Dr. David Unwin - 'Why black swans matter: The difference N=1 and noticing success can make'

[@John--nj4lp]

I’m a GP and I often recommend patients to watch Dr Unwins talks for the positive messages they convey and the antidote to the inaction I was used to and guilty of myself in patients with diabetes or at risk of T2DM , or with fatty liver etc , he has opened my eyes and I now like these patients as I have something valuable to tell them! Dr Unwin is an inspiration, thank you !

[@shereemoon]

Doctor, thank you for embracing this message! THANK YOU!

[@Sabastianspreadworth]

I was always the black sheep of the family now I realise I'm the black swan. I am 67 type 2 diabetic off all meds and an HbA1c of 37 on low carb/ carnivore. My doctor wanted me to go on statins with blood pressure tablets and the diabetic nurse told me to increase my insulin, I'm glad I didn't listen to them. Great talk, great info, thanks doc.

[@peterparnell3965]

Likewise. Following a DKA nearly 6 years ago. Discovered I was a newly diagnosed T2D. Came out of hospital having to inject 60 units of insulin plus one gram metformin and a statin. That was at age 53. I'm 59 now. Have managed to lose 135 lbs. Weaned myself from insulin. So no insulin for five and a half years. No other drugs at all for five years. All done on my own. No help at all. People needing told be encouraged there is another way. Some form of low carbs likely the answer.

[@tracyhunter251]

Imagine if all doctors were Dr.Unwin, compassionate, brilliant with genuine....love you doc!!!

[@zambrocca]

when I was telling my journey to my doctors, all he answered me was: "mmm, mmm, mmm" and almost fell asleep...

[@judyrobinson2282]

Honestly--this should go global--this man is just a DARLING--and we need to clone him and spread him over the whole world! LOVE his presentation!

[@coffeemachtspass]

Judy Robinson Utterly charming person. My mum has a bit of a crush, actually.

[@DarkMoonDroid]

Absolutely!!!

[@carolashlee8002]

He is so DARLING I want one please

[@y.g.1313]

And then more and more people were getting into high animaal fat, health promoting lifestyle. So genocidal maniacs came up with fake virus.. all hell breaks loose.. we are back into the dark ages..

[@taghiabiri3489]

Let‘s just use youtube instead 😂 greetings from Switzerland, Europe

[@ImplyDods]

What a great and humble man. I only live 30 miles from his practice so maybe you would think his success with t2 would have been taken up by our local GPs. Unfortunately not, I've tried myself to talk to my doctor about it but he's not interested. Over the last 12 months I've lost 90lbs cured my arthritic knee, come off 2 BP meds and normalised BP and stopped my ppi and I've suffered from chronic indigestion since 13 yrs old (40yrs total) I told him recently I'd made these improvements by going low carb high saturated fat and he told me I had to change my diet because it was bad for my health. Its like banging your head against a wall.

[@kimberlycooper4170]

@@Sergei_Gusakov , to know why the body uses carbohydrates (glucose) first, read the book "The Diabetes Code" by Dr. Jason Fung, MD. High blood glucose is very damaging to the cardiovascular system and everything attached to it. The body needs to get the high amount of glucose out of the blood as soon as possible to reduce damaging the cardiovascular system and everything attached to it.

[@AussieRon]

The incomes of the medical profession entirely depends on you being sick, (healthy enough to work and pay taxes, but sick enough to be on meds). Also it doesn't fit the agenda the food processing and pharma complexes have in store for us.

[@dthain]

@@Sergei_Gusakov the body burns alcohol before glucose or ketones. Should we assume the preferred fuel is alcohol? It burns off what it wants to rid itself of first.

[@kimberlycooper4170]

@@Sergei_Gusakov , ah fasting... Fasting for long enough causes the body to go into autophagy. Autophagy is the body's recycling component. The body uses autophagy to clean up the body's cells by taking apart cells and cell parts that aren't working or aren't working well and using the resulting molecules to make new cells and cell parts. Think of all those cancer cells that aren't working well because they aren't acting like the rest of the body's cells. A Japanese scientist won a Nobel Prize in about 2016 for his discoveries in autophagy. As for glucose, I wonder which is more stressful and damaging for the body: the liver doing the thing it evolved for 1.8 million years to do (gluconeogenesis) or the bodily damage caused by high blood insulin and high blood glucose. Hmmm. Gluconeogenesis or metabolic syndrome diseases.

