WHY THIS DOCTOR QUIT KETO! - Dr Westman Reacts

Find out why this keto doc QUIT keto for good. Dr. Joseph Mercola is out of the keto game. Shawn Baker chimes in, and Dr. Westman reacts!
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[@joehoefling2558]

Dr. Ken Berry said it best. “There’s no such thing as essential carbohydrates.”

[@JappaKneads]

There's no such thing as "essential water" or "essential air" either... "Essential" literally means that the body cannot make it. So "essential fatty acids" fit that category. Your body *_makes all the saturated fats it needs_* so saturated fat (as in animal fat) is not "essential" at all. Look it up yourself. Dr Berry's fundamental ignorance (or disingenuous-ness) as reflected thru your backward comment is stupefying...

[@Orlandoarchives]

Ken Berry is a quack.

[@marcdanieltheriault3955]

👌💪👍

[@annfraley-mylife]

Mercola focuses on glucose. What food offers plain glucose without other sugars?

[@JappaKneads]

@annfraley2590 Your body converts food into glucose and fructose *_in the bloodstream._* NO other sugars are present in the blood. Mercola focuses on blood glucose levels since that is the critical type of sugar your body CANNOT live without...

[@cheffatgrams]

I felt like death before keto and I will always maintain some sort of low carb diet from now on😊 As always great info Dr Westman

[@cookshackcuisinista]

Dr Westman, you are the sweetest doctor there is! Kind, gracious and factual!

[@darkpatches]

Shout that from the rooftops because the good Doc is a rarity.

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

Second. I'd listen to a calm, thoughtful and thorough man before a loose cannon or one who failed to consider that diabetes cannot be solved by the consumption of any form of sugar. Utter nonsense out there. This man has pure and straight logical abilities.

[@heavenonearth1604]

AND UNSCIENTIFIC

[@paulhailey2537]

LMFAO BLESS YOUR HEART ❤️

[@auntiemsplace]

Gave up Mercola quite a while back.

[@stephenallen4815]

He still has mercury poisoning symptoms

[@richardmathews8250]

I've heard so many times that glucose is the primary, or the preferred fuel for the body because the body will use glucose before it uses fat for fuel. I'm leaning more towards the body realizes that a high level of glucose is damaging to the body, THAT is why the body goes for the glucose first, to get it out of the blood.

[@AnneMB955]

That’s also what I’ve heard. Too much glucose is harmful. Our body makes glucose so we don’t need to ingest extra.

[@LauraB.335]

Exactly! I just heard the way to think about it is that too much is toxic, so it uses that first. The person who said that also used alcohol as an example, as this is something that is also used quickly.

[@scottorgan2255]

High glucose,starch,Lactose and carbohydrates put a massive strain on your pancreas and liver as your body tries to process everything you eat/drink that stuff gives a large fast energy burn but it's only temporary then you run out and you can't keep doing anything till you put more in, plus all that sugar/glucose is still in the blood stream. Everyone I know who's a carbohydrate addicted is over weigh and diabetic.

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

It also works organs to store as fat. Anyone you see around who has a lot of fat, is or has consumed carbohydrates and is putting a massive burden on their organs.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Both such things could result from the selection pressures we have historically experienced

[@Mrs.Jones_]

I’m coming up on my 3 year sugar free anniversary. I’ll never go back. After almost 3 years on keto I’m off BP meds after 20 years, no more acid reflux, my scalp is no longer crusty, all my aches and pains are gone, I’m no longer pre-diabetic, no more brain fog, much my of my gray hair has reverted back to brown and I’m down by over 30 pounds.

[@jakehayes1345]

Congrats!! Great work and thanks for sharing your story rock on:)

[@ladyj4795]

Congratulations! I am coming up on my 4th year Keto. I am also Off BP meds after 20 years, no more reflux, aches and pains gone, no longer pre-diabetic or brain fog or vertigo. Sleep great and down 60 lbs , I feel better now than when I was in my 40s. This is my lifestyle forever.

[@cheffatgrams]

Awesome

[@jimmckay2337]

Great job.

[@sherryburns1866]

Hi, congratulations 🎉 I’m no longer pre diabetic and more BP medication. Congratulations to all of us. I wish everyone a beautiful long healthy happy life ❤ God Bless 🙏

[@peterbeyer5755]

The doctor that wrote “The End of Alzheimers” recommended getting into and staying in ketosis as a major way of preventing and minimising Alzheimers.

[@bibibachmd9995]

Anesthesiologist here. I have been carnivore for years. All labs excellent. I am very thin but have a lot of energy. Mercola did some good when exposing the statin scam. I no longer follow the guy with this sugar push. Paul Saladino, MD, author of "The Carnivore Code" , a great book, is now also recommending fruits and honey. I take him with a grain of salt now.

[@bigfest6498]

How did he expose the statin scam? I'm 39 and suffered a TIA and all the doctors are doing is pushing it on me and not suggesting anything regarding diet changes besides to lose weight by eating more fiber, low salt etc.

