IS THE CARNIVORE DIET SAFE? - Dr. Westman Reacts

[@Sabbathissaturday]

I’m on carnivore 6 months now. I don’t fast. I do have a window of eating hours from 9am to 5pm. I lost 35#. I’m off all high bp meds. My stomach issues are gone. I love this way of eating. It’s simple and nutritious. I think everyone should just try it for 30 days. Go all in and see how amazing you feel for yourself.

[@YogonKalisto]

same 6 months into animal only diet. historically I'd have periodic terribly painful intestinal cramps. now, nothing it's actually rather miraculous. did experiment with a buttered honey muffin the other day, not again, not worth. perhaps those on animal only diets/keto will drop dead one day, who doesn't eh? quality of life over quantity❤

[@Sabbathissaturday]

@@YogonKalisto - I grow an organic garden year round. I love to grow things. I was eating “super healthy “ so I thought. Salmon salads. Fresh homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers. I was so sick with stomach issues. Everyone would say…you eat so healthy, I don’t understand how you can’t lose weight!! I went strict carnivore for 30 days. No carbs at all. The weight fell off. I had stopped taking bp meds and was taking tons of supplements to try to control it naturally. Then after 90 days of carnivore it just became normal. My stomach attacks got milder and milder. Then just stopped. Tg. This way of eating has been such a blessing.

[@YogonKalisto]

@@Sabbathissaturday that's awesome! i to miss seasonal for and veg somewhat, about to explore making slowly introducing fermented foods like kimchi. maybe I'll stop dreaming of sweet pastries on day 😂😭

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@DesertGardenGoddess - I also have no more stomach problems since going from plant-based to low carbohydrate diet 👌

[@DodgeChic69]

You actually are fasting. It's just that you're doing an 8/16...8 hours where you eat you meals within that time...the 16 hours you are fasting. Great job on improving your health. Thanks for sharing.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

• Fortunately Dr. Westman has been treating patients with low carbohydrate diet for 20 years. His observations and opinions are important 👌

[@cbdp]

Indeed. I am delighted he is showing interest in carnivory. 😃

[@lindabridges445]

Yes indeed

[@mariad1151]

You don't actually know the outcomes of the treatment. Did you ever have a doctor that followed up with you over the long term?

[@cbdp]

@@mariad1151 More than 90% of my doctor visits in the past, were a total waste of time. I realise now at the age of 45, that all of my problems since I was a teenager have been diet related. I always did my best to eat healthy, but the msinstream information I was going by, was mostly incorrect. I see no use in the western healthcare systems in their current state. Even when I broke my foot a few years ago, I would have been just as well off without using their services and just given myself a few days off work (which was unavoidable as I could not really use the foot). I cannot recall ever coming out from the doctor thinking 'a good thing I had that checked'. Instead, the feeling has overwhelmingly been 'well, that was a complete waste of time and did nothing at all to help', leading me to the conclusion that I need to figure things out by myself. Which I have done to a greater extent. As a result, I'm doing incredibly well now, on the 'carnivore diet'.

[@vivefitconsergio]

I did the carnivore for short time and was a good experience.

[@AndreaSwiedler]

First, thank you for this. I am now carnivore. 1 year out from removal of large rectal adenocarcenoma, stage 1 rectal cancer, illiostomy for 3 months, reversal (plus removal of gallbladder). To make this short and sweet, I developed LARS, in the bathroom as much as 20, 40 times a day. Surgeon told me my only hope was to try daily enemas for the rest of my life. Or give up and go back to an osteomy. I happened to have done your week long reboot recently for carb creep, then right after went totally off the rails with food for a week. The LARS was horrible. I decided to give carnivore a try. Miracle! I still have dairy, don't go crazy with macros, etc. Basically I follow your page 4 without the veggie section. I don't know how long I will do this for, but given a choice between giving up salad or having LARS, it is a no brainer. Without your guidance I don't know where I would be right now. First follow up colonoscopy today, doc was thrilled I am managing LARS with a carnivore diet. And only 1 very small flat polyp. Good day! Thank you again.

[@ianstuart5660]

Wonderful, good for you!

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Amazing 👍

[@wendymetcalfe2770]

What is Lars?

[@AndreaSwiedler]

@@wendymetcalfe2770 low anterior resection syndrome.

[@natashaj9169]

Wow! Congrats!

[@pdxoregon1]

Dr Westman has the patience of a SAINT.😇 He’s been doing gentle battle against ignorance and propaganda for DECADES. I admire him SO much.💙

[@karenbuchert3377]

Totally agree!! Dr Westman rules!!

[@chargermopar]

If the carnivore diet wasn't safe I would have died decades ago. I never fast, but eat 3 times a day. The best part of the carnivore diet is not having food waste and never having to wonder what to eat!

[@ianstuart5660]

Playing devil's advocate here. Who's to say you're just not an outlier very similar to the stories told about lifelong smokers or sweets eaters that managed to live long healthy lives?

[@cbdp]

​@@ianstuart5660My thought is that if that were the case, Inuits would probably not have thrived, in the rather difficult nature they have survived in for so long.

[@mandyb2000]

@@cbdp inuits die prematurely though - average age of death is 70 years for males...11.5 years shorter than the non-indigenous population...your argument is flawed!

[@Jane-yg3vz]

​@@ianstuart5660The Inuit and most Canadian indigenous people were carnivore for most of the year and keto in the summer. My ancestors ate meat and fish, and berries for a few weeks a year. There's also the ice age that humans lived through being carnivore. Historically, plants are what humans ate when they were starving and couldn't find meat to eat.

[@matthewsmith472]

@@mandyb2000 they didn't out in the snow. The Inuits didn't develop obesity and heart issues until they were largely assimilated into the western standard diet.

[@cookshackcuisinista]

Dr Westman is the most genuine person I have ever met. He came to Vancouver a few years ago and I had the pleasure of meeting him and he is one professional based in facts and science but with a heart and a humility you don't see in everyone!

[@cbdp]

Thst is very much how he comes across to me, in his videos.

[@AdaptYourLife]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@cindaladahling1706]

I second this wholeheartedly!

