You’re the best “accessible” source for info regarding keto diet issues, and it’s not even close. The fact that many of the carnival barkers have hundreds of thousands of subscribers, while you have fewer, is an indictment of our social intelligence, in my view. Godspeed.
EatIng only meat and fat have changed my life, no more insulin, lost 40 kilos, more meat the better with its fat is the best meal for me. Thanks for the clarity of this show!
If you ate meat 🥓 in your life you would have not been diabetic in the first place. More research in the future will prove keto as optimum diet for good health
@@Roberto-cg2grhere's a suggestion... Go with what the current research points to rather than hoping that your preferred diet will turn out to be good
@@McCaffreyPickleball I've been both vegan, vegetarian, whole foods/lean meats and keto. I don't have joint pain on keto, my mood is stable and reflux is gone. Idc if I die early, atleast I have a good life now.
My 83 year young dad had a triple bypass in 1998. Just this year, he got two stents. His pcp scared him into getting back on the statin that I convinced him to stop taking a couple years ago. He came to church a few weeks later not knowing where he was, who he was, couldn't walk good, couldn't drive, etc. I convinced his wife to stop giving it to him. He is driving again, walking good, and aside from being 83 with some dementia, he is doing well metabolically. Keep up the great work!
Millions of buffalo used to roam the planes. Obviously we can't have millions of cows roaming free, but we can sustain many more than we currently have, and we can use them to save the planet and ourselves.
I had horrible IBS and anxiety for almost 20 years. I could never enjoy myself eating, vacation, long distance travel, etc. It was so bad I was on the verge of becoming agoraphobic. Started carnivore, lost 25 pounds and anxiety and IBS completely went away. I had tried different drugs off an on for years with no relief and in most cases they added problems. I got my life back and in the event that it kills me at least I will enjoy the time I have left to the fullest. I would do almost anything to have those lost years back.
Similar for me, except for over 26 years in my case. I am glad I did all of the things I did before IBS destroyed the last third of my life. Ironically, the changes I made in searching to discover what the irritant was for my irritable bowel probably extended my lifespan for various reasons.
Thank you for your logical non-dogmatic approach to nutrition. I lost over 100 lbs through keto, switched to a coach Greg CICO diet and was able to get to 11% BF but had more binge tendencies and energy fluctuations. Switched to a Paul Saladino animal based diet for my bulk and slapped on a lot of fat and had even more energy swings with the amount of fructose I was consuming. Switched back to keto (practically carnivore) and can say with experience with various diets that a meat based ketogenic diet is optimal for me. Better cardio and lifts now that I’m fat adapted. I have a feeling, even in the sports science realm, that keto diets are optimal for most. A lot of bias and conflicts of interest taint our current body of literature.
you applaud him for is non-dogmatic and logical approach to nutrition and then drop this " I have a feeling, even in the sports science realm, that keto diets are optimal for most. A lot of bias and conflicts of interest taint our current body of literature." that made little sense to me, especially the last part. happy you found what works for you
@@00HoODBoyhaving a feeling doesnt mean you are being dogmatic, they didnt even say it was %100 true no matter what, just that they hypothesized it was that way from their experience. Nothing contradictory here
@@user-kr2ty9vk5n sure, and it's fine not to prescribe, or direct their patients to try unproven approaches. At issue for me is all the times I've heard doctors say something is categorically false, that's merely not known with certainty. Instead of saying, "I'm not aware of studies on that," or "last I heard, results were inconclusive," etc., in my experience many doctors reflexively declare, "that's not true". When I'm their patient, I immediately move on. My own parents; I'm stuck with; heh. It's not in the spirit of scientific inquiry, and seems disturbingly endemic to MDs, in my experience.
@@Mandragara "can't be justified in your belief"? No belief was stated; you're commenting on a scenario you made up. I'm referring to conversations with doctors that I was actually in, and that was not their point at all. My parents were in medicine (retired now), and I'm all too familiar with the knee-jerk, "that's not true" response from doctors, both at home and in patient consults, when what they should mean is, "that hasn't yet been determined" and it MIGHT in fact be true...and in my direct, lived experience, often turns out to be true. Had I been asserting that something were absolutely true and not just theoretical, then I would be no more or less justified in that belief, than they would be in asserting, "that's not true."
@@Mandragara no offense, but the topic was research, and unproven vs untested vs known to be untrue. You went to exoplanets?? and now want to claim the only relevant question is intervention. I have no interest in continuing to change the subject so you can claim you're correct and I'm not. Have a good life.
My mother , German , moved to Australia aged 45 and died last December 96.5 years old. Always ate saturated fat , butter , lard , pork , duck , chicken, some beef. Pasta, German bread ( dried to hardness of rock before eating) , potatoes, a little vegetable in bad times.What killed her was a bowel obstruction. In her last years she ate more junk like biscuits, chips, chocolate, Nutella etc. and less meat or no meat and no vegetables. I lived with her the last 16 years and cared for her, so I know. My wife’s father ( Philippine ) , died 96 years old , eating a typical country Philippine diet . He died of prostate cancer. I am 77, a sick T2 Diabetic, with rheumatoid arthritis, struggling to stay alive, practicing carnivore for sometime. It was a high sugar diet that got me to where I am. I was as skinny as a broom stick until age 37. Then I started packing on pounds. Ask old people what they did…today’s factory “food” is killing everyone. Even the billionaires eating this crap , look at them , sick and fat .
@@Kyarrix I have been on and off carnivore for many years. Done Keto…. Carnivore cured my IBS . I went through 4 colonoscopies, horrible diarrhoea daily, 6-10 times. My ass was killing me , but the Doctors never asked me what I was eating. Fruit, 2 minutes noodles And very little protein. Chocolate, Coca Cola, cake. Pizza . Carnivore cured me overnight…and the daily reflux as well. Now I’m addicted to coffee ( instant) and cocoa powder ( no sugar ) . High oxalates , make me itchy and other stuff. I don’t lose weight, because of the insulin injection. High insulin promotes the storage of fat ( Randle cycle) . I don’t “ feel good “ on carnivore because Rheumatism and diabetes and shingles that still plague me after 16 months , and many other health problems caused by years of eating garbage ( sugar,carbs) . Not everything is black and white, on or off. Some issues can’t be cured that easily…like the fact that I’m up after sleeping only 2 hours because of insane nerve pain itching left over after shingles that covered my head , and I write this little story in the middle of the night. So ,I’m dead tired , can’t sleep, and face homelessness pretty soon, need cataract surgery, soon , have no help…why am I saying all this? Carnivore doesn’t fix this……..
When you were thin ,you coud have been developing the pathologies of diabetes without the visible Fat .ie visceral fat on the vital organs .The term tofi means "thin on the outside, fat on the inside ".keto can reverse type 2 if adhered to properly .
Thank you for clarifying the foggy dietary lifestyles that plague the American population! It was so helpful for me a 79 year old grandma/ great grandma. Yes I have congested heart failure but doing my best to listen to my cardiologist and your rigorous research. My son is a surgeon so he has helped convince me to find as much info as I can.
the problem with meat and environmental concern is that everything is insanely politicized against it. a lot of agronomist had confirmed that the environmental evaluation of meat is a joke as they are made in the worst faith possible: they considered rain water and grassland as equivalent to drinkable water and arable land. 90% or more of soils used for animals are not usable for any other agricultural uses. They also dont understand how to quantify impact/energy of using synthetic fertilizers in plant products. grasslands are not usable in scale to create any usable food for a big population. but the environmentalist do not understand basic science to get those points. They also consider that monocultivars are ecosystems, they are not. and they need tons of pesticides to sustain their practices. there is a theory now that the methane emitted by vegan (by SIAOs, Small intestine archaebacterial overgrow) is what is increasing the methane emission of the world even as the cow population as become stable for like 15 years. the all meat is not efficient is a fantasy because people compared with the most synthetically efficient food production: hydroponics. but their energy use is completely not sustainable (synthetic fertilizers, again are the most energy intensive process. it is easier to make synthetic gasoline than nitrates). the non ecological viability of cows and pigs at scale arises essentially from the use of soya/grain to supply protein, that is not even good for the cows and pigs. but the alternative is giving the soya or grain to humans, which is unlikely to be optimal for a population. and the production of those to humans are equally non sustainable, as they are depleting the soils a lot faster than cows and pigs. In my opinion, we should eat overgrown rats (guinea pigs are really efficient per kg of meat produced, even compared to rabbits, but the butchering at scale is quiet time intensive that ruins their viability), but cows/sheeps/pigs are tastier and more adaptable in adverse climates.
Wasn't there a study done a few years back that showed , at least in theory, that using regenerative farming practices, we could provide enough meat to feed the world (not carnivore but at a average amount). It was based on using pasture land that cant be used for crops (too hilly for example) but can be used for animal agriculture (close to my heart as I live in wales famous for it's hill farming) and regenerating some currently unusable areas, as some farms have done to for example in Africa. There have also been studies on regenerative farms that show they are carbon negative (they sequester more carbon into the soil than they release into the atmosphere). Sorry not inclined to hunt it out right now as it would be extremely hard to find using the likes of google scholar, which is about all I have access to, because it doesn't' agree with the consensus. Unfortunately the majority of 'science' done in these areas is about as sound as nutrition 'science'. We need more good quality studies genuinely looking at if the likes if regenerative agriculture can make a positive difference, unfortunately, we are not likely to get them because it doesn't fit the current dogma.
Apparently , there is only about 50 years worth, of the topsoil needed for crop growing. The current non-regenerative farming is eroding /polluting the soil at an alarming rate.
@@antiarezzo7630 That is true for any strategy aimed at feeding the whole population if that is all we do. However, coupling good nutrition with education particularly for girls, as well as tackling poverty is the only way that the population will reduce as we have seen in most Western Countries. If people don't feel that their only option for survival is a large family they tend to gravitate on average to about 2 children per couple.
