Went to my Endocrinologist today. I was put on a new condensed insulin and they have raised it till I am at 200 units now. I told my doc I gained 25 pounds in the last few months. She said there is nothing that can be done. I was discouraged until someone mentioned your book "Why We Are Sick." Just ordered it and looking forward to reading it

I was 343lbs in April of 2022, today I’m at 248 lbs. How? Learned about insulin. Started IF and cleaned up my diet. (As little sugar as possible, no bread, pasta etc and whole food’s only) 52m. 233lbs on 1/6/23

Take aways: Intermittent fasting Low carb low sugar high protein good fat diet Movement/exercise Reduce stress Sleep well Thank you both 🙏🏼

Ben Bikman is one of the great modern heroes of our times. I wondered many times how many millions of lives will he save by shifting the paradigm on diabetes and the perception we have of insulin? Tens of millions? Hundreds? Certainly over time. Of course to that many others contribute, from health coaches to doctors and dietitians that similarly contributed to changing outdated attitudes in the medical establishment, but research professors have a special place among them for providing the explanations and the evidence all the rest use to proliferate the knowledge. His Children should be(and am sure they are) very proud of their father.

On problems of prosperity: I grow all my own fruits and vegetables, and enough for relatives and neighbors to get some. Many days, I am outside 5-6 hours per day, moving compost or mulch, digging, tying up, weeding, mowing with a push mower, raking, turning compost. I also go fishing now and then. So much of my food is fresh, maximum nutrition, eaten or frozen within minutes or, at worst, hours of harvest. I get more Vitamin D from the sun than most. And there are mood-elevating chemicals in soil, they say, so I work glove-free and barefoot. Some years, I get a deer a relative has hunted. This year, I'm getting hens for eggs. With all my mind, heart, and body, I believe this is closer to what we're supposed to do, what our bodies are hardwired to do. Sitting in a cubicle for 9 hours and eating sugar most assuredly is not.

Dr. Scher is a great interviewer. I said that before and I had to say it again.

If you love to get a bit deeper into the how and why of things, this is by far the best health podcast on the planet. Cutting edge science explained by leaders in their field, presented by a world-class interviewer. For all the rot out there let us not take for granted what we have here. Thankyou Diet Doctor, guests and all those behind the scenes.

I am doing fasting with low carb and it works.OMAD helps me with my insulin resistance. The key is I eat even less than I ate before now and much less carbs. I lowered my calorie intake. Feeling full is not easy when you have insulin resistance. So eating only once is much easier for me. I feel full and stop eating. So I eat half of what I was eating before I started OMAD. I eat very few carbs. I feel so good after around 18-19 hours of fasting. I am doing this to get rid of my insulin resistance and the infections that it is causing in my body.

The passion of both of these men is inspiring! Best interview I've seen in years.

Dr. Scher is my favourite interviewer. He always know what to ask, when to ask and how to ask...so that we can understand the topic better. Thanks!

I’m 52 and have no medical education but I keep reading and studying this stuff trying to understand it more deeply. I wish I could help to get it out to more people even though I’m not qualified to do so. I’m carnivore 4 years and into mobility training, best way I can help is to live as an example.

I can listen to professor Ben every day! 🎉 He is BRILLIANT❤

I'm very happy to listen to this podcast while fasting for 48hr, knowing both my insulin/glucose levels are super low. Amazing talk.

I'm being very simplistic here. Dr Bikman is very very intelligent. Which means anyone who interviews him must be excellent in their knowledge to comprehend the whole body.

OMG. I just started reading Why we get Sick this a.m.! I also sent 2 copies to relatives❤

I am reading Dr. Bikman's book right now. This is a great interview with wonderful, life changing information being shared.

Dr Bikman is amazing His book is fantastic. One of my favorites.

I do intermitent fasting.... And we are taught to never eat 4 hours before going to bed..... YES you have to have a plan to break the fast....AND I do it to control blood sugars.... 1 meal a day. and when it doesnt work, go back to mixing up my fasting plans.... LOVE this education.

Professor Benjamin Bikman and Dr Sher are two of my favourite Teachers, thanks guys.

Awesome interview, thank you dr. Scher and prof. Bikman! Just a note: if you do time restricted eating/IF/OMAD combined with LC for a while a do it correctly, e. g. you are fat adapted, your hunger and cravings go away. When you then eat nutritionaly dense food and quality protein and fats, it is actually hard to overdo => satiating effect of protein and fat. Your hormones kick-in and your body tells you when to stop. You just have to watch for meal timing and like Prof. Bikman said, don’t eat right before bed. Finish at least 2 hours or more before sleeping.

Love Dr Bikman. Could listen to him talk for hours.

Thank you dr. Ben and dr. Bret. Excellent interview.

