You DO NOT Have To Have Type 2 Diabetes!

Join me as I explore how to reverse type 2 diabetes through lifestyle changes! In this video, I share insights on adopting a low-carb diet and the challenges that come with changing eating habits. Learn about the American Diabetes Society's emphasis on diet and lifestyle over medication, and why transparency in funding and a paradigm shift in diabetes treatment are crucial. Discover how low-carb diets can improve health and why staying engaged with the American Diabetes Society is essential for ongoing learning and progress in metabolic health. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell for more updates!
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[@Avoid_Low_Frequency]

Thank you for this information and analogy. As a person 66 yrs old, hx of weighing 240 lbs and a miserable existence, keto and fasting became a way of life. I turned my life around restoring good mental and physical health. There is one big thing I had to learn, carbs are like heroin, it only takes a little in the diet to wake up cravings. I’ve had to return to strict elimination of grains, sugar and vegetable starches. Daily podcasts like this one is therapy for me!

[@frugalprepper]

For over 20 years I was a diabetic. I was over 200lbs heavier, and on 300+ units of insulin every day and had A1C's in the 14's. 4 years of keto, about a 10 months of pure carnivore, and now carnivore with a few veggies. My last A1C came back at 5.1 with no diabetic medication. Everything else that has healed and doesn't hurt any more is amazing as well.

[@Amaryllis-4U]

May I ask if you are male or female, your age, and your height? It’s extra motivating to me if the person in mind is somewhat similar to my situation 🙂 If you’d rather not say, that’s fine. Thanks for sharing your story ☺️

[@cmills7308]

I am very excited for the ADS. We have used keto/ketovore to reverse my husband’s T2D. Over 13 months of gradually shifting to keto, his A1C went from 12.6 to 5.6 with a 50+ lb weight loss for him and 30+ for me. Although I wasn’t diabetic, I got rid of GERD, joint pain, fatigue and really improved my own health.

[@karahamil3657]

I’m prediabetic trying to ease my joint pains …hope it works

[@cherylgabriel9551]

No

[@iheartcryptoverse2857]

Now you guys are a gorgeous, healthy couple. 🎉

[@pabeader1941]

@@karahamil3657It will, just stick to it and it will help you.

[@junknapper]

The following may not apply 100% to your discussion but here it is. I've never had Diabetes but after 3 stents in 2014, and after a heart attack in 2017 I knew I was doing something wrong and the only conclusion was the SAD was killing me . Went low carb Jan 1, 2018 and that dropped my trigs plus my A1C tested so low my Dr said he had never seen anyone that low, it's went up a little the following years on each 6 month test but it's still 4.8. That and trigs were my two worries.

[@Lisimachos]

I have too mostly 4.8 or 4.5 , is it too low ? 👍👍👍

[@joecephus4151]

Remember when they used to call it "sugar diabetes"? Over the decades, they quietly dropped the word sugar.

[@JoanneMartin-d3b]

Yes i I remember that

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Exactly _💯 !_ Influence of 💸

[@tradermunky1998]

I completely forgot about that! Then it was adult onset diabetes, now kids are getting it so it's just diabetes.

[@theantiqueactionfigure]

My mom would tell us we would catch sugar diabetes if we ate too much candy. Cool Aid and Fruit Loops were ok though, Lol!

[@paulhailey2537]

The just called it " The Sugar "

[@mihaibalint8183]

watching your videos is best with a big cup of bulletproof coffee

[@chrisavetrano]

From the 1950s I recall women saying if you want to stay thin, you can’t eat sugar bread and pasta. They were on the right path.

[@DianeRuotsalainen-ne8cr]

We all knew that in high school in the early sixties.

[@EmilNicolaiePerhinschi]

one argument for "low carb" that I have not heard anywhere is: before agriculture the availability of carbohidrates was seasonal. Grains were cultivated because they stored very well over long time. Wheat can be stored for up to 12 years, depending on how dry the storage space is, and how protected from insects and rodents; as late as 100 years ago holding as many as 3 harvests in reserve was a common practice in the steppe area, that is Hungary, Romania, Southern Ukraine and Southern Russia). Before agriculture carbs would have been available for a few months every year only, and for not having settlements long storage term storage was not an option.

