Why raw, paleo and keto diets are stupid

[@aragusea]

Hey y'all, thanks for watching the vid! A few supplemental thoughts... I will absolutely cop to going with an oversimplified and provocative title here. Sometimes it's easy to sum up a 13-minute piece of content in a few words that people will actually want to click on, and sometimes it's not. You usually either need to sacrifice nuance or clickability, and anyone who makes content for a living constantly struggles with the reality that you can't inform anyone if you don't get their attention, and you can't express your entire piece in a headline (because if you could, there'd be no reason to keep writing beyond the headline). But, if you've watched the video, I think you'll understand that the basic message is this: If you're a typical over-fed First Worlder (like me), any diet that gets you out of caloric surplus and replaces junk foods with nutrient-dense ones is probably gonna be great for you. The sense in which I'm calling keto "stupid" here is very narrow - many (most?) people who think they're doing keto aren't actually eating few enough carbs to be in ketosis, and there is not (yet) scientific literature proving that keto has therapeutic benefits for metabolic syndrome beyond those conferred generally by losing weight and eating less junk. The sense in which I'm calling the raw diet "stupid" is narrow - many of its proponents call it a more "natural" diet, which is in conflict with the weight of anthropological opinion, they often fail to consider reductions in bioavailability of nutrients from raw foods, and they often fail to consider the safety implications of eating raw. The sense in which I'm calling paleo diets "stupid" is similarly narrow - many of its proponents call it a more "natural" diet, which is in conflict with the weight of anthropological opinion. I think the science and history behind all of that stuff is interesting, and I thought you would too, so I made a vid about it. That's all!

[@tylerreynolds192]

Great video, I'm sure I'm in the same boat as others in that I'd much rather you have views and income to make more videos than have incredibly nuanced titles. Keep it up!

[@elif6908]

Adam Ragusea honestly you should pin this comment as it is lost in the comment section

[@htkhattab]

One of the few youtubers not only making excellent, scientifically valid content in a field that's lacking this perspective, but also always making an effort to address the concerns of your viewers too! Keep it up, this channel is amazing!

[@aragusea]

@@elif6908 I have to post the comment before I can pin it. You evidently caught it between those two acts.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I think it was an incredibly effective title, and the criticism of the Keto diet was incredibly fair. Definitely pulled me in to see what I disagreed with and I mostly came away agreeing having already reached the same conclusions.

[@christosbelibasakis2296]

Why I’m on the white wine diet and not the paleo diet

[@grunchidetrap476]

Good diet imo

[@julielongobardi1354]

Investing in this comment at 110 likes, projected up to 1k

[@watercressfabrique3333]

Good one mate

[@BrosMinecraft2]

pale or white lmao

[@bigbag6709]

3 more til 666

[@GeckoHiker]

This is why I'm on the Pleistocene Diet. Walking all day while foraging for greens, nuts, fruit, and eggs, and intermittent high speed cardio sprints when chased by predators. Fun times!

[@Pimkly]

Underrated comment 😂

[@GeckoHiker]

@@Pimkly Thank you! We really do live the diet, but avoid predation. My body chemistry seems to do best on a pre-farming, pre-paleolithic diet. Dr. Fuhrman's G-BOMBS. Greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries, and some seeds. A few opportunistic omnivore items like eggs and fish don't stir up too much trouble.

[@unclekanethetiberiummain1994]

Nah, too much work for foods that's all fiber. How about the Archean diet where you scrape and consume bacterial and algal mats growing at the bottom of a shallow lake.

[@micahsienkowski1241]

as a vegetarian that commutes by bike this accurately describes my life

[@rogink]

Have you thought about planting some of the seeds of the nuts, greens, fruit and waiting to hatch the eggs? It should give you food for thought!

[@thaidollas]

I was disappointed to learn that the keto diet is not one based entirely on ketamine

[@longschlongjohnson6470]

Start a diet, I will Replace food with ketamine, I must

[@xario2007]

It's called Keto, not Keta :D

[@tinygrass6867]

*Yoda, sad noises*

[@xario2007]

@@daduck1810 You don't say.

[@Ankstek]

Well, I have seen a "Keta Warrior" cap at a rave so there's that...

[@bobwmcgrath]

One time I went to a raw food presentation and the lady was like "I'm so healthy, guess how old I am" And I guessed 50... she was 50 and got mad.

[@AyeCriz]

Lmaaoooo, I brainwashed myself into that raw food vegan bull. Shit was killing me my man

[@maalikserebryakov]

@@AyeCrizI brainwashed myself into veganism too in my early teens with KZbin jackasses like Vegan Gains and now Im 5,7 while my brothers and father are all 6,2+ Brutal.

[@MissIman58]

Ppppfffff LMAO this literally made me LOL frfr thank you for that Lolol Omgosh that’s too hilarious dude

[@ShootistFN]

Things that didn't happen part 1.

[@idkidontknow9354]

@@ShootistFN who cares though?

[@mdstevens0612]

I heard a nutritionist once say "The best diet is the one that you can see yourself following for the rest of your life" and bruh the way that hit me. Like, I can't give up pizza, lord knows it, but I can limit it to every second saturday. That sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I like sugary coffee but only one cup before 12 also sounds perfectly reasonable to me. The way to eat healthier is maybe to just, you know, eat healthier.

[@shipofbats9134]

That's an incredible teaching

[@ryanred1525]

Omg. You’re right

[@alistairdimmick2886]

Every second *day

[@malvindamartian9855]

I'm here looking around because that's exactly what coach Greg said

[@harleyrose5457]

And that's why I don't stress about some occasional trash. If 90 percent of the time you make the right choice, the 10 percent makes it easier to stick to the plan... it's a lot better than just giving up

[@boobella899]

Also food actually tastes good after you cook it.

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

@@charlesrocks you ruined the joke....

[@mrbaeman39lolman60]

@@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening tru

[@boobella899]

Raw kale makes me want to kill myself

[@freesoftwareextremist8119]

Name one vegetable that tastes better after cooking.

[@yeralmuzika]

@@freesoftwareextremist8119 Cabbage (in my opinion)

[@vonnegut6108]

The problem with a raw diet is that they didn't dial it back far enough. You have to eat your meat while it's alive.

[@bernardosantos8020]

Raw diet x100: well, the DEAR is in a coma, so it’s still fair GAME.... get it? I’ll see myself out...

[@NiaziMujahidKhan]

I heard they did that in China and now we have Coronavirus.

[@Taofik953]

beat*

[@nurchonstore2371]

Niazi Mujahid Kahn a few months back I saw a video on people eating live baby mice. As an Asian i was also disgusted

[@sumojack99]

...with Brad Leone

[@megancress1384]

I worked at costco for a while and saw "keto" on so many packagings that i thought it was just a food company

[@vester7457]

Funny!!

[@12q8]

Some beans are actually toxic if not cooked.

[@ADerpyReality]

Mushrooms/ fungi in general have entered the chat.

[@ЯковГалицких]

Most of them actually are deadly

[@Beyourbest88]

#thekidneybean

[@cosmo1kramer]

India had been eating beans and legumes for ages. Never heard of a single person dying from it.

[@12q8]

@@cosmo1kramer keyword is: not cooked.

[@pianoboi4842]

"Why I eat my meal raw and then throw myself in the oven."

[@michaelkoeiman5661]

Blacktear LMAOOOOOOOO

[@chahelkumar7654]

Wrong video..

[@dimo6994]

But he said that raw diets are dumb so i dont get ur commebt...

[@pianoboi4842]

@@dimo6994 it's a joke

[@shabbarbukhari7200]

My French toast came out!!!

[@andreakoroknai1071]

re: the paleo diet, the local healthfood store carries a very delicious brand of paleo/vegan ice cream, it's wonderful but like, I'm certain no caveman ever enjoyed a bowl of salted caramel ice cream :)

[@Amycus89]

Well, I sure would like to see a caveman who WOULDN'T enjoy a salted caramel ice cream!

[@andreakoroknai1071]

@@Amycus89 that's true, too :))

[@witchBoi_Connor]

Paleo... ice cream... PALEO... ICE CREAM... I’m going to have an aneurism.

[@katy8188]

Amycus89 they’d probably drop dead from the sheer taste lmao

[@hazelchief-rabbit5903]

@@witchBoi_Connor that goes for paleo cakes too especially the ones with frosting and/or sprinkles on top.

[@maybewrong]

I’m a firm believer in the Cooking Hypothesis. Our relatively weak jaws, small digestive tracts, and gigantic energy-consuming brains basically REQUIRE cooking to get enough calories.

[@maalikserebryakov]

Relatively weak jaws? Speak for yourself. My jaw is stronger than titanium and capable of biting through 2 hard carrots at the same time 💀

[@K.Pershing]

@@maalikserebryakov wow 2 carrots? That's crazy! Now look at a bear munch through bone

[@GaryHighFruit]

@@maalikserebryakov Yeah, I've eaten 1000 raw carrots. And 200 raw potatoes and yams.

[@GaryHighFruit]

You never studied Raw-Foodism. One sect of the raw-community gets it right... Humans are frugivores. Fruit is easy for us to eat (as any animal's diet is for them). And this is why we Fruit-based eaters like Kristina are doing great. Anthropologists say our evolution happened because of calories. And we fruit-eaters get a lot of that when we focus on bananas, dates and mangoes. And some science that shows this video was one-sided... "Anthropologists established human nature as a fruit-feeding animal" "Archaeology confirms our fruit-consuming past" And there's an article called "What Gave Some Primates Bigger Brains? A Fruit-Filled Diet"

[@davidwilson7979]

Meat, eggs, butter. That's the key. Fruit is shit. We don't fucking have 4 stomachs, cap'n know-it-all.

[@eileennguyen842]

I've always found paleo (the worldview, not necessarily the foods people eat on the diet) ridiculous because a) it imposes a single, global diet on human ancestors who lived in vastly different climates without global supply chains, and b) it assumes that our bodies haven't evolved over millennia.

[@TasteOfButterflies]

And also... these ancestral humans ate what was available to them, which wasn't necessarily perfect for their health. Ancient human remains with signs of atherosclerosis, often wrongly assumed to be a disease of the modern lifestyle, have been found in many places. The fact that some diet was good enough for our ancestors as an alternative to starving to death doesn't mean it's the ideal diet for us.

[@siukong]

Yeah they also lived pretty hard and fast lives back then. Having a level of constant, grueling, physical activity that many today would probably struggle to commit to equaling. And often dying far younger (life expectancy was perhaps 35-40 or even lower, though that average is somewhat skewed by really high infant/child mortality - still, being in your 50s and maybe even your 40s would have been considered "old age").

[@drewfeld836]

It’s like deciding to ride the horse to work instead of the car because it is how we were designed to travel great distances back in the day

[@bluesonicstreak7317]

@@TasteOfButterflies How ancient? Hunter-gathers were devoid of cardiovascular disease and tooth decay. Those things only appeared with the advent of agriculture.

[@theninja4137]

@@bluesonicstreak7317 depends I know of at least one case where a stoneage skeleton was found with caries - in a region with lots of date trees, dates are high in sugar

[@studofmilk]

“Why I digest my food in my pot, not my stomach”

[@TheBelrick]

Dieticians are complicit in the premature deaths of tens of millions of people. -dont eat fat -dont eat meat its poison (no over cooked meat is, but so is overcooked plants) -dont eat eggs -dont eat salt (oops no iodine, oh dear a massive upsurge in thyroid diseases) -do eat soy. The over consumption of plants with their carbohydrates has been the number one cause of death in the west. Obesity related heart diseases. Seriously, fuck the so called scientists and journalists and dietitians these last few decades)

[@caco116]

Bel Rick source on that?

[@misatoblushing6913]

Carlitos yeah there are plenty. And plenty of papers dissecting the horrible flaws in nutritional studies suggesting that meat is a carcinogen and that veganism is healthy long term for most people. I will link plenty tomorrow if you wish.

[@caco116]

Misato Blushing that would be awesome, thanks

[@MrCrashDavi]

@@misatoblushing6913 I've never heard from reputable sources that (red even)meat is carcinogenic, only that processed meats like sausages and salami are, the smoking and the chemical additives being the main cause of harm.

[@fcplop98]

If I were in Ghana and surrounded by all those stews, fresh food, home cooked meals and ripe fruit, I would NOT be missing my salads.

[@corneliahanimann2173]

Ghana has amazing foods, I'd leave out the salad, and that would definitely contribute to weight gain

[@Anukii]

Listen, our food is FILLING 😂 Fuck around too hard & fufu go make you gain weight 😂

[@anthonyakator6181]

@@Anukii That's no joke my parents are from their and some of my relatives are a little chubby to say the least.

