Tackling diabetes with a bold new dietary approach: Neal Barnard at TEDxFremont
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- www.tedxfremont.com Currently 100 million Americans are pre-diabetic or diabetic, and one in three kids born after the year 2000 will develop diabetes. Neal Barnard, clinical researcher and founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), identifies the causes of this serious issue and advises us how we can fight these statistics.
www.nealbarnard.org/
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Just watched two TED talks on diabetes, one after the other. The first said "cut-out carbs, eat fats". The second said "cut-out fats, eat carbs".
So did I, although the food the first one gave examples of eating plants eg muffins with coconut oil.
Same here
I just saw that too 😂 So confused 🫤
yep, lol, so who to believe? I say in trust in nature, if man made it dont eat it...
So we have two approaches. Ok try one for the 6 months unless numbers go bad. No change or little improvement. Try plan 2 for 6 months. Different strokes for different folks. I see 2 chances beyond pills.
To fight stage 4 lung cancer I made 39 diet and lifestyle changes to help my 4 treatments. No sugar best change. Given 3 months to live in feb 2017. Today happily tumourfreetim
tumourfreetim well done, mate!
Stay strong!💪💪💪💪
Jim Mim Dear Jim Mim unfortunately this stage 4 cancer lung cancer was very a real experience and the most challenging and terrifying experience that I have faced in my life. I cannot even begin to convey the shock of being told I would not live to see my daughter graduate from year 12 or my son play in the summer basketball season in 2017. The radiotherapy, immunotherapy and chemotherapy was administered by Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre at Austin Hospital. My terminal diagnosis documentation by my oncologist was accepted by an income protection insurance company. As an elected official there is public documentation in council minutes of the offical leave.
I have substantial documentation that I needed to supply the Federal Family Law Courts as I was divorced in this period and in Australia your terminal status will lower your settlement as a terminal cancer patient. During this illness I lost my marriage, my main income, many friendships and face greatly reduced employment prospects because as public figure I cannot conceal my illness and I am required to supply potential employers a medical certificate that identifies my recent medical condition. So if your assertion is I did not have stage 4 lung cancer then you are slandering me as my illness and treatment is recorded by a large public Hospital, a large municipal council, a letter signed by the Minister of Local Government, the Federal Family Law Court of Australia, Australia’s largest superannuation company Australian Super, numerous CT and PET scans, and my scans, were referred, diagnosed and documented by my two private medical centres, a private lung specialist and finally I was admitted to Olivia Newton John Cancer Wellness Centre in Austin Hospital. Now can you supply any proof that you are a real person? Plus an address? Because you have just defamed me by claiming I did not have stage 4 lung cancer as you are asserting that I somehow tricked several government Ministers including the Premier, the largest super fund in Australia and several government institutions including one of the largest cancer centres and the Medicare system into treating me and processes leave and medical payments while not having cancer.
So where is your proof that I did not have stage 4 lung cancer? You have a link here to tumourfreetim channel so you and your defamation lawyer may want to check that before you make further comments. The ball is now in your court to back up your claim. I have also taken the liberty of taking a screen shot of your your false, baseless and hurtful comment. Your baseless claim was distressing to read after having shared so many painful details for thousands of other terminal patients and their carers who have taken the time to visit my youtube channel tumourfreetim over the last 7 weeks. My continuing survival against the odds was not the result of any single treatment or action but caused by the dedicated application of the latest medical treatments available in Australia and complimented by dozens of diet and lifestyle changes. While my continuing survival may not accord with conventional thinking I guess that is the point. For more people to survive we need more governments to implement the changes we have underway in Victoria and the integrated health and wellbeing actions that I benefited from should be standard not just a rare and poorly understood case study.
Jim Mim You have no photo ID or subscribers with your TH-cam account. Is there a reason for that? 😎
Jim Mim Sadly in my hospital I was told that in over 500 advanced cancer cases I am only 1 of 3 who have made such a radical remission. However, my sub type of lung cancer is less than 3% of lung cancers and is noted for both being chemotherapy resistant and prone to immune system blockers. These blockers are being addressed by a range of new immunotherapy drugs such as Nivolumab etc. A very high profile case being a famous footballer here in Melbourne. His recovery was big news as he not only returned to professionals Australian Rules football but went back as captain. However, trials and studies of immunotherapy are not magic and response rates in wide studies have not matched the sharemarket hype on all these drug companies. There is now a blood test in my State here that can indicate if immunotherapy will be supplied as the primary treatment. While I was able to reduce tumours in lungs, Thyroid and adrenal gland during the 7 month period I had immunotherapy I was not able to remove one small tumour in my left bronchial node. This was then treated with radiotherapy over 20 high dose treatments. This reduced that tumour. So if you took time to view my videos you would see no magic but 24 months of treatment by one of the best cancer hospitals in Australia strengthened by complimentary health and well being actions. This all on a universal medical system (Medicare). Sadly many in US and in developing countries cannot access such free medical treatment. The sheer cost of such new treatments is simply not financially possible if your medical system is not a properly funded universal one. Given that my cases highlights an integrated health model - eg diet and medication it means I am not selling or endorsing any one drug or any one herb. Your last post has contradictory figures on lung cancer 5 year death rates. It is worth patients looking those up regarding your claim of 100% mortality at 5 years.
My nana was in the hospital last week and she was diagnosed with diabetes. The hospital fed her orange chicken and rice for lunch with lemon pie... her sugar was 300 and A1C was 10. That is what they fed her ... unbelievable
They must have idiots in the kitchen or she got somebody else's food.
@@percyhawkins716 I don't blame the cooks... I blame the medical professionals
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You're probably right. The Docs probably weren't attentive or concerned enough to attend to the details.
@@percyhawkins716 Yeah, the main issue is the med school training. Big pharma/medical establishment doesn't want docs to know how to heal, but rather to be drug pushers! Thank God, it's slowly improving in the last few years since this video. More WFPB docs than ever before!
@@bryant475 yes they basically teach them which drugs to give for what conditions. They have maybe 1 nutrition class in all their training. And its appalling the food they serve in hospitals. Its a sick based healthcare system.
This is AMAZING. There are 20 people on the internet, all with drastically different approaches and they ALL cure diabetes.
AMAZING!!!
Yes it looks like anyone can promote their own fad diet under the ‘TED’ banner
People get sold on nutrient dense food by the gurus (understandable from the evolutionary standpoint but now it leads to many chronic diseases - we have better solutions). Population studies are important, not what the gurus say. Also personal experience but it can be very difficult to be objective.
