It's been said "Be open to everything and attached to nothing". Then you can adjust what ever you believe. I appreciate this information. Now as others have said, Dr Berg has done wonders for a lot of people. Certainly more good than harm. He's also made himself very wealthy and he's getting to the point that he has a pill for whatever ails you (unfortunately).
I’ve been watching Dr Berg for roughly 7 years now and have seen roughly 85% of all his content. Truth is, over the years I’ve seen him go back and forth a lot on the glycemic and insulin index as far as mixing numbers. I have also seen that he post videos now that disagree with what he said multiple years prior, for example I know this video is multiple years old, if I’m not mistaken the video you’re referencing is approximately like 5 or 6 years old. However you did a great job breaking down the video and I agree on your points, but even as a berg fan I’ve seen him lack in some areas.
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
In my experience, Dr. Berg has been correct on nearly everything. He has helped many many people drop large amounts of fat, specifically visceral fat, myself included. I personally dropped 93 lbs in 9 months. Via diet alone. Eating healthy fats lowers carb cravings and fasting intermittently has helped also. In my adult life (I am 52) I have never been able to lose and maintain a healthy weight. Thanks to Dr. Berg and Sten Eckberg, I have been maintaining my high school weight for more than a year.
Thank you! We need to have the experts, like you, continue to chide the pseudo-experts. That is how all of us viewers will arrive at better understanding. I had followed Dr. Berg for a while until I realized he had a rudimentary, and often incorrect understanding, of basic metabolism. I would encourage you to do more of these analyses that correct misinformation or misunderstandings.
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
However, fat reduces gastric emptying and therefore reduces the spike /peak of insulin and therefore reduces its physiological effects. It’s not just area under the curve, its peak that counts. That’s why little bit of fat is good for you, metabolically. Also because cortisol is an anti-insulin hormone, the body has to produce larger amounts of insulin to overcome it’s antagonism. The blood sugar that is released during high doses of cortisol are not used up in a flight or fight response and therefore require more insulin to place back into the cells. Therefore you end up with more insulin acting on cell receptors to ultimately cause weight gain
Excellent breakdown thx. High cortisol causes high insulin, no matter what you eat. Each person's body chemistry is so different. Dr Berg's 48 hr claim in this video clip is laughable. There's also the argument what are we losing when we lose weight: fat or muscle. More muscle mass = more calories burned🥩🥗💪
If is true that spikes in insulin are to blame. Given that overall insulin release for large meals as it is for smaller meals taken over the day, that would seem to debunk the claim that fewer meals is preferable.
Although I am a fan of Dr Berg - I take everything he says with a grain of salt. He has his agenda and that is what he promotes. Even his supplements are not great and sometimes go against his lessons. I don't take any doctors advice 100% - they all have an agenda and my health is not part of it. It's all about making money!
@@phillustratoranyone with a phd maintains the title of Doctor and deserves as much. There are doctors in many fields of study and practice. We associate the word doctor with medical doctors because these are the phd graduates that we expose ourselves too the most. Not being a medical doctor doesn’t make anyone “not a real doctor”, thats like saying Space X rockets aren’t real rockets because they weren’t made by NASA.
Thank you so much for this. I was strong Dr Berg follower for about a year. In my case I actually ended up gaining weight. Likely not directly because of his advice but indirectly because I feel like it's easier to overeat your daily maintenance calories on a high fat diet. Fat for me is just not as satiating as carbohydrates. Now, because I was under the impression that my insulin is super low from all the fasting and high fat I was a little bit more relaxed about counting calories. This was a mistake that I learnt the hard way. I gained weight and felt lousy. Well I finally just quit keto having simply resigned to being fat and I started eating at maintenance for my ideal weight with all the macros accounted for. I was doing this to just stop from getting fatter and not expecting to lose weight. To my surprise I started losing weight fairly rapidly. I felt much better as well in terms of my energy levels and general mood. Defiantly I decided to try a high carb diet just to see what would happen. On high carb (60%-80%) I kept a calorie deficit of about 500 calories and I steadily lost weight and built a good amount of lean muscle. My lifts on the gym all improved. My sleep was amazingly good and deep. My libido improved, even though I had much less fat in my diet. Being in Zimbabwe I didn't have access to facilities that would allow me to easily get my actual blood work done so I can only offer anecdotal testimony unfortunately. My larger point is that, I wish I had found your channel a couple of years ago when I was on Dr Berg. That's a year or my life I will never get back and the misinformation cost me a lot. I feel like I still have learnt a lot of good things from Dr Berg and there is no hard feelings from me, but the whole insulin misinformation is something I feel like needs more debunking of this kind. For us lay people it sounds so good and it was hard to unlearn. So this this really helps a lot. Thank you so much, please keep this great content coming!
Wow, thanks for taking the time to share, James. Its important to experiment with oneself, and I'm glad youve found that a high carb diet works better for you. Admittedly, that won't be the case for everyone, but it ultimately very much comes down to individuals conditions. Glad I could help, and I look forward to seeing you in the future!
And i lost wieght by a ketogenic diet.and i never gain weight.with having small amounts of carb.never ever.once a week 24-27 hours of fasting , just 1.5 hours of sports once a week..it is mostly an insulin issue..yes meat and fat also increases insulin but not enough.insulin is the primary key.(!!)
You may be right and he may be wrong, but his model works. LCHF, AB protein focus, KETO, Carnivore, Beef Butter Eegs, whatever you call it, something in that nutrition genre is where I stick based on 5+ yrs experience and experimenting . Let fruit or other whole food be thy cheat. At 50 I am healed up from the damages of 45 yrs of refined fat and carb exposure. The last time I was buying size 29 waist… probably 6th or 7th grade. Had to ditch a lot of clothes, but passed on some Dr visits and probably GI surgery. Oh, and I don’t sunburn any more. The stuff that makes us fat and sick, is in the processed food. Love the videos. Appreciate the respectful intellectual disagreements.