[@coweatsman]

Thus the historic importance of that humble carnivore, the household cat, Could we have stored so many carbohydrates in the form of grains without him?

[@mariad1151]

Grains are only a component of the category. The Hadza, who currently live off the land by hunting & gathering, eat 60% of their diet from carbs.

[@mariad1151]

Grains are only a part of the carb category. Hadza, contemporary hunter gatherers, eat 60% of their diet from carbs by foraging.

[@loriwyoming835]

@@mariad1151 Yeah... I live in Wyoming and what would I forage? A few mushrooms in the spring (but only sometimes) wild carrots in the mountains the size of my thumb? Or would I pick a nice big juicy bison?

[@coweatsman]

@@loriwyoming835 Except when the big game animals migrate away for the winter. Then a store of grain would come in handy.

[@tlewis5901]

"You DO NOT Have to Have Type 2 Diabetes" such an informative healthful session of truth, I appreciate your honesty it is refreshing, and a pray MORE people listen to you and follow : )

[@loriwyoming835]

Eagerly waiting for the launch of the ADS! I didn't have much but donated what I could.

[@stellaoliver2860]

You always make so much sense. I've never been asked about my diet by any Doctor. I live in the UK. I don't have diabetes, as far as I know, but I have a few things 'wrong' with me. Thank you.

[@JoanneMartin-d3b]

I live in califirnia and I have never had a doctor what I ate

[@gailmurphy1163]

I just am more hopeful every time I listen to you- nearly 90 days in now on lie/no carb - lost 20 lbs and trying to manage ms with lifestyle. Last weeks bloodwork with a higher cholesterol and a 5.8 a1c caused a nearly immediate call from a nurse at my docs office telling me I would need to go onn2 meds. I am not a med person but scared to deal with these at my annual physical this week- stressful!

[@herbalannie7707]

Sounds like you are doing good! Just say no!

[@marshcreek4355]

Dr. Westman, again, very well done. You are always the voice of reason and calm. I think that what you were describing in your discovery story of moving from one place to another is referred to as liminal space. That place where you're standing on the threshold of entering a new place and understanding all the wonders and learning it could possibly hold. Liminal space ideally should change one for the good. After watchimg many of your KZbin videos that seems to be a character of your practice.

Since 2017 I follow information about keto diet, low carb diet. I will never go back! Thanks to all these videos I undersatand so moch more about the nutrition. It's still gamechanger for me. I am very sorry for people who don't understand connection between our healthy metabolism and the diet. There are many! 🙄

[@petercyr3508]

To be a truely normal healthy human and avoid all the chronic physical and mental diseases, you must be a fat burner producing ketones from birth. Then again it is never too late. Sugars and starches are subsistence foods and make us sick over the long term. We crave carbs as a survival mechanism to make us put on fat from a time long ago when food was very scarce.

[@franrushie.510]

I’m reading Dr Richard K Bernstein’s and Gary Taubes books now… I’ve had Dr Bernstein’s book since the late 90s. Just now getting a chance to read it… I can’t put it down…

[@mattgullage6720]

Dr. You are terrific and are making a big difference. I wish i knew this 25 years ago. 40 years ago would be better. But i feel blessed to Finally have found it last year-and low carb/carnivore has made a huge difference in my life.

[@georgestraitlover77]

Metformin-diarrhea and stomach pain...Jardiance- UTI and excoriation...Trulicity-constipation/vomiting...no thanks!...now eating low carb...blood sugar mostly in 130's and lost 15 pounds since cutting the carbs 02/01/24. Walk an hour most mornings and feel much better...can't wait to get my labs done in July and tell my doctor how I did it😊👍

[@PatGDressage]

Boy, this really hit home today. My A1C went up a little, after 10 months on Ketovore. I was so perplexed why it went up. Thank goodness I realize now, that this could be normal on a low carb diet! My Triglycerides went down and my HDL went up. So I now feel good with my recent blood work. Thank you Dr. Westman for the info!!! I was so worried, but now OK with it! ❤ I’ve lost 46 lbs. on Ketovore!! (Mostly meat, a few occasional Caesar salads). Feel awesome! I also happily donated to the new ADS organization 👍🏻

[@DarthCarnivore]

For some reason, the whole new world metaphor made me think of going on a magic carpet ride (Aladdin movie reference) but I'm not creative enough to adapt those lyrics to match the 25 year paradigm shift in T2D reversal you just conveyed. Loved it nonetheless. Thanks!

