Thank you Dr Berg. I’ve had high blood pressure for over 30 years. I’m lowering it with the information I’m learning from you. My doctor has no idea how insulin resistance and low potassium affect blood pressure. I’m doing your keto , supplementing with D3, K2, zinc and B1. My blood pressure is continually dropping. It went from 228/120 to now 130/85. I’m continuing to work on it. I want to get it to 110/70.
I am 42 years old and started following your advice (Keto and OMAD) last year. I had struggled with my blood pressure since I was 26 years old and tried everything to lower it without medication. Nothing worked UNTIL I started this lifestyle. Within 6 months of changing my diet I was able to get off of my blood pressure medication and stay off of it for over a year now. Plus I've lost 65 pounds as well. I've never felt better and I sincerely thank you. You've saved my life.
Angie i am 48 i have been what Dr Berg has said also was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes high blood pressure thick blood due to diabetes was put on metformin 2000 per day high blood pressure meds cholesterol meds then with in 2 weeks i had multiple mini strokes that was around 6 months ago as of a total of nine months my a1c1 was at a 11 today its at 6.5 have lost 65 lbs have not been on my meds for over 6 months including blood thinners after my mini strokes blood pressure is around 120-135/77-87. Blood sugar is around 85-100 sometime it goes up to 120-130 but considering it started at 235 i say a big difference. I intermittent fasting16 hrs from 8 at night till noon the next day. Whent to my primary Dr last Friday let him know after my blood pressure was 135/87 but that was because i just Whent through construction zones and was running a little late for my appointment blood sugar was at 87 i let him know i had not been on my meds for the past 6 months after he said o was doing good and the meds where working this man got mad turn beet red from his neck up to the top of his head did not even want to know what i was doing tryed to tell him he cut me off and said if it works great but that i was still a diabetic and had high blood pressure and i still needed to take my meds even though i was controlling it through diet refused to do a a1c1 test made up a excuse so i had to go to a separate lab have blood draw to find out what it was needless to say that Dr was fired so i am glad this is working for u as well as me but be warned your Dr may act the same way i hope not i wad really disappointed with the way mine acted you would think one would praise you and want you to continue and be glad that you was working to control you health though natural means glad you are part of the group also find Dr John Bergman on utube he has a lot of natural things just like Dr Berg
Timothy Kosatka omgoodness! I'm so sorry your doctor treated you that way. That is just awful! Congratulations though for taking responsibility for your own health and for doing so amazing! It always makes me so happy to hear other people's success stories with this. It's remarkable! Keep doing what you're doing my friend!
Masood Tahir The only thing I do was what Dr. Berg teaches. If you search it on TH-cam or on his site you'll be able to find it. I eat one meal a day. 6 ounces of protein, 7-10 cups of green leafy vegetables, 30-40 grams of fat, no more than 20 grams of carbohydrates and absolutely no sugar. That's all I did and I got amazing results. Good luck to you!
You mentioned at the end of the video above to "lower" your potassium. We wondered if you wanted to edit that. Also, on Healthy Keto after five weeks my A1c went from 6.6 to 5.1 and my belly fat is nearly gone! This is Tim's wife typing this comment. A friend lost 13 pounds in one week by watching and applying your video instructions. Your wife is hilarious! Thanks for your products- the electrolytes!
o my goodness!! Wow!!! I’ve suffered from high blood pressure the past 13 years or so and this makes so much since!! I can’t believe it!! Thanks again dr. B you have done it again this video was awesome it’s like I’m learning so much about my body I can’t even!! It’s truly amazeing thanks again
Hahahahaha my family thinks I know a lot of medical information now . It’s all because of you Dr Berg for I follow your vids closely . Thank you for all the info you’d been feeding us . Bravo Dr. Can’t thank you enough . 👍👏👏👏👏
The Unkown ....well whatever it is no MD doctors made me lose weight like Dr Berg ....15 years of plateau and trying various kinds of diets ended up in sheer waste of money time and energy . I don’t know for you but as far as I am concerned HE is my HERO 😘😘
The Unkown ....hahahahaha you being silly ...not knowing the history of a person of having acute hypothyroidism and going thru total thyroidectomy and suffering from hashimotos and recurrence of cancer ...I guess it’s not being a fat slob as in your dictionary....don’t throw remarks without knowing in depth of someone’s condition ...it’s ruthless !!!
The Unkown ...I needn’t explain further....hahahahaha thank you for your so called bs and thank you too for showing so much interest in this topic !!! Anyways Dr Berg ...ur great 🤗.....ur going to hit the 2 million mark soon ....can’t thank you enough 👍🤗🤗
The Unkown I come from a third world country ...I had hashimotos then TT was done ...due to cancer..am saying it from my experiences...maybe the treatment in your country differs but this is what we go thru here...well we are no doctors to dictate how it should be treated ...we just go under their knives ...that’s our fate ...anyways I am much better now and hope you’re doing good as well 🤗
Ruben Perez That’s great. 140 is good blood pressure. The “scientists” lowered the threshold to 120 back when new drugs were in trial. For decades, 140 was normal. Yes, I’m that old.
@@kevins1718 yeah...I don't know why. I was never high to start with. I went low carb to lower blood sugar . I lowered everything else except what I wanted.
I think I am going to watch 2-3 more times. I am a stroke survivor and my stroke was due high blood pressure. I am also going to ask my dr to rest for insulin since she put me back on a statin. I was following a high carb low fat diet and had a stroke. watching a multiple video on IF and keto makes me think if everything I know about health is wrong.
chad good Spot on mate, they don’t teach Dr’s much about Nutrition and They just sprout the information from studies done years ago that have now been disputed. Dr Berg teaches the truth and Dr Mercola has a book out “Fat for Fuel “ and explains how we have been duped by many of the Medical Profession along with Big Pharma and the Food Industry guidelines against Saturated fats. He also shows how HCLF and manufactured oils cause heart attacks etc. in which They knew would cause medical problems in the future, (cash cows). Whatever you have been taught about Saturated Fats throw it out. I had to change everything I believed in for 50+ years, follow Dr Berg as he’s one of the good guys. God bless you on your journey 👌🏻
Chad, yes, sadly conventional western medicine doesn’t know the truths about nutrition and how the body works, that’s not what’s taught in med school. They treat symptoms, not root cause. It has its place, but you have to Dr. yourself if you want to be healthy and pill free.
Always great advice because he knows what he is talking about. I started a keto and intermittent fasting diet I lost 50 lbs and my blood drop down to normal and I no longer need my blood pressure pills. Thanks 🙂
I am 66 years old and a year ago i developed high blood pressure. I have never been a user of medications my entire life outside of perhaps an aspirin every once in awhile. My blood pressure was in the 180 level over 95 and at the advice of my doctor i went on blood pressure medication. This took my blood pressure down to 135 to 140 over 90 to 95. I check my blood pressure twice a day. After 8 weeks on keto and omad my blood pressure is now 108 over 75 so am hoping to get off my medication. Thankyou for your efforts on educating the public that pills are not the only answer.
I just want to say, Dr. Berg, I have lost 50 pounds following your video recommendations. I am 58-years old. My actual doctors were asking me what I did to lose 50 pounds in 7 months. It was your fasting recommendations, both intermittent and 3-day fasting videos. Thank you 🙏🏾
The DR. Is 100% CORRECT.......My BP went from a consistent 140/90 to a consistent 120/80 within 4 weeks of quitting sugar and reducing my carb intake. My fasting glucose also came down from mid 90’s to high 70’s to low 80’s. I also lost 8 lbs, mainly around my belly.
