Lipotoxicity: How Saturated Fat Raises Blood Sugar

The reason those eating plant-based diets have less fat buildup in their muscle cells and less insulin resistance may be because saturated fats appear to impair blood sugar control the most.
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Even if saturated fat wasn’t associated with heart disease, the effects on pancreatic function and insulin resistance in the muscles would be enough to avoid it. Despite popular press accounts, saturated fat intake remains the primary modifiable determinant of LDL cholesterol, the #1 risk factor for our #1 killer heart disease. See The Saturated Fat Studies: Buttering Up the Public (nutritionfacts.org/video/the-s...) and The Saturated Fat Studies: Set Up to Fail (nutritionfacts.org/video/the-s....
How low should we shoot for in terms of saturated fat intake? As low as possible, according to the U.S. National Academies of Science Institute of Medicine: Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, and Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero (nutritionfacts.org/video/trans....
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[@jasonsimpson1397]

A few years ago, I was low carb, mostly primal. My blood sugar wouldn't get below the 140's without a lot of extra insulin. Even when my carbs were under 50 a day. Now, I'm vegan and my carbs have increased to 3-400, daily and my insulin needs have been cut in half. It's great to have the science behind WHY. Thank you!

[@joeschmoe1193]

50 what a day? 50 calories or grams? Did you eat healthy fat along with it? Fats are important for diabetics.

[@Jb-ky1ri]

@@joeschmoe1193 what type fat though?

[@mweb1]

@@joeschmoe1193 For ALL!

[@mweb1]

140 isn't even prediabetic.

[@danielhoward4566]

@@mweb1 It's not a good level though if he was using insulin?

[@OneWeekTime]

All those opposing Dr. McGregors view point, comment below a counterpoint to his research but USE research. Not anecdote. Cite your arguments and do it without harsh criticisms or rude words. That's what McGregor has done here, I don't see him belittling others and providing anecdotes. This is how we learn collectively, by stating research and being open to alternative viewpoints. There is NOTHING wrong with viewing differently from him, but people will take you seriously if you bring forward a strong argument.

[@seller559]

Great point. Profanity never replaces evidence.

[@krishyyfan5153]

the problem is blood sugar yet everybody is blaming fat??... nobody is talking about the big elephant in the room... it's SUGAR... that's the one causing so many cardiovascular diseases...

[@samaritaDeath]

Krishyy Fan read the research, the reason sugars go sky high is because of insulin resistance and that is caused by FAT in the muscles. Sugar is not the cause of diabetes, nothing wrong with fruits and complex carbs, however if you are talking about refined sugars then I agree with you.

[@krishyyfan5153]

the fat from the muscle comes from refined sugar consumption... insulin is responsible in converting glucose to Fat... as you eat refined sugar, insulin rise up to control the glucose and convert it to Fat... This also contributes to Insulin resistance because your Insulin in your blood is elevated... If you eat Animal Fat, nothing will happen... your insulin will not rise up because Fat is not sugar...

[@Qwerty_789]

Krishyy Fan Fat gets directly stored either in the adipose tissue or muscle tissue.

[@emmat8678]

When I was eating meat, I was scared I'd put weight on if I went plant based, I'd been listening to all this garbage about how carbs leads to high insulin which causes weight gain. I gradually reduced animal products and I'm now over two stone lighter than I was.

[@guibox3]

Good for you. However, I lowered my carbs to under 20g net carbs and kept eating meat and I dropped 55lbs in 6 months. Meat is not the enemy. Processed and high glycemic carbs are. I have rarely seen any ketogenic adherent demonizing the vegan diet in and of itself. For some reason, the vegans refuse to give diets like the ketogenic diet that same courtesy. That is because any sort of animal product or saturated fat MUST be bad, therefore the diet is bad. Veganism is like a cult. Nothing wrong with the diet. Its adherents, however, are another story.

[@KenWang2]

@@guibox3 Exactly

[@helenalovelock1030]

Probably malnourished too

[@danielhoward4566]

@@guibox3 So how did that work out for ya ?

[@garlicgirl3149]

I just don't understand why other scientist who spout other studies that state excess sugar is the issue do not recognize these studies.

