When a chiropractor suggests a happy ending, I get nervous.

But he's a doctor, he must know what he's talking about. Chiroquacks are masters of the universe, especially if they are also scientologists.

However, fat reduces gastric emptying and therefore reduces the spike /peak of insulin and therefore reduces its physiological effects. It’s not just area under the curve, its peak that counts. That’s why little bit of fat is good for you, metabolically. Also because cortisol is an anti-insulin hormone, the body has to produce larger amounts of insulin to overcome it’s antagonism. The blood sugar that is released during high doses of cortisol are not used up in a flight or fight response and therefore require more insulin to place back into the cells. Therefore you end up with more insulin acting on cell receptors to ultimately cause weight gain

I’ve been watching Dr Berg for roughly 7 years now and have seen roughly 85% of all his content. Truth is, over the years I’ve seen him go back and forth a lot on the glycemic and insulin index as far as mixing numbers. I have also seen that he post videos now that disagree with what he said multiple years prior, for example I know this video is multiple years old, if I’m not mistaken the video you’re referencing is approximately like 5 or 6 years old. However you did a great job breaking down the video and I agree on your points, but even as a berg fan I’ve seen him lack in some areas.

It's been said "Be open to everything and attached to nothing". Then you can adjust what ever you believe. I appreciate this information. Now as others have said, Dr Berg has done wonders for a lot of people. Certainly more good than harm. He's also made himself very wealthy and he's getting to the point that he has a pill for whatever ails you (unfortunately).

Thank you! We need to have the experts, like you, continue to chide the pseudo-experts. That is how all of us viewers will arrive at better understanding. I had followed Dr. Berg for a while until I realized he had a rudimentary, and often incorrect understanding, of basic metabolism. I would encourage you to do more of these analyses that correct misinformation or misunderstandings.

In my experience, Dr. Berg has been correct on nearly everything. He has helped many many people drop large amounts of fat, specifically visceral fat, myself included. I personally dropped 93 lbs in 9 months. Via diet alone. Eating healthy fats lowers carb cravings and fasting intermittently has helped also. In my adult life (I am 52) I have never been able to lose and maintain a healthy weight. Thanks to Dr. Berg and Sten Eckberg, I have been maintaining my high school weight for more than a year.

Watching this after the coffee is killing you video. Once again great job my friend, you have got yourself a new fan!:)

thank you for poking fun of that milquetoast pretending to be a physician

All I can say is that after losing 40 lbs from dr.bergs advice, whenever I have a health issue I look it up on Dr. Berg's channel and I've never been let down so far

But dr Berg speaks with so much conviction 😂 Let’s not forget that he’s a Scientologist - he’s well practiced!

Although I am a fan of Dr Berg - I take everything he says with a grain of salt. He has his agenda and that is what he promotes. Even his supplements are not great and sometimes go against his lessons. I don't take any doctors advice 100% - they all have an agenda and my health is not part of it. It's all about making money!

I have lost lots of weight 3 times in my life of 66 years. I’ve been athletic most of my life. When I stoped drinking beer at 43 I went from a 38 size pants to a surprising 32. No reduction in my high sugar intake but ate better in that more salad’s. Then I slowly gained half that 35 pounds back and ate less but no change in sugar intake. Still cookies and ice cream but no beer. 13 years ago I still was athletic and size 32 and 55 . About 3 months ago age 66 I was a tight 36. No gym for 13 years. Started keto and intermittent fasting. My body did not want to let go of the fat. So first 2 days a week then omad then adf. Omad was a stall in weight reduction but adf is working . I get to the gym 2 or three days a week and lift more now the when I was playing handball and going to the gym. It appears that as I got older and no gym that caused muscle loss and insulin resistance. I ate lots of cookies cake and ice cream . I’ve lost 25 pounds. Most of that muscle loss is in the legs. I’ll have to get down from my 201 now to 190 to see those abs maybe more pounds then that. So a case history. Dr. Burg is an inspiration as are Dr KenDBerry MD and Dr MindyPelz. I feel IMF is the path forward. Thanks for your efforts in making this video.

