DEBUNKING Harvard's INSANE Carnivore Study - Doctor Reacts

[@M-3-1-6]

One of my best friends had type 2 diabetes. After 3 months on the carnivore diet he went into prediabetes. After the 4th month he had successfully reversed his type 2 diabetes.

[@happyapple4269]

shush, they dont want people knowing that.

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

This is great but just to clarify you're not actually reversing Type 2 diabetes but you're reversing the condition which causes type 2.....Insulin Resistance.

[@Okaybob]

​@@my-yt-inputs2580give it a rest. The end result is the same. When you put food into your refrigerator/freezer........does it add cold, or remove heat until the temp drops, and therefore becomes cold 🤔

[@HarvestGlow]

Wow. That is pretty amazing. ❤

[@LauraB.335]

@@my-yt-inputs2580- you can reverse type 2 without reversing IR, as type 2 is only measured by glucose, not insulin (stupid way to measure it, since IR can be in place for years, if not decades before glucose gets consistently high, and it’s estimated that 93% of American adults are insulin resistant). Anyhoo… type 2 can go away before IR does, but you’re right in that you ultimately want to reverse the IR, so that you become fully metabolically healthy.

[@ronaldjones996]

I don’t think Harvard is a good source of nutritional advice. I am a retired family physician and happily keto for four years.

[@markwilliams9855]

Studies are not advice. Especially ones based on questionnaires that don't yield statistical data per se. And IMHO, where the study was conducted is less relevant than how well designed and rigorously followed it was.

[@temporarilyembarrassedgodd9656]

I don’t think one guy with a KZbin channel is a good source of nutritional advice

[@nathanshackelford7812]

@@temporarilyembarrassedgodd9656He is an MD though so definitely makes him not just some random on YT.

[@TheRealGOTdurrrred]

Harvard is a school of deception. The skull and bones cult. The illuminati school. Never trust a word from them

[@Steger13]

9 months on carnivore,never felt better! I even got back my eyesight. I couldn't see small writing on little bottles and now i can again 🙏

[@TheDirge69]

2½ carnivore. lost 35 kg. 59 years old. My eyesight has only improved just slightly. My skin has improved greatly...

[@JYAN2852]

As someone who follows carnivore, I do have to agree that the Harvard self reporting study does not hold much weight.

[@massachusettssportscentral9444]

Right It's the same basic low level survey study we all dismiss when it shows meat is bad

[@JYAN2852]

@@massachusettssportscentral9444 Exactly. If we replace "carnivore" with "vegan" for the study we'd all call that a junk study. It only is hypothesis generating requiring further studies

[@anguishanonymous2759]

I've been on carnivore for over 2 years now. Lost 100+ lbs of weight, got off all 3 BP meds and my readings are phenomenal despite not medicating at all, reversed severe edema and ED, and the list goes on. Based on what I see going on with my body, I couldn't care less what lies the critics spout. It's my body, and thus far I had the best results with the carnivore diet, whereas my doctors told me that I'd need surgery to cut out parts of my stomach! I fired them all. I am done with these quacks. Because let's face it. The more I listened to them, the sicker I got. Because of this diet, I am still here.

[@JillGrant-e7f]

I am a trial and error kind of person and I will try anything once. So two years ago I decided to start a carnivore diet because I was lactose intolerant and wheat products bloated me. The diet really agreed with me and I have stuck to it. I lost a little weight, but was never really overweight in the first place. I have no health issues now. I do not take any medications. I am a 75yo female and 152 lbs.

[@lighthealerastrid1465]

This is similar to my story BUT I have to find a way to put on the 7 pounds I lost. I am 5’ 8” and now weigh only 123 pounds. I am 72 and lift weights. This is just fat and my face and neck have suffered the most.

[@JillGrant-e7f]

@@lighthealerastrid1465 I see your dilemma; it happens at our age that we look older when we lose fat from our face and neck. Our compensation though is that we feel absolutely brilliant healthwise. Embrace your new look, at our age we have earned the right to look the way we do and we don't have to impress anyone anymore :) Love and blessings to you.

[@Goldenproductionsemc]

Have you noticed all the people you are arguing against the carnivore and Keto diets, all the negatives they mention include “may” and “could”. This tells me they are playing it safe to insure they don’t get sued in the future when they are proven wrong.

[@Adanosiam]

Meanwhile, the current diets lead you with a margin of certainty into diabetes and a variety of other conditions, where the patient is to blame for his gluttony and irresponsible consumption of processed foods.

[@sonjakluesener9920]

I'm 57 and have eaten loads of non-starchy vegetables, very limited gluten-free grains, and fish, chicken, pork and eggs. I began dealing with inflammation, weight gain, and feeling sick/lethargic. I went on carnivore out of desperation. Been on 2 weeks and Inflammation is way down, I've lost 8 lbs and am starting to feel really good. Eventually, I'll start testing food to figure out what I can and cannot have. I think some of us just have to dial it back and see what our bodies can tolerate. In the meantime, I am amazed at how satisfying just having ribeye, fat, and eggs has been. My body must really need the fat and protein.

[@feralon9570]

I've been low carb for a year this month, I'm down 80lbs, reversed type 2, no longer taking cholestrol meds, off of three of my bp meds. I can now walk up to 10 miles and not whine or complain. I'm currently carnivore for 30 days, but typically I'm ketovour.

