The SIMPLE Way To Make Your Body KILL BELLY FAT! - Doctor Reacts

The dreaded “spare tire!” 😩 Is there anything you can do about unsightly belly fat? Is fasting the ONLY way to get rid of it? 🤔 And what does insulin have to do with it? See Dr. Westman’s reaction to this interview with fasting guru Dr. Jason Fung.
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[@titasama3655]

To be fair, in another video Dr. Fung mentioned that a ketogenic diet results in 71% the benefit of fasting, so adding intermittent fasting in whatever form is an added benefit. He described keto and fasting as "cousins."

[@cassieoz1702]

This needs to be put in the CLINICAL context of how Dr Fung developed his method. His clinic went with IF rather than relying keto because of the catchment population. Dealing with many immigrants and low income patients, the patients found the prospect of fasting more acceptable than not eating their culturally appropriate foods. For those who were happy to eat low carb when they did eat, they got better results. Those who practiced THERAPEUTIC fasting but didnt change what they ate, still got acceptable results.

[@darkfieldcarnivore3928]

Yes, but the latter leads to deficiencies and toxicities that the former will not.

[@cassieoz1702]

@@darkfieldcarnivore3928 they've been doing this a long time now. I think they're both valid methods, with different folks tolerating different approaches.

[@mariad1151]

Jason Fung did good for his patients. I ❤ to hear how he tried to help them via diet. Fasting was a revelation for both him & his patients. Hallelujah 🙏

[@LauraB.335]

Megan Ramos did a podcast about which is better: fasting or diet. And, exactly for the reasons you mention, including also not having access to low carb foods due to being in a care facility of some sort, they started with fasting and had wonderful results. She believes, wholeheartedly, that for an insulin resistant population, fasting is the first and most powerful thing to try. BUT she also said that diet is important, and if you want to heal as much as possible, combining the two is ideal.

[@brigittegoretzky9757]

@@darkfieldcarnivore3928 Erm ... no! If you fast for a long time, like the person doing a full year without food, you need to take supplements. The usual fasts nowadays ranging from 16 hours to a few days do not cause any deficiencies. And what toxins do you expect from no intake of food or calorific liquids? Our bodies do not usually produce toxic metabolites they cannot deal with, as long as adaquate fluid intake is maintained. Even with long fasts of weeks and months, an accumulation of toxic metabolic products is not an issue. There is not a single study that shows any "toxicities" from fasting. Feel free to link one if you know one.

[@ajbfwb]

Fung was also my first exposure to keto/fasting with "The Diabetes Code". It changed my life and I'll always be so grateful that he does what he does. But I've also been glad to find people like Eric that I also trust, and can do things like this reaction video to get even more nuanced things discussed. For those familiar enough with both, you clearly know they're 98% "on the same page".

[@Hoojammyflip]

It should be one of those that is immoral to do - making people eat seed oils! 😁

[@michaelberry8453]

Dr. Fung was the first person I learned from about my diabetes. I read the Diabetes Code and haven't looked back. There are others who can describe various facets of diabetes control in deeper detail, but he has is all right.

[@ElleCoyote]

I see it fairly simply. If I never eat protein I will die. If I never eat fat, I will die. If I never eat carbs, I will be fine. There is NO HUMAN NEED FOR CARBOHYDRATES. When I eat keto, I am not hungry in the morning, so I eat later; voila! Intermittent Fasting.

[@cc2020-d4w]

@ElleCayote Wow! Incredibly well said!!! Excellent video & as always, so appreciated & greatly valuable. I love and admire both Dr. Fung & Dr. Westman. Meat on! Heal on! Fast on! 🦀🐟🥓 🦐🦞🧈🍳🍗🍖🥩

[@chuckleezodiac24]

go TELL THE HADZA. those poor things eat carbs. please help them!

[@seanveach950]

@@chuckleezodiac24 Should probably read the statement a little slower and digest it further.

[@trail.blazer]

@@chuckleezodiac24 That is a somewhat superfluous point. They do get carbs from milk but they are not over consuming carbs.

[@chuckleezodiac24]

@@trail.blazer it varies seasonally but about 50% of the Hadza's caloric intake comes from carbs (plants & honey). the point is that Anti-Carb Hysteria, Fear-Mongering & Fanaticism is silly.

[@janeybenigno7399]

I was hesitant to watch this video and resisted the temptation to shut it off. Although there was no attack on Dr Fung too many comments were taken out of the over all context of what Dr Fung proposes over and over in his videos. Dr Fung changed my life and was the first trusted resource of valuable low carb intermittent fasting information.

[@hektor6766]

I found this response surprisingly critical, myself. Perhaps the interview didn't showcase Dr. Fung's full strategy very well.

[@mable552]

Don't forget Dr. Westman was critiquing this video. It was over an hour long. I love dr Fung but he could have mentioned how powerful intermittent fasting is for those on medication as he always says to work with your doctor if on medications and as he always encourages low carb/keto in other videos and his books, he could have mentioned that as well. 2 sentences would have made this interview much better. I'm a huge Dr. Fung and Dr. Westman fan. Great work is being done by these two.