[@smokey11a1]

I had atrial fibrillation about two years ago. Luckily I managed to cure it even though it was non-proximal with intermittent fasting and a low carb, very low sugar diet. I now always do 17 to 19 hours a day fasting. It has improved everything, and I wish I discovered this many years back. I now have the energy of when I was in my 20's and although I am quite a slim build, I've managed to put on a moderate amount of muscle, which I think is due to growth hormone release when you are fasting for a longer fast. For me it dropped my inflammation like a stone, and took roughly 9 months to really see serious improvements. Before I discovered this and had no idea about how carbs can spike your insulin (that includes sugar of course and fruit) I tried eating quality grains, quality fruits, but I just felt terrible I noticed when monitoring my glucose how much of a spike I was getting.

[@donaldmcpherson3226]

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. The problem is that many of the doctor portion of the herd isn't thirsty for knowledge because they feel full of knowledge, while the lay portion of the herd is thirsty. Please don't tell me I shouldn't be thirsty. If someone says they are heading to the bathroom, do you ask them to go for you while they are there? Thanks for providing the water and letting me to it. That's my analogy anyway.

[@randyjnaron]

Dr. Westman is awesome. His speech patterns remind me a little of Bob Newhart.

[@alanedallas9549]

Thank you, Dr. Westman!

[@erniewhite1382]

Great metaphor Eric You are a gem

[@mariad1151]

QUESTION: How is it possible that everyone should have the same blood sugar? The same norms exist for tiny women & huge men, for 100 lbers & 600 lbers. Can that be right? Can't be right! How were the norms established & who do they best represent?

[@franrushie.510]

My goal is to get through life with NO medication.. I’m 75 and I was on a vegetarian diet for over 35 years..I had so many days of feeling weak…even when I was eating lots of fruit and vegetables…now I’m realizing everything i thought was right about nutrition is wrong… I’m looking at the carnivore or starting out with Keto because I still have foods in my cupboard that I have to use up… not high carb food but not Carnivore…I eat carnivore breakfast.. I used to eat oatmeal every morning.. now I eat eggs and sausage or steak for breakfast…

[@languagelynnie]

You are brilliant, Doctor Westman, but analogies are not your thing

[@aliawells]

Thanks for this video! Will send to a family member with T2D.

[@glendalenesites856]

Thank you. Love the analogy. Just starting to try to figure this out. New to this concept. Being allergic to eggs I'm trying to navigate.

[@donnahalstead531]

I don’t lose weight on any diet but low carb does make me less hungry … it’s all very frustrating and confusing… so much conflicting info out there

[@eringo-bragh4243]

I spent decades monitoring the fat and saturated fats were in my foods, yet I still indulged in a lot of highly processed foods. We use food for our entertainment & the food companies have made them hyper-palatable making it much more addictive. Miss those Doritos, but it's been a good 5 years

[@batnerful]

Great video

[@Magjes]

Thanks Eric take care.

[@jeanhofvedvm7589]

This is very helpful, but I now I am between a rock and a hard place! My cardiologist wants me on Farxiga/Jiardiance for my congestive heart failure. I've never been diabetic. Highest A1C ever was 5.7, now 5.2. I'm overweight but losing steadily on low carb/keto.I already dropped Entresto and lisinopril because they tanked my BP. BP ran low anyway, cholesterol has always been normal, HDL and TGs are fine, and arteries are clean (per contrast CT). I don't see a reason why I should take either of those meds when I don't eat sugar to begin with. I can't figure out what those meds do that a keto diet does not. Can anyone explain that to me?

[@Debbie-rp1pi]

Kerry Mann of homestead how released a video recently how he reversed his congestive heart failure on carnivore. Watch his video. He shows his lab results.

[@JoaninFlorida]

Lol. Those drugs make some slimy people very rich. There's a system in place to keep or make you sick and never let you get healthy. There's no profit from healthy people for doctors or drug pushers. Just remember that legal drug pushers are just as evil as the illegal ones.

