Health Nut MUST Eat Cake to Stay Alive | House M.D. | MD TV

[@asher_ashes]

I just think it's sweet that she checked on him and, even after feeling exhausted, he rushed after her when she fell.

[@Wasparcher1]

The saddest part is she does believe what she's saying, her issue is the inherent guilt of teaching people to do what she herself could not. She isn't bad, she just feels guilt because she thinks she was weak.

[@LostWinchesterChild]

You, my dear, are the sweet mad good kind of people.

[@mq-r3apz291]

When they say eating too healthy it's no joke XD.

[@christianmartindale8232]

Rushed after her is an overstatement try waddling slowly

[@brianstraight9308]

@@christianmartindale8232 rushed after her by the only means he was capable of.

[@TheJellymonty]

*"Not many people have the guts to admit they'd rather be pretty than healthy."* They should put that on large billboard banners all across the country.

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

Yeah. The pursuit of improving your looks and your health should be in tandem, not against each other.

[@bullshark3771]

This is a rare case most of the time healthy and pretty go in tandem when regarding weight and physical fitness.

[@Prince_mt12]

Ask those korean idols they are the prime example of this. Some even sacrifice not having kids so that they will age more slowly.

[@miri669]

Wouldn't she be able to still eat high carb high sugar and excercise to keep in shape?

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

@@miri669 yup. It’s a tv show lol

[@Farmergirlonlyy]

That was the sweetest lady I’ve ever seen, even off camera she didn’t see him as any weaker than her. And she even pushed through with him

[@raven4k998]

imagine the Doctor telling you to live you must eat cake🤣🤣🤣

[@cindyrobertson3780]

I'd eat cake 🎂 to feel happy

[@joelbrich2538]

​@@raven4k998Yeah, and then telling him NO 😂

[@Artisan1979]

Likewise, but honestly, I would not be able to take his airplane impression.

[@LunaticThinker]

House : "What else floats in water?" Me : "A duck!" House : "A duck!" Glad to see House is well versed in the ways of science.

[@KingAxxerr]

And who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

[@RealNomadicus]

Arthur King of the Brittans

[@KingAxxerr]

@@RealNomadicus My liege!

[@Irish381]

Grapes, gravy, very small rocks!

[@neverpreparedenough6431]

It's from Monty Python

[@Samantha-qj9wq]

The worst part is that (unless I'm missing something here) he said they would have to reverse the surgery and she would have to maintain high carb and sugar intake. There are ways to do that while still being healthy if you don't want to gain the weight back. You just have to put work into it. Honestly, probably could have made her entire PR and career SOAR. "I got gastric bypass surgery to help me slim down and then started working out every day to make sure I was healthy. Turns out it almost killed me. So I had to reverse the surgery and eat everything that was forbidden before that, and now, with my fitness program, I have a [insert number here] calorie diet and still have the body I've always wanted for myself." Come on, now. I realize it's a fictitious character, but seriously.

[@alejandroc7357]

Whats sad is that I see more cases with people I know. They go out and get gastric bypass. I personally think its over kill. They just need a program that works for them.

[@kix1464]

I don't think it's that easy to "just have to put work into it" to eat that much and to be thin. Otherwise there would be a lot more people promoting "just working for a thin body" rather than "changing your whole lifestyle". I do get that you didn't mean just working for a few times during the week but like working really hard for it. But even that would be too good to be true for most of the obese people who love to eat but want to be thin. Even if it's possible to eat many carbs and to be thin with working out I'm pretty sure the working out part would take up most of the life. And who would want a life like that?

[@b.c.9358]

@@alejandroc7357 in some cases it's better to have a gastric bypass to fix immediate problems so you have time to fix other things. I think Dr. Mike has some videos about gastric bypass surgery.

[@Samantha-qj9wq]

@@kix1464 people like the "fictitious" woman they created for the episode. And I used the quotations around fictitious because people like that DO exist. Obviously, I understand that there are most likely outside influences that create that thinking, but that's not the point. No matter the reason[s] behind WHY that type of person exists, they DO exist. They want the easy way out. OR. They are willing to solely dedicate themselves to their appearance. Every type of personality you could possibly think of exists. Doesn't matter if people know the inside of your mind in every hidden corner or not. Whether people admit that they have bad thoughts or intentions or not, they exist. A lot of people are good at covering it up or even fighting against the bad thoughts and not acting on them, so you might never know. But I can guarantee that there is at least one person in the world that would cling to a regimen like that, no matter how time consuming it is and how difficult it is. Just because a chunk of the world doesn't care what people think about them doesn't mean that that's how everyone feels. People of every thought process and personal belief system exist. That's why people fascinate me. And that's why someone, maybe several an astronomical number, would be interested in something like that. Plus, it's a TV show. They'd find actors to play the part lol. I know that sounded like a lecture, but I didn't mean it as such. I just go into deep detail a lot to make sure my point is made clearly since people often find it difficult to follow my thought processes.

[@strangerdanger9395]

People fucking loooove running their mouths about health when they know dick. (It’s you, you’re people).

[@amirhavyt]

"10 points for doing what I said, minus 10 points for doing it badly" man, I love this

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

her tummy is to tiny god damn no wonder she's so thin🤣

[@mariahdibben4066]

They should have recommended therapy. She immediately started working out in the hospital even with a broken ankle and she was so dead set on not getting the surgery to make herself healthier because she's obsessed with being thin. Mental health is just as important as physical health.

[@raven4k998]

you must eat cake to stay alive just so you know

[@a.e.jabbour5003]

It all depends on what one's priorities are. And it's not as if she looked happy with her decision, anyway. She clearly knew the implications of what she had chosen.