[@jamescalifornia2964]

I agree. Wish that I could visit him myself 👌

[@stanfield5124]

agree

[@Mauitaoist]

Dr. Westman is one of my first influencers when I started doing keto about 10 years ago. I lost 87 pounds doing Keto. Now I'm completely carnivore and I haven't been healthier in my life I'm 66 years old and I've never felt better I'm staying carnivore. And I dont cheat. I don't need damn fruit or honey or any of that stuff like some of these so-called carnivores. KETO 10 YEARS. CARNIVORE FOR 3 OF THEM SO FAR.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

✔️ The glucose meter convinced me to go low carbohydrate 👌

[@stanfield5124]

@@jamescalifornia2964 me too!

[@onionjello]

Preach!

[@sinatra617]

Good for you! Keep it up! God bless you!

[@uvg319]

There needs to be more corroborated data on the long term impact. Low carb works for me. I am a bit skeptical, despite positive reports about the carnivore diet. Predominantly because dairy works equally as well for me as meat.

[@Sukesada1513]

Awesome video man. My wife and I started carnivore about half a month ago and have noticed so much improvement already. We are finding it really easy since we both stopped adding sugar to anything around 10 years ago. We won't be going back ever. Keep up the good work mate.

[@ianstuart5660]

Appreciate your content Dr. Westman. You seem so open minded and humble. Your patients are very luck to have you!

[@cindaladahling1706]

Another helpful video, Dr. Westman! Still eating keto (less than 20g total carbs) but finding I have a lot more full carnivore days. Feeling great!

[@alansawesomeketoworld4612]

Keto is a great way to get healthy. Over 5 yrs and feel great at 64

[@mandyb2000]

Yeah, me too, over 10 years of keto and feel super healthy at 44 :)

[@alansawesomeketoworld4612]

@@mandyb2000 that is awesome

[@sue2611]

I was doing keto, but I gradually switched to carnivore as the ultimate lazy way of doing keto. I've now been carnivore for four months. I eat fatty cuts of meat, and I don't add fat. I don't eat dairy -- not even butter. I feel fine and my blood markers are all within the healthy range with no medications. After three months, I fell off the wagon for a few days and ate some junk food. The memory of how horrible I felt for those days is helping me stick to this way of eating. My plan is to reintroduce vegetables when I get to my goal weight. I'm a sugar addict, so I may never eat fruit again. Dairy is a trigger food for me, so I'll probably avoid it, too.

[@Raxados]

Is the "healthy range" healthy on a carnivore diet?

[@Astronurd]

Abandon your vegetable plan.

[@rosalbadelriogarcia9598]

​@@RaxadosThere is no *range* in either direction or any direction. Just decide. Eat the fatty meat and be healthy.

[@missmarielyne6697]

and yes for me too dairy is a big trigger I tried everything and it is really a problem so I have to avoid it =(( only thing i can have in SMALL is ghee... but beside that nothing

[@CrashBashL]

Even if you're on a carnivore diet, you can add fruits and honey and you'll do even better. PS: Butter is fat. Animal fat. After it's extracted from milk, it is not a dairy anymore. It's just fat, and you SHOULD consume it on a daily basis. Just cook everything in fat and butter (also fat).

[@XaqNautilus]

Thank you Dr. Westman for all your videos and for your participation in the film Fat Fiction.

[@silviabors]

Just ordered two of your books and I can't wait to read them but in the mean time I have lot's of videos to watch and listen😊 I am on day 21 of carnivore diet and I am absolutely amazed how well I am feeling. Lost 11 lbs (started at 231 pounds and I am 5'9'' tall). All the fat was and it is still there, around my waist. I was a bread, pasta, cakes eater and The litle permisive diet, low carb diet, was not working for me, I have tried many times and always failed. I have no cravings for carbs at all, (still early days) and I hope I can continue with CV diet for a while but not for ever.😊

[@AdaptYourLife]

So good to hear ☺️

[@karenhampton1111]

That's great. Just make sure you research and understand how to transition to the healthy lifestyle you choose instead of going back full turkey to avoid reversing the very things you healed from on carnivore.

[@thirstonhowellthebird]

Do you feel that you need to add electrolytes like sodium or potassium?

[@silviabors]

@@thirstonhowellthebird Yes, from day one I am adding electrolytes.

[@thirstonhowellthebird]

@@silviabors Which brand and how much do you use daily?

[@stephenarkless9444]

Basically do what’s good for you go as far as you’re able/comfortable with keto/carnivore cause in the end it’s 100% better than staying on carbs and processed foods that in the end make you sick one way or another

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Too many become pre-diabetic and do not know ... 😕

[@elizabethwhite1068]

​@@jamescalifornia2964I had become pre-diabetic and didn't know it. Only figured it out because my vision became noticably clearer after going keto, and then learning later on that fuzzy vision is a symptom of pre-diabeties, and full diabetics can go blind. Scared the hell out of me to realize the path I was on.

[@chrisbr1969]

I’ve been strict carnivore for almost 2 years. It was the best decision I’ve ever made concerning my health. I don’t fast at all. I eat when I’m hungry and eat until I’m full. I lost 45 lbs, cleared up all my stomach issues and all my inflammation. I’m in my mid 50s, take ZERO meds, and feel like I did in my 20s. I’ll never go back to eating any other way. It’s the proper human diet. This is the way humans are for millions and millions of years. Our ancestors were hypercarnivores. Any other way of eating is the experiment, not the carnivore diet.

[@dylanleblanc9541]

Hello, about how much meat do you typically eat per day?

[@dubthabreak]

​@@dylanleblanc9541around 400 to 500 grams 6 eggs, Kerry gold butter, some cheese and 200 grams of bacon

[@chrisbr1969]

@@dylanleblanc9541 I would say anywhere from 1 pound to 2 depending on how hungry I am. I eat when I’m hungry and eat until I’m full. I never have to count anything. It’s simple: eat when hungry, eat until you’re full.

[@JamesMcArdle-f9j]

​@dubthabreak Bacon is dog shite food your body

[@twiggyfitness]

So glad you create these videos. I'm ketovore and won't go back to eating a bunch of veggies or carbs.

