Shocking Results! 1st Ever Human Controlled Trial on Intermittent Fasting - Doctor Reacts

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In this video, Dr. Eric Westman reviews recent studies on intermittent fasting and its comparison with caloric restriction. He discusses the impact of fasting on insulin sensitivity, oxidative stress, and metabolic health, while critiquing current research methods. Dr. Westman also explores the benefits of fasting within a low-carb or ketogenic diet and offers insights into how to match dietary practices with individual metabolism.
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[@videowatcheriAlberta]

I very much value Dr. Westman's calm, open-minded and knowledgable approach.

[@Corsina]

I can't watch DeLauer anymore. I learned so much from him when he was Keto and such, but his opinion changes with every study he reads anymore. This is true, but this is true, now this is true, but this is the real truth. It's actually quite frustrating. I have a hard time getting even 5 minutes into any of his videos anymore, which is why I've pretty much stopped watching him unless he's interviewing Chaffee or somebody like that.

[@markotrieste]

Ditto

[@pragmatic111]

I feel the same way. He loses me in the technical stuff

[@ianstuart5660]

Agreed, unwatchable!

[@masterchiefburgess]

Can't agree with you more! His views change as frequently as the weather; He also cannot interpret the studies - he has NO training in statistical inference, so he just reads the abstract and conclusions and accepts them as gospel. When new studies come out, I watch Prof. Bart Kay, because he IS trained in statistical inference, and he analyses the RAW data. Guess what they almost NEVER align with the study conclusion, and almost all of the time, the data is RUBBISH! I stopped following him almost two years ago.

[@Dick_Justice_304]

This.

[@cherylking1459]

If I don't eat dinner, I want breakfast. I am trying to eat when I feel hungry, not because of what time it is.

[@davidprice7224]

Eating later in the evening can prolong blood sugar spikes and therefore increased insulin levels. Check out Dr. Ben Bickmans new book "how not to get sick" It's all about insulin resistance and dietary scheduling. You might enjoy it.

[@cassandrabond2315]

Me too

[@CristianDiaz-p5g]

Your first meal of the day is your breakfast no matter the time. In fact, fasting means "not eating." But the sake of this conversation, your last meal of the day is your dinner whether is at 12 PM, 3 PM, 7 PM, OR 10 PM.

[@privatesuzie4071]

@@CristianDiaz-p5gmy understanding is there are very real time related reasons for eating when the sun is up or when sun is down. I think everyone is different in terms of habit and even biology, but I think evolutionarily there is something to the time of day we eat. Having said that, most people cannot tell when they are hungry….I dont like to eat before 10 each day, prefer to eat only twice a day and have last meal by 7 when my metabolism naturally begins to slow down.

[@privatesuzie4071]

If i eat to satiety for breakfast I do not get hungry till 4-5.

[@Standupuk]

For the past 20 years, I've only had one meal aday. I have no idea why I got into this routine, maybe just laziness on my part. I was always ill in and out of the doctors. Last November, I saw a video on KZbin about carnivores. I've been on carnivore since last November, and I've lost 3 stone. All my ailments have gone, and I'm putting on muscle mass. I'm still eating one meal aday but now I'm eating the right food, fatty meat diary and fish. I'm 57 and thought my life was over. Now it's just beginning.

[@ItsWhat__]

Congratulations on the change ! Enjoy it !

[@aleksandrazimpel8097]

I love your story! It’s just the beginning! ❤

[@TyrianHaze]

The fatty meat is the part that a lot of people don't understand about these diets. They are still living under the "eat lean meat to be healthy" mantra of yesteryear when they should be eating the fattiest meat they can find. I eat some turkey hot dogs to break my fast at around 12PM, and I add a bunch of beef tallow on top to make them even more fatty. Delicious, nutritious, and it packs so much fat that I remain in ketosis with ease until around dinner time. Sometimes I eat carbs around dinner time, so only eating a fatty breakfast helps to keep me in that fasted state as long as possible.(preferably to just consume fatty meat for dinner though!)

[@svietka202]

I'm sorry but I have absolutely no idea how much is three stone

[@Stripple70]

@@svietka202 6.3 kgs or 14 lb to 1 stone. Stones are an old English measurement

[@comfortcreekranch4948]

If I eat Breakfast, I eat MORE OFTEN that day! Eating breakfast triggers me to hunger more throughout that day!!! I am eating KETOGENIC mostly fatty meats diet. Postponing the first meal… helps me eat less often. God Bless You!

