What Is The #1 Cause of Obesity & Illness No one is Talking About? - Doctor Reacts

[@MysticGuardian605]

I haven’t eaten processed food for many many years. I ate primarily organic whole vegetables and had progressive muscle wasting, weakness, and finally osteoporosis. I now eat carnivore-ketocovore and am finally building strength and muscle. Animal protein and fats were vital to reclaiming my health. Even “healthy” carbs create inflammation for me

[@KetoGalAnn]

And this is the big question. Will he advocate for the “colors of the rainbow” plant based approach or not.

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

Same here!

[@Mike-ib6pd]

You went from nutritionally incomplete to nutritionally even more incomplete. I wonder how many medium term carnivore diet bowel cancer victims we'll need stacking up before you folk listen to balanced nutrition advice.

[@michaeldavin9659]

GOT to have protein for muscle production and workout to build them. Working out does not make you lose weight... it's nutrition

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@MysticGuardian605 Why no carnivore athlete can equal the best atheletes of all time whom happen too be vegan ? Carl Lewis, Novac Djokovic and Lewis Hamilton as examples .

[@davidcook1622]

I've discovered that I cannot eat vegetables(organic or not), Nuts, legumes, or fruits. In any amount, I developed chronic diarrhea. I started animal-based products only, heavily geared towards beef, bacon, butter, and eggs. Cured all medical problems. I just celebrated my 84th birthday. All my doctors have encouraged my lifestyle.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@davidcook1622 So if you cured all your health issues when will you be adding plants back ?

[@angieobes9835]

Why would he? There's no need for them​@@julienfroidevaux1143

[@cassieoz1702]

@julienfroidevaux1143 why do they need to be added back?

[@todmill100]

Carnivore is the way

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@cassieoz1702 Health outcomes data perhaps ? Like plant pholyphonls reducing cancer risk .

[@scp240]

I was at the beach on Cozumel a week ago and the place was full of obese sunbathers, mostly Americans coming off the cruise ships. They were busy drinking and eating and a few actually ventured into the water when they weren't lounging and consuming. The extreme obesity was shocking even though I've seen it a million times, and most of these people are relative youngsters.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

because they live like penned up livestock! fatten up hogs!

[@TOMGARVEYtheKETOCOOK]

We are a sugar addicted country!! Sugar is everywhere and with 74 different names for sugar is also a problem!

[@michaeltherrien6006]

It used to be just for the very rich. Sugar has a very twisted history and is largely responsible for the Atlantic slave trade. I'm ot sure what episode, but the "Throughline" podcast on NPR explains that history, well worth a listen.

[@ViDeTool]

It's sugar + fats. Demonizing one and praising the other like it doesn't have also tons of research papers it's just dumb. Control your carb intake. Control the type and quantity of fat intake. Encourage more protein

[@TOMGARVEYtheKETOCOOK]

@@ViDeTool I agree to a point, if you are a type2 diabetic your protein intake especially lean protein can raise blood sugars. However, a fattier protein can help regulate spikes in glucose levels. On my channel I promote very clean eating!

[@ViDeTool]

@@TOMGARVEYtheKETOCOOK on diabetes it makes sense to go for a lower carb higher fat diet and moderate protein. Even then I would encourage healthy fats. MCTs. Omega 3. And limit omega 6 to a great extent along side saturated fat. The problem is you resolve one problem and then you get atherosclerosis. It's always a balance at the end. And carbs are not the devil. Some sources of carbs are full of fiber thst lowers blood sugar. It's all about the foods not so much the macros

[@TOMGARVEYtheKETOCOOK]

@@ViDeTool There again I have to disagree with you on saturated fats and atherosclerosis. I believe that if you eat both high fat and high carbs, you will develop some sort of blockage! The right Saturated fats alone does not cause atherosclerosis. I don`t think anyone died from high cholesterol alone. As far as fiber is concerned, are bodies really don`t require any fiber, and the same with carbs. Thats just my opinion.

[@lindencalloway5]

The fact that nobody talks about censored book called The 23 Former Doctor Truths by Lauren Clark really gets to me. Always loved people like Lauren,she opens our eyes

[@jimveybe7689]

Cannot find it for sale.

[@zoewhite7705]

@@jimveybe7689It’s spam. You see them all over videos like this, always talking about a supposedly censored book and how amazing it is. Different book each time. I don’t understand what purpose they have or what benefit they get from doing it, but it’s spam - report the posts when you see them.

[@claireryan8074]

It’s some kind of bot scam. Shows up all the time on health videos.

[@shrameks]

In 1990 Dr. Atkins cared my alterative colitis and I really feel I'm alive today because of his teachings I remember throwing away all of the medicines from the medical establishment and going strictly on Dr. Atkins diet Revolution. It wasn't perfect and it has been somewhat refined since then but basically he was right. I believe Dr. Westman is the closest thing we have today to what Dr. Atkins if you were alive would have evolved into!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@shrameks Wasn't Dr Atkins obese whom died from a heart attack ?

