GLUCONEOGENESIS on Carnivore Diet (Too Much Protein = GLUCOSE?)

This video will help you understand what you need to know about Gluconeogenesis or a Carnivore, KETO and/or Low-Carb diet. Gluconeogenesis is a vital, needed metabolic process that has received some bad press over the past few years. Once you understand the purpose of this process, you will no longer fear it.
Gluconeogenesis is the process of making glucose from another substrate. Your Liver, Kidneys, Intestines and even Astrocytes in your Brain are capable of this normal process.
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[@KenDBerryMD]

What has been your experience with your blood sugar when eating more protein??

[@suyetarose]

My Blood sugar does go up when I eat a lot of protein. I was full carnivore no veggies at all and not even using any sauces. Just meat, salt and water is all I was eating. I do not know what causes this. It doesn't make sense that it's gluconeogenesis but there is definitely SOMETHING going on. This does not mean that I can't eat a carnivore diet. This only means that I have to take care to make sure I have more fat than protein and also pay close attention to my hunger signals to make sure I'm eating because I'm hungry, not because I'm bored or stressed. Also, I am still mostly carnivore but have added Avocados back to my diet as I do much better energy-wise when I have one a day.

[@kimmcnichols9650]

For some reason my blood sugars have risen ! I use my keto mojo and it’s been over 100... today it was 153! Ketones 0.3 I also do fasting .... I cut out all artificial Sweetener when I began carnivore ! It’s so strange ! But I did read about glucose sparing ... don’t know if it’s that ??

[@lowcarblynn]

My BG has been fairly normal (up a bit with more protein, not bad), but after so long on keto I noticed sleep struggle and feeling edgy or hyper (stressed when I'm not actually stressed), if that makes sense. I'm not actually anxious so I don't get it. I REALLY want it to go away.

[@cynthiaphelps385]

In August, I had bypass surgery. My blood sugar was sky high when I went into the hospital. About a week after I got home, I chose to do keto and take out as many carbs as possible from my diet. My blood sugar went from 487 the day I entered the hospital to consistently around 150. I feel so good that I have this kind of control over my body. And an added benefit is ,I have lost 19 pounds.

[@19hoggy66]

first 3 days on KETO carnivore, I felt so satiated but it went down hill after that My BG went into the prediabetic rang. I didn't want to end up back in the diabetic range and I became ravenously hungry so I stopped KC. I sent you my BG graph on your FB page showing my attempts at KETO carnivore last year, you can see BG starting to rise in days!

[@loriwesney9373]

My A1c was 11.2 this time last year. Didn't care. Didn't change. I had just lost my big sister a few months before. Fast forward to this past December - I felt like shi i it. I stopped sugar cold turkey on December 30. I had a headache throughout my entire head for 9 days, BUT it eventually went away, and my A1c yesterday was 6.9. My Dr told me you can't reverse diabetes. I told her to watch me, because my next A1c will be 5.0. She's on a mission to find something wrong with me, and I'm on a mission to prove her wrong 💪

[@1976mcfarlane]

Fantastic! Good luck!

[@serenityrising6723]

Terrific! May I ask what your A1c is now?

[@loriwesney9373]

@@serenityrising6723 I won't be checked again until September 👍

[@ilunabella]

Awesome 👏 congratulations 🎉thanks for sharing 😊

[@billharden7127]

👍💪

[@kimartist]

I'm looking forward to the day when keto/carnivore restaurants are the norm... 🥰🥰🥰

[@Jamyn1996]

That’ll be the day...

[@SRV2013]

@@Jamyn1996 Try Longhorn.

[@jerilyncibulka6162]

I suggest it to every restaurant I frequent.

[@GwenMotoGirl]

@@SRV2013 I agree. I’m 12 years keto and I can get steak, bacon, eggs, burger patties, maybe a half a roasted chicken, pretty much anywhere.

[@SRV2013]

@@GwenMotoGirl Yes. It's great.

[@jasonhurst8599]

Thank You for this! I've been a Type 2 Diabetic for over 30 years. (I'm 61). In Feb 2018 I weighed 368 lbs, and my HbA1c was 22. I began eating a Keto diet, and Intermittent Fasting (18/6 - 23/1); then switched to either Carnivore or Carneto (I use & prefer the term CARNETO over KETOVORE since the CARNivore portion (protein) makes up the majority of my meals over the kETO portion - which I use mainly for a bit of variety); plus it sounds cooler.) Anyway, since I began this lifestyle my HbA1c has remainef between 4.8 - 5.4, I have lost 133 lbs, and am off insulin, and all oral diabetes meds except for Metformin. So eating an average of 250 grams of protein per day has NOT RAISED my blood glucose levels or hampered my fat burning.

[@praetorian7861]

That's awesome man, great job! 👍

[@sheilaadams4088]

Great job! Just wondering why you are still on metformin?

[@lindaberry7206]

How wonderful! I am very happy for you. I know losing weight can be a struggle. I, too, am on my own journey. Keep smiling!

[@jasonhurst8599]

@@praetorian7861 Thank You. 😊

[@jasonhurst8599]

@@sheilaadams4088 Thanks Sheila. 😊 Not sure; maybe because I've been diabetic for so long that my body just doesn't produce ANY insulin; or maybe because it supposedly doed help to burn fat.