@@AhmedadanAli Everyone is different. What worked for me, might help you too but also may not. It is always best to start with lifestyle changes first because taking blood pressure meds dont agree with many men. Once you get on BP meds there is a good chance for erectile dysfunction. If thats important to you, you have to be aware. My uncle takes lisinopril and he hasn’t felt good since starting it. He said it ruined the quality of his life. Lower your sugar/carbs to less than 100grams per day and see if it helps. If not, lower the intake another 25 grams. Diet modification, exercise, and losing weight can help. Your bp isnt that high, so a few tweaks can lower it. I would only use meds as a LAST RESORT.
Thank you so much Dr Berg for doing this video. My BP was out of control , my Blood sugar was so close to being Type 2 diabetes, I had chronic gall stones even with no gallbladder and pancreatitis, hypothyroidism. I started Keto and now it’s All gone . I am still on Medication for BP but a few more pounds and the Dr said I can come off it. Keto and Intermittent fasting has Changed my life! I was so sick, I literally had no energy and everything aches and hurt. I am exercising 6 days a week Walking 5miles, doing HIIT workouts..all in 60 days of Keto. I can’t get over my measurements I’d changes, happy and energized. I feel like I did when I was 21 and I am going to be 50 in May! I will never go back to the way I was eating before, Never! I still have over a 100lbs of weight to lose but I have lost 43lbs so far! I am finally feeling like I have gained my life back, hopeful of the future ❤️ I can never thank you enough for sharing how to reverse all the damage ❤️❤️❤️
Ann-Marie Youngblood Thank You for sharing your story. I’m very ill. I was also diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis after being misdiagnosed for many years. I’ve been on and off Keto for a couple of years. You’ve inspired me.
💜My husband and I have been on keto for over a year and he is lost 80 pounds. He has diabetes, renal failure and congestive heart failure, we just found out about the congestive heart failure. And so he can't eat a lot of potassium because of the kidney failure. So we do have a some issues with the potassium. So we had to tweak the keto diet that hes on but we still maintain the 20 to 50 carbs per day for both of us and he feels a lot better. Hes having trouble keeping is glucose under A 160 at night in the morning it goes back to normal. In the past year he has a had to use any insulin and now he does because they have on all kinds of medications because his heart is so bad (his ejection fraction rate is 30 - 35%)and he has a GFR of 11. So he is in bad shape but we have faith that the keto diet is doing its job to keep him in better shape than what he could have been in with out it. ☆Good news: both our cholesterol came down with keto and triglycerides way below normal! Thank you for your videos! We love them and get a lot from them! I share them with him all the time and his friend so I'm hoping that this helps him. Again thank you very much for spreading the word! 💜
I'm surprised Dr. Berg said nothing about magnesium in a blood pressure video. Magnesium does an excellent job of balancing electrolytes like potassium and sodium. It also is a very effective calcium channel blocker. Magnesium is also a smooth muscle relaxer, the very kind that lines our artery walls called endothelial cells. All these things will help lower blood pressure. I guess we can call a magnesium supplement nature's blood pressure medication. The form I've found to be the easiest to absorb is magnesium bisglycinate chelate. A daily dose of 600mg - 800mg is recommended. With that level of dose, any other form would have me running to the bathroom every hour.
I do keto and intermittent fasting with increased salt intake since I started last May, all of a sudden two weeks ago I got hypertension!! I thought “oh if I go to the doctor she’ll get overexcited and I’ll get put on some weird tablet” so I searched the internet, you popped up about Potassium, I bought potassium. I do need to take about 3000mg but it works! Then I realised that when I was first of keto I ate 7-10 cups of arrugala a day but I became lazy so this might be the reason I have the potassium deficiency now, also I dropped the electrolyte… these are important (as I don’t eat much red meat) 🥩 thanks for your great video!!🎉❤
I'm 55 this month and been lazy keto since May 2018, but 💯 % keto this week and will Be for the entire month of October I dropped 40 lbs and blood pressure dropped, unless I drink a bang drink for energy.
I have just finished my 6th week on Keto and my blood pressure has dropped back to normal. My family Doctor was surprised as it has been moderately high for the last two years and there was talk of putting me on a blood pressure tablet. The ketogenic diet with IF has brought it back to where it should be and I am delighted. Great Videos and your wife is such a hoot! Kind greetings from Tasmania
I'm surprised Dr. Berg said nothing about magnesium in a blood pressure video. Magnesium does an excellent job of balancing electrolytes like potassium and sodium. It also is a very effective calcium channel blocker. Magnesium is also a smooth muscle relaxer, the very kind that lines our artery walls called endothelial cells. All these things will help lower blood pressure. I guess we can call a magnesium supplement nature's blood pressure medication. The form I've found to be the easiest to absorb is magnesium bisglycinate chelate. A daily dose of 600mg - 800mg is recommended. With that level of dose, any other form would have me running to the bathroom every hour.
I am a migraine sufferer (3 day severe migraines as frequently as once a fortnight) - so I have been taking Magnesium supplements for many years to help me in that area. I take 300 grams morning and 300 grams at night. But despite that, my blood pressure had been creeping up. I lost 60 kilograms (132 pounds) in weight about 6 years ago and I have kept it off. I lost the weight over 3 years through calorie counting and moderate exercise. It wasn't easy. When I was at my heaviest, my blood pressure was high and I was on medication for it. After losing the weight, my blood pressure normalised and I came off the meds. But in the last few years, it has been creeping up again and I didn't want to go back on medication if I could help it. I got so sick of feeling hungry all the time and counting calories and so I decided to try the Keto way of eating. Actually it was my Plastic Surgeon who suggested it when I got a tummy tuck 7 months ago to remove all the excess skin from my stomach area from losing half my body weight. So I thought I would give it a try and I have a blood pressure monitor at home and saw that my blood pressure was coming down after I transitioned into Keto. Thanks so much for your helpful reply and if anyone reading this wants to see my before and afters of losing the 132 pounds, you will find videos on my channel. With Keto, I am not counting macros and am not interested in losing weight, just maintaining my weight. For the first time in my adult life, I do not feel hungry all the time, I do not feel obsessed with food or watching the clock to see if it is nearly meal time. Keto has made me feel like I have a much better relationship with food and I have no cravings for carbs like I used to all the time. With love from Tasmania
Hi there, I have not tracked or counted my Macros. I lost 132 pounds 6 years ago by calorie counting and moderate exercise. But I was so sick and tired of watching my calories and I felt hungry all the time. I have kept that weight off for 6 years now and I was searching for a way of eating that could maintain my weight and help me not feel hungry. I have been following the Keto diet and IF guidelines and all I have learned is by using the YT clips I see here on Keto living and Intermittent Fasting. I have simply been following the guidelines and choosing the best quality meat, leafy greens, and GOOD quality fats that I can buy. But we have no cell phone coverage where I live (I am very remote and rural) so I cannot use my phone apps to track anything. I have just been eating intuitively and in the 6 weeks on Keto, dropped a few pounds but the most important thing to me is that I am eating better nutrients, following the guidelines, staying away from a lot of the things like Keto desserts and fat bombs etc at this time and trying to eat as natural and unprocessed as possible. I hope this helps.
@ Dr Berg, Thank you for attaching the journal articles. I wish it would be possible to re-tape to say increase potassium as the end. Overall the video was very good. PS I was able to fast yesterday the whole day. My blood sugar started out at 129 mg/dL in the morning after eating too my carb at a party the day before. My sugar was 90 mg/dL at the end of the day and stayed there during the night. I did take one Metformin tablet (500 mg ER) in the early afternoon, then walked two miles. Thank you for your encouragement.
My doc says my blood pressure is stress reactive. It's much lower than it use to be but hasn't become 'normal'. I am taking potassium and a d3/k2 too, on keto 14 months. 105 pounds down. Bp without meds use to be 220/160 now without meds it's 145/95
This explains a lot, and seems like it only in the last few years that this knowledge of reversing high blood pressure using the right foods, intermittent fasting and Keto is available!