[@robyn3349]

The people I know don’t understand what a carbohydrate is, nor why it is bad for them.😢

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

Don't eat your fruit and vegetables. Or longevity promoting beans . Terrible foods .

[@chrisedler6758]

@@julienfroidevaux1143 I agree...best to eat stuff out of a cardboard box which is obviously better for you 😉

[@jimrutherford2773]

It's all about keeping the population ignorant of facts and feeding them misinformation. Most media is Leftwing therefore the vegan diet gets the most air time and positive exposure. Keto and carnivore get no time and demonized by a system bent on condemning them. Hopefully that all changes in 2025.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@chrisedler6758 Apples and bananas come out of a cardboard box?

[@MsLeenite]

@@chrisedler6758 Better to eat the cardboard. /s

[@thewordrules]

Yes, Dr. Westman, I remember the presidential fitness awards as well as PE every year in middle and high school. In both middle and high school we had to do one and two mile runs and PE was mandatory every year. This was the early 70's for me. Now my grandkids tell me they can elect PE.

[@flyingboy44]

I corrected my pre-diabetic state when I changed my diet about a year ago. Thanks to Drs like yourselves on youtube. Thank you.

[@KenJackson_US]

I did too! I was very close to being diabetic.

[@OTatime]

Loss of culinary skills and unwillingness to home prepare batch meals weekly has resulted in a default to restaurant foods and ultra processed (convenient) consumer packaged foods. The willingness to pay for convenience rather than wise choices (with a personal time commitment) ends up sacrificing our health for profits of food manufacturers. Food scientists and food engineers are paid to make foods very appealing even if it has long term health consequences. Added sugar, low quality oils and high carbs make many manufactured foods very tempting from a sensory perspective. Companies like to put the onus to resist temptation back on consumers.

[@gwb8445]

RFK Jr. has some good ideas on food. Unfortunately, I predict the big food/big pharma influencers will never allow him to be confirmed. Money controls our food & drug "system."

[@truthmatters8241]

They'II TRY to stop him, but it isn't going to work.

[@Barbaralee1205]

I sincerely hope you are surprised!

[@T-aka-T]

He is not a saviour. Truly misguided to hope that (1) he could be sane and (2) in an admin such as what is coming, the oligarchs in control will allow ANY regulation. They are ripping the "deep state" away in order to replace it with crony capitalism. That's the idiocy of MAHA. No MAHA without MAGA. And that is just deluded followership clouded by racism.

[@bigswolletx]

Trump's in good health for almost 80 years old

[@T-aka-T]

@bigswolletx Physically, MAYBE.

[@johnkennedy8757]

I think there is a much simpler answer... If all the nutrition guidelines for hospitals, schools, military all government controlled organizations including the general dietary guidelines are based on the food pyramid, just change the food pyramid to come in line with a keto diet! that way you just start feeding the population the right food and watch the results happen

[@karolmolpus9536]

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[@T-aka-T]

Give everyone a freezer and a beef carcass instead of other food support. And maybe cooking lessons.

[@denisedecker7330]

Big food has a choke hold on the government.

[@donaldrhyne9417]

The US taxpayer subsidies to the sugar industry is around $4billion dollars a year, costing the average taxpayer about $50.00 a year.

[@Terri_2.0]

Wth?

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@donaldrhyne9417 The most subsided industry is animal Ag silly .

[@cassieoz1702]

Be very wary of politicians who tell you what you want to hear. I'll reserve judgement until they actually DO something useful

[@jaypeck]

Do you think people want to hear that they need to quit eating processed food?

[@KenJackson_US]

RFKjr is already doing something useful by calling attention to the situation.

[@KenJackson_US]

@@jaypeck Six years ago I didn't know what was good and what was bad. I ate a highly processed low-fat low-salt low-meat diet because I was told that was healthy. Grief! My high-fat, high-salt, mostly meat diet now is orders of magnitude more healthy.

[@cassieoz1702]

@KenJackson_US talk has happened before but action has failed to follow, so I'll wait and see.

[@mike4157]

@10:15 The same scientific rigor required for medical testing and approval should also apply to pesticide and herbicide testing and approval. Glyphosate is ingested by people in the same way drugs are, only without their awareness or consent.

[@Its_Easy7115]

Nothing today gets approved by the government, they allow the industry to approve themselves, if you don’t believe it goggle "how the tobacco industry took over the food industry" and "Proctor and Gambles roll in the decline of the American health.

[@margaretchayka6878]

Sugar feeds all kinds of bad health. Since I've given it up (mostly, I still have a few vegetables because I like them and I'm human) I feel so much better, from my feet to my brain. Just have to get more strength training in so I can be more pain-free for the next 15 years.

[@Charlie-h7x]

One of the major problems with school lunches is when they fed real meals many years ago so many kids wouldn’t eat the food. There was so much food thrown in the garbage. My mom worked in the cafeteria and she couldn’t believe how much food was wasted. Now day they serve junk so the kids will eat it. All they want is hamburgers and pizza.

