton as a method of loosing weight was I when I was 11yrs old and it was in a book for yoga beginners. Now im 33yrs old and I still remember it.
Thank you for making videos like this. People need to be aware of things like this. I think a diet of variety is healthy without going overboard in one direction and of course just avoid junkfood.
This trend has nothing to do with food and everything to do with identity. Similar trends are happening in politics and social movements. I implore anyone who finds these trends interesting to study up on Tajfel & Turners social identity theory of intergroup behaviour. Awareness of these social mechanisms is the only way to combat toxic social trends. Great video!
Josh Brett is in my "Legit, trustworthy and no BS" TH-cam fitness portfolio. The extent you go to, to make it interesting, educational, entertaining, while also raising awareness of the matter with *EVIDENCE* that can easily be backed up. This is only scratching the surface of the horrors hiding underneath (literally)... Like Mario Tomic said: this is better than Netflix, and that's saying more than something. So much work going on behind these videos, and you deserve every bit of recognition you get for it, Josh! Although this is parasocial... I'm seriously proud of you Josh. That's i why stay subscribed to this crazy great creator. Always *QUALITY* over quantity
Another Josh Brett banger! I eat vegan myself, and man, at the peak of vegan youtube years ago, people were all in on these crazy "raw vegan", "frutarian" restrictions, as well as the weirdo who freelee used to date recommending people a crapton of sugar and that everyone should ride a bike for hours every single day. Veganism already has its problems which require a wide variety of foods and some supplementation, and some people want to restrict it even more, this is insane.
I actually tried Durianriders sugar thing when I was 19 and just starting a vegan diet.. I put fucking sugar in my pasta bolognaise thinking it was going to make my healthy lmfaoooo
Yes, in this sea of info and misinfo its not easy but worthy to find out what works for you in feeling, performance and clinical markers. Avoiding environmental toxins, stupid lifestyle choices and overprocessed food is the good old simple but hard things to start with.
Nutrition isn't easy, but I feel like many of these diets stem from inner denial and cognitive dissonance of what you really have to do. I know it sounds basic, but eating less (especially of things like soda and mcdonalds) and exercising more really are the answer. Not cutting out entire food groups, depriving yourself of nutrients, or doing weird cleanses you got from a shady influencer. It's hard work to change your habits over a long period of time, but it really is the answer. I'm not perfect, I still have lapses where I eat a crap ton of cupcakes at a party, but over the past year I've finally worked away from my stress eating and binging and I've started making homemade meals and exercising 1-2 hours a day. I really enjoy and look forwards to daily nature walks, and I'm not constantly thinking about food as much. To all those out here who are struggling, I'm rooting for you! You deserve to take good care of yourself, and you deserve a healthy life!
Tbf alot of what you eat influences how hard it is to 'eat less'. Many foods will increase hunger hormones and are poor for satiety. Telling people on a SAD to just eat less is like telling an alcoholic to just drink less (tongue in cheek).
@@Morgainz88you're right my brother, once I ate 24 bananas in one sitting, but I've never been able to eat more than 300 grams of meat in one sitting.
I was never really on a diet. I basically eat whatever i want whenever i want and trying to not overeat. When i wanted to lose weight, i ate just less but everything. It worked. I am on a bulk now, i eat more, and diverse too. And it works too. Nothing extreme is good for your health. And dont take it that seriously. Food is just food. It should not be that big of a deal.
Over consumption of high glycemic and calorie dense foods are the leading causes of chronic illness and a massive player on health related death. It is important to take care of diet. Just don't go to extremes and go to an actual nutriologist
Calories in and calories out is the thing you can't fight though fastnatics and carnies keep insisting that the body somehow violates the laws of thermodynamics.
I've done 3 day fasts many times and felt great, However, recently I tried a 5 day thinking I'd give my system a break after having had some digestive difficulties, Well.... on the morning of day 3, I felt like CRAP!! So, what did I do?? I ATE!! And decided to forget about this, at least for a while. You MUST listen to your body. If something doesn't feel good, stop doing it!
After much thinking, I suspect my digestive problems had resulted in vitaminn/mineral depletion. Probably B12 and iron. Fasting at that time not a good idea. My next attempt will be only 2 days, and I'll see how it goes. In the past a 2 or 3 day made me feel great.
LOL "stop drinking cold water with your meal". Bro these people man... smh. So what about a hot meal? Or a cold bowl of cereal? Who goes into a restaurant and says I want some lukewarm water and my food needs to be lukewarm.
This is amazing work. I hope everyone who struggles with eating sees this. My mantra for eating is that I should never feel bad because of the things I eat that I know I probably shouldn't have, but for the things I know I should have eaten but didn't. This makes me excited to make varied and good choices, and doesn't bring me down when I make poor ones.
I wish I had this 2 years ago when I suffered from binge eating disorder. Nonetheless, this is an excellent video and I hope it helps many people realize the truth behind these diet cults.
A major problem with following the "summation of science" as far as healthy food choices goes is that the majority of studies involving food are laughable. Outside of axioms like "you need water to not die" and "don't eat car batteries" they can't actually causally inform anyone of anything - there are way too many confounding factors and the statistical gymnastics that goes on in the studies is comical and criminal. Try to eat real foods that don't make you feel like dogshit and you're ahead of most people.
I got very ill from arthritis 12 years ago. I was on crutches and exhausted. Every dick head with an opinion on my lifestyle and diet came out of the woodwork. I realised if they blamed me for getting sick because I was "eating the wrong food" then they could believe that they will never get sick, because they are eating the right foods. It's a defence mechanism they use to deal with their fears. And some sociopaths see that and create diets to take advantage of those fears
There are people who genuinely want to help others. Some of those “dickheads” may have been sick themselves at one time and healed it through diet. Diet does affect illness. Consider they may have been offering you a possible solution for your pain out of empathy. I don’t doubt it would get annoying to be offered constant “solutions,” but assuming everyone has selfish reasons isn’t productive.
We have a toxic diet vulture that’s often about restriction when it should be about what do I need to eat everyday to support my physiology. The CICO model needs to emphasize how metabolism plays a role. Your metabolism will slow following a long term calorie deficit and regular fasting protocols. It’s effect on hormones will make it even harder to lose weight and u can’t cut calories indefinitely. Also makes binging more likely, insatiable cravings from a major energy deficit
Your body is not going to start creating fat out of thin air, it will though force down your energy expenditure making you slower and lazier. This is why deficits cannot be extreme and also where diet breaks come in where you go back to your new maintenance for a while and let your body stabilize before starting a new deficit.
A balanced diet is literally the key. The problem is with so many food companies funding propaganda research figuring out what that "balance" is, is harder than ever
What dealing with anorexic and orthorexic behaviour has taught me so far is: Fats, Carbs, Protein all have use and can be part of a healthy diet. Constantly thinking and researching what foods to rule out and what foods to eat for optimal health can be a lot more stressful and harming for a person than eating food that is not very nutrient dense occasionally or even for a burst of time. Whenever I slip into a Burnout I tend to not eat anything except for protein bars e.g because the immense irrational fear of "unhealthy" foods overshadows the rationale of eating whatever being more healthy than not eating. I now have learned that eating industry bullshit is not healthy but far more healthy than starving (surprise) Frozen veggie blends safed my ass because you can pop them in the microwave for ~10 minutes and you have a bowl of steamed veggies ready to consume. Also a well formulated multivitamin taken with something fatty like nuts will be beneficial for anyone not having the energy or mental capacity to eat vitamin dense foods (a lil fat makes fat soluble vitamins far more bioavailable for absorption, which can be essential for some kinds of vegan diets)
@@AnekantavadaExtirpation eating disorders are not about the physicality of eating exclusively, yet people can develop aversions to the physical process that it feels impossible to them. Telling a person that to their dear life obviously struggles with eating, let alone eating a nutritionally sufficient amount or complex of foods just to eat real food might sound reasonable but afaik it most likely isn't (to the extent of my personal experience with ed and what I observed in others). Of course I and everyone with brains would wish for those people to do the "obvious" thing but that's very far fetched for people very acutely struggling imo. In the end what I talked about were harm reduction strategies for when any other option feels scarce. I hope this clarifies my point and sheds light onto perspectives some eating disorders folks might share :)
I think that saying some diets are ideal for "some" people is a bit backwards. The problem is that the standard American diet is about the worst thing possible for "most" people. "Everything in moderation" and "a balanced diet" is not what most people do. Just cutting out sugar would be enough for most people to see vast improvements in their weight and health.
