Dr Eric Westman - LCHF treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome

Dr Eric Westman discusses LCHF as treatment for obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Links to articles mentioned in video:
Outpatient LCKD Randomized Controlled Trials: Design
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Workplace Diet Trial
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18...
Circulation - Diagram
circ.ahajournals.org/content/1...
A Comparison of Four Diets
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15...
Gardner, C.D., et al., Insulin Resistance - An Effect Moderator of Weight Loss Success on High vs. Low Carbohydrate Diets. Obesity, 2008. 16: p. S82
med.stanford.edu/profiles/chr...
Low Fat Diet Reduces LDL-C , Low Carb Diet Targets Trig/HDL
archinte.jamanetwork.com/artic...
Hession M, Rolland C, Kulkami U, Wise A, Broom J. Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat/low-calorie diets in the management of obesity and its comorbidities. Obes Rev 2009;10:36-50.
file:///C:/Users/Sammy/Downloads/Meta-analysis-of-low-carbohydrate-diets.pdf
Mediterranean Diet
Estruch R et al. NEJM 2013;368:1279-190
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23...
de Lorgeril M et al. Circulation 1999;99:779-85.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/99...
Yancy WS Jr. et al. Arch Int Med 2010;170:136-45.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20...
Westman et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2008;5:36
www.nutritionandmetabolism.com...
Kennedy AR et al. A high fat, ketogenic diet induces a unique metabolic state in mice.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17...
Prentice et al. Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer. The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial. JAMA 2006;295:629-642
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16...

[@bgregg55]

I've proven this to my own satisfaction after 23 months on LCHF: The lower your carb intake the less hunger experienced. Unlearning your fear of dietary fat is the key.

[@lindahollander1531]

You are saving lives and my sanity. I have been on every plan I’ve come across in my 69 years. First plan I can live with, diabetes gone, brain fog gone, 73 pounds gone, inflammation gone, arthritis so much better. Thank you! Get page 4 and get going!

[@giorno27]

I´ve lost 10 kilos since stopped consuming carbs and sugars such as sodas.

[@thomasyoung5680]

I am a patient of Dr westman he has really helped me

[@janicemims9799]

Dr Westman reassured me through his research that I could do this safely and be successful. 21 months in. 60 lbs down. Off BP meds. Pacemaker is doing “outstanding “ per my interventional cardiologist. No knee pain

[@TNGURL08]

Awesome!

[@lindabarousse7984]

Thank you Dr Westman! I learned so much from you. I believe your teachings will save the life of anyone who listens and puts this information into practice.

[@vitoleo7197]

great talk from one of the best doctors working on Low Carb

[@joane8651]

Thank you for this, my very good friend, a disabled veteran, has been told "no surgery until she loses 100 pounds" and to restrict her calorie intake to 800 calories a day. I sent her the link to Dr. Yancey...hope she can use this.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Severe caloric restriction when consuming carbohydrates has been known for a long time to damage the metabolism. Doing this conditions the body to use fewer calories to maintain itself, making people cold, tired, and as they frequently say 'feeling like crap'. This has been known for a long time. The Biggest Loser Study looked at what happened to the participants on that show, and found that their metabolism remained low 2 yrs after the show, leaving them with low energy levels, feeling cold most of the time, and generally not feeling well. This lowered metabolism also led to weight gain even when they ate a normal amount of calories. Severe caloric restriction is not the same as a water-only fast in its effects on the body. Dr. Jason Fung has presentations on this topic on KZbin. His Intensive Dietary Management website has info as well: idmprogram.com/

[@k3w1b3an5]

"You'll probably be fine if you never ate carbohydrates again". Despite what we've been taught all our lives I've found this is absolutely true. It just takes a few weeks for your body to become fat adapted. I can go all day without consuming a single carb and feel perfectly fine.

[@mdnatalie]

Great lecture!! In my case I'v been lost 24kg in 6 month. Keto diet and IF. Finely a freedom from carbohydrate addiction!

[@Techier868]

Excellent presentation...Thank you!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@helenguilford3136]

Love Dr. Westman!

[@ld9044]

Luv Dr. Westman!

[@shelly2758]

Thank god for Dr. Westman!

[@kcromwell82]

I also brought my a1c to 5.5% in 90days of eating lchf

[@johnsheh]

Intermittent fast by no breakfast, and one day a week no food for at least 16 hours, reduced carbs, dropped 9 kg. Weigh 75kg same when in karate competition 30 years ago. It is great!