[@veronicaheaney3464]

That’s both true and isn’t. My mother-in-law was food service manager for the school system in which we lived. Whenever she started at a different school, she had a “tasting day” each week for a different food. She would make 1/2 of the food according to the “official” school recipe and the other 1/2 according to her own, adding spices or other common ingredients that make food less bland (salt, pepper, parsley, chives, a gravy/sauce…) The office would announce the tasting and encourage students to vote for the version they liked better. Kids loved that they had a say, scoring the foods from 1-5. They could also add comments to the back of the voting card. My m-i-l couldn’t change the menu, as that was determined by the school district, but she did make it more palatable. Very little was thrown out. She eventually was on the committee that chose the menus and was able to get rid of some items that kids didn’t like no matter how improved. Kids like pizza and burgers because it’s hard to wreck them.

[@davebryant8050]

It goes back to the fact that Americans are soft. Rather than telling kids to eat what is set before them weak parents give them whatever they whine for.

[@truthmatters8241]

The food thrown in the garbage was Iow quaIity garbage.

[@Viralskeptic-d3z]

When I was a child, all I wanted was mac&cheese, pizza, cheez-it, and would only drink sprite, so although it is not good, it is understandable.

[@peterpan408]

My kids jump at eggs, steak, chicken, bacon etc They prefer that to a bagel, toast etc.

[@Bama_J]

I won the Presidents fitness award all through my school years! I hope they bring it back to our schools!

[@jaxflfreebird]

No, you won the President's Fitness Award.

[@Bama_J]

@ 🙄

[@jaxflfreebird]

@@Bama_J Yay, you did it!! Way to go. The internet is in a buzz now!!! You Go Strong Woman!!

[@Bama_J]

@@jaxflfreebird shoo fly!!

[@Habanero777]

❤❤❤❤❤ You're the only one that I have heard say this, that has done that. I did the same thing all 3 years of junior high and all 3 years of high school presidential physical fitness patches and awards. Those were the good old days, then, after that, they cut PE out of the school funding.😢😢

[@karenalas9247]

I totally understand what Dr. Westman is saying about looking at the label and seeing the carbohydrates for the so called “Bad Ingredients”. The problem with that is: we need to see those “Bad Ingredients” by name to realize; “Yeah, what is that I’m eating?” I really love the South American label system; green, yellow, red for good to bad. We need that here in the states. 🎉🎉🎉

[@davebryant8050]

The problem with that method is that the govt. is the judge and the us govt. is still telling diabetics to eat more sugar in the form of fruits, legumes and grains.

[@kathycallahan6810]

No we don't we need these things to not be in our food!!

[@Its_Easy7115]

@@kathycallahan6810: That’s the big picture a lot of people don’t understand…

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

​@@davebryant8050Wow fruits are bad now ? Dr Kepner reversed diabitities on a high carb low fat plant based diet. Largely fruit , rice and sugar .

[@Mauitaoist]

Yeah well what if they make meat in the bad list or saturated fat in the bad list it's not true but that's likely to happen

[@robynf.617]

I was just talking with somebody last week about the presidential physical fitness testing we had to do in school in the 80’s-90’s. And that they don’t do it anymore. I know students whose physical education class is online with no physical activity. Crazy to me!

[@cinnie2543]

In the 60's they took away recess which was a break from studying and they made us actually be physically active during it with structured games. I can see the wisdom of that now, but at the time we all hated it. We couldn't just play, but had to be on teams etc.

[@robynf.617]

@ Interesting. When I was in school, recess was a mix of structure and just play as you chose. They didn’t force us to play the structured games during recess. They did separate us by age as to which part of the playground we were on so that the older kids were not with the younger kids.

[@cinnie2543]

@@robynf.617 I was trying to remember what they called it. I think it was intramurals. I assumed it was nationwide but not really sure now that I'm thinking of it.

[@cassieoz1702]

School based compulsory physical activity put more people OFF physical pursuits for life.

[@paulabailey9791]

​@@cassieoz1702I HATED PE class. It just was torture for an hour.

[@petercyr3508]

I think ultimately we are going to miss the mark on all this talk about processed foods. The problem with processed food is they are primarily made of sugar, starch and seed oils not so much they are processed. To me fresh corn on the cob is no better than Doritos. Both are mostly starch, glucose we dont need. Of course the doritos are toxic because they are soaked in seed oil. If you put margarine on your fresh corn, equally toxic.

[@markschdroski1645]

Are the CEOs of ultra-processed food companies going to let their profit margins fall? hmmm… lets see if thats going to happen 🙄

[@KenJackson_US]

That's an interesting question. Don't know what's going to happen.

[@richardmonson8657]

If the number of folks that change their tastes and preferences is so large that it affects overall demand then the companies will alter what they sell. They make money based on what people will buy. This is not a chicken or the egg situation. People have to change and the food industry will adapt.

[@kathrynkemple-mclaughlin4072]

What I have noticed in most communities, is the health of our public servants. Such as police, doctors, nurses and government workers.

