The Plagues of Prosperity | Benjamin Bikman | 2018

The human race is eating itself into metabolic disarray, what is sometimes termed "the plagues of prosperity." Benjamin Bikman suggests ways one might mitigate insulin resistance-the core of many modern health challenges.
This speech was given July 17, 2018.
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[@kofyadega5341]

Dr Ben is simply truly amazing.He must be awarded a Nobel laurette for this fascinating presentation. A complete shift from the conventional nonsense and dogma pushed on us for over 50 years.Doc , in your field, you are the best of the very best.God bless you.

[@heinerlauter1211]

looks like a funeral oration on diabetes!

[@chrislaveen543]

Ha ha !!!! I'm getting similar vibes.

[@CP59FIT]

Awesome talk sir. Always enjoy hearing you speak.

[@TheJosous]

This man is amazing. I am a phisician and i totaly submit to is view of insulin as the root of most "chronic" disease. Just wish i had a professor like him when i was in college, istead of the AHA guidelines and so forth. I really hope his and other great researchers in this field gets known and we can see a change in the dogmatic ideas the general public and the medical community have about nutrition and disease. As always, fantastic talk, straight to the point, simple way of conveying complex ideas, a master at his craft.

[@CP59FIT]

There is hope in the medical field. Thank you for expanding from the traditional dogma. I drive and hour and a half each way to see a MD that understands. I live in a HUGE city but drive to a small town to see Dr. Mabry.

[@lowfidelitygrudgemachine9838]

I wish I had a doctor like you.

[@Thekiko2501]

Where are you located if I may ask? Your name suggests you may be in portugal

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

I went to BYU but he wasn't there yet. ☹️

[@Brainwashedmorons69]

Can you imagine how many patients physicians are slowly killing with ignorance?

[@jasonsfamilyandfriendsvide3227]

What an exquisitely constructed talk. Exceptionally profound and almost anti dogmatic. To truly grasp the magnitude of concepts here one must be open minded and have focus and clarity of thought. I have watched hundreds of videos on the same subject. This is by far the best. As a 35+ years type 1 diabetic and nutritional scientist, well done for such as great speech.

[@MarksThinkTank]

I've never agreed with a KZbin comment so completely...

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

The style is modeled after a lds general conference.

[@nathanielellis3457]

Faith is not blind belief or dogma, rather its trust.

[@CP59FIT]

@@David_Brinkerhoff93 well he is a professor at BYU, so it's logical he would be asked to speak at a LDS conference.

[@deanbodily626]

Have every Doctor you can watch this .They should understand this insulin/carb dynamic. People are dying!

[@russellbateman3392]

Human nature is against us: tell any highly educated and experienced professional that what he's been regurgitating for decades is wrong. How would you feel if someone told you that your own emperor had no clothes?

[@mntngirl4512]

Russell Bateman If I could save people’s lives I’d welcome it as they should.

[@meyersonfire]

and every diabetic!

[@nathanhinebaugh1517]

Doctors know how diabetes works. And doctors get a lot of criticism for not just prescribing better diet and exercise, but people come in expecting a quick fix. They don’t want to pay money to be told to do what they already know they should be doing.

[@mervinseptember2857]

Beautiful 🙏🙏🙏

[@ProgresistaGuayaquil]

As an non believer i must say this presentation is utterly amazing. Dr Bikman is very very clear about the truth of methabolic sindrome and modern life style excesses. This presentation is one of the most lucid speech about this epidemic.

[@emh8861]

I believe it, only because I've seen it and live it.

[@tyktaksyk]

@@emh8861 Pretty sure he meant non-believer of the Mormon faith not metabolic syndrome.