[@caimaccoinnich9594]

@@Anukii 😂😂😂😂 In South Africa our version of fufu is called pap. It's very similar to fufu and yuuuuuup. You can pack on the kg's really quickly with it!😂😂

[@michaelsotomayor5001]

carbs almost always is directly related to belly fat. almost always. actual fat doesn't relate directly. even though our body produces glucose from fat, protein and carbs.. still it takes more energy to produce it form fat and proteins than carbs. This is why high carb diets I believe makes people fat more easily. Your body skips a whole level of producing glucose through gluconeogenesis. Basically you are making your body lazier and hence more fat through eating more carbohydrates. That's why keto works so well not only for us noobs in the diet spectrum but also for world athletes in body building/etc. They actually starve their bodies while performing.. from even water so their striations in their muscles pop out more. It's unhealthy. But not unhealthy to do keto for a week lets say at a time. It's called carb cycling and it's the healthiest option out there in terms of losing weight. In the end enjoy a balanced moderate low carb diet and you will be happy for life guaranteed.

[@julianrivera2536]

I’m an undergrad chem and micro bio student. One time a vitamin store lady tried to sell me “liquid ketons” for “supporting a keto diet” while trying to convince me my creatine was killing me. I told her to go back to school.

[@billthompson8182]

She was probably thinking of you as an idiot. How would she know you weren't? Creatine is great, though I personally had a friend who was hours away from shutting down his kidneys. He had botched the conversion of grams to teaspoons and used tablespoons. He was doing this during the load phase. Needless to say, on his fourth dose of the day and with massively inadequate water consumption, he shat his pants and collapsed during the warmup part of our karate class. No, the Creatine didn't poison him. It was the *no water* for half the day that did him in. Imagine scooping five tablespoons of Creatine into a baggy and then drinking it, without any liquid, at the start of a 45-minute bus ride. Then Imagine taking a sip of Pepsi from a friend who just happens to be on a next bus transfer. Then Imagine sitting on that bus for another 15 or 20 minutes. Then imagine a Karate warmup... This was the same guy who ate three, yes three, bunches of banana because someone told him it aids in muscle recovery. And yes, he shat his pants in Karate that night too. They are among us. I do the lower end of the grams per pound maintenance phase. I get a lot of Creatine from diet.

[@DimT670]

I mean creatine isn't really that good for you

[@fmleverynameistakenx]

Maybe she just wanted some nail polish remover

[@frailvoid5844]

@@billthompson8182 Damn did he ever get kicked out or suffer any repricusions for shitting himself in class that much? Now come to thing this might be the perfect way to get out of doing a final.

[@notinavacuum5966]

I took science in university and became interested in creatine for brain health. I nearly started supplementing with it until I saw the research showing it is associated with an increased risk of cancer. This was back in 2009, and it seems there’s even more research supporting this now. I don’t think that people who study science have all the answers-especially when it comes to nutrition. Too many confounding variables. Of course there are things you will know that others don’t, but it depends on your area of focus. I think it’s a matter of making educated decisions and taking risks based on the available evidence. I also take into account anecdotal evidence, as trends can give us some indication of the gaps in our understanding of how things work-especially when there are gaps in funding. I’m curious, did you ask the vitamin store lady for her credentials, or did you just assume she was uneducated because she was working at a vitamin store?

[@williamvouk2911]

She seems very well-educated and interesting, but someone named Dr. Ham talking about a cooking hypothesis is on of the funniest things I’ve ever heard in my life

[@virtualnatureone]

Have you heard of lindoooo bacon? She had a book about fat acceptance. Hahaha

[@ka-boom2083]

😂

[@ka-boom2083]

Wait till you meet Dr. Pork

[@Daniel-gb9ex]

Nominative determinism at its finest ! 🤣

[@matthewhamilton2913]

@Mike The Owl Holy shit we have a cannibal in this reply thread

[@chadinacalico5006]

Cooked food feeds better in minecraft, that's the science. No apologies

[@ladyilex]

big brain time

[@nemomukerji]

@@ladyilex Wrinkly brain

[@ilikesaying]

Folded brain

[@vmdp8790]

@@nemomukerji wrinkly brain ugly not cute = baaad

[@p-pizza]

I diagnose you with smort

[@Elamdri]

"Cooking is an inherently social act." Me in my kitchen at 3 in the morning making a grilled cheese sandwich by myself in my underwear: Doubt

[@EmilyKinny]

Maybe not social to your immediate awareness, but it took dozens of other people for you to even *have* that bread and cheese. In terms of anthropology, "social" means society and the unique benefits of being part of a community, not just "socializing" as we think of it. Sorry to dampen your funny comment but it was a perfect opportunity for teaching.

[@Sovereignty3]

Not all, an certainly we are doing less social eating now, but most major events in our calanders all revolve around eating together with family. Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving for the Americans. Other cultures and religions do it too. Some temples do a pay what you can and feed everyone, which sounds like an awesome idea, those who can pay more cover the costs for those who might be having their best meal of the week.

[@DragoNate]

Don't splatter any of that oil or cheese on yourself!

[@misterluppus6727]

And yet, here we are socializing on the internet because of cooking...

[@jrpapi5]

Lol and when people wake up giving them the "Get out of my kitchen!" look🤬🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sidorovich1460]

I was tired of being fat so I decided to change my life. I didn't really follow any well known diet out there, neither went to a nutritionist (which is not recommended), I only stopped eating processed food, gluten and refined sugar. I started to eat fruits, vegetables, meat and eggs, and I started doing exercises everyday. I lost 55lb and I am feeling really good with myself. People should stop trying to do "the perfect diet" and just start eating healthier, it is not that complicated.

[@mobcaptain601]

Agreed. Figuring out WHAT to eat is not complicated or difficult. Actually doing it can be for some people

[@OryxAU]

That is paleo. I dunno what the dumb theory is about, but the foods recommended are just generally great for you.

[@magentatime]

@@OryxAU no its not lmao

[@pjaypender1009]

Avoiding gluten isn't doing you any favors. Unless you have Celiac, gluten is healthy and a gluten free diet can be nutritionally deficient.

[@Kitten_Stomper]

@@magentatime yeah it is. He said fruits, veggies, meat and eggs. That’s paleo.

[@111dogon555]

Well this ought to be an interesting comment section

[@coleduncan2990]

111dogon555 beware of everything below

[@mattyswan1]

Next Adam video: Why Islam and Christianity are for fools.

[@felixargyle1285]

@@mattyswan1 ??

[@mattyswan1]

@@felixargyle1285 just noting that many people doing keto, raw, etc. regard their diet like religions...

[@felixargyle1285]

@@mattyswan1 oh I thought you were attacking the evolution bit in the video

[@msjkramey]

So this just confirming what I've always known. Soup is king. Long live soup

[@nowdefunctchannel6874]

@Digicraftmon the Crystal Gem based anarchy

[@ryanred1525]

@Digicraftmon the Crystal Gem Broccoli taste better

[@ryanred1525]

@Digicraftmon the Crystal Gem And I would rather eat my own poop than broccoli

[@waaaaaaah5135]

Soup is the best all year round

[@nowdefunctchannel6874]

Soup is the meal of kings

[@section9ag247]

“Why I season my stone club and not my mammoth steak”

[@kaylamarie6878]

I got diagnosed with IBS a year and a half ago, realized my gut really hates gluten and since i cut out eating bread, pasta and junk food i lost like 20 lbs. Not a fancy diet or expensive supplements that do nothing long term. Once i stopped eating things that made me feel ill i naturally started to lean towards eating healthier and more balanced meals. I dont really exercise much aside from walking around at work. The change in eating habits is really the only thing i can attribute to my weight loss.

[@justinabraham7291]

Well then you should start doing resistance training.

[@bunshapiro9091]

Since I've taken up home cooking, my pants have become very noticeably looser. Haven't even been going to the gym or anything, I just started cooking my own food with fresh ingredients. Good stuff.

[@Heylon1313]

Congratulations, sounds like it is going great for you! If you don't mind, can you maybe explain to me what you ate before that? Ready meals, delivery food and take away? It sounds incredibly expensive to me and I am always surprised when I hear people say they don't cook for themselves.

[@bunshapiro9091]

@@Heylon1313 I cook for myself, mostly italian food. The beauty of italian food is in its simplicity. 3 ingredient alfredo for example, or caciao e pepe is also 3 ingredients. Just have to make a little investment on good ingredients and with the right recipes you can make some pretty amazing food. I have been a gym rat on and off for 10 years, but the cooking I do these days is surprisingly healthy and has been the only thing I have been doing to lose weight. I used to eat like a total fatass, fast food and restaurant food pretty much all the time. Best of luck to you on your adventures.

[@JamesThompson-ol3eu]

Worked for me. I sorta follow the Keto thing but only in the last 3 years. I lost 75lbs over 10-12 years. Eating /cooking at home. I got to my highest weight during the short time frame 2-3 years of eating out. No telling what is in commercial prepared food. Takes a certain amount of energy to prepare, cook and clean up.

[@Mngalahad]

just cooking at home also made me lose weight. i wasnt eating mcdonalds before but it seems any prepared food must have a lot of calories.

[@tompoynton]

not much more simple than that is it

[@vivekd296]

i tried your galette recipe today replacing the strawberries with mangoes. it ended up replacing the cake for my mom's birthday. it was absolutely delightful.

[@aragusea]

That sounds great!

[@erika-sf6ei]

happy birthday to your mom!

[@zaaraahmed4087]

Happy birthday to your mom

[@NehaPadhi]

Thanks! I can't find strawberries but mangoes galore,will definitely try it!

[@hac9336]

Replaced mine with Apple and it was damn good

[@thedocblock6421]

So what you're telling me is *Don't* take a huge bite out of a raw chicken breast? Unfortunate. There goes all of my plans tomorrow.

[@nurchonstore2371]

There goes your salmonella at least

[@jbetfifty5904]

You can eat raw chicken if they are vaccinated against the different things that make them dangerous raw.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

@@jbetfifty5904 but why would you want to because that would taste gross 🤢

[@gaylordpantamime]

YES CHICKEN SASHIMI

[@danielgonzalezjr8350]

Reply F to pay respects

[@kgaghana1]

I come from Ghana and I use to eat salad and I didn't have to hide anywhere to eat my salad. We also eat raw wild mushrooms called tweahrodo. We eat raw tomoteos by grinding pepper with the tomoteos and some salt which serve as sauce for our dear kenkey

[@somerandomguy84]

Gotta add a little Titus sardines on the side too :)

[@SoFloCichlids]

“Coffee aint allowed in raw or paleo diets which is reason enough to call them stupid.” .... Amen Adam.

[@arth8265]

Not really. You can make cold infusion coffee on raw diet :)

[@MorbidEel]

@@arth8265 with raw coffee beans?

[@SpopySpider]

@@arth8265 I don't think you understand how coffee beans are made, the coffee tree has berries, the seed of these berries is the coffee grain, only problem, that grain has to be roasted, you know, a type of cooking, so, yeah, you can't drink coffee on a raw diet.

[@arth8265]

@@SpopySpider Good point. Forgot about it. Hence, raw diet is indeed stupid.

[@xucthclu]

because coffee is a drug, it's not exactly healthy

[@itsnemosoul8398]

Also: let's not make our diets our identities. It takes away the flexibility to try new things and listen to our bodies

[@Fuzzira]

"Hi I'm vegan and my name is ... "

[@secretagent4610]

"Listen to your body, feel your power!" God, I hate that commercial. 😂

[@snoote533]

Yeah

[@itsnemosoul8398]

@@Fuzzira I used to live plantbased for 3 years and I understand why many vegans are voicing the issues but it shouldn't become all a person is

[@joelle4226]

@@Fuzzira being vegan is a political statement

[@xblizkx]

I appreciate how you're not just a recipe channel, but a more science based all-things-food type of channel. Keep up the good work.

[@GiorgioCastaldo1]

xblizkx I like that about Adam as well and his music is cool too check it out on SoundCloud your won’t regret it

[@wpelfeta]

I love the insights with actual real life experts.

[@benjaminbankwin5690]

he has a background in journalism!

[@marcar19]

@@Mocha. he has to get them views righttt? Most youtubers use clickbait but in the end the title isn't related to the actual content at all. Adam did mention the medical reasons behind keto diet right at the end of the video

[@GaryHighFruit]

Yeah, he should STICK with recipes and cooking. He has no understanding of raw-foodism. Even those people in the video didn't. He shouldn't gotten someone who DOES know.

