Why raw, paleo and keto diets are stupid

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  • Опубликовано: 3 май 2020
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  • @aragusea
    @aragusea  4 года назад +6083

    Hey y'all, thanks for watching the vid! A few supplemental thoughts...
    I will absolutely cop to going with an oversimplified and provocative title here. Sometimes it's easy to sum up a 13-minute piece of content in a few words that people will actually want to click on, and sometimes it's not. You usually either need to sacrifice nuance or clickability, and anyone who makes content for a living constantly struggles with the reality that you can't inform anyone if you don't get their attention, and you can't express your entire piece in a headline (because if you could, there'd be no reason to keep writing beyond the headline).
    But, if you've watched the video, I think you'll understand that the basic message is this: If you're a typical over-fed First Worlder (like me), any diet that gets you out of caloric surplus and replaces junk foods with nutrient-dense ones is probably gonna be great for you.
    The sense in which I'm calling keto "stupid" here is very narrow - many (most?) people who think they're doing keto aren't actually eating few enough carbs to be in ketosis, and there is not (yet) scientific literature proving that keto has therapeutic benefits for metabolic syndrome beyond those conferred generally by losing weight and eating less junk.
    The sense in which I'm calling the raw diet "stupid" is narrow - many of its proponents call it a more "natural" diet, which is in conflict with the weight of anthropological opinion, they often fail to consider reductions in bioavailability of nutrients from raw foods, and they often fail to consider the safety implications of eating raw.
    The sense in which I'm calling paleo diets "stupid" is similarly narrow - many of its proponents call it a more "natural" diet, which is in conflict with the weight of anthropological opinion.
    I think the science and history behind all of that stuff is interesting, and I thought you would too, so I made a vid about it. That's all!

    • @tylerreynolds192
      @tylerreynolds192 4 года назад +176

      Great video, I'm sure I'm in the same boat as others in that I'd much rather you have views and income to make more videos than have incredibly nuanced titles. Keep it up!

    • @elif6908
      @elif6908 4 года назад +74

      Adam Ragusea honestly you should pin this comment as it is lost in the comment section

    • @htkhattab
      @htkhattab 4 года назад +88

      One of the few youtubers not only making excellent, scientifically valid content in a field that's lacking this perspective, but also always making an effort to address the concerns of your viewers too! Keep it up, this channel is amazing!

    • @aragusea
      @aragusea  4 года назад +294

      @@elif6908 I have to post the comment before I can pin it. You evidently caught it between those two acts.

    • @PotatoMcWhiskey
      @PotatoMcWhiskey 4 года назад +86

      I think it was an incredibly effective title, and the criticism of the Keto diet was incredibly fair. Definitely pulled me in to see what I disagreed with and I mostly came away agreeing having already reached the same conclusions.

  • @thaidollas
    @thaidollas 4 года назад +26881

    I was disappointed to learn that the keto diet is not one based entirely on ketamine

    • @longschlongjohnson6470
      @longschlongjohnson6470 4 года назад +2434

      Start a diet, I will
      Replace food with ketamine, I must

    • @xario2007
      @xario2007 4 года назад +446

      It's called Keto, not Keta :D

    • @tinygrass6867
      @tinygrass6867 4 года назад +507

      *Yoda, sad noises*

    • @xario2007
      @xario2007 4 года назад +68

      @@daduck1810 You don't say.

    • @Ankstek
      @Ankstek 4 года назад +79

      Well, I have seen a "Keta Warrior" cap at a rave so there's that...

  • @GeckoHiker
    @GeckoHiker Год назад +7401

    This is why I'm on the Pleistocene Diet. Walking all day while foraging for greens, nuts, fruit, and eggs, and intermittent high speed cardio sprints when chased by predators. Fun times!

    • @Pimkly
      @Pimkly Год назад +114

      Underrated comment 😂

    • @GeckoHiker
      @GeckoHiker Год назад +124

      @@Pimkly Thank you! We really do live the diet, but avoid predation. My body chemistry seems to do best on a pre-farming, pre-paleolithic diet. Dr. Fuhrman's G-BOMBS. Greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries, and some seeds. A few opportunistic omnivore items like eggs and fish don't stir up too much trouble.

    • @unclekanethetiberiummain1994
      @unclekanethetiberiummain1994 Год назад +347

      Nah, too much work for foods that's all fiber. How about the Archean diet where you scrape and consume bacterial and algal mats growing at the bottom of a shallow lake.

    • @micahsienkowski1241
      @micahsienkowski1241 Год назад +75

      as a vegetarian that commutes by bike this accurately describes my life

    • @rogink
      @rogink Год назад +39

      Have you thought about planting some of the seeds of the nuts, greens, fruit and waiting to hatch the eggs? It should give you food for thought!

  • @bobwmcgrath
    @bobwmcgrath Год назад +1843

    One time I went to a raw food presentation and the lady was like "I'm so healthy, guess how old I am" And I guessed 50... she was 50 and got mad.

    • @AyeCriz
      @AyeCriz Год назад +182

      Lmaaoooo, I brainwashed myself into that raw food vegan bull. Shit was killing me my man

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov Год назад

      @@AyeCrizI brainwashed myself into veganism too in my early teens with RUclips jackasses like Vegan Gains and now Im 5,7 while my brothers and father are all 6,2+
      Brutal.

    • @MissIman58
      @MissIman58 Год назад +44

      Ppppfffff LMAO this literally made me LOL frfr thank you for that Lolol Omgosh that’s too hilarious dude

    • @ShootistFN
      @ShootistFN Год назад +11

      Things that didn't happen part 1.

    • @idkidontknow9354
      @idkidontknow9354 Год назад +41

      @@ShootistFN who cares though?

  • @maybewrong
    @maybewrong Год назад +724

    I’m a firm believer in the Cooking Hypothesis. Our relatively weak jaws, small digestive tracts, and gigantic energy-consuming brains basically REQUIRE cooking to get enough calories.

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov Год назад +101

      Relatively weak jaws? Speak for yourself.
      My jaw is stronger than titanium and capable of biting through 2 hard carrots at the same time 💀

    • @Haasthimself
      @Haasthimself Год назад +170

      @@maalikserebryakov wow 2 carrots? That's crazy! Now look at a bear munch through bone

    • @GaryHighFruit
      @GaryHighFruit Год назад +16

      @@maalikserebryakov Yeah, I've eaten 1000 raw carrots. And 200 raw potatoes and yams.

    • @GaryHighFruit
      @GaryHighFruit Год назад +4

      You never studied Raw-Foodism.
      One sect of the raw-community gets it right... Humans are frugivores. Fruit is easy for us to eat (as any animal's diet is for them). And this is why we Fruit-based eaters like Kristina are doing great. Anthropologists say our evolution happened because of calories. And we fruit-eaters get a lot of that when we focus on bananas, dates and mangoes.
      And some science that shows this video was one-sided...
      "Anthropologists established human nature as a fruit-feeding animal"
      "Archaeology confirms our fruit-consuming past"
      And there's an article called
      "What Gave Some Primates Bigger Brains? A Fruit-Filled Diet"

    • @davidwilson7979
      @davidwilson7979 9 месяцев назад

      Meat, eggs, butter. That's the key. Fruit is shit. We don't fucking have 4 stomachs, cap'n know-it-all.

  • @christosbelibasakis2296
    @christosbelibasakis2296 4 года назад +4631

    Why I’m on the white wine diet and not the paleo diet

  • @vonnegut6108
    @vonnegut6108 4 года назад +4792

    The problem with a raw diet is that they didn't dial it back far enough. You have to eat your meat while it's alive.

    • @bernardosantos8020
      @bernardosantos8020 4 года назад +139

      Raw diet x100: well, the DEAR is in a coma, so it’s still fair GAME.... get it? I’ll see myself out...

    • @NiaziMujahidKhan
      @NiaziMujahidKhan 4 года назад +179

      I heard they did that in China and now we have Coronavirus.

    • @Taofik953
      @Taofik953 4 года назад +7

      beat*

    • @nurchonstore2371
      @nurchonstore2371 4 года назад +39

      Niazi Mujahid Kahn a few months back I saw a video on people eating live baby mice. As an Asian i was also disgusted

    • @sumojack99
      @sumojack99 4 года назад +21

      ...with Brad Leone

  • @megancress1384
    @megancress1384 Год назад +112

    I worked at costco for a while and saw "keto" on so many packagings that i thought it was just a food company

  • @julianrivera2536
    @julianrivera2536 Год назад +522

    I’m an undergrad chem and micro bio student. One time a vitamin store lady tried to sell me “liquid ketons” for “supporting a keto diet” while trying to convince me my creatine was killing me. I told her to go back to school.

    • @billthompson8182
      @billthompson8182 Год назад +58

      She was probably thinking of you as an idiot. How would she know you weren't?
      Creatine is great, though I personally had a friend who was hours away from shutting down his kidneys.
      He had botched the conversion of grams to teaspoons and used tablespoons.
      He was doing this during the load phase.
      Needless to say, on his fourth dose of the day and with massively inadequate water consumption, he shat his pants and collapsed during the warmup part of our karate class.
      No, the Creatine didn't poison him. It was the *no water* for half the day that did him in.
      Imagine scooping five tablespoons of Creatine into a baggy and then drinking it, without any liquid, at the start of a 45-minute bus ride.
      Then Imagine taking a sip of Pepsi from a friend who just happens to be on a next bus transfer.
      Then Imagine sitting on that bus for another 15 or 20 minutes.
      Then imagine a Karate warmup...
      This was the same guy who ate three, yes three, bunches of banana because someone told him it aids in muscle recovery.
      And yes, he shat his pants in Karate that night too.
      They are among us.
      I do the lower end of the grams per pound maintenance phase. I get a lot of Creatine from diet.

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 Год назад +4

      I mean creatine isn't really that good for you

    • @fmleverynameistakenx
      @fmleverynameistakenx 11 месяцев назад +4

      Maybe she just wanted some nail polish remover

    • @frailvoid5844
      @frailvoid5844 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@billthompson8182 Damn did he ever get kicked out or suffer any repricusions for shitting himself in class that much? Now come to thing this might be the perfect way to get out of doing a final.

    • @notinavacuum5966
      @notinavacuum5966 10 месяцев назад +10

      I took science in university and became interested in creatine for brain health. I nearly started supplementing with it until I saw the research showing it is associated with an increased risk of cancer. This was back in 2009, and it seems there’s even more research supporting this now.
      I don’t think that people who study science have all the answers-especially when it comes to nutrition. Too many confounding variables. Of course there are things you will know that others don’t, but it depends on your area of focus. I think it’s a matter of making educated decisions and taking risks based on the available evidence. I also take into account anecdotal evidence, as trends can give us some indication of the gaps in our understanding of how things work-especially when there are gaps in funding.
      I’m curious, did you ask the vitamin store lady for her credentials, or did you just assume she was uneducated because she was working at a vitamin store?

  • @pianoboi4842
    @pianoboi4842 4 года назад +2638

    "Why I eat my meal raw and then throw myself in the oven."

  • @studofmilk
    @studofmilk 4 года назад +3936

    “Why I digest my food in my pot, not my stomach”

    • @TheBelrick
      @TheBelrick 4 года назад +112

      Dieticians are complicit in the premature deaths of tens of millions of people.
      -dont eat fat
      -dont eat meat its poison (no over cooked meat is, but so is overcooked plants)
      -dont eat eggs
      -dont eat salt (oops no iodine, oh dear a massive upsurge in thyroid diseases)
      -do eat soy.
      The over consumption of plants with their carbohydrates has been the number one cause of death in the west. Obesity related heart diseases. Seriously, fuck the so called scientists and journalists and dietitians these last few decades)

    • @caco116
      @caco116 4 года назад +41

      Bel Rick source on that?