I’ve been getting massive blood pressure spikes since I started keto, but hopefully they will stop. I’m hopeful. My mood is much better, but it seems dangerous since I had to start taking medication again since I started keto.
I am a TCM practitioner with over 25 years experience in Chinese herbal medicine I put my patients on intermittent fasting and ketogenic lifestyle and their blood pressure drops to normal range every time better than herbal medicine!
5.26.22. At 1:30min Dr Berg spoke of increasing potassium to lower blood pressure. And decrease sodium. Avocado’s have alot of potassium. At 5:06 min He mentioned to increase potassium. He said to Decrease carbs too.
Hi I know it's been 2 years.. Wondering if youre ever off your keto diet say for three days.. Does that increase the chances of your bp getting back to high again and since no meds could be potentially dangerous? Once into keto diet is there a no turning back if you want to keep your bp normal?
Hallo Dr Please clarify 5:07 'increasing potassium helps lower insulin and improve insulin resistance' 5:39 lower potassium helps in HBP situation. Thank you for all you do.
I've been on keto and IF since April 1, 2018 and lost 27 lbs so far. I'm pleased. My BMI is now in the high range of healthy! However, 2 weeks ago I was at urgent care and they took my BP and it was sky high, top number in the 200's! I've noticed this earlier this year when I had crown work done at the dentist, though I don't know the numbers. Anyway, 2 weeks ago I ended up going to E.R. at the urging of the urgent care P.A. My BP was 229 over 160! I was there for 4 hours to get the numbers down. After EKG and blood work for kidneys, heart and liver, I was sent home with no obvious symptoms. I am monitoring it now and yes, even at home it's high, though more like 150/90 ish, I have a cardiologist, next week I have a stress test with him since the echo and EKG at his office showed nothing. All this to say, I have this feeling that stress is playing a major role in my high BP. I'm taking Berg's long, slow walks 2-3x a week, for an hour and trying to eliminate stressful situations. Been given 2 diff. BP meds and hope to get off of those.
@@ecdctech I'm afraid not. But it's winter here so not great for walks. And I fell off of keto/IF but am getting back on it slowly. Gained two pounds over the holidays
Good information. I am approaching 50 and haven't had any serious illness but started keto and intermentant fasting 6 weeks ago to avoid catastrophes in the future. I have lost almost 20 pounds and energy feels much better especially after eating. My blood pressure is still borderline high but I am sure it will be lower when I recheck it in 6 months. Thanks Doc!
Dr. Berg, before starting on KETO / IF , 9 months ago I was on medication for high BP but now my BP is constantly below 120/80 without medication, wonder why?
Dr. Berg, I'm having major difficulties in this area as I write this. I've lost 51 pounds in 11 weeks. I increased my potassium levels to about 4,300 per day. Then I started to feel fatigued, muscle weakness, low energy, sleeping maybe 3 hours per night, and my blood pressure went sky high. I didn't double check that taking Lisinopril for my high blood pressure would have such an adverse affect. I stopped taking the Electrolyte Powder and stopped the kale smoothies. I'm still not feeling well and now I'm stuck as to how to proceed. Hope you can give me some guidance.
Hi I hope you're doing well too. I was just put on lisinopril hydrochlorothiazide. I take 1/2 of a 12.5 pill. When I research what foods and herbs could interact with my medication i find that consuming too much potassium isn't good while on this med. Things like hibiscus tea I can't drink cuz I'm taking hydrochlorothiazide. The ER doctor told me to drink 2 liters water and 1/2 banana a day. I didn't eat bananas cuz I was afraid of having too much potassium. I want to get off this med. Last BP was 133/78 so hopefully with my low dose I can find other ways to keep it normal range. Good luck to you!
Great video. I’ve got high blood pressure first time in my life. I hope it’s because of life time of carbs and not a post-jab thing (that jab we all had)
I’m 55 and have been on blood pressure medication for about 6 years. I saw one of Dr. Bergs videos in mid July and changed my eating habits immediately. Since then, my blood pressure has been perfect (I check it twice daily) I am now off my blood pressure medication, and I have lost over 30 pounds! I feel better than ever, and I have increased energy. Thank you Dr. Berg!
@@lorcis1 Neither, they're doing their job which is following the books, if anything happens they're not to blame. Going on keto can also increase blood pressure in some that's why they can't simply recommend it like they recommend exercise.
Doctors don’t explain this cycle to their patients. Diet is such an important factor and is grossly overlooked by the medical profession! They just put you on medications that increase your risk for diabetes. Thank you for putting this valuable information out there!
Because they get kick backs on the drugs they prescribe. I had a great Dr. before he retired. I've never had a high cholesterol... but one time my numbers were starting to get higher... I said, "So you going to put me on a statin?" He said, "I never put anyone on a statin. Just take Niacin." Huh? This was 15 years ago and he said, Niacin beats all statins in lowing cholesterol. "So doc, why do they prescribe them and not tell people to get Niacin?" His answer... You don't get kick backs on Niacin.
Think so too. Im (65) been on Lipitor & B.P. meds for over 25 yrs, normal blood sugar and then last year (2018) after my annual physical, my Dr. calls me to say I have pre Diabetes all of a sudden.!!,
Once a guy disobey the recommendations of his doctor, and reduce blood pressure by natural ways. He comlained to his doctor why he doesn't recommend him those natural ways first, he answer him "No patient follow natural ways. They prefer drugs!"
Dr. Berg, I see your note to correct where you mistakenly said 'decrease' your potassium, but many people will not read your note or these comments. Please consider re-doing the video or add a note on the video! This information is too good to have it misunderstood!
Thank you Dr, Berg, I could understand the relationship with Insulin and high blood pressure. I always thought there must be a relationship between them but not sure till I watched your great helpful video...thanks again.
He says, at the end, "....if you lower your potassium". But the message up to that point seems to be that we need to increase our potassium levels. I'm confused.
Thank you for explaining the relationship between insulin resistance and blood pressure...after doing intermittent fasting and Keto for 1 month my blood pressure became too low...my Doctor took me off one medication, however it is taking some time to leave my body. I had no idea that low blood pressure could be annoyingly painful. It will be incredible when I can say that I’m off all medication!
I need an Holistic Practitioner just like you, Dr. Berg. What you teach makes so much sense! I have been struggling with high blood pressure for years but nobody mentioned that I might have low potassium or low magnesium or need nitric oxide. As for Tocotrinols, who knew they even existed on this planet? I wasn't even told to drink more water. . . . Thank you so much for all the information you provided today --Now I need to go find me a Doctor DC.
Dr. Berg, I think you may have slipped up at the end of this video, where you say, if you lower your potassium you will help with too much salt and the root cause of high insulin. I thought by raising potassium you help with over salt and insulin. I'm thinking it was a simple slip of the tongue. I love your videos and they have helped me so much. Thankyou
Dr Berg can you please do a video on Skin. Primarily about restoring the skin back to its vitality after years of damage thru smoking, sun, etc. Will help a lot. Thanks.
Please suggest a potassium supplement. Most of the one's I've seen come in only 99 mg tablets and according to your suggestion that would be nowhere near the requirement for someone that doesn't get any leafy greens in their daily diet.
Just 2-3 weeks into a very low carb diet with plenty leafy veggies, my blood pressure improved to normal (~124/80) from way higher ~ 165/95. Having suffered from high blood pressure (and increasing medicine which didn’t help lower it) for some 15 years, my happiness is beyond words. Another 4 months of normal blood pressure, I halved the blood pressure medicine, without doctor permission (dangerous !!) and I’m still fine. That take it to today ..... And I’ll see the doctor about eliminating or even lowering the medicine further. Very low carb + plenty leafy vegetables + never over eat + no alcohol + no smoking + 2 hrs exercises daily = really helps lower blood pressure. BTW I also lost 10kg, got a normal waistline (now waistline = half of height), and moderate fatty liver is normalised as well.