[@JTJaredTaylor]

Thanks for doing this video! I've seen so many videos that perpetuate "gluconeogenesis" as something to fear and arguing against eating "too much" protein. That has been confusing to me. Thanks for laying it out. It makes so much sense! THANK YOU!

[@debrajackson1480]

Dr. Berry, I am so grateful for the work you do. I have Diabetes 2. I was so lost and bewildered because everything I had been “taught” about taking care of it was opposite of what I should have been doing. Following your medical advise has put me on the road to recovery. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I know I’m not the only one who wishes you could be our own physician. You are saving lives.

[@RiverWoods111]

Did you all hear "Dr. Berry say, depending on your biochemistry, physiology and genetics, one has to find the right "balance/amount" of protein/fat compatible with ones system. " (thank you @Belinda Paysinger for typing the phrase out for me you saved me some time) Yes you will have a response and find a balance that is true to your body. You don't need to defend what is working for you! You also don't need to sell what works for you to everyone else who is searching for what works for them. I do better on a higher fat (although I just started treatment for my thyroid, so what works for me when my metabolism is working could be something different). That doesn't mean that I should tell everyone else to eat higher fat meats. I still eat Carnivore with occasional avocado and olives.

[@KenDBerryMD]

Do Carnivore Right from the Beginning. START here: bit.ly/Carnivore101

[@grunklebob9009]

I really love that you properly introduce yourself in EVERY video you do! There are MANY people that are going to watch a video for the first time, and I think it is IMPORTANT to tell them where you've been and WHY you are doing what you are doing. I'm 7 months into my journey and 50 pounds gone(6 pounds from my goal weight of 165 5'9"), all pain removed, feel better, ACTUALLY WANT TO EXERCISE??? I am reviewing your Keto 101 and honestly can't stop watching! I'm 100 Videos in and still going! Love you Dr Berry, Keep going... and GROWING!!!

[@jasminroy530]

Dr Berry you cant imagine how much you helped me. Thank you for all those precious information that you gaved us. Your my reference on my carnivore diet journey.

[@saturdayschild376]

Thank you for clearing this topic up for me. I have heard this mostly from body builders and people more in the fitness vs nutrition community. My blood sugar is perfect every single time we do blood work now, almost identical number regardless of fasting vs consuming something before hand. I have had lifelong experience with farming and ranching as well. Grass fed livestock heal the land. Soybean, corn, wheat and rapeseed (canola) suck the life out of it and leave it wanting.

[@LifeByKpop]

Already knew this, but so glad to see you make a video on it Dr. Berry. Keep spreading the truth! 👍👍

[@jenniferpolovitch187]

OMG Doc, thank you for this...I cringe every time I hear someone say "Lower your protein intake, or you are eating too much protein". If that were the case, every carnivore would be diabetic.

[@oneshot3216]

More then 50g protein per day is too much

[@cameron9149]

@@oneshot3216maybe if u were a 90lb supermodel but otherwise that’s ridiculous

[@ketoman4057]

@@oneshot3216 I think that depends of your muscle mass as well as how active you might be. Agree that too much protein will spike insulin and then BG if your pancreas cannot keep up.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

I’m highfat carni It’s very possible All I eat are animal things but not so big huge protein amts

[@ketoman4057]

What people like Dr Beryy fail to recognize year after year is that some people have a really sick pancreas. They can produce insulin but not enough. In this case type when these people eat excess protein the BG goes up especially the next morning in an exaggerated DAWN EFFECT. It does not whether Gluconeogenesis is supply or demand driven or both. The fact is that excess protein does convert to BG and is also converted to FAT when insulin takes some of the BG out. FACT. If you are severely IR you can literraly measure this with a BG meter!!!!!

[@minkymandy6065]

This is just what I needed to hear and learn about, thank you Dr Berry! I've been on keto-carnivore for one week & already I was stressing about how much protein to eat. I've only just learned that a 2:1 ratio of fat to protein is a ratio of grams. Even after one week, I can see a 'dent' in my waistline and my knees are far less painful. I can also feel that my BP is lower and that my adrenaline isn't everywhere - my body feels much calmer.

[@Nina-fh1bg]

Great video. I had been wondering about this. Several well-known doctors, and even keto influencers, said you have to monitor macros like crazy since excess protein is always turned to glucose. I was shared this would happen to me since I was diagnosed pre-diabetic.

[@danpost4755]

I really appreciate what you do and how you do it! Thank you for including research links as well. Very useful to deal with opinions that have no basis.

[@LLWJDD]

Thank you Dr. Berry for your continued efforts on our behalf.

[@PlumCrazyHomesteader]

Thank you! Since 18 1/2 years ago when my son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, doctors have been telling us that excess protein turns into carbs. So glad to learn the truth! 💕

[@testforall555]

What you are exposing here is insane. It means that many medical education's concepts need real revisiting. Thank you so much for this video in particular and the other one which speak on kidney and protein & of course all your videos. Just brilliant and honest guy you are. Mohamed

[@MrRabiddogg]

its being done on purpose. Time Machine was prophetic.

[@blueladyD]

Thank you dr Berry, most of the information is really confusing. You are one of the most reasonable and knowledgeable people here ❤

[@uuzoo]

Dr. Barry, I really enjoy your videos. I like your approach. First you are very experience. You're a doctor who works with patients all the time. You understand how the body works. There are many so called guru's on KZbin who think they know everything, but don't have the medical background to back up there claims. Not all are bad though. But, I do notice that some of them leave out important information or just don't tell the whole story. That's frustrating and discouraging. I've learned so much from you. Thank you!

