I’ve been following Dr. B for over 6 years; I’ve lost 80 lbs. and use 86% less insulin than before. I tried intermittent fasting (OMAD) for about a year, but decided that it didn’t provide enough benefits for me. I now now eat 3 pasture raised eggs cooked in Irish butter mornings & my main protein 10 hours later (usually grass fed ribeye). I’m now satiated the entire day and much easier to control my blood sugar.
You're the doctor EVERYONE wants my friend. You care, you ACTUALLY genuinely want to help. You're hyper intelligent. And to wrap it up, you have a THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE. You're ok with being wrong simply because you understand that you're only able to go off what you have at the time. You're brilliant AND YOU'RE SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES WITH THESE VIDEOS ALONE. Thank you for what you do, doctor.
Long post incoming about my experience in roughly 5 years of fasting/keto/ketovore. Keep in mind that English isn't my native language but I'll try my best. As always, everything I say is personal opinion: 1. Ketovore seems to work best as long as you're getting your food from quality sources. 2. Blood sugar is a symptom of dysfunctional insulin. Treating blood sugar is like taking medicine for a runny nose without treating the problem that's causing a runny nose. 3. I'm so extremely glad that Dr. Rob Cywes talking about 'the shits' after a long fast (>24-36 hours). He is right, nothing you do will prevent it as you simply don't have necessary enzymes to digest and extract the nutrients, vitamins and fluids from your meal which ends up in a runny mess after your stomach juices. 4. The most important point of a fast is when you're breaking as that can influence your health by a degree so large that you can end up in a life-threatening situation due to something called 're-feeding syndrome'. I break 3-5 day fasts with a half of a hard-boiled egg. I once did a 10 day fast which I broke with a quarter of a hardboiled egg and then my next meal was around 20 to 24 hours later with a another half an egg. Followed by another 20-24 hour for a whole egg or maybe two. Some say it might be a bit extreme but honestly by body is responding very well to this way of breaking a fast. As he said simple cards are the worst things you can do to break a fast and create a high insulin spike out of nowhere. 5. Your body is naturally fatphobic because simply breathing air and existing burns calories. As Dr. Rob Cywes says and me as well "I hate the term 'calories' because it doesn't mean anything.' Our bodies don't understand calories. The body understand macronutrients and the signals they're giving off. Everybody and their mother knows that 100 calories of cake will make you more fat and 100 calories of meat but nobody seems to why. Macronutrients that's why and not calories. 6. I'm not saying that you should be burying your head and reading about health, macronutrients, vitamins, minerals and whatnot but try to consciously make the decision to eat 'real' food. You know what real food is. Food that was around for thousands of years and not something made somewhere in a lab/factory or with a machine the size of a house. 7. Fasting is an extremely powerful tool. However just like uncle Ben said "with great power comes great responsibility', if you're misusing the power of fasting by being ignorant then it's most likely going to hurt you in today's world. 8. As Dr. Rob Cywes said, don't fast if you're in your healthy BMI. But then again, just because you're in your healthy BMI doesn't mean you're healthy, rather it means you're not fat, you don't have the fat reserves for a prolonged fast and will quickly enter starvation mode. 9. Some people store fat around their organs as opposed to under their skin. They look healthy but their organs are suffocating. Asian people's bodies tend to work like this more often than the rest of the world. 10. If you want, you can get tested for you ancestry and see where your ancestors lived generally. If you're in the Mediterranean your diet will be different than someone living in Norway or Canada. Check what are native foods for your ancestors and try them out, maybe your body will respond better when eating them. 11. Food is the most impactful form of medicine because you're literally doing it your entire life. You're using whatever you're eating to rebuild yourself. If you build your house with low quality materials, you're going to have a bad house. 12. There are plenty of cheap foods which are healthy and natural. 13. The biggest con I can think of for eating healthy is that you're pretty limited to what you can eat as food groups. Yes you can have different kinds of meat every day but at the end of the day, you're still eating meat. 14. One of my biggest things that helped me is that I actually began to think that most of the food manufactured today is poison and not real food. The difference between medicine and poison is the dosage, someone once said and I couldn't agree more. Because most of the things which are manufactured and sold are so out of proportion to what our bodies are used to encountering for literally thousands of years. 15. Once again, the most important part of a fast is at end. Disciplining and controlling yourself to eat a tiny amount so that your body can make the necessary enzymes for food intake and stay at home for the moment when golden flood comes running out, because you will have about 5 to 10 seconds to react. 16. Exercise, movement and the gym can be very beneficial and healthy but they're nowhere near important enough than diet. You can ruin your health with a bad dies much, much more than you can increase it with a good fitness routine. Go the gym, walks, hikes or whatever form of sport you want for either health or entertainment, it has a million benefits and certainly helps keep your body 'invigorated' but it will never ever make you lose weight if your eating choices are terrible. You can never out-train a bad diet. 17. Get your insulin under control and leave the rest to your body. It will naturally settled in its preferred weight for your height and health condition. And with this I conclude my rant. Stay healthy people so that we can all live a bit longer, healthier and suffer together, mwahahaha! Cheers!
Totally agree... Just speculating, what would happen if suddenly 8B people on this planet started eating whole food.... the chaos??? It will be magnitudes worse than, climate change or WW3. Good for us, but 99% of the world's population does NOT eat whole foods, not even in developing countries.
I've done many extended fasts over the last 5-1/2 years, never had bowel troubles when I broke my fast. Typically would be a couple of eggs fried in butter followed by a small keto or carnivore meal a few hours later. I also encourage checking blood sugar whenever a new food or beverage is introduced. Thanks for the video.
so us both seem to be the lucky ones regarding bowel issues;) Heard that a lot, that people run for the bushes after breaking a fast and never experienced it by myself, although I'd never break my fast in such a bold way you do - you seem to have a very healthy gut, congrats:)
I've never heard someone say you probably shouldn't fast if your bmi is below 23 and you're insulin sensitive. Both apply to me & that makes me feel way less guilty that fasting has not been working out for me at all recently. Because literally every fairly trustworthy doc out there says "fast fast fast!!! Everyone fast!"
@@Fourwedge If only. There's not a day I don't wake up with low blood sugar. It'd be great to be able to skip meals, but breakfast is a must. Plus I've heard a lot of the benifits of course, but unless you are trying to lose weight, control your blood sugar without medication or just save time and money skipping meals lol I haven't noticed any difference to my health since stopping intermintent fasting. I think it's a case by case basis.
I did a 48 hr fast earlier this year (first time ever doing that) and I didn't have the shits after I broke it so no idea what you're talking about. I'm 53...have lost 40 lbs this year. Absolutely LOVE your work and PLEASE continue to swear. It's very refreshing.
Hilarious. I appreciate your humor. You described my three day fasting experience perfectly. Luckily, I recovered and did not need to burn a sick day. My BMI is low but I wanted a winter challenge. Thank You!
Thank you for your honesty and "walking the talk" unlike some other Keto doctors. Love that you wear a CGM to be accountable to yourself and your viewers.. As far as fasting, I will usually break a fast with bone broth 30 min prior to chewing food. And that food is normally a few eggs or a can of sardines in olive oil which really helps prolong the effects of the fast.
I was out walking my dog listening to this and you had me rolling with laughter! Love it! My body has a timer when I fast. Day 3 is always a blow out no food required. Absolutely stay home because there is no stopping it. Yes there was definitely more to go when you start eating too.
Love your videos, thank you. I'm a 62 yo male on Carnivore for 98 days, I've lost 54 lbs. I generally eat OMAD, occasionally a small something an hour or two before my main meal. I've never fasted beyond 27 hours. But oddly enough, I'm affected just as you describe. Not long after I eat it's a Code 3 run to the toilet. I've often thanked the good Lord that I wasn't at the grocery store. LOL. That would be ugly. Anyway, thanks again for the good humored videos loaded with lots of great information!