You may be right and he may be wrong, but his model works. LCHF, AB protein focus, KETO, Carnivore, Beef Butter Eegs, whatever you call it, something in that nutrition genre is where I stick based on 5+ yrs experience and experimenting . Let fruit or other whole food be thy cheat. At 50 I am healed up from the damages of 45 yrs of refined fat and carb exposure. The last time I was buying size 29 waist… probably 6th or 7th grade. Had to ditch a lot of clothes, but passed on some Dr visits and probably GI surgery. Oh, and I don’t sunburn any more. The stuff that makes us fat and sick, is in the processed food. Love the videos. Appreciate the respectful intellectual disagreements.

Thank you so much for this. I was strong Dr Berg follower for about a year. In my case I actually ended up gaining weight. Likely not directly because of his advice but indirectly because I feel like it's easier to overeat your daily maintenance calories on a high fat diet. Fat for me is just not as satiating as carbohydrates. Now, because I was under the impression that my insulin is super low from all the fasting and high fat I was a little bit more relaxed about counting calories. This was a mistake that I learnt the hard way. I gained weight and felt lousy. Well I finally just quit keto having simply resigned to being fat and I started eating at maintenance for my ideal weight with all the macros accounted for. I was doing this to just stop from getting fatter and not expecting to lose weight. To my surprise I started losing weight fairly rapidly. I felt much better as well in terms of my energy levels and general mood. Defiantly I decided to try a high carb diet just to see what would happen. On high carb (60%-80%) I kept a calorie deficit of about 500 calories and I steadily lost weight and built a good amount of lean muscle. My lifts on the gym all improved. My sleep was amazingly good and deep. My libido improved, even though I had much less fat in my diet. Being in Zimbabwe I didn't have access to facilities that would allow me to easily get my actual blood work done so I can only offer anecdotal testimony unfortunately. My larger point is that, I wish I had found your channel a couple of years ago when I was on Dr Berg. That's a year or my life I will never get back and the misinformation cost me a lot. I feel like I still have learnt a lot of good things from Dr Berg and there is no hard feelings from me, but the whole insulin misinformation is something I feel like needs more debunking of this kind. For us lay people it sounds so good and it was hard to unlearn. So this this really helps a lot. Thank you so much, please keep this great content coming!

Physionic just completed his PhD. Congratulations dude! You're one of my favorite brilliant minds at sifting good and bad science studies into lifestyle strategies

Keto faster here. Loads of good information here and it is MUCH appreciated because nutrition and weight loss are pretty complex. Like most folks living Keto, we've all watched our fair share of Berg videos and took them very seriously. It is excellent to see a second opinion based on science to help those of us studying health and nutrition! You've earned a new sub, especially for sarcasm and wit. :)

hey, 40 calories a day is 14600 calories a year which is just about 4 lbs of fat per year, times 10 years = 40 lbs gained between your 30s and 40s... not insignificant

I've been accused of being a Dr Berg obsessive by my family. In fairness, he has helped me a lot with some of my health problems. The issue I found was not all of his advice seemed to work for me. Now I know why! Thanks for making this video. As a person struggling with multiple health problems, I am only interested in the truth, and that seems sadly in short supply.

if you watch Dr. berg long enough you come to the conclusion that there is no food you can actually eat.

Dr. Berg provides good education and he clearly advocates a carnivore/keto lifestyle. He also pitches his products as a solution.

The bottom line is not to eat fat and sugar together. When you eat high carb if you refrain from fat then there is no fat to store. If you eat keto, you are keeping insulin levels low in the presence of fat. It's simple, most people can understand this. Being an asshole is not a good conduit for imparting information. No matter how academically accomplished or smart you are you will reach far less people by being confrontational.

