To say 0 carbs is a dream. Protein makes glucose. The liver likes to have a good storage of glucose for those famine days. Fat is the only 0 carbs macro, but again the liver can make glucose out of fat too in an emergency. The majority of the foods we eat, even if wholesome, have some amount of carbs; eggs have up to one carb. I am keto with two meals a day, never overweight, but I was prediabetic (which has resolved) as my genes have misbehaved as I get old. I have practiced moderation all my life, but these diabetic genes caused me to reevaluate my lifestyle, and I am now very strict since moderation did not work. Good job with your A1C; mine is 5.4 also aiming to get lower.

@@200Nora when I'm strict for three days my blood sugar is 4.7. But if I mess up it can be 6.3

You may think you are zero carbs but the body needs 1 teaspoon of sugar in 8 pints / 5 litres of blood to function.

@@200Nora he said he eats zero carbs. What the body does with the protein and fat, is the body's business. It ain't stupid, it does what is best for you.

@@felipearbustopotd and it will have that much, you just don't need to eat any. Which he claims he does not.

What carbs do you eat? Please tell me!

@@lq4657 Bananas, melon, and berries in season, Sourdough bread. White rice and black beans. Whole fat dairy. Potatoes. Rice noodles ( I love Vietnamese food)

Hmmmm.....I would love to see an MRI of your abdomen to see how much visceral fat you have with eating that many carbs.

@@keithzastrow couldnt they just get a read on how insulin resistant they are like what is stated in the video?

Let's swap body...i am soo missing carbs

Same here, Kim. It was a total revelation to learn I can survive without fibre. I tried stuffing myself with it for decades, as my GPs continuously advised me to eat more fibre. As a vegetarian, I really could not find ways to up my intake. I learned from Paul Mason that some folk respond to zero fibre and it changed my world.

After colon surgery, I had to eat a low fiber diet and was amazed how regular I became without fiber in my diet.

I would like to know what insulin raising carbs would be beneficial for a two plus year carnivore. Thanks

@@barbvanderhook4227 Berries on keto cheese cake..with whipped cream is my go to.

Good luck, how have you progressed since?

How is it going ?

1 year to go

Second that haha

They are not. What's necessary is the stimulation of insulin in order to ensure your metabolic function is not impaired by being dormant. In other words, your pancreas is functioning normally. You may be doing this as a carnivore through gluconeogenesis.

Let ur bloockwork tell you

@@robertcywes2966 you’re not the real dr cywes

I'm not buying his "insulin suppression" theory until I find some credible research papers on the subject. Protein in sufficient amounts provides a decent stimulus of insulin. And I'd like to know what "non starchy" vegetables Dr Cywes proposes to obtain 100 plus carbs daily.

​@@jerseyjim9092 yeah, I'm not sure how to take the insulin suppression. Feels like just general insulin resistance plus low insulin and high glucagon conditions.

That’s the way I feel 2 and a 1/2 years low carb but how’s my insulin resistance? Doc. Don’t want to check it. Maybe I’ll call the Carb Doctor

Have you been following Dave Feldman & Nick Norwitz's work? They're doing amazing research pertaining to people like you and me (LMHRs).

Agreed!

Keep on going, you got this

Thanks. Just sharing observations gleaned from my patients

Will discuss. Good questions

@@robertcywes2966 in pregnancy too please!?

Thanks

I am a confirmed addict. I seriously restrict all carbs to be in ketosis. If I ever am metabolically okay to add carbs, I must nonetheless NEVER eat sugar, flour, wheat, grains or other refined, white stuff. Sugar and flour are my nemesis and a line I cannot cross without going off the rails. That’s my bright line.