[@MrRobinGoodhand]

I agree completely. I feel it is a bit unfair to criticize Dr. Fung just because the words "ketogenic diet" don't fall from his lips in every sentence. I believe that Dr. Fung's message is "eat good quality, low sugar foods, but only once or twice a day, no snacks". Nothing wrong or unhealthy about that.

[@angelinevanaman2629]

Dr. Jason Fung is one of the first doctors I came across when I started my weight loss journey and he really made me realize that you cannot continually eat …I am at a 30 pound weight loss and maintaining that for the past three years and finding him really changed my life.

[@markotrieste]

Same for me. IF was a game changer.

[@mnayden5544]

Fasting + low carb + exercise = God mode.

[@nutritioncoachjo]

Amen!!! 👍

[@NiceLoki]

Fasting + meat + animal fat - all carbs = healed

[@Morese56]

Buddha mode.

[@colettesimms9706]

My top 2 docs are Dr Westman and Dr Fung. Both complement each other and it works. One important benefit to fasting is autophagy which is huge. Clean those baddies out of you. When you open your window make sure it’s low carb, keto or ketovore and your body will be happy. Mine certainly is. Oh and don’t forget to exercise.❤

[@darrellwong4097]

Jason Fung was the Doctor who started me out on my health journey 2 1/2 years ago. Great at explaining stuff and really practical. He also promotes low carb / keto on other videos. I understand that insulin in the blood helps glucose into cells, converts excess glucose into glycogen and prevents fat burning. Therefore when you don’t have insulin in your blood ie fasting, means you must burning fats. When you are on keto every time you eat you will still raise some insulin….. I’m still intermittent fasting and on keto / carnivore. Great way to go!👍👍👍

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Hard to believe that I did a 5-day fast - _twice ❗️_ 😳

[@acwhit1593]

I want to do a 3-day fast but every time I get to the 24-hour Mark I cave and eat something. I am carnivore but I've only been dieting and fasting for about a month.

[@FlyingMalamute]

I fasted once, for 36 hours. It was horrible. Never again. 15-16 hrs is the limit for me.

[@trail.blazer]

@@acwhit1593 Wait a while a little longer to ensure you are first fat adapted, then the fast will be of more benefit to you. Don't dry fast; take electrolytes.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@@trail.blazer / Agree 👍

[@acwhit1593]

@@trail.blazer Thank you! I appreciate the advice

[@tommytude]

What works best for me is doing longer 36 and 48 hour fasts and then eating low carb in between fasting. I've lost over 20 pounds in a month so far and saved so much money.

[@DianeGallego-b9k]

Intermittent fasting and keeping carbs less than 20 grams equals amazing weight loss

[@katejacobs5491]

Never thought someone like me could go zero carb. It’s possible I’ve done it; crazy miraculous.

[@slingshot8219]

After doing the ketogenic diet and intermitten fasting for 2 years, I would say the combination of food is the foremost concern, and then the timing and the duration of fasting would come naturally. The high fat with adequate protein would determine when I will have the next meal. Carbs just make me feel hungry earlier, which mean my duration of my fasting shorter.

[@peterbeyer5755]

Muscle matters to, weight lifting should be encouraged.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Not rly I lost 55# and prob walked 3-5x in 6 mos lol lifted zero I’ve lifted and lost zero, simply got muscles under my fat It’s more IR than anything Unless ur like 25

[@Beef_it_to_be_fit]

Not really. Tons of skinny people that do not lift.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

_" Lift for Life "_ 💪😚

[@darkfieldcarnivore3928]

Definitely!

[@Beef_it_to_be_fit]

@@darkfieldcarnivore3928Pretty sure the percentages of centurions that were weight lifters is close to zero.

[@iss8504]

Telling people to not eat carbs leaves the vegans and vegetarians behind. That's basically all of India. Dr Fung is proposing something that we can all do, no diet wars needed. Dr Fung doesn't want people to reject fasting if they are vegan, etc. If you listen to his Fasting Method, they advocate low carb. If you eat keto all day long, it does not work for many of us. Fasting long enough does actually work but the best is both together. On a 36 hour fast now.

[@mariad1151]

Leaves out all of Europe, too! Italy & France for sure! Leaves out the rice cultures: China, Africa,...who doesn't survive in carbs?

[@brigittegoretzky9757]

@@mariad1151 I am European, German to be precise, and have spent tme in other European countries. Most of us do eat animal products, low carb and keto are not a problem if people wish to change their diet. Vegan and vegetarians are only a small proportion of the European population. Buy yourself some cookbooks on French and Italian cusine and see how wrong you are.

[@mariad1151]

@@brigittegoretzky9757 French are known for baguette & croissants. Italians for pizza & pasta. Asian & African cultures subsist on rice & grains. Enlighten yourself & cultivate a little social grace, too.