I see it all the time. But there is no cure for diabetes. Everything in your body, that fights off sugar dies, and cannot be brought back to life. There are some people that can control it with diet alone. But this is managing diabetes, and not curing it.
I share your frustration. Completely contradictory "solutions"
It’s so weird. This guy is pushing processed “meats” and chemicals instead of plant fats. Why would an MD tell you to eat fake foods?
I saw his show on PBS Television several years ago. My Mom was just diagnosed with diabetes. It killed my Grandmother at the age of 57. That broke my 6 year old heart!
So I turned into the food police. I monitored everything my Mom ate. I prepared all of her meals. I had to do a lot of scolding and pleading at first. The weight started melting off, her sugar normalized and the diabetes seemed to disappear. She dropped 65 five pounds in 6 months! She is 84 years old now and hasn't gained it back. Say what you want. This man helped me save my Mom's life!
All the people he mentions lose weight, and we do know that losing weight helps with diabetes. That doesn't mean he's right about intramuscular lipids (fat) causing diabetes.
ZipplyZane he doesn't..
ZipplyZane omg, zipplyzane, you are in denial
PETER MAINWALD The "science" he gives here doesn't match up with the studies on the subject. It's not denial to recognize this. It *is* denial to keep saying something is right when the studies show it's not.
Correlation is not causation. Just because you do something and something else happens doesn't mean the first caused the second. That is a fundamental concept of science.
Something about this diet seems to work for some people. That's all we know. We don't know what it is, and the fact that so many lose weight,when we know that losing weight helps, makes a lot of sense.
ZipplyZane OR if he is right about it, that it is the root cause. Other doctors seem to be saying that always having carbs and sugars in the blood and stimulating insulin is what puts those lipids there, too many of them. The body is always on, always processing sugar and making fat because very few people can burn up so many calories.
The food companies want to engineer food like a drug, it tastes to good unnaturally that we are compelled to eat it by our food instincts, and once we get past a certain point it is addicting. Those who are not addicted or who have stumbled on how to quit for them are so busy acting superior they do not look back at all the other people who are still stuck in this drug dealing business.
The root cause to me is the food system itself.
Some interesting facts I heard watching the movie "Fresh" which was a lot like "Food Inc". A lot of this stuff is tied up in our political and economic system, because crippling the public and making them dependent is what allows thugs to take over the public debate.
For everyone here in the comments involved in the battle of high fat low carb vs. high carb low fat, both methods of eating have shown significant health benefits for different reasons. Just because you follow one method does NOT mean that the other is impossible. When you eat a large amount of fat along with a large amount of carbs, your body stores fat which leads to a plethora of health problems. When you are eating high fat low carb, your body uses the fat you consume as energy instead of storing it. When you eat high carb low fat, your body is using the energy from the carbs and has no excess fat to store. Both of these methods work for different reasons, and your preference depends on the type of food that satisfies you and helps you most. Now, I believe in the high carb low fat plant based diet completely and I believe this would be the best diet for me based on my values, knowledge of nutrition, and food preference, but that does NOT mean that those who prefer a high fat low carb diet can't see good results. I will continue to advocate for the diet that Dr. Neal Barnard is explaining in this lecture, but I respect everyone's choices and know that there are two sides to every story. If you have made it this far, thanks for reading and I am sending you happy, healthy wishes.
I'm back on Plant Based. I love it and it seems to work for me too. I crave veggies and fruits. So that is what my body is needing. I finished reading. :) I agree with what you said. I'm Team Plant Based :)
The fact is only one of them shows reversal of disease, the other one promotes disease. It's not just to lose weight, It's to be healthy!
Best comment about this entire topic I have read in 4+ years.
Ryan Oharra yes and high carbs will lead to insulin resistance as you age.
Excellent and thoughtful comment - and very well explained! I also get dismayed when "the one way" gets shouted from the rooftops! Humans evolved to thrive in a variety of food environments. There is more than one path to excellent health, and we should encourage each other in our journeys instead of "food shaming" those who choose a different way of eating.
Dr. Sarah Hallberg's Ted Talk advice is, if I understood correctly, the opposite of what this Doctor is saying, these two Doctors should debate Live on TH-cam.
Who would willing to admit that their way of approaching this disease is flawed? Isn't that part of the problem we face as Americans? Everyone's an expert with no actual debates or actual data to prove which is the proven method. One last thing, I would want to know how those people that did the study that Dr. Neal studied to see how the participants are doing today, a decade later. I would be willing to listen to that debate.
@@ih8work1 Check out Cyrus Khambatta, PhD and Robby Barbaro MPH interviewed on Rich Roll podcast.
I just watched her before seeing this video. I thought the same as you.
This guy is probably paid by the American Diabetes Association. What he recommends is the same as doctors recommend and it keeps you sick and going back to the doctor until you go blind, get neuropathy, get amputations, go on dialysis and die. Sad but true, I know from experience, believe me.
I also watched this right after watching Dr. Hallbergs and I'm left with the same feeling. They said opposite things but the diets weren't exact opposites. Maybe both approaches work by affecting different parts of the food/glucose cycle. Maybe there are additional factors that would make one a better choice than the other on a case by case basis. Yes, I'd like to see them hash it out because otherwise it just leaves us still in the dark.
I was a type 2 diabetic for nearly 18 years. The diabetes was getting so bad on medications that I was told that I needed to start injecting insulin. I started a whole food plant based lifestyle about 14 months ago and I no longer have the symptoms of diabetes and without medications.
Thank you for this wonderful information Dr. Neal Barnard!
but what did you Exactly eat for Breaskfast, Lunch and Dinner??????
@@henji9165 get Dr Barnard's book
At 12-years-old I weighed 160 pounds, only 5 foot 3 inches tall. Now, I am 18-years-old and weigh 110 pounds and have the energy to run a 5k every day for my regular workout routine. A whole-food plant-based diet can completely transform your health, love yourself enough to make the change!
Keep going.. You're a hero.. 🤗👍
Great job! Are you still WFPB at 22? I hope so!
Whether you choose to go low carb or vegetarian/ vegan, there is some common ground. Both camps eat few refined carbs and both eat little processed sugar, so either discipline can combat diabetes. There is no need to attack one another's views - live and let live please, folks!
***** Herbivores?
100% yes
I enjoyed this speaker. I eliminated my T2 diabetes by intermittent fasting. I reduced carbs and try to avoid sugar.
If your health care provider uses the word ...manage... regarding your T2...walk out... they have no intention of trying to reverse your diabetes.
