The Disturbing Truth About Vitamin D Pills (Instead Do This) | Dr. McDougall Health & Medical Center

[@SeanHillofficial]

It's so refreshing to hear medical professionals tell the truth about the industry and provide tips to live healthy. Much respect to this doctor! God bless!

[@smallfootprint2961]

Love the whiskers, and the sun glow. You are like kids when you talk about having fun, with your grandkids. So glad you gave us the wisdom of the 'Starch Solution.' You have made a big difference in my life.

[@milobickmore1053]

Aloha from the Hilo area . I wish you could have came to Veg Fest in Hilo on July 8 . Love you .

[@mike.999]

Regarding the question about tolerance against heat, I can confirm that I have a much better tolerance to the heat in southern Spain (where I live part time) after switching to an exclusive whole plants diet. The difference is HUGE. I think my significant weight loss plays a big role in this phenomen.

[@blee309]

Yes I have gotten very thin and the heat doesn't bother me as much! I live in South Carolina and can go without air conditioning almost all the summer. If it gets over 90 I turn on the air a few hours but turn off at night! My husband is the same and we really don't care for air conditioning. So cold in the stores! Thank you this has been a great show!

[@lana7422]

Always enjoy listening to you and Mary. Both of you look great. Vacation did you guys good.

[@bonniemullen4990]

I agree 👍💯

[@spoudaois]

I'm a surgeon, and its true. Obesity makes surgery much more difficult, and there are increased wound infections.

[@jj-bp3fr]

It would help if doctors were educated in nutrition in medical school, so they can educate patients and ACTUALLY HEAL PEOPLE, but unfortunately doctors say there's no connection between food and health bc if there were healthy people there'd be no $$$.

[@noellecuisine8912]

As always thank you all 3 for this discussion! Warm greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱! We oh so miss doctors like you here !

[@TimoRajala]

Very interesting and educating hour with the McDougalls, as usual. Thank you. I have some recent experience with changing diets which you might find interesting. I am a 54y male living in Stockholm, Sweden. I was on the low carb high fat (LCHF) diet for about 13 years, almost everyday with less than 50 grams of carbs per day. But I realized that my glucose tolerance, or should I say insulin resistance?, has become very bad after such a long time on a low carb diet. So, I switched to a WFPB low fat diet in January to test if it will fix the root cause to insulin resistance, which is claimed to be the fat in the diet. And yes, testing with a CGM clearly shows a MUCH better tolerance of glucose, I would say it's a normal rise after a high carb meal nowadays, compared to sky high levels when on a low carb high fat diet. I also noticed after switching diets that my tolerance to cold became worse, when the weather is cold I'm freezing considerably more. On the other hand, my heat tolerance seems better in the warm summer. I guess getting your energy from fat (ketones) is practical in winter to keep you warm, and getting energy mainly from sugar is best in the summer to be more heat tolerant. So, besides a high fat diet allegedly making you sick in the long run it's quite practical when living in a cold country as Sweden :-) But I choose to freeze in winter (or use warmer clothes...) and be well in the long run.

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

Insulin resistance normally occurs in people as a result normally of excess fat/lipid levels in the cells and blood. One of the jobs of insulin is fat storage (necessary, although usually secondary in the moment to glucose metabolism and uptake, it's still important). Insulin resistance will happen though if too much fat over time is stored, to stop obesity and fat satiation in cells beyond their natural capacity to store it. Ketosis, long term, is a state normally reflecting metabolic sickness and/or starvation amelioration: throughout the animal kingdom. It's got little to do with seasons or weather, except in as much as glucose and sometimes secondarily, plant protein sources have been much scarcer in places where humans have not traditionally lived in our early history - e.g. the excessively very cold or very hot places. (Wonderful and beautiful as it can be, I lived there for a period in my youth - I think we could put Sweden for most of its history in the former camp... :)) Sounds like you've been misinformed sadly a long time about this? Have you been, or are, type 2 diabetic? That is normally 100% reversible, with excess fat coming out of cells via a healthy starch based diet. Feel free to check out Dr M's presentations on YT for diabetes, and the website materials. Best to you.

