I continue to be drawn to the profoundly reasonable and logically formed arguments you present. Did you do debate in school, or are you just good at math?
@@mlw5665 Debate and math are both expressions of logic, regardless of their institutional education silos. My question was around the origins of his strong application of logic.
Call it Healthcare 2.0. Headache --> two aspirins Bug bite --> Bactine and bandaid High A1C -> Metformin High LDL --> Statins Overweight --> Fat shaming, SAD diet and exercise. Now --> Ozempic Sugar addiction? That's a psychological problem. This current system needs an upgrade and a reboot. We need to be preventing disease instead of throwing the medicine cart at it one symptom at a time.
Medical services ≠ HEALTH care "Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth, work, healing, and dying... Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die." Limits To Medicine: Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health, by Ivan Illich
My son brought his multiple sclerosis under control to such a degree that he feels great and lives a normal life now. That happened when he changed his diet and stopped the meds. Food IS the medicine!
It's okay, you can use the word "cured." I don't know why they're trying to outlaw this word recently. I guess to get us to give up even the hope of someday reaching a fully cured condition, since they know they don't have that to offer. But we as human beings know when we've reached the state of solid health. If your son scrabbled his way up out of the pit of MS back to fully functional health, let's call it what it is: he cured himself.
Yeah, and I’d add that each of our lives is a data point and ‘evidence’. If a doctor sees a patient switch to a keto diet and see great improvements, and if nothing else changes in the persons lifestyle, then it’s ‘evidence’ (though not ‘proof’) that the diet is working/helping the patient out. N=1 experiments provide ‘evidence’. Too many physicians dismiss that. I think a big a part of the physician bias towards drugs is that it empowers THEM over empowering the patient.
The reason I was sceptical for so long about keto/carnivore was because the lack of evidence, until I realized the reason why there is no evidence... Keep up the good work!
The thing is there hasn't been a lack of evidence for a long time. In fact, it's the most widely studied diet with more than a century's worth of research behind it. It's been shown medically effective in treating dozens of physical diseases, neurocognitive disorders, mental illnesses, and other health conditions. The evidence was there, but most refused to look at it or were simply ignorant that it existed.
As you mentioned, when a doctor says a diet is unsustainable it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Watching what Dr. Unwin is doing in the UK by helping his patients with lifestyle-first treatments for their metabolic health has been astounding. Very few patients need prescriptions because of the support he and his team provide. That is real medicine, IMO.
Doctors almost discouraged me out of my best diet/lifestyle ever. They should at least STFU or say good job losing the weight and off all your BP and mental meds. Well done. Instead of the outdated scare tactics about fat. FU doctors. Never going back. Don’t need you anymore. So freeing being med free!
N=1 experiments is what works, all the way back to Moses. YHWH wanted every single person to experience their own burning bush. No intermediaries/ priests/ doctors needed.
I've been struggling to maintain carnivore because my wife likes to bake things that are tasty but unhealthy for me. "Sorry, honey, I can't eat that," feels like a rejection for her. But last week she baked some "keto-friendly" peanut butter cookies with coconut flour and erythritol and oh god the heartburn and gut rumbles they gave me... Nope. Not again. I told her straight up that I MUST avoid such things, I love you but please don't poison me. That reminds me, I have some brisket in the fridge that needs to go into the pressure cooker.
My mother in law loves to bake. As she has no eaters I take her baking to a charitable trust for adults with intellectual disabilities. She is one of their favorite persons. 😊 She feels happy to be appreciated.
Ask her to make you some meat instead. lol I was the baker and yet I'm the one doing carnivore, not my husband. Would be easier if we were eating the same foods.
My “healthy” high protein low carb cardiac ADA diet turned my liver into a glucose pumping machine. Finally found a diabetic specialist who drew a glucagon level (not the norm, apparently) which came back sky high. Started me on a high fat low carb low protein diet and, within a month, I’m off insulin and have normal blood sugars (I was getting up into the 500’s prior and insulin wasn’t working). Increasing salt has also made a huge difference. I feel like the universe is playing a joke on me. Everything I’d been taught about diet by our culture and my own nursing career has been shattered. I’m excited to see what the future brings
Going carnivore removed at least 90% of my joint and muscle pain, my skin condition, endless hunger and the anxiety and depression that have plagued me for 3 decades!
We need more people like you on the front line. Crowdfunding studies must be the way, I don't know if it will cover an entire study, but it atleast more ethical than what has been going on.
So much this... the FDA needs to be scrapped. It is nothing more than an arm of pharma at this point. There is essentially no regulatory body protecting the public from drugs that have real harm.
Yes! 40 years ago I was diagnosed by several doctors with severe UC. 9 out of 10 bad according to one gastroenterologist! Surgical removal of entire colon recommended. I rejected this! The doctors offered me NO hope of recovery. No internet back then so research was difficult. Long journey of experimenting with teas, probiotics, etc. etc. that made no difference. Never heard of Keto. Wasn't a thing back then. But decided diet of mostly meats & a few vegetables must be good for overall human health. Slowly, over about two years UC got better to point of total cure!! Went from Keto style diet to Carnivore a few years ago and never felt better!
I have been allergic to corn almost all of my life. And I had continuous headaches. I tried everything. I eventually lost my sense of smell. Hypothyroidism. Anemia. Which were proven in diagnostic testing. Digestive issues. Signs of liver cirrhosis. Then I started reading labels. I studied biochemistry and went to pharmacy school. Actually working with xanthum gum and cellulose made me go slightly insane. Long term anaphylaxis. And a feeling nothing would work. I traveled the world to find a solution even. And what I realized was corn makes 185 other chemicals, synthetic fabrics are toxic, so are most cleaners for your house and body, the water has too many chemicals even looking at the ppb. Paleo and Keto diets are probably the only things I can eat since I cannot have gluten and I cannot eat soy along with not having maize. Nixtilimated corn doesn’t have gluten due to lime washing but regular wet milled corn products make majority of chemicals and plastics. Too many sugars made from this. Stop hating the animals, corn is more toxic for the environment than a cow. It’s hard to find food and I can legally be poisoned since nobody cared to see where things like cellulose or citric acid are derived from. I can’t find food easily it’s like a treasure hunt. I know this is killing people just not in the same way to all. I hope more people wake up
I had IBS for years, when I asked if it was food related, one said it could be Lactose, the other suggested Fodmap diet. Finally I removed all grains and went low carb, symptoms gone. I spent thousands of dollars on no help. My partner has a very low CAC score with low Total Cholesterol, yesterday at his annual visit his doctor pushed statins, Why? Because he has some calcium deposits which statins do not remove, so he is assuming his diet has not improved? I hope the young take control of better health care for many of us think they are worse than witch doctors.
I agree totally. I hope that change comes sooner as I am already old enough to feel bad about within your lifetime. I have had a ketogenic diet since July 2019. Reversed my prediabetes and has helped control my cancer.
They want to prescribe injections for overweight people. They say the studies are proving that feeling nauscious, vomiting and diarehea is good for helping you lose weight. My goodness I agree with you Nick social eco systemns are sabotaging our ability to get healthy through a good keto diet. Keep up the good work.
I'm back to ketosis and in one month I've went from 196 to 181lbs, ya I felt kinda shit but all good now. The trick is to not get back eating carbs, I have failed a bout 5 times now.
As a liberal-leaning theist :).....I love that you keep working at it and haven't given up. Trying it and seeing results is one thing, but figuring out how to make it a sustainable lifestyle seems to be the challenge for most people.
@@bobhill4364 I don't believe in any god and I agree with almost everything conservative. Also, I absolutely hate the liberal policies and what they stand for.
I was a birth doula for 10 years, and in 2011 I re upped my certifications and in the reprocess learned via reading research that OBGYN is the least evidence based area of medicine in our country with only 12% of practices being evidence based. That means 88% of standard birth practices are not evidenced based but yet they still do them… Evidence based is almost meaningless at this point if you can pick and choose what to implement based on convince to an insurance company or hospital’s whims
Nick, I could not agree with you more. Healthcare is changing, our system can’t continue to handle the money going to surgeons. Pharma,I suppose, will always be a hot driver in research for there is lots of money to be made on the stock market! Thanks for the post, I will continue my journey watching you and others along the way.
The government regulatory agencies have totally failed. We need government funded studies in topics that may have high public good, but have low potential for profit. Large companies would prefer these studies not be done. 2 weeks on low carb and my blood pressure went to normal levels. I tried it because of what I heard from others with success. I'm so mad a doctor never mentioned this option. I had a decent whole food diet prior and was in decent health. I am mad at the whole food and medical system. I am essentially boycotting industrialized food, making our own and buying from local producers as much as possible. Our medical system in Canada is so incompetent that many people do not have doctors and there is no credible plan to improve the situation. Its been many years and the problem just gets worse. Severely ill people have very low quality care. I just turned 60 and don't have a doctor. If I was on medication, it would be a difficult process to access it. Its not something we can depend on.