[@caroldorsett8170]

At 73 I have been keto lchf for four years keeps me healthy and the weight off. I tried the Atkins diet in the 70s lost weight, but was afraid it was unhealthy so stopped even though I felt better and lost weigh. Wow were the American people feed a lot of bad advice by our government and big business for profit.

[@debrawood1589]

I think I see Dr. Fung on the front row❣️❣️❣️

[@DMS1010]

Dr. Jamnadas has stated in the past that insulin is a vasoconstrictor. Therefore, perhaps a low carbohydrate diet, less insulin, less vasoconstriction, improve blood pressure.

[@TX2200000]

The truth will set you free!

[@maggiemay97]

I lost 33 pounds in two months on the South Beach diet about 15 years ago, but I had to stay on Phase One the entire time. As soon as I started Phase Two and added some carbs back I stopped losing. I also was going through a very busy time in my career, working late every night, etc. so I think I was eating very low calorie because I was just too busy and usually missed a meal most days without really trying. I've tried that diet again in recent years and got no results.

[@Jefferdaughter]

~<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="737">12:17</a> - Alfred Harper opposed the concept that carbohydrates were essential in the human diet. He was attacked for this view, though without solid evidence. Westman meant to say that Harper said that 'there was no such thing as carbohydrates as an essential nutrient' (in the human diet).

[@joemcbee1870]

so what do you thnk about 8oz ribye mushrooms and two eggs every 24 hours and a little real butter.

[@danaricci5044]

Joe .. Way too much protein versus fat. Learn what keto is . Your ratio is not good.

[@nikkiguerlain]

If you have fat to lose then you can burn your own fat rather than add fat to your steak. I pretty much eat this type of meal half the time minus the mushrooms. I feel great and don’t feel the need to pound fat.

[@Casmige]

No more protein than the size & thickness of the palm of your hand as a rule-of-thumb. F. Rogers Comment extrapolates the concept well though. Myself? I've always eaten only twice a day from my earliest youthful memory (Always hated eating break-fast). Now? I'm on OMaD (One Meal A Day) about 1300 Calories High-Fat Low Carb. A High-Fat Diet since the 1980's when my Professor at UIC (Biology & Nutritive Sciences) suggested the High-Carb Low-Fat diet was going to not only make American's fat but come back to bite us in our fat arses. What a Visionary!. I personally think that we are socialised (Pavlovianly) to think we need to eat more & more frequently than we actually need to. I also think stretches of fasting with some binge eating might be the ideal.

[@Jefferdaughter]

@@danaricci5044 - Good point. This would work fine if that ribeye has enough fat!! Like a good ribeye did a few decades ago... Or, if we ask at the meat counter for the fat trimmings they cut off the beef and cook that along with our steak. We can also ask for them to grind hamburger for us with 30% fat , or more. This was normal burger back when most of the population was lean. To put it into perspective, sausage was traditionally made of about 50% lean and 50% fat. We can also just buy the fat trimmings and run them through a food processor and add them to that ridiculously lean ground beef now sold in supermarkets these days. Better yet is buying 100% grassfed and grass fattened (aka 'finished') beef, lamb and other herbivores from local or regional farms. Let the farmer kno that you want FAT, well-marbled meat. Yes, it is easier to fatten livestock on grain, but with the right breeds and bloodlines, and good pasture management, beef can and is being raised with good marbling and 'easy fleshing'/fattening ability on pasture alone. (A good pasture is a diverse community of plants, not just true grasses.) You can send them to the Pharo Cattle Company website for info. If you are looking at a beef animal yourself, look for a deep, wide body with a huge gut. Animals fed no grain or soybeans or other concentrated energy supplements need room to process massive amounts of forage- pasture and stored pasture. A 'finished' beef animal ready to harvest should be smooth, with no bony hips, backbone, etc. Avoid tall, leggy animals. The Angus and Hereford were traditionally excellent breeds for raising and finishing on grass, but they have been bred to be bigger, leggier, and not as grass-efficient. There are still bloodlines within these breeds that do well- PCC offers some of those lines. The Anxiety 4th Herefords have not been change from the original type. Other breeds that do well on grass w/out grain include Murray Grey, Rotakawa Devons, and Lowline Angus, now called American Aberdeen Angus. These breeds also tend to have a good hanging weight to retail cuts ratio. f you have a freezer and can buy a quarter to a whole animal at a time, it is pretty economical. You should also get all the organs (that are allowed to be sold in the USA). Ask for the sweetbreads (glands), and to have the fat trimmings wrapped up and delivered with your meat, too. Put on your cut sheet that you want 30%+ fat in your ground meat. And request that they do NOT trim the fat off your steaks, roasts, etc, or only minimally. Hope this info helps someone!