I think there's an automatic response from Environmentalists to regenerative farming, it's outrage. It's understandable, there's only ten years to save the planet and then some livestock farmers come up with a "quick fix", it's either a distraction or a nefarious scheme by Big Agri. The ecological movement aren't by nature practical people, they're ideas people, and if you attack their ideas they take it hugely personally. Hence it's impossible to get them change their minds, so no, they won't support regenerative farming, not in a million years.
@@colinmacdonald5732 I'm not convinced there is only 10 yrs to save the planet. They've been saying similar since I was a kid. Additionally, if there is only 10yrs to save the planet, then there is no hope of doing that by reducing emissions (realistically never going to happen) we will need a technological solution at least in the short to medium term to buy us time and if we need that anyway then we should take the time to do the research . I agree that the term regenerative farming has to a large extent been abused by big agar but there are a lot of small scale farmers making a difference and they need to be researched properly as if they truly are sequestering carbon, improving top soil etc with their methods they could be a very important part of the solution to both feeding a large population and reducing our impact on the atmosphere.
Statins for ASCVD prevention ruined my father’s health and shortened his life. 25 years of statins and a low fat diet brought him 13 angioplasties with stents, open heart surgery, heart attack, congestive heart failure, kidney failure and early death. Feel free to take statins if you think you will benefit from them. But it will be difficult to convince me that statins are helpful.
I’m going to say both are very bad. Side effect of statins is diabetes combined with that diet it may take longer with low fat but cutting the carbs way back once the diabetes has kicked in is the best way to reverse the actual problem.
@@jeffjensen2083 you are just ignoring evidence of benefits from statins and take its side effects to extreme. Newer medication have lower rates of side effects and they happen to minority of people. It is again risk to benefits ratio, which is to be discussed with medical professional
I switched from a regular low fat diet to Keto because I was gaining small amounts of weight. Just a few pounds, but I am 5 ft. tall…so not good. My whole family is diabetic so I have been proactive in not becoming diabetic. Anyway I switched. My experience after 4 months of keto 16/8 eating window is…my IBS (as my doctor called my tummy discomfort) is completely gone…I mean GONE!!! I lost those few pounds…I am never hungry, which is a little bit of a problem getting enough protein, but I’ll figure that out. I was such a skeptic when I started but I was feeling desparate, because a pound on me is like 10 pounds on a taller woman. This is a way of eating I can live with. So much easier to maintain on. Love your videos, even though I don’t understand a lot of it…I understand enough☺️. Love the non dogmatic approach. I like that you give the good, bad and the ugly and context.
(1) HAPPY FOR YOU! (2) SHORTIES UNITE! I’m 5’8” but usually when people see me the response is… “oh” … in fairness quite a few of my friends are 6’3” or more so if we’re together…
I want to thank you for being strong to have the nuanced discussion about these topics. You are truely fighting the tide of information where conventional wisdom and mainstream news hates nuance. Even health influencers fall victim to the religious way diet camps look at things as all or none. This ends up creating echo chambers where nuance has a really hard time existing. Much respect sir! One more thing i will share about nuance, I recently got my health checked and my blood pressure was elevated,(when i test at home i am perfectly normal) i told the tech that i just ran up 2 flights of stairs to come to this appointment and they took me right in, first thing they did was to test my blood pessure. I asked, arent i supposed to rest for about 10 minutes before testing? He said yeah we dont have time for that. Got me thinking how bad that dirties the overall data set of info since now I look like a person with high blood pressure.
Well, I'm definitely a let's dump some EVOO into my 5% Greek yogurt and enjoy nice fatty Buffalo Mozzarella kinda' guy myself. And you know I love macadamia!
@@danloomisDon't care. He doesn't dictate my or anyone else's speech, good arguments aside. Motor oil masquerading as food is not a good thing to have in the food supply. Which is what vegoil and seed oils are.
You made some very distinct and succinct points that even a layman can appreciate. I'm a little more versed in the topic than the average lay person, but this presentation is approachable enough to be shared around. Very well done and thank you for this.
Yes 'adult discussions'... what a concept! Thank you for clearly identifying the nuances in most important issues today. I thought your Oreo vs statin study was brilliant.
I watched your video Nic, and as always it’s very thought provoking. I’m 72 years and have made the decision to just eat real food, I have completely eliminated all processed packaged foods. I’m 5’9” and 140 pounds and haven’t had a blood test for at least 5 years, no med’s and I’ll take my chances with cholesterol. I am very active and I think that helps in my quest to stay healthy.
Nick, Appreciate your humble acknowledgement of both sides of a discussion or debate. Keep doing what you are doing! At age 54, on low carb, I am a practicing family doc. I am one of those LMHR's with an LDL of 244 and a coronary calcium score of zero. I have multiple similar patients in my practice. Your backstory and journey is actually more common than most think. I see patients experience multiple health benefits when getting rid of carbohydrates, sugar, and processed food.
Wow! You’re a doctor and aware of the low carb keto life! I sure hope you’re registered on a keto friendly doctor list because tons of keto folks want a keto awareness doctor!!! ❤🤠
Re: statins....the pushback would be that nearly all PCPs push statins strictly based on total cholesterol number, without, as you say, wrapping context around each individual patient, so shouldn't the onus be on the Dr. to further educate themselves on statin therapy and the nuance around cholesterol in general, especially since they have the ability(power) to prescribe statins?
@@nicknorwitzPhD yes I can. Would love a video on treating root causes rather than symptoms. Fast approaching a 45% obesity rate has to be the main cause for the vast amount of chronic health conditions. What can be done to counter "big (junk) food" and "big pharma." Ozempic will soon be prescribed as heavily as statins and lisinopril.
I am fed up with cardiologists and general practitioners who are not educated about cholesterol and do not want to dig deeper into the testing that is available for lipids and helpful information due to genetic testing. I requested from my cardiologist a cardiac and metabolic genetic profile be done and told it was not necessary. No go. I asked my GP for a Quest Cardiac IQ Advanced Lipid Panel with Inflammation Markers and was also told “no.” Not necessary. I think I maybe a “lean mass hyper responder”but both of these doctors looked at me as if I am from some other planet when I suggested that is why my total cholesterol is 283 and my APOB is high risk and yet my TRIGs are 69 and HDL 58. Calcium score of 0 and I am 74 years old with a BMI of 23. But they both demand I take rovustatin and ezemtibe. I am so confused, disempowered, let down, and feel boxed in by mainstream medical authorities. All they know to do is prescribe medicine and “practice” sick care. Pathetic.
@@HEARTANDSOULOFMINE If you eat whole foods, preferably leaning toward carnivore, and you feel great, you don't need doctors, meds, testing or profiling. There's enough information online to educate yourself. Do that and stay away from mainstream 'care'.
I really appreciate your content and the way you present it. It provokes thinking and curiosity for more research. I realize this is off topic and very nuanced but I'm so curious what would be your suggestion or even just a hypothesis or a hunch for the ideal diet for someone who is on an immunosuppressant medication which also happens to be an mTOR inhibitor which can wreak havoc on the lipids. I understand if you can't answer that, just thought to throw it out there. Thanks
I really would love to see a video from you in the future discussing Oxalates and Oxalate poisoning, after you've had time to review existing literature. You have a way of reviewing the existing literature and determining whether the literature is BS or a valid concern, and I have greatly appreciated your honest appraisal of other topics in the existing literature. I found your channel after Plant Chompers did an interview with you about LMHR and the Oreo vs. Statin experiment, and I genuinely hope your channel explodes in popularity, and that you are able to continue to conduct research to answer questions of metabolic health.
It's all about risk benefit. High oxalate foods also have significant health benefits. My diet is rich in foods high in oxalates and has been for years. I have regular blood work done. My kidney, liver, bone and thyroid function is perfect. My inflammatory blood markers are perfect. My serum markers are perfect. I don't eat processed food and I exercise every day. Keep it simple.
Sorry for insisting on statins issues. My experience is not encouraging: after more than a year of not doing any exercise, and having gained several kilos of weight, even developing a slight oedema on my ankles, I got a reading of 203 of total cholesterol (usual units, with cut point at 200). The doctor prescribed me statins. Without knowledge of that drug, I thoroughly read the prospect and decided to dump the medicine. I started exercising and dieting, losing 18 kilos, and gaining considerable lean mass; not a trace of oedema, of course. I haven't had another test but, for me, the visible effects of my strategy are enough. I'm currently 71 years old, 175 cm of height, and 74 kilos of weight (I fluctuate in a 73-75 range), and an estimate of 18-19% body fat (measured with a skin calliper). Why did they expose me to the risks of a drug, not exempt of said risks, for just a 1.5% of excess cholesterol, instead of giving good advice on healthy life style? In an ideal world they would have studied me more (if they thought that I was at risk because of that 203 measure), including giving me said advice, or questioning me about my habits. Unfortunately, this is not how the health care works: a blood sample, an analysis, and the application of a not nuanced at all rule of thumb; never ever assessing the pros/cons of a treatment, nor the risk factors in a case.
Good for you, but you are rare. The average patient is not armed with the solutions and determination to apply them to get the results you did. That’s why the script pad comes out and everyone is taking 5 different meds.
@@nicknorwitzPhD It was just fine. I wasn't watching the screen, just listening as I was cooking breakfast. But I was really happy that there wasn't a jarring intro, nor any distracting background music.
Thank you for providing the nuance we all need! After 3 years of keto and weight loss of half of my body weight I suffered from severe depression after a serious event in my life. I turned to a carnivore diet and had a huge improvement in my depression. After 8 months of moderately strict carnivore I was in a situation where it became easy to add back in a significant amount of carbs, after 7 days I found my self feeling the depression crawling back into my life. It took a several days of returning to full meat and eggs only to resolve the sadness and crying. This is my anecdote and it showed me that I have a very specific response to either sugar, and/or seed oils, and/or grains, that swiftly manifested but quickly resolved when removed. Following you has assisted me in finding what best works for me, so I thank you and keep the information coming!
Even though I don't do Keto this is a great video with some great clarification especially around saturated fat and the carbohydrate insulin model. It's a pity you are one of few people online that provides this clarity. Great work.