Yep nice hearing this, validates a lot for me, I tried keto with lots of salad and nuts etc for a year it helped trying to combat long covid, but something never felt quite right? Been carnivor since January gradually removing the last carbs from my diet, now just meat eggs and a little dairy. Omad works great and just done a 60 hr fast, broken with bacon n eggs, I now cannot even think about carbs, don't need them anymore, I don't know if it will cure my long covid but it gives me respite and seems to keep autoimmune issues right down, happy with that, oh I can now wear my 16 year old sons clothes!!!😅keep it up Dr
For me the most impressive thing was you sitting there in robust health casually mentioning that you hadn't eaten for 24 Hrs. Wow. I've just got down to a Keto 6 hr window but OMAD still scares me that I'm starving myself. Thanks for all your work Dr. Cywes !
The heat during summer told me not to eat that second meal, and I've been OMAD ever since. On a day here and there, I will eat my eggs bathed in butter at noon - ish and then my meat at one, but it's not so common. OMAD's great!
It took me a while to get to OMAD, and occasionally I go for 2MAD, but I’ve gotten used to one meal most of the time. I’ve been a type 1 diabetic for over 50 years and a single meal works surprisingly well. It takes getting used to, yes.
@@marcjames3487 No worries. Do what makes you feel great. I'm in Mexico, and we're having a really hot go of it. Everyone's complaining, but there I go! It's 38C (100F), but I'm sweating just enough to make the fan I have work like a charm. I'm 56, and I'm going on 20! Hang in there!
Carb addicted, I could not stop after the first bite! The concept of OMAD will help, along with sequential eating. This is worth a mint to one who was in carb prison. Thank You for TRUTH!
Just found you and really appreciate your honesty and no BS approach! Been Keto for 3 years and my LDL is high which doesn’t bother me, but drives my PCP & cardiologist crazy.
IM laughing so hard because you go through the whole thing saying bs bs bs and then think it over decide its ok and like it in the end. This literally is my process for everything new i try.🤣
I appreciate, that you are not only a doctor, but also a patient. Just yesterday evening I broke my 50hr fast... eating some goat cheese and some pickled mixed vegetables. I know, the "perfect" diet is to some extend opinion. Too many scientists and doctors state contradicting hypothesis as fact. So I follow only what everybody agrees on. It is the carbs and the seed-oil... another hypothesis I find plausible is: "feed the microbiome", which is science very much in its infancy... truth is, nobody has a clue. So I eat fish (sardines), fatty meat, eggs and dairy. I know dairy is controversial, but I developed a taste for Kefir, Yogurt and Feta cheese and I have not had any bathroom accidents. Also the mixed vegetables are controversial, but these are pickled like sauerkraut and this is the only way I know how to feed my microbiome. I am early into my journey ( a month) so we have to wait and see, but initial results are overwhelmingly positive. Morning blood sugar has dropped to 100 and weight loss is 20lbs. If I had one wish... the advocates of this or that diet should not state a hypothesis as fact. While a chemical analysis of this or that food quite obviously is fact, the effect it has on the human body is far from predictable. I am old enough to remember a time when we were told to eat margarine. The medical community does not have a good reputation when it comes to telling facts.
I just came off a 72 hr fast. ALTHOUGH, my fasts always include my fat enhanced coffee a couple of times a day. So technically not a fast, but it does get my blood sugar back down to less than 100. I ate about 1/2 lb of hamburger with butter. Literally a half hour ago. I’m type 2, 71 years old and carnivore. Thanks for your videos!
I love your honesty Dr. 59 YO male, previous experience fasting, Leto, low carb. Fell off wagon hard during Covid, but Carnivore last 3 months. Down 40 pounds! I keep it simple and eat once a day after work except weekends when I’ll eat breakfast with my wife. That’s it. Love your insights and channel. Thanks
It's amazing how liberating NOT being addicted to the thought/concept of eating 3 meals a day (plus snacks) can be! I practice TRE with an eating window of noon - 6pm. Hubby has a cup of tea in the morning (he's English, it's a thing!) but nothing solid until around 10am. I cook all our meals from scratch so I know what is going in (LCHF/P), no UPF. Our 'main meal' is around 2-3pm, with a grazing plate of cheese, meats, homemade pate's around 5:30. I'm 60, he's 59. Lean, no chronic conditions, feel great, sleep great. It's possible to be this way at this age - it should be the norm!!
51 year old male, BMI of 20-21 most of my adult life, I never got over 24. Intuitively I've always shied away from fasting. I think I did a fast of 24 hours once and lost a lot of weight, and never did it again. My brother, whose a class-3 obese, told me I should I intermittent fast, throwing out numbers like one or two day fasts. While I very naturally (unintentionally) went to omad for a week just after starting carnivore, I think the longest period I went without food was16 hours. My body then settled into tmad. This video is great validation for me deciding not to do a fast of 24 hours or more, and for listening to my body cues. Thank you.
Thank you Dr Cywes! Your advice on no fasting if BMI is 23 or lower is pure gold! I have been feeling guilty for not fasting at least once a month for 3 or 4 days. However, my BMI, is 19. So that really does put it in perspective. I do have an appointment scheduled with you later in this month and am very much looking forward to it! Finding local practitioners here is seemingly impossible. Thanks again, and I will see you (set up for zoom meeting) later this month.
It's so good to hear a Doctor that says he's learning and not God. I've been fighting Crohn's for over 20 years. I've tried all kinds of things and diets to get better and nothing has done more then maybe help a very small amount. I found out about the carnivore plan and was like what the heck I've tried everything else. I'm on week 14 now and can really feel some improvement and see some also. I wasn't really over weight so I didn't care about the weight lose part of it but I've been able to only lose about 20lb. I'm saying that as a good thing because that's was all I wanted to lose or the max I wanted to lose. I may give Doctor a call and have blood work done to hear what changes he recommends for me to do. I've seen a few doctors over the years and I like this man.
Carnivore omad here. Two years ago I went from eating every 24 hours to eating every 48 hours because of the need to lose weight, and after two months of doing that, it kind of fired back at me. Sure, I lost about 30% more weight over that period, but after that two months, when I went back to omad, I struggled to lose any weight at all for more or less the following eight weeks. Was it worth the experience? Yes. Was it worth the effort in terms of long-term results? No. These days I surprise my little body every 3 - 4 months with a 48-hour fast and that's enough.
I am so jealous of your low cgm number! Did you ever have an issue of it remaining high even on a carnivore/keto diet? I had an AIC of 6 and skyrocketing blood pressure and my kidney function dropped to 59. It scared the hell out of me! I fasted for 5 days and went directly into carnivore. Your information has been a major blessing. I have made many errors, eating too much meat over the first 3 months, then saw your video on just how little, (with your fingers barely apart you said “ just this much”, LOL)we really need to eat to replenish our bodies and that has really changed my life. I now eat 1 to 2 meals, and treat myself as a carb addicted person. I have done really well! But I am worried that I might be very close to a type one diabetic now because my cgm never really drops into those low numbers unless I fast for 36 hrs or so. I am regularly in the 90’s and after small meals of meat only, I can rise as high as 114! I spend full days in the 90’s. I guess I really broke myself. I have heard it can take more than a year or two to recover from this, if at all. I am happy with this way of living. Its getting much, Much easier and I make mistakes with eating a bit too much meat and a few veggies far less often than I did in those first 3 months. I think I am a carb addicted person, but also use good food of any sort to assuage my stress. So I watch that carefully as I can. I am losing weight this way. I started at 250 on the nose and am now down to 218 lbs now. 32 pounds total! And I am excited to break 200 and hopefully reach an ideal healthy weight of 175-180 over the next year! Thanks for all that you do. I have watched many of the well known carnivores and like them, But I LOVE you and your thoughts!