[@leonoraciufo7955]

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[@AngelaAStantonPhD]

Dr. Unwin is the nicest person ever! So humble and so smart! I wish all doctors were like him! Love this!

[@ernieb.143]

Loved your presentation David.... a self managed N=1 person myself after my GP did not believe my results on Keto and criticised my "self medication" regime.

[@MsPokiepie]

Wow. Sometimes doctors are more of a nuisance than a help.

[@lindabladon9205]

Just wish Dr Unwin were my doctor. My Dr not interested in my dreadful bloods, and tells me not to consider LCHF. So I'm doing it myself. All power to Dr Unwin to continue his magnificent work. X

[@shellyskye527]

I love this guy and his wonky bow tie. It never fails to make me happy when I have an opportunity to hear him speak. I wish I could thank him in person.

[@blackbirdsinging6264]

Dr. Unwin is a real gem,charming,eloquent,compassionate and humble.Yes,our Doctors DO matter but have been misdirected asmuch of the rest of us.Its time to take back the real science .

[@kansasvmax94]

I'm so thankful to have stumbled upon Dr. Unwin in my keto journey. I admire what this man has accomplished. He seems like such a great and humble man. Thanks for everything you do.

[@patriot20000]

Every doctor and med student should have to watch this. They are so dismissive so much of the time. Everyone I know who has improved or cured themselves of something, has had a doctor say "I don't know what you're doing but keep on doing it.", with zero intellectual curiosity as to what it was that Worked! I just had the very first (woman) doctor ask me how I cured my (3 month old, first time ever diagnosed) high blood pressure, when I went for a follow-up visit. I told her Intermittent fasting/ Dr Fung on KZbin. She actually wrote his name down and said she would research him!! (She's young.) But.....Yay!

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Yes, my experience has been that the young female doctors are the only ones who listen. I've read that people with a female GP live longer, statistically, and I wonder if this is why?

[@emmanuel-in-greece6954]

Imagine what one hour-long discussion with Dr Unwin could do for millions of people in the UK, instead of repeated ten minute visits with their normal GP.

[@bibibachmd9995]

Excellent talk. In medical school it was always a mystery to me why the 1st line drug for hypertensives was a diuretic. No one could explain this to me. I now realize it is because of hyperinsulinemia and its effect on the kidney: elevation of plasma insulin concentration within the physiological range has a marked antinatriuretic action. Incredible that all this valuable information has been suppressed to further an erroneous, harmful, and fatal agenda. If all MDs were like Dr. Unwin, the world would be healthy and not sick due to insulin resistance caused by high carbs. Big Pharma would take a major hit as would hospitals. Their services would no longer be needed.

[@bellestarr6874]

Old retired nurse here N=1 too. Keeping my own records. I recently stopped my BP med r/t episodes of postural hypotension. Imagining (with some dread) the discussion that will ensue when I tell my GP :-) Diagnosed with type 2 DM (max HgA1C 13). Totally reversed on Keto (HgA1C 5.3). GP says keep doing what you're doing and at the same time encourages the SAD diet and statins ugh

[@caroldorsett8170]

Belle Starr you rocked it, from one old nurse to another our story is the same. Nice to be healthy and keto.

[@bellestarr6874]

Thanks Carol Dorsett Turns out nurses are getting on board gradually. facebook.com/groups/138102320204686/

[@ausforaus7617]

I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2017. Did not want to take drugs so studied instead. Changed my diet to low carb and, of course, blood glucose normal. The message I got was to become your own experiment, be responsible for your own health.