Wow. I'm truly impressed! This much common sense in one video is almost unheard of. The extremes are almost always wrong, truth is somewhere in the middle. I guess being extreme is in our nature and that is why there is so much "Us VS. Them" in the world.
The fact that being lean on keto increases LDL doesn't make it any less concerning for me. The only hard endpoint study I know on keto is that it increses mortality risk by about 20%.
Quite a "lesson plan" to post on the kitchen/'fridge door as a reminder, and as a teaching tool for working with clients. Real and science based explanations and a reminder at each step that "one size does not fit all". Thanks - again!!!
I am so sorry but the marathon runner does not need carbohydrates. The idea that if you are doing sports or training you need carbohydrates has been repeatedly debunked. Being in ketosis is the natural state for us. That doesn't mean we can't eat some seasonal carbohydrates but it does mean that are natural state is one in which we are getting most of our energy from protein and fats. I understand that you're trying to avoid alienating some of your audience but it's still important to tell the truth. We should all be metabolically flexible. We should be able to switch back and forth between ketones and glucose. There are some statements that are universally applicable. We should all stay away from processed foods, all processed foods. We should all stay away from concentrated sources of carbohydrates such as sugar, flour and the like. We did not evolve to tolerate that type of onslaught. Elevating blood sugar that significantly repeatedly causes insulin resistance. We should all remove pro-inflammatory grain and seed oils from our diets. We did not evolve to eat fruits and vegetables every month of the year. The fruit our ancestors ate was different from the fruit we have access to. The fruit our ancestors ate was not bred for excess sweetness, it was not grown in ground contaminated by pesticides and other chemicals and it was not shipped across the globe. It was picked ripe and eaten seasonally only. When you pick fruit green and ship it it has more oxalates in it. Fruit picked ripe has fewer oxalates and anti nutrients. The person eating several pieces of fruit each day in a smoothie is not doing something healthy for themselves. The person eating lots of leafy green vegetables is not doing something healthy for themselves. We did not evolve to eat every few hours, we evolved to eat once or twice and then stop. The idea that all diets are equally good or reasonable and that we should get equal time to each is simple error. I apologize for contradicting you but these are the facts.
Yep. spot on. He lost me at the beginning of this video. He’s pushing this idea that there are no truths. Don’t like that at all. This has spiritual implications as well. a very subtle form of ideology revealing itself in his speech
@@truthtelleranon I didn't pick up on that but I didn't watch any the whole video either. What ideology and religious implications were you picking up on?
@@Kyarrix i continued to watch and i did begin to see a sense of objectivity demonstrated in the vid so there’s a conflict there. but what i was getting at is what i perceived to be the implication that there are no truths in health, only subjective experiences, which i paralleled to the spiritual (and you could extend to the cultural) realm. here’s an example to drive the point home: p3d0filia is not bad, it’s just not for everyone. In other words, we should fight back against the idea of subjective truth. Marketers and the puppet masters of the world push this idea to sow chaos and confusion and take us away from Truth. It manifests in people’s health advice all the time. The Truth is always true - it’s only our ability to appreciate it that varies and can be said to be subjective
The Oreo experiment did bring into question how carbs and LDL are impacted. The people reacting with vitriol are clearly dogmatic and inflexible in their thinking. Making a hypothesis and then proving it is good science. Being married to one way of looking at things is by nature problematic and shuts down curiosity and objectivity in my opinion.
"all things being equal" but when KD is therapeutic and LDL is high with KD in LMHR, is it objectively right to abandon KD or take medication with unknown benefit and potential downside? All open questions nobody can answer for anyone else@@danloomis
Health advice that recognizes there are no absolutes, no strict rules, that every person responds differently, and most importantly that experimental evidence is only suggestive and not proof of anything. So glad I found your channel.
YES! Thank you for arguing so eloquently for a middle ground when the discourse is so polarized. Specially the notion that there is no universally optimal diet. I have no doubt that if I was slim and metabolically healthy I could get away with eating some carbs, but after years of stress and poor sleep, in part due to suffering from sleep apnea, I became increasingly insulin resistant and now have to watch out carefully what I eat and when I eat.
Hey Nick , once again, I really wish you could do a detail report on the Randal cycle. I think this is extremely important in regards to the optimal human diet.
THANK YOU! As a person with ADPKD, keto keeps my bp in check, my cyst shrunk and feeling better. This high fat diet saturated and not saturated, did not ruin my lipid profile. In fact it’s stellar. Thank you again. I’m tired of the Framingham study being the only standard when I’m not related to these people or probably even grew up in the same environments. We only know what we know works for us at the time.
Nice title... I think I need to age up I bit before writing a book... check back with me in 12 years... nobody wants to read the book-length thoughts of a 28 year old, LOL! But thanks for spending 27 minutes with me
@@nicknorwitzPhDathe Age doesn‘t tell anything about intelligence…l think a LOT of people would buy your book. Thanks for all the helpful contributions here🙏🏼
Carnivore is an optimal diet because it’s what we are evolved to eat. Low stomach PH, tiny cecum (appendix), long small intestine, short large intestine, small colon. This is a carnivore digestive system.
@@lunar1227 Infant mortality confounds that 40 year number (if 2 men lived back then and one died at 6 months and the other at 70 years what would the average lifespan of them be-perhaps around 35 years). Be more curious and do more research and you will see much of early man lived longer than 40 by far.
There is no argument. We're omnivores. We eat both. Hands, not claws. Grinding molars, not sharp. Taste buds and enzymes for sugar 9x more than chimpanzees, who are fruit eaters! Stop trying to prove we're carnivores. No one here would tolerate one ounce of raw guts, blood, sinew, etc. We evolved eating BOTH meat and starches, fruits, and nuts. Enough already.
Everyone should watch this. There are many factors, studies, and unfortunately lots of B.S. and fiction out there regarding diet/disease. Thank you for factual information.
I really enjoy your content. I have been on a mostly low carb diet for a few years now and have recently reached a point where I felt that that I had reached the best shape of my life with very low bodyfat and decent lean muscle mass, vO2 max est ~56. To my surprise, my ldl came in at almost 200, hdl ~90, trig ~50. The doctor was extremely alarmed with my numbers and tried to put me on a statin that day. I find it worrying that these are my numbers but also find it reassuring that there may be some nuance to my situation. My digestion and anxiety levels have benefitted immensely from low carb, so I feel very reluctant to throw the lifestyle away.
Ahhhh a breath of fresh air and wisdom ... always enjoy your thinking. Thanks for another thoughtful video!! You get a cookie!!! LoL!! (Kelly's Heroes)
Hi, Nick. This is the video that inspired me to subscribe to your channel (not the click-baity ones). I’m a former medical librarian, and if I were still teaching students, I would be using the myths you bust here as examples for them of how to evaluate medical facts and fallacies. Thanks for your work! All the best.
As someone currently carnivore, I support your point and think that there is too much dogma in every diet. In my case I have an autoimmune disease that flares up with vegetables, I do tolerate fruit though. I think that I have to do this because I got damaged at some point, without the damage I wouldn't need to. I believe that, other than absurd guidelines, one big problem came with refrigeration. Previously we would eat with the seasons and we would have more variety, you had to eat different things through the year which allowed you to avoid buildups of toxins, whereas these days, you can pick one vegetable and eat it all year round, which probably doesn't do any good. We also lost traditions which were based in intuition, take potatoes, full of starches and oxalates, but if you boil them for a while you deal with the starches and by mixing with milk, butter or cheese the calcium binds to the oxalate, hey, I've just invented Irish gucamole!
Great work Nick, im so glad you exist. One thing, you said statins might be useful for some people, Malcolm Kendrick, David Diamond and many others have shown the % benefits of reducing LDL through statins is at best dubious and they have proven side effects like increased chance of diabetis. I struggle to who could possibly benefit, I'll go on the assumption that you just have to say it to keep the opposition on side
Hi Nick, thanks for your reasonable and nuanced approach to this topic. I'm a LMHR myself, 69 yr old male with established plaque in my coronary arteries from a lifetime of incorrect eating and overweight until I bacame mostly carnivore and lost half my body weight. Cardiologist flipping out over ldl's and suggesting Repatha. I just didn't know what to do so I decided to take it for a while hoping for data indicating what someone like me should do with regard to medication for LDL. At my age I don't have forever to wait. I will give up the Repatha in a nanosecond if data shows no benefit for someone in my shoes. Although I have known plaque I've never had an MI or stroke and would like to keep it that way. Please keep on with your reporting on any new information. Eagerly waiting for any shread of evidence to help make my decisions. Thanks so much!
The issue for me is that it has not been shown that lowering ldl with medication is beneficial for lean mass hyper responders such as myself. Nick has made this point clear in other videos as well. Like I stated I am on the Repatha but would like some real data confirming my choice as beneficial in this subgroup of people known as LMHRs. I prefer not to take meds unless I know solid data shows benefit. @@danloomis
Thank you for a very unbiased and logical video on diets. I embarked on a carnivore/keto to purely heal a lower back issue and improve my overall health. However, I have always led a fit lifestyle and while I experimented on both carnivore and keto, I feel like Ketovore with a 80-90% of Carnivore is optimal for me as I don't react to any food. I incorporate a small amount of carbs, majorly in fruits, honey and dairy and feel great, especially on energy levels pre and post workouts. I however do a lot of intermittent fasting, so I pack all nutrients in one meal and a healthy dessert.
Just because an ingredient in a food “might” have some benefits, it does not follow that all ingredients in that food are innocuous. Considering chia seeds for their fiber benefit (which in my book it does not have), does not follow that all other ingredients in the chia seed are safe or useful for us to consume.
Overall, this is a reasonable individual navigating contradictions thoughtfully. Even though I disagree with a few of these points, I agree with many others, and appreciate intelligent input. Keep it up!
I appreciate your perspective on seed oils - I do stick with olive and avocado for most things but I enjoy tahini and toasted sesame oils in cuisines where these are traditional so I'm glad that I'm unlikely to be doing myself any harm
Really appreciate your effort at balance, your broad-minded and scientific approach. While I am eating plant-based with conviction, I am convinced that for some a carnivore diet is better, at least for some period in their life.