I just wanted to thank you for all the videos you put out there for us. I appreciate all you do to help our sadly lacking knowledge of what happens when we eat.🤓
Been on your keto diet for 7 weeks. Lost 10 lbs first month, stopped taking my prescribed diuretic. Started drinking your electrolyte drink and for the last week I've have to cut my beta-blocker dose in have because my BP was dropping too low.
I'm thinking my bp is going too low as well. Keto for a year now, still low dose bp Rx, but have dizziness, heart racing, heart pounding and fatigue. I couldn't figure out what the deal was but now I'm thinking I should wean off the bp pills!!
I’ve been on keto for a while and have lost over 30 pounds. All of a sudden my blood pressure is 100 (even in the 90’s) over 70 something. Not sure what to do. I stopped all blood pressure meds a week ago.
thats 100% true increase potassium & decrease your carbs will make your insulin level and sodium level stable and eating a lot of healthy fats will make your cholesterol stable and that will make you on good health and great shape because your metabolism is going to be high and your body water is going to be on the good levels
Dr Berg. Have you done a video on Keto and Diverticulitis. Have just been diagnosed and can’t find info on if I should start Keto. Your advice much appreciated please Apologies to go off topic
@@Drberg ...Can you please edit the video for the safety of others..esp those outside the US?..esp since lowering too low can alter the heart...lots of your subscribers are asking you.
Hopefully everyone followed along and didnt get thrown off by that mistake. He wants us to eat more vegetables to raise our potassium because most Americans do not get enough through their diet. Thats why he sells the potassium suplement. So if we raise our potassium to the adequate daily levels it will help to regulate out salt levels because they work together. I think the body can't excrete all the excess salt if we dont have adequate potassium
I was taken into hospital five yrs ago and three stents were inserted in my heart without any consultation with a cardiologist It was a huge shock Afterwards i was put on a whole raft of medications including statins I then had a very bad reaction to the statin One the cardiologist did not believe ( neither did a consultant cardiologist I saw ) It was a whole body rash that took three months to dissipate altho its still visible under certain circumstances I was so freaked out that I consulted my brother ( a Cambridge UK professor of under other things human nutrition) He did some research and discovered the statin i had been given had this effect and was entirely unsuitable for anyone over 60 yrs of age . I found Ivor Cummins online nd it changed my life Then I found you and started Keto..However a creepy thing happened to me .I arranged a calcium test at the hospital but was all but refused it when I arrived for the appointment ,excuses given that were flimsy at best Later that evening I received a strange phone call from an unknown doctor that more or less told me that I was to do as I was told, take the meds prescribed I WOULD have another heart event anyway It was very upsetting I arranged another Calcium test in the UK but Covid arrived and it never happened Sadly for me I did have another event a TIA caused by a severe shock ( as doc Berg found with all his other stroke patients ) I am now recovering but back under the supervision of these doctors It scares me to death i don't trust them My BP has been all over the place on their meds down to 113/43 I could barely walk upstairs .I am now trying to control it myself
Are you guys eating pork bacon because I have noticed my BP is increasing even with me taking my meds? I am going to eliminate the bacon and see if it goes down.
My blood pressure has not been this good in over 20 years! My blood pressure has dropped from an always 142/92 to 117 to 71. Thank you Dr. Berg and Karen, for your videos!
When I took my CAC, it showed the following pattern: The calcium was concentrated mostly in the LAD artery which had a score of 201. The left circumflex had a score of 32. All the other coronary arteries had a score of zero. It might well be that some problems with elevated BP are related to partial obstruction of the LAD artery. It's unclear why the calcium is concentrated only in certain places. I have long been taking vitamin K2. It isn't preventing BP elevation.
What I think is we need 2 know how much of each vitamin K2 and D3 we should be taking daily ? I also think U should respond 2 R questions when U ask what we think !
One month on Keto. cholesterol 205 to 170. Blood pressure in the normal range. Eliminated Amlodipine 2.5 mg and Lisinopril 30 mg. and i was concerned that i should take these drugs for life. i'm free! Thank you Dr. Berg, Dr. Berry, and the rest of the Keto family.
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Thank you Dr Berg. I’ve had high blood pressure for over 30 years. I’m lowering it with the information I’m learning from you. My doctor has no idea how insulin resistance and low potassium affect blood pressure. I’m doing your keto , supplementing with D3, K2, zinc and B1. My blood pressure is continually dropping. It went from 228/120 to now 130/85. I’m continuing to work on it. I want to get it to 110/70.
Be sure to excercise.
Did you stopped BP medicines while keto and IF
Did u take any medicine
228/120 is REALLY high I’m glad you’re ok and got that managed
I am 42 years old and started following your advice (Keto and OMAD) last year. I had struggled with my blood pressure since I was 26 years old and tried everything to lower it without medication. Nothing worked UNTIL I started this lifestyle. Within 6 months of changing my diet I was able to get off of my blood pressure medication and stay off of it for over a year now. Plus I've lost 65 pounds as well. I've never felt better and I sincerely thank you. You've saved my life.
Hi dear Angie long could you please send me the diet you had followed please.
Tell us what u ate / diet
Angie i am 48 i have been what Dr Berg has said also was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes high blood pressure thick blood due to diabetes was put on metformin 2000 per day high blood pressure meds cholesterol meds then with in 2 weeks i had multiple mini strokes that was around 6 months ago as of a total of nine months my a1c1 was at a 11 today its at 6.5 have lost 65 lbs have not been on my meds for over 6 months including blood thinners after my mini strokes blood pressure is around 120-135/77-87. Blood sugar is around 85-100 sometime it goes up to 120-130 but considering it started at 235 i say a big difference. I intermittent fasting16 hrs from 8 at night till noon the next day. Whent to my primary Dr last Friday let him know after my blood pressure was 135/87 but that was because i just Whent through construction zones and was running a little late for my appointment blood sugar was at 87 i let him know i had not been on my meds for the past 6 months after he said o was doing good and the meds where working this man got mad turn beet red from his neck up to the top of his head did not even want to know what i was doing tryed to tell him he cut me off and said if it works great but that i was still a diabetic and had high blood pressure and i still needed to take my meds even though i was controlling it through diet refused to do a a1c1 test made up a excuse so i had to go to a separate lab have blood draw to find out what it was needless to say that Dr was fired so i am glad this is working for u as well as me but be warned your Dr may act the same way i hope not i wad really disappointed with the way mine acted you would think one would praise you and want you to continue and be glad that you was working to control you health though natural means glad you are part of the group also find Dr John Bergman on utube he has a lot of natural things just like Dr Berg
Timothy Kosatka omgoodness! I'm so sorry your doctor treated you that way. That is just awful! Congratulations though for taking responsibility for your own health and for doing so amazing! It always makes me so happy to hear other people's success stories with this. It's remarkable! Keep doing what you're doing my friend!
Masood Tahir The only thing I do was what Dr. Berg teaches. If you search it on TH-cam or on his site you'll be able to find it. I eat one meal a day. 6 ounces of protein, 7-10 cups of green leafy vegetables, 30-40 grams of fat, no more than 20 grams of carbohydrates and absolutely no sugar. That's all I did and I got amazing results. Good luck to you!
I think he misspoke....increase potassium.
I was wondering
Correct. I noticed that, too. Should be increase potassium, decrease sodium.
I noticed that too! I replayed the last part of the video to make sure I heard him correctly! We keto followers knows it's a mistake. 🤣
I was looking for someone to point that out! I also replayed it 3 times believing he was stating it incorrectly.THANKS GUYS !!