[@Fiddlemom]

Great analysis, Dr. Westman! Check out Dr. Mercola’s recommendations for a ketogenic diet. His protein recommendation calculation is as follows: weight in kg x 0.8 x 0.5 = daily grams of protein. A 200 pound male would eat approximately 36 g of protein per day. Mercola also recommends primarily plant-based protein and fat with a little animal protein and fat thrown in occasionally. This is a recipe for disaster and explains why he became ill on his “ketogenic diet”

[@lindagivens8882]

I’ve followed Dr Mercola for YEARS!! When I watched his rejection of keto with Jay I listened with an open mind and got Jay’s free class. I had to reject their way of thinking at least for me. I am a carb addict and cannot follow their way of eating. Thanks for all you do for us!!

[@makaisenki]

I didn't. The guy is a quack who advocates for what ever is being searched a lot. Probably advocated for injecting yourself with the urine of pregnant women at some point.

[@lisalu3994]

Carb addict here, too. I have zero control around carbs and know I would binge all day on the wrong carbs if I went back. That said I'm still struggling with cravings, cramps I would still not go back, 7 weeks in and about 8lbs down.

[@lindagivens8882]

@@miraak8523 Jay Feldman. He had a KZbin channel

[@Orlandoarchives]

Mercola is a quack

[@peterbeyer5755]

😊😊Carbs are my downfall! I tried reintroducing them slowly and only “good carbs” many many times but each time my weight started to increase, sleep worsened, got bad tempered, got depressed, sleepy during the day and after meals, got skin rashes etc so carb free it has to be.😊😊

[@cyn7869]

Truthfully it makes me wonder what Dr. Mercola’s motivation is anymore. What he is saying flys in the face of millions of results experienced by people who have suffered from wrong dietary advice.

[@makaisenki]

He's thinking that he's made all the money he is going to from low-carb diets and so now it's time for his next hustle

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

It is a global religion/narrative, and it gets tiring to butt against it, so maybe he is just trying to cope.

[@Crushonius]

pretty simple he got paid off or blackmailed into submission most of the people peddling all this crap from feminism to pronouns to lgbt hee bee gee beez do not actually believe in it they do it for the money they are puppets with someones hand far up their a** ....

[@PeaceIsYeshua]

@@makaisenki In all fairness, that doesn’t fit his character. He’s stood up for truth when it doesn’t benefit him and has helped a lot of people.

[@quail4sale334]

There is no essential carbohydrate for humans, dogs, or cats.

[@lloydhlavac6807]

Cats especially are obligate carnivores, yet look at all the junk that's in many cat foods, in particular dry cat food. All kinds of grains and other plant ingredients, because they are cheap. It's basically cat junk food.

[@andreaadac6128]

Even my teeth thanks me for abandoning sugar.

[@wocket42]

Super important. Oral health is crucial to the whole body. If your mouth is healthy, it will contribute all kinds of positive things to your body (like NO). If it's sick, it will most likely wreak havoc (e.g. through bacterial toxins).

[@dr.robertjohnson6953]

6 years carnivore here. Started at age 54. Now 60. I was never checked for heart disease previously at the V.A. (Retired vet), as a matter of fact, they didnt even know what a CAC SCAN was. When I explained to them what it was they were like dear in the headlights. “Never heard of that”. That was two years ago. I since got a new PC. I was trying had to switch PCs but was denied every time. I guess my old PC finally died of heart disease (im just guessing. May have been complications with type 2 diabetes. Which is most likely. He was a short, very fat, Chinese man. Who refused to listen to me when I spoke. Continued to offer the same advice. Was incredulous when I cured my type 2 diabetes. His nurse on the other hand, “this isnt possible. We must have gotten lab tests or records mixed up. It says here your HbA1c went from 11.8% down to 5.5% in four months?” I simply said, “damn. I was shooting for 4%”. She looked at me dumbfounded. “How?” I explained to her that I never at any carbs. A simple elimination diet. Cut out all carbs. Eating only meat now.” Now she was a bit over weight. I suspect she was type 2 diabetic based on how well she listened to my story. When I saw her again maybe 6 months later I didnt recognize her. She had lost maybe 80 pounds, was strolling through the hospital like Mary Tyler More, saw me, and blew me a kiss. I never saw her again. But I digress… so I finally got the CAC done. Only took me nearly three years. My score is 1460. Really bad. Im not worried about this as they really dont know wtf they are doing there. I go in for a stress test in a few weeks. I opted to do it at a local clinic. Somewhere, where they know what they are doing. A specialist. Then, I’ll be asking for an ultra sound. And see how much clogging I have. I fully expect them to tell me the reason for my heart disease is the diet. But I fully intend to ask them how they know? What was my basline? What was the score before I changed diets? On what evidence do they base it on? Observational only? Epidemiology? Oh yeah, the his is going to be fun.