[@anthonychaffeemd]

Great video Dr Westman! I would also argue that carnivore/keto don't mimic fasting, but rather fasting mimics our natural biochemical state, which we achieve on our natural, biologically appropriate diet: Carnivore/keto. Nearly all animals in the wild, carnivore and herbivore, absorb fat and protein, not carbs, so they are all in the so called "fasting' state. I think that the only reason we call it a fasting state is that by the time we were able to look at our biochemistry at a molecular level, everyone was eating carbs. So the observation was that when we are fed it looks one way, and when we fast over 24 hours it looks another. This failed to recognize that when eating anything besides carbohydrates our metabolism was the same as the so called "fasting" state. From what I can see, the real benefit s of fasting come from not eating foods that we are not biologically or metabolically designed to eat. In any case, I would love to have you on as a guest of my podcast and KZbin channel sometime to see your thoughts on this and discuss your work! Thank you very much for the great content!

[@fiona4731]

Spot on as usual, young man

[@melburns193]

fake doctor...bought your MD degree from Ireland online, didn't you?

[@monicakelley7901]

I went from vegetarian to vegan to raw vegan to disability to traditional food to GAPS to AIP to carnivore (20 months so far). Mostly Whole Foods the whole time. Hands down, I feel so much better now! Carnivore took care of some many things I couldn’t relief from now matter how good my diet was. And it has life so much easier! So thankful.

[@CarnivorousMan]

This guy is awesome. Very informative and very open-minded. Such a real person. I’ve been carnivore for over a year and never felt better. It’s socially still hard for me to keep avoiding peer pressure from people trying to make me fall off by trying convince me to try this drug called “sugar” or “carbs” again. I have no problem Not avoiding the carbs, the problem is that I’m feeling like I’m losing more friends by avoiding them. But I feel great and healthy !

[@Deepseaotter]

Which begs the question, “If this is actually costing you some friends, we’re they really your friends after all?” I think not…

[@Jane-yg3vz]

My mother in law's whole identity is her cooking and she hates that I won't eat her cooking anymore. Meanwhile, I'm trying to convince her to give carnivore a try because she's been gaining weight and having a lot of pain in her tailbone, but the tests show nothing wrong.

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

​@@Jane-yg3vzTry carnivore cooking with her. Bring some recipes and the ingredients and give her the challenge. You never know right?

[@poola8288]

You may lose a few but may gain a few when the time comes😊

[@producethom4875]

Thank you for your videos. People like me watch you because we know you are learned and we know you are truthful. Thank you again.

[@cbdp]

Another excellent video from Dr. Westman :)

[@casmithc2]

You go Dr. Westman! The CARNIVORE DIET is a more strict version of the Keto Diet.

[@wocket42]

Can be, doesn't need to be. If you count dairy as carnivore, you can have lots of carbs.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

🥓 I have yet to try carnivore - but have been low carbohydrate for almost 2 years 👍

[@ZacksRockingLifestyle]

⁠​⁠@@wocket42dairy, for the most part, is for gaining fat in a healthy way, should that be desired, such as during infancy and early childhood, and if one’s fat reserves fall too low. If one is primarily oxidizing their body fat for fuel, fat reserves must occasionally be replenished to some degree to avoid the body acting to preserve fat by metabolizing muscle. This can be mitigated somewhat by egregious amounts of exercise (iirc), but there certainly seems to be a minimum bodyfat threshold below which the human body reacts negatively to (below 8-to-10% body fat, generally, if the data I’ve seen is believable).

[@Mallchad]

​@@ZacksRockingLifestyleFrom what I've seen there seems to be 5 main factors at play for fat as a muscle energy source. Dietary fat, intramuscular fat, cannibilzied adipose tissue (fat), autophagy, releasing ketone bodies. Dietary fat, fat you eat, seems to have a case for being broken down and sent off to be oxidizer *before* it's even ever stored. Which is odd and way faster than traditional wisdom would have you believe. The traditional wisdom isn't wrong persay. just geared towards carb-centric metabolisms. Your muscles themselves have intramuscular fat stores that it can oxidize directly, I believe, this is the direct contribution to your muscular performance and more intramuscular fat should directly increase muscle performance with increased reserves. Interestingly this has the effect of giving you an *incredibly* lean appearance with moderately high body fat percentage. Which in our case, I think we can consider a good thing. Our body clearly likes being a little "fat". When your muscles run out of intramuscular fat (the ones that use fat anyway), they need a supply of free-fatty-acids to arrive from the blood. The source of this can be either dietary or distributed from adipose tissue elsewhere in the body. This is actually a form of self-cannibilization because this is tissue, not just bound fat stores, and it may infact release other things into the body, like protein, glucose, vitamins. etc. It's clear this is a complicated task for the body and may take a while to get "right". In researching I find vicseral fat is *significantly* easier to cannibilize than subcutaneous fat. Again, the traidtional advice would tell us bad. I think in this case, viceral fat is *very* good, because that will be our quick and accessible source of free-fatty-acids. I believe this is because it is centralized. and close to very large networks of blood vessels in our torso. Subcutaneous fat below the skin is very hard to get at. During periods of "autophagy", our body's natural tear-and-replace mechanism, both viceral and subctutaneous fat may be reshuffled around, to places that is considered optiomal. Like inside muscles. The most difficult of this is probably reserved for low-impact times of day, like sleep. Yes, exercise can also trigger autophgy be calling on fat reserves and helping get a ketogenic state, and forcing reshuffling of resources for energy. For all these reasons I think probably 20-35% body fat is pretty good (up to 10% more for females.) but only *well distributed* bodyfat. Something has gone wrong if its sitting in your arterial lining. I would definatly say

[@martinrs03]

Hi. Another great video. I do find it interesting when listening how they affirmed that we don’t know the risks of a carnivore diet and yet we do seem to know the results of a plant based diet. Looking around at high levels of diabetes, obesity and other negative health issues I cannot help but see the irony. 🤔

[@Damudean]

A year into carnivore, and feeling healthier than I have for 30 years I’m 53

[@Beachhopper]

How much meat do you eat, per day....1 or 2 pounds?

[@Damudean]

@@Beachhopper about 1-1 1/2 I weight 73kg at the moment and only 172 cm all about 19% fat on the inbody scales

[@Beachhopper]

@@Damudean Thanks for the reply. I'm almost a year carnivore and am not seeing any weight loss. Seeing/feeling plenty of other benefits though, so don't plan on going back to the SAD life, but I need to lose a fair bit of weight and it's hard to know if I'm eating too much, or not enough, etc.