[@brigittegoretzky9757]

@@mariad1151 Do you really think baguette and croissant is all the French eat? Never heard of Coq au vin or Bäckeroffe? Beef bourguignon? Bouillabaisse? How about the various ragus in Italy? Saltimbocca alla Romana? Osso bucco? Calamarata? No? Nothing? I guess you are American and all you know is the junk food you get sold as "typical" but you really have no clue about the fantastic food you can find around Europe.

[@mariad1151]

@@brigittegoretzky9757 Your post is not only arrogant, it's ignorant as well. I leave you to it. You don't know the value of bread, pasta, pierogi, pastry, & rice to the world's food supply. The only convincing point you've made is that you're argumentative and rude.

[@darkfieldcarnivore3928]

Fasting is quite different to low/no carb in regard to allowing a damaged digestive system to heal.

[@ianstuart5660]

Very much so!

[@jamesasimmons]

I don''t know why but for me fasting reduces my inflammation from my auto disease like no other. Avoid carbs does help but not on the same level.

[@MrRobinGoodhand]

My intermittent fasting has helped with arthritis in my hands. I am not sure if it is the fasting, or the cutting down on bread, or a combination of both. I still eat bread (I love to make my own), but not everyday.

[@coweatsman]

Interesting to listen to 2 doctors I admire having different positions on fasting. I have fasted twice. The first time was for 28 hours in which I experienced near euphoric spiritual feelings and mentally sharp. I wasn't hungry and felt I could have continued for longer. The second time was different. It was for 42 hours and I felt like crap at the end. On breaking the fast with a light refreshment I felt completely normal within a few minutes.

[@kayallen7603]

He's using autophagy which does work in a "self-cleaning way". I used it to help during my adaptation to a keto diet. Worked very nicely. Autophagy removes damaged cells and you can simply do this overnight while you sleep, and you rely upon ketone bodies made from your body fat. Since I was not taking meds, nor a diabetic, it was perfectly safe. All that is needed is no snacking ever and skipping breakfast - doing OMAD. And this pattern fits into today's commuting lifestyle. You have your black coffee on your way out the door in the morning, no snacking at work, and then you have a nice ketogenic lunch. This is how one adapts more easily to keto, trains yourself to not snacking and since you're on the job you don't have to endure people nagging you to eat a "balanced diet". Eat only what is "essential for life" which are meat and fat. No carbs, all of them. KETO 18/6 +A is my method.

[@AndreAngelantoni]

Prepare your body by eating no carbs for at least 24 hours before your fast and you will find the experience much easier. Even better is two days of no carbs.

[@LaurieR2255]

I lost 30 lbs using Dr Fung's plan coupled with carbs under 50 g/day. When I dropped carbs lower, and switched to Ketovore/Carnivore last August, I felt physically better, but have gained 5 lbs and have not lost inches. Fasting, which used to be easy for me, no longer works because I get really hungry...for my animal based foods. I believe, for me, Dr Fung's approach was much more effective. 24 or 36 hour fasts, 3 times a week

[@Jim-hw6zd]

Thank you Dr Westman! You are changing and, saving lives.

[@vh2776]

Dr.Fung is great guy, smart and share his knowledge in very easy way to understand for people not only for doctors.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

For older women, vast majority Needs fasting Pointblank It’s sucky in our culture but it’s reality Also -it takes a looooong time of severe carb restriction (w/high fat) and IF/EF before seeing things even start to shift It’s rare for the person to tolerate this in our culture. It’s HARD and for no gain (fat loss). So they give up. I’m talking 6 mos till fat loss rly starts kicking in - like the 25yo did in week 3 lol Support network is absolutely KEY or ur going to lose in the fat loss game

[@margomoore4527]

Dr Elizabeth Bright says the exact opposite! Older women who fast spike Cortisol, which puts on belly fat. We (I’m 73) can lose fat by eating mostly fats and protein, minimal carbs, and by working out with weights sufficiently to build some muscle (which burns fat while you sleep). This is absolutely sustainable once you take your own health seriously and realize how terrible the alternatives can be. And any woman who can’t make up her mind to eat healthily and needs a ton of “support” is weak-willed. In the words of Neicey Nash, “Take a big girl pill!”

[@EricaBassi99]

This has not been my experience. I lost weight quickly on low carb.

[@yt555555]

I lost all my excess weight in one month with zero carb diet. Very constant weight for last four months. Carnivore for the win.

[@mariad1151]

Keto & carnivore is a hack for cutting junk foods out of the diet. That is the only reason they result in weight loss.

[@alexr6114]

@@margomoore4527 Not everyone is the same and some people have more discipline and drive than others. Carb addiction is real, but I think that much more of carb addiction is psychological. I know a lot of overweight women who are not happy. The people that they loved have died or moved on with their own children and do not have much time to spend with their mothers. For women who never had careers and who centered their lives around their children, empty nest syndrome and losing their husband and many of their friends leaves them with little but food and TV. Take away the comfort foods and what do these people have left? Quite a lot if they are willing to change their lives and develop other interests, but that is difficult if you do not have the habit of doing so for the last thirty or forty years.