Reminds me of that one study where they gave one group of people Zoloft and then the other group just started running everyday. Running was just as effective for depression
They've been doing studies proving that for at least 40 years. The information has yet to reach doctors' brains, though. Sun exposure over the full body and eating fish also have excellent proven outcomes for depression, but you'll never hear your doctor mention either of those.
I was doing keto diet with a very limited number of "safe" fruit / veggies because I was reacting to so many of them.. Rashes, itching, joint pain, ear ringing, etc. I was mainly eating grass fed meat with a little "safe" fruit. But my PC doctor HATED that. She wanted to send me to a "shrink" because "why aren't you eating more foods?". Telling her all the problems those other foods cause got me nowhere. So I dumped her. Now I am doing carnivore as those few "safe" fruits were causing issues too.. The food in this country just isn't safe to eat. They put too much junk on it.
I'm a vegetarian for 30 years, but found myself avoiding fresh produce about two years ago. Only eating frozen. The chemicals are overwhelming. I couldn't figure out why I was avoiding them, but facts are starting to appear in the news. I took iron for anemia from surgery and it worked so slowly I started taking heme iron. In less than 3 weeks, the inability to balance on one leg after chemo and radiation 20 years ago reversed. ??? It makes me suspect my methylated B vitamins are not being absorbed. So, a mystery. I'm not religious about not eating meat, I just don't like it. It's difficult to eat with my dentures, also.
@terriem3922 did you ever consider your vitamin deficiency and inability to recovery are from not eating meat? Supplements don't relieve replace a good steak. Cut up small, filet, butter.
@@jenjabba6210Please, don't be that person. A little meat never killed anyone but butter has. I would suggest leaner meat like fish if you want to add to your diet a good source of b vitamins and omega 3's you might be lacking. I'm in favor of a valid diet that's actually been studied for health outcomes. Up to ~10% of calories from saturated fat is okay enough, but more than that isn't doing you any favors.
@@mikafoxx2717 can you please provide the evidence backed pier reviewed study for the diet you are claiming is a valid diet? Sounds like you are claiming the standard american diet is evidence based.
I have IBD. I used to eat a lot of candy and cookies and crackers because they were "easier" on my system. By easier, eating full meals was hard because it hurt to eat a lot of food. Now that I'm feeling better, and I'm eating full meals again, including healthier options, my cravings for junk food have decreased. I go down the candy aisle, and none of it appeals. Diet absolutely matters. I haven't had this much energy since I was a teenager, and my mood is so much better. My pain is also almost non existent.
Great post today Nick. I sent a newly graduated PA your Oreo video trying to educate him about LDL and sure enough he comes back with the not evidenced based argument. “All those guys talking about low carb diets are just trying to sell you something. I base all my beliefs on what the professional organizations say is true.” he wrote. Carry on and hope for a wave of metabolic enlightenment.
The irony is: that video is evidence. If the reply is "not evidence based" he has dismissed the evidence in front of him. I do not think he knows what the word means.
I too had ulcerative colitis and started with the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, moved on to Keto, then ketovore! I took the med prescribed for just a couple of days and quit made me feel worse. Haven’t had any issues with UC for several years.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet healed Ulcerative Colitis for me, biopsy confirmed, and gave back my health. The GI, who had recommended preventative colectomy because having had UC for 30 years gave a high risk of developing colon cancer, was amazed at my healing and told to “keep doing whatever you’re doing” but did not want to know anything about the diet that affected it. My GP however read all up on the SCD and was very supportive and excited about it. I’ve been UC free for 20 years now, still have to be careful about diet and go on occasional keto or ultra strict SCD bouts to maintain good health. It helps mental health too; the gut-brain connection is real.
How do we fix the problem? 1. Adopt a low carb ketogenic lifestyle. 2. Actively do the opposite of whatever the FDA and WHO recommend. 3. Politely push back whenever any standard drug-pushing doctor recommends anything that violates #1 and #2 above.
I've been put on lifelong meds several times for various reasons. Many times the doctor didn't even specialize in the topics but these are new meds. Pill free is the way to be. Fast is free and cures all
The same reasoning, sadly, applies to the lack of evidence for the efficacy of many vitamins, minerals, and supplements. I like to cross reference any research with .edu's, nih, and cdc. I noticed some odd wording that seemed to be almost scripted in terms of how closely it was repeated in various sources. And that wording was that "there is insufficient evidence" regarding the efficacy of various vitamin mineral, and or supplement therapies. And I began to wonder if the reason for that might be that there just wasn't enough intentional research being done. Thank you, for helping to highlight this.
I too am stunned at the xontinuing misseducation of the US population tegarding diet. There is a reason the UK/European Union seems to outright ban many ingredients typically found in US food products and why folks who step out of the "norms" of US diet and try Keto or any other diet limiting processed garbage along with sugar beging to feel better.
"Healthcare mutiny at foot" now that would be awesome. Sadly however once greed takes over in any field history shows it's all but impossible to turn it around. Generally the systemic greed leads to the downfall of the entire society.
Okay, but how do you unwind it? Broad generalizations are fine to get pointed in a generally good direction, but the devil is always in the details. The amount of money, connected systems, business models and support structure built around it are tremendous and well-connected. The medical swamp is deep and wide and there are way too many people who are living high on the hog that not only have zero desire to change it, but will actively work against anyone trying to do so.
You have mastered the mixed metaphor, here's another, plant trees that you know you'll never sit under in your lifetime, in other words, it could take generations of many people changing course, like how we got here in the first place.
@@roberth721 Yes, of course it will. The time it'll take is not in question, nor is the desire to actually start. What you're stating though is just another broad generalization of "we need to do something". I'm asking about specifics given the reality, scope and magnitude of a multi-faceted, highly complex set of issues. Ideological musings make for great, clickable videos, but do little to help solve actual problems.
@@dasfahrer8187 Okay, one specific is the number of people testifying about their results and broadcasting on a global communication system, when enough people hear a certain idea it eventually shifts thought.
Have hope everyone. When I was first diagnosed diabetic even as late as 8 years ago the doctor and educator pushed the standard diabetic diet. Over 50 carbs a day. I felt fortunate that I found diabetic forums that were having success with LCHF. I’m so grateful I gave it a try. But the most amazing thing is that that last Endo retired and my new one was in his practice. Her and her team embrace low carb and are thrilled. It’s happening. It’s just heartbreaking that diabetes and other diseases became big money and it all got distorted. It has hurt a lot of people. ☮️
I am an engineer. We are accustomed to doing small, but effective confirmatory studies (to confirm that the mechanisms observed behavior is consistent with the model). Engineers focus on the details of mechanism. If a logically consistent mechanistic model exists, it is assumed to be an accurate description unless a study *disproves* it. If a model doesn't exist then before any large scale studies are undertaken, a mechanism is proposed and logically vetted and then a study is done. Engineers don't do studies in order to develop models, they develop models based on logic and then test those models to *confirm* correctness. The crazy thing about the medical field in general is the way that they'll use studies without any prior model (i.e. hypothesis) to test. Now, this is certainly not true of all researchers, but IMO, it is too common and too accepted. It should be generally unacceptable to undertake a study without a hypothesis (mechanisric model) to test. To do so, is counter to the fundamental properties of the scientific process. Without a hypothesis to direct the study, the study is likely to produce data that is little more than random noise when studying any complex system (and the body is a complex system). Of course the pharma companies do have a hypothesis. Their hypothesis is that their expensive drug works, but the failure rate of drugs (i.e. those with positive effects that are insignificant) are due to the pharma companies not trying to develop new models, based on logic, but rather trying to concoct a model that fits their business.
It does seem that the engineering mindset does lead towards acceptance of low carb, keto, and carnivore diets. Ivor Cummins was one of those providing the reasoning that led me to change my diet in that direction.
One of the most hilarious things I've ever seen in my life was group of engineering buddies in a full-blown fight over the best way to build a two-car garage. Relevant to nothing, but pretty damn funny
One of your better posts. Keep them coming. I am a long term type II diabetic who found low carb 5 years ago and changed my life. I am also a health economist who edits a health systems Journal. Just got approval to do a special collection on Type II and health systems. We are fighting this failure every way we can!
I've been around since the early 60s. "No one is coming to help you", and the mighty buck rules. But we, the people, can solve it by taking matters into our own hands, starting regenerative farms and ranches, give Big Food the finger and stay healthy. That'll do it.
Good luck getting anyone to listen to you. I’ve been telling people about Bitcoin for years. The fake money they use is collapsing and will destroy a lot of people. When it happens, all I will do is wear, everyday, my t-shirt with the Bitcoin logo that says,“ I told you so.”