[@ChrisWall]

One of the biggest benefits of keto is the knowledge of where carbs are sneaking in all over the place. It also forces you to cook more and exert more control as a result. Completely cutting the habit of sugary drinks for a few months can allow you to actually enjoy unsweetened beverages like sparkling water. These days I bake fresh bread everyday, but doing low carb for a while was enlightening.

[@GUIDE_Nico]

This is something I agree with.

[@AnHeC]

There is nothing wrong with carbs...

[@D.KlWA-aG]

@@AnHeC Anything in high or low numbers is bad

[@GUIDE_Nico]

@@AnHeC Nobody is wrong. share [your two cents] what you want to share.

[@ancalyme]

I'd say the biggest benefit is for type 2 diabetics who have what you could easily consider "carbohydrate intolerance".

[@internziko]

This channel started with a video on pizza and now is informing me on history, agriculture and anthropology.. Amazing

[@mauz791]

He's a cook, a KZbinr, a journalist and a music maker. It's so cool lol

[@MetaBloxer]

This seems like the opposite of other channels, who start as informative and/or entertaining sources and turn into clickbait trend-shoveling junk. I have seen, and lost, many channels to brazen attempts of mass appeal.

[@internziko]

@@Nerocrystal every comment thread has "that person" congrats on being it.

[@chikennuget3634]

@@Nerocrystal the video that got him popular was his first new york style pizza video, which i think he mentioned was so viral that he decided to make youtube a full-time thing

[@pauljohnagustin237]

Facts I still remember his pizza without stone/metal plate but just the grill of home oven And making pizza, artisan style at home

[@HKKetoRecipes]

As a Keto recipe channel. I'm not offended at all by this video.

[@brianbaumann1337]

His only complaint about keto was that most people don't do it correctly. Clickbait title.

[@getsnookerd9694]

Headbanger wow nice to see you here man used to watch heaps of ur stuff :)

[@rkfjfjrjtkfjfjr3136]

The reason why your not offended is because the way you go about it your not being dumb about it I went to your Channel and your recipes make sense.

[@incu01]

No way I find you here Sahil, haha! :D Love your channel and website, amazing stuff. Even gifted your book to a friend when he started out with keto. I just found this channel here today, and after some nice videos I was kinda disappointed when I saw this bullshit title... But the video was 100 times better than the title suggested.

[@ledon26656]

Probably not offended because you yourself do not even eat a keto diet do you? You just ride the bandwagon to make $$$

[@rmcdaniel423]

I'm a general practice P.A. here in the U.S., and when the topic of weight loss or food choices comes up, the first thing I tell my patients is that even the "nutrition experts" can't agree on what's actually right. I tell them to look for the things that are in common among several of the more successful dietary models, and that always brings us to getting rid of sweet beverages, greatly reducing or eliminating stuff that we all intuitively recognize as "junk foods", dropping the starchy side dish off your dinner plate most of the time (or keeping the portion size no bigger than an egg), avoiding sweet stuff in general, eating a bigger variety of veggies and greens than you have been, drinking more water than you have been, trying to get more deliberate sleep time in bed than you have been, and adding some form of deliberate exercise to your weekly routine (doesn't matter what it is, as long as it gets you a little out of breath and sweating for a good 20-30min or more, and is just for the health of it, SEPARATE from your normal daily activity). It's real easy to overthink things.

[@hanshintermann1551]

"Veggies good, sugar bad" is pretty much the monolithic consensus across time, space, and different nutritional models.

[@infallibleblue]

Thank you

[@BarisTitanX]

Same can be said on 90% of medical procedures. There is no consensus on any subject.

[@drdefecation]

@@BarisTitanX what the fuck are you talking about

[@chargers0001]

Part of the issue is we are individuals, that is why one diet may not work over another. But yes I agree that a variety of plants in anyone's diet is healthy and good. The sugar part is difficult because it is literally almost everywhere especially processed foods and drinks especially. I would resort to unsweetened tea and coffee in the morning, then just sweeten it with a little cane sugar or honey in your tea if you can tolerate it. I personally use monk fruit because I need to lose weight and that works well. If you buy any drinks at the store make sure they are unsweetened, it is not uncommon for an 8 oz tea to have 20 grams of sugar for example. The daily recommended value for men is 30 grams and for women 25 grams. Another issue I've ran into is my bodies ability to convert wheat, even whole wheat and rice into glucose very quickly causing insulin resistance over time. I've since developed a gluten intolerance for whatever reason(pesticides, synthetic vitamins etc) and I've been able to have rice once a week without issue. Anything more though and I start to gain weight and I have bad food cravings breaking my carefully disciplined week.

[@janab19]

I think maybe the notion that raw food = healthier and more natural in some people's heads might come from the fact that they associate "cooked" with fried and/or otherwise processed. I never went on a specific diet but I had this episode when I felt like a big portion of what I was cooking was just things thrown into hot oil in a pan, not to mention what I was eating outside home. But the key to solving that is, more likely than cutting out all "heat processed" foods, simply making yourself aware of that fact and eating more things like broths, stews or oven baked foods and limiting the pre-packaged processed junk. After all, with today's non stick pans it's very possible to get your food golden and crispy with minimum grease

[@theviniso]

There's also air frying nowadays, which I find very useful.

[@yungpm]

Yeah I hope you like crazy chemicals in your food

[@maliook727]

@@yungpmpeople do so what?

[@bingewatchforever1587]

I would like to add meals cooked in a wok .

[@Амин-т4х]

​@@yungpmcrazy chemicals sounds cool

[@usmaniqbal9207]

Why i eat my meal raw and light my self on fire

[@namename8904]

underrated comment

[@henriquepacheco7473]

This man's burning off 40 pounds of fat in a single hour! Read to learn *HOW!*

[@shanafife3228]

Lol.

[@HouseofBats]

that's metal.

[@tonykhang1984]

@@henriquepacheco7473 lol, remember to season the burn

[@minna4]

In Ghana we do have our own version of salads, though it's much richer. That picture also doesn't do us justice but I won't deny that there are villages like that here.

[@ALT-fp9vc]

I love your precision. I thought what she said was actually a compliment, because salads are studid ;)

[@draconian_dragons6588]

@@kelloggsclumpynut6363 cringe

[@Siddich]

Mina, have you ever eaten meat, that has a slight red colour? 🤔 My Nigerian girlfriend always mocks me for eating raw meat, when i cook my steak sous vide and leave it medium. 🤗😂 Greetings from germany 🤗

[@minna4]

@@Siddich I personally don't mind medium rare meat since it's lovely and tender but it took a while since we have the mistaken belief that the redness is from blood XD. A lot of Africans in general prefer it to be well done

[@atari_hmb]

@@minna4 Well technically redness is either added coloring, or myoglobin...which is still a compound found in blood. Avoiding the semantical technicalities it is still qualified as blood, but to each their own. I am more interested in the salads that they eat in Ghana, are they really nutrient rich?

[@McMurica]

I walked into a coffee shop and got a coffee without sugar. The barista asked me if I "was keto". Honestly, I was just trying to avoid added sugar. That stuff kills.

[@emh8861]

If you were keto, you would of asked for butter in it .

[@codeeater0]

@Em H A dash of mct

[@billpetersen298]

I have a shaker, with cocoa powder, cinnamon, turmeric, and black pepper. In declining order. For my coffee. It’s not bad.

[@billpetersen298]

@Hellig Usvart thanks, it’s a way to sneak in, the Turmeric.

[@Talkathon408]

Sugar is literally the reason why your brain is working right now.

[@GrahamCrannell]

Honestly, i'm a full-blown keto nerd/advocate, but this video is 100% spot on. Most people just cannot stick to a 60/35/5 ratio of fat/protein/carbs (at 1600 daily cals, that's only 20g carbs per day. that's difficult unless you obsess over it). It's pretty hard to eat that way long-term if you don't have a taste for it. But I've found that, for my specific body, if I *do* stick to that macro ratio, I shred weight like nobody's business. All of that being said, I've never actually consulted with a physician about any of this. My dad *was* a very rotund man (5'7 and pushing 250lbs) and doctors told him to switch to full-time low-carb. And it worked wonders for him. He got to 150lbs in like 18 months and he's still trucking. Luckily i'm made of half his genetics so it works for me as well lol. And to add another caveat, I only do strict keto when i'm trying to cut weight. If i'm just maintaining or if i don't care, then i'll eat moderate carbs but I always make sure they're "complex" and coming from something like whole grains or beans or actual vegetables

[@mrcase77]

Yeah, I’m doing keto, but I literally sat down with a spreadsheet to figure out my food to get my macros. It makes being social hard, but it was great during Covid. To hit point, though, I’m down quite a lot but I keep gaining and losing the same 15 lbs every time holiday season rolls around

[@NostalgiNorden]

Nonsense. As long as you actually try there are tons of keto friendly options out there. And if you are a normal person you can take refeed-breakes no and then if you absolutely feel that you have to. But most people don't since all your cravings disappear after a while.

[@seven-cats-3]

1600 daily cals? isn't that like way below what's healthy for an adult?

[@mrcase77]

@@seven-cats-3 Depends on which adult, how active they are, and what their goals are. Its in the ballpark of what my trainer recommends for me, but I’m also an average sized, middle aged woman trying to lose weight.

[@seven-cats-3]

@@mrcase77 huh i see

[@Rubashow]

When she talked about Ghana I was reminded of another fact that makes cooking instrumental to human welbeing, especially in tropical regions. Raw food, especially different meats are often carrying parasites. Thorougly cooking and seasoning food makes it much safer to eat. This maybe one reason why peoples in warm climates tend to have develpoed cuisines that are much heaver flavoured than in colder climates. This may also be the original reason for pigs being forbidden to eat in middle Eastern cultures.

[@lemmypop1300]

Yup. It's also the fact that pigs require a huge amount of water, which is pretty hard to come by in the desert. By the way, based on genetic and archaeological research, pigs are thought to have been domesticated in three separate events - two of them happening in the Middle East, and one in China. But, the climate was a lot wetter then, hell, 7000 years ago even Sahara was green. As the climate conditions changed, so did the agriculture, and pig farming vanished from the Middle East.

[@Gamerface98]

As a family farmhand i agree what the porcine make up for in in low effort feeding care they require dummy quantities the ratio is nuts when compared to our bovine herd and egglaying Avians (obvious here though) id definietly say if you wanted to feel a bit farmy get chickens the feed is relatively inexpensive and they dont take much space or water there relatively low budget and you get eggs year round depending on climate and the occasional whole chicken doesnt hurt The worst things are predators like foxes or chicken hawks quick google search can tell you what your issue there would be Chickens kill snakes and rats so dont bother there Rarely youll get a hen or two thats aggressive towards the others just eat them lol

[@fireblast133]

There’s also the fact that warmer climate areas tend to propagate spicier cuisine. The origin of which is simple. Peppers and the chemicals within them tended to have heavy antimicrobial properties, and helped immensely in the preservation process of many foods. While our ancestors did not understand the why, they did realize ‘rub pepper on food, food safe to eat for longer’. And of course the cultivation of peppers came along, and it likely was specifically for the purpose of farming the means to preserve food, but then as we developed more and more of a tasty for spicy, and made more reliable preservation methods, pepper cultivation started drifting more towards developing spicier peppers. Remember, peppers evolved to cause most creatures to ignore their fruit except birds, who would then poop out their seeds as they flew. Birds don’t have the same taste receptors we do, and aren’t bothered by the heat peppers produce. We as a species basically said ‘screw that, we’ll power through the pain, you’re useful!’ Helps a bit that some people really like experiencing pain, and punishing themselves.

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Also salad sucks.

[@NihongoWakannai]

@@fireblast133 yeah, preservation is super important in hot climates where your food is going to rot in an instant. In the north, just put your meat outside during the winter and it's literally a freezer.

[@alexarchivechannel6673]

I find it funny how her name is Dr. Ham when she's talking about food

[@boomerfunnyjimgaffigan4998]

why didn't I notice this

[@secondsein7749]

Probably the reason why she decided to make food her career.

[@oniflrog4487]

Coincidence? I think not. Let's find out. *conspiracy theory music sounds on the background*

[@hexx6120]

@@secondsein7749 maybe that's why he became a dentist

[@gilbertdeclerk7215]

Beat me to it

[@heikesiegl2640]

A friend of mine suffers from epilepsy esince her childhood. She tried various meds, nothing helped until she started a keto diet about a year ago. And like you said, Not what most people think of keto. No she really needs to meassure everything extremely acurate. She needs to cook every meal by herself and cant buy something from a store or restaurant. It is a lot of work, but it really helps her!

[@McMurica]

It's unfortunate that she wasn't made aware of the ketogenic diet sooner in her life. I'm glad she knows now, though!