[@Jefferdaughter]

@@nikkiguerlain - Yes, until one has lost the excess weight, then adding fat becomes important. Yet eating fat can help the body adapt to burning fat. Eating fat also helps curb cravings for carbs.

[@MikeLisanke]

why do the diet studies list show no change in insulin or BP of those on LCHF diets even though this is mentioned as a primary achievement of the diet And even mentioned in the 4th paper as (the diets lowering insulin showed the most weight loss). We are often told be proponents that there is No Means of burning stored body fat Without Lowering blood insulin levels (which deactivate fat metabolism). Also, associated with Low-insulin (due to low carb intake) is lower Blood Pressure Because insulin is known to cause the retention of NaCl in the body (kidney re-absorption)... in my own N=1 study, my BP has dropped significantly from previous eating pattern But although I'm in ketosis it's due to Fasting and Not Necessarily Low Card eating. Thanks for any info! Best regards, Mike

[@Jefferdaughter]

Hi Mike - An interesting question. Please contact the researchers directly, as they seldom have time to read comments on KZbin, and this channel does not belong to the presenter. We have know people whose blood pressure dropped significantly with no drugs after they switched to a LCHF/keto diet - and before their was significant weight loss. Insulin levels are more expensive to track on a regular basis, and blood pressure normally varies throughout the day, so this may account, in part for the lack of data in the presentation that you note. In other of Westman's presentations, he does show case studies of patients, with the blood pressure meds being removed, usually within a few weeks of the patient starting the No Sugar No Starch diet in his clinic. Obviously this is not done if high blood pressure is still an issue in that person. Did you see the slide at 48:58? Dr. Westman shows study results, with the reference, in which a LCHF diet reduces blood pressure. He says, 'We don't quite know why'. Phinney and Volek may have some theories on that. Aside from NaCl, which Phinney and Volek recommend replacing by increasing the intake of salt, inflammation, glycation of blood vessels and/or blood vessels, and/or...?

[@Jefferdaughter]

Anyone can download a copy of Dr. Westman's 'page 4' via the link on his page: drericwestman.blog/

[@robert111k]

Rodrigo de Triana was. But he was not looking for the edge of the Earth but for The Indies, because at that time everybody, at least in the sciences area, knew that the Earth was a sphere. Columbus had to convince a scientific comitee (the NASA of that time) in order tu get the funds needed for his expedition.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Metaphor, it as a metaphor. Many of us recall the aim of Columbus' voyage. Most of us also recall the concept that many people had, and a surprising number still do, that the Earth was flat. The point Westman made remains unchanged. The majority of heath professionals still see a LCJ or keto diet as a zone where 'Here be dragons'.

[@user-vk9gj8mf6h]

nice can we use statin drugs to antacipate raise LDL when we started low carbohydrate diet?

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

Why? Best levels are 200-230.

[@zebonautsmith1541]

Wondering how many cancers are caused by people running on glucose instead of ketones. And remembering the days when popcorn was touted as a "healthy low fat snack". And wondering why I feel like Superman on my mountain bike these days instead of huffing and puffing in my old carb days.

[@claytonholland5608]

Pretty sure Tom Naughton ate the buns as well.

[@aulbertwest9648]

When I was in a nursing home, one of the better ones, they tried to convince me that popcorn was healthy.

[@Risingnshouting]

He reminds me a lot of Liam Neeson. But much smarter of course. 😁

[@lohphat]

...and also has a special set of skills.