[@texan5196]

Have been carnivore for 6 months... I have lost 45lbs, lowered my inflammation, restored my digestion, improved my sleep, increased my muscle mass, aches and pains are gone, my exercise performance has not suffered, I do beef, buter, bacon, and eggs, with limited cheese, and sour cream... O. M. A. D.

[@TheDirge69]

almost identical to me mate.been doing this for 2½ years...

[@bradshores9617]

Awesome 💪💪💪💪

[@maybesomeguysomewhere]

I don't want to carnivore police you, but by bacon I hope you mean sugar-free bacon. I never hear carnivores say sugar-free bacon when talking about eating bacon. Also, all bacon that I am aware of has celery extract/celery powder in it, as well as elevated omega 6 fatty acid from the pigs lifetime of a 100% soy/corn diet.

[@TheDirge69]

@@maybesomeguysomewhere that is a very good point you make. When you say 'aware of' can you name any brands?

[@maybesomeguysomewhere]

@@TheDirge69 I found a few brands online that have no plant products at all, just cures and preservatives: Market Pantry Hardwood Smoked Classic Cut Reduced Sodium Bacon from Target, Kirkland Signature Thick Sliced Lower Sodium Bacon from Costco, U.S Wellness Sugar Free Pork Bacon Slices from U.S Wellness website, and Smithfield Hickory Smoked Lower Sodium Bacon from Walmart. Some of these are Whole30 compliant.

[@JoaninFlorida]

Harvard ruined its reputation. It's now a woke joke.

[@denisedecker7330]

Yes it was trashed when they found out two scientists were taking bribes from the sugar industry to blame saturated fat for heart disease.

[@XaqNautilus]

As one who has already suffered over twenty kidney stones and had those issues completely vanish once I stopped eating vegetables, I hope that myth that the carnivore diet is detrimental to kidney health goes away.

[@cyndimanka]

I tried the vegetarian diet several times. I absolutely loved it but I was younger back then. Vegetables don’t work so good for me now and it’s carnovore that taught me that. I love keto but I cannot eat that way. It bothers my system. I think people should eat the way they want to eat, according to their needs, but not shove it down peoples throat. I understand being excited about a new way of eating because you feel so good but just any diet that gets rid of all the garbage that’s on the shelves is going to help. I am a firm believer in the carnivore diet and I have seen video after video of vegetarian and vegan’s that changed over to the meat side and have felt much better

[@chrisminifie219]

Recently consulted a cardiologist. He was vey happy with my blood pressure. Very happy it’s all my bloods including HbA1c, low fasting insulin, normal blood glucose, low hsCRP, all liver and kidney markers normal, high HDL, low triglycerides, etc, etc. But when he saw LDL of 282 it was all that mattered. He wants me on low dose aspirin (I do have high CAC score from previous SAD diet) and statin. I’ll take the risk of no drugs. I’m not going to back

[@marshcreek4355]

IF you have the beginnings of CVD per your high CAC score, you may want to at least consider taking the baby aspirin. There are keto, metabolic, and carnivore influences like Drs. Robert Cywes, Annette Boz, Ford Brewer, and Ken Berry who say it's protective when active disease is present. I get not wanting to take a statin.

[@sirronmitt]

Thank you for your calm approach. I have been on a mostly carnivore diet since February 2024. I've lost about 32 lbs so far. I am more active because of my weight loss. My essential tremors have reduced, and now I can use a manual screwdriver. My average blood pressure has dropped from 147/94 to 128/73. I can put my spurs on without my stomach getting in the way. As they say, if you don't lose weight for you wife, do it for your horse.

[@beardumaw24]

I was a low fat plant based eater for 30 years and was getting weaker and sicker. 4 years ago I switched to a ketogenic animal foods based diet and my health has improved dramatically on an animal based foods diet! I don't get sick anymore, my joint pain is gone, brain fog is gone and I can now do ten 100 yard sprints twice a week something I couldn't do 5 years ago on a plant based diet. On animal based foods my triglycerides are down to 53, HDL up to 70, vLDL down to 3, and healthy LDL 185, inflammation markers down, kidney function way better now, filtration rate went from 80 to 95 the blood pressure down to 113/73 on the last 4 years of animal based foods diet. And my bones and teeth are stronger than even ! I'm now eating the proper human diet ! Animal based foods and I fèel fantastic now ! Harvard's plant based Doctors are full of BS. Big auguculture causes a lot more pollution, poisoning the water and soil with pesticides and fertilizer, killing thousands of wildlife. The latest 22 year studie showed that people with higher healthy LDL had lower rates of all cause mortality than people with lower LDL, High Intensity Health went over this studie.

[@newdata]

how come u dont thank your 30 years of plant based diet for current health. and 30 years later , how u know u will enjoy the health u are enjoying now after 30 years of carnivore diet

[@TheDirge69]

awesome comment, you are a legend, thank you!

[@TheDirge69]

@@newdata lame comment dude, plant food does not cut it for human health

[@massachusettssportscentral9444]

​@@newdatabecause he highlighted drastic improvements since stopping that way of eating. Not hard to figure out. "I ate this way for 30 years and had these issues, I switched to eating this way 4 years ago and those issues are gone" Do you think that he gave up to early at 30 years and all this good stuff would have still happened if he just hung on for 34 years?

[@NicHe-df8jc]

Can I have the study you mentioned about elevation on good LDL led to decreased mortality? Will love to show my doctor 😊

[@lowellcrabb151]

At age 74 I've been carnivore for over 18 months and lost 50 pounds. I'm now down to my high school wresting weight. The only negatives I've found is the continuing leg cramps during the night after exercise and the fact that no nearby doctors understand the diet to be able to help me.

