Doctors vs Big Food The Battle Over Low Carb Diets with Laura Buchanan & Matt Calkins

In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Eric Westman interviews Matt and Laura, two pioneering doctors challenging the mainstream nutritional guidelines. They discuss the surprising benefits of low-carb and ketogenic diets, exposing how Big Food's influence has misled public health. Discover how these doctors are revolutionizing medical practice and advocating for true metabolic health.
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[@franrushie.510]

The drug companies will not be happy with a low carb society…people won’t need their drugs.. I love ❤️ what you are all doing.. I’m studying prevention and Carnivore and low carb are right there to prevent illness… we need more professionals interested in prevention…I admire you all..

[@oldpurplebelt]

Don't forget the food companies too

[@eringo-bragh4243]

We need to get the parents to stop feeding their kids cereal, simply convenience, not to mention the possible difficulty w milk.

[@jodieervin5748]

16 month carnivore, I feel decades younger, I’ll never go back to the standard crap diet.

[@alexr6114]

The drug companies or more likely university scientists and research physicians could start work on those diseases that only affect a few people if the US taxpayers were willing to fund that research.

[@kennethjones6045]

Could cause huge ramifications. Well good!

[@bsl5788]

Really enjoyed this conversation. I've been living the ketogenic lifestyle for almost 5 years and plan to continue as long as I have control over my food intact. Best thing I've ever done! I'm 78 years old and feel 40 years younger. Videos like this and individuals like you make a difference. Thank you!

[@Ymoore4health]

This video renewed my hope in the next generation of physicians! As a 70 yo gynecologist still practicing part time, I have been recommending low carb to patients since reversing my own pre diabetes with keto in 2018. I must say that it is often easier said than done in city where eating carb heavy Soul Food has been the norm for generations (Memphis). Those that have been motivated by pre-diabetes and/or PCOS and commit to low carb, however, have experienced great improvements in their health!

[@petejandrell4512]

So work wise, you're keeping your hand in so to speak.

[@coffeemachtspass]

@@petejandrell4512That was terrible! Funny. But terrible.

[@coffeemachtspass]

My wife’s family is from South America, and I’ve often thought that some clever chef needs to figure out versions of ethnic dishes to help those people get the benefits of low carb. Peruvian meals always have mounds of rice or potatoes. The ‘modern’ Peruvians in the cities also have pasta all the time. The result is far more obesity, diabetes, and heart disease than their grandparents had.

[@petejandrell4512]

@@coffeemachtspass Credit goes to the late, great Barry Humphries for this, in the guise of his monstrous creation Dame Edna Everage 🦘🦘

[@coffeemachtspass]

@@petejandrell4512 Dame Edna! Australia’s finest export (apart from my grandfather).

[@marjoleinvnoort6961]

I really would have wanted my doctor to tell me low carb diet can fiks you’re high blood pressure, no instead she gave me medication. I started low carb to feel better and after a few weeks I was able to quit my high blood pressure medication ❤ in 4 months lost 16 kilos. My mind is more clear I feel better than I ever did. No cravings anymore for sweet things. I’m not food addicted anymore.love the video ❤

[@iss8504]

The eastern panhandle of WV has a plethora of low carb family docs, including residents. WVU SoM has a culinary and lifestyle track that is solidly low carb. The new generation of doctors are coming, thanks to Dr. Cucuzzella, who has single handedly taught everyone here the power of cutting carbs.

[@cynthiagilbreth1352]

It’s so great to see young doctors spreading the word that you don’t need to settle for T2D and more and more drugs. Thanks so much!

[@annebeck2208]

Crying from happy tears...finally beginning Dr.s talking about low carb as a way to health! Low carb is keeping my children from collecting more life threatening allergies and I just had to fight for them to go to camp and still eat low carb. So 2 new Dr.s that believe in low carb is making my day!

[@jeepssnow9506]

Although there is a lot of resistance not only from the medical field but from the food industry, please keep up your good work!! so glad to see more in the medical field “putting their money where their mouth is” and willing to take the path less traveled-your efforts are healing people, not just ‘treating’ us🤗

[@franrushie.510]

What great guest.. so refreshing to see young professionals training in a way that will really help people .. gives me hope ..

[@robyn3349]

Hurray for these Doctors For The Future! ❤

[@mmanda515]

Scurvy, lol.. I've never eaten a vegetable in my life. Never, none. (I'd be the kid still being made to sit at the table "until", at bedtime.. refusing. Always joked that I must be 'allergic', friends/family said I'd be sick or dead by 20) ....................... Well, I turned 52 in May. Still not a speck of vegetables & the only fruit I've eaten is maybe a bite of apple or pumpkin pie once every 5 yrs or so, at some holiday gathering. No lettuce, no nothing... on anything.. ever. Oh & I'm pretty much the only one in my fam. who doesn't have stomach issues, IBS, my Gram had colon cancer/ostomy. I'm the only one without high blood pressure & am not on any meds, etc. :)

[@ianstuart5660]

Awesome, it certainly speaks volumes!