Just what i was looking for. LOL
I'm turning into either a health freak or hypochondriac 😂
You mentioned at the end of the video above to "lower" your potassium. We wondered if you wanted to edit that. Also, on Healthy Keto after five weeks my A1c went from 6.6 to 5.1 and my belly fat is nearly gone! This is Tim's wife typing this comment. A friend lost 13 pounds in one week by watching and applying your video instructions. Your wife is hilarious! Thanks for your products- the electrolytes!
yes, one year later, I see this video and wonder about that "lower your potassium" - guess it's still not fixed ;o)
Dr. BERG, I have learnt so much from you. May God bless you
I appreciate the way you always explain everything so clearly in relation to the subject matter.
I was just diagnosed with high blood pressure, I will continue watching your videos, thanks so much.
o my goodness!! Wow!!! I’ve suffered from high blood pressure the past 13 years or so and this makes so much since!! I can’t believe it!! Thanks again dr. B you have done it again this video was awesome it’s like I’m learning so much about my body I can’t even!! It’s truly amazeing thanks again
Hahahahaha my family thinks I know a lot of medical information now . It’s all because of you Dr Berg for I follow your vids closely . Thank you for all the info you’d been feeding us . Bravo Dr. Can’t thank you enough . 👍👏👏👏👏
The Unkown ....well whatever it is no MD doctors made me lose weight like Dr Berg ....15 years of plateau and trying various kinds of diets ended up in sheer waste of money time and energy . I don’t know for you but as far as I am concerned HE is my HERO 😘😘
The Unkown ....hahahahaha you being silly ...not knowing the history of a person of having acute hypothyroidism and going thru total thyroidectomy and suffering from hashimotos and recurrence of cancer ...I guess it’s not being a fat slob as in your dictionary....don’t throw remarks without knowing in depth of someone’s condition ...it’s ruthless !!!
The Unkown ...I needn’t explain further....hahahahaha thank you for your so called bs and thank you too for showing so much interest in this topic !!! Anyways Dr Berg ...ur great 🤗.....ur going to hit the 2 million mark soon ....can’t thank you enough 👍🤗🤗
The Unkown
I come from a third world country ...I had hashimotos then TT was done ...due to cancer..am saying it from my experiences...maybe the treatment in your country differs but this is what we go thru here...well we are no doctors to dictate how it should be treated ...we just go under their knives ...that’s our fate ...anyways I am much better now and hope you’re doing good as well 🤗
Good luck & best wishes from this side of the world 🌍🤗
You said at the end if you lower your potassium you’ll combat the sodium and high insulin, but I think you meant raise your potassium.
2 months gym, keto, intermittent fasting 20/4. Blood pressure went from 130/92 to 106/72. Fantastic....
Ruben Perez That’s great. 140 is good blood pressure. The “scientists” lowered the threshold to 120 back when new drugs were in trial.
For decades, 140 was normal. Yes, I’m that old.
@@dltnsdd Yep...below 140/80 is optimal range
@@kevins1718 I'm 90/50 since going low carb. Not even full keto. I don't know if it's good or not
@@nickbardan3867 careful...thats pretty low
@@kevins1718 yeah...I don't know why. I was never high to start with. I went low carb to lower blood sugar . I lowered everything else except what I wanted.
I think I am going to watch 2-3 more times. I am a stroke survivor and my stroke was due high blood pressure. I am also going to ask my dr to rest for insulin since she put me back on a statin. I was following a high carb low fat diet and had a stroke. watching a multiple video on IF and keto makes me think if everything I know about health is wrong.
chad good Spot on mate, they don’t teach Dr’s much about Nutrition and They just sprout the information from studies done years ago that have now been disputed. Dr Berg teaches the truth and Dr Mercola has a book out “Fat for Fuel “ and explains how we have been duped by many of the Medical Profession along with Big Pharma and the Food Industry guidelines against Saturated fats. He also shows how HCLF and manufactured oils cause heart attacks etc. in which They knew would cause medical problems in the future, (cash cows). Whatever you have been taught about Saturated Fats throw it out. I had to change everything I believed in for 50+ years, follow Dr Berg as he’s one of the good guys. God bless you on your journey 👌🏻
@@MsDestinedtoReign I thank you. this is a new chapter of my life.
Chad, yes, sadly conventional western medicine doesn’t know the truths about nutrition and how the body works, that’s not what’s taught in med school. They treat symptoms, not root cause.
It has its place, but you have to Dr. yourself if you want to be healthy and pill free.
Praying that all is well for you man
Always great advice because he knows what he is talking about.
I started a keto and intermittent fasting diet I lost 50 lbs and my blood drop down to normal and I no longer need my blood pressure pills.
Thanks 🙂
I am 66 years old and a year ago i developed high blood pressure. I have never been a user of medications my entire life outside of perhaps an aspirin every once in awhile. My blood pressure was in the 180 level over 95 and at the advice of my doctor i went on blood pressure medication. This took my blood pressure down to 135 to 140 over 90 to 95. I check my blood pressure twice a day. After 8 weeks on keto and omad my blood pressure is now 108 over 75 so am hoping to get off my medication. Thankyou for your efforts on educating the public that pills are not the only answer.
How I can make ketto.. Plze
I just want to say, Dr. Berg, I have lost 50 pounds following your video recommendations. I am 58-years old. My actual doctors were asking me what I did to lose 50 pounds in 7 months. It was your fasting recommendations, both intermittent and 3-day fasting videos.
Thank you 🙏🏾
Thank you for the education of our wonderfully, created bodies! If only this was taught to us as we were growing up from youth!
The DR. Is 100% CORRECT.......My BP went from a consistent 140/90 to a consistent 120/80 within 4 weeks of quitting sugar and reducing my carb intake. My fasting glucose also came down from mid 90’s to high 70’s to low 80’s. I also lost 8 lbs, mainly around my belly.
@@AhmedadanAli Everyone is different. What worked for me, might help you too but also may not. It is always best to start with lifestyle changes first because taking blood pressure meds dont agree with many men. Once you get on BP meds there is a good chance for erectile dysfunction. If thats important to you, you have to be aware. My uncle takes lisinopril and he hasn’t felt good since starting it. He said it ruined the quality of his life. Lower your sugar/carbs to less than 100grams per day and see if it helps. If not, lower the intake another 25 grams. Diet modification, exercise, and losing weight can help. Your bp isnt that high, so a few tweaks can lower it. I would only use meds as a LAST RESORT.
Thank you so much Dr Berg for doing this video. My BP was out of control , my Blood sugar was so close to being Type 2 diabetes, I had chronic gall stones even with no gallbladder and pancreatitis, hypothyroidism. I started Keto and now it’s All gone . I am still on Medication for BP but a few more pounds and the Dr said I can come off it. Keto and Intermittent fasting has Changed my life! I was so sick, I literally had no energy and everything aches and hurt. I am exercising 6 days a week Walking 5miles, doing HIIT workouts..all in 60 days of Keto. I can’t get over my measurements I’d changes, happy and energized. I feel like I did when I was 21 and I am going to be 50 in May! I will never go back to the way I was eating before, Never!
I still have over a 100lbs of weight to lose but I have lost 43lbs so far! I am finally feeling like I have gained my life back, hopeful of the future ❤️ I can never thank you enough for sharing how to reverse all the damage ❤️❤️❤️
Ann-Marie Youngblood ❤️good journey
Ann-Marie Youngblood Thank You for sharing your story. I’m very ill. I was also diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis after being misdiagnosed for many years. I’ve been on and off Keto for a couple of years. You’ve inspired me.
wat is your bp in numbers?
That is absolutely amazing!