[@guitarsandcars2586]

Lol, as someone who is overweight, I would much rather be skinny even if I'm not that healthy. I hate having all this nasty flab on me. I would rather be thin and muscular. I understand where she's coming from, she's finally in great physical shape and looks beautiful and doesn't want to sacrifice that. I honestly don't believe that she has to eat tons of calories and tons of sugar. Whatever she is lacking in I'm sure they can just give her as a supplement.

[@JM-zk9ou]

@@guitarsandcars2586a good friend's sister in law died from heart issues caused by phen phen. I promise you that she gladly would have gained all the weight back if she could have lived.

[@liminalcriminal_]

@@JM-zk9ou It’s almost like different people can have different priorities. Wild.

[@josephsheranda]

So we're not going to talk about the stunt woman who took a bleacher to the face?? Damn. I know it's not a glamourous job in Hollywood but give her some credit.

[@ktoth29]

Banging into things on a roll helps to slow you down so you can control your body and also helps sell the shot

[@DarkMasterJo]

If you guys think they really hit there head off that then you are gullible or children

[@Veldrusara]

@@DarkMasterJo So, the lady in the clip was actually a crash test dummy I suppose?

[@danielbarker2522]

@@Veldrusara her face doesn't even touch to bleacher, she uses her arm to completely stop and then just kind of shakes her head to sell it

[@pandorabox5532]

​@@DarkMasterJo I've seen companies of stunts who literally throw their stuntmen down the stairs, though (no mattress ir anything to catch them). I think they use some padding under the clothes and teach them falling techniques to reduce the risk of injuries, but little else.

[@thesunrisechick6878]

“Those eight steps are the difference between fat and thin”. The goal is not thin. The goal is HEALTHY. Hence why she was UNHEALTHY.

[@CherryFlavoredFox0180]

Well, if you’re fat then you aren’t healthy.

[@ByteSizedGamer]

She said fat and fit friend

[@donyasigalesin1087]

@@ByteSizedGamer she most definitely said thin

[@Mir0skies]

The goal for him obviously is thin

[@tulipmars]

You can be thin and healthy though

[@ZekeTheThunderWolf]

I love how in most episodes of house it's either "The patient is lying" or "We always look for Zebras" rather than asking simple questions to see their lifestyle and eating/drinking habits.

[@catwhowalksbyhimself]

In this case, though, they already knew about her lifestyle and eating/drinking habits, since she was a health celebrity and made a big deal about all of those things. It's just that for her an otherwise healthy diet was actually bad for her.

[@ZekeTheThunderWolf]

@@catwhowalksbyhimself There's healthy, and then there's malnutrition. It's a scary thought, to be honest.

[@catwhowalksbyhimself]

@@ZekeTheThunderWolf I don't remember the entire episode, but I don't recall there being any malnutrition other than that caused by her disease.

[@endosym5414]

Because lifestyle questions are some of the first to be asked, in something called patient history(or something similar) which is not presented on screen since it doesn't make for good tv. Patient history is even mentioned many times and has been a plot point in the show many times. Hence you have also have the 'patient is lying' come up

[@hel2727]

@@ZekeTheThunderWolf I haven't seen this but I just thought she had orthorexia

[@citrus7745]

"not many people have the guts to admit they'd rather be pretty than healthy" this. im in recovery from an eating disorder. i wasnt on death's door, but i could have been if id kept going at it for even a week longer. my heart was so weak. my now former boss let me quit cause she knew something wasn't right and that i couldnt keep working there in that condition anymore. if i hadnt gone home to rest early that day my life could have been over. it was a wake up call. what gets me about this line is that being so sick in that way doesnt make you pretty. my face was thinner, i had carved out facial structure, no double chin, and visible collarbones and ribs. but my hair was thinning, my eyes were yellow and i practically had blackholes under my eyes. you could see my heartbeat between my ribs. i was NOT pretty. nowhere near it. your body is at its most beautiful when you have energy. enough sleep and enough nutrients. youre not meant to be perfect, youre meant to be alive. i didnt even have the energy to be a person anymore either. couldnt focus, really feel anything other than annoyance and pain. you cant love, other humans or life as it is, when you're terrified of a number. and if you cant do that, then whats the point of it all? and life is so worth loving and living!

[@duplicate8297]

i couldn't agree more, and i'm glad you've beaten the fear of that number. that fear is a trap many never escape from.

[@annnee6818]

The thing you describe means you actually were at death's door. I hope you're better now

[@THall-vi8cp]

"You're not meant to be perfect, you're meant to be alive." Brilliantly clear truth that almost no one realizes.

[@vanefrutos]

This was exactly what I needed to read today

[@sjfrench8034]

Well written, and even though it's awful that you got that close to death, I'm glad you had that epiphany. Good luck with your recovery, I know how hard it can be.

[@annawalcott7487]

This why you have to take everything in moderation. Too much of anything is bad for you, but too little of anything your body shuts down. Not getting proper nutrients.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

She has an exceedingly rare genetic disease. For most people, what she was doing probably would be healthy.

[@annawalcott7487]

@@TonkarzOfSolSystem make it make sense, there are over weight people dieing from obesity and skinny women who obsess with looking healthy and looks. In the end it moderation that keep living. What people don't understand is you only get one body and one life. You have take care of both. Do what work for you. Do what make you happy. Even doctors don't live healthy.

[@ineedhoez]

What is a moderate amount of cocaine to use? Sugar is more addictive than cocaine. Please explain.

[@aidanhancock2117]

@@ineedhoez thats where will comes in place, sugar is perhaps more addictive but cravings less severe. You don't break out in cold sweat and twitches from not eating loads of sugar

[@Theantininja]

That seems like a question for google. Unless the objective was to sound like someone spoiling for a fight to validate their existence through commentary and social web interaction. In which case, good job.