Ok, after a 14 day fast, I broke my fast on route to Bristol UK 256 miles, with nuts, and a very meaty sausage roll from my local butcher. I was a bit worried but I had no ill effects and didn't need the toilet till the next day. So I don't think bigD is a problem for everyone. Also, I'm ex T2D with still a lot of weight to lose. Thanks, btw, I find a lot of what you say very interesting. Keep up the good work.
I agree: Type2 diabietics should fast. Through fasting a very low-carb diet I've completely reversed diabetes . I encourage everybody to fast. Thanks dr. Cywes, I've been listening to you and paying attention!!
I am so happy to have found your channel. Thank You for all the straight forward information. I have been doing a 36-40 hr fast for a week now and am succeeding.
I'm new to your channel and this is the third video of yours that l have watched and l have learned a great deal from them already. You, sir, are truly a "breath of fresh air" when it comes to informing your viewers of much needed truths on what we need to feed our bodies for a healthy and happy life. Thank you for all that you are doing.
I’m a 73 year old woman who has been fully carnivore since July 12th. Constipation has been a life long problem and in the beginning I did have lose stools, however, I’ve since gone back to hard little pebbles every few days, and yes, I eat plenty of fat. I’ve decided to do a fast, hoping it will start my body moving again.
A few years ago, I was in my front yard weeding when a woman walking chanced by and she had poop running down her everything. She'd tried to cover it with a jacket but failed miserably. I felt bad for her. But all this week I've had the RUNS. I blamed it on licorice root tea which I'd just tried because I get draggy tired and listened to the drive and Attia suggested licorice root for benefits. But then I listened to YOU and when you said, "stay home . . . you will have an accident", I put two and two together and realized that my attempt at shrinking my eating window and stretching my fasting window for the past two weeks is more likely the cause. I resorted to Imodium which solved the accidents issue because I had multiple accidents in one day . . . just couldn't get their fast enough. I've heard so many recommendations regarding IF but this is the FIRST I've heard of IF causing diarrhea. THANX
Avid prolong faster here. I find what helps to minimize and at times prevent diarrhea when breaking an extended fast is to take 3000-4000mg Potassium the day of breaking it. Anecdotal since the digestive system is highly dependent on adequate intake of both sodium and potassium for proper balance and hydration
Many times when a food or drink causes a blood sugar spike I simply do my own test. Most times I have the same results, but sometimes I’m surprised and I have zero reaction or change. Everyone is different is what I’ve learned.
Im glad I found this guide - I did my first 5 days water fast from Carnivore ..and it went a little wrong, getting the refeeding syndrome, because I didnt have the correct electrolyte balance to begin with.
It’s ironic in this day and age to have a concept of not eating. Dr. C is so correct through his videos of carb addiction and consuming calories for your head and not for nutrition. #properhumandiet
I intermittent fast every day. I do two and three day fasts with some regularity. I’ve done 10 day fasts and eight day along with quite a few five days starting in April 2019.I’m never hungry. And I learned on my first fast four years ago to re-feed properly. One to two day fasts don’t take any refeeding. I have noticed that three day fasts are best ended with some broth. Later I eat something simple like scrambled eggs. Then I’m back to my regular schedule of eating. Plain Greek yogurt is also a great way to break a fast. I put in some vanilla extract and a bit of Stevia. On five day fasts I refeed for two days. I start off with broth then make my way to Fage 5% Greek yogurt or scrambled eggs on day one. On refeeding day two I continue with eggs/yogurt then move on to something easy to digest(fish or chicken). I don’t have any dairy during refeeding. I learned that the hard way. I also learned the hard way after a five day fast to drink that first mug of broth very slowly. I find taking pinches of sea salt throughout the day a big help.Dr. Cywes could you do a video on hydration? That’s an area that seems to have quite a bit of conflicting advice. How much and how often to drink? Thank you so much for this video! Love from Vermont
My mom died of type 1 diabetes (hyperosmotic coma)on a medically recommended high carb diet. My BMI 19, a1C 5.6 on very low carb diet for 15 years. Keto/intermittent fasting 2mad for the last few months, but a little worried about my weight loss in ketosis(7lbs). I didn’t realize 5.6 was too high until I listened to you. I’m in solid ketosis, mod protein and only very low carb veg. I’m working on adding fat to stop the weight loss. 😅
The rise in your blood sugar could have been your liver saying, "you could use a bit more glucose". Maybe your body had a cephalic response to the sweetness? 67 is still a VERY low glucose level. From the ingredient list you read to us, it seems like a product I'd be willing to try.
Yea, I made the mistake starting OMAD carnivore the day after eating like a typical fat trucker. Shit through all my under ware & half my pants the first 4 days. Thank God I was running a route with plenty of truck stops & rest areas.
In the last weeks I've had proof of the power of carnivore and time restricted eating. I've been on the usual heart meds cocktail for metabolic syndrome for years. I was told, I'd likely be on them for life. I also knew that they aren't without side effects, it was a conundrum. Recently my BP was spiking so high, 190/ 110. I was taking extra lisinipril and extra beta blocker when my heart sped up. I felt lousy. I decided to eliminate the 'extra' from my carnivore diet, salsa etc and my BP started dropping. I was able to reduce my meds by half and last night when I checked, my BP was 116/65, pulse 77. There was really no reason to take the meds but my dose was now tiny and you don't just stop beta blockers. I'm an RN a less reticent to adjust things as needed .I'm finally committed to pure carnivore. It can be life saving. Fasting is a natural on a meat diet as predates often don't have food. These two are a 'medical miracle"Thank you Dr. Cywes, for the powerful teaching. You make a real difference.
I was planning on fasting today because I'm having balloon sinuplasty tomorrow. Now will eat something so I don't have the sluice gate effect. Good video doc.
As far as David's gushing issue goes, I think that just happens less the more that you fast. If it's a longer fast I take some magnesium or other laxative to get everything out as I go and that also helps when you do break the fast. Home made probiotic l reuteri yogurt also seems to help here but it's probably going to happen at least a bit.
In traditional Chinese medicine, if memory serves, ginseng from the usual Asian species is held to have very different medicinal properties from ginseng from the usual American species. I can’t even tell them apart by flavor or smell and my gut instinct is that they’re about the same and quite possibly useless as medicine though interesting in flavor.
My go to fasting break meal is egg drop soup, a cup of organic chicken bone broth (the one I use has 1g protein), 1 egg mixed and slowly mixed in the broth and a tbsp of butter to add some fat. It usually doesn't affect me too much. I am currently sitting at 74 hours, will break it most likely when I get off work this afternoon. Thankfully I work from home :)
PLS!! Do a video on Lipedema and fat disorders. Keeping insulin low will produce weightloss isn't true for everyone unfortunately. Would love your advice. So you do lipedema surgery?
its only been one month for me on the low carb diet , no sugar and low carbs ,im seeing numbers on my glucometer that vary from 72 to 150 , its still trial and error trying to figure out what spikes my blood glucose , i am learning by observation and on 2 mad , i did one mad a couple of days ago and had a but clenching experience whilst out walking , your vlogs are the beat IMHO on you tube
10:23 Despite knowing better, I was so hungry after a 7 day fast, I ate half a 🍕 and a slice of 🎂. Had bubble guts all day and thought I was gonna have to go urgent care. Won't do that again 😅
As a christian, I like to fast for spiritual reasons. It's hard to find info on 7, 21 and 40 day fasts. I understand that extended fasts should be done under medical supervision. I have at home monitoring that is through teledoc. I would just like to do the fasts as healthily as possible.
I have never had a bathroom problem after a longer fast, but I have seen many comments from those who have. The one thing my body really craves after a longer fast is cole slaw.
in the past month i have been eating once a day or not eating for around 18-20 or so hours. it hasnt been strictly carnivore but i have lost around 35 pounds. i am currently now on hour 69 of a fast and i really needed part 1 and this video today so thank you so much for that. i will break my fast with some fatty ribeye eventually and stick to carnivore after that!