    • @misatoblushing6913
      @misatoblushing6913 4 года назад +45

      Carlitos yeah there are plenty. And plenty of papers dissecting the horrible flaws in nutritional studies suggesting that meat is a carcinogen and that veganism is healthy long term for most people. I will link plenty tomorrow if you wish.

    • @caco116
      @caco116 4 года назад +8

      Misato Blushing that would be awesome, thanks

    • @MrCrashDavi
      @MrCrashDavi 4 года назад +84

      @@misatoblushing6913 I've never heard from reputable sources that (red even)meat is carcinogenic, only that processed meats like sausages and salami are, the smoking and the chemical additives being the main cause of harm.

  • @sidorovich1460
    @sidorovich1460 Год назад +972

    I was tired of being fat so I decided to change my life. I didn't really follow any well known diet out there, neither went to a nutritionist (which is not recommended), I only stopped eating processed food, gluten and refined sugar. I started to eat fruits, vegetables, meat and eggs, and I started doing exercises everyday. I lost 55lb and I am feeling really good with myself. People should stop trying to do "the perfect diet" and just start eating healthier, it is not that complicated.

    • @mobcaptain601
      @mobcaptain601 Год назад +48

      Agreed. Figuring out WHAT to eat is not complicated or difficult. Actually doing it can be for some people

    • @OryxAU
      @OryxAU Год назад +10

      That is paleo. I dunno what the dumb theory is about, but the foods recommended are just generally great for you.

    • @magentasunbringer
      @magentasunbringer Год назад +80

      @@OryxAU no its not lmao

    • @pjaypender1009
      @pjaypender1009 Год назад +90

      Avoiding gluten isn't doing you any favors. Unless you have Celiac, gluten is healthy and a gluten free diet can be nutritionally deficient.

    • @Kitten_Stomper
      @Kitten_Stomper Год назад +10

      @@magentasunbringer yeah it is. He said fruits, veggies, meat and eggs. That’s paleo.

  • @kgaghana1
    @kgaghana1 Год назад +60

    I come from Ghana and I use to eat salad and I didn't have to hide anywhere to eat my salad. We also eat raw wild mushrooms called tweahrodo. We eat raw tomoteos by grinding pepper with the tomoteos and some salt which serve as sauce for our dear kenkey

    • @heroyt2490
      @heroyt2490 9 месяцев назад +5

      Let's go

    • @somerandomguy84
      @somerandomguy84 8 дней назад

      Gotta add a little Titus sardines on the side too :)

  • @chadinacalico5006
    @chadinacalico5006 3 года назад +2539

    Cooked food feeds better in minecraft, that's the science.
    No apologies

    • @ladyilex
      @ladyilex 3 года назад +64

      big brain time

    • @nemomukerji
      @nemomukerji 3 года назад +35

      @@ladyilex Wrinkly brain

    • @ilikesaying
      @ilikesaying 3 года назад +14

      Folded brain

    • @vmdp8790
      @vmdp8790 3 года назад +18

      @@nemomukerji wrinkly brain ugly
      not cute = baaad

    • @p-pizza
      @p-pizza 3 года назад +22

      I diagnose you with smort

  • @Elamdri
    @Elamdri 3 года назад +5447

    "Cooking is an inherently social act."
    Me in my kitchen at 3 in the morning making a grilled cheese sandwich by myself in my underwear: Doubt

    • @EmilyKinny
      @EmilyKinny 3 года назад +467

      Maybe not social to your immediate awareness, but it took dozens of other people for you to even *have* that bread and cheese. In terms of anthropology, "social" means society and the unique benefits of being part of a community, not just "socializing" as we think of it.
      Sorry to dampen your funny comment but it was a perfect opportunity for teaching.

    • @Sovereignty3
      @Sovereignty3 3 года назад +80

      Not all, an certainly we are doing less social eating now, but most major events in our calanders all revolve around eating together with family. Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving for the Americans. Other cultures and religions do it too. Some temples do a pay what you can and feed everyone, which sounds like an awesome idea, those who can pay more cover the costs for those who might be having their best meal of the week.

    • @DragoNate
      @DragoNate 3 года назад +30

      Don't splatter any of that oil or cheese on yourself!

    • @misterluppus6727
      @misterluppus6727 3 года назад +96

      And yet, here we are socializing on the internet because of cooking...

    • @jrpapi5
      @jrpapi5 3 года назад +8

      Lol and when people wake up giving them the "Get out of my kitchen!" look🤬🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @kaylamarie6878
    @kaylamarie6878 Год назад +127

    I got diagnosed with IBS a year and a half ago, realized my gut really hates gluten and since i cut out eating bread, pasta and junk food i lost like 20 lbs. Not a fancy diet or expensive supplements that do nothing long term. Once i stopped eating things that made me feel ill i naturally started to lean towards eating healthier and more balanced meals. I dont really exercise much aside from walking around at work. The change in eating habits is really the only thing i can attribute to my weight loss.

    • @justinabraham7291
      @justinabraham7291 6 месяцев назад

      Well then you should start doing resistance training.

  • @ChrisWall
    @ChrisWall Год назад +354

    One of the biggest benefits of keto is the knowledge of where carbs are sneaking in all over the place. It also forces you to cook more and exert more control as a result. Completely cutting the habit of sugary drinks for a few months can allow you to actually enjoy unsweetened beverages like sparkling water. These days I bake fresh bread everyday, but doing low carb for a while was enlightening.

    • @GUIDE_Nico
      @GUIDE_Nico Год назад +6

      This is something I agree with.

    • @AnHeC
      @AnHeC Год назад +23

      There is nothing wrong with carbs...

    • @D.KlWA-aG
      @D.KlWA-aG Год назад +33

      @@AnHeC Anything in high or low numbers is bad

    • @GUIDE_Nico
      @GUIDE_Nico Год назад +1

      @@AnHeC Nobody is wrong. share [your two cents] what you want to share.

    • @ancalyme
      @ancalyme Год назад +26

      I'd say the biggest benefit is for type 2 diabetics who have what you could easily consider "carbohydrate intolerance".

  • @MatthewStevensOrMattDave
    @MatthewStevensOrMattDave 3 года назад +8032

    I heard a nutritionist once say "The best diet is the one that you can see yourself following for the rest of your life" and bruh the way that hit me. Like, I can't give up pizza, lord knows it, but I can limit it to every second saturday. That sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I like sugary coffee but only one cup before 12 also sounds perfectly reasonable to me. The way to eat healthier is maybe to just, you know, eat healthier.

    • @shipofbats9134
      @shipofbats9134 3 года назад +305

      That's an incredible teaching

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 3 года назад +58

      Omg.
      You’re right

    • @alistairdimmick2886
      @alistairdimmick2886 3 года назад +66

      Every second *day

    • @malvindamartian9855
      @malvindamartian9855 3 года назад +77

      I'm here looking around because that's exactly what coach Greg said

    • @harleyrose5457
      @harleyrose5457 3 года назад +294

      And that's why I don't stress about some occasional trash. If 90 percent of the time you make the right choice, the 10 percent makes it easier to stick to the plan... it's a lot better than just giving up

  • @williamvouk2911
    @williamvouk2911 3 года назад +4995

    She seems very well-educated and interesting, but someone named Dr. Ham talking about a cooking hypothesis is on of the funniest things I’ve ever heard in my life

    • @virtualnatureone
      @virtualnatureone 3 года назад +155

      Have you heard of lindoooo bacon? She had a book about fat acceptance. Hahaha

    • @ka-boom2083
      @ka-boom2083 3 года назад +6

      😂

    • @ka-boom2083
      @ka-boom2083 3 года назад +49

      Wait till you meet Dr. Pork

    • @Daniel-gb9ex
      @Daniel-gb9ex 3 года назад +42

      Nominative determinism at its finest ! 🤣

    • @Mike-lx9qn
      @Mike-lx9qn 3 года назад +23

      @@ka-boom2083
      I already have. He's on my plate

  • @janab19
    @janab19 Год назад +128

    I think maybe the notion that raw food = healthier and more natural in some people's heads might come from the fact that they associate "cooked" with fried and/or otherwise processed. I never went on a specific diet but I had this episode when I felt like a big portion of what I was cooking was just things thrown into hot oil in a pan, not to mention what I was eating outside home. But the key to solving that is, more likely than cutting out all "heat processed" foods, simply making yourself aware of that fact and eating more things like broths, stews or oven baked foods and limiting the pre-packaged processed junk. After all, with today's non stick pans it's very possible to get your food golden and crispy with minimum grease

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 9 месяцев назад +5

      There's also air frying nowadays, which I find very useful.

    • @yungpm
      @yungpm 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah I hope you like crazy chemicals in your food

    • @maliook727
      @maliook727 9 месяцев назад

      @@yungpmpeople do so what?

    • @bingewatchforever1587
      @bingewatchforever1587 8 месяцев назад +1

      I would like to add meals cooked in a wok .

    • @user-pq4il4xo9s
      @user-pq4il4xo9s 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@yungpmcrazy chemicals sounds cool

  • @joeeveryman6960
    @joeeveryman6960 Год назад +15

    Keto is dumb because, "let's face it, pasta and bread are pretty cool."
    Sound dietary logic there, I'm sold.

    • @JJE18210
      @JJE18210 3 месяца назад

      They explained the logic behind it before that was even said.

  • @jackisaiah8742
    @jackisaiah8742 4 года назад +1098

    Adam: gets a brand new kitchen remodel
    Also Adam: cooks outside with a campfire

  • @andreakoroknai1071
    @andreakoroknai1071 3 года назад +2371

    re: the paleo diet, the local healthfood store carries a very delicious brand of paleo/vegan ice cream, it's wonderful but like, I'm certain no caveman ever enjoyed a bowl of salted caramel ice cream :)

    • @Amycus89
      @Amycus89 3 года назад +276

      Well, I sure would like to see a caveman who WOULDN'T enjoy a salted caramel ice cream!

    • @andreakoroknai1071
      @andreakoroknai1071 3 года назад +51

      @@Amycus89 that's true, too :))

    • @witchBoi_Connor
      @witchBoi_Connor 3 года назад +166

      Paleo... ice cream... PALEO... ICE CREAM... I’m going to have an aneurism.

    • @katy8188
      @katy8188 3 года назад +52

      Amycus89 they’d probably drop dead from the sheer taste lmao

    • @hazelchief-rabbit5903
      @hazelchief-rabbit5903 3 года назад +30

      @@witchBoi_Connor that goes for paleo cakes too especially the ones with frosting and/or sprinkles on top.

  • @frostnovaomega1152
    @frostnovaomega1152 Год назад +149

    I did try a keto diet a couple of years ago, i eventually stopped due to not being able to deal with the restrictions, but honestly? I felt amazing during that time. My body just doesnt really like those short chain carbs like sugars and starches,they make me feel like crap- Still i've been eating like that forever now.

    • @ImmortalLemon
      @ImmortalLemon Год назад +12

      I had something similar. I’ve tried eating only nuts and berries before noon and cut out vegetable oil and processed sugars and I’ve felt far more energetic and gained muscle mass passively as a result

    • @akaony
      @akaony Год назад +15

      Same boat over here, did keto and felt great. What put me off was the dread of having to stick to heavy restrictions for all my life- food is intrinsically social

    • @XSlimSxadyX
      @XSlimSxadyX Год назад +7

      Keto and paleo food/recipes taste like absolute SHIT. Glad my parents stopped feeding us that as kids.

    • @mlm_academyofficial2041
      @mlm_academyofficial2041 Год назад +20

      @@XSlimSxadyX How can you fuck up food on keto diet? cooking steak, eggs or burgers isn't rocket science.