[@donaldmcpherson3226]

Same age as you, Same story vis a vie the doctors in my area.

[@happyapple4269]

you are lacking magnesium and potassium, either supplement or eat bananas and avocados after exercising, or cut down on the exercise.

[@abanoubshahid9829]

I would say take a high quality Magnesium supplement a couple hours before bed. It should both be good for sleep and removing the cramps. Cramping is Often due to an electrolyte imbalance, think maybe eating a lot of salt but not much magnesium or potassium.

[@AnneMB955]

Up the salt intake is consistently suggested when I’ve heard this complaint a number of times. Also other electrolytes.

[@darvoid66]

@@happyapple4269 or supplement with potassium and magnesium.

[@AnneMB955]

I agree, Zoe Harcombe knows her topic and is quite listenable and believable. Thx Dr. Westman for your analysis.

[@jovotszebb367]

She's professional, sweet and funny.

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

I recently had a job applicant from Harvard who didn’t get the job over an applicant from the University of Arizona. She couldn’t believe it. The woman I hired is fantastic.

[@vickimartin7601]

I am planning a carnivore diet to address my sugar addiction. I have been using a keto diet since 2019. My problem is I let myself have the sweet taste I crave every so often. Well, I am tired of always thinking about when I can have my next sugar or alcohol fix. If I can get to the place Kelly Hogan is, not having cravings, I am hoping to be good. I have quit smoking after 44 years. Tho, I only was able to after losing 100 pounds and starting a keto diet. So now I am quitting sweet taste. ....Wish me luck.

[@TehKarmalizer]

Good luck.

[@JI-ev9pp]

Currently doing a carnivore diet and have had fantastic results. Weight loss 250->185 in just over 5 months (40-50lbs was lost in the first 3 and has slowed since.) I sleep better and no longer snore (was never checked for sleep apnea, but I think if I didn’t have it I was on my way there.) I very rarely get sores in my mouth now and when it does happen they heal within a couple days as opposed to taking a couple weeks and then coming in clusters. I am more alert and don’t try to doze off just sitting in church or when driving for extended periods of time. My blood work looks much better overall compared to last year’s numbers, and I feel great. I would strongly recommend everyone give it a try for at least 30 days and see how much of a difference it can make for them!

[@tonybrown9797]

Been 99% carnivore for 2 years. I still drink coffee. 64, never been healthier, more energy, as strong as i was when 28. Train 7 days a week. Skin is younger and glows. Testosterone is very high. Yes, humans can eat most things, i have learned that we shouldn't if we want optimal health. 😊

[@JoshuaMalan]

Yes! Carnivore for life here. I was vegan/veggitarian for almost two decades, it almost killed me. Switch to full carnivore and have never looked back except for to cringe on how many years I lost giving into the plantbased mythological creature of bs. Thanks for this review!

[@AnneMB955]

Great choice for your better health. 👏🥩

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

You did it wrong . Don't blame vegan for your bad habits .

[@Diesel-dog]

@@julienfroidevaux1143here you are again blaming people for what is an unsustainable diet without supplementation. ie impossible to maintain health without man made supplements.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@Diesel-dog The same man made supplements given to cattle which you ingest second hand ? Will you refuse man made magnesium in a emergency care scenario as it's man made ?

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@Diesel-dog Carnivores are dependent on ansestrally appropriate electrolyte powders. They would be as meat is pitifully low in magnesium potassium and sodium.

[@sirclarkmarz]

All those Ivy League universities I've become a joke . they're churning out the worst possible human beings our culture has ever seen . I used to have a Harvard trained physician and all he was was a pharmaceutical vending machine .

[@iss8504]

The majority of students ar Havard has an A average

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Nonsense anti-intellectual comment. Your politics are showing.

[@TheRealGOTdurrrred]

The most brainwashing school there is

[@darvoid66]

Whenever I click on a KZbin video and it uses a robot (A.I.) voice I click off immediately. I just assume whatever the content is, it's not real, true or positive. Perhaps i"m too strict but I need to know that a real person is speaking or I have no interest in the content.

[@kellyb3198]

I get you and am inclined to the same as my first response. I will point out that there are people out there that don't have voices of their own and perhaps also those that have otherwise limited abilities to communicate effectively through speech. Just a thought. I'm a mom of a mostly non-verbal 17 year old and it's still my first thoughts too. I guess that's what second thoughts are for.😅

[@j.j.oliphant9794]

Same

[@uffa00001]

As an Italian, I find AI generated voice much more understandable than 70% of human voices, and clearer than 90% of non-professional speakers. Native speakers immediately filter out all inflections, dialects, shortenings of words, and they don't realize how "inexact" is the speech they are listening to, they have an automatic "error correction algorithm". AI generated voice can have strange inflections for a native speaker, but is very clear overall.

[@darvoid66]

@@uffa00001 I respect your preferences and appreciate your stance on robot voices. I totally get how they are easier for someone who speaks a different language to understand compared to some of the difficult dialects and accents we Americans use. I still hate them and click off every single time. Cheers.

[@AnneMB955]

@@uffa00001Well said, some here think we all speak the same language or live in one country.

[@mickmcmenemy7701]

Thanks again for Eric Westman; patiently wading through confusing information so we don't have to.