[@erikgonzalezmacedo4508]

She could always become a power lifter. We like cake and exercise

[@arande3]

Cakexercise

[@queeneli24]

Wow sounds amazing 😮

[@SpaceMarine113]

Yeah, if you are 80kg of muscle, you can afford to eat high carb high sugar diet. It just all burns to maintain your immense muscle mass.

[@Darksky1001able]

Banged a power lifter once. Girl had cake but jesus she almost tore me in half.

[@Silencer796]

@@Darksky1001ablelol

[@peztopher7297]

"What else floats in water?" "A duck!" One of my favorite moments from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[@jwrockets]

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

[@moniqueboodram9336]

Probably the best reference made in this show. 😂

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Same

[@alexandermuller8587]

The most miraculous thing about this series is how much time the doctors have for their patients.

[@hittheroadjack2014]

Tbf, it's cause House and his team are a special case

[@TheZerech]

In one episode Cuddy says that House costs the hospital $100,000,000 a year iirc. Doctors and hospitals aren't cheap, either in America we charge the patients or in parts of Europe we charge the tax payers broadly. Not saying one is better than the other, they're always expensive. Hospitals like any big bureaucracy have waste of course, but in the plot of the show, because House is a medical Sherlock Holmes, and solves cases others can't, probably brings the hospital a lot of prestige. Presumably that prestige has benefits in terms of grants, getting better doctors, donors etc. Also established is that the doctors have clinic hours, they just cut most of that out.

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

@@TheZerech But european hospitals are much cheaper for the same procedures

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

@@TheZerech And house slacks off on them

[@lorddio4280]

​@@mr.cauliflower3536 The prices in the US are Inflated heavily so that the manufacturers and Hospital have a higher profit margin than in countries with universal health care. Since it is taxpayers money and the state has only so much per period there are more refulations to keep it affordable in comparism however as a side effect people are unaware about the actual cost and go to a doctor a lot.

[@nm-cp4ck]

She could probably get by quite easily without being fat. If her body needs sugar and carbs to function, then it'd be using them up frequently. She just needs to eat more than she thinks she needs to. It wouldn't make her fat unless she was eating in excess, and there's no way that she'd be willing to do that given her behavior here

[@anthonyspears4740]

She’s eating the cake for the enzyme not the calories. The extra calories could cause her to be fat if she didn’t compensate elsewhere in her diet

[@nm-cp4ck]

@@anthonyspears4740 If all she needs is the enzymes, then she could easily get them from other bread products that aren't coated in calories. And even if she needs cake specifically, she wouldn't inflate like a balloon from eating a slice every so often

[@anthonyspears4740]

@@nm-cp4ck sure, but being as she was fat enough to want a gastric bypass she’s probably going to balloon up anyways

[@DarthGangsta]

I don’t think she can get the enzyme through food. I googled this disease so I’m an expert in medicine now (sarcasm). A high carb diet helps coproporphyria by inhibiting heme synthesis. How carbs do this or how blocking heme synthesis helps treat the disease is beyond my knowledge.

[@iRazenrak]

Didn't her surgery shrink her stomach? so she eats less, so when she eats cake, she can't fit anything else, meaning she's missing out on many nutrients.

[@paul16451]

I feel her, actually. When I was in college I looked great and thin as a wire, but I stupidly thought I could keep eating like a teen once I moved out on my own. My lunch was a fast food combo meal almost every day, and it wasn't uncommon for me to eat a whole box of Mac and Cheese, a whole pound of pasta with a full jar of sauce, or a whole medium pizza for dinner. Naturally doing this over a couple of years made my body turn unhealthy and gain weight in a bad way, about 60 pounds worth by the time I turned 30 and I eventually developed type 1 diabetes. Unfortunately, even though I changed my diet in a hurry after that diagnosis, the damage was permanent. I managed to lose about 35 lbs of the weight I'd gained initially, but then it gradually built back up over the years to even heavier, Im now about 70 lbs more than whqt i was then, to the point where it's now nearly impossible to lose it. I often think back wishing I'd made better diet choices earlier in life because it's hard to look in the mirror any more.

[@tybs33]

i think you meant type 2 diabetes

[@paul16451]

@@tybs33 Nope. Type 1.

[@avatre1002]

@@paul16451 you can't develop type 1 diabetes. It's chronic. It may have been triggered by a virus or you had it your whole life and your body simply managed it with your diet

[@ineedhoez]

Well, if you are type 1, then you shouldn't be fat.

[@mattiec3320]

Diet doesn't cause type 1 diabetes though it's genetic & possibly autoimmune.

[@emmaviner6976]

This is why moderation and cheat days are important. You can’t over do exercise and barely eat. Your body needs nutrients that includes fats and sugars

[@animeotaku307]

Plus, indulging in something fatty or sweet occasionally keeps you from binging.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Having that actual piece of fruit or yoghurt or soda with actual sugar just to scratch that occasional itch.

[@happy777abc]

The body makes glucose from carbs. It does not need sugars, like candy, cake. Sugar in foods does nothing good for the body. Nothing. Absolutely not needed. It does however wreck the brain and create havoc in the nervous system.

[@bonnielass3975]

I don't think it's just what she looked like. You feel crappy when you're over weight. Everything hurts joints, mussels and sometimes your soul. I'd be hard to go back to an unhealthy lifestyle when you worked so hard to get away from it. I know she had the bypass, but you still have to work really hard after to get and stay healthy. And exercise so your skin tightens back up with your loss. So she still worked hard to stay healthy.