[@maggiemay97]

My best friend has wildly uncontrolled diabetes even taking several diabetes medications. She insists her doctor told her she can eat 60 grams of carbohydrates per meal and nothing I say can make her believe me that she can't eat that much. ( I know just from spending time with her that she actually eats way more than she thinks. )

[@Jefferdaughter]

She will eventually learn. Or die. Usually after suffering the horrible consequences of uncontrolled diabetes- like neuropothy, blindness, wounds that won't heal... If we love someone, it really sucks because there is little or nothing we can do about it. But the choice is hers. It's her life. If she reads, you could try giving her a copy of Dr. Bernstein's book, Diabetes Solution www.diabetes-book.com/ Whether your friend is a Type 1 or Type 2 diabetic, the principle is the same: No sugar, No starch. I also had a friend with a closed mind who would not listen to a single word I said, even to share what another physician said- via books or videos, or websites, etc - because I was not a doctor, or a physician. The predictable happened. Another friend listened but disregarded my warnings about diet and a medication which I think has since been taken off the market. This friend at least died suddenly, from a cardiac event, as predicted. I still miss my friends and it still hurts, but 'You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him think.' In both cases, these people totally trusted their physicians. As though a medical diploma somehow conveys infalibility. Guess they did not hear that medical procedures, including drugs and surgeries, is the 3rd leading cause of death in the USA - after cardio-vascular disease and cancer. articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/11/18/medical-mistakes-third-leading-cause-of-death.aspx

[@maggiemay97]

Jefferdaughter She is already suffering many of the maladies you mention. Yet she’s still baking cookies and banana bread. I can’t say anything or she yells at me, so I’ve stopped. I rarely see her anymore because she can barely walk to the car let alone actually go anywhere or do anything. It’s sad. We were looking forward to having fun when I retired. Well I’m retired and there’s no fun being had. 😢

[@Jefferdaughter]

@@maggiemay97 - My heart goes out to you both. Hope, we can still hope.

[@maggiemay97]

Jefferdaughter Thanks. I’m resigned to the fact that some day I’ll receive a call from her son telling me she’s died. She’s already had 2 mild strokes and 2 mild heart attacks. I don’t think she’ll survive any more of them.

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

Visit her and play a few of these LCHF videos with her. Tell her she is heading down a dark path that may not end well, good luck!

[@elisafrye2115]

I really like Dr Westman. Have and greatly respect his excellent book. And have seen other videos he has done. Somehow this presentation seems scattered and not well-organized-his comments don’t always seem logically connected-they are all over the place. Perhaps this is because he is trying to cover too much ground too quickly. Of course, the information he is providing is scientifically correct, it’s just that somehow this talk is not as well organized as others he has given. Despite this, he is presenting scientific proof that a LCHf diet saves lives and perhaps that is far more important than “ style.”

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

He also has no issue with seed oils. He says he needs scientific data but there are thousands if stories that show these oils are not good to injest.

[@kirshens]

I've been following lchf for 11 months, a1c =5.4, blood pressure is down 107/73, lost 41 pounds, trig=75, hdl=64,. Will switch from diabetic carbs to total carbs=20. When do I get off of metformin, still taking 850 3 times a day. I am insulin resistant, morning sugar is 120 approx. Anything I can read. Doctor I am seeing has no clue, and he is a type 1 diabetic! Oiy vey.

[@ekondigg6751]

sue kirsh "Anything I can read." I would suggest Dr Bernstein's book "Diabetes Solution", if you don't already have it. Dr Bernstein was mentioned by Dr Westman, and is himself a type 1.

[@kirshens]

@@ekondigg6751 thank you

[@kirshens]

@F Rogers I'm actually reading his books now. I've begin reducing my metformin and my doctor just prescribed lower doses. So I'm on my way. I also watch quite a few of Dr Fungs video with his lectures. Thank you.

[@Jefferdaughter]

If you think your physician is worth it, you could try giving him a copy of Dr. Bernsein's book, The Diabetes Solution'. www.diabetes-book.com/ (Hopefully not from Amazon. They are yet another mega corporation with profit and control as their motives.)

[@clintonhurst7810]

Sounds to me like "You got this!" #'s above look purdy dang good!! Keep up the good work!

[@thedobermans]

But what prompts insulin production? Low Chromium levels. If you don't have enough Chromium, you can't digest the carbs properly and they turn to fat from insulin. If you have enough Chromium, your body can turn carbohydrates into energy. No excess weight. 200 - 1000 mcg.

[@ActivateMission2ThisTimeline]

A trace element will not make carbs magically good 4 U...

[@d3g3n3r4t3]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1200">20:00</a> actually columbus knew the world was round

[@Jefferdaughter]

Metaphor, it was a metaphor.

[@sonyamorrell8311]

How arrogant. Did it without me, against my wishes. Deleted.