    • @XSlimSxadyX
      @XSlimSxadyX Год назад

      @@mlm_academyofficial2041 it’s the recipes really they all just taste like crap especially to a small child 😭

  • @GrahamCrannell
    @GrahamCrannell Год назад +190

    Honestly, i'm a full-blown keto nerd/advocate, but this video is 100% spot on.
    Most people just cannot stick to a 60/35/5 ratio of fat/protein/carbs (at 1600 daily cals, that's only 20g carbs per day. that's difficult unless you obsess over it). It's pretty hard to eat that way long-term if you don't have a taste for it. But I've found that, for my specific body, if I *do* stick to that macro ratio, I shred weight like nobody's business.
    All of that being said, I've never actually consulted with a physician about any of this. My dad *was* a very rotund man (5'7 and pushing 250lbs) and doctors told him to switch to full-time low-carb. And it worked wonders for him. He got to 150lbs in like 18 months and he's still trucking. Luckily i'm made of half his genetics so it works for me as well lol. And to add another caveat, I only do strict keto when i'm trying to cut weight. If i'm just maintaining or if i don't care, then i'll eat moderate carbs but I always make sure they're "complex" and coming from something like whole grains or beans or actual vegetables

    • @mrcase77
      @mrcase77 Год назад +11

      Yeah, I’m doing keto, but I literally sat down with a spreadsheet to figure out my food to get my macros. It makes being social hard, but it was great during Covid. To hit point, though, I’m down quite a lot but I keep gaining and losing the same 15 lbs every time holiday season rolls around

    • @NostalgiNorden
      @NostalgiNorden Год назад +6

      Nonsense. As long as you actually try there are tons of keto friendly options out there.
      And if you are a normal person you can take refeed-breakes no and then if you absolutely feel that you have to. But most people don't since all your cravings disappear after a while.

    • @sevencats4964
      @sevencats4964 Год назад +10

      1600 daily cals? isn't that like way below what's healthy for an adult?

    • @mrcase77
      @mrcase77 Год назад +10

      @@sevencats4964 Depends on which adult, how active they are, and what their goals are. Its in the ballpark of what my trainer recommends for me, but I’m also an average sized, middle aged woman trying to lose weight.

    • @sevencats4964
      @sevencats4964 Год назад +1

      @@mrcase77 huh i see

  • @section9ag247
    @section9ag247 3 года назад +639

    “Why I season my stone club and not my mammoth steak”

  • @fcplop98
    @fcplop98 3 года назад +746

    If I were in Ghana and surrounded by all those stews, fresh food, home cooked meals and ripe fruit, I would NOT be missing my salads.

    • @corneliahanimann2173
      @corneliahanimann2173 3 года назад +53

      Ghana has amazing foods, I'd leave out the salad, and that would definitely contribute to weight gain

    • @Anukii
      @Anukii 3 года назад +71

      Listen, our food is FILLING 😂 Fuck around too hard & fufu go make you gain weight 😂

    • @anthonyakator6181
      @anthonyakator6181 3 года назад +9

      @@Anukii That's no joke my parents are from their and some of my relatives are a little chubby to say the least.

    • @caimaccoinnich9594
      @caimaccoinnich9594 3 года назад +15

      @@Anukii 😂😂😂😂 In South Africa our version of fufu is called pap. It's very similar to fufu and yuuuuuup. You can pack on the kg's really quickly with it!😂😂

    • @michaelsotomayor5001
      @michaelsotomayor5001 3 года назад +9

      carbs almost always is directly related to belly fat. almost always. actual fat doesn't relate directly. even though our body produces glucose from fat, protein and carbs.. still it takes more energy to produce it form fat and proteins than carbs. This is why high carb diets I believe makes people fat more easily. Your body skips a whole level of producing glucose through gluconeogenesis. Basically you are making your body lazier and hence more fat through eating more carbohydrates. That's why keto works so well not only for us noobs in the diet spectrum but also for world athletes in body building/etc. They actually starve their bodies while performing.. from even water so their striations in their muscles pop out more. It's unhealthy. But not unhealthy to do keto for a week lets say at a time. It's called carb cycling and it's the healthiest option out there in terms of losing weight. In the end enjoy a balanced moderate low carb diet and you will be happy for life guaranteed.

  • @bilalmahmood5674
    @bilalmahmood5674 5 месяцев назад +10

    While I would agree in calling raw and paleo stupid, seems the justification for calling keto stupid was pretty inconsistent.

  • @goodwork887
    @goodwork887 Год назад +102

    Keto may not be necessary nor particularly achievable, but I definitely benefited from going low carb/ high fat in an attempt at keto. I lost all the aches and pains in my joints within about 3 weeks. The reason it wasn't sustainable for me is that I also lost 15 pounds in about 2 months, which at a starting BMI of 19, I could not afford to lose. It could definitely be good for someone trying to lose weight to simply aim for Keto, even if they just achieve low carb/high fat.

    • @MarcusBuer
      @MarcusBuer Год назад +12

      Keto doesn't necessarily mean weight loss. You can eat keto and still gain weight, as long as your caloric intake is greater than what you use.
      What you probably noted as weight loss was actually your body retaining less water, as keto is a more diuretic diet, and water lost due to the decrease of inflammation. It is a quite common effect in keto, but only when you start, so after a while your weight would have stabilized.
      If you ever try it again, try to accompany the diet with a bioimpedance balance, that can measure the amount of water, muscle, and fat on your body.

    • @CLove511
      @CLove511 Год назад +8

      This is what I noticed. I did a keto diet and lost stupid amounts of weight, although I don't know if I was necessarily on the ratios. When I went to argue with someone about my results, which came with me fasting all day and absolutely stuffing my face every night, I actually sat down to do the calories and it turns out I was only getting about 1,000 calories a day (1600 to 2000 maintains my weight).
      My opinion has shifted. I think Keto is a little pseudosciency, and the results that people see just comes from cutting down, processed foods, excess carbs, and a lot of calories.

    • @MarcusBuer
      @MarcusBuer Год назад +20

      ​@@CLove511 Keto does not makes one lose weight, what makes one lose weight is reducing the caloric intake. You can be on keto and still maintain or even gain weight.
      What keto does is making easier for the body to access fat storage, reduce insulin spikes, and feel more easily satisfied so you don't want to binge eat.
      Keto is not pseudoscience, there are great scientific papers about keto diet, and it helps a lot of people get a healthier diet and even reverse diabetes.
      There is a bit of fanboyism to it, but to be fair there is fanboyism about everything (phones, politics, sports, car brands), so a bit of fanboyism for something that actually improves the diet of people is not something we can criticize much.

    • @Niceguy312373636
      @Niceguy312373636 Год назад +2

      @@MarcusBuer I really feel that not binge-eating. Been 2 weeks in with careful lower than 30g carb intake, and I can now easily eat only once or twice per day with normal or even less portion. Feel way better and less bloated

    • @defeqel6537
      @defeqel6537 Год назад +2

      @@MarcusBuer keto and low carb do increase the "out" portion of "caloeries in - calories out" -rule, at least for a while

  • @thedocblock6421
    @thedocblock6421 4 года назад +854

    So what you're telling me is
    *Don't* take a huge bite out of a raw chicken breast? Unfortunate. There goes all of my plans tomorrow.

    • @nurchonstore2371
      @nurchonstore2371 4 года назад +16

      There goes your salmonella at least

    • @jbetfifty5904
      @jbetfifty5904 4 года назад +3

      You can eat raw chicken if they are vaccinated against the different things that make them dangerous raw.

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 4 года назад +16

      @@jbetfifty5904 but why would you want to because that would taste gross 🤢

    • @gaylordpantamime
      @gaylordpantamime 4 года назад +5

      YES CHICKEN SASHIMI

    • @danielgonzalezjr8350
      @danielgonzalezjr8350 4 года назад

      Reply F to pay respects

  • @msjkramey
    @msjkramey 3 года назад +1677

    So this just confirming what I've always known. Soup is king. Long live soup

    • @nowdefunctchannel6874
      @nowdefunctchannel6874 3 года назад +53

      @Digicraftmon the Crystal Gem based anarchy

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 3 года назад +1

      @Digicraftmon the Crystal Gem Broccoli taste better

    • @ryanred1525
      @ryanred1525 3 года назад +1

      @Digicraftmon the Crystal Gem And I would rather eat my own poop than broccoli

    • @waaaaaaah5135
      @waaaaaaah5135 3 года назад +23

      Soup is the best all year round

    • @nowdefunctchannel6874
      @nowdefunctchannel6874 3 года назад +23

      Soup is the meal of kings

  • @teresawright5654
    @teresawright5654 Год назад +12

    I have fibromyalgia and I thank God for Keto. Not only does the diet change drastically reduce pain but because it became popular creative home cooks have come up with amazing recipes!!! Especially considering what an average person was coming up with in the beginning. Then stores stared carrying almond and coconut flour, now they have cassava and tiger nut flour- I can find cassava spaghetti or bow tie, etc noodles, it’s just fantastic and I’m so grateful 🙏🙏🙏

  • @francesh3423
    @francesh3423 Год назад +25

    I had a cousin on keto demand (and get by another family member just to shut her whining up) a trip to the store for a new Caesar salad with no croutons. I'd brought one as my dinner contribution and she refused to pick out the croutons as the crouton dust touched the romaine🤦‍♀️ Last time I brought anything for dinner.

    • @pavel9652
      @pavel9652 Год назад +8

      It is like a religion, irrational.

    • @abra2133
      @abra2133 10 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@pavel9652no, that's just a normal fanatic, just like some gym goers (especially new) do EXACTLY 60 seconds break, 1 second later or early and they "got their set ruined"

    • @DoINeedAHandle
      @DoINeedAHandle 2 месяца назад

      There’s actually a rational biological consequence to eating the croutons when you’re on keto. When someone deprives themselves of carbs, your body switches from using glucose as fuel to fatty acids and then to ketones (this is the state of being in “ketosis”). Glucose and ketones have an inverse relationship, so if your cousin ate carbs (croutons), her body would shift from using ketones to suddenly needing to use glucose (ketones and glucose roughly shouldn’t exist at the same time, it’s one or the other). It makes you feel awful for the next day, and takes another week for your body to clear out all the glucose and start producing ketones again, so depending on how many carbs she already had that day, eating some croutons could’ve knocked her out of ketosis and taken another week to re-enter it which probably isn’t worth it.

    • @theninja4137
      @theninja4137 Месяц назад

      ​@@DoINeedAHandle op says the cousin was opposed to picking out the croutons as the crouton dust could still be in the salad.
      There are probably more carbs in the vegetables in the salad than in any crouton dust that might be left behind

  • @jcolinmizia9161
    @jcolinmizia9161 2 года назад +308

    Expert: “cooking is a social act”
    Me: “if everyone doesn’t get out of my kitchen right now I WILL stab someone!”

    • @authentic229.14
      @authentic229.14 2 года назад +7

      Same, i like to eat alone too. I like the vibe it has but can't explain why because i am normally a social guy.

    • @ItsJustMe0585
      @ItsJustMe0585 2 года назад +7

      Haha! You sound like my husband. ;) It's my fav way to annoy him. Sneak up and steal a bit of broccoli or whatever

    • @halflucan
      @halflucan 2 года назад +15

      Everyone: “Too many cooks spoil the broth”
      Me: “One extra cook spoils everything”

    • @SieMiezekatze
      @SieMiezekatze 2 года назад +8

      Everyone in my family was or is currently a chef, and I can't stand other person in my kitchen if you wanna help go outside and do the dishes

    • @ElveeKaye
      @ElveeKaye 2 года назад +3

      Lol, right? Many kitchens are small, anyway, so there's no room for extra people hanging about. I prefer doing things on my own in general, and cooking would be no exception. Maybe that's a reason why I don't want to work on the food line at the cafe where I'm employed. I would hate to mess up someone's order, and there are too many people in a small area.

  • @12q8
    @12q8 4 года назад +1198

    Some beans are actually toxic if not cooked.

    • @ADerpyReality
      @ADerpyReality 4 года назад +151

      Mushrooms/ fungi in general have entered the chat.