Dr. Berg has helped me tremendously.

Dr. Berg talks about burning fat, not lose weight. He said when insulin is high, body will not burn fat, but store sugar inti fat. Losing weight is about calories in vs calories out

I like doc Berg and tried lots of his suggestions to good effect. As a result lost 18 kg from 87 to 69kg in a year. Overall he is more trusted to me than the specialist i regularly visited. Of course welcome an analysis and criticism here. It provides new information/another angle. Making mistakes sud be a regular part in scientific studies, as a physics student/researchers we knew most theories and experiments failed, but leading to knowing what is wrong. Still appreciate both here and doc Berg in providing knowledge/information. Doc Berg are selling supplements, yes, but every one need some incentives to work. No body cud just purely contribute without getting rewards.

Great video. I don’t know what to believe anymore. Everyone single person has different beliefs. For my own personal sake, I’m going just say the name of the game is calorie restriction, and Keto and Fasting help me do that.

A question, if you're still reading and responding to comments on this video. If eating the same amount of calories in fewer big meals or more small meals produces the same amount of insulin, then why would I lose weight doing intermittent fasting but gain weight eating more meals? That's the only point of contention I have with the information in this video.

Hi, Nic. I love your analytical mind and the breadth of knowledge you have on the topic. Very enjoyable content for my science oriented mind :) I wanted to direct your attention to something that is often disregarded but should definitely be considered when making broad claims based on studies is the CONTEXT of the study. If you're interested read my explanation below where I dissect the fourth study and the claims you make based on it. - in the case of the fourth study you listed, the subjects were healthy college-age lean volunteers and it is true that there were no differences in the amount of insulin excreted, however, just because healthy people secrete the same amount of insulin over 24h with 3 vs 14 meals does not then mean that everybody does (e.g. compare this with overweight people with severe insulin resistance - would you expect to see the same results?). This is a claim you are effectively making, instead of recognizing that we just do not know whether that's the case or not. Additionally, you leave out a relevant fact that the area under the curve of blood glucose in the 3 meals a day condition is lower than in 14 meals a day indicating better blood sugar control (which would be reflected in a lower A1c over 4 months, and could potentially lead to metabolic syndrome and diabetes over the long term). Additionally, additionally, short term 3 day challenge cannot directly translate into chronic long-term exposure. Have these same people eat 3 vs 14 meals a day for 10 years and then lets see who got fat, who got insulin resistance, etc.

I started to watch Dr B less when I concluded his answer to every malady is not to consume any sugar. Sugar comes in so many natural forms including dairy. 😊

If he’s wrong then why have so many lost weight and body fat and maintained their results on his program?

I enjoy being pedantic, but I also try not to lose sight of the big picture. Weight loss is a simple concept: burn more calories than you consume. A diet low in simple carbs, protein and some fat may help people maintain a caloric-deficit diet because such a diet helps control hunger. Losing weight increases insulin sensitivity. Insulin resistance is tied to type II diabetes and CVD.

Whatever You say, thanks to "Dr." Berg, I managed to lose all my excessive fat weight at a time after nothing else worked according to WHO standard lower calories diets. Maybe he is not explaining the process totally accurate, but this is not his only video on this subject. The most important thing for me is that this method worked.

I'm 80 and I've had a hard time maintaining my 150 lbs, that is , to keep from loosing weight. I regularly drop down into the low 140s , then I have to pasta up for a while

I’ve noticed that, Thank you! Something didn’t seem right about 8 cups of water a day is a myth video. He made it sound like most people don’t understand the limit they can drink a day or what the statement ‘drink more water’ represents, it means substituting sugary drinks with water. The thing about diets it’s not so black and white, what works for one person may not work for another. He breaks down common causes of accumulation of belly fat correctly. A lot of things he says are completely true but again generalizations probably aren’t a great solution because everyone may have a particular reason or a medical conditions. I think what happens is that cortisol increase triggers overeating which in turn increases insulin. It’s not that Cortisol directly triggers insulin, it’s just eating is a coping mechanism to combat stress for many people including myself.