[@blaze1148]

...yup - haven't eaten anything before 2pm for a few years now.

[@michaelwoehl8822]

I have never ate breakfast, did eat a lot of carbs however which did hurt me.

[@foxontheedge]

Same here

[@JanJazT]

Sometimes I have the opposite problem. A lot of times if I don't eat a significant amount of food during my first meal I'm hungry at night. Sometimes for me eating earlier in the day and kind of stopping before 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. has helped me more to not binge eat

[@159awi]

I've found the same to be true.

[@Max-cd8fm]

Eating before 12/1pm always increases my hunger throughout the rest of the day 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@cag19549]

If you want to know about intermittent fasting listen to Jason Fung not Tom DeLauer. One has medical credentials and works with sick people and one doesn't. Guess which is which? 🤨

[@Billy97ify]

Not the credentials so much. Jason works with patients and has observed their results. Also he has studied metabolism. DeLauer just looks at junk studies and does not even examine the methods.

[@iss8504]

Delauer is confusing. Maybe okay to hear one study but I would be a mess if I tried to do all the things he says because they are all contradicting

[@rsolom6]

He is just some guy on the internet. His own words lol😂

[@Billy97ify]

@@iss8504 He is just out to make money with his channel clicks. He jumps on every thing that comes by. None of these studies are well designed.

[@chippywelsh9040]

I agree, Jason Fung is ‘the’ expert on IF

[@Okaybob]

I don't care for Tom Delauer.

[@levitastic]

he's been grifting for like 10 years now

[@andrewiecisa2907]

Didn't he quit keto some years ago?

[@stevec3872]

A big ditto from me on that. I had enough of him a few years ago.

[@blaze1148]

@@levitastic ....just like Dr Gundry.

[@dianejones4276]

He flip flops too much for me. ​@@levitastic

[@MrNoucfeanor]

I love DeLauer, but the mans content is nothing but a series of contradictions.

[@Mhantrax]

Same, I unsubscribed from him, not because he didn't have some quality information at one time, but I feel he has now fully embraced the quality of content over quality and some sort of unified presentation of information. Then, I changed my life with IF. So now I am supposed to believe that it is useless and, "over?" I haven't missed him. edit: Also, I keep my carbohydrates quite low. I feel most IF people have come to understand the need for this.

[@jamesphasman3922]

Can you explain how to read a Cleveland Heart Lab report to determine if ldl is small dense or large fluffy? Had to fire my cardio doc because he would not explain it and wanted me on a PCSK9 med 👎🏼👎🏼

[@MrNoucfeanor]

@@jamesphasman3922 I honestly don't know. I eat low-carb/zero carb, so I don't worry about LDL. I hope you find the answers you're looking for!

[@Mhantrax]

@@jamesphasman3922 I read (actually listened to, as it was an audiobook) an amazing explanation by Robert Lustig in his book Metabolical. It was one of the two sections that he said he understood if people skip due to its level of technicality. The other one was the deepest levels of biochemistry in the cells, down the the mitochondria. One of the most amazing books I have ever experienced. Anyway, I obviously can't replicate it here, but there's a start, anyway. He does a lot of KZbin interviews, maybe he has described it there? There is also Paul Mason with Low Carb Down Under. Now there's an underrated doctor.

[@jamesphasman3922]

@@Mhantrax thank you. I am amazed the a cardiologist could not explain this to me. I will search Lustig info

[@jackiefields1607]

I eat a low carb diet with 2 meals a day in an eating window between 8a.m. and 4p.m. It works beautifully for me. On the few occasions that I’ve eaten later, I found that I didn’t sleep as well as I usually do.

[@johnutube5651]

Mine is 06.30 a.m. and anywhere from 12.30 p.m. to 02.30 p.m. Very rarely I eat dinner around 9.00 p.m. just before lab blood draw for glucose test annually. My sleep is not affected even if I eat late.

[@myrhev]

I find it is different for me. If I go too long before bed without eating, I have acid reflux and stomach pains. I need to eat about two hours before bed, but it needs to be something small in the ballpark of about 100 to 150 calories.

[@CitizenKETO]

Went keto, gave up breakfast. Saves on cooking and washing up. Lost 35kg and stopped snoring. Win win!