[@ADDICT004]

What about saturated fat in whole foods like coconuts for example? Any video on this issue?

[@patsbigfan7]

Thanks for this video and insight. A great wealth of knowledge as usual. Please keep these videos coming.

[@Primetime_dads]

Yea I was plant based for 8 years, the last 4 months i decided to give Paul saladino diet a try. Did it for 4 months and all my A1c and fasting insulin shot up. Plant based was A1c 5.4 fasting insulin was 2.3 Animal based it was 5.7 and 3.3 Seems like saturated fat did cause me to become more insulin resistant

[@on10019]

Great info thanks once again

[@44ger8]

❤️❤️❤️❤️🔬 i love man!!!! eres un gran aporte en el mundo de la medicina y nutrición. Nunca dejes de investigar!!!!

[@KenWang2]

He's a pendejo

[@mweb1]

HUH?

[@aidenw207]

But, we as Americans over the decades have been eating less and less saturated fat, yet the rates of Diabetes keep going up?

[@jmartin1885]

Jason Fung 'the Obesity Code' talks about this very phenomenon ;-)

[@chrisr.6638]

No, we eat more saturated fat and more sugar at the same time

[@aidenw207]

@@chrisr.6638 No we eat more sugar, and more processed vegetable seed oil, we eat much less saturated fat than we used to.

[@chrisr.6638]

@@aidenw207 I double checked. The amount has been steady for the past 50-60 years. We eat less saturated fat than people in the early 1900's, as we don't use lard anymore. However the consumption of meat and cheese has been on a rise for decades. We still eat a shitton of saturated fat as a baseline everyday, almost every meal. Saturated fat causes insulin resistance as scientist demonstrated using MRI. Add a massive added amount sugar and flour and it's a deadly combination.

[@aidenw207]

@@chrisr.6638 No what has increased in our diets are processed vegetable seed oil. Saturated fats are from the nature, our bodies are designed to eat that. What out bodies are not designed to eat are vegetable seed oils that can only be made synthetically by chemical extraction.

[@theassassin9326]

Any update?

[@epickiller30]

In what world do saturated fats cause free radicals, they are extremely stable, that's why, as warm blooded animals, we produce mainly saturated fat

[@danielhoward4566]

Inflammation yes.

[@epickiller30]

@@danielhoward4566 by what mechanism is saturated fat inflammatory?

[@danielhoward4566]

@@epickiller30 Here are just two examples taken from Google: (1) Saturated Fatty Acids Produce an Inflammatory Response Predominantly through the Activation of TLR4 Signaling in Hypothalamus: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Obesity. And: (2) Several studies have demonstrated that saturated fatty acids (SFAs) stimulate adipose tissue inflammation by a process that involves Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), a receptor that binds bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

[@epickiller30]

@@danielhoward4566 that's just one example which is through the so called activation of the TLR4 receptor. If you read more recent papers you'll find that it's incorrect and studies that find that saturated fats agonize the TLR4 receptor is due to contamination of LPS. This should be quite obvious because TLR4 is often dubbed the endotoxin (LPS) receptor. Here's a study quote from a study: "LPS and lipopeptide contamination of the widely used reagent fatty-acid-free BSA explains the previously reported stimulation of TLR2 and TLR4 by SFAs." -Saturated Fatty Acids Do Not Directly Stimulate Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Now if you want to make a case that saturated fat can increase the absorption of LPS then that's a different discussion, but it's very clear that there's no clear inflammatory pathway for saturated fat even with all the demonization it gets in the main stream. Now PUFAs, those have a clear inflammatory pathway through ecosinods.

[@danielhoward4566]

@@epickiller30 Why do so many people with RA get better when they reduce their saturated fat intake?

[@PercivalBlakeney]

I'm going to have to watch this a couple of times at least. It'll be worth it. ^_^

[@glowingone6472]

How long does it take for the increased fat in the blood to clear? Are there any ways to speed up the clearing of fat in the blood?

[@justgivemethetruth]

No answer, eh?

[@marcierenee15]

I'm just seeing this in 10/2021 but I'm thinking things like Choline and Carnitine would help. B vitamins, lemon juice, Dandelion root....anything that helps the liver.