[@kassrripples3659]

This in combination with Low Carb Down Under and PreKure, and PHCUK is changing the face of medicine.

[@cassieoz1702]

Wearing a CGM proved to me that the published GI tables are VERY inaccurate for many folks, and the hype about 'resistant starch' (cooked, cooled starches) is often badly misplaced.

[@kahearne5361]

So interesting and encouraging re medicine in the future. Dr Westman you are the solid trustworthy voice and continue in your humble excellence! You are A++++++++ and thank you on behalf of all us who benefit and continue to from your wisdom and intelligence. You are a gift.

[@jobrown8146]

This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing this interview.

[@paulettehasty5334]

"this is medicine"🙌🙌🙌 kudos!!!

[@WinterSoldier-dy2qc]

On April 23rd, my fasting blood sugar was 190. Two months later, after being carnivore for 60 days, I have lost 38 pounds and my fasting blood sugar has lowered to an average over the last five days to 107. I eat OMAD and have done very little exercise because of knee pain which is getting better. I hope soon to add more regular walks to my diet.

[@cynthiagilbreth1352]

Wonderful! I hope you can keep it up.

[@coffeemachtspass]

Another reason they stopped pushing back was that her results were showing them up. If it’s one thing an old guy like me hates, it’s losing to some freshly-scrubbed new kid, but the results don’t lie.

[@mudslinger888]

ever notice when walking into Whole Foods the plethora of pricey fancy carbs are displayed like an Apple computer store, oh my precious..

[@franrushie.510]

I ate oatmeal every morning for 35 years while I was a vegetarian…now I find I have high blood 🩸 sugar… I’m going low carb high meat now to bring down my blood 🩸 sugar.. I eat red meat and eggs for breakfast now..

[@skepticalmechanic]

Of course you do eating oatmeal a high carb food…

[@emh8861]

What a joke. I used to eat it thinking it was good for me .

[@skepticalmechanic]

@@emh8861 Food companies tell you lies to sell their poison!

[@kassrripples3659]

Checking in from The Woodlands area of Houston.

[@kassrripples3659]

Very interested in the use of very low carb to support the management of pain and inflammation with Lipedema. Thank you for this presentation.

[@eringo-bragh4243]

Funny, when I first started I got caught up with the Net carb versus total carb. Just finished some bacon (unfortunately has sugar), a cheese omelette & some top round. I'm full & will be for awhile

[@arlenechoate3851]

It's very sad that insurance won't cover this treatment. Anyone wanting to improve their health can do this woe with their regular doctor. My doctor sees my weight loss and improvements in my blood work. They don't ask and I dont tell 😅

[@rhondanighman]

You don’t really need insurance to cover a diet lifestyle change.. going extremely low carb or carnivore is actually a money saver

[@christinebeames712]

I was told I was one Point short of being full diabetic, in 3 weeks no carbs my sugar is at good levels

[@tisbutaname45]

How awesome! Employers! Great way to reach more people to keep people well. Schools next?

[@MsMsmak]

Outstanding conversation. Gives me great hope for the new generations of Doctors.

[@khill6510]

So good!!

[@hyperborean2576]

Low carb is not for everyone. Some people are carb intolerant, while others require plenty of carbs to reach their daily high calorie intake or else they will never gain weight, because the abundant fat and protein they consume are not enough for their daily needs. There is no one diet for everyone, and we each are different, metabolically, different lifestyles, different genetics, different health issues or lack of them. I would say that there are plenty of people eating like professional athletes while having sedentary lifestyles, and that is the issue.

[@marjoleinvnoort6961]

Most important carbs people should not consume is from processed foods and sugar that helps a lot

[@BuzzMoves365]

Not true for any other species on earth. Why would it be true for the human species? Some can tolerate more carbs. No person needs them.

[@estherruth4692]

Yeah I respectfully disagree. I think 99% of people could thrive eating only fatty meat. I seriously doubt 99% of people could thrive eating high carb plants with some lean meat. You can do ok eating a clean diet with clean whole food carbs, but you’re not going to be at optimal health and energy.