[@Thekiko2501]

Tick Tox when I read this comment for the first time I was only 10 minutes in so I was confused. Now after having seen the whole thing it’s more clear what he meant 😂. And I didn’t know it was mormon faith, thanks for clearing that up

[@UltraDoug]

Agreed! 🙂 In my experience, the same application of study in the spiritual has afforded me the same clarity as this talk on the physical. I believe that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the continuation of Christs church in our day. As grateful as I am for the brilliant information in this talk, I am eternally grateful for my testimony through study and prayer. If you still aren’t a member, I encourage you to visit the church website and invite some missionaries to come study with you. I promise that you will find that information as compelling as the info presented in this talk. 3 years since your comment, hopefully you see this. Best to you and yours. 🙂🙏🏼

[@HaleStorm49]

We are all in various stages of "unbelief"

[@sherralynhintz9458]

I wish this were mainstream practice. I have had this same experience and I am reversed as a result of diet changes and understanding what was happening to me. I feel very lucky to have been awakened to the dangers of sugar and spiked insulin. Great explanation of the topic. Thanks!!!

[@sfson5]

Way to go!

[@damg2762]

BB it is a Rock Star in the world of the Insulin and mitochondria.- thank you for your lectures

[@mztscrazytown1463]

I had growing ldl cholesterol levels as I went through menopause and my doctor wanted me to go on a statin. I had followed several medical professionals about our rush to do so. Dispite my efforts to drop weight and my cholesterol... I was not able to do so. I asked my doctor what we could do to prove I was at risk of heart disease ... she had me get a coronary calcium score (ct scan) to see buildup in my arteries. My score was 0. I continue to eat a Mediterranean type diet, exercise daily and manage stress. This talk is awesome....needs to get out into our society.

[@tradeeagle]

If only this video were required viewing by general practitioners many lives saved and much suffering avoided.

[@blackbirdsinging6264]

One of my favourite research Professors! Thank you for giving this vital truth a platform x

[@radioguy3193]

Profoundly objective truth of a perennial disposition. As a ketogenic lifestyle practicing Zen Buddhist, I applaud you Dr. Bikman and BYU.

[@janiceduncan9147]

I'm sick & this has been the most enlightening speech of my concerns & wisdom I have ever heard. I have heard & seen you sir on many occasions as I try to fix & research my problems with diabetes. Also myself a Christian as yourself know the greatest physician is our Lord. I need help, located in Corpus Christi Texas searching for a Dr that knows exactly what you present. Thank you very much from my heart to yours, God bless you !

[@kathyyoungberg9022]

@janis duncan You may have luck if you look for a functional physician. They typically have this same approach. Best of luck to you.

[@BL-hj7ht]

Not the talk I was expecting. But incredibly the talk I have been waiting for.

[@dwfootzoning]

Wow, profound doesn't describe this speech! Eat well guys😊

[@familymedicineforall2328]

I am a family physician and I agree 100% with his view about the rood of most chronic diseases.

[@chrislaveen543]

In a nutshell. Control your insulin and you control your metabolic health. Point well taken.

[@ritzcracker1981]

Way to go Ben, couldn’t agree more man!! Hope all things are well with you and your family!!!

[@elainemagson213]

“Data, not dogma” should inform our decisions. Never has this simple advice been more relevant to those of us who are resistant to opposing views. Brilliant talk.

[@nathanielellis3457]

Yes we also should understand the difference between dogma and faith. Dogma is a blind belief where faith is an enduring trust.

[@kostar500]

But highly processed food form the staple of the average american diet. Very scary.

[@joninoj214]

Absolutely spot on...love the way he handled the low-carb community by "adding his voice"

[@pmartbrown]

Fantastic message. I strongly think that this message on insulin resistance is tied at the hip to addiction; and the combination of the two is killing us physically, emotionally, socially and even spiritually.

[@brendacolyer7313]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thank you, thank you, thank you! It’s crazy that I know so many people with T2D that don’t understand these basic principles. Thank you for your clear message. Keep on keeping on!

[@joanmerrell5212]

And yet eating whole food plant based diet has repeatedly been shown to relieve type 2 diabetes completely.

[@MrsPorseleintje]

@@joanmerrell5212 Well, not for me...i had to use more and more insulin when i was a vegatarian. I did not gain weight but did not lose it eighter. No body is the same and everyone should find out for themselves what the best diet is. For me that means: more animal fats / meat / fish / chicken and so on and very few carbohydrates.

[@tangomcphearson74]

@@joanmerrell5212 Sorry Joan - but a plant food diet is so nutritionally incomplete when you compare it to a high protein meat based diet - in my opinion which well forumulated studies prove out time and time again.