I eat the same except I try to avoid sugar, Stevia is okay. I reduced carbs... for example no pizzas and on hamburgers I throw away the top bun. No Olive Garden.
I rotate between OMAD and 18-6.
I will follow I.F. for life, it’s easy.
Good luck with your journey.
Did the speaker talk about intermittent fasting? 🤔
But he was not talking about a low carb diet. Maybe a complex carb diet but rice is nothing but carbs. I'm confused.
wanted to ad theres many other simple things you can add to this, also some harder things if you feel aggressive just do a lil homework by simply watching of videos of docs who dont prescribe drugs....anymore (sorry BP).
I'm pretty sure Dr. Bernard said to reduce meat intake.
I wish every diabetic patient is given this video's title to watch at home during their free time online on their computer as they can understand better when they are relaxed.
Excellent presentation. After 3 weeks on a healthy plant -based diet, my sugars returned to normal. No longer pre diabetic. 1 year later off pain meds, lipid meds too! Please consider what the doctor says to help yourself and your family.
That's dope. Congrats.
That's awesome.
-the brocoli industry
I like salads but they are no cheaper than meat.
Take discipline to manage our lifestyles & eating habits. Start the kids when they are young. Times have chanfed.
Your blood sugar does not determine if you are pre diabetic, your INSULIN does
My personal experience is exactly the opposite. After years of eating a vegan diet with no sugars or processed foods (and gaining weight despite every attempt to lose weight) I was diagnosed with diabetes. I changed to a low carb high fat diet and have lost about 8 pounds a month without every being hungry, have lowered my blood glucose dramatically, am no longer taking high blood pressure medicine, have reduced my oral diabetes medications (and plan to get off it by the end of the year) and have lowered my cholesterol.
But 5 years later you are still diabetic and obese.
The same happened to me after being vegan. I gained weight and became diabetic. Everyone beware.... unless you eat only greens you may become diabetic. Heartbreaking since I thought I was doing something good for myself. Despite having medical and nutritional knowledge.
Did you remove all oil from your diet when you were vegan?
@@Nina-hk7ub No. I used plant based butter
@@Carol-vv5cm That's no good! I know as a recently plant based person that it is difficult to maintain a healthy plant based diet. There are times when I drift from what I know is better for me, to what I know isn't as good. I am hoping that the good times will outweigh the not so good times!
Great presenter, good use of humor and analogies to make the content easy to comprehend.
Just a shame he is well off the mark with his advice.
@@lepus6511 Just keeping in the swim Levi just keeping in the swim . . . .
@@dilwich He's not off mark with his advice, reducing foods high in sugar and fats helps with managing diabetes. Doesn't matter whether it's a vegan or some low-carb diet. If you eat lean meats it's fine, but reducing meat consumption is a must for most people as they eat it way more than they should.
I thought Dr. Barnard was a quack. But I decided to give WFPB a try on March 4th, when I was told my A1c was 8.3 and I have a fatty liver. Well, now it's August 19th and my A1c is now 5.9 (will find out about the liver tomorrow at the dr.). Point is, under 5.7 means diabetes is reversed and I'm almost there. I hope to be about 5.0 in the next four months. But yes, this diet really does work!
Indeed! Great testimony! And the quacks are the drug pushers :) I'm a future WFPB doc myself, Barnard, Fuhrman, Greger, etc., are my heroes :)
I wish the speaker stated more about the diet itself. He did a pretty good job of general description along with some anecdotes but it left me wanting more
Dan T See: "The Program For Reversing Diabetes" book and cookbook by Dr. Barnard.
Self promotion. Not an educational vid. The analogies were in some instances very poor and displayed a concerning lack of knowledge and understanding. Or maybe it was just dumbed down.
Chris Hunt The program is based on 3 steps. 1. Avoid animal products. 2. Keep oils low. 3. Choose low glycemic index, complex whole grain carbs.
There is no diet just lifestyle changes. Fruit, vegetables, legumes, starch, nuts and seeds, that's the basics
@@cityvisual self promotion of what? Evidence? Promotion of what, broccoli?
Dr. Barnard's book saved me. My blood sugar numbers are now in non-diabetic range. I did add regular exercise, kept a food journal (and still do), and eat a plant based diet which all amounted to me progressively improving and losing weight. Not saying that the low carb way does not work for some. It also may work. I tried it and hated it so it amounted to it not working because I was non compliant.
What kind a plant base diet do u eat
@@EricJackson76 i try to get my mom to eat like this but she's jus stuck in her ways and refuse to give up certaing foods
Kudos. I'm working towards being a "flexatarian" with mostly plant-based foods
Are you still doing well
This is Dr. Neal Barnard who is in Washington DC. I went to his presentation in Tenleytown. It was fascinating
Roland Harris was thanks a lot
14 years ago I was tested for my cholesterol It was over 280. A friend told me to watch "Forks Over Knifes" and I went on the WFPD overnight knowing I was having a second cholesterol test in 5 weeks. (It was now 6 months later.) After just 5 weeks my new cholesterol total was under 150 with the bad one below 80. I havn't looked back. Well, actually, a few years ago I did add a few oysters once in while, but otherwise, it's WFPB all the way.
What is WFPB ?
@@joyfulable whole food plant diet
I hope this works, I’m 14 years old and my cholesterol is 283
Thanks friend, very good!
Would you mind telling what WFPD is/means?
“Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines | Sarah Hallberg | TEDxPurdueU”
Reversing diabetics
Reversing type 2 diabetics
yes sir
Her plan is opposite this guy?’
@@MarkOrsted Yes, her plan is the opposite of his. I watched both talks. You know what one thing that both approaches have in common? A diet rich in plant foods! People get wrapped up in so many different dietary approaches, but a survey of over 900 clinical studies that looked at what contributed most to good health was a diet rich in fruits, veggies and berries.
After two months of (imperfectly) following the dietary guidelines of Dr. Barnard, I got my blood test today. I am most proud and ecstatic to share, my pre-diabetes status is no more!!!! Maraming salamat (thank you very much in Filipino) Dr. Barnard. 🙏🏻
Went on keto diet. Weight 270->210. A1C 7.5->5.0 and no more meds. Kept weight off for 5 years. What wrong with that? Nothing. Do it. On an average day I consume no sugar. Blood sugar around 85. Works for me. I’m 72 YO male.
exactly ... well done
Check out Cyrus Khambatta, PhD and Robby Barbaro MPH interviewed on Rich Roll podcast.
Still on low carb
I guess it's OK if you don't expect to see 80
Great.Thank you.i think you are a great man for your work and making it public to help others.God bless you.