[@asarcadyn2414]

Best wishes to your friend. Not eating out or buying processed food is something we should all do more of to protect our health. Maybe then the food industry will realise it isn’t a good idea to slowly kill off their client base.

[@amypola5903]

Whats unfortunate is that the keto diet is necessary. A high fat diet isn't healthy long term, but some are in such dire need for healtby fats its very healing if done right....but I still believe its a short term corrective action. Biggest factors are what is no longer being put into the body, the food drugs as I call them, and then a focus on high mineral foods. Minerals are very overlooked. Also there's a lot of vitimins we aren't even taught because they don't have a handle on them yet. Vitamin C like Vit B is a complex. And has more facets than the bottle of vitamins says.

[@asarcadyn2414]

@@amypola5903 Why isn’t a high fat diet long term? I thought it was.

[@1latrommI]

Not sure where you're from, but keto has become so popular that there are definitely a lot of stores and restaurants focusing on that in major cities from a western society.

[@goodwork887]

Keto may not be necessary nor particularly achievable, but I definitely benefited from going low carb/ high fat in an attempt at keto. I lost all the aches and pains in my joints within about 3 weeks. The reason it wasn't sustainable for me is that I also lost 15 pounds in about 2 months, which at a starting BMI of 19, I could not afford to lose. It could definitely be good for someone trying to lose weight to simply aim for Keto, even if they just achieve low carb/high fat.

[@MarcusBuer]

Keto doesn't necessarily mean weight loss. You can eat keto and still gain weight, as long as your caloric intake is greater than what you use. What you probably noted as weight loss was actually your body retaining less water, as keto is a more diuretic diet, and water lost due to the decrease of inflammation. It is a quite common effect in keto, but only when you start, so after a while your weight would have stabilized. If you ever try it again, try to accompany the diet with a bioimpedance balance, that can measure the amount of water, muscle, and fat on your body.

[@CLove511]

This is what I noticed. I did a keto diet and lost stupid amounts of weight, although I don't know if I was necessarily on the ratios. When I went to argue with someone about my results, which came with me fasting all day and absolutely stuffing my face every night, I actually sat down to do the calories and it turns out I was only getting about 1,000 calories a day (1600 to 2000 maintains my weight). My opinion has shifted. I think Keto is a little pseudosciency, and the results that people see just comes from cutting down, processed foods, excess carbs, and a lot of calories.

[@MarcusBuer]

​@@CLove511 Keto does not makes one lose weight, what makes one lose weight is reducing the caloric intake. You can be on keto and still maintain or even gain weight. What keto does is making easier for the body to access fat storage, reduce insulin spikes, and feel more easily satisfied so you don't want to binge eat. Keto is not pseudoscience, there are great scientific papers about keto diet, and it helps a lot of people get a healthier diet and even reverse diabetes. There is a bit of fanboyism to it, but to be fair there is fanboyism about everything (phones, politics, sports, car brands), so a bit of fanboyism for something that actually improves the diet of people is not something we can criticize much.

[@pandepanda31]

@@MarcusBuer I really feel that not binge-eating. Been 2 weeks in with careful lower than 30g carb intake, and I can now easily eat only once or twice per day with normal or even less portion. Feel way better and less bloated

[@defeqel6537]

@@MarcusBuer keto and low carb do increase the "out" portion of "caloeries in - calories out" -rule, at least for a while

[@jackisaiah8742]

Adam: gets a brand new kitchen remodel Also Adam: cooks outside with a campfire

[@walterbrunswick]

Best of both worlds

[@robertog8008]

Stonks

[@o0Avalon0o]

It does look cool though

[@popycute13]

The things you do for science

[@rexferal8608]

He just doesn't want to get it dirty.

[@JAzzWoods-ik4vv]

“Cooking is a social act” I get anxious if someone comes into the kitchen while I cook

[@Kitty_kisses97]

Social anxiety exists

[@triton62674]

This is me 1000x

[@wildreams]

I hate over-the-shoulder chef as much as back-seat drivers.

[@riograndedosulball248]

> barges into my kitchen >looks inside every pan >leaves >day ruined

[@somerandomguy2598]

Same because they might spot the rat poison I put in the food

[@jugbrewer]

As a Ghanaian, I think that Dr. Ham is going slightly too far by saying "food in Ghana is considered to be cooked." She correctly notes that Ghanaian meals are cooked, but to use a syllogism: while all meals are food, not all food is a meal. It's common in Ghana to eat fruit raw. Fruit on its own isn't considered a meal, but we do commonly eat mangos, avocados, bananas, pineapples, etc, without cooking. To my mind, most cultures around the world eat raw fruit when it is available. Which makes sense, since compared to vegetables they have relatively more simple carbs and fewer complex carbs, so a lot of their stored energy is available prior to any type of processing. I don't want to be nitpicky with this comment, as Dr. Ham is pretty close to being right. A lot of the Ghanaian diet is stews, soups, and cooked starches legumes and vegetables. Especially compared to the diet of someone in, say, California, we cook our ingredients a lot more often. But we do enjoy raw fruit as well. : )

[@myerwerl]

Of course we eat fruits raw! 🤷

[@abdullahdaone]

Damn you really are dumb aren’t you 😂🤦‍♀️

[@myerwerl]

@@abdullahdaone africans. 😂

[@ren5363]

@@myerwerl oh wow racist colonizer whites at it again!

[@Gamerface98]

@@ren5363 ok look while what they said is entirely unacceptable you didnt have to say that either ok it perpetuates the cycle To the OP and the nutsacks up top All of this couldve been chalked up to the english syntax Most 1st language english speakers at least the ones smart enough to hold a real conversation wouldve assumed she doesnt include stuff like fruits in her assesments that are more naturally intended to be eaten raw or that cooking wouldnt provide a benefit our op here who only wanted to make a clarfication about his culture did nothing wrong He probably just doesnt have english as a first language or misunderstood her point it has nothing to do with race or intelligence people make mistakes and sadly your parents made the racist idiot over there

[@frostnovaomega1152]

I did try a keto diet a couple of years ago, i eventually stopped due to not being able to deal with the restrictions, but honestly? I felt amazing during that time. My body just doesnt really like those short chain carbs like sugars and starches,they make me feel like crap- Still i've been eating like that forever now.

[@ImmortalLemon]

I had something similar. I’ve tried eating only nuts and berries before noon and cut out vegetable oil and processed sugars and I’ve felt far more energetic and gained muscle mass passively as a result

[@akaony]

Same boat over here, did keto and felt great. What put me off was the dread of having to stick to heavy restrictions for all my life- food is intrinsically social

[@XSlimSxadyX]

Keto and paleo food/recipes taste like absolute SHIT. Glad my parents stopped feeding us that as kids.

[@mlm_academyofficial2041]

@@XSlimSxadyX How can you fuck up food on keto diet? cooking steak, eggs or burgers isn't rocket science.

[@XSlimSxadyX]

@@mlm_academyofficial2041 it’s the recipes really they all just taste like crap especially to a small child 😭

[@positivelysimful1283]

Everyone in my household wanted to lose weight and we decided to just go for it together on New Years so we can all eat the same meals and no special shopping or tempting things, we tossed around the idea of keto, among other things, but looking it up so many advocates made it all seem so complicated and extreme. But ultimately just settled for getting rid of the processed frozen foods, take-out, and refined carbs & sugar- no bread, pasta, white rice, pancakes, etc. and no sodas or juices except some crystal lite with dinner. We'd still eat fruit, yogurt & cottage cheese (homemade, no added sugar), oatmeal, legumes, nuts, seeds, and lots of veggies so we got plenty of nutrition and healthier carbs. We didn't restrict meat, not in portion or in type, or fats, but honestly without all the refined carbs & sugars we didn't eat as much of them; seems putting stuff on bread, rice, pasta just causes you to eat more of it overall, IDK why. Long story short, we have all lost weight, one person lost 16 lbs. Last weekend we had a birthday party so we had our old carby foods and cake, but after we finished them a few days later we all just wanted to go back to keeping the white flour/refined/overprocessed/sugary foods out of the house. It's nice for a holiday or treat occasionally but we all just feel better overall without it every day. I think the best "diets" are not to think of them as temporary but as a permanent lifestyle you can manage.

[@dare2liv_nlove]

Yes, i was surprised that i could completely lose my sugary obsession after only a year of sticking to healthy foods!

[@cindy85]

what is the non refined carbs may i ask? i have severe acnes and my doctor asked me to eat low gi food including non refined carbs; she said eating white rice is ok, just no noodles and pasta and flour-base food 🤔

[@donwinston]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with bread, pasta, pancakes, etc. What matters is CALORIES.

[@natalyaakselaleksander4502]

@@cindy85 non-refined carbs are complex carbs-- they are hard for your body to break down and therefore, don't spike your insulin as high as refined carbs do since they are simple and quickly spike your blood sugar. Complex carbs have a lower gi compared to simple ones and examples are; oatmeal, whole wheat bread-- better with no added sugars, brown rice, beans/legumes, sweet potatoes, etc

[@chevgage6210]

Japchae is pasta made out of sweet potato and it's pretty healthy. I eat it because I can't have processed wheat or rice. Go to your Asian market and try some? Tastes like rice vermicelli but it's not going to immediately spike your glucose levels. Not all breads are equal, and you can make homemade alternatives out of things like chickpea flour or other alternatives. Even just making sure you go for ancient grain or whole grain makes a massive difference. Other than that reducing sugars and shit are good. I have to restrict my diet because of an autoimmune disease, but if you wanna know what I use for a lot of substitutions that don't taste like sadness and sin, I'm happy to talk about it. Supereffective-fireblast is my Instagram.

[@glynwilliams4204]

As someone from the UK, it was shocking to me just how many foods in the US had additional sugar crammed into their list of ingredients. Bread was noticeably sweeter. High fructose corn syrup seems like a standard additive in many processed foods. And very sugary drinks are consumed by grown adults as a sort of regular staple! I think there's something about the output of the US food industry which is especially lipogenic. So any diet, fad or otherwise, which results in people eating significantly less sugar is going to be a good thing.

[@beeragainsthumanity1420]

There's like one, maybe two bakeries in my town that make european style bread. Even the chocolate in the states is different and has more sugar added. I'm on the keto lifestyle and never felt better in my life. I do indulge on some occasions, but I just can't go back to a regular diet.

[@LG123ABC]

No one from the UK should EVER complain about food from another country. You people eat boiled eels and blood pudding for goodness sake!

[@RushFX]

@@LG123ABC saying that as if other countries around the world don't cook with eels or blood/innards lol.

[@stevetorres76]

If you every consider keto. There’s a way to make pizza that doesn’t use bread.

[@spacemanapeinc7202]

@@LG123ABC Atleast boiled jellied eels and blood pudding is healthy.

[@jcolinmizia9161]

Expert: “cooking is a social act” Me: “if everyone doesn’t get out of my kitchen right now I WILL stab someone!”

[@authentic229.14]

Same, i like to eat alone too. I like the vibe it has but can't explain why because i am normally a social guy.

[@ItsJustMe0585]

Haha! You sound like my husband. ;) It's my fav way to annoy him. Sneak up and steal a bit of broccoli or whatever

[@halflucan]

Everyone: “Too many cooks spoil the broth” Me: “One extra cook spoils everything”

[@SieMiezekatze]

Everyone in my family was or is currently a chef, and I can't stand other person in my kitchen if you wanna help go outside and do the dishes

[@ElveeKaye]

Lol, right? Many kitchens are small, anyway, so there's no room for extra people hanging about. I prefer doing things on my own in general, and cooking would be no exception. Maybe that's a reason why I don't want to work on the food line at the cafe where I'm employed. I would hate to mess up someone's order, and there are too many people in a small area.

[@willlastnameguy8329]

Here's a part of this that nobody talks about. What if you're on one of these diets for a couple years, and you find yourself in a situation where you can't follow it anymore? Like, you can no longer afford fresh vegetables, or meat in the case of keto diets. All of a sudden, your body has to get used to everything being processed and canned. It happens to people all the time.

[@alfiand9269]

That's one of my concern, we live in an "evil" time, when the good stuff could be scarce in a blink of an eye. I do think this variety diet stuff is good (except vegan, dont ask me why) but could be difficult to most people. So my main advice to normal people (not in special condition or sick) just live a balance lifestyle not too much and not too little, eat what available and exercise. And stay away from any type of added sugar if possible or moderation

[@sirllamaiii9708]

@@alfiand9269 Simply grow your own food to supplement your diet, go to farmers markets, etc. Scarcity will only happen if plants somehow stop seeding and water becomes scarce in which case there's bigger problems.