Life expectancy and health is also about happines. Soo if your diet is pure, healthy but makes you sad. It wont make you live longer. It's really a good life balance. If you look at the healthiest cultures like Okinawa, good eating was always accompanied by low stress.
it's almost like there's no easy way out. it's almost like some of these diets sound too good to be true. nothing beats suffering in the gym without the use of supplements. a pre-workout maybe if you feel like going nuts, but it's really not necessary. know your limits. seek assistance. hydrate.
And eat more beef 🤣 Humans are animals and their bodies can easily use other animal proteins to repair and grow more protein for themselves. Humans have a hard time turning plant protein into animal protein sooo it doesn’t make sense to bog the body down with plants before or after gym. Enjoy your whole food folks!!!
Great work yet again! Your information is always appreciated. I once lost 67 pounds in 2 months eating one jack in the box chicken sandwich for lunch and a quarter of a seedless watermelon for dinner. No breakfast, no snacks, that was it for 2 months straight. That's aprox 700 calories a day, and almost no nutrition. This changed my brain chemistry and the results were so fast. I wouldn't listen to anyone about what I was doing. Going from mid 170s to 105lbs had acquaintances asking other friends if I was sick, close relatives were very worried, but it didn't matter. This was working and I wasn't going to stop. I started to faint if I stood up too quickly, I started to have nightmares, my joints hurt....but I still felt fat. The only thing that knocked my back to reality was having to call my dad to remove the oil drain bolt on my car as I could not get it off, even with a long wrench. Not being able to change my damn oil brought it all into focus and I started eating again. This was well over 2 decades ago but even now I have odd health problems that I think are here forever. I have problems with my ATP cycle resulting in all kinds of issues. Most of us think "that would never happen to me" but in my case all it took was a bet with a friend to lose the most weight in 60 days. I won my a landslide....and I'm still paying for that "win" to this day over 20 yrs later.
The best strategy to learn about anything is "first principles" thinking - I wanted to find out what the best diet for me was and so I read the whole medical physiology + biochemistry books and now I know how my body works and I can choose not only the best diet, but also exercise and generally lifestyle ❤
My exs was the main reason i ended up with an ED in my 20s and again in my late 30s. abuse, "not being good enough" at any size, being cheated on and having them fetishise thin women.
I lost weight without a diet. Just ate “whole foods” and didn’t deprive myself from a few pleasures. Our parents and grandprarents didn’t need these silly fad diets to be fit, healthy and maintain their weight. Not that all of them were healthy and yeah there are certain foods and ingredients and foods I try not to consume often but my point is that people and these people promoting these extreme diets are over complicating eating healthy.
exercise and a "common sense" diet approach with calorie moderation seems to be all most people need. No need for Keto, vegan, banana, or whatever approach.
I've been thinking pretty much the same thing for a while now. I was a vegetarian for 6 years and I gave myself anemia lol. I know vegetarianism has helped a lot of people, but it wasn't for me. In truth I was using it as an excuse to hide my eating disorder and excluding foods just fueled the fire. What works for me is everything in moderation, no food is forbidden, I just eat more of the healthy foods. Right now I'm at a point in my fitness and health journey where I don't need to loose any more fat, I'm so happy with my body and what it can do, so I find it easy to tune out all the noise of all these fad diets and cults. The people who fall for this are at a vulnerable time in their life and like you said, looking for control or also want to have a sense of purpose and identity, and it is so sad how many of these influencers are taking advantage of that. There are also the influencers that believe their diet actually IS the best diet and get sick and lead others to illness.
13:29 Veganism is entirely an animal rights movement. Any argument for health, environment, ETC, are not arguments for Veganism. It is not extreme to not violate the rights of others.
And when ppl trying these fad diets complain of serious negative effects, they're told "oh, that's just the detoxing, stick with it". One guy on social media who was trying juicing eventually lost teeth because of the juicing! People in the group were still encouraging him onward 😬
Gorillas are actually prey occasionally, jaguars will indeed pick them off if they get the chance. A brown bear tho, that’s a plant eating apex predator we can all look up to
Nobody talks about the most prevalent diet cult which is the calorie-counting sect that is obsessed with how much total heat of combustion certain foods produce when burned in a literal furnace. It is pretty much impossible to explain to its followers that organisms are not furnaces because they break down, digest and metabolize different compounds in various foods differently instead of burning them like fuel
Can't remember who said it but "People are fat because they consume more calories than they burn is like saying people are rich because they spend less money than they earn"
It’s the most scientifically logical one though, energy is not matter it’s just a number that represents physical formulas that stay constant in a closed system, and adding to it the law of energy conservation it should more or less work even if it’s not accurate. It does help that it is the most researched method with the most reliable researches and the least prone to be a marketed diet method.
Btw I’ve always been lean, I’m not following any diet (because I don’t need to), I just like to diversify what I eat, eat in moderation and train in the gym every week.
@@knufyeinundzwanzig2004 I did miss "Saying" at the beginning. Basically, it's true, but it doesn't tell you why people over-eat in the first place. Hunger is a hormonal process, what you eat matters as much as how much you eat.
I just started trying to get stronger and in better shape but all this food stuff is wack. I just eat slightly more healthy items and eat less total food, and I feel fine. I found the key is to find something relatively light that feels filling so you aren't hungry later. The key to going to the gym and eating healthy is discipline. without discipline you slip and get impatient and take short cuts like steroids or fad diets.
Get a food allergy test done. Avoid the foods that you are allergic to. Stop eating so often during the day. Give your body time to digest food and rest. Keep your hormones balanced. Exercise regularly, play a sport, cycle, go to the gym, just do something to keep your muscles strong. Make sure your get enough sleep. Do things and spend time with people that make you happy. Stop worrying about what people think of you and just do what is needed for you to be healthy which is all of the above.
I did the carnivore diet for a month and slowly started adding foods back in. I found out that I was sensitive to many foods I was eating daily and I feel a lot better now that I no longer eat them. Allergy tests don't test for everything.
@@Jane-yg3vzobviously you feel more sensitive when the only thing you was eating was meat/animal foods your body as now adapted to only tolerating those foods. This is why it’s important to eat a diverse diet I myself eat animal based but I also eat rice, potatoes, veggies, nuts, seafood, fish, berries and I’m doing good
Then you are plant based, not vegan. Veganism is a Moral Lifestyle which believes in animal rights. Not necessarily linked to a healthy diet, you can be vegan by just eating plant based potato chips for the rest of your life. But its a Moral Stance, not a diet.
@@Chub-Bee I can have a personal moral stance on animals without forcing it on others. Just like religious people have morals, most people don’t feel obligated to push their religion onto others, and that doesn’t mean they don’t have morals or that they don’t believe in their religion. Thanks for your flawed perspective, though.