[@danielhoward4566]

Fast or very low calories for a while?

[@margaretgorlin9374]

Yes! Eat oatmeal especially and whole foods plant based in general. Dr. Greger has videos about the scientific evidence for this.

[@ThisSaturatedMind]

This is seriously messed up. This was posted today 10 February 2015 and it says January 29. No wonder these videos get no views anymore. Not even in my sub box, I come to check every other day if there's something I missed.

[@jasonbrown4526]

I clicked on the channel because I haven't gotten anything in my activity list for over a month. I was worried that something might have happened to Dr. Greger. For some reason it lists his videos as being at least a month old, although I suspect some of them are not. I guess I'll have to manually check this channel every day.

[@harvenius]

+sdushdiu Wow, it's really not that hard to keep up.

[@harvenius]

+sdushdiu still on ie8?

[@atriptocambodia6584]

What about the high amount of saturated fat content found in coconuts is that harmful as well? Very curious !

[@Qwerty_789]

atripto cambodia yes they are

[@Bathoggywinger]

@@Qwerty_789 Wrong. Saturated fat does not cause diabetes. Charlatan Gregor is illiterate on the mechanisms of Diabetes, let alone has no specialization of the field and it painfully shows. Type I is an issue of inflammation and auto-immunity that damages beta cell production of insulin, Type II is an issue of capacitance, there being the adipose tissues are maxed out and the body saturates blood with fatty acids. Many who're illiterate about basic human biology and liver metabolism would assume, fat in blood equals causation, wrong. Fat is there because its the energetic medium in the human body with a capacitance as much as there is adipose fat tissue. No such capacitance or system exists for carbohydrate metabolism because it would be energetically useless and expensive for the human body. In terms of energetic preference for fatty acids we know this is true because of the fatty acid cycles involving AcetylCoA for the production of glucose via gluconeogenesis to power cell mitochondria. Gregor himself on nutrition "facts" links a piece of literature to gastric bypass surgery as being the cure, where in that specific paper the author's say the benefit derived was not from the surgery but from energy restriction caused by the surgery, where people could not eat for a prolonged period thereafter. Painfully stated those who undergo gastric bypass cannot eat, and are therefore fasted, have a medically induced short-medium term fast from foods where (a) they loss body fat/weight and (b) have a long term resting blood sugar levels from not eating. The entire benefit of that surgery comes from the fact patients are fasted. Surgery is not even required to elicit this effect, but just regular plain old fashioned fasting. Gregor also mentions "fat burning", guess what carbs do to fat oxidization in the human body? They inhibit it because most plants sit squarely in the middle of the glycemic load index, where insulin release competes for and inhibits fatty acid oxidization. If you want to make a food obesigenic, add sugar or carbohydrate to it, and eat it it multiple times per day. This is also highlighted by a human physiological mechanisms known for decades now, called "The Randle Cycle", where any equivalence of fat and carbohydrate is the most insulinogenic, inflammatory resposne possible from human diet. Its why the "Standard American Diet" is flat out metabolic poison, and yes its the government recommended diet! Its why vegans net any benefits coming off the poisonous diet as a comparison. However plant based diets are still quite inflammatory yet, especially for those vegans trying to get in healthy fats.

[@tanyasydney2235]

@@Bathoggywinger You're the only "illiterate" one here.

[@Bathoggywinger]

@@tanyasydney2235 Dear clown, please tell me why the lipo-protein carriers(LDL) which are put into your blood primarily by your own liver are "bad". You can't because you're a low IQ troglodyte who gets her clown reality from a TV.

[@chrispudlakbooks5837]

I would love to see a study showing blood results of carnivores as comparison, to better isolate the impact of saturated fat. This video implicates the body's own adipose tissue as a contributor and we already know adipose tissue is inflammatory on it's own, but most carnivores report significant reductions in body fat, therefore inflammation should go down in those subjects. Quantity of fat consumed and adipose tissue on the body is a major consideration, and the video rightly references this as "accumulated saturated fat". One complaint: "animal fats" should not be equated with "saturated fats", for example, lard is more monounsaturated than saturated, and should have a net protective effect from lipotoxicity. However the KANWU study he references, the saturated diet vs. monounsaturated diet showed an insulin reduction from 7.15±4.19 to 6.03±3.69, not at all significant. Full disclosure, I am meat based keto and my blood glucose, fasting insulin, blood pressure, weight, triglycerides etc. are all normal.