All I can say is that after losing 40 lbs from dr.bergs advice, whenever I have a health issue I look it up on Dr. Berg's channel and I've never been let down so far
Congratulations! Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
@@rogerrabbito4517 Not. Your argument belies your professed qualifications. This video does an excellent job of presenting the actual data rather than the social-media definition of "doing your own research," which means finding everything that agrees with your preferences or preconceptions--classic confirmation bias--while minimizing sources that don't.
It’s obviously just the miracle of Scientology overcoming all of Dr. Berg’s chiropractic limitations. 🤣 This is also why I have a good bookkeeper serve as my attorney.
hey, 40 calories a day is 14600 calories a year which is just about 4 lbs of fat per year, times 10 years = 40 lbs gained between your 30s and 40s... not insignificant
Physionic just completed his PhD. Congratulations dude! You're one of my favorite brilliant minds at sifting good and bad science studies into lifestyle strategies
Keto faster here. Loads of good information here and it is MUCH appreciated because nutrition and weight loss are pretty complex. Like most folks living Keto, we've all watched our fair share of Berg videos and took them very seriously. It is excellent to see a second opinion based on science to help those of us studying health and nutrition! You've earned a new sub, especially for sarcasm and wit. :)
Haha, that means a lot to me, Sionnach. Some people could do without the sarcasm, but I'm appreciative that you enjoyed it. Thank you. Good luck with your keto and fasting - both effective techniques!
@@Physionic I lost all respect for you. You've taken Dr. Berg's advice and input your own, out of content BS, to take his information twist it because why? because you're jealous? Why don't you ask him to debate? or better yet, to clarify? Nope instead? you click-bait and trash a man that try's very hard to HELP others, and he has, no matter how you much you dislike that FACT. NO WONDER you don't have your PHD yet... It takes legitimacy to EARN that. Not wishful thinking. I'm sad for you. Now you've earned a blocked status, as well. GL... I think you're ALWAYS going to need it.
I like doc Berg and tried lots of his suggestions to good effect. As a result lost 18 kg from 87 to 69kg in a year. Overall he is more trusted to me than the specialist i regularly visited. Of course welcome an analysis and criticism here. It provides new information/another angle. Making mistakes sud be a regular part in scientific studies, as a physics student/researchers we knew most theories and experiments failed, but leading to knowing what is wrong. Still appreciate both here and doc Berg in providing knowledge/information. Doc Berg are selling supplements, yes, but every one need some incentives to work. No body cud just purely contribute without getting rewards.
I have lost lots of weight 3 times in my life of 66 years. I’ve been athletic most of my life. When I stoped drinking beer at 43 I went from a 38 size pants to a surprising 32. No reduction in my high sugar intake but ate better in that more salad’s. Then I slowly gained half that 35 pounds back and ate less but no change in sugar intake. Still cookies and ice cream but no beer. 13 years ago I still was athletic and size 32 and 55 . About 3 months ago age 66 I was a tight 36. No gym for 13 years. Started keto and intermittent fasting. My body did not want to let go of the fat. So first 2 days a week then omad then adf. Omad was a stall in weight reduction but adf is working . I get to the gym 2 or three days a week and lift more now the when I was playing handball and going to the gym. It appears that as I got older and no gym that caused muscle loss and insulin resistance. I ate lots of cookies cake and ice cream . I’ve lost 25 pounds. Most of that muscle loss is in the legs. I’ll have to get down from my 201 now to 190 to see those abs maybe more pounds then that. So a case history. Dr. Burg is an inspiration as are Dr KenDBerry MD and Dr MindyPelz. I feel IMF is the path forward. Thanks for your efforts in making this video.
And you know why you managed to lost the weight? You essentially restricted calories. Wow right? No magic in insulin, no magic with fasting. Just these dietary habits were good for your adherence and therefore it did not feel like really being strict with calories. Now question is. Do these fake doctors deserve your sub? I say no. They are either lying or systematically butchering science.
I've been accused of being a Dr Berg obsessive by my family. In fairness, he has helped me a lot with some of my health problems. The issue I found was not all of his advice seemed to work for me. Now I know why! Thanks for making this video. As a person struggling with multiple health problems, I am only interested in the truth, and that seems sadly in short supply.
Hi, Nic. I love your analytical mind and the breadth of knowledge you have on the topic. Very enjoyable content for my science oriented mind :) I wanted to direct your attention to something that is often disregarded but should definitely be considered when making broad claims based on studies is the CONTEXT of the study. If you're interested read my explanation below where I dissect the fourth study and the claims you make based on it. - in the case of the fourth study you listed, the subjects were healthy college-age lean volunteers and it is true that there were no differences in the amount of insulin excreted, however, just because healthy people secrete the same amount of insulin over 24h with 3 vs 14 meals does not then mean that everybody does (e.g. compare this with overweight people with severe insulin resistance - would you expect to see the same results?). This is a claim you are effectively making, instead of recognizing that we just do not know whether that's the case or not. Additionally, you leave out a relevant fact that the area under the curve of blood glucose in the 3 meals a day condition is lower than in 14 meals a day indicating better blood sugar control (which would be reflected in a lower A1c over 4 months, and could potentially lead to metabolic syndrome and diabetes over the long term). Additionally, additionally, short term 3 day challenge cannot directly translate into chronic long-term exposure. Have these same people eat 3 vs 14 meals a day for 10 years and then lets see who got fat, who got insulin resistance, etc.
also notice how Dr. Berg said that the additional meals "spike your insulin" and the examples he used were "grazing at night", "snacking between meals". He did not say that if you eat the same amount of food but you break it up in more meals the end result would be more overall insulin... even the graph you showed clearly shows after meal insulin spikes in the 3 meal a day group. I agree that he didn't quite make his point clear, but I would say he definitely did not make the point you addressed.