[@karahamil3657]

Heart disease isn’t a new world… narrowing of arteries is dangerous! I’m doing low carb but lower saturated fat …. You can have the best of both worlds

[@noway180]

I've been doing Keto/Carnivor but my HDL went down 6 points. I've lost 105lbs A1C down to 5.3 but triglycerides went up to 160 HDL now 30. If you see this do you have any opinion. Thanks

[@karahamil3657]

He never answers any comments

[@susangolden5566]

At what point do you take a person off metformin.

[@Habanero777]

Immediately!!

[@floatingmoon5778]

@@Habanero777Are you a medical practitioner in this field, like Dr Westman? I have never heard him say anything close to that!

[@Charlie-h7x]

You need to work with your Dr. My friend was off it in about 30 days. Probably different for everyone

[@chuckleezodiac24]

ask Tim Noakes...

[@kimberlyann1960]

Remember sugar frosted flakes? My mother used to put teaspoons of sugar on top of that. I kid you not. I couldn't even eat it.

[@24chrissypooh]

Does anyone find it ironic that Jardiance advertises on here?

[@JoanneMartin-d3b]

You would think it should be obvious to everyone that low fat is a big fat lie.

[@TheCincinnatiDad]

Not long after he mentioned it, a Jardiance ad interrupted the video…. Ugh.

[@angeb5706]

Jardiance is one of the main commercials shown when watching Keto and Carnivore KZbin videos. If kinda infuriating.

[@lucyburr5516]

I agree. It makes zero sense. From what I understand though, the people posting the videos, like Dr. Westman, don’t have control over that. Big Pharma strikes again!

[@pavman42]

What about reversing type 1? A guy from my HS class claims he reversed his type 1 and then his type 2 diabetes. Didn't give specifics, but said his body started producing insulin again.

[@LiberationSeeker101]

The only thing I can think of is through a series of extended water fasts (with proper electrolytes). This would make use of autophagy, which in turn could potentially let the beta cells/pancreas heal themselves. It's worth looking into. 😉✌️

[@gladyskulastevens6719]

So how much carb should I have to reverse my diabetes? Many thanks.

[@mariad1151]

Dr. Westman recommends no more than 20 grams of carbs per day. He also recommends that if you're on meds, you have to work a doc bc meds can become too powerful very quickly. He has a great book w all the details available at most libraries. it's called: "End Your Carb Confusion."

[@MarieMinton]

I’d like to hear your thoughts about Allulose Dr Westman.

[@getalonghome]

First!

[@cassieoz1702]

Please stop advosing against data collection on the ggrounds that ot might cause anxiety. That is very individual and personality dependant. For some that data is engaging and motivating, and your belief has been used to deny access to useful technology by putting it behind a prescription 'paywall'.

[@clicquot2271]

I agree! I love data! I find using a glucose meter to be reassuring, empowering and motivating. I check my own A1C periodically, too. A dumbed down over-the-counter CGM version is supposed to be available this summer or fall. I’m excited!

[@BigVine-m5i]

How ironical! This video was fronted by a Jardiance video. I wonder if Dr. W's videos get defunded because of that.

[@ScottWorthington]

Does PETA know that you're boiling live frogs?

[@charlestait5303]

Great doctor, story teller, not so much😂😂😂

[@dan-qe1tb]

He's not an endocrinologist, and it shows. Diabetes is a complex, multifactorial health condition. There is no one-size-fits-all solution including just, "eating fewer carbs", without getting into their quality, and what they are eaten with. If "eating fewer carbs", was a diabetes care revelation, my endocrinologist would have brought it up during the first visit. I know, I know, "the conventional medical community doesn't want you to know!", and, my favorite Berry one, "The ADA doesn't officially endorse my favorite diet: they must be incompetent!"

[@karahamil3657]

If your endo didn’t educate you about carbs then he’s part of the problem .

[@LauraB.335]

The more simple process for those who don’t want to make it complex and actually want to reverse their type 2, the insulin resistance that caused it, and the resulting inflammation that leads to all chronic disease IS eat fewer carbs less often. Eat fewer than 20 total grams of carbs and add in fasting, both daily eating windows and extended fasting, and even people who have had type 2 for years can often reverse it in weeks or months. If you want to make it more complicated or complex, then go ahead. It doesn’t have to be.