[@Damudean]

@@Beachhopper I wouldn’t worry about weight. Just take measurements and test how much you need, slowly. I lost all my “weight” with in the first three weeks of been going up and down a little since but never hungry and almost all the problems I was having have gone. I am now working on fitness and muscle building

[@cynergynt]

Thank you Dr Westman for your sound well balanced breakdown of a rather biased bordering on ignorant podcast. I will keep listening to advise from those who I feel can explain points of view based on sound common sense (in my opinion)

[@karenbuchert3377]

Great clip, Dr Westman! You have the voice of reason, as usual! Thanks!

[@readerwriter2116]

Thanks!

[@M64936]

Thanks for your videos, they are very informative. I'm 2 months on carnivore and feel better mentally and physically than I have in my entire adult life. It's remarkable how good I feel. 37 year old male with no prior health issues.

[@thuggie1]

The food on old ships tended to be mainly hard tac, which was a form of really hard bread. So, the nutrient deficiency would be very high. As we know, flour is devoid of vitamin C

[@ianstuart5660]

Limeys, that term came from using citrus to prevent scurvy!

[@marynayna6327]

And they were not given any meat.

[@MsLeenite]

@@marynayna6327 They had meat; it was preserved by drying or with salt.

[@marynayna6327]

@@MsLeenite I should have said fresh meat,I heard that the drying process destroys vitamin C in meat.

[@MsLeenite]

@@marynayna6327 OK :-)

[@alananderson5202]

Supergood. I love the thoughtful reasoning.

[@dwightclark5527]

Thank goodness for Dr. Westman

[@cynthiadougherty3091]

Thank you Dr Westman for your very helpful advice and opinions.

[@carlunn9377]

Dr chaffee did an interview with a woman who went carnivore 65 years ago and is still fine and healthy. so the evidence is there for long term carnivore

[@mandyb2000]

yeah, the woman that has skin of a 150 year old? lol she looks so aged and already has 1 foot in the grave!

[@FloraAshley]

Was that the lady who is in her 80s but looks like she’s maybe 40? She has lived on venison, lamb, beef etc mist if her life and lives in the wilderness. I saw that interview with Dr. Chaffee.

[@mandyb2000]

@@FloraAshley lol 40's that's a massive stretch - she had just terrible aged skin, no collagen left!!!...so lined and wrinkled, I'm 44 - nobody in their 40's I know looks like that! She looked 100! hahaha

[@FloraAshley]

@@mandyb2000 oh my, it seems my eyesight isn’t that good these days. I didn’t see her up close, on my cellphone, but she didn’t look 80 to me. Obviously, you have better eyesight. Thanks for correction. 🤓

[@asef698]

​@@mandyb2000she looked in her 50s without question. No one would ever guess 70-80 years of age. You need to go to an opticians quick. Or are you just jealous she looks younger than you?

[@RogueCylon]

I’m on Mediterranean Keto, but often thought of trying Carnivore. I just enjoy certain begs so much, I now appreciate Brussels and Cauliflower more, especially roasted with peppers. Fish, bacon, steak, eggs, butter, all good.

[@H4KnSL4K]

It's seemed to help a number of people, and there are a lot of anecdotes from people who have been on a carnivore diet for a very long time. (Like, decades) So I think it's safe - for most people. Perhaps your genetics or environment (for example) somehow make it unsafe for you, but I think it's fair to label it as 'safe' in general. It's been well tested and even well documented, for a long time.

[@Astronurd]

It's totally safe. There's people who have been carnivore for over 50 years

[@mandyb2000]

@@Astronurd lol and their names are? Who exactly has been on carnivore diet for over 50 years? Best to do a quick "google" haha...

[@vandpiben]

@@mandyb2000 all indigenous people have been.

[@damiendegrasse]

​@@mandyb2000what a derp comment, you think this is just a diet fad?

[@mandyb2000]

@@vandpiben that's definitely not what I have found in my research, what is your source?? Any research papers to justify this stance? I have ones for uni that state the complete opposite! I'm guessing it's just your uneducated opinion? Not all indigenous people relied only on meat for their daily diet either...maybe research first before typing an ignorant & uneducated reply ??

[@LowCarbLowDrama]

We all fast when we're not eating. What keto/ketovore/carnivore did to me was that I could extend those non-eating times longer. Therefore, I guess I reaped the benefits of reversing hypertension, T2DM, arthritis etc, nutritionally

[@johnallen7367]

Carnivore 10weeks, 63yo male. I drifted instinctively to omad, always 2-5pm, so yeah, fasting around 20hrs daily.

[@touchofgrace3217]

Considering fresh meat was used to prevent and treat scurvy I’m going to call nonsense on the idea that a carnivore diets causes vitamin C deficiency.

[@paulcampbell840]

Perhaps it was the hard tack (ships savory biscuits) that was the primary cause of scurvy? A high carb, and virtually nutrient-free staple of the diet on long voyages!

[@bobjohnson1633]

The cause of scurvy is the uptake of vitamin C is blocked by thee processing of carbohydrates. The food on ships was mostly alcohol, which blocks metabolism of fat, and food like hard tack, which is carbohydrate. On a carnivore diet, the small amount of vitamin C in meat is fully sufficient. If you have carbs, they block that small amount of vitamin c.

[@amennamaste9173]

They introduced lime to prevent scurvy

[@touchofgrace3217]

@@amennamaste9173 yes. Only in the absence of fresh meat.

[@amennamaste9173]

@touchofgrace3217 No, that became the common thing... Because fresh meat doesn't stay freah after 24 hours of the kills and especially in the seas

[@ktcarl]

Interesting subject. I had a problem with going all in carnivore but easily did a low carb carnivore or ketovore or whatever you call it. I tried keeping my carbs to 20-40gms per day and lost 16lbs of bodyfat. I really didn't really need the weight loss but needed to find a way to get my blood glucose readings lower since I am Type 2 diabetic. Without medication and doing this low carb diet I was finally able to get my early morning glucose reading under 100. My carb intake was fresh fruit (berries) and very few veggies. I also cut out grains and any food made from grains. I felt so good. I'm 67 and felt like I was in my pre-teens. I would suggest for anyone to do a low carb diet especially if they are over weight and Type 2 diabetic. I also didn't eat low fat. Thanks for the video Dr. Westman

[@Starkeyfamilygaming]

I subscribed!! I am 274 pounds 6’2 , 48 years old man . Today is day 1 of me starting this diet. I just ate 6 burgers with nothing on them . Let’s see where this goes !!!