LOL, exactly rigt! Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
Great video. I don’t know what to believe anymore. Everyone single person has different beliefs. For my own personal sake, I’m going just say the name of the game is calorie restriction, and Keto and Fasting help me do that.
@@JohnTheRevelat0r bullshit, what you don't get in the balancing formula is you don't always have energy available, so the body find way to burn less to keep the balance. ex: you eat 2000k (and burn equal, to keep simple) calorie/day, you cut to 1500, if everything was equal, you'd take the 500 calorie from your fat reserve and lose weight at 500 per day.. but if the insulin is high, then you can't burn as much fat, let say you burn 300 of fat and your body try to save 200 calorie elsewhere, metabolism, exercise, etc. so in the end you only lose 300/day. That why calorie in =/= calorie out
@@JohnTheRevelat0r your insulin will be HIGH when you eat, EVEN if you don't eat ENOUGH, that's why a serie of small meal is bad, you start eating, body anticipate and pump insulin.. then you stop eating with too much insulin for the current calorie eaten... insulin goes down but it's not instant, during that time, it's hard for the body to use fat, so it drop energy usage anywhere else it can.
Whatever You say, thanks to "Dr." Berg, I managed to lose all my excessive fat weight at a time after nothing else worked according to WHO standard lower calories diets. Maybe he is not explaining the process totally accurate, but this is not his only video on this subject. The most important thing for me is that this method worked.
The bottom line is not to eat fat and sugar together. When you eat high carb if you refrain from fat then there is no fat to store. If you eat keto, you are keeping insulin levels low in the presence of fat. It's simple, most people can understand this. Being an asshole is not a good conduit for imparting information. No matter how academically accomplished or smart you are you will reach far less people by being confrontational.
I started to watch Dr B less when I concluded his answer to every malady is not to consume any sugar. Sugar comes in so many natural forms including dairy. 😊
The problem with these studies (as the one you just mentioned at min 2) and with people like you interpreting them, is that they are made in isolation, in forecast. They are more or less assumptions and predictions. What I know for certain though, using a little bit of a holistic approach, is that BMR can be influenced by soo many lifestyle variables in people s lifes. From exercise, stress, work-life balance, diet, in what kind of society one lives (rural, slow paced or city-capitalist like) etc. THIS is an approach you don t need a PHD for in order to undertake in life on various problems that must be analysed
Hey Bogdan, that's actually incorrect. The study I cited is a prospective longitudinal study that does use predictions; however, in a video I'll be releasing on the channel in a week or so, multiple studies have observed people over decades of time and found the same results with hundreds of participants, so no predictions were made - simply measures from one time point, then again decades later. They show the same results as this predictive one. However, I certainly agree that BMR is affected by a myriad of factor, but that's why we have statistics and multiple studies to hone in on the answers. :)
@@bogdanditu11 Completely agree, they can be manipulated, so it's important to be educated on them to catch errors. I look forward to your take on it, Bogdan!
I enjoy being pedantic, but I also try not to lose sight of the big picture. Weight loss is a simple concept: burn more calories than you consume. A diet low in simple carbs, protein and some fat may help people maintain a caloric-deficit diet because such a diet helps control hunger. Losing weight increases insulin sensitivity. Insulin resistance is tied to type II diabetes and CVD.
Your comment about too frequent meals not causing MORE insulin is technically correct, but , what he is referring to is that eating every two hours, for instance, would result in elevated insulin levels across the day , with no "rest" time between meals, so, less time to burn fat, as the insulin would promote burning glucose, IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT OF THE BLOOD STREAM!!!!!.
I'm 80 and I've had a hard time maintaining my 150 lbs, that is , to keep from loosing weight. I regularly drop down into the low 140s , then I have to pasta up for a while
Dr Berger must be wrong in some points but is also true that many people got helped, specially those that were eating a ton of garbage 😅 because even if he is giving wrong info he is telling u eat less, eat less sugars, maintain your body active, etc only doing that itself is a ton of help to your body
I’m just a little N=1. As an athlete, 10 yrs ago I started mysteriously gaining weight. Cycling 175m wkly. Years of texting everything. Then found out I had insulin resistance. My insulin is 33 😳. going carnivore is bringing that number down, but I was having hidden problems with ingesting most carbs. The inflamation is coming down and I am losing weight. for my N=1, it was too much insulin. the only problem is they don’t know why my body had the issue. Love, love love your stuff. Thanks for all you do. Will be Pro-subbing shortly 🥰
I am a Dr. Berg "fan", but I also know that he's often wrong about the mechanisms and tends to go into the "holistic" nonsense that is part of Chiropractic dogma. I take what sounds correct, based on other sources, but I also am wary of critiques which cite only singular sources that agree with the critique. Food and metabolic science has often been wrong for more than half a century (and you can thank the authoritarian Ancel Keys for that disaster), so I am also considering that there may still be issues with the science because it is VERY HARD to do right, especially when it comes to self-reporting by test subjects. Not saying that is the case here, but it is a widespread problem in this field. As for fats and proteins raising/spiking insulin, it depends. People on the ketogenic diet who do regular monitoring of their blood glucose and insulin levels often do not see significant increases in insulin after eating. (yes, I am aware of the self-reporting issue here, but the problem with self-reporting has to do with people not remembering or misrepresenting or just outright dissembling about their diet, NOT with people self-reporting factual metrics and painstakingly recording and detailing their diets). Yes, fats and proteins can raise insulin, but they rarely "spike" it, and the increases, if present, are very modest, compared to carbohydrates. In terms of RUclips "Doctors". I tend to prefer Dr. Ken Berry over Dr. Berg. Berry tends to spend a great deal of time not only presenting research, but analyzing and evaluating its quality. Also, as a practicing physician, he has evidence that a lot of what he talks about does have a positive effect in his patients who participate. Anecdotal, perhaps, since it isn't research quality evidence, but it still is evidence, nonetheless.