[@StoillBarzakoff]

Every time I hear a vlog post with "text to speech" voice, I discard it immediately as a "hogwash", and "bollix" as the Irish would say.

[@eringo-bragh4243]

I have yet to hear a coherent argument from a cardiologist of how cholesterol impacts the cardiac environment which would be 'the proof' that there is a relationship. As I told one of them, there's a study that shows people who present with heart attacks typically have average or low cholesterol, which is opposite of what they would predict. I'll stick with the idea that inflammation is key to damage with the body using cholesterol to fix the damage (for now).

[@janedough6575]

That “idea” used to be accepted wisdom.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

You sure showed them , a non expert telling a expert how things are done .

[@eringo-bragh4243]

@@julienfroidevaux1143 Non-expert? You mean like all the doctors pushing the low fat high carb diets leading to obesity & diabetes? Those guys. Look in the mirror & repeat...I'm am ill informed.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

The career of Claudine Gay mirrors the goings on at Harvard and other "top" academic institutions. Intellectual compost.

[@pilotrtc]

1:29: I contend that carnivores are better at reporting what they eat because it's such a simple diet and they worked very hard to get there. They are equally aware of how often they "cheat" so I, personally, put more stock into a carnivore epidemiology study than any other food ingesting epidemiology study. The main problem with this whole meat vs plant debate is that people on both sides think that there's only 1 way for people to eat healthfully. And that cannot be true. I think all forms of diet are valid and nobody has the right to dictate how a person should eat. Kick government out of our kitchens, living rooms, and bedrooms.The benefits I’ve enjoyed since adopting the Carnivore way of eating (in no particular order): Excess weight gone, improved sleep, mental clarity, arthritis gone, able to remember why I went into another room, varicose veins disappeared, sun and stove burns don’t hurt and are gone the next day, hardly any plaque and no bleeding gums at the dentist, rosacea gone, acne gone, mood improvement, cravings gone, ankle swelling gone, cracked heels gone, and I never feel “hangry” And let's stop assigning importance to "associations," "relationships," and "linked to" and assign importance only on "causation."

[@AnneMB955]

I agree, no-one knows us better than us. Others need not tell us what’s right for our lifestyle, especially strangers.

[@jvlbme]

Yeah, if we want to steal the food from other people (and destroy the planet, torture animals and create pandemics) surely that is NO ONE'S business but our own?

[@rhshrimpton]

I really appreciate your measured approach to hyperbolic claims on all sides of the nutritional aisle. I'm carnivore for 8 months and seeing unprecedented improvements. But I have ZERO interest in living in an echo chamber of rhetorical BS. I want hard data, and if compelling studies emerge to the contrary, I'm open to altering my diet in the future. But until then, THIS N = 1 will stick with what's working for me and my family. Thank you!

[@chuckleezodiac24]

right on, bro. all Humans must be 100% Mega Ultra Maxx Hardcore Meat Mutilators in order to achieve Peak Optimal Health, Fitness & Longevity. end of discussion!

[@erniewhite1382]

Thanks for your valuable time Eric

[@dccoletrain]

I’ve lost 126 lbs on carnivore so I feel I have to be healthier than I was…. That’s science 😂

[@MsMsmak]

This "study" is just another reason people stop trusting institutional sources.

[@mathewnottingham1006]

This is anecdotal. I lost 60 lbs on what I would characterize as dirty ketovore. It took 8 months and I survived a couple of extremely life threatening health events that were not related to the diet directly but to anti clotting medication which was at too high of a dose and I may have mistakenly taken a double. Strict Carnivore may have prevented that since Vitamin K in leafy greens throws off INR results. I still do the ketovore but I’m off of blood thinners and I intermittent fast every day. I usually go 18 to 24 hours without eating to promote autophagy and eat far less greens but more meat and fat. I notice muscle mass improvement is much more pronounced, even with light to moderate exercise with 15 lb dumbells. Kind of surprising for a man at age 68.

[@jenjenthedragon8385]

Im 51, i started Carnivore 6 years ago. I lost weight, i lost inflammation and for the first time in my life i have no IBS, i suffered from constipation and gut pain my whole life. A no fibre diet has fixed that plus no more menstral pain or achy joints. I feel the best in my life. No more depression or anxiety. Currently perimenopausal, any unusual anxiety is fixed with having more butter. Tooo easy. Im 140lbs, i eat roughly 80% fat to protein

[@GypsyWolfGina]

My chronic back pain significantly reduced within 1 week of carnivore. 3 weeks into it, I woke up pain-free (it builds throughout the day, but I'll take what I can get, and it still isn't at the levels it used to be). Edit: keto didn't do as much for me.

[@myhouseimports]

Thank-you for your calm and reasonable review of the subject.

[@judyfreeman5193]

OMG let the cholesterol levels go already. How long do we have to hear this disproven information? AARGH

[@robyn3349]

Thank you, Dr. Westman! We don’t need bias, we need good science! (Oh, how I dislike those computer voices! I usually turn them off, but I wanted to hear you!

[@zorabw8948]

I am mostly Carnivore - sometimes Ketovore on 1-2 days per month. My bloodwork is very good. HDL to Triglysterides is 1:1. Zero plaque. A ton of healthy hair. I love it.