Dr Berger must be wrong in some points but is also true that many people got helped, specially those that were eating a ton of garbage 😅 because even if he is giving wrong info he is telling u eat less, eat less sugars, maintain your body active, etc only doing that itself is a ton of help to your body

I really appreciate your channel going through actual data. I hope you keep it up far beyond your phd…

I am a Dr. Berg "fan", but I also know that he's often wrong about the mechanisms and tends to go into the "holistic" nonsense that is part of Chiropractic dogma. I take what sounds correct, based on other sources, but I also am wary of critiques which cite only singular sources that agree with the critique. Food and metabolic science has often been wrong for more than half a century (and you can thank the authoritarian Ancel Keys for that disaster), so I am also considering that there may still be issues with the science because it is VERY HARD to do right, especially when it comes to self-reporting by test subjects. Not saying that is the case here, but it is a widespread problem in this field. As for fats and proteins raising/spiking insulin, it depends. People on the ketogenic diet who do regular monitoring of their blood glucose and insulin levels often do not see significant increases in insulin after eating. (yes, I am aware of the self-reporting issue here, but the problem with self-reporting has to do with people not remembering or misrepresenting or just outright dissembling about their diet, NOT with people self-reporting factual metrics and painstakingly recording and detailing their diets). Yes, fats and proteins can raise insulin, but they rarely "spike" it, and the increases, if present, are very modest, compared to carbohydrates. In terms of KZfaq "Doctors". I tend to prefer Dr. Ken Berry over Dr. Berg. Berry tends to spend a great deal of time not only presenting research, but analyzing and evaluating its quality. Also, as a practicing physician, he has evidence that a lot of what he talks about does have a positive effect in his patients who participate. Anecdotal, perhaps, since it isn't research quality evidence, but it still is evidence, nonetheless.

I’m glad you did that because all of us who are trying to learn and increase our knowledge, need as accurate information as possible. I realize that with time things can change, that’s a given. The problem is that I see several people making videos and uploading them here on KZfaq that have no idea what they are doing. We have to be very careful of what we watch and who we listen to because there’s so much misinformation being pushed and promoted and sometimes it’s by people who have a medical license. A medical license does not mean that they are an authority on certain subjects that were not covered in medical school. Thank you again.

I’m just a little N=1. As an athlete, 10 yrs ago I started mysteriously gaining weight. Cycling 175m wkly. Years of texting everything. Then found out I had insulin resistance. My insulin is 33 😳. going carnivore is bringing that number down, but I was having hidden problems with ingesting most carbs. The inflamation is coming down and I am losing weight. for my N=1, it was too much insulin. the only problem is they don’t know why my body had the issue. Love, love love your stuff. Thanks for all you do. Will be Pro-subbing shortly 🥰

Then I am confused, Nic. Does the mechanism behind how fasting helps people lose body fat have ANYTHING to do with insulin

The problem with these studies (as the one you just mentioned at min 2) and with people like you interpreting them, is that they are made in isolation, in forecast. They are more or less assumptions and predictions. What I know for certain though, using a little bit of a holistic approach, is that BMR can be influenced by soo many lifestyle variables in people s lifes. From exercise, stress, work-life balance, diet, in what kind of society one lives (rural, slow paced or city-capitalist like) etc. THIS is an approach you don t need a PHD for in order to undertake in life on various problems that must be analysed

Your comment about too frequent meals not causing MORE insulin is technically correct, but , what he is referring to is that eating every two hours, for instance, would result in elevated insulin levels across the day , with no "rest" time between meals, so, less time to burn fat, as the insulin would promote burning glucose, IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT OF THE BLOOD STREAM!!!!!.