[@GREATTECH1]

I agree wholeheartedly. I'm a Vietnam vet as well, and the VA is woefully understaffed, and not fully educated. I also have a civilian doctor and went on a keto diet and finally carnivore diet myself. My A1C is now 5.2, down from 7.2. Some of us cannot eat large amounts of carbs and sugar. I got off the MERCOLA train when he got on the SUGAR train. Nuff Said!

[@yvonnemurray1253]

Let us know how you made out

[@anamariafernandezpabon822]

*REMEMBER* When taking vitamin D3 don't forget The vitamin K2 as MK7 is to avoide calcification /plaques in the arteries. (Sorry for my English l am from Puerto Rico) How were the results?

[@dr.robertjohnson6953]

@@anamariafernandezpabon822 Its hard to find. But got some on order.

[@donnafarley]

Dr. Mercola at one time also taught about how good soy is for you, many years ago. He has a right to change his mind on what works for him. Me? I'm a ketovore. I do meat and fat mostly. It works for me.

[@H2R5GSXR]

I did the No Suger,

[@nadogrl]

Never heard of that program…I wonder how much more success you would have had on the No Sugar,

[@ritaslayden1829]

Dr.Westman, you are well informed, unflappable, and so likeable. Keep up the good work!

[@paulhailey2537]

LMFAO BLESS YOUR HEART

[@hlits6310]

KZbin took mercola off during Covid. He’s now going to sing any song that gets him back on KZbin because he was giving up millions of dollars by not being on.

[@jimrutherford2773]

​@@jakehayes1345I think you're on to something there, but I'll go a step further. He may have been bought off by big Pharma or big Food to change his tune. Just like they buy off politicians to change legislation which benefit their businesses, they do the same with individuals who have a very large following and if the price is right they will do it.

[@AnnabellaRedwood]

​@@jakehayes1345such a little toad

[@cookshackcuisinista]

He also had some good things to say at one point in time and then he got into the sales of all of his supplements and lost all credibility in my book!

[@emh8861]

So what

[@makaisenki]

​@@cookshackcuisinistahe says everything, a broken clock is right twice a day.

[@Denise-fx1oc]

Researcher here. I met Dr Mercola a few years ago at a seminar. At that time he was talking a bout EMFs which is a real thing. He has good points on specific things but tends to go to the extreme to sell products. Being a ketovore I have to say being low carb, keto, ketovore & carnivore is by far the best. My labs 12 years ago were within normal ranges but now they are optimal & I look & feel younger

[@AndrewTheFrank]

I don't believe the body needs anywhere near as much sugar as people try to claim but as long as it can make its own glucose and enough for whatever functions it needs then I don't see the need of adding any unnecessary extra to my diet. I'd rather my body synthesize the sugar than me dumping 1,000x more than is needed via diet.

[@hendrickadalm3294]

I had constipation really bad while adjusting to carnivore. I trued adding fibre and it made me worse. For me I needed to increase my fat intake. By quite a lot. Also excercise made a difference.

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

This is common.

[@miklimecat9636]

Yup, not enough fat and you might be more constipated. Too much fat, and you might get diarrhea. We each gotta find our "middle".

[@lloydhlavac6807]

Well think about it. If there was a clog in your sink drain, would you add fiber to clear it out?

[@nadogrl]

@@lloydhlavac6807😂

[@fayebooth1920]

This is the first time I've seen his name in years ,,, I'll try a few more years without him. ;0).

[@riverstonelanguage4655]

Dr Mercola changed his stance in a complete 180.... Follow the money, did some payoff occur?

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

He's always been A Kind Of Guy

[@peterfantoni919]

Keto diet saved my life I can only go by what I experience eating keto.i had high blood pressure, 50lbs over weight,high heart rate constantly,insulin resistant border line type 2 diabetes constant anxiety attacks,sleep apnea w trouble sleeping. I lost 52lbs and reveresd every health issue that I had 100% all from eating keto diet. These problems I had were all official diagnose from doctors medicated for multiple of them. Now no med all 100% reversed. I'm no doctor but for me it has saved my life literally I feel amazing so that's all I can go by. Good luck to you all in your health journey may you be blessed as much as I have been!

[@jamescokl3]

Amazing. Do you eat grain fed meat?

[@peterfantoni919]

@@jamescokl3 yes

[@jamescokl3]

@peterfantoni919 bless you. Hope live to 120 years with good health and mobility.

[@mikeg329]

Great video! Been carnivore/keto with only beef and eggs for 7 years… just interviewed with Dr. Baker a week ago. Should be out soon…

[@bobo-si3kw]

I look at it this way, when I go into a Store, there is not much to buy when it comes to food, 3/4 of the food in Stores contain processed garbage with sugar, if many knew this, many Companies would go out of business.

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

There is almost zero human food in any shop, except for the butcher and the dairy and maybe the salt merchants.