[@bonnieschmidt5882]

Or LACK of health, you mean. 😮😢

[@Nanaurbiznaz]

True. I worked in the hospital and I remember a cardiologist come in and tell his patient, after having a heart surgery, that he could go back to normal when he left. The cardiologist was at least 300 lbs! I just SMH at the ridiculous of the advice

[@RedPilled100]

Exactly the same here in Fiji 🇫🇯

[@artspark7697]

I am a public servant 60 years young, I am 5"0 tall and weigh 119 lbs normal BMI, normal blood sugar, Blood Pressure 110/62 pulse between 72 and 60 depending, cholesterol 207. work out 5 days a week with weights, cardio and yoga. Any more generalizations? LOL

[@RedPilled100]

@@bonnieschmidt5882Yep health is the state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing being; not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

[@descargaelbano]

I definitely have no faith in Kennedy because every time I hear him talking he's always avoiding the huge two elephants in the room. He's talking about food coloring, fluoride and whatever is less than 2% of the problem. He needs to come out and say sugar and carbs it's a huge part of the problem we have now

[@T-aka-T]

Also it took trump 10 minutes to "own" him by making him pose with McDonalds. People are not getting the depth of the competing narcissism Trump, Elon, RFKJ all out of their cotton picking trees.

[@marksanbourne3064]

I wouldn’t fluff off the food dye issue nor the fluoride issue so casually. One, most food dyes cause endocrine disruptions which screw up hormone production. They also deplete minerals and cause gut microbiome problems. Combine that with a lack of proper dietary fats and you will have kids unable to produce enough hormones especially when they reach puberty. Think about that for a few minutes and hypothesize what that really could do to a child’s development and identity. 🧐 And btw… think about pregnant mothers who could ingest a myriad of food dyes as well. These shit products can pass through the blood brain barrier in utero. Two, the fluoride picture needs to be completed. It’s not just the fluoride but what it does in the body. It can deplete calcium and magnesium. Increase potassium. Cause weakened bones.. think osteoporosis. Certainly screws up your thyroid/parathyroid glands … think obesity. And worst problem of fluoride is for children as it depletes iodine from their bodies. Iodine may be a micronutrient but it is crucial for brain development and IQ potential. Less iodine leads to a lower IQ … by 7-15 points from what I’ve read. Next time some dentist says anything about fluoride being in the water, ask them this…. Do you think fluoride is safer ingested or topically applied to teeth for protection? Lastly, do not think fluoride in municipal water is the sole source of the problem. Fluoride is in groundwater around the country at different levels. Here in NH it is common in dug and drilled wells. Also different types of mining cause it to get into water sources too. Btw… our top soils are depleted of iodine from our current farming practices. Iodized salt is not enough to help. I’d like to see RFK Jr get in and tackle this problem. I’m not sure he will be allowed to focus on enough of the problems to get anything accomplished. The Orange boss needs his uneducated followers and a lower IQ helps that cause. 🤦🏼🙄

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@marksanbourne3064 / Children drinking fluoride is not good - but some make _💸 💰_ from this. 😞

[@realhealthrealwealth]

It's a dog and pony show. Watch the birdie while we _ _ _ _ over here.

[@coolhand411luke6]

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. You have to start somewhere and most people think we are insane for not eating carbs. If he cannot ban food color what are the chances for any change?

[@shenandoah1322]

I was at a healthy weight until I started taking Seroquel for bipolar disorder. Sugar and carb cravings went through the roof. It also made me way more hungry. Now I'm trying desperately with keto to lose weight.

[@Nevernow721]

Same experience with Seroquel plus it put me in the hospital for 7 days with pancreatitis. Antipsychotics are brutal as far as weight gain. It's unbelievable.

[@denisedecker7330]

Please check out psychiatrist Chris Palmer and Dr Georgia Edes. They also spoke to Kennedy.

[@Terri_2.0]

Same here. Years ago I had severe panic disorder and agoraphobia. They gave me a high dose of Seroquel and I packed on more than a hundred pounds and developed type 2 diabetes. Got off it and finally am healthy again because of very low carb/carnivore. All the best to you.

[@Stampabay]

I was on Lithium and it was a nightmare. Switched to Topamax and lost weight right away. For depression used Wellbutrin

[@mathewnottingham1006]

There are some who suggest that high carb diets may be a contributing factor in Bipolar disorder. Though this isn’t a proven theory, there may be some truth to it. The numbers of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder has increased exponentially it seems with the increase of carbohydrates disguised as food in our western diet. Especially the highly processed junk. Of course, there may be a genetic disposition in some people that magnifies the problem when bad food is consumed as well.

[@truthinthefaceoftyranny]

I grew up in the 70's-80's in a small town of 4000. All of us ate basically the same thing even at our homes. My mother was a serious advocate against buying soda, chips or candy bars(chocolate). She cooked real food....like roasted chicken, potatoes and veggies. Roast beef, moose, fish etc. I had a weight problem as a kid. Then as a teen, then as an adult. I do think morbid obesity is a bit more nuanced than just processed food. I rode my bike to and from school (nearly 1mile). As teens we walked everywhere on the weekends. I do think there needs to be REAL studies. I would love to see a Wellness centre devoted to strenuous testing of blood, urine etc on morbidly obese youth, coupled by psychological assessments as well for 6 month stay program. Everyone in government have millions to throw around, how about investing in these young people. Also, no tv, devices or movies during the 6 months.