[@Glen.Black.]

Personally, what I have noticed, in regards to weight loss specifically, is there is almost a parabolic effect of the amount of weight lost, with the longer the fast is. I'm talking that a 23 hr fast gave me massively better results than a 16 hour fast.

[@PrometricUSA]

I went carnivore 3 1/2 months ago.. used to always eat oatmeal every morning.. always hungry.. now I eat 2 hard boiled eggs and 10 to 12 ounces of meat every day and usually scrambled eggs for dinner. My window is between 9am and 5 pm.. Thats it. I’m 60, 5’10” now almost down to my high school weight of 160 down from 196. Stomach is flat, went from a 36 to 30/32 waist.. unbelievable what the diet has done…

[@dianejones4276]

That sounds like a good strategy to me. Are you male or female, if that is not to personal ? Thanks

[@TheReluctantCarnivore]

We’re so similar. I’m 56. 5’10” Carnivore and went from 195 to 160. I eat 3 eggs with 5-6 pieces of bacon about 8:30am. Steak or hamburger at 4:30-5pm. That’s it. No hunger issues at all in between meals.

[@debiwillis9045]

Calorie restriction

[@philais]

It only gets better PrometricUSA. I am 2 1/2 years in to carnivore and I am 67

[@timmi5100]

Das höert sich gut an. Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@touchofgrace3217]

Back when I was carb adapted, eating breakfast did make me hungrier all day but now that I eat mostly fat and protein, I am more satisfied during the day and rarely think about food.

[@Premium_Water]

well put thats how I am.

[@IQTech61]

If I eat a proper breakfast, I often don't feel like eating the rest of the day. For me, that means a high fat, moderate protein and low to zero carb breakfast.

[@judytucker9836]

If I eat breakfast I snack all day. Thank You Dr Westman for all you do 🙏❤️

[@svietka202]

first of all I'm really glad to see that you have gotten sponsorships it's about time because it's well deserved because you are truly one of the few totally trustworthy doctors out there

[@JYAN2852]

Not a fan of DeLauer nor LMNT. Tom's videos are all over the place depending on which product he is advertising in his videos. LMNT is a scam. It is just 90% expensive refined sea salt

[@jeffmonroe9766]

Well said Tom is more about impressing folks with big words and selling folks lmnt or other some such.

[@terised]

Very surprised Dr Westman agreed to be sponsored by LMNT. Not something I ever imagined he'd do.

[@excalibro8365]

@@terised The amount of sponsor money he got for it must've been too sweet to turn away

[@melissaandrews1603]

I do eat breakfast, but I call it my first meal of the day. It depends on how I feel. Sometimes I eat at 10:00 am, but some days I might not eat until 1:00 pm. I just listen to my body.

[@terised]

Oh no, Dr Westman is hawking LMNT. Never thought he'd do anything like that. Wonder why?

[@engc4953]

It seems that every keto/carnivore influencer is promoting lmnt, getting nauseous. I salt my food with Redmonds, or Himalayan or fleur de sel and alternate with NU salt for potassium and supplement with magnesium glycinate 2x a day.

[@Kualabear02]

@@engc4953what’s wrong with LMNT? In your opinion

[@excalibro8365]

@@Kualabear02 Way too overpriced for something that does the same thing as Himalayan salt.

[@Kualabear02]

@@excalibro8365 ok, thank you.

[@foghornlh7592]

@@Kualabear02Nothing to me. I use when perspiring a lot, yard work, cycling an hour or more. Just a convenience product, not daily. Works great.

[@Bama_J]

I’ve intermittently fasted for 3 years. Im one of those that stay hungry if I eat breakfast.

[@masterchiefburgess]

Eric, in the strictest sense, break-fast IS the most important meal of the day. If we never had it, we'd starve to death. It's just that some of us have breakfast in the afternoon, or evening (2MAD, OMAD).

[@marcjames3487]

Nice point :)

[@CristianDiaz-p5g]

What counts is what you eat for breakfast. If one sees the first meal of the day as the most important, it just as important what one eats.

[@daddycool7543]

That is a very good point. Those are golden words for those that can understand

[@shaunabchapman]

Still waiting for DeLauer to fade into the sunset

[@ianstuart5660]

Why would he with thousands of adoring followers? 😂😂

[@charmingchonka5937]

If I eat first thing in the morning, I am ravenous all day. Fasting works for me. I’ve been doing this all my life. My mom would try and force me to eat before I went to school, but I just refused. I wasn’t hungry until lunch. I was fit and healthy. I am 70 years young.