[@melaniey.5596]

@@sirllamaiii9708I have to say that “growing your own food” is not a reliable method for a consistent food source unless you are a farmer, and should stay only as a hobby, because to grown your own food to satisfy all your needs, you need a considerable parcel of land, plants take months to give results and its very easy for something to happen (plant dies because insects, fungi, animal destroys it, etc.) that destroys the plant.

[@jacob-2271]

So I should live off canned and processed foods in preparation of healthy food suddenly becoming unavailable? I'd rather eat people

[@sirllamaiii9708]

@@melaniey.5596 Growing is easy and doesn't take a ton of land to supplement your diet. Have you ever tried it? Most plants are pretty hardy especially things like corn

[@Gumbocinno]

Adams biceps are either getting larger, or he's buying smaller shirts.

[@LUXSTERIA]

Or both

[@JVJ_2000]

Either way, getting healthy.

[@LUXSTERIA]

@@JVJ_2000 cheers to that

[@BeHappyTo]

@@JVJ_2000 how does buying smaller shirts mean that hes getting healthy?

[@iNorman01]

Good cooks will end up eating more of their own food too.

[@funky58abi95]

I've personally been on the modern "paleo" diet for over a year because it happens to fit my personal dietary needs. I'm genetically predisposed to type 2 diabetes and I'm likely to develop arthritis by the time I'm 25. The paleo diet cuts out a lot of foods with high glycemic indices and inflammatory foods, so it's worked to make me healthier than I've been before. For most people, it isn't necessary to completely eliminate these factors, but it works for _me._

[@Corlinguer]

Abigail Cote and? I can’t really find a use for your comment

[@funky58abi95]

Corlinguer God the paleo diet is marketed as a cleaner, better way to eat for everyone, but it works to make some people healthier but not necessarily others

[@byazura8107]

Corlinguer God they’re showing that while the paelo diet is often considered a fad (rightly so), it can work for certain people

[@MrCrashDavi]

"inflamatory foods" seems like a buzzword to me. Look into Vegan White Blood cell counts btw. The Final boss of Nutrition is Raw Keto Vegan.

[@Gamerface98]

@@funky58abi95 hey if it helps you then great i feel like the main point of the vid was that it these diet fads are just that as only a small percentage of people (like yourself) benefit from this and I might look into it not to do a whole transition but maybe use it to cut back as im genetically predisposed to diabetes and ligament degradation

[@lnsflare1]

"[M]ore can be dedicated to other activities, like designing ziggurats or new and terrible ways to kill each other..." Aztecs: "What do you mean, 'or'?"

[@ogzombieblunt4626]

😂

[@bananaduck9849]

😂

[@Bloodletter8]

"Por que no los dos?"

[@bananaduck9849]

Bloodletter8 good question. Let’s talk about that *butbababtubauba*

[@nowonmetube]

You know they build temples?

[@ekki1993]

The point about some diets being good because they limit your intake of fast food reminded me of the origins of homeopathy. It was a complete health plan where you stopped doing a lot of unhealthy stuff and started doing a lot of healthy stuff (including drinking a lot of water and dropping alcohol in times where drinking clean water wasn't as easy as it is now). So of course it had a lot of positive results. People nowadays sell only the "dilluted poison" part of the diet, which unfortunately is by far the less useful part.

[@alikebadge6]

You know you’re living the high life if you can use your garden hose water for cooking.

[@katyungodly]

When I was a kid we would drink straight from the spigot/hose :)

[@WilliamWBG]

99.9% of Americans can drink water right out of the garden hose. With the exception of shit holes like Flint Michigan, every city has water that pass regulations..

[@Hannah-zw9ow]

@@WilliamWBG maybe don’t call a city that fell victim to a corrupt government a “shithole.” You sound like a specific someone who is pretty widely (and rightfully) hated.

[@Hannah-zw9ow]

@@WilliamWBG also, flint has had clean water since 2019. Source: drinking it.

[@WilliamWBG]

@@Hannah-zw9ow don’t be so sensitive about living in a city that was once deemed a shit hole. Shit cities come and go according to their leadership, and you will have to agree that Flint had some previous shitty and corrupt leadership. Especially when it came to water. Plus my comment was directed to those cities where you could safely drink out of the garden hose. Would you drink out of the garden hose in Flint Michigan knowing what you know now? Most of us would NOT! Thus the shit hole city categorization. Sorry I offended your sensitivity

[@andrewdieu1288]

Also cooking allowed humans to eat plants they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to eat (ie. poisonous plants)

[@LividImp]

And plants that would have otherwise just been unpalatable.

[@faeryb0mb]

I have never once in my life had pokeweed salad and i don't think i ever will because it would take too much time out ofm y day to cook it down to safe levels. I'd rather catch something out of the ocean and take it home to eat it. I mean heck that's about as fresh as it can get right?

[@samyrandome425]

Or smoke em e.i : tobacco, marijuana

[@midnightstrove6784]

Exibit A: Cassava cake. A filipino desert made out of the cassava root, known to us as Kamoteng Kahoy. Not precessing it well via cooking... gluck with Cyanide.

[@Karifi]

Mandioca

[@russlehman2070]

The notion that our ancestors didn't eat grain or legumes before agriculture never made any sense to me. Are we to assume that, out of the blue, people started cultivating plants they had never eaten before? I seriously doubt it. Surely they started cultivating plants that they had been eating all along.

[@leonamay8776]

@@ShihTzuVideosTV do you know how long it takes to roast even a small pig? Or a turkey? Or even just a small chicken? Yes, they definitely must have invested a lot of time in cooking...

[@CountingStars333]

Leman russ. 👌

[@Goriaas]

@@leonamay8776 Well we know that hunter gatherers had/havea lot of free time to experiment with all kinds of things, that includes different cooking methods breeding plants for fun etc. The idea that we were like many animals, occupied with getting our calorie needs met most of our waking hours is completely debunked

[@a2a918]

Evolution is a lie and carbon dating has been debunked. Your reasoning is greater than darwinism which only gained popularity because it justified slavery. But genetics prove that black men are superior. But still evolution is false.

[@russlehman2070]

@@a2a918 Evolution and carbon dating are reality and creationists are morons.

[@francesh3423]

I had a cousin on keto demand (and get by another family member just to shut her whining up) a trip to the store for a new Caesar salad with no croutons. I'd brought one as my dinner contribution and she refused to pick out the croutons as the crouton dust touched the romaine🤦‍♀️ Last time I brought anything for dinner.

[@pavel9652]

It is like a religion, irrational.

[@abra2133]

​@@pavel9652no, that's just a normal fanatic, just like some gym goers (especially new) do EXACTLY 60 seconds break, 1 second later or early and they "got their set ruined"

[@DoINeedAHandle]

There’s actually a rational biological consequence to eating the croutons when you’re on keto. When someone deprives themselves of carbs, your body switches from using glucose as fuel to fatty acids and then to ketones (this is the state of being in “ketosis”). Glucose and ketones have an inverse relationship, so if your cousin ate carbs (croutons), her body would shift from using ketones to suddenly needing to use glucose (ketones and glucose roughly shouldn’t exist at the same time, it’s one or the other). It makes you feel awful for the next day, and takes another week for your body to clear out all the glucose and start producing ketones again, so depending on how many carbs she already had that day, eating some croutons could’ve knocked her out of ketosis and taken another week to re-enter it which probably isn’t worth it.

[@theninja4137]

​@@DoINeedAHandle op says the cousin was opposed to picking out the croutons as the crouton dust could still be in the salad. There are probably more carbs in the vegetables in the salad than in any crouton dust that might be left behind

[@darthszarych5588]

To be honest one of my favorite things about being a human is getting to eat cooked and/or cultivated foods with flavorings like spices. Imagine being any other animal and having to eat raw wild food. It tastes so bland and boring. I have tried foraging for wild edible plants before and most of them taste terrible compared to cultivated plants and even worse of you eat them raw on their own. Don't get me wrong, foraging is pretty great, (I still do it occasionally) but i cook almost all the plants I gather to make them taste better and also often to increase shelf life. I also sometimes like to wonder what kinds of foods different animals would make if they could cook for themselves since they have different palates than we do.

[@VictorDude98]

Yeah but most other species don’t get satisfaction or disappointment from eating good/bad tasting food. Like dogs, they don’t enjoy food the same way we do, they just want the food they think is full of nutrition.

[@katatat2030]

@@VictorDude98 I don't think that's true. Animals' brains are different from humans, but they are able to taste foods. Not exactly the same as humans, for example, cats can't taste sweet things. But they most definitely taste food and enjoy foods to varying degrees. Like in the human brain, taste is related to nutrition, you are programmed to find nutritious foods tasty. But animals can like some foods more than others, even if they have the same nutritional value.For example, my cat loves wet food way more than dry kibble, even though they're equally nutritious. Honestly I'm not sure how you could observe dogs and conclude that they don't notice the taste of food just because they eat quickly and eat a lot of stuff you don't find tasty.

[@tuxedojunction9422]

One of my cats always comes sniffing around when I'm eating chili or enchiladas. She really likes highly seasoned food. Because there are lots of ingredients with unknown health implications, she only gets to lick the bowl when I'm done.

[@Lord_Juvens]

Sounds like someone is addicted to sugar. There's a myriad of great tasting raw foods and plants.

[@JohnSmith-hs1hn]

You'll be reincarnated as a lower lifeform.

[@mbuzi5132]

Adams been keeping us informed and getting jacked at the same time. Quarantine well spent

[@KaelDenna]

jacked but fat. he should go keto

[@omarsaletovicprins9632]

Kael Denna i had some muscle at 86kg and went keto. now im at 77kg and i feel way better, gonna keep going

[@Kawaii_Life.]

Yeah! I notcied a couple videos ago that he was a bit more built than usual

[@aaronb2779]

@@KaelDenna or just eat less calorie

[@KaelDenna]

@@aaronb2779 hard to eat fewer calories while munching on bread and homemade pasta. listen to me, i actually have abs.

[@baseballlover312]

Small correction. Nobody was a "farmer" when cooking became prevalent. That would have happened way later.

[@cadecampbell5814]

correct, most were hunters and gatherers

[@bradenguthrie4320]

Yes he actually points that out on the timeline in the first half of the video, you might have missed it

[@snakevenom4954]

@@bradenguthrie4320 He didn't tho. He simply put how our ancestors discovered fire a million years ago and humans developed 250 thousand years ago when fire became widley known. Farming established extremely recently. My memory says 15 thousand years ago but I could be extrenely wrong about that

[@bradenguthrie4320]

SnakeVenom 49 my bad, I forget not everyone knows when the Neolithic era began, fucking AP tests grind shit into your brain

[@nickjoy6389]

baseballlover312 I think he was just saying how we would have evolved socially, like he’s saying that instead of all of us hunting and gathering/farming were allowed to develop other skills. I don’t know if that makes sense 😂😂

[@puma8262]

I personally never liked the idea of restricting myself to only one diet. What has worked for me is just eating the same foods I always eat, but with a calorie deficit. 6 pounds in 4 weeks so far, hoping to go down more soon. Sometimes it really is about portion control. Update: I've gone down from 156lbs to 139lbs over the last few months but honestly I'm just miserable because I miss eating a lot lol, but that's just a me thing.

[@puma8262]

@Original Ranter no thanks i have an eating disorder now

[@puma8262]

@Original Ranter no id rather eat like normal now i think

[@DimT670]

​@@puma8262 caloric deficit created via eating less is directly connected to meant health issues and eating disorders. What you could do that lacks these risks is caloric deficit through exercise while getting your 2000 calories

[@DimT670]

​@Original Ranter i have an eating disorder Oh have you tried restricted eating Bro why are you keto ppl like this. Its pseudoscience, give it up

[@xpatzorsx]

"Cooking is an inherently social act." - Me, staring at the microwave while listening to this video: - 'Kay.'

[@CantEscapeFlorida]

Well I mean, you weren't exactly not depressed while doing so.

[@xpatzorsx]

@@CantEscapeFlorida fair enough.

[@strider_hiryu850]

xpatzorsx then I'd argue you weren't cooking. You were using a piece of technology to rapidly heat food. It's because cooking *is* social that separates the ritual from what you were doing.

[@uncleterry9179]

Angus Uchiha it was a joke

[@urmum7023]

xpatzorsx 100th like

[@CharlieG407]

Dr. Ham that teaches cultural anthropology? Hot damn, that's perfect

[@LividImp]

I was a computer science major in college, and my last name is (coincidentally) the same as a well known operating system. It was the primary OS at the time too. Every one of my professors brought it up on the first day of classes (as if though I had never heard that before).

[@andrewyang1994]

@@LividImp unix? linux?