[@CarnivoreHercules-j8i]

My granddaughter bought some chips from a vending machine. Her teacher sent a note home with my granddaughter condemning that purchase. My daughter said why are you selling those!

[@marksanbourne3064]

Omg, ur granddaughter is priceless. I have the same thought about this when going to either hospital in my area. One waiting room has vending machines with crap and sodas in them. The larger regional one has a Sbarro in the hospital itself. I don’t have a why question… mine is more like a WTF level followed by more expletives. If a hospital can’t lead by example then…. Well, ya get the idea.

[@SerkanKezban]

Everyone watching this go find the book the hidden herbs by anette ray

[@musicaldiscovery1434]

I disagree that the number one cause of obesity and illness is highly processed or "junk" food. That implies that if you eat foods that have not been processed, and are "natural", you will be healthy. The reality is a much simpler answer: the number one cause of obesity and illness is the over consumption of carbohydrates, of ANY kind from ANY source, be it natural or processed. This leads to hyperinsulinemia which leads to metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, which then leads to obesity and chronic disease. Not even RFK Jr. is talking about this in a way that would significantly change the current recommended food pyramid.

[@truthmatters8241]

AIthough you're somewhat informed, you've pIayed semantics. RFK, jr. is WAY ahead of you. Just WATCH and LEARN.

[@musicaldiscovery1434]

@@truthmatters8241 Teach me, oh wise one, what semantics have I played? I guess having a Law Degree outweighs having a PhD in Human Nutrition, besides having been keto, and then carnivore, for over ten years.

[@Its_Easy7115]

Would you be interested in googling "how the tobacco industry took over the food industry" and the history of "Proctor and Gamble and the food industry", it will definitely blow your mind on how we came to this obesity epidemic and health issues in the United States…

[@truthmatters8241]

@@musicaldiscovery1434 No need for your condescending attitude, I didn't say you were WRONG except for you saying what he is impIying- which is inaccurate. I beIIeve ket0/carmivore is the answer.

[@musicaldiscovery1434]

@@truthmatters8241 I have a condescending attitude? Read over your first reply and your use of caps telling me how he's WAY ahead of me and that I need to WATCH and LEARN. When has RFK Jr. stated that the key to fixing the obesity and chronic illness epidemic in the West is eliminating carbohydrates in favor of a keto or carnivore lifestyle? Instead he focuses on the processed food and pharmaceutical industries. Please include a link to any discussion he's had on this topic that focuses on hyperinsulinemia and ditching practically ALL carbohydrates in favor of a high animal sourced saturated fat and moderate to high animal based protein diet. I await the link.

[@stephenarkless9444]

The number one rule for anyone wanting to get healthier or just to slightly improve their health is to STOP THE SUGAR! Number 2 is stop mixing high fat/vegetable oils and highly processed carbohydrate foods

[@stephenarkless9444]

Also remember all carbohydrates = sugar it doesn’t matter wether in comes in fruit, vegetable or a pasta the higher the carbohydrate content the more sugar it has

[@donpowers8726]

About 1970 my High School ran some fitness tests. One test I remember was pullups. I did 10. In the scale we were using that put me in the top 5%. My Phys Ed teacher was surprised that I could do that many. Could not do that today at 70 years of age. One of my classmates was so fat he needed help just to get ahold of the chinning bar.

[@donaldrhyne9417]

Since sugar is a key component of developing type 2 diabetes and the government subsidies its production should RFK,jr. push for the elimination of this subsidies?

[@sue2611]

Absolutely

[@peterpan408]

Tax sugar, subsidize meat and dairy. Although we might need a Vegetarian option?

[@sue2611]

@peterpan408 - Excellent idea. Subsidize regenerative farming and tax synthetic fertilizers.

[@peterpan408]

@sue2611 You need a lot of temperate land and low population density for that. New Zealand is very good for that.. lots of grass for the cows. No need to barn them or feed them grain.

[@stevelanghorn1407]

Agree with everything here except your statement (07:30) "Most Doctors don't know that". I'm convinced most Doctors ARE completely aware of the impact of poor diet on health / chronic disease. The problem is their sheer workload treating the outcomes of poor education, lifestyle and (ageing) population numbers. Here in the UK they are forced to "rattle through" their list of consultations...to follow (often very limited) clinical guidelines...to write prescriptions...and then shout "next patient please"! It's not "their fault" and they do great things in terms of controlling disease and human suffering. It's not going to be easy to reset the emphasis on prevention rather than chronic treatment. And it will cost!

[@paulreesor8200]

Doctors and dieticians cannot fix themselves so they have no clue about what is good or bad. They believe and practice what they are taught and licenced to do and that is to make people sicker lifelong.