Dr Scher always asks great questions

Damn! This episode explained EVERYTHING that is going on with my diabetes, glucose monitoring, gaining fat etc... also explains the last 20 years of being very fit and still carrying 20-30 lbs of extra fat. Thanks y'all.

I know well Dr Jason Fung’s work but that’s the first time to watch Prof Bikman. I purchased his book on kindle and start reading immediately

Listened to Ben and read his book. Use a 6 hour eating window. Starting around noon. After many diets went low carb , med protein diet. Along with moderate exercise dropped 60 lbs in year. A1C now at 5.5 down from 5. 9

The scenario that you mention at the end where OMAD becomes a mini binge was me when I first started. I knew it wasn't ideal, but it was better than eating ("sugar") all day and it was what I could manage at that time. Gradually it is improving as I get more educated and healthier, without me having to try really too hard. It's a mistake to assume our long term results will be based on how good or bad our plan is when we first start out. Do what you can, even if it's a little. If you have to promise yourself a high carb reward to get through your first ten 20- hour fasts, who cares? Just gradually keep trying to do better when you are able. As they say, the perfect is the enemy of the good.

Dr Ben Bikman a fine thinker. I am highly enlightened. Keep it up.

that was great. Thank you both.. I rarely watch videos this long, this one was well worth it!

Omg... im an RN and budding freelance research writer. I'm going to read all of your work! I would love to work with you one day. I'm over coming insulin resistance, fatty liver, losing weight, and ketovore/ IF daily. Down 33 lbs since March 19th. Battling cancer now, which as we all well know cancer is just metabolic disorder of the mitochondria....we've even sickened them with our SAD! TYFS, Jen

I would love to have Ben Bikman reconcile his research findings on the impact of insulin resistance on our bodies and metabolic syndrome plus other chronic diseases vs Dr. Rick Johnson’s research on the connection between fructose on uric acid and then on insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. Bikman focuses on glucose and insulin while Rick Johnson focuses on both fructose and glucose, with uric acid being a key intervening factor.

I love Ben Bikmen. His description of cells being overfed leading to insulin resistance explains why some people have weight loss stalls on low carb diets. To me, that seems like an important breakthrough.

I'd like to see a collaboration between Dr Bikman and Dr Lustig. That would be the best of both the research and clinical worlds.

It would be interesting to see a study on how hyperinsulinemia affects gut bacteria. I have a strong feeling that stuff like SIBO is very much something that is affected by high insulin levels, with insulin being the proliferator or growth factor. What do you think Dr. Bikman?

Well vegetarianism didn't work for me for 20 years and sadly, keto carnivore even at 90% is what has helped me tremendously.

Thanks for both of you great interview

Great. Love Dr. Bikman. Great questions and focused discussion.

Love me some Dr Bikman. He is so well informed 👍💪🧠

The best and socially helpful channel on KZfaq or anywhere else . Period ... Thanks doc 👍

As an RN for 41 years, now retired, my question is why do MDs not have continuing education that addresses new studies relating to this problem....? Do they not see that what they have been telling us to do for the last too many decades has not worked. No curiousity?? For shame!!!

Re Cortisol and insulin resistance. I recently had 5 days off travelling 3 hours to a beautiful country location and felt extremely relaxed. I noticed my fasting glucose went down by .6 mmol to 4.2 while away. As soon as I came back to the big smoke it went back up by .6 mmol to 4.8. My guess is Cortisol.

As always I love Prof. Bikman's knowledge on insulin. I also brought his book. I just want to touch on OMAD. I have been doing intermittent fasting for decades. It used to called skipping meals. But anyway, I find that Your body don't allow OMAD Binge because you actual get fuller faster when eating OMAD. It is when you allow few hours of eating your OMAD that can cause binge. So, if you pile up a table full of food only eating as much as you can til you feel full, you will not binge comparing to allowing yourself few hours to eat a meal.

So over my head! I barely understand it. I'll need to watch several times. 😯

Bikman is very good. It is so weird that some people actually put thumbs down on this

Dr Scher und Dr.Bikman, great video with all the problems of today and all the solution, it is so good, easy explained. Thanks from Germany Eszter Horvath

Great discussion, but y'all missed a big point. Keto/low carb eliminates the hunger problem. I don't see how I could do int. fasting on a low fat high-carb diet - the hunger would kill me. Eating fat on keto = no hunger. It's truly amazing. I bet most people are much more likely to fast more effectively if they eat keto (or low carb maybe) when they eat. One of you may have mentioned the hunger thing earlier, but it would have been great if one of you had brought it up on the keto/low carb vs low-fat-hi-carb and int. fasting section. Lots of stuff to think about here. Thanks.

Thank God there are Doctors and scientists like Dr. Bikman because quite frankly this stuff bores me to death. As a type II diabetic.......I am so happy there are people who have an interest in this.