[@SasserReturns]

@@andrewyang1994 macintosh CMON bro

[@andrewyang1994]

@@SasserReturns Ohhhh

[@yikes4946]

I know a food scientist called Rosemary Trout ;)

[@treantdeu2162]

I watched the whole video btw. Just wanted to share that I lost 205 pounds on Keto in a year. 400 to 195. And I have kept it off for 7 months so far still living keto. Maintaining weight has been relatively simple. Its not an easy way to live initially, but i dont regret it at all. Everybody and every body is different of course, but im really happy now. I tried everything from vegan, atkins, raw, paleo, etc. but i could not maintain them. Even just cutting junkfood was way too hard. I had a bad relationship with food. I finally found something that worked for me. before and after pic: imgur.com/gallery/8MqA0Fi Adam isn't wrong in this video, i think he just misses the massive psychological component of weight loss. He fails to realize that a fad can really help people who are so far gone like i was in a mental sense. I needed something structured i could learn from because clearly my own willpower was not enough. I needed to see that there was hope. Telling me, "just cut the junk food and lower your portions" is the WORST advice to give obese ppl. Do you think we are stupid? We know that already. Saying that and doing it are 2 very different things. Fad diets can provide the information, structure, and community needed to help accomplish that goal with support. Even if the fad diet itself, in your opinion, is not the main thing helping you. i limit myself to 25 grams of carbs a day not counting fiber. i do the legit keto with high fat intake. I ate 1,600 calories a day during weight loss and switched to 2,200 to maintain. The only supplement i take is a mens multivitamin. Im 6'3 and 25 years old and male. My doctor now promotes it to his other patients since he tracked me the whole way since i saw him every 2 months and he saw how effective it was. My numbers across the board and bloodwork are stellar. I now love exercising and have a new lease on life. over the course of the time i have lived Keto i have compiled a cookbook with over 400 self tested recipes for every meal, party, treat, snack etc. Though these recipes are NOT my own. They are from all over the internet. These were the ones I liked enough to save. There are some tweaks in them from myself based on my own taste though. The savory food is great across the board. In terms of dessert, i have managed to find a bunch of recipes that landed well with non-keto ppl. here is a link for it: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IfUCF_CefFkpgxGW7IdXFFbWlNMetAeH?usp=sharing So anyway, im never going to tell someone to not try something.

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

This needs more cred. All of my this. Keto honestly cut off my obesity and I still eat a lot of amazing and easy food.

[@notyourdad9750]

"ur stupid" - adam

[@tsetsgiindelbee1340]

Please share your recipes with me

[@rapohkorczynski7850]

you seem to know what you taking about man as opposed to Adam keto isn't bullshit

[@allenellsworth5799]

Yeah it's funny when thin healthy people bash diets that have helped so many overweight people.

[@MrMMAJER]

This video reminded me of a fitness myth that in some places is still relevant, the idea of eating raw eggs to get more protein from them, when in reality your body absorbs more if you cook it.

[@ShakerGER]

I love it how he says "Keto actually works but people are stupid".

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

Keto is legitimately a good therapy against epilepsy

[@Hannah-zw9ow]

@@asimhussain8716 exactly. We need carbohydrates to survive, eliminating them for the rest of your life would kill you. Everyone’s body needs a different amount, but everyone’s body needs *some.*

[@jheichelbech]

@@Hannah-zw9ow there is no such thing as a required dietary carbohydrate. Your liver can produce all the glucose you need (i.e., for red blood cells).

[@Nickelodeon81]

Carbs are ok if you stick to the high fibre unprocessed kind. There's a big difference between high fructose corn syrup and brown bread.

[@donaldbuchananjr7334]

@@Hannah-zw9ow theres a study on obesity people in the 1600s moslty ate fat vs carbs and there wasent obesity like there is today with carbs and you dont need them to survive otherwise i would have died on my 40 day water fast...

[@JaneDoe-yj1ki]

As someone who has tried a lot of diets just because, I was curious to see your criticism of keto, but was pleasantly surprised at the lack of criticism towards the diet itself. I would say it's the best I've tried if you're looking to lose body fat and/or maintain sustained energy levels

[@willsoe]

@@cupcakechronicles4551 not true. Only if you go mad with calories.

[@hugosaurus]

Agreed, I have had a lot of success on keto, his criticisms of the bullshit beliefs are true but you can’t argue with results

[@stoobie94]

Due to it's high protein intake it is also a good way to build muscle

[@JaneDoe-yj1ki]

@@stoobie94 Keto is not recommended for building muscle. It's important to keep protein intake lower since excess will be converted into carbs

[@allieryan1348]

metalfaust19 fructose is not your enemy when will people learn that. Ever looked at Jeff Caviler who promotes balanced diets that included lots of fruit. He’s 8% body fat at 45.

[@stevetorres76]

A low carb high fat diet along with time restricted eating has been beneficial to me in treating type 2 diabetes. A1C went from 11 to the mid 5’s after only 3 months. I also went from 220 to 185lbs without spending a single day at a gym. I am no longer on medication for type 2 and the weight loss has cured my sleep apnea situation. Quitting sugar and grain based foods was the hard part but after becoming fat adapted I no longer have any desire for them instead of cravings for sugar and carbs every ten minutes I now feel full for quite a long time after eating. In fact my main objective was to drink coffee in the morning with heavy whipping cream then eat a high fat low carb meal around 2 or 3 and my last meal around 5 or 6 pm. But since I really don’t feel so hungry I often skip the middle meal. As far as how I feel… well before I took control over my type 2 this way, I was always tired., hungry, angry, had blurred vision and a junky for full sugar sodas and energy drinks. Now I feel way calmer.. way more mellow than I ever have before. All my life I’ve been ADD with hyper active tendencies. That all has also improved dramatically. In fact… back when I was in that state there was no way in hell that I could sit a write a lengthy comment this long. It would likely of been just a one word reply at best. Lol … I found out about all this on KZbin.. watching a channel called beat diabetes and also videos by DR Jason fung, Dr Ekberb, Dr berry, Dr Richard Bernstein and a few other’s. If you are diabetic or show symptoms of insulin resistance I encourage you to look into it. On the beat diabetes channel you will see tones of interviews with people who have stopped all meds for type 2 and now have an a1c so low that it no longer classifies them as being a diabetic on paper.

[@beesbythesea8899]

I follow the same doctors and have had the same experience you have had. It is transformational when you find something that works so easily. Why isn't this promoted to the public as a way to master your health. Instead we have the normalization of obesity

[@stevetorres76]

Nice Bees .. yeah it’s surprising that the “system” so to speak doesn’t seem to want to fix the problem. Maybe industry has something to do with it. Selling a lot less grains and sugar… or maybe the drug companies don’t want to miss out on all those insulin and medication sales. Just not enough money it curing it maybe… I’m glad for you though.. it’s awesome 👍

[@inzana2]

Yep, but for someone who doesn't have the level of endocrine system damage that has occurred by the time you get to type 2 diabetes, an (unrefined, high fibre) high carb diet is much healthier. There are numerous studies to show the Okinawan ratio (10:1 carb to protein) , results in longest lifespan of species like rats and monkeys, is the common ratio for many primitive cultures without modern lifestyle diseases (like type 2 diabetes), and, just happens to be the natural preference of many studied species (including humans). I think the real problem is the ready availability of heavily refined food of all types, not just carbs. For example a recent study on an isolated tribe in Brazil (I think) found that their long term freedom from lifestyle disease was compromised not by sugar or white flour but by the availability of traded cooking oil.

[@someguy2135]

I believe that a whole food plant based diet can be the ideal diet for vitality, health and longevity, but not if it is a raw version of it. I agree with this video that it is a stupid fad. It is a major reason why some people go back to eating meat dairy and eggs. Vegans have lower rates of several deadly chronic diseases, including the most common.

[@stevetorres76]

@Namra yes.. we are all thought that it’s normal to eat a very high amount of carbs and to drink sugary drinks and do it all day and night long and each and every single day. So now as a result obesity and diabetes has became “normal “ also.

[@rachelbroughton6457]

I love that he says that coffee not being allowed is reason enough for these diets to be stupid. I couldn’t agree more! Coffee is amazing and massively underrated for the great benefits it has for our bodies (in moderation of course)

[@MrShaiya96]

You’re the stupid one of u believe coffee is off limits in Keto. Not one reputable source says that

[@Dreodhiel]

As a diabetic, keto diet has been an extremely efficient way to both lose weight and keep blood sugars under control. And yes, I have been keeping carb intake extremely low (I could kill for a donut at this point) and test urine for ketone levels at home, ketosis is happening. This is a good, solid plan for many diabetics, where any non-fiber carb intake has the potential to become a case of hyperglycemia

[@toni4729]

You tell him. Good on ya.

[@pcosbodyhealing]

I healed hypoglycaemia and insulin resistance 11 years ago on really high fruit and whole plant foods and no issues since. Your body is so desperate for it’s primary glucose fuel it seems, but the natural kind 💜

[@chakraqueen1484]

I bet your cholesterol levels are insane 😂

[@toni4729]

@@chakraqueen1484 Cholesterol isn't the dangerous mixture it's been made out to by vegans and recent medicals. Every cell in the human body makes it and requires it. The human brain contains 20% cholesterol and every nerve in the body is coated with it. The reason it was made out to be so dangerous is because it was tested on rabbits. Rabbits don't eat cholesterol, they herivores. Needless to say, it killed them all.

[@aidonis98]

@@chakraqueen1484 Your body has been dealing with cholesterol for literally ever. Your body has been dealing with table sugar for about 100 years.

[@yurymol]

I’ve seen papers on studies that found positive effects on Type-2 diabetes from keto diet, to the point of a temporary remission afterwards.

[@ajjdgj6tmgedvnmtmek]

You can get that without causing actual ketogenesis, though, which is the definitional requirement of a keto diet. If you have more than 50g of any carbs in a day, your body will use them as primary food instead of breaking fats and proteins into ketones for the alternate metabolic path. Type 2 diabetes reduction diets are about avoiding blood sugar swings, which doesn't actually mean forcing ketogenesis, just eating smaller amounts of different carbs. Not all carbs are created equal - sugar alcohols, for example, raise blood sugar levels in a less spiky way despite having the same calories because you need to digest them more to convert them into sugars. As such, keto diets are a small subset of diabetes-benefiting diets. No nutritionist is going to put you on a keto diet as a first step to managing your type 2 diabetes because it's the most radical of the low-carb diets that show benefits. They're going to start you on less restrictive low-carb diets because for most people the less restrictive a diet is, the higher compliance rate is - and as nutritionists have found, medium-term to long-term compliance with keto diets are terrible if you don't have the negative effects like epileptic seizures for non-compliance. It's only really a primary option for people who need the complete hard break from their prior life in order to make change in their lives - by making a drastic change like going keto, they're creating a stronger delineation in their mind between the pre-diet and post-diet parts of their lives. Issue is that the average person isn't like that - most of the time an average person will try a restrictive diet for a limited time (a few days to a month) before breaking under their desire to go back to the pre-diet state. And when they go back, they go back completely, meaning that they've made little progress to long-term health. It's more effective to ease people in with more limited changes so they and their nutritionist can find the most effective ways to minimize their carb intake without breaking a limit where the person goes back. Some people might be able to eliminate all desserts except having some oreos on fridays because they just love oreos, for example, and that's fine if they limit it to a low number of oreos and only on fridays.

[@yurymol]

ajjdgj6tmgedvnmtmek thank you for a detailed reply!

[@HopelessXzavier]

@@ajjdgj6tmgedvnmtmek Thats tue, but I think bashing the entire diet because people can relapse off a diet is kind of bullshit. People relapse off of any kind of diet- These fad diets arent special in that regard. Its about the same as saying rehab doesnt work because people relapse on drugs.

[@ajjdgj6tmgedvnmtmek]

@@HopelessXzavier True, but how many people actually achieve ketogenesis on keto in the first place? 50g of carbs is terribly small, and ANY amount of cheating breaks ketogenesis for at least a day. It's one of the hardest diets to actually stick to in its true form. Usually, someone doing "keto" as a diet without actual nutritionist mealplans and without immense willpower (or extreme oversight to prevent cheating or dire consequences for cheating) is actually going to be doing a low-carb diet. And it's often not as simple as tracking "net carbs" on grocery labels - one, they're rounded (tic-tacs are primarily sugar but serving size allows them to round down their sugars from

[@cloverlief]

Keto Diet help with type 2 Diabetes because you cut out all refined carbs. (Eg no soda, no white bread, no white rice, cookies, cakes, etc) If you cut out refined carbs without Keto you will get roughly the same benefit towards type 2 Diabetes as you are not flooding your body with sugars Another way to think of it is Glycemic Index, or see what affects your sugar when you test. Eg. Some Artificial Sweeteners also spoke your blood sugar (Splenda), because it has as many carbs roughly as sugar, bit is packaged in small enough servings to half 1/2 a carb or less so it can be reported as 0 by law. I tried Keto it worked, I fell off after a surgery where I could not go super high fat (gallbladder). I have resumed weight loss by cutting refined foods and cooking at home more. I still went from. Pre diabetic to no sign of the issue and do limit whole carbs to 100-150 although most come from veggies

[@mylifeisaparty]

The thought of the professor hiding while eating a salad was funny and sad at the same time

[@mr.awesomepants1308]

My sister went to Kenya last year and she had a similar experience

[@MrCrashDavi]

+

[@JamieHaDov]

Imagine being the first dude to cook a bird. People like “omg, Grog, what are you doing? Wait…that smell bomb! Pass the hot sauce”

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

There's probably a Ryan George "The First Guy To Ever...." video for that.