[@bob15479]

I watched this and freaked out and told all my friends before it was cool. Aww yeah. Now it has 64k views. lol.

[@rentsy3444]

Dr. Bikman is a ray of light.

[@susansteffen5354]

As a physician, I absolutely see the I’ll effects of insulin resistance daily in my practice. This talk should be required viewing for everyone over the age of 12. Thank you Dr. Birman.

[@nathanlitz4634]

I love listening to these speeches; they inspire me spiritually and cognitively, as well as help me prepare to attend college and go on a full time mission. I'm glad this speaker helped increase my knowledge on this subject as well, as I am interested in how to help keep my body healthy

[@myrnacox9770]

The way man has altered our foods with all kinds of processing, insecticides and other things have changed our ability to live the word of wisdom effectively.

[@heavenlycontentedsoaps6453]

Dr. Bikman is medically correct but Biblically off the path imo of course. It is possible to like and agree with a scholar on one aspect of their knowledge and disagree spiritually… discernment is key. Myself being Ketovore, my health is restored and very thankful to people like Dr. Bikman.

[@n8wixom]

Been following Ben for over a decade and applied in my own life about 3 years ago. Keep preaching the truth

[@ianfraser2009]

Keep up the great work Benjamin and your team. Great talk

[@1cont]

Jason Fung is my favorite. This guy is great.

[@nigelbest1156]

Cannot like this enough, share it whenever I think about it.

[@djimmock]

I loved what he said about blessing treats. It honestly just feels like hypocrisy.

[@artincorona]

Simply amazing. I assume the 57 people who gave a thumbs down are sitting in front of their TV plowing down sodas, chips and chocolates.

[@SnapographyAP]

67 now. All employed by Big Sugar lol

[@cpat7065]

@@SnapographyAP Two people removed their thumbs down. Interesting.

[@Barbaralee1205]

artincorona possibly vegans opposed to meat would find his conclusions objectionable.

[@justindifabio482]

There are also regular ex-members that habitually thumbs down anything related to the church instantly without listening.

[@lewisschaffer9707]

This is scary stuff. We need to start screaming.

[@barbarabennett5385]

This is a wonderful message on how we can improve our body and our soul for our journey in mortality and on by wise study and application of things we learn. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@jeanbrown9127]

I’ve been eating a Keto diet for 6/7 months. Amazingly I’ve had few migraines. I was tempted by sugary treats over Christmas + had migraine on and off for 3/4 days. I started Keto to reduce weight, but having no migraine is amazing, it’s Keto for good health for me!

[@nadasimich1267]

Well done 👏

[@janiceduncan9147]

I would like your books available. Is there a link for the purchasing process?

[@menarobertson84]

Love this presentation...the knowledge I gained from this

[@bondoneill9606]

Hear Hear Sir !! What an amazing speech with so much truth. Needed to hear this

[@michaeldillon3113]

Although we may be relatively prosperous it is quite obvious in the UK that diseases related to insulin resistance are more common in the relatively poor . Low incomes will inevitably be spent on foods that will cause insulin resistance. Often the poor are criticised for not ' cooking from scratch ' but fuel poverty is also an issue . It has been for a generation and that is before the present fuel cost crisis !

[@marcelastacey890]

So true - you have such a good point here!!!!! Our poor are overworked, underpaid, and just too tired to either care or have energy to get home to cook a well balanced meal thus perpetuating the low energy cycle with increasing poor health. So sad. So sad. So sad. Education is what they need along with food stamps for our poor.

[@simonsmedley5434]

Super talk and information Ben. Many thanks for disseminating this information and your knowledge so freely.

[@raptinbyjasma891]

🎯❤️👊Exceptional and illuminating talk! Thank you🙏

[@maryannehill8821]

Thank you for a wonderful presentation Dr Birman 🙏

[@NerdyEd]

"Hunger usually wins." Thanks for the reminder.

[@shellygoldberg861]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!