[@petaross316]

Walter Willet is a raving vegan , so no bias there 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

I’m a Boomer. In my age group, my friends who have a very high carbohydrate diet, lots of candy and desserts and sodas, are all having kidney issues, some very serious and life threatening. I was heading there myself. Now on a keto/carnivore diet, my kidney function is improving. I’m now at a egfr of 90/120. No protein in my urine and my blood markers are in a low healthy range.

[@DenisseCafengiu]

I’m sooo disappointed that science is not science anymore. What are we teaching the new generations? Heartbreaking! 👎🏻😓

[@emsea1658]

it's always been messy

[@RickBlaine]

Try Education isn't education any more!

[@TheDirge69]

big food and big pharma working together to kill humanity and transfer wealth to themselves...

[@massachusettssportscentral9444]

Science came about as a means to explain what people observed in the world. Now it is often a means to say "Don't trust what everyone sees and have observed for innumerable years, because we did a study that says something different."

[@DCGreenZone]

I've seen a panther swim and run, I've seen a cheetah run, I've seen the power of a lion, I know giraffes chew bones (For some unknown reason) and I've yet to see an animal on the savannah with crutches or a dialysis machine.

[@Vaejovis357]

They typically die when they’re a few years old. So, there’s that. Many variables must be factored in to draw conclusions. This particular one is absurd.

[@jenswalks]

When animals are injured or develop illnesses they don't go on dialysis - they are quickly eaten by other animals!

[@DCGreenZone]

@@Vaejovis357 Glad you liked it, didn't see any wheel chairs out there either.

[@Noegzit]

@@Vaejovis357 "They typically die when they’re a few years old". They live a lot more than that. Cheetahs and panthers for example can live 15 or even 20 years that's certainly not what we could call "a few years" and, anyway, different species may have different life expectancies so that a 15 yo panther should not be compared to a 15 yo human, as the former is very old for a panther and the latter is very young for a man. Please also note that diabetes and high blood pressure are the leading cause of CKD and, now we have a lot of children with both, we can even find quite young people on dialysis: 10000 children and adolescents have CKD and are on dialysis in the USA.

[@jamesnelson1968]

Been on carnivore for eighteen months, A1c went from 6.8 to 5.3, creatinine (kidney disease marker) dropped to normal from over two, psoriasis disappeared from the top of my head where I had had it for over twelve years. My gums quit bleeding, the "diabetic shin" healed, my carpal tunnel and arthritis in my wrists and hands disappeared. I have a destroyed right knee and seriously damaged lower spine used to give me pain every day, but not anymore. My IBS cleared up, the floaters are gone from my eyes and the age spots have disappeared from my skin. My anxiety has cleared up and it no longer takes me hours to fall asleep, for over fifty years I had two months of holiday depression every November and December, 2023 I didn't have it. The biggest issue was five years ago I was told that I had serious cardiac issues, an enlarged heart, a left ventricle that was a solid block of hardened muscle and wasn't pumping properly with the rest of the heart, and a decreased flow. I was told this could not be cured, only managed. In February this year I was told that an ultrasound of my heart showed that my left ventricle was now normal with only a small patch of hardened muscle in the wall and my flow rate was normal. I reconfirmed this in August. I used to take multiple BP meds, now I am down to an infant dose of one and it isn't really necessary. I have lost 130 lbs. Dr Willet he is a Vegan ideologue with no respect for the truth.

[@wocket42]

Amazing story. Good for you

[@karenohanlon4183]

What is diabetic shin? I have many of the things you have including floaters. Recently I have shin splints so wondering if that is something to do with diabetic shin? Bloods are hba1c 5.2

[@jamesnelson1968]

@@karenohanlon4183 I spent over twenty six years working in dialysis and so so many diabetic patients as most with kidney failure are diabetic. So many had the condition I refer to as diabetic shin which is a dark discoloration with papery thin skin stretched over the front of the lower legs. There usually open sores on the surface of the shin. While there is some discoloration in my skin in that area currently, the skin looks and feels normal and I don't have the constant sores.

[@massachusettssportscentral9444]

​@@karenohanlon4183I'm not sure exactly what he meant but my first thought was before reversing my T2D I got cuts and they healed very slowly and my shins were the place I seemed to get them the most. For years I often had a pronounced scab on 1 or both. I've barely had any the last ~2 years, and if I do it's obvious why I got it (in the past they just seemed to appear without any reason) and they heal in a normal amount of time.

[@krakraichbinda]

I'm not on carnivore diet, but I'm not against it. The carnivore diet would be too boring to me. That's way I'm on omnivore diet. I just avoid free sugar & fructose as possible.

[@Morningdovecamp]

Thanks for reviewing that Dr. Westman it was very helpful 👍

[@moranmike36]

Thank you, Dr. Westman. We buy our meat from our local ranchers, and our local coop grocery store has tours of our local producers. We are beginning a low carb and Keto lifestyle.

[@EdJacobson77]

Once again, we are reminded that there is no such thing as rock bottom with the T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

[@simonwiltshire7089]

Willett at Harvard is a devout vegetarian/vegan. He believes seed oils are ok too. Backed by big corporate interests and on the board of corporates pushing plant based products he is part of the marketing department and not worth listening to. Thank you for posting this Dr W

[@jvlbme]

Thank GOD there is no big meat industry trying to push people into that crap! 🤣🤣🤣

[@simonwiltshire7089]

@@jvlbme Just stating a fact re Willet. Who are the meat industry pushing?