[@TimoRajala]

@@JohnDoe-xk1dv I am not (and have not been) a diabetic. But I'm interested in health and diets and trying to figure out what is best in the long run. Trying to have an open mind. But it's quite confusing to say the least, because the low carb high fat camp can show a bunch of studies showing good results with the diet, and a lot of positive testimonials from people. When looking at the opposite, the high carb low fat camp, there's also studies showing good results and positive testimonials. But there are a couple of things I think is strong evidence, in the favor of WFPB low fat: * Angiograms clearly showing a reversal of heart disease (Esselstyn and Ornish). I have not seen this type of evidence with the LCHF diet. * People with diabetes type 1 increasing the carb intake dramatically, at the same time decreasing their insulin doses. They know exactly how much insulin they use each day so this is good proof. I have seen videos explaining this at the "Mastering Diabetes" YT channel with Cyrus and Robby. It's consistent with what you say, the problem is the fat.

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

@@TimoRajala bear in mind what Dr M has said about bias in research here - and where money and industry get involved. People that sell animal products and oil are desperate to see weight loss and reduced calories for temporary blood number gains they can publish, by getting people into ketosis. That can create confusion, but those numbers are temporary,(as are the testimonials). And that's the problem Many folk I've also noticed with the McD program and similar found health after trying and failing with low carb and ketogenic, after realising these are not sustainable. It's not then a surprise that several credible meta reviews now suggest increased all cause mortality and reduced life span from low carb and ketogenic diets. Otherwise, you're spot on with your points. And the Mastering Diabetes channel is indeed terrific from what I've seen of it :))

[@11235Aodh]

I (as female even) tolerate cold much better after losing weight and being on the starch diet. I'd assume it would be the other way around because i'm slimmer.

[@11235Aodh]

@@TimoRajala Check out dr. Peter Rogers, he'll put the biochemistry in the talks about nutrition. He'll explain why fat is bad and what it does to our cells. He follows dr. McDougall himself so his overall message is pretty much the same, it just helped me understand things a lot better.

[@tinalaplaca6638]

Enjoyed your live this evening.....awesome good info. Keep sharing your knowledge....we all need it for sure ❤

[@ovidiumoro5470]

plant based foods makes you more adaptable to heat for sure! especialy when fruits are in large volumes during sunny days

[@shirleywolff611]

Love the whiskers and the healthy glow, Dr. John. You all look rested. Thanks for another great session!

[@pastryshack551]

I am of carribean decent, have always listen to Dr John, but my problem at 112 lbs pressure 93 over 49, my sugar goes to 12.5 after 1hour of eating g cabbage, ushrooms, onions and tomatoes for breakfast my morning readings were 5.4 before breakfast. I can't get an answer as to why it's so high, but I have come to the conclusion I should not worry about it anymore, because I am doing all the right things. I am never sick, I am in my 78th year I am a type 2 Diabetic. Had a vitamin d test shows it was low 14, but I feel great. Took pills 1 per week, but I felt a little unstable so I stop taking the d pills. My question in my mind, how does a Dr really know how high or low your d should be

[@orinmangar2333]

The range on your labwork is 30 to 100. You need to get it up to 60. Some say 50 to 70. Also it is a Hormone, not just a vitamin. It is best to get it from Sunshine. The darker you are, the more Sunshine you need. 14 is definitely deficient. 20 to 29 is insufficient. God Bless 🙏.

[@lf7065]

Are you on meds? You may be consuming too many carbs for your condition. Are you exercising every day? Your breakfast doesn't include any protein or fat to stabilize your blood sugar, so you'd have to exercise right after to bring the sugars down.

[@pastryshack551]

@@lf7065 no meds at all, just a b 12. Cabbage, mushrooms, onions and tomatoes for breakfast, that's why I was so confuse. But because Dr j has said it's supposed to go up, I have decided not to worry about it anymore. My weight is well maintained and I feel great. I have one problem which I am fighting hard to stop. Eating 300 grams of al ones a day)

[@pastryshack551]

@@orinmangar2333 thanks, I am alway in the sun when summer comes, I was given vit d pill to take for 8 weeks 1 per week but I found the seem to have made me unstable on my feet, so much that I hit my head on the stone wall, so I stop taking them, when I told my Dr. She said it was all in my head. Did not take any more pills, but my last blood work shows it went from 14 to 31, I am very active sometimes I am walking 3 times per day, I even go for a walk late in the evening until 10 pm. I will see how it improves in the next 3 months.