[@kathrynsieloff7811]

AMEN Dr Westman

[@markwilson2992]

"Yeah, it's gonna eliminate 15 out 15 of your problems, but we don't know the long term effects. Best you go back to what you were doing."

[@robinbeers6689]

Thank you. Yeah, I've cured my epilepsy and my cancer is in remission but I really should be wary of those long term dangers! (I actually have done that. Not hyperbole)

[@markwilson2992]

@@robinbeers6689 Congratulations!

[@CherubChick1221]

Ya. I would rather only eat meat for the rest of my life than be praying every day for God to make me die. Suicide is NEVER an option, as all civilized people know, so I just beg for a natural death every single day. What's WORSE?? Eating only fatty meat or bugging God so much that He ends up not liking you?? 😁😆

[@mariejones7136]

@@robinbeers6689 I like eating veggies..They are loaded with antioxidants aren't they??

[@robinbeers6689]

@@mariejones7136 You only need antioxidants if you are eating a diet that causes lots of oxidation. That diet is the high carb one.

[@valmody8392]

love your objectivity. thank you this video has been very helpful.

[@AdaptYourLife]

Thank you 🙏

[@thekitchenoccultist]

Yea me being able to run for two hours a day without gassing out plus homestead garden and raise 4 kids one with special needs and content create full time. Yes it works. I cook with beef tallow and eat bone broth. Laughing as I run into my 40's early next year. I have a ton of energy mental clarity and my knee pain is gone. I was 345 at my heaviest 330 when I started. I'm 230 atm. Still going. I am floored at how great I feel. Kids who are qualified martial artists got me training with them too now.

[@TheExpeditionUK]

old ships used to have a barrel of rum mixed with limes, sugar and water onboard to which the crew were entitled to a scoop of every day, it was called "grog" and was essentially a daiquiri, the favourite drink Ernest Hemingway

[@nachochitiu6953]

Highly helpful this type of analysis.

[@sharosmith]

Wonderful information, thank you for another great video ❤

[@johncarroll1604]

Dr Westman -- Simply the best!!!

[@jamesunderdal8976]

What i find amusing is when you have a interview between a carnivore diet eater and a plant based diet eater and you look at the two its very evident which is healthier and just looks better over all most carnivores look good strong and glowing most plant based look grey weak and sickly from what ive seen.

[@AllInCarnivores-mb4sp]

Love listening to your logic and healthy skepticism, Dr. Eric Westman. Yes, we need more studies to prove carnivore is safe but there are definitely plenty of lifelong carnivores out there. We just have to find them. I've seen some being interviewed and they are super healthy.

[@toni4729]

Oh, I've only been carnivore for thirty-two years so, I shouldn't say anything. I'm just an old lady of seventy-two. I should be dead by now. BUT I'M NOT. In fact I'm perfectly healthy, thanks.

[@jmr152]

I cannot eat completely carnivore but I do eat low carb. I love meat and I won't give it up. I feel weak when I don't eat animal protein. But I think everyone has to try it for themself to see it if works for them. Then, after one or two months, have your blood tested. Just to see how your triglycerides, cholesterol, other lipids and glucose is affected. You'll be surprised. :)

[@robinhuff1867]

Cholesterol is a money maker for pharmaceutical companies. I believe their drugs do more harm than good.

[@dianetrue2396]

​@@robinhuff1867absolutely. Big $$$

[@Pancajayna]

Been on carnivore for over a year and it's awesome 👍

[@TheEMC99]

Super helpful. Thank you Dr. Westman.

[@powerguiller]

I’ve transitioned my lifestyle from keto to carnivore🥩🍳🥓💪🏽, the benefits are mind blowing. I can easily plank for more than an hour now, and play basketball for 5 hours without getting tired.

[@andrewrivera4029]

Yea I’m ready, low carb for 4 years I’ve seen total vast improvement in my health, OMAD, prolonged fasting are great but am ready to go carnivore. I still feel like I need carbs for extensive exercise so will carb up for mountain biking and long hikes but if carnivore can prove all the energy I need I gotta try it.

[@Shayne6058]

And here i am fighting for .y life to plank for 2 minutes!😂 I'm gonna give this Carnivore diet a shot!

[@sinatra617]

Great job! Ive been carnivore since June 21st of this year and lost 44lbs. The results on carnivore are amazing.

[@Beachhopper]

And how much meat do you eat every day? One...two pounds? More?

[@sinatra617]

@@Beachhopper to be honest ineat until I am full. Thats what I was told to do and eventually it will taper down when your body gets into the lifestyle. To be honest thought I haven't ate like othet people say they have. Id say a pound and a quarter to a pound and a half. Thry is to make sure you get enough fat with the protein. I was nervous when I started but I cant believe how good I feel now. Its like night and day. I've experienced so many benefits already and im nit even 2 months in. I cant wait until 6 months from now. I hope your question was for me. I answered it becasue it came up in my notifications. If it wasn't for me my bad.

[@Beachhopper]

Lol, yes, it was for you@@sinatra617 Thanks for replying. I have been carnivore now for almost a year and have yet to see much weight loss. Maybe 10 pounds. There have been sooo many other benefits though, I have no problem sticking with it. I just have a lot of weight to lose though, and am wondering what I might be doing wrong. ...eating too much...not eating enough, etc. I'd like to start losing some weight! lol.

[@sinatra617]

@@Beachhopper i will definitely help you out. What cuts of beef are you eating and how much fat are you getting in your system? Do you out butter on your steak? Do you eat the same thing everyday or do you switch it up?

[@Beachhopper]

@@sinatra617 I started out eating all kinds of meat but the past couple months have gravitated to ground beef, steak, and eggs, for the most part. I love butter on my steak and I always add it to my ground beef as well. I never drain the fat. Occasionally I'll add some chicken hearts, pork fat, and scallops to my meal. I was tracking my fat and protein for awhile and I seem to average 120 or so grams of protein per day and my fat grams are always higher than that. Calories were around 2500 average. I usually eat 2 meals a day, but some days want 3 meals. Once every few weeks I'll have one meal a day. Not sure why I haven't seen better weight loss results.

[@Misskitty15]

Very interesting Dr Westman. Especially the idea that perhaps the carbs are causing the lower guy issues. I'm thinking maybe pesticides? Or what about the tons of antibiotics a person gets over a life time especially when you factor in the meat animals also getting antibiotics? What do you think? I love how balanced you are in your deductions. Very admirable.