    • @user-qr6en8io8z
      @user-qr6en8io8z 4 года назад +37

      Most of them actually are deadly

    • @Beyourbest88
      @Beyourbest88 4 года назад +40

      #thekidneybean

    • @cosmo1kramer
      @cosmo1kramer 3 года назад +9

      India had been eating beans and legumes for ages. Never heard of a single person dying from it.

    • @12q8
      @12q8 3 года назад +187

      @@cosmo1kramer keyword is: not cooked.

  • @willlastnameguy8329
    @willlastnameguy8329 Год назад +125

    Here's a part of this that nobody talks about. What if you're on one of these diets for a couple years, and you find yourself in a situation where you can't follow it anymore? Like, you can no longer afford fresh vegetables, or meat in the case of keto diets. All of a sudden, your body has to get used to everything being processed and canned. It happens to people all the time.

    • @alfiand9269
      @alfiand9269 9 месяцев назад +13

      That's one of my concern, we live in an "evil" time, when the good stuff could be scarce in a blink of an eye. I do think this variety diet stuff is good (except vegan, dont ask me why) but could be difficult to most people. So my main advice to normal people (not in special condition or sick) just live a balance lifestyle not too much and not too little, eat what available and exercise. And stay away from any type of added sugar if possible or moderation

    • @sirllamaiii9708
      @sirllamaiii9708 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@alfiand9269 Simply grow your own food to supplement your diet, go to farmers markets, etc. Scarcity will only happen if plants somehow stop seeding and water becomes scarce in which case there's bigger problems.

    • @melaniey.5596
      @melaniey.5596 9 месяцев назад +37

      @@sirllamaiii9708I have to say that “growing your own food” is not a reliable method for a consistent food source unless you are a farmer, and should stay only as a hobby, because to grown your own food to satisfy all your needs, you need a considerable parcel of land, plants take months to give results and its very easy for something to happen (plant dies because insects, fungi, animal destroys it, etc.) that destroys the plant.

    • @jacob-2271
      @jacob-2271 9 месяцев назад +4

      So I should live off canned and processed foods in preparation of healthy food suddenly becoming unavailable?
      I'd rather eat people

    • @sirllamaiii9708
      @sirllamaiii9708 9 месяцев назад

      @@melaniey.5596 Growing is easy and doesn't take a ton of land to supplement your diet. Have you ever tried it? Most plants are pretty hardy especially things like corn

  • @dtfonmyballs8752
    @dtfonmyballs8752 Год назад +64

    My dog is evolving, I buy him a pack hot dogs and he prefers them cooked now. I used to give him a little of both, but now if I give him a raw one he won't eat it. So I cook it and my sister started putting a piece of cheese on it and now he wants that as well. My neighbor has a dog like that as well he gives him chicken nuggets but won't take it till you dip it in the sauce.

    • @Niceguy312373636
      @Niceguy312373636 Год назад +25

      Soon enough he will demand a full course

    • @BillyWitchDoctorDotCom
      @BillyWitchDoctorDotCom Год назад +9

      Soon he's going to demand artisan cured meats.

    • @michaelhelgeland4588
      @michaelhelgeland4588 Год назад

      All hotdogs come precooked you can eat them straight out of the package. Cooking them does not change them you are only browning them.

    • @direfranchement
      @direfranchement Год назад +12

      Hot dogs are terrible for people and dogs.

    • @wardeni9603
      @wardeni9603 Год назад +6

      Dogs actually evolved like that. People no longer believe humans even tamed them on purpose, but rather that they broke off from wolves by themselves as some wolves noticed it was easier to just follow humans around and eat all the scraps they left behind instead of using time and energy hunting. Over time these wolves became socially separate from the wild wolves (current research points to this happening about 130 000 years ago), and started living closer and closer to the humans they were following, until eventually, some time around 40 000 years ago, dogs were actually living _in_ human communities, and it's safe to assume that humans have probably been feeding them cooked meat all along.

  • @bunshapiro9091
    @bunshapiro9091 3 года назад +496

    Since I've taken up home cooking, my pants have become very noticeably looser. Haven't even been going to the gym or anything, I just started cooking my own food with fresh ingredients. Good stuff.

    • @Heylon1313
      @Heylon1313 3 года назад +12

      Congratulations, sounds like it is going great for you! If you don't mind, can you maybe explain to me what you ate before that? Ready meals, delivery food and take away? It sounds incredibly expensive to me and I am always surprised when I hear people say they don't cook for themselves.

    • @bunshapiro9091
      @bunshapiro9091 3 года назад +21

      @@Heylon1313 I cook for myself, mostly italian food. The beauty of italian food is in its simplicity. 3 ingredient alfredo for example, or caciao e pepe is also 3 ingredients. Just have to make a little investment on good ingredients and with the right recipes you can make some pretty amazing food.
      I have been a gym rat on and off for 10 years, but the cooking I do these days is surprisingly healthy and has been the only thing I have been doing to lose weight. I used to eat like a total fatass, fast food and restaurant food pretty much all the time. Best of luck to you on your adventures.

    • @JamesThompson-ol3eu
      @JamesThompson-ol3eu 3 года назад +1

      Worked for me. I sorta follow the Keto thing but only in the last 3 years. I lost 75lbs over 10-12 years. Eating /cooking at home. I got to my highest weight during the short time frame 2-3 years of eating out. No telling what is in commercial prepared food. Takes a certain amount of energy to prepare, cook and clean up.

    • @Mngalahad
      @Mngalahad 2 года назад +5

      just cooking at home also made me lose weight. i wasnt eating mcdonalds before but it seems any prepared food must have a lot of calories.

    • @tompoynton
      @tompoynton 2 года назад

      not much more simple than that is it

  • @JAzzWoods-ik4vv
    @JAzzWoods-ik4vv 2 года назад +1892

    “Cooking is a social act”
    I get anxious if someone comes into the kitchen while I cook

    • @Catshapedblobofdarkness
      @Catshapedblobofdarkness 2 года назад +73

      Social anxiety exists

    • @triton62674
      @triton62674 2 года назад +21

      This is me 1000x

    • @wildreams
      @wildreams 2 года назад +106

      I hate over-the-shoulder chef as much as back-seat drivers.

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 2 года назад +88

      > barges into my kitchen
      >looks inside every pan
      >leaves
      >day ruined

    • @somerandomguy2598
      @somerandomguy2598 2 года назад +35

      Same because they might spot the rat poison I put in the food

  • @ekki1993
    @ekki1993 Год назад +64

    The point about some diets being good because they limit your intake of fast food reminded me of the origins of homeopathy. It was a complete health plan where you stopped doing a lot of unhealthy stuff and started doing a lot of healthy stuff (including drinking a lot of water and dropping alcohol in times where drinking clean water wasn't as easy as it is now). So of course it had a lot of positive results. People nowadays sell only the "dilluted poison" part of the diet, which unfortunately is by far the less useful part.

  • @MrMMAJER
    @MrMMAJER Год назад +13

    This video reminded me of a fitness myth that in some places is still relevant, the idea of eating raw eggs to get more protein from them, when in reality your body absorbs more if you cook it.

  • @alexarchivechannel6673
    @alexarchivechannel6673 4 года назад +1768

    I find it funny how her name is Dr. Ham when she's talking about food

    • @boomerfunnyjimgaffigan4998
      @boomerfunnyjimgaffigan4998 4 года назад +30

      why didn't I notice this

    • @secondsein7749
      @secondsein7749 3 года назад +45

      Probably the reason why she decided to make food her career.

    • @oniflrog4487
      @oniflrog4487 3 года назад +23

      Coincidence? I think not. Let's find out.
      *conspiracy theory music sounds on the background*

    • @hexx6120
      @hexx6120 3 года назад +5

      @@secondsein7749 maybe that's why he became a dentist

    • @gilbertdeclerk7215
      @gilbertdeclerk7215 3 года назад

      Beat me to it

  • @SoFloCichlids
    @SoFloCichlids 3 года назад +1417

    “Coffee aint allowed in raw or paleo diets which is reason enough to call them stupid.” .... Amen Adam.

    • @arth8265
      @arth8265 3 года назад +9

      Not really. You can make cold infusion coffee on raw diet :)

    • @MorbidEel
      @MorbidEel 3 года назад +65

      @@arth8265 with raw coffee beans?

    • @SpopySpider
      @SpopySpider 3 года назад +111

      @@arth8265 I don't think you understand how coffee beans are made, the coffee tree has berries, the seed of these berries is the coffee grain, only problem, that grain has to be roasted, you know, a type of cooking, so, yeah, you can't drink coffee on a raw diet.

    • @arth8265
      @arth8265 3 года назад +68

      @@SpopySpider Good point. Forgot about it. Hence, raw diet is indeed stupid.

    • @xucthclu
      @xucthclu 3 года назад +13

      because coffee is a drug, it's not exactly healthy

  • @JamieHaDov
    @JamieHaDov Год назад +5

    Imagine being the first dude to cook a bird. People like “omg, Grog, what are you doing? Wait…that smell bomb! Pass the hot sauce”

  • @zerohour5400
    @zerohour5400 Год назад +16

    Honestly it's way easier for my brain to go "don't eat carbs" and stick to that for my cuts than for me to just cut junk food, way easier to justify a burger king stop when I'm hungry and not on keto as my job is mainly on the road as apposed to just saying nope to all of it

  • @internziko
    @internziko 3 года назад +776

    This channel started with a video on pizza and now is informing me on history, agriculture and anthropology.. Amazing

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 3 года назад +24

      He's a cook, a RUclipsr, a journalist and a music maker. It's so cool lol

    • @MetaBloxer
      @MetaBloxer 3 года назад +12

      This seems like the opposite of other channels, who start as informative and/or entertaining sources and turn into clickbait trend-shoveling junk.
      I have seen, and lost, many channels to brazen attempts of mass appeal.

    • @internziko
      @internziko 3 года назад +1

      @@crystal-sh8in every comment thread has "that person" congrats on being it.

    • @chikennuget3634
      @chikennuget3634 3 года назад +1

      @@crystal-sh8in the video that got him popular was his first new york style pizza video, which i think he mentioned was so viral that he decided to make youtube a full-time thing

    • @pauljohnagustin237
      @pauljohnagustin237 3 года назад

      Facts
      I still remember his pizza without stone/metal plate but just the grill of home oven
      And making pizza, artisan style at home

  • @boobella899
    @boobella899 4 года назад +384

    Also food actually tastes good after you cook it.

  • @shapeshifterk
    @shapeshifterk Год назад +72

    I would like to share my personal experience with keto, I tried to do it at the start of the [what was current world event] and actually did fine for a couple of months, but I generally live with family and got tired of having to not eat some of the things they made, granted I also knew how raw unhealthy some were, like pancakes and syrup, yes tasty, but so much carbs and sugar. Regardless I just got tired of trying, then one year passes, and I want to try it again, but realize I need to do a lot of research to actually convince some family members, that yes this is good for me, and yes we should have vegetables in the house. Then, a while later I get a standard health check-up, the one where they weigh you, and I was like 430 pounds if memory serves, it was not a place I wanted to be, over 400 is just kind of the limit for anyone rational, and I knew a diet I had researched quite a bit about, deeming that yes keto would do the job for me, and after some mess of 6 months, I did in fact lose 100 lbs in 6 months, and I was doing a very scuffed version admittedly, it could have been way better, but regardless, I did it, and still am on it, as it works for my body, and will continue to do so, to reach even lower numbers. Heres to the future.

    • @littlebumgorf
      @littlebumgorf Год назад +4

      Congrats! you’re doing great

    • @Akirato
      @Akirato Год назад +4

      Work hard and hang in there 👍👍👍

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 Год назад +3

      So you did not keto and are now convinced keto works. Amazing logic

  • @kaleleboy8022
    @kaleleboy8022 Год назад +1

    Thanks for clearing this as i've been doing LowCarb for a year now. Will choose as much as i can the natural cooked foods and less of ultra-processed foods. And see how my body reacts. Thanks

  • @111dogon555
    @111dogon555 4 года назад +1563

    Well this ought to be an interesting comment section

    • @coleduncan2990
      @coleduncan2990 4 года назад +6

      111dogon555 beware of everything below

    • @mattyswan1
      @mattyswan1 4 года назад +55

      Next Adam video: Why Islam and Christianity are for fools.