The system has been broken for a while. Always interesting how the statistics are always never mentioned to the public except in the papers: Number of subjects, controls, and the “values” they generate. I’ve seen an MRI of an MS patient who underwent a self initiated intensive Vitamin B supplementation. Her MD couldn’t believe it was her scan because of the marked decrease in plaques. Recently a young acquaintance with Ulcerative Colitis, who hadn’t been able to work because of it, changed his diet on his own after researching things himself and over the course of 6 months is not suffering from it anymore. And there’s plenty of “evidence” when it comes to musculoskeletal problems. One has to research and try things out based on one’s personal health challenges. Patience, dedication, and the hard work of discipline are required. Unfortunately, young children are still the likeliest to undergo medical treatments that are not appropriate in the long run. “Transitioning “ being the current worse one.
I'm 41 and haven't had health insurance since I was 18. I bike 2,000 miles a year and lift weights 3 hours a week. Doctor nowadays only care about making money, that's why I stay away from them.
I fully support what you are doing and I think your contribution to this field is incredible given your age and "junior" status thus far. As someone who also inhabits the sort of counter-cultural space of lifestyle-first metabolic health focused approaches to health, I often find myself at odds with both sides of the loud arguments back and forth between "tow-the-line" healthcare communicators vs diet zealots. I imagine that you find yourself commonly associated with the latter, and I think you do a great job of navigating that. When it comes to discussions of LDL/ApoB, it seems like both camps tend to characterize you as being on the side of the diet zealots who deny the causal role of ApoB in ASCVD, and though you often clarify that is not the case, I have not seen you explain your reasoning in more depth. I think you've earned the trust of a lot of folks in the Keto/Carnivore community, and you have an audience that would be willing to hear you out if you presented your in-depth and nuanced explanation of the evidence as to why ApoB does actually matter. Would you consider a series on where you stand with regard to ApoB for the general population aside from LMHR?
Doctors are people that can memorize a book. Most other occupations that need intelligence also require you to USE the knowledge. Ive met few doctors that can actually think in my 62 years.
Who do you mean by “they”? Healthcare providers are trained to follow evidence based recommendations. It is difficult to make dietary recommendations that apply to the majority population of many disease processes. Research is not just performed by generic forces. Someone has to have stake in the results that is willing to fund research. Pharmacology companies have stake to fund medical research on medications. They have no reason to fund research into diet modification. Organic farmers have stake to fund research into the benefits of eating clean, but they have much less money to fund research into rigorous trials. It isn’t a conscious effort to avoid research on diet, it is a result of our social priorities and economic power. Also, patients are often more interested in easy fixes to problems than in putting in effort to change their lifestyle.
I’ve contributed to your “thanks” jar twice over the past several months, and will continue to do so. Everyone should do that. This video is a good example of why.
Keep up the good work nick! Food is medicine! After 2 years of myself being low carb Recently convinced my father to cut bread from his diet and he was astonished at the improvements that made. More and more people are waking up.
As a former UC vs. Crohn's patient, for me the cures were free and accidentally stumbled into. Free of expense from a medical expense point of view. Low carb eating and fasting which I entered trying to fix NASH and diabetes in 2006. I had the bowel issues stemming from a seronegative spondyloarthopathies. Changing up the diet habits also slowed the inflammation down. Thanks!
I find it so discouraging to seek "health" care. No one I have found even asks about diet or exercise. They do try to bully me into taking a statin, or other cholesterol lowering drug though. Despite the fact that I had a severe reaction to a statin. I went from a very active person to barely being able to move and severe muscle cramping.
Great content. I’m sure it’s what many of us needed and wanted to hear today. Your videos are important. Please keep offering your opinion and please stay curious…♾️
The words 'balance' and 'moderation' are used to shut down discussion, theyre a form of virtue signalling. Just reject anyone who uses them as a basis for argument
Our social ecosystem and food are definitely conspiring against us health wise. When one is not socially "affected" by social norms, it's easier to switch to carnivore. I see those that have social ties are most against changing diet for their health. Even though it's their lifestyle circle that is causing their illnesses, they would rather continue to drink and eat as entertainment, and take prescription drugs, even for life. Until we wake up to the fact that the social ecosystem is part of the agenda against us, we will see an unfortunate demise of humans at an earlier and earlier age.
You are articulating my issue with the current evidence based dogmas today. Yes, its great to have hard data on proper protocols but when they don't work for many people, you need to revise those protocols for at least some people. Out of desperation I went carnivore and it solved 90% of my chronic health issues. I didn't have any faith it would work but here I am.
I would argue that nobody's actually looked at something like the Canada food guide and followed it to a T. They eat junk and get sick, and when they get recommendations to lower sodium etc, they end up only doing a small amount thanks to all the easy fast foods available that don't do their diet any favors. If you made everything from scratch at home like you do for keto, you'd probably be at least as good feeling, plant dominant or otherwise, and you can be relieved that the large body of saturated and trans fat research results are in your favor.
@@mikafoxx2717 I don't think the canada food guide is a good guide for most people if they are still saying grains are the most important food item. But yeah I agree if you make more homemade simple foods you would probably be better off.
@@mikafoxx2717 Id also like to point out that I ate close to the Canada food guide as it is now, didn't add much sodium, or eat a lot of red meat at all for 15 years. It made me feel like crap and had all kinds of chronic issues. Out of desperation, I tried more of a carnivore/keto diet and 90% of my issues have gone away. Best of luck to you.
One question that came mind. If Keto the way to go for all people what does this mean for supply of food for 8.5 billion people? Before the invention of plant growth regulating chemicals there was a limit on crops - and limit to population. If we move to Keto is what will the ammount of food available be - on a global scale? Many are dependent on grain for survival. As far as I know giving the grain to cattle produces less food?
(1) Nobody said "keto is best for all people" here. (2) Keto is not necessarily a meat heavy diet, which is your implication it seems (3) People eating grain globally doesn't excuse the FDA from celebrating dipping pepperoni Pizza in Nutella... I feel like we are having very different conversations
I normally don't just say man. I agree with everything you just said on a TH-cam video and I'm much more critical, but damn do I agree with everything you're saying. Being steep in a medical background, myself as a medical technologist and selling reagents, there is a huge financial incentive to not work on dietary or exercise approaches to cure chronic diseases.
I also want to be a metabolic health expert. There needs to be a new "design" created. One that breathes in and out but includes a lifestyle adjustment slowly. Incorporating daily exercise, perhaps ebb and flow of food choices. I read the comments here and most are fantastic insights and ideas. All the so-called diets that doctors really don't know how to talk about should become forefront in their conversation with patients, but sadly, it isn't there yet.
What are your thoughts on glucose sparring? Have you shared your thoughts on this (i.e the increase in blood glucose levels on low carb diets in some people)?
Love the content and positivity. I'm older than you and have lived through the lies and profiteering, so until I see a real shift in intent I will always be a, um, curmudgeon regarding the "Us Health Care System". It will probably not happen in my lifetime but I hoping it will for you.
At some point we need collaboration among healthcare professionals through the internet. Currently diagnosis is dependent on who’s in the room…we have the tools to easily expand who’s in the room(?)…it’s just a matter of monetizing it
Great video as always Nick! I hope one day we can put more money into these metabolic health studies and help more people from a lifestyle perspective!
It sill surprises me that any lean young people could suffer chronic health issues. My story was an attempt to die of a heart attack because I hated being a skinny shrimp. When I was a kid our doctor made house calls and it usually involved home remedies and time. Well at least today we have people like you looking for solutions through scientific examination including themself!
In Canada, at least, the answer to the headline question is that when the gubmint owns the health care, when it holds a monopoly on it, there is little recourse. Sadly, this is exactly how Canadians vote for it to be, and they'll continue to vote that way for the foreseeable future.
Hi Nick, is the weight of evidence for the LMHR being a good state to be in growing? I have total cholesterol of 340 (LDL251 /HDL 85 / Tri 53) recent CAC score 0. I too have UC which seems to be controlled (no medication) with low carb / fasting regime. BMI 21.
used to love the flavor profile of Nutella in my early 20s. caused such debilitating back aches tho, I had to give it up (1990). FFWD to 2024 .. and. well. rancid seed oils and junk carbs in a bottle is continuing to crush the hellthiest fitness junkies .. trying to jog. while wondering why they have fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression. high carb. or. low carb. (is still bad) when zero carb camps are winning in their health quests. lots of money in drugs. but. so what. is there a prize to die w/the most script bottles under your bed before you kick it ... ?