[@cbdp]

Potentially it's the defense mechanism of the plants (natural pesticides)

[@Misskitty15]

@@cbdp That's an interesting thought!

[@ZacksRockingLifestyle]

Pesticides weren’t banned because, along the same line as what Cornstar was saying, there are far more NATURAL pesticides in plant foods than ones we applied to them. That’s not to say both can’t simultaneously be problems, but unless natural pesticides and unnatural pesticides are both actually good for us, then we probably shouldn’t eat pesticide’d foodstuffs when possible.

[@fiona4731]

No antibiotics in New Zealand grass-fed beef and lamb - just saying!

[@toni4729]

I was taken off salicylates and oxalates when I was forty, I'm seventy-two now and healthy. The natural chemicals in vegetable matter and all the chemicals that added to packaged food, not to mention, to herbiciceds, fungicides and pesticides sprayed on the land is slowly and surely killing us. Not to mention the oils from grains and the sugar. Unless we save our children from this stuff soon, the human raced is doomed.

[@S1L3nCe]

6:00 I've gone from fasting to clean diet multiple times and I never did get better. The only time I've made tremendous progress was in my last 90 hours fasting; I started with carnivore right after and, for the first time in my life, I got rid of my seborrheic dermatitis. And I started to have great digestion since then. Nobody can change my mind about this diet. It's really miraculous.

[@mable552]

A voice of reason among the noise!

[@matthewrogowski8526]

When I fasted for 2 weeks, my body ate my excess skin amd connective tissue. I had boil and chicken pox scars on my back, grains, and gluten folds that my body digested. Most of those scars are gone now. Concentration camp victims who were previously obese, did not have much skin sag at all by the time they were freed.

[@megajatt123]

2 weeks is a long time

[@matthewrogowski8526]

@@megajatt123 after you get past converting to ketosis and a few days after, you only feel mildly hungry, have more energy, and the orthopedic pains diminish. Since I've done it so much, I get all the benefits by day 3.

[@megajatt123]

@matthewrogowski8526 i wasnt talking from the viewpoint of hunger, fasting for more than 3-4 days at a stretch lowers your tdde and promotes the consumption of non fat mass for energy creation, not a desirable outcome in my book. Jason fung has vidros on it.

[@matthewrogowski8526]

@@megajatt123 human growth hormone rises a thousand fold and this prevents autophagy from eating muscles and organs. Instead, the autophagy will eat excess connective tissue holding the shrinking fat cells in place as well as excess skin. The metabolism does slow down, but after you go on a 3-4 day refeedimg schedule and resume normal activities, the metabolism goes right back up.

[@megajatt123]

@matthewrogowski8526 I'd rather not take that risk,3 day fast cycling sounds much more doable, plus i like eating lol.

[@KetoSimple]

I'm waiting for you to be on JRE Dr. Westman!

[@JasminMusic1602]

I only listen my own body and mind...and my body and mind says CARNIVORE IS BEST TYPE OF EATING EVER FOR ME 🥩🍖🥚🥓♥️

[@BB-yr4md]

Thank you for sharing 🇿🇦🔆😊

[@nathansmith6914]

The skin shrinking issue needs more evidence that doing it slowly helps avoid loose skin. Anecdotally i don't think there's much to it and most people end up with loose skin no matter what. I think this is an issue that even docs on our side tend to skirt around.

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

I think this is where Autophagy really comes in to play. The autophagy will help with the excess skin shrinkage. But it still needs to be a gradual process. Autophagy really requires longer fasting periods more often. A standard 16/8 everyday won't help.

[@nathansmith6914]

@@my-yt-inputs2580 that's my thinking (more hoping 😁) on it too. But it should be acknowledged that there's plenty of people that have done extended fasting purely for autophagy for loose skin and I haven't seen anything amazing there.

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

@@nathansmith6914 Yeah I think it's not discussed enough in the keto/carnivore circles. Dr Boz has a video about this very thing and the need for autophagy for it to work correctly. There's a female carnivore influenser who had surgery to remove loose skin. I was kinda surprised she made that public. So perhaps it's really tough for some. Luckily for me I've never had that much extra weight. Just bad insulin resistance resulting in diabetes.

[@ianstuart5660]

@@my-yt-inputs2580 That's very much my understanding, combined with strength training!

[@nathansmith6914]

@@my-yt-inputs2580 agreed 100% and that'd be Laura Spath and good on her

[@dirtpunk3754]

This is very old video Joe is more onboard with carnivore. In fact he is currently doing it again.

[@rodneypayne5124]

Very interesting comment Doc about the blood level normal is based on people doing a lot of carbs

[@Ad1nfernum]

10:21 The ancient Inuit ate whale skin, which does have vitamin C. They also ate the stomach contents of the animals they hunted, which would be partially digested plant material that also obviously contains vitamin C. I don't live quite that far north, but in winter here on the Canadian prairies the one reliable natural source of vitamin C that we have are wild rose hips. I had a husky growing up who _loved_ to snack on them straight off the bush in winter.

[@Morningdovecamp]

Enjoyed your commentary. Thank you I have subbed 👍🦖🥩🦖🥩

[@olgakuchukov6981]

The issue with “conventional modern medicine” and that includes the natural/alt/complementary medicine space is it’s additive (take this food, drug, herb, supplements), instead of subtractive (remove the offending foods/chems/toxins). And that’s by design in a consumerist predatory capitalist society.

[@MO-xm1kj]

Carnivore or (ketovore) is amazing! I do not care what a "doctor" or "specialist " says or doesn't say. If you are not sure... TRY IT YOURSELF and come to your own conclusions! It will change your life!

[@viyahtastinyhousevillage2727]

Elitom El-Amin is a Breatherian/Solitairian and doesn’t eat or drink anything! He has mastered the art of being nourished by his environment for years. He has lots of energy and is currently walking around Africa (Tanzania currently). The simpler the lifestyle the more healing and helpful??

[@richbunnell7426]

Dr. Westman should be the one on Joe’s podcast.