    • @felixargyle1285
      @felixargyle1285 4 года назад +6

      @@mattyswan1 ??

    • @mattyswan1
      @mattyswan1 4 года назад +36

      @@felixargyle1285 just noting that many people doing keto, raw, etc. regard their diet like religions...

    • @felixargyle1285
      @felixargyle1285 4 года назад +3

      @@mattyswan1 oh I thought you were attacking the evolution bit in the video

  • @eileennguyen842
    @eileennguyen842 Год назад +2851

    I've always found paleo (the worldview, not necessarily the foods people eat on the diet) ridiculous because a) it imposes a single, global diet on human ancestors who lived in vastly different climates without global supply chains, and b) it assumes that our bodies haven't evolved over millennia.

    • @TasteOfButterflies
      @TasteOfButterflies Год назад +361

      And also... these ancestral humans ate what was available to them, which wasn't necessarily perfect for their health. Ancient human remains with signs of atherosclerosis, often wrongly assumed to be a disease of the modern lifestyle, have been found in many places.
      The fact that some diet was good enough for our ancestors as an alternative to starving to death doesn't mean it's the ideal diet for us.

    • @siukong
      @siukong Год назад +94

      Yeah they also lived pretty hard and fast lives back then. Having a level of constant, grueling, physical activity that many today would probably struggle to commit to equaling. And often dying far younger (life expectancy was perhaps 35-40 or even lower, though that average is somewhat skewed by really high infant/child mortality - still, being in your 50s and maybe even your 40s would have been considered "old age").

    • @drewfeld836
      @drewfeld836 Год назад +79

      It’s like deciding to ride the horse to work instead of the car because it is how we were designed to travel great distances back in the day

    • @bluesonicstreak7317
      @bluesonicstreak7317 Год назад +35

      @@TasteOfButterflies How ancient?
      Hunter-gathers were devoid of cardiovascular disease and tooth decay. Those things only appeared with the advent of agriculture.

    • @theninja4137
      @theninja4137 Год назад +44

      @@bluesonicstreak7317 depends
      I know of at least one case where a stoneage skeleton was found with caries - in a region with lots of date trees, dates are high in sugar

  • @rachelbroughton6457
    @rachelbroughton6457 Год назад +29

    I love that he says that coffee not being allowed is reason enough for these diets to be stupid. I couldn’t agree more! Coffee is amazing and massively underrated for the great benefits it has for our bodies (in moderation of course)

    • @MrShaiya96
      @MrShaiya96 7 месяцев назад

      You’re the stupid one of u believe coffee is off limits in Keto. Not one reputable source says that

  • @puma8262
    @puma8262 Год назад +67

    I personally never liked the idea of restricting myself to only one diet. What has worked for me is just eating the same foods I always eat, but with a calorie deficit. 6 pounds in 4 weeks so far, hoping to go down more soon. Sometimes it really is about portion control.
    Update: I've gone down from 156lbs to 139lbs over the last few months but honestly I'm just miserable because I miss eating a lot lol, but that's just a me thing.

    • @puma8262
      @puma8262 Год назад +11

      @Original Ranter no thanks i have an eating disorder now

    • @puma8262
      @puma8262 Год назад +10

      @Original Ranter no id rather eat like normal now i think

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 Год назад +3

      ​@@puma8262 caloric deficit created via eating less is directly connected to meant health issues and eating disorders.
      What you could do that lacks these risks is caloric deficit through exercise while getting your 2000 calories

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 Год назад

      ​@Original Ranter i have an eating disorder
      Oh have you tried restricted eating
      Bro why are you keto ppl like this. Its pseudoscience, give it up

  • @xblizkx
    @xblizkx 4 года назад +342

    I appreciate how you're not just a recipe channel, but a more science based all-things-food type of channel. Keep up the good work.

    • @GiorgioCastaldo1
      @GiorgioCastaldo1 4 года назад +1

      xblizkx I like that about Adam as well and his music is cool too check it out on SoundCloud your won’t regret it

    • @wpelfeta
      @wpelfeta 4 года назад +2

      I love the insights with actual real life experts.

    • @benjaminbankwin5690
      @benjaminbankwin5690 4 года назад

      he has a background in journalism!

    • @marcar19
      @marcar19 4 года назад +4

      @@Mocha. he has to get them views righttt? Most youtubers use clickbait but in the end the title isn't related to the actual content at all. Adam did mention the medical reasons behind keto diet right at the end of the video

    • @GaryHighFruit
      @GaryHighFruit Год назад

      Yeah, he should STICK with recipes and cooking. He has no understanding of raw-foodism. Even those people in the video didn't. He shouldn't gotten someone who DOES know.

  • @alexforce9
    @alexforce9 4 года назад +649

    Pissing off raw eating vegans and meat eating paleo carnivors at the same time. Good job.

    • @NikoBellaKhouf
      @NikoBellaKhouf 4 года назад +1

      😂

    • @elliez.3561
      @elliez.3561 4 года назад +86

      As a cooked-food-eating vegan, I approve of this message.

    • @frgwyn3760
      @frgwyn3760 4 года назад +4

      Ellie Z. Lol

    • @jimmyrios6815
      @jimmyrios6815 4 года назад +3

      😂

    • @imadeyoureadthis1
      @imadeyoureadthis1 4 года назад +6

      As a 15 hour per week training meat eater, not really. I love pasta, I can eat 1kg in one sitting.I don't want to have self control when it comes to carbs. But I can be extremely disciplined when it comes to eating 90% meat. Also eating huge amounts of carbs, makes me feel sick after for many hours. Each diet has it's purpose, this works for me for cutting extremely well.

  • @D.von.N
    @D.von.N Год назад +3

    Overall: finally someone I can agree on RUclips about the fads that periodically sweep the globe under various names! It was getting frustrating coming across those Drs and coaches just to catch them on errors they shouldn't make. THANKS!

  • @judithbohler843
    @judithbohler843 Год назад +43

    Hello Adam! I am very fond of your videos and watch many of them with great pleasure. I appreciate greatly that you go through the trouble of researching the science behind them. This time, however, while I agree with some of the points you make in the video, a small mention of the benefits of low-carb nutrition would have made your entire point more nuanced. For people with insulin-dependent diabetes, for example, be it type 1 or 2 but especially type 2, adhering to a low-carb diet may improve their situation greatly (similarly to the calorie in - calorie out priciple, you could also argue there is a carbs in - insulin needed principle). By reducing the total amount of carbs, we also reduce the amount of insulin needed, and since insulin stores sugar, we also reduce the total amount of sugar stored in the body. A low carb diet works for lots of diabetics. If you are interested in knowing more about the topic, my boss and a colleague of mine are researching this topic intensely (I am merely repeating the inexact gist of what I have heard from them) and I could ask them for more exact references on this topic (they are both clinical nephrologists involved in research). Please keep up your good work!

    • @maxmustermann3938
      @maxmustermann3938 Год назад +6

      Not to mention that that one guy was simply wrong when he said keto diets are only used in medicine for epilepsy in children, when they are also a possible treatment of type 2 diabetes.

  • @vivekd296
    @vivekd296 4 года назад +281

    i tried your galette recipe today replacing the strawberries with mangoes. it ended up replacing the cake for my mom's birthday. it was absolutely delightful.

    • @aragusea
      @aragusea  4 года назад +82

      That sounds great!

    • @erika-sf6ei
      @erika-sf6ei 4 года назад +14

      happy birthday to your mom!

    • @zaaraahmed4087
      @zaaraahmed4087 4 года назад +11

      Happy birthday to your mom

    • @NehaPadhi
      @NehaPadhi 4 года назад +1

      Thanks! I can't find strawberries but mangoes galore,will definitely try it!

    • @hac9336
      @hac9336 4 года назад +1

      Replaced mine with Apple and it was damn good

  • @HeadbangersKitchen
    @HeadbangersKitchen 3 года назад +4120

    As a Keto recipe channel. I'm not offended at all by this video.

    • @brianbaumann1337
      @brianbaumann1337 3 года назад +784

      His only complaint about keto was that most people don't do it correctly. Clickbait title.

    • @getsnookerd9694
      @getsnookerd9694 3 года назад +57

      Headbanger wow nice to see you here man used to watch heaps of ur stuff :)

    • @rkfjfjrjtkfjfjr3136
      @rkfjfjrjtkfjfjr3136 3 года назад +178

      The reason why your not offended is because the way you go about it your not being dumb about it I went to your Channel and your recipes make sense.

    • @incu01
      @incu01 3 года назад +26

      No way I find you here Sahil, haha! :D Love your channel and website, amazing stuff. Even gifted your book to a friend when he started out with keto. I just found this channel here today, and after some nice videos I was kinda disappointed when I saw this bullshit title... But the video was 100 times better than the title suggested.

    • @ledon26656
      @ledon26656 3 года назад +51

      Probably not offended because you yourself do not even eat a keto diet do you? You just ride the bandwagon to make $$$

  • @ariochiv
    @ariochiv Год назад +12

    "Cooking is an inherently social act."
    As I am eating the food I cooked for myself with no one else around. 😅

    • @elvingearmasterirma7241
      @elvingearmasterirma7241 Год назад +3

      Try and cook with a friend some time. There is nothing else like it

    • @vester7457
      @vester7457 3 месяца назад

      Funny! I cook for myself every day too

  • @fannymcflanagan2732
    @fannymcflanagan2732 Год назад

    This channel reminds me so much of Good Eats and I love it! Awesome research man, keep it up

  • @minna4
    @minna4 3 года назад +750

    In Ghana we do have our own version of salads, though it's much richer. That picture also doesn't do us justice but I won't deny that there are villages like that here.

    • @ALT-fp9vc
      @ALT-fp9vc 3 года назад +16

      I love your precision. I thought what she said was actually a compliment, because salads are studid ;)

    • @draconian_dragons6588
      @draconian_dragons6588 3 года назад +8

      @@kelloggsclumpynut6363 cringe

    • @Siddich
      @Siddich 3 года назад +36

      Mina, have you ever eaten meat, that has a slight red colour? 🤔
      My Nigerian girlfriend always mocks me for eating raw meat, when i cook my steak sous vide and leave it medium. 🤗😂
      Greetings from germany 🤗

    • @minna4
      @minna4 3 года назад +64

      @@Siddich I personally don't mind medium rare meat since it's lovely and tender but it took a while since we have the mistaken belief that the redness is from blood XD. A lot of Africans in general prefer it to be well done

    • @atari_hmb
      @atari_hmb 3 года назад +8

      @@minna4 Well technically redness is either added coloring, or myoglobin...which is still a compound found in blood.
      Avoiding the semantical technicalities it is still qualified as blood, but to each their own. I am more interested in the salads that they eat in Ghana, are they really nutrient rich?

  • @brandonhenley3597
    @brandonhenley3597 2 года назад +723

    I walked into a coffee shop and got a coffee without sugar. The barista asked me if I "was keto". Honestly, I was just trying to avoid added sugar. That stuff kills.

    • @emh8861
      @emh8861 2 года назад +130

      If you were keto, you would of asked for butter in it .

    • @codeeater0
      @codeeater0 2 года назад +12

      @Em H A dash of mct

    • @billpetersen298
      @billpetersen298 2 года назад +29

      I have a shaker, with cocoa powder, cinnamon, turmeric, and black pepper. In declining order.
      For my coffee.
      It’s not bad.

    • @billpetersen298
      @billpetersen298 2 года назад

      @Hellig Usvart thanks, it’s a way to sneak in, the Turmeric.

    • @Talkathon408
      @Talkathon408 2 года назад +12

      Sugar is literally the reason why your brain is working right now.

