Dr. Ben Bikman is the cellular biology genius of our time. I am continuously learn from him. Things we were never taught in med school and new information we did not understand or even imagine 50 years ago. I never want to stop learning and if I could take all his courses, I would. His lectures here are the closest we can get, they are free and priceless!!
I feel my IQ goes up a couple of points with every lecture , which if I had to confess, I’m very addicted to his insulin IQ podcasts. I guess this is a great addiction , 2nd to my addiction to prayer and mediation every day
This reminded me of when I was "officially" diagnosed as T2D about 15yrs ago. The nutritionist flat out told me I didn't need to make any lifestyle changes whatsoever as long as I took my insulin injections and oral meds as prescribed. I've been ketovore/carnivore for 3yrs now and I'm down over 100lbs from my heaviest and have completely reversed the T2D and all the accompanying unpleasantries. Instead of taking 4 shots of 2 different forms of insulin along with 4 oral meds I eat a whole food beef-centric diet and exercise 3 times a week. At 46 I feel better than I did 20yrs ago.
It's good that eating what you want is working for you in the short-term. I call that taking the easy way. You're only 46. This will eventually catch up with you. Even Dr. Bikman is cautious about the long-term benefits of a carnivore diet. He advocates for fiber. It's probably too late for you since you destroyed your metabolic health. Maybe this is your only option to make it into your 50s. This is like a band-aid on a cut that will not heal. You might have to keep eating this way. Unfortunately, this band-aid is creating a lot of long-term harm. Good luck. I hope it works for you.
And that was professional advice, jeepers. I wonder how many were and still are ignorant to the truth and how many enjoy the monetary benefits of keeping people on meds. I'm glad you finally got sorted. The history of how people have been treated and wrong advice given is nothing short of criminal.
I've enjoyed this episode greatly, but am an obvious outlier being on GLP-1s x 2+ years. Starting at 405 lbs. (BMI 76.5) and so fat and ill I was bedridden for 10+ years. My labs were horrific and my HbA1c started at a 9.0 and is now 5.1. Today, my labs are pristine, off insulin, off 7 medications, and I able to walk 3+ miles a day, lift weights, plus participate more and more in life than I have in decades. Oh, and my weight today is 157 lbs. (BMI 29.7) I had zero side effects from the Trulicity (for a year) and still do not have any on Mounjaro (for a year tomorrow). Initially, I had a tiny bit of constipation, but take great fiber and magnesium supps along with eating well. Never had nausea. Never had vomiting. Pooping every day. Food is not "rotting" inside my intestines. Food noise is too benign to describe what I had lived with for 50 years. Food cacophany... almost a hypnotic trance leading me to food despite all the horrid consequences. GLP-1s have rescued me. Over all my years, I tried all the "diets" à la mode and nothing worked. Not vegan. Not low-no carbs. Not an RNY Gastric Bypass. Nothing until now. While I admire and welcome the information everyone here is sharing, I am an anectdotal oddity who would have died without the GLP-1s. For me, and people like me, they are the lifeboat we were offered to ride in so we don't die in an ocean of food. I will never stop these medications (or their children or grandchildren) because I do not want to die the inevitable death I had been facing for way too long.
Congratulations on finding an answer for ‘you’!! I have had success on glp1 as well. I am 11 months in and down 90 lbs with more still to go. I am on ozempic with almost no side effects; some minor ones to start but nothing major. It has been a life changer for me.
@@dawnhoughton4533try it, you will never know if it can work for you if you don’t. It has been a game changer for me. I am down 90 lbs and still working towards more weight loss.
Dr. Bikman has gone on many walks with me and has guided my health right back to flourishing. I am 45, lost 22 lbs, stopped smoking, back to full health in 4 months. Dr. Bikman is out here saving lives. ❤
I first happened across Ben Bikman being interviewed about 6 years ago, when he said something that really got me going into investigating the basis of keto. He said: "I ask myself when I eat something, what is it going to do to my insulin." What a funny question, I thought, but it gave me a big push along on my health journey. I've since met Professor Bikman and chatted with him...great guy, and wicked smart. A couple of times a month I give away a copy of his book to people who seem interested to figure some things out about diet or some particular chronic disease or condition. I can think of no better gift than something that unlocks so many secrets to health. Ben's the man!
Dr. Bikman's interview is absolutely gold from beginning to end. For you impatient types go straight to 40 minutes. So many questions were answered regarding the endocrinology of the body and it's relationship to insulin. Thank you Ben and best regards from Canada.
Well he gets the foundational issue for type 2 diabetes completely wrong and insists its insulin, it is demonstrably false. What happens when you take a diabetic off carbohydrates? Over time their diabetes will resolve.
@@mbrochh82 did you even properly understood what i have written? No, because you would infer that i have already understood that part and that im way ahead of you. Answer the original question, What happens when you take a diabetic off carbohydrates?
Ok, so, I am on tirzepatide. I don't get burps. I never feel nauseated. I don't have constipation or diarrhea. I low dose it. I use it as a tool, not "the solution". It allows me to focus on feeding my body correctly and has allowed weight loss that enables me to walk more than 10 steps at a time and do my strength training. The problem is not glp-1. It's the malpractice of doctors who prescribe the shot with no further instructions other than "good luck". It's the doctors who prescribe for vanity pounds. It's the dummies who think it's magic and still eat crap but less of it. The starting dose and titration schedule is rediculously high. When you low dose, you get no side effects. I would like to see these studies where obese people who are not already type 2 diabetics get "permanent" stomach paralysis. Type 2 diabetics are predisposed to gastroparisis, and so it makes perfect sense that they just might experience it on glp-1. How far gone were they to begin with? I am so tired of these hystrionics about glp-1. Used correctly (low dose, cycling, adequate protein, healthy nutrient dense whole food diet) it has been truly a miracle for me. I fought food noise my entire life, and I remember being very young (7?) and never feeling satiated and always being hungry. My parents did not serve garbage food. Fast food was rare, and treats were strictly on holidays. I feel I was born with some sort of glp-1 deficiency, or other metabolic disorder. Please stop villifying glp-1. It's a useful tool.
So agree with this. I ate quality, homegrown and real food, always loved food, became a chef. Became a diabetic 30+ years ago, back then described by a Dr as fat but fit. You get off with stuff in your 30s just don't dare to get old. The glp-1 is really life changing, for me. I lost 5 stone during lockdown with old fashioned calorie counting, and not working around food. But once back in the kitchen, every day was an hour by hour battle with hunger and cravings. Mounjaro has saved me from that battle, but completely agree that it is a tool in broad range of strategies. I also find myself using these videos almost as a religion to keep me on the straight and narrow. Keep watching, keep reading, look up what you don't understand. You'll find over time, that you understand so much more than you could have imagined.
It’s NOT a miracle for everyone. I’m glad it worked for you, without side effects, but it was a nightmare for me, even at the lowest possible dose, and the side effects lasted months after I quit. We are not all able to tolerate these drugs.
I also have not had side effects except for fatigue and honestly that is because I have always struggled to eat enough calories even before GLP-1. It has saved me honestly.
Yes, Glp1 is a hormone, and as such it needs to be titrated to the individual, low doses to very low doses, 0.25 to 0.5 at the most according to some research... I have heard only from 1 doctor in TH-cam talk about this low doses... but in any case, it's totally unnecessary if you have a proper diet and lifestyle as Dr. Bikman is saying... can it be used as a tool?? Sure... but also can be used by a tool... depends on the approach... lol.😂
I’m a diabetic on drugs and insulin , overweight and I found Dr Bickmans book “why we get sick” jaw dropping and wish I had all that knowledge at 18 instead of mid 50’s how different my life could have been but I’m still breathing so can still make improvements.MyDr has just started me on Mounjaro so I’m giving it a go to lower my insulin , losing any weight will be a secondary benefit for me THANK YOU DR BICKMAN❤
He gets the basics of insulin resistance wrong and type 2 diabetes isnt insulin driven, it's glucose driven. What happens when you take a diabetic off carbohydrates? Their diabetes will resolve over time.
Hi, I hear what you say, although, is he not saying that insolin being a hormone, 'tells' the cells what to do with the energy (glucose). Use it or store it. The cells in a type 2 diabeti / pre type 2, become disregulated (i.e. less reactive) to the Insulin 'instruction ' and so more insulin is required (and initially produced by pancreas), but gradually the cells get worse and ignore the message(s) so keep storing the energy in the cells, making them fat. Then the Doctors put them on MORE insulin and the downward ( worse) spiral continues. I think he is saying, if one can reset the body's regulation, i.e the cells reaction to the message from the insulin that is triggered by the amount of glucose in the blood, then the cells will stop 'storing' excess energy in the cells. Hence the body will not ask for more food, because the body feels it doesn't have enough energy (which of corse it has plenty, in fat, but cant use. So whilst it is a glucose problem as you say, he is saying that it's an insulin issue. So that if one fixes the insulin regulation (reaction by the cells to the Insulin hormone signal), the body will have access to the energy and not just store store store, and therefore the person will be able to eat less ( less cravings) and actually access the energy consumed. Super highly processed food, quality, and exercise all help play their part in this 's.a.d' cocktail . He does make clear at about 40mins in, that to cure/resolve, he recommends Control the macros, 1st cut carbs... etc. That's how i understand it. Your thoughts, please? Or anyone elses? As i an interested. Thanks. @Cenot4ph
@@ticefelle this is false, the cells operate as per design and this fabrication Ben Bikman keeps repeating. It is false. The receptor is purposefully not accessible because the cells are replete. This is not an insulin signaling problem at all. This is a glucose problem. The experiment is really simple, stop eating carbs and see what happens.