I’m a fan of those who present videos with proof of studies. Thank you for the nice presentation. I learned something new. I added you to my subscription. Blessings

Dr Eric Berg is the second greatest human being in the history of the universe! Dr Berg for President in 2024!

My own experience. Over last six months , I have reduced my A1C from 6.8 to 5.8, my weight about 35 lbs and my trigs, HDL improved significantly with very small uptick in my LDL-c. Waiting for my NMRProfile All following Dr Jason Fungs advice , consuming largely fats and low carb diet devoid of any refined carbs. with , very recently starting an exercise regime majority of positive impact has been due to low carb diet and decrease insulin resistance

So you are saying cortisol released in the flight or fight response creates blood sugar, and this does NOT increase insulin if you just stand there and do not use any of it?

I do like Dr. Berg. No one is perfect but I do appreciate having the scientific information. Now I have to question his information on amount of potassium we need a day, 4700 mg and a banana only has 300 mg. So, I will research that. I follow Dr. Brad and was listening to Dr. Sinclair also when I started my longevity plan in the past year. That's why I am glad I found you! Just started the Taurine. Oh, I was taking Turmeric and Glucosamine 1 or 2 caps. Your research showed not to take them together I believe.

I think you are wrong when you compare a ketogenic diet to a low carb diet and say there is no difference in weight loss. Berg may be exaggerating, but by overall he's right. Multiple meals (especially if they contain carbohydrates) may not raise insulin levels, but they keep the body in a state where it is difficult to lose weight, in addition, they block or slow down other processes such as autophagy.

I appreciate your critical analysis based on scientific observation!

It is true that Dr Berg hasn t compelled the best video in this case (we can see that it s a 5 year old video or so), you have failed to see the whole picture: insulin is the root case because it leads to insulin resistance, and only then fat lose can truly never occur again because nutrients are not properly metabolised.

So should he have been saying “Insulin resistance” and not “insulin” that’s the problem?

Whenever I hear anyone making claims of "how to lose belly fat" I cringe--then click the go-away button. I'm also a bit wary of chiropractors giving medical, or even health, advice.

Dude makes fun of how Berg says 'insulin' - I have watched 82 Berg videos, and he doesn't mock others. Mockery is childish. Berg is great and wants to help. Errors occur but mockery is foolish and degrades your argument.

I lost 80 lbs in my mid 20’s and I was on insulin shots everyday. . . I went to weight watchers and started jumping on a rebounder. After I got down to 100 lbs I was taken off insulin and I gained 10 lbs back which was my normal weight.

If you are male, you have more testosterone when you are a young adult. This declines with age and that alone will make you more prone to make fat than muscle.

My life experiences tell me he’s wrong: when I’m super stressed, I lose weight (usually because I’m also super busy), but even just stress. I went through a horrible break up years ago and lost 30 pounds in one month. I wasn’t even over weight, and ended up looking malnourished. I “rebounded” by eventually gaining about 15 pounds back, thankfully. I’m not a stress eater! Some are, so they stress and eat… I’m a boredom eater and will gain weight if I just sit around. So weird… not. It’s calories in/calories out baby, no matter how hard the Dr. Chiropractor keto crowd pretends otherwise As a side note: I understood that MSG caused weight gain become it’s added to (typically low quality) foods, which ups the flavor factor, leading to over-consumption of easy to digest, low fiber foods (aka “low quality” foods). Almost like it’s calories matter!! Lol. All roads lead back to calories; fiber is what slows down calorie consumption since you can’t eat as much when you’re full of fiber. What do I know though, I only lost over 100 pounds over 25 YEARS AGO and have never regained it 🎉 That makes me the unicorn people claim don’t exist. How did I do it? Calorie reduction and exercise (walking and later riding a bike. Nothing crazy).

