One of the first medical practinior of very super high standards not trying to push pills on people... Very pleasant and super confident professional!! Very impressed indeed

I've been keto carnivore for over 5 yrs. I'm 73. Feel 30. Lost 50 lbs and have kept it off . I'll never go back to the sad way of eating. I walk 2 to 4 miles a day. Great blood work except LDL . But I'm not worried a bit. Thenks for your videos. Love them.

I wanted to add that I lost 70 pounds using this Keto diet of LCHF/IF seven years ago and have kept it off. It took me well over a year to lose it because of my age, thyroid problem and hormone balance but I did it. I still weigh myself at least once a week and maintain a healthy weight of 107-110 lbs. I am 72 and I feel so much more energetic and have no more "senior moments" of brain fog thanks to getting my body healthy again. Once in a great while, I splurge with a high carb of some sort but always keep it to a small portion. I no longer count my Total Carbs but continue to eat pretty much only non starchy vegetables and I do not eat past 7:00 pm. It is still working well for me.

Over 20 years ago I lost 30 pounds on meat and low carb veg. The person promoting the diet said not to stay on it for more than 30 days. That was ok at the time because I had lost all the weight needed. Too bad I didn’t know then what I know now because I gained all the weight back and then some until recently. I could have been eating that way all these years and been fit and trim. I was stupid to believe them even after I had experienced the transformation. Never again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I'm back in Ketosis exactly one week and I have to stay in this state as I feel SO MUCH better all round. It makes no sense to eat carbs ever again (not referring to healthy carbs from keto-friendly veggies of course). I'm a 51 yr old woman and almost immediately (well ok after 3-4 days in) my joints feel a lot less stiff and sore. My brain feels so much clearer and although a usually upbeat person anyway, my mood is off the charts. Sugar and processed carbs are actual and literal poisons for everyone. It's too damn bad they just don't stop selling them - but there's too much money to be made in making people sick and that's the bottom line. It's unreal, when you really think of it that cannabis, which is an extremely beneficial plant both for healing and for nutrition, is actually illegal in most countries still to varying degrees. I don't smoke cigarettes nor cannabis but what I wouldn't to have access to pure THC/CBD cannabis oil! With a proper clean Keto diet, regular fasting and access to cannabis and light exercise, I firmly believe we'd have the ability to live to 120 yrs.

Thank you Dr. Westman...you are always a pleasure to learn from...

I've went from 215 to 140 pounds and have been eating low carb and I eat only between noon and 6pm generally each day. I am 5'2 at 140 pounds now. I still have body fat and will lose maybe 10 more pounds and I am never hungry except when it's near time to eat.

Science has identified essential fatty acids and essential amino acids that must be consumed but there is no essential carbohydrate so, logically, how could a low carb high fat adequate protein diet be unhealthy? The real question (that we all know the answer to) is what are the long term effects of filling one half to two thirds of your diet with nonessential carbs.

If I did the math right (possible) we are anguishing over crossing the 100,000 deaths threshold from COVID 19 and should, but my notepad and Google calculation suggests 6.2 million people in the US die annually from metabolic disease. But since when do facts overcome perception.

I started Keto 4 1/2 months ago, and lost 31 lbs so far. I feel better than I have in over 10yrs. I'm pushing 50, and really feel Keto is a Lifestyle change, not a diet. I've got 10-15 more pounds to go, then I look forward to enjoying more of the Keto recipes when go into maintaining.

At my last physical a few months ago, after going through the usual checking of weight, blood pressure, pulse, breathing, etc, my doctor used the term 'fit' to describe me. I've been doing low carb/keto over 2 years at this point. His tune changed after my bloodwork came back. I had no cancer indicators for prostate, none for gastrointestinal. Creatinine great, A1C great, HDL great, Triglycerides great, but... my LDL came back high, which in turn elevated my total Cholesterol. Suddenly he wanted me on statins, which I politely declined. He actually told me 'you're among those who risk dying in their sleep'. I told him there were worse ways to go... How do I find a PCP who is low carb educated, and is also on my insurance?

The only negative side effect is not being able to convince obese family members that this really works. They look at me every day and see the results and just don't accept it. Won't even try! So frustrating. They are missing life.

Carbs no longer rule over me. I’ve lost 80 pounds starting 5-21-19 to 1-25-20 and now maintaining by just adjusting how much of the same foods I’ve been eating over the last 12 months. It’s really easy because I never reintroduced carbs so just add and subtract foods by what you see on the scale. Getting light? Add a couple extra eggs for breakfast, an extra salad sometime during the day and an extra pork chop or what have you for supper. Start to gain just take the extra away. As long as you leave carbs out you won’t ever get those cravings and the “shakes”. Thanks Docs

Type 1 diabetic here with 4.9 A1C eating low carb diet - keto/paleo, depending on my blood sugar levels.