[@Dusks_Base]

My dad uses Keto to control his diabetes, though. He keeps

[@henvdemon]

If he hasn't had it for a decade it should be reversible. Get his pancreas tested for insulin production. Frying of the pqncreas is why type 2 metilus occurs typically.

[@Dusks_Base]

@@henvdemon Well, unfortunately he has had it for over a decade. He is on the high end of diabetes, so the normal novalin-r bottles only lasted a week or two each, at max. It is far better now, but still not very cost-effective.

[@Hornet135]

@@henvdemon “Frying of the pancreas” is not why type 2 diabetes usually occurs.

[@Allanhorns]

Try a meat only diet. Everyone I've known with diabetes who has done meat only has really 'reversed' the issues to the point they don't need much insulin or meds. They keep them on hand in case they spike or fall.

[@Nemo_Anom]

Diabetic ketoacidosis

[@sunrae7680]

It took me 30 years, 2 intestinal resections, and years of pure hell to realize, *I HAVE TO EAT COOKED FOODS !!!* Thank you for verifying my GUT instinct.

[@thaliacrafts407]

It's amazing when you think about it. We developed the brain power to master fire and the rest of our organs evolved in tandem.

[@Rio-yd8wb]

yeah you never ate raw animal products. "raw foodism" is dumb, primal diet is the best

[@svetamusic]

Wait, could you please tell more?!? Were you a raw plant based?? Please, tell in more detail. Going through some turmoil for the last 5 years, had to go raw vegan because of the illness, but you can't survive and not be malnourished on this diet...

[@toxictwig1]

Why cooked?

[@MichaelSmith-lm6xl]

@@toxictwig1 uncooked plant fibers can be difficult for the body to break down and digest. Sure, cooking will eliminate some nutrients, but it makes plant foods a lot easier to digest and actually allows you to access more nutrients. People who eat really healthy but still experience stomach issues should consider trying only cooked veg for a period of time. In general, I eat fruits raw and vegetables cooked.

[@w0033944]

Hang on a moment - if coffee isn't allowed in this daft system, then neither, I presume, is tea, and, as an Englishman, that is unconscionable.

[@meowthchu7307]

i know you can have coffee and tea on keto just not sweet.

[@FormerRuling]

@@meowthchu7307 Yea coffee is pretty pretty essential even to many of the keto plans. Mind you its absolutely horrifying coffee that they've just melted butter or coconut fat into.

[@meowthchu7307]

@@FormerRuling tbh true but ngl i don't really like coffee too much because it's bitter, tea on the other hand is fine.

[@kfcnyancat]

You can have tea and coffee, but you must use a substitute for sugar. Also on a strict version you want to make artificial sweeteners and diet soda an occasional treat but not that many people follow it that strictly.

[@ihaveleftthisaccount3710]

@@kfcnyancat You can have sugar. Just keep it under 20g net carbs

[@teresawright5654]

I have fibromyalgia and I thank God for Keto. Not only does the diet change drastically reduce pain but because it became popular creative home cooks have come up with amazing recipes!!! Especially considering what an average person was coming up with in the beginning. Then stores stared carrying almond and coconut flour, now they have cassava and tiger nut flour- I can find cassava spaghetti or bow tie, etc noodles, it’s just fantastic and I’m so grateful 🙏🙏🙏

[@General_Ictus]

My mother started doing keto a while back because she just realized that she always felt terrible after eating food, always had, and didn't know why. And.... It worked! BUT. The REASON it worked was because keto cuts out gluten, and from doing keto, she learned that she has a gluten intolerance. Not celiacs luckily, but an intolerance. So maybe try that, too if you think there's an issue? Also exercise. Please exercise.

[@rdpcl]

I somewhat relate to this. I was tested for celiac disease and came back negative, but while I was on a gluten free diet I felt much better and it's probably because I have an intolerance.

[@rafaxd8178]

I learnt I am intolerant to gluten (and many other things) thanks to a restrictive diet too.

[@kellylyons1038]

I sometimes eat keto products only because they are gluten and fructose free. Check out FODMAP diet as well if youre having digestive issues. Malabsorption can also cause problems.

[@pierremaggi8661]

Considering that drowning a stick of butter into black coffee is the poster child of the keto breakfast, I feel that you missed a nice opportunity for a segue into your sponsor

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

Haha yes!

[@CuriousFrog]

If it's that bad why exaggerate by saying a stick of butter instead of a teaspoon like people actually do

[@evanturtle790]

My dad actually stuck to keto and lost 100lbs🤷‍♂️

[@patron7906]

@@evanturtle790 No. He didn't. Keto diets are sickening, unhealthy fads and NOBODY loses weight on them. Congratulations, your old man is a liar and if he actually lost weight he probably cheated and had liposuction once his idiotic keto diet just put his heart at immediate risk. Sorry you have a moron for a father, hopefully you smarten up and put the keto diet in the shitcan for idiots where it belongs.

[@familydude-lq7ec]

@@patron7906 damn son.

[@mrahzzz]

AH! As an anthropology minor, thank you for calling raw and ESPECIALLY paleo out, and for including actual anthropology (and an anthropologist)! Plus a nutritionist! I just found your videos and they are hitting the spot! Science and food is my jam. Also yes. Coffee *is* good.

[@ProjectExMachina]

We, humans, have become dominant because we can eat whatever is available and we thrive on it. Personally, I eat something between paleo and keto once a day but because I function better that way not because of what I think that ancient humans did eat (spoiler: they would kill for pizza).

[@mrahzzz]

@@ProjectExMachina 100% - they *would* kill for pizza. You do what you find works best for you, man - the biggest and primary pet peeve of mine is simply when people misrepresent the science that backs (or doesn't back) diets.

[@ifigetbannedagainyoutubeis2018]

@@bellicose2037 paleo is a boon for people suffering with auto immune disorders. Medical science hasn't even evolved that much for chronic autoimmune disorders so diet and lifestyle changes are saviours

[@DoritoWorldOrder]

People who say that the idea of the paleo diet is dumb are confusing what is meant to be a simple heuristic basis for healthy food choices with some kind of unified theory of perfect human nutrition based on an exact replication of an impossibly varied historical diet that occurred across thousands of populations over hundreds of thousands of years--which it is not, was never meant to be, and never could be. That's not its value. I'm always amazed at how smart people think they sound trying to farm clout points by trying to "call it out" when they haven't read further than a book jacket on it, parroting irrelevant nitpicks like that paleolithic man foraged for wild grains as a starvation food on rare occasions, or that the produce we eat today has been selectively crossed/cloned for improved nutritional and caloric yield. Modern fruits and vegetables are still far more nutrient dense sources of carbohydrates than grains and legumes regardless of their lack of resemblance to wild fruits and vegetables. Meats, eggs, and seafood are still far more nutrient dense sources of protein and essential fats than grains and legumes are. And the anthropologic record still clearly shows significant decreases in average height, cranial capacity, lean mass, cardiovascular health, bone health, and resistance to disease after humans transitioned to nutrient-poor grain and legume based diets. Sure, eat grains and legumes if that's all you can afford to subsist off of (living is better than starving)--or on a cheat day once a week if you simply enjoy them a lot--but if you're eating for optimal health, there is really no benefit to displacing other healthier foods from your diet for the sake of their inclusion. Grains and legumes are largely empty calories compared to the nutrient-dense food groups indicated by the simple hueristic of the paleo diet, and the Omega-6 laden modern industrial seed oils derived from them are by far the least healthy fats we can consume. There's really no argument here... this type of dreck is just the noise of someone trying to sound smarter than they are by appealing to the shallow tropes of pop science and pop skepticism. Paleo diet outcomes for nutrient status, weight loss, heart disease risk, autoimmune conditions, and virtually every other diet-derived facet of health that's been studied blow away the health outcomes of the dietary guidelines typically recommended by traditional dieticians and public health authorities. Saying that the diet needs to be "called out" is the domain of middling IQ's.

[@mrahzzz]

@@DoritoWorldOrder "that paleolithic man foraged for wild grains as a starvation food on rare occasions," This isn't true! "And the anthropologic record still clearly shows significant decreases in average height, cranial capacity, lean mass, cardiovascular health, bone health, and resistance to disease after humans transitioned to nutrient-poor grain and legume based diets." Also untrue! Quite the opposite! And way oversimplified. (And, it's important to note - cranial capacity doesn't tend to mean too much in and of itself. We mostly use it to differentiate between certain species taxonomically - eg, Homo neanderthalensis had a larger cranial capacity than Homo erectus. Homo sapiens have a smaller cranial capacity than Homo neanderthalensis, but larger cranial capacity than Homo erectus.) This is the point of countering people who laud the paleo diet - all I see from people with interest in paleo is an incorrect perception of human subsistence strategies and an incorrect perception of the effects of modern human diets compared to older human diets! That's the reason people complain - not because they want to look smart. For me, as someone who studied anthropology in college, that's why I complain - it irks me to see misunderstandings propagated. If the diet works for you or anyone else, awesome! But the "science" behind it that most people cite is not in fact supported by our anthropological understanding of either hunter-gatherer diets (there's a reason "gatherer" is a part of that name...!!!) or effects of diet on humans over time.

[@zerohour5400]

Honestly it's way easier for my brain to go "don't eat carbs" and stick to that for my cuts than for me to just cut junk food, way easier to justify a burger king stop when I'm hungry and not on keto as my job is mainly on the road as apposed to just saying nope to all of it

[@xxJing]

From my personal experience here is how Keto works for me: 1. Bad : I have not lost any weight on keto without also cutting calories. (You still need to restrict calories even on Keto) 2. Good : It completely kills any cravings. I can go an entire day without eating. I’m hungry, but there is no overwhelming urge to eat. 3. It gives me mental clarity / energy. If I eat carbs I often feel tired and sleepy afterwards. On Keto, I stay awake and focused easily. 4. Bad : I can’t do as much during a workout. Your body uses carbs to fuel weight lifting, and I have experienced that fact first hand. My first set or two is strong, but the drop off after that is pretty harsh. 5. Good : Coffee + MCT oil works better than any energy drink I’ve ever had. I’m not sure how it works when you aren’t in ketosis, but definitely when you are it makes you feel like you could run a marathon. So to sum up, from my personal experience Keto primarily helps people lose weight because it makes it a lot easier for them to not eat. And especially to not eat junk food.

[@tukicat1399]

check a you tube channel by Thomas deLauer, he is a body builder and a keto advocate.. Dr jason Fung, Dr Berg, all show the science behind Keto.

[@karate-kampela2950]

@@tukicat1399 Thomas uses fancy words to sound more smarter. I do not recommend dr.fung tho. Both make dieting much more harder/complicated than it really is. Greg Doucette, Sean Nalewanyj (the best imo) produce much more better content. This is my opinion based on my experience.

[@tukicat1399]

@@karate-kampela2950 Thank you, I do agree with de Lauer, but some people love that.. I do not agree however with your assessment of Dr Fung, not everyone takes in information the same.. though i will check out your recommendations.

[@diamondvideos1061]

@@karate-kampela2950 I think Dr. Fung has the more fundamental explanation. There are a lot of contradicting studies, some say Keto is the way to go, others say mediterranean diets. In other words, calories in/out doesn't completely explain everything, neither does the type of macro nutrients.

[@commode7x]

I prefer the wallet diet. If my wallet's empty, I'm not buying that expensive "organic" "paleo" "Atkins-approved" food

[@superharryboy]

Meanwhile, Mr Atkins mumbles "I did not approve of this" while shaking in his grave.

[@soulmate1960]

Atkins died sick and obese :)

[@soulmate1960]

@V K some years before I saw his pictures and some reports on him in his last days, on internet. They still might be there.

[@thewittyusername]

@V K "Well my grandma knew Dr Atkins!" Has to be one of the funniest attempts at a flex I've ever seen on the internet. 😅 Thank you so much for that.

