NEW STUDY Shows Protein Causes HEART DISEASE?! - Doctor Reacts

In this video, Dr. Eric Westman critiques a study claiming that eating protein causes heart disease. He breaks down the research methodology, emphasizing the dangers of relying on surrogate markers rather than actual heart disease outcomes. Join him as he reviews an influencer's take on the study and provides insights on how to critically evaluate nutritional science
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[@vadimesharak726]

I am not surprised. Last time tabloids literally claimed "Ultra processed food is not so bad".

[@kray97]

Time magazine actually.

[@theancientsancients1769]

It's about stopping you from eating fresh meats and lab made food that have better protein alternatives

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

No matter what the study says, you still have to eat proteins…

[@cheffatgrams]

“Living causes Death” 😂🤣😂🤣

[@sandys7086]

Yes!! I'm going to use that now.

[@jakobsliman1179]

“100% of people who breathe oxygen die before 140 years of age”

[@cheffatgrams]

@@sandys7086 definitely!!!

[@andredaedone5]

They made a garbage food drink and funnelled it into these poor souls under the direction of garbage food companies.

[@IamKlaus007]

If the statement, "protein causes heart disease" is true, all of these people on long term carnivore foods should have one foot on a hospital bed and the other hovering over a grave. Yet all of these people consuming protein rich foods on a daily basis have publicly stated they've never been healthier. Please explain.

[@sarajohn6855]

lol!

[@jvlbme]

You think people on cocaine reporting they "feel great" mean cocaine is healthy?

[@IamKlaus007]

@@jvlbme NO, apparently you do.

[@aulbertwest9648]

Boost is very high carb.

[@Alecmcq]

As if this wasn’t ridiculous enough… unbelievable! The lies these people spout…

[@Keithzzzzt]

Nestle is a freaking evil disgrace. They make food bags for tube feeding in the hospital. My father was fed these while fighting Gullian Barre syndrome in the I.C.U. ( an auto immune disease that degrades the myelin nerve sheaths and can lead to death) . He was near death and the family was called in. The main ingrediants in the Nestle , so called " food" bags are gmo soy protien , casein, canola oil and High fructose corn syrup with very minimal minerals or vitamins. ( the barest minimum) Full of the very things you DONT want to eat with a life threatening autoimmune condition. The Drs were clueless. I offerred to pay for better food bags and even specialized amino acid I.V.s from a Naturopath but was pohh-poohed. " We dont do that here" they said. One even said that protien I.V.s do not work. Except the Drs are freaking WRONG... they have already cracked the code on I.V. nutrition in older people. They just need extra leucine to stimulate muscle synthesis and repair. My father needed animal fats and protien to repair his nerve shealths...choline and eggs and meat and whey protien. He needed extra vit C and mega vit D to tone down his immune system. NAC and other nutrients. Glucose rather than fructose. But they just poured more fuel on the inflammatory fire. Seed oils and high fructose corn syrup? Give me a break. Then they refused to use an existing canula and I.V. nutrition that I offered to pay for when he was admitted to the general ward. He was delirious and couldnt eat. They basically said " screw him ...he is stubborn"...but he wasnt stubborn...he was delerious and sick. He wasnt stubborn...the Drs were stubborn. And basically in violation of their Hipocratic oath. A simple I.V. bag of super nutrients would have done wonders for his recovery. Instead they let him waste away to nothing. It is a miracle he survived the hospital nutrition protocol. Afterwards they fed him pudding, bread , icecream and jello. He survived but was never the same afterwards. It didnt have to go that way. I also asked them to get beta hydroxy buterate into him and they looked at me like I had two heads. They didnt even know what a ketone body was. Seed oils cannot repair dsmaged myelin sheaths. I still am angry at the whole system for failing him. They are gaslighting everyone. Its a disgrace. My shame is that I did not fight harder for him. I should have threatened to sue the whole pack of them if they didnt give in to my demands. Such is the power of the system to dominate even people informed about nutrituon. I am angry at myself for letting arrogant Drs dictate my fathers slow decline.

[@catcan221]

I have a similar story with my mom. She was fed the same crap on a feeding tube. It is a disgrace. The whole medical system is. 😢

[@chiefengineer488]

Sue the hospital!