[@user-ju7tb9tq3m]

Count me as one of the people that thinks eating too much protein messes me up.

[@cwitham69]

Yeah, you go buddy! Nailin it on the head as usual! Some more great info to turn my doc onto... Thanks!

[@vidviewer100]

I've been wondering about this since I heard about gluconeogenesis so thank you for clearing this up and for all your help with metabolic health

[@Carol-br3bd]

Great information Dr. Berry and for all the references..and articles...for us to follow.

[@LightStylePro]

Thanks Dr. Berry for continuing to provide meaningful KZbin videos. Although the number of "Likes" and "Dislikes" have been dwindling, it's more of a reflection of the current political and COVID-19 information overload which seems to be sucking the oxygen out of all other media. Thanks for staying motivated! You are making a real difference in many lives.

[@jasonphillips6525]

I needed to hear this. Thank you so much!

[@gkov1827]

I needed this video! I started measuring my ketones on carnivore and was so frustrated thanks Dr B!!!

[@bonnie3937]

I am so thankful for you and your lively wife!

[@user-ss6zt2mo1l]

When you go in for a Blood Test, make sure you Fast AT LEAST 12 hours... 14 Hour fast is better though. Your numbers will stabilize lower.

[@DavidWebsterAD]

I feel like we need a doctor to create a new normal standard diet and standard blood test results for us fat adaptive people.

[@chantalbeauchamp2430]

I do believe Dr. Berry said yr blood sugar stabilizes after being fat adapted. And I'm thinking that bs in the 80s might not be normal. Maybe in the low 100s is the carnivore normal.

[@madusimo1]

​@@chantalbeauchamp2430 3 months on carnivore blood sugar after testing was 99

[@maxibake9323]

Excellent advice right here. Thank you muchly for sharing this very important information with us all. Take care & stay safe everybody. ❤🙂🐶

[@michaelberta4943]

Great video Dr Berry! Been saying this for YEARS

[@alexdiaz8726]

I started fasting and keto about 10 months ago because 10 years after having lost 50# to reverse my prediabetes my glucose was always still around 100. During the 6 months I did clean keto I saw that drop to generally in the 80s and occasionally high 70s. I went strict traditional carnivore (i.e., no macro tracking) about 4 months ago and saw my fasting glucose climb into the 100-110 range. I didn't feel as great as I did on keto but I stuck with it because I was seeing things like muscle strengthening to the point that I'm stronger now at 62 than I was at 17 coming out of basic training. I've even seen my fallen arches start to recover after years of needing orthopedic insoles and am now running without them again. A couple of months ago I changed to a more high fat moderate protein carnivore and have seen the glucose drop back into the mid 90s and the bit of inflammation that came back on strict carnivore has subsided. So bottom line I do feel that high protein carnivore increased my fasting glucose. The inflammation I'm blaming on the fact that I ate plenty of cheese and heavy cream which I have since greatly (and reluctantly) cut back on, but don't really know. The dairy perhaps could be the cause of the glucose rise as well, except it's the same dairy I ate on keto. Anyway in my case it does seem that "Too Much Protein = Glucose" seems true. What else could it be? Love your videos, thanks for your great work!

[@thestonecanoe3159]

I've noticed a substantial difference with inflammation by cutting out diary and caffeine, I am at the point now I feel it for a day or two after Ingest dairy, hard to pin it to dairy alone BC I had quit coffee and caffeine the same time I stopped dairy, I do feel better off the stuff. I'm going in 9 weeks

[@CarbageMan]

Though I haven't gone carnivore (I eat some cruciferous veg with my meat) I've had a similar experience.

[@belindapaysinger1874]

The more I read it seems to be a "dosage" issue. Like Dr. Berry said, depending on your biochemistry, physiology and genetics, one has to find the right "balance/amount" of protein/fat compatible with ones system.

[@timothysmith9269]

I noticed that when I ate dairy (especially cheese) my allergies start to act up (e.g. rash, shortness of breath). Then I remembered that to make cheese an enzyme called rennet is added which contains a protein called casein which many people have an allergy. Combined with my parents taking me off dairy as a child to manage asthma led me to eliminate dairy from my diet and my health improving. The bottom line is that dairy does not offer my physiology any benefits (except clarified butter that is only fat).

[@CarbageMan]

@@timothysmith9269 Yeah, there's a chance my nose gets itchy when I eat cheese now. I might go carnivore for a few weeks and add only cheese to find out. Could be that, or nuts, but I'm not eating much else.

[@Olddog1776]

Spreading the word in Costa Rica😀👍🏼

[@kimleon-guerrero9980]

Thanks doc, I always appreciate your videos and the education they provide. 🌴✨❤️✨🌴 Love from Guam.

[@thorzyan]

Bookmarked. I see it getting shared a lot. Thanks Doc!

[@user-jp9zr9jl1p]

I've been brittle insulin. Dependant diabetic for 36 years. Immediately had blood sugars drop and level out once starting carnivore. My sugars barely fluctuate and I am working on adjusting my insulin levels. I have had zero blood sugar spikes directly from home cooked meats and have reduced my daiky insulin from 50u to 20 to 23u per day.