[@norseman43211]

Excellent podcast. Very informative and interesting. 👍🙏👍

[@ronnieo9571]

I really enjoy your down to earth easy going reactions Doctor. I eat a primarily low carb, quasi carnivore diet. In that I will go 3 or 4 days no carb, and then eats carbs in a day, a bowl of some Japanese or Thai noodle dish, and then back to carnivore. Veggies and fruit occasionally but basically as a garnish. I consume dairy, stay away from sugar. I would stay carnivore, but have no food aversions, and live in Thailand, so I allow myself occasional Asian dishes as a treat. I eat a calorie counting diet as part of a fitness regime. I have to laugh at any idea that a plant based diet is normal. While it's possible to be lost in a fruit filled jungle, the more likely is that if one were in a natural environment, lost, the urge would be to find, hunt, and kill for protein to sustain life, and eat fruits/veg only to sustain energy for the hunt. Likewise carbs from grains occur when game become scarce, for populations to large to have enough meat, thus they grow a crop of wheat or rice, meat becomes a scarce comodity for the rich, and the general population becomes unhealthy on mostly grain. In our modern world mostly everyone has access to grocery stores, to prevent this. But their are no refrigerated salad bars in nature. Put a vegan in the forest, and he will be digging all day and still not have met his protein requirements. My guess is such a vegan will naturally begin to hunt prey. Or die. I'm 65, I eat bacon and eggs every morning. Today I will chase that meal with a whole chicken. I will walk 10k steps, and have a workout in the gym today with weights. Eating saturated fats, and salt? My blood and BP is fine.

[@Tiago319]

I tried lots of diet regimen for years. I'm on carnivore diet for just a month I lost 10lbs, joint problems gone and more mental clarity. I will definitely continue on this diet and see where it goes.

[@colinbroos5176]

I am 64 and have been carnivore for 18 months now my cac score is 0 and my cholesterol is around 6.5 Australian measurements which is at the higher end. My gut and bowels have never been better and just generally feeling very healthy. I don't see the point going back to a vegan diet where l had all sorts of problems. Vegetables don't work for me. Good luck to the ones that can eat them because you don't need them to thrive from my experience.

[@johnallen7367]

63yo Australian male. Carnivore 10weeks. Awesome results across the board for physical and mental health. Wish id found it earlier.

[@LifeIsWonderful675]

I started the ketovore diet 8 months ago to try to stop my 2 monthly seizures but they have not stopped. I lost a lot of hair like Lillie Kane which started into about the second month, it could have been stress also but I think stopping vege's had a lot to do with it for me. I decided to start some vegetables again into my diet about 2 weeks ago, along with MCT oil after being lucky enough to hear Dr Mary Newport's talks. I will see how this goes and slowly increase the MCT & a few other things into my diet as it has been hard to know what to eat, some Drs say we need vegetables & other say they will kill us. I have contacted the Charlie Foundation for some help with the diet & have listened to many wonderful Drs like Eric Westman, Chris Palmer, Steven Gundry, Anthony Chaffee, Ken Berry & Dr Eade just to name a few.

[@BeefNEggs057]

Hair thinning from a stress event - your body is definitely stressed when you withdraw from oxylates and lectins and carbohydrates. Changing out your mitochondria to fat burning is a big deal for your body. Hair shows stress you had quit awhile ago. It should stabilize and grow back unless you are losing too fast. Too calorie restricted will keep thin hair. Add more beef is my advice. More protein. I’d be curious what your daily protein is? Women tend to overdo it and go super lean due to their aversion to fat.

[@LifeIsWonderful675]

@@BeefNEggs057 Thank you for your reply. I did loose about 7kg but that is all I needed I am back to 50kg & have to check on my weight that I don't loose any more, I am 62 & have always been around 50 - 52kg. How do I measure my daily protein? I am not eating as much meat since startg on organic veg's a few wks ago. I have not really had fruit except for some organic blue berries & some apples over a few weeks although I know apples have a lot of sugar.

[@Bl4d3DancR]

Great video and explanations. Just a few thoughts: - on the blood tests, the so called "normal" range is indeed called "reference range" for a reason: there may be mean values to compare/reference to but every individual has different "normal" values. - if someone actually studied what is in the soil nowadays (or rather what is not) and what happens to vitamins/phyto nutrients after a fruit/veg was harvested (eg. Vitamin C decomposes on it's own), you wouldn't ever say that you get enough nutrition in a developed country from plant sources. Everybody should supplement their diet with natural (ideally organically grown and quickly "processed") food supplements - warning, there are only a few companies worldwide who actually fulfills these requiremets and they are not sold in your local shop...

[@rhettrogers79]

I am a Carnivore - 210 days now, down 88 lbs and feel like the best version of myself. I will never go back. I do grow blueberries, apples, pears and eat the fruit I grow as a small dessert now and then so I guess I am more keto-vore but wow, it makes me sad that our doctors (for the most part) do not understand this concept. I am 44 and feel like I am 25 again.

[@Drew_Hurst]

@Dr Eric Westman - Adapt Your Life Extremely impressed with Dr Westmans ability to remain both polite, and science-fact/evidence-based, in His answers, in the face of the non-correlated statements and opinions shown in this clips. Curious to watch the whole thing now, but well done Dr Westman for addressing Their points as they arose, while sounding so polite. Because I want to know what's true, I'm not offended, I'm curious, when I'm told I'm wrong about something. In any case I'm not told I'm wrong often, probably because I gain My knowledge with an open mind (and I'm still open about it afterwards), not from a position of conditioned beliefs that had to be defended because I wanted to be right more than I wanted to know what was right. Today, I'm finding, more than ever, that People seem to get defensive or dismissive (not curious usually) in the face of information that's not aligned with Their knowledge or beliefs. I'm considering a carnivore diet, for a while, as a way to quit sugar, not sure if My theory of 'it should be easier while feeling satiated on meat' is justified or not though, will just have to see. I know bad carbs are bad for Us, but, like sugar, carbs are hard to quit and keep creeping back into My diet either through carvings, or because they are in so many products. Which brings Me to the qustion(s), Are there carbs in meat? (Might sound like a silly question but if, like Me, You were surprised to learn there is protien in potatoes, I think it's OK to ask!) Supplimentry question; Are there any studies on, and are, zero carb diets desirable, dangerous or healthy?

[@chrisallum9044]

I'm a couple weeks in. Mines a bit different in that I'm having basically a cheat day once a week with my kids. So far I've noticed I'm just not hungry a lot of the time when I would have been in the past. One day I wasn't hungry till lunch, had a bit of mince and wasn't hungry the rest of the day. Beef and lamb has been my primary with chicken a couple times. 2 weeks isn't long though so we will see. Less waste too, as mentioned in the video.

