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mayors chemist 1 second ago i am a bit confused- at 29min 48 seconds- Dr Kim mentions that plant based diet helps/prevents diabetes but wouldnt eating lots of complex carbohydrate insulin resistance? ie. isnt eating lots of fruits and carbohydate (even wholegrain rice, pasta, bread, etc) causes spike in gluclose/insulin? am i missing something? thanks

@@mayorschemist2873 Especially legumes are absorbed so slowly that the don‘t spike blood sugar significantly, but rather provide very stable, consistent energy. Complex Carbohydrates also help build a thicker biofilm of healthy bacteria, which helps slow down the absorption of glucose even further👍

mayors chemist 1 second ago i am a bit confused- at 29min 48 seconds- Dr Kim mentions that plant based diet helps/prevents diabetes but wouldnt eating lots of complex carbohydrate insulin resistance? ie. isnt eating lots of fruits and carbohydate (even wholegrain rice, pasta, bread, etc) causes spike in gluclose/insulin? am i missing something? thanks

@@mayorschemist2873 No complex carbs, vegetables fruits etc. make insulin work better. Insulin spikes are caused by refined carbs, fat, proteins. Search Nathan Pritikin on DIabetes

Lots of vegan cooking channels on KZfaq, just do a search for it!

Plant based don't necessarily cooking their food...

They didn't consume animal products to the degree that we do today. Meat was a luxury item a century ago. You might have it once a week, more if you were wealthy. Our early ancestors would get most of their food from plants because we're not built for hunting. We don't run fast enough to catch most wild animals. We'd expend more energy than we consumed. Moreover, our bodies cannot process rotting carcasses as its harmful to our bodies, yet lions and tigers are able to come back to its prey days later and eat even when its covered in flies and bacteria. What we do have is great colour vision which aided us in spotting bright fruits and veggies to eat. We would only eat meat if it was easily accessible or necessary.

@@Jimanfi2304 Most of the plants we eat today were bred to be eaten. They do not exist in nature. Most of the plants you find in nature are inedible, poisonous, and outright deadly. Then there are fruits, which are seasonal. It's more likely that "our early ancestors" got most of their food from hunting animals like woolly mammoths. They later learned to supplement their hunting with agriculture -- not wild plants.

@@Jimanfi2304 Also, our bodies are meant to process "rotting carcasses." At least according to one theory, that's why our stomach pH is so low i.e. highly acidic. It kills bacteria on animal carcasses that we would have eaten as scavengers.

It's more about the amount of animal products and processed foods. Milk is a processed food.

@@general_electrics Nonsense. Most tribes had, and still have, a medicine man or woman who knew quite a lot about which plants were for the tribe's nutrition, which were for medicinal use, and which nto avoid. Wild plants are the most incredible nutritious superfoods for humans. But if you'd rather eat rotting flesh, that's your choice.

Hello, you raise a good point. Complex carbohydrates from fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes do not cause insulin resistance. In fact these foods prevent insulin resistance. The issues arise when you over-consume refined carbohydrates. Insulin resistance is due to fat accumulation in the liver and muscle cells and this is directly caused by eating too much saturated fat from animal foods and refined carbohydrates from processed foods which are high in fat and sugar. Also to some extent over consumption of animal protein can contribute. Hope that answers your question.

@@plant-basedhealthprofessio9004 Yes correct. For more details see Nathan Pritikin lectures. Complex carbs decrease cholesterol & decrease triglycerides. Resulting in insulin sensitivity, a cure for hypoglycemia or brain fog. It's win win. Just remember back in 1885 people ate 7 x the amount of fibre we eat today.

To the best of my knowledge, the only way to reverse insulin resistance is not to spike insulin as much as possible long term. and that means fasting variations and when eating, avoid food that causes insulin reaction. first foremost is carbohydrates the lvl the refinement can make lower spike for a longer time maybe but any carb u put in will generate insulin reaction no exception. second high lvls of protein. They also cause a degree of reaction. the only thing that not causing insulin spike at all is fats.. then there are different kinds of fats that may cause different reactions in the body regarding inflammation and long term health the opinions differ somewhat.