I just finished watching another TED TALK that described "curing" diabetes with a low carb, high fat diet, lol.
Yes, I watched that one also. However low carb high fat does not cure, it merely bypasses the need for insulin (to transport glucose into the cell) in the production of energy. It makes more sense to me to actually fix the problem (remove the fat from the cell) than change the body's primary fuel source (glucose) to a secondary source (fat).
That's a good start. Now it's time to step it up and go read some journals, books, textbooks .etc. and see what the literature says? What the majority of studies say? Then hopefully that'll clear up all this stuff?
Or try a diet yourself, gather data on yourself then modify if it doesn't work?
The scientific literature says that vegans are leaner and have lower diabetes rates. care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/5/791.short
Exactly me too, just now... thats why i have doubts regarding both of them...
What is really missing is exercise. Human have consumed meats forever, we need them, we also need exertion to keep our bodies in good working order.
I went plant based reluctantly in June 2017. I was surprised to learn I feel so much better. I don't see myself every going back. I didn't expect to feel this much better and different.
I went meat based from plant. And I feel fantastic about my body. And I enjoy my steak and doner much. And I appreciate lifestyle of our ancestors for at least of last 600000 years (paintings on cave walls etc) is mostly dedicated to hunting. So I appreciate now that my body is tuned to meat eating.
@@greenleafyman1028 I think there were not so much fruits in the Ice Age (when our ancestors left Africa). So Inuits or Saami will show how to survive in the Cold (definitely there is no bananas or potatoes around).
P.S. Hunting is what drove human evolution. Pushing to tool making and dog domestication to cooperate in hunting. I am a phycisian so I have got some insights like requirement to Vit B12 or hem iron that we obtain from animal products. And the best proof is the fact that nothing is more enjoyable and palatable than a piece of juicy and lighty charred steak (just trust our Mother Nature, we humans crave for animal products, that's why many vegan products imitate just burgers, fish fingers, fried chicken etc. I have seen fake burgers made from soybean, but never seen fake banana made from mutton.
@@happyTruePeople I would like to see Dr Bernard and Dr Berg (Keto TH-cam speaker) have a debate. Doe they have some common points?
@@AnneGarberKompaore Thats a great idea! Yes, of course they have got something CommoN - they both make money on people concerns about diet and health. Barnard and Berg, they know what to say and why to say it. (Of course, for me as a LCHF dude Dr Berg is a relevant source of information).
P.S. if you up to LCHF i highly recomend you @KenDBerryMD.
@@happyTruePeople I find it a little comical how keto people refer to stone age and Dr Barnard goes pre stone age! I believe both have some truth, and in a short talk like the science is too briefly explained.
mygosh i never listened so intently and enthusiastically to one Tedtalk.. he's a fine person with fine understanding of his thing and a fine humour.. excellent presentation and speech..
A very very good and true lecture.
2 Years back in the age of 55 i was diagnised TYPE TWO diabetes. I was lucky a got a doctor who never gave me a single medicine rather strictly supervised my diet and walking schedule. Alhamdo lillah i am living quite a normal life.
2 hours walk...change in eating habitts plus selective foods end up symptoms.
tell us more (-_-)
Maybe the answer is to be either a carnivore or a herbivore but not an omnivore. You can keep sugar out of your cells by keeping sugar out of your blood (carnivore) , or you can keep fat out of your cells (herbivore) by keeping fat out of your blood, and either approach will work. But putting fat and sugar at the same time (omnivore) is guaranteed to put fat in your cells and keep sugar in your blood and then you have the problem.
This doctor has a point as to the merits of being a herbivore. But many others have also shown that being a carnivore works as well. So what you are able to do is probably what is best for you. I could not stand to be a herbivore for more than a day.
What this doctor didn't say is that we really don't have the guts of a herbivore although we have the dentition. We don't have four stomachs like a cow. Our intestinal tract is far shorter than most herbivores, even the intestinal tracts of apes.
David Mills Don’t know if you will get this message, but that is a profound comment. It goes to the heart of what the blonde lady doctor’s message is.
Check out Cyrus Khambatta, PhD and Robby Barbaro MPH interviewed on Rich Roll podcast.
But they 're not as short as the carnivore's intestines . Maybe they developed like something in between since humans started to cook their meat . Can't it raw like the predatorial carnivores . Apart from that , we do not have any other carnivorous characteristic .
I've been a vegan for many years now . But I think your approach is very interesting about being one or the other in order to get rid of diabetes. Being an omnivore is probably a cause of many problems.
@Betsy Ross Inuits are largely carnivores and they don't have cancer
Are human beings anatomically more similar to natural carnivores or to natural herbivores? Let’s find out….
Intestinal tract length. Carnivorous animals have intestinal tracts that are 3-6x their body length, while herbivores have intestinal tracts 10-12x their body length. Human beings have the same intestinal tract ratio as herbivores.
Stomach acidity. Carnivores’ stomachs are 20x more acidic than the stomachs of herbivores. Human stomach acidity matches that of herbivores.
Saliva. The saliva of carnivores is acidic. The saliva of herbivores is alkaline, which helps pre-digest plant foods. Human saliva is alkaline.
Shape of intestines. Carnivore bowels are smooth, shaped like a pipe, so meat passes through quickly - they don’t have bumps or pockets. Herbivore bowels are bumpy and pouch-like with lots of pockets, like a windy mountain road, so plant foods pass through slowly for optimal nutrient absorption. Human bowels have the same characteristics as those of herbivores.
Fiber. Carnivores don’t require fiber to help move food through their short and smooth digestive tracts. Herbivores require dietary fiber to move food through their long and bumpy digestive tracts, to prevent the bowels from becoming clogged with rotting food. Humans have the same requirement as herbivores.
Cholesterol. Cholesterol is not a problem for a carnivore’s digestive system. A carnivore such as a cat can handle a high-cholesterol diet without negative health consequences. A human cannot. Humans have zero dietary need for cholesterol because our bodies manufacture all we need. Cholesterol is only found in animal foods, never in plant foods. A plant-based diet is by definition cholesterol-free.
Claws and teeth. Carnivores have claws, sharp front teeth capable of subduing prey, and no flat molars for chewing. Herbivores have no claws or sharp front teeth capable of subduing prey, but they have flat molars for chewing. Humans have the same characteristics as herbivores.
But aren’t humans anatomically suited to be omnivores?
Nope. We don’t anatomically match up with omnivorous animals anymore than we do with carnivorous ones. Omnivores are more similar to carnivores than they are to herbivores.