[@Primetime_dads]

Yea I was plant based for 8 years, A1c was 5.4 and fasting insulin was 2.3…. I want animal based for 4 months and got my blood work back two days ago, A1c went to 5.7 and insulin was 3.3. Everything went up. I followed Paul salidino diet

[@candorsspot2775]

What carnivores report is irrelevant because most people who do this are eating a standard American diet and were obese to begin with. And none of the people pushing these low carb diets will pay for a study because they have found a nice gap. Telling people it's healthier to give up the potatoes rather than the steak creates a nice space where people get to keep eating food they love and lose some weight because the worst foods are processed foods loaded with fat and refined carbs. Of course both of those things should be avoided on a healthy whole food place based diet. No one argues that fats like donuts, fries, cakes etc are healthy. These are the foods most low carb dieters are forced to give up when they go low carb or the newest iteration, carnivore.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Problem with butterfat, but not with olive fat ... but Dr. Klaper is adamant about staying away from ALL oils, including olive oil.

[@justgivemethetruth]

So, if you eat a lot of fat/saturated, it blocks your cells from taking in glucose/insulin? And it makes no difference if it is fat that you eat, or fat that is in your own body ... it will have the same affect? So, why are not all fat people diabetic? Would fat people in the process of ketosis or losing weight be prone to diabetes?

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

What is worse, lard/ghee or plant oils that are liquid? I think the question need not arise for it amounts to the same. Isolated fat is the quintessential processing of food.

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

Peter Rabitt Look, a rabid rabbit!

[@KenWang2]

The problem is Polyunsaturated fats and not saturated fats.

[@deo-nis]

and palm oil!

[@wadericky513]

Never

[@longgolf5530]

Eating unsaturated fat causes lower fat storage, but where does excess glucose go then? Stay in the blood, as in high blood sugar?

[@lomoplateado8402]

How do you measure the funtion of beta cells?, if it´s for the amount of insulin, I´m not agree, because obviously vegan consume much more veggies than omnivores, and veggies has too much magnessium and potassium, and these two minerals, makes raw material to produce insuline.

[@Amanda.c91]

can someone explain exactly as to why animal products are more insulinogenic? we know their glycemic index is low, but that is a poor indicator of whether its a healthy food or not. please respond!

[@xymonau2468]

+Amanda Carlson Did you even watch the video??

[@Amanda.c91]

Xymo Nau yes of course! I'm just want to know why they illicit such a great insulin response

[@AzNMadnessXXXXXXX]

+Amanda Carlson Because they don't. Simple CHOs raises insulin levels far more rapidly than fats.

[@OneWeekTime]

+Amanda Carlson protein creates a large insulin respond, there's a video on it my Dr McGegor, but I don't know where it is. animal products being high in protein will cause a large release of insulin, why though, I don't know :/

[@OneWeekTime]

+Amanda Carlson it's a really great question to ask though, i wonder if we can submit a question to mcgregor on his website and get a response?

[@Schickhold]

what about the saturated fat from coconuts?

[@darrenparis8314]

Not good. Super high amounts of saturated fats and similar health issues with it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHSrgZt_r7SIhdk

[@FerreroMan]

is the fat you have in your belly saturated?, we are merely making the conversion vs not making any conversion, your fat is and should be exactly like the fat from the rest of the mammals

[@geilgust5]

@@FerreroMan Yeah and where do you think the mammals we eat get that fat?? FROM PLANTS !

[@ramonocasio8413]

Ask Gorilas what they eat​@@geilgust5

[@matthewholloway3894]

When I stay on a vegan diet, my blood sugar stays in the normal range. When I decide to eat meat, my blood sugar goes up. The longer I eat meat the higher it goes and the longer it takes to come down when I go back to a vegan diet. I am able to not use any medication like metformin to control the blood sugar once normal levels are reached to maintain those levels. As for triglycerides​, I have normal levels by avoiding sodas and eating alot of fiber and resistant starch.