@@Chub-Bee hahaha, when did I say that? I wouldn’t recommend the vegan diet to others on the basis of it not being the right fit for everyone. That doesn’t change how I feel about other people eating meat 💀 it seems like you are purposefully misunderstanding the point of my original comment or the point of the video in general. It’s about fad diets, not morality on the eating of animals. I guess there’s no arguing with stupid🤦🏽♀️
@@therealsamsclub2325 I was just about to write how veganism is this perfect example of food cultism. And sure, somebody in the comments just proved this point😂
I sort of made my own diet to lose weight with trial and error. I'm not holier than thou, but I definitely saw through these influencers. They have an aura of cringe they can't seem to hide from me.
It’s not hard. Any time someone with above average charisma is pushing something you’ve never heard of before, and especially when they’re vague about the evidence, you should run. Think about things that work, from diets to OTC cures for basic ailments, to beauty products, and so on. You don’t ever see some hot, confident, half-dressed person spouting off about how great they are. When’s the last time you saw an influencer pushing Tylenol? They don’t have to. Because it works and everyone knows it. Ever seen an influencer pushing lavender essential oil as the best cure for a headache?
All I know is that as someone with Celiac disease, I would never willingly eat gluten free if I had the choice. I genuinely don't understand how people without Celiac have the motivation to do that.
I am pretty healthy and need variety but it didn't keep me from cutting out many food groups from my diet ;) I had a reason for it. I have little reason not to eat gluten as it's low-carb enough for me but I have much better, tastier and more nutritious items, I don't NEED or particularly want gluten. So it's not so hard to give it up. Not like I completely did it but close. And both I and my bread lover SO gave up gluten for a year just to see what happens (nothing) after we heard from a doctor that gluten is actually bad for most people, not everyone but it is a factor that may be a bad combo with other factors. It was very, very easy for both of us (we just cut out added sugar and many other things too, that was super easy as well. we kept what was really important for us). So that's it, gluten is super important for many people and not at all for others. I met people who found eating only meat easy too as that was their only really precious food item. Wow. You would need to pry my eggs and even sour cream from my cold, dead hands :D And I can't imagine not eating fruits for half a year either (my record is probably the 2 weeks that is my carnivore record too. I like challenges and trying out - usually not crazy and never dangerous - things even if I don't need them).
Some people have this misconception that celiac is something that you develop like diabetes hence the gluten-free craze. I suppose the one upside is that those with actual conditions have a lot more gluten-free foods available than they did a decade ago like how the keto craze led to a lot more sugar-free options that benefit diabetics.
''Radioactive isotope studies show that when you eat an organ, a corresponding organ will recieve nourishment'' And all the others? I'm no doctor but isn't that kind of the point - when you eat your organs receive nourishemnt lol
A properly planned vegan diet is considered healthy by dietary organizations, and it by no means has to be restrictive. There is vegan junk food and just about anything you can imagine. There are vegan fad diets, but eating vegan in general is not a fad nor any more harmful than improperly planned omnivorous diets. In addition the ethical vegan movement doesn't promote restrictive eating for what I've seen.
My grandparents grew up in a post-war Spain eating rice, bread and rats. When that era ended they ate whatever the hell they wanted because they finally could. My grandfather died at 93 and my grandmother at 97.
Good video! Very informative. The segment on mental health really struck a chord with me. I felt so much guilt when trying to decide what to eat, at one point.
Thanks for watching!🙂
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why are you then providing information on fat LOSS, while according to to your video (th-cam.com/video/QD64IbRyNv0/w-d-xo.html) you've struggled with muscle GAIN. So you're probably way different from the people that want to lose fat, and so you might just be adding to the confusion :(
Never dieted in my life though have done ketosis as it is a metabolic state & not a diet as I was instructed by my GP to do so for a time which the benefits were minor to modest.
The One thing I always limited my consumption was sugar though I halved my starch consumption replacing it with fat, fibre & other food sources as I aged because I can't sustain what I once did as a child or young man.
I think one of the leading causes for people weight gain & poor physique is one reason being 'sugar'.
I never had a sweet tooth like most while my mother was the opposite which she mimicked my eating habits in time & lost multiple stones though she can't help but eat chocolate for hidden sugar she is far better off.
My rule is the same as my Cockney elders which is ''waste not, want not'', ''you are what you eat'' & ''variety is the spice of life''
What Most do is they think their is 1 super food & they waste so much in their pantry because they buy fruit & vegetables they pretend to eat fooling themselves.
If it is quality grub & not the same thing every day then I eat it though I have no sweet tooth making my life easy.
You have to break that sweet tooth as my brother is of the same genetics to me but is overweight.
People tell of the health issues of smoking, alcohol etcetera but I'd argue excessive sugar is the real life ender.
I think the healthiest thing one can do is to uninstall Instagram and TikTok.
Or stop consuming youtube content
@@SenpaiistTH-cam has a lot more informative outlets than those two combined
Yes 😂😂😂
definitely
@@Senpaiist watching 20 minute videos of respected people is different than watching 10 second out of context non nuanced clips by complete strangers
I was going to say this is Netflix documentary level work, but then I realized it's even better. Most of the nutrition stuff they produced so far is garbage. Well done!
Josh spends a lot of time on these videos, and it always suck it takes a while for them to come out, but once they do finally come out, you figure out it was worth waiting for them to get polished and uploaded!
Don’t insult Josh - Netflix “documentaries” are as accurate as Braveheart. Game changers being a prime and topical example. One most egregious being Cleopatra. Josh, top notch work as always 👌🏻
I think he missed a lot of good stuff. Like where is Goatis? Where is "urine therapy" and enemas and all that good stuff?
@@Cazzy09 Game chargers was quite accurate.
@MarioTomicOfficial I watch your video they are very informational and I have learned many things.
The opening time lapse, where you removed food from the tabletop as it was deemed "unhealthy" was fucking brilliant. What a masterful way to help us visualize the absurdity of this echo chamber.
Ikr, there was no food left.
gee, maybe the reasoning behind the claims is what actually matters, and not the claim itself?
@@uberneanderthal What else could be behind the claim? This is bad for you so you should eat it? What are talking about?
@@merkamark most vegan claims are based on non-replicable, uncontrolled, unobserved survey data with very weak associations (associations that are usually only derived after some post-hoc adjustments and not seen in the raw data).
carnivore claims are based on actual physiological and biochemical processes of the human body, e.g. we shouldn't eat fiber because our cecum is basically non-existent; we shouldn't mix carbs and fats because it activates the Randle Cycle, slowing metabolism and leading to glucose pooling in the blood (diabetes); we shouldn't eat plants because we don't efficiently convert the nutrients to their bioavailable form, etc
which would you say is more reliable and logical?
@@merkamark most vegan claims are based on non-replicable, uncontrolled, unobserved survey data with very weak associations (associations that are usually only derived after some post-hoc adjustments and not seen in the raw data).
carnivore claims are based on actual physiological and biochemical processes of the human body, e.g. we shouldn't eat fiber because our cecum is basically non-existent; we shouldn't mix carbs and fats because it activates the Randle Cycle, slowing metabolism and leading to glucose pooling in the blood (diabetes); we shouldn't eat plants because we don't efficiently convert the nutrients to their bioavailable form, etc
which would you say is more reliable and logical?
the enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, its delusion.
I’m not sure if you made that up but it’s pretty damn good
Truer words were never spoken
If you're quoting nietzsche, it's a little bit off.
@@TITTYtoucher2000 if you know the nietzche quote I would like to hear it
"Stop eating FRESH food" goes crazy
i'm rot maxxing
I thought the same thing. Like how the fook can that thinking happen?
I want to take that lady who said she doesn't need any food and lock her into a cell for a month. Let her prove it to us all. Who knows how many people she killed
I could do that. I have almost enough fat to starve. Need water though.
@@SurrogateActivities And essential nutrients ...