Ben Bikman is awesome! Thank you so much for this information!

I have faith in Dr Bikman’s science. Stay the course Ben.

I also repeat...this is the best most informative dietary health channel on KZfaq or anywhere for the topics covered. Even in simple Google searches for text, Diet Doctor is simply the most on point purveyor of relative information of dietary concerns. The in depth information they provided makes it easy to decipher and understand fact from fiction. Many thanks...

Was glad to hear Dr. Bikman say that IR is not THE factor of disease, but that it's an important link to causal effects of illness. I've watched podcasts that state he only focuses on IR, and now I know that's not the case. Dr. Bikman sees IR as a major player, and from what I see, that is certainly the case. His study of insulin is very telling, and needs those who can work with him from there.

This is to me the best explanation of insulin resistant. I am 71 years old and still working to keep my body active and I'm trying to follow low carb diet socI can reduce some weight because of my knee problem and to keep my blood sugar level to normal as I have been on borderline high. Thanks for the informations and I am for sure will share this to those who need this eye opening topic.

You are an outstanding Scientist who has changed my life.I do appreciate your U-Tube very valuable information.I have also bought your book Why We Get Sick,from Amazon. Your book is a gem for health seekers. Thanks so much for sharing your deep knowledge and research on diabetes. God bless you and your family.

I have his book and LOVE IT 🥰

Another excellent interview. Thanks to you both. I almost didn't listen to this one. Since I've heard Ben speak many times. Glad I did and will get the book to add to my low carb collection

This is really great interview. Thanks to both of you.

OUTSTANDING! I wish there were a rating higher then Like,

This is how I found out that I had hyperinsulinemia: After listening to a video with Jason Fung I decided to cut my carbs one day. My body reacted strongly the following night (heart racing, hunger, sweating, restlessness) and I had a strong episode of hypoglycemia the following morning (weakness, shakyness, more sweating). I do not take any medication to lower blood glucose and was never diagnosed diabetic (I haven't had my blood glucose checked in years). That episode of hypoglycemia that I was able to recognize easily as I am a nurse made me realize that I needed to really cut down my carbs and change my diet to lower and hopefully reverse my hyperinsulinemia. By the way, I am in my sixties and always had issues with controling a healthy body weight.

This is excellent at explaining type 2 diabetes.

These Gentlemen are saving mankind. Keep up the good work. You are saving many lives withought even knowing it. I am indebted to you.

So much relevant information about insulin. Thank you so much for doing what you do!

I gotta say….. you’re both great guys! Thank you. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

It's rarely just one thing. Great interview. Love to you both.

Very interesting. There's always more to learn about this topic.

Very good lads. Here’s as additional thought from my experience. Twelve months careful dieting wasn’t enough. When I added an 18/6 autophagy method, WOW. Every one is different I know but this was astonishing. Cheers Mike

This discussion is a gem!

This guy is one of the best. I may actually get the book. I need to summarize what he says so I can influence family.

Love Dr. Ben

Dr Bikman is right about making plans to break a fast. It's very difficult to stop eating once you start, even if the foods are keto.

Phenomenal!! I love the low-carb community!

It was a very useful interview. Thanks for inviting Prof. Ben Bikman.

I disagree “we don’t get paid” with regards of us medical doctors. The physiology, pathology etc all part of medical school. Nothing stops docs continue to be curious , exercising a common sense . I connected dots on hyperinsulinaemia to HT, PCOS , Diabetes etc a while ago and really needed evidence .. You are doing an amazing job guys !! So hard to get through minds and hearts, we need you … your links to your podcasts on our hospital website page now!

Wow! Great interview. Thanks again. Well balanced info.

Super helpful in deepening my understanding of 'metabolic syndrome. thank you

Dr. Bikman, thank you for this information. I am looking more into these concepts you are presenting. 😊

I think we need to quit calling a low-carb diet the “low-carb diet”. The other diets pretty much across the board are just excessive carb diets. We were never intended to eat piles of chips, crackers, processed foods, breads etc.

It’s not just what you eat, it’s how often you eat. I wonder if the communities of people who ancestrally eat high carbohydrate diets also snack all day long. And I bet they’re not sitting behind their desks on their computers all day.