[@chuckylamb4398]

Keto is marvellous especially when combined with intermittent fasting. I find fasting gives me control. I eat 18/6 with occasional 23 hour fast

[@MrRobinGoodhand]

If you watch other interviews or presentations by Dr. Fung, you will know that he supports good healthy food with no snacking between meals. It just makes sense to allow your body to deal with whatever food you have ingested, before you eat again. Giving yourself time to rest, and your cells to do some "housecleaning" (or autophagy if you are geekish) . If you are eating every 3 hours, your body never gets the chance to do this. As a doctor intimately involved with type two diabetic issues, he is naturally in favour of cutting out the sugars.

[@hektor6766]

I consider IF as a tool in the keto/carnivore tool kit, like resistance and HIIT exercise. The diet quells hunger, and the tools strengthen the ketosis and accelerate the fat burning.

[@bhaskarbharath]

I didnt find this video of Dr.Fung confusing at all and its really helpful. Also fasting doesnt merely help to lose fat and if done longer ones will induce autophagy. Dr Fung does emphasize on protein being the building blocks of body in other videos a lot.

[@XaqNautilus]

I love your videos Dr. Westman but your audio balance in this video is out of whack. I have to turn the video up to hear you and then your shown clips are louder than you are.

[@ReginsEvans]

Please do a video on what to while sticking to a Keto diet and NEVER feeling hungry. I get really light-headed and maybe even a little dizzy before I realize I haven't eaten in hours. Thanks.

[@ladyasaid]

Dr Fung's audience is: humans NOT on keto. He's trying to explain to the 'layman' what's going on in the body. (Carbs = sugar) Once a diabetic grasps this 'concepts, life gets easier.

[@NiceLoki]

Jason Fung was who I discovered when looking up how to cure my fatty liver. Jason makes perfect sense. So I discovered intermittent fasting and the carnivore diet at the same time and started them almost immediately. I am seeing immediate results and am finding IF surprisingly easy. Within 2 weeks I have done 15 or more hours every day and sailed through a 40 hour fast as well. Now I'm planning on trying to do a 2 day fast every weekend.

[@albrackets8446]

Ok, have you considered Dr. Fung’s patient population? It may be that it is difficult for Dr. Fung to get his patients to quit rice. Dr. Westman, you always say you have to deal with patients as they come to you. Therefore, the fasting Dr. Fung suggests is a good way to overcome this issue.

[@PrayOnmykneesLouise]

Very helpful Dr. Westman, thank you.

[@Jacknjellify531.]

Cleared lots of doubts. Thx for this video.

[@dr.coole.]

Autophagy is stimulated by fasting, but not stimulated as well with keto alone. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[@Hoojammyflip]

Also stimulated by exercise in a big way...

[@gailivey2015]

I've watched a lot of Diary of a CEO videos. He's been very interested in low carb eating lately, but he also entertains vegan influencers. No doubt in my mind, Fung was either cautioned against spending too much time on what you eat and focus only the fasting element, or that was edited out. Before I started low carb eating I watched a lot of Fung's videos and was doing IF while still eating plants and sugar and it was helpful. So, this little seed is very good. Recently, my hopelessly sugar addicted t2d relative decided he was going to do intermittent fasting. I have no idea if he still is doing that or not, but something put that seed in his mind. He even recently said to me that my diet was working better than his (he follows standard of care from a vegetarian doctor). So I'm just not offering any more information and will let him follow the path and pray it gets him to the low carb lifestyle.

[@kayallen7603]

Time for lunch, which in my case = bacon.

[@sharonanddickfewkes5477]

Your videos are fantastic. Make so much sense. I appreciate all that you do for us. Thank you Sharon

[@jillbraser9302]

I never heard anything about killing belly fat? Felt a little tricked into watching waiting for that 😏

[@Dee-743]

Intermittent fasting, autophagy is how you do that. Doing crunches daily too is really helpful.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

He was reacting to a video titled that

[@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036]

@ ~ 3:25 Dr Fung talks about it, explaining the importance of fästing - IF and prolonged fästing.

[@mariad1151]

How many commercials did you count? If folks think this is about information, they need to wake up. Like all else, it's about $$$$$$

[@T-aka-T]

​@@mariad1151ZERO commercials. They are added by YT not by Dr W. I pay a fee for premium YT and there are no ads. (Sometimes the channel does their own ads and I vote with my feet. I really hate ads. But do be aware of the two types - YT and channel sponsors).

[@deborahmcveigh8092]

❤Dr. Fung

[@wandahare8064]

Wow, I just found you on KZbin and was liking and agree with your perspective until today. Dr Fung tells why in his book, The Obesity Code. Maybe you should read it and maybe you should take his interviews as a whole when commentating his interviews. The “I think” or “I don’t believe “ doesn’t show your watchers proof, only your opinion. Intermittent fasting along with a low carb diet is what Fung teaches and what works.

[@websterdoris3014]

Thank you Dr Westman ❤ Excellent as always !!!!