[@michaeltherrien6006]

I wish Dr. Westman was my doc. Where I live I can't find a doc who gets this. I had one who finally came around when she saw how much my labs improved in just three months. Then she left the practice and now I have to start all over explaining I don't want a statin when they only look at over all cholesterol all while not paying attention that I reversed pre T2D, my trigs are low and hdl is from in a good range, all from eating keto/ketovore and now for the past year, mostly carnivore.

[@LanierHarper]

ADS American Diabetes Society Sure sounds great. I would enjoy being a part of ADS. Thank you Dr Westman for all that you do and are doing for the future generations.

[@clicquot2271]

Dr. Ken Berry announced on his Live KZbin session on May 10, 2024 that he is forming a new 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, The American Diabetes Society (ADS). Check it out. I think you’ll be pleased!

[@herbalannie7707]

Thank you for this! Have been keto/carnivore for 10 months. Diabetic. My A1C went up to 6.1 from 5.7. But my fasting insulin was 5.5. I think my body/liver just wants to maintain a certain glucose level in my blood of 110 -120. This discourages me and i have often wondered if I shouldn't just quit checking my blood. So i was happy to hear that there may just be a new normal for carnivore dieters, especially diabetic people. I am willing to let this work out over years and not months. After all it took me a couple of decades to get here.

[@peardisplay]

Im bout same. 10 months. 5.7 no change and glucose 110. No change. I think dr west.. hit it stop the testin . Good luck.😮😊

[@dan-qe1tb]

6.1 isn't diabetic that's what mine is

[@herbalannie7707]

@@dan-qe1tb I'm very proud of where i am at. But at an A1C of 13.8 five years ago yes I am diabetic. I have all kinds of nerve damage from it and eye issues. If i had always been 6.1 or there about all my life I would not consider myself diabetic either. Lucky you!

[@leemanwrong]

Your A1C can sometimes go up on this diet because your red blood cells live longer.

[@visco154]

I’m 75 1/2 years old. I’ve been carnivore for five years. I keep on getting better and better results as time goes by.

[@susangolden5566]

Jardiance..one dose made my head ring so loud and sick to my stomach. Will not take any of those meds again.

[@zperdek]

My mom was trying it but her pulse was 150 on it.

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

I eat low carb no sugar and no refined carbs and no seed oils and my glucose levels are sometimes unexplainably higher than 110. even after 24 hour fasts. Thank you for reassuring me and others that normal may be different for keto dieter and those eating high carb and refined carb and seed oil diets.

[@Islamisthecultofsin]

The body makes its own glucose so 110 is where the body wants to be.

[@sandramorton5510]

Thank you for talking positively about the fasting glucose, it ranges from 102 to 106. I have reduced my prediabetes to current A1C of 5.4. The fasting glucose does give me anxiety, I feel less anxious listening to you. Low carb is helping my IBS, removing all grains, I tried the Fodmap and no diary, which failed. I am new, just started in March.

[@Suelynngrr]

Thank you so much for bringing awareness to the side effects of various medications, Dr. Westman. I am extremely grateful that finally someone is cautioning people and offering alternatives to foster good health. After decades on statins and a cascade of things happening that required more medications, which only exacerbated my bad health, my body feels a sense of relief that I am beginning to restore the status quo. ♥

[@charleswilson4598]

You don't have to be a genius to know that all meds have their side effects

[@Suelynngrr]

@@charleswilson4598 Presumptious comment!

[@charleswilson4598]

@@Suelynngrr I suppose you are right in that thre are probably a lot of people who just blindly follow the doctors recommendation without question. Doctor says do this and I do it. But I was presuming a thinking curious individual would already be aware of the side effects. I weigh the side effects of my prescriptions and some I take anyway and others I don't.

[@Suelynngrr]

@@charleswilson4598 The question about whether to take statins changes considerably when you are born with inherited high cholesterol. Fear was the driving factor, but I'm more afraid of diabetes which was caused by statins, so I have had enough, thank you.

[@charleswilson4598]

@@Suelynngrr That is certainly your choice. Having read a great deal about statins and several discussions with my cardiologist I think statins are not good for everybody but are helpful to those in certain categ0ories. I think I am one in that category so I take statins knowing the debate questions. I also think cholesterol is overrated and i do not worry about it too much.