[@hyperborean2576]

@@estherruth4692 Then we do not disagree. I also think the same. I just stated that some people require the energy and extra calories of carbs for their high performance lifestyle. Athletes consume carbs pre-workout, intra workout and post-workout, those are used to fuel the intense exercise and will be depleted, the body will respond in a very different way than eating the same amount of carbs and do not exercise intensely. The body will simply store them as fat and water. Not healthy at all in this modern life where carbs are everywhere. But this is actually a useful survival mechanism if we were still hunter gatherers, the body would simply store energy to use later in periods of starvation. It is possible to be a low carb athlete, it's just much harder and will take a long time to adapt to that state of "fight or flight" where the body will be in constant stress and high cortisol levels (that's the case with very low body fat athletes).

[@lerouxly67]

There is hope!!

[@Ge1Ri4]

@AdaptYourLife what is the website that Dr Laura Buchanan mentioned where you can search to find low carb friendly physicians? I live in Raleigh, NC and am struggling with talking to and working with, much less educating my PCP and my cardiologist. My blood pressure skyrockets every time I go to see them, even though when I take it at home it's perfectly normal. But of course they want to put me on blood pressure medication and statins because my blood pressure goes up in dread at seeing them, and because they only look at my LDL and not my great high HDL and low triglycerides, plus the fact that I'm steadily losing weight and getting stronger and more flexible and more energetic by the day. All the low carb/keto/carnivore Doctors here on YT have helped me so much in the past year and I have been empowered with the information they provided to turn my health around.

[@margaretoconnor874]

Wow! Keep the good work!

[@MsLeenite]

I think it's Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. YT won't let us put a link in a comment, but you can Google them. BTW, If you live in Raleigh you are right near Dr Westman's clinic at Duke University.

[@tracyC7414]

What I’m having a hard time with is making actual meals to eat of whole foods, and get full. Meats and vegetables and fruits while getting adequate amounts of protein for my weightlifting. I’m a busy hairstylist that doesn’t get a lunch hour. We eat we when can. That can be 1 minute, 5 mns, actually feel fortunate when it’s 10+ mns. So things I can grab but not processed. I’ve done hard boiled eggs a lot but get to a point where I can stomach another egg for awhile. Meal prep for me n my husband beginning of the week. Home made chicken salad-chicken, celery, avocado mayo, weighed out too-put into a pepper split in half. Thats our “bread”. Been eating whole fat Greek yogurt w/ strawberries chopped up w/serving of walnuts n 10-15 grams of honey. Eat those things almost every day. Need more options please! That’s all I can think of for now.

[@MsLeenite]

Whole milk cottage cheese w/no added corn starch. "Meat cookies" - long-term carnivore Kelly Hogan's name for cooked burger patties kept in the fridge for a quick meal or snack. Cooked shrimp (buy in bulk on sale) w/mayo or butter dip. Baked chicken thighs. Container of cheese chunks and chunks of canned lunch meat (WM has a lower-sodium version which actually has 1 gram of protein more per serving than the famous brand) with mayo dip.

[@dumbdumbfakefake4233]

@TracyC7414 - Congrats ! on getting going and sounds like a great effort so far. Excellent that your husband is on board! The same things happened to me. 80 hr a wk job in tow, I dove in, watched every keto YT recipe I could find. Most good, but to your point take time. I had to redefine what a “meal” is. “Spaghetti” made with keto almond flour noodles became 3/4 lb cooked burger meat w/ 2 Tbsp sugar free marinara and a salad. Simplify Simplify. Commit to 90 days super simple just to ease the stress and reach a milestone THEN decide how much to complicate it. Food became more about sustenance and health than social, family, occasion, or creative. Try three different meats as “food groups”. Best of luck!!

[@AnneMB955]

Just looking at food preferences for our flight to Singapore on Saturday. It had a huge list but no low carb category. Food for thought here. 👋🏻🇦🇺

[@BuzzMoves365]

Fast for the flight. I regularly take 10-15 hour flights and don’t eat anything. Also, you can bring food with you.

[@Debbie-rp1pi]

Cold brisket, cold crispy bacon. Some hard cheese. Very doable 😊

[@softballbryan]

One of my favorite videos !! So encouraging!

[@blackbandit1290]

I've been diagnosed as a T2 diabetic since 1996. I was deliberately given insulin as a first step to get my sugars down and to show me the consequences of a 'hypo'. After about 5 years on oral medicines my doctors and physicians all prescribed insulin which I pushed back on. I'm glad I did, because I now know they were all wrong, not only about insulin to control T2, but also about diet, nutrition, exercise, weight loss and lifestyle changes. Strange that all this time, despite repeated requests from me for a fasting insulin test, no-one thought I needed one. Low-Carb, Keto, Carnivore wasn't part of the language they spoke. I had to work it out for myself using root-cause solutions. I now have a diabetes practicioner who understands this stuff and is great!

[@makjr1247]

Went low carb minimal ingredients no processed food. Have fixed my body.