Thank you Dr. Bikman. You will be pleased to know I have been listening to you for over a year and have learned so much about how to care for myself. I was an insulin-dependent type 2 D for 42 years. Since I became keto last april and then later when to carnivore, I am off all drugs and my fasting insulin is now 8. my A1C went from 8.4 to 6.2. My BS continues to normalize and I expect it will normalize eventually. I have lost all the weight and now my weight is normal for my height.
It's all well and good. I've bought into this "it's all insulin" for years starting with Mark Sission through Dr Fung and now Bikman and Co. In real life for those of us deep into metabolic problems there is a lot more psychology, environment, habit and the demands of life that really aren't being considered at the cellular levels.
Before insulin injections type II diabetics were treated by putting them in the hospital for a week and water fasting. That fixed or reset the insulin resistance temporarily and then they had to change their diet to maintain or back to the hospital.
There are times on low carb you do think about food. Eating out with family/friends who like their carbs & cannot imagine life without them. Eating on holiday or outings whilst on a budget. I was lucky yesterday at an event. Had been looking forward to a full English breakfast (less the carby bits), but the cafe ran out of meat at 9:30am. I could have not bothered to eat, but those with me were miffed too! We went to van on site instead that were selling burgers. I told the owner she was going to have a good day as her competition was out of meat already. She looked happy, was glad to do me a double burger without bread & I didn’t get upset as she didn’t have GF buns. She only charged me for a single. 😊 Such people understand us, but they are rare.
I don't know how long you have been low carb, but it eventually will go away, the thoughts of food. Especially if you don't use sweeteners in anything. I have been keto and then carnivore for 8 years now and I can walk into a pastry shop and have the desire for nothing but a cup of coffee or a seltzer water. So hang in there. And good job choosing what is better for you with the burger. btw, you don't have to eat the bun even if it comes with one.
@@raquel5401yeah I did keto for 8 months… it never went away. For most ppl just look at Asia and Europe. They eat carbs… not in excess. Not ultra processed, they’re active and balanced and much leaner than most Americans and Brits
I’ve been keto for a long time and struggled to stay consistent especially if I drank alcohol…I started tirzepitide compounded…WOW!! I am now drinking much less! I love it AND I’m able to completely stick with keto/ carnivore it’s amazing blessing for me…
Dr Bikman, please give a speech/podcast on the correlation between iron deficiency and insulin resistance. It's more common, especially among females, than is generally thought. And THIS is why low carb/keto never worked for me. No doctor EVER diagnosed me with iron deficiency in the 30 years that I suffered from it. My aunt alerted me to ask for the labs and treatment. Getting iron deficiency treated has been truly life changing.
I learned from Ben every time I listen. Someday I hope to discuss with him my experience treating patients. I always point to the stack of journal articles on my desk and say there's the evidence to write Ben Beckman's book, probably not Books. I still have many patients that cannot tolerate the few carbs that come with the fiber. I have seen slow miracles take place over a few months, it was on the nearly fiber free diet.
@johnmadany9829. I have been one of your type of patients. I couldn’t have fiber as it would cause extreme pain in my intestines due to Graft vs Host of the intestines post stem cell transplant. Once I became less inflamed and healed my body by reducing inflammation via sugars and carbs, my intestines began to heal. Now I can eat fiber, but in small amounts per day.
Isn't it the type of fiber that makes a tolerable difference? Grain fiber for sure will raise glucose, but a low glycemic vegetable fiber should be less reactive.
As a person with PCOS who takes Mounjaro, it’s inaccurate to say that the quieting of food noise mean ppl are tired of feeling sick. I am seeing the initial effects of the appetite suppression and food noise decrease, but I feel fine, am not apethetic or feel numb. I’m now motivated to move on to something else that will work better. So now thankfully I’m down 70lbs still in the « obese » range and am looking for a more natural way to move me to my goal. But I had very little side affects and really only on 1 dose of the medication. After titrating up I had no side affects. I found this medication helped me intermittent fast much easier and now it’s a lifestyle and now I will focus on fibrous foods instead of focusing on protein. So thanks for this information. I think though where doctors get into trouble is when they start talking in these absolutes and those who are not experiencing the narrative can easily discount you based on their reality.
Could you explain more to me how you combine intermittent fasting with mounjaro? My sister and Mom are adamant that I don’t do that, but I’ve been intermittent fasting which helped me lose my first 60 lbs without med. I only started bc I was stuck for 6 weeks
It happens. My MIL is in a memory care home. She has type 2 diabetes and Type 3 diabetes or alzheimer's. The feed her a standard American diet and give her insulin to counter balance things. All while not realizing they are killing her. I have said this over and over to them. Yet the still follow their protocol.
Great interview. I agree that we should call diabetes a different name. Diabetes is not a scary enough name. If you as Tim Noaks or any Afrikaans speaking South African we call it “sugar sickness“ if translated to English.
Same in Turkish Sugar Disease. At least people can get some kind of warning about it! But people in Turkey still loves sugarfull food. "Baklava and turkish delight are two famous kinds
There should be two names for type 1 and type 2. I can't tell you how many people try to tell me my condition as a type 1 is curable. I teach 15 yoga, pilates classes a week, walk 3-4 hours a day and eat Keto carnivore I simply need insulin cause I don't make it.
And I’m struggling to find a doctor that will accept my diet choices (keto/carnivore). I’m doing it anyway… but it would be nice to find someone aligned. I’m tired of getting worse on insulin and feeling absolutely terrible on trulicity. I’d just stop both but I’m scared of high blood sugar.
@@kelley8223Join the low carb community on TH-cam. Keep watching the videos and learn from the doctors who are keto, low carb and even carnivore. Educate yourself and become your own advocate, which it sounds like you have already made steps to do just that! And most of all wear a CGM to monitor what foods spike your blood sugar and keep it elevated! Remove those foods from your diet. That will be a game changer for you! In the US, if you are on Medicare and inject insulin, you are eligible to wear a CGM 24/7 at no cost to you. Wish you the best to get off insulin! Oh, yes, also intermittent fasting should also be a goal as that ritual/habit will heal your insulin resistance the fastest.
The anti smoking messages I winning. And you know it. Of you were honest about the consequences of drugs people may indeed make the correct choice. And it would be lovely for physicians to ctually understand nutrition nd disease processes, not.just treating symptoms, that will create other symptoms and then, again, you reach for your prescription pad. Frankly, your comment tells us that you are poorly informed, not patient centered, and have no ability to communicate and educate your patients. Just mailing it in.
Great discussion. Really love listening to Dr Bikman. Even as a lay person I am learning so much from him which helps me to stick with low carb after remitting my diabetes and going from 80kg down to 60kg without even trying; and not getting hungry!!!
Twenty years ago I was diagnosed borderline type two diabetes. Eat low GI was suggested, even low GI is starch. Was put on drugs that I took for a couple of years. Lost my medical aid because of retrenchment. Stopped al pills. Six years ago started keto. Lost more than twenty kilogram. Tested sugar last week..normal ..60y female that believed the medical establishment my whole life.
I learned that fasting technique the hard way. Now that I got my macros in order and got healthy, fasting comes naturally. I can go and go and go without eating and feel great. When I do eat my mind and body eat to satiate and I'm done. And i dont have cravings. I only eat real food, if i do have a boxed barcode food its minimal, like a salad steak and some noodles with green onion (cup portion). I love this journey to health. Thanks guys for the very much needed information.
This is exactly how I feel as well. Reading this while doing IF, entering the 17th hour of fast and breastfeeding my toddler before his nap. Thinking of pushing this fast to 20 hours if I can. There is a type of joy and satisfaction one feels when fasting. Knowing that you are helping your body heal and maximising its potential to rejuvenate.
This was absolute gold, thank you! You have no idea how much these discussions empower us during our appointment with our doctors. "leaving here with the prescription, please know that you will never be able to stop the drug and the only outcome is increasing the dosage and possibly multiple drugs" Paraphrasing! I had to negotiate with my dr who started listing and writing a litany of meds and I said please, with all due respect, the tests I asked for was so that I have a baseline. Please give me at least 3 months and we can take it from there
I follow plenty of people online that were on GLP-1s and have successfully negotiated getting off them. Even Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of Monjauro and zepbound tell us we HAVE to also make lifestyle changes for permanente health, as is with any changes to improve weight.
I’m all in on what you both are saying!! I. Been low carb … for many years … and it works for me … but I have a good friend who is severely obese and I asked her one day if I could see her blood work and she says that she’s not prediabetic and most of her blood work is in order by the industry standards and she’s having a horrible time, losing weight and has gone on one of the latest and she lost about 20 pounds and now that stopped…. Her doctor has recommended a ketogenic diet, so we will see ..
Alexis de Tocqueville is the French author mentioned (not necessary to know for the point Dr. B is making), but that’s my contribution (Ph.D. in French here).
As far as not wanting to eat as much, I've gotten to this point from fasting but I'm thrilled to not be a slave to food anymore! I took a glp1 for two weeks and got a massive migraine that put me in bed with vertigo and nausea-vomiting for three days. I only drank a little water because I had to move to get it. I do think it impacted my digestive system that takes a while to recover from - with lots of fiber. I stopped and will never do it again, back to fasting and feeling really good when I succeed. Thanks so much for this report!