There is a simple solution to every study about everything from colestrol to carnivore to plantbased. For millenia humans had great GUT HEALTH! HUmans used to eat around 650 different types of food ranging from plants, meats , fish , nuts and so many other things. Today we eat around 15-20 different types , so the gut health is really bad for us all and the signaling to the brain from the gut is totally whrecked , making people addictive to different types of processed food. So simply put , everyone have lost the good stuff for the trillions living in our gut. Solution: Eat little of everthying and DIVERSE your food! We need diversification not simply stick to a specific food types and eat less, fast and train! End of story/ move on !
Nicholas Norwitz PhD I can give an answer: transparency as to the money/profit motive. Greed corrupts. Money is our medium of exchange and a necessary one. But when government functions are privatized, to those with a profit motive, and transparency is not the law that applies (e.g. trade secrets, etc.), then corruption enters. Our “for profit” health care system works when peer review transparency is enforced. Indeed, the opioid crisis would not have happened if ONE scientist at the FDA had not caved to personal motives over the public good. Keep doing what you’re doing!
When evidence is evaluated using "knowledge" aquired via dogmatic learning or via the lens of ideology, it can go terribly wrong. The number of research articles, where the entire conclusion relies on "low LDL is ALLWAYS better" is staggering. That should be everything that Christopher Gardner has done, right?
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day? Seriously?!? The last time I ate chocolate I chose 100% cacao and just one, admittedly large, bar of chocolate was enough to put me in gastronomic distress from top to bottom. I'm going to pass on the chocolate and stick with meat.
Question. How much toothpaste do you put on the brush with out thinking about it when you do it? Answer. Probably what you saw used in a toothpaste advertisement. Modern Healthcare is 99% commercial interest and 1% efficacy But if you look into the efficacy of cholesterol medications you might think modern Healthcare is %250 commercial interest and utterly unethical.
Basically, this talk is about how ideals have been corrupted. Moreover, conclusions are only as valid as the pre-assumptions precluding the logic. That's the realm of culture, not science. A bigger question is. If Western medicine, including its structures, needs to be questioned, why should it be the point of reference internationally with other medical paradigm being labelled as "alternative"?
Your thoughts on Glucose Goddess/Revolution (and her focus on "hacks" like eating carbs last)? Her message is more palatable for most because you don't need to go "extreme" like keto diet. At least she's killing the TH-cam game (being an attractive woman with French accent certainly helps)
$10 million for a metabolic health study: th-cam.com/video/oC93l1exNCA/w-d-xo.html Sounds like a good social media-funded project - or raise $4 million to hire lobbyists to get the FDA to fund it.
I disagree with the title. A better title is the "healthcare system" is not efficient and integrated with food-metabolic component of heath and overly focused on pharma-based health due to the current funding paradigm. (Okay "broken" is simple and short) Healthcare is not so much broken, as it has not evolved quickly to our increased health knowledge and understanding, thereby limiting the reallocation of healthcare and food research related funding. - Everything else is 100% correct.
Why do US researchers treat polysaccharides and mono/di-saccharides the same? Instead of going low-carb, go low-added-sugar. That means eat French baguette (no added sugar), not bagels (with added sugar).
Why do “We” still use it? “We” don’t. You might. Got a mouse in your pocket? Keto and then mostly carnivore has let me drop all my meds. Mental health is great now. Vegetables and nuts can cause depression. Please try carnivore if you’re depressed/anxious/insert any other mental health problem here. You literally have nothing to lose and your happiness to gain.
There is no reason for big business to be in the medical field thats not ehat its a bout . A docter in 1967 .well thats all its about money . Sorry , are all doctors bad and ignorent ? NO but very few . Its a tragedy . Ive seen the medical field get worse and worse over my life time . They just want to lean on druggs . I know had heart sugery when I was five .had problems all my life except when I changed mu diet several times . And that was vegtables , basic and meat . And now lotts of fat . So sad , its just a big business.
Not Broken! It's humming along perfectly the way it was designed by "them and for them" I fear we'll alway be gullible and pretending that it's just the way it is, somehow.
I grew up listening to Dr. Carlton Fredericks. He always talked about low carb, sugar, vitamin C...so many things. He was ahead of his time and recieves no credit for all that he did.
Im 61 and the only one of all the people I know who has been following a low carb diet for well over a decade. Everyone my age and younger is on meds and has been on meds for a long time...I am on zero meds..Im also somewhat active but not crazily so. Recently, an elderly friend of mine was told he is prediabetic and dr wanted to put him on medicine... I suggested he try diet change first, and he was able to bring his A1C down to a reasonable level....drs always kneejerk to meds right off the bat
Evidence-based does not mean rigorously proven fact. It's soft language that gives cover for others' interests. It diminishes critical thinking. Terrible...
Keep up the good work! Why don’t you make more joint content with reputable channels like Physionic or plant choppers? It would be very valuable to get some honest answers rather than propaganda. Thanks
Hear me out - I would PAY to be in a carnivore diet if they supplied me with everything I need when I need it. Why would I do this? Because I believe it's a good way to eat. I cannot be the only one that would personally help back a study I believe in......
Great video. This is one of the best summations of the medical industrial complex I have seen. Medicine in the U.S. is much better suited for acute problems than chronic disease. I agree with you about the myopic view that the quarter to quarter business cycle imposes on medical research. If metabolic studies can be done cheaply enough, would there be enough interest in a go fund me trial?
I continue to be drawn to the profoundly reasonable and logically formed arguments you present. Did you do debate in school, or are you just good at math?
I debate in life 🤣... thanks for the kind words.
You took the words out of my mouth.
@@nicknorwitzPhDpreach brother!
Debate is founded in the humanities, not math.
@@mlw5665 Debate and math are both expressions of logic, regardless of their institutional education silos. My question was around the origins of his strong application of logic.
Stop calling it health care.
It's medical business.
Call it Healthcare 2.0. Headache --> two aspirins Bug bite --> Bactine and bandaid High A1C -> Metformin High LDL --> Statins Overweight --> Fat shaming, SAD diet and exercise. Now --> Ozempic Sugar addiction? That's a psychological problem. This current system needs an upgrade and a reboot. We need to be preventing disease instead of throwing the medicine cart at it one symptom at a time.
Insurance. Yup. The biggest business.
The sickcare industry….
Medical services ≠ HEALTH care
"Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment
equally fit for birth, growth, work, healing, and dying... Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die."
Limits To Medicine: Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health, by Ivan Illich
Pouhahahah! LOL *** exactly ***
My son brought his multiple sclerosis under control to such a degree that he feels great and lives a normal life now. That happened when he changed his diet and stopped the meds. Food IS the medicine!
Love 💪😍
That’s wonderful, Kai. You must be so happy for him. 👏🇦🇺
I don't think it's that food is medicine. Rather it's that for some people certain foods are poison.
It's okay, you can use the word "cured." I don't know why they're trying to outlaw this word recently. I guess to get us to give up even the hope of someday reaching a fully cured condition, since they know they don't have that to offer. But we as human beings know when we've reached the state of solid health. If your son scrabbled his way up out of the pit of MS back to fully functional health, let's call it what it is: he cured himself.
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". I want a t-shirt with that print
I've been making similar arguments for ages! It's a shockingly common blind spot!
Good idea...
Yeah, and I’d add that each of our lives is a data point and ‘evidence’. If a doctor sees a patient switch to a keto diet and see great improvements, and if nothing else changes in the persons lifestyle, then it’s ‘evidence’ (though not ‘proof’) that the diet is working/helping the patient out. N=1 experiments provide ‘evidence’. Too many physicians dismiss that. I think a big a part of the physician bias towards drugs is that it empowers THEM over empowering the patient.
My Doc listened when I spoke about my keto diet and its affects on my Mental Health .Some will listen and take note .
I get a good laugh from Associated with , LOL
The reason I was sceptical for so long about keto/carnivore was because the lack of evidence, until I realized the reason why there is no evidence... Keep up the good work!
Yes, that's the sad truth. The only evidence is to proof it in our lifes:-)
The thing is there hasn't been a lack of evidence for a long time. In fact, it's the most widely studied diet with more than a century's worth of research behind it. It's been shown medically effective in treating dozens of physical diseases, neurocognitive disorders, mental illnesses, and other health conditions. The evidence was there, but most refused to look at it or were simply ignorant that it existed.
Apparently keto is the most studied diet in history , with thousands of Studies !!.
Everybody is reversing their Diabetes with a Carnivore Diet , The Mayo Clinic hasn't Cured a single Patient , EVER of their Diabetes
@@kenadams5504 Sure, when Keto is defined as "Low Carb" Low-carb diets contain less than 26% of calories from carbs, or less than 130g.
As you mentioned, when a doctor says a diet is unsustainable it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Watching what Dr. Unwin is doing in the UK by helping his patients with lifestyle-first treatments for their metabolic health has been astounding. Very few patients need prescriptions because of the support he and his team provide.