[@skolariuskadare4799]

this speech is soooo brilliant, simply amazing...thank you

[@DoyaknowwhatImean]

5 years ago I was very fit (cycled 600km every week) slim, on a high carb diet and had high blood pressure but I changed jobs, stopped cycling put on 20kg and became a couch potato. Last Boxing Day 26/12/2019 I watch a video on low carb and decided to have a go. Within a couple of days I started getting dizzy so I checked my bp and it was low so I stopped taking my bp meds. Last week I went to my Gp for a separate matter and he said my bp was great and I was due for a repeat of my meds but I didn’t have the courage to tell him I was on LCHF diet so told him I was taking my meds every second day so still had plenty. After watching many of these videos on LCHF diets I now have the confidence to tell my doc next time that I stopped taking my meds New Year’s Eve. So far I’ve lost 11kg, my bp is below 120/80 every day (113/72 right now) and most of my aches and pains have disappeared. You cannot ignore the facts so I have more confidence in what all these brave doctors, professors and alike are voicing about LCHF diets and will ignore the “standard dietary guidelines” that are slowly killing us

[@GrahamA63]

N=1=me... a very happy, healthier, thinner me who really appreciates what you do.

[@Galen816]

Why cant I "like" more than once ?? What a wonderful doc.

[@theprimalnutritionist5212]

What a legend this man is. When a soldier saves a few lives they get given a medal, David Unwinn should be knighted!

[@doubledutch3439]

He is only interested in money, not in any black swans. I know from experience.

[@theskyehiker]

@@doubledutch3439If he was only interested in money he wouldn’t be working in the NHS. He’d be in private practice.

[@umka7536]

I would love to have a Hausarzt (or GP as they called in the UK) like this. He is a rare character. I wish him go on and share his knowledge and experience with us. Thank you Dr. Unwin! Greetings from Germany.

[@drcrispyjohnson2242]

Another great talk from Doctor Unwin, a Black Swan among medical professionals, hope for the future of medicine, an antidote to big pharma and pharmageddon 🧐

[@takeoffyourblinkers]

I just love listening to Dr Unwin, such a gentleman, and such a great presenter, with a great sense of humour to boot.

[@Rocketscientist66]

I absolutely love this man!!! He is hilarious and soft spoken at the same time ... a natural 🤣 genius. Many many thanks for all of your curiosity and observational talents! I wish you were my doctor. Luckily I got to see this and share it with everyone I know 🤓 Keep up the great work!

[@daverei1211]

Thank you for listening and caring for your patients. I wish you were my GP, honestly I don’t bother with my doctors, I’m sick of having arguments with GP’s about low carb eating and elevated cholesterol. I’ve had GP’s that tell me to go low fat, replace butter with margarine and have Oates for breakfast, or to remove all animal protein, replace dairy with calcium supplements and statins etc. Yet I’ve been technically keto since 2002, lost about 25kg over the time, feel great, yet I have GPs who just don’t listen, don’t understand, and want me to have carbs because their outdated education is a glucose only model. I still go for my annual checkup, but I just discount most of what they say as irrelevant rubbish, statin prescription in the bin on the way out of the clinic. My confidence and trust would increase with a GP like you.

[@rafaelgelpi5922]

Dr Unwin is an amazing individual; he's low key, willing to admit his mistakes & oversights. It takes such self confidence to be this humble and accept one's limitations. His approach exemplifies what is best in the Scientific Method: First thing, you observe.

[@p.a.russell4210]

What a kind soul this man is.

[@mausplan3890]

Dr David, Watching from Bangkok, Same story with me ,70 yr old male , overweight, diabetic now low carb/ keto , weight down , BP down , etc etc and yes I was peeing a lot but it is slowing down and yes I wanted salt which I had not used in any form for years. Thanks so much for a wonderful presnentation. I just send the link to my sister in Oz, spread the word.

[@magma9138]

This gentleman is a TREASURE! Thank you for your time, energy and compassion in bringing health to the masses.

[@Johneseed]

Holy Crap! the insulin salt water retention at 21 minutes just turned a 1 million candle power light on in my head! thank you for that as I am feeling giddy like scrooge right now.

[@rosemaryfreitas7656]

wonderful presentation and darling guy

[@late_apexx]

I love this speech. Im a nurse and i have relistened to this speech maybe 4 or 5 times since i first came across it. I like to mention Dr. U work to my patients and my colleagues

[@robertkrug8896]

This is a very nice and humble talk...where I learned the detail, that high blood pressure comes from high insulin! Thanks a lot for this speach and your courage to do things different! Kind regards from Berlin, Germany, Robert

[@lesleys3751]

Excellent!!!! Love your passion Dr Unwin. It’s contagious! Thank you 😀

[@PGpenny6]

Dr. Unwin, I love your talks, and wish I had a doctor here in Canada with the same knowledge, courage, and compassion.