[@carnivorewhisperer5823]

Good information! I was wondering about the one section of the brain needing glucose and was unaware of the other areas of the body besides the liver that can produce it. I found out that Gluconeogenesis can also produce glucose for fight or flight situations if you are not consuming carbs. Hard, intense workouts can see a temporary rise in glucose too. A simple relaxing walk afterwards will bring the glucose back down quicker. I think people forget or don't realize that the body always tries to keep you healthy. We just have to stop feeding it a bad diet so it can. I've been on a meat-based diet for 6 years and haven't been sick with a virus since then. I just don't get sick anymore. I think it's ridiculous to believe that the body will willy-nilly overproduce glucose for any reason. That would be unhealthy. Let's not forget either that it converts fat to glucose first and uses protein only if needed. Since we tend to have more available fat for that process it makes more sense than believing an arbitrary "too much protein" will trigger it. I eat lots of protein and do not have any issues.

[@tickytootoo453]

Love you doc!! And all the research you always have! You are the man!!🥰💓🥰🙂🙏

[@heavychevy383]

as always doc, u shoot straight & tell us the truth & educate us on the facts... thanx & god bless dude!

[@peterpike]

My sugars have definitely plummeted using carnivore, and I'm still on more protein than fat (although I'm continually adding more fats since I do think that's the more optimal way of doing it).

[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

In carnivores consuming a natural diet, the low carbohydrate content minimizes the possibility that large changes in glucose will occur during the absorptive phase following a meal. When the diet contains low amounts of glucose, hepatic gluconeogenesis is predicted to be the major pathway to maintain blood glucose.👍

[@urtyp6596]

Gold information! Thank you so much doc!

[@gaylem.3185]

Wow you are answering so many questions of mine . Thank you so much Dr. Berry 🙏😊♥️

[@caseybrannon4975]

Saw a great video about this by Dr. Cywes the other week. The two points I took from it were. 1. If you aren't fat adapted and you cut out carbs and drop in a lot of protein your body will panic and turn a lot of the protein to glucose because that's what it knows how to run on. That's why keto is such low protein, to give your body no choice of alternative fuel via gluconeogenesis. High protein and high fat will still result in excessive gluconeogenesis in this state. 2. If you are fat adapted, make sure you consume an adequate amount of fat with your protein so the body has fuel and doesn't need to use the protein for fuel. This way it can use the protein for building/repair. That's the simple take away as I understood it. I suggest you find his video, he does a much better job of explaining it. For number 2, I personally try to match it gram for gram minimum. So at the end of the day if I eat 150g of protein I make sure I've eaten about 150g of fat. That's roughly 30% of calories from protein and 70% from fat. I don't check my blood sugar, but that's a good place to start. If you do have higher blood sugar eating 1:1, up the fat. You should be eating .5g of protein per lb of lean body weight every day at the very least. Protein should be your number one macro goal, then fat, then incidental carbs. Most people focus on the carbs to make sure they aren't getting "to many" and fat and protein are just kinda left for incidental macro's with inconsistent ratio's. This typically leaves people protein deficient and they start to lose muscle mass. Lose to much muscle mass and you lose more than weight, you lose resting metabolism.

[@gocarnivorepeople]

Stephanie keto talks a lot about this !! And a lot of people low the protein intake and feel better .

[@janpijanica3980]

Thank you man for free quality info. Also properly taked for Google search exactly info I was after. Thx for taking to the point also. You are a help me doctor. Greetings.

[@NaturalStateWingChun]

I just had a conversation about this earlier. Thank you for the clarifications!

[@EchoRomeIndiaCharlie]

Don't believe everything on the internet. Do your own research.

[@lamoon1525]

I went Keto 2 1/2 yrs ago. At that time my A1C was 6.8 and I weighed 265. I now weight 210 and my A1C is 5.4. This way of eating solved a number of problems I was having and I feel good. I am not able to be active, but to achieve this sort of weight loss and keep it off without exercise has sure been a surprise. I strongly suspect that the cortisol from being upset over quarantine & the rest of the merry mess has kept me from losing more weight. None the less, I continue to eat Keto/and lately Carnivore.

[@She-Ra111]

Thanks Dr. Berry!! I've been hearing contradictory data regarding protein and it's been rather frustrating... I have read the P:E Diet by Dr. Ted Naiman... It resonated with me! But listening to other keto gurus on KZbin has caused me to doubt my understanding. I am so happy that you also have confirmed what I felt was right!

[@lucylu902]

Ditto!

[@KellieAlston]

Thank you for this video. I just started the carnivore diet and was sitting here wondering if the 140 grams of protein that I had yesterday was too much. That is the most that I have had so far. I "Googled" it and of course there was everything saying that you can have too much protein. It was saying if you have more than 30 grams per meal, it goes to your kidneys. I am so glad I looked this up as it relates to the carnivore diet and this video came up.

[@georginaK21]

Thanks for this. I believe this is a response to a comment I left on your last video. It's hard to relearn what you previously thought was true. I'll check out the link you left below!

[@radkaolejnakova133]

Hey Ken :) I've just finished watching your yesterday's livestream. I wanted to ask if you'd consider doing EU friendly streams sometimes? I'd love to see you and ask questions live but you always stream at 3-4am here. Thanks!