Agreed

100% agree. I have to stay as close to zero as possible. If I have 100 to 150 grams of carbs, the food industry has me hook, line, and sinker

Please be kinder to yourself. It's human to crave addictuve carbs, and it's human to turn to carbs for comfort when we feel strong emotions (anger, grief, loneliness, frustration, etc.). I can't tell you what will work for you, but I'm 66 and have found that two main things are critical: * a meat-based diet * noticing my feelings and discriminating between true hunger versus eating to fill a different need. I wish you the best! Be kind to yourself, not punishing. 🥰

Don't let reports of people doing this 'perfectly' and/or having amazing results quickly discourage you. Most of us fall of the wagon occasionally. Sometimes to the point of severe setbacks. Don't give up on yourself! What has helped me in those times, is just ignoring calories and weight and all that and putting all my mental energy into eating the right things for my body. Even if I still stuff myself senseless. Because with meat and eggs and fat...that usually stops within days and my appetite starts to self regulate again. Do not try to change your diet and eat less/skip meals, at the same time. I know it's tempting, because of that surge of motivation at the beginning of a diet...but it can come back and bite you in the ass, really quickly. Eat that meat and that butter and drench your veggies in olive oil, until your appetite starts going down naturally. Your body will calm down and stop making you stuff you face very quickly, if it doesn't feel threatened/deprived anymore. You can't win this fight with willpower, you gotta treat your body more like a kid or pet, then a prisoner of war, doing forced labor for you. There have to be rules, yes, but also love and kindness. Not just hostility, threats and punishments. Be nice to yourself. Start with the attitude: 'Hey body, what do YOU need, to be happy and cooperate with me, here?' I think, many of us, who maybe didn't have a picture perfect childhood, just never really, fully matured all of our character from child to adult. There a still remnants of a scared/insecure/lonely little kid inside and that makes us act out and self sabotage in times of stress. And if that's the case, you gotta acknowledge and embrace that part of yourself and make it feel safe and loved. It'll stop throwing tantrums at every opportunity then. Well, that's my 2cents and conclusions, after 2 decades worth of diets, exercise obsession, binge eating and self hate. If your binge eating is a mental/emotional issue, the change has to start in your head. Eliminating drug like carbs helps, sure, but it's not all there is to it, for some people.

@@TerriblePerfection thanks 😊

@@TerriblePerfection thanks 😊

"What has helped me in those times, is just ignoring calories and weight and all that and putting all my mental energy into eating the right things for my body. " YEESSSS

Me too. Now I supplement with HCl , DAO , and ox bile. No coffee for me either

Care to share tips?

@@1K-and-6Qs what would you like to ask?

Barbara how did you discover you were deficient and had leaky gut? Through tests or symptoms or both?

@@malindadenlinger882 I’ll ask a question if you don’t mind? What is HCI, DAO and how does ox bile treat you? And how does having coffee effect you?

That is a good question. However, carbs are in every whole food you eat except pure fat. So you are already eating it, hence the limitation. Their is no such thing as a zero carb diet unless you only eat fat.

@@francisvlatko2834 he said 120 to 150 a day...

Dairy and some vegetables

I was intrigued that he views vegetables as free; that makes counting net carbs and limiting them to 30 or less feasible for me, not to mention way less to log into Carb Manager-yay! Are we still to count carbs for starchy vegetables according to him??

@@Baribrooks ALL STARCHY CARBS ARE ON THE “NO” LIST. NO GRAINS, NO STARCHES, NO FRUIT, NO NUTS

We're all learning.

Beautifully stated. Exactly

Blend breaks down the fiber

@@saren6538 Have done any measurements to support this statement? I haven't done any. I don't even measure ketones. Mostly, because I'm lazy and I don't quite need to be strict about the diet because I have a BMI around 22. But going just by how I feel, blended veggies keep the blood sugar lower than boiled veggies. I blend veggies because otherwise I spent 45 minutes chewing each meal, which is annoying. I am a slow eater and I chew meticulously. :-)

@@jiriwiesner yes ive blended food ate it and tested my blood sugar 2 hours later - blood sugar gave a reading, then next day repeated it eating the same food and not blending it - blood sugar gave a higher reading. ive done it with 3 different types of food. as i said the blender breaks teh fibre (which meshes your intestines to slow the sugar spike) .... in fact this is common knowledge now theres a youtube video somewhere as well ill try dig it out... lot of people i know .know this also

@@saren6538 Interesting. Thanks. I will make a few measurements myself to see how this translates to the workings of my body.