  • @april_
    @april_ Год назад +3

    I’m already very thin, but I want to eat better to feel better. Sugary and oily foods (canola and other seed oils) make me feel good at first but make me feel sick later, so I’ve been eating less of those and listening to my body. I also eat less highly processed foods. Notice I say less, and not completely cut it out. (I love my Tillamook ice cream on occasion) I don’t follow a specific diet because it feels too restricting. I have ended up eating more food in quantity because I’m already skinny and need the extra calories from low calorie food. Foods like chips and soda are gross to me now. It’s crazy how much your taste changes when you eat better. I ate a taco bell taco because a friend had brought them for a picnic and it tasted so oily and gross.

  • @personalfreedom2700
    @personalfreedom2700 Год назад +2

    As a carnivore I encourage you all to follow Adams instructions to eat mass production grains, homogenised dairy, and very tasty fully or semi-processed foods… that way my meat prices will be lower … don’t feel bad about eating natures cardboard (wheat/rice) and help the Dow Jones index out by consuming your favourite corporate edible products.

  • @Gumbocinno
    @Gumbocinno 4 года назад +1725

    Adams biceps are either getting larger, or he's buying smaller shirts.

    • @Soluxaris
      @Soluxaris 4 года назад +111

      Or both

    • @JVJ_2000
      @JVJ_2000 4 года назад +61

      Either way, getting healthy.

    • @Soluxaris
      @Soluxaris 4 года назад +32

      @@JVJ_2000 cheers to that

    • @BeHappyTo
      @BeHappyTo 4 года назад +41

      @@JVJ_2000 how does buying smaller shirts mean that hes getting healthy?

    • @iNorman01
      @iNorman01 4 года назад +2

      Good cooks will end up eating more of their own food too.

  • @usmaniqbal9207
    @usmaniqbal9207 4 года назад +475

    Why i eat my meal raw and light my self on fire

    • @namename8904
      @namename8904 3 года назад +10

      underrated comment

    • @henriquepacheco7473
      @henriquepacheco7473 3 года назад +50

      This man's burning off 40 pounds of fat in a single hour! Read to learn *HOW!*

    • @shanafife3228
      @shanafife3228 3 года назад

      Lol.

    • @HouseofBats
      @HouseofBats 3 года назад

      that's metal.

    • @tonykhang1984
      @tonykhang1984 3 года назад

      @@henriquepacheco7473 lol, remember to season the burn

  • @AmierAzzeal
    @AmierAzzeal Год назад +5

    Pretty good video. Though I think the keto diet plan is a little weird. I know people who have tried it and that you should keep below 20g of carbs but you don't need to have such a strange eating plan. You can also combine it with intermittent fasting for better results which means you can eat more sensible portions in 1-2 meals. Personally I find adding cream to coffee is a great way to increase fats for the day or use more cooking oils or healthy meats. I am trying a keto diet myself starting next week.

  • @mikemcc6625
    @mikemcc6625 Год назад +1

    As a former custodian, I am an expert at sweeping generalizations, too: 218# to 168# and avoided T2DM with LCHF.

  • @ColinKillick
    @ColinKillick 4 года назад +694

    As the child of two archaeologists, not only is “paleo” pointless, but people who genuinely want to follow a Paleolithic diet should be eating a lot less steak and a lot more bugs 😛.

    • @MrSurvivalgecoLP
      @MrSurvivalgecoLP 4 года назад +9

      And whats wrong about eating bugs?

    • @ImranZakhaev9
      @ImranZakhaev9 4 года назад +144

      @@MrSurvivalgecoLP
      Nothing is wrong with eating bugs, but I guarantee the "paleo pushers" don't eat a genuine paleo diet, just like the "ketogenic diet" that Adam talked about.

    • @ot1438
      @ot1438 4 года назад +13

      True and it genuinely would probably be healthy af

    • @MrSurvivalgecoLP
      @MrSurvivalgecoLP 4 года назад +15

      O T There are some big ones from the south east asian rain forest, they're big, juicy and I believe a bit sweet. They're supposedly like the oysters of the bug world. I believe western civilization is missing out on huge cuisine

    • @HolyMess420
      @HolyMess420 4 года назад +2

      How is it pointless? I suppose it gets to the point of not starving, at the very least.🙄
      I'm hoping to see bugs in our food in years to come. I've been interested for some time now. 🤔

  • @ShakerGER
    @ShakerGER 3 года назад +1074

    I love it how he says "Keto actually works but people are stupid".

    • @IWantToStayAtYourHouse
      @IWantToStayAtYourHouse 3 года назад +161

      Keto is legitimately a good therapy against epilepsy

    • @Hannah-zw9ow
      @Hannah-zw9ow 3 года назад +65

      @@asimhussain8716 exactly. We need carbohydrates to survive, eliminating them for the rest of your life would kill you. Everyone’s body needs a different amount, but everyone’s body needs *some.*

    • @jheichelbech
      @jheichelbech 3 года назад +279

      @@Hannah-zw9ow there is no such thing as a required dietary carbohydrate. Your liver can produce all the glucose you need (i.e., for red blood cells).

    • @Nickelodeon81
      @Nickelodeon81 2 года назад +65

      Carbs are ok if you stick to the high fibre unprocessed kind. There's a big difference between high fructose corn syrup and brown bread.

    • @donaldbuchananjr7334
      @donaldbuchananjr7334 2 года назад +34

      @@Hannah-zw9ow theres a study on obesity people in the 1600s moslty ate fat vs carbs and there wasent obesity like there is today with carbs and you dont need them to survive otherwise i would have died on my 40 day water fast...

  • @MichaelSmith-lm6xl
    @MichaelSmith-lm6xl Год назад +24

    I’ve tried them all, mostly, and Paleo works the best for me. Stomach flattens down and I never feel bloated. I think it’s best to use the term “paleo” lightly, and just consider it a low-carb, grain & legume-free diet. You’re basically just eating meat and vegetables, which is inherently healthy and almost impossible to gain weight on

    • @heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459
      @heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459 Год назад +21

      And it’s fine if paleo works for you. I just oppose the pseudoscientific claims that some paleo people make

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 Год назад +4

      Its almost impossible to gain weight on meat and veggies diet? Do you have any idea how many calories meat has? Weight gain is a calories in calories out kinda deal, it has nothing to do with diet

    • @MichaelSmith-lm6xl
      @MichaelSmith-lm6xl Год назад +11

      @@DimT670 it kinda does though, try it out and see what happens. All calories are not created equal. 100 calories of meat & veg affects your body much differently than 100 calories of sugar

    • @evanrosser3038
      @evanrosser3038 11 месяцев назад

      @@MichaelSmith-lm6xl 🤨

    • @Skyrim279
      @Skyrim279 11 месяцев назад +1

      I find it completely absurd that you can eat such healthy whole foods like milk or legumes ffs. A diet that severely limits what you can have for some random reason is something that doesn't work for me.

  • @randomnickify
    @randomnickify Год назад +3

    woow, I never considered cooking as pre-digestion, thats actually eye opening :)

  • @itsnemosoul8398
    @itsnemosoul8398 2 года назад +659

    Also: let's not make our diets our identities. It takes away the flexibility to try new things and listen to our bodies

    • @Fuzzira
      @Fuzzira 2 года назад +37

      "Hi I'm vegan and my name is ... "

    • @secretagent4610
      @secretagent4610 2 года назад +4

      "Listen to your body, feel your power!"
      God, I hate that commercial. 😂

    • @snoote533
      @snoote533 2 года назад

      Yeah

    • @itsnemosoul8398
      @itsnemosoul8398 2 года назад +3

      @@Fuzzira I used to live plantbased for 3 years and I understand why many vegans are voicing the issues but it shouldn't become all a person is

    • @joelle4226
      @joelle4226 2 года назад +11

      @@Fuzzira being vegan is a political statement

  • @Rubashow
    @Rubashow 4 года назад +227

    When she talked about Ghana I was reminded of another fact that makes cooking instrumental to human welbeing, especially in tropical regions. Raw food, especially different meats are often carrying parasites. Thorougly cooking and seasoning food makes it much safer to eat. This maybe one reason why peoples in warm climates tend to have develpoed cuisines that are much heaver flavoured than in colder climates. This may also be the original reason for pigs being forbidden to eat in middle Eastern cultures.

    • @lemmypop1300
      @lemmypop1300 4 года назад +60

      Yup. It's also the fact that pigs require a huge amount of water, which is pretty hard to come by in the desert. By the way, based on genetic and archaeological research, pigs are thought to have been domesticated in three separate events - two of them happening in the Middle East, and one in China. But, the climate was a lot wetter then, hell, 7000 years ago even Sahara was green. As the climate conditions changed, so did the agriculture, and pig farming vanished from the Middle East.

    • @Gamerface98
      @Gamerface98 4 года назад +19

      As a family farmhand i agree what the porcine make up for in in low effort feeding care they require dummy quantities the ratio is nuts when compared to our bovine herd and egglaying Avians (obvious here though) id definietly say if you wanted to feel a bit farmy get chickens the feed is relatively inexpensive and they dont take much space or water there relatively low budget and you get eggs year round depending on climate and the occasional whole chicken doesnt hurt
      The worst things are predators like foxes or chicken hawks quick google search can tell you what your issue there would be
      Chickens kill snakes and rats so dont bother there
      Rarely youll get a hen or two thats aggressive towards the others just eat them lol

    • @fireblast133
      @fireblast133 3 года назад +22

      There’s also the fact that warmer climate areas tend to propagate spicier cuisine. The origin of which is simple. Peppers and the chemicals within them tended to have heavy antimicrobial properties, and helped immensely in the preservation process of many foods. While our ancestors did not understand the why, they did realize ‘rub pepper on food, food safe to eat for longer’.
      And of course the cultivation of peppers came along, and it likely was specifically for the purpose of farming the means to preserve food, but then as we developed more and more of a tasty for spicy, and made more reliable preservation methods, pepper cultivation started drifting more towards developing spicier peppers.
      Remember, peppers evolved to cause most creatures to ignore their fruit except birds, who would then poop out their seeds as they flew. Birds don’t have the same taste receptors we do, and aren’t bothered by the heat peppers produce. We as a species basically said ‘screw that, we’ll power through the pain, you’re useful!’
      Helps a bit that some people really like experiencing pain, and punishing themselves.

    • @ajaxtelamonian5134
      @ajaxtelamonian5134 3 года назад

      Also salad sucks.

    • @NihongoWakannai
      @NihongoWakannai 3 года назад +6

      @@fireblast133 yeah, preservation is super important in hot climates where your food is going to rot in an instant. In the north, just put your meat outside during the winter and it's literally a freezer.

  • @shitlordflytrap1078
    @shitlordflytrap1078 8 месяцев назад +2

    I basically eat raw because I can't be bothered to cook all the many carrots I eat.

  • @squishytoad3078
    @squishytoad3078 11 месяцев назад +5

    I dunno, I dived a bit into Keto only because I was a terrible sugar addict and I really want to get away with that

  • @rmcdaniel423
    @rmcdaniel423 2 года назад +542

    I'm a general practice P.A. here in the U.S., and when the topic of weight loss or food choices comes up, the first thing I tell my patients is that even the "nutrition experts" can't agree on what's actually right. I tell them to look for the things that are in common among several of the more successful dietary models, and that always brings us to getting rid of sweet beverages, greatly reducing or eliminating stuff that we all intuitively recognize as "junk foods", dropping the starchy side dish off your dinner plate most of the time (or keeping the portion size no bigger than an egg), avoiding sweet stuff in general, eating a bigger variety of veggies and greens than you have been, drinking more water than you have been, trying to get more deliberate sleep time in bed than you have been, and adding some form of deliberate exercise to your weekly routine (doesn't matter what it is, as long as it gets you a little out of breath and sweating for a good 20-30min or more, and is just for the health of it, SEPARATE from your normal daily activity). It's real easy to overthink things.