[@alleyoop5185]

Dont be too hard on yourself. Even the best of us get babozzled once in awhile:)

[@Keithzzzzt]

@@alleyoop5185thanks for that, but I wasnt bamboozled. I actually knew more about nutriton than the Drs. It was more that I didnt have the courage to fight the arrogance and immovability of the system.

[@tanyasydney2235]

They are freaking evil bastards.

[@melissawitherspoon9094]

Sounds like the moral of the story is don't drink Boost! It is an ultra processed food after all.

[@frequentlycynical642]

Loaded with seed oil. Hmmm.....

[@cheffatgrams]

Thomas DeLauer has been sharing valuable insights for a while, and I've been following his content since I began keto. It was disheartening to see how many people turned against him when he moved away from just keto, but his focus has always been on metabolic flexibility, not just hardcore keto. I appreciate you sharing some of his research.

[@ShoppingEmail-dr1fs]

no one should be in a food cult it's not healthy. anyone studying human diets can see we are omnivores and we have eaten all sorts of foods since forever including starches.

[@Isaac5123]

But protein does not build muscle as Tomas claims

[@darlenedavis2256]

The article was not in "Nature" it was in "Nature Metabolism". Different journal. I'm glad you are critiquing it because I just saw it today and was starting to panic. Thanks for the good work.

[@pcread]

The question should be, why is Nature publishing this and why is the mainstream media pushing it? Click$ or CONspiracy?

[@bonniebenz8792]

WHO is pushing it. Don’t believe this nonsense. It’s all about Saving the Planet!

[@kodowdus]

The popular trend of lumping together dietary sources of "protein" (essential fatty acids and non-essential fatty acids), like the popular trend of lumping together dietary sources of "carbs" (monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, soluble fiber, insoluble fiber, etc.), and "fats" (essential fatty acids, non-essential fatty acids, etc.) is setting the popular understanding of nutritional science back by decades.

[@Ironstarfish]

I’ve gotten so frustrated with all these I just eat animal based and fruit dairy, nuts, Dave’s killer bread. Wherever I want as long as it don’t have seed oils, fast food type stuff

[@chrisjensen9941]

So....NEW STUDY Shows Boost Causes HEART DISEASE?

[@fkn16v]

Yep

[@curiouskitten]

Yes! This may be why it was published. Hopefully people can read between the lines.

[@botherchriswinkler]

It amazes me that people trust studies of any kind, knowing what we know about our institutions, schools, and systems in general in 2024. That's not to say anything about this topic, other than it's silly, nor is it that all studies are wrong, but most of them are. Never realign your life off of a new study unless it's obvious to your personnel experience. Given enough time, we are always wrong about everything.

[@vrijevoeten]

We all know what causes this epidemic of heart diseases and turbo cancers.

[@DruidzTV]

Protein stregthens muscles including the heart

[@aleksandrazimpel8097]

The muscle of the heart of course 🎉

[@skincraftorganicsllc8537]

Great content, Dr. Westman - as always, you're so logical & honest! I also love Thomas DeLauer - I've been following him for many years and he's always so genuine & sincere - changes his opinions when the science supports doing so - and is always so nice... like you! :)

[@thesmallnotesduo]

Peer review is absolutely captured. It is NOT any kind of gold standard.

[@Servant_of_Christ]

I live on a sailboat, every spring I sail to the Norwegian sea to fish and forage seafood. When my 200 liter chest freezer is full the rest of the summer is spent discovering Europe. Before the fall storms I sail back to Portugal where I overwinter, eat my fish, drink wine and smoke doobies! 100% carnivore from the sea, for free. Yearly cost of living $3500 including everything even starlink.

[@Isaac5123]

Brilliant

[@janedough6575]

That sounds like a great life. Good for you. 👌🏻

[@MsLeenite]

Thank you, Dr Westman!

[@TOMGARVEYtheKETOCOOK]

Sometimes he goes off the rails also! lol. Dr.your videos are really helpful for people who are confused about a Keto lifestyle.