[@curtiste3235]

Wow! Excellent presentation! Life-altering, Life Enhancing, Life extending! Thank you so much! Suggestion? Can someone in Behavioral Health Science follow up and give a speech on how to make the psychological and behavioral changes needed to implement this incredible new insight? Addiction to sugar & quick carbs can be so difficult to break. Add to that, emotional eating and food-as-reward, and you have a set up for repeating failure. For some, like me... its not knowing what to eat, but how to survive the transition, what to replace it with, and implementing it over the long haul. (Or, am I the only one?) 🤔

[@nadasimich1267]

You are not the only one 💐

[@marcelastacey890]

I’m there too - you’re not alone

[@LiberLady]

I found the answer for me, I started OMAD (One Meal A Day) with cutting carbs, so no bread, sugar, and most veggies. Then I really started increasing good fat and meat. I lost 20 lbs rather quickly and I lost the cravings that were keeping me eating all waking hours! Plus, I never count calories per se. I focus on how much protein and fat. I'm now eating 1/3 of what I used to. Just a thought.

[@beggatroive]

Wow! I love this. Thank you, Brother Bikman!

[@russelljamesmassey]

This talk is AMAZING!!!! How inspiring and factual of how we can better understand and hopefully care for our bodies!

[@westra4]

This is an amazing presentation! I’m still not done listening and I Have already forwarded it to several important people in my life. It Also is important to me. Wow, this message needs to get out

[@brittanygrimes4455]

This is so so amazing. Thank you BYU and Dr Bikman

[@jeffrichards6331]

Explained i great detail but understandable basic rule of thumb is eat food closest to its natural state.

[@akkids6887]

In our family we understand the Word of Wisdom to describe a low-glycemic diet, with seasons when we eat fewer vegetables and more meats. We don't do our "cold/famine" high-meat seasons only in the actual winter or dry season, but we've developed a looser cycle that's still influenced by the actual seasons and seems to work.

[@TheKetoSurvivor]

I really like the tail end of this talk and find it applicable. It's cued up to the right spot. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJWbgnl6aq2nZ5o

[@1977Jackofalltrades]

Anything with Dr. Bikman is going to be extremely valuable information.

[@alichuntz3763]

Our bodies are tied to our spiritual side. This forum address was exceptional.

[@carolswarbrick1505]

Love this splendid talk.....l shall listen again....to learn ...then implement ......💕🇬🇧

[@joelkanasky180]

Thank you Doctor ! You have enlightened me and made my life better!

[@juliametcalf2660]

My saying..don't use your pancreas to digest your food ...works

[@78cheerio]

The visual of heart tissue thickening and therefore needing to work harder under conditions of continuous high insulin/ high blood sugar is just the visual I needed to get my sugar intake down under the accepted 6 teaspoons per day for female. I already can easily eat low carb during the day but that after dinner dessert was the last domino that needed to go down. Thank you.

[@csb1143]

Lilly’s chocolate chips are stevia sweetened and are low carb friendly!

[@kimisdancin]

He has some good points!

[@helamanbrooking8552]

But God said wheat as mans main food

[@GoneCarnivore]

Some say the invention of the steel mill increased the glycemic effect of bread. Also eating bread all day everyday is not normal. People in biblical times were working hard and probably eating once or twice a day. There are a lot of goat harder in the bible also so meat and dairy was surely on the menu. Also Google Nathan Bourlag. I'm not sure of the first name but I'm positive on the last name. Won the Nobel prize for crossbreeding wheat and grass together to create a species man had never eaten but shortened the wheat to allow for the application of industrial fertilizer. Bourlag ended famine in India because of this invention which was the beginning of massive population increases in India.

[@llorensfriedapembrook5149]

Love this thank you 🙏

[@bluesdog88]

WOW, great talk Dr Bikman, this is jaw dropping stuff, i feel like I just saw my first Tonka Truck lol, thank you!

[@petercyr3508]

Great talk from one of my new favorite experts. Not so sure about the title. Poor people increasingly wind up eating a lot of junk carbs throughout the world.