[@aieahi1]

Dr. Jason Fung referred to a study that they gave insulin to people who were eating 200 or 300 calories under maintenance level. All gained weight.

[@karenbuchert3377]

Lmnt seems to have a giant profit margin on its products because they sponser many content creators in keto and carnivore space. I make my own mg, K, and sodium electrolytes.

[@amethystfeathers7324]

Yep, they're all promoting it. Ridiculously expensive for what it is.

[@zearrocks]

Keto's superpower is controlling the hunger hormones. Enjoying one meal a day plus a monthly 72 or 96 hour fast is my current working strategy. Trying to fast without ketones was a huge struggle but the benefits of keto and fasting far outweigh any temporary discomfort.

[@PaulbylPaulbyl]

When you do your 72 hour fast is it water only? Or do you supplement with electrolytes?

[@stevec3872]

Too often I find that seniors get lumped together when everyone else when we have different requirements, especially concerning protein. Don Layman, protein researcher and expert says that seniors should not fast because of their greater need to consume protein to increase lean muscle mass.

[@terised]

I'm 64 and do 18:6 IF while consuming plenty of protein, in the range of 150g, during my 2 meals. I also do strength training. If some seniors can't eat enough doing IF, then of course they should eat multiple small meals throughout the day. But don't lump all seniors together as being old and frail and lacking protein.

[@maryhines8865]

I appreciate any one who tells me a piece of the truth! No one is perfect, be kind

[@Lonesomerocky]

DeLaure tries to sound so knowledgeable that he sounds ridiculous. He lives throwning big words around and all he does is bore you to death...

[@marklong8608]

He always sounds like he paid a biology grad student to write his scripts. Lots of words, not enough context with the rest of the literature.

[@darvoid66]

After spending nearly 6 months so far eating keto in a 6 hour window ( I choose to eat from Noon to 6PM) and OMAD once per week, I'm shocked that anyone would want to eat 50% carbs in one day. I limit my carbs to 20 grams per day and sometimes daydream about eating 50 or 100 carbs one day when all this body fat is gone.

[@MrRabiddogg]

I'm mostly carnivore with a bit of veggies. I started with a Berg style keto with lots of salad and have toned down to where I am now. the Intermittent fasting only worked when I kicked carbs to the curb. Now, I only eat after I exercise for the most part. Days off from working out I only eat once a day.

[@ianstuart5660]

Any sense of negative effects since reducing most of the veggies?

[@MrRabiddogg]

@@ianstuart5660 nope. I've gone months without any plants and no issues. I drink coffee/tea, and eat a few green veggies but that is it.

[@ianstuart5660]

@@MrRabiddogg Excellent! That's what I was hoping to hear as I've experienced much the same!

[@michaelwoehl8822]

I do not listen to these corporate backed trials, Tom DeLauer interested me for awhile but he kept contradicting what he was pushing and I am not real hot on confusion.

[@johnp7739]

I don't trust the gov't, either. They're the ones who pushed the food pyramid, low saturated fat & cholesterol diets, etc. They've invested too much money and reputation into being right about those things.

[@hmlxur54]

Low carb is the key along with intermittent fasting

[@lassoingdraco]

66-year-old female here who became an OMAD well over a decade by choice to prevent nighttime GERD. Never could eat breakfast even as a kid. Sugary cereals, pancakes, greasy bacon or sausages all made me nauseated. Also intolerant to dairy, allergic to most grains, especially wheat. The sweet spot for eating my one meal is at 11 a.m. and finish by noon. I drink 2.5 liters of water with juice from a whole lemon and a pinch of sea salt throughout the day until 5 p.m. to prevent waking up to use the bathroom (don't want that type of "golden years").

[@judyfreeman5193]

When I was a carb burner breakfast used to make me hungrier all day long. I used to buck the science and skip breakfast to avoid this annoying problem. Now that I am a fat burner I only get hungry after a 72 hour fast. They say don't eat unless you are hungry but I eat because the food is going to taste wonderful and make me feel happy

[@BaebeasDogTrainingPortland]

If I eat breakfast I’m hungry all day. If I skip breakfast, I don’t need to eat until the end of the day.