We don't have total carbs on labels here, we have only carbs. That's what you call "net" carbs. I certainly don't have intention to start calculating "total" carbs that is artificial number. I'll continue to read labels for carbs amount without any calculating.
Great info! I often have what appears to be gallbladder pain when I’m on the not eating period whether it’s 24 or 48 hours. I had an ultrasound and both my gallbladder and liver are fine. The pain always passes so it doesn’t worry me but I find it curious. I eat keto with high fat and rarely have the pain when I’m eating.
I'm taking Jardiance and it has lowered my kidney function. Had a urinalysis done. Not sure what the test is called but my level was 1.2 and being dehydrated is 1.3. And I drink over 90 oz of fluid a day. So if you're kidneys are fine you might not need to drink a lot. But if you have kidney problems drink how much your doctors tells you to drink.
I had normal bowel movements before going keto about 5 years ago. Then I became extremely constipated despite eating increasing ammounts of green veg. The more fibre the worse it got. Then I went carnivour nearly a year ago. The problem has gone from tennis balls to rabbit pellets but it happens 2 or 3 times a day. I would love to know how so many lucky people go carnivour and get loose movements. High fat to protien ratieo only helps a small bit with me but it is slowly getting better. Otherwise all heath markers are now excellent except the B. S. one, very happy to have elevated LDL.
@@susanshaver912 I am not sure. Tried eating a lot more fat, added 500ml of cream, a 1/4 pound of butter and a 1/2 cup of olive oil daily for a couple of weeks with no obvious change. Just stacked on fat. But it is slowly improveing. I think it was Dr. Berry who said (to paraphrase)"if we spend years getting unhealthy why do we think it can be fixed overnight". I think my gut biom was screwed by high veg fiber and it is taking a while to come right.
@@murraypooley9199 If you are eating things like olive oil you are not doing a total carnivore diet. So not sure if you are trying to do keto or carnivore? How about Potassium and Magnesium? Look at the various Magnesiums. Magnesium Citrate especially might help. When we are on carnivore it is difficult to get enough of P and M electrolytes, and some of the electrolyte drinks are too low in them.
@@susanshaver912 I only tried olive oil briefly to see if increasing omega 3 would help. It didn't. Nor did drinking loads of water, or taking Potassium and Magnesium Citrate regardless of the dose. I did drink a lot of milk. Tried straight from the milking parlor, tried goats milk, now just gone zero milk, yet to see if this helps. If not I will try zero cheese. All I eat now is bacon, beef, eggs, cheese and some chicken, but probably was and maybe still are too high on the dairy.
If your blood glucose was at 55 and you stated your liver was about to give you a shot of glucose… how do you know if the drink is responsible for your 12 point increase or the glucose from your liver is responsible?
I usually break my 5-7 days fast with bone broth that I make from beef bones and tendons at low temperature for 48 hours. I collect fat from the broth and throw it out because it gets oxidized during these 48 hours However , I add fresh fat to the broth before consuming. It's usually butter or lard. I break my fast before bed time, otherwise it's too hard to start just eat. Next day I keep with broth but add two- three raw yolks for dinner . I stay with broth, butter, yolks for a few days and my ketosis does not go down . Homemade sour cream also works on the third days of breaking. Basically, I gome to autophagy on third day of not eating and syay there for around 5 days even when my fast was broken- ratio glucose to ketone is lower then 1 usually with broth, butter, yolks, sour cream. 😮
Fasting jacked up my sleep for months and breaking fasts with vegetables and taking a multivitamin containing a bunch of vitamin C during the fast gave me a massive oxilate dump and started it cycling.... Now I'm totally carnivore. No long fasts and trying to recover.
Dear Dr Cywes, I like what you're publishing It's consistent and makes sense for me. I have a question though related to breaking your fast.. mulims in Ramadan break their fasting with one or several dates, very sugar rich. which is not exactly what you're recommending. It is recommended to eat small amount of food before taking the maim course though. It take roughly 20 mnutes between breaking the fast and starting the main meal. Other difference : since muslim fasting includes not drinking water, muslims start also with some liquid to break the fasting (water or milk). can you share your opinion on that please, or do you have hard data to share please.
I find on the 3th day of the fast, toward evening, I get the runs and sometimes even vomit.I feel spasms in my liver. It feels like the body is purging old waste. My eyes even burn leading up to this. It's such a relief afterwards.
Your body stores toxins in your fat. As the fat is released so are the toxins. If it is too bothersome for you, perhaps just do 2 day fasts to release toxins slower so your body can handle them better. I have felt some of my body's toxins release as well on my weight loss journey, but not to the extent you suggest. Many times I have started sweating for no apparent reason, and I know that's another way your body will release toxins.
interesting. My country is BIG in fasting as a medical treatment, ever has been, one of the most famous fasting physicians comes from here - actually he's dead, but doesn't matter. However: we are taught to make liver wraps during a prolonged fast. Check it out, it's easy and won't cost a dime and it helps your liver a lot.
Sea salt has surprisingly little iodine in it. You’d think it would have a fair amount, what with the iodine in seaweed, but no. The pink salt from that mine not quite in the Himalayas is from an ancient sea and that sea didn’t have appreciable iodine either. Iodine is used in dairy sanitizers, and most commercial milk and milk products end up with a good amount of that iodine in them. Which is just fine.
I found going close to zero sodium and reduced liquid on the refeed can ameliorate some of the loose stool from breaking the fast. Erythritol and other sugar alcohols I read have about half the effect on BG as sucrose?
Never had the runs after a fast, doc. I do a 36 hour fast maybe once a month now but I used to fast a lot more often. 36 hours every week and 3 days once a month. Never had this issue. I would usually break my fast with steak and eggs and maybe a bit of kimchi.
Okay, so you have convinced me not to fast as a woman with a current BMI of 19.6. Two questions: 1) Is it okay for me to still do 16-18 hours of not eating per day? ; 2) is it okay for me to consume a ketogenic/ketovore diet?
I’ve been following Dr. B for over 6 years; I’ve lost 80 lbs. and use 86% less insulin than before. I tried intermittent fasting (OMAD) for about a year, but decided that it didn’t provide enough benefits for me. I now now eat 3 pasture raised eggs cooked in Irish butter mornings & my main protein 10 hours later (usually grass fed ribeye). I’m now satiated the entire day and much easier to control my blood sugar.
Glad to see your discovery for your body only. Being open to work it out makes our "health care" dynamic! HI!
You're the doctor EVERYONE wants my friend. You care, you ACTUALLY genuinely want to help. You're hyper intelligent. And to wrap it up, you have a THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE. You're ok with being wrong simply because you understand that you're only able to go off what you have at the time. You're brilliant AND YOU'RE SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES WITH THESE VIDEOS ALONE. Thank you for what you do, doctor.
Long post incoming about my experience in roughly 5 years of fasting/keto/ketovore. Keep in mind that English isn't my native language but I'll try my best. As always, everything I say is personal opinion:
1. Ketovore seems to work best as long as you're getting your food from quality sources.
2. Blood sugar is a symptom of dysfunctional insulin. Treating blood sugar is like taking medicine for a runny nose without treating the problem that's causing a runny nose.
3. I'm so extremely glad that Dr. Rob Cywes talking about 'the shits' after a long fast (>24-36 hours). He is right, nothing you do will prevent it as you simply don't have necessary enzymes to digest and extract the nutrients, vitamins and fluids from your meal which ends up in a runny mess after your stomach juices.