[@Noegzit]

So, Dr. Willett and his colleagues from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health claim meat is bad for kidneys? But chronic kidney failure has two main causes: diabetes and high blood pressure, two conditions that can be both reversed by a carnivore diet and that are linked to insulin resistance. Isn't what Harvard tells us a somewhat paradoxical? The global dialysis market size was valued at USD 107 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach 185 billion in 2032. That's a lot of money and a quite impressive growth rate...🤔 When so much money is at stake we know the truth can be easily twisted...particularly in nutrition science🤥.

[@enidcronin9704]

I'm carnivore because of decades of IBS and it has gone into remission. I think veggies have been slowly killing me. To be able to plan a day without stressing about how near am I to a toilet is liberating. I have lost significant weight doing Keto prior to switching with a weight loss of 140lbs. I did not switch to lose weight I switched to improve my life and health.

[@iconic1758]

My mother is having phyllodes breast tumor. It is highly resistant to conventional chemotherapies. There is no chemo available. Please doc do some research on phyllodes too 🙏🏻

[@man_at_the_end_of_time]

Harvard has always been part of the problem. Once up on a time it was home to Fredrick Stare who was called the foremost foreskin expert in nutrition as he was Mister Nutrition. Mister don't panic, just trust and listen to the standard narrative.

[@chuckleezodiac24]

"foremost foreskin expert in nutrition" -- please tell me more about these nutritious foreskins!

[@Moderationisamyth]

One thing I have learned is to look at where the funding comes from in these studies. Ask yourself who benefits? I typically take big companies results with a grain of salt.

[@hmlxur54]

We all know about fear mongering in recent events and certainly true in nutrition but the results of the carnivore diet on your metabolic improvement is significant.

[@methanial73]

The point that they're missing is that protein is very important for bone health too! Bones are made from protein and not just calcium! I don't believe they have any proof that calcium is taken from the bones on carnivore.

[@tinman8972]

Some humans can eat a high-carb American diet for decades without metabolic breakdown, but most aren't so lucky. Metabolic Syndrome is rampant in America and it's etiology lies in carb overdose and resulting herperinsulinemia. Metabolic health is more than just the absence of disease, a fact that soon becomes clear to low carb dieters.

[@Pemulis1]

Harvard is always wrong. Not because there are stupid people there (necessarily) but because it is regarded as THE authority, so when a University's opinion is purchased. it tends to be a university whose opinion carries a lot of weight. Hence Harvard. Where the big money goes for favorable research.

[@chuckleezodiac24]

TIL that Kellogg's donated $2M in 1942 to set up the "Nutrition Foundation at Harvard" run by -- Frederick Stare -- later nicknamed "The Sugar King" by his colleagues. his book jacket declared: "Eat your additives. They're good for you." he preached that sugar was not fattening & recommended drinking Coca-Colas as a healthy snack. what a guy!

[@leslieshoup3825]

This, this is the best description of how I feel about Harvard!

[@dimageorgiev6801]

You mentioned the challenge 24-30. What time will the life session be scheduled?

[@Roberto-cg2gr]

Have a Research Based on voluntary Test results submitted every 6 months on people on Carnivore diet

[@SuperBotanica]

Harvard only had $ half a million available for this study. Even though the study was short and had just over 2000 participants, it quickly shows how effectively the carnivore diet works in the body and heals many diseases.

[@ChopperChad]

I think many of these carnivore diets successes can be attributed to not consuming processed foods and lower exposure to glyphosate used in plant farming. I've had fantastic results by eliminating all processed foods, seed oils, and added sugar. I eat only organic whole foods and the best meats I can find. Also, your gut microbiome needs fiber to thrive.

[@wocket42]

"Your gut microbiome need fiber to thrive". No. Zero data supports this claim. And all case studies support the opposite. Meat only diets without plant fibre provide all the beneficial outcomes that a high fiber diet promises.

[@jvlbme]

Pretty much a no brainer, yes. So it SHOULD be understood even by carnivores. 🤣 Not to mention the "I only eat boring food now and lost so much weight"-comments. 🤣 But regarding toxins - perhaps with the exception of grass fed cattle, carnivores eat MORE toxins than vegans, as it accumulates in animals.

[@wocket42]

@@jvlbme toxins accumulate in animals eating plants, but not in plant eating humans. right.... maybe don't eat liver then.

[@chuckleezodiac24]

maybe it's not the fruit & vegetables that are trying to kill people. maybe it's the Pop Tarts, Lucky Charms, donuts, muffins, Big Macs, soda pop, Snickers, cookies, cake, Cheetos & ice cream.

[@Noegzit]

@@jvlbme You forgot the toxins naturally present in plants, the ones that are generally detoxified in the herbivore digestive system (and yes grass fed beef is surely better than grain fed chicken). Explain me for example how a vegan diet rich in oxalates and lectins could be better than a meat-based diet with no oxalates and low in lectins. Note also that 99.9% of pesticides contained in the plants we eat are not man-made but are naturally produced by the plants to defend themselves against their predators. Most of them are known carcinogens... If eating whole natural foods and avoiding ultra-processed foods with refined flour, seed oils, coloring agents, emulsifiers, conservation agents and added sugar is obviously preferable, it doesn't mean either we could eat a lot of sorrel soup without being poisoned by the oxalates contained in these "healthy leafy greens", particularly if the same day we also ate chocolate, almonds, curcuma, swiss chards, spinach, mushrooms and drank a lot of tea with almond milk.