[@MrsTabby1963]

N=1 for four years as at 1st March this year. Low carb healthy fat now a healthy weight and living the dream after forty years of obesity/yoyo diets.

[@eloiseneeley1748]

Thank you Dr David Unwin, for sharing your knowledge and results from your N=1 patients, but most of all your humility in recognising that clinicians can learn from their patients. This is a must watch video for myself and all my clients who are still battling their sugar and refined carbohydrates (yes starch!) addictions every day. I love your metaphor of starch just being little molecules of glucose holding hands!

[@kathy1012]

Thank you for your very valued information. A great man and doctor, humble and honest, rare!

[@ScottMorgan88]

The Mr. Rogers of clinical medicine.

[@CelineNoyce]

This was a great presentation. Love the bow tie.

[@ironjohnlad]

When I was diagnosed T2 diabetes I had an Hba1c test of 65.(October 2017) Following Low Carb this reduced to 49 ( March 2018) and 40 ( June 20118). I also do Intermittent fasting and my latest result Hba1c test is down to 36 (November 2019) I am due to have another test soon. The only person in the original doctors surgery who was interested was the receptionist. And that was because she was T2 diabetic and wondered how I had done it without medications. The doctor was just not interested or the diabetic nurse and I changed doctors as a result.

[@DarkMoonDroid]

30:26 LOL Yup. I think this is what is happening with me and Cancer. No one is asking _why_ I'm kickin' it so fast.

[@grahamstewart8636]

Marvelous. Thank you.

[@Appleblade]

This guy should be the voice of all my audio books.

[@dannycbe949]

Dr Jason Fung and Dr David Unwin have to get together!!!

[@MsPokiepie]

So charming! And so interesting. Thanks for the information Dr Unwin!

[@ranjannag6378]

Love ❤️u Dr. Unwin🙏🙏🙏

[@Davidkxf]

Absolutely brilliant, thanks for caring Dr. Unwin

[@yt9207]

Thanks.....well talk......physiology......external validity

[@benzuckerman]

Absolutely awesome. I am very glad I took the time to watch this. Some of it is review, but the whole piece about high blood pressure and sodium retention was new to me, and extremely useful. A very smart presentation.

[@thliv5916]

Thank you for this lovely presentation Dr. Unwin! If only more thought like you science would come a long way. And more people will live better life’s. You point us all in the right direction.

[@juderoeder7107]

Thank you Dr. Unwin, another treasure.

[@jesccas]

I absolutely loved this! Wish you were my Dr!

[@Goman1244]

Thank you. I have the exact changes that you mentioned in your talk. As a result of my Keto diet in one year, I lost 75 lbs, my blood pressure dropped to 110/75, and my overnight blood sugar level is around 90. Yet, I suffer abuse and condemnation from my Dr. for my Keto diet. He is very condescending and loves pontificating about how knowledgeable he is about medicine.

[@marialakshmi2330]

Are you paying him to belittle you?

[@MsPokiepie]

I dont pay people to condescend me. Screw that. If i am more knowledgeable than you about a very important health topic, i am not going to pay you for bad advice.

[@Patsysmiled]

Change your doctor, find one who will support you instead of disrespecting you.

[@JoylieC]

Wonderful presentation.

[@sheilasanderson9681]

I’m happy to do what works for me. I’ve lost all my menopausal weight gain and am running again. N=1 is fine with me. Not everyone is willing to make the lifestyle change to go low carb.

[@ken3marcus]

Great work!

[@maxibake9323]

Brilliant. Thank you muchly for sharing this very important information with us all, & take care of yourself too. ❤🙂🐶

[@mjdailamy4550]

I applaud your work Dr.

[@caroldorsett8170]

Thank you, five years keto 74 years young, female, 230 to 179 and slowly still loosing, bp 190/97 to 124/70 now off all BP meds and many more befits of keto. I never tell my doctors.

[@225rip]

How long did it take to drop blood pressure. I am 200/90 heart rate resting 55

[@jact8350]

I have been watching as many doctor and science videos for about a year on low carb (coninciding with my journey- former fatty liver & prediabetic). Ketocon, low carb down under, low carb Denver, and many more. Dr. Unwin ❤ I love this speech!! Black Swan ❤. It really resonated and I hope many more people watch and learn.