[@24bellers20]

I’ve had ibs since I was 16. I’m 67 now. Within 6 months of going ketovore it was gone. I did go to 30 grams or below every day though.

[@rossa.889]

Thank you Dr. Westman! I always come back to you.😊

[@ligiasommers]

Interesting Metaphor , thank you 🙏🏻🌷✨🙏🏻

[@whitelfner4582]

Without Keto but a low carb (20-50) and intermittent fasting, My A1c went from 5.7 to 5.2 in 6 weeks. Rare to have A1c's this quick, but I'm scheduled for a hip replacement Aug 9th.

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

Thank you for helping humans achieve better health by exposing miss information about how important the food and drink that we consume are to the best possible health outcomes.

[@michaelcariello6233]

Dr Westman, how do explain all the non obese people who have type 2 diabete? It’s obvious that obesity was not a factor in there case which implies obesity is not a cause of diabetes.

[@patrickmurray279]

Just because you are thin it does not mean you are healthy. They could have visceral fat on their organs. Dr.Sean O’Mara has lots of videos about this as well.

[@tradermunky1998]

Diabetes is a metabolic disease from excessive carbs destroying the endocrine system and mitochondria over time. It has nothing to do with weight, although weight is a good indicator the person is consuming excess carbs and likely has a fatty liver. I'm 5-11, around 155 lbs, and was prediabetic from eating "healthy" whole foods. Didn't drink sodas, avoided desserts and grains, had little sugar. But did drink and eat lots of fruits and starches which did it.

[@leemanwrong]

Diabetes is a disease of uncontrolled blood sugar most likely from chronic activation of the randle cycle.

[@TheKingdomWeigh]

The first time I heard about GLT-2 inhibitors was today from a neighbour. Thanks Dr Westman for explaining their risks

[@charleswilson4598]

It is true that you don't have to have diabetes but I find that is my biggest incentive for eating low carb. If it were not diabetic I would be less inclined to eat low carb. Low carb is one way to lose weight but not the only way but it is one of the most effective ways to control my blood sugar.

[@kennethh4904]

Problem With CAC scores, people that workout with high intensity thru out thier whole life , tend to have higher CAC scores. For example Ultra Marathoners. Do they need statins, if they have a great HDL to triglycerides ratio? That's my category, I am low carb to no carb eater with a high CAC , but a great HDL to triglycerides ratio. I won't take statins, that effect every cell in your body. It's hard to sell a drug to a 64 year old , that is feeling great. Besides after the age of 60, people with higher LDL statistically live longer. Currently big Medical wants to drive LDL into the toilet. That's insane to me.

[@katrinal2639]

I cannot express how much I loved this video. For me, personally, the best one yet. Thank you so much Dr. Westman, for caring about us humans❣️

[@trixieknits]

My mother’s in laws doc told her as a T2D that breakfast of croissant, oj, and half a banana was healthy. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@williammccartney4833]

Carnivore OMAD here listening monday morning 20 may !.

[@kathleenpimentel9218]

I lost 5 Lbs in 2 months just watching your channel and have not gone Keto......your influence is amazing and I am very happy to learn about your interest in forming a new Diabetes association. I am on Substack and will be happy to help get the word out. This is important work that you are doing.

[@ruthhaney2946]

Thank you Dr Westman and all the doctors who are truly looking at how “diseases” have been looked at and “treated” over the past 50 years. I think of my Mom and other family and extended family members who were so “mistreated “ by the medical profession 😢

[@billtrudell1636]

Studies have shown that stress can affect your cells because it causes your cells to protect themselves. So if you obsess over numbers you can actually cause issues by worrying about issues lol. Keep you weight down glucose levels low and blood pressure and realize you won’t live forever. Be good to yourself and smile and laugh a lot.

[@trixieknits]

Fantastic idea!!! If all of us who’ve become healthier thru the use of ketogenic methods gave $5+ we’d have enough to do good double blind research.

[@kartowidjojo]

I just done fifth of your "journey". I hope I can go at least as far as you go. Long live dr Westman The Wiseman. Greetings from Jakarta Indonesia

[@lucyburr5516]

Dr. Westman the Wise Man-love it!