[@mikedunningham9614]

Thank you Dr John

[@marlinfisher2529]

Thank-goodness I have had up and down blood pressure - inc 160 over 100 but not sustained recently just before a surgery to remove wires post femur reconstruction after road Accident including screws BP before surgery was 140/90. The surgery was a miracle = very very fast wound healing after this big operation. Very very little post operative pain. And the regular pain I was experiencing has disappeared.

[@johnshinski2994]

Doc's reference is to mic the vegan (pronounced Mike)

[@agelfederico]

Good day, and thank you very much for this and all of your videos. Can you please be so kind to share links of where we can purchase the Silica Water?

[@rmuscat1276]

Thank you for this very important video!! With so many people eating junk drinking junk and being overweight they're all overheated and requesting air conditioners fans rooftops covered canopies Etc and it's so annoying!

[@dogcatparty7371]

The artificial perfume in Cetaphil skin cleanser might cause a runny nose. Cetaphil used to not add any artificial perfume and it was much better. 7/26/2023

[@bonniemullen4990]

Great show , good approach to weight loss and better health 🎉you both look great coming home from vacationing 😊❤🌲🌲🌲🧚🕊️💐

[@mytube2u]

Lets get on with it.

[@courag1]

I have potatoes 2 or 3 times a day. Oatmeal with a little Soy milk had too much fat in it as the oatmeal has some fat in it. So I have to be very careful with fat. Got it right now and just lost 17 lbs.! And also walking 10K per day helps.

[@jenny-leighparmley6094]

What do you use instead of Soy milk? I find many other plant milks have oil added.

[@courag1]

@@jenny-leighparmley6094 As I am post menopausal, some soy is good for me. I likely finish a container of Soy milk in more than a month. The amount of 2 Tbsp of the Soy milk is negligible. Since eating potatoes for breakfast, I don’t use the Soy milk on cereal any longer. The lowest plant-based milk which is readily available is cashew and rice milk but quinoa but have not seen this milk in stores but it is by far the lowest. I am burning more fat as I am walking 10,000 Steps which amounts to 4.8 miles. This raises the amount of calories burned throughout the day also. I never drink a glass of milk. I drink water or herbal teas and in the summer it is all with ice. We burn more calories to restore our temperature to normal also.

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

​​​@@jenny-leighparmley6094bear in mind, in commercial plant milks the amount of oil is very small (literally a handful of drops for mouthfeel in a carton as I understand). If you have heart disease or risk of it, avoid; or any allergies to any binders or thickeners used - but, unsweetened commercial plant milks are far, far superior to the animal milk the majority of the population is drinking. If you can find minimally processed plant milk, or make your own, even better - but don't make the perfect the enemy of the good here! May not want to OD on it, but so much better than the dairy alternatives...

[@suileniluizontrombetta6317]

Sempre muito bom obrigada👏👏🙏🙏🙏

[@LynaGalliara]

I wish I had been born into a family as wonderful as the McDougalls.

[@LenkaSaratoga]

Dear Dr McDougall, HAPPY 4th 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Just wanted to say a quick HUGE THANK YOU for teaching us to EAT POTATOES. My husband and I are hiking in Adirondacks and just set down to enjoy our potato snack! 🥔🥔🥔

[@jackmonroe645]

What is the name of the water that removes aluminum?

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

Silica water.

[@lindyannegeorge9949]

Some supermarkets sell bottled water called Fiji Water, it comes from the Fiji Islands and contains silica.

[@donnaoz5502]

Mary has a strong resemblance with the great Dr Judy Mikovitz

[@-bld-]

The information on Alzheimer's and silica was interesting. From 38:00.

[@blessedgramma4665]

40:28 how do you spell the drug for Alzheimer’s he mentioned he would take?

[@StanDupp6371]

I can't remember how to spell it but if was going to take it people would say I was a kleptomaniac. I wonder if they can prescribe anything for me to take for that problem?

[@11235Aodh]

Why wouldn't the research from the '80's or '50 be valid anymore, it's not like our bodies have changed in the meantime??

[@jaenmartens5697]

Mike The Vegan, Mercola was very wrong about keto but at least he can admit it. He is correct about the dangers of gmos and this last vx You could learn from him. Please keep your mind open ❤

[@julenelauro4308]

We get very little sun here. What should we do to get Vitamin D?