[@gwynedd1]

"When I decide to eat meat, my blood sugar goes up. " When you decide to add meat. Wake up and smell it already. Grains and fruit do not mix well with animal foods or even nuts for that matter.

[@danielhoward4566]

@@gwynedd1 He said when he eats meat, not add it. Probably went from Keto to vegan. Back and forth. Saturated fats are wicked if you eat too much of them. Just wicked.

[@gwynedd1]

@@danielhoward4566 There is no evidence behind your opinion on saturated fats.

[@danielhoward4566]

@@gwynedd1 Maybe you should spend some time researching saturated fats. You yourself said in your earlier comment that grains and fruits and nuts do not mix well with animal foods. You should research why that is so if you believe that to be true. Are fruits bad? Are nuts bad? Are grains bad? Or perhaps eating too many saturated fats is bad?

[@gwynedd1]

@@danielhoward4566 All that may be concluded from your comment is that you have nothing to support it, just as I surmised.

[@Angelbaby23444]

What about coconut oil!!! Does that have the same effect on our bodies as animal product derived saturated fats?

[@lianjohnston461]

Yes it does. Not as bad as butter but it's close

[@ramonocasio8413]

Still saturated not good

[@artsiecrafty4164]

What studies, where, when?

[@Vinegaroon]

He cites everything it's all on his website, these videos are just streamed from there or something. nutritionfacts.org/video/lipotoxicity-how-saturated-fat-raises-blood-sugar/

[@hikerJohn]

This is only addressing half of the problem. Read this article . . . "β-Cell Glucose Toxicity, Lipotoxicity, and Chronic Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetes" which is a larger picture of what is happening but it is still not the full picture which may have to do with antibiotics and the human microbiome

[@richarddx22]

Interesting video. I'm not diabetic but have a blood glucose meter just for experiemental purposes. I can eat god knows how much saturated fat and see no change in blood sugar - but when I eat a high carb meal I get a pretty good spike even if I've not had any saturated fat in the last few days. I twice performed a weight gain experiment, where I gained substantial weight (which should theoretically make me insulin resistant), once with carbs, and once with fat (I actually drank cream neat for 3 months - don't try this at home). On the carb weight gain diet my blood sugar rose high every evening and would barely come down for hours. I went from 155lbs weight to 180. On the next experiment, (after losing weight the first time) I started at 149lbs, and drank 1000 calories worth of cream every day for 3 months. I reached 180lbs. I then tested my blood sugar (10 times in the day). If was totally flat lined regardless of what I ate. Please Michael Greger explain how I could gain even more body fat on saturated fats than with carbs, in less time, and have NO increase in blood sugar, unlike when I gained on carbs? My experiment was quite extreme and I had to stop the second one (with cream) early because of severe headache issues that started, however.

[@conscience-commenter]

The carbs trigger an insulin spike response from the body whereas the fat will not. Think of a baby whale drinking it's mothers fatty milk to grow. If you eat TOO MUCH saturated fat , you will get fat AND clog your arteries .

[@Jb-ky1ri]

@@conscience-commenter so should someone on low carb trying to reduce glucose eat fatty meat at all? I mean in small quantities obviously or should they eat low carb lean meat? Does low carb meat low fat too? Thanks

[@sarinirangedera7476]

saturated fat is good for you- check out Dr Ken Berry. Fat does not spike insulin.

[@Primetime_dads]

Well I went animal based for the last 4 months, my glucose was fine too. Went and checked my insulin and it went up a whole point. From 2.3 to 3.3

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

There are some people who don’t understand how saturated fat causes the onset of diabetes, and sugar only exacerbates diabetes further.

[@FerreroMan]

science either

[@FerreroMan]

maybe science is the problem, as is rather offensive :/

[@longgolf5530]

Eating unsaturated fat causes lower fat storage, but where then would excess glucose go? Stay in the blood?

[@ProfFeinman]

How can you teach doctors that there is a difference between saturated fat in the presence of high carbohydrate and saturated fat in the presence of low carbohydrate? Also, I think that the tone of the presentation suggests that he's selling not teaching.

[@xymonau2468]

+Richard Feinman Tone?? Dis you read the papers referred to? Some of us did. He didn't speak in the correct "tone" so you don't trust him, and won't read the research? Wow.