4. The most important point of a fast is when you're breaking as that can influence your health by a degree so large that you can end up in a life-threatening situation due to something called 're-feeding syndrome'. I break 3-5 day fasts with a half of a hard-boiled egg. I once did a 10 day fast which I broke with a quarter of a hardboiled egg and then my next meal was around 20 to 24 hours later with a another half an egg. Followed by another 20-24 hour for a whole egg or maybe two. Some say it might be a bit extreme but honestly by body is responding very well to this way of breaking a fast. As he said simple cards are the worst things you can do to break a fast and create a high insulin spike out of nowhere.
5. Your body is naturally fatphobic because simply breathing air and existing burns calories. As Dr. Rob Cywes says and me as well "I hate the term 'calories' because it doesn't mean anything.' Our bodies don't understand calories. The body understand macronutrients and the signals they're giving off. Everybody and their mother knows that 100 calories of cake will make you more fat and 100 calories of meat but nobody seems to why. Macronutrients that's why and not calories.
6. I'm not saying that you should be burying your head and reading about health, macronutrients, vitamins, minerals and whatnot but try to consciously make the decision to eat 'real' food. You know what real food is. Food that was around for thousands of years and not something made somewhere in a lab/factory or with a machine the size of a house.
7. Fasting is an extremely powerful tool. However just like uncle Ben said "with great power comes great responsibility', if you're misusing the power of fasting by being ignorant then it's most likely going to hurt you in today's world.
8. As Dr. Rob Cywes said, don't fast if you're in your healthy BMI. But then again, just because you're in your healthy BMI doesn't mean you're healthy, rather it means you're not fat, you don't have the fat reserves for a prolonged fast and will quickly enter starvation mode.
9. Some people store fat around their organs as opposed to under their skin. They look healthy but their organs are suffocating. Asian people's bodies tend to work like this more often than the rest of the world.
10. If you want, you can get tested for you ancestry and see where your ancestors lived generally. If you're in the Mediterranean your diet will be different than someone living in Norway or Canada. Check what are native foods for your ancestors and try them out, maybe your body will respond better when eating them.
11. Food is the most impactful form of medicine because you're literally doing it your entire life. You're using whatever you're eating to rebuild yourself. If you build your house with low quality materials, you're going to have a bad house.
12. There are plenty of cheap foods which are healthy and natural.
13. The biggest con I can think of for eating healthy is that you're pretty limited to what you can eat as food groups. Yes you can have different kinds of meat every day but at the end of the day, you're still eating meat.
14. One of my biggest things that helped me is that I actually began to think that most of the food manufactured today is poison and not real food. The difference between medicine and poison is the dosage, someone once said and I couldn't agree more. Because most of the things which are manufactured and sold are so out of proportion to what our bodies are used to encountering for literally thousands of years.
15. Once again, the most important part of a fast is at end. Disciplining and controlling yourself to eat a tiny amount so that your body can make the necessary enzymes for food intake and stay at home for the moment when golden flood comes running out, because you will have about 5 to 10 seconds to react.
16. Exercise, movement and the gym can be very beneficial and healthy but they're nowhere near important enough than diet. You can ruin your health with a bad dies much, much more than you can increase it with a good fitness routine. Go the gym, walks, hikes or whatever form of sport you want for either health or entertainment, it has a million benefits and certainly helps keep your body 'invigorated' but it will never ever make you lose weight if your eating choices are terrible. You can never out-train a bad diet.
17. Get your insulin under control and leave the rest to your body. It will naturally settled in its preferred weight for your height and health condition.
And with this I conclude my rant. Stay healthy people so that we can all live a bit longer, healthier and suffer together, mwahahaha!
Cheers!
An interesting read, thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Good comments, and if English is not your first language you have an amazing grasp of it, I would have never known!
Is a pleasure to listen to someone with common sense who is posting videos not only for views but also to share his knowledge and help others
Thanks for that. We don't need special products. We only need whole food. Full stop.
Totally agree... Just speculating, what would happen if suddenly 8B people on this planet started eating whole food.... the chaos??? It will be magnitudes worse than, climate change or WW3. Good for us, but 99% of the world's population does NOT eat whole foods, not even in developing countries.
I've done many extended fasts over the last 5-1/2 years, never had bowel troubles when I broke my fast. Typically would be a couple of eggs fried in butter followed by a small keto or carnivore meal a few hours later. I also encourage checking blood sugar whenever a new food or beverage is introduced. Thanks for the video.
so us both seem to be the lucky ones regarding bowel issues;) Heard that a lot, that people run for the bushes after breaking a fast and never experienced it by myself, although I'd never break my fast in such a bold way you do - you seem to have a very healthy gut, congrats:)
Could listen to him all day he has an edge to him
Any sweetener will raise my BG. It's the cephalic response.
Love my 36 + fasts. I feel so good and light. I’m lucky come off the fast with scrambled eggs and no explosions…. Great content as always Thank you
I've never heard someone say you probably shouldn't fast if your bmi is below 23 and you're insulin sensitive. Both apply to me & that makes me feel way less guilty that fasting has not been working out for me at all recently. Because literally every fairly trustworthy doc out there says "fast fast fast!!! Everyone fast!"
But remember he said a fast is 36 hours+. He's not considering eating only 16:8 or OMAD fasting at all... He says everyone should do that.
@@Fourwedge If only. There's not a day I don't wake up with low blood sugar. It'd be great to be able to skip meals, but breakfast is a must.
Plus I've heard a lot of the benifits of course, but unless you are trying to lose weight, control your blood sugar without medication or just save time and money skipping meals lol I haven't noticed any difference to my health since stopping intermintent fasting. I think it's a case by case basis.
I did a 48 hr fast earlier this year (first time ever doing that) and I didn't have the shits after I broke it so no idea what you're talking about. I'm 53...have lost 40 lbs this year. Absolutely LOVE your work and PLEASE continue to swear. It's very refreshing.
Hilarious. I appreciate your humor. You described my three day fasting experience perfectly. Luckily, I recovered and did not need to burn a sick day. My BMI is low but I wanted a winter challenge. Thank You!
Thank you for your honesty and "walking the talk" unlike some other Keto doctors. Love that you wear a CGM to be accountable to yourself and your viewers.. As far as fasting, I will usually break a fast with bone broth 30 min prior to chewing food. And that food is normally a few eggs or a can of sardines in olive oil which really helps prolong the effects of the fast.
Breaking a short 23h fast with a boiled egg or a can of sardines works for me.
I was out walking my dog listening to this and you had me rolling with laughter! Love it!
My body has a timer when I fast. Day 3 is always a blow out no food required. Absolutely stay home because there is no stopping it. Yes there was definitely more to go when you start eating too.
Love your videos, thank you. I'm a 62 yo male on Carnivore for 98 days, I've lost 54 lbs. I generally eat OMAD, occasionally a small something an hour or two before my main meal. I've never fasted beyond 27 hours. But oddly enough, I'm affected just as you describe. Not long after I eat it's a Code 3 run to the toilet. I've often thanked the good Lord that I wasn't at the grocery store. LOL. That would be ugly. Anyway, thanks again for the good humored videos loaded with lots of great information!
Yep nice hearing this, validates a lot for me, I tried keto with lots of salad and nuts etc for a year it helped trying to combat long covid, but something never felt quite right? Been carnivor since January gradually removing the last carbs from my diet, now just meat eggs and a little dairy. Omad works great and just done a 60 hr fast, broken with bacon n eggs, I now cannot even think about carbs, don't need them anymore, I don't know if it will cure my long covid but it gives me respite and seems to keep autoimmune issues right down, happy with that, oh I can now wear my 16 year old sons clothes!!!😅keep it up Dr
For me the most impressive thing was you sitting there in robust health casually mentioning that you hadn't eaten for 24 Hrs. Wow. I've just got down to a Keto 6 hr window but OMAD still scares me that I'm starving myself. Thanks for all your work Dr. Cywes !
The heat during summer told me not to eat that second meal, and I've been OMAD ever since. On a day here and there, I will eat my eggs bathed in butter at noon - ish and then my meat at one, but it's not so common. OMAD's great!