I do think there is the "optimum diet". But, yes, there may be also other diets that are "well tolerated", meaning they don't immediately lead to reduced health (but most likely will later on).
Here a few of my own. Just looking for your opinion. 1. Do you agree with WHO that red meat increases cancer, more so colon? If yes , how does it do so? Is the preservatives added or charring? 2. How about fermented veggies increase stomsch cancer ? How ? Is the high salt intake? Thank you
Thank you for this one. Somehow, most people today are somehow incapable of nuances, only black or white, and heaping everything on the same merry bonfire. I also appreciate the richness of your language and your ability to articulate your thoughts in a manner so completely precise. A question that arose during the point on seed oils: why do you only address nuts? Do you equate them with seeds and if so - why? What about oils made of sunflower, grape, sesame etc. seds? Thank you.
This was great stuff. I wish you would have covered the ability of a single test to disprove a theory. We count on this in MATH all the time... But with humans, we have a Complex System... which, by definition, has emergent behaviors. So, understanding why some studies might imply certain outcomes is really hard to translate into real life. (eg, if there exists a single LMHR, then it disproves the LDL=plaque=death model). Finally, knowing that the medical industry DELETES test results that do NOT go in their favor (on Statins for example)... What does that do to the concept of accepting "corruptible published data?" as true?
Nick, one problem with statin is there seems to be a correlation with mitochondrial dysfunction and the statin drug. This is well-known and in literature. Typical dose is quite high and therefore there is no real good medical explanation of how to offset the mitochondrial dysfunction. Or how to replenish your CoQ10 Naturally instead of supplements that have no study to prove they work.
I read about it last week. But problem is he doesn't want to be 100% don't do this or do this. Same Like Shawn Baker. If something hapends to you its your fault/problem. They are playing in safe zone
I really think what you are saying is valid though I'm biased ( in favor of keto/carnivore) and it isn't always music to my ears. That is how science works - it is often challenging but that's a good thing. Btw you should put another sign on one of your mugs : " what do you mean settled science?"😁
Cycling in and out of interventions works best for me. Now my intuitive body speaks to me, as long as I’m not in the grips of high blood sugar or other disease, yes, ‘other’ disease
Thank you for adding nuance to otherwise polarizing topics. Have you considered presenting some of your research at the Obesity Medicine Association conferences?
Yes Nick, let me mention something that perhaps you may have missed. Here is an interesting nugget: there may be a frequency, or maybe more than one frequency, in the red light band, that affects glucose metabolsim. From bumblebees to humans. Compelling research has already emerged in abundance. Do you perchance read Glen Jeffery's work at all? There might be more to metabolism than food drugs, or even circadian entrainment in the narrow sense (primarily blue frequencies reaching the melanopsin cells also known as ipRGCs - in the lower parts of the eyeballs - also known as the superior visual field - relaying the information to the SCN which controls circadian rhythm ....
Thank you for sharing your insights and scientific knowledge filled videos !! Intelligent and professional !! Outstanding !! Greetings from California … I wish you and folks good health , success and happiness !! Much Love ✌️😎💕
It’s so refreshing to hear a very balanced, rational, and objective discussion around nutrition. I have a genuine question, I’m not just pushing back on what you said. I thought that DHA is an essential nutrient because they include it in TPN?
Essential means the body can't make its own. DHA can be made from ALA (even if conversation rates are low). Thus, it's not technically essential by the definition of the word.
I follow what you mean now. So it’s essential which is why it’s included in TPN, but it’s not essential in the sense that we need to consume it in order to have it present in the body. I appreciate you taking the time to explain that. Thanks!
Let’s go! Hope to keep you entertained and ever learning… later this week will have a fun but hopefully insightful “butter drop” video and possibly one on mitochondrial health based on new data in Nature Metabolism
Thanks for reasonable presentations Doc. Perhaps a mindset like yours can lead to a restoration of respect that was lost by the so common practice of ‘Factory Medicine’
As a young man, you have not experienced how terrible a diet of refined sugars, breads, pastries, pasta, pizza, well all ultra processed foods. Those of us that have seen the damage in family and friends know better, while your intellect seems to lead to your conclusions, you may need to listen to your elders. Doctors back in my day said; Stay away from white "foods". Now I believe the new whole grain bread is as bad as white bread, look at the sugar. I suggest people continue to develop "Tribal" talks on what works for weight loss, Diabetes remission, IBS remission and many other topics for those in Healthcare are going to waste our lives on numerous papers/studies.
There is almost no indication for taking a statin. They don't work well for primary prevention and they don't work well for secondary prevention. My biggest professional regret is prescribing statin therapy to my patients, I was completely deceived by the criminals who develop our modern drugs. We are way beyond statins now btw, we have begun massively overprescribing ezetimibe, which has no clinical benefit whatsoever, and PCSK9 inhibitors, which are probably harmful, and also very expensive. I can only hope this cholesterol madness becomes a black stain in the history of medicine. Most of this is just unnecessary toeing the line.
@@danloomisLooks like I can't post links here. Look up 'The effect of statins on average survival in randomised trials, an analysis of end point postponement' by Malene Lopez Kristensen et al.
@@axnoro Thanks for the link. From what I can tell the trial length was between 2 and 6 years. Way too short to assess the efficacy of an outcome trial, right? I’d like to understand outcomes over 20 years (or longer).
A brilliant video again Dr N which I am sharing the hell out of! So pleased the sublime 'mac nut butter moment' got another airing 😉 Loving your work x
Don't agree with your thoughts on seed oils. I think they are clearly defined as being produced in "oil refineries" from the seeds of corn, canola, safflower, etc. The process to produce these oils make at least 5% of poly unsaturated fats to be oxidized before they are put in bottles. I think these oils are slow poisons. Really concerned that they are ingredient of baby formula.
Well, I'd hope was can come to a clear consensus on what "seed oils" means in public spaces. Currently, we don't have one as "seed oils" often bleeds into anything with n6.
You’re the best “accessible” source for info regarding keto diet issues, and it’s not even close. The fact that many of the carnival barkers have hundreds of thousands of subscribers, while you have fewer, is an indictment of our social intelligence, in my view. Godspeed.
Pottengers Human is a similar brilliant guy with a valuable channel with lagging numbers 🤷🏻♂️
It's so accessible that we keep on eating calories. Thats not being accessible. That's just a lie.
Well... I do love this comment.
@@jodyjackson5475 Thanks for the heads-up; I’ll give that a try.
Agree! I am manifesting more followers for Dr N. 100K + by end of the year 😇
EatIng only meat and fat have changed my life, no more insulin, lost 40 kilos, more meat the better with its fat is the best meal for me. Thanks for the clarity of this show!
I'm happy you're happy and doing well!
If you ate meat 🥓 in your life you would have not been diabetic in the first place. More research in the future will prove keto as optimum diet for good health
@@Roberto-cg2grhere's a suggestion... Go with what the current research points to rather than hoping that your preferred diet will turn out to be good
What about Mediterranean diet?? @Roberto-cg2gr
@@McCaffreyPickleball I've been both vegan, vegetarian, whole foods/lean meats and keto. I don't have joint pain on keto, my mood is stable and reflux is gone. Idc if I die early, atleast I have a good life now.
My 83 year young dad had a triple bypass in 1998. Just this year, he got two stents. His pcp scared him into getting back on the statin that I convinced him to stop taking a couple years ago. He came to church a few weeks later not knowing where he was, who he was, couldn't walk good, couldn't drive, etc. I convinced his wife to stop giving it to him. He is driving again, walking good, and aside from being 83 with some dementia, he is doing well metabolically. Keep up the great work!
Please help your father to eat keto or carnivore to help his brain❤❤❤
Millions of buffalo used to roam the planes. Obviously we can't have millions of cows roaming free, but we can sustain many more than we currently have, and we can use them to save the planet and ourselves.
That little typo did bring smile (not quite as horrifying as snakes). 😊
Typing without my readers on! Sorry. 😁
I believe there is a smarter way and elimination of meat intake is not the solution
I liked your comment so much that I hit thumbs up three times. 🤣
@@petermadany2779 YAY!
I had horrible IBS and anxiety for almost 20 years. I could never enjoy myself eating, vacation, long distance travel, etc. It was so bad I was on the verge of becoming agoraphobic. Started carnivore, lost 25 pounds and anxiety and IBS completely went away. I had tried different drugs off an on for years with no relief and in most cases they added problems. I got my life back and in the event that it kills me at least I will enjoy the time I have left to the fullest. I would do almost anything to have those lost years back.
Really incredible! Thanks for sharing! Glad you're doing well!
Similar for me, except for over 26 years in my case. I am glad I did all of the things I did before IBS destroyed the last third of my life. Ironically, the changes I made in searching to discover what the irritant was for my irritable bowel probably extended my lifespan for various reasons.
A diet coke paired with a pepperoni stick is the epitome of health
The single best argument I've ever seen for Diet Coke is T-Swift drinking a Diet Coke... what does that tell you?@@mr8966
Thank you for your logical non-dogmatic approach to nutrition. I lost over 100 lbs through keto, switched to a coach Greg CICO diet and was able to get to 11% BF but had more binge tendencies and energy fluctuations. Switched to a Paul Saladino animal based diet for my bulk and slapped on a lot of fat and had even more energy swings with the amount of fructose I was consuming. Switched back to keto (practically carnivore) and can say with experience with various diets that a meat based ketogenic diet is optimal for me. Better cardio and lifts now that I’m fat adapted. I have a feeling, even in the sports science realm, that keto diets are optimal for most. A lot of bias and conflicts of interest taint our current body of literature.
Great share! appreciate you!
you applaud him for is non-dogmatic and logical approach to nutrition and then drop this " I have a feeling, even in the sports science realm, that keto diets are optimal for most. A lot of bias and conflicts of interest taint our current body of literature." that made little sense to me, especially the last part.
happy you found what works for you
@@00HoODBoyhaving a feeling doesnt mean you are being dogmatic, they didnt even say it was %100 true no matter what, just that they hypothesized it was that way from their experience. Nothing contradictory here
Are you in ketosis? Do you check you glucose?