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 Год назад +64

      "Veggies good, sugar bad" is pretty much the monolithic consensus across time, space, and different nutritional models.

    • @infallibleblue
      @infallibleblue Год назад +3

      Thank you

    • @BarisTitanX
      @BarisTitanX Год назад +3

      Same can be said on 90% of medical procedures. There is no consensus on any subject.

    • @drdefecation
      @drdefecation Год назад

      @@BarisTitanX what the fuck are you talking about

    • @chargers0001
      @chargers0001 Год назад +5

      Part of the issue is we are individuals, that is why one diet may not work over another. But yes I agree that a variety of plants in anyone's diet is healthy and good.
      The sugar part is difficult because it is literally almost everywhere especially processed foods and drinks especially. I would resort to unsweetened tea and coffee in the morning, then just sweeten it with a little cane sugar or honey in your tea if you can tolerate it. I personally use monk fruit because I need to lose weight and that works well.
      If you buy any drinks at the store make sure they are unsweetened, it is not uncommon for an 8 oz tea to have 20 grams of sugar for example. The daily recommended value for men is 30 grams and for women 25 grams. Another issue I've ran into is my bodies ability to convert wheat, even whole wheat and rice into glucose very quickly causing insulin resistance over time. I've since developed a gluten intolerance for whatever reason(pesticides, synthetic vitamins etc) and I've been able to have rice once a week without issue. Anything more though and I start to gain weight and I have bad food cravings breaking my carefully disciplined week.

  • @heikesiegl2640
    @heikesiegl2640 3 года назад +663

    A friend of mine suffers from epilepsy esince her childhood. She tried various meds, nothing helped until she started a keto diet about a year ago. And like you said, Not what most people think of keto. No she really needs to meassure everything extremely acurate. She needs to cook every meal by herself and cant buy something from a store or restaurant. It is a lot of work, but it really helps her!

    • @brandonhenley3597
      @brandonhenley3597 2 года назад +48

      It's unfortunate that she wasn't made aware of the ketogenic diet sooner in her life. I'm glad she knows now, though!

    • @asarcadyn2414
      @asarcadyn2414 2 года назад +25

      Best wishes to your friend. Not eating out or buying processed food is something we should all do more of to protect our health. Maybe then the food industry will realise it isn’t a good idea to slowly kill off their client base.

    • @amypola5903
      @amypola5903 2 года назад +7

      Whats unfortunate is that the keto diet is necessary. A high fat diet isn't healthy long term, but some are in such dire need for healtby fats its very healing if done right....but I still believe its a short term corrective action. Biggest factors are what is no longer being put into the body, the food drugs as I call them, and then a focus on high mineral foods. Minerals are very overlooked. Also there's a lot of vitimins we aren't even taught because they don't have a handle on them yet. Vitamin C like Vit B is a complex. And has more facets than the bottle of vitamins says.

    • @asarcadyn2414
      @asarcadyn2414 2 года назад +18

      @@amypola5903 Why isn’t a high fat diet long term? I thought it was.

    • @1latrommI
      @1latrommI 2 года назад +5

      Not sure where you're from, but keto has become so popular that there are definitely a lot of stores and restaurants focusing on that in major cities from a western society.

  • @rafaxd8178
    @rafaxd8178 10 месяцев назад +2

    I follow accidentally a paleo diet. I am intolerant to many grains (cereals, maize) and some legumes (particullary soy). Also, I have fatty liver, so I try not to eat sugar, fruit, honey or alcohol. Also, I dont eat vegetable oils (I am from Spain and here is considered disgusting, we used olive oil or pork fat, despite restaurants and industrial companies use it, like sunflower, corn, soy or canola). Sometimes I eat potatoes.
    Therefore, the only non "paleo" food I eat is milk (which I am not intolerant to surprisingly). I even dont eat vegetables or fruits because it feels so hard to digest for me. I have several gut issues.
    I had been following this plan for three years (since I was 26) and I am so good, but is introducing vegetables, grains, fruit, alcohol, legumes or sugar in my diet and then I die of gut issues. The only thing that works for me is meat, organs, blood, eggs, dairy products, fish, olive oil and maybe some spices or chocolate.

  • @daniele4568
    @daniele4568 Год назад +6

    I lost a bunch of weight on the Atkins diet (basically Keto), but it's pretty much impossible to stick with. No bread, pasta, or sugar. It gets old quick. Just a good way to lose a quick 20lbs.

  • @MartinUnderwood
    @MartinUnderwood 4 года назад +565

    Me watching this while munching on my 4 frozen Thin Mints: "Yeah, you tell 'em, Adam!"

    • @uniqhnd23
      @uniqhnd23 4 года назад +7

      Hahahahha

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 4 года назад +22

      _Frozen_ Thin Mints. A man of culture I see.

    • @MartinUnderwood
      @MartinUnderwood 4 года назад +7

      @@LividImp it is the proper way to indulge

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 4 года назад +3

      @Omer Ahmed Yes

    • @MartinUnderwood
      @MartinUnderwood 4 года назад +2

      @Omer Ahmed I believe so, but there are dissenters. Yay for differing opinions!

  • @lnsflare1
    @lnsflare1 4 года назад +599

    "[M]ore can be dedicated to other activities, like designing ziggurats or new and terrible ways to kill each other..."
    Aztecs: "What do you mean, 'or'?"

  • @mikehuang1369
    @mikehuang1369 2 месяца назад +1

    As someone who did a keto diet and validated it with blood strips tests, it wasn't particularly difficult to stay on ketosis. If I ate plenty of fats, I can eat up to 50g of net carbs and still be in ketosis mode. 50g is a decent amount. A burger with buns has about 35 net carbs.
    The trick was to eat plenty of fats. You don't need to be OCD to stay on keto. You just have to plan several meals you love that are low carbs. For me, that was stir fry meats with veggies, hot pot, both with lots of pork/beef belly meat. They were delicious and I didn't feel like I was missing out from the lack of carbs.
    For your assertion that the only scientific benefit of keto is seizure control in children, there are many known benefits for mood and energy. Check out the book Brain Energy by Chris Palmer, a Harvard psychiatrist

  • @osumanjin8706
    @osumanjin8706 Год назад +14

    I once tried keto for one month. And in the last days of that month i literally dreamed of slice of white bread. I craved for that.

    • @f.boogaloospook2318
      @f.boogaloospook2318 Год назад

      Me on the first day damn i feel like those boxers who are on strict diet
      Water is only i take it taste sweet
      I eat so much meat in return or eggs

    • @asinglebraincell6584
      @asinglebraincell6584 11 месяцев назад

      That sounds hilarious and delicious

  • @jugbrewer
    @jugbrewer 4 года назад +1537

    As a Ghanaian, I think that Dr. Ham is going slightly too far by saying "food in Ghana is considered to be cooked." She correctly notes that Ghanaian meals are cooked, but to use a syllogism: while all meals are food, not all food is a meal.
    It's common in Ghana to eat fruit raw. Fruit on its own isn't considered a meal, but we do commonly eat mangos, avocados, bananas, pineapples, etc, without cooking.
    To my mind, most cultures around the world eat raw fruit when it is available. Which makes sense, since compared to vegetables they have relatively more simple carbs and fewer complex carbs, so a lot of their stored energy is available prior to any type of processing.
    I don't want to be nitpicky with this comment, as Dr. Ham is pretty close to being right. A lot of the Ghanaian diet is stews, soups, and cooked starches legumes and vegetables. Especially compared to the diet of someone in, say, California, we cook our ingredients a lot more often. But we do enjoy raw fruit as well. : )

    • @MsHackthat
      @MsHackthat 4 года назад +71

      Of course we eat fruits raw! 🤷

    • @abdullahdaone
      @abdullahdaone 4 года назад +21

      Damn you really are dumb aren’t you 😂🤦‍♀️

    • @MsHackthat
      @MsHackthat 4 года назад +7

      @@abdullahdaone africans. 😂

    • @ren5363
      @ren5363 4 года назад +150

      @@MsHackthat oh wow racist colonizer whites at it again!

    • @Gamerface98
      @Gamerface98 4 года назад +81

      @@ren5363 ok look while what they said is entirely unacceptable you didnt have to say that either ok it perpetuates the cycle
      To the OP and the nutsacks up top All of this couldve been chalked up to the english syntax
      Most 1st language english speakers at least the ones smart enough to hold a real conversation wouldve assumed she doesnt include stuff like fruits in her assesments that are more naturally intended to be eaten raw or that cooking wouldnt provide a benefit our op here who only wanted to make a clarfication about his culture did nothing wrong
      He probably just doesnt have english as a first language or misunderstood her point it has nothing to do with race or intelligence people make mistakes and sadly your parents made the racist idiot over there

  • @positivelysimful1283
    @positivelysimful1283 2 года назад +1736

    Everyone in my household wanted to lose weight and we decided to just go for it together on New Years so we can all eat the same meals and no special shopping or tempting things, we tossed around the idea of keto, among other things, but looking it up so many advocates made it all seem so complicated and extreme. But ultimately just settled for getting rid of the processed frozen foods, take-out, and refined carbs & sugar- no bread, pasta, white rice, pancakes, etc. and no sodas or juices except some crystal lite with dinner. We'd still eat fruit, yogurt & cottage cheese (homemade, no added sugar), oatmeal, legumes, nuts, seeds, and lots of veggies so we got plenty of nutrition and healthier carbs. We didn't restrict meat, not in portion or in type, or fats, but honestly without all the refined carbs & sugars we didn't eat as much of them; seems putting stuff on bread, rice, pasta just causes you to eat more of it overall, IDK why.
    Long story short, we have all lost weight, one person lost 16 lbs. Last weekend we had a birthday party so we had our old carby foods and cake, but after we finished them a few days later we all just wanted to go back to keeping the white flour/refined/overprocessed/sugary foods out of the house. It's nice for a holiday or treat occasionally but we all just feel better overall without it every day. I think the best "diets" are not to think of them as temporary but as a permanent lifestyle you can manage.

    • @dare2liv_nlove
      @dare2liv_nlove 2 года назад +57

      Yes, i was surprised that i could completely lose my sugary obsession after only a year of sticking to healthy foods!

    • @cindy85
      @cindy85 2 года назад +9

      what is the non refined carbs may i ask? i have severe acnes and my doctor asked me to eat low gi food including non refined carbs; she said eating white rice is ok, just no noodles and pasta and flour-base food 🤔

    • @donwinston
      @donwinston 2 года назад +66

      There is absolutely nothing wrong with bread, pasta, pancakes, etc. What matters is CALORIES.

    • @natalyaakselaleksander4502
      @natalyaakselaleksander4502 2 года назад +37

      @@cindy85 non-refined carbs are complex carbs-- they are hard for your body to break down and therefore, don't spike your insulin as high as refined carbs do since they are simple and quickly spike your blood sugar. Complex carbs have a lower gi compared to simple ones and examples are; oatmeal, whole wheat bread-- better with no added sugars, brown rice, beans/legumes, sweet potatoes, etc

    • @chevgage6210
      @chevgage6210 2 года назад +18

      Japchae is pasta made out of sweet potato and it's pretty healthy. I eat it because I can't have processed wheat or rice. Go to your Asian market and try some? Tastes like rice vermicelli but it's not going to immediately spike your glucose levels.
      Not all breads are equal, and you can make homemade alternatives out of things like chickpea flour or other alternatives. Even just making sure you go for ancient grain or whole grain makes a massive difference.
      Other than that reducing sugars and shit are good. I have to restrict my diet because of an autoimmune disease, but if you wanna know what I use for a lot of substitutions that don't taste like sadness and sin, I'm happy to talk about it. Supereffective-fireblast is my Instagram.

  • @iielysiumx5811
    @iielysiumx5811 8 месяцев назад

    I remember a friend of mine in college decided to junp on the raw diet, he looked awful after a couple months, he was sick constantly (flu, colds, indigestion, food poisoning etc.) he gave up after about a year or so and as soon as he went back to cooked food most of his ailments went away

    • @bigbear5767
      @bigbear5767 8 месяцев назад

      What did he eat ?