Big Thank You❤️, Learn Volumes from this Podcast 🙏

This makes so much sense!! But just try to find a physician who will order an insulin level...ugh! 😞

Really great interview! To the question « what is the common link between insuline and all modern diseases », I think the question deserves more attention and I can think of other common links as the « growth promotion » that was mentionned: 1. Insuline is inflammatory by itself, and inflammation causes degradation and faster aging and dieases like cancer through cell degradation 2. The body overly relying on glucose forgets how to burn fat, which in turn leads to less mitochondria, which in turn leads to less cell respiration and more fermentation, which is the energy fuel of cancer 3. Glucose depletes us from vitamines and minerals, and reduces our immune system strenght (glucose has priority for vitamine C transport for example) making us more vulnerable to viruses 4. The glycation damage caused by glucose and overeating over the long run 5. The constant inhibition of certain hormones and processes like autophagy that can’t be active at the same time as insuline 6. The impact of glucose itself on our stress and anxiety levels, worsened sleep which in turn increase insuline (my theory is that the body and brain senses that there is a lot of inflammation going on and he freaks out with anxiety that can be felt in the brain and phisically in the upper chest area). 7. Obesity makes people physically less active which in turn makes that the energy in the system is not used quicly enough to prevent glycation processes 8. Insuline promotes glucose storage in places where it can be available as a source of energy for bad bacteria, viruses and cancer 9. Insuline makes us blind to the fat that could be burned which means the body sees only the calories we eat which in turn reduces the metabolism as soon as people are reducing their calories intake if they are not at the same time in low insuline- ketosis state as their body thinks that they are in starvation while at the same time having hundreds of thousands of calories at their disposal but unable to tap them because of insuline and metabolism reduction leads to less calories burning overall, reduction in muscle mass correlated with higher death rates 10. Insuline being an emergency process of glucose storage in cells to avoid comma for our brain, it also makes us hungry a lot more quickly as the energy was not available long enough in the blood to give us a constant source of energy throughout the day, which leads to more food consumption as we get hungry too quickly, the switch off mechanism of insuline being very long when we are insuline resistant.

Thank you. His PhD objective sci inquiry gives us laymen hope, esp since US med field has separated itself into dozens of subspecialists with few motivators to consider the whole body and brain.

This interview is extremely dense with information. It's almost mind boggling.

I loved this talk so much. This answered all the questions I've had in my mind!

Just finished his book yesterday and used this to reinforce the info. Good interview. Passing it in to my kids.

I was rolling with Ben, and I did not miss a step. Wish he could just kept going uninterrupted.

Very good information. was not sleeping well and my work and life overall have been very stressful for the last 10 years. Luckily, my blood pressure is always normal and my lipid panels except LDL (slightly high) are also normal. What has worked for me to return to my normal pre prediabetes state has been 16/18 IF with two meals. On weekends, I can go for a whole day for one meal only. However, I do not want to lose any more weight, and I will stop the weekend 24. I find it very easy for me to do since even before learning I was prediabetic, I was skipping meals almost everyday and I am a small eater.

How does this correspond with female menopause? I became type 2 diabetic when I went into menopause. I got it under control with diet and exercise. Now at 62 I am back at being pre-diabetic but I can now control my glucose by cutting out nuts and grains. These are the foods that raised my blood sugar too high. I now walk after most meals just to work off the glucose. I am telling my body to grow muscles not fat 😅

Thank you Dr Bikman. You really educate me of how to take care of myself. I need to order book, WHY WE GET SICK. ALSO GIVE THANKS TO THE INTERVIER. YOU HAVE A GREAT KNOWLEDGE 👍. MAY GOD BLESS YOU BOTH.🙏💝💯

Podcast #57 ... Dr Ian Lake on his five day water fast while covering 20 miles per day on foot (with friends)... my all time favorite podcast ... for giving people courage to exercise fasted and to continue to fast a few hours post workout ... demolishing the conventional superstitious wisdom.

This is one that I'll have to listen to more than once. Excellent!!

Wonderful interview. Thank you. Yes, the paradigms must change both looking at the glucose/insulin problem and also the ROS/LDL problem. We must also understand transient receptor potential channels and how they play critical parts in all of these scenarios.

I'd love to see Ben Bikman and Ted Naiman hash it out. 🙂

This channel is such a great repository of useful and cutting-edge info. Thank you, Dr. Scher and Prof. Bikman. I always love to hear Dr. Ben and his new discoveries or realizations. He's an excellent teacher of what can be pretty complicated stuff. Kudos to you both for a great interview!

Thank you. I've learnt so much.

Ben I'd love to hear a friendly discussion about diet, between yourself and Dr Michael Greger..

Please create a video on the difference between pathological insulin resistance and physiological insulin resistance. Been doing strictly keto/IF (two 24 hr/month) for nearly 4 years and my glucose #’s are in 130’s.

2nd viewing for me and I'm sure it won't be the last. I would love to hear Ben Bikman do a deep dive on carnivore, especially long term.

Spectacular interview; even the second time watching it!

very helpful suggestions. i liked the "specifics" given . binging triggers explanation appreciated.

I find all of this so informative and interesting. I would like very much to study further and work towards a career to help people improve their health with this knowledge. But as I understand the low carb lifestyle is not taught in college. How do I pursue a career in this field?