I’ve noticed that, Thank you! Something didn’t seem right about 8 cups of water a day is a myth video. He made it sound like most people don’t understand the limit they can drink a day or what the statement ‘drink more water’ represents, it means substituting sugary drinks with water. The thing about diets it’s not so black and white, what works for one person may not work for another. He breaks down common causes of accumulation of belly fat correctly. A lot of things he says are completely true but again generalizations probably aren’t a great solution because everyone may have a particular reason or a medical conditions. I think what happens is that cortisol increase triggers overeating which in turn increases insulin. It’s not that Cortisol directly triggers insulin, it’s just eating is a coping mechanism to combat stress for many people including myself.
Many things Dr Berg say about keto definitely work for me, but the water video was just ridiculous. I agree with you. I have kidney stones and live in a tropical part of Brazil. If I drink as much water as he recommends, I can lose a kidney. And other people would start forming kidney stones besides all the other dangers.
I’m glad you did that because all of us who are trying to learn and increase our knowledge, need as accurate information as possible. I realize that with time things can change, that’s a given. The problem is that I see several people making videos and uploading them here on RUclips that have no idea what they are doing. We have to be very careful of what we watch and who we listen to because there’s so much misinformation being pushed and promoted and sometimes it’s by people who have a medical license. A medical license does not mean that they are an authority on certain subjects that were not covered in medical school. Thank you again.
A question, if you're still reading and responding to comments on this video. If eating the same amount of calories in fewer big meals or more small meals produces the same amount of insulin, then why would I lose weight doing intermittent fasting but gain weight eating more meals? That's the only point of contention I have with the information in this video.
Because you aren’t consuming the same amount of calories in both conditions. People will often then tell me, “yes, I am”, but unless a person is literally weighing all their food and tracking it, they can’t know that. Intermittent fasting, inherently, leads to weight loss because it restricts the amount we can eat in a day.
So you are saying cortisol released in the flight or fight response creates blood sugar, and this does NOT increase insulin if you just stand there and do not use any of it?
I do like Dr. Berg. No one is perfect but I do appreciate having the scientific information. Now I have to question his information on amount of potassium we need a day, 4700 mg and a banana only has 300 mg. So, I will research that. I follow Dr. Brad and was listening to Dr. Sinclair also when I started my longevity plan in the past year. That's why I am glad I found you! Just started the Taurine. Oh, I was taking Turmeric and Glucosamine 1 or 2 caps. Your research showed not to take them together I believe.
I’m a fan of those who present videos with proof of studies. Thank you for the nice presentation. I learned something new. I added you to my subscription. Blessings
It is true that Dr Berg hasn t compelled the best video in this case (we can see that it s a 5 year old video or so), you have failed to see the whole picture: insulin is the root case because it leads to insulin resistance, and only then fat lose can truly never occur again because nutrients are not properly metabolised.
Again, while it is true that high insulin is a cause for insulin resistance, that's like saying water is the reason for drowning - it's true, but context needs to be applied. No doubt, in a high insulin situation, you aren't able to metabolize glucose well, because it fails to enter the cells, I agree.
@@Physionic I believe that keto is surely not the only way to burn fat and stay lean. Obviously! Running the body on glucose with high or frequent insulin present is also very possible. The bodybuilders are a living proof. Yet, is that sustainable? Not really. Whereas ketosis is our natural state of being, for us humans since evolution till like the first agricultural revolution, most likely (even though here comes another dilema to wether Homo Sapiens had different diets and metabolism than the Neanderthals).
@@Physionic At the end of the video it is mention that some people advocate for Dr Berg saying he is symplifying the data. But also, that he is wrong in various subjects. We all know that the human being is great machine. And there is a lot of things we still dont know about how it works. And there is always "a new study thats proves"...so eveything always changing..it is evolving. So the perfect study I asume will not cover all variables and all individuals. Therefore is reasonable to understand he could be possible right in a few thing...other he still wrong...cause we dont know the context at which he is refering to. So as everything in live, we always improve by having diferent opinions etc. and discussing them. Even in science, people have different believes on how things are. So, Berg as a Chiropractor doctor must know his limitations, and maybe that's why in the videos I seen from him he metion his credentials and a disclaimer. No one will deliver a message in a simple way without wrongly falling in technical details, no one. Even tomorrow...yes...a new study "will prove" that we stated today is not totally right. So, until God send us our Instructions & User Manual.....regarding this topic... it will always depend how the message has been delivered (yours and Berg"s). And if it give me better health and conciousness of me been reponsible of my body....less care i have if its the mitochondria or whatever at a microscopic level....although good to know. So I can understand both of you are correct in a certain way delivering your message. Keep it up!