[@FlashGordon1023]

As I did 1 year of keto and then 3 years of carnivore, I can assure anyone that is interested, I still have glucose in my veins and have not died from scurvy. I used my keto mojo to calculate my GKI for a while to see if I was in ketosis on carnivore. I measured so often my poor fingers were black and blue, but the results were that there was a consistent level of glucose with no real spikes (80-102) and always had measurable ketones in my system (.3 - 1.5). The GKI said for 12 hours a day I was not in ketosis, but the other 12 hours I was in low to medium ketosis depending on how far away from my 2MAD I was. No exogenous ketones or MCT oil needed. I am still fat adapted and the proof is last week I completed a 14 day fast with no problems.

[@jimmckay2337]

Nice. I never went more than 2 days of fasting, but I feel great.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

I have become very fond of coconut cream 🥥 😋

[@tzu-hsianglin7011]

keep going! We need long-term data to show Keto/Carnivore diet actually leads to longevity. Since this is so new we don't know what will happen in the long run. In contrast, there are many carbs eater live until 100 with no diseases, let's show them carnivore is for 120!

[@InsolentVillager]

​@@tzu-hsianglin7011What are you talking about? Humans throughout history have been carnivore. The Comanche and the Mongols were carnivores. All cavemen were carnivore. How many millions of instances do you need?

[@JappaKneads]

​@@InsolentVillagerHow many or what percentage lived a long life? Produce data... not rhetoric.

[@johnconcannon3844]

Mercola I'm afraid, has gone to the dark side. The IRS will now ease off on him.

[@BlairChasteen]

I've been low carb for years and now if I have a piece of birthday cake or something else high in sugar I crash within an hour

[@ScottChristensenabc]

Love watching influencers defend their turf. There’s a reason nature gave us alternative energy paths and I believe using them both is a sound approach. Mercola has changed paths but his message is less about sugar and more about carbohydrates not being the enemy.

[@SWTORDREKKIN]

Based

[@carsonb3914]

I’m proud of you Dr Westman, your one of my heroes I’m a 74 year old carnivore down 85 lbs. Hudson NC a carnivore desert no one believes in my way of eating. I’m sorry for them .

[@ekondigg6751]

I think we should look at glucose in a similar way to oxygen: Oxygen is highly reactive and dangerous to life, but as an aerobic organism the body needs it, so it handles it very carefully (it's still poisonous to anaerobic organisms). Similarly, glucose is highly reactive, and will readily react to all kinds of body tissue (glycation). HbA1c measurement can be considered to be an indication of how much glucose has damaged the body in the last 3 months by glycation. Since the body can make all the glucose it needs, then the best thing to do is let the body make the right amount, and not add more than that because the more we consume over the minimum required, the greater the damage to the body from glycation.

[@jackiefields1607]

Thank you, Dr. Westman for your calm, reasoned comments!

[@quail4sale334]

I quit Mercola when he put everything behind a paywall, and when his company wouldn't replace a lifetime guaranteed ceramic skillet that shattered when it was set on a hot burner.

[@sunwm2003]

Lol, he sells skillet?

[@amartaimron4269]

13months now on Carnivore diet, sometimes on Keto I am much better, ache n pain on my joints , pins & needles on my feet are completely gone.

[@stuartbrock7586]

I have type 2 diabetes and can't eat any sugar, even while on Jardiance to treat my condition. On Monday I ate a tablespoon of sweet chili sauce with my dinner, which consisted of chuck roast, at 6 O'clock in the evening. I did not eat another thing before having my blood drawn the next day at 10 O'clock. So even though I had been fasting for over 12 hours, my blood sugar was still at 130 mg/dL. I can't believe it was so high! I have little to no sugar for the last three months, eating only meat. This tells me that I have to be more strict and not eat any sugar at all, not even for a treat. No more sauces. I know they all contain sugar, but I measure out the quantity and only add it 1 or 2 times a week. Interestingly enough my lipids are all under the recommended values. When 35% of the country is obese and has diabetes, how can doctors continue to say that sugar is alright? They are obviously just echoing the dogma that has plagued us for the last 60 years.

[@andyhemmings7363]

It's called gluconeogenesis. The body can make enough glucose for the body if needed

[@chandrasharma5501]

Westman, you are a legend. Keep going.

[@loriegosnell9355]

He’s paid off

[@patriciakeegan4228]

Just for the record, Dr Mercola was a practicing physician in Schaumburg IL. He is now retired in FL.

[@TheSloeGirl]

Mercola’s information came from research done by Ray Peat and has been carried on by Jay Feldman.

[@thelthrythquezada8397]

He got offered an amount he could NOT say no to.

[@jennifermarlow.]

This is another person I give little credence. He's very dramatic, and that is the first red flag. Thank you, Dr. Westman.

[@JappaKneads]

Now that he's abandoned the keto diet he's now suddenly a villain isn't he?

[@Elijah8890]

@@JappaKneadssure he’s being corrupt.

[@JappaKneads]

@@Elijah8890 or being inconveniently honest?