[@fredsmit3481]

What does Harvard think about fake keto diets where the influencer tells people that ketosis is not a goal of their fake keto diet? Hopefully Harvard is against fake keto diets. Also, hopefully Dr. Westman can improve his use of the English language. The word keto comes from ketosis, ketone, and ketogenic. It does not come from the word low-carb. If his English teacher saw his incorrect use of the word keto, he would fail his English class.

[@Damudean]

A great break down especially looking at the faults of both “studies” and I’ve been carnivore for 26 months.

[@MsLeenite]

Thank you, Dr Westman.

[@Pauleymack]

Hi. How do I combine a carnivore diet with bike riding, I've had a few rides recently where I've completely ran out of energy, I'm assuming because of the lack of carbs. Ideas??

[@woytektwardy]

POV: You need to eat more fat than other people, especially if you are already skinny like most cyclists - something needs to be burned for energy. Protein can be used to produce some glucose through gluconeogenesis, yet this is a complex and energetically expensive process. So back to fat it is for strict carnivores. Also, burning ketones is strictly aerobic, which beautifully supports long steady effort, yet not sprints, which rely largely on anaerobic burning of glucose. So repeated sprints will use up all the glycogen from the liver and then you, well, run out of energy for such bursts. And finally, make sure that you are fully keto-adapted, so your body utilizes these effectively. I’ll add that our hunter-gatherer ancestors (I’m of European descent) were not strict carnivores - when berries, honey and such were available, of course they ate them. So, unless you need strict carnivore as elimination diet, there is no reason to not have some carbs - this is known as hypercarnivore diet.

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

Anthony Fauci is the science, so I need no new information, ever. 😂

[@green_firefly]

Appreciate the balanced approach. I'm on carnivore.

[@calogerocassaro4092]

Any remedy for constipation? I just can't go well in the bathroom... Help please

[@Appleblade]

Great break down. Come January I'll have 8 years on keto / carnivore (very little fruit & veg for the last 4 years now... most days nothing but meat, eggs, cheese... and beer [two a day on average, low carb beers, typically]... ALT is 30, so, I'll probably cut back beer a bit). I'm 63 and everything's basically perfect. I lift weights 3 times a week. I'm 6'0", 175. No digestive problems. Take no meds. Blood markers: LDL is 313, up from 190 in 2016. HDL went from 43 to 81 over that span. And Trigs went from 116 to 83. I'll keep with carnivore... feel great, low blood pressure. Glucose in the 80s and ketones at .5 most times I bother to measure.

[@chrisminifie219]

Well done

[@williewonka6694]

Harvard propaganda central- make the data fit the script.

[@mariasalvogonzalez9921]

I tried carnivore diet for a week and everything was ok except for the constipation.Is it normal to be constipated on that diet ?

[@ekondigg6751]

Ah yes, Walter Willet. He's known world-wide for his plant-based pushing.

[@Hannahviviers-21]

Oh my, I really think Harvard used AI.

[@jazzk4072]

I also take apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and salt in water, to raise the strength of hydrochloric acid in my stomach so that it will absorb nutrients from food. Without strong acid in my gut my immunity goes down due to being unable to take in the nutrients that the hard working gut bacteria break down.

[@markpayne5451]

N+1 showes the PHD works for me! No sunburn, dropped 1/3 (80lbs) of my weight, off all meds, all markers great, great physical shape and able to do lots of endurance at a competitive level in rowing- even gums are healing. Been eating this way for almost 2 years!

[@marymayer4875]

I went keto and hit menopause the same month. I have MS and am pretty sedentary yet I lost 30 lbs.

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

Arne Astrup’s paper on saturated fat in the 2020 Journal of the American College of Cardiology squashes and quashes the saturated fat nonsense.

[@graybeard222]

Nutritional Epidemiology should be in the Marketing Department at the Business School, not the College of Sciences. As a "science" it was created by food industry companies to promote the sale of food industry product and relies on surveys because it follows the model of marketing research.

[@pestlabexterminator1456]

As if soya production does not use water or destroy forest. Because if you don't use animal protein, what do the vegetarian use? And in terms of ethics, eating animal saturated fat that would have been thrown away (they all send suet away whereas carnivore eaters would love to use it) or organ meat that is not used so much is very ethical.

[@rickier8291]

I have a theory that conventional diets require high fiber because it pushes the highly processed bread and pastry through the colon.

[@OIOnaut]

Eric, address bio quantum effects in energy substrates, and you can see the EMF connection. aka natural solar exposure direct on skin, eye and on the microbiom interphase as well their circadian reciever system of nanostructures. This is sub hydrogen/electron interaction.

[@nobody3692]

How are there no studies on the Inuit ppl diet since their diet is primarily fat/fish & meat? I was a former soy boy & going to the bathroom was always dreadful & needed digestive enzymes to offset heartburn, had so much inflammation i woke up @4:30am to stretch in bed to be able to get out of bed for 6a.m ish. One month toying with carnivore and last 2weeks committed..Now I can actually stand straight up from a dead sleep, no gut issues, no love handles. Able to exercise pain free have a 6pack again. If in doubt, try it out! you can always go back, to feelin like crap

[@isthatmine]

Mainly because the Inuit are now mainly eating a western diet. Any studies done now would only show up as bad for the SAD diet.

[@Elexyr]

Also, I think when they did eat fish/meat mostly, they were also smoking a lot from a young age, if I remember correctly.