Dr. Berg talks about burning fat, not lose weight. He said when insulin is high, body will not burn fat, but store sugar inti fat. Losing weight is about calories in vs calories out
My own experience. Over last six months , I have reduced my A1C from 6.8 to 5.8, my weight about 35 lbs and my trigs, HDL improved significantly with very small uptick in my LDL-c. Waiting for my NMRProfile All following Dr Jason Fungs advice , consuming largely fats and low carb diet devoid of any refined carbs. with , very recently starting an exercise regime majority of positive impact has been due to low carb diet and decrease insulin resistance
This lacks context. Who is Berg's audience? He is clearly trying to keep this simple, its a summary. Your rebuttals ignore motivational/ Human psychology factors. Also, you are charcterising his arguments incorrectly "strawman" he did not say if you douse insulin producing cells in cortisol, they will increase insulin production. Multi meals argument is about quantity of insulin in total rather than proportion of time below a threshold. Etc basically a human is not a petri dish.
I generally like Dr. Berg. I think if you follow most of his advice you will get healthier....you can't argue with the people in his comment section that have gotten healthier...which is the main metric. But I like your hardcore science based approach that will give people a more critical eye to what he says. New sub
@@larshader9265 this is true. Our indigenous cultures developed many positive health practices and products without double blind peer reviewed studies.
May I say this is a double sided coil. Berg is a Chiropractor first but I am sure he has learned a lot. a Dr only learns what he is taught in Med school, some being better than others and some continue to learn and others know it all by telling us what they learned in school. I had one tell me there was no such thing as Lime disease which is known to be true. Doubt it? Ask someone that has it.
Carbohidrates are only for those who can burn them. Off course ketogenic diet still stimulates. Berg didn’t say it completely doesn’t rise insulin! 🤔… on science you will find often conflicting information on many stuff, including diets. But come on, if you make an study with a design of same calories amount on two groups, one keto other High Carb just to prove that the weight difference is not that much, but you don’t actualy measure grelin of if you force both groups to consume same calories while we know in REAL WORLD, only a keto/LowCarb diet can successfully manage and sustain your appetite levels down, and that a High Carb diet keeps you hungry all of the time and ignores that fact on the months to come or shows articles that look into only a few weeks and ignore that multitude of people that controlled they’re T2 Diabetes, hypertension and obesity with keto diets and are being able to successfully mantain those goals… you don’t need much more proofs, specially if you’re one of those who has been fat, sick and metabolic unhealthy and corrected all of that doing exactly keto… it’s difficult to convince me the opposite, sorry… it’s like the pandemics “scientific” war where we saw many times science correct patterns and ethics being trampled and even prestigious scientific papers remooving an article becouse people discovered pertinent and unacceptable errors that the editor board missed… arf… and each time more and more i have less fear of the meteor and it stops being a problem and start becoming a solution…
I am not a fan as you put it but I have three points. First there is no doubt that all ‘diets’ involve an amount of calory restriction which explains the weight loss in the one experiment you mention but he is talking about people who can’t lose fat. One study over a few weeks does not cover them. Chris Gardner’s A to Z trial of four diets showed that all four had a group who did not lose weight and a small number who put on weight. Do you have a mechanism for them? Second what about those who have hyperinsulineamia? A study of healthy young men such as you cite has very little to say about those who are metabolically damaged. Do you have a study of that group showing the same results? Just one will do. Lastly this is a topic I am curious about. A number of people on the internet a claiming like dr Berge that it is the number of spikes which matters. So my question is which is worse two or three large spikes with dips in between or a fairly constant level due to lots of small meals?
@@gloriacote2074 you know I am starting to not trust them as well because they seem to not care about your health just money and many of them are actually stupid I been seeing more videos from dr berg since I made that comment but I think his videos are better he gives a more alternative approach than the drugs and lies most md give
I think you are wrong when you compare a ketogenic diet to a low carb diet and say there is no difference in weight loss. Berg may be exaggerating, but by overall he's right. Multiple meals (especially if they contain carbohydrates) may not raise insulin levels, but they keep the body in a state where it is difficult to lose weight, in addition, they block or slow down other processes such as autophagy.
always with great delivery!! I have to say though, most of the points you disagree with him on, are subjectively interpreted and he tends to oversimplify to the point it becomes a lie. not that he is 100% wrong.
I think that most people that watch his videos do not have any scientific background, so in order to get the message through he tends to exaggerate, like he did on the insulin point, not taking in consideration calories for ex. But its not a lie that high insulin makes it harder to lose fat. Its more of a multifactorial problem. So in a way yeah he's scientifically wrong. But would everyone get the message that high insulin is bad if he had expressed it differently. IDK
I understand. I see where you're coming from, but it's my belief that it is possible to be intellectually rigorous and still maintain a simple explanation. For example, disclaimers like "there are other factors that need to be taken into account", "this isn't all encompassing", "other hormones also play a role" are imperative and take no time or effort to say. Although I focus on more details than Dr. Berg, I do feel strongly that a teacher with more knowledge than he could do a better job translating complex concepts without misrepresenting or glossing over key points that would lead an audience to be misled.
My life experiences tell me he’s wrong: when I’m super stressed, I lose weight (usually because I’m also super busy), but even just stress. I went through a horrible break up years ago and lost 30 pounds in one month. I wasn’t even over weight, and ended up looking malnourished. I “rebounded” by eventually gaining about 15 pounds back, thankfully. I’m not a stress eater! Some are, so they stress and eat… I’m a boredom eater and will gain weight if I just sit around. So weird… not. It’s calories in/calories out baby, no matter how hard the Dr. Chiropractor keto crowd pretends otherwise As a side note: I understood that MSG caused weight gain become it’s added to (typically low quality) foods, which ups the flavor factor, leading to over-consumption of easy to digest, low fiber foods (aka “low quality” foods). Almost like it’s calories matter!! Lol. All roads lead back to calories; fiber is what slows down calorie consumption since you can’t eat as much when you’re full of fiber. What do I know though, I only lost over 100 pounds over 25 YEARS AGO and have never regained it 🎉 That makes me the unicorn people claim don’t exist. How did I do it? Calorie reduction and exercise (walking and later riding a bike. Nothing crazy).
i have no idea who LL Cool J even is. no, the greatest human being in the history of the universe is none other than Donald J Trump himself. Donald Trump for President in 2024!