Congratulations 🎈
💜My husband and I have been on keto for over a year and he is lost 80 pounds. He has diabetes, renal failure and congestive heart failure, we just found out about the congestive heart failure. And so he can't eat a lot of potassium because of the kidney failure. So we do have a some issues with the potassium. So we had to tweak the keto diet that hes on but we still maintain the 20 to 50 carbs per day for both of us and he feels a lot better. Hes having trouble keeping is glucose under A 160 at night in the morning it goes back to normal. In the past year he has a had to use any insulin and now he does because they have on all kinds of medications because his heart is so bad (his ejection fraction rate is 30 - 35%)and he has a GFR of 11. So he is in bad shape but we have faith that the keto diet is doing its job to keep him in better shape than what he could have been in with out it. ☆Good news: both our cholesterol came down with keto and triglycerides way below normal! Thank you for your videos! We love them and get a lot from them! I share them with him all the time and his friend so I'm hoping that this helps him. Again thank you very much for spreading the word! 💜
Hey Melissa.... how's your husband doing?
I'm surprised Dr. Berg said nothing about magnesium in a blood pressure video. Magnesium does an excellent job of balancing electrolytes like potassium and sodium. It also is a very effective calcium channel blocker. Magnesium is also a smooth muscle relaxer, the very kind that lines our artery walls called endothelial cells. All these things will help lower blood pressure. I guess we can call a magnesium supplement nature's blood pressure medication. The form I've found to be the easiest to absorb is magnesium bisglycinate chelate. A daily dose of 600mg - 800mg is recommended. With that level of dose, any other form would have me running to the bathroom every hour.
I do keto and intermittent fasting with increased salt intake since I started last May, all of a sudden two weeks ago I got hypertension!! I thought “oh if I go to the doctor she’ll get overexcited and I’ll get put on some weird tablet” so I searched the internet, you popped up about Potassium, I bought potassium. I do need to take about 3000mg but it works! Then I realised that when I was first of keto I ate 7-10 cups of arrugala a day but I became lazy so this might be the reason I have the potassium deficiency now, also I dropped the electrolyte… these are important (as I don’t eat much red meat) 🥩 thanks for your great video!!🎉❤
At the end if the video I think Dr. Berg said to lower potassium when I think he meant to say raise the potassium to help lower bp .
I'm glad you corrected the "slip" about "LOWERING" potassium to "RAISING" potassium.
That threw me for a bit...
I have lost 55 lbs following Dr Berg and reversed diabetes and have told 100s of people to go to his TH-cam Thank You Dr Berg and Keto rocks lol
I'm 55 this month and been lazy keto since May 2018, but 💯 % keto this week and will Be for the entire month of October I dropped 40 lbs and blood pressure dropped, unless I drink a bang drink for energy.
I have just finished my 6th week on Keto and my blood pressure has dropped back to normal. My family Doctor was surprised as it has been moderately high for the last two years and there was talk of putting me on a blood pressure tablet. The ketogenic diet with IF has brought it back to where it should be and I am delighted. Great Videos and your wife is such a hoot! Kind greetings from Tasmania
Hi dear jewel happy that hear your BP is in control,could you please send me the diet you had followed and bring your BP in control.
Nice!
I'm surprised Dr. Berg said nothing about magnesium in a blood pressure video. Magnesium does an excellent job of balancing electrolytes like potassium and sodium. It also is a very effective calcium channel blocker. Magnesium is also a smooth muscle relaxer, the very kind that lines our artery walls called endothelial cells. All these things will help lower blood pressure. I guess we can call a magnesium supplement nature's blood pressure medication. The form I've found to be the easiest to absorb is magnesium bisglycinate chelate. A daily dose of 600mg - 800mg is recommended. With that level of dose, any other form would have me running to the bathroom every hour.
I am a migraine sufferer (3 day severe migraines as frequently as once a fortnight) - so I have been taking Magnesium supplements for many years to help me in that area. I take 300 grams morning and 300 grams at night. But despite that, my blood pressure had been creeping up. I lost 60 kilograms (132 pounds) in weight about 6 years ago and I have kept it off. I lost the weight over 3 years through calorie counting and moderate exercise. It wasn't easy. When I was at my heaviest, my blood pressure was high and I was on medication for it. After losing the weight, my blood pressure normalised and I came off the meds. But in the last few years, it has been creeping up again and I didn't want to go back on medication if I could help it. I got so sick of feeling hungry all the time and counting calories and so I decided to try the Keto way of eating. Actually it was my Plastic Surgeon who suggested it when I got a tummy tuck 7 months ago to remove all the excess skin from my stomach area from losing half my body weight. So I thought I would give it a try and I have a blood pressure monitor at home and saw that my blood pressure was coming down after I transitioned into Keto. Thanks so much for your helpful reply and if anyone reading this wants to see my before and afters of losing the 132 pounds, you will find videos on my channel. With Keto, I am not counting macros and am not interested in losing weight, just maintaining my weight. For the first time in my adult life, I do not feel hungry all the time, I do not feel obsessed with food or watching the clock to see if it is nearly meal time. Keto has made me feel like I have a much better relationship with food and I have no cravings for carbs like I used to all the time. With love from Tasmania
Hi there, I have not tracked or counted my Macros. I lost 132 pounds 6 years ago by calorie counting and moderate exercise. But I was so sick and tired of watching my calories and I felt hungry all the time. I have kept that weight off for 6 years now and I was searching for a way of eating that could maintain my weight and help me not feel hungry. I have been following the Keto diet and IF guidelines and all I have learned is by using the YT clips I see here on Keto living and Intermittent Fasting. I have simply been following the guidelines and choosing the best quality meat, leafy greens, and GOOD quality fats that I can buy. But we have no cell phone coverage where I live (I am very remote and rural) so I cannot use my phone apps to track anything. I have just been eating intuitively and in the 6 weeks on Keto, dropped a few pounds but the most important thing to me is that I am eating better nutrients, following the guidelines, staying away from a lot of the things like Keto desserts and fat bombs etc at this time and trying to eat as natural and unprocessed as possible. I hope this helps.
I’m glad I read a few of the comments on potassium.
Another good one Dr Berg
@ Dr Berg, Thank you for attaching the journal articles. I wish it would be possible to re-tape to say increase potassium as the end. Overall the video was very good. PS I was able to fast yesterday the whole day. My blood sugar started out at 129 mg/dL in the morning after eating too my carb at a party the day before. My sugar was 90 mg/dL at the end of the day and stayed there during the night. I did take one Metformin tablet (500 mg ER) in the early afternoon, then walked two miles. Thank you for your encouragement.
Lower your Potassium/, you need to correct that or cut it. it is at 5:40-5:50
I caught that too. Hopefully if someone was listening to the rest of the video they know he misspoke. He should have said "...raise your Potassium".
People are smart enough to realize it, just as you did
@@kristfur If you see the notes below the video, he corrected it and mentioned he should have said increase :)
You have taught me so much and I thank you. I share my k nowledges with my friends and my families..they call me doctor!..you are a gift!
My doc says my blood pressure is stress reactive. It's much lower than it use to be but hasn't become 'normal'. I am taking potassium and a d3/k2 too, on keto 14 months. 105 pounds down. Bp without meds use to be 220/160 now without meds it's 145/95
Still too high.
But that’s still progress!!
This explains a lot, and seems like it only in the last few years that this knowledge of reversing high blood pressure using the right foods, intermittent fasting and Keto is available!
Dr. Berg: you need to review this video. on one or two occasions you made a statement that was opposite of what you intended.
I’ve been getting massive blood pressure spikes since I started keto, but hopefully they will stop. I’m hopeful. My mood is much better, but it seems dangerous since I had to start taking medication again since I started keto.
I am a TCM practitioner with over 25 years experience in Chinese herbal medicine I put my patients on intermittent fasting and ketogenic lifestyle and their blood pressure drops to normal range every time better than herbal medicine!