[@GODD3LAN3]

I just wanted to let you know, I have been carnivore for a week. I had been a ketovore for a year and lost 100lbs in a year, but for the past couple of months, I had been stalled out. In just this one week, I've knocked myself out of the stall and already lost 11lbs. Thank you so much for all the information! You've been such a big help in my journey.

[@lordiamant3506]

Thanks again Dr Berry for those explanations 🙏🏽👏🏽🕊🇭🇹🏝❤

[@johnhill6384]

Another awesome video Dr Barry keep up the good work

[@staceykersting705]

I'm finally eating beef liver! Bought it thin sliced, cooked about 1minute per side, wasn't at all pink.....surprisingly GOOD!! Very tender.

[@kevinschmitt5592]

Did you hate liver before this?

[@cab711]

Great video Ken, I wonder if there should be a distinction between for example meats and protein powders when it comes to gluconeogenesis? Your reasoning is sound, unless there's a disfunction the body should only produce the amount of glucose it requires.

[@jlily933]

Wow thank you Dr Berry! I just started meat heavy keto/carnivore and had a nagging worry about protein in the back of my mind. Now I can have peace of mind

[@SSNUTHIN]

I have watched so many of your videos, it's time to subscribe. Hello Doc!

[@fredrikbarthlen5222]

As I am still very insulin resistance, I get too high BS all hours of the day - and night. I am testing BS often and when I eat less protein, the BS goes down. My hope is that the lower insulin will make it easier to get in ketosis. Eating very low carb for months now, hope it will get better. BUT - too much protein is not good for me.

[@dealwolfstriked272]

Same thing with Dr.Baker and his high fat carnivore test.He found that eating only egg yolks and hence %85 percent fat that his high BS levels dropped to very low levels.

[@desmomotodesmomoto2033]

Eat more fat

[@jimeg4453]

I´m on my second week on the keto-carnivore diet and I feel amazing. Some of the pros: mental clarity, perfect digestion, stable mood, stable sugar, and also improved sleep. The most important thing for me is that I had a heart arrhythmia for 18 years and it went away. I still can´t believe it! I wasn´t expecting it. With a standard diet, I was taking magnesium supplements, also eating red meat but sporadically, and never felt so good like I do now. I used to have arrhythmia sometimes after eating and before falling asleep, sometimes even during the day. In my last cardiac stress test, I had arrhythmia also, something that never happened to me before and worried me a lot. So there is something about this diet that seems protective to the heart. I will continue as long as I feel this good. What works for me is eating 3 times a day moderate amounts of meat, no snacking. This is what works for me: the juice of one grapefruit an hour before breakfast, then 2 beef patties with one spoon of butter, the same for lunch, and for dinner some organ meat, red meat, or chicken, someday I might add cooked veggies, especially if I make chicken soup. Sea salt for seasoning, magnesium for the supplementation, and plenty of mineral water. I don´t fast on purpose, only eat when hungry, it happens to be three times a day.

[@carolhinman7936]

Have you lost weight yet?

[@jimeg4453]

@@carolhinman7936 I did, but I didn´t weight myself because it´s not my goal, I can see my body composition changing, also less water retention and no bloating. Here is a little update, maybe it will help someone: I use the app cronometer to check if I´m consuming enough micro and macronutrients for the day, I also experienced arrhythmia again, and it was bad. I realized it was because of the electrolytes, especially potassium, I was having a lot of sodium and little potassium, so I added one small potato (palm size) a day and one banana (one carbohydrate per meal, not altogether in one meal) and I felt good again. I reduced the amount of meat to around 150gr + an egg or 2 per meal. I continue drinking the grapefruit juice and I eat broccoli or cauliflower or any other green veggie in at least one meal and 2 homemade yogurts for the calcium. I also added 1 to 2 tablespoons of fresh parsley for the vit k and c. The arrhythmia freaked me out, so I consume some carbohydrates now, also helped me with my workouts. Now that I experienced the carnivore, I can tell that if you want to be extremely alert someday, you might want to avoid carbohydrates, the sharpness of the mind is noticeable. Also, it healed my gut. I also try to reach the 30 gr of protein per meal to promote protein synthesis in my body (especially for breakfast) and eat a healthy amount of carbohydrates to feel the best. I do see things that won't be beneficial for me in an extreme carnivore diet long terms like the electrolytes inbalance or deshidratation. I´m looking for a type of diet where I can feel comfortable and healthy, I don´t think it has a name because every body is different. My stomach is flat when I eat only meat, I always wonder why I was feeling like a balloon after eating and other people were fine. I guess digestion is everything. My mother can´t digest red meat, so I wonder it´s not for everybody. If you feel amazing after eating it, then maybe it will work for you. Edit: A mild mental fog is back, things like I was trying to type one name and type another, or walking to a place and forget what I was going to do there for a moment, or wanting to tell someone sth and forget what I was about to say. Small common things that I wasn´t experiencing when eating cero carbohydrates. But, on carbohydrates I´m studying several hours (6 the other day) with more will.

[@grummelameise]

i also had this heart arythmia. it completely went away when i stopped eating all kinds of grains. high blood pressure also went away. i also had depresion all my life, sleep problems and much more. suddenly, i am a mornin person, which i never was. so, i wonder if you are intolerant to grains as well? I especially felt this cardiac thing 10 minutes after eating. i figured it was the alcohol. but it stayed after i stopped drinking for good. now, when i eat a very good meal, like fatty beef with eggs and butter, my body instantly gets very warm, like there is a heating element going on. i fell like i could go out in cold rain to run for 15 miles and be totally allright. i guess that is the feeling that I want from a meal, insted of these heart palpitations and arrythmias.