Got started on intermittent fasting to lower my BP thanks to Dr Berg. But I am just that much of a nerd that i find his explanations lacking, but way too busy to really dig deep into the science. My takeaway from his videos was that I'll just be moving my meal schedule around and reducing carbs, so if it works then great. Thanks for the fact checks. BTW I just subscribed last night from watching your mitochodrial video series.
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
Thank you! Dr. Berg bugs the becheezus out of me. Christopher Gardner, Stanford, has done decent studies showing it’s equally possible to lose weight on any type of diet.
Berg is referring to those with metabolic syndrome. He fails to mention this and thus is in error. Secondly different people respond differently to adjusting to metabolism and insulin effects. Processed junk foods usually in the form of starches and grains should be abandoned,especially those made with added sugar and vegetable oils. Forget weight loss. A health promoting program is necessary then the fat comes off. Then the issues of emotional eating has to be factored in. Most everyone gets it wrong. The entire human has to be considered.
I guess, after you realise you've been totally unaware of the pitfalls of a common fast food, sugary drinks and snacks diet, next big one would be the emotional aspect?!
I lost 80 lbs in my mid 20’s and I was on insulin shots everyday. . . I went to weight watchers and started jumping on a rebounder. After I got down to 100 lbs I was taken off insulin and I gained 10 lbs back which was my normal weight.
an in vitro study with isolated beta cells having a cortisol bath does not prove that insulin is not affected by cortisol or by stress in general. there are many other mechanisms that link insulin and insulin sensitivity to stress. I agree about the issues with dr bergs "science" but your scientific approach has flaws too
He's wrong far more often than he's right, that's for sure. He does not help the reputation of chiropractors as giving highly incorrect/misleading information on topics way out of their lane/training.
@@Physionic wow...vain much? All that your degree means is that you learned what the books and professors taught you. L.I.F.E. teaches many lessons, as well.
@@Physionic while Clinical practicians treat and see results everyday that many PhD say can't happen... if there is no study to prove it. Like Dr. Fung. the problem is the lack of studies and research paper, mostly due to lack of financing, evidently, pharma is not interesting in funding research that offer a way to NOT use their products ...
I guess I never paid attention to his ommission of calories in this particular argument. A high carb diet with reduced calories will let you lose weight, also a low carb diet with excess calories will cause you to lose weight. My understanding is that the insulin suppresses the hunger/satiety hormones, so the low carb diet allows you to feel full where you are always hungry on the high carb diet. I know for myself, once I start eating carbs I cannot stop.
As i suspected eating to much is easy cos we have too easy access to food ,gluttony is just a another sin that we need to find ways to resist, i will ask my maker for help, I very much apreciate your desire for truth ,my wife who has studied naturopathy found it very hard to listen to Bob. I listened to him and have found his direction helpfull, but am glad to hear you sifting his ideas. I need acurate knowledge,trusting you are as acurate as you are sincere.
Not a fan of Dr Berg but you took it personal because he speaks in error about things that you know are wrong. Good on you, thanks for shedding some light. However, how you feel doesn’t have to be a part of the video. No one is a know it all. What goes around comes around. Don’t be surprised if someone makes a video fact checking you
Fair enough. People have been asking me to show more of my personality, so I do. Either way, people will disagree with the way I deliver content, so I can’t appease everyone. However, if someone were to correct me, I’d welcome it. I’m not looking to be a guru that blindly sticks to things, but rather to grow as I learn more, so if someone else were to correct me *with studies*, I’d correct my stance, appropriately. Scientific criticism for the sake of achieving truth isn’t something I’m afraid, that’s the goal of this brand. Thanks for chiming in, deff.
@@Physionic I can only WISH they'd do studies on how keto has helped so many menopausal women. I'm in several Facebook groups for over 50's etc and I swear, the majority of the success stories in that age group are following a ketogenic lifestyle. I myself have not only lost weight but got my T2 diabetes under control and have dropped a laundry list of prescription drugs. My experience is only one amongst hundreds of people.
Sorry to add more contradiction to the chorus, by your autistic delivery makes me instinctively trust you more than the more charismatic gurus. I just want the data.
Third year of my paleo journey, low carb diet and activity. Hormones matter IMHO and experience. I'm up to OMAD now and exquisite appetite control since the first six weeks. Stronger, leaner, more energy and clear head. It's anecdotal BUT I'm happy to have stumbled onto this paleo hack, it feels so primal and REAL. 🙏🙏 Mark Sisson 🙏🙏
What I have found works for loosing excessive weight is to eat less carbs and more fat. Not necessarily keto, though! The reason it works is that you simply doesn't get hungry so quickly. So you eat less during the day, without really trying to do that. Have you noticed that you can eat a large sandwich with a lot of calories, and you get hungry after two hours? Fat makes you go longer between meals. You don't feel the need for any snacks. But I think it's a mistake to eat such a small meal that you still are hungry. That probably wrong. The idea is to not try to diet!
Thanks for this video. I followed Dr. Berg for a while, but after a while I noticed some things didn’t ring true. I am thankful for his videos in as much that they had me start thinking differently about food, but I cannot watch him anymore. Plus, his “zen” voice just ends up irritating me every time. I know there are some that love the way he talks, and find it relaxing- just not me. 🤷🏻♀️ I have been on keto for 11 months now, and I am trying to tweak because my LDL went way up, and blood pressure remained the same - too much saturated fat, I suspect. All my other numbers have gone down , and I have lost 40 pounds and my A1C is at a normal level. This video has helped a lot, thank you!