5.26.22. At 1:30min Dr Berg spoke of increasing potassium to lower blood pressure. And decrease sodium. Avocado’s have alot of potassium. At 5:06 min He mentioned to increase potassium. He said to Decrease carbs too.
Thank you Dr. Berg!! You are absolutely right. I’ve seen a difference in my blood pressure when I follow keto and IF.
Clear, to the point, and easy to understand.
been on keto 3 weeks. my bp is 30 points lower and i am off bp meds. have lost weight. no alcohol really sucks.
Hi I know it's been 2 years.. Wondering if youre ever off your keto diet say for three days.. Does that increase the chances of your bp getting back to high again and since no meds could be potentially dangerous? Once into keto diet is there a no turning back if you want to keep your bp normal?
@@ohherewegoagain i had to stop
@@narcissistinjurygiver2932 oh.. And how's your bp
@@ohherewegoagain really bad. i am now back on keto.
Hallo Dr Please clarify 5:07 'increasing potassium helps lower insulin and improve insulin resistance' 5:39 lower potassium helps in HBP situation. Thank you for all you do.
Good information Doc👍👍
I've been on keto and IF since April 1, 2018 and lost 27 lbs so far. I'm pleased. My BMI is now in the high range of healthy! However, 2 weeks ago I was at urgent care and they took my BP and it was sky high, top number in the 200's! I've noticed this earlier this year when I had crown work done at the dentist, though I don't know the numbers. Anyway, 2 weeks ago I ended up going to E.R. at the urging of the urgent care P.A. My BP was 229 over 160! I was there for 4 hours to get the numbers down. After EKG and blood work for kidneys, heart and liver, I was sent home with no obvious symptoms. I am monitoring it now and yes, even at home it's high, though more like 150/90 ish, I have a cardiologist, next week I have a stress test with him since the echo and EKG at his office showed nothing. All this to say, I have this feeling that stress is playing a major role in my high BP. I'm taking Berg's long, slow walks 2-3x a week, for an hour and trying to eliminate stressful situations. Been given 2 diff. BP meds and hope to get off of those.
hello any updates on your condition ??
@@ecdctech I'm afraid not. But it's winter here so not great for walks. And I fell off of keto/IF but am getting back on it slowly. Gained two pounds over the holidays
Good information. I am approaching 50 and haven't had any serious illness but started keto and intermentant fasting 6 weeks ago to avoid catastrophes in the future. I have lost almost 20 pounds and energy feels much better especially after eating. My blood pressure is still borderline high but I am sure it will be lower when I recheck it in 6 months. Thanks Doc!
Uodate pkease. Congrats too.
Update plze.. Your experiments
Thanks Dr Berg!
Dr. Berg, before starting on KETO / IF , 9 months ago I was on medication for high BP but now my BP is constantly below 120/80 without medication, wonder why?
Good for you. Don't fix if ain't broken.
How I can make ketto.
Explain me plze..
Dr Berg, thank you for your wonderful informative videos. It is scary trying to go the minefield of misinformation from doctors and others.
Dr. Berg, I'm having major difficulties in this area as I write this. I've lost 51 pounds in 11 weeks. I increased my potassium levels to about 4,300 per day. Then I started to feel fatigued, muscle weakness, low energy, sleeping maybe 3 hours per night, and my blood pressure went sky high. I didn't double check that taking Lisinopril for my high blood pressure would have such an adverse affect. I stopped taking the Electrolyte Powder and stopped the kale smoothies. I'm still not feeling well and now I'm stuck as to how to proceed. Hope you can give me some guidance.
Hope you're doing ok; I know your question was 4 yrs ago.🥺
Hi I hope you're doing well too. I was just put on lisinopril hydrochlorothiazide. I take 1/2 of a 12.5 pill. When I research what foods and herbs could interact with my medication i find that consuming too much potassium isn't good while on this med. Things like hibiscus tea I can't drink cuz I'm taking hydrochlorothiazide. The ER doctor told me to drink 2 liters water and 1/2 banana a day. I didn't eat bananas cuz I was afraid of having too much potassium. I want to get off this med. Last BP was 133/78 so hopefully with my low dose I can find other ways to keep it normal range. Good luck to you!
Dr Berg does recommend increasing your potassium as a tool for lowering blood pressure in his other content.
Took mine from 140/92 to 123/76 is 3 months.
Great video. I’ve got high blood pressure first time in my life. I hope it’s because of life time of carbs and not a post-jab thing (that jab we all had)
Glad you like the video. Wishing you good health!
I’m 55 and have been on blood pressure medication for about 6 years. I saw one of Dr. Bergs videos in mid July and changed my eating habits immediately. Since then, my blood pressure has been perfect (I check it twice daily) I am now off my blood pressure medication, and I have lost over 30 pounds! I feel better than ever, and I have increased energy. Thank you Dr. Berg!
and in 6 years your doctors never told you to , what do you think, they didn't know or just didn't want to tell you ?
@@lorcis1 Neither, they're doing their job which is following the books, if anything happens they're not to blame. Going on keto can also increase blood pressure in some that's why they can't simply recommend it like they recommend exercise.
Did you stopped your BP medicines while you started IF and keto lifestyle
What did you plz
Because we need your experience
Another great video! Great info - thanks Dr. Berg.
A few days after starting keto my body started flushing excess fluid like crazy and my bp immediately dropped to a healthy level.
Updates my boyfriend did the same but first day it drop then it was going high and high?
A good video Dr Berg. I can't handle Keto, but I do a low carb diet. I get rid of Lipitor but BP is still up a bit. I'm workin on it.
Doctors don’t explain this cycle to their patients. Diet is such an important factor and is grossly overlooked by the medical profession! They just put you on medications that increase your risk for diabetes. Thank you for putting this valuable information out there!
I agree. They never explain the cause.
Because they get kick backs on the drugs they prescribe. I had a great Dr. before he retired. I've never had a high cholesterol... but one time my numbers were starting to get higher... I said, "So you going to put me on a statin?" He said, "I never put anyone on a statin. Just take Niacin." Huh? This was 15 years ago and he said, Niacin beats all statins in lowing cholesterol. "So doc, why do they prescribe them and not tell people to get Niacin?" His answer... You don't get kick backs on Niacin.
Think so too. Im (65) been on Lipitor & B.P. meds for over 25 yrs, normal blood sugar and then last year (2018) after my annual physical, my Dr. calls me to say I have pre Diabetes all of a sudden.!!,
Once a guy disobey the recommendations of his doctor, and reduce blood pressure by natural ways.
He comlained to his doctor why he doesn't recommend him those natural ways first, he answer him "No patient follow natural ways. They prefer drugs!"
Dr. Berg, I see your note to correct where you mistakenly said 'decrease' your potassium, but many people will not read your note or these comments. Please consider re-doing the video or add a note on the video! This information is too good to have it misunderstood!
Thank you Dr, Berg, I could understand the relationship with Insulin and high blood pressure. I always thought there must be a relationship between them but not sure till I watched your great helpful video...thanks again.
He says, at the end, "....if you lower your potassium". But the message up to that point seems to be that we need to increase our potassium levels. I'm confused.
Thank you for explaining the relationship between insulin resistance and blood pressure...after doing intermittent fasting and Keto for 1 month my blood pressure became too low...my Doctor took me off one medication, however it is taking some time to leave my body. I had no idea that low blood pressure could be annoyingly painful. It will be incredible when I can say that I’m off all medication!
I think the last point to lower potassium was a mistake. Shouldn't it be to raise potassium?
I need an Holistic Practitioner just like you, Dr. Berg. What you teach makes so much sense!
I have been struggling with high blood pressure for years but nobody mentioned that I might have low potassium or low magnesium or need nitric oxide. As for Tocotrinols, who knew they even existed on this planet? I wasn't even told to drink more water. . . . Thank you so much for all the information you provided today --Now I need to go find me a Doctor DC.