[@grummelameise]

the answer is: fat is more important than you realize.@@jimeg4453

[@Idiesfarm]

I just love your videos Dr. Berry! So happy you don’t stand in front of a whiteboard. 😬 You have healed me and my family in so many ways! We are so happy to support you through Patreon! Thank you!

[@PortugueseKeto]

Dr. Bikman is amazing!

[@tickyul]

I think if the goal is to run your body mainly on ketones, then yes, a significant percentage taking that route have to substantially restrict how much protein they eat. A lot of people, who think they are running on mainly ketones, are not.....but they feel good because they are getting properly fueled by glucose via gluconeogenesis.

[@alexrozenbom3430]

Dr. Berry is great ! 0:01 However, Being obviously sarcastic is not his strong suit. Still love him !

[@paigeszabadics1957]

Thanks for that info - it has been something that I was unsure of. Been carnivore for 10 weeks now, but confused about the whole too much protein thing.

[@msrawynn]

Don’t feel bad; me too.

[@JennifertxCarnivore]

Perfect video Dr. Baker! ☺️👌🏻

[@NikkiMouse88]

FINALLY!!! I was waiting for you to touch on this!!! So many people are afraid of eating protein and suffer for it on keto!! Thank you Doc!! You’re the best!! 💜💜💜💜

[@Metarig]

after reading the comment, I'm not sure he's right

[@cps_Zen_Run]

@@Metarig are you implying you are going to take your advice from the non-scientific random responses? I suggest you find what works best for you. Experiment. I eat 100-150 G protein daily, with very stable BGL. Best of Success

[@Metarig]

@@cps_Zen_Run I have been on keto for about a year and have lost over 100 pounds but I noticed eating any plant causes stomach ache for me I have been on carnivore for a while too and felt great but I'm just worried about diabetes and gaining the weight I lost

[@cps_Zen_Run]

@@Metarig yes, plants don’t want to be eaten. LOL. Natural toxins, pesticides, etc. Watch your stress levels, get plenty of quality sleep. I had to greatly reduce my intake of mainstream media. LOL. May your day be without suffering.

[@HOPROPHETA]

THANK YOU!!!!! I HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS!!!!😁

[@glorialabella6361]

Thank you for this nutritional information. 👍

[@gregorytaylor9104]

I would have started carnivore months ago if it wasn't for the gluconeogenesis preached in Jimmy Moore's Keto Clarity.

[@SlaughteredLambMinistry]

It also seems from my geeky research, that as the body breaks down triglycerides the blood stream is supplied with FFA (free fatty acids) and a glycerol back bone. The GLYCerol is also supplied with water from adipose tissue. And supposedly with this are the residue of pollutants and additives from our environment, clothing cosmetics and foods. If you’re on a zero carb Plantfree diet, the body knows how to crack open fat cells for sugar like I can crack open eggshells on a Saturday brunch!

[@jillhulbert2341]

Thank you i got very worried listening too others ....from now on only listening too you and experimenting on myself

[@tarikcamacho]

Hi Dr ken Berry. Thank you so much for your wonderful teachings. Let me ask you this: Set a presencial program in your city to form keto coachers, people that will become your guys to help others to go into ketosis. Please consider this and I will be the first one to assign for this. Gratitude for all your videos.

[@lowcarblynn]

Dr. Berry, please respond to the comments from this video. Very interesting. Been keto for nearly 3 years and wonder about the lifestyle increasing cortisol levels (stress hormones) and stressing adrenal glands, etc. over time.

[@KenDBerryMD]

A proper human diet will not stress your adrenal glands or cause inappropriate hormone responses

[@bostonjackson9384]

@@KenDBerryMD I have been eating carnivore for 2 years and my blood sugars are continually going up. I just has my annual physical last week and learned that my fasting blood glucose is now 125 and A1C is at 5.7. No carbs... can you address this is a future video?

[@asarcadyn2414]

Gluconeogenesis isn’t always demand driven. The Dawn Effect, which everyone gets, is the liver automatically supplying glucose as you wake up whether you need it or not. When you are fat-adapted, your cells don’t need the glucose and leave it in your blood. It’s called physiological insulin resistance or its keto euphemism ‘adaptive glucose sparing’. That means your fasting BG can be high until you eat.

[@TheLumberJacked]

Hey that’s interesting. So is part of the issue people are to worried about that morning BG increase? To clarify are you saying to not worry about that and it’s normal? I have no issue with that, I’m just learning about it all now.

[@yoso585]

It’s obvious that you don’t understand the meaning of demand driven (dawn effect).

[@asarcadyn2414]

@@yoso585 Thanks for your worthless no-content comment. Maybe you could explain or point me to a resource that explains why I have misunderstood the Dawn effect? That would be very helpful.

[@blakebunch4485]

Dawn effect from my understanding only applies to diabetics but yeah.

[@islaadele1212]

Thank God for this. I was happily chowing down on my eggs, bacon and beef every day and then started to panic about my protein intake. Got confused by keto guidelines for 80% fat in my diet. That's a scary number.