That is real medicine, IMO.
David is great!!
Doctors almost discouraged me out of my best diet/lifestyle ever. They should at least STFU or say good job losing the weight and off all your BP and mental meds. Well done. Instead of the outdated scare tactics about fat. FU doctors. Never going back. Don’t need you anymore. So freeing being med free!
I had ulcerative colitis too...I went carnivore. No more colitis, no more arthritis, no more heartburn, and no more brain fog.
Love you're doing well!!
Nick, would you be willing to make a playlist on how you addressed your UC?
N=1 experiments is what works, all the way back to Moses.
YHWH wanted every single person to experience their own burning bush.
No intermediaries/ priests/ doctors needed.
@@devittm1979it would be great
N=100,000 on Dr. Shawn Baker’s REVERO program. Carnivore lifestyle reverses all diseases🎉
I've been struggling to maintain carnivore because my wife likes to bake things that are tasty but unhealthy for me. "Sorry, honey, I can't eat that," feels like a rejection for her. But last week she baked some "keto-friendly" peanut butter cookies with coconut flour and erythritol and oh god the heartburn and gut rumbles they gave me...
Nope. Not again. I told her straight up that I MUST avoid such things, I love you but please don't poison me. That reminds me, I have some brisket in the fridge that needs to go into the pressure cooker.
I have a similar issue, stand firm. Only you can take care of you, proud of you.
Hard conversations are usually the most important
My mother in law loves to bake. As she has no eaters I take her baking to a charitable trust for adults with intellectual disabilities. She is one of their favorite persons. 😊 She feels happy to be appreciated.
It's not that I CAN'T eat that, it's that I WON'T eat that... Personal accountability seems to go against the norm...
Ask her to make you some meat instead. lol I was the baker and yet I'm the one doing carnivore, not my husband. Would be easier if we were eating the same foods.
This is a great viewpoint on the healthcare - great video
Thanks :) Appreciate it.
Why hello natural Dr!
Thanks for all you do, Dr Berg bet we meet one day once BTC hits a Million or so I’ll finely be free from the matrix.
My “healthy” high protein low carb cardiac ADA diet turned my liver into a glucose pumping machine. Finally found a diabetic specialist who drew a glucagon level (not the norm, apparently) which came back sky high. Started me on a high fat low carb low protein diet and, within a month, I’m off insulin and have normal blood sugars (I was getting up into the 500’s prior and insulin wasn’t working). Increasing salt has also made a huge difference. I feel like the universe is playing a joke on me. Everything I’d been taught about diet by our culture and my own nursing career has been shattered. I’m excited to see what the future brings
Going carnivore removed at least 90% of my joint and muscle pain, my skin condition, endless hunger and the anxiety and depression that have plagued me for 3 decades!
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We need more people like you on the front line. Crowdfunding studies must be the way, I don't know if it will cover an entire study, but it atleast more ethical than what has been going on.
Working on it
So much this... the FDA needs to be scrapped. It is nothing more than an arm of pharma at this point. There is essentially no regulatory body protecting the public from drugs that have real harm.
Yes! 40 years ago I was diagnosed by several doctors with severe UC. 9 out of 10 bad according to one gastroenterologist! Surgical removal of entire colon recommended. I rejected this! The doctors offered me NO hope of recovery.
No internet back then so research was difficult. Long journey of experimenting with teas, probiotics, etc. etc. that made no difference. Never heard of Keto. Wasn't a thing back then. But decided diet of mostly meats & a few vegetables must be good for overall human health. Slowly, over about two years UC got better to point of total cure!!
Went from Keto style diet to Carnivore a few years ago and never felt better!
I have been allergic to corn almost all of my life. And I had continuous headaches. I tried everything. I eventually lost my sense of smell. Hypothyroidism. Anemia. Which were proven in diagnostic testing. Digestive issues. Signs of liver cirrhosis. Then I started reading labels. I studied biochemistry and went to pharmacy school. Actually working with xanthum gum and cellulose made me go slightly insane. Long term anaphylaxis. And a feeling nothing would work. I traveled the world to find a solution even. And what I realized was corn makes 185 other chemicals, synthetic fabrics are toxic, so are most cleaners for your house and body, the water has too many chemicals even looking at the ppb. Paleo and Keto diets are probably the only things I can eat since I cannot have gluten and I cannot eat soy along with not having maize. Nixtilimated corn doesn’t have gluten due to lime washing but regular wet milled corn products make majority of chemicals and plastics. Too many sugars made from this. Stop hating the animals, corn is more toxic for the environment than a cow. It’s hard to find food and I can legally be poisoned since nobody cared to see where things like cellulose or citric acid are derived from. I can’t find food easily it’s like a treasure hunt. I know this is killing people just not in the same way to all. I hope more people wake up
'Evidence based' means producing the results desired by the funders of said 'evidence'.
😂. So true. No one will pay for study that gives results other than what they are looking for.
I had IBS for years, when I asked if it was food related, one said it could be Lactose, the other suggested Fodmap diet. Finally I removed all grains and went low carb, symptoms gone. I spent thousands of dollars on no help. My partner has a very low CAC score with low Total Cholesterol, yesterday at his annual visit his doctor pushed statins, Why? Because he has some calcium deposits which statins do not remove, so he is assuming his diet has not improved? I hope the young take control of better health care for many of us think they are worse than witch doctors.
Lol, my doc was incredulous when I told her to stick her statins where the sun dont shine.
Same for me except it turned out I became lactose intolerant in my 30s.
I agree totally. I hope that change comes sooner as I am already old enough to feel bad about within your lifetime. I have had a ketogenic diet since July 2019. Reversed my prediabetes and has helped control my cancer.
AMAZING! Go you!
They want to prescribe injections for overweight people. They say the studies are proving that feeling nauscious, vomiting and diarehea is good for helping you lose weight.
My goodness I agree with you Nick social eco systemns are sabotaging our ability to get healthy through a good keto diet.
Keep up the good work.
I'm back to ketosis and in one month I've went from 196 to 181lbs, ya I felt kinda shit but all good now. The trick is to not get back eating carbs, I have failed a bout 5 times now.
A blip doesn't define us when it comes to food.
Man... There's no such thing as an atheist conservative. Hopefully you continue to grow and see that. But good look on your health journey.
As a liberal-leaning theist :).....I love that you keep working at it and haven't given up. Trying it and seeing results is one thing, but figuring out how to make it a sustainable lifestyle seems to be the challenge for most people.
Ketosis feels good!
@@bobhill4364 I don't believe in any god and I agree with almost everything conservative. Also, I absolutely hate the liberal policies and what they stand for.
I was a birth doula for 10 years, and in 2011 I re upped my certifications and in the reprocess learned via reading research that OBGYN is the least evidence based area of medicine in our country with only 12% of practices being evidence based. That means 88% of standard birth practices are not evidenced based but yet they still do them… Evidence based is almost meaningless at this point if you can pick and choose what to implement based on convince to an insurance company or hospital’s whims
Nick, I could not agree with you more. Healthcare is changing, our system can’t continue to handle the money going to surgeons. Pharma,I suppose, will always be a hot driver in research for there is lots of money to be made on the stock market! Thanks for the post, I will continue my journey watching you and others along the way.
Go team!!
The government regulatory agencies have totally failed. We need government funded studies in topics that may have high public good, but have low potential for profit. Large companies would prefer these studies not be done.
2 weeks on low carb and my blood pressure went to normal levels. I tried it because of what I heard from others with success. I'm so mad a doctor never mentioned this option. I had a decent whole food diet prior and was in decent health.
I am mad at the whole food and medical system. I am essentially boycotting industrialized food, making our own and buying from local producers as much as possible. Our medical system in Canada is so incompetent that many people do not have doctors and there is no credible plan to improve the situation. Its been many years and the problem just gets worse. Severely ill people have very low quality care. I just turned 60 and don't have a doctor. If I was on medication, it would be a difficult process to access it. Its not something we can depend on.
Nice Nick as a 19 years scientist this content is amazing
Thanks! Appreciate it!
Reminds me of that one study where they gave one group of people Zoloft and then the other group just started running everyday.
Running was just as effective for depression
They've been doing studies proving that for at least 40 years. The information has yet to reach doctors' brains, though.
Sun exposure over the full body and eating fish also have excellent proven outcomes for depression, but you'll never hear your doctor mention either of those.
I was doing keto diet with a very limited number of "safe" fruit / veggies because I was reacting to so many of them.. Rashes, itching, joint pain, ear ringing, etc. I was mainly eating grass fed meat with a little "safe" fruit. But my PC doctor HATED that. She wanted to send me to a "shrink" because "why aren't you eating more foods?". Telling her all the problems those other foods cause got me nowhere. So I dumped her. Now I am doing carnivore as those few "safe" fruits were causing issues too.. The food in this country just isn't safe to eat. They put too much junk on it.