[@Techier868]

I just LOVE to hear this humble man speak!!!❤❤❤

[@natjane35]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@edmistarka6303]

It is wonderful that somebody explains to us why the low carb diet makes us lose so much water and makes us need more salt. It's not exactly what some of us would expect, at minute 21:15. The explanation looks more to be that the excess carbs are causing excess insulin and this causes excess fluid retention. So releasing all this excess fluid in the first few weeks is restoring the body to a normal state, which it has not experienced for many years. While we are losing all this excess fluid we also lose a lot of salt, and we need extra salt as we transition back to a normal , healthy physical state. Thanks Dr. Unwin for explaining the keto flu in a nutshell!

[@patricialasyone992]

This very awesome discovery is magnificent. This makes very good sense.

[@cookshackcuisinista]

Dr. Unwin, I love your bowtie and your delivery! You might take up stand-up comedy ....I think your shows will be sold out! Thank you for your bird's-eye view into the benefits of low carb!

[@wolfpaul2010]

Thank you David. I agree we need to publish n=1 data. Re data collection, UK nutritional therapist and ION.ac.uk (I'm the Dean) are beginning to use WeCudos for data collection - a clinical outcomes tracking platform that transforms dormant, largely under-utilised clinical notes into real-world evidence). Individuals or group practice/research groups.

[@MrHazelglen]

Great job Doc.

[@mikesalsafreak]

amazing person !

[@helenguilford3136]

I loved this.

[@facu7007]

Awesome many thanks

[@shapienails3067]

Excellent presentation . Whilst following a Keto Woe I managed to lose weight , get down into a normal BMI . My pre diabetes went away . Got off GERD , Anxiety & fluid med's , plus Dropped 2 of 3 BP med's . But no matter what I tried I couldn't get rid of the last BP med. Dr. told me if I quit smoking it could help it go down to normal . Here I am 4 years later smoke free still on Keto & still on 1 BP med. Guess it was bad genes . Both my parents had it - there parents & on through the family :(

[@mra682]

Thanks for sharing. Useful for others who maybe in the same situation

[@markhedger6378]

You might like to check out Dr Jack Kruse podcasts mitochondriacts

[@shapienails3067]

@@markhedger6378 Thank you I will check him out . I'm always looking to find new info. on health .

[@hapeta24]

not so much" bad" genes- some people just have higher blood pressure than others- some have lower blood pressure , so not necessarily something you necessarily have to worry about , look at your other health indicators to give you an overall result.

[@grantfrith9589]

I began a Keto diet because I was desperate to reduce a really high blood pressure and I saw a podcast on insulin resistance. Since then just a few months ago my BP has dropped between 30 and 40 points on both readings.

[@banjobandasan3725]

thank you Dr Unwin. God bless you and use you to help sick people get better

[@MidsierramusingBlogspot]

Great!

[@mra682]

Excellent information.. thank you for uploading.

[@CaravelKiwi]

Five thumbs up!!!

[@Steve-yz9uo]

Great video

[@Anna-mi8cq]

Great man, wonderful presentation!

[@markiangooley]

Following the advice of the American Diabetes Association between my diagnosis with T1D in 1970 and about 2010 really damaged my health. Too little, too late, if they’ve finally reconsidered their love affair with starch...

[@zambrocca]

personal experience matters

[@anonmouse956]

That one equals infinity if the one is you.

[@diablominero]

The reason insulin makes your kidneys hoard salt is that making a whole new receptor and hormone is hard, so evolution reused the insulin/insulin receptor system to signify both low salt and high sugar. Until recent history this wasn't really a problem because there was rarely enough sugar available to keep insulin continuously elevated for a long time.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Aldosterone?

[@davidlomm4424]

I absolutely MUST keep watching these video's despite the fact that there is no new information here (for me)... I have already learned everything in this video but after watching this video this morning, it has empowered me to keep going after a bad day yesterday led me to eating 2 small pieces of chocolate & some nuts that I should not have eaten knowing that I am Insulin Resistant :(

[@marialakshmi2330]

What is wrong with nuts? Or are you pure carnivore?