I would love to hear doctor Bikmans take on how his lab funding is easy or hard - compared to those labs funded by pharma. If it’s hard we need to level the playing field.
for starters..... Howard Zinn was asked why he enjoyed acclaim as a professor. He said he had no clue that he just threw out lots of hooks and some catch and others don't. Like Chomsky and Krauss, Bikman (like Beakman) have a natural "vibe" that works for me. thanks for the interview HR. Lawson
I was in hospital in June (2024), recovering from a blocked kidney that was relieved by placing a stent. On the second day of recovery, another doctor showed up at my bedside and introduced himself as internal medicine specialist. He spent 40 minutes trying to convince me to inject insulin. I refused. He called me a conspiracy theorist. He told me I was against all science. As I said, he kept harassing me for 40 minutes. I showed him an sugar muffin made with ultra-processed starch, which the nurse had left by my bed the previous day for breakfast. I told him how does he explain this junk-food cupcake the hospital gave me. (Of course I didn't eat the muffin. They refused to take it away from my bedside). During the course of the argument, I told the internal medicine doctor about Professor Bikman. The internal medicine doctor never heard of him, so he quickly googled on his smart phone and told me a few seconds later, with a tone of triumph, "He's not a doctor, he's a professor! He does not know medicine. I am a doctor. I know medicine."
I keep my keto-carnivore eating strategy to myself. So tired of being told I'm killing myself. Had a dexa scan this week. Results show improvement since previous scan. Age 72 and my lifestyle is improving my bone density. I'm on no meds because I have no chronic health conditions that need treatment.
Yes. He needs to prescribe medicine.. you do not have a biochemical metabolic disorder controllable by consumption of food groups, you have a DEFICIENCY of a drug for sale. He is a medicine pusher. Only.
Typical Brainwashed Western Medicine Chump. I recently had a friend in the hospital for a knee replacement. He is Diabetic yet has finally been able to manage it with diet & exercise. In his pre-op intake they asked him for his dietary restrictions/preferences. He told them he was previously Diabetic & wanted low/no sugar & primarily protein. His breakfast was oatmeal, egg beaters, turkey bacon, Dole fruit cup, orange juice & a Diet Sprite!!! His wife went home & fixed him breakfast & returned after speaking to his Nurse to clarify his dietary plan. Lunch came, whole grains spaghetti with marinara, tiny what they called salad, crushed pineapple, a cupcake with frosting, whole milk!!! Repeat for dinner! We swear they were attempting to unalive him!!
Look at Dr Eric Westman (Adapt Your Life). He gives excellent dietary guidance, and has been one of the original low carb doctors. His clinic specializes in getting folks off the drugs and eating properly.
@@x.y.7385 look up keto docs and those on the diet or carnivores as me and my hubby do ketovore as we have mushrooms, onions and tinned tomatoes but Carnivores just eat meat (beef, lamb, pork, chicken, venison) many eat eggs and seafood, fish season everything with salt. Some are stricter and only eat red meat butter and salt if they want to do a complete elimination diet, you will then know exactly what causes issues, whether it’s skin trouble, allergies, insulin resistance, gut inflammation and a whole host of other stuff but it depends how strict you can be, true carnivore is anything from an animal but with keto you can have up to 20% carbs which will keep you in ketosis (fat burning) but it depends on what you want from your diet.
Love how this great teacher accentuates the word "fat" like the cuss word it is. He is actually helping people instead of gas lighting for profits. ❤✌️
I have type 2 with hypertension. My doctor started me on Ozempic but by the time I got to the .5 dosage life was unbearble so I stopped it. All that time, noone suggested diet change and my craving didnt change. Months later, I'm back on Ozempic but at .25. Now my cravings have shifted to bacon or watermelon and I am essentially without any Ozenpic side effects. And, no appreciable weight loss, which is fine because my weight is fine.
Or try Zepbound instead of Ozempic. People who are non-insulin resistant simply do not understand we may need a little bit of help starting back down the right path and GLP-1 la are very healing and help reset the body in a marvelous way!
I forgot to metion in my OP that I had/have moved to high fat high protein foods only and zero carbs and monitor with a CGM. The addition of a CGM allows me to further understand how my body reacts to food in real time. I'm finding my body has some very strange reactions to carbs but I suspect the Ozempic is interfering adversly now. I will know next week when I skip a dose.
I wish they would have touched upon NAFLD, and whether or not this approach would be harmful or beneficial to aiding in its reversal. There is simply SO much misinformation and conflicting points of view on whether or not eating keto or a keto-like diet can positively affect NAFLD outcomes. The idea of eating unlimited fats while actually needing to remove fat from the liver is quite contradictory, and even medical professionals I’ve spoken to have wildly differing opinions about this. Maybe a follow up episode would help?
@@to1620 I have reduced carbs to very low sometimes none and it is reversing my fatty liver, got my glucose down from 13/14 to between 4-7 as long as I don’t have carbs especially sugar but even cereal can put me back in the 10s 😳 this is UK numbers, animal fats do not increase fat in the liver, carbs are the biggest contributor especially alcohol, even children can have a fatty liver and they have realised that fructose is also a huge part of the problem.
@@to1620 My hubby is also type 2 like me and has not injected insulin for 3 days now 😊 we have both lost 22lbs as well since starting ketovore (mostly meat n eggs though) back on Aug 1st so not even 2 months in yet and all brilliant and I’m no longer taking pills for hypertension 👍🏻
I LOVE this video! Thank God for people like these 2 gentleman, for speaking THE TRUTH! I am currently taking a class from Insulin IQ, to be a coach. Both my in-laws died from a horrific, 12 year battle, of Alzheimer’s. I hope to teach others about preventing insulin resistance and therefore, not ever having to deal with diseases and disorders that are preventable!
Ben…I’m sooo grateful - this was such an incredible talk. You are Gods gift to the world right now- as we are trying to regain health and turn the tides on the state of human life. If we don’t have our health- our inner soul dies right along with our body. Soo grateful to you my friend🩵
What I like best about Ben, is that he is SO passionate about helping people improve their lives through knowledge. Knowledge is power, and you can make a huge improvement in your physical - and mental health by following simple steps. He provides us with the mental pathways to understand how things work and, more importantly, how EVERYTHING is related and interconnected. I love watching and learning from you both. This is the future of medicine.
I don't know how true it is today, but having that success with only women in your study, is wonderful. I say this because I believe that women still control the feeding of families. Show women their power to change their lives for the better and they may move their own families to do the same.
Agree that the current doses of GLP-1 meds are prescribed at doses that are too high. I started the lowest dose of tirzepatide and was doing well, losing slowly and no real side effects. My insurance insisted I go up to the next dose after one month (which is double the initial dose),and it killed my appetite. I have to force myself to eat. Considering splitting the dose back to the lower dose. Why do insurance companies decide treatment instead of doctors? No wonder people go off of these meds.
Hard to split the dose with the way the pens are designed. I agree that most of us could manage on the starter dose with good results. I have just had 1 month on 5mg after 2 months on 2.5mg. I am so off food and losing good amounts of weight, but probably too fast. I am considering going back to 2.5 for the next month, which I hope will keep the edge off the hunger. I am combining this with low carb and it's going well. I have a 30 year history of diabetes and all that goes with. I'm on the third variety of glp1 over 8 years. Mounjaro is really working for me but I never understood why weight loss required such a high dose when the starter doses are very effective.
I'd like to suggest finding a quality protein supplement to implement into your daily meal plan. An unfortunate side effect of the dramatic loss of appetite is the loss of lean muscle due to inadequate protein intake. Another suggestion is supplementation with the amino acid L-Leucine, which is the key amino in triggering muscle protein synthesis. Either of these additions will go a long way in preventing lean muscle loss while taking GLP-1 medications. For the protein supplement a typical serving will yield approximately 25g of protein but I would suggest doubling that to around 50g daily. With the L-Leucine supplementing 2.5g twice a day would be good. Hope this helps!
Great scientist and spreading useful knowledge but the students are "Knuckleheads" because they are protesting against the bombing of a civilian population??? Truly disappointed in you
I went on the minimal initial dose of Mounjaro, not really for weight loss, but for blood sugar control. I was already ketovore/carnivore, but my blood sugar was still not in “normal” range. The Mounjaro allowed me to get off the low doses of insulin I had been using. BUT… I developed granuloma annulare rashes and my thyroid function went sideways. Endocrinology didn’t want to say it was the GLP drug, but that was all that had changed. My HBa1c was great, but I had digestive issues, the ugly red rashes everywhere, sleep problems, had to force myself to eat. I didn’t increase the dose, and a year ago, quit the Mounjaro entirely. Went back to tiny doses of insulin, to keep my HBa1c in the 5’s. Gradually, my thyroid function improved, and the rash is almost undetectable. I’m off the insulin and will never take a GLP drug again. My HBa1c is only 6, which is disappointing, but that’s unmedicated and I would rather work on losing 15 pounds and stay off the diabetes drugs. I hope that my health will continue to improve with healthy low carb eating and exercise.
incredible interview! I love Ben Bikman, every time he's on a channel I know I'm gonna get some excellent information.... now, putting it into practice is a wee bit harder. But KNOWING is half the battle!
I love the great chat and invaluable information. I am interested in learning more about the origins of the disease of endometriosis. I have ladies in my life who suffer from it. I think I have heard you explain the mechanism of it being related to insulin resistance of the cells producing the required hormones for proper cycling in women. Can you do a chat focused on it perhaps. I appreciate all your great chats.
I have lost 100 pounds on a strict Ketogenic diet and Carnivore. I have also dropped my A1C to 5.4 from 7.8. Unfortunately i am still incredibly insulin resistant. And even though my Trig/HDL ratio is 1:1.2 (48:55) I got a cardiac stent last week due to a 99% blockage. Dr. Cywes says i could benefit from a GLP-1 for insulin resistance and is very helpful if you learn to eat properly. Comments?