[@sjmac9737]

opened with an ad for Jardiance (the drug for T2D which is curable with keto)

[@chandrasharma5501]

Respect! Well done.

[@7karlheinz]

Is the YT doc obsessed with ketones that Dr. Westman didn’t want to mention Dr. Boz???

[@jon0604]

You guys should have a conversation with Bart Kay

[@carolboyd9171]

Great interview. Where are they located and how did we contact them. Would love to have an online appt. No low carb docs near us in Middle TN (except Dr Berry & he’s not taking new patients). Tns.

[@erniewhite1382]

Another brilliant one Eric Thank you for your support and persistence in the pursuit of enlightenment

[@jamesriggi2323]

How do you find a family doctor like Laura or Matt in your area? We live in western North Carolina and have no idea how to find a doctor that are proponents of low carb health care.

[@MsLeenite]

Thank you all.

[@michaelwoehl8822]

Wish the rest of the medical community would catch up to this but have to realize how much the drug and food companies are against this, it is abominable but hopefully time will change this as people show them, the insurance companies confuse me here, they would save billions.

[@FireGod1111]

I have Lipoedema I'm stage2, I have been lowcarb for 9 months. I'm fat adapted and eat 1 or 2 meals a day. Overight fast is usually more than 14 hours. I keep my Carbs

[@katejacobs5491]

Not where I live, I’m on KZbin ad free.

[@7karlheinz]

Any keto-friendly doctors in Rhode Island?

[@touchofgrace3217]

Guidelines are designed to be a starting point not an ending point. It is unnerving to me that doctors treat guidelines and reference ranges as set in stone. My doctor was not concerned about my fasting glucose creeping up from low 80s in my 20s to low 100s in my early 40s simply because it still fell within “the range”. Both parents have Type 2 Diabetes and it was clear to me that I needed to be concerned about it. I lowered the carbs in my diet and my glucose came down. THEN my doctor was suddenly concerned. 🤓 Apparently blood glucose being on the rise is okay but a temporary increase in my total cholesterol during fat loss is cause for alarm. 🙄

[@bobeldredge282]

Sure wish someone would come up with a home insulin test? Hint, hint. Thanks Bob the welder

[@methanial73]

I asked my Dr why people with normal lipids have heart attacks. All he said was they're unlucky. No real explanation. I wasn't surprised.

[@katdoe192]

If meat does not sound good then I'm not hungry.

[@P-M-P2023]

Alpha-gal, allergy to mammal products, is becoming more prevalent in my area. How does someone with it also follow a keto carnivore way of eating? TIA

[@BuzzMoves365]

It takes a while but it’s not forever. Took about a year to get over mine.

[@P-M-P2023]

​@@BuzzMoves365thanks for positive. How did you get over it?

[@stanleysokolow]

Low carb and very low carb diets have been shown as very beneficial for T2 diabetes, but what has been largely ignored is the effect the diets have on lipids, especially LDL-C. When I started Keto, my BMI was 25 and my LDL-C was 132 mg/dL. In 1 year, my BMI was 24 but my LDL-C went up to 176. My doctor was very worried about the risk of cardiovascular disease this represented. A recent meta-analysis showed that people with low BMI have a rise in LDL-C on Keto, but in high BMI, this doesn't happen. I'm not worried because my trig/HDL-C ratio is 2, which indicates my LDL particles are the large buoyant size that isn't associated with atherosclerosis. I think these videos on Keto should include the effects on lipid profile.

[@gregorygoldbarth7464]

Awesome ! How can I get in touch and make an appointment with Dr. Laura? Do you have her contact information?

[@softballbryan]

Look up doctor tro and her name. That’ll do it.

[@gregorygoldbarth7464]

🙏🏻 Thank you

[@Beethechange1]

👍🏿

[@user-ch1mq2fr7c]

Very ethical & good professional attitudes! True healers.

[@sheilawilson3799]

How to help 76yo on low carb that has gut inflamation bc lack of fiber

[@dontfit6380]

It’s usually the fiber that inflames your gut. If constipation is the problem then up the amount of fat you’re eating and make sure and drink enough water.

[@jon0604]

I doubt it’s because of lack of fiber ; usually the complete opposite happens on carnivore- stay away from seed oils; these are very inflammatory

[@ebujvt65]

Been on keto 4 years. Kaiser Medicare that support my keto diet.

[@72569gab]

I am 75 and have been on low carb for five years. Feel really well and do not take medications for diabetes. I do have leg cramps at night and haven’t been able to reduce my blood pressure, which I do take medicine. Working on it with my doctor who supports keto.

[@nevillegoddard4966]

Rubbish weetbix advertising? Eeew! Poison crap!

[@johnf8609]

What was ironic about this interview was YT sticks in a Jardiance ad in the middle video.🫣