[@OneWeekTime]

It's funny too because Dr. McGregor doesn't sell anything or make any money on these videos or websites. All money is donated I believe. It says on his website he received no compensation. This is a public service.

[@Jdonovanford]

Yeah right

[@lomoplateado8402]

Insulin Resistance+low Carbs=No diabetes. Insulin Sensitivity+More Carbs=No diabetes. Insulin Resistance+More Carbs=Diabetes. Insuline resistance is an adaptation to survive on areas where the food was scarce, and yes, fat makes you insulin resistance, but not diabetic, a diabetic person it´s made out of too much fat+to much carbs, that it´s a diabetic person. The polar bears survive thanks to insuline resistance, what a lot of humans did on the paleolithic. That´s why you should cycle keto-diet. Read Bill Wollcott´s book. and read the conclusion of this study. Sorry for my english, I´m learning. And I want someone that help me to find the effect of satured fats on the cells of the lions, tigers or bears, and I want to know if they are insuline sensivity, because I don´t believe that they can survive being insuline sensivity. The most scientists say that insuline resistance it´s a genetic defect, while those of this study says that it´s a genetic adaptation, not genetic defect, when you put some with insuline resistance that it is a genetic adaptation where carbs are too much, you get sick, and then you all say that it´s fault of insulin resistance, it is the combination, carbs aren´t bad, and fats aren´t bad, but too much carbs+too much fat it´s real bad, that "lipotoxicity" that Greger says, I don´t believe that deserves that name. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1875844

[@unicornguy9676]

Selling what exactly?

[@hiphopj88]

I watched this while eating some eggs, chicken breast and a side of kale cooked in grape seed oil. The meal was seasoned with pepper, salt, and crushed red pepper. Thanks for the info Doc very informative.

[@mo7ammmad2012]

Good luck having a heart attack

[@factsuncensored8168]

Never use a non animal source of fat to cook in. And drop the kale, its no good for you! In fact dont cook your meat at all. But if you must have it rare!

[@kikisdragon]

Jeffrey, if you're still on metformin, then it doesn't mean shit.

[@souravsarkar4760]

Dr Greger plz explain why the French eat twice more saturated fat and half as much carbs and have no obesity problem.........

[@nuFsIgnillorT]

I'm french and only the fat ones do.

[@orangemoonglows2692]

he actually did a video on the so-called french paradox. do a search for it on his channel.

[@zachjohnson980]

they eat fewer calories

[@lomoplateado8402]

Why do you say the fat ones eat too much fat, do you know what they eat and what type of fat?.

[@Phi1eap]

Both LCHF and HCLF had good results at improving lipid profiles and inflammation. What they have in common is that both resign from PUFAs seed oils. I would say fried PUFAs are worse than saturated fat.

[@bloozedaddy]

wow they did a study with a WHOLE 46 people in the UK ? well that settles it.

[@ramikla_146]

KETO WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION

[@ahappyimago]

A lover of keto and mma. Haha nice one!

[@TheScottbailey]

Plant fat is the same as animal fat, you'll gain the same Lipotoxicity from plant fat.

[@gustav4539]

Weird how so many people literally cure their insulin resistance and diabetes by eating more saturated fat. And how has insulin resistance increased so much globally as saturated fat consumption has decreased in favor of unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats?

[@wilsont1010]

Saturated fat is God sent, it has the widest range of huge therapeutic functions. The whole medical and food industries knew about this for many decades including most doctors but they remain as accomplices, and would never inform their patients.

[@tanyasydney2235]

They "cure" nothing. Insulin resistance becomes worse on keto and carnivore. Been there, done that.

[@GlynWilliams1950]

carbohydrates increase insulin resistance. Please update your scientific reports.

[@PartyOnDude_]

Maybe you could do some scientific research to demonstrate this. By the way, which medical school did you go to?

[@davidlomm4424]

You can watch a video by a Vegan on Lipids & Saturated Fats but you know what the message is going to be without even watching the video OR you could watch video's FROM LIPIDOLOGISTS !... The Doctors that specialize in & study Lipids ;) Dr. Thomas Dayspring & Dr. Sarah Hallberg.