I'm soo happy you came out with this expose on Dr Berg. I followed his advice, lost 90 lbs in 6 mo. at 66 yrs old with 25 yrs of multiple myeloma (mayo clinic patient). I didn't increase my physical activity over the majority of the winter. However I am now concerned that my scale may be defective. Thank you
I noticed Dr. Berg was full of pseudoscience pretty early on, it honestly turned me off from him and a couple others like him. I was put on a ketogenic diet by a medical practitioner at my clinic for treatment of type 2 diabetes and being really overweight. I also have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome type 3, so I'm very sensitive to joint inflammation, so, my approach to keto seems to lessen joint pain too. I lost about 90lbs in a year and my a1c dove back to normal. I do notice I gain weight, have more joint pain, along with louder popping, and l get nasty rebound hunger when I eat sweets and simple starch. I have noticed that for me time restricted eating seemed to help in limiting the intake and I do think there was some benefit over spreading out calorie restriction. I don't like the numerous small snacks method. I feel better overall just eating 1 or 2 good sized meals daily. Maybe some truth in greater presence of growth hormone with time restricted eating? I know it's supposed to decrease muscle wasting when doing longer fasts. I also have observed with myself that higher protein than is recommended, but still relying on fat to fuel, makes me feel far better. I'd love to be able to quantify my observations over just knowing it works. Staying strictly higher protein keto, and intermittently fasted, seems to be the most effective thing I've tried in the last 30 years of my 50 years of life.
I don't think it's what you say that makes you seem petty in this, it's largely the way you say it. You agree that he gets a lot right, bit you act as if he's the dumbest dude in the world - when he is on the money with many things and has helped a lot of people with their health. You can make small corrections and add nuance e and detail to the videos of others without deriding them so much.
About the overall amount of insulin not being different depending on how many meals you eat makes sense but is the time that your insulin is kept above your fasting insulin levels longer in the frequent meal eaters compared to the larger meal eaters, and if so might there be negative health conditions associated with it? Just wondering because I am a snacker by nature 😊 I enjoy your videos thanks
See there are lots of extremes - one say to eat highly fat ; another to avoid fat as it has high calorie; I am concerned that you have to take supplements and vinegar to go? Why you can’t take it with good?! Plus frying is not great Better to write journal ; analyze the trips and adjust it I personally can’t eat fatty meat
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
Dude makes fun of how Berg says 'insulin' - I have watched 82 Berg videos, and he doesn't mock others. Mockery is childish. Berg is great and wants to help. Errors occur but mockery is foolish and degrades your argument.
That’s a fair critique. I’ve worked on being less needling about these things since this video. I was wrong in how I presented, but I still stand by the scientific points. Thanks for watching.
Dr. Berg got me going on my "biohacking" journey trying to understand the biological mechanisms behind my various chronic malaise and my bodies stubborn lack of response to my demanding and begging for improvements mind body and soul. I recognized that he was loose with the facts at times, he is a doctor of chiropractor(y?) after all and he has this line of very expensive supplements... Soooo, I still like him as a person but I have moved on. To you, just recently, and others, who "supplement" their assertions with studies and such. I wonder what you think of Dr. Jason Fung?? A doctor who specializes in diabetes, is very pro-fasting and is very critical of other diabetes doctors and of established government guidelines which he says have turned diabetes type 2 into a very lucrative chronic illness instead of curing it as he claims to be able.
What do you think of him now after 2 years? Also he says there's no such thing as a slow metabolism now What about how his advice including myself helping countless people? I've lost about 12kg's in just 5 to 6 months on his advice And why mock when it's wrong to? And what about how he says that fat does turn to insulin? Also what about he's new discovery we've been exercising incorrectly We should be resting more than 4 to 5 minutes now And he's talking about really fit people on a high carb diet Also no one in my town losing weight on high carb diet that's not exercising heaps only me on a keto meat diet which is why I receive heaps of compliments now I agree with
Whenever I hear anyone making claims of "how to lose belly fat" I cringe--then click the go-away button. I'm also a bit wary of chiropractors giving medical, or even health, advice.
Your dismissive of the 20 to 40 calorie-a-day difference. But consider that from age 20 to 40, if you continue to eat the exact same amount you did it 20 and your exercise expenditure is exactly the same, you would still gain from 40 to 80 lbs in that 20 years.
If it increased insulin by 100% wouldn't that mean it doubled it? And if it increased it by 200% then it tripled it right? ... Didn't sound accurate anyway...
If you are male, you have more testosterone when you are a young adult. This declines with age and that alone will make you more prone to make fat than muscle.
You do have to admire his 11M subscribers. He clearly chooses his data to appeal to the clickiest RUclips consumers and maximizes profits .. which at 11M subscribers must be impressive. Also impressive is that he churns this crap out day after day in 15 minute chunks (and 1 take). I’m a little jealous … I’ll bet he’s pulling in $1M/year with 1 camera and an Office Depot marker set. Allowing chiropractors to add “Dr” to their title was a RUclips goldmine.