Thank you for this talk. I always learn a little more, each time I listen to Ben Bikman ❤ Without simplifying or dismissing genetics, that I'm sure plays a part... I would have liked to ask him, if a lot of that 'inheritance' really couldn't be just food habits and views, that we get from our parents...? 🤷♀️
This was so interesting thank you I am trying to cut my carbs / sugar (I want to lose about 2 stone) just entering menopause- I’ve always been able to go 16 hours without food - not a bfast eater , my problem is - I don’t like meat 😫 what do I use for protein ? I love eggs 🥚 but they get a bit samey !
Cheese! Eggs and meat are best! And resistance training! Focus on building muscle and the fat will melt- "Muscle is the organ of Longevity" - Dr. Gabrielle Lyon.
I am the same. So I focus on non processed meats from the butcher. I make bone broth. I eat grisly parts and I take collagen in my coffee. I fry my eggs in beef tallow. May this helps you too
So what do you eat and how many meals do you have in a day! I eat one meal a day intermittent fasting 18hr with 6 hrs window of eating! My do said I have diabetes but I don't have any symptoms whatsoever of it. But with my glucose reading is high! I am very worried. My blood sugar is still high and BP as well doctor wants me on meds but I refused.them. I want this healed asap . My insulin goes up high even if I eat a low carb cracker 7 grams. I am increasing the fiber Am I on the right track with the fibers. For a typical day I eat like 28 grams of fiber. I have no gallbladder and had a complete hysterectomy without any HRT treatments could it be my thyroids like slow hypothyroids what can I eat to lower carbs even more and whyb
@@NansGlobalKitchensome people, like myself, are very carb intolerant. So I eat a high fat, moderate protein diet and aim for zero carbs. Even a small amount of carbs gives me a blood sugar spike in the form of an instant headache, and sometimes migraine. But two years of high fat carnivore has solved that for me. Maybe try a period of time with no carbs at all?
Regarding fat cells releasing inflammatory cytokines [58:13], is this what is going on with visceral fat being said to release such cytokines? Does it apply to fat everywhere, or is this more a visceral fat behavior?
Is what you are describing as apathy with people on ozempic actually what is found in addiction post acute withdrawal? In addiction it called anhedonia, this emotional absence.
It is so hard to refuse insulin when in the hospital….I am pre diabetic till my meds for heart failure drove glucose in to low 120’s….I had gotten glucose to 95-11 at home with work, fasting
Why doesn't anyone do a study on GLP-1s in combination with a nutritional ketosis diet? I did 3 months of glp1 with keto (20 carbs max daily) got off glp1 but kept the keto diet. Lost 112lbs in 6 months. No bad side effects of glp1. Not on long enough for that. The glp1 reduced my appetite to the point that I was able to adopt a better way to eat. If you're not hunger, it's pretty easy to change your diet. That's just N of 1, my experience but I think glp1 in combination with diet change can be a better way to change lifestyle permanently.
Low carb, intermittent fasting also stops the food noise and naturally slows food because you just take a break…hard at first but works for me. Blood glucose starts to be normal & weight comes off.
Great interview but the deal with the canary in the coal mine isn’t what it does sing but instead is that if the air goes bad it stops singing and dies.
I think fiber gave me the same feeling Ben described as a side effect of Ozempic. Bloated! Although fiber with my protein/fats did give me elevated ketones in the range of 4.1.
I can’t like this video and Ben enough. I’d love to hear him talk about moderation more and what it looks like in relation to carbs and not spiking insulin super high or say 3 meals a day with lower carbs. For the ppl that need to be realistic because they are staring out addicted. So like a meal of chicken and veggies in a casserole but with say a 1/3 of the usual pasta added instead of the usual. Like will this still help?
I’ve been pre diabetic and insulin resistance before…no doctor I’ve had over the years has told me to keep on eating carbs. They’ve all recommended Paleo/Keto
I often crave airfried chicken wings, made in tallow, or just bacon cut into cubes and also airfried. Or brie crisps. Salt and crunchy is easy to make without the refined starches.
My hubby is on two different insulin injections as well as a few tablets so does he need to get off the injections? He has stopped metformin and lowered his gliclazide so far since starting carnivore.
I truly believe each individual needs to tweak for their body. I feel best with zero carbs. Even a bit of added veg makes my joints hurt and make me sleepy. The one universal for all is ZERO processed foods and no seed oils.
I have never watched your channel before but I found the camera man's reflection on the glass behind Bickman's head very distracting. The content was great though
Surely no medical doctor today prescribes insulin these days for t2d, right? Unless beta cells are producing no insulin standard treatment today is metformin, SGLT2 inhibitors, and GLP1.
I disagree with that last part Dr. Bickman said about having to be on the medication for life, only because my T2D husband reversed his condition within 6 months with Metformin and strict carnivore. He was weaned off within two weeks and hasn’t taken another pill since. And that was two years ago. Maybe it’s my misunderstanding? Was he referring specifically to Ozempic?
Thank you for saying don’t do fasting until your ready because I’m still at point where I can’t seem to go without eating and couldn’t figure out how I was gonna do fasting.
Please help me .. I'm so stuck atm .. Type 2 on high doses of insulin that dont seem to adjust my levels anymore ..they stay around 16 all day.. i changed to carnivore... i itially lost 13lb in 8 days..blood pressure came down and readings stayed level at 6 .. despite sticking to this and being able to drop insulin way back.. its all gone up again and i feel really unwell again. I felt amazing those 8 days.. Why is my body rejecting healing..? I spoke to diabetic team.. They say the only way to help is to take metformin or glps as well.. I.ve been on these both before.. i had horrendous bowel issues.. and heart palpitations.. so had to come off them. Thats why i ended up taking insulin as a last option... Last consultant told me to "starve myself and get some friends" because i said i was becomming fearful of food. No one seems to want to Help me. Oh he also doubled my insulin dose.. 50 units with meal and 100 at night..
Just gradually transition into a keto diet and then eventually into a carnivore diet, do it fairly slowly adjust your medicines accordingly with weight loss and your blood results
I am not able to answer your question but do know that insulin makes people gain weight. have you done intermittent fasting? (under supervision of a good doctor, maybe a a functional medicine doctor if you can afford one. Where are you local near? in usa?
Dr. Ben Bikman is the cellular biology genius of our time. I am continuously learn from him. Things we were never taught in med school and new information we did not understand or even imagine 50 years ago. I never want to stop learning and if I could take all his courses, I would. His lectures here are the closest we can get, they are free and priceless!!
I know it’s hard to imagine getting priceless information for free.
Respected scientist....
hes clueless compared to jack kruse.
Dr B8kman is a national treasure!
I feel my IQ goes up a couple of points with every lecture , which if I had to confess, I’m very addicted to his insulin IQ podcasts. I guess this is a great addiction , 2nd to my addiction to prayer and mediation every day
This reminded me of when I was "officially" diagnosed as T2D about 15yrs ago. The nutritionist flat out told me I didn't need to make any lifestyle changes whatsoever as long as I took my insulin injections and oral meds as prescribed. I've been ketovore/carnivore for 3yrs now and I'm down over 100lbs from my heaviest and have completely reversed the T2D and all the accompanying unpleasantries. Instead of taking 4 shots of 2 different forms of insulin along with 4 oral meds I eat a whole food beef-centric diet and exercise 3 times a week. At 46 I feel better than I did 20yrs ago.
Your life is so different now. I’m proud of you for not taking the easy way.
@deb1130 thank you for saying that, it really means alot!
It's good that eating what you want is working for you in the short-term. I call that taking the easy way. You're only 46. This will eventually catch up with you. Even Dr. Bikman is cautious about the long-term benefits of a carnivore diet. He advocates for fiber. It's probably too late for you since you destroyed your metabolic health. Maybe this is your only option to make it into your 50s. This is like a band-aid on a cut that will not heal. You might have to keep eating this way. Unfortunately, this band-aid is creating a lot of long-term harm. Good luck. I hope it works for you.
Congrats on being able to eat what you love and get some results. I hope it works for you in the long-term. You're only 46.
And that was professional advice, jeepers. I wonder how many were and still are ignorant to the truth and how many enjoy the monetary benefits of keeping people on meds. I'm glad you finally got sorted. The history of how people have been treated and wrong advice given is nothing short of criminal.
I've enjoyed this episode greatly, but am an obvious outlier being on GLP-1s x 2+ years. Starting at 405 lbs. (BMI 76.5) and so fat and ill I was bedridden for 10+ years. My labs were horrific and my HbA1c started at a 9.0 and is now 5.1. Today, my labs are pristine, off insulin, off 7 medications, and I able to walk 3+ miles a day, lift weights, plus participate more and more in life than I have in decades. Oh, and my weight today is 157 lbs. (BMI 29.7) I had zero side effects from the Trulicity (for a year) and still do not have any on Mounjaro (for a year tomorrow). Initially, I had a tiny bit of constipation, but take great fiber and magnesium supps along with eating well. Never had nausea. Never had vomiting. Pooping every day. Food is not "rotting" inside my intestines.
Food noise is too benign to describe what I had lived with for 50 years. Food cacophany... almost a hypnotic trance leading me to food despite all the horrid consequences. GLP-1s have rescued me. Over all my years, I tried all the "diets" à la mode and nothing worked. Not vegan. Not low-no carbs. Not an RNY Gastric Bypass. Nothing until now.
While I admire and welcome the information everyone here is sharing, I am an anectdotal oddity who would have died without the GLP-1s. For me, and people like me, they are the lifeboat we were offered to ride in so we don't die in an ocean of food. I will never stop these medications (or their children or grandchildren) because I do not want to die the inevitable death I had been facing for way too long.