@@00HoODBoy"I have a feeling" is about as far from dogmatism as it gets
Doctors who conflate "hasn't been proven" with "hasn't been studied" with "isn't true" end up not seeing me again.
Love this. Exactly. Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.
To be fair, if they give you advice that doesn't have research behind it, they may face malpractice issues.
@@user-kr2ty9vk5n sure, and it's fine not to prescribe, or direct their patients to try unproven approaches. At issue for me is all the times I've heard doctors say something is categorically false, that's merely not known with certainty. Instead of saying, "I'm not aware of studies on that," or "last I heard, results were inconclusive," etc., in my experience many doctors reflexively declare, "that's not true". When I'm their patient, I immediately move on. My own parents; I'm stuck with; heh.
It's not in the spirit of scientific inquiry, and seems disturbingly endemic to MDs, in my experience.
@@Mandragara "can't be justified in your belief"? No belief was stated; you're commenting on a scenario you made up. I'm referring to conversations with doctors that I was actually in, and that was not their point at all.
My parents were in medicine (retired now), and I'm all too familiar with the knee-jerk, "that's not true" response from doctors, both at home and in patient consults, when what they should mean is, "that hasn't yet been determined" and it MIGHT in fact be true...and in my direct, lived experience, often turns out to be true. Had I been asserting that something were absolutely true and not just theoretical, then I would be no more or less justified in that belief, than they would be in asserting, "that's not true."
@@Mandragara no offense, but the topic was research, and unproven vs untested vs known to be untrue. You went to exoplanets?? and now want to claim the only relevant question is intervention. I have no interest in continuing to change the subject so you can claim you're correct and I'm not. Have a good life.
My mother , German , moved to Australia aged 45 and died last December 96.5 years old. Always ate saturated fat , butter , lard , pork , duck , chicken, some beef. Pasta, German bread ( dried to hardness of rock before eating) , potatoes, a little vegetable in bad times.What killed her was a bowel obstruction. In her last years she ate more junk like biscuits, chips, chocolate, Nutella etc. and less meat or no meat and no vegetables. I lived with her the last 16 years and cared for her, so I know. My wife’s father ( Philippine ) , died 96 years old , eating a typical country Philippine diet . He died of prostate cancer. I am 77, a sick T2 Diabetic, with rheumatoid arthritis, struggling to stay alive, practicing carnivore for sometime. It was a high sugar diet that got me to where I am. I was as skinny as a broom stick until age 37. Then I started packing on pounds. Ask old people what they did…today’s factory “food” is killing everyone. Even the billionaires eating this crap , look at them , sick and fat .
Are you getting better on the carnivore diet? Do you feel better yet how long have you been on it?
@@Kyarrix I have been on and off carnivore for many years. Done Keto…. Carnivore cured my IBS . I went through 4 colonoscopies, horrible diarrhoea daily, 6-10 times. My ass was killing me , but the Doctors never asked me what I was eating. Fruit, 2 minutes noodles And very little protein. Chocolate, Coca Cola, cake. Pizza . Carnivore cured me overnight…and the daily reflux as well. Now I’m addicted to coffee ( instant) and cocoa powder ( no sugar ) . High oxalates , make me itchy and other stuff. I don’t lose weight, because of the insulin injection. High insulin promotes the storage of fat ( Randle cycle) . I don’t “ feel good “ on carnivore because Rheumatism and diabetes and shingles that still plague me after 16 months , and many other health problems caused by years of eating garbage ( sugar,carbs) . Not everything is black and white, on or off. Some issues can’t be cured that easily…like the fact that I’m up after sleeping only 2 hours because of insane nerve pain itching left over after shingles that covered my head , and I write this little story in the middle of the night. So ,I’m dead tired , can’t sleep, and face homelessness pretty soon, need cataract surgery, soon , have no help…why am I saying all this? Carnivore doesn’t fix this……..
When you were thin ,you coud have been developing the pathologies of diabetes without the visible Fat .ie visceral fat on the vital organs .The term tofi means "thin on the outside, fat on the inside ".keto can reverse type 2 if adhered to properly .
Did someone mention "billionaires" 🫃?
@@petermadany2779are you here to represent?
Thank you for clarifying the foggy dietary lifestyles that plague the American population! It was so helpful for me a 79 year old grandma/ great grandma. Yes I have congested heart failure but doing my best to listen to my cardiologist and your rigorous research. My son is a surgeon so he has helped convince me to find as much info as I can.
the problem with meat and environmental concern is that everything is insanely politicized against it. a lot of agronomist had confirmed that the environmental evaluation of meat is a joke as they are made in the worst faith possible: they considered rain water and grassland as equivalent to drinkable water and arable land. 90% or more of soils used for animals are not usable for any other agricultural uses. They also dont understand how to quantify impact/energy of using synthetic fertilizers in plant products. grasslands are not usable in scale to create any usable food for a big population. but the environmentalist do not understand basic science to get those points.
They also consider that monocultivars are ecosystems, they are not. and they need tons of pesticides to sustain their practices. there is a theory now that the methane emitted by vegan (by SIAOs, Small intestine archaebacterial overgrow) is what is increasing the methane emission of the world even as the cow population as become stable for like 15 years.
the all meat is not efficient is a fantasy because people compared with the most synthetically efficient food production: hydroponics. but their energy use is completely not sustainable (synthetic fertilizers, again are the most energy intensive process. it is easier to make synthetic gasoline than nitrates). the non ecological viability of cows and pigs at scale arises essentially from the use of soya/grain to supply protein, that is not even good for the cows and pigs. but the alternative is giving the soya or grain to humans, which is unlikely to be optimal for a population. and the production of those to humans are equally non sustainable, as they are depleting the soils a lot faster than cows and pigs.
In my opinion, we should eat overgrown rats (guinea pigs are really efficient per kg of meat produced, even compared to rabbits, but the butchering at scale is quiet time intensive that ruins their viability), but cows/sheeps/pigs are tastier and more adaptable in adverse climates.
Wasn't there a study done a few years back that showed , at least in theory, that using regenerative farming practices, we could provide enough meat to feed the world (not carnivore but at a average amount). It was based on using pasture land that cant be used for crops (too hilly for example) but can be used for animal agriculture (close to my heart as I live in wales famous for it's hill farming) and regenerating some currently unusable areas, as some farms have done to for example in Africa. There have also been studies on regenerative farms that show they are carbon negative (they sequester more carbon into the soil than they release into the atmosphere). Sorry not inclined to hunt it out right now as it would be extremely hard to find using the likes of google scholar, which is about all I have access to, because it doesn't' agree with the consensus. Unfortunately the majority of 'science' done in these areas is about as sound as nutrition 'science'. We need more good quality studies genuinely looking at if the likes if regenerative agriculture can make a positive difference, unfortunately, we are not likely to get them because it doesn't fit the current dogma.
Apparently , there is only about 50 years worth, of the topsoil needed for crop growing. The current non-regenerative farming is eroding /polluting the soil at an alarming rate.
but then the population would just grow agian
@@antiarezzo7630 That is true for any strategy aimed at feeding the whole population if that is all we do.
However, coupling good nutrition with education particularly for girls, as well as tackling poverty is the only way that the population will reduce as we have seen in most Western Countries. If people don't feel that their only option for survival is a large family they tend to gravitate on average to about 2 children per couple.
I think there's an automatic response from Environmentalists to regenerative farming, it's outrage. It's understandable, there's only ten years to save the planet and then some livestock farmers come up with a "quick fix", it's either a distraction or a nefarious scheme by Big Agri. The ecological movement aren't by nature practical people, they're ideas people, and if you attack their ideas they take it hugely personally. Hence it's impossible to get them change their minds, so no, they won't support regenerative farming, not in a million years.
@@colinmacdonald5732 I'm not convinced there is only 10 yrs to save the planet. They've been saying similar since I was a kid. Additionally, if there is only 10yrs to save the planet, then there is no hope of doing that by reducing emissions (realistically never going to happen) we will need a technological solution at least in the short to medium term to buy us time and if we need that anyway then we should take the time to do the research .
I agree that the term regenerative farming has to a large extent been abused by big agar but there are a lot of small scale farmers making a difference and they need to be researched properly as if they truly are sequestering carbon, improving top soil etc with their methods they could be a very important part of the solution to both feeding a large population and reducing our impact on the atmosphere.
Statins for ASCVD prevention ruined my father’s health and shortened his life. 25 years of statins and a low fat diet brought him 13 angioplasties with stents, open heart surgery, heart attack, congestive heart failure, kidney failure and early death. Feel free to take statins if you think you will benefit from them. But it will be difficult to convince me that statins are helpful.
Is that the result of the statins or the crappy low-fat diet?
@@ApoBeef likely the statins because there are populations who eat low fat without such disastrous results
I’m going to say both are very bad. Side effect of statins is diabetes combined with that diet it may take longer with low fat but cutting the carbs way back once the diabetes has kicked in is the best way to reverse the actual problem.
@@jeffjensen2083 you are just ignoring evidence of benefits from statins and take its side effects to extreme. Newer medication have lower rates of side effects and they happen to minority of people. It is again risk to benefits ratio, which is to be discussed with medical professional
@@Timur-bs8rywhat’s the absolute risk reduction of modern statins?
I switched from a regular low fat diet to Keto because I was gaining small amounts of weight. Just a few pounds, but I am 5 ft. tall…so not good. My whole family is diabetic so I have been proactive in not becoming diabetic. Anyway I switched. My experience after 4 months of keto 16/8 eating window is…my IBS (as my doctor called my tummy discomfort) is completely gone…I mean GONE!!! I lost those few pounds…I am never hungry, which is a little bit of a problem getting enough protein, but I’ll figure that out. I was such a skeptic when I started but I was feeling desparate, because a pound on me is like 10 pounds on a taller woman. This is a way of eating I can live with. So much easier to maintain on. Love your videos, even though I don’t understand a lot of it…I understand enough☺️. Love the non dogmatic approach. I like that you give the good, bad and the ugly and context.