Definitely, it's a very liberating feeling being without hunger or a forced eating schedule!

I watched a Paul Saladino video the other day where he talks about his re-introduction of carbs to his diet after years of eating carnivore. What Rob said in this video makes sense of what Paul discovered re his own body. The carnivore diet healed Paul's own insulin resistance, and with insulin sensitivity properly re-established, he can now healthily consume regular carbohydrates (in the form of fruit and honey) while maintaining peak metabolic health. Very glad I clicked on this one.

Exactly

Make sure to get high fat so your body doesn't try to run on protein instead of use it as a building block as it should.

I'm guessing that he thinks we should be spiking it twice a day once we're "cured" of our insulin resistance. I haven't heard this idea of "insulin suppression" mentioned anywhere else. Perhaps it's just another name for the "metabolic flexibility" some others speak of.

I think only carbs are the problem with insulin and not protein

Hi Nicole, you can ask you GP for a HOMA-IR which is the insulin resistance test. Also, there is a doctor's directory in Australia at the Low Carb Down Under website along with plenty of presentations for further research on their KZfaq channel.

Thanks for the info, I’ll look it up 🙏

@@betheboss.online Just an FYI, Homa-IR isn't its own test, per se. It's a calculation based on other tests. If I remember right, you need to have fasting insulin and fasting glucose taken at the same time. Plug those into an equation (I don't know it without looking that up) to get your Homa-IR score. You might have already discovered this by now, but it's a topic that I've seen confuse people, so I thought I'd clarify a bit.

@@craigslitzer4857 thanks so much Craig, I had no idea and would have become confused no doubt. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Now I’ll look into it! Feel free to share any more information you have on these tests too 😉 Thanks 🙏

@@betheboss.online I don't really know much beyond that as far as Homa-IR is concerned, but if you want to learn about all things insulin, I recommend listening to some of the presentations & interviews that Professor Benjamin Bikman has given over the last few years.

Is it OK to eat half an apple or berries as carbs?

Also: In one of his recent KZfaq interviews he said he plans to build a lifestyle clinic onto his cardiology practice, so he can devote more attention to diet and food addiction. I'm not certain of the time frame but I think it was late this year or early next year. I don't speak for him in any way, but I just feel that you could play a valuable role, even if it's just as an executive advisor.

Yes that would be a great partnership. 👍

Whoever concocted that nonsense is misguided. Steroid hormones come from cholesterol

I would check with an oncologist about that. Dr Elizabeth Bright says we need fats to produce hormones.

I think this has been happening to me My period has gotten heavier on keto/carnivore.

Ah yes. I used to think so too...but not correct

@@robertcywes2966 In my own experience of rising blood sugar and gaining 15 pounds on a high protein, almost carnivore, diet; and what I learned in nursing school, yes, protein does indeed cause an insulin release. I realize that I have quite a bit of metabolic damage, so I may not be typical, but I've had to reduce protein to even begin gaining control of blood sugar and weight. I'm not finding any studies that show otherwise.

Agree on confusion… If you put a type one diabetic on a keto diet, they use less insulin but they still have to bolus for protein about 4 hours after protein meal

@@ellendavis9941 so some people do need to go plant based?

@@keylanoslokj1806 No, that’s not what she’s saying. See Dr Richard Bernstein, also on YT… type 1 diabetic and doctor, who also advocates very low carb, higher protein diet. Type 1 makes no insulin, therefore always has to bolus insulin; but able to use much less insulin with a careful meal plan and exercise.

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