[@Cjmboo]

how is your soul hurting

[@annied1827]

@@Cjmboo I think they mean by their soul hurting means their self worth, self esteem, basically their mental health and the way they see themselves and having depression that sort of thing which can be more crippling than anything else they can be suffering from. I know myself that having mental health issues can make whatever you are suffering with a hundred times worse in my case chronic back pain when I'm depressed which is pretty much most of the time if I'm honest, I feel a lot worse than on the days when I am having fun or have something to really look forward to as doing something your love or if you are planning to do something you really want to do gives you a boost like nothing any medication can do even high doses of morphine can't give me the same boost as me looking forward to going to see Billy Idol and a few months or going for a day out somewhere I really love. I'm a total geek and when I went to the Harry Potter studios in London omg I felt amazing loved every minute I was there, infact we spent over five hours there it pretty much about killed me pain wise and I well and totally suffered for about a week after but it was so so worth it, would I do it again absolutely in a heartbeat lol. This weekend I'd had a awful week i felt like I was drowning in depression and wanted no i needed a boost so I asked my partner to take me to York one of my favourite cities for the day, I had wonderful day spent far too much money on geeky merchandise but the high from doing something and going somewhere I love just getting out the house was the boost I needed, don't get me wrong I'm well and truly paying for it now and will do for a few days but my mental health is very important and I know all to well the depression can be even worse than the chronic pain I suffer with. My advice whatever you are going through always look after your mental health do things you love and enjoy, do things for you I love books and even buying a new book can give me a boost. Just remember making time for yourself is so very important treat yourself once in a while do things you enjoy even if it's just getting out the house and having fun that alone can give you a boost like no other 😃 take care and stay safe xx

[@bonnielass3975]

@@Cjmboo personally I felt Lost and a hurting inside that I can only say it was My soul. I hurt and didn't have any actual reason. I had no self Love at all! And when you don't love yourself it puts a hurt deep within. That's what I meant when I said your soul.

[@bonnielass3975]

@@annied1827 You nailed it. Once I started taking care of my body My soul improved. Probably because it felt Love for the first time in My life. Cause I was finally listening to it and giving it what it needed. Exercise, good food, Love just excited to do something fun again. Yoga was the best thing for me. The breathing really helped.

[@Slowpoke3x]

Nah the only thing that got worse was ugly looking stretch marks everything else was already there before being overweight. Only difference is that I'm not starving anymore and have good fucking food.

[@jinx1319]

it's okay to have both!! the balance is what your body needs.

[@w1975b]

both what? balance is a feel good word, it has no meaning in terms of human health

[@vampandazg.5740]

@@w1975b actually, all aspects of human health is about balance. You need a certain amount of each nutrient in your body, not less or more. You need a specific amount of fat, carbs and protein, not less or more. You need excersize, not little or a lot. Even things like stress, anger, happiness, etc you need, not in excess or less.

[@w1975b]

@@vampandazg.5740 Unless a person has a specific health issue like the woman in this episode, humans can create all required glucose through gluconeogenesis on an as-needed basis. So 99.99999999% of humans do NOT require consumption of carbs and consuming carbs causes inflammation, etc. There is no balance when it comes to carbs.

[@Sage2000]

LOL she has a rare condition. You may have missed the explanation

[@claudiomicheloni23]

@@w1975b Bullshit, everyone, exept a few rare cases, needs their diet to contain 50%, 60% carbohydrates, especially athletes, they represent the first energy source of the body, and become a problem only if you take too many, especially if they are simple sugars (cola, candies, chocolate, etc. etc.) And just so you know, you can’t not eat carbohydrates, they are in every food, and I mean EVERY kind of food.

[@AlinaTowers]

Of all the House episodes, this one means the most to me. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wondered if I really need chocolate cake to be truly healthy.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Chocolate cake might not be super healthy for the body, but it's great for the soul. And a bit unhealthy stuff here and there doesn't kill one instantly.

[@animepiglover]

Everything in moderation! That's what's important!

[@sirpiddlefartiii]

She could still remain thin and healthy on a high carb high sugar diet. It would just be harder. I'm not sure I would have the guts to pick drugs over cake lol

[@Krasses]

Never thought I'd hear high sugar and healthy in the same sentence

[@meero5823]

@@generalwillwelsh7926 u r right They don't even say fruits Which while has alot of sugar Has fibers, vitamins and good for gut bacteria

[@xraye_]

@@Krasses You can still easily get sugar through things such as fruit that has natural sugars in it. Having the word natural in front of it doesn't automatically make it healthy but its significantly better than artificial sugars.

[@Krasses]

@@xraye_ Of course when people are talking about sugar, it means the table sugar that's injected into almost every factory-produced products. I cut that sugar my blood reading turned nicely. I did use liquid stevia though not as frequent but it did help a lot

[@Krasses]

@@xraye_ Of course when people are talking about sugar, it means the table sugar that's injected into almost every factory-produced products. I cut that sugar my blood reading turned nicely. I did use liquid stevia though not as frequent but it did help a lot

[@privatename5788]

When House asked "What else floats in water?" the correct answer immediately came out of my mouth. Am I a brilliant doctor now?

[@Epsicronics]

You are a brilliant duckologist

[@CompletelyNormalHuman]

No, but you are certainly wise in the ways of science

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

This is basically like telling a recovering alcoholic whose been sober for 3 years that if they don't regularly consume booze they're gonna die. It's almost like fate is mocking them.

[@poemone2257]

what a sweetheart of a character. would love to have someone like her as a trainer!

[@BatEatsMoth]

I have variegate porphyria, which is almost the same, but it made me permanently light sensitive. There are things you can eat to suppress the p450 pathway without having to resort to a high carb diet, and foods you can abstain from that stimulate p450 (e.g. garlic, onions, dark green veggies, lemon, cloves, bell peppers, etc.). Turmeric and black pepper is one example of a suppressor. Omeprazole also suppresses p450 enzymes. So does fluoxetine (Prozac); in fact, it's been recommended as a drug to stop acute attacks. There are numerous food and drug chemicals that can suppress acute porphyrias.