Man I'd reopen a certain camp in Poland the Germans used for bullshit. She would actually deserve to be in there.
ppl are responsible for their own actions though. If they're dumb enough to do it, then hey. ppl listen to supposed experts all the time who give bad advice
Look up Breatharians. She’s already been tested multiple times, but keeps making up new bullshit.
I really feel like we are in the golden age of scams.
sure feels that way. like we're all walking down a hallway with countless people popping out of doors to try to convince us of something. it's kind of disgusting and disturbing really.
I think social media has just made it so much easier for grifters to get their shit out there, while also making it much easier for others to call them out
This 🎯🎯🎯🎯 especially the shiny Instagram accounts
I worked in cybersecurity and supported intelligence operations until July of this year. There were some interesting ups and downs over the years, but 2020 is when we saw the spike that never really went down.
We had a perfect storm of a gradual drop in to the barrier to entry (technical skill set required), target rich environment (everyone is on social media all day long), and motivation to succeed (economy sucks).
Too many people on social media having main character syndrome thinking they have to do something unique to stand out in a crowd of “npcs”. Perfect for scammers and fugazzi science preachers
I lost 90 lbs last year and people always ask me how I did it. All I tell them is that I found lower calorie, more satiating foods that I enjoyed and made them the cornerstone of my diet. I didn't exclude anything but I always made myself aware of nutrition facts of something before I ate it.
aka ketogenic or carnivore diet
@@bishopsdeeplearning555???
how tf you gonna watch this video and say something so braindead. @@bishopsdeeplearning555
@@bishopsdeeplearning555you didn't watch the video AT ALL did you?
@@bishopsdeeplearning555100% spot on
All the people I know who are still active and healthy in their 90s, eat everything in moderation! Being active, being social, being interested in something, have a passion in life is the key.
My mother in law. White bread and margarine, veggies from the garden, meat from the butcher. That's it and she lived to 100. Very Catholic.
@@cincin4515same here my grandmother lived until 111. Her diet was very simple she ate toast with butter in the morning and ate red meat in the afternoon with rice - she used seed oils to cook. I think the reason why both of our grandmothers lived long was because of the fasting my grandmother was a devout Christian always praying
Loved everything about this documentary! From the study, to the editing and pace, it deserves to be in the millions of views!
Influencers: it's how our ancestors ate...
Ancestors: we wish we had a stove and a fridge...
Ancestors: Bro, if I get to 30 years old, I'll basically be a wise elderly veteran!
@@SpectreXSto be fair a very high percentage died during birth skewing the numbers...plus predators..infected wounds and broken bones were death sentences
@@SpectreXS Nah, if they got to adulthood hunter gatherers lived a rather long time, lots of dead at child birth and early childhood though
@@slee2695 Fasting can help there. If you fast enough, predators will look for more tasty meals.
Your loss.... if you wish to dispel anything other than what you were conditioned to.
Explain how the world's top performance athletes are carnivore diet if it isn't the correct fuel. 🤔
"Don't stick to a diet that can be named" is one of the best quotes i've ever heard. (20:42). It tells us that each and every persons needs are individual. Good vid btw!
Every diet can be named though
@@francescaerreia8859"Don't stick to a diet that can be described in one word"
Vegetarianism is also technically a diet but it can be extremely versatile with hundreds of traditional cuisines falling under this category. Even saying that "don't follow diets that can be named with one word" is a bit too much of a generalization imo.
@@nunyo9441 The key word being "described". One word which tells everything you need to know about a diet.
Yes but none of the cuisines would be perfect for you, considering the original diet was based on someone elses needs
@@nunyo9441
i lost 50 pounds in about 4 months by eating more satiating food that's high in protein and healthy fats, and 2 years later haven't gained any of it back and don't feel like i'm dieting at all. if your diet is not comfortable for you it will never last.
Yup carbs are ass
can you share your diet plan? thank you
Something that bugs me being more towards plant based (meat and dairy appears to set off certain unpleasant gut issues), is this big snobbery against tinned pulses and frozen veg. Sometimes practicality strikes higher than idealism. And I cannot afford to make everything 100% fresh and from scratch 100% of the time.
Sometimes "good enough" is simply "good enough".
It's also...way safer. It's clean.
word, the fitness industry lives from our insecuritys
When I was a teen girl I read that women shouldn't eat more than 1200 kcal a day, it ended in the hospital for me, I had less than 80 pounds on a 5'11 frame. Years after I was still in a cycle of sports bulimia and binge eating, I tried veganism, was scared of "unnatural" food. In my 30s now I've given up on the idea that I'll ever fully recover and be able to eat normally, I still count calories but manage to stay at around the same weight although I'm vulnerable to phases stress eating or subsisting for coffee for days. The mental and physical damage is immense, my mother was already going through a cycle of endless juice fasts during my childhood, did I even have a chance?
I grew up in the 60's & 70's. We starved ourselves while drinking low calorie alcohol like mother and entered the 80's with dreadful eating disorders.
I still don't know what I'm supposed to eat and binge often.
Stop your self loathing
low calorie alcohol? what? @@cincin4515
@@cincin4515yes this is true. Diet culture was absolutely horrible in the 80’s. I remember watching my mother develop binge eating disorder after she joined weight watchers in the early 80’s. It deeply and negatively affected my perception of food and healthy/disordered eating. She’s still very obese and has disordered eating at almost 80 years old.
Only a suggestion, feel free to take it or leave it: you may want to look up Dr Ken Berry. He is a practicing physician and he actually answers questions on his live TH-cam every week. Just a suggestion. I wish you all the best 👍🏻🌞🥰
There are no quick fixes or short cuts in fitness or diets. The best way is always through getting educated on how to eat properly with a balanced healthy way to suit your individual goals, preferences, and lifestyle. Another great video Josh!
Sure, Mr. Science guy. Balanced, healthy, suit your individual goals yada, yada, yada. You really don't know what you are talking about. Just regurgitating what someone else said.
@@jaghad Ok there tough guy... 😂
After 30 years in the gym & 20+ years as a fitness professional working with hundreds of clients in that time, I’d say I’m pretty well versed in these things. Never thought I’d meet someone who thought getting more educated and doing things in a healthy balanced way was a bad thing…..? 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Wishing you all the best on your fitness journey, & hope you find it in you to have an open mind so you keep learning something new every day. 💪
Everyone has their own idea of balanced.
So telling people to eat balanced can't work without fact based Information.
Some people think drinking soda and eating JunkFood with a meal of self cooked veggies once a week is balanced.
Some say it's eating as many different fruits and veggies as you can and have raw meals like rainbow salads every other day and don't eat sugar.
So jzst saying "balanced" is a hollow as it can get.
@@CordeliaWagner Like I said, it’s all based on any number of individual factors, which obviously vary from one person to another. But a balanced approach that accounts for those individual variables is always best, especially when it comes from a place of knowledge and education, and not from a standard fad diet template that people frequently blindly follow.
@@CordeliaWagner The key phrase is "getting educated", that's what @FitLabb said. People eating junk food with veggies may think it's balanced, but they're obviously not educated enough.
Love that you included Dr. Mike! He and Renaissance Periodization are the voice of reason in a wilderness of lies, half truths and misleading information.
he's an actual doctor unlike your cult leaders @@n0b0dyatall1
Doctor Mike is a giant hypocrite who doesn’t practice what he preaches. No one should be following him.
he's a drug addict, an ignorant and knows nothing about nutrition. Look his "what i eat in a day" video
Josh, I appreciate your skills as a creator. Phenomenal narration/story telling and editing.