Very helpful and relevant to my situation. Thank you!
Yes I caught that mistake too! We need more potassium.
This is a great and so well explained video.
Thanks understand why I need so much potassium
Dr. Berg, I think you may have slipped up at the end of this video, where you say, if you lower your potassium you will help with too much salt and the root cause of high insulin. I thought by raising potassium you help with over salt and insulin. I'm thinking it was a simple slip of the tongue. I love your videos and they have helped me so much. Thankyou
Dr Berg can you please do a video on Skin.
Primarily about restoring the skin back to its vitality after years of damage thru smoking, sun, etc.
Will help a lot. Thanks.
I would love to see a video on that!!!!
Please suggest a potassium supplement. Most of the one's I've seen come in only 99 mg tablets and according to your suggestion that would be nowhere near the requirement for someone that doesn't get any leafy greens in their daily diet.
@Broken Broke Bloke is that salt to be used in cooking or taken as a supplement? And are we looking for potassium chloride or citrate?
Just 2-3 weeks into a very low carb diet with plenty leafy veggies, my blood pressure improved to normal (~124/80) from way higher ~ 165/95. Having suffered from high blood pressure (and increasing medicine which didn’t help lower it) for some 15 years, my happiness is beyond words.
Another 4 months of normal blood pressure, I halved the blood pressure medicine, without doctor permission (dangerous !!) and I’m still fine.
That take it to today ..... And I’ll see the doctor about eliminating or even lowering the medicine further.
Very low carb + plenty leafy vegetables + never over eat + no alcohol + no smoking + 2 hrs exercises daily = really helps lower blood pressure. BTW I also lost 10kg, got a normal waistline (now waistline = half of height), and moderate fatty liver is normalised as well.
I really like your videos, today would help to mention more foods containing K(potassium)
I just wanted to thank you for all the videos you put out there for us. I appreciate all you do to help our sadly lacking knowledge of what happens when we eat.🤓
Been on your keto diet for 7 weeks. Lost 10 lbs first month, stopped taking my prescribed diuretic. Started drinking your electrolyte drink and for the last week I've have to cut my beta-blocker dose in have because my BP was dropping too low.
I'm thinking my bp is going too low as well. Keto for a year now, still low dose bp Rx, but have dizziness, heart racing, heart pounding and fatigue. I couldn't figure out what the deal was but now I'm thinking I should wean off the bp pills!!
I’ve been on keto for a while and have lost over 30 pounds. All of a sudden my blood pressure is 100 (even in the 90’s) over 70 something. Not sure what to do. I stopped all blood pressure meds a week ago.
Not sure what to do? Why do you want to do something about your pressure going down? Isn’t that a good thing🤦🏾♀️
Closing statement
I'm sure Dr Berg mentioned... by raising your Potassium it will help balance your Sodium and Insulin levels.
It was a good video, until you erroneously said, at the end, to "lower your potassium" when I believe you meant to say "increase your potassium."
At about 5:40 of the video, I think you meant to say lower your carbs "INCREASE" your potassium. PLEASE CHECK ON THAT!!
thats 100% true increase potassium & decrease your carbs will make your insulin level and sodium level stable and eating a lot of healthy fats will make your cholesterol stable and that will make you on good health and great shape because your metabolism is going to be high and your body water is going to be on the good levels
Very interesting. I had high BP and borderline diabetic so explained very clearly
Dr Berg. Have you done a video on Keto and Diverticulitis. Have just been diagnosed and can’t find info on if I should start Keto. Your advice much appreciated please
Apologies to go off topic
My husband was diagnosed in may, I put my foot down and started him on full keto and 2 meals a day. Its healed and hasn't come back
this video title is misleading. the video had nothing to do with Keto and HBP.
Hello Dr. Berg the last minute or less of the video, did you mean to increase the potassium instead of saying lowering the potassium intake?
Increase
Marlea Gwathney yes
@@Drberg ...Can you please edit the video for the safety of others..esp those outside the US?..esp since lowering too low can alter the heart...lots of your subscribers are asking you.
Dr Berg at the end you said to lower potassium. I think you meant to “raise” potassium to help lower insulin.
Dr Berg, in your last sentence you said “if you lower your potassium”, did you mean increase?
Hopefully everyone followed along and didnt get thrown off by that mistake.
He wants us to eat more vegetables to raise our potassium because most Americans do not get enough through their diet. Thats why he sells the potassium suplement.
So if we raise our potassium to the adequate daily levels it will help to regulate out salt levels because they work together.
I think the body can't excrete all the excess salt if we dont have adequate potassium
Good information, need to hear.
Perfect timing!
I was taken into hospital five yrs ago and three stents were inserted in my heart without any consultation with a cardiologist It was a huge shock Afterwards i was put on a whole raft of medications including statins I then had a very bad reaction to the statin One the cardiologist did not believe ( neither did a consultant cardiologist I saw ) It was a whole body rash that took three months to dissipate altho its still visible under certain circumstances I was so freaked out that I consulted my brother ( a Cambridge UK professor of under other things human nutrition) He did some research and discovered the statin i had been given had this effect and was entirely unsuitable for anyone over 60 yrs of age . I found Ivor Cummins online nd it changed my life Then I found you and started Keto..However a creepy thing happened to me .I arranged a calcium test at the hospital but was all but refused it when I arrived for the appointment ,excuses given that were flimsy at best Later that evening I received a strange phone call from an unknown doctor that more or less told me that I was to do as I was told, take the meds prescribed I WOULD have another heart event anyway It was very upsetting I arranged another Calcium test in the UK but Covid arrived and it never happened Sadly for me I did have another event a TIA caused by a severe shock ( as doc Berg found with all his other stroke patients ) I am now recovering but back under the supervision of these doctors It scares me to death i don't trust them My BP has been all over the place on their meds down to 113/43 I could barely walk upstairs .I am now trying to control it myself
im going to die soon of this diet,my blood is pumping like crazy
Lmao I feel the same!!!!
Are you guys eating pork bacon because I have noticed my BP is increasing even with me taking my meds? I am going to eliminate the bacon and see if it goes down.
@@taradozier7855 my blood pressure is perfect now,down 70 kg!yes i eat bacon every day
Berg Rocks!
close to 2 M subs
*keep going Doc !*
Makes a lot of sense!
My blood pressure has not been this good in over 20 years! My blood pressure has dropped from an always 142/92 to 117 to 71. Thank you Dr. Berg and Karen, for your videos!
VC SC Amen!
Another excellent episode
Right on! Thanks for the feedback!
My blood pressure is too low. And, Keto is making it lower. 100 over 68. Is my adrenals needing help.?
Mine 90 over 68... Don't know what to do about it :(
When I took my CAC, it showed the following pattern: The calcium was concentrated mostly in the LAD artery which had a score of 201. The left circumflex had a score of 32. All the other coronary arteries had a score of zero. It might well be that some problems with elevated BP are related to partial obstruction of the LAD artery. It's unclear why the calcium is concentrated only in certain places. I have long been taking vitamin K2. It isn't preventing BP elevation.
Lower your potassium? Or increase? I’m a little confused about the end
I think he must have misspoken and meant "if you raise your potassium" at the end.
Same here, should it have been " raise your potassium to lower your sodium"? We're confused..
We need 4700 mg of potassium per day
Increase
Increase
Great info.
What I think is we need 2 know how much of each vitamin K2 and D3 we should be taking daily ? I also think U should respond 2 R questions when U ask what we think !
The product I take has them together; D3 and K2
One month on Keto. cholesterol 205 to 170. Blood pressure in the normal range. Eliminated Amlodipine 2.5 mg and Lisinopril 30 mg. and i was concerned that i should take these drugs for life. i'm free!
Thank you Dr. Berg, Dr. Berry, and the rest of the Keto family.