[@christianwilliams6499]

Just had my 90 year old rural neighbor over last night. She said they only ate what they grew or raised growing up and nothing else. Think about how prosperous even the poorest person with access to commercial industrial farming is. Our global productivity has us drowning in carbs, with little cost or effort. Consider how long you'd have to work to grow wheat to net a barrel of flour. Now it costs a couple bucks, the equivalent of just a days labour even at the poorest level globally. Let that sink in. What used to take months of labor can now buy the same amount of flour in seconds, minutes, or at the absolute "poverty" level, take a day or two. Yes, we are much more prosperous than the vast majority of every human who ever walked the Earth for tens of thousands of years.

[@tangomcphearson74]

@@christianwilliams6499 All well and good except the grain that yeilds the flour we now consume has been so bastardized it's not in anyway like the grains that our ancestors grew, ground and ate -- It's pure garbage. IT IS however true that people who suffer economically and cannot afford good food & fall prey to eating the processed JUNK - seed oils and all (you know, the most affordable "food". Read Dr. Robert Lustig's book, "Metabolical" - perhaps you will have a clearer understanding of what is done to our food and how it is produced.

[@gomezokpala7956]

The most beautiful and most powerful presentation I have ever heard. Wow!

[@Deanriley]

Excellent overview of causes and cure of diabetes and diseases of modernity. Bikman’s research and well-documented claims are reliable.

[@SCM1949]

Excellent presentation ‼️

[@la912]

I wish there is a talk like this one in spanish, to show it to my friends.

[@adorinadorin]

L A Translate and put subtitles. So your wish becomes reality

[@lenguapronunciadora]

I'm guessing KZbin will eventually have automatic audio translation in the same voice of the speaker eventually... I've already seen or heard of AI demos doing this. Once it's viable I don't see what it won't be implemented everywhere.

[@robinengland5799]

Dr Bikman is a wonderful caring researcher! I thank him for all he has done and is doing to help people life healthy vibrant lives!

[@clarissejones9353]

I have been trying very hard to get doctors to check mine and my daughters insulin levels and all I get back is we don’t do that I have totally lost faith in the medical field and now we struggle to find your own paths. How do we get doctors to listen to us and then a day and age for doctors interview us to see if they want us as a patient I should say client. I have thoroughly enjoyed this

[@mikehenebry]

I ordered my own fasting insulin test through Ultalabs. Insulin plus fasting glucose (you need both) cost around $50. They contract with local blood withdrawal places; Quest Diagnostics’s in my area. Or, you can order your own through Quest. You can look up “ The Blood Code” online to see how to calculate your HOMA Index from fasting insulin and glucose. Most doctors don’t have a clue about insulin.

[@nwcountry]

I just hope more and more people get the message. It took me 68 years to have the truth hit me in form of T2 Diabetes. I am fortunate to be "forever" curious about natural methods of healing, and alternatives to prescription drugs. I found Keto on KZbin, and I found Dr. Bickman (my fave) and others that are good as well. I trust Dr. Bickman's research better than anyone's, thanks Dr. Bikman

[@DeusyGirl]

Thank you for all your diligence and hard work in sharing this message.

[@mtutuzelinyoka8094]

Truly instructive. Thank you.

[@hamstersniffer]

BB has such a marvelous and engaging way of teaching.

[@YoHollyO]

A truly inspired message!!

[@jessecampbell1064]

D&C 89 calls grain "the staff of life," but do people need a staff when they spend all day sitting? If we worked to plant, cultivate, harvest, and mill the grain like our ancestors, it wouldn't spike our insulin. Instead, we spend all day indoors, sitting, instead of moving 6-8 hours a day or more.

[@CMThursdays]

Jesse Campbell I agree, also we eat more refined grains nowadays which spikes insulin more ;)

[@dpasek1]

And yet, there is this fundamental and irrefutable fact that while you cannot out-exercise a bad diet, you can easily out-eat an excellent exercise program. YMMV

[@drewpamon]

The wheat of even Joseph Smith's time is not the wheat we have today. In the 50s in order to combat percieved overpopulation wheat was changed fundamentally and for the worse.