[@kartowidjojo]

@@lucyburr5516 thank you! He always choose his words wisely, even to debunks the "enemy" 😅

[@MicheleHappe]

Structure of scientific revolution. Thomas Kuhn❤️❤️❤️

[@trixieknits]

So again!!! Tap into the everyday man who would give a little to fund research. If we all gave a little we’d have a lot and get it done.

[@robyn3349]

Thank you, Dr. Westman! Great info, I think your metaphor turned into an allegory! 😂

[@sherrischwartz6844]

Please forgive my typos in the last comment. I'm legally blind and you talk to text. Unfortunately it does not always respond appropriately. But the gist of my last text was challenging you to try powerlifting for 12 weeks it will change your life just like going from sugar to low-carb did.

[@Denise-t2n]

I was doing great doctors don't like accepting the fact that you can do things without a bunch of meds but they took me off of my thyroid medication and got everything out of whack and was telling me my thyroid was normal when in fact it wasn't now I'm all messed up again trying to fix myself they're trying to tell me that I have had diabetes for so long and it's a progressive disease that I probably am not ever going to be able to do it with diet again and are trying to force medications on me I don't know what to believe anymore all I know is every good thing I fight for and do for myself a doctor wants to destroy😢😢😢😢 I've had doctors almost kill me several times

[@alisaadat4474]

Terrible rambling

[@carlawalker8219]

Yes a year thank you

[@stevopowell]

Interestingly, the indigenous inhabitants of the “New World,” were already mostly low-carb, so the metaphor is interesting.

[@ronelpieterse933]

Can anyone provide me with a source for the 2024 study about IBS (best results with keto vs meds or fodmaps) mentioned, please?

[@pauletteschiowitz8989]

Dr. how can I gain 10 lbs. back with my ketovore diet with ckd 3a? Help

[@paolocarlosalvador5100]

Hi doc , new subscriber here, im now on a low carb diet and my weight goes down fast but i notice that all my blood work improves aside from cholesterol, is it normal that i lose significant weight but choleterol increases. But i feel good, is that possible??? Thanks

[@zperdek]

I don't know what will doctor say but when you are on low carb something has to replace the sugar as fuel for cell. And that replacement is cholesterol from fat cells or fat from food. At first is cholesterol released to blood stream and than liver can make from it ketones.

[@laurahuston2187]

If high HDL and low triglycerides you're probably OK. Get a CAC score.

[@jeffreehealingwaters8169]

Yep it happened to me but HDL and triglyceride ratio is more Important number. Get a NMR test to see if you have small or large fluffy LDL small is deleterious large is not cholesterol of 300 could be fine. See Dr Sten Ekberg u tube for more imformation

[@Charlie-h7x]

Check out Dr Ken Berry also it will help you with your question

[@leemanwrong]

Cholesterol is under the control of your genes whatever your level is that’s what it’s supposed to be.

[@laurengianna9944]

Sadly here in NY we can’t use own your labs 🤬

[@judymays]

I’m So proud of you and Dr. Berry!❤

[@petraalejo7883]

Thank you!

[@regabercrombie6097]

great talk Dr Thank You

[@ronaldjones996]

Is The American Diabetes Society a tax deductible organization?

[@lucyburr5516]

It’s a brand new organization, so that probably hasn’t been dealt with. My opinion.

[@franrushie.510]

Years ago.. in the 90s. I worked with a girl.. Kathy Ryan,she went on Dr Atkins’s diet and lost lots of weight..I was vegetarian.. I thought she was crazy…now I see I was the crazy one..

[@JesusIsLord1976]

Hello doctor! I hope this question can get an answer. I recently started carnivore. I noticed quickly I like the taste of cooked meat from being prepared on the bbq. Versus the stove top. Are there disadvantages or advantages to this. Of late, I bbq all my meat. I was assuming I might lose fat. However, I do melt some grass fed butter in sauce pan and put it onto the meat. Hoping this helps add healthy fats. I'm mostly concerned about cancer promotion from info I thought I heard awhile back. Hope you can bring clarity. Thank you!

[@rawmilkmike]

Makes no sense. And colonization is a hot topic in light of the horrific atrocities happening in Israel since WWII.

[@tammyteej861]

Focus…focus…..quit taking detours into the mud