(1) HAPPY FOR YOU! (2) SHORTIES UNITE! I’m 5’8” but usually when people see me the response is… “oh” … in fairness quite a few of my friends are 6’3” or more so if we’re together…
I want to thank you for being strong to have the nuanced discussion about these topics. You are truely fighting the tide of information where conventional wisdom and mainstream news hates nuance. Even health influencers fall victim to the religious way diet camps look at things as all or none. This ends up creating echo chambers where nuance has a really hard time existing. Much respect sir! One more thing i will share about nuance, I recently got my health checked and my blood pressure was elevated,(when i test at home i am perfectly normal) i told the tech that i just ran up 2 flights of stairs to come to this appointment and they took me right in, first thing they did was to test my blood pessure. I asked, arent i supposed to rest for about 10 minutes before testing? He said yeah we dont have time for that. Got me thinking how bad that dirties the overall data set of info since now I look like a person with high blood pressure.
Number one myth is eating vegetable oils and low fat products is healthy.
Well, I'm definitely a let's dump some EVOO into my 5% Greek yogurt and enjoy nice fatty Buffalo Mozzarella kinda' guy myself. And you know I love macadamia!
You’re literally doing what Nic is saying not to do. Low fat/seed oils work for plenty of people. Just ask the Seventh-day Adventists.
Low fat high carb diet messing up your hormons.
@@danloomis for some time now, I have thought that Adventists could serve as a terrific "control group" for various dietary studies
@@danloomisDon't care. He doesn't dictate my or anyone else's speech, good arguments aside. Motor oil masquerading as food is not a good thing to have in the food supply. Which is what vegoil and seed oils are.
You made some very distinct and succinct points that even a layman can appreciate. I'm a little more versed in the topic than the average lay person, but this presentation is approachable enough to be shared around. Very well done and thank you for this.
I appreciate this! Thanks!
Yes 'adult discussions'... what a concept! Thank you for clearly identifying the nuances in most important issues today. I thought your Oreo vs statin study was brilliant.
CHEERS! Thanks so much!
This channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Thank you, Nick. Keep going!
Thanks, will do!
I totally agree! Go, Dr Nick, Go!
I watched your video Nic, and as always it’s very thought provoking. I’m 72 years and have made the decision to just eat real food, I have completely eliminated all processed packaged foods. I’m 5’9” and 140 pounds and haven’t had a blood test for at least 5 years, no med’s and I’ll take my chances with cholesterol. I am very active and I think that helps in my quest to stay healthy.
Sounds like you’re kicking butt! May the mitochondria be with you! (Mark Hamill is also 72)
Nick,
Appreciate your humble acknowledgement of both sides of a discussion or debate.
Keep doing what you are doing!
At age 54, on low carb, I am a practicing family doc. I am one of those LMHR's with an LDL of 244 and a coronary calcium score of zero. I have multiple similar patients in my practice.
Your backstory and journey is actually more common than most think.
I see patients experience multiple health benefits when getting rid of carbohydrates, sugar, and processed food.
Wow! You’re a doctor and aware of the low carb keto life! I sure hope you’re registered on a keto friendly doctor list because tons of keto folks want a keto awareness doctor!!! ❤🤠
Just discovered you and I love your balanced and rational approach-nice job!
Welcome aboard!
Re: statins....the pushback would be that nearly all PCPs push statins strictly based on total cholesterol number, without, as you say, wrapping context around each individual patient, so shouldn't the onus be on the Dr. to further educate themselves on statin therapy and the nuance around cholesterol in general, especially since they have the ability(power) to prescribe statins?
I think you can read between the lines and figure where my opinion sits on this, without me needed to even say it.
@@nicknorwitzPhD yes I can. Would love a video on treating root causes rather than symptoms. Fast approaching a 45% obesity rate has to be the main cause for the vast amount of chronic health conditions. What can be done to counter "big (junk) food" and "big pharma." Ozempic will soon be prescribed as heavily as statins and lisinopril.
I am fed up with cardiologists and general practitioners who are not educated about cholesterol and do not want to dig deeper into the testing that is available for lipids and helpful information due to genetic testing. I requested from my cardiologist a cardiac and metabolic genetic profile be done and told it was not necessary. No go. I asked my GP for a Quest Cardiac IQ Advanced Lipid Panel with Inflammation Markers and was also told “no.” Not necessary. I think I maybe a “lean mass hyper responder”but both of these doctors looked at me as if I am from some other planet when I suggested that is why my total cholesterol is 283 and my APOB is high risk and yet my TRIGs are 69 and HDL 58. Calcium score of 0 and I am 74 years old with a BMI of 23. But they both demand I take rovustatin and ezemtibe. I am so confused, disempowered, let down, and feel boxed in by mainstream medical authorities. All they know to do is prescribe medicine and “practice” sick care. Pathetic.
@@HEARTANDSOULOFMINE If you eat whole foods, preferably leaning toward carnivore, and you feel great, you don't need doctors, meds, testing or profiling. There's enough information online to educate yourself. Do that and stay away from mainstream 'care'.
I really appreciate your content and the way you present it. It provokes thinking and curiosity for more research.
I realize this is off topic and very nuanced but I'm so curious what would be your suggestion or even just a hypothesis or a hunch for the ideal diet for someone who is on an immunosuppressant medication which also happens to be an mTOR inhibitor which can wreak havoc on the lipids. I understand if you can't answer that, just thought to throw it out there. Thanks
I really would love to see a video from you in the future discussing Oxalates and Oxalate poisoning, after you've had time to review existing literature. You have a way of reviewing the existing literature and determining whether the literature is BS or a valid concern, and I have greatly appreciated your honest appraisal of other topics in the existing literature. I found your channel after Plant Chompers did an interview with you about LMHR and the Oreo vs. Statin experiment, and I genuinely hope your channel explodes in popularity, and that you are able to continue to conduct research to answer questions of metabolic health.
It's all about risk benefit. High oxalate foods also have significant health benefits. My diet is rich in foods high in oxalates and has been for years. I have regular blood work done. My kidney, liver, bone and thyroid function is perfect. My inflammatory blood markers are perfect. My serum markers are perfect. I don't eat processed food and I exercise every day. Keep it simple.
Sorry for insisting on statins issues. My experience is not encouraging: after more than a year of not doing any exercise, and having gained several kilos of weight, even developing a slight oedema on my ankles, I got a reading of 203 of total cholesterol (usual units, with cut point at 200). The doctor prescribed me statins.
Without knowledge of that drug, I thoroughly read the prospect and decided to dump the medicine. I started exercising and dieting, losing 18 kilos, and gaining considerable lean mass; not a trace of oedema, of course. I haven't had another test but, for me, the visible effects of my strategy are enough. I'm currently 71 years old, 175 cm of height, and 74 kilos of weight (I fluctuate in a 73-75 range), and an estimate of 18-19% body fat (measured with a skin calliper).
Why did they expose me to the risks of a drug, not exempt of said risks, for just a 1.5% of excess cholesterol, instead of giving good advice on healthy life style? In an ideal world they would have studied me more (if they thought that I was at risk because of that 203 measure), including giving me said advice, or questioning me about my habits. Unfortunately, this is not how the health care works: a blood sample, an analysis, and the application of a not nuanced at all rule of thumb; never ever assessing the pros/cons of a treatment, nor the risk factors in a case.
Good for you, but you are rare. The average patient is not armed with the solutions and determination to apply them to get the results you did. That’s why the script pad comes out and everyone is taking 5 different meds.
More people should go your route to get back to healthy. It is a lifestyle change requiring personal responsibility. Congratulations!
And thank you for leaving out a background music. :)
You're Welcome! I edited this one... maybe you can tell, lol (not in a good way)
@@nicknorwitzPhD It was just fine. I wasn't watching the screen, just listening as I was cooking breakfast. But I was really happy that there wasn't a jarring intro, nor any distracting background music.
Thank you for providing the nuance we all need! After 3 years of keto and weight loss of half of my body weight I suffered from severe depression after a serious event in my life. I turned to a carnivore diet and had a huge improvement in my depression. After 8 months of moderately strict carnivore I was in a situation where it became easy to add back in a significant amount of carbs, after 7 days I found my self feeling the depression crawling back into my life. It took a several days of returning to full meat and eggs only to resolve the sadness and crying. This is my anecdote and it showed me that I have a very specific response to either sugar, and/or seed oils, and/or grains, that swiftly manifested but quickly resolved when removed. Following you has assisted me in finding what best works for me, so I thank you and keep the information coming!
Even though I don't do Keto this is a great video with some great clarification especially around saturated fat and the carbohydrate insulin model. It's a pity you are one of few people online that provides this clarity. Great work.
So refreshing to hear nuance and rational thinking in this area - thank you!
Appreciate this! Be forwarded... some upcoming content will be "provocatively reasonable" ... you'll see what I mean ;)
Great stuff.
Best nutrition source on youtube in my opinion.
Wow. I'm truly impressed! This much common sense in one video is almost unheard of.
The extremes are almost always wrong, truth is somewhere in the middle.
I guess being extreme is in our nature and that is why there is so much "Us VS. Them" in the world.
Thanks. Appreciate it.
Your rational approach is so refreshing. Keep up your good work. Thank you
Almost as refreshing as a Diet Coke?
The fact that being lean on keto increases LDL doesn't make it any less concerning for me.
The only hard endpoint study I know on keto is that it increses mortality risk by about 20%.
Quite a "lesson plan" to post on the kitchen/'fridge door as a reminder, and as a teaching tool for working with clients. Real and science based explanations and a reminder at each step that "one size does not fit all". Thanks - again!!!
I am so sorry but the marathon runner does not need carbohydrates. The idea that if you are doing sports or training you need carbohydrates has been repeatedly debunked.
Being in ketosis is the natural state for us. That doesn't mean we can't eat some seasonal carbohydrates but it does mean that are natural state is one in which we are getting most of our energy from protein and fats.