[@Elijah8890]

@@JappaKneads well if you look at the overweighted and sick American population on a high carb junk food sugar diet and look at the fact how many thousand if not millions loosing weight and looking so much healthier, throwing all their high blood pressure and high blood sugar meds in the garbage on a keto or carnivore I really don’t know if you can call him being honest

[@georgeallen6312]

@@JappaKneads Honesty doesnt mean he is right. He has it all wrong. Dr. Baker is on point

[@jamesnewmeyer7205]

I always had a sugar crash after eating sugar or carbs of any kind. As far as cortisol, I've never had mine checked, but I was always more stressed out before going carnivore.

[@mattm1686]

Since going low carb keto, my stress hormone go to the levels has significantly dropped, resulting in no more anxiety and depression, so again, complete opposite of what he saying

[@cindywilliams4287]

Dr.Westman, please 🙏🏽 continue with the research and Teachings... A lot of, patients, and followers are finding success with the Keto diet 😊.

[@AnnabellaRedwood]

Dr Mercola must have a financial reason for this!!

[@cathyjohnson6733]

I have always appreciated Dr. Mercola. I am concerned about the recent attack on him and his family by the powers at be.

[@ERHA1234]

This makes more sense now. I've been reading Mercolas articles for awhile and yesterday I followed a link, that he posted, in an article, to a video with Jay Feldman and another guy who are against keto. They were talking about how bad keto was for the thyroid, diabetes, etc... I know that is not true because my A1C went from pre-diabetic to normal when I was on keto/carnivore.

[@billostendorf1077]

Invite Dr Mercola on to your podcast. Have a debate

[@SuperZimpatico]

I do carnivore with fruit, but only one different fruit every day, mostly papaya, strawberry 🍓 blueberry, raspberry, orange 🍊 pears 🍐, before lunch , and after my lunch which is steak 🥩 with butter 🧈 intermittent fasting until the next day, I’m so happy because I’ve been losing since February this year 16 kilos which it’s around 35.274 pounds. Veeeeeeeery happy 😆

[@mobile_noble4026]

Congrats on the weight loss. How can it be carnivore if your eating sugar fruit? Sounds more like keto.

[@SuperZimpatico]

@@mobile_noble4026 I don’t know, but it’s working for me . Very happy 😃

[@kenierreyes7780]

The best study and the best diet has allowed many people to live more than 100 years. None of them have had such restrictive diets, but they have been characterized by metabolic and nutritional flexibility.

[@triciac1039]

I'm curious about Dr. Mercola's full reason. Please see if you can interview him. Thank you so much

[@1timbarrett]

Yes, please interview Dr Mercola. How was he sleeping on Keto…? 🤔

[@Longjohnsilver58]

IF you’re NOT obese, and IF you don’t have high blood sugar, and IF you are NOT diabetic or pre diabetic, and IF you are relatively healthy for your age with no other chronic disease likely linked to food allergies or insulin resistance, and IF you are active and exercise, THEN why the hell not? Up the carbs a bit. You should still avoid processed foods, but a slice of cake once a month ought not kill you anytime soon. However, if any of the above apply to you then keep your eye on the ball and realize your waistline is the one thing that will kill you quicker than anything else. Don’t worry about the noise in the background. Ignore the “studies” and “experts.” Listen to your glucose monitor, bathroom scale, waistline measurement, and blood tests.

[@Alecmcq]

Mercola is off the planet. He is just a supplement salesman these days.

[@robertg3461]

I've been following Dr Mercola for about ten years. His version of keto was not a very sustainable version. He kept his protein way too low to ever feel satiated. He got caught up with the whole mTOR thing. Though I did enjoy reading his articles.

[@mikerudd4943]

Always appreciate your level headed approach

[@user-yv4lb6uq6w]

Thanks for the review

[@robyn3349]

Thank you!

[@reddawn352]

Thanks for the reassurance on keto diet! 👍🤠

[@Snowsea-gs4wu]

At 2:00 well you should check out those “bretharians” because if I understand well they just breathe and are spared from eating anything at all. LOL!

[@Mooskk]

I try to do carnivore but fall off for short periods every so often. I feel horrible every time I go on those "binders".

[@fivestarlimos]

There’s a reason for it, I was like you as well. Your body thrives with balance, if carbs are so bad then why do they exist in the first place 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂 stop listening to all these gurus

[@APEXCARNIVORE]

toxic elements like ​​⁠Arsenic, Plutonium, Mercury exist as well, bufoon😂

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@fivestarlimosThere are different eating patterns that work for people. Keto/low carb is really how we ate before industrialized foods. Just meat and vegetables. Some societies like the Egyptians were higher carb with bread and beer. They have drawings of guys with love handles and many of their skeletons have tooth decay. One thing is for sure. 2/3 of Americans are either diabetic or pre-diabetic. Reversing it is as simple as going low carb/Whole Foods. Of course, some are allergic (not in the traditional sense) to veg and carnivore works for them.

[@fivestarlimos]

@@jamesdellaneve9005 yes for short term nothing extreme is healthy. Of course everybody is different but to say keto or carnivore is the perfect diet is laughable

[@Kwildcat13]

@@fivestarlimoswhy though .. why are carbs necessary ?