[@barbaraberwick8993]

Dr. Fung explained that he older people from different cultures and trying to get them to do any of these special diets, or even understand them was almost impossible, but everyone can understand intermittent fasting. And just giving that time allows the liver to pull out the glycogen. And he is absolutely right about lowering metabolic rate. He absolutely does show data about results with intermittent fasting. Right now, I am doing both, but to be honest, eating keto is hard and very hard t9 continue forever..intermittent fasting is much easier

[@seanveach950]

Someone I was listening to made the comment that hunger was the signal to go hunt for food. People in the wild would then have to go work for it in many/most cases and it might take a while to finally eat. Personally, I like to intermittently feast, which is a phrase several people are now using and I think it fits well. I don't look at it as fasting if you are only eating when the body says you are hungry, go find food. I have seen people who have eaten whatever they want, once a day, and lost weight. I wouldn't do that. I do believe it is not just about losing weight, it is about losing unwanted fat and also still getting complete nutrition. I also find I don't like fasting much on low/no carb. However, every once in a while I just feel like not eating for a day or two and typically just follow my body cues. Fiber is an interesting topic. I see no reason to eat fiber and have not heard any convincing argument that make me believe you need to eat any. I don't, and so far ( 3.5 years ) no issues that I know of. Of course, I don't eat carbs either, so not really worried about slowing down sugar digestion. Funny that eating protein goes to eating only protein. Protein and fat come together, what a shock. Eat the food as it comes in nature. Carbs and fiber are not essential, pretty much says we evolved eating mostly protein and fat and would have only had what nature provided. Carbs would have been very limited, and still are today in come places. Doesn't mean we cannot eat them, we just wouldn't often and that allows us to handle doses every so often. We also need to have insulin rise every so often. Too many people are afraid of insulin. Don't raise it by artificially eating carbs that we don't need to eat, let the body make what it needs from the protein you eat and the fat you store.

[@shanghaiffgg]

I have been researching both vegan and carnivore diets in recent months and have come to the conclusion that both can work depending on the person. It’s the elimination of sugar and junk foods that convey most of the benefits. I thought I would share one of my observations though from watching hundreds of videos from both communities: The carnivore community videos tend to have hundreds if not thousands of people sharing their experiences on carnivore which are 99.99% very positive. It’s often difficult to find even a single example where some had a bad experience on it. I would say at least 90% say it cleared up an array of illnesses and people feel amazing on it. These comments rarely mention vegans or a vegan style of eating. It is rare to find a case of someone who ate carnivore and switched to vegan and said they feel better or that it was the best thing they ever did. The vegan community is littered with people castigating meat eaters and dismissing carnivore, often with a smug or hateful attitude. I understand that many people have an idealogical aversion to killing animals. It is quite common to find people who were ill on vegan and cured themselves when they switched to carnivore. Of course there are a majority that also feel great on vegan too. I notice that it is overwhelmingly the Vegan community that spreads FUD. It is then those same “experts” that seek to sell you you on all kinds of potions, supplements and procedures. My spidey senses are tingling. In my life experience when someone hits me with FUD and then offers a solution which I need to pay for it is usually BS. Let me give you one of hundreds of examples of this. I watched a carni video talking about SIBO, they said the vast majority of people see improvement within 2 weeks of a meat based, zero card diet. They tried to see me nothing. Then I saw the vegan community discussing this. They said it needed to be analyzed via a stool sample and then promoted a $250 stool analysis service. I see this pattern again and again and again. Like I said, I think both diets have their benefits but do your research folks and question those spreading FUD and selling you stuff as a supposed panacea.

[@jolou0917]

what is FUD?

[@shanghaiffgg]

@@jolou0917 fear, uncertainty and doubt

[@reneejames2841]

I myself needed to weight way back in 1989 and heard dieting would not work for long term. Weight loss and simply thought to myself if I limited my eating snacks between meals,cut out sugary drinks (cola,fruit juices)and once I did that with gapping between my eating...and surprised everyone I knew by losing weight and keeping it off for years

[@aaronmoss8733]

I feel like you were inferring that Dr. Fung was promoting fasting as the only way to lose weight. He clearly stated that fasting is a tool. I have listened to him for years and he has never claimed that fasting is the only way to lose fat. You are both in the arena fighting the same fight and I think it is disingenuous to try to somehow armchair quarterback someone else's interview and present yourself somehow as superior. I respect your thoughts and the work you have done in helping people and contributing to ethical nutritional information, but I think segments like these would be more credible with a one on one interview. In this instance I feel this isn't as educational but more of opinionated filler

[@Hoojammyflip]

Yes, I got that feeling too... I like and respect both doctors and found some of it hard to listen to.

[@WillH0724]

Does the “answer” then not lie in a moderate and sustainable combination or low carb and intermittent fasting? Fasting may be “natural” if indeed you don’t wake up hungry … and not being hungry is the result of low carb diets … a natural state through which we evolved. Break the “habit” of eating and replace it with “necessity” of eating.