[@fiaroberts5594]

Thank you, Dr Ken. I am just starting on Carnivore and I am seeing my glucose levels a bit elevated. I will stick with it and I look forward to the glucose dropping to a better level.

[@doublecross1079]

I experienced an increase in BG when full carnivore. Still in a healthy range, but high for me. (Occurred about 10 weeks in). I was Keto for 18 months prior. I currently cycle between strict carnivore and Keto. It works for me.

[@keralee]

Ditto. Adding back fruits fixed it for me.

[@bostonjackson9384]

@@keralee You added fruits to carnivore, or to keto? I ask because I am trying to fix my high fasting glucose score... I'm around 115. Thank you in advance.

[@keralee]

@@bostonjackson9384 mine was similar. Quit keto-carnivore, via fruit since the liver can control rate of conversion of fructose to glucose. At first blood glucose will spike like mad, do not be alarmed, body will upregulate production of right enzymes to manage sugars again in a few days usually. Slowly increase do not go crazy with fruit right away and always have it with a protein and WITHOUT any pufa or mufa fats. Its the combo of pufa/mufa plus fructose that seems to be particularly obnoxious. Likely genetic esp if you are of N European ancestry. It took a few months before my excess cortisol stopped and dawn blood sugars and A1C both dropped.

[@bostonjackson9384]

@@keralee I didn't quite understand all that you said there... what is your typical daily diet?

[@keralee]

@@bostonjackson9384 I fixed the high fasting glucose numbers by adding fruit back to carnivore diet, plus some veg. Gradually increased amounts of fruits and veg as body re-adapted. It took about 3 months of fruit intake before my cortisol normalized...was like an invisible weight lifting away! Later slowly added starches back. The trick to making carbs safe-ish to ingest seems to be to avoid pufa fats like the plague. And that includes from factory farmed animal sources like chicken and pork. Pufa and fructose together are a metabolic disaster, unless you are anorexic.

[@shallandavar4695]

@KenDBerryMD as a type1 diabetic I have noticed very high insulin needs after overeating on beef. Is my response abnormal? If excessive dietary protein is not converted to glucose what will your body do with it, waste it? I don't think the body is good at storing extra protein as it is.

[@Metarig]

you are awsome DR Berry thank you

[@monsterslayer4317]

Thank you, Dr. Ken!

[@unhinderedliving]

Would you please make a video about why some of us who are T2 diabetic have livers that make too much glucose even when we are eating almost no carbohydrates? This is the main problem I am dealing with.

[@ReversingDiabetes]

In a word: homeostasis, which is basically your body's "thermostat". It takes time for your body to clue in that it no longer needs your glucose "temperature" so high.

[@bostonjackson9384]

@@ReversingDiabetes I've been eating almost no carbs for 3 years now and my blood fasting glucose is still around 115. This notion that "it takes time" seems erroneous. Three years is plenty of time.

[@user-zg2mi9qm1f]

U may have to go zero carb to see change.

[@samsawyer1131]

Dr. Berry, if a carnivore veteran is able to absolutely assure you that all external/diet related factors that lead to carb creep can be excluded, what is the underlying physiological issue that prohibits one from entering ketosis or ever achieving a FBG under 100? Water only Intermittent fast, 3 day fast, 5 day fast... it does not matter. FBG over 100 and nutritional ketosis is never achieved with no carbs consumed. If gluconeogenesis cannot be blamed, what is the reason? How are you so confident that it absolutely cannot be gluconeogenesis apart from the intelligent liver and gut argument? Something is obviously happening internally and the gluconeogenesis argument is really the only offered explanation we are finding. What explanation can you offer us? Please help! I promise I will donate $100 to your Patreon if you will help us on this. It really is this frustrating for many of us.

[@ketobarbelle8051]

I have been told by my doctor that BG spikes from protein should not be feared, as gluconeogenesis is an on-demand process. Making glucose from protein is a very expensive process for your body and it requires a crap ton of energy to do. So your body’s not going to waste the effort making that glucose unless it’s really needed. So he said that if I get a BG spike after a clean protein meal (being really honest with myself about whether the meal was really clean or not), not to sweat it. My body must need the glucose. With that said, I do think that early on when I was still really obese that limiting protein was a good thing. But now that I’m down to trying to lose the last 15 pounds and powerlifting and doing mad amounts of HIIT training, my body is better able to regulate the metabolism and gluconeogenesis. So it may simply be a matter of where someone’s metabolism is in the healing process, amount of exercise, etc. that determines how people react to what amount of protein.

[@georgechoat2713]

I was one of those people concerned with overconsumption of protein…..Until I listened to this recording that is!😎 THANK YOU

[@doriandeslatte8226]

Good evening dr. Berry. First of all, love your channel, especially how in your videos how you take overly complicated topics and present them in straightforward, easy to absorb knowledge bombs without making the audience feel like they are being talked down to), second of all, to have an actual dictor who's not another of those mindless servants praising the gospel of their big pharma and fda overlords, but a true disciple of hippocrates, keep up the good work 👍

[@kristystaggemeyer1341]

Dr. Berry, For 3 years I've been on a ketogenic diet for my epilepsy with a 3:1 ratio. The protein is only 10% (carbs 3% and fat 87%). My question is why is the protein so low and would there be any way the carnivore diet would work to control seizure activity?