[@helenalovelock1030]

What do they say ?

[@izzyso3820]

This is not completely accurate. their studies are skewed towards a specific outcome. It is not easy to gain weight if you consume only fat and protein. Now if you add simple carbs to the mix you will inflate like a balloon. I have eaten mainly fat and protein for 6 months. I have lost weight and my blood sugar is normal... I was diagnosed with diabetes a year ago.

[@jbmop]

Izzy So You could have fasted for a prolonged period to lose weight, And eat plant based.

[@babbarsher413]

Cancer patients, aids patients and tb patients also loose weight but not every weight loss is healthy.

[@babbarsher413]

Blood sugar improvements does not mean increased carbohydrate tolerance. If you are not eating carbohydrate which converts into glucose then obviously blood glucose will go down. But decreasing blood glucose without improving insulin sensitivity has no value. Best method of assessing insulin sensitivity is glucose tolerance test in which blood glucose is measured after taking 75gm of glucose.

[@gallectee6032]

@@babbarsher413 Exactly. People think a low blood sugar is healthy, when they can't eat any carbohydrates or their blood sugar spikes up to 400 mg/dl. A healthy person can handle carbohydrates without any issues.

[@FerreroMan]

how it wouldn't affect? for example if I stop smoking for 2 months, the first cigarette after will be alot stronger, you could apply that logic to alcohol and to pretty much everything, to drugs to almost almost anything, are you absolutely sure that insulin sensitivity doesn't go up after say 10 years of no carbs? that goes against logic, also the glucose tolerance test is a test, doesn't solves the problem

[@stevezak3663]

sorry but the chemistry dictates that fat does not cause any inflammation. You can eat the burger but the sugar in the ketchup and the carbs in the bun are what cause the inflammatory response.

[@emailjwr]

i really like all the studies you provided links to!

[@ferdinandbardamu3217]

Lol no

[@Dan16673]

Steve Zak ah yes, you seem well sited

[@FreedomPhilosophyTV]

It’s true because I said it. 😆

[@toni4729]

There's no such thing as a vegetable fat. Have you ever tried to squeeze a fat from a vegetable? You can rip oils from seeds in a factory but they have to be bleached and dyed and flavored. All oils and fats contain saturated fat, there isn't one that doesn't. Coconut oil contains 95% saturated fat. It's the best.

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

I'm supposed to believe eating something that is not glucose will increase glucose levels? I can't wait for the next video by this guy, "How Drinking Water Raises Alcohol Levels in the Blood". This guy is making up his own science to fit his diet dogma.

[@toavm]

Yeah... how come eating saturared fat is getting me slimmer and my blood glucose level is better than ever? there's something with the science he's showing, it doesn't match with the reality my body, and lab tests are showing.

[@trotskyite1]

+toavm Because you are eating hypocalorically. Any diet deficient in calories has this affect. The problem is what happens when you stop losing weight. This is why we favour science over anecdote.

[@toavm]

+trotskyite1 No, it's not that simple. Calorie restriction, may worsen your metabolism. Its a matter of knowing how your hormones work. Many people wont reach their weight loss goal if they suffer thyroid problems for example, or have sleeping problems or live under heavy stress, cortisol is always up. Solving these is the first step. Knowing how to manage your fat burning hormones is super important. Beign vegan or omnivore has nothing to do with weight loss. And yes, most vegans are slim, but they are, because of refined carbohydrate restriction.

[@xymonau2468]

+ClassicExampleBand An intelligent person would read the research. Yes, you should believe facts, even if you can't quite grasp them because of low intelligence. You probably believe big metal objects can't possibly fly, either, because you don't understand why.

[@AzNMadnessXXXXXXX]

Yea, exactly. Dr. McGregor is full of shit. Fat raises blood sugar levels by such a negligible amount, it's not even listed on the glycemic index. Nutritionfacts is definitely not a reliable source of info...

[@mweb1]

The BIG LIE.

[@stufen11]

You couldn't make this up. Or could you?.

[@1sevillaever]

You got it all wrong, look at "the French paradox" your advice makes the American family more sick

[@Mitra2013]

What a bunch of baloney.