[@blackswanrising2024]

Cod liver oil, milk, fortified food. Main issue I have with the vegans is that they are dogmatic to the point of stupidity

[@teachertrx1204]

Eating meat makes me hot. Going meat/dairy free keeps me cool. Meat is Yang (heat), plant food is Yin (cool)

[@lf7065]

Yep, generally speaking. But there are even plant foods that are heating as well, such as grains and hot peppers, cinnamon and such. It's about balancing the tastes.

[@happyhealthylife4ever]

Thank you for this video and all your work you are doing! Unfortunately Dr McDougall did not update his knowledge on Vitamin D … There are a lot of RCT demonstrating the importance of Vitamin d in preventing cancer, autoimmune diseases (diabetes 1 , multiple sclerosis etc) and many other diseases (COVID19)etc… Elderly should all take vitamin D as their capabilities to produce vitamin d is very low…

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

I think you (a) kindly need to cite your sources here (Dr M has, and also explained in this presentation why sometimes not all research may be equally as valid, often based on commercial and pharmaceutical interests). Related to that point (b) Not all RCT's either are designed equally or ethically - which sadly Dr M didn't mention here, but is important. I used to teach research methods, and spoke with a student on this point to illustrate: you could design an RCT say that looks at people's blood sugar and fat levels with a Jello control group, compared to an experimental Twinkie group, and Herschey groups. Oh, the Jello group works out much better, you say? That's dishonest, as we know that the best control is not necessarily Jello. However, incredibly and sadly, this is essentially the biased logic researchers can use to select groups (e.g. the egg industry Dr Greger has covered as being guilty of this type of trickery time and again for instance, to try and fool the public into thinking eggs are healthy). If you know how to look for it, you can then start to understand what RCTs are worth paying attention to, and which are not. Biased RCTs exist, but I've seen even high level people fooled by them, because they don't understand how they can manipulated, or trust that biased (usually paid by industry) researchers won't do it. But beware: they have, and they do. That vitamin D via sunlight has been restricted at all, because of sedentary and indoor living, is the real issue here. Possible side effects of vit D in pill form in excess ironically shouldn't even be an issue as it shouldn't even be considered as healthy in comparison. But here we are.

[@allencrider]

He's using old studies and their methods are breathtakingly bad. They all dose huge, toxic boluses in either monthly or semi-annually doses. And then they look for stupid outcomes such as falls or bone health? Good studies always dose once per day and in amounts between 2000 and 5000 international units. Today I'm looking at a study in the _American Heart Journal_ called, "The effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on atrial fibrillation in generally healthy men and women: The Finnish Vitamin D Trial" and shows excellent results from daily supplementation.

[@henrybarnard644]

I've been fascinated with use of the organic purple sweet potato. I was wondering if Dr. McDougall has any opinions specific to the sweet potato and the purple sweet potato in particular?

[@jonathanmagic5633]

Starches especially potatoes give me a bellyache always have. Every world expert seems to have rock solid data to back up the endless biases out there, it's not as simple as just going to the data because the data is very contradictory.

[@suileniluizontrombetta6317]

Eu acho que o sol não foi demais está ótimo

[@zatunjamsa]

Do you have any videos or literature covering the Ebstein-Barr virus?

[@Arugula100]

Dr McDougall, what is the reason you can only eat one type of starch to lose weight? What happens to the need for diversity when you eat only one kind of starch?

[@susanwright1999]

Vitamin D are u serious What the suns rays being blocked out by chemtrails Thats the problem !!!!

[@annoyedaussie3942]

I wonder how many omnivores like me follow Dr McDougall.

[@happyhealthylife4ever]

Everybody is welcome!

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

Indeed, all welcome :) - but speaking as a former long term omnivore who went McDougall, my taste buds and body rebelled when I had an experience of omnivore like tastes again for a time. Was surprised how much it grossed me out, which I never imagined would be the case before I started. People can live on just about anything in an emergency, and at the extremes thanks to our body's design - but the robust science supports that a whole plant foods, starch based diet is king and queen for long term health.

[@ovidiumoro5470]

Mic the vegan

[@anjjincubus2913]

The problem with KZbin doctors is they all think they’re right, its amusing if it weren’t so serious. They all sound convincing so we’re left scratching our heads asking who is right? ❤

[@11235Aodh]

You could take his advice and look up the data yourself, he explains us how in each video by now.