@@alexaiz7521 Carbs don't spike insulin nearly as much as animal protein (combined with fat which prolongs elevated blood sugar). This is a common fallacy. If you elimate all fats from the diet insulin actually works properly... this was found by feeding students 85% sugar diet for 8 weeks, after 8 weeks they had perfect lipids low cholesterol and low trigs. It is counterintuative but the the two main causes of diabetes are refined sugars and fat BOTH of which stop the body burning glucose. The component of refined foods is prodominately fructose of which excess triglycerides are created by the liver. If you are active then this is not likely to be an issue.

mayors chemist Dr Michael Greger on diabetes. All studies he cites are listed below videos on his website. It’s good to learn how to read them and tell good ones from poorly designed ones... nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-diet-for-diabetes/

Dylan Aresu I’m not sure if your asking about the chart on dietary habits but here is study behind it from two sources: journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002981 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852674/

Eating fruit and other such carbohydrates should never be a problem in a low fat environment - hence why Drs. John Mc Dougall, Michael Greger etc, always recommend LOW FAT Plant Based. Eating too much fat, even on a plant based diet is harmful. Even though your current vegan keto diet may be producing the desired weight loss, you need to be careful, that it's high fat content doesn't do more harm than good in the long term. Dr. Jason Fung ably demonstrated that over consumption of fat - that clogs the cells and damages the insulin receptors on the cells - is the real cause of Type 2 diabetes. All of the plant based doctors recommend restricting fat consumption to reverse diabetes. Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn doesn't even allow his patients any healthy fats when trying to reverse their heart disease. Coconuts, for example have a high saturated fat content. You need to be very careful. You should also look at videos created by Dr. Michael Moseley who, having watched his father die from complications of Type 2 Diabetes at 72, decided not to go down the same path. With a team of volunteers he was able to reverse his and their diabetes on an 8 week programme eating 800 calories a day ( you can't eat much fat when calories that restricted) followed by a more normal diet but still restricting calories a couple of times a week. He also supports Dr. Fung's research on the benefit of intermittent fasting in reversing Type 2 Diabetes. Too much saturated fat - whatever the source- is harmful to health. Be careful.

I agree about the above comment. A low fat whole food plant based diet helps folks lose weight. But it had to be low fat. Only an ounce of nuts or seeds a day...Dr. McDougal advises to completely eliminate nuts and seeds for those trying to reverse Diabetes or CAD and metabolic syndrome. No avocados, limit soy (high fat compared to other legumes). Most people don't stay with Keto forever. If you decide to stop keto I suggest you check into low fat wfpb.

Theres alot of great fake meats. But honestly if you go the healthy balanced route the improvement in the way you feel will likely be more important to you than the taste of meat. Especially once your body is more accustomed to eating cleaner foods.

This is just one side of the story. Keep doing your research, and pay attention to your genetics (APOE4 gene?) and what your body seems to want/thrive on. Watch the Low Carb Down Under videos.

@@aquamarine99911 ok frank tufano fan haha

@@andrew66769 No, not a carnivore. I love my kale salads and Brussels sprouts too much. But certainly there are some smart, educated carnivores (and Frank!) on the interwebs. There's a LOT of conflicting info, which is why I said to monitor your own body in my post. I've been vegan, I've been paleo, I've been mixed (organic).

@Richard Dixon I'm 100 % to the right answer for me

Dannosuke25 All of the science he cites is backed by orgs like Cochrane Group and WHO etc. Meat and dairy industry are very powerful and pay for studies to favour them and bully the above non profit groups to not publish findings, skew or republish with moderation if they show any detrimental effect long and short term of animal product.There’s now decades of science supporting what he says but it’s your body and your choice. Make it an educated one. I wish you the best.

@@jmc8076 I myself am a research scientist, and I know how to read a scientific study and assess if the findings are reasonable or not. I have educated my self on this subject and like I said I have never felt healthier in my life since I started my current diet that includes animal products. Look, I simply do not see any overwhelming evidence that a completely vegan diet is that much better than a meat in moderation diet. And even if it was proven to be I still wouldn't do it. You could eat the "healthiest" diet in the universe and still die at age 20 in a car accident. Life is about risk and without it it would be dull, meaningless, and flavorless. everyone has varying levels of risk tolerance.

Wanting to die early is one of the must destructive and sad mindsets a person can have. I've never met someone with this mindset who doesnt have some type of mental illness. And that's probably because it's a indirect form of self harm. I hope you get some therapy and nutritional help.

@@andrew66769 Thanks for your input and psychiatric diagnosis via Internet for someone you don't know, never met, and most likely will never meet after reading one paragraph of text that they wrote. Very informative and helpful.