[@ronladuke7235]

Doctors are the same in Canada as the USA, they are protected from law suit only if they follow the ( standard of care) rules that include the recommended diet so nothing will change Until standard of care changes? Schools, hospitals, military, old age homes everything follows the standard of care and if they don’t they can be sued.

[@barbaram.6220]

Great video, I'm sharing this one for sure!

[@cinnie2543]

Just excellent analysis as usual.

[@adarnoult]

I love these videos where you put myths and rumors and controversial statements in perspective.

[@JazzfromOz]

Regardless of the political argy bargy can we agree that ‘Whole food’ vegans and fruitarians while maybe not obese are not healthy. There’s more to health than obesity

[@jimrutherford2773]

Called skinny fat. TOFIs.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

many are diabetic

[@Mike-ib6pd]

Of course they can be healthy - or not! They can be extremely healthy. But you don't want to get people healthy, you want to politicise food & health. You aren't part of the solution, just part of the new problem.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@GuitarsAndSynths Vegans have one third the rates of diabitities compared to meat loving Americans. Source Pub Med. Please 🙏 get educated .

[@johnjuhasz7476]

I was a soft drink addict, but decided in 2016 to give them all up, including the diet variations, and within 4 months, I lost 16 kg! That loss stabilized the following year. To this date, I've had none of those drinks since. The only non processed foods one finds in the store will be fresh fruits and vegetables. Read the label of any packaged offers and there's a list of all the additives included. The FDA approved additives is a listing of some 10,000+ in the US compared to the EU's list of 400. I gave up all processed foods in 2023, vowed never to buy any again. I cook fresh daily, have some 30+ breads & co I bake myself, which are tasty, not bland & full of additives. If my bread like items are not eaten in 3 days, they're hard as a rock. When people visit Europe, they discover how good food really tastes. I would say that all of my friends also cook daily and stay away from processed foods, including your chips, sauces, sausages, eve vegan spinnoffs. Read the labels, surprise yourself.

[@MsLeenite]

Thank you, Dr Westman.

[@throrth]

Nina Teicholz to FDA administrator🦋😎

[@samanthakitch4736]

Hidden sugars should not be allowed. There are over 300 names for sugar. These sugars, or components of sugar, are allowed into foods without disclosure as long as it is less than a certain amount but there’s no limit to how many of these sugars can be used, at that amount, in one food. Since people have been told carbohydrates are okay they don’t even look at the sugars or know what to look for.

[@colleenanderson223]

I knew someone who tried to purchase a rotissory chicken at a grocery store and the card was denied. Frozen chicken nuggets were ok. This is wrong.

[@karenhaire5451]

As governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley tried to limit food purchased with food stamps to healthier foods.

[@MistyBlanchard-t6r]

We need to follow the money trail. So much money is thrown behind vegan and vegetarian marketing. The FDA has warp people’s minds on what is healthy.

[@timschmidt3784]

Just look at the contents of shoppers' grocery carts. I was walking behind a man and woman in Sam's Club and they had a giant box of Capn' Crunch in their cart. That is pure garbage.

[@fredsmit3481]

#1 issue - misinformation. Many people are misinformed by influencers that make a lot of money on the internet. Please debunk the mis informers who state that people can be on a keto diet without being in ketosis. Please tell people that it's easy and good to measure ketones on a keto diet and it's not healthy to delude oneself and assume ketosis without measuring.

[@georgemartin9478]

Another great video!

[@just-me6023]

I do believe processed food is a problem. But I think the biggest problem is how many people are eating it not realizing its processed food. We need to change how processed food is labeled so people can make informed decisions.

[@rootsrocksfeathers1975]

It really is not complicated. Avoid carbs and seed oils is the crux of the matter. Eat the grocery store edges with meat the main food, followed by, if you absolutely think you cannot live without vegetables, fresh vegetables and lastly, dairy and fruits. People really make it far too complicated. I, a former sugar/carb addict, eat 99% meat and eggs from my own free range chickens, a little dairy, no sugar or seed oils for the past few years. I am 68 years old and only take one medication for my 25 year long hypothyroidism. I've lost not only 60 lbs back to my 17 yr old, below my pre-thyroid-malfunction weight, but no longer have dry eyes, most digestive issues unless I overdo the fat, migraines, muscle cramps, etc. I wonder if I had gotten this message sooner, if I would have avoided a hysterectomy due to endometriosis and and gallstones. No use looking backward, though. The sad truth is that most disease is self-inflicted, whether the person knows it or not. We have to eradicate the ignorance about this entire subject. Thanks, Dr. Westman. ~Cynthia

[@judyfreeman5193]

Not a fan of Mark Hyman. Huge fan of RFK. I hope he can help save America.

[@johncarter4411]

I think this is a start, making labeling show what actually it out, just a start.

[@perserverance333]

I can eat organic carbs in moderation coupled with intermittent fasting, with animal protein. I lost 20 pounds in 8 months doing this, down to 170 at five ten and muscular. 30 inch waste.

[@PhilMorgan303]

Thank you doctor

[@colleenhaithcock216]

I have come down from 180 pounds and 60 units of insulin to 120 pounds and no insulin or meds. This is so important.