[@sophroniel]

same, I have to wear dark tinted glasses during the day or else it really hurts and I can barely see a thing

[@craftsandstuff3349]

It's cute the way his little ducks follow him around.🥰

[@SofaKing401]

Just because she's on a high sugar and high carb diet doesn't mean she has to get fat. As long as she adjusted her daily macros and kept active, there's no reason she would have to become obese again

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

Yeah, if she's able to spend half the day exercising just to burn off the calories from that kind of diet. People tend to dramatically overestimate how many calories are burned through physical activity without going to nigh-obsessive extremes.

[@Cjmboo]

i don't know why ppl just cut things out completely eat and enjoy yourself everything in moderation u don't have to eat everyday

[@marikatemoore5110]

Because in their minds, some things they have to stay away from everything unhealthy. If they have any sign of sweets or anything unhealthy, they'll undo all their progress

[@queencleopatra007]

@@marikatemoore5110 Yeah, its basically like overcoming an addiction for them. And after cutting it from your diet, trying to go back to having it in moderation feels like falling off the wagon. I have to cut certain things out of my diet completely because I know that once I taste them again, I'll go back to craving them all the time and it will be harder to stop myself from eating them.

[@antithoughtpolice7497]

@@queencleopatra007 I think it's replacing addiction with another technically... You don't have to be a COMPLETE health nut is the point. Loads of people have weight gain as another side effects from a medication for something else they have. However, I've seen loads of those people use it as an excuse to be obese. Be balanced, whatever you do.

[@therabbithat]

The studies that found IF were safe were all done on men. Only a few studies were done on women and they found it was dangerous. You. Need. To. Eat. Every. Day.

[@antithoughtpolice7497]

@@therabbithat ... Wut? What did you say? It made no sense...

[@coloredpencils01]

"What else floats in water?" I muttered to myself "a duck, lol." I WAS RIGHT 🤣 love the reference

[@akaededeval374]

A corpse

[@sparky4878]

Small rocks?

[@katdavis1030]

I mean she’s not really a “health nut” if she’d rather be thin than healthy. Equating thinness with health and vitality regardless of reality is literally the reason she is in this situation, like the point was completely missed there wasn’t it. Or is it that we can’t even point out the deadly obsession we have with being skinny without also reinforcing it in the process? Kinda wack

[@lalayastill610]

if i could live on chocolate cake, i'd feel like i just won the genetics lottery

[@sodalitia]

The dilemma was a false one here. You got plenty of fitness junkies on high carb diet and slim. As long as she maintained very active lifestyle and was on slight caloric deficit, she would not get horribly obese. Also no need to revert the gastric bypas. Glucose IVis would do the job as well.

[@annataymond9529]

She didn’t want to just not be obese. She wanted to not gain any weight at all.

[@justinekrider5803]

I have a condition that causes my body to swell. So no matter how much I workout or even walk, it's still there. I'm not talking about a little swelling either. I'm talking about a lot of fluid. I cam feel the fluid actually move around, especially around my joints. I'd like to say the fat comments don't bug me, but sometimes they do. Nothing I can do about it either. I have an appointment for my kidneys here soon to see if it's them.

[@ineedhoez]

Check out dr berg.

[@steve88luv]

Im assuming that they have put you on diuretics, sucks if they dont remove enough water to help.

[@justinekrider5803]

@@steve88luv Nope, I'm not on anything yet until they find out what's causing it. Unfortunately no, they aren't draining it. We don't know if it's water or not. So instead im carrying all the extra weight around.

[@steve88luv]

@@justinekrider5803 Chances are its water, lots of things will cause it to happen. Heart failure is a big one to make sure that they check. A lot of time you just have to take a diuretic to pass enough water.

[@justinekrider5803]

@@steve88luv Well I'll find out when they do all their exams.

[@h.j.urrazza9412]

0:50 this was so positive, i wish i had a friend like this

[@smolsews3760]

I would have gone "understandable. We'll get you an eating disorder therapist"

[@animefreak1413]

This is a good reason why it's best to consult a doctor before beginning a diet and/or exercise regimen. No health plan is one size fits all but they can make great bases that can be modified to fit your body's needs. She self-medicated before and self-treated after her surgery. After the surgery her doctor probably said something along the lines of "for this to fully work, you're going to have to change your diet and exercise more," so she cut out anything she deemed "unhealthy" and put herself on a tight exercise schedule without consulting with her doctor. I wonder how her follow up appointments for her gastric bypass surgery went and if the enzyme deficiency could've been found out sooner.

[@MagnaDroid1]

I can't believe that subtle Monty Python reference 😂 "What else floats in water?"

[@guythat779]

I think that's just a historical thing

[@teamboubouy]

@@guythat779 They would not have added the word duck after that if It wasn't a monty python reference.

[@guythat779]

@@teamboubouy fair point

[@sophroniel]

hugh is english...

[@awaytosleep5762]

Churches

[@ajsnothere]

“Ten points for doing what I said minus ten points for doing it badly” imma start using that at work😂

[@13Yeared]

I do like that in the beginning there are those "something's off" signs in the overweight guy, but then it pivots hard into her having the problem. Great stuff.

[@blacklavoux]

I eat 3x a day at the exact time every single day. I drink lots of water in between and had a little snack at 3/4 pm. I lose weight faster than any diet i’ve ever tried.

[@Agent2090]

Yep, three meals a day, lots of water, cut out sodas (one every now and then is fine) and processed sugars and losing weight is, while not easy, far more doable. Diets are not temporary, they are lifestyle changes. For example, once you go on the Keto diet, you can't get off it or chances are you'll regain all the weight you lost fairly quickly. Best diets are the ones where you're still eating a lot of what you like, just less of it.