I'm a vegetarian for 30 years, but found myself avoiding fresh produce about two years ago. Only eating frozen. The chemicals are overwhelming. I couldn't figure out why I was avoiding them, but facts are starting to appear in the news.
I took iron for anemia from surgery and it worked so slowly I started taking heme iron. In less than 3 weeks, the inability to balance on one leg after chemo and radiation 20 years ago reversed. ??? It makes me suspect my methylated B vitamins are not being absorbed. So, a mystery. I'm not religious about not eating meat, I just don't like it. It's difficult to eat with my dentures, also.
@terriem3922 did you ever consider your vitamin deficiency and inability to recovery are from not eating meat? Supplements don't relieve replace a good steak. Cut up small, filet, butter.
@@jenjabba6210Please, don't be that person. A little meat never killed anyone but butter has. I would suggest leaner meat like fish if you want to add to your diet a good source of b vitamins and omega 3's you might be lacking. I'm in favor of a valid diet that's actually been studied for health outcomes. Up to ~10% of calories from saturated fat is okay enough, but more than that isn't doing you any favors.
@@mikafoxx271760% of calories from sat fat 😋
@@mikafoxx2717 can you please provide the evidence backed pier reviewed study for the diet you are claiming is a valid diet? Sounds like you are claiming the standard american diet is evidence based.
I’m a big fan of individual stories of success x thousands of stories as evidence.
I have IBD. I used to eat a lot of candy and cookies and crackers because they were "easier" on my system. By easier, eating full meals was hard because it hurt to eat a lot of food. Now that I'm feeling better, and I'm eating full meals again, including healthier options, my cravings for junk food have decreased. I go down the candy aisle, and none of it appeals. Diet absolutely matters. I haven't had this much energy since I was a teenager, and my mood is so much better. My pain is also almost non existent.
Great post today Nick. I sent a newly graduated PA your Oreo video trying to educate him about LDL and sure enough he comes back with the not evidenced based argument. “All those guys talking about low carb diets are just trying to sell you something. I base all my beliefs on what the professional organizations say is true.” he wrote. Carry on and hope for a wave of metabolic enlightenment.
Ha! What am I selling! If he looked in my wallet he may have a different opinion. I've LOST so much $ on my research.
The irony being that the professional organizations are the ones actually selling something.
The irony is: that video is evidence. If the reply is "not evidence based" he has dismissed the evidence in front of him. I do not think he knows what the word means.
@@nicknorwitzPhD
Many have tried and failed to make money from keto. We can start at A for Atkins. 😁
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Trying to sell, you something by getting you to consume less possibly the definition of cognitive dissident
Why aren't the big meat producers getting behind keto or carnivore studies? So they can finally show the effectiveness?
Who says they aren't/can't be convinced to do so... they may just need the right pitch from the right person(s)
I believe that they just don't want to expose themselves to criticism by the anti meat/ pro plant based groups!
You are one of the scientist I can trust
Thank you 🙏🏻
I too had ulcerative colitis and started with the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, moved on to Keto, then ketovore! I took the med prescribed for just a couple of days and quit made me feel worse. Haven’t had any issues with UC for several years.
Awesome!
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet healed Ulcerative Colitis for me, biopsy confirmed, and gave back my health. The GI, who had recommended preventative colectomy because having had UC for 30 years gave a high risk of developing colon cancer, was amazed at my healing and told to “keep doing whatever you’re doing” but did not want to know anything about the diet that affected it. My GP however read all up on the SCD and was very supportive and excited about it. I’ve been UC free for 20 years now, still have to be careful about diet and go on occasional keto or ultra strict SCD bouts to maintain good health. It helps mental health too; the gut-brain connection is real.
How do we fix the problem?
1. Adopt a low carb ketogenic lifestyle.
2. Actively do the opposite of whatever the FDA and WHO recommend.
3. Politely push back whenever any standard drug-pushing doctor recommends anything that violates #1 and #2 above.
I've been put on lifelong meds several times for various reasons. Many times the doctor didn't even specialize in the topics but these are new meds. Pill free is the way to be. Fast is free and cures all
So basically, those so-called brilliant physicians are not that brilliant! Thanks for confirming something I discovered also during the beer pandemic.
Brilliant in the way that a locomotive is powerful: can pull a lot of weight but confined to a set of tracks…
"beer pandemic" ... ???
@@nicknorwitzPhDMexican beer called Corona similar to a well known virus which shall not be named ;)
@@nicknorwitzPhDcorona
The same reasoning, sadly, applies to the lack of evidence for the efficacy of many vitamins, minerals, and supplements.
I like to cross reference any research with .edu's, nih, and cdc. I noticed some odd wording that seemed to be almost scripted in terms of how closely it was repeated in various sources. And that wording was that "there is insufficient evidence" regarding the efficacy of various vitamin mineral, and or supplement therapies.
And I began to wonder if the reason for that might be that there just wasn't enough intentional research being done.
Thank you, for helping to highlight this.
I too am stunned at the xontinuing misseducation of the US population tegarding diet. There is a reason the UK/European Union seems to outright ban many ingredients typically found in US food products and why folks who step out of the "norms" of US diet and try Keto or any other diet limiting processed garbage along with sugar beging to feel better.
Modern healthcare isn’t broken it’s fixed.
"Healthcare mutiny at foot" now that would be awesome. Sadly however once greed takes over in any field history shows it's all but impossible to turn it around. Generally the systemic greed leads to the downfall of the entire society.
You sir, will be a leader in the war to reform this mess of a medical system. Be strong, and prosper.
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Okay, but how do you unwind it? Broad generalizations are fine to get pointed in a generally good direction, but the devil is always in the details. The amount of money, connected systems, business models and support structure built around it are tremendous and well-connected. The medical swamp is deep and wide and there are way too many people who are living high on the hog that not only have zero desire to change it, but will actively work against anyone trying to do so.
You have mastered the mixed metaphor, here's another, plant trees that you know you'll never sit under in your lifetime, in other words, it could take generations of many people changing course, like how we got here in the first place.
@@roberth721 Yes, of course it will. The time it'll take is not in question, nor is the desire to actually start. What you're stating though is just another broad generalization of "we need to do something". I'm asking about specifics given the reality, scope and magnitude of a multi-faceted, highly complex set of issues. Ideological musings make for great, clickable videos, but do little to help solve actual problems.
@@dasfahrer8187 Okay, one specific is the number of people testifying about their results and broadcasting on a global communication system, when enough people hear a certain idea it eventually shifts thought.
Have hope everyone. When I was first diagnosed diabetic even as late as 8 years ago the doctor and educator pushed the standard diabetic diet. Over 50 carbs a day. I felt fortunate that I found diabetic forums that were having success with LCHF. I’m so grateful I gave it a try.
But the most amazing thing is that that last Endo retired and my new one was in his practice. Her and her team embrace low carb and are thrilled. It’s happening. It’s just heartbreaking that diabetes and other diseases became big money and it all got distorted. It has hurt a lot of people. ☮️
It has killed a lot of people.
I am an engineer. We are accustomed to doing small, but effective confirmatory studies (to confirm that the mechanisms observed behavior is consistent with the model).
Engineers focus on the details of mechanism. If a logically consistent mechanistic model exists, it is assumed to be an accurate description unless a study *disproves* it. If a model doesn't exist then before any large scale studies are undertaken, a mechanism is proposed and logically vetted and then a study is done. Engineers don't do studies in order to develop models, they develop models based on logic and then test those models to *confirm* correctness.
The crazy thing about the medical field in general is the way that they'll use studies without any prior model (i.e. hypothesis) to test.
Now, this is certainly not true of all researchers, but IMO, it is too common and too accepted. It should be generally unacceptable to undertake a study without a hypothesis (mechanisric model) to test. To do so, is counter to the fundamental properties of the scientific process. Without a hypothesis to direct the study, the study is likely to produce data that is little more than random noise when studying any complex system (and the body is a complex system).
Of course the pharma companies do have a hypothesis. Their hypothesis is that their expensive drug works, but the failure rate of drugs (i.e. those with positive effects that are insignificant) are due to the pharma companies not trying to develop new models, based on logic, but rather trying to concoct a model that fits their business.
It does seem that the engineering mindset does lead towards acceptance of low carb, keto, and carnivore diets. Ivor Cummins was one of those providing the reasoning that led me to change my diet in that direction.
@@paulcampbell840 because the mechanism makes sense and there are no studies that disprove the mechanism. That's science.