[@lindathompson3109]

If both parents must work to economicly survive it is difficult to ensure your children are eating wisely when you get home you are exhausted this is part of the problem

[@sandramorton5510]

RFK is over complicating the issues. Green, yellow, red is easy so people will use and kids can see and are a huge influence. Pesticides need to outlawed, stop playing whackamole with Monsanto.

[@DianneCreamer]

Totally agree!!

[@russelltate3703]

How do you recommend controlling pests in your garden?

[@sandramorton5510]

@@russelltate3703 I plant many types of blooming flowers to attract good insects and I use row covers.

[@flipdiva0007]

He has sued Monsanto in the past and won. RFK JR is no slouch. He's extremely intelligent and well read. He will fix as much as he's allowed to fix.

[@sandramorton5510]

@@flipdiva0007 Thank you , I am encouraged.

[@mathewnottingham1006]

Also, many young people seem to be far less physically active than they used to be.

[@ElleCoyote]

There are VERY simple things everyone can do when shopping for food. If we stay out of the middle aisles and just get meats, seafood, fish, eggs, cheese and vegetables, with perhaps a small amount of whole fruits, our children could thrive, but most of those foods require preparation. The foods they are talking about in this video are cheap and ready to eat. Families in which both parents have to work just to keep up with rent, utilities, transportation and food are in a bind. They can get a meal for everyone including the exhausted parents at a fast food restaurant for an extremely low price. It is not SNAP that is the problem, it is poverty itself. Why should people have to work at jobs that do not pay a living wage?

[@dgh5223]

Just because it’s on the store shelf don’t mean it’s good for you to eat. I’m glad they are trying to do something about it because if you don’t, anything bad for you can sit on the store shelf to be bought that can ultimately harm your health. A lot of people are blind to the fact how food is harming their health.

[@markotrieste]

Can we get rid of ultraprocessed food but keep the vaccines?

[@truthmatters8241]

Why?

[@markotrieste]

@truthmatters8241 Because vaccines save lives.

[@Nevernow721]

​@@truthmatters8241Remember polio?

[@robertbeckler5058]

I am totally sure that it will work out. Give it 5 years.

[@johnn4842]

Fake meat has to be the epitome of highly processed food. What has been done to make it look like and taste like meat?

[@pattylyman7907]

RFK gonna get his possible new boss into better health? What about the picture of RFK and his future boss eating McDonalds? Words are easy. Action is difficult. And like mentioned. The big food processing manufacturers are never going to give up profits. They may attempt to make "better" food, but wait and see how much it costs.

[@deboraballes9044]

We need honest information, then everyone can choose, even DJT😊

[@thaliad6759]

Agree, especially since those big food companies and pharma are also helped fund and support the incoming administration. Not that the other side hasn't been complicit as well, but this party is even more about supporting big corporation profits.

[@pattylyman7907]

@@thaliad6759 Yup. Exactly

[@davebryant8050]

And that's the catch. The taxpayers give the corn growers alone billions of dollars per year to make cheap foods that lower income people can afford. If we cut out the junk food we'll have people starving to death.

[@truthmatters8241]

@@thaliad6759 R0FLMA0 you're wrong. OMG, too funny!

[@Jimfrenchde]

I don't like the terms Ultra processed food or even junk food. I think a better term would be nutrient/toxic food. And if the food is really junk, we must have a lot of malnourished people out there. I think we are obese but also starving at the same time. Dr. Westman, I do have one question: I heard that in the old West that sometimes turpentine was added to alcoholic drinks. Is that kind of thing happening to our food supply? Is Fruit Loops analogous to Bourbon spiked with turpentine?

[@grainiac7824]

SOUND BALANCE needed. Your volume is low but your clips of others are loud. I have ear buds in and it is hard to adjust quickly enough and it feels like it's dangerous for my hearing

[@lynnmoser6918]

I still have my Physical Fitness badge and certificate from the '60's. 98%, thank you very much. And I'm still at 75a very active old lady and can do proper squats and run. I changed from decades of food combining to straight carnivore 2 years ago. No doctors for40 years. I'm gonna sew that badge on a denim jacket and wear it with my T-shirt which says: it's weird being the same age as old people LOL

[@VolJoe]

When we were kids, we called candy “junk food”. Now 80% of the food in the grocery store is junk. calling ultra processed food “junk food” is imprecise and unhelpful.

[@peterbedford2610]

#1? Self discipline

[@truthmatters8241]

#1 removing poisonous foods.

[@jimmyhvy2277]

Who Decides What is good Foods . The Manufactures ? There Government Buddies ?

[@robyn3349]

Right now, yes to both of those. Propagandizing it, too.

[@peterpan408]

A libertarian would say let the market decide. An interventionist would say tax and subsidize to encourage healthy habits. Should cigarettes be taxed, yes? Should sugar be taxed? Maybe?

[@thalesnemo2841]

Just eat fatty animal sourced foods which existed before 1850 not too often!