[@jvlbme]

OMG, this offsets everything! All the thousands of studies showing how soy boys live longer and healthier, thrown overboard by an internet troll making up he was one and needed enzymes to go the bathroom! 🤣🤣🤣

[@nobody3692]

​@@jvlbme science use to be a method of discovery, not a belief system that finds desired results based on funding. Im getting my own data from my personal experience. But here's what i got from a quick search on your thousand of studies... not one conclusive studies proves plant based diet = longevity Based on the search results, there are several potential biases and limitations in studies that support plant-based diets for longevity: Healthy user bias: Vegetarians and vegans, especially in Western countries, tend to be more health-conscious overall and may have healthier lifestyle patterns beyond just their diet. This makes it difficult to isolate the effects of the diet itself. Lack of representative samples: Many studies supporting vegetarian longevity were conducted on specific groups like Seventh-day Adventists, who may not be representative of the general population. Confounding factors: Studies may not adequately control for other lifestyle factors that influence longevity, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, and socioeconomic status. Self-reporting bias: Nutrition studies often rely on self-reported data, which can be inaccurate. People tend to underreport energy intake and overreport consumption of healthy foods. Limited data on vegans: There are still relatively few studies specifically examining vegan diets and longevity, as opposed to general vegetarian diets. Variation in diet quality: The health effects of plant-based diets can vary significantly based on the specific foods consumed. Studies may not always differentiate between healthy and unhealthy plant-based dietary patterns.

[@chuckleezodiac24]

no love handles & a 6-pack in 2 weeks! sounds legit. the Inuit have been studied. three of four young adult Inuit mummies (c. 1500 AD) were found to have evidence of atherosclerosis. but was it due to their fishy fatty acid diet or excessive smoke inhalation from the use of indoor fires? scientists ain't sure...

[@xhappymasksalesmenx4092]

I do carnivore and it's amazing but yeah the people over exaggerating get pretty annoying. Yeah I feel better than ever but that's me. I would gladly go back to SAD and let them study me going back on carnivore. I follow the science for health. People over complicate food and I wish I had known sooner how to eat better

[@RickBlaine]

The best brains MONEY CAN BUY! "Show me the incentive, and I'll predict the outcome."

[@codacoda565]

I guess the best thing to ask is. What do the longest living Centurions in blue zones eat. And their Daily cardioactivity which is high

[@wocket42]

If you start following 1000 random blue zone people now, we'll know the answer in about 100 years. Everything else is just too inaccurate and ridden with all kinds if biases that it's worse than useless.

[@TatjanaPovsin]

What about a gallstones and carnivore?

[@livincincy4498]

Thanks again

[@ecoffey71]

I religiously stuck with it gor 6 months (kept carbs around 50).Lost 60 pounds in 6 months.1st month 15 pounds.arthritis gone,carpel tunnel(over a decade worth)gone.I slept better,depression improved and my energy levels were amazing.past year and a half I've slipped and I feel worse then b4 starting.I will laugh at anyone who says this is dangerous.The question you have to ask yourself you wanna die feeling like shit or feeling younger.And if this is bad for you then so be it your dying either way :)

[@ph69jbl]

Is hard to believe that someone who just claims is carnivore but eats something else… can have that improve in results. And no, you don’t need to count calories or portion control on carnivore as the satiety hormone does it’s job nicely when u eat clean with zero carbs

[@ArchieArpeggio]

Well as over 17 months now on keto (95% carnivore), all numbers of my blood work has gone for better. My kidneys have no problems, my cholesterol has decreased dramaticly, my blood sugars are idealic and my liver is doing marvelous. Non of the markers have gone worse, only better. So i have to say once again that this "study" or morelice claimer doesn´t base on facts. I have debunked lots of these things in Finnish articles about ketogenic diet. Healthcare system pushes false propaganda against ketogenic diets here too.

[@judianneperes552]

I am just starting carnivore five days so far I feel better. I’m surprised how I am satisfied with eating, but I think I over eat. So Today I’m trying to fast . My blood sugars are very high and they have been coming down slowly I’m talking like 400 ants come down a little bit lower 300s but today it hasn’t gone down as I’ve been fasting and I’m surprised I also am supposed to take insulin type two diabetic but doctor wants me to take is it I think it’s 60 cc of long acting and I’m supposed to take 10 of the short acting before meals. I haven’t been taking my insulin, it’s gone down a little but today I took my full dose of 60 long acting. My blood sugar hasn’t gone down at all today. I’m confused about should I take my insulin or should I not as I’m doing the carnivore diet as I’m starting the carnivore diet?

[@tradermunky1998]

Dr. Willett is full of...

[@chuckleezodiac24]

beans.

[@philais]

Eric is getting closer but is not quite there.... Carnivore is the goal but only Chaffee can hit it! Me? I drink the roasted bean and sometimes drink of the grape but otherwise......I am a meateating apex carnivore x 26 mo and look and feel (@68) like a god.

[@michelesnoopy]

Plants kill (oxalates to name only this)... This being said people don't take into account the fact that by eating dead parts of animals they also ingest the energies of terror of the animals before being murdered in the slaughterhouses.

[@chuckleezodiac24]

that's why i'm a Breathatarian.

[@katecollins3894]

Wasn't Walter Willet one of the people that presented against Dr Gary Fettke and Keto?

[@Elexyr]

Holy bot invasion.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

That's the carnivore way When you don't have science on your side what else can you do ?

[@finagill]

I am close to carnivore. I just like a few veggies every now and then.