It took me a while to get to OMAD, and occasionally I go for 2MAD, but I’ve gotten used to one meal most of the time. I’ve been a type 1 diabetic for over 50 years and a single meal works surprisingly well. It takes getting used to, yes.
@@thomashughes4859 Thanks Thomas ~ clearly I need to skip breakfast, that's the panic meal I feel I need but clearly don't !
@@markiangooley Thanks for the support, I'm trying this tomorrow !
@@marcjames3487 No worries. Do what makes you feel great. I'm in Mexico, and we're having a really hot go of it. Everyone's complaining, but there I go! It's 38C (100F), but I'm sweating just enough to make the fan I have work like a charm. I'm 56, and I'm going on 20! Hang in there!
Carb addicted, I could not stop after the first bite! The concept of OMAD will help, along with sequential eating. This is worth a mint to one who was in carb prison. Thank You for TRUTH!
Just found you and really appreciate your honesty and no BS approach! Been Keto for 3 years and my LDL is high which doesn’t bother me, but drives my PCP & cardiologist crazy.
IM laughing so hard because you go through the whole thing saying bs bs bs and then think it over decide its ok and like it in the end. This literally is my process for everything new i try.🤣
I appreciate, that you are not only a doctor, but also a patient.
Just yesterday evening I broke my 50hr fast... eating some goat cheese and some pickled mixed vegetables. I know, the "perfect" diet is to some extend opinion. Too many scientists and doctors state contradicting hypothesis as fact. So I follow only what everybody agrees on. It is the carbs and the seed-oil... another hypothesis I find plausible is: "feed the microbiome", which is science very much in its infancy... truth is, nobody has a clue. So I eat fish (sardines), fatty meat, eggs and dairy. I know dairy is controversial, but I developed a taste for Kefir, Yogurt and Feta cheese and I have not had any bathroom accidents. Also the mixed vegetables are controversial, but these are pickled like sauerkraut and this is the only way I know how to feed my microbiome. I am early into my journey ( a month) so we have to wait and see, but initial results are overwhelmingly positive. Morning blood sugar has dropped to 100 and weight loss is 20lbs.
If I had one wish... the advocates of this or that diet should not state a hypothesis as fact. While a chemical analysis of this or that food quite obviously is fact, the effect it has on the human body is far from predictable. I am old enough to remember a time when we were told to eat margarine. The medical community does not have a good reputation when it comes to telling facts.
The Natural flavors they add, can be anything.
Very informative video.
I don't know if I want to do a 36 or 72 hour fast now...I don't want to crap myself. Thanks for the info Doc.
I just came off a 72 hr fast. ALTHOUGH, my fasts always include my fat enhanced coffee a couple of times a day. So technically not a fast, but it does get my blood sugar back down to less than 100. I ate about 1/2 lb of hamburger with butter. Literally a half hour ago. I’m type 2, 71 years old and carnivore. Thanks for your videos!
I love your honesty Dr.
59 YO male, previous experience fasting, Leto, low carb.
Fell off wagon hard during Covid, but Carnivore last 3 months. Down 40 pounds!
I keep it simple and eat once a day after work except weekends when I’ll eat breakfast with my wife. That’s it.
Love your insights and channel. Thanks
It's amazing how liberating NOT being addicted to the thought/concept of eating 3 meals a day (plus snacks) can be! I practice TRE with an eating window of noon - 6pm. Hubby has a cup of tea in the morning (he's English, it's a thing!) but nothing solid until around 10am. I cook all our meals from scratch so I know what is going in (LCHF/P), no UPF. Our 'main meal' is around 2-3pm, with a grazing plate of cheese, meats, homemade pate's around 5:30. I'm 60, he's 59. Lean, no chronic conditions, feel great, sleep great. It's possible to be this way at this age - it should be the norm!!
51 year old male, BMI of 20-21 most of my adult life, I never got over 24.
Intuitively I've always shied away from fasting. I think I did a fast of 24 hours once and lost a lot of weight, and never did it again.
My brother, whose a class-3 obese, told me I should I intermittent fast, throwing out numbers like one or two day fasts.
While I very naturally (unintentionally) went to omad for a week just after starting carnivore, I think the longest period I went without food was16 hours.
My body then settled into tmad.
This video is great validation for me deciding not to do a fast of 24 hours or more, and for listening to my body cues.
Thank you.
Thank you Dr Cywes! Your advice on no fasting if BMI is 23 or lower is pure gold! I have been feeling guilty for not fasting at least once a month for 3 or 4 days. However, my BMI, is 19. So that really does put it in perspective. I do have an appointment scheduled with you later in this month and am very much looking forward to it! Finding local practitioners here is seemingly impossible. Thanks again, and I will see you (set up for zoom meeting) later this month.
It's so good to hear a Doctor that says he's learning and not God. I've been fighting Crohn's for over 20 years. I've tried all kinds of things and diets to get better and nothing has done more then maybe help a very small amount. I found out about the carnivore plan and was like what the heck I've tried everything else. I'm on week 14 now and can really feel some improvement and see some also. I wasn't really over weight so I didn't care about the weight lose part of it but I've been able to only lose about 20lb. I'm saying that as a good thing because that's was all I wanted to lose or the max I wanted to lose. I may give Doctor a call and have blood work done to hear what changes he recommends for me to do. I've seen a few doctors over the years and I like this man.
Carnivore omad here. Two years ago I went from eating every 24 hours to eating every 48 hours because of the need to lose weight, and after two months of doing that, it kind of fired back at me. Sure, I lost about 30% more weight over that period, but after that two months, when I went back to omad, I struggled to lose any weight at all for more or less the following eight weeks. Was it worth the experience? Yes. Was it worth the effort in terms of long-term results? No. These days I surprise my little body every 3 - 4 months with a 48-hour fast and that's enough.
Got my sub after the frank line, "You will sh!7 yourself". I appreciate the honesty.
Awesome education, your contents are like food to the soul, so interesting.
Love watching you, very educational.
❤ loved testing the product & showing the blood sugar results. Thank you!
Your review appreciated. You were very fair, honest and direct. The numbers in black and white was most valuable. Thanks!
Thanks for speaking the truth and being in the trenches with us. I tell everyone I meet about your channel.please keep up the great work .
I am so jealous of your low cgm number! Did you ever have an issue of it remaining high even on a carnivore/keto diet? I had an AIC of 6 and skyrocketing blood pressure and my kidney function dropped to 59. It scared the hell out of me! I fasted for 5 days and went directly into carnivore. Your information has been a major blessing. I have made many errors, eating too much meat over the first 3 months, then saw your video on just how little, (with your fingers barely apart you said “ just this much”, LOL)we really need to eat to replenish our bodies and that has really changed my life. I now eat 1 to 2 meals, and treat myself as a carb addicted person. I have done really well! But I am worried that I might be very close to a type one diabetic now because my cgm never really drops into those low numbers unless I fast for 36 hrs or so. I am regularly in the 90’s and after small meals of meat only, I can rise as high as 114! I spend full days in the 90’s. I guess I really broke myself. I have heard it can take more than a year or two to recover from this, if at all. I am happy with this way of living. Its getting much, Much easier and I make mistakes with eating a bit too much meat and a few veggies far less often than I did in those first 3 months. I think I am a carb addicted person, but also use good food of any sort to assuage my stress. So I watch that carefully as I can. I am losing weight this way. I started at 250 on the nose and am now down to 218 lbs now. 32 pounds total! And I am excited to break 200 and hopefully reach an ideal healthy weight of 175-180 over the next year! Thanks for all that you do. I have watched many of the well known carnivores and like them, But I LOVE you and your thoughts!
keep the good work up!