I understand that you're trying to avoid alienating some of your audience but it's still important to tell the truth.
We should all be metabolically flexible. We should be able to switch back and forth between ketones and glucose.
There are some statements that are universally applicable. We should all stay away from processed foods, all processed foods. We should all stay away from concentrated sources of carbohydrates such as sugar, flour and the like. We did not evolve to tolerate that type of onslaught. Elevating blood sugar that significantly repeatedly causes insulin resistance. We should all remove pro-inflammatory grain and seed oils from our diets.
We did not evolve to eat fruits and vegetables every month of the year. The fruit our ancestors ate was different from the fruit we have access to. The fruit our ancestors ate was not bred for excess sweetness, it was not grown in ground contaminated by pesticides and other chemicals and it was not shipped across the globe. It was picked ripe and eaten seasonally only. When you pick fruit green and ship it it has more oxalates in it. Fruit picked ripe has fewer oxalates and anti nutrients.
The person eating several pieces of fruit each day in a smoothie is not doing something healthy for themselves. The person eating lots of leafy green vegetables is not doing something healthy for themselves.
We did not evolve to eat every few hours, we evolved to eat once or twice and then stop. The idea that all diets are equally good or reasonable and that we should get equal time to each is simple error.
I apologize for contradicting you but these are the facts.
Yep. spot on. He lost me at the beginning of this video. He’s pushing this idea that there are no truths. Don’t like that at all. This has spiritual implications as well. a very subtle form of ideology revealing itself in his speech
@@truthtelleranon I didn't pick up on that but I didn't watch any the whole video either. What ideology and religious implications were you picking up on?
@@Kyarrix i continued to watch and i did begin to see a sense of objectivity demonstrated in the vid so there’s a conflict there. but what i was getting at is what i perceived to be the implication that there are no truths in health, only subjective experiences, which i paralleled to the spiritual (and you could extend to the cultural) realm. here’s an example to drive the point home: p3d0filia is not bad, it’s just not for everyone. In other words, we should fight back against the idea of subjective truth. Marketers and the puppet masters of the world push this idea to sow chaos and confusion and take us away from Truth. It manifests in people’s health advice all the time. The Truth is always true - it’s only our ability to appreciate it that varies and can be said to be subjective
Even Tim Noakes agrees with this and he wrote the book on distance running. No need for carbs to do endurance sports.
I'm guessing noone of you guys is a marathon runner 😂
The Oreo experiment did bring into question how carbs and LDL are impacted. The people reacting with vitriol are clearly dogmatic and inflexible in their thinking. Making a hypothesis and then proving it is good science. Being married to one way of looking at things is by nature problematic and shuts down curiosity and objectivity in my opinion.
"The people reacting with vitriol are clearly dogmatic and inflexible in their thinking." You said it ;)
I don’t understand the vitriol either. Clearly some people on ketogenic diet need a some amount of carbs to keep LDL down.
"all things being equal" but when KD is therapeutic and LDL is high with KD in LMHR, is it objectively right to abandon KD or take medication with unknown benefit and potential downside? All open questions nobody can answer for anyone else@@danloomis
Health advice that recognizes there are no absolutes, no strict rules, that every person responds differently, and most importantly that experimental evidence is only suggestive and not proof of anything. So glad I found your channel.
Thank you, Dr. Nick. I enjoy your videos.
I so enjoy clarity and precision in speech!
You bet 👍
Excellent video Nick, really succinct with excellent insights regarding nuance and conclusions ✨👌
Thanks Rob. Appreciate it.
YES! Thank you for arguing so eloquently for a middle ground when the discourse is so polarized. Specially the notion that there is no universally optimal diet. I have no doubt that if I was slim and metabolically healthy I could get away with eating some carbs, but after years of stress and poor sleep, in part due to suffering from sleep apnea, I became increasingly insulin resistant and now have to watch out carefully what I eat and when I eat.
Every body is different. Mine doesn't tolerate carbs, but for IBD-related reasons
Hey Nick , once again, I really wish you could do a detail report on the Randal cycle. I think this is extremely important in regards to the optimal human diet.
Yes. Why are the randle cycle _and_ the effects of glycation consistently ignored?
Knowledge of these is incredibly important.
Anyone who supports carb intake will pretend it doesn't exist lol
Thank you Dr. N, you've made me think. And yes: Always carefully consider the context.
Context is king 👑!
THANK YOU! As a person with ADPKD, keto keeps my bp in check, my cyst shrunk and feeling better. This high fat diet saturated and not saturated, did not ruin my lipid profile. In fact it’s stellar. Thank you again. I’m tired of the Framingham study being the only standard when I’m not related to these people or probably even grew up in the same environments. We only know what we know works for us at the time.
You should write a book! Like .. 'Diet Myths and Misperceptions my Doctor told me"
Nice title... I think I need to age up I bit before writing a book... check back with me in 12 years... nobody wants to read the book-length thoughts of a 28 year old, LOL! But thanks for spending 27 minutes with me
Lies My Doctor Told Me - Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health ~ Dr. Ken Berry. 😉
@@nicknorwitzPhDathe Age doesn‘t tell anything about intelligence…l think a LOT of people would buy your book. Thanks for all the helpful contributions here🙏🏼
Alt title: Diet Myths and Misperceptions my Doctor Insisted Upon Me Believing Too
@@nicknorwitzPhDYou underestimate yourself. Don't wait. Write that book now.
Carnivore is an optimal diet because it’s what we are evolved to eat.
Low stomach PH, tiny cecum (appendix), long small intestine, short large intestine, small colon.
This is a carnivore digestive system.
We also had 40 year life spans
@@lunar1227 Infant mortality confounds that 40 year number (if 2 men lived back then and one died at 6 months and the other at 70 years what would the average lifespan of them be-perhaps around 35 years). Be more curious and do more research and you will see much of early man lived longer than 40 by far.
There is no argument. We're omnivores. We eat both. Hands, not claws. Grinding molars, not sharp. Taste buds and enzymes for sugar 9x more than chimpanzees, who are fruit eaters!
Stop trying to prove we're carnivores. No one here would tolerate one ounce of raw guts, blood, sinew, etc.
We evolved eating BOTH meat and starches, fruits, and nuts. Enough already.
Everyone should watch this. There are many factors, studies, and unfortunately lots of B.S. and fiction out there regarding diet/disease. Thank you for factual information.
You’re welcome 😍
Great job communicating the misconceptions. Thank you, Nick.
Thank you ☺️☺️
I really enjoy your content. I have been on a mostly low carb diet for a few years now and have recently reached a point where I felt that that I had reached the best shape of my life with very low bodyfat and decent lean muscle mass, vO2 max est ~56. To my surprise, my ldl came in at almost 200, hdl ~90, trig ~50. The doctor was extremely alarmed with my numbers and tried to put me on a statin that day. I find it worrying that these are my numbers but also find it reassuring that there may be some nuance to my situation. My digestion and anxiety levels have benefitted immensely from low carb, so I feel very reluctant to throw the lifestyle away.
Please take a careful look at your literature on Lean Mass Hyper-Responders and the Lipid Energy Model
Ahhhh a breath of fresh air and wisdom ... always enjoy your thinking. Thanks for another thoughtful video!! You get a cookie!!! LoL!! (Kelly's Heroes)
Hi, Nick. This is the video that inspired me to subscribe to your channel (not the click-baity ones). I’m a former medical librarian, and if I were still teaching students, I would be using the myths you bust here as examples for them of how to evaluate medical facts and fallacies. Thanks for your work! All the best.
Thanks. That's so kind!
As someone currently carnivore, I support your point and think that there is too much dogma in every diet. In my case I have an autoimmune disease that flares up with vegetables, I do tolerate fruit though. I think that I have to do this because I got damaged at some point, without the damage I wouldn't need to. I believe that, other than absurd guidelines, one big problem came with refrigeration. Previously we would eat with the seasons and we would have more variety, you had to eat different things through the year which allowed you to avoid buildups of toxins, whereas these days, you can pick one vegetable and eat it all year round, which probably doesn't do any good. We also lost traditions which were based in intuition, take potatoes, full of starches and oxalates, but if you boil them for a while you deal with the starches and by mixing with milk, butter or cheese the calcium binds to the oxalate, hey, I've just invented Irish gucamole!
Indeed extremes and partisanship is what we as society in trouble, be it in politics, religion or nutrition!
Thanks for nuanced view
Issue with seed oil isn’t just the o6 aspect but the awful processing they go through. Highly oxidized and best avoided.
Anecdotal evidence shouldn’t be discarded. Epidemiology studies are so flawed…
Thank you for doing shorter videos that give a lot of information. Although I love to listen longer form podcasts, I don’t always have the time.
You are welcome! I don't really have a minute number I shoot for... whatever the message requires.
Great work Nick, im so glad you exist. One thing, you said statins might be useful for some people, Malcolm Kendrick, David Diamond and many others have shown the % benefits of reducing LDL through statins is at best dubious and they have proven side effects like increased chance of diabetis. I struggle to who could possibly benefit, I'll go on the assumption that you just have to say it to keep the opposition on side
Hi Nick, thanks for your reasonable and nuanced approach to this topic. I'm a LMHR myself, 69 yr old male with established plaque in my coronary arteries from a lifetime of incorrect eating and overweight until I bacame mostly carnivore and lost half my body weight. Cardiologist flipping out over ldl's and suggesting Repatha. I just didn't know what to do so I decided to take it for a while hoping for data indicating what someone like me should do with regard to medication for LDL. At my age I don't have
forever to wait. I will give up the Repatha in a nanosecond if data shows no benefit for someone in my shoes. Although I have known plaque I've never had an MI or stroke and would like to keep it that way. Please keep on with your reporting on any new information. Eagerly waiting for any shread of evidence to help make my decisions. Thanks so much!
Why do you want to stop taking Repatha? Is it because of the cost? People with “natural” PCSK9 loss of function are shown to almost never get ASCVD.