One of the most hilarious things I've ever seen in my life was group of engineering buddies in a full-blown fight over the best way to build a two-car garage. Relevant to nothing, but pretty damn funny
One of your better posts. Keep them coming. I am a long term type II diabetic who found low carb 5 years ago and changed my life. I am also a health economist who edits a health systems Journal. Just got approval to do a special collection on Type II and health systems. We are fighting this failure every way we can!
I've been around since the early 60s. "No one is coming to help you", and the mighty buck rules. But we, the people, can solve it by taking matters into our own hands, starting regenerative farms and ranches, give Big Food the finger and stay healthy. That'll do it.
Good luck getting anyone to listen to you. I’ve been telling people about Bitcoin for years. The fake money they use is collapsing and will destroy a lot of people. When it happens, all I will do is wear, everyday, my t-shirt with the Bitcoin logo that says,“ I told you so.”
Thank You, Nick! This was a "Grand Slam" of a presentation.
Glad you liked it!
Great video, keep clearly articulating good health over managed medical care.
thanks!
The system has been broken for a while.
Always interesting how the statistics are always never mentioned to the public except in the papers: Number of subjects, controls, and the “values” they generate.
I’ve seen an MRI of an MS patient who underwent a self initiated intensive Vitamin B supplementation. Her MD couldn’t believe it was her scan because of the marked decrease in plaques.
Recently a young acquaintance with Ulcerative Colitis, who hadn’t been able to work because of it, changed his diet on his own after researching things himself and over the course of 6 months is not suffering from it anymore.
And there’s plenty of “evidence” when it comes to musculoskeletal problems.
One has to research and try things out based on one’s personal health challenges. Patience, dedication, and the hard work of discipline are required.
Unfortunately, young children are still the likeliest to undergo medical treatments that are not appropriate in the long run. “Transitioning “ being the current worse one.
I'm 41 and haven't had health insurance since I was 18. I bike 2,000 miles a year and lift weights 3 hours a week.
Doctor nowadays only care about making money, that's why I stay away from them.
I fully support what you are doing and I think your contribution to this field is incredible given your age and "junior" status thus far.
As someone who also inhabits the sort of counter-cultural space of lifestyle-first metabolic health focused approaches to health, I often find myself at odds with both sides of the loud arguments back and forth between "tow-the-line" healthcare communicators vs diet zealots. I imagine that you find yourself commonly associated with the latter, and I think you do a great job of navigating that.
When it comes to discussions of LDL/ApoB, it seems like both camps tend to characterize you as being on the side of the diet zealots who deny the causal role of ApoB in ASCVD, and though you often clarify that is not the case, I have not seen you explain your reasoning in more depth. I think you've earned the trust of a lot of folks in the Keto/Carnivore community, and you have an audience that would be willing to hear you out if you presented your in-depth and nuanced explanation of the evidence as to why ApoB does actually matter.
Would you consider a series on where you stand with regard to ApoB for the general population aside from LMHR?
Doctors are people that can memorize a book. Most other occupations that need intelligence also require you to USE the knowledge. Ive met few doctors that can actually think in my 62 years.
They do not care about us at all, this shows you right here.
Who do you mean by “they”? Healthcare providers are trained to follow evidence based recommendations. It is difficult to make dietary recommendations that apply to the majority population of many disease processes. Research is not just performed by generic forces. Someone has to have stake in the results that is willing to fund research. Pharmacology companies have stake to fund medical research on medications. They have no reason to fund research into diet modification. Organic farmers have stake to fund research into the benefits of eating clean, but they have much less money to fund research into rigorous trials. It isn’t a conscious effort to avoid research on diet, it is a result of our social priorities and economic power. Also, patients are often more interested in easy fixes to problems than in putting in effort to change their lifestyle.
I’ve contributed to your “thanks” jar twice over the past several months, and will continue to do so. Everyone should do that. This video is a good example of why.
So king tn Thomas!
Keep up the good work nick! Food is medicine! After 2 years of myself being low carb Recently convinced my father to cut bread from his diet and he was astonished at the improvements that made. More and more people are waking up.
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As a former UC vs. Crohn's patient, for me the cures were free and accidentally stumbled into. Free of expense from a medical expense point of view. Low carb eating and fasting which I entered trying to fix NASH and diabetes in 2006. I had the bowel issues stemming from a seronegative spondyloarthopathies. Changing up the diet habits also slowed the inflammation down. Thanks!
I find it so discouraging to seek "health" care. No one I have found even asks about diet or exercise. They do try to bully me into taking a statin, or other cholesterol lowering drug though. Despite the fact that I had a severe reaction to a statin. I went from a very active person to barely being able to move and severe muscle cramping.
Great content. I’m sure it’s what many of us needed and wanted to hear today. Your videos are important. Please keep offering your opinion and please stay curious…♾️
Thank you! Will do!
The words 'balance' and 'moderation' are used to shut down discussion, theyre a form of virtue signalling. Just reject anyone who uses them as a basis for argument
Our social ecosystem and food are definitely conspiring against us health wise. When one is not socially "affected" by social norms, it's easier to switch to carnivore. I see those that have social ties are most against changing diet for their health. Even though it's their lifestyle circle that is causing their illnesses, they would rather continue to drink and eat as entertainment, and take prescription drugs, even for life.
Until we wake up to the fact that the social ecosystem is part of the agenda against us, we will see an unfortunate demise of humans at an earlier and earlier age.
We avoid modern healthcare due to the cost alone. A pediatrician visit in 2024 costs $449.
Because of Obamacare, I’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars on “healthcare” I haven’t used.
Hi Nicolas.,
I know of a few sick Medical Professionals.
They Staying with Mainstream Medicine!
I’m concerned for them.. 😢
Soo happy you are well! 🎉
Med free from crohns for nearly 20 years from a low carb carnivore and berry diet.
It works.
It isn’t easy at first.
But part of life now.
What’s harder, the diet or active IBD?
@@nicknorwitzPhD I’ll take the clean diet and no crohns. ;) ❤️🙏
You are articulating my issue with the current evidence based dogmas today. Yes, its great to have hard data on proper protocols but when they don't work for many people, you need to revise those protocols for at least some people. Out of desperation I went carnivore and it solved 90% of my chronic health issues. I didn't have any faith it would work but here I am.
I would argue that nobody's actually looked at something like the Canada food guide and followed it to a T. They eat junk and get sick, and when they get recommendations to lower sodium etc, they end up only doing a small amount thanks to all the easy fast foods available that don't do their diet any favors. If you made everything from scratch at home like you do for keto, you'd probably be at least as good feeling, plant dominant or otherwise, and you can be relieved that the large body of saturated and trans fat research results are in your favor.
@@mikafoxx2717 I don't think the canada food guide is a good guide for most people if they are still saying grains are the most important food item. But yeah I agree if you make more homemade simple foods you would probably be better off.
@@sterlingkeful340 How to tell me you haven't looked at the Canadian food guide..
@@mikafoxx2717 way to be rude
@@mikafoxx2717 Id also like to point out that I ate close to the Canada food guide as it is now, didn't add much sodium, or eat a lot of red meat at all for 15 years. It made me feel like crap and had all kinds of chronic issues. Out of desperation, I tried more of a carnivore/keto diet and 90% of my issues have gone away. Best of luck to you.
One question that came mind.
If Keto the way to go for all people what does this mean for supply of food for 8.5 billion people?
Before the invention of plant growth regulating chemicals there was a limit on crops - and limit to population.
If we move to Keto is what will the ammount of food available be - on a global scale?
Many are dependent on grain for survival. As far as I know giving the grain to cattle produces less food?
(1) Nobody said "keto is best for all people" here. (2) Keto is not necessarily a meat heavy diet, which is your implication it seems (3) People eating grain globally doesn't excuse the FDA from celebrating dipping pepperoni Pizza in Nutella... I feel like we are having very different conversations
I normally don't just say man. I agree with everything you just said on a TH-cam video and I'm much more critical, but damn do I agree with everything you're saying. Being steep in a medical background, myself as a medical technologist and selling reagents, there is a huge financial incentive to not work on dietary or exercise approaches to cure chronic diseases.
Seems we agree… sorry you couldn’t find any conflict between us 😂
I also want to be a metabolic health expert. There needs to be a new "design" created. One that breathes in and out but includes a lifestyle adjustment slowly. Incorporating daily exercise, perhaps ebb and flow of food choices. I read the comments here and most are fantastic insights and ideas. All the so-called diets that doctors really don't know how to talk about should become forefront in their conversation with patients, but sadly, it isn't there yet.
Will get there... hopefully before I drop dead at the ripe old age of 157
@@nicknorwitzPhD Well it would be really nice Nick if you got there before I drop dead, and I'm a bit ahead of you already. LOL. 🤣
I like this. You're smart. I hope you don't sell out to the mudding and clickbaiting of important topics like most other youtubers do.