Ok, after a 14 day fast, I broke my fast on route to Bristol UK 256 miles, with nuts, and a very meaty sausage roll from my local butcher. I was a bit worried but I had no ill effects and didn't need the toilet till the next day. So I don't think bigD is a problem for everyone. Also, I'm ex T2D with still a lot of weight to lose. Thanks, btw, I find a lot of what you say very interesting. Keep up the good work.
I agree: Type2 diabietics should fast. Through fasting a very low-carb diet I've completely reversed diabetes . I encourage everybody to fast. Thanks dr. Cywes, I've been listening to you and paying attention!!
I am so happy to have found your channel. Thank You for all the straight forward information. I have been doing a 36-40 hr fast for a week now and am succeeding.
I like your honesty and you say it like it is..
Love you reviewing products. Could you review a decent protein powder please?
I'm new to your channel and this is the third video of yours that l have watched and l have learned a great deal from them already.
You, sir, are truly a "breath of fresh air" when it comes to informing your viewers of much needed truths on what we need to feed our bodies for a healthy and happy life.
Thank you for all that you are doing.
I’m a 73 year old woman who has been fully carnivore since July 12th. Constipation has been a life long problem and in the beginning I did have lose stools, however, I’ve since gone back to hard little pebbles every few days, and yes, I eat plenty of fat. I’ve decided to do a fast, hoping it will start my body moving again.
A few years ago, I was in my front yard weeding when a woman walking chanced by and she had poop running down her everything. She'd tried to cover it with a jacket but failed miserably. I felt bad for her. But all this week I've had the RUNS. I blamed it on licorice root tea which I'd just tried because I get draggy tired and listened to the drive and Attia suggested licorice root for benefits. But then I listened to YOU and when you said, "stay home . . . you will have an accident", I put two and two together and realized that my attempt at shrinking my eating window and stretching my fasting window for the past two weeks is more likely the cause. I resorted to Imodium which solved the accidents issue because I had multiple accidents in one day . . . just couldn't get their fast enough. I've heard so many recommendations regarding IF but this is the FIRST I've heard of IF causing diarrhea. THANX
Thank you! So much useful info, good to hear that fasting over 36 hours in not proper for those with BMI under 23.
You, Dr Cywes, crack me up; informative and hilarious 😀
Avid prolong faster here. I find what helps to minimize and at times prevent diarrhea when breaking an extended fast is to take 3000-4000mg Potassium the day of breaking it. Anecdotal since the digestive system is highly dependent on adequate intake of both sodium and potassium for proper balance and hydration
I have never had bowel issues after a fast. Perhaps this is an individual issue.
Many times when a food or drink causes a blood sugar spike I simply do my own test. Most times I have the same results, but sometimes I’m surprised and I have zero reaction or change. Everyone is different is what I’ve learned.
19:24 'Don't be a dick' - words to live by. Love your work! x
I must be doing fasting wrong, I've never had a problem with rushing to the toilet post breaking my fast 🤷♀️❤️🇦🇺
Im glad I found this guide - I did my first 5 days water fast from Carnivore ..and it went a little wrong, getting the refeeding syndrome, because I didnt have the correct electrolyte balance to begin with.
That was brilliant 👏
Great video. Love the experiment. Regards fro. S A
It’s ironic in this day and age to have a concept of not eating. Dr. C is so correct through his videos of carb addiction and consuming calories for your head and not for nutrition. #properhumandiet
So very true!
I intermittent fast every day. I do two and three day fasts with some regularity. I’ve done 10 day fasts and eight day along with quite a few five days starting in April 2019.I’m never hungry. And I learned on my first fast four years ago to re-feed properly. One to two day fasts don’t take any refeeding. I have noticed that three day fasts are best ended with some broth. Later I eat something simple like scrambled eggs. Then I’m back to my regular schedule of eating. Plain Greek yogurt is also a great way to break a fast. I put in some vanilla extract and a bit of Stevia. On five day fasts I refeed for two days. I start off with broth then make my way to Fage 5% Greek yogurt or scrambled eggs on day one. On refeeding day two I continue with eggs/yogurt then move on to something easy to digest(fish or chicken). I don’t have any dairy during refeeding. I learned that the hard way. I also learned the hard way after a five day fast to drink that first mug of broth very slowly. I find taking pinches of sea salt throughout the day a big help.Dr. Cywes could you do a video on hydration? That’s an area that seems to have quite a bit of conflicting advice. How much and how often to drink? Thank you so much for this video! Love from Vermont
My mom died of type 1 diabetes (hyperosmotic coma)on a medically recommended high carb diet. My BMI 19, a1C 5.6 on very low carb diet for 15 years. Keto/intermittent fasting 2mad for the last few months, but a little worried about my weight loss in ketosis(7lbs). I didn’t realize 5.6 was too high until I listened to you. I’m in solid ketosis, mod protein and only very low carb veg. I’m working on adding fat to stop the weight loss. 😅
The rise in your blood sugar could have been your liver saying, "you could use a bit more glucose". Maybe your body had a cephalic response to the sweetness? 67 is still a VERY low glucose level. From the ingredient list you read to us, it seems like a product I'd be willing to try.
Thank you for your wonderful messages . I have learned so much from your videos and your podcasts.
The walfart brand beef broth has 0 carbs. Ingredients are a little sketchy. But it's great if you live in a semi.
I do IF 18:6 daily. T2D and under weight.
Yea, I made the mistake starting OMAD carnivore the day after eating like a typical fat trucker. Shit through all my under ware & half my pants the first 4 days. Thank God I was running a route with plenty of truck stops & rest areas.
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Exactly! Not eating
In the last weeks I've had proof of the power of carnivore and time restricted eating.
I've been on the usual heart meds cocktail for metabolic syndrome for years. I was told, I'd likely be on them for life. I also knew that they aren't without side effects, it was a conundrum. Recently my BP was spiking so high, 190/ 110. I was taking extra lisinipril and extra beta blocker when my heart sped up. I felt lousy.
I decided to eliminate the 'extra' from my carnivore diet, salsa etc and my BP started dropping. I was able to reduce my meds by half and last night when I checked, my BP was 116/65, pulse 77. There was really no reason to take the meds but my dose was now tiny and you don't just stop beta blockers. I'm an RN a less reticent to adjust things as needed .I'm finally committed to pure carnivore. It can be life saving. Fasting is a natural on a meat diet as predates often don't have food. These two are a 'medical miracle"Thank you Dr. Cywes, for the powerful teaching. You make a real difference.
I was planning on fasting today because I'm having balloon sinuplasty tomorrow. Now will eat something so I don't have the sluice gate effect. Good video doc.
As far as David's gushing issue goes, I think that just happens less the more that you fast. If it's a longer fast I take some magnesium or other laxative to get everything out as I go and that also helps when you do break the fast. Home made probiotic l reuteri yogurt also seems to help here but it's probably going to happen at least a bit.
In traditional Chinese medicine, if memory serves, ginseng from the usual Asian species is held to have very different medicinal properties from ginseng from the usual American species. I can’t even tell them apart by flavor or smell and my gut instinct is that they’re about the same and quite possibly useless as medicine though interesting in flavor.
My go to fasting break meal is egg drop soup, a cup of organic chicken bone broth (the one I use has 1g protein), 1 egg mixed and slowly mixed in the broth and a tbsp of butter to add some fat. It usually doesn't affect me too much. I am currently sitting at 74 hours, will break it most likely when I get off work this afternoon. Thankfully I work from home :)
Your absolutely right! Net carb is BS. My BG still go up with 0 net carbs.
Always break extended fast with scrambled eggs. Then not eat until OMAD next evening, a light carnivore meal
It is the SWEET TASTE that bumped you up.