[@trans4myourlife]

True..i have been doing IF and still eating carbs...so weight loss has been very slow particularly since im post menopause

[@franwitzel1604]

New to you channel and enjoyed it , learning lots thank you Dr

[@pgodwyn2987]

I just wanted to say that I have been intermittent fasting now for about 7 months and have lost over 6 stone in weight. When I do eat witch I have restricted to a 6 hour eating window I do eat high carb foods for example I will have one bowl of cearl twice in that window then fast and then another day I will have a nice sandwich once that day and fast . I know this is in your opinion bad but it seems to work for me . I would try a keto diet but the foods that say they are keto friendly all seems to be either pricy or ridiculously expensive and as a person on a very low budget I have to stick to what I can afford . I think a lot of the videos not just yours about keto do not take in to account people on low incomes enough . But with that said I do enjoy your videos and find the way you explain details very easy to understand.

[@gerarda8182]

What about this study? Date: March 20, 2024 Source: American Heart Association Summary: A study of over 20,000 adults found that those who followed an 8-hour time-restricted eating schedule, a type of intermittent fasting, had a 91% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

[@bonniebenz8792]

Everyone should have a Fasting Insulin Test. Glucose test is only one tiny piece of the puzzle. REDUCE INSULIN NOT CALORIES!

[@cassieoz1702]

More popular platforms like Fast, Feast, Repeat (not clinical based) have thousands of case reports of people who dont (initially) change what they eat. Apparently some folks (especially those who're OVER dietary restriction after many years of failure) respond to changing WHEN they eat rather than WHAT they eat.

[@Hoojammyflip]

Yup - I started with IF - trying to get my 6/7 meals a day and loads of portions of fruit and veg down to eating 2 meals a day - took a while and was quite uncomfortable until I adapted. Now quite happy with 72 hr fasts

[@kevintappminville195]

Yes and it's called Low Carb diet! I'm sorry to disagree Dr. Westman. But. Protein comes second for me... I need huge amounts of fat to support my energy, sleep, hormones, etc...

[@28181218]

Your mike is too low....great video and appreciate you very much!

[@katecollins3894]

Seems like he was trying to appeal to the masses rather than just the low carb/keto people that he has been talking to for years. Unusual though that he didn't talk about Keto/low carb at all because Steven has done Keto himself before.

[@BigVine-m5i]

Dr. Phinney says fasting more than 24 hours is not a healthful exercise. I'll stick with low carb.

[@ZUnit108]

fasting promotes autophogy! anti cancer, anti aging and anti inflamation

[@DomDeDom]

Where are the clinical trials on seed oils? 🤷‍♀️ Can you check those out?

[@MrBahramsabahi]

I watched dr fungs same video last week and it did change my mind back to fasting and then while i was about to change i watched your video (perfect timing) which stopped me from adding fasting like years back. I do prefer to lift weight and have 3 meals a day. Two smalller ones and a big meal. It would be nice if you could do a video about when it would be beneficial to limit the greens and when to increase the fats which are now limited in your book.

[@Hoojammyflip]

I enjoyed OMAD and doing my weights session after work 24hr fasted and before my one meal of the day...

[@chadfitch3293]

I’m a little confused about Dr Fung saying protein mixed with fat is problematic? Why? It’s completely natural and whole. He seems to be saying eat chicken because it’s low in fat. Is that for weight loss or is that for health? Is he saying animal fat is bad for you? And is he a proponent of fiber (whole grain what) ? Because I know we don’t need fiber if we don’t want it in the context of a low carb diet. Surely if you are not low carb the fiber could have a benefit but if you are in ketosis I don’t think fiber is necessary not a nanogram. And I still don’t understand why he holds the 70s up as the ideal decade. That is the decade I did some of the most damage to myself; Twinkie’s, grape soda by the 12 pack, chocolate bars and Rice Crispys for breakfast with a mound of sugar poured on top. Had to be disastrous for my 10 year old brain. I know I only survived because I was a high level Athlete. Paying for it now tho. Note: I was suicidal at 11 even went to therapy. Look up Dr Georgia Ede if you want to know the truth, include Dr Chris Palmer while your at it

[@robertthompson5501]

When I had an elevated A1C my family doctor advised me to eat more meat and less carbs and I could be a member of the Bacon lovers club. My renal doctor advised me to limit Protein and cease Creatine monohydrate. I have simply avoided Ultraprocessed foods, miss donuts and ice cream. Labs all good including renal panel. Simple, high protein Mediterranean/Dash diet with limited carbs. Fung Mumbo Jumbo. 🙏🏻👹🏋🏻🏊‍♀️

[@EmilNicolaiePerhinschi]

I tried intermittent fasting, but I could not stick to it without dropping carbs first, and I could drop carbs only by replacing them with butter and even them it took a few months of trying and failing ... mostly because I like potatoes and beans and cheese cake too much :)

[@glennsampayan2322]

Can you make your own videos on health and wellness so that others can critique you?