[@TheKetoSurvivor]

You can burn calories and glucose but you cannot burn insulin. Sure, if we exercise enough we wouldn't need as much insulin to push the glucose. But, our modern american diet is so full of sugars and fats that it's near impossible to avoid an insulin spike. Doing that constantly and with snacks will also drive IR and all the subsequent problems. There is also a huge problem with many of the grain proteins causing 'leaky gut' messing up our gut microbiome and causing all sorts of histamine and inflammatory reactions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2m7Z6lsechrjNk

[@bubbahyde322]

@@drewpamon Tell us more. Who changed what and how?

[@Eyring2053]

I appreciate this talk. But please help us understand more. The word of wisdom from my reading clearly discourages the use of meat.

[@pollyswagga]

Boyd Eastman Meat and protein are not the same.

[@akkids6887]

The Word of Wisdom says meat has been provided to use for use in times of "winter, famine and excess of hunger". D&C 89:13&15 If you are insulin resistant, you need to lose weight. That means you need to go through a time of excess hunger/famine. So eat more meat when you need to lose weight. Start by cutting out refined flours and anything made with them. Cut out sweets and treats, including ice cream, juices and sodas. Then use meats to help you manage your hunger. You'll find more about how to do this by reading about low-glycemic diets and intermittent fasting.

[@akkids6887]

Sorry...instead of saying "if you are insulin resistant you need to lose weight" I should have said "if you are insulin resistant you need to lower your insulin levels, and one good way to do that is to lose weight." Increase fat and protein consumption, and cut back on other foods. You'll find your body adjusts well to this time of "excess hunger". You'll be aware that you're eating a lot less, but the fat and protein will make it tolerable. Just make sure to eat enough high-fiber vegetables throughout this process (like cracked wheat with butter, or baked sweet potatoes with butter), to keep feeding your gut bacteria. You need those bacteria healthy to protect the lining in your gut, which keeps you from getting auto-immune disorders. Those bacteria eat fiber, and they're essential to your health.

[@kimisdancin]

In my understanding its, sparingly = "in moderation "!

[@Eyring2053]

I agree, meat is both protein and fat. He put some emphasis on eating both more protein and fat. Help me understand why the word of wisdom talks about avoiding meat considering it is both a great source of protein and fat.

[@davidjones8965]

This should be on mainstream TV channels!!!!

[@shanaythornton4718]

I loved this talk, this was amazing. Thank you Dr. Ben.

[@samsites3657]

Thank-You!

[@rogerbird5665]

My smoothies are 6 eggs, 1 chicken liver, 2 ounces of melted butter, salt to taste, and blend. Not all smoothies are created equally.

[@karenbarnes5107]

Roger Bird, I hope you are joking.

[@arlobubble3748]

@@karenbarnes5107 why would you hope he's joking? That's an extremely nutritious and non-insulingenic smoothie

[@larsp3280]

@@karenbarnes5107 Watch the talk again. The smoothie may be an acquired taste, but it ideally nutritious.

[@copisetic1104]

Roger, cut down on the eggs and add some MCT, and go to beef liver, better nutrition. Rock on!

[@sirlancelot3109]

Copisetic 1 - full stop. Eggs are healthier than MCT oil in every conceivable way. MCT is purely energy it has no nutrition. Dr Bickman himself says that drinking oils is a bizarre way to eat.

[@nuggetoftruth-ericking7489]

This was interesting.

[@zenysibayan9354]

Thank you Brother Bikman for a very informative talk.

[@sisterjessiej]

"Many so-called experts give advice for the body-without thought for the spirit. Anyone who accepts direction contrary to the Word of Wisdom, for example, forsakes a law revealed to bring both physical and spiritual blessings." - Russell M. Nelson

[@SomethinAintRightHere]

Azsister Johnson Amen.

[@georgechin590]

I have had T2 for at least 10 years and my kaiser doctor never had the idea of of this until tis year, my first exposure was with dr. K Bectman and later on througt this person. I had a stroke about 18 months ago and this was caused by T2 and also my evesight and fat. Now i dont have T2 , the stroke had knock a part of my brain and my right side was affected. Now i can say i am getting movement back. My sight and mind are coming but not yet there. I thank my recovery to the doctors and sctentist who brought this to my awareness.

[@inoebene]

thx Doc..excellent speech..