If 10 years counts as long-term, look at Kelly Hogan (Myzerocarblife). She's been doing strict carnivore for 10 years. She has a huge following, so I'm sure there are many others that are doing extremely well on very low carb or zero carb.

Low carb = no morning brain fog.

To all of those naysayers: do not believe your way is the only right way to lose weight and get healthy; politely allow others the freedom to choose which diet program works best for their bodies and lifestyle. There is not one specific diet that will work on all people. This diet has been proven to not only help many people lose weight but the loss is permanent if they choose to continue eating LCHF options and practice intermittent fasting. This program allows people to consume the fiber found in non-starchy vegetables that some people are concerned about not getting enough of and the necessary protein and fats the body needs to repair itself and fuel it efficiently, When people regain their lost weight, it is usually because they let old habits of consuming poor quality carbs (generally processed foods) creep back into their lives. My opinion.

Love you guys! So happy to see more videos. Keepem coming!

Dehydration for those that do not do it right.

Thank you.

Enjoying this series. Thanks all!!

I would love if you could do a vide of maintenance. I find my maintenance more of a challenge than losing the weight

"Science" behind it. Two prong problem: 1. availability to developed the studies with less than optimal returns (lack of money) 2. Flawed data, not from the LCHF, but from those who promote carbs

Dr Westman you always blow me away! Keep on pontificating with all of your great research and show the multitudes how right you've been all along! Maybe those who follow you should be known as The Westies Besties!

So many people get sick on a plant only diet. Animal products are essential.

I love grain foods but they don't love me. To me it is clearly not a part of the natural human diet as our body cannot process it straight off the plant; we are not graminivorous animals, therefore, don't have the digestive tract for it.

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I started with Atkins in 2002 for IBS and SIBO. and have been refining my LCHF since,. Im now very high fibre with large amounts of overground veg, eggs avocados, fish, chicken and small amounts of red meat. Removed dairy and coconut oil, lessened red meat to bring down the LDL. So Im an N1 example with 21years experience. Id be happy to share my results to any study. For proof of this approach, last year- 2022 I set a new world record in my sport of freediving (masters women age-group) My only fear is whether Stevia, that I use is glycating/ oxidising my LDL... if anyone has studies that could link me to would be great. Im going to have an LDL lipid profile screen soon which will tell what kind of LDL i have circulating (Large benign LDLs or small glycated ones that lay down atherosclerotic plaque)

There are no ESSENTIAL CARBS!! Carbs should only be considered SURVIVAL FOOD if other real food was not available. Bread is one of those!

There are really two types of LDL. The smaller bad LDL and the larger fluffy type LDL. Doctors often do not communicate this to the patient and so your LDL level may be high but because you have more of the good LDL and the doc says it's critically high because he won't say that not all LDL is bad. Worse, he doesn't know.

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How about monk fruit and stevia according you Dr. Westman? I mean, a little amount with coffee for a long term use ?

Low carb has been awfully good to me but when I click on a link to find out about long term effects of what I'm doing only to find out that there is no valid scientific data ...it's a bit unnerving.

I’ve lost 70 lbs over the last 23 months and love keto. I’ve been taking Zyrtec for my seasonal allergies the last couple of weeks and I’ve suddenly gained about 6 pounds. I feel hungrier lately too. Could this be due to the Zyrtec?

Dr Westman Thanks for all your work. Been Eating low carb for some time. Reversed all my problems. The Whole metabolic syndrome package. What I ran into once I got to a low weight is problems with heart rate and bp. As my ketones went up so did my heart rate. The only solution I could find was carb cycling. For sure breaking my ketosus by have some carbs fixed it and it was a well formulated keto , and I did try electrolytes and all sorts of other things

If I had metabolic syndrome going into keto, how often should I get blood work done?

Olive oil is added fat. So putting olive oil on a salad is not recommended on a keto diet?

So what about fruits?!?!?! I love watermelons... must I give it up or for that matter give up the fruits because ofvfructose....???

Hi I am low carb lifestyle but I have had anorexia in the past (hospitalized in my country & abroad) My weight is too low on this weight of eating, could you suggest ways to gain weight low carb.or what the healthiest carb would be to add.Many thanks for all your great work

Embrace the craving. Abolish the insulin.

Science schmience! Anecdotal evidence works for me. My body knows what it needs.

Carbs are not essential but the body's preferred and primary full source is glucose.. Carbs are not the devil they are the victim of someone elses crime. What the entire ketoverse is missing is that while protein and glucose raise insulin acutely and transiently, overfeeding with fat raises insulin slightly AT ALL TIMES. eating ANYTHING raises insulin to some degree. Glucose and protein lead to more acute and transient insulin elevations, while fat raises what is essentially basal insulin, much more subtly but for a longer period of time