[@lindahendrick6222]

I am a type 2 diabetic. When I don’t fast. My blood sugar is almost always 130 and if I fast k go down to mid 50’s and feel like I’ll pass out. I can’t seem to find a good way to drop weight and not be extreme high or low numbers

[@dahof2789]

I don't trust anyone who ends every sentence with "right".

[@SuperBotanica]

I skip breakfast, have a super carnivorous lunch and in the evening just a banana or some papaya or berries. I never fast for longer because I enjoy the feeling of being hungry after 3 days and then I don't want to eat anything at all. that is dangerous for me

[@Hoojammyflip]

I have the same with a 3 day fast... I feel like I don't want to eat again 😂 - but I know that I should...

[@BigVine-m5i]

Sorry that Dr. Fung doesn't advocate low carb. He says specifically that you can eat whatever you want, as long as you fast for some amount of time.

[@mariad1151]

They may have a stronger microbiome, lower LDL, & better health overall.

[@LauraB.335]

He does advocate low carb in his earlier books. I think he’s shifted his presenting to incorporate all kinds of diets, as there are people who don’t want to do low car but will do fasting, and fasting is very powerful by itself. I agree that if you want maximum healing, you wanna do both fasting and low carb. Megan Ramos, Dr. Fung’s business partner, talks about this very thing in a podcast she did.

[@alexr6114]

To fast before or after surgery and before a blood test is totally different than fasting for several days consistently. You would think that a physician could see the difference. While someone who is extremely overweight can fast for two or three days safely, it may be very dangerous for someone who is only slightly overweight. I doubt that most people who go through multiple famines would advocate that for others.

[@Hoojammyflip]

People who are habitually in famines are very unlikely to be suffering the western metabolic problems that we have here... there is a big difference...

[@Damcarnivore]

He does speak about food now and then but not often. He suggests to eat foods that are satiating. Then you need to do more poking around to find out what he means

[@tammypitarch]

I would like to see Dr. Fung with out his shirt. Looks like he hasn't been fasting.

[@smokey987]

Sounds like he is prescribing / describing a Keto style diet without saying it. I feel like he is playing a politically correct word game so he doesn't need to deal with any potential backlash.

[@SA-hf3fu]

At 25:50, I’m not sure that I agree with the “protein should come first. We’re made of protein”, statement. I mean, cows are also made of protein but they don’t have to eat meat, eggs, shellfish, etc. to maintain their healthy bodies.

[@Hoojammyflip]

Cows are designed to eat grass they have 4 stomachs... and chew the cud...

[@yt555555]

Turn up your mic volume

[@TheMallyjoe]

Why would cortisol go up when you fast?

[@islaadele1212]

I think I saw Dr. Fung kind of endorsing Ozempic? At least, he said he didn't see much wrong with using it as an appetite suppressant. Hmm.

[@Hoojammyflip]

😱

[@self-helpcorner8907]

Academia is a problem for progress - narrow, narrow views

[@carlawalker8219]

Dr Jason Fung is when I found out to miss a meal. But I did find out after a meal at noon and I don't eat dinner my sugar drops to 59 I wonder if that's ok?

[@wandahare8064]

Dr Fund does teach when you eat to have low carb foods. Not fair alluding that he only promotes fasting without proper diet

[@mikeward9870]

Indeed, the video you analyze is not a master class in metabolism. I have heard (via Peter Attia) Dr Fung talk about simplifying the metabolism concept to its most basic characterization for the ease of client comprehension (as opposed to those who would read his book The Obesity code where he does talk about diet, stress, ...).

[@CliveGreen-lf7kz]

So .much negitivty on keto their a new study from Japan saying keto shortens your life 😢

[@heatherknowles3124]

I am getting to the point where I don't even like to hear Dr. Fung's voice. It is information that does not apply to me. he has a very specific audience that he should be focusing on and not touting this as good for all. there are degrees and/or phases that people can choose to follow, so his intermittent fasting, carbs/fibre idea might be a starting point for some...but eventually we all know in following Dr. Westman, that is the low end of the continuum towards optimal health. IMO

[@amandabradley884]

I water fasted 72 hrs and lost nothing. My body is not so smart 😢

[@LauraB.335]

Depending upon how insulin resistant you are, whether you ate carbs before you started fasting, how often you fast, it can take 72 hours to get into ketosis, where the body is burning mostly fat for fuel. Keep it up. Megan Ramos, Dr. Fung’s business partner, calls 3 36-42 hour fasts per week the gold standard for lowering insulin and losing fat. She did this for about 6 months and got rid of her pre-diabetes, fatty liver, and PCOS.

[@alexr6114]

I contracted norovirus last spring and I did not eat for five days. I did drink a lot of water. I was not overweight before I contracted the virus, but I also did not lose any weight after not eating for five days. I almost blacked out brushing my teeth the third, forth, and fifth day. I do not think that long-term fasting is necessary or good for some people. It may be that fasting for at least 12 hours per day up to possibly 14 or a few more hours may be healthy for those who are not overweight, to give the diagestive system some down time, but more than that may be detrimental to people with a healthy weight. For people who are very overweight, fasting for over 16 hours and even over one or two days may work and help them lose weight. But those are two very different populations.