[@citygalna4518]

Yes, eating breakfast makes me noticeably more hungry and leads me to eat more all.day.long. Recent move from long-term ketovore to meat-only carnivore.

[@Wendy8888]

I eat in the morning. Sometimes I have a second meal around noon or 1pm. I don't like eating in the afternoon or evening. I don't find that morning meals make me hungrier. It's so nice not to have to spend so much time eating multiple meals every day.

[@Mhantrax]

Thank you for mentioning the long human history of fasting. If I could reduce some of our modern problems, it would be that we somehow think we can design our food, environment and bodies better than nature has over the past 1.5 million years. If we are talking about industrialized food, what is that, 300 years in the human race? How about farming, maybe 10,000 years in the human race? When talking about the time humans have been literally just living in nature as nature intended, even my son understands those numbers. Here is what he said, "10,000 years out of 1.5 million? That's pretty much 1.5 million years." Exactly, son. Human genetic and body evolution doesn't happen much, if at all, in that small flash of time.

[@mariad1151]

W hawking Element after all😢 Said he wouldn't 💲💲

[@blaze1148]

....I just eat real food....I hope Dr Westman isn't selling out.

[@alycep.5886]

That's when I turned it off. Pitiful hawking an expensive drink made with cheap potassium chloride.

[@ianstuart5660]

​@alycep.5886 Potassium chloride is cheap, but is it hard on liver and kidneys to your knowledge?

[@ianstuart5660]

Yes, it's somewhat disappointing, Maria!

[@dianejones4276]

Dr Westman, why are you going the LMNT way? Is the money too good to pass up? Every utuber and their mother sells it. Why you too? The reason I watch you is I thought you had more integrity than that!

[@mariad1151]

Good news about fasting. Good for folks who want to eat more healthful carbs. Apparently they could still improve Insulin resistance & reduce appetite even at 50% carbohydrate 👍

[@thomassaddul6070]

I fasted 18 to 20 hours per day for almost 3 years now.

[@kristabrenner7438]

i am surrounded with sugar. when i am eating low carbs, i am not interested in all the baked, blended, boiled , creamed or purchased deserts. when i go off my program and eat sweet food ,i want more and all the time. sickening keto makes me normal, not hungry and happy, thank you dr. westmam. i trust you the most.

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

Love the Redmond Re-lyte electrolytes over LMNT for a better electrolyte profile

[@MrNoucfeanor]

Adding a packet or two of true lime, with your preferred electrolyte mix, is delicious!

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

@@MrNoucfeanor here in Colombia I have a lime tree in the back yard. Fresh squeezed lime is awesome

[@ianstuart5660]

Dr. AJ, is potassium chloride a harsh supplement to use in your experience?

[@MrNoucfeanor]

@@DrAJ_LatinAmerica Now you're just bragging... Cheers from Texas!

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

@@ianstuart5660 No, that is a very standard form of potassium. And with all things, follow your doctor's recommendations for dosage. Even too much of a good thing, can be bad.

[@randomtechotherstuff144]

I like to skip the most important meal of the day everyday lol. Breakfast makes me want to eat everything in sight all day for some reason.

[@Tammy-zr9zw]

Skipping supper has been FANTASTIC for my IBS. I fast for 18 hrs every day. I’ll never go back. 😊

[@nmn5550]

Actually, if I don't eat I feel less energetic. Harder to concentrate. After breakfast (almost always bacon n eggs) I get energy until afternoon. 35th day on Carnivore.

[@davidsanderson7948]

What happened to the following (that’s still in the description of this LMNT-sponsored video)? “We do not promote or endorse affiliate links and/or products unless they are our own.”

[@philliphartman2381]

Eating meat doesn't make me want to eat more, eating carbs does. My guess is the body's satiation gauge is linked to protein, so carbs, being low in protein, the body signals us to continue eating what we're eating until we've consumed enough protein. When I eat a bag of chips, I can't resist eating the whole bag and then I'm still hungry. That's 400 kcal. If I eat a bag of jerky, which is pure protein, I'm totally full after 100 kcal.

[@kevintappminville195]

Yes! Eating early in the day make me more hungry later in the day!

[@priit7777]

4:01 OMAD is not 24h fasting like you say in the video. It's more like 20-23h fasting, because your "one meal" takes from 1h to 4h, depending on your meal duration. Usually you call it 20-4 or 22-2 or 23-1. Noone ever says they do 24-0 OMAD.