[@briannaadhikari8155]

*long slow clap* when I actually buy fruits, veg, proteins, and the cheapest olive oil i can find there is nooooothing in the budget for crap lmao. Like i am not fucking paying an entire $5 for 400 calories.

[@MartinUnderwood]

Me watching this while munching on my 4 frozen Thin Mints: "Yeah, you tell 'em, Adam!"

[@uniqhnd23]

Hahahahha

[@LividImp]

_Frozen_ Thin Mints. A man of culture I see.

[@MartinUnderwood]

@@LividImp it is the proper way to indulge

[@LividImp]

@Omer Ahmed Yes

[@MartinUnderwood]

@Omer Ahmed I believe so, but there are dissenters. Yay for differing opinions!

[@MichaelSmith-lm6xl]

I’ve tried them all, mostly, and Paleo works the best for me. Stomach flattens down and I never feel bloated. I think it’s best to use the term “paleo” lightly, and just consider it a low-carb, grain & legume-free diet. You’re basically just eating meat and vegetables, which is inherently healthy and almost impossible to gain weight on

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

And it’s fine if paleo works for you. I just oppose the pseudoscientific claims that some paleo people make

[@DimT670]

Its almost impossible to gain weight on meat and veggies diet? Do you have any idea how many calories meat has? Weight gain is a calories in calories out kinda deal, it has nothing to do with diet

[@MichaelSmith-lm6xl]

@@DimT670 it kinda does though, try it out and see what happens. All calories are not created equal. 100 calories of meat & veg affects your body much differently than 100 calories of sugar

[@evanrosser3038]

@@MichaelSmith-lm6xl 🤨

[@Skyrim279]

I find it completely absurd that you can eat such healthy whole foods like milk or legumes ffs. A diet that severely limits what you can have for some random reason is something that doesn't work for me.

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

I had a good friend that was on a raw food diet to help with elimination. She got ahold of some lettuce that was contaminated with salmonella. So the diet kind of worked.

[@Hannah-zw9ow]

To be fair, no one cooks their lettuce. The issue isn’t that the food was raw, the issue is it wasn’t clean. So.... has nothing to do with a raw food diet.

[@pauloandrescastrogonzales4168]

@@Hannah-zw9ow mmm...yeah pretty sure is about cleaning things, on the bright side she didn´t got hepatitis like my mother

[@sagichdirdochnicht4653]

@@Hannah-zw9ow Also, this could happen with any uncooked or undercooked vegetables, herbs or fruits. And I mean most Salads consist out of uncooked veggies. Plus, for some dishes, some veggies/herbs are often just added at the very last, for different flavours and textures. Fortunately, this is very, very rare in western countries. Otherwise, most people, including myself, would have had countless food poisonings in their lifes. Or humanity would have stopped eating raw stuff all togehter.

[@yothiga]

Ooh, I think I watched KZbin video about unsafe salad not too long ago. There are many lawsuit related to this.

[@jonathansturm4163]

@@Hannah-zw9ow Cooked lettuce is quite common in SE Asian cuisine. Oh that’s right, non-Americans are nobodies. I forgot.

[@rileyramone6231]

I went pretty hardcore keto for a few months, less than 50 grams of carbs a day. Definitely lost weight because of it. Hard to sustain though, mostly because of my own will power. Today I eat way less carbs than I ever did, but they are still part of my diet. What I learnt: extreme diets are good for breaking long term bad habits, and can have lessons to be learnt. My advice: dont knock it till you try it, listen to your body and dont follow anything religiously.

[@Memento_Mori_Morals]

Well for many people the sorts of carbs they eat often can have more calories than the same portion of lean meat... So cutting them out, yeah it can make you lose weight even inadvertently because of what the diet is, and that it'll lower your calories likely. Also if you weren't getting enough protein to start with, when losing weight always just try to make sure to eat balanced.

[@frenchustube]

Best comment. I could not have said it better. I did it and doing it like you. See what works for you. We are all different.

[@melihtopcu97]

Agreed. I see keto as a periodic cleansing of my eating habits. I do it to initiate fat loss, and start introducing good carbs after 1-2 months. It helps with insulin sensitivity, which is key for losing fat. Is it a long term solution? Not for me. I feel better not having to religiously follow a diet. It should be a bit more balanced IMO

[@SatumainenOlento]

I could not agree more! We all have unique bodies and so our diet needs to fit to our body's needs! It is all personal!

[@user-bf6gz8ej4o]

Well, all your organs are probably covered in fat now and your cholesterol level is as high as the sky. Keto is such a dumb fucking trend.

[@ColinKillick]

As the child of two archaeologists, not only is “paleo” pointless, but people who genuinely want to follow a Paleolithic diet should be eating a lot less steak and a lot more bugs 😛.

[@MrSurvivalgecoLP]

And whats wrong about eating bugs?

[@ImranZakhaev9]

@@MrSurvivalgecoLP Nothing is wrong with eating bugs, but I guarantee the "paleo pushers" don't eat a genuine paleo diet, just like the "ketogenic diet" that Adam talked about.

[@ot1438]

True and it genuinely would probably be healthy af

[@MrSurvivalgecoLP]

O T There are some big ones from the south east asian rain forest, they're big, juicy and I believe a bit sweet. They're supposedly like the oysters of the bug world. I believe western civilization is missing out on huge cuisine

[@HolyMess420]

How is it pointless? I suppose it gets to the point of not starving, at the very least.🙄 I'm hoping to see bugs in our food in years to come. I've been interested for some time now. 🤔

[@paddyj7690]

I was obese with a BMI of 36.6 at the age of 28. I was so out of shape and calorie counting didn't work out for me and excercising wasn't even a distant idea. I heard about the keto diet and though I'd give it a go. I didn't even follow it rigurously, I just tried to keep the carb intake below 50g per day and I checked my values with pee strips to ensure I'm not harming myself too much (let's be real, doing a bit of harm on a diet is still better than being morbidly obese). I lost almost 40lbs in 9 weeks. I felt great, went to get myself checked for all sorts of things and my liver was good, heart health had improved, I had less brain fog etc. Now at 32, after several cycles of 2-3 months on keto per year I am of normal weight and am healthy. This might not work for everyone and I'm not a doctor so if you want to try it, consult your doctor first. For me it works.

[@MetaBloxer]

Here's the complex diet plan that's working for me so far: Don't drink soda. Have you seen the nutrition label? One bottle has 110% of your daily sugar, and that's not an exaggeration.

[@hwiley8141]

I didnt grow up drinking soda, but I do have an occasional one, like with pizza, every now and again. I buy the drink mix packages without the sugar, and just drnk that mostly. Better than just water.

[@EdolasMystogan]

I just drink the sugar-free ones. Can avoid those huge sugar amounts, the overly sweet flavors, yet also not lose out on the sweetness, because the "artificial" sweeteners act as substitutes. They dont really get digested that much, and theyre used in incredibly tiny amounts for the same effect as sugar.

[@mr.drinkhiswater]

Also, diet soda. I had some health problems that I didn’t know the origin of. Went to doctors and they didn’t really know what it was. All this time I was drinking diet soda. I stopped just to experiment. Never felt better in my life. Stop the diet soda! Drink coffee, tea, water

[@beesbythesea8899]

I did not even realize there is a daily amount of sugar requirements. I always thought you don't even need sugar in your diet

[@josecat436]

You don't but how will they make people eat their junk foods without those BS excuses

[@Banferti]

This is actually weirdly helping my struggle with my ED, so thank you for making this video. I know you didn’t make this with the expectation that, that would happen but it has, and so… thank you!

[@spearmintlatios9047]

Nice?

[@crazydragy4233]

Food is so hard, but tbh most people struggle with it so my struggles with food don't feel that special. It's part of our culture:/ I hope in the future we have a better relationship with food as a society. Consumerism is killing us. That's the new food additive we don't need.

[@spearmintlatios9047]

My previous comment was made with the wrong definition of “ED” in mind. Now it makes more sense

[@larsswig912]

@@spearmintlatios9047 youtube comments usually don't make me laugh this hard lmfao

[@arson7012]

@@spearmintlatios9047 Lmaoooo I frequent r/EDanonymous and I see that all the time, it always makes my day

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

"... coffee ain't allowed in raw or paleo diets which as far as I'm concerned is reason enough to call them stupid..." 🤣 a perfect line, fellow coffee appreciator

[@TheRealPOTUSDavidByrd]

@@kingsly3690 I enjoy tea as well as coffee, but I'll be damned if I latch on to some fad diet that says "no coffee 4 u"

[@toni4729]

I'm on partially keto and partially carnivore and wouldn't live without my coffee. I'm totally addicted to it, with pure cream.

[@plm-fp6nu]

@@toni4729 So your an omnivore

[@ivangordienko8081]

@@toni4729 you are an omnivore

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

You can still eat the raw coffee beans...

[@joeeveryman6960]

Keto is dumb because, "let's face it, pasta and bread are pretty cool." Sound dietary logic there, I'm sold.

[@JJE18210]

They explained the logic behind it before that was even said.

[@user-ei7ed6zy9k]

Keto played a major role when I lost 30KG (65lbs). I wasn't full keto, it was mainly prolonged fasting, but it put me in ketosis where I usually experience the most weightless on day 3 and 4.

[@Zpicismrad]

same for me. I'm eating 1 meal a day for a few years now, last year in January I decided to try and lose some weight. My single meal (eaten after work, in the evening) consisted from fatty meat and green uncooked vegetable salad with ton of olive oil. Eating 2000+ calories of meat and green veggies is surprisingly difficult, which means I usually ate a lot less calories daily. I lost around 20kg in a month. And many times I cheated and ate stuff like 20 pcs of Chicken McNuggets with tartar sauce (that's something like 50g of carbs) and I still lost the weight. And I was not hungry during the day, I only started feeling hungry when for example someone at work brought food to their desk and I smelled it, lol, however usually hunger was not an issue during the day.

[@Chreeq]

What he unfortunately did not mention is that weight loss is insanely easy and straight forward. If you eat less calories than you use you lose weight. There that's the secret. What diets do is make you aware of what you are eating which automatically limits the input. The big benefit of keto diet in that regard is is that carbs in general do not give a "full" feeling whereas fats do. This helps a lot with controlling one's appetite. But at the end of the day your diet is irrelevant to weight loss. The only thing that matters is the amount of calories you eat. I could only eat fast food and lose weight if I checked the calorie content correctly.

[@hegeds]

The thing I don't understand is that he talks about how restrictive some diets are but he is taking them to an absolute level. Keto might be restrictive but it's only a state which is beneficial to the body from time to time. Eating 400 gram carbs a day with a sedentary lifestyle might not be good idea. I do strict keto for around three days a month. I don't eat more than 160 gram carbs usually and I don't eat processed food most of the time. I have to tell the hardest of these are not eating processed food because most of the stuff we buy at the store are filled with sugar. So if restrictiveness is making diets FAD, then consider not eating processed food also a fad diet.

[@metamodernbarbell]

Cutting carbs down seems to be the most successful weight loss strategy out there. Whether you need to cut them to 25g on the regular is another matter - I tend to think no, not really. But I don't think keto is a fad diet, there is a marketing aspect to it but that is hardly peculiar to keto.

[@lieQT]

It's a total anecdote though, there's little scientific backing. As far as we know, to lose weight, you eat less and burn more, and that's where it ends. Everything else should be looking after your body - and cutting carbs hard out of your diet is generally not considered good.

[@niallsulcer600]

Guys, Adam noticed we kept commenting on his tight shirts and he moved up a size

[@ThEsOuNdInYoU]

I remember when I was a child I had realy big problems with my liver that basicaly made me have freaquent acetone poisoning and almost got diabetes because of that, basicaly all sweets and high fat products were things I could't eat, as a child it used to breack my heart seeing my friends eating all those sweets. But because of that right now adding even a spoon of sugar in to my tea or coffe is to sweet for me, I eat sweets but not much they aint something I enjoy, I better substitute them for fruits they are way way tastier then all those artificial flavors.

[@nowonmetube]

Sad and good for you at the same time 🤔

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

Hey it was a blessing in disguise

[@sephikong8323]

Weird since fruits are at least as high in sugar as almost any sweet I would expect you to have the same reaction to them

[@jamescanjuggle]

Unrelated but something interesting for anyone reading. Me and a friend decided to cut out soda for a year, and gotta tell ya, after that long without those things and tasting them again, they are too intense for me. A ripe mango is plenty sweet for me

[@frostedwest625]

@@jamescanjuggle I never drank soda until I tried it once as a teen and ITS DISGUSTING. Idk how people drink it