[@rgardner1971]

Only 75K views. shame.. everyone should watch this, if you believe or not. Why do kitten videos get millions of views, but this, 75K? Sad people! Thank you Dr. Bikman. I love your talks. (and no people he isn't saying to eat steak and pig meat for every meal, everynight) but WATCH the sugars.

[@stevenmcc6052]

Science to sermon.

[@MarkSHogan]

A thing of great beauty.

[@piper5244]

Thank you for this video!

[@tupscolls776]

Wow the imperative of metabolic health! Thoroughly informative! Finding truth within our life style & health!

[@karinabloom135]

Just knew your where one of us, when I bought your book online. My spouse died from this disorder at 56

[@roseton54]

Thanks dr Benjamin God bless you 💚🙏

[@carolswarbrick1505]

Most enlightening...still over my head just yet...🇬🇧

[@johnmadany9829]

I don’t have the original reference but I have read that Cache County Utah at one time was the most healthy county in the country. My belief is that something went wrong when tradition was abandoned.

[@DF-ee8vt]

Well spoken, sir!

[@Sampardhanani]

Wow. Just too good.

[@SLCgrunt]

A new low carb word of wisdom?!?

[@akkids6887]

I agree with Bikman that the Lord has not provided many details on specific applications of the Word of Wisdom, so there is a lot of flexibility in how you interpret it. In our family we've come to interpret it, using modern language, as a low-glycemic diet combined with intermittent fasting. That means for us: -Wheat as our primary grain, eaten whole (cracked or in bread). Other grains also, but less often. -Lots of vegetables and tubers, and fruits in season. -Lots of nuts, oils, butter and cheese, and full-fat yogurt. Together with whole wheat this gives us enough day-to-day protein. Then we add: Periods of intermittent fasting when we cut even further back on carbohydrates, and increase our consumption of meats to help manage hunger. D&C 89:12-13, 15 . We've done this for a while and it seems like our bodies were designed to do this. It seems to work. (If you need to lose a lot of weight, it makes sense to self-impose a time of "excess hunger", and eating mostly fats, plus meats and high-fiber vegetables.) At the same time we've cut out all sodas and juices. We eat white bread rarely and always as part of a meal. We stopped having desserts and eat ice cream and other treats only on special occasions. (There's nothing in the Word of Wisdom that encourages us to eat sugars or simple starches.) This all seems pretty compatible with the Word of Wisdom.

[@effervescentrelief]

Actually a careful read shows that we should be eating far less meat.

[@bboysloth]

I eat only meat, whole unprocessed fatty red meat. I haven't had a single carb, vegetable, or fruit and ive never been healthier or felt better. #questioneverything

[@akkids6887]

It's great that you've been able to adapt well to a low-glycemic, low-insulin diet. Take care of your gut, though. You may find that you need to feed fiber to your gut bacteria. Without fiber your gut bacteria will eat away the lining of your intestine and start to enter your bloodstream. That can lead to bloating, inflammation, and auto-immune disorders. Here's a link to some research on this: www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/science/food-fiber-microbiome-inflammation.html Granted, in this study they didn't out all sugar, but the lack of fiber by itself seems to be the cause for the intestinal walls thinning and allowing gut bacteria to encroach. So if you find that your digestion is beginning to suffer, or you're having auto-immune or inflammation problems, consider cycling all-meat seasons with high-fiber seasons, or possibly mixing low-glycemic, high-fiber tubers and vegetables with your meats. In our family we interpret the Word of Wisdom to recommend cycling between meat + tuber seasons and high-fiber vegetable seasons, and it has worked well for us for several years.

[@caroljohnson5724]

AK Kids I’ve been following a Keto diet for 7 months and my stomach has been healed. I went to bed nauseated, with stomach pain for 20+years. I also had horrible Reflux for years. I had many tests done and ended up in the hospital with severe pain - they could not find a way to help me. I followed every they told me, I was so desperate. Within one week of starting Keto, all of my stomach problems were gone! I feel great all the time!! I have researched and found that this is a very common result. Now I ALWAYS check who funds a study. It’s very revealing.

[@retiredbo]

The scientific, medical info is enlightening. I could do without the religious references.