    • @MNZRONE
      @MNZRONE 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, it was a detox from all the cooked garbage he was eating and then he finally started to heal his diseases built from that previous diet.

    • @GaryHighFruit
      @GaryHighFruit 5 месяцев назад +2

      cooked-fooders love their ignorance

  • @feuby8480
    @feuby8480 Год назад +4

    This is interesting. Especially seing this like 6 months after I took almost 6-9 month of keto like diet to lose weight. I went to doctor, who weighted me, and I found myself to be 110kg. Given my size and corpulence, a more healthy weight would have been 90kg. But this triggered something in my brain "it's time to stop". Especially since I had back pains due to chronic disease.
    So I thinked that I really loved to much eating stuff (especially sweetened ones... come on chocolate cake, i'd not kill for you, but ALMOST)... I saw my wife take a keto diet and lose much weight, so I told myself that I should do it too. But I know this would be REALLY hard especially that when I'm down (which happens to everyone, but happened quite a lot to me) I really like eating some sweet stuff. This is not really healthy, but it really helps me at the end of the day to get myself a treat. It's like saying "your day is over, you did your best, here is your reward". And let's just say that even if I sticked to "only on the evening", some days, I had to be doing this earlier... The fuckening you know.
    Thus I knew that I could not stick to keto properly if I was not replacing theses treats by something else. Thus I did not start the diet right after. I kept eating the same, AND trying to find meals and "sweet things" that I could eat on the evening, good enought to reward myself, but not enought to break the diet. I has also the habit of drinking juice with nutella toast on the morning since I was like 6 ? Thus I needed to replace that too. I started trying keto pancakes but I found soon that it was meh... Thus after some time i'd swap back. And one day I found a good thing that I could eat both on the morning and on the evening.
    Then I though that I could not make the swap brutally or i'd fail too. Especially, it was on the point I could not drink water before getting my juice. Thus I started to move slowly : one day water. Then juice again until I could reach 1/2 juice, 1/2 water. From there it was easy to stop juice. I just started to stop buying, and I had no choice.
    I think the main reasons why almost all diet are so hard to stick is that people want do it brutally, then go back to old habits. Changing habits is REALLY hard. I think, even though that means you still get weight a bit, it's better, and easier to keep doing the old stuff, while trying to find "new healthy things" that we like, and then slightly swap to the diet. It's way easier to stick then, especially when the results kick in, and you're not on so "hard time" because of the diet, because you have a bad day, or because you're hungry.
    If I have one other advice to say to people : don't go buy groceries when you're hungry. It will help too.

    • @zakosist
      @zakosist Год назад

      I think the easiest way to deal with that is to just allow the unhealthy foods you want, but in small amounts, and eat much more of the healthy foods you should be eating (not to the point of gluttony). And also listen to your body and do what makes you actually feel well for the whole day, not just during meals (not all diets are fit for everyone). Although if introducing new foods its worth a try to simply start gradually and eat small amounts but every day of that in the beginning since the body needs time to build the right gut bacteria (sometimes it just wont work because you have an actual food tolerance, like people with celiaki wont get used to eating gluten)

  • @mbuzi5132
    @mbuzi5132 4 года назад +273

    Adams been keeping us informed and getting jacked at the same time. Quarantine well spent

    • @Kael_Denna
      @Kael_Denna 4 года назад +18

      jacked but fat. he should go keto

    • @omarsaletovicprins9632
      @omarsaletovicprins9632 4 года назад +5

      Kael Denna i had some muscle at 86kg and went keto. now im at 77kg and i feel way better, gonna keep going

    • @Kawaii_Life.
      @Kawaii_Life. 4 года назад +2

      Yeah! I notcied a couple videos ago that he was a bit more built than usual

    • @aaronb2779
      @aaronb2779 4 года назад +3

      @@Kael_Denna or just eat less calorie

    • @Kael_Denna
      @Kael_Denna 4 года назад +4

      @@aaronb2779 hard to eat fewer calories while munching on bread and homemade pasta. listen to me, i actually have abs.

  • @alikebadge6
    @alikebadge6 3 года назад +456

    You know you’re living the high life if you can use your garden hose water for cooking.

    • @katyungodly
      @katyungodly 3 года назад +14

      When I was a kid we would drink straight from the spigot/hose :)

    • @WilliamWBG
      @WilliamWBG 3 года назад +41

      99.9% of Americans can drink water right out of the garden hose. With the exception of shit holes like Flint Michigan, every city has water that pass regulations..

    • @Hannah-zw9ow
      @Hannah-zw9ow 3 года назад +79

      @@WilliamWBG maybe don’t call a city that fell victim to a corrupt government a “shithole.” You sound like a specific someone who is pretty widely (and rightfully) hated.

    • @Hannah-zw9ow
      @Hannah-zw9ow 3 года назад +17

      @@WilliamWBG also, flint has had clean water since 2019. Source: drinking it.

    • @WilliamWBG
      @WilliamWBG 2 года назад +52

      @@Hannah-zw9ow don’t be so sensitive about living in a city that was once deemed a shit hole. Shit cities come and go according to their leadership, and you will have to agree that Flint had some previous shitty and corrupt leadership. Especially when it came to water. Plus my comment was directed to those cities where you could safely drink out of the garden hose. Would you drink out of the garden hose in Flint Michigan knowing what you know now? Most of us would NOT! Thus the shit hole city categorization. Sorry I offended your sensitivity

  • @Ruiluth
    @Ruiluth Год назад +14

    I knew someone who had really good results on keto. I lived and worked with him for several months (team truck driving) and he was right, when he was in full keto mode he only slept like 4 hours a night and was always full of energy. It was weird, I was super skeptical at first but it really worked for him, for whatever reason.

    • @maxmustermann3938
      @maxmustermann3938 Год назад +1

      well the side effect is that transitioning into ketosis has the opposite effects. You'll feel like shit for two weeks before anything gets better, most likely.

    • @Churros1616
      @Churros1616 Год назад +1

      @@maxmustermann3938 those two weeks are worth it though. You think short term why others thing long term:)

  • @1337174m1
    @1337174m1 Год назад +4

    I only watched this video because of the keto aspect. I personally, think the keto diet is one of the best "Diets" out there, and isn't a fad... if you know what you are doing that is. You are very correct in the fact that it is very hard to do properly, and maintain. Most people don't even know how ketosis affects electrolyte imbalance, and makes you lose all excess water if you are doing it right. It makes it easy to get dehydrated. They also don't understand the concept of micronutrient management. But if people actually do their research, ketogenic diet is super beneficial if you have conditions like insulin resistance and are overweight. It is a hellava lot easier as a fat person, to transition to, than learning to work out 3 times a week plus cardio. Keto, also decreases your appetite by a ton. If anyone decides to give it a go, I very much recommend meal prep first and foremost. For supplements, take potassium citrate and magnesium citrate to help with electrolytes. As well as berberine, to aide in the transition. Learn about MCT oil, and why it's the best thing ever. Get organic meat, oil, butter and eggs. All vegetables should be green. 90% of your carbs will come from dairy, but you have to know what is good and what isn't. Be very careful with milk. You can eat things like tomatoes, but use a calorie/carb counter. It really is about the obsessive impulsive management in making it work. It becomes your entire focus. There is also the cyclitic keto diet which you can also look into. Where you eat carbs once every 7 days. (just make sure they are healthy).

  • @mylifeisaparty
    @mylifeisaparty 4 года назад +156

    The thought of the professor hiding while eating a salad was funny and sad at the same time

  • @glynwilliams4204
    @glynwilliams4204 2 года назад +1008

    As someone from the UK, it was shocking to me just how many foods in the US had additional sugar crammed into their list of ingredients.
    Bread was noticeably sweeter. High fructose corn syrup seems like a standard additive in many processed foods.
    And very sugary drinks are consumed by grown adults as a sort of regular staple!
    I think there's something about the output of the US food industry which is especially lipogenic. So any diet, fad or otherwise, which results in people eating significantly less sugar is going to be a good thing.

    • @beeragainsthumanity1420
      @beeragainsthumanity1420 2 года назад +39

      There's like one, maybe two bakeries in my town that make european style bread.
      Even the chocolate in the states is different and has more sugar added.
      I'm on the keto lifestyle and never felt better in my life.
      I do indulge on some occasions, but I just can't go back to a regular diet.

    • @LG123ABC
      @LG123ABC 2 года назад +28

      No one from the UK should EVER complain about food from another country. You people eat boiled eels and blood pudding for goodness sake!

    • @RushFX
      @RushFX 2 года назад +150

      @@LG123ABC saying that as if other countries around the world don't cook with eels or blood/innards lol.

    • @stevetorres76
      @stevetorres76 2 года назад +1

      If you every consider keto. There’s a way to make pizza that doesn’t use bread.

    • @spacemanapeinc7202
      @spacemanapeinc7202 2 года назад +66

      @@LG123ABC Atleast boiled jellied eels and blood pudding is healthy.

  • @jonahgrignon2301
    @jonahgrignon2301 Год назад +4

    I can really tell when Adam's journalism expertise comes out. Videos like this have a great balance of narration, interjection and interviews, much like a good documentary

  • @erikmielke9008
    @erikmielke9008 Год назад +2

    nothing beats eating, training, fasting, sleeping and having fun as a hunter gatherer

  • @xpatzorsx
    @xpatzorsx 4 года назад +800

    "Cooking is an inherently social act."
    - Me, staring at the microwave while listening to this video: -
    'Kay.'

    • @CantEscapeFlorida
      @CantEscapeFlorida 4 года назад +57

      Well I mean, you weren't exactly not depressed while doing so.

    • @xpatzorsx
      @xpatzorsx 4 года назад +20

      @@CantEscapeFlorida fair enough.

    • @strider_hiryu850
      @strider_hiryu850 4 года назад +7

      xpatzorsx then I'd argue you weren't cooking. You were using a piece of technology to rapidly heat food. It's because cooking *is* social that separates the ritual from what you were doing.

    • @uncleterry9179
      @uncleterry9179 4 года назад +10

      Angus Uchiha it was a joke

    • @urmum7023
      @urmum7023 4 года назад +1

      xpatzorsx 100th like

  • @sunrae7680
    @sunrae7680 Год назад +604

    It took me 30 years, 2 intestinal resections, and years of pure hell to realize, *I HAVE TO EAT COOKED FOODS !!!* Thank you for verifying my GUT instinct.

    • @thaliacrafts407
      @thaliacrafts407 Год назад +68

      It's amazing when you think about it. We developed the brain power to master fire and the rest of our organs evolved in tandem.

    • @Rio-yd8wb
      @Rio-yd8wb Год назад +10

      yeah you never ate raw animal products. "raw foodism" is dumb, primal diet is the best

    • @svetamusic
      @svetamusic Год назад +20

      Wait, could you please tell more?!? Were you a raw plant based?? Please, tell in more detail. Going through some turmoil for the last 5 years, had to go raw vegan because of the illness, but you can't survive and not be malnourished on this diet...

    • @toxictwig1
      @toxictwig1 Год назад +2

      Why cooked?

    • @MichaelSmith-lm6xl
      @MichaelSmith-lm6xl Год назад +46

      @@toxictwig1 uncooked plant fibers can be difficult for the body to break down and digest. Sure, cooking will eliminate some nutrients, but it makes plant foods a lot easier to digest and actually allows you to access more nutrients. People who eat really healthy but still experience stomach issues should consider trying only cooked veg for a period of time. In general, I eat fruits raw and vegetables cooked.

  • @listen2thedude
    @listen2thedude Год назад +9

    I’ve always felt best and happiest on keto. I only slipped out because of vacation and plain stupidity. Gained 35 lbs in 3 months, felt horrible. Going back now and already feeling stronger and more energetic - the levels of energy were the worst when eating carbs.