The opportunistic feeder theory has been thoroughly debunked. This theory states that because humans can eat like omnivores, that we must therefore be omnivores. However, mere behavior doesn’t indicate suitability. There are plenty of things we can do as a species that would threaten our survival if we all considered them suitable default behavior, such as shooting each other, lobbing hand grenades, or sending spam.
cut and paste from an article by steve pavlina
Brilliant use of humour and commonsense. 11/10
That why he is a sell out to the Grain Board
Tom Dimitropoulos ...so there really is no ability to be in research without being a sell-out...like the grain board...the dairy board...fast food lobbyists....meat producers...etc.etc..
...what research can be done...that once it produces results...is capable of remaing free of any accusations...of collusion...with some lobby group or marketing board somewhere....specially if it produces results favouring one of these.....
Yes, a brilliant presentation. He's just wrong.
Just watched his interview on London Real and he looks the same exact age as 6 years ago!
Best lecture i have ever heard about diabetes. Will share with other diabetics. May his tribe increase!!
I lost 30kg of fat and reversed signs of type 2 diabetes. I used a number of methods. I'm now exploring the next phase of my wellbeing journey...All signs and research point to a whole food plant based diet with as little if any processed food as possible.
I'm so grateful for these doctors, scientists and innovators on ted and TH-cam....These ideas are wonderful
and yet contradictory.
Sam tron how did you do it?
If you practise diet consisting of little processed food and sugar in diet, you don't have to practise vegan diet and you WILL still lose weight and improve all your health markers. 😉
Your talk is so inspirational. It's time to change the way we eat. Thank you so very much for choosing this life mission to help this very sick America that is getting sicker. Also I loved the simple explanation of food and the human body. My neighbor just had his leg cut off because of the 2 diabetes. Love your work and THANK YOU!
Big difference in comments in plant based and carnivore. The carnivore ones have a high numbers of wonderful results and cures, not so much in the plant based comments.
@@safffff1000that’s not what the large bodies of evidence says about plant based and animal based dietary patterns
@@jasonrios3120 Yes I know that is why I posted it because it shows an alternate successful extremely long lived creature that doesn't eat plants.
Love this man! God bless him and all of the world with this gentle but powerful talk. ❤️
Really amazing talk! I love his humor & bluntness ❤️
Thank you for this and for your PCRM website!
After watching"What the Health", I was so angry with our government agencies lying to me, I have embarked on a Plant based diet, into day 10. Feeling better than ever, and enjoying your information and content. Thank you!!!!!!
You would do better to watch videos from Dr. Eric Berg or Dr. Ken Berry. This video is 10 years old and the information has been proved mostly incorrect.
@@davidbrogan606 Then how do you explain the Japanese diet, high in carbs but a population with a much lower rate of diabetes? The truth is that there is probably more than one way to achieve remission of diabetes. The one common denominator seems to be weight loss and the diet used to achieve that may not be as important as the end result. I know a couple of people who had diabetes and had a gastric bypass to lose weight...After the weight loss their blood sugars returned to normal even though they never followed any special diet, and both had a complete remission of diabetes while eating whatever they wanted. I am familiar with both doctors Berg & Berry, but they obviously don't have all the answers either.
@@CaneFu The Japanese diet is far lower in carbs than the American diet. Other differences are that the Japanese actually eat vegetables with their rice. The fiber nullifies some of the carbs. The Japanese do not eat much sugar. The American diet is loaded with sugar and bad fats such as corn, soy, canola, and sunflower oils which are full of Omega 6 fatty acids that cause inflammation and harm the body. The Japanese do not eat nearly as many processed foods as Americans. That being said, there is plenty of diabetes in Japan.
@@CaneFu Oh, so the answer is--quit shoving food down your mouth at breakneck speed, constantly. Why is that so hard for people to do? Americans eat too much processed food, and don't eat any vegetables--a fast track to diabetes and death
I had exactly the same feeling when I watched it too. I immediately adopted a plant based diet. My LDL cholesterol dropped by 50% in 2 months. These keto scams will be responsible for countless premature deaths for years to come.
This is the best, easiest to understand and SHARE explanation I have found of how to cure diabetes (and many other medical conditions) through the nutritional approach. Laced with a bit of humor and presented in a very user friendly manner, Dr. Neal Barnard has nailed it. It doesn’t take hours of citing the research to inform people how whole plant foods can restore great health. Thank you, Dr. Barnard!
It's actually outdated. Most fruits contain natural sugars which goes under the carbohydrate macro-nutrient that ends up as glucose. You may want to consider looking in to Dr. Fung, Dr. Ken Berry etc...
Following Dr. Barnard’s nutritional advice cured my diabetes and saved my life.
Nothing drives insulinresistance more thent fructose. Eat meat!
I was just diagnosed broader line pre-diabetes. This is a great talk.
What's in ur diet carbs or proteins more
@@HinduHeritage Now, more proteins, sugar going down, cholesterol is dropping and I’ve lost 25 pounds so far.
@@RickieVz1 so you are on keto . ?
@@HinduHeritage yes, now I am.
Dr. Neal Barnard is an excellent speaker, and I love hearing his personal journey as well as the science.
Looks good despite not being a youngster, dresses nice, sounds good, makes sense. And he doesn't use complicated words
"Dr."? Right! A doctor of animal rights activism, that's about it.
@@doctorkayakthe best docs out there, the only ones I listen and trust.
@@doctorkayak Yes, because animal products are unethical, unhealthy and the cause of all diseases.
I'm on a Ketogenic diet eating mostly meat (FATS) and some vegetables, low carb zero sugar. I'm off blood pressure medication after only 2 months.
that's because sugar is causing hypertension, which you seem to have cut out to reduce blood pressure however if you keep eating the diet you're on now you'll run into another problem down the line.
RIP, that diet isn't sustainable long term
No that is not true.
84% of vegans and vegetarians return to meat. Google it.
El: there is no reason why anyone would be dehydrated without eating carbs. They don't have much to do with water retention, though salt does.
As a physician of 37 years and diabetic, I found not eating starches and sugars reduced my diabetes and gave me an A1C of 5.1 for two years now. I think the vegetarian diet is Not the way to go for better health. Every single part of my blood work has been normal since doing the ketogenic diet. I will not get into follow the money subject.
Amazing doctor thank you 🙏❤️
God bless you, Dr. Barnard! What a WONDERFUL presentation, incorporating the latest scientific research, humor, and your own personal anecdotes! I have always been a big believer in HOPE and you provide an ample amount of that precious commodity! My wife has type 2 diabetes, and she has dealt with depression and despair over it. I have shared your presentation with her and I will do my utmost to ensure that we follow your recommendations! Thank you, so much, sir!👏🙏
Would love to hear how the progress has been
Awesome! Thank you so much! Such an eye-opener!