Watch me… also check out my Celery Butter video… my click bait isn’t avg click bait it’s legit bait
What are your thoughts on glucose sparring? Have you shared your thoughts on this (i.e the increase in blood glucose levels on low carb diets in some people)?
I’d be interested in this too
OMG I thought that picture of the pizza pudding had to be one of your AI illustrations 😭
Nope... real... very real
Love the content and positivity. I'm older than you and have lived through the lies and profiteering, so until I see a real shift in intent I will always be a, um, curmudgeon regarding the "Us Health Care System". It will probably not happen in my lifetime but I hoping it will for you.
"curmudgeon" ... that's a word I need to use more ;)
At some point we need collaboration among healthcare professionals through the internet. Currently diagnosis is dependent on who’s in the room…we have the tools to easily expand who’s in the room(?)…it’s just a matter of monetizing it
Healthy cognitive perspectives are essential to make informed decisions. I find that here☺️
Thank you
"absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." This is perfect.
Good statement
Probably one of the best explanations of the current state of nutritional research you'll find anywhere.
Wow, thanks 😊
Because it difficult to find a doctor who does anything more than prescribe some drug.
They do not seem to care.
I think most do… Do care…
Great video as always Nick! I hope one day we can put more money into these metabolic health studies and help more people from a lifestyle perspective!
Me too, but I don't think the government will be investing in metabolic health properly any time soon... would love to be wrong
@@nicknorwitzPhD We will support you by watching your videos!
@@Adrian-dw1hc thanks! that helps!!!
It sill surprises me that any lean young people could suffer chronic health issues. My story was an attempt to die of a heart attack because I hated being a skinny shrimp. When I was a kid our doctor made house calls and it usually involved home remedies and time. Well at least today we have people like you looking for solutions through scientific examination including themself!
Thanks... ya I thought I could outrun a bad diet (which I guess I thought was an okay diet at the time)... until I couldn't
In Canada, at least, the answer to the headline question is that when the gubmint owns the health care, when it holds a monopoly on it, there is little recourse. Sadly, this is exactly how Canadians vote for it to be, and they'll continue to vote that way for the foreseeable future.
This guy. Pretty sure he's from our 90s baby era. It's people lije him that is our only Hope for changing the boomer long traditions that need to end.
I am a 90s baby for sure!
@@nicknorwitzPhD thank you for representing us in the new era medical field. I hope you gain support.
@@StyleshStorm Seems to be happening :)
Hi Nick, is the weight of evidence for the LMHR being a good state to be in growing? I have total cholesterol of 340 (LDL251 /HDL 85 / Tri 53) recent CAC score 0. I too have UC which seems to be controlled (no medication) with low carb / fasting regime. BMI 21.
used to love the flavor profile of Nutella in my early 20s. caused such debilitating back aches tho, I had to give it up (1990). FFWD to 2024 .. and. well.
rancid seed oils and junk carbs in a bottle is continuing to crush the hellthiest fitness junkies .. trying to jog. while wondering why they have fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression.
high carb. or. low carb. (is still bad)
when zero carb camps are winning in their health quests. lots of money in drugs. but. so what. is there a prize to die w/the most script bottles under your bed before you kick it ... ?
There is a simple solution to every study about everything from colestrol to carnivore to plantbased. For millenia humans had great GUT HEALTH! HUmans used to eat around 650 different types of food ranging from plants, meats , fish , nuts and so many other things. Today we eat around 15-20 different types , so the gut health is really bad for us all and the signaling to the brain from the gut is totally whrecked , making people addictive to different types of processed food.
So simply put , everyone have lost the good stuff for the trillions living in our gut.
Solution:
Eat little of everthying and DIVERSE your food! We need diversification not simply stick to a specific food types and eat less, fast and train! End of story/ move on !
Nicholas Norwitz PhD I can give an answer: transparency as to the money/profit motive. Greed corrupts. Money is our medium of exchange and a necessary one. But when government functions are privatized, to those with a profit motive, and transparency is not the law that applies (e.g. trade secrets, etc.), then corruption enters. Our “for profit” health care system works when peer review transparency is enforced. Indeed, the opioid crisis would not have happened if ONE scientist at the FDA had not caved to personal motives over the public good. Keep doing what you’re doing!
When evidence is evaluated using "knowledge" aquired via dogmatic learning or via the lens of ideology, it can go terribly wrong. The number of research articles, where the entire conclusion relies on "low LDL is ALLWAYS better" is staggering. That should be everything that Christopher Gardner has done, right?
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day? Seriously?!?
The last time I ate chocolate I chose 100% cacao and just one, admittedly large, bar of chocolate was enough to put me in gastronomic distress from top to bottom. I'm going to pass on the chocolate and stick with meat.
Question.
How much toothpaste do you put on the brush with out thinking about it when you do it?
Answer.
Probably what you saw used in a toothpaste advertisement.
Modern Healthcare is 99% commercial interest and 1% efficacy
But if you look into the efficacy of cholesterol medications you might think modern Healthcare is %250 commercial interest and utterly unethical.
Basically, this talk is about how ideals have been corrupted.
Moreover, conclusions are only as valid as the pre-assumptions precluding the logic. That's the realm of culture, not science.
A bigger question is. If Western medicine, including its structures, needs to be questioned, why should it be the point of reference internationally with other medical paradigm being labelled as "alternative"?
Your thoughts on Glucose Goddess/Revolution (and her focus on "hacks" like eating carbs last)? Her message is more palatable for most because you don't need to go "extreme" like keto diet. At least she's killing the TH-cam game (being an attractive woman with French accent certainly helps)
$10 million for a metabolic health study: th-cam.com/video/oC93l1exNCA/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like a good social media-funded project - or raise $4 million to hire lobbyists to get the FDA to fund it.
I disagree with the title. A better title is the "healthcare system" is not efficient and integrated with food-metabolic component of heath and overly focused on pharma-based health due to the current funding paradigm. (Okay "broken" is simple and short) Healthcare is not so much broken, as it has not evolved quickly to our increased health knowledge and understanding, thereby limiting the reallocation of healthcare and food research related funding. - Everything else is 100% correct.
Why do US researchers treat polysaccharides and mono/di-saccharides the same? Instead of going low-carb, go low-added-sugar. That means eat French baguette (no added sugar), not bagels (with added sugar).
Why do “We” still use it? “We” don’t. You might. Got a mouse in your pocket?
Keto and then mostly carnivore has let me drop all my meds. Mental health is great now. Vegetables and nuts can cause depression. Please try carnivore if you’re depressed/anxious/insert any other mental health problem here. You literally have nothing to lose and your happiness to gain.
It's almost as if we're living in alternates realities of consumption'S.
Which pill do you choose....
Not funny....lol😊
There is no reason for big business to be in the medical field thats not ehat its a bout . A docter in 1967 .well thats all its about money . Sorry , are all doctors bad and ignorent ? NO but very few .
Its a tragedy . Ive seen the medical field get worse and worse over my life time .
They just want to lean on druggs .
I know had heart sugery when I was five .had problems all my life except when I changed mu diet several times .
And that was vegtables , basic and meat .
And now lotts of fat .
So sad , its just a big business.
Not Broken! It's humming along perfectly the way it was designed by "them and for them"
I fear we'll alway be gullible and pretending that it's just the way it is, somehow.
I grew up listening to Dr. Carlton Fredericks. He always talked about low carb, sugar, vitamin C...so many things. He was ahead of his time and recieves no credit for all that he did.
Im 61 and the only one of all the people I know who has been following a low carb diet for well over a decade. Everyone my age and younger is on meds and has been on meds for a long time...I am on zero meds..Im also somewhat active but not crazily so. Recently, an elderly friend of mine was told he is prediabetic and dr wanted to put him on medicine... I suggested he try diet change first, and he was able to bring his A1C down to a reasonable level....drs always kneejerk to meds right off the bat
Evidence-based does not mean rigorously proven fact. It's soft language that gives cover for others' interests. It diminishes critical thinking. Terrible...
Keep up the good work! Why don’t you make more joint content with reputable channels like Physionic or plant choppers? It would be very valuable to get some honest answers rather than propaganda. Thanks
Hear me out - I would PAY to be in a carnivore diet if they supplied me with everything I need when I need it. Why would I do this? Because I believe it's a good way to eat. I cannot be the only one that would personally help back a study I believe in......
Great video. This is one of the best summations of the medical industrial complex I have seen. Medicine in the U.S. is much better suited for acute problems than chronic disease. I agree with you about the myopic view that the quarter to quarter business cycle imposes on medical research. If metabolic studies can be done cheaply enough, would there be enough interest in a go fund me trial?