[@ralph6270]

I find I'm not hungry until late afternoon, that is IF I don't put the first bite in my mouth. If I have just a bite of something at noon, then I am hungry, if I just drink coffee or tea or water I can easily go to 2 or 4 before feeling hungry.

[@amethystfeathers7324]

Me too. Also I find eating that way is a very simple way to not want anything after that meal. No hunger,no cravings

[@ConnieDozier]

Eating breakfast makes me hungrier the rest of the day. I practice 16/8 time restricted eating and try to stay under 50 total grams carbs a day. I eat mostly meat, certain vegetables and low carb fruits.

[@peterholt4806]

I've been on 5:2 for 14 years, and low refined carb for 8, and time restricted for 5. The 5:2 years got me through "hunger". I started to accept hunger and not have it gnawing away at me, so my fasting days weren't days of dread. Low carb was easy. I hadn't had sugar for years, except for UPFs, so, I just reduced wheat and UPFs. I was clearly Insulin Resistant at this time so, by lowering any Insulin, my symptoms got better. 3 inches off the waist and no sleepy feelings. I'm 70 now, and all my peers are putting on the inches, lack energy for exercise and sleep/doze every day. I am now releasing fuel (fat) any time I have a 24 hour fast (twice a week) and have all the energy I need. I believe that it is overcoming the effects of Insulin Resistance that enable you to feel fine on reduced calories. With IR life is just miserable if you try to restrict calories.

[@sandragorski5243]

It depends what I eat in the morning if I want to eat more. If I have just protein then I’m satisfied most of the day. But if I add a carb like fruit starving

[@audreywitko1445]

Breakfast ALWAYS made me have greater hunger throughout the day, especially if it was high carb! Since IF fasting, no such issue.

[@wallhagens2001]

The earlier I eat in the day, the more I end up eating. Even on carnivore.

[@thzzzt]

I've been on OMAD for about a month, and while I agree it has health benefits, what I really like is the logistics: Who wants to do the dishes, clean the kitchen, and decide what to eat 3 times per day? OMAD saves SO much time.

[@kinkle_Z]

Yes. Breakfast makes me want to eat more but more importantly - morning coffee makes me want to eat more. I try to keep a 6 hr eating window so I break my fast at around 11 am and finish dinner around 5 pm.

[@TyrianHaze]

I started off with intermittent fasting, but then I learned about keto and carnivore. I am not full carnivore, but I basically combine intermittent fasting with carnivore with some carbs added in once in a while. The goal is to remain in ketosis as much as possible, and to keep sugar levels as flat as possible.

[@PistolPete3322]

50% carbs!? That’s crazy.

[@Dani-jo9yr]

Hate breakfast- never did it!so happy for it!

[@thecrazyenglishman1066]

Eating breakfast, defiantly makes me feel hungry, sooner; but if I ride the initial urge to eat in the morning, the hunger goes away.

[@JoanneMartin-d3b]

I eat from 11 am to 4 or 5.

[@EyesOnCarnivore]

Yes always hungry for lunch if I eat breakfast and always hungry for dinner if I eat lunch on any diet. Now I eat once or twice per day as I see fit.

[@trinade3732]

You SHOULD BE hungry at YOUR subscribed meal time! MOST people can not get enough protein with only 2 meals and never in one meal, unless you are a body builder and work out everyday! All keto or carnivore KZbin influence doctors encourage a MINIMUM of 1 g of protein per body weight some even recommending 1.8 to 2 grs per meal. You're just not going to get that in 1 or 2 meals without lose skeleton muscle. Most can't use or absorb more than 30 grs and your body can store access as fat in body. They also discourage drinking protein drinks more than a few times a week. I am carnivor and eat 4 times a day in a 16-8 eating window, 4 hrs between. My largest meal is always my first with 2 eggs 4 oz steak and 1/2 avacado. I grind organic chicken thighs and combine with grass-feed beef for a 60 beef/40 chicken ratio 7 oz patty with avocado. Then a 6oz steak and finish my day light with salmon or a can of sardines. Then 2 weeks keto, 30-50 carbs a day, then fast for 36 hrs and ease into carnivore once again for as long as body says. It's simple, flexible, yet a non boring way of eating for years. Still hard-working and active at 75 and 125 lbs. Blessings

[@thomasholt9202]

Took you class. Studied a lot (Taubes, Bikman, Lustig, et al) Never eat before noon - just not hungry. The biggest issue is a small amount of food craving in the evening. Otherwise, just not hungry. Live in the Raleigh area and about to suggest to a friend that he makes an appt with you.