[@cassieoz1702]

This is one of the 'studies' intended to 'muddy the waters' of the research and dilute the benefit of the total body of research in the next mets-analysis. It doesn't have to be good research, just published in a, supposedly, reputable journal 🙄

[@sabine8419]

Sugar and seed oils with a side of casein. Yum😂🤪 Just eat meat, leave the carbs and seed oils and protein isolates to the researchers.😅 Unbelievable what is called "science".

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@sabine8419 The greatest athletes of all time are vegan such as Novac Docakvich, Carl Lewis , Martina Natarolva, Lewis Hamilton, Ryan Stills . Why aren't keto carnivore types competing at this level ?

[@peterbernhard6087]

​​@@julienfroidevaux1143What does this have to do with the first post? Besides.. i dont know what every sportsperson eats. Lewis Jamilton for example is a race driver. I know this stuff is exhausting.. still hard to compare to something like climbing or running an iron man. I guess most of the sport super stars are omnivore.. you just picked up some (most i dont even know) who fit youre agenda. And even if it works for people in the extremes does not mean it helps to live longer or for normal people.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@peterbernhard6087 F1 drivers are super fit and strong . They are pulling super G 's in 40 + degree Celsius temperatures . Super quick reflexes and strength to drive these non power assisted machines at hundreds of KMs of hour . If it's so easy why don't you challenge him to a race ?

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@peterbernhard6087 Vegan Carl Lewis is one of the greatest track and field athletes of all time.

[@peterbernhard6087]

@@julienfroidevaux1143Ok.. one respond at a time cause obviously you just can react to one thing: You cherrypicked just some athletes.

[@DewaldtHuysamen]

Dr Westman makes compelling points regarding the flaws in the study linking protein to heart disease. The reliance on surrogate markers rather than actual disease outcomes is a critical issue. Numerous studies have shown that protein, particularly from whole food sources, does not increase the risk of heart disease. On the contrary, protein is essential for muscle maintenance and overall metabolic health. It's important to scrutinise scientific research carefully and avoid jumping to conclusions based on limited or misinterpreted data. Dr Westman’s critique underscores the need for rigorous evaluation in nutritional science.

[@Veteran_Nerd]

Imagine the money we could save on not funding shite studies? I'd imagine that's not a small number.

[@rikimarudonchelie1229]

Yup! studies funded with nefarious agenda...nothing surprises me anymore.

[@dennisward43]

People who eat more plants than meat must then have more inflammation (irrespective of all the toxins and antinutrients in them) just because they eat far more carbs and more often. And what kind of unnecessary inflammation does fibre create in your digestive system?

[@phillipsamuels6719]

They used to say eggs were bad for you its total ignorance

[@veryaware]

Using the same “logic” of very short mtor increase would also conclude exercise “causes heart disease”. That before the high industrial seed non-food concoction is generalised to protein and protein generalised to “meat”

[@gabimiki4932]

"Sponsored by Big Pharma" 😂😂 Eat protein ! ❤❤❤

[@ktk2094]

Ridiculous.

[@garyjagoe9541]

Follow the money. 😡

[@maenad1231]

When I was in the hospital the nurses used to punish us (the anorexia group) by making us drinking an extra nestle boost if we broke a rule we didn’t even understand was a rule lol

[@fredlakota3595]

how come noone ever sue those people , publishings like that and people who believe that causes death in the end... we should be able to sue people and organisations , factories etc. posting nonsense and untruths like that because of the health risks , including the WHO, government funded organisations that supose to help you with cancer, health and whatever.

[@janedough6575]

Eventually we will be able to do away with lawnmowers since we’ll just be grazing on plants 😂

[@donnazavitz1095]

Sounds like a big sponsor happening here with this study 😉

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@donnazavitz1095 Dr Westman is funded by big meat .

[@whomadethatsaltysoup]

We see this nonsense being touted in the uncritical press all the time. For years we have been told that red meat causes cancer. More recently, the tabloids have been shouting from the rooftops about the link between red meat and diabetes. Upon closer examination, it turns out the language is much more vague, with statements along the lines of ‘may’ or ‘associated’ proceeding the claims. As we know, this could easily be replaced with may not, or not associated with.

[@erniewhite1382]

Eric you are a legend

[@diehlpicklecafe7807]

Can you address in a future video about the new research done on IL-11?