[@davidcappaert8740]

Dr. Cate Shanahan on seed oils. Her new book, Dark Calories, should be required reading for everyone in the health field. This info needs to reach the highest levels of this fight. I think the ommission of this info is dangerous to our health. Other than this glaring ommission, great video.

[@pointshealthcoaching8474]

I agree with Dr G. Eade - that food isn't medicine... we use meficine when ill, therefore, foid is sustenance & prevents illness.

[@EvanEdwards]

I'd say that the leading cause of poor health that has the lowest amount of discussion is age. It's just something that we can do little about. These things we can make choices about.

[@karolmolpus9536]

In the 60’s, yes fitness testing was a thing!!! Get the crap out of our food, natural and processed!!! We are getting poisoned! Junior and high school in Wisconsin

[@askyourselfwhatdoyoureally3542]

Money money money 💰

[@TNGURL08]

These corporations will sue and lobby. This will have to start as a grassroots movement at home and social media. Its all about the bottom line : 🏧💰🏦💵💶💱💳

[@jimlarkin1400]

Sugar and Seed oils High Fructose products among others

[@thaliad6759]

I just hope RFK is tasked with revamping the U.S. food system and education about metabolic disease , and that is all. Some of his statements in other areas are somewhat terrifying. In the past, he was a champion for food quality and especially environmental concerns, but in recent years he really has embraced and promoted some dangerous ideas that are unfounded.

[@truthmatters8241]

ActuaIIy, no. He has DATA to back up EVERYTHING he says and is right on target. Those who TRY to discredit him are mereIy the ones profiting from bad practicess.

[@truthmatters8241]

Don't be histri0nic, nothing he said is TERRlFYlNG or DANGER0US. He's informed and accurate, it's NOT opinions, it's RESEARCH and FACTS.

[@js1mom]

UPF...factory concoctions of gmo corn, roundup and machine oil!

[@kathycallahan6810]

Why do need to work so hard to figure out if something is good for us

[@todmill100]

Just look at the cops, the donut thing has come back to haunt them.. NO fitness standards

[@T-aka-T]

Look at what he did in Samoa. Rode in on his hobby horse, totally reckless, false claims made, 93 children died.

[@C_hoops58]

Sugar

[@donnaclement3228]

Who will fund this research on ultra processed foods?! The ultra processed food companies? Nope. The shrinking government? I hope RFK Jr can pull this off. The food companies won't sit by and let this happen.

[@nataliegist2014]

Eating meat is the only thing that I can eat without consequences.

[@michaeltangusso9801]

Seed oils , and McDonald's frys !!!!

[@7karlheinz]

I wouldn’t even watch videos about diet if Kennedy made them because my rule is the person has to be an enlightened MD or PHD, yet Trump is appointing him to HSS, what a moronic disgrace!

[@CoskunSureyya]

anyone reading this message go find the book the hidden herbs by anette ray. that's the one book that really did it for me

[@lunizparlein173]

Why doctor " reacts"

[@superseries7007]

I thought he was a Chiropractor not a doctor. 🤷‍♂️

[@bahba9247]

Is that Dr Berg?

[@margaretcoote1429]

Dr Hyman was supporting the jab so he’s sold out in my view

[@LatifeFerda]

thank you. it seems like you need to be your own doctor these days. for everyone reading this i recommend the book the hidden herbs by anette ray

[@paulsalvaterra]

So he thinks high cholesterol is an Isssue, lol

[@Arizona-White-Pomeranians]

Listen to rFk reasoning

[@paulsalvaterra]

@@Arizona-White-Pomeranians or lack there if, ,,

[@realhealthrealwealth]

It's a dog and pony show. Watch the birdie while they _ _ _ _ every way they can to bank THEIR bank vault gods.

[@geezlouise99]

I agree with low carb, anti junk food completely. But damn, RFK Jr? Who will take this anti vax, road kill, brain worm guy seriously? Why not put someone like the doc here in charge?

[@T-aka-T]

Yup. Sets keto/carnivore right back in the nut camp, from which we've been trying to escape, in particular by NOT being lumped in with anti-V and right wing politics. It's a real setback to have "Dem Royalty" owned by 🍊, made to pose with McD's junk on the jet

[@Susieq26754]

T3

[@2Truth4Liberty]

NUTRITION LABEL Ground Beef afsmarketplace net /products/ground-beef-label-80-20-w-nutrition-facts-red-black-1-5-x-3-62-roll-of-500

[@davidgreene8608]

I eat 250-300 grams of carbs per day. My fasting blood glucose is normal. I also eat 150 grams of protein and only 45 grams of fats, but very little saturated fat. I was doing keto long before it was a fad. While on keto I developed low testosterone my sleep sucked and my running suffered. I looked like I lived in a concentration camp. All that reversed when I went back to eating healthy carbs.

[@Poncho758]

Sorry, I fell asleep

[@timshel011]

😂

[@SonerSerdar]

i know my comment will probably get burried somewhere but for everyone reading this go find the hidden herbs book by anette ray. you can come back and thank me later