[@Billy97ify]

If you are eating carbs the fasting dynamic will be different than that of an keto eater. It takes time to get fat adapted. That will defeat short fasts for the glucose eaters. They get some benefit but they won't use much stored fat.

[@hardtruth2039]

In my mind if 50% of your diet is carbohydrates you are eating junk food.

[@ianstuart5660]

Definitely!

[@luisochoa731]

I'm 85 to 95% carnivore [coffee and some seasonings] I never tried to do fasting >>> fasting found me... most of the time one meal a day, very seldom 2. I've only lost 150lbs in one year.😂😂😂

[@dianejones4276]

ONLY? I would be so grateful for 20!

[@JAnn319]

Having Breakfast does not make me hungry. I am a morning person. I eat 2x a day. I do have to eat dinner 5-6pm, otherwise I'll wake up in the middle of the night

[@YevKS]

Regarding breakfast, it does not affect my appetite whether I have breakfast after I wake up or later in the day. I typically eat keto and sometimes I do intentional prolonged fasting (1-5 days depending on how I feel). No processed foods at all, very important. No stimulating foods, activities, or thoughts. In my case I think that keeping a calm mind is what keeps the body calm. Praying every day a few times and attending the church services helps a lot with that in my case. Hope it helps somebody.

[@shdwbnndbyyt]

All I know that a very low carb diet makes my health issue symptoms fade away, and when I do intermittent fasting, I even get better.

[@jporter504]

2 meals a day. About 10AM and 5PM. Less than 10 carbs a day. High fat and protein. 90 days in. Showing all signs of being in ketosis (hoped to lose 5 pounds but lost 12, went through keto flu, muscle cramping, can go long time not being hungry). Blood ketones only .4 or .5. I guess it takes time to adapt.

[@malcolmcooke9901]

Less than 10 carbs a day? I take it that's a typo?

[@craigjory1875]

Dr Westman. I noticed you are recommending LMNT. I love their electrolytes but they have maltodextrin in the formula if you go on their website. Should I be avoiding it? Can you do a video on why this would not be a concern?

[@connieh.4689]

For several years my eating window has been 10 to 4:00 p.m. over the last two years I've gained 10 lbs. So 3 weeks ago I changed my eating window 7 to 2:00 p.m. I lost 6 lb. Who knew? I'm going to stick with this protocol as long as it's working.

[@Dee-743]

Intermittent fasting has ALWAYS been helpful and part is of my weight loss regimens, even before keto/carnivore. I will remain on that path. It has always worked for me.

[@gregfagan38]

200mg of Potassium per packet. Human body needs 4k plus daily. So, simply consume 20 packets a day while fasting to get your daily dose of potassium. Sodium is EASY to get as is Magnesium.

[@pattyv341]

I didn't expect to see a commercial in a Dr W video. Maybe professor Bikman laid his charm on him and he couldn't resist! 😅

[@joannpierce5514]

Way too many ads and I gave up trying to get to your point

[@jeCktHeReal]

I was shocked by the LMNT segment of the video especially where Dr. Westman said he uses it "pretty much every day in his own life" why would one do such a thing? Is it great and often necessary for people starting their fat-adaptation? Absolutely, as Dr. Westman has also pointed that out. Should anyone take electrolytes after being adapted to a well formulated proper human diet? Absolutely not. Eat enough protein in one sitting to avoid any potential electrolyte imbalance issues.

[@dollydelights]

LMNT has Maltodextrin in the flavored versions and they do not list it!

[@shiplesp]

It would be helpful if you could link to the studies discussed in these videos. Or at least give the complete title and authors so we can find it.

[@dianecummins4168]

Eating food before noon doesn't make me hungry unless its eggs. Eggs make me hungry.

[@ronaldlenz5745]

I'm disappointed that Dr. Westman is hawking LMNT. Everyone needs to make a buck, but IMO it tarnishes his message. I just salt my eggs/meat and take a multivitamin/mineral and don't have cramps or other signs of electrolyte deficiency. I eat eggs scrambled in butter 11-Noon, and meat and small veg at 5 p.m. Blood numbers are great. Also walk 3.5 - 5 miles a day.