Eating disorders also effects older people but the myth it only affects the youngs mean we are neglected, ignored and untreated
I eat meat, vegetables, fruit, bread, dairy, and I am happier than ever. Trying to follow a specific diet made me depressed and anxious. Took me awhile to realize that
You never fail us, my man. You’re a legit filmmaker. Nutrition was one of my biggest struggles for years as a lad, largely because of the insanity surrounding diet cults. Thank you as always 💪
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@@fighterinmkiwiscience3517😂
I believe you are unmatched in the level of content you make, and you don't even have enough followers to justify making stuff available for free! You are amazing, and you make great contributions to the fitness industry issues that plague the world today. Great work.
@stephanusghibellino It's not supposed to have, it's a video about cults, genius. I really love people who comment under a documentary "why isn't this documentary about a different topic". Jesus, just find a documentary about what you want to watch rather than whine about documentaries on other topics that they don't contain what you're looking for
This channel's production is always top notch! There legit are no bad videos here. You can binge them all and see how consistent he is at his word!
I feel like most people forget that everyone digests food different. What can be „good“ for one is quite damaging for the other. I am gluten intolerant, that doesn’t mean that gluten in and of itself is bad. It’s just not good for me.
Humans forgot to listen to their bodily cues - and I feel like each and every person should spend some time to ask themselves „how does my body react to different food types?“
There are more universal effects (e.g. Having „bad“ reactions to too much processed foods) and more unique and niche reactions (like being gluten intolerant). At the end of the day, it is important to know how your own body reacts to food stimuli - only then will it be possible to hack your behavior with the goal of feeling your best. As you once nicely said „it’s no use looking good if you don’t feel good“
Yeah I personally cannot digest beans, lentils or any other legume. But I can eat many fruits and be fine.
I’ve done keto, and intermittent fasting. Keto I felt amazing but it wasn’t very sustainable money-wise or socially. Intermittent fasting is the only one I’ve actually done consistently for years. It’s easy to do, doesn’t require any specific foods, you have control over when you eat and it’s not that strict. I break it all the time with little consequence.
Yeah I also go for intermittent fasting as well as cutting down sugars. I feel better now than when I was 20. :D
# me too
Same but I do one meal a day now. I’ll get hungry and then it goes away . I only eat at night once per day and I’ll eat what ever I want. I did the no carb diet and got shredded but it’s not sustainable . It’s also depressing. We need to find something that doesn’t feel like a diet but more like regular living. I find one meal a day keeps my calories in check and it’s easily manageable and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on what I like to eat . But my weight loss is very slow but I’m good with that cause I can stick with it
I found out I did intermittent fasting without knowing it, as I have troubles in the start of the day to eat something wich turned into a habbit. After I let someone tell me I somewhat do that I took it more seriously. I have never been fat in my life even though I am a big sugar addict and in general dont eat very healthy. Im pretty sure any form of fasting that suits you best is the way.
I find keto/ whole food eating is actually cheaper if I add in processed carbs I end up paying for the processes involved in making it and for the colourful packaging etc
I remember watching "Eating You Alive," a documentary about eating a strictly plant-based diet, and it not only claimed that eating this way is the only way to stay healthy, but that it can cure pancreatic cancer (one of the quickest-killing examples).
That did not go so well for Steve Jobs. He became a fruitarian; possibly not a particularly good thing to do for pancreatic cancer.
Cancer is better prevented than reversed.
@@trail.blazerfruit is full of sugar; being a fruitarian likely reduced his life expectancy…
There are still documentaries like this on Netflix that push veganism down people’s throats…
@@ALT-vz3jn I think that is very likely. He was getting a combination of higher sugars (great for most cancers) and lower nutrients. He was apparently so clever and yet does something so stupid...
14:00 Note Margarine and butter are made from two different fats.
Butter consists of 70% saturated fat, 25% monounsaturated fats, 5 to 10% trans fatty acids, and 1 to 2% polyunsaturated fats.
Realistically, butter should have 2 ingredients. Milk, and salt. That's it. The other problem is what the animals are fed, like gmo corn, or the antibiotics. etc.
Margarine is made from a mixture of vegetable oil, and water.
Margarine consists of a water-in-fat emulsion, with tiny droplets of water dispersed uniformly throughout a fat phase in a stable solid form. While butter is made by concentrating the butterfat of milk through agitation, modern margarine is made through a more intensive processing of refined vegetable oil and water.
I developed anorexia recently. Even science based dieting techniques like CICO can be taught and done very irresponsibility and lead to illness. I would have never developed anorexia if I did not go online. I’m 100% sure of that.
These diets everywhere combined with common sentiments like “if you can’t lose weight, it’s your fault” or “you’re a leech on society and selfish” of course will lead people to the path of eating disorders.
Stop blaming others for your lack of critical appraisal
@@bruhmoment1835 no. We’re social creatures and teenagers are effected by the society around them. Dieting culture is often taught in health class
@@bruhmoment1835, yah and smart people never fall for cults. C'mon we all know it is not a truth. We still a social monkey with oooga-boooga brains and can slip at any given time. A little bit more stress, financial, phycological or other instability and nicely curated feed pipeline can take you to unexpected informational sh*thole. It is smart to understand it, not to be delulu and think that it can't happen to you.
Nah this is steaming hot BS… There have been anorexics for hundreds of years before you and the internet ever existed.
@@ALT-vz3jn I was describing *my own* experience
Reading comprehension. You’re responding to something I didn’t say.
Diet is the new religion! If and when you are negative about a certain diet people really feel offended and get really defensive! So weird!!😮
Could do without so many pictures of people eating raw meat. Gross.
I honestly stopped giving a f*** about all the cancer research when it comes to food. Everything seems to cause it and actually getting cancer seems to be random, so whatever. Eat as healthily as you're able to, eat varied foods and check with your doctors what you might need to work on.
Insulin resistance. Not all cancers but many cancers can be linked to insulin resistance.
@@residentjessAvoiding carbs creates a state of insulin resistance.
This is why if you don't know how to read the medical literature. Don't trust a random internet person reading it for you and make assumptions of it.
@@aspiresk8boardingavoiding carbs is a good thing
Cap
This should literally be a Netflix documentary. Instead, they crank out shitshow after shitshow when it comes to food documentaries and are 100% part of the problem
There are plenty of good diet documentaries on Netflix. Name dropping a streaming company for likes is a bit low.
@@bate01071such as? Asking genuinely cause I'd like to watch
@@bate01071 It's really pathetic that you view someone just trying to contribute their thoughts as trying to get likes. What's a bit low is assuming their motivations. I don't think anyone is here is stupid enough to think that getting likes under a video means anything, and I doubt many people have the energy to come back to bask in the glow of their popular comment.
Super agree!
@@bate01071 you know what’s low? Promoting misinformation that causes eating disorders. Now that’s low.
Now, sit down and shut your mouth and let the adults talk.
First time I read about eating cotton as a method of loosing weight was I when I was 11yrs old and it was in a book for yoga beginners. Now im 33yrs old and I still remember it.
Thank you for making videos like this. People need to be aware of things like this. I think a diet of variety is healthy without going overboard in one direction and of course just avoid junkfood.
This trend has nothing to do with food and everything to do with identity. Similar trends are happening in politics and social movements. I implore anyone who finds these trends interesting to study up on Tajfel & Turners social identity theory of intergroup behaviour. Awareness of these social mechanisms is the only way to combat toxic social trends. Great video!
Spot on. These diet, fashion or political trends is because the West is spiritually empty.
Sad people who feel the strong need to have some group to identify with.
The mood, diction, cadence, clip selection, humour.... Man, you make top-notch content. Humbling and informative. You sir, are really, really good.
Josh Brett is in my "Legit, trustworthy and no BS" TH-cam fitness portfolio.
The extent you go to, to make it interesting, educational, entertaining, while also raising awareness of the matter with *EVIDENCE* that can easily be backed up.