[@Hoojammyflip]

Apparently bizarrely it often works much better for men than women! - Many cases apparently where husbands do it because their wives want to lose weight... the man finds the weight drops off and the woman takes a lot longer 🤣 Sorry ladies...

[@tyjohnson2171]

Mr critical.

[@doddsalfa]

The status of insulin doesn’t interfere with fat burning calories does

[@billb5732]

Please stop saying, "ultra-processed foods", without defining the term. If you mean flour and sugar, then say that. If you mean grains, sugar, artificial flavors and coloring, then say that. Or define the term up front.

[@fredsmit3481]

Doc, you can learn a lot from Dr. Fung. Fasting is keto and low carb. However, your weird diet that you call “keto” is just a low carb diet that is certainly NOT keto for all people. You need to stop your misinformation regarding your fake keto diet. Just call your diet by its proper name - your diet is just a low carb diet. You stated that nutritional ketosis is not the goal of a “keto” diet - this is not scientific and just plain dumb. A keto diet is only a keto diet if it induces ketosis for the particular person on the diet. If a person is on your weird diet and they don’t enter nutritional ketosis, then the diet is not a keto diet for that person. Please stop trying to make money from the word “keto” when you don’t even recommend measuring ketones.

[@alexr6114]

Dr. Westman has over twenty years experience of saving diabetics and severely overweight people lives at Dume University. He is a research physician. Dr. Westman advocates consuming less than 20 grams of carbs per day and consuming a high fat and moderate protein diet. This is sustainable for most people.

[@fredsmit3481]

@@alexr6114 I agree with everything that you said. However, he likes to call his diet a "keto" diet instead of the proper term which is low carb. Calling it keto is misleading. Many people (including Dr. Chaffee and me) have not been able to get into ketosis on a zero carb, lean protein diet. This is because protein has an effect on insulin. I'm not saying Westman's diet is bad. I'm saying that calling it keto is extremely misleading. Most scientists believe that nutritional ketosis is

[@Hoojammyflip]

@@alexr6114 Yes - so he shows that low-carb does the job... Intermittent fasting including carbs also works for some people...

[@JanWristen]

To be fair. Dr. Fung does encourage a low carb diet among his patients. It’s in both the Obesity Code and the Diabetic Code.

[@mariad1151]

He says keto makes fasting easier. I love that he laughs everything he says low carb muffin like it's an oxymoron.

[@davetweens7687]

Dr Fung's youtube videos on OMAD, intermittent fasting and longer periods of fasting were so helpful to me on my keto and carnivore journey.

[@crisfield4364]

I have just under 70 pounds to lose. I doing high protein moderate fat low carb alternate day fasting. So it's a Dr. Westman - Dr Fung combo. Skipping some meals allows me to afford rib eyes on a regular basis. Weight loss is steady, meals are enjoyable, and while my stomach may growl on fasting days, I don't get the shakes or light-headed anymore. I love your reaction videos.

[@davetweens7687]

Exactly what I thought: using low carb you do not feel so hungry and don't feel so hungry when fasting. Another benefit if you're carnivore is that it makes it so much cheaper!

[@howardhamaker2708]

Dr Fung does recommends keto and fasting. My understanding that most of his patients do alternate day fasting. He does says he does have patients that won't go on Keto but the fasting even works with the SAD diet, but just not as well.

[@kdemetter]

I've followed Dr Fung's program for a time, and I have to point out : He doesn't just recommend fasting. His program is fasting combined with eating a low-carb to keto diet. They are actually a powerful combination because it's much easier to fast when you are already fat-adapted thanks to eating keto. And conversely, doing like a 36h fast can help you get fat-adapted more quickly ( but that can really suck though). Today, I just use it as a practical solution : having fasted in the past over 36h in the past, I know that I can go that long without food without any problems. So that if I'm on the road, at a conference or some other situation where I can't at least eat keto, I don't have to worry. In that sense, it's a powerful and simple tool to have at your disposal

[@jobrown8146]

Thank you. I appreciate videos where a professional in the same space politely critiques another professional. It helps me to learn how to listen more carefully.

[@judyfreeman5193]

Absolutely. I like how Dr. Westman presents his views and highlights where they differ from Dr. Fung. Very thought provoking.

[@robyn3349]

Thank you, Dr. Westman! I love Dr. Fung, he has a wonderful way of getting his message across in a entertaining way. I love you, too, Dr. Westman and I learn much from you. I do intermittent fasting AND I am very low carb!

[@richellmcknight446]

I've seen LOTS of videos with interviews with Dr Fung and he DEFINITELY advocates for low carb, keto, etc❤ Maybe check out the info from his books, as this one video is not all inclusive of what he espouses❤

[@suzannekazmiruk183]

Dr Fung ❤🇨🇦

[@lorrainestokes336]

Dr. Fung's video are very helpful. He also still treats patients at his clinic