[@johnng4425]

This is a great & interesting topic and thanks to Dr Westman. I've listened half way in & haven't learned much. If the host would avoid using ambiguous words like "this" or 'that" and summarize either at the beginning or at the end would be very helpful for the audience. Thanks again.

[@elkiton]

There is a division here into two groups, those wanting diets to lose weight, and those looking to keto or fasting for ongoing health. Un fortunately those trying and failing to lose weigh blame the diets, whatever they are. The excess weight is the problem and most of it is in the mind. Having lost 30 kg, I can now fast for 24 hours daily , and 60 hours weekly, regularly. My body on low carb after 4 years can be fed at will and feast and famine is ideal.....for me.

[@Crumpman]

I've noticed that during the week, while working, I don't get hungry until lunch or later. Sometimes I don't feel the need to eat until dinner at 5 or 6ish. On the weekends, I eat breakfast with my family. I get HUNGRY HUNGRY again just a few hours later. I just figured it was because I was busy at work and didn't think about eating. I guess that could be a small part of it though.

[@coweatsman]

I have not eaten breakfast in a few years and do not feel hungry during the day. There is a factoid that says "breakfast is the most important meal in the day". This was a Kellogg's marketing meme in the 1940s for obvious reasons. Some people need breakfast or their blood sugar levels will drop but probably they are on a high carb diet and may be on their way to metabolic illness. As far as preserving meat only being a recent thing, yes and no. Various hunter gathering societies would dry their meant to make it last longer and before refrigeration meats were preserved by salting. Meats like salami, liverwust, meatwust, corn beef, etc are all examples of pre-refrigeration preservation.

[@larrysiders1]

18/6 [1st very low carb Meal @ Noon] was the only way I could get enough protein (3 meals) while keeping Insulin levels low enough to keep my Triglycerides/ HDL below 1.... & where A1C's stay below 5.2%. Ave 2 lbs lost per week...done (successfully) for Pre-Diabetes. Continuing because it cured Brain Fog episodes.

[@sylvieking7262]

Eating breakfast that includes eggs after a 16 hour fast makes me feel satisfied all day until around 4:00 pm . I have supper at 5:00 and then don’t find the need to eat anything in the evening. It works every time for me.

[@mariad1151]

Doesn't the source video have to be posted somewhere for us to view for for ourselves? Is the research he cites in this video cited anywhere?

[@Joe-bg9gi]

Dude, why do you have to jump on the promoting LMNT bandwagon. So tired of these once good channels getting greedy and push LMNT. You start to lose your credibility when you push products.

[@jazzk4072]

Dr Pelz explains really well how fasting length effects the body - 6/12/18/24/38/42 etc.

[@mattfisano]

Nooooo, you sold out to ELMT. Over price crap.

[@Cofcos]

I also wonder at the difficulty in sticking to the diet was considered. Ease of consistency, compared to caloric restriction, is one of the main benefits of all forms of fasting and is shared with meal plans where all your meals are prepared and provided to you.

[@kimwilder545]

The main reason I don’t eat breakfast is because it makes me want to eat lunch and snack and eat supper. If I don’t eat it, I can go a lot longer before, I actually get hungry. My head has strong hunger pains often, but my stomach does not. It’s like my body is on track but a part of my brain stays hungry. I personally think that it’s like a spoiled child and if it doesn’t get what it wants, it throws a fit! Just like parents, it’s my own fault because I’m the one who trained it that way! 😄

[@seanlevoy9446]

Love you, Dr. Westman

[@LernGuru]

We have heard again and again that because of the hormonal setting, mornings are the best for eating. Well, if I do have breakfast, something within me switches, and I am in feeding mode. And this lasts all day long. I can with a bit of an effort get away with only 3 meals (keto / carnivore) but I do feel a bit hungry. Since I want to be able to move I do not eat until I am stuffed like a Lion but only eat until I feel satisfied, but a few hours later, I feel the urge to eat. However, if I skip breakfast, I can do OMAD or TMAD with a feeding window of 1-4.5 hours without problems. But this meal or these 2 meals have to be somewhere between 4:30 PM and 9 PM. Otherwise, I am having trouble to get to sleep.

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

There are SO many variables in studies like this that they become basically noise.