My kind of doctor he tells the truth thank God for such a wonderful man he does practice what he preach because you can see it on his body and hear it in his speak he is the real deal it's about the diet not about the pill
Neal, excellent capture of attention, delivery of content in context, and explaining in a manner worth remembering.
On top of that, he dresses nice, and is clean cut.
Ya know on another channel he calls himself a doctor, an MD to be specific... But actually he's just an animal rights activist. Great observation Dave!
Very interesting and helpful talk. Thank you
There are amazing people on this planet..... this man can be found in that category......fascinating
I agree...
He's amazingly good at spreading propaganda.
Love the metaphor of insulin as a key trying to operate in a gummed up lock. Really made the concept clear for me. Dr. Bernard makes these explanations look easy, but they're not. Therein lies the art. He's a superb lecturer/teacher.
That sounds like a real comment.🙄
Barnard is a liar and he knows it. He has an agenda.
@@suprememasteroftheuniverse Congrats for posting the most oblique and least substantiated comment on this page. You should change your handle from "suprememasteroftheuniverse" to "suprememasterofvagueness".
Go low-carb. And remember that meat, eggs and fish are essential. Dont let anybody to confuse you.
My A1C was 6.2 now it is down to 5.6. I appreciate all the vegan MDs and their advice. Very effective diet.
I went vegan for 2 years and developed hypothyroidism and suffered a heart attack. I'm now on a Carnivore Diet and I'm off insulin and blood pressure meds, all my blood tests are perfect, I lost 70 lbs. and I feel great. Our bodies do not need carbs for anything whatsoever. I never eat any carbs and I'm healthier than I've ever been in my life.
Over what period of time?
@@mrmingsun 3-4 months. I quit that diet a long time ago though. Couldn't take it anymore.
@@percyhawkins716 I have tried this also, what's weird is my A1C on this diet is 5.7 and I get dehydrated. I eat low carb now.
@@percyhawkins716 70lbs well done, you didn’t lose weight on the vegan diet,
Yes a vegan diet is no recipe for weight loss because you have just as many calories eating junk vegan foods as he would have in a western diet, , on a whole plant-based diet you would lose weight for sure
A super presentation with an inspirational message that I'm going to try to follow. Thank you.
They ate saurkraut.
Intermittent fasting helps insuline resistance...
Just eating on a schedule in general think about it we don’t sleep at random takes through the week we sleep the same time and wake up the same time
@@Bigbottomgal Cavemen didn't have watches or clocks. They didn't even have electricity. They had to watch TV by candlelight.
Not in my experience. Didn't help my very high blood sugars at all, especially in the mornings. Only ketosis finally got rid of my insulin resistance and my need for medications.
@jaspal singh Quite true. All the comments about diabetes in these TH-cam talks are about type 2. Type 1 is also called "(external) insulin dependent", since in type 1 the body cannot manufacture its own insulin.
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Thank you for all of this wonderful information. My mother has diabetes and my father died at 44 of a massive heart attack. I will be taking these suggestions and also sharing this video as it makes perfect sense that diabetes keeps getting worse in America.
Also in Australia. I had an Uncle who had Diabetes Type 2 since he was 30 years old. He was obese or overweight for most of his life and unfortunately ignored the health advice he was given until soon before he died.
Sorry about your dad, yes this nutritional protocol works! It's Whole Food Plant Based :) Dr. Joel Fuhrman's "Eat to Live" Cookbook is a must have!
Totally opposite of the last Ted talk advising 0 carbs. No rice etc.
Ya what's up with that? This guy saying eating carbs is fine doesn't make sense though.
Golden Child I have gone carnivore to cure myself and it is working amazingly! Carbs hated me and almost killed me. I loved Plants but they poisoned me...eliminating plant toxins has given me the first improvements in my autoimmune disease.
@@wdiddy1 It makes perfect sense if you realize that he may have another agenda other than diabetes. Maybe it has more to do with protecting animals. Low carbs was the only way I beat diabetes.
@@beastshawnee4987
Many of us are different in many ways!
It is ripe for politicization that racial differences might affect dietary guidelines. It's so hard for them to admit that certain people might be genetically able to digest carbs better than others.
Really enjoyed the in-depth and humor filled talk. Good speaker too. Thanks.
5:03 - notice the tiny bowl of rice. They don't eat huge amounts of rice in Japan. Traditionally, rice was money. You paid your taxes with rice. You ate some rice to show you were doing well, but you didn't eat this huge bowl or bed of rice like we eat in the US.
Also, traditional servings are small, there's tons of vegetables, traditionally protein was fish or even things like crickets, and the food had lots of fiber. And even now the Japanese walk a TON compared to Americans.
Thank you for such wonderful information! Blessings
Hi Dr this us really profound.Can you please make a video on a menu including breakfast,lunch and dinner.
I don't know, but he has an organisation called PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine).
There are lots of advice, videos, & information on it.
Beautiful man, beautiful speech. It's nice to know humans can sometimes change for the better.
berryfairy68 I heard he is a very kind man from someone who knows him personally. He seems really nice.
Dear Doctor Barnard, I bought your book about the reversal of Diabetes. My husband has been diabetic for about ten years now but he has been very sick for about 5 years, that was when we noticed his situation because he lost a lot of weight all of a sudden (I must mention that all his family is diabetic and many have already died because of it). Now, his sugar is all over the place going up and down without any control. I tried to help him with this diet (I have been following your diet for about 2 years and feel great!) but he was very scared because in just a couple of days of trying his sugar dropped down so dramatically that we were about to take him to the hospital. He gets all shaky, cold and loses conscience...So he is very afraid to try again... What can I do? I know this is the way for healing but I am so worried first, that his sugar gets so low that could be dangerous, and second, that he loses more weight (he is already very thin and weak). I would appreciate your advice on how to proceed, this is very important for me because unless he goes back to normal soon, he will have very serious problems in a short time. Thank you for your help in advance..... Lucy
Hi. I'm not here telling you that Dr. Eric Berg will be the solution for your husband's case. But he was the solution for me and my father. Take a look at his channel and search about Keto Diet. I reversed my father's diabetes and took myself out of pre-diabetes range! And now I'm living on a low carb lifestyle, which is not so "extreme" as keto diet. But following a keto diet was extremely important in the first months. Ps: I know that what I am telling here (keto) it's totally different from what doctor Neal indicates.