That was great. Can you please do a video on the gallbladder, bile, and bile salt supplements in regards to a keto diet and ketosis. 😊🤞😊

I generally like Dr. Berg. I think if you follow most of his advice you will get healthier....you can't argue with the people in his comment section that have gotten healthier...which is the main metric. But I like your hardcore science based approach that will give people a more critical eye to what he says. New sub

What I have found works for loosing excessive weight is to eat less carbs and more fat. Not necessarily keto, though! The reason it works is that you simply doesn't get hungry so quickly. So you eat less during the day, without really trying to do that. Have you noticed that you can eat a large sandwich with a lot of calories, and you get hungry after two hours? Fat makes you go longer between meals. You don't feel the need for any snacks. But I think it's a mistake to eat such a small meal that you still are hungry. That probably wrong. The idea is to not try to diet!

probably many of us wouldnt even be watching health videos (including yours) if it wasnt for Dr Berg

Not a fan of Dr Berg but you took it personal because he speaks in error about things that you know are wrong. Good on you, thanks for shedding some light. However, how you feel doesn’t have to be a part of the video. No one is a know it all. What goes around comes around. Don’t be surprised if someone makes a video fact checking you

Your dismissive of the 20 to 40 calorie-a-day difference. But consider that from age 20 to 40, if you continue to eat the exact same amount you did it 20 and your exercise expenditure is exactly the same, you would still gain from 40 to 80 lbs in that 20 years.

Dr. Berg is not a medical doctor, and he sometimes recommends consumption of bacon and other things that are bad for human health.

Got started on intermittent fasting to lower my BP thanks to Dr Berg. But I am just that much of a nerd that i find his explanations lacking, but way too busy to really dig deep into the science. My takeaway from his videos was that I'll just be moving my meal schedule around and reducing carbs, so if it works then great. Thanks for the fact checks. BTW I just subscribed last night from watching your mitochodrial video series.

This lacks context. Who is Berg's audience? He is clearly trying to keep this simple, its a summary. Your rebuttals ignore motivational/ Human psychology factors. Also, you are charcterising his arguments incorrectly "strawman" he did not say if you douse insulin producing cells in cortisol, they will increase insulin production. Multi meals argument is about quantity of insulin in total rather than proportion of time below a threshold. Etc basically a human is not a petri dish.

Oh my...! Another one who has just finished school and he knows everything...! I have one at home...!

Great video! So what do you recommend?

When I first saw berg videos I checked if he was MD but he isn’t just a chiropractor but does have some general maybe useful information in some cases

"Calories count, but don't count calories". Berg is great at getting info across in a short easy to understand way.. It is hard to avoid over-statement. But Dr. Lustig (who is more expert & precise) and Dr. Becky (who makes more modest claims) are not as vulnerable to this critique.

So you're saying I can still eat the twinkles and the ho hos? Niceeee, I knew there was nothing to worry about.

Third year of my paleo journey, low carb diet and activity. Hormones matter IMHO and experience. I'm up to OMAD now and exquisite appetite control since the first six weeks. Stronger, leaner, more energy and clear head. It's anecdotal BUT I'm happy to have stumbled onto this paleo hack, it feels so primal and REAL. 🙏🙏 Mark Sisson 🙏🙏

I am not a fan as you put it but I have three points. First there is no doubt that all ‘diets’ involve an amount of calory restriction which explains the weight loss in the one experiment you mention but he is talking about people who can’t lose fat. One study over a few weeks does not cover them. Chris Gardner’s A to Z trial of four diets showed that all four had a group who did not lose weight and a small number who put on weight. Do you have a mechanism for them? Second what about those who have hyperinsulineamia? A study of healthy young men such as you cite has very little to say about those who are metabolically damaged. Do you have a study of that group showing the same results? Just one will do. Lastly this is a topic I am curious about. A number of people on the internet a claiming like dr Berge that it is the number of spikes which matters. So my question is which is worse two or three large spikes with dips in between or a fairly constant level due to lots of small meals?

To buffer is to lessen, however. I do like your work. Thanks.