[@goldenwolf90]

I ate whatever want at anytime and don’t gain any excess weight. 🥰

[@ruruchu]

@@goldenwolf90 good for you

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Carbs are the energy for the moment, that what lets you push. And fat is stored for later, because we can't eat 24/7, and it also gives that little layer of insulation. The trick is to not go overboard in either direction. Some calories here, some workout there, and a generally well balanced diet and lifestyle.

[@aizahusman7820]

DR HOUSE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A FUN PERSON TO BE AROUND TBH

[@aliyahstinard3038]

They're never as charming in person as they are on TV. They're actually really annoying. :T

[@maroondoor]

Take everything in moderation, especially moderation

[@pasqualinamichelaconsiglio9391]

Hereditary Coproporphyria (HCP) a deficiency in coproporphyrinogen oxidase (CPOX), an enzyme which is part of the heme biosynthesis pathway that produces porphyrins and heme.

[@w1975b]

I'm wondering why the enzyme couldn't be supplemented or why consuming heme iron and/or porphyrins wouldn't work.

[@pasqualinamichelaconsiglio9391]

@@w1975b Intravenous hemin is given during acute attacks. Acute attacks can cause death therefore intravenous hemin must be administered quickly. There is also drugs given - a selection depending on what is being affected. It can affect organs such as ones liver and kidneys. Transplants may also be involved.

[@kenadams3306]

I have no fucking clue what you guys are talking about.

[@braidos.k3657]

@@kenadams3306 porphyrin is a molecule, looks something like a honey comb, your body uses to produce haemoglobin, which you may know the body uses to transport oxygen. Hemoglobin is produced, in part, with the molecule called heme. The liver produces heme by closing the honeycomb structure of porphyrin into a square shaped 'box' with an iron core to trap oxygen, which then has some proteins stuck onto it (hemoglobin) Which can then bind to oxygen in one place and unbind to deliver it in another place. HCP as mentioned in the first comment, is a disorder that causes a break down in the livers ability to make heme *HCP

[@stephaniewilson5284]

Weight is a terrible thing to always be obsessed with.

[@sscot720]

Become a practicing Catholic, you will lose weight

[@CoconutButt]

No it’s not

[@elleisrael1]

My sister is like that. She's been obsessed with my weight although I am thin and take care of myself. She is a beautiful, woman with hips and thighs. I don't understand it.

[@RedJoker9000]

In a sense I understand her. I literally have a incurable terminal medical condition. Getting told I had it (at the age of 5) broke me down and sure changed me. She wanted to go back to her old self hearing her health is going to be terrible no matter what.

[@nakeysnakey6220]

How old are you now?

[@XactlyCeSe1]

“When you were a porker, you were self-medicating” 😩

[@TheGrayman1234]

Me: I have this condition. ::Doctor shakes his head:: I SAID I HAVE THIS CONDITION!!! Doc: No, you WANT this condition. Not the same thing.

[@CherryFlavoredFox0180]

She could go on that high calorie high sugar diet and still be thin. She just has to work off those calories.

[@josealcala4756]

You can't outrun a bad diet. It is possible to eat significantly more calories than you can burn in exercise.

[@Koorosm]

That's actually a little bit of misinformation (more like, incomplete) If you actually do exercíce and have favorable genetics You can actually eat like a pig, exercíce a lot and still be thin and health

[@josealcala4756]

@@Koorosm can you give a ballpark values of calories and activities to back up your claim? I know athletes who do a lot of exercise but only eat 3000 calories. 3000 calories is not what I consider eating like a pig.

[@CherryFlavoredFox0180]

@@josealcala4756 Michael Phelps ate 12,000 calories a day. Definitely not the norm, but still possible.

[@josealcala4756]

@@CherryFlavoredFox0180 it's not the norm but my statement isn't wrong. Michael phelps isn't out running a bad diet. He needs a lot of calories. Eating like a pig means eating calories you don't need.

[@elissaj69]

I had Gastric Bypass in '04. Lost 125lbs and have kept it off. I am a Baker/Cookier AND sometimes eat cake and cookies, although not too often.

[@steelwitness]

this is one of my favorite episodes because it points a finger at society as a whole. People these days are so damn vain i expect the majority of the general population would pick good looks over many things even health. Ive known people who left their families behind and took up a life of plastic surgery

[@happy777abc]

I don't think most people would. Some. But not most.

[@JohntheDoe572]

House: “What else floats in water?” Me: “A duck!” House: “Correct answer: a duck.” Me: “YES!”

[@gnomsrepnay]

Why does everyone in this comments section think that this clip is applicable to everyone? It states that she specifically has a condition that requires a lot of carbs and sugar. As far as the clip shows, she was relatively healthy and not anorexic or bulimic or anything, just that she happened to have an unfortunate condition

[@krthecryptid8444]

It’s literally a great example of fat phobia and how her fear of being fat but healthy is worse than her being dead

[@justaguy4788]

Cannot be fat and healthy

[@OhCrumbs96]

@@justaguy4788 You've completely missed the point of the entire scenario. Good job 👍

[@luketurner314]

"... killed, or worse, expelled" (Harry Potter)

[@TheChemisch]

@@justaguy4788 Plenty of perfectly healthy overweight people just like theirs plenty of very unhealthy skinny people. To make a general statement like that you must be pretty fat phobic? or just dumb. 10 bucks say you do crossfit...

[@handsomesquidward4377]

So you’re saying she should pack on the pounds, at the expense of her appearance?

[@samwilde8311]

When house said "what else floats in water?" I immediately said "a duck" and then he said "a duck" too

[@Blitzkit]

she's lucky that she's now required to eat A CAKE as a form of medication. sadly she's more afraid of being fat + healthy rather than dying. she isn't addicted to being healthy. she's addicted of not being fat (so she'll do everything not to be fat instead of promoting health)

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Makes me wonder if she can't eat the cake and stay thin. As long as she uses up more than she inputs, all should be fine. And at that point her staying thin is actually the result of her work, instead of a shortcut.