Thank you for your story. I'm in a similar situation, and have been debating whether I should try a glp1.
Congratulations on finding an answer for ‘you’!! I have had success on glp1 as well. I am 11 months in and down 90 lbs with more still to go. I am on ozempic with almost no side effects; some minor ones to start but nothing major. It has been a life changer for me.
@@dawnhoughton4533try it, you will never know if it can work for you if you don’t. It has been a game changer for me. I am down 90 lbs and still working towards more weight loss.
@@brenro4125 You keep going!!!
@@dawnhoughton4533 Hoping whatever you choose brings you peace.
Dr. Bikman has gone on many walks with me and has guided my health right back to flourishing. I am 45, lost 22 lbs, stopped smoking, back to full health in 4 months. Dr. Bikman is out here saving lives. ❤
I first happened across Ben Bikman being interviewed about 6 years ago, when he said something that really got me going into investigating the basis of keto. He said: "I ask myself when I eat something, what is it going to do to my insulin." What a funny question, I thought, but it gave me a big push along on my health journey. I've since met Professor Bikman and chatted with him...great guy, and wicked smart. A couple of times a month I give away a copy of his book to people who seem interested to figure some things out about diet or some particular chronic disease or condition. I can think of no better gift than something that unlocks so many secrets to health. Ben's the man!
100% agree!
Dr. Bikman's interview is absolutely gold from beginning to end. For you impatient types go straight to 40 minutes. So many questions were answered regarding the endocrinology of the body and it's relationship to insulin. Thank you Ben and best regards from Canada.
Ben Bikman is one of the few sources I trust!
Well he gets the foundational issue for type 2 diabetes completely wrong and insists its insulin, it is demonstrably false.
What happens when you take a diabetic off carbohydrates? Over time their diabetes will resolve.
@@Cenot4ph uhhh... because insulin is a response to carbs.
@@mbrochh82 did you even properly understood what i have written? No, because you would infer that i have already understood that part and that im way ahead of you.
Answer the original question, What happens when you take a diabetic off carbohydrates?
@@Cenot4phinsulin goes down, hunger goes down, blood glucose stabilized. Jason Fung can explain it for you.
@@Trthsker24 hes also wrong on this. Listen to Bsrt Kay and those that do understand because they've broken free from failed education
Ok, so, I am on tirzepatide. I don't get burps. I never feel nauseated. I don't have constipation or diarrhea. I low dose it. I use it as a tool, not "the solution". It allows me to focus on feeding my body correctly and has allowed weight loss that enables me to walk more than 10 steps at a time and do my strength training. The problem is not glp-1. It's the malpractice of doctors who prescribe the shot with no further instructions other than "good luck". It's the doctors who prescribe for vanity pounds. It's the dummies who think it's magic and still eat crap but less of it. The starting dose and titration schedule is rediculously high. When you low dose, you get no side effects. I would like to see these studies where obese people who are not already type 2 diabetics get "permanent" stomach paralysis. Type 2 diabetics are predisposed to gastroparisis, and so it makes perfect sense that they just might experience it on glp-1. How far gone were they to begin with? I am so tired of these hystrionics about glp-1. Used correctly (low dose, cycling, adequate protein, healthy nutrient dense whole food diet) it has been truly a miracle for me. I fought food noise my entire life, and I remember being very young (7?) and never feeling satiated and always being hungry. My parents did not serve garbage food. Fast food was rare, and treats were strictly on holidays. I feel I was born with some sort of glp-1 deficiency, or other metabolic disorder. Please stop villifying glp-1. It's a useful tool.
So agree with this. I ate quality, homegrown and real food, always loved food, became a chef. Became a diabetic 30+ years ago, back then described by a Dr as fat but fit. You get off with stuff in your 30s just don't dare to get old.
The glp-1 is really life changing, for me. I lost 5 stone during lockdown with old fashioned calorie counting, and not working around food. But once back in the kitchen, every day was an hour by hour battle with hunger and cravings. Mounjaro has saved me from that battle, but completely agree that it is a tool in broad range of strategies.
I also find myself using these videos almost as a religion to keep me on the straight and narrow.
Keep watching, keep reading, look up what you don't understand. You'll find over time, that you understand so much more than you could have imagined.
It’s NOT a miracle for everyone. I’m glad it worked for you, without side effects, but it was a nightmare for me, even at the lowest possible dose, and the side effects lasted months after I quit. We are not all able to tolerate these drugs.
I also have not had side effects except for fatigue and honestly that is because I have always struggled to eat enough calories even before GLP-1. It has saved me honestly.
I think if these glp1 stick around then some personalities will lose $. Im healthier and happier, but alas I haven't paid this guy to be so...
Yes, Glp1 is a hormone, and as such it needs to be titrated to the individual, low doses to very low doses, 0.25 to 0.5 at the most according to some research... I have heard only from 1 doctor in TH-cam talk about this low doses... but in any case, it's totally unnecessary if you have a proper diet and lifestyle as Dr. Bikman is saying... can it be used as a tool?? Sure... but also can be used by a tool... depends on the approach... lol.😂
I’m a diabetic on drugs and insulin , overweight and I found Dr Bickmans book “why we get sick” jaw dropping and wish I had all that knowledge at 18 instead of mid 50’s how different my life could have been but I’m still breathing so can still make improvements.MyDr has just started me on Mounjaro so I’m giving it a go to lower my insulin , losing any weight will be a secondary benefit for me
THANK YOU DR BICKMAN❤
Go on a keto low carb lifestyle and ditch the meds entirely 🤗😊
I love to listen to Dr. Bickman. He is so easy to understand.
He really is amazing isnt he
He gets the basics of insulin resistance wrong and type 2 diabetes isnt insulin driven, it's glucose driven.
What happens when you take a diabetic off carbohydrates? Their diabetes will resolve over time.
Hi, I hear what you say, although, is he not saying that insolin being a hormone, 'tells' the cells what to do with the energy (glucose). Use it or store it. The cells in a type 2 diabeti / pre type 2, become disregulated (i.e. less reactive) to the Insulin 'instruction ' and so more insulin is required (and initially produced by pancreas), but gradually the cells get worse and ignore the message(s) so keep storing the energy in the cells, making them fat. Then the Doctors put them on MORE insulin and the downward ( worse) spiral continues.
I think he is saying, if one can reset the body's regulation, i.e the cells reaction to the message from the insulin that is triggered by the amount of glucose in the blood, then the cells will stop 'storing' excess energy in the cells. Hence the body will not ask for more food, because the body feels it doesn't have enough energy (which of corse it has plenty, in fat, but cant use.
So whilst it is a glucose problem as you say, he is saying that it's an insulin issue. So that if one fixes the insulin regulation (reaction by the cells to the Insulin hormone signal), the body will have access to the energy and not just store store store, and therefore the person will be able to eat less ( less cravings) and actually access the energy consumed. Super highly processed food, quality, and exercise all help play their part in this 's.a.d' cocktail .
He does make clear at about 40mins in, that to cure/resolve, he recommends Control the macros, 1st cut carbs... etc.
That's how i understand it. Your thoughts, please? Or anyone elses? As i an interested. Thanks. @Cenot4ph
@@ticefelle this is false, the cells operate as per design and this fabrication Ben Bikman keeps repeating. It is false. The receptor is purposefully not accessible because the cells are replete. This is not an insulin signaling problem at all. This is a glucose problem.
The experiment is really simple, stop eating carbs and see what happens.
You and Bikman are correct. Watch all of his videos. @@ticefelle
Thank you Dr. Bikman. You will be pleased to know I have been listening to you for over a year and have learned so much about how to care for myself. I was an insulin-dependent type 2 D for 42 years. Since I became keto last april and then later when to carnivore, I am off all drugs and my fasting insulin is now 8. my A1C went from 8.4 to 6.2. My BS continues to normalize and I expect it will normalize eventually. I have lost all the weight and now my weight is normal for my height.
It's all well and good. I've bought into this "it's all insulin" for years starting with Mark Sission through Dr Fung and now Bikman and Co. In real life for those of us deep into metabolic problems there is a lot more psychology, environment, habit and the demands of life that really aren't being considered at the cellular levels.
This is one of the best interviews of Dr. Bickman. Thank you for your work and sharing it with us!🌹
Before insulin injections type II diabetics were treated by putting them in the hospital for a week and water fasting. That fixed or reset the insulin resistance temporarily and then they had to change their diet to maintain or back to the hospital.
That is fascinating info.
There are times on low carb you do think about food. Eating out with family/friends who like their carbs & cannot imagine life without them. Eating on holiday or outings whilst on a budget. I was lucky yesterday at an event. Had been looking forward to a full English breakfast (less the carby bits), but the cafe ran out of meat at 9:30am. I could have not bothered to eat, but those with me were miffed too! We went to van on site instead that were selling burgers. I told the owner she was going to have a good day as her competition was out of meat already. She looked happy, was glad to do me a double burger without bread & I didn’t get upset as she didn’t have GF buns. She only charged me for a single. 😊 Such people understand us, but they are rare.
Stop your whining
@@firstlast1732 Lmfao what
I don't know how long you have been low carb, but it eventually will go away, the thoughts of food. Especially if you don't use sweeteners in anything. I have been keto and then carnivore for 8 years now and I can walk into a pastry shop and have the desire for nothing but a cup of coffee or a seltzer water. So hang in there. And good job choosing what is better for you with the burger. btw, you don't have to eat the bun even if it comes with one.
@@raquel5401yeah I did keto for 8 months… it never went away. For most ppl just look at Asia and Europe. They eat carbs… not in excess. Not ultra processed, they’re active and balanced and much leaner than most Americans and Brits
@@trevnti they can have what is called skinny fat. The fat is all around their organs.