[@dbiedler]

Thank you.

[@rawmilkmike]

I've been following Marcola for years. I like his style but not his message. If he went keto, it must have been for a very short time. He certainly isn't going to be keto with the new KZbin guidelines.

[@Bret000]

Dr Mercola is all over the place these days.

[@jimrutherford2773]

He's a very confused man. I wish Dr. Westman would invite him for an interview and find out why exactly he quit keto. They can debate the issue.

[@marcjames3487]

He's not looking so good either ~ but he has created a lot of stress and cortisol for himself. Whilst 'taking on the establishment ' is admirable, he seems to have taken the response way to personally. Thanks to him I welcomed saturated fat and eggs back into my life many years ago and he did share a lot of good information for free but he does seem to have lost his edge.

[@LowCarbLowDrama]

It's georgi dinkov who influenced this mercola fella.

[@longyang888]

I have been reading Dr. Mercola 's information for nearly 20 years. He is willing to change his opinion according to the new research and his personal experience, unlike many so called "health guru" over these years. It is up to us to educate and make the best decision for our self . His products are expensive but with good quality, which set a standard for his competitors to match, and it is good for the consumers like me.

[@stepheneverhardt4731]

I am carnivore and when I get yearly blood work done my fasted glucose is always around 80-85 so it looks like my body does make enough glucose.

[@beckyd.236]

I have been low-carb, Keto for around 8 years, I decided one day to have some carbs, was fine for a few moments, then my toes started to have spasms, like a charlie horse for about 20 minutes, so, over the years I tried to stay away from sugar and carbs, well last month I tried them once again, and not only did my toes have a charlie horse but my left hand had one and the pinky finger part of my hand looked deformed the spasm was so intense, I think I will stay away from sugar and carbs from now on. Any idea why the carbs caused spasms?

[@mymai5859]

I'd be interested if you'd do the experiment again with certified Organic vegetables. Am wondering that glyphosate (herbicides/pesticides) in most supermarket vegetables, that can't be washed out, is affecting your digestion? One of my massage therapy tutors decided to do juicing of leafy veges/ fruit everyday - thinking it was healthy. After 3 months he had terrible pain & knots in his leg muscles & had to spend hours massaging it out, plus he always had a sore stomach. He discovered it was glyphosate poisoning & he'd never been near a garden. So it was all the veges he'd bought. He only buys organic now, stopped juicing & has recovered.

[@beckyd.236]

It is not the veggies it is the carbs that cause the reaction, I live in Amish country and they don't use herbicides/pesticides@@mymai5859

[@annburge291]

Meat doesn't have carbs, but eggs, milk, cheeses, nuts do have carbs. Vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, asparagus, cabbage and legumes are essentially carbs. Most keto diets do have carbs. It's only the lion diet, meat only diet that doesn't include carbs and those that eat this way are perfectly fine.

[@IonTrone]

Mercola is more woo-woo than science!

[@jamesbondaygee]

I've tried lots of diets. Atkins keto, vegetarian, but the best I felt was doing vegetarian. I think maybe I'm a Buddhist from my past life. I like the nutritarian philosophy of Doctor Fuhrmann too.... If the shoe fits..

[@angiegracie6954]

I’ve never thought Dr Mercola looks healthy

[@phloyboy]

So given a baby nursing is a natural course of events for a newborn human and the mother's milk is fat, protein and cholesterol, then the baby is in fact in ketosis. This means going carnivore is essentially switching us back to our natural state away from glycolysis. So, if our natural state is ketosis and our brains will make whatever glucose we need then the brain isn't technically capable of using ketones for energy, it uses ketones for energy and it's able to switch to glucose as needed. Seems as a species we've just been using a glycolysis-based diets for so long we think it's the normal state and ketosis is the odd way of doing things.

[@jimmckay2337]

Good argument, and I do agree with your end theory. There is however, a bit of lactose in the milk. But, here is the thing. The enzyme used to break down the lactose, lactase, is usually only produced efficiently by babies and small children. As humans get older they tend to have a decreased production of lactase. So, yes, your argument’s final answer is most certainly credible. Cheers.

[@JappaKneads]

Lactose is a carbohydrate. Babies are NOT in ketosis. You guys care really going overboard with your fascination of the state of ketosis...

[@ekondigg6751]

@@JappaKneads Actually, breast-fed babies are in ketosis. Do your research.

[@JappaKneads]

@@ekondigg6751 babies in the womb are naturally in ketosis. When they are newborn they are in mild ketosis. Beyond 6 to 7 months after weaning the state of ketosis becomes undesirable as a sustained state, this is why to maintain a state of ketosis is precariouslydifficult. All mammals go thru weaning and no animal on Earth goes into a state of ketosis as their permanent state. Innuits (eskimos) eat the "perfect" keto diet but evolution to their high fat diet made it such that they don't go into ketosis. I have absolutelt no idea what is the fascination with the state of ketosis or the adult desire to be in a pre-weaned infant state nowadays... other mammals naturally wean. Some humans seem not to want to.