[@demityrant1784]

Please do not let your take away from this be an affirmation of "Yes, being fat = healthy!" because that would just be the other extreme end of the spectrum this woman was doing and would be missing the point.

[@kimkim845]

I don’t know where I heard it originally but “you can’t exercise away a bad diet”. Which is true. The body needs healthy nutrients from a balanced diet and if required supported by vitamins with water to keep you hydrated. Exercise is a component of a healthy happy body BUT it can’t fix what you put into your body.

[@CospeBala]

"Not many people have the guts to admit they'd rather be pretty than healthy." - Based M.D.

[@non-binarycactuspuppy4524]

She sounded like bowling pins getting knocked down when she fell.

[@CallMeKes]

As someone who got gastric sleeve surgery, it has nothing to do with 'being pretty' considering my health was in the toilet, I had chronic pain and I couldn't stand for more than 20 seconds, let along walk or run. Him saying that made me feel so dirty but also just sick. Being obese is BAD for your health.

[@georges617]

As the Ancient Greeks realised 2500 years ago: Moderation is best Balance is key and with her training regime, she would have burned away the sugar of whatever cake she would be consuming far easier than any of us. And it's not like House said that from now on, this is all she has to consume in order to become healthier. Alas, she'd much rather take unproven drugs to keep her condition somewhat in check and to still be able to sell a few more fitness DVDs than just accept that a little cake here and there is actually all she'd need to live a perfectly healthy life (and still be able to sell those DVDs). This is just straight up lying to your own self.

[@AntoinettexKitten]

This is my mom in 2003. She got surgery and then got healthier. Getting pregnant with my little sister made her severely ill. Then after she had my sister she started drinking diet mountain dew and using tons of splenda. Now she's fat again and has multiple blood related health issues

[@pinkestbirb8074]

"Open up the hanger, here comes the plaaanee!!" That got me.

[@northernbohemianrealist]

Billy Crystal: It is better to look good than to feel good.

[@Wasparcher1]

the funniest part is that because she is a constant workout addict she would actually be absolutely fine... Calories in - calories out. If she worked out all the time she would be constantly burning off the extra caloric intake she might gain a few pounds and as she got older it would be harder to keep the weight off like with anyone but she would be largely unchanged by changing her diet to high carb high glucose so long as she met her other dietary needs as well.

[@kittmeow7192]

But you have to eat just as much if you work out like crazy

[@Chrischi4598]

„What else floats in water? A duck!“ Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

[@naasiagoodman6354]

Skinny dose not mean healthy and being big dose not mean unhealthy, she didn’t lose weight to be healthy she lost weight to be pretty, when she stops associating skinny with pretty she will be healthy

[@nadjak3410]

She lost weight to be able to move without pain, to not be made fun of anymore (mental health) and to find purpose. Mental health is also important. Unfortunately our society rarely let's a person be bigger and healthy without tormenting their mental health in one way or another.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

At that point she just has to work on staying thin. It requires actual work, but feels so much better, because it's an actual archivement.

[@sohanm3051]

As a mechanical engineering student why am I addicted to this 😂😂

[@amandahunter9186]

Im absolutely horrified at the accident she went through. Omg. This is terrible

[@redlock1815]

How can she refuse being fed by doctor house smh

[@Rachel-xg7hs]

I mean it would be a tough pill to swallow. Your weight is so out of control you get gastric bypass surgery, go through the awful process of getting all that weight off, learn to maintain an unhealthy mindset of eating very little and working out a lot…just to find out you’re going to die if you don’t go back to your old ways. I’m not saying she’s right, I’m saying it sucks. Like the whole situation just sucks.

[@ilyarepin7750]

she could still eat more carbs without reversing her fat loss. Fat loss and gain is about calory surplus/deficit not how much cake you eat.

[@jasminefrichtl806]

She could eat gluten free cake with brown rice flower fruit juice to sweaten it & she can exersize but not over due it on exercise so she will have no processed ingrediants she can have high carbohydrates in whole grain rice. Or nut flower which is good fat which does not make you fat if she avoids gluten & dairy she wont become overweight cuz those synthetic medications cause severe damage with long term use my friend Jason died from taking metforman diabetes medication it caused permanent kidney damage and he died people are suing the pharmacy company cuz they didn't warn people that this can happen

[@danlorett2184]

She can literally just not eat too many calories. She doesn't have to consume MORE calories, she just needs more carbs/sugar.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@danlorett2184 Yup, a carb/sugar rich diet, with less fat, to keep the total calories down without having to cut out anything essential.

[@stephenolan5539]

You can't get any prescription without warnings. If the patient ignores the warnings then that is on them not the pharmaceutical company.

[@Shiirow]

these days it seems the opposite, people rather be morbidly obese and body positive than healthy. in which most of them never live to see the age of 40. yay positivity~!

[@nikkyk4839]

You can still be healthy and pretty while having the nutritional needs she has. It takes work, but she should be used to it anyway.

[@7raesloan]

gastric by-pass only works if the person changes their eating habits and gets exercise, otherwise, they can go back to being overweight, and even obese. This happened to a person I was once friends with. She wouldn't eat the bun on a hamburger trying to cut out the carbs, but would chow down on French fries. My cousin's wife, also talked about this evolving her brother who had the surgery but wouldn't stop eating in a manner that took him back to obesity.