[@mo-javihug7732]

Sounds like they were giving them a glycation drink

[@Alecmcq]

Dr Eric: it is not a fallacy, it is a lie. Let’s call a spade a spade.

[@m.bamenimoghadam8553]

Thanks. You are amazing.

[@abelovedflame]

Great info...thanks!

[@billtrudell1636]

Well the problem is people in the media who like shocking headlines to get views and likes and comments by taking a study that shows a reaction to basically be used as a basis for further research. There’s nothing wrong with it except when people use it to push an agenda.

[@jazzk4072]

Evil. These people are evil.

[@db857]

No it doesn’t

[@donaldmcpherson3226]

Great inductive and deductive leaps, Batman! The wall is blue, therefore a pig has three ears.

[@ArgosySpecOps]

The heart is made out of protein

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

Cars are made of metal . Better fuel your car with saucepans.

[@ArgosySpecOps]

@@julienfroidevaux1143 protein is a building material, and suboptimal as fuel substrate. Try again.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@ArgosySpecOps The greatest athletes of all time are vegan such as Novac Docakvich, Carl Lewis , Martina Natarolva, Lewis Hamilton, Ryan Stills . Why aren't keto carnivore types competing at this level ?

[@ArgosySpecOps]

@@julienfroidevaux1143 who the fuq is talking about keto or carnivore?

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

@@ArgosySpecOps This is a keto carnivore channel .

[@bert_buikema]

Who on earth would fund such a study???? Let me think....

[@alexandrustefanmiron7723]

Does breathing kills you?

[@Misskitty15]

Dr Westman, I've seen a couple of utubes saying eating butter for a day helps get rid of insulin resistance. Is there any truth to that? Also, is your body holding onto fat, a symptom? How can one tell if they have or don't have insulin resistance after being on very low carb (under 20 gms and less) for years? Thank you!!!❤

[@Trahloc]

If you need to do a glucose test because your doctor wants one the general consensus seems to be, eat carbs a few days beforehand to get your body primed for eating carbs again. If you go directly from carnivore to drinking a bunch of sugar (which is what that test is) you will likely get a false failure. Nick Norwitz, metabolism phd working on his md, has a video talking about it.

[@robyn3349]

Thank you!

[@yonex82]

I thought a high blood sugar leads to heart diseases? Where do we find sugar or carbs in a high protein diet? Make that make sense please.

[@versewriter8123]

Excess protein is converted into glucose in the liver

[@sudasummers9111]

Can you address keto and UC. Is it doable?

[@clivegreen1454]

Atkinson had problems with hypertension I googled his health history he looked not to well Al the negative about keto makes you wonder

[@beekarinsaan]

Anyone know why eggs seem to raise blood pressure?

[@TamzRod]

I didn't know that. i eat eggs many many eggs.

[@beekarinsaan]

@@TamzRod I am doing low carb diet and every time I have eggs with or without steak I'll notice a spike of 10 to 15 points in my blood pressure. Especially the top number.

[@mp7925]

I did well to stop following DeLauer years ago.

[@erniewhite1382]

Carnivore for 2 years Eric and thriving 👍

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

Who ever does your editing, can they equalize your sound? I have to turn you way up and can still barely hear you, then when you play the clip of what you are reviewing, it is so loud I have to turn it way down. Also your closing music is much louder than your voice.

[@Zak6959]

Nature magazine is so good. Why are they publishing this kind of crap. Unless they’re getting paid to do it,which wouldn’t surprise me in this day and age. hypothetically of course.

[@Moderationisamyth]

How is our species here today if that idea was true? The proof is in the pudding.

[@jamescokl3]

Everything is bad for you.

[@CoryHobbs2178]

They inadvertently proved that seed oils and refined sugars cause atherosclerosis LMAO

[@breg9476]

the sad thing is that I know people who would fall for this garbage.

[@DK-pr9ny]

Don’t waste your time on this video..

[@blackbandit1290]

Protein isolate, isn't that the stuff that's left over after they take out all the good things? Plant based as well I think, from soy beans?

[@TamzRod]

😂😂

[@chuckylamb4398]

Laughable

[@loewenberg11]

Ridiculos bad science!

[@demandafeforever5959]

This is never ending madness