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

@@jimmckay2337 That is not true. Adults can still produce lactase, and do so. Especially if they continue using milk/dairy. If you cease, you interrupt production, but the body is capable. I often take a bit of a good quality milk to help me feel better if I am feeling sick, and mostly as a snack while out and about if I need to. It is not as a constant, though. Dairy, milk as a meal is not like consuming a bread roll, it is not a dump of lactose into the body like that, particularly whole milk. Without wanting to sound anything other than genuine, there is a genetic-race basis to the difference in consumption of meat, dairy and carbohydrates.

[@rexwine]

Your cortisol levels definitely increase if you get continuously constipated from an all-meat diet which is what happened to me. I ended up in the ER and then in the hospital. I was put on a 24 hour Holter test and was throwing PACs. I was scheduled for a treadmill test which I never did. I had to add fiber back into my diet. Maybe some people can tolerate all-meat, but that situation caused me serious problems. And yes, my condition switched 180 back to being well again once I did. I went off full carnivore to keto based. Still most meat, but always greens as well now. I believe dr/ westman advocate full keto foods. but some others advocate just meat products.

[@1timbarrett]

Similar experience here. For me this comes with insomnia as well. I can sleep every other night but no more than that. So frustrating. 😢

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

You needed more fat, not fibre.

[@rpellicer]

I think Mercola jumped on the anti-keto bandwagon as a business strategy. Listen to Dr Berg's video recently on keto censorship (at least he has the integrity to stick to his guns). Mercola is trying to make his way back to undo any censorship of his material. Ironically, Dr Mercola was the one I first heard about LC from, though I didn't take it too seriously. My shift happened when I listened to the late, great Sarah Halberg's TedTalk.

[@NazTH]

In Thailand, we got enough sugar in condiments. So, no need for more sugar please.

[@timcastle9506]

It would clearly help the arguments about this if all would speak the same language. Sean just showed a burlap bag of " sugar" the liver via gluconeogenisis can produce what various cells are asking for, that's not a bag of white sugar. The word salad is part of the issue between the 2 campfires. As I understand things, ( this varies for individuals) keeping my CARBOHYDRATE consumption under 50 gr,s per day will induce ketosis over time,( again it varies per individual, it can take awhile based on your eating habits over your current life span) that being said, I dought that eating 50 gr,s of carbs in the form of doughnuts a day, is what davis/ Phinney had in mind. A whole ruby red grapefruit has carb,s with some fiber, but not anywhere close to 50 gr,s. If you choose not to eat plants due to plant toxins great, if you want some carb get it from a proper source. But the word salad is deceptive and detrimental to the argument. Stop it, gentlemen.

[@ivo69tube1]

Actually Dr. Mercola is looking like he is eating only sugar!

[@jamescalifornia2964]

He needs fish and eggs 😣"'

[@mattm1686]

I had a little bit of chocolate the other day like one tiny little square, and it made me miserable for the rest of the day and disturb my sleep dramatically that night by making me anxious and on edge

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

The way to know impacts of things is to try them and know that is a problem. Next!

[@CynthiaArmstrong7]

I actually went to see Dr. Mercola when he was in Chicago.

[@lyns2686]

I was surprised to hear Dr Mercola had millions of viewers. Years ago, I was a follower of his for a while. I forget why I stopped following as it was a long time ago, but I do remember being worried about him because I thought he looked bad and hoped he wasn't sick. I haven't heard much about him until this broadcast. I'm glad he's still around though I won't follow him any more. Too many other good doctors to follow, like you Dr. Westman, and Anthony Chafee.

[@gorgev9341]

Echale ganas

[@gypsygirl9]

Dr. Westman, can you please talk about the impact of si much fat and protein on the kidneys? Thank you so much😊

[@BudKwaark]

it would be nice to link the original video in the description

[@vh8674]

I feel great eating keto. We should listen to your own body and it will tell you what is good for you. Sugar and carbs aren't your friends. Look around and see how many fat people and see how they shop at Costco.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I didn’t like Mercola getting cancelled, but he’s been pushing vitamins and such for years and he’s had some weird views.

[@stanrobertson]

No one should be cancelled, except for criminal reasons. We don't need the tech industry (as directed by government and corporations) telling us what we should learn - we are free-thinking adults, and if we get sucked into anything that is not good for us, that is on us.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@stanrobertson 100%

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

@@stanrobertson the tech industry is made of corporations - which are then made of people.

[@stanrobertson]

​@@ellenorbjornsdottir1166I am not sure of the point you are trying to make, but I was referring to corporate leadership that are beholden to the shareholders to provide a profit each quarter, therefore decisions they make are focused on this.

[@murphyy277]

Everyone has vitamins lol for sale

[@vitality_maximized]

Hey Dr Westman Upon reacting to what Shawn Baker has said, and your thoughts, just because the body makes glucose or any other molecule, does it mean it cannot be consumed at all? Why are keto, carnivore, vegan, vegetarians and everyone across the board like to use the "we can make enough of X so we don't need it"? Are these diet camps interested in excellent health?