This is only scratching the surface of the horrors hiding underneath (literally)...
Like Mario Tomic said: this is better than Netflix, and that's saying more than something.
So much work going on behind these videos, and you deserve every bit of recognition you get for it, Josh!
Although this is parasocial... I'm seriously proud of you Josh.
That's i why stay subscribed to this crazy great creator. Always *QUALITY* over quantity
Another Josh Brett banger!
I eat vegan myself, and man, at the peak of vegan youtube years ago, people were all in on these crazy "raw vegan", "frutarian" restrictions, as well as the weirdo who freelee used to date recommending people a crapton of sugar and that everyone should ride a bike for hours every single day.
Veganism already has its problems which require a wide variety of foods and some supplementation, and some people want to restrict it even more, this is insane.
I actually tried Durianriders sugar thing when I was 19 and just starting a vegan diet.. I put fucking sugar in my pasta bolognaise thinking it was going to make my healthy lmfaoooo
So you know it's inherently crazy and yet you still restrict yourself
Yeah its so insane to to have a more healthy diet, yeah sure
@@SurrogateActivities Actual vegans don't do it solely for health benefits
@@SurrogateActivitiespeople being vegan for the ethical aspect is totally legit. Claiming that it is anything beyond an ethical choice is not.
Yes, in this sea of info and misinfo its not easy but worthy to find out what works for you in feeling, performance and clinical markers. Avoiding environmental toxins, stupid lifestyle choices and overprocessed food is the good old simple but hard things to start with.
Nutrition isn't easy, but I feel like many of these diets stem from inner denial and cognitive dissonance of what you really have to do. I know it sounds basic, but eating less (especially of things like soda and mcdonalds) and exercising more really are the answer. Not cutting out entire food groups, depriving yourself of nutrients, or doing weird cleanses you got from a shady influencer. It's hard work to change your habits over a long period of time, but it really is the answer.
I'm not perfect, I still have lapses where I eat a crap ton of cupcakes at a party, but over the past year I've finally worked away from my stress eating and binging and I've started making homemade meals and exercising 1-2 hours a day. I really enjoy and look forwards to daily nature walks, and I'm not constantly thinking about food as much. To all those out here who are struggling, I'm rooting for you! You deserve to take good care of yourself, and you deserve a healthy life!
Tbf alot of what you eat influences how hard it is to 'eat less'.
Many foods will increase hunger hormones and are poor for satiety.
Telling people on a SAD to just eat less is like telling an alcoholic to just drink less (tongue in cheek).
"instead of cutting entire food groups". Yeah great, go on, like nightshades are not inherently poisonous or something 😂
@@Morgainz88you're right my brother, once I ate 24 bananas in one sitting, but I've never been able to eat more than 300 grams of meat in one sitting.
I was never really on a diet. I basically eat whatever i want whenever i want and trying to not overeat. When i wanted to lose weight, i ate just less but everything. It worked. I am on a bulk now, i eat more, and diverse too. And it works too. Nothing extreme is good for your health. And dont take it that seriously. Food is just food. It should not be that big of a deal.
Over consumption of high glycemic and calorie dense foods are the leading causes of chronic illness and a massive player on health related death.
It is important to take care of diet. Just don't go to extremes and go to an actual nutriologist
Calories in and calories out is the thing you can't fight though fastnatics and carnies keep insisting that the body somehow violates the laws of thermodynamics.
"Oh yeah, let's ingest worms that devour me from the inside out. Sounds like a fantastic idea!" 🤪
You can find vintage ads for them, they were popular at the turn of the 20th century.
@@ALT-vz3jn 😮
Another high quality documentary video on a sensitive topic. Keep up the great work!
I've done 3 day fasts many times and felt great, However, recently I tried a 5 day thinking I'd give my system a break after having had some digestive difficulties, Well.... on the morning of day 3, I felt like CRAP!! So, what did I do?? I ATE!! And decided to forget about this, at least for a while. You MUST listen to your body. If something doesn't feel good, stop doing it!
After much thinking, I suspect my digestive problems had resulted in vitaminn/mineral depletion. Probably B12 and iron. Fasting at that time not a good idea. My next attempt will be only 2 days, and I'll see how it goes. In the past a 2 or 3 day made me feel great.
You didn't give your digestion a break you made it weaker by letting it sit unused for extended periods.
LOL "stop drinking cold water with your meal". Bro these people man... smh. So what about a hot meal? Or a cold bowl of cereal? Who goes into a restaurant and says I want some lukewarm water and my food needs to be lukewarm.
This one is true though. Just drink normal temperature water, cold water, especially chilled water, really harms your digestive system.
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@@toomanymarys7355 Please keep drinking unnatural cold water, while I enjoy my naturally cool water from earthen pot.
This is amazing work. I hope everyone who struggles with eating sees this. My mantra for eating is that I should never feel bad because of the things I eat that I know I probably shouldn't have, but for the things I know I should have eaten but didn't. This makes me excited to make varied and good choices, and doesn't bring me down when I make poor ones.
Eat whatever you want but don’t eat too much, drink water and exercise
As someone who's seen a famine and people dying of hunger the breatherians are so wrong
Carnivore MD actually posted a video saying he was getting off the carnivore diet
Putting all these in the same container makes no sense
I wish I had this 2 years ago when I suffered from binge eating disorder. Nonetheless, this is an excellent video and I hope it helps many people realize the truth behind these diet cults.
Congrats on your recovery!
This video doesn’t move the needle for BED sufferers…
The agriculture revolution is the biggest cult diet the world had to suffer
Bro, you have a talent with this! All your videos are gold! Keep it up! You deserve more recognition and need to get your channel noticed more.
A major problem with following the "summation of science" as far as healthy food choices goes is that the majority of studies involving food are laughable. Outside of axioms like "you need water to not die" and "don't eat car batteries" they can't actually causally inform anyone of anything - there are way too many confounding factors and the statistical gymnastics that goes on in the studies is comical and criminal.
Try to eat real foods that don't make you feel like dogshit and you're ahead of most people.
I got very ill from arthritis 12 years ago. I was on crutches and exhausted.
Every dick head with an opinion on my lifestyle and diet came out of the woodwork.
I realised if they blamed me for getting sick because I was "eating the wrong food" then they could believe that they will never get sick, because they are eating the right foods.
It's a defence mechanism they use to deal with their fears. And some sociopaths see that and create diets to take advantage of those fears
There are people who genuinely want to help others. Some of those “dickheads” may have been sick themselves at one time and healed it through diet. Diet does affect illness. Consider they may have been offering you a possible solution for your pain out of empathy.
I don’t doubt it would get annoying to be offered constant “solutions,” but assuming everyone has selfish reasons isn’t productive.
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I've noticed the pressuring they do. If someone gets sick following a fad they all go nuts with the "you're not doing it right" BS.
Bro if that supermarket ambush guy came up to me irl I would probably get kicked out of the grocery store💀
Cut down on, sugars, fizzy drinks, alcohol, fast foods, carbs.
Cook your own meals + exercise 💪. 90% of problems gone.
We have a toxic diet vulture that’s often about restriction when it should be about what do I need to eat everyday to support my physiology.
The CICO model needs to emphasize how metabolism plays a role. Your metabolism will slow following a long term calorie deficit and regular fasting protocols. It’s effect on hormones will make it even harder to lose weight and u can’t cut calories indefinitely. Also makes binging more likely, insatiable cravings from a major energy deficit
Your body is not going to start creating fat out of thin air, it will though force down your energy expenditure making you slower and lazier. This is why deficits cannot be extreme and also where diet breaks come in where you go back to your new maintenance for a while and let your body stabilize before starting a new deficit.