Saving me from diabetes when it almost took my life is what I will always be grateful for, Thank you Dr Obaz, you are indeed a professional...
Great personality and positive delivery
Dr Barnard is a genus, i am trying to train my brain and my wife to follow his teachings.
c'mon give him the credit at least for being part of a species
Training the wife might be a bit of a stretch!
Very interesting. I am going to research it for more info.
Thank you for sharing your thought-provoking TEDx talk on tackling diabetes with a bold new dietary approach. Your insights on the relationship between diet and diabetes are both insightful and inspiring. Your approach to promoting plant-based diets as a solution to this condition is innovative and holds great promise. Your message is clear, concise and easy to understand, making it accessible to a wide audience. Your passion for helping those with diabetes and improving their health is evident and truly inspiring. Your contribution to this field is invaluable and we appreciate the work you do. Great job!
Excellent, very practical and enjoyable
Lecture.
Thank you Dr Barnard.
My grandmother was a diabetic. Taking numerous pills a day, wasting dollar after dollar on expensive meds. She always watched her sugar intake and made an effort not to eat too many carbs and sweet foods. She died a diabetic. Know what she never gave up? Animal products. She ate meat and dairy until the day she died, and never got better.
It is impossible to “watch” your sugars if you eat processed foods. Many, many foods have maltodextrin in them and it has twice the glycemic index of table sugar. It will never show up a “added sugar” on a nutritional label.
I think my love for ice cream, yogurt and cheese is not helping my effort to not be a diabetic!
@@hulamei3117 You should check Dr Neal's talk on the dairy and why it is so addictive. Search "What the Dairy Industry Doesn't Want You to Know - Full talk". It's long but worth watching. I'm also struggling on dairy 😅
Thanks for sharing information about type 2 diabetics
Suggestions for type 01 diabetic ?
Great talk and great explanations
I laughed so loudly when he said about eating hospital food and the silica gel packet said do not eat. I like the way he speaks, he's not boring.
Btw, he said the opposite to what Dr. Sarah Hallberg said about diabetes.
Hahah airline food amirite?
This is interesting… to be frank, i really don’t agree with a lot of this talk, although I agree we should be eating less animal fats. I just watched another Ted Talk on Diabetes/Insulin Resistance which said to cut CHOs and consume lots of fats because of its minimal effect on insulin sensitivity, compared to the effect of CHOs and CHONs on Insulin resistance. I’ve also seen a number videos of nutritionists saying that omega 3s and 6s (6 to a degree, but still essential) are good for increasing insulin sensitivity. Also, monounsaturated fats, which are found in both meat and vegetable fats, has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity. Meat + land animal products also have, omega-6s, Vitamin b12 and highly bioavailable Iron (healthy blood) and Protein, which essential for adequate hormone levels… insulin is a hormone.
Also, this video ignoring the fact that, for many people, animal products, which tend to come from dry grasslands and native rangeland, unsuitable for growing crops, make up a significant portion of their caloric intake. It may be doable for a white collar worker to consume only plants however, that won’t work for a huge proportion of people who exert their bodies at their job. For many people, the nutrient-density of animal products allows people to be adequately fed. [also, on a global scale, 7+ billion people can not be fed with only 1/3 of the world’s landmass suitable for growing modern crops… animal product coming from native rangeland environments are really crucial for a lot of folks, both in diet and livelihood].
Also, I know that seafood, specifically mussels, snails oysters and other similar species, have been a part of our diet since long before the stone age as they offered an easy and plentiful beachside snack to early humans. This food source contributed vastly to early humans in East Africa (roughly 50 million years ago) being able to/feeling comfortable in migrating to new areas; there was assurance of a plentiful food supply to sustain their travel.
Maybe conventional, herbicide-rich, grain-fed animals that stand in crowded pens for most of their life will produce meat that is unhealthy for us however, animal products, in general? No, honey… I feel this Ted Talk was a vast oversimplification of our collective nutrient/dietary needs, genetic ancestry, and biochemical interactions.
Also, to say that our bodies are still pre-stone age when that was 2.6 million years ago but, at the same time, humans can alter their genetics in one lifetime through dietary choices… no
I’m open to new information but a…gerbil test??? Ha.. no..
People like to hear good things about their bad habits.....
I am not diabetic
Just watched it
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Found it the best.
Thanks doctor
YOU be blessed
Fantastic presentation
I can only pass on my personal experience. I followed the food guidelines (Pyramid) prescribed by the nutritional powers that be, restricting fats and meat, eating a diet consisting of lots of fruits,vegetables and healthy grains for years. However over those years I slowly gained weight until at 60 I looked in the mirror and said something has to change. My blood lipids were off, my blood pressure was creeping up and I was a bit pissed off because I'd been training consistently for years including lots of cardio which I was led to believe would help prevent heart disease. And so at 60 years of age, weighing in at 215 lbs with high blood pressure I decided to try something different. I eliminated trans-fats embraced healthy fats, eliminated grains (especially wheat), eliminated processed foods and added sugars and began eating seasonal, local and organic fruits , vegetables, nuts and seeds. I focused on local pastured meats, free range poultry and eggs and wild fish. I upended my training, stopped doing distance running, changing to strength and interval training. In 5 months I dropped down to 175 lbs and dramatically improved all my bio-markers. Most importantly I feel amazing at my current age of 66 and take absolutely no medications. I realize this a personal journey and may not work for everyone but I suggest giving it a try, I doubt you will be disappointed.
Wow, that is an inspirational account. Thanks for writing your comment about your experience and journey.
It's been two years since your post now, John.
How's it going?
Why should I try it, being in good health and following a healthy and ethically justifiable diet, reducing my impact on this planet?
@@SchgurmTewehr
You're not able to impact the planet unless you have the capacity to launch nukes consistently over a period of time or something similarly destructive. I'm sure AlGore would gladly sell you some carbon credits (whatever that is) if it would make you feel better though. It always makes AlGore feel better, lol.
@@SchgurmTewehr Amen.
I was pre-diabetic for years. I adopted fasting,eating only one meal a day of vegetables and a vegetable protein. All A1C tests since adopting this process have shown perfect blood sugar levels. This from diabetic parents.
Ok but this is not exactly what is proposed here.
@@pilatesyogataichifit This is what worked for him and it is not contrary to what is proposed here.
@@almaburns6562 One meal a day sounds interesting, even motivating. But is it enough to sustain us for 24 hours?
@@lgopalakrishnan3181 I don't know, I wasn't the one who promoted one meal a day. Why don't you ask the person who posted this comment?