The issue for me is that it has not been shown that lowering ldl with medication is beneficial for lean mass hyper responders such as myself. Nick has made this point clear in other videos as well. Like I stated I am on the Repatha but would like some real data confirming my choice as beneficial in this subgroup of people known as LMHRs. I prefer not to take meds unless I know solid data shows benefit. @@danloomis
@@Robert-vv6tz Since high LDL for LMHR is not yet proven to be risk neutral, it’s best to play it safe right?
Yes I agree that's why I chose to take the med for the time being. No intention of going off unless data changes my mind. Thanks for your responses!
I love how you break everything down so that I, a non sciency individual, can understand it! ❤️
phenomenal video. Best summary I have seen in months. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for a very unbiased and logical video on diets. I embarked on a carnivore/keto to purely heal a lower back issue and improve my overall health. However, I have always led a fit lifestyle and while I experimented on both carnivore and keto, I feel like Ketovore with a 80-90% of Carnivore is optimal for me as I don't react to any food. I incorporate a small amount of carbs, majorly in fruits, honey and dairy and feel great, especially on energy levels pre and post workouts. I however do a lot of intermittent fasting, so I pack all nutrients in one meal and a healthy dessert.
Live your best life! And only you can decide what that means!
Thank you, Nick. N=1/ Do what works. Nutrition is the wild west today, gun battles everywhere.
Just because an ingredient in a food “might” have some benefits, it does not follow that all ingredients in that food are innocuous. Considering chia seeds for their fiber benefit (which in my book it does not have), does not follow that all other ingredients in the chia seed are safe or useful for us to consume.
Overall, this is a reasonable individual navigating contradictions thoughtfully. Even though I disagree with a few of these points, I agree with many others, and appreciate intelligent input. Keep it up!
Great video, Nick! I would love to see you post a video about what the data on Aspartame actually says.
I just can't get enough of this common sense, that just isn't common anymore.
Provocatively reasonable ;)
I appreciate your perspective on seed oils - I do stick with olive and avocado for most things but I enjoy tahini and toasted sesame oils in cuisines where these are traditional so I'm glad that I'm unlikely to be doing myself any harm
Really appreciate your effort at balance, your broad-minded and scientific approach. While I am eating plant-based with conviction, I am convinced that for some a carnivore diet is better, at least for some period in their life.
One "tribesman" accept that another "tribe" might fit another person. GASP! Has the world become reasonable?!
We can hope....@@nicknorwitzPhD
I do think there is the "optimum diet". But, yes, there may be also other diets that are "well tolerated", meaning they don't immediately lead to reduced health (but most likely will later on).
Brilliant idea for a video and well executed.
Thanks Nick.
TYVM!
Here a few of my own. Just looking for your opinion.
1. Do you agree with WHO that red meat increases cancer, more so colon? If yes , how does it do so? Is the preservatives added or charring?
2. How about fermented veggies increase stomsch cancer ? How ? Is the high salt intake?
Thank you
Thank you for this one. Somehow, most people today are somehow incapable of nuances, only black or white, and heaping everything on the same merry bonfire.
I also appreciate the richness of your language and your ability to articulate your thoughts in a manner so completely precise.
A question that arose during the point on seed oils: why do you only address nuts? Do you equate them with seeds and if so - why? What about oils made of sunflower, grape, sesame etc. seds?
Thank you.
This was great stuff. I wish you would have covered the ability of a single test to disprove a theory.
We count on this in MATH all the time... But with humans, we have a Complex System... which, by definition, has emergent behaviors. So, understanding why some studies might imply certain outcomes is really hard to translate into real life. (eg, if there exists a single LMHR, then it disproves the LDL=plaque=death model).
Finally, knowing that the medical industry DELETES test results that do NOT go in their favor (on Statins for example)... What does that do to the concept of accepting "corruptible published data?" as true?
Precisely, context matters with individuals, their health issues and food plans.
Nick, one problem with statin is there seems to be a correlation with mitochondrial dysfunction and the statin drug. This is well-known and in literature. Typical dose is quite high and therefore there is no real good medical explanation of how to offset the mitochondrial dysfunction. Or how to replenish your CoQ10 Naturally instead of supplements that have no study to prove they work.
I read about it last week. But problem is he doesn't want to be 100% don't do this or do this. Same Like Shawn Baker. If something hapends to you its your fault/problem. They are playing in safe zone
I really think what you are saying is valid though I'm biased ( in favor of keto/carnivore) and it isn't always music to my ears. That is how science works - it is often challenging but that's a good thing.
Btw you should put another sign on one of your mugs : " what do you mean settled science?"😁
Not a bad idea!
Cycling in and out of interventions works best for me. Now my intuitive body speaks to me, as long as I’m not in the grips of high blood sugar or other disease, yes, ‘other’ disease
Thank you for adding nuance to otherwise polarizing topics. Have you considered presenting some of your research at the Obesity Medicine Association conferences?
Yes Nick, let me mention something that perhaps you may have missed. Here is an interesting nugget: there may be a frequency, or maybe more than one frequency, in the red light band, that affects glucose metabolsim. From bumblebees to humans. Compelling research has already emerged in abundance. Do you perchance read Glen Jeffery's work at all?
There might be more to metabolism than food drugs, or even circadian entrainment in the narrow sense (primarily blue frequencies reaching the melanopsin cells also known as ipRGCs - in the lower parts of the eyeballs - also known as the superior visual field - relaying the information to the SCN which controls circadian rhythm ....
another excellent video!
Thanks!
i'd love a much deeper dive on IDB and nutrition from norwitz. great video, cheers.
Case studies are valid. If there is a success, it’s very relevant to the person.
LOL.😂 The epitome of "Moderation ". A very long winded intellectual explanation of being moderate. Still, enjoyable . Thanks Nick.😅
I love my girlfriend , good seafood, and irony
You are amazing, top and never wrong! I bought your book on Medit Keto - following 100%
That's very kind. Thank you so much
Thank you for sharing your insights and scientific knowledge filled videos !! Intelligent and professional !! Outstanding !!
Greetings from California … I wish you and folks good health , success and happiness !! Much Love ✌️😎💕
It’s so refreshing to hear a very balanced, rational, and objective discussion around nutrition.
I have a genuine question, I’m not just pushing back on what you said. I thought that DHA is an essential nutrient because they include it in TPN?
Essential means the body can't make its own. DHA can be made from ALA (even if conversation rates are low). Thus, it's not technically essential by the definition of the word.
I follow what you mean now. So it’s essential which is why it’s included in TPN, but it’s not essential in the sense that we need to consume it in order to have it present in the body.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain that. Thanks!
99% of Americans have never seen a wild blueberry.
What is sold as blueberries is blue berries, no relation to the real thing.
I've feel so special #1%... blueberry elite!
Everything you listed that benefits from keto is caused by the thing kero eliminates--carbs.
Dear Nick, what are your glasses-wearing habits? What is indoor-outdoor balance?
Metabolic states. And latitude patterns of sunlight. And climate ... temperature ... etc.
Love your channel but disappointed that you didn't mention that processed meats are not the same as cooking fresh or fresh frozen meat
Fave new channel to follow! Thanks Nick!
Let’s go! Hope to keep you entertained and ever learning… later this week will have a fun but hopefully insightful “butter drop” video and possibly one on mitochondrial health based on new data in Nature Metabolism
Thanks for reasonable presentations Doc.
Perhaps a mindset like yours can lead to a restoration of respect that was lost by the so common practice of ‘Factory Medicine’
Yes, that’s me. I am on very low carb diet and my LDL cholesterol is 9.22 mmol/L, HDL cholesterol 2.13 mmol/L, triglycerides 0.78 mmol/L.
As a young man, you have not experienced how terrible a diet of refined sugars, breads, pastries, pasta, pizza, well all ultra processed foods. Those of us that have seen the damage in family and friends know better, while your intellect seems to lead to your conclusions, you may need to listen to your elders. Doctors back in my day said; Stay away from white "foods". Now I believe the new whole grain bread is as bad as white bread, look at the sugar. I suggest people continue to develop "Tribal" talks on what works for weight loss, Diabetes remission, IBS remission and many other topics for those in Healthcare are going to waste our lives on numerous papers/studies.
Thank you for recognizing that data are plural.
You get it!
There is almost no indication for taking a statin. They don't work well for primary prevention and they don't work well for secondary prevention. My biggest professional regret is prescribing statin therapy to my patients, I was completely deceived by the criminals who develop our modern drugs. We are way beyond statins now btw, we have begun massively overprescribing ezetimibe, which has no clinical benefit whatsoever, and PCSK9 inhibitors, which are probably harmful, and also very expensive. I can only hope this cholesterol madness becomes a black stain in the history of medicine.
Most of this is just unnecessary toeing the line.
PCSK9i, bempedoic acid, and ezetimibe 💪
Well said. Toeing the line gaslighting and cya. Medicine today 😢
Show me the RCT data that backs your claims.
@@danloomisLooks like I can't post links here. Look up 'The effect of statins on average survival in randomised trials, an analysis of end point postponement' by Malene Lopez Kristensen et al.
@@axnoro Thanks for the link. From what I can tell the trial length was between 2 and 6 years. Way too short to assess the efficacy of an outcome trial, right? I’d like to understand outcomes over 20 years (or longer).
When someone say seed oils are bad, to me I'm hearing "I am not a person worth talking to"
A brilliant video again Dr N which I am sharing the hell out of! So pleased the sublime 'mac nut butter moment' got another airing 😉 Loving your work x
Appreciate you!
Don't agree with your thoughts on seed oils. I think they are clearly defined as being produced in "oil refineries" from the seeds of corn, canola, safflower, etc. The process to produce these oils make at least 5% of poly unsaturated fats to be oxidized before they are put in bottles. I think these oils are slow poisons. Really concerned that they are ingredient of baby formula.
Well, I'd hope was can come to a clear consensus on what "seed oils" means in public spaces. Currently, we don't have one as "seed oils" often bleeds into anything with n6.
"Productive provocation". I like that. Much more positive than what I do, commonly known as "trolling". :)
😂