A balanced diet is literally the key. The problem is with so many food companies funding propaganda research figuring out what that "balance" is, is harder than ever
There's literally no advantage to eating food raw.
Rocky drinking egg yolks has absolutely cursed us.
Raw fruits and vegetables contains enzymes which get destroyed when you cook it.
What dealing with anorexic and orthorexic behaviour has taught me so far is:
Fats, Carbs, Protein all have use and can be part of a healthy diet.
Constantly thinking and researching what foods to rule out and what foods to eat for optimal health can be a lot more stressful and harming for a person than eating food that is not very nutrient dense occasionally or even for a burst of time.
Whenever I slip into a Burnout I tend to not eat anything except for protein bars e.g because the immense irrational fear of "unhealthy" foods overshadows the rationale of eating whatever being more healthy than not eating.
I now have learned that eating industry bullshit is not healthy but far more healthy than starving (surprise)
Frozen veggie blends safed my ass because you can pop them in the microwave for ~10 minutes and you have a bowl of steamed veggies ready to consume.
Also a well formulated multivitamin taken with something fatty like nuts will be beneficial for anyone not having the energy or mental capacity to eat vitamin dense foods (a lil fat makes fat soluble vitamins far more bioavailable for absorption, which can be essential for some kinds of vegan diets)
Vitamin dense foods: eggs, milk, and meat. All super easy to eat lots of. If ur an anorexic then you would do well just eating actual food.
@@AnekantavadaExtirpation yea no that's like telling an asthmatic to breathe because there is enough oxygen
@@NuclearAnNoahlation So you are saying you physically cannot eat the aforementioned items more? Or is it more psychological?
@@AnekantavadaExtirpationpsychological and physical are more intertwined than people like to think.
@@AnekantavadaExtirpation eating disorders are not about the physicality of eating exclusively, yet people can develop aversions to the physical process that it feels impossible to them.
Telling a person that to their dear life obviously struggles with eating, let alone eating a nutritionally sufficient amount or complex of foods just to eat real food might sound reasonable but afaik it most likely isn't (to the extent of my personal experience with ed and what I observed in others).
Of course I and everyone with brains would wish for those people to do the "obvious" thing but that's very far fetched for people very acutely struggling imo.
In the end what I talked about were harm reduction strategies for when any other option feels scarce.
I hope this clarifies my point and sheds light onto perspectives some eating disorders folks might share :)
I think for me personally, it's about removing super processed foods as much as possible, high protein foods, and reducing carbs to a minimum.
Out of all the comments here you are the first one I read that hits the nail on the head ... avoid PROCESSED FOODS!!
I think that saying some diets are ideal for "some" people is a bit backwards. The problem is that the standard American diet is about the worst thing possible for "most" people. "Everything in moderation" and "a balanced diet" is not what most people do. Just cutting out sugar would be enough for most people to see vast improvements in their weight and health.
Both things can be true at the same time
I'm on the dale gribble diet it's 40 cigs, 6 beers, and 1 gerbster roasted over a burning glue trap a day
Eat food, don’t eat added chemicals
There you go.
Life expectancy and health is also about happines. Soo if your diet is pure, healthy but makes you sad. It wont make you live longer.
It's really a good life balance. If you look at the healthiest cultures like Okinawa, good eating was always accompanied by low stress.
it's almost like there's no easy way out. it's almost like some of these diets sound too good to be true. nothing beats suffering in the gym without the use of supplements. a pre-workout maybe if you feel like going nuts, but it's really not necessary. know your limits. seek assistance. hydrate.
It's that seek assistance part that gets people, they go out and seek it from the first person that tells them what they want to hear.
@@konz2891 i really just meant find yourself a spotter if you're going heavy. information on dieting and workouts are a dime a dozen.
And eat more beef 🤣
Humans are animals and their bodies can easily use other animal proteins to repair and grow more protein for themselves. Humans have a hard time turning plant protein into animal protein sooo it doesn’t make sense to bog the body down with plants before or after gym.
Enjoy your whole food folks!!!
@@seadragon1456 screw a diet. get to work. then diet when you plateau. taking meat out of your diet is a dream, and a dumb one.
Great work yet again! Your information is always appreciated.
I once lost 67 pounds in 2 months eating one jack in the box chicken sandwich for lunch and a quarter of a seedless watermelon for dinner. No breakfast, no snacks, that was it for 2 months straight. That's aprox 700 calories a day, and almost no nutrition.
This changed my brain chemistry and the results were so fast. I wouldn't listen to anyone about what I was doing. Going from mid 170s to 105lbs had acquaintances asking other friends if I was sick, close relatives were very worried, but it didn't matter. This was working and I wasn't going to stop.
I started to faint if I stood up too quickly, I started to have nightmares, my joints hurt....but I still felt fat.
The only thing that knocked my back to reality was having to call my dad to remove the oil drain bolt on my car as I could not get it off, even with a long wrench. Not being able to change my damn oil brought it all into focus and I started eating again.
This was well over 2 decades ago but even now I have odd health problems that I think are here forever. I have problems with my ATP cycle resulting in all kinds of issues.
Most of us think "that would never happen to me" but in my case all it took was a bet with a friend to lose the most weight in 60 days. I won my a landslide....and I'm still paying for that "win" to this day over 20 yrs later.
I hope you get on Netflix or something huge one day. Your documentaries are extremely eye opening and educational. Keep at it.
The internet has destroyed humanity. Prove me wrong.
The best strategy to learn about anything is "first principles" thinking - I wanted to find out what the best diet for me was and so I read the whole medical physiology + biochemistry books and now I know how my body works and I can choose not only the best diet, but also exercise and generally lifestyle ❤
Just more Words for having a excuse to do things that are not good for you. Short =ItS a LifEstyLe"
My exs was the main reason i ended up with an ED in my 20s and again in my late 30s. abuse, "not being good enough" at any size, being cheated on and having them fetishise thin women.
Missed the fact that nutrition science is terrible. Absolutely riddled with studies funded by big food industries. This leads to mistrust
The best thing to include in your diet is food. This contains many of the nutrients necessary for good health.
I lost weight without a diet. Just ate “whole foods” and didn’t deprive myself from a few pleasures. Our parents and grandprarents didn’t need these silly fad diets to be fit, healthy and maintain their weight. Not that all of them were healthy and yeah there are certain foods and ingredients and foods I try not to consume often but my point is that people and these people promoting these extreme diets are over complicating eating healthy.
exercise and a "common sense" diet approach with calorie moderation seems to be all most people need. No need for Keto, vegan, banana, or whatever approach.
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Lol
I've been thinking pretty much the same thing for a while now. I was a vegetarian for 6 years and I gave myself anemia lol. I know vegetarianism has helped a lot of people, but it wasn't for me. In truth I was using it as an excuse to hide my eating disorder and excluding foods just fueled the fire. What works for me is everything in moderation, no food is forbidden, I just eat more of the healthy foods. Right now I'm at a point in my fitness and health journey where I don't need to loose any more fat, I'm so happy with my body and what it can do, so I find it easy to tune out all the noise of all these fad diets and cults. The people who fall for this are at a vulnerable time in their life and like you said, looking for control or also want to have a sense of purpose and identity, and it is so sad how many of these influencers are taking advantage of that. There are also the influencers that believe their diet actually IS the best diet and get sick and lead others to illness.
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Veganism is entirely an animal rights movement. Any argument for health, environment, ETC, are not arguments for Veganism.
It is not extreme to not violate the rights of others.
And when ppl trying these fad diets complain of serious negative effects, they're told "oh, that's just the detoxing, stick with it".
One guy on social media who was trying juicing eventually lost teeth because of the juicing! People in the group were still encouraging him onward 😬
“Humans are apex predators, top of the food chain. What other apex predator eats salad?”
Literally a gorilla 🦍 they will rip him apart.