I’ve been keto for a long time and struggled to stay consistent especially if I drank alcohol…I started tirzepitide compounded…WOW!! I am now drinking much less! I love it AND I’m able to completely stick with keto/ carnivore it’s amazing blessing for me…
Great interview. I love listening to Ben Bickman’s explanations. He makes it so easy for the general public to understand.
Dr Bikman, please give a speech/podcast on the correlation between iron deficiency and insulin resistance. It's more common, especially among females, than is generally thought. And THIS is why low carb/keto never worked for me. No doctor EVER diagnosed me with iron deficiency in the 30 years that I suffered from it. My aunt alerted me to ask for the labs and treatment. Getting iron deficiency treated has been truly life changing.
Sometimes, there is low stomach acid. You don't break the protein and fat effectively! You get low iron, for example...
@Florabela69 not in my case. I've been low since birth, passed down from my mother.
I learned from Ben every time I listen.
Someday I hope to discuss with him my experience treating patients. I always point to the stack of journal articles on my desk and say there's the evidence to write Ben Beckman's book, probably not Books.
I still have many patients that cannot tolerate the few carbs that come with the fiber.
I have seen slow miracles take place over a few months, it was on the nearly fiber free diet.
@johnmadany9829. I have been one of your type of patients. I couldn’t have fiber as it would cause extreme pain in my intestines due to Graft vs Host of the intestines post stem cell transplant. Once I became less inflamed and healed my body by reducing inflammation via sugars and carbs, my intestines began to heal. Now I can eat fiber, but in small amounts per day.
Isn't it the type of fiber that makes a tolerable difference? Grain fiber for sure will raise glucose, but a low glycemic vegetable fiber should be less reactive.
A great video! Thank you to both of you 🙏
Thank you so much ❤
SIBO
As a person with PCOS who takes Mounjaro, it’s inaccurate to say that the quieting of food noise mean ppl are tired of feeling sick. I am seeing the initial effects of the appetite suppression and food noise decrease, but I feel fine, am not apethetic or feel numb. I’m now motivated to move on to something else that will work better. So now thankfully I’m down 70lbs still in the « obese » range and am looking for a more natural way to move me to my goal. But I had very little side affects and really only on 1 dose of the medication. After titrating up I had no side affects. I found this medication helped me intermittent fast much easier and now it’s a lifestyle and now I will focus on fibrous foods instead of focusing on protein. So thanks for this information. I think though where doctors get into trouble is when they start talking in these absolutes and those who are not experiencing the narrative can easily discount you based on their reality.
Could you explain more to me how you combine intermittent fasting with mounjaro? My sister and Mom are adamant that I don’t do that, but I’ve been intermittent fasting which helped me lose my first 60 lbs without med. I only started bc I was stuck for 6 weeks
Yes I wish they would comment more on hormonal issues. Even with careful diet and treating estrogen dominance and fibroids I keep gaining.
@@autchicabSame….ugh.
“Giving a type 2 diabetic insulin”…I have never understood this. Glad to hear someone say this & glad I said no when my Doctor suggested it!!
Dr Jason Gung series I as giving more insulin as a battering ram to push more Food into an already full Refrigerator full.up.with fat.
You need to get off the carbs to fix diabetes, its not an insulin problem like Ben suggests
@@Cenot4phYou can't be serious
@@Sinriel yes i am serious, and if youre a diabetic they will prescribe a low carb diet.
It happens. My MIL is in a memory care home. She has type 2 diabetes and Type 3 diabetes or alzheimer's. The feed her a standard American diet and give her insulin to counter balance things. All while not realizing they are killing her. I have said this over and over to them. Yet the still follow their protocol.
Great interview. I agree that we should call diabetes a different name. Diabetes is not a scary enough name.
If you as Tim Noaks or any Afrikaans speaking South African we call it “sugar sickness“ if translated to English.
Same in Turkish Sugar Disease. At least people can get some kind of warning about it! But people in Turkey still loves sugarfull food. "Baklava and turkish delight are two famous kinds
Diabetes is a Fat Metabolism disorder.
In Nederland was het suikerziekte totdat diabetes werd geïntroduceerd. Waarom was dat nodig?
Yes. Suikersiekte in Afrikaans translates to sugar disease.
There should be two names for type 1 and type 2. I can't tell you how many people try to tell me my condition as a type 1 is curable. I teach 15 yoga, pilates classes a week, walk 3-4 hours a day and eat Keto carnivore I simply need insulin cause I don't make it.
Telling a patient he needs to change his diet to control his insulin is like telling a patient he needs to quit smoking
And I’m struggling to find a doctor that will accept my diet choices (keto/carnivore). I’m doing it anyway… but it would be nice to find someone aligned. I’m tired of getting worse on insulin and feeling absolutely terrible on trulicity. I’d just stop both but I’m scared of high blood sugar.
@@kelley8223Join the low carb community on TH-cam. Keep watching the videos and learn from the doctors who are keto, low carb and even carnivore. Educate yourself and become your own advocate, which it sounds like you have already made steps to do just that! And most of all wear a CGM to monitor what foods spike your blood sugar and keep it elevated! Remove those foods from your diet. That will be a game changer for you! In the US, if you are on Medicare and inject insulin, you are eligible to wear a CGM 24/7 at no cost to you. Wish you the best to get off insulin! Oh, yes, also intermittent fasting should also be a goal as that ritual/habit will heal your insulin resistance the fastest.
And both tellings with give him healthier outcomes
The anti smoking messages I winning. And you know it. Of you were honest about the consequences of drugs people may indeed make the correct choice. And it would be lovely for physicians to ctually understand nutrition nd disease processes, not.just treating symptoms, that will create other symptoms and then, again, you reach for your prescription pad.
Frankly, your comment tells us that you are poorly informed, not patient centered, and have no ability to communicate and educate your patients.
Just mailing it in.
@@kelley8223 Nod and say, "Ok" that is what I do when my NP suggests that I eat more whole grains.
Great discussion. Really love listening to Dr Bikman. Even as a lay person I am learning so much from him which helps me to stick with low carb after remitting my diabetes and going from 80kg down to 60kg without even trying; and not getting hungry!!!
Love Dr Bickman, watch him on all videos
Awesome interview! I started carnivore Ketovore 5 months ago and I'm down 54 lbs! I can't believe it myself! Wow! It flat out works!
Dr. Bikman is the best!
Twenty years ago I was diagnosed borderline type two diabetes. Eat low GI was suggested, even low GI is starch. Was put on drugs that I took for a couple of years. Lost my medical aid because of retrenchment. Stopped al pills. Six years ago started keto. Lost more than twenty kilogram. Tested sugar last week..normal ..60y female that believed the medical establishment my whole life.
are you in South Africa? or from there?
@@ckomtro3 yes, and we have some of the best doctors in the world. I will never just believe them anymore.
I learned that fasting technique the hard way. Now that I got my macros in order and got healthy, fasting comes naturally. I can go and go and go without eating and feel great. When I do eat my mind and body eat to satiate and I'm done. And i dont have cravings. I only eat real food, if i do have a boxed barcode food its minimal, like a salad steak and some noodles with green onion (cup portion). I love this journey to health. Thanks guys for the very much needed information.
This is exactly how I feel as well. Reading this while doing IF, entering the 17th hour of fast and breastfeeding my toddler before his nap. Thinking of pushing this fast to 20 hours if I can.
There is a type of joy and satisfaction one feels when fasting. Knowing that you are helping your body heal and maximising its potential to rejuvenate.
Literally saving this world,
thank you gents!
This was absolute gold, thank you! You have no idea how much these discussions empower us during our appointment with our doctors.
"leaving here with the prescription, please know that you will never be able to stop the drug and the only outcome is increasing the dosage and possibly multiple drugs" Paraphrasing!
I had to negotiate with my dr who started listing and writing a litany of meds and I said please, with all due respect, the tests I asked for was so that I have a baseline. Please give me at least 3 months and we can take it from there
I follow plenty of people online that were on GLP-1s and have successfully negotiated getting off them. Even Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of Monjauro and zepbound tell us we HAVE to also make lifestyle changes for permanente health, as is with any changes to improve weight.
I’m all in on what you both are saying!! I. Been low carb … for many years … and it works for me … but I have a good friend who is severely obese and I asked her one day if I could see her blood work and she says that she’s not prediabetic and most of her blood work is in order by the industry standards and she’s having a horrible time, losing weight and has gone on one of the latest and she lost about 20 pounds and now that stopped…. Her doctor has recommended a ketogenic diet, so we will see ..
So amazing podcast Gentlemen ❤
Thank you both so much for!
Alexis de Tocqueville is the French author mentioned (not necessary to know for the point Dr. B is making), but that’s my contribution (Ph.D. in French here).
Thank you Dr. Bikman... your explanations are awesome... keep preaching... we are listening...😉👍
As far as not wanting to eat as much, I've gotten to this point from fasting but I'm thrilled to not be a slave to food anymore! I took a glp1 for two weeks and got a massive migraine that put me in bed with vertigo and nausea-vomiting for three days. I only drank a little water because I had to move to get it. I do think it impacted my digestive system that takes a while to recover from - with lots of fiber. I stopped and will never do it again, back to fasting and feeling really good when I succeed.
Thanks so much for this report!
I would love to hear doctor Bikmans take on how his lab funding is easy or hard - compared to those labs funded by pharma. If it’s hard we need to level the playing field.
Very few academic labs receive funding from pharma
BEN BIKMAN is the master teacher on this topic.