[@NaturalSeizureControl]

Same here! 3 years keto carnivore for epilepsy on 3:1 fat:protein ratio. Helped me get off all meds and still be seizure free. I think protein is low because our metabolism / mitochondria are already taxed and also because sometimes we need as much fat as possible to stop / reroute / grab onto toxic elements in our bloodstream before they reach our brain. I've been eating way more protein last couple months with good success. Also following a low vitamin A diet (I didn't believe this for months).

[@tickyul]

Probably to achieve a higher level of ketones, this is thought to be therapeutic in medical applications, especially seizure-control.

[@Furywavez]

It seems that some people here in the comment section report increased glucose while eating high protein. I learned to always be open minded and not follow anyone blindly. I hope the doctor can explain a bit more about this.

[@lindabell6954]

we can learn to listen to our bodies and also always do our own research..

[@eucalyptustrees]

Glad to learn this!

[@aidatumbaga2735]

Thank u Dr. Berry for sharing👍😘

[@cornelianery3572]

Thank You Dr Ken Berry, I think I eat a lot of protein. But I dont feel anything wrong

[@Metarig]

well, Insulin secretion is not going to make you feel bad

[@nahidhkurdi6740]

Instead of trying to find a trustable authority when you are in doubt about this, I would suggest the following: Get into a very low carb diet for a reasonable number of days then choose a day in which you measure your blood glucose every single hour, especially after ingesting the amount of meat that you think could spike blood sugar. After the experiment decide for yourself.

[@nahidhkurdi6740]

@@muchasalud2011 I am not quite sure that it is absolutely necessary to follow the cellular cycle, but it seems quite reasonable to discuss that further and it is certainly on the conservative side.

[@jasonlam9016]

Background 6 years ago I was diagnosed as being diabetic. After following the advice of doctors and dieticians my diabetes continued to get worse going from A1C 6.5 to 7.0 on the SAD diet. I then researched and started following all the work of Jimmy Moore and Jason Fung and many others including you and dropped my A1C to 5.4 at its lowest. I have been eating Keto / lowcarb less than 30g of carbs for over 4 years now. I have notice that my blood sugars have gone up a into the 130s, even when I have not eaten. I do intermittent fast every other day for about 24 hours dinner to dinner for the last 4 years as well. I do not calorie restrict on my eating days and tend to eat at least 1lb of meat on top of 4 to 5 servings of veg at dinner. On eating days normally eggs, with cheese, more meat and veg for lunch and then again about 1lb of fatty meat like ribeye and veg etc. My latest A1C is 5.7, HCSRP .65, Insulin 6 UIU/ML, Vit D 64.2 ng/ml, total cholesterol 189, Triglycerides 55 mg/dl, HDL Cholesterol 71 mg/dl, LDL Cholesterol 107 mg/dl. My latest A1C which is starting to creep up this could also be because of COVID and I am not able to do the HIT workouts I normally do based on Dr. Ben Bocchicchio, but all this to question the following. As I also follow Paul Saladino and he brings up a good point. If your average blood sugar is say in the 130s like mine would you not not be producing more AGEs, than say like him who is almost always in the 60s and 70s? While I know that my blood sugar is from gluconeogenesis would you not have more glucose in your body which could cause more AGEs?

[@ssm59]

Thanks Doc, too many out here are pathologizing normal processes

[@ayredantara6838]

Dear Dr Ken, I am on a carnivore diet for years, I am obese and doing carnivore I gain more than 20 pounds. My glucose every morning is between 110 - 140! I realized that more protein make me produce more sugar, the total opposite of what must be happening... Why? Thank you so much

[@admar6934]

Ate you adding fat

[@Crystalorchids]

How is your sleep and stress level?

[@CarbageMan]

There's a difference between "It's never happened to me" and "that cannot happen." Enough people have gone carnivore and experienced it that it's best said "there are no studies to document that effect."

[@bubbbbletea]

Exactly, as much as I value dr Berry's information, this video sounds almost like reversed vegan propaganda. "Studies show we can get everything we need from plant sources so it's impossible to get sick on a vegan diet".

[@DoyaknowwhatImean]

@@bubbbbletea if it makes you feel secure then you keep telling yourself that you’re getting everything you need from a vegan diet but in reality it’s not true and you will more than likely be deficient in many vitamins and minerals. Your health and well-being is important so eat a little bit of meat and fish, it’s what nature designed us to do.

[@bubbbbletea]

@@DoyaknowwhatImean I’m not vegan and not pro vegan, I think you didn’t understand my comment. I was simply saying that just because there are studies that suggest so and so, it doesn’t make it true.

[@shawnaweekley5563]

Thank you for this video and the links to Dr. Benjamin Bikman. Very informative.

[@chrissvenningson1747]

So my glucose went up a bit yesterday after I ate about 14 ounces of steak. I’ve been low carb for a few years due to T2D. However, I have slightly cheated a bit with some mini potatoes, but not much else. I only eat some very low carb veggies. This video made a lot of sense, but was also kind of a relief because I understand this subject much better now. I’ll continue to keep my carbs at 20 or less per day. I’m eating two meals per day and fasting about 14-15 hours in between. Breakfast: 3 pasture raised eggs, a can of European mackerel. Dinner: meat/seafood and a few low carb veggies. I’m also taking one portion whey protein for my workouts, and I’m 54 years young.