PLS!! Do a video on Lipedema and fat disorders. Keeping insulin low will produce weightloss isn't true for everyone unfortunately. Would love your advice. So you do lipedema surgery?
thank you Dr. Cywes
its only been one month for me on the low carb diet , no sugar and low carbs ,im seeing numbers on my glucometer that vary from 72 to 150 , its still trial and error trying to figure out what spikes my blood glucose , i am learning by observation and on 2 mad , i did one mad a couple of days ago and had a but clenching experience whilst out walking , your vlogs are the beat IMHO on you tube
10:23 Despite knowing better, I was so hungry after a 7 day fast, I ate half a 🍕 and a slice of 🎂. Had bubble guts all day and thought I was gonna have to go urgent care. Won't do that again 😅
As a christian, I like to fast for spiritual reasons. It's hard to find info on 7, 21 and 40 day fasts. I understand that extended fasts should be done under medical supervision. I have at home monitoring that is through teledoc. I would just like to do the fasts as healthily as possible.
I have never had a bathroom problem after a longer fast, but I have seen many comments from those who have. The one thing my body really craves after a longer fast is cole slaw.
in the past month i have been eating once a day or not eating for around 18-20 or so hours. it hasnt been strictly carnivore but i have lost around 35 pounds. i am currently now on hour 69 of a fast and i really needed part 1 and this video today so thank you so much for that. i will break my fast with some fatty ribeye eventually and stick to carnivore after that!
16:23 - "Natural flavours" will spike your blood sugar every time! NOT a good tool in your box for fasting, is it? 🤔
😂😂😂 so funny- love your videos 😊
We don't have total carbs on labels here, we have only carbs. That's what you call "net" carbs. I certainly don't have intention to start calculating "total" carbs that is artificial number. I'll continue to read labels for carbs amount without any calculating.
Great info! I often have what appears to be gallbladder pain when I’m on the not eating period whether it’s 24 or 48 hours. I had an ultrasound and both my gallbladder and liver are fine. The pain always passes so it doesn’t worry me but I find it curious. I eat keto with high fat and rarely have the pain when I’m eating.
I'm taking Jardiance and it has lowered my kidney function. Had a urinalysis done. Not sure what the test is called but my level was 1.2 and being dehydrated is 1.3. And I drink over 90 oz of fluid a day. So if you're kidneys are fine you might not need to drink a lot. But if you have kidney problems drink how much your doctors tells you to drink.
Yes I ignore anything that says "Net Carbs". total BS. Thanks!
I had normal bowel movements before going keto about 5 years ago. Then I became extremely constipated despite eating increasing ammounts of green veg. The more fibre the worse it got. Then I went carnivour nearly a year ago. The problem has gone from tennis balls to rabbit pellets but it happens 2 or 3 times a day. I would love to know how so many lucky people go carnivour and get loose movements. High fat to protien ratieo only helps a small bit with me but it is slowly getting better. Otherwise all heath markers are now excellent except the B. S. one, very happy to have elevated LDL.
Are you sure you are eating enough fat?
@@susanshaver912 I am not sure. Tried eating a lot more fat, added 500ml of cream, a 1/4 pound of butter and a 1/2 cup of olive oil daily for a couple of weeks with no obvious change. Just stacked on fat. But it is slowly improveing. I think it was Dr. Berry who said (to paraphrase)"if we spend years getting unhealthy why do we think it can be fixed overnight". I think my gut biom was screwed by high veg fiber and it is taking a while to come right.
@@murraypooley9199 If you are eating things like olive oil you are not doing a total carnivore diet. So not sure if you are trying to do keto or carnivore? How about Potassium and Magnesium? Look at the various Magnesiums. Magnesium Citrate especially might help. When we are on carnivore it is difficult to get enough of P and M electrolytes, and some of the electrolyte drinks are too low in them.
@@susanshaver912 I only tried olive oil briefly to see if increasing omega 3 would help. It didn't. Nor did drinking loads of water, or taking Potassium and Magnesium Citrate regardless of the dose. I did drink a lot of milk. Tried straight from the milking parlor, tried goats milk, now just gone zero milk, yet to see if this helps. If not I will try zero cheese. All I eat now is bacon, beef, eggs, cheese and some chicken, but probably was and maybe still are too high on the dairy.
Could it be that the glucagon release raised the blood glucose and not the drink? How much does glucagon typically raise blood glucose?
My problem is breaking a 48 hr fast with a Huge meal. I need to stop that. Im going to try the broth method.
If your blood glucose was at 55 and you stated your liver was about to give you a shot of glucose… how do you know if the drink is responsible for your 12 point increase or the glucose from your liver is responsible?
Hello! See you in the morning!!
What is the cheapest way to get CGM online? I am not diabetic and my PCP won't prescribe it
I usually break my 5-7 days fast with bone broth that I make from beef bones and tendons at low temperature for 48 hours. I collect fat from the broth and throw it out because it gets oxidized during these 48 hours
However , I add fresh fat to the broth before consuming. It's usually butter or lard. I break my fast before bed time, otherwise it's too hard to start just eat. Next day I keep with broth but add two- three raw yolks for dinner
. I stay with broth, butter, yolks for a few days and my ketosis does not go down . Homemade sour cream also works on the third days of breaking. Basically, I gome to autophagy on third day of not eating and syay there for around 5 days even when my fast was broken- ratio glucose to ketone is lower then 1 usually with broth, butter, yolks, sour cream.
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Fasting jacked up my sleep for months and breaking fasts with vegetables and taking a multivitamin containing a bunch of vitamin C during the fast gave me a massive oxilate dump and started it cycling.... Now I'm totally carnivore. No long fasts and trying to recover.
Dear Dr Cywes, I like what you're publishing It's consistent and makes sense for me.
I have a question though related to breaking your fast.. mulims in Ramadan break their fasting with one or several dates, very sugar rich. which is not exactly what you're recommending.
It is recommended to eat small amount of food before taking the maim course though. It take roughly 20 mnutes between breaking the fast and starting the main meal.
Other difference : since muslim fasting includes not drinking water, muslims start also with some liquid to break the fasting (water or milk).
can you share your opinion on that please, or do you have hard data to share please.
I find on the 3th day of the fast, toward evening, I get the runs and sometimes even vomit.I feel spasms in my liver. It feels like the body is purging old waste. My eyes even burn leading up to this. It's such a relief afterwards.
Your body stores toxins in your fat. As the fat is released so are the toxins. If it is too bothersome for you, perhaps just do 2 day fasts to release toxins slower so your body can handle them better. I have felt some of my body's toxins release as well on my weight loss journey, but not to the extent you suggest. Many times I have started sweating for no apparent reason, and I know that's another way your body will release toxins.
interesting. My country is BIG in fasting as a medical treatment, ever has been, one of the most famous fasting physicians comes from here - actually he's dead, but doesn't matter. However: we are taught to make liver wraps during a prolonged fast. Check it out, it's easy and won't cost a dime and it helps your liver a lot.
@@gardenchickster1 HI, Thank you for your suggestion!.
@@kathrin9674 are those the ones using castor oil?
Sea salt has surprisingly little iodine in it. You’d think it would have a fair amount, what with the iodine in seaweed, but no. The pink salt from that mine not quite in the Himalayas is from an ancient sea and that sea didn’t have appreciable iodine either.
Iodine is used in dairy sanitizers, and most commercial milk and milk products end up with a good amount of that iodine in them. Which is just fine.
Thanks Mark
I found going close to zero sodium and reduced liquid on the refeed can ameliorate some of the loose stool from breaking the fast. Erythritol and other sugar alcohols I read have about half the effect on BG as sucrose?
Never had the runs after a fast, doc. I do a 36 hour fast maybe once a month now but I used to fast a lot more often. 36 hours every week and 3 days once a month. Never had this issue. I would usually break my fast with steak and eggs and maybe a bit of kimchi.
Okay, so you have convinced me not to fast as a woman with a current BMI of 19.6. Two questions: 1) Is it okay for me to still do 16-18 hours of not eating per day? ; 2) is it okay for me to consume a ketogenic/ketovore diet?