Agreed!
for starters..... Howard Zinn was asked why he enjoyed acclaim as a professor. He said he had no clue that he just threw out lots of hooks and some catch and others don't. Like Chomsky and Krauss, Bikman (like Beakman) have a natural "vibe" that works for me. thanks for the interview HR. Lawson
I was in hospital in June (2024), recovering from a blocked kidney that was relieved by placing a stent. On the second day of recovery, another doctor showed up at my bedside and introduced himself as internal medicine specialist. He spent 40 minutes trying to convince me to inject insulin. I refused. He called me a conspiracy theorist. He told me I was against all science. As I said, he kept harassing me for 40 minutes. I showed him an sugar muffin made with ultra-processed starch, which the nurse had left by my bed the previous day for breakfast. I told him how does he explain this junk-food cupcake the hospital gave me. (Of course I didn't eat the muffin. They refused to take it away from my bedside). During the course of the argument, I told the internal medicine doctor about Professor Bikman. The internal medicine doctor never heard of him, so he quickly googled on his smart phone and told me a few seconds later, with a tone of triumph, "He's not a doctor, he's a professor! He does not know medicine. I am a doctor. I know medicine."
I keep my keto-carnivore eating strategy to myself. So tired of being told I'm killing myself. Had a dexa scan this week. Results show improvement since previous scan. Age 72 and my lifestyle is improving my bone density. I'm on no meds because I have no chronic health conditions that need treatment.
Yes. He needs to prescribe medicine.. you do not have a biochemical metabolic disorder controllable by consumption of food groups, you have a DEFICIENCY of a drug for sale.
He is a medicine pusher. Only.
Typical Brainwashed Western Medicine Chump. I recently had a friend in the hospital for a knee replacement. He is Diabetic yet has finally been able to manage it with diet & exercise. In his pre-op intake they asked him for his dietary restrictions/preferences. He told them he was previously Diabetic & wanted low/no sugar & primarily protein. His breakfast was oatmeal, egg beaters, turkey bacon, Dole fruit cup, orange juice & a Diet Sprite!!! His wife went home & fixed him breakfast & returned after speaking to his Nurse to clarify his dietary plan.
Lunch came, whole grains spaghetti with marinara, tiny what they called salad, crushed pineapple, a cupcake with frosting, whole milk!!! Repeat for dinner!
We swear they were attempting to unalive him!!
I only want a
Doctor if
Need for
Acute
Situations…..
I actually HATE
Them….
The name Dr. Bikman is trying to recall at about 53:40 is Alexis de Tocqueville
So vastly-informed, conciensious, n honest scientist Dr Bikman is!
“You’re never too far gone” I needed to hear that.
Question: does allulose and or berberine do this as well? Does allulose not have connect to GLP -1
I'm interested in this as well.
@@roadhousepress Thomas Delauer covers this is one of his vids
Is there some place that Dr B lists the foods/meals that the people who cured their T2 ate? I know low carb, but I like specifics.
Look at Dr Eric Westman (Adapt Your Life). He gives excellent dietary guidance, and has been one of the original low carb doctors. His clinic specializes in getting folks off the drugs and eating properly.
@@x.y.7385 look up keto docs and those on the diet or carnivores as me and my hubby do ketovore as we have mushrooms, onions and tinned tomatoes but Carnivores just eat meat (beef, lamb, pork, chicken, venison) many eat eggs and seafood, fish season everything with salt.
Some are stricter and only eat red meat butter and salt if they want to do a complete elimination diet, you will then know exactly what causes issues, whether it’s skin trouble, allergies, insulin resistance, gut inflammation and a whole host of other stuff but it depends how strict you can be, true carnivore is anything from an animal but with keto you can have up to 20% carbs which will keep you in ketosis (fat burning) but it depends on what you want from your diet.
Awsome presentation!
Fantastic subject matter and authority!
Hats off!
A New Fan
Great. I like Pikman's presentations. I thank the host, too.
Love how this great teacher accentuates the word "fat" like the cuss word it is.
He is actually helping people instead of gas lighting for profits. ❤✌️
I have type 2 with hypertension. My doctor started me on Ozempic but by the time I got to the .5 dosage life was unbearble so I stopped it. All that time, noone suggested diet change and my craving didnt change. Months later, I'm back on Ozempic but at .25. Now my cravings have shifted to bacon or watermelon and I am essentially without any Ozenpic side effects. And, no appreciable weight loss, which is fine because my weight is fine.
Look up Dr. Ken Berry's channel here on youtube. Insuline/carbs are behind both your problems.
Or try Zepbound instead of Ozempic. People who are non-insulin resistant simply do not understand we may need a little bit of help starting back down the right path and GLP-1 la are very healing and help reset the body in a marvelous way!
My brother is exactly this way. He thinks his insulin pump is a eat anything you want pass
I forgot to metion in my OP that I had/have moved to high fat high protein foods only and zero carbs and monitor with a CGM. The addition of a CGM allows me to further understand how my body reacts to food in real time. I'm finding my body has some very strange reactions to carbs but I suspect the Ozempic is interfering adversly now. I will know next week when I skip a dose.
I wish they would have touched upon NAFLD, and whether or not this approach would be harmful or beneficial to aiding in its reversal. There is simply SO much misinformation and conflicting points of view on whether or not eating keto or a keto-like diet can positively affect NAFLD outcomes. The idea of eating unlimited fats while actually needing to remove fat from the liver is quite contradictory, and even medical professionals I’ve spoken to have wildly differing opinions about this. Maybe a follow up episode would help?
@@to1620 I have reduced carbs to very low sometimes none and it is reversing my fatty liver, got my glucose down from 13/14 to between 4-7 as long as I don’t have carbs especially sugar but even cereal can put me back in the 10s 😳 this is UK numbers, animal fats do not increase fat in the liver, carbs are the biggest contributor especially alcohol, even children can have a fatty liver and they have realised that fructose is also a huge part of the problem.
@@to1620 My hubby is also type 2 like me and has not injected insulin for 3 days now 😊 we have both lost 22lbs as well since starting ketovore (mostly meat n eggs though) back on Aug 1st so not even 2 months in yet and all brilliant and I’m no longer taking pills for hypertension 👍🏻
Simple carbohydrate intake drives fatty liver disease. Decreasing carbohydrate intake typically improves NAFLD. Type 2 Diabetes is highly associated with NAFLD.
Love Dr Bikman.
I LOVE this video! Thank God for people like these 2 gentleman, for speaking THE TRUTH! I am currently taking a class from Insulin IQ, to be a coach. Both my in-laws died from a horrific, 12 year battle, of Alzheimer’s. I hope to teach others about preventing insulin resistance and therefore, not ever having to deal with diseases and disorders that are preventable!
An absolutely wonderful interview!
Ben…I’m sooo grateful - this was such an incredible talk. You are Gods gift to the world right now- as we are trying to regain health and turn the tides on the state of human life. If we don’t have our health- our inner soul dies right along with our body. Soo grateful to you my friend🩵
What I like best about Ben, is that he is SO passionate about helping people improve their lives through knowledge. Knowledge is power, and you can make a huge improvement in your physical - and mental health by following simple steps. He provides us with the mental pathways to understand how things work and, more importantly, how EVERYTHING is related and interconnected. I love watching and learning from you both. This is the future of medicine.
I don't know how true it is today, but having that success with only women in your study, is wonderful. I say this because I believe that women still control the feeding of families. Show women their power to change their lives for the better and they may move their own families to do the same.
Thank you! I LOVE Doc Ben! His book greatly helped me understand metabolic health and I SO greatly appreciate his mission.
❤️
Agree that the current doses of GLP-1 meds are prescribed at doses that are too high. I started the lowest dose of tirzepatide and was doing well, losing slowly and no real side effects. My insurance insisted I go up to the next dose after one month (which is double the initial dose),and it killed my appetite. I have to force myself to eat. Considering splitting the dose back to the lower dose. Why do insurance companies decide treatment instead of doctors? No wonder people go off of these meds.
Why didn’t you just split the dose when they first told you you had to increase the dose?
Hard to split the dose with the way the pens are designed.
I agree that most of us could manage on the starter dose with good results. I have just had 1 month on 5mg after 2 months on 2.5mg. I am so off food and losing good amounts of weight, but probably too fast. I am considering going back to 2.5 for the next month, which I hope will keep the edge off the hunger. I am combining this with low carb and it's going well.
I have a 30 year history of diabetes and all that goes with. I'm on the third variety of glp1 over 8 years. Mounjaro is really working for me but I never understood why weight loss required such a high dose when the starter doses are very effective.
I'd like to suggest finding a quality protein supplement to implement into your daily meal plan. An unfortunate side effect of the dramatic loss of appetite is the loss of lean muscle due to inadequate protein intake. Another suggestion is supplementation with the amino acid L-Leucine, which is the key amino in triggering muscle protein synthesis. Either of these additions will go a long way in preventing lean muscle loss while taking GLP-1 medications. For the protein supplement a typical serving will yield approximately 25g of protein but I would suggest doubling that to around 50g daily. With the L-Leucine supplementing 2.5g twice a day would be good. Hope this helps!