[@peterstabler2321]

Vitamin C and carbohydrates compete for the same transporters in the absense of carbs the vitamin c has free reign.

[@mariakatsande704]

I wish people would not use abbreviation. I means for people who are new what does lars mean

[@elenasalisbury8282]

so many people think all of us on carnivore eat sticks of butter... not so. I eat leaner cuts of meat . and reasonable amount of fat to avoid acid reflux, bloat and gas. I am a carnivore but I do what is right for me. I eat mostly ground beef, egg yolks, chicken, shrimp and fish,, occasionally cheese and carnivore ice cream. What is wrong with those? Nothing. Good quality . Simply made meals. I have an auto immune which is now in remission, I had an eating disorder for 9 years and now celebrating 4 months of sobriety. I am due for CAC test as my cholesterol is high however my HDL is high and my Trig are low. My blood pressure a bit low 109 but I am not pre or diabetic. If keto works for you great. But I am so happy that my meals are easy to prepare and I dont have to eat things I dont like, I dont like veggies and fruit.

[@pleasureanimationstudio9809]

what about the Eskimos people they eat mostly meat and fats raw 🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🧐

[@kaceyrichards6461]

“Among carbohydrate eaters …” Thanks doc for making that clear .

[@Billy-rr7re]

some say that in some regions of the globe there are groups of people that usually only eat meat and fat.

[@johnallen7367]

Many cultures and peoples eat carnivore diet all day, everyday. They have no cardiovascular disease, no diabetes, no cancer.

[@Carnivoredre4life]

Since March 8th I’ve been eating red meats eggs ground beef and fish not all in same day only two different meats per day, I weighted in March 202lbs and now July 19,2023 my weight is 165.6lbs and I feel much better..

[@James-ny9xl]

Nice going me about 2 wks same food. Lost lil wt feel great outa wheel chair more often.

[@VinMotors0613]

"Taking a risk with the standard American diet can be concerning. I personally faced weight issues, and my family history includes heart failure and diabetes. Now, I'm at a crossroads where I must decide between embracing the carnivore lifestyle to regain my health or potentially facing heart disease and diabetes if I continue with the conventional diet."

[@richardm654]

Carnivore may help by not consuming herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides that are on almost all commercially available plant foods. They are finding these chemicals destroy your gut micrbiome. You can get almost all the nutrients you need from animal products. Plants alone do not provide enough nutrients.

[@KnightRadar]

I think it depends on where you live, your age and lifestyle for which diet is best for an individual. Some thrive on plants only, some meat only, some like a mixture of the 2. Some people have physically demanding lifestyles, some have more passive lifestyles. Eat accordingly to your needs.

[@paulcampbell840]

Low carb suits me. Took too many decades with the un-health industry pushing the unnatural human diet before I have settled on a proper human diet. Is the "standard" diet safe - I would suggest not from what its effects on the population are!

[@toni4729]

Sorry Oz, Whoops, kiwi, you haven't been around long. There are no lifelong vegans. Never have been unless they have hooves or claws. Not human.

[@KnightRadar]

@@toni4729 Ha, I'm pro carnivore, just can't affford it. This clown at "Plant Chompers" has a list of people he claims lived longer on plants, I'd love to hear a rebuttal of this video 1 of 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn7KmYBsid2ceM0

[@andyhemmings7363]

Regarding poop section, look at animals in particular dogs. My current dogs are fed a raw meat and offal diet with a small amount of peas and a few sliced carrots. Dogs on raw food (just aninal products) poop far less than dogs fed harmful processed kibble. The size of the stools are smaller and not huge smelly stools like kibble fed dogs. This shows the dogs break down and absorb more of the food abd nutrients than those slowly killed eating processed kibbles

[@bk7278]

It just doesn’t make sense so if I feel great now long-term, I might feel horrible but if I feel horrible now, that will keep me living longer. I’d rather live, shorter and feel better.

[@bigdambluesband6295]

I asked my friend Gork and he just grunted "Ugh" while gnawing on a Mastodon rib.

[@xxo5294]

I’m trying a dairy free ketovore diet for my stage 1 HS. Only been about a week. What I immediately saw is no more watery stool. The rest I have yet to see about

[@allanroff202]

Good job on the video

[@metaspherz]

16:00 the Dr. makes a very good point. Before I reversed my insulin resistance by following a Keto diet for 6 months my blood glucose was in the 260 to 300mg/dl range on a daily basis before and after meals. When my A1C went above 10, my doctor wanted to prescribe me an insulin shot. I said no! Both my younger brothers are on insulin and they are not improving, they are getting worse, although they brag that their blood sugar is + or - 95 most of the time. Well, they think by taking a shot that they can also eat whatever they want without a downside. I disagree and they laugh at me. They are in denial and seem unaware that the maladies they constantly complain about might be related to their diet. Now, since I have gotten my weight down to 195 and my last A1C was 5.3 two weeks ago, I have not had to take my Metformin and Glimepiride unless I eat a lot of carbs. I now awake with a 95 -103 mg/dl and at night it is around 75 to 85. IMO, cutting carbs and calories will be beneficial to weight loss and health. Know what is the right diet for you so that you don't cheat or cheat less frequently. Cheers!

[@cryptojay727]

I started Keto anmd Fasting 19/5 and my diabetes level was 200 now 80 and fasting tightens skin

[@M13x13M]

I’ve lived too long . It seem like just yesterday fasting was absolutely discounted by the “authorities “. Leaky gut often showed up on “ debunking” sites and again labeled as nonsense.

[@nickm9102]

Did carnivore for several months and lost at least 30 lbs, indef back and joint pain, digestive issues. Slowly got away from it because I work out of a van so speedway Roller food or a $20 meal ticket every day. When Speedway got bought out they changed thir hot dog (the only thing I could reliably eat there and stay somewhat true.) I got stuck with worse options like pealing the bun off of the cheeseburgers. Now they don't even have that anymore so gas station Pizza or Beef jerky at $20 a bag. So far the only thing that hasn't returned is all the weight lost. But everything else is back so I'm trying to get myself back on track but it is hard justify $18-20 every day for four butger patties and a couple pieces of cheese. Right now I am looking at using a camp stove to make home made meals viable but even that is difficult.