Gorillas are not predators. They are opportunist omnivores (like basically every animal which is not purely carnivore)
Gorillas aren’ apex predators. A Bison will also stop you out fast eating grass only.
Why do so many men think the goal of life is to be a thumbless predator though
Brown bears! They eat countless plants and fruits.
Gorillas are actually prey occasionally, jaguars will indeed pick them off if they get the chance. A brown bear tho, that’s a plant eating apex predator we can all look up to
Spread the word man. Your videos are great.
Nobody talks about the most prevalent diet cult which is the calorie-counting sect that is obsessed with how much total heat of combustion certain foods produce when burned in a literal furnace. It is pretty much impossible to explain to its followers that organisms are not furnaces because they break down, digest and metabolize different compounds in various foods differently instead of burning them like fuel
Can't remember who said it but "People are fat because they consume more calories than they burn is like saying people are rich because they spend less money than they earn"
It’s the most scientifically logical one though, energy is not matter it’s just a number that represents physical formulas that stay constant in a closed system, and adding to it the law of energy conservation it should more or less work even if it’s not accurate.
It does help that it is the most researched method with the most reliable researches and the least prone to be a marketed diet method.
Btw I’ve always been lean, I’m not following any diet (because I don’t need to), I just like to diversify what I eat, eat in moderation and train in the gym every week.
@@mcmcpoi-ra7405 I don't understand how this quote is meaningful.
@@knufyeinundzwanzig2004 I did miss "Saying" at the beginning. Basically, it's true, but it doesn't tell you why people over-eat in the first place. Hunger is a hormonal process, what you eat matters as much as how much you eat.
I just started trying to get stronger and in better shape but all this food stuff is wack. I just eat slightly more healthy items and eat less total food, and I feel fine. I found the key is to find something relatively light that feels filling so you aren't hungry later. The key to going to the gym and eating healthy is discipline. without discipline you slip and get impatient and take short cuts like steroids or fad diets.
People are so weird and the internet has made them even weirder. I’m so glad I won’t be alive in 50-60 years for this sh*t show
this video is so well made. amazing visuals and writing. the intro with the foods disappearing was genius. definitely gonna check out that guide!
Get a food allergy test done. Avoid the foods that you are allergic to. Stop eating so often during the day. Give your body time to digest food and rest. Keep your hormones balanced. Exercise regularly, play a sport, cycle, go to the gym, just do something to keep your muscles strong. Make sure your get enough sleep. Do things and spend time with people that make you happy. Stop worrying about what people think of you and just do what is needed for you to be healthy which is all of the above.
I did the carnivore diet for a month and slowly started adding foods back in. I found out that I was sensitive to many foods I was eating daily and I feel a lot better now that I no longer eat them. Allergy tests don't test for everything.
@@Jane-yg3vzobviously you feel more sensitive when the only thing you was eating was meat/animal foods your body as now adapted to only tolerating those foods. This is why it’s important to eat a diverse diet I myself eat animal based but I also eat rice, potatoes, veggies, nuts, seafood, fish, berries and I’m doing good
I’m vegan, but would never recommend it to someone. What works for me may not work for others.
Then you are plant based, not vegan. Veganism is a Moral Lifestyle which believes in animal rights. Not necessarily linked to a healthy diet, you can be vegan by just eating plant based potato chips for the rest of your life. But its a Moral Stance, not a diet.
@@Chub-Bee I can have a personal moral stance on animals without forcing it on others. Just like religious people have morals, most people don’t feel obligated to push their religion onto others, and that doesn’t mean they don’t have morals or that they don’t believe in their religion. Thanks for your flawed perspective, though.
@@therealsamsclub2325 so you are okay with others eating and hurting animals?
@@Chub-Bee hahaha, when did I say that? I wouldn’t recommend the vegan diet to others on the basis of it not being the right fit for everyone. That doesn’t change how I feel about other people eating meat 💀 it seems like you are purposefully misunderstanding the point of my original comment or the point of the video in general. It’s about fad diets, not morality on the eating of animals. I guess there’s no arguing with stupid🤦🏽♀️
@@therealsamsclub2325 I was just about to write how veganism is this perfect example of food cultism. And sure, somebody in the comments just proved this point😂
People try different diets because the current food environment is very toxic and people are getting sicker and sicker.
We have been kept confused about what diet or food to eat on purpose.
It has all been planned this way.
I sort of made my own diet to lose weight with trial and error. I'm not holier than thou, but I definitely saw through these influencers. They have an aura of cringe they can't seem to hide from me.
I figure some people are more prone to social engineering than others.
@petrosinella Yup. Gotta be nice though, if you want to help. Crazy people don't like being told they are crazy.
It’s not hard. Any time someone with above average charisma is pushing something you’ve never heard of before, and especially when they’re vague about the evidence, you should run.
Think about things that work, from diets to OTC cures for basic ailments, to beauty products, and so on. You don’t ever see some hot, confident, half-dressed person spouting off about how great they are. When’s the last time you saw an influencer pushing Tylenol? They don’t have to. Because it works and everyone knows it. Ever seen an influencer pushing lavender essential oil as the best cure for a headache?
The most important first "fitness" video for a complete beginner starting out.
All I know is that as someone with Celiac disease, I would never willingly eat gluten free if I had the choice. I genuinely don't understand how people without Celiac have the motivation to do that.
I am pretty healthy and need variety but it didn't keep me from cutting out many food groups from my diet ;) I had a reason for it. I have little reason not to eat gluten as it's low-carb enough for me but I have much better, tastier and more nutritious items, I don't NEED or particularly want gluten. So it's not so hard to give it up. Not like I completely did it but close. And both I and my bread lover SO gave up gluten for a year just to see what happens (nothing) after we heard from a doctor that gluten is actually bad for most people, not everyone but it is a factor that may be a bad combo with other factors. It was very, very easy for both of us (we just cut out added sugar and many other things too, that was super easy as well. we kept what was really important for us).
So that's it, gluten is super important for many people and not at all for others. I met people who found eating only meat easy too as that was their only really precious food item. Wow. You would need to pry my eggs and even sour cream from my cold, dead hands :D And I can't imagine not eating fruits for half a year either (my record is probably the 2 weeks that is my carnivore record too. I like challenges and trying out - usually not crazy and never dangerous - things even if I don't need them).
Some people have this misconception that celiac is something that you develop like diabetes hence the gluten-free craze. I suppose the one upside is that those with actual conditions have a lot more gluten-free foods available than they did a decade ago like how the keto craze led to a lot more sugar-free options that benefit diabetics.
''Radioactive isotope studies show that when you eat an organ, a corresponding organ will recieve nourishment''
And all the others? I'm no doctor but isn't that kind of the point - when you eat your organs receive nourishemnt lol
A properly planned vegan diet is considered healthy by dietary organizations, and it by no means has to be restrictive. There is vegan junk food and just about anything you can imagine. There are vegan fad diets, but eating vegan in general is not a fad nor any more harmful than improperly planned omnivorous diets. In addition the ethical vegan movement doesn't promote restrictive eating for what I've seen.
Man, your videos are getting better and better. This editing and storytelling is elite!
Every human alive today has an ancestor that survived the Ice Age. That’s all folks. x
I suffered many health issues , a lot of mental , deep depression and anxiety. Only "diet" that really helped me was carnivore.
Same as me I eat fatty meats, butter, milk , cheese but also bread, pasta, rice I feel better
My grandparents grew up in a post-war Spain eating rice, bread and rats. When that era ended they ate whatever the hell they wanted because they finally could. My grandfather died at 93 and my grandmother at 97.
Good video! Very informative. The segment on mental health really struck a chord with me. I felt so much guilt when trying to decide what to eat, at one point.