Must say after following dr. Berg and losing 50lbs Feeling better. Am inclined to a higher degree to believe in his opinions So on that note I will click off you influencers should be working together to help people and proving who is right or wrong. No one is infallible. So bye

Berg is referring to those with metabolic syndrome. He fails to mention this and thus is in error. Secondly different people respond differently to adjusting to metabolism and insulin effects. Processed junk foods usually in the form of starches and grains should be abandoned,especially those made with added sugar and vegetable oils. Forget weight loss. A health promoting program is necessary then the fat comes off. Then the issues of emotional eating has to be factored in. Most everyone gets it wrong. The entire human has to be considered.

As i suspected eating to much is easy cos we have too easy access to food ,gluttony is just a another sin that we need to find ways to resist, i will ask my maker for help, I very much apreciate your desire for truth ,my wife who has studied naturopathy found it very hard to listen to Bob. I listened to him and have found his direction helpfull, but am glad to hear you sifting his ideas. I need acurate knowledge,trusting you are as acurate as you are sincere.

an in vitro study with isolated beta cells having a cortisol bath does not prove that insulin is not affected by cortisol or by stress in general. there are many other mechanisms that link insulin and insulin sensitivity to stress. I agree about the issues with dr bergs "science" but your scientific approach has flaws too

About the overall amount of insulin not being different depending on how many meals you eat makes sense but is the time that your insulin is kept above your fasting insulin levels longer in the frequent meal eaters compared to the larger meal eaters, and if so might there be negative health conditions associated with it? Just wondering because I am a snacker by nature 😊 I enjoy your videos thanks

I guess I never paid attention to his ommission of calories in this particular argument. A high carb diet with reduced calories will let you lose weight, also a low carb diet with excess calories will cause you to lose weight. My understanding is that the insulin suppresses the hunger/satiety hormones, so the low carb diet allows you to feel full where you are always hungry on the high carb diet. I know for myself, once I start eating carbs I cannot stop.

Seriously, you should have a conversation with Dr. Berg. Be a good doctor.

Thank you! Dr. Berg bugs the becheezus out of me. Christopher Gardner, Stanford, has done decent studies showing it’s equally possible to lose weight on any type of diet.

See there are lots of extremes - one say to eat highly fat ; another to avoid fat as it has high calorie; I am concerned that you have to take supplements and vinegar to go? Why you can’t take it with good?! Plus frying is not great Better to write journal ; analyze the trips and adjust it I personally can’t eat fatty meat

always with great delivery!! I have to say though, most of the points you disagree with him on, are subjectively interpreted and he tends to oversimplify to the point it becomes a lie. not that he is 100% wrong.

He's wrong far more often than he's right, that's for sure. He does not help the reputation of chiropractors as giving highly incorrect/misleading information on topics way out of their lane/training.

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!!! I love all things science (and fashion sshhhh) Rock On!

Thanks for this video. I followed Dr. Berg for a while, but after a while I noticed some things didn’t ring true. I am thankful for his videos in as much that they had me start thinking differently about food, but I cannot watch him anymore. Plus, his “zen” voice just ends up irritating me every time. I know there are some that love the way he talks, and find it relaxing- just not me. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I have been on keto for 11 months now, and I am trying to tweak because my LDL went way up, and blood pressure remained the same - too much saturated fat, I suspect. All my other numbers have gone down , and I have lost 40 pounds and my A1C is at a normal level. This video has helped a lot, thank you!

I was waiting for a video title like this

Mr. Berg isn't a doctor. He's a chiropractor. Chiropractors don't go to medical school.

What Dr. Berg said also seemed to agree with Dr. Jason Fung. Perhaps you could do some videos on Dr. Fung?