Great scientist and spreading useful knowledge but the students are "Knuckleheads" because they are protesting against the bombing of a civilian population??? Truly disappointed in you
I went on the minimal initial dose of Mounjaro, not really for weight loss, but for blood sugar control. I was already ketovore/carnivore, but my blood sugar was still not in “normal” range. The Mounjaro allowed me to get off the low doses of insulin I had been using. BUT… I developed granuloma annulare rashes and my thyroid function went sideways. Endocrinology didn’t want to say it was the GLP drug, but that was all that had changed. My HBa1c was great, but I had digestive issues, the ugly red rashes everywhere, sleep problems, had to force myself to eat. I didn’t increase the dose, and a year ago, quit the Mounjaro entirely. Went back to tiny doses of insulin, to keep my HBa1c in the 5’s. Gradually, my thyroid function improved, and the rash is almost undetectable. I’m off the insulin and will never take a GLP drug again. My HBa1c is only 6, which is disappointing, but that’s unmedicated and I would rather work on losing 15 pounds and stay off the diabetes drugs. I hope that my health will continue to improve with healthy low carb eating and exercise.
incredible interview! I love Ben Bikman, every time he's on a channel I know I'm gonna get some excellent information.... now, putting it into practice is a wee bit harder. But KNOWING is half the battle!
I love the great chat and invaluable information. I am interested in learning more about the origins of the disease of endometriosis. I have ladies in my life who suffer from it. I think I have heard you explain the mechanism of it being related to insulin resistance of the cells producing the required hormones for proper cycling in women. Can you do a chat focused on it perhaps. I appreciate all your great chats.
I have lost 100 pounds on a strict Ketogenic diet and Carnivore. I have also dropped my A1C to 5.4 from 7.8. Unfortunately i am still incredibly insulin resistant. And even though my Trig/HDL ratio is 1:1.2 (48:55) I got a cardiac stent last week due to a 99% blockage.
Dr. Cywes says i could benefit from a GLP-1 for insulin resistance and is very helpful if you learn to eat properly. Comments?
Are you on the glp1? He gave me a script too. Im still on the fence.
These point’s are hard to fully grasp, we need to dive deeper into each section and slow down…. Really wanna learn more from him. Thanks!
Thank you for this talk. I always learn a little more, each time I listen to Ben Bikman ❤
Without simplifying or dismissing genetics, that I'm sure plays a part... I would have liked to ask him, if a lot of that 'inheritance' really couldn't be just food habits and views, that we get from our parents...? 🤷♀️
This was so interesting thank you
I am trying to cut my carbs / sugar (I want to lose about 2 stone) just entering menopause- I’ve always been able to go 16 hours without food - not a bfast eater , my problem is - I don’t like meat 😫 what do I use for protein ? I love eggs 🥚 but they get a bit samey !
Cheese!
Eggs and meat are best!
And resistance training!
Focus on building muscle and the fat will melt- "Muscle is the organ of Longevity" - Dr. Gabrielle Lyon.
I am the same. So I focus on non processed meats from the butcher. I make bone broth. I eat grisly parts and I take collagen in my coffee. I fry my eggs in beef tallow. May this helps you too
I have said many times, from my own experience, "If you're starving yourself you have already failed."
Thats the right attitude to have!
So what do you eat and how many meals do you have in a day! I eat one meal a day intermittent fasting 18hr with 6 hrs window of eating! My do said I have diabetes but I don't have any symptoms whatsoever of it. But with my glucose reading is high! I am very worried. My blood sugar is still high and BP as well doctor wants me on meds but I refused.them. I want this healed asap . My insulin goes up high even if I eat a low carb cracker 7 grams. I am increasing the fiber Am I on the right track with the fibers. For a typical day I eat like 28 grams of fiber. I have no gallbladder and had a complete hysterectomy without any HRT treatments could it be my thyroids like slow hypothyroids what can I eat to lower carbs even more and whyb
@@NansGlobalKitchensome people, like myself, are very carb intolerant. So I eat a high fat, moderate protein diet and aim for zero carbs. Even a small amount of carbs gives me a blood sugar spike in the form of an instant headache, and sometimes migraine.
But two years of high fat carnivore has solved that for me.
Maybe try a period of time with no carbs at all?
@@NansGlobalKitchenall meat, only meat. High fat meat
@@NansGlobalKitchen I eat mostly meat. That can be chicken, beef, fish, or pork.
Regarding fat cells releasing inflammatory cytokines [58:13], is this what is going on with visceral fat being said to release such cytokines? Does it apply to fat everywhere, or is this more a visceral fat behavior?
What is his recommendation for carb intake as a percent of total kcals or grams/day?
If you want to be in ketosis, about 20 to 50 grams a day
I have to keep under 10g to keep blood sugar level. Mostly zero carb now.
He is a genius
Fantastic interview! Going to find part 2!!
Is what you are describing as apathy with people on ozempic actually what is found in addiction post acute withdrawal? In addiction it called anhedonia, this emotional absence.
It is so hard to refuse insulin when in the hospital….I am pre diabetic till my meds for heart failure drove glucose in to low 120’s….I had gotten glucose to 95-11 at home with work, fasting
Why doesn't anyone do a study on GLP-1s in combination with a nutritional ketosis diet? I did 3 months of glp1 with keto (20 carbs max daily) got off glp1 but kept the keto diet. Lost 112lbs in 6 months. No bad side effects of glp1. Not on long enough for that. The glp1 reduced my appetite to the point that I was able to adopt a better way to eat. If you're not hunger, it's pretty easy to change your diet. That's just N of 1, my experience but I think glp1 in combination with diet change can be a better way to change lifestyle permanently.
great point
Low carb, intermittent fasting also stops the food noise and naturally slows food because you just take a break…hard at first but works for me. Blood glucose starts to be normal & weight comes off.
He is sent at this time- to help us save our health. Hs work is soo important! Divine intervention for mankind
Great interview but the deal with the canary in the coal mine isn’t what it does sing but instead is that if the air goes bad it stops singing and dies.
I think fiber gave me the same feeling Ben described as a side effect of Ozempic. Bloated! Although fiber with my protein/fats did give me elevated ketones in the range of 4.1.
But if type 2 is too much insulin that is not working, then how does injecting more insulin bring down glucose?
I can’t like this video and Ben enough. I’d love to hear him talk about moderation more and what it looks like in relation to carbs and not spiking insulin super high or say 3 meals a day with lower carbs. For the ppl that need to be realistic because they are staring out addicted. So like a meal of chicken and veggies in a casserole but with say a 1/3 of the usual pasta added instead of the usual. Like will this still help?
I'm so grateful for this podcast. I'm newly on a low carb journey. This info is invaluable!!! Got the book today!!
I crave veggies and eggs and animal meats always, with coffee and butter in it
I’ve been pre diabetic and insulin resistance before…no doctor I’ve had over the years has told me to keep on eating carbs. They’ve all recommended Paleo/Keto
you are very fortunate
Old Guy Carnivore sent me🥰
He is great x
I often crave airfried chicken wings, made in tallow, or just bacon cut into cubes and also airfried. Or brie crisps. Salt and crunchy is easy to make without the refined starches.
This is the most helpful information I’ve ever heard!!! What an awesome presentation!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Such a great teacher!!! As usual great conversation thank you gentlemen 😊 have a beautiful day!!
Just found this guy. Amazing. Just needed to hear this. Game changer.
My hubby is on two different insulin injections as well as a few tablets so does he need to get off the injections?
He has stopped metformin and lowered his gliclazide so far since starting carnivore.
It's easier to follow their conversation with more information. I recommend Gary Taubes' book, "Rethinking Diabetes".
Thank you for educating us and exposing the dangers of sugar! Etc ❤❤
Ben explaining why I have no energy on strict carnivore but when added in
I truly believe each individual needs to tweak for their body. I feel best with zero carbs. Even a bit of added veg makes my joints hurt and make me sleepy. The one universal for all is ZERO processed foods and no seed oils.
I have never watched your channel before but I found the camera man's reflection on the glass behind Bickman's head very distracting. The content was great though
It’s driving me nuts too! 🥴🙃😂
Surely no medical doctor today prescribes insulin these days for t2d, right? Unless beta cells are producing no insulin standard treatment today is metformin, SGLT2 inhibitors, and GLP1.
I disagree with that last part Dr. Bickman said about having to be on the medication for life, only because my T2D husband reversed his condition within 6 months with Metformin and strict carnivore. He was weaned off within two weeks and hasn’t taken another pill since. And that was two years ago. Maybe it’s my misunderstanding? Was he referring specifically to Ozempic?
Thank you for saying don’t do fasting until your ready because I’m still at point where I can’t seem to go without eating and couldn’t figure out how I was gonna do fasting.
Great interview with my favorite scientist! Thank you!
Brilliant show!!
Please help me ..
I'm so stuck atm ..
Type 2 on high doses of insulin that dont seem to adjust my levels anymore ..they stay around 16 all day.. i changed to carnivore... i itially lost 13lb in 8 days..blood pressure came down and readings stayed level at 6 .. despite sticking to this and being able to drop insulin way back.. its all gone up again and i feel really unwell again.
I felt amazing those 8 days..
Why is my body rejecting healing..?
I spoke to diabetic team..
They say the only way to help is to take metformin or glps as well..
I.ve been on these both before.. i had horrendous bowel issues.. and heart palpitations.. so had to come off them. Thats why i ended up taking insulin as a last option...
Last consultant told me to "starve myself and get some friends" because i said i was becomming fearful of food.
No one seems to want to Help me.
Oh he also doubled my insulin dose..
50 units with meal and 100 at night..
Just gradually transition into a keto diet and then eventually into a carnivore diet, do it fairly slowly adjust your medicines accordingly with weight loss and your blood results
I am not able to answer your question but do know that insulin makes people gain weight. have you done intermittent fasting? (under supervision of a good doctor, maybe a a functional medicine doctor if you can afford one. Where are you local near? in usa?
@@ckomtro3 no..
Uk
I think the Frenchmen you were talking about was Alexis de Tocqueville.
LOVE THIS INTERVIEW 😀
Dr bickman u r reveeling truth great I salute u on behalf of humanity