[@Vyctorwulf]

This is very curious. Back in the days when cell phones were huge and were only used to make calls my mother was being eaten alive by rheumatoid arthritis. She turned on her computer that had a 14.4k modem and found a message board run by a guy named Dr, Mercola. Through what he told her and her following the ketogenic diet she was able to put this arthritis in complete remission in a couple of months. Her doing that was what got me interested in studying the ketogenic diet and later fasting when I had time and could find the studies and literature. I would imagine in his career he has countless people that he has been able to help, so why would he throw all that to the wind? More than curious to me. Would love to find out the real reason why because what has to be his vast experience it makes my mind boggle at what I just saw in this video.

[@kinky_Z]

I'll be a person who states the obvious: Big Sugar gave Mercola an offer he couldn't refuse... lol

[@sherbear8097]

Great

[@brendakemp9060]

I was prediabetic I had a atroke. I'm now carnivore. I can tell you when I eat sugar I feel it in my brain 1st.

[@martinevanloon2695]

I listened to one of those interviews- one third fat one third protein and one third carbs - I have always trusted mercola but I wasn’t sure about that!

[@vitality_maximized]

Also, how is a modest increase in cortisol (we suppose saliva, does it matter? did the cortisol level elevate?) from baseline helpful for complete resolution of systemic inflammation? An increase in cortisol is a progression of the stages of stress from alarm to resistance stage. How is that really reducing inflammation?

[@Irish_Lass2024]

I'm guessing Mercola got offered a lot of $$$ to change his direction. Or he was threatened.

[@jamescokl3]

I do hear about arteries blockage from keto. Any studies to ease my mind please.

[@donnafarley]

Gluconeogenesis is a metabolic pathway that results in the generation of glucose from certain non-carbohydrate carbon substrates. THAT'S how we get glucose.

[@starseedenergy996]

Of course refined carbs are awful….as well as processed foods. Don’t eat sugar but eat fruit veggies Whole Foods based on complex carbs and things like dates. Keep a journal about how you feel. Yes processed sugar detrimental…not a variety of Whole Foods often based on complex carbohydrates

[@michaelsallee7534]

Going beyond a moderate protein intake ... my body converted the excess for the moment to sugars. Want to disagree; explain how with eating around 10g of carbs per day ... my triglycerides were at 185

[@pauljmey]

I always suspect there was something flaky about Mercola.

[@jobrown8146]

I've been low carb for 2 years and am metabolically healthy and fat adapted. Last week about 3 hours after lunch I was involved in a car accident (nobody hurt thankfully). I did go into shock. I'm 65 (here in Australia that is called "geriatric" - she apologised when she said it!). About 1 to 1.5 hours later when the paramedic asked me about medical conditions I said I'm diabetic in remission on low carb for 2 years and she said oh that's good. She did a finger prick glucose test and it was 5.1. She also checked my heart and it was fine. My body did what it needed to do. However, I'm wondering if I had had a small amount of sugar it might have helped me to recover from the shock faster than I did.

[@wocket42]

Probably not. If the body needs sugar, it can get it via various hormones. The car accident is new, but traumatic shock events we have experienced for millions of years. The body knows what to do.

[@jobrown8146]

Yes, I thought that too, but I was wondering if that takes longer to happen than ingesting a small amount of easy to access sugar. @@wocket42

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

No. Sugar will make it worse. Your body makes its own energy from your food. Trauma is real, do not try to side step this natural process. It is okay, and it is your system dealing with the experience. Go easy on yourself. xo

[@jobrown8146]

@@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577 Thank you! That makes a lot of sense. And I appreciate the reminder about trauma. Thankfully nobody was hurt and it was just an unfortunate accident. It's been 10 days now and I know that I am still reactioning to it in various ways. I'm driving a huge 6 month old car (I normally drive a really small car which only has reversing sensors) with all the new technology which isn't always correct - that in itself is stressful), I haven't got the dash cam SD card back yet so I haven't reviewed the incident (I never got to see the incident because I was told to wait in my car until being assess by the paramedics), I'm still waiting to hear if my car is going to be written off or repaired. So yes, even though there are other things going on in the world that are worse and the accident itself could have been worse, my body and mind need to process what I have been through. And of course what happened and the "fall out" was totally unexpected. Again, thank you. What you said is very helpful.

[@melysacathcartcallrightsre4577]

@@jobrown8146 Thank You, take it easy on yourself. Totally, our system remains alert because it is an ever existent possibility. I was struck by a car on my pushbike more than two decades ago, broke my pushbike and many injuries but you cannot see them, they just hurt when I sit, stand, move around, or don't move, and I still get a bit nervous when anything happens on the roads. It is automatic reflex. I guess that is how I know a little about the lived experience. I have found the less or zero carbs has helped reduce symptoms, but has not eliminated them, and cannot be expected to. xo