I noticed Dr. Berg was full of pseudoscience pretty early on, it honestly turned me off from him and a couple others like him. I was put on a ketogenic diet by a medical practitioner at my clinic for treatment of type 2 diabetes and being really overweight. I also have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome type 3, so I'm very sensitive to joint inflammation, so, my approach to keto seems to lessen joint pain too. I lost about 90lbs in a year and my a1c dove back to normal. I do notice I gain weight, have more joint pain, along with louder popping, and l get nasty rebound hunger when I eat sweets and simple starch. I have noticed that for me time restricted eating seemed to help in limiting the intake and I do think there was some benefit over spreading out calorie restriction. I don't like the numerous small snacks method. I feel better overall just eating 1 or 2 good sized meals daily. Maybe some truth in greater presence of growth hormone with time restricted eating? I know it's supposed to decrease muscle wasting when doing longer fasts. I also have observed with myself that higher protein than is recommended, but still relying on fat to fuel, makes me feel far better. I'd love to be able to quantify my observations over just knowing it works. Staying strictly higher protein keto, and intermittently fasted, seems to be the most effective thing I've tried in the last 30 years of my 50 years of life.

This guy just said that fat doesn’t buffer insulin response when eating protein but it does reduce insulin ? Huh??? How’s that different ??

The thing is he is simplifying a lot on the physiological and biochemical level but you have got to admit you're being a bit petty with some of your arguments. For example I knew you would correct him on 'fat blunts insulin spike' which is not exactly true but you do get that what he actually meant is that the insulin increase is much lower than it would be if one consumed the same amount in carbs. I personnally prefer when these concepts are indeed explained a bit more in detail as I am a nutrition nerd but I do understand that the vast majority of people don't have the ability or the willingness to go read the source papers. The mere fact that he is helping people by giving practical advice and paths to explore when encountering a given health problem is very valuable and refreshing from all the marketing that end up making the bulk of people's nutritional education unfortunately.

The major missing component is the fat storage that needs to be depleted in the liver before the body can start activating other fat storage areas. The body doesn't store proteins and fats as easily and therefore cannot as easily replace your liver storage which is why staying in a state of ketosis with lower insulin foods works more efficiently when burning fat. Also these studies need to be done on the 3 body types ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. They all have different responses to carbohydrates. And since the 2 of the 3 actually can store fat easily this imf keto advice for fat loss is really just targeted to those. The Ectomorphs can eat sugary carb rich foods all day and not gain much excess weight and my concern is how many Ectomorphs are used in these metabolic studies.

This channel is a life raft of sanity in a sea of demented sharks.

I'm soo happy you came out with this expose on Dr Berg. I followed his advice, lost 90 lbs in 6 mo. at 66 yrs old with 25 yrs of multiple myeloma (mayo clinic patient). I didn't increase my physical activity over the majority of the winter. However I am now concerned that my scale may be defective. Thank you

I lost and kept all the weight off for many years while on high carb, low fat diet. I counted calories. It works. This was back when I was taught that fat is bad. Now I eat fats. I still count calories and keep the same weight.

If you look at comments to Dr Berg videos, you will find that even diehard fans and followers take some in and reject some. He does not lead a cult. He has fans who discriminate and know how to google-check. He heped me a lot but of course I check every suggestion he makes and follow few.

Personally, I'm only interested in what any of this means in the context of a real life human. In my experience, the only way to know is to test it on yourself.

What do you think of him now after 2 years? Also he says there's no such thing as a slow metabolism now What about how his advice including myself helping countless people? I've lost about 12kg's in just 5 to 6 months on his advice And why mock when it's wrong to? And what about how he says that fat does turn to insulin? Also what about he's new discovery we've been exercising incorrectly We should be resting more than 4 to 5 minutes now And he's talking about really fit people on a high carb diet Also no one in my town losing weight on high carb diet that's not exercising heaps only me on a keto meat diet which is why I receive heaps of compliments now I agree with

There's something like a curse that takes over a person when they are highly specialized in one or many fields of study. You see the blaring flaws and mistakes so easily but others seem not to notice or feel inclined to cross reference. It can feel isolating.