[@fredkohn5299]

Once you start on a new path you must expect to make a few wrong turns. Part of following the new path must be going off course once in awhile. Honestly, everyone must expect and even allow themselves to make bad decisions now and again. Perhaps at Christmas you will allow yourself to eat the wrong things. Cheating on rare occasions is as much a part of the program as following the path is. The key is not to cheat very often. You can even use cheating as a learning and proving mechanism. Check your blood sugar to see how much difference in your BG levels that mistake made. The day may come where you realize you can eat more of "the wrong things" than you used to. 2 small pieces of chocolate (buy a minimum 90% dark or chocolate sweetened only with stevia, erythitol, or monkfruit) will not destroy you. The key to success is simple. Do not count the number of times you get of course. Whenever you fail just keep going back on course and eventually you will get to your desired result. Many famous men who became great business tycoons went through bankruptcy several times. The important fact that each successful mean followed was they learned from their failures and kept trying until they succeeded. Thomas Edison said he did not fail a great number of times. He learned about a great number of things that would not work to make a light bulb. Perspective matters. Keep your eye on the prize and keep going for success. Perseverance is what allows you to succeed.

[@Rakeshgupta-qy8cb]

Dr Unwin is superb.i myself am off 10 kgs ..off meds for Diabetes and half the BP meds..vegetarian

[@theskyehiker]

What we are all doing is applied science. Which is really all that is important to an N=1.

[@user-nx6ji9tk8i]

Love that comment : academics don,t think clinicians have anything important to say. I think hosp clinicians don,t always think dietitians have anything interesting to say. As for collecting data - real partnership working needed. Some of us knew decades ago that insulin resistant central obese T2D do better and lost wt on low carb diets. But medics still dismiss nutrition. What a shame I didn,t count those black swans. Such a pity that Diabetes UK still not onto this.

[@philoso377]

Since when sugar / starch become a factor on diabetes, today but in ancient times? The time when outdoor labor turned indoor, and when foot traveling turned into airline, and when we believe that diet fat is body fat.

[@cherylmcduff5388]

What a lovely man. What blood tests do we get to measure Insulin.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

The blood test to ask for is "Fasting Insulin." Be sure to fast for 12 hours before getting your blood drawn. A good result is 5 uIU/mL or less, preferably something under 3 uIU/mL. If you get a number like 10, or 14 or even higher, you probably need to try the diet ideas Dr. Unwin speaks about. Fasting insulin is a good starting point, but there are other tests (e.g. the Kraft Insulin Assay) that track your insulin level for 4 or 5 hours, which when interpreted properly tell a better story than fasting insulin alone. To see what that is all about, check out Meridian Valley Lab (USA) and ask for their informative pdfs.

[@megaswenson]

Actually, while "weeing loads" is ONE way the weight leaves our bodies when we "go KETO", it's not the only way. If I'm remembering correctly, as the fat gets burned by the body, it's broken down into carbon dioxide and water. We were wondering how we were waking up lighter than when we'd gone to bed, even though we weren't weeing at all. Were we sweating that much? No. We were EXHALING carbon dioxide and water, too.

[@petermathieson5692]

Clinicians have contributions to make to our understanding of medicine. True... and our experience with Covid proved it yet again... or would have had gov't bureaucrats (e.g. the CDC) and Big Tech not censored people like Dr. Pierre Kory and others viciously.

[@tracielott2557]

Primordial swarthy swans 👁🧬💎💝🏆

[@rickyb8636]

I wish Dr. Unwin was my doctor.

[@slowcarbgirl9627]

Bravo Doctor! N=1 insulin resistant Changed my FH no DM2 thanks to LCHF. Keep on! Also clinician NP

[@colinhercus7765]

What's the risk? Standing up and then falling over due to low blood flow to the brain. How do you deal with getting dizzy when you stand?

[@merlingeikie]

Thanks for not having an intro music. This is science and what the orthodoxy has is dogma not science.

[@anniepette9795]

4 liter in the fourth night of keto. 4 liter in one night!

[@treenopie]

26:20 heart failure/low carb story

[@annnnn9074]

you never mentioned the remedy for dizziness when standing?

[@slowcarbgirl9627]

Salt