Sounds encouraging. I have a question though. Was one meal a day enough to sustain you for 24 hours? How did you deal with the hunger pangs, if any?
I am doing Keto, which is the opposite approach. My blood sugar is now under control and I have lost 20 lbs. I truly believe that excess sugar and massive carb loads will kill you.
Still on keto
Great advice. I managed to keep diabetes at bay for more than 10 years with exercise and mostly vegetables. Do not get me wrong - I like eating meat and butter and cheese, but limit this. Also love the presentation and the humor. Thank you doctor.
This is fascinating to learn. Dr Barnard is the best doctor I can listen to hours and hours, what he said is so interesting knowledge that we can learn from his expertise. Thank you so much for giving us very impressive and interesting lecture.
Unless you are at deaths door why not try this for a few weeks and see if it works or not? Looking at the earnest comments here it seems there is a lot of theory and not enough practice. Say what you like but eating healthy wholefoods always seems like a good idea if you want to be well. Primitive people have never had access to a lot of meat (either in stone age or here today)
You'll find that our ancestors were hunter-gatherers. They were called that for a good reason, because most of their food came from hunting and fishing, supplemented by gathering some mushrooms, berries and roots. It would have been next to impossible to survive on a vegan diet in Northerly latitudes as edible plant food in the wild is unavailable for half of the year. We simply don't have the stomach to digest leaves and grass, so we have to rely on animal products to survive. Large scale industrial agriculture and global trade year round is the only thing that makes a vegan diet viable. In warmer climates, such as India, you can survive on a vegetarian diet, but not on a vegan one.
went vegan for 2 years, but only when I started with very low carb, that's when my diabetes got better.
Before insulin was used pharmaceutically, restricting carbs was the ONLY way to avoid death by diabetes. Why/when did the medical community decide carbohydrates were essential? Was it when insulin and oral hypoglycemics became easily available (and very lucrative)?
I think the person that said it's not one-size-fits-all is absolutely right. I do Keto. I do one meal a day or omad, and I do intermittent fasting or IF. I lost 80 lb and I think the key is actually losing weight more than what you eat losing the weight getting you down to normal size is pretty much the key. I also do extended fasts. I also take K2 mk7 & magnesium, D3, B vitamins., C. I tried apple cider vinegar but I don't feel like it did much for me. I don't have Gerd or any of those problems which is what I hear everybody say they use it for.
Diabetes vids: one says 'Cut carbs, boots fat'. The other says 'Cut fat, boost carbs'. So helpful when you get clear advice.. Charlie
4:06 "That gets old by Wensday."
Hehe, I like that.
Wednesday
Fantastic video. Thank you Dr
I saw Dr Neal Barnard give a speech about how good a whole food plant based diet is in Adelaide, Australia almost 30 years ago. I ate a mostly vegetarian diet then but about five years ago I completely eliminated all animal products from my diet. Everything Dr Barnard said in his speech has proven to be true. I admire him very much.
that's because humans are biologically designed herbivores
@@pompei1968 although modern humans do find it difficult obtaining Vitamin B12 when eating only plants unless they take a Vitamin B12 supplement.
For everyone pointing out there are 2 contradicting TEDx talks on this subject, please remember there is no one size fits all solution for diabetes. That way of thinking is what has gotten us to this sorry state. Depending on the root cause of an individuals insulin resistances some will need to go the Dr. Barnard route. Others will need to employ the Dr. Hallberg method. Personally my sugars go through the roof when I eat fat, but I dont assume everyone's bodies behave the same. Clearly Dr. Hallberg's patients are an example of that.
My sugar dropped from over 300 to less than 100 when I went to a carnivore diet and energy when up as well as dropped over 2 pants sizes!
I just listened to Dr hallberg's video and now this I'm so confused
Yes me too. It completely contradicts this… Hallberg seems more believable somehow?? Lol. I just don’t know.
@ 5:21,
fantastic analogy and image: explaining glucose, insulin, and the cell
please , it is IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES ARE NOT THE SAME AT ALL
My MD claims athrosclerosis won't form in the absence of sugar. Says OK to eat bacon n eggs every day. No grains or white potatoes and my arthritis and cravings are gone.
I have always had my glucose levels a bit high and have been diagnosed with pre diabetes, but I have always been thin, eat well, and do exercise. Most people only link diabetes to overweight people when this is not always the case. I am not convinced by this theory.
I agree with you Sandra. I am Asian Indian, and while Dr. Barnard talks about Japanese people who eat rice and have no diabetes, Asian Indians are mostly vegetarian, eat rice, and have one of the highest diabetes rates in the world. Most Indians who have diabetes (that I know) are quite thin. I don't buy this theory either.
I adore Neal Barnard! He's the most amazing human being ever! He's changed my life and I will forever support him and PCRM!
You're incredible, good knowledge and wonderful sense of humor. I love you ❤️
Brilliant explanation and truth x Thank you x
Paleolithic - There was little vegetation/fruit/grain/beans in the ice age and we might of had to rely on meat and fat but our environment has changed now : )
Watch "Debunking the paleo diet | Christina Warinner | TEDxOU
" super interesting.
Eskimos still do.
Thanks for the healthy message, especially that causation of diabetes may be related to cellular oil blocking insulin that allows sugar in to fuel the cell. I eat vegan and I'm on message. I do have an observation though; that, many of the leading nutritionists (Campbell, Esselstyn, Barnard, . . ) all came from dairy or ranching backgrounds---and they presumably have always been skinny as rails. Of course, they have eaten plant based for a long time now. I may attribute some of their success to hard working (active) farm upbringings. I live in (farm & ranch) Oklahoma and the farmers I've worked for may be in their eighties but they are usually lean, quite active and you may see them climbing ladders, roofing their houses, operating power equipment, driving hundreds of miles and very active in family life. Some sedentary elderly may be over weight (possibly diet related) but some may have pretty good health, possibly related to being active in younger years.
and I just saw a TED talk with an MD who said just the opposite
Sobano S exactly, she said Carbs are the worst enemy
Sarah Hallberg said how to manipulate the symptoms. Dr Barnard knows how to reverse it.
America: Snickers, Potato, Steak, Peas and I have diabetes
This guy: Potato, Peas and you will be good
Hallberg: Steak, Peas and you will be good
Both: McDonald's bad
Me: so you are saying snickers and McDonald's cause problems?
@John Jensen Childish comments?
Check out Cyrus Khambatta, PhD and Robby Barbaro MPH interviewed on Rich Roll podcast.
Pleasure watching this show.. and very informative
Thank you Doctor Barnard.