[@KissedByFire16]

10/10 for House's Monty Python reference

[@258thHiGuy]

The openers to these shows are really underrated

[@mindgames50]

She was beautiful physically and a sweet personality. Great way to ppl at life but way too positive for her own good

[@lai_lai_boy]

When Darwin said "survival of the fittest" there was no such thing as fitness. Fit meant fitting, like a suit or a puzzle piece, or like a bird with a beak that is perfectly shaped for eating nuts, or worms, or whatever that bird eats. It's survival of that which fits into its environment the best, not survival of the strongest or the most pretty. Fitness was invented by the eugenicists that came after Darwin, and you can still see that in the mentality people have about it.

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

This. It's survival of the most adaptable. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@xmetalgamerx]

High carb, glucose-rich diet? Sounds like she could do great on a plant-based diet and maybe even maintain her figure that way.

[@w1975b]

I'm not a doctor, but I don't understand why the enzyme couldn't be supplemented. That was the issue, her liver didn't make a certain enzyme. How is that much different from type 1 diabetics requiring insulin shots because they don't make it?

[@jacobcustard146]

@@w1975b i think it comes down to insulin being a hormone vs a protein (enzymes are proteins) and I think it's simply far easier to make a synthetic hormone than an enzyme.

[@nickbarber3315]

“The best you you can be, is a lot more you.” Could easily be the slogan for America

[@NumberOneVillain]

I always loved this opening because it makes you feel like a dick for assuming the big guy was gonna be the patient. A clever little goof you wouldn't expect from the opening scene of a medical show.

[@AngryReptileKeeper]

I like the fact that it reinforces the idea that being thin does not mean you're healthy.

[@sonrouge]

"Open the hanger. Here comes the plaaaane!" Okay, House doing that is a gut buster!

[@mattgerrish908]

"Should we treat her like a 60-year-old Asian man too?" *LOL* 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wisehead1830]

Watching House gives me so much nostalgia. This used to come on my localntv station growing up. I loved watching it.

[@frog7226]

This one is pretty dumb, you can have a high carb diet without gaining tons of weight. It harder but it's not like the options are "get fat or die".

[@aperocknroll88]

Gastric bypass isn't cheating imho... It's hard to feel full when your stomach has expanded to fit all the food you got used to eating.

[@hazbinotakusimp2182]

wasn't a fan of this episode as her fans immediately turned on her when they found out she had a disorder and she was a "Liar" and such Edit: never mind! I forgot that was just a hallucination! It's been a long time since I saw it 🤣🤣🤣

[@tgbluewolf]

It's absolutely wrong for them to turn on her for her condition, but I can instead why they'd be upset about the bypass--if the regimen she was promoting was so good, why didn't she use it only?

[@wrpro7495]

that was a hallucination

[@hazbinotakusimp2182]

@@wrpro7495....oh, I completely forgot that. My bad 😅 it's been a long time since I saw it

[@antithoughtpolice7497]

It's not about the condition, it's the gastric bypass, and that would absolutely make you a fraud in the "from-obese-to-healthy" narrative. Because none of the people in the beginning had a bypass, and trying to make a healthier diet from no bypass, is extremely difficult. And House definitely deserved to call her out with Taub, even if her fans didn't have to know. She could be a little heavier with the change in diet, but she doesn't have to be obese again...

[@drvissie]

If you feel dizzy. And you feel like you’re going to pass out. LAY DOWN!!! If you pass out and you hit your head there’s a big chance your life is over. So lay down

[@bettersecret1499]

Carbs and sugars are not the problem. It's the quality of the food, the ingredients! I live in Italy, I eat pizza every week, ice-cream almost every day in the summer, pasta every day, etc.. Never been fat, just a little belly if I spend too many days on the sofa without exercising. We eat fruits every day, and vegetables and potatoes, etc I literally don't have butter in my house or use condiments other than olive oil and stuff like that. with Mediterranean diet you eat more than the average American and you are slimmer

[@becibabe7364]

BS

[@sarachristine1035]

How much do you walk? When I lived in Korea I would walk sometimes 9 miles just being social and going out with friends. Back in the US I have to make a conscious effort to walk even a bit. It makes a difference, I think. That and the portion sizes. I got a "medium" smoothie and smoothie kind yesterday and it was genuinely what I would call an extra large. Huge.

[@douglashenry6996]

"Is better to look good than to feel good."

[@N1k4_Gr1v]

Hypocrisy wins a lot of followers. Right after liars and deniers

[@bemore2886]

1:20 "u ok" *starts tumbling* "huh I'm in better shape then I thought 😂

[@supercat4539]

I love his Monty Python reference

[@miimemester123]

You’re telling me that the doctor said her best medicine is having desserts and sugary foods and she rejected it because she wanted to be pretty instead of healthy?! Bruh, how many women could say they want to hear that from their doctor?!

[@Tigressa101]

That's what I never liked about people's arguments on weight. Fat or thin is one thing, healthy or unhealthy is completely different. You can be healthy and fat, unhealthy and thin. It's two different descriptions and how you deduce both is on certain factors that may or may not intertwine.

[@pixam345]

I agree you can be unhealthy and thin, but I do not agree you can be healthy and fat. A few pounds overweight and healthy? You won't be at your maximum possible health, but you may still be relatively healthy, sure. Obese and healthy? Not possible.

[@Tigressa101]

@@pixam345 I get what you're saying. Obesity is its own problem. Fat is generally chub and about 200 - 240 lbs which is why I say it's possible to be healthy while fat. There are people I know who are completely healthy, no pain or discomfort in their joints or anything that happens with obesity and are fat which is perfectly fine. It's when your body starts to take issue and shows discomfort that is where the limit should be because then it's getting unhealthy.

[@littlebrownjug1683]

O hey!!! I have this! Super rare! Took the doctors 30 years to diagnose it!

[@Lemontarts01]

Whats hilarious is she could legit have the same body with the new diet she needs

[@foreverjune8]

"I want a chocolate cake." "No, dont give up!" God damn, it's not a cianide to end the suffering.