Well, well, I've voted thumb down. The reason is that your arguments are pure rethoric and miss the context of Berg's statements. For instance, he states that insulin plays the main role when you have this hormone out of balance (higher than healhty level in fasting state). And all his arguments refer to this context. Your arguments mainly refer to metabolically healty population. Nutrient composition has significant impact on results. Here you are: interesting study - Extended Ketogenic Diet and Physical Training Intervention in Military Personnel. At 9 min you've said that eating more fat (above equilibrium level) on low carb-diet would definitely rise weight (regardles of insulin and there are no studies on humans). Well, there are at least 2 studies on humans and they argue against your statement. One example is case study of Sam Feltham, "A case study of overfeeding 3 different diets" 5800 kcals over 21 days each. on low carb gain 1.3 kg, on ultra-low-fat-vegan +4.7 kg, on ordinary low fat - gain + 7.1 kg. The second one, I Had downloaded on disk, but can't find it nor recollect title (thay ate above equilitbrium - about 400 g of fat daily and lost weight)
Rhetoric? Hardly. Also, you realize your example case study of Sam Feltham is an n=1 study? That means ONE person was involved. How can you even consider that evidence to draw conclusions about efficacy of different diets? And your second study you can't find?
"Calories count, but don't count calories". Berg is great at getting info across in a short easy to understand way.. It is hard to avoid over-statement. But Dr. Lustig (who is more expert & precise) and Dr. Becky (who makes more modest claims) are not as vulnerable to this critique.
I agree DR Berg is a bit of a quack. However I have a question about the high carb v low carb study. Were the people insulin resistant, and was their food intake restricted, regardless of hunger. I’m less hungry after reducing my carb intake, not having breakfast cereal, bread, rice, pasta or potatoes with every meal. I find it hard to over eat steak, but potato chips and candy there’s always room.
The thing is he is simplifying a lot on the physiological and biochemical level but you have got to admit you're being a bit petty with some of your arguments. For example I knew you would correct him on 'fat blunts insulin spike' which is not exactly true but you do get that what he actually meant is that the insulin increase is much lower than it would be if one consumed the same amount in carbs. I personnally prefer when these concepts are indeed explained a bit more in detail as I am a nutrition nerd but I do understand that the vast majority of people don't have the ability or the willingness to go read the source papers. The mere fact that he is helping people by giving practical advice and paths to explore when encountering a given health problem is very valuable and refreshing from all the marketing that end up making the bulk of people's nutritional education unfortunately.
The major missing component is the fat storage that needs to be depleted in the liver before the body can start activating other fat storage areas. The body doesn't store proteins and fats as easily and therefore cannot as easily replace your liver storage which is why staying in a state of ketosis with lower insulin foods works more efficiently when burning fat. Also these studies need to be done on the 3 body types ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. They all have different responses to carbohydrates. And since the 2 of the 3 actually can store fat easily this imf keto advice for fat loss is really just targeted to those. The Ectomorphs can eat sugary carb rich foods all day and not gain much excess weight and my concern is how many Ectomorphs are used in these metabolic studies.
![My 15 Year Mistake: Exercise. [Study 196, 197]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ziKSWaVZ2BA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Long Term Effects from Fat Loss - Hormones, Weight Regain? [Study Breakdown]](/img/1.gif)
When a chiropractor suggests a happy ending, I get nervous.
🤣
But he's a doctor, he must know what he's talking about. Chiroquacks are masters of the universe, especially if they are also scientologists.
Hahaha…(masters of universe)
It's been said "Be open to everything and attached to nothing". Then you can adjust what ever you believe. I appreciate this information. Now as others have said, Dr Berg has done wonders for a lot of people. Certainly more good than harm. He's also made himself very wealthy and he's getting to the point that he has a pill for whatever ails you (unfortunately).
I’ve been watching Dr Berg for roughly 7 years now and have seen roughly 85% of all his content. Truth is, over the years I’ve seen him go back and forth a lot on the glycemic and insulin index as far as mixing numbers. I have also seen that he post videos now that disagree with what he said multiple years prior, for example I know this video is multiple years old, if I’m not mistaken the video you’re referencing is approximately like 5 or 6 years old. However you did a great job breaking down the video and I agree on your points, but even as a berg fan I’ve seen him lack in some areas.
Thank you for being objective, J - you're a rare person in this day and age. I deeply appreciate you.
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
@@michaelasamek5130 He is also a scientologist.
He’s also Scientologist which is a red flag
In my experience, Dr. Berg has been correct on nearly everything. He has helped many many people drop large amounts of fat, specifically visceral fat, myself included.
I personally dropped 93 lbs in 9 months. Via diet alone. Eating healthy fats lowers carb cravings and fasting intermittently has helped also. In my adult life (I am 52) I have never been able to lose and maintain a healthy weight. Thanks to Dr. Berg and Sten Eckberg, I have been maintaining my high school weight for more than a year.
Not here to bash your success with Berg.
Thank you! We need to have the experts, like you, continue to chide the pseudo-experts. That is how all of us viewers will arrive at better understanding. I had followed Dr. Berg for a while until I realized he had a rudimentary, and often incorrect understanding, of basic metabolism. I would encourage you to do more of these analyses that correct misinformation or misunderstandings.
I'm on it, thanks, Phil!
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
@@michaelasamek5130nice rant bro.
However, fat reduces gastric emptying and therefore reduces the spike /peak of insulin and therefore reduces its physiological effects. It’s not just area under the curve, its peak that counts. That’s why little bit of fat is good for you, metabolically. Also because cortisol is an anti-insulin hormone, the body has to produce larger amounts of insulin to overcome it’s antagonism. The blood sugar that is released during high doses of cortisol are not used up in a flight or fight response and therefore require more insulin to place back into the cells. Therefore you end up with more insulin acting on cell receptors to ultimately cause weight gain
Excellent breakdown thx. High cortisol causes high insulin, no matter what you eat. Each person's body chemistry is so different. Dr Berg's 48 hr claim in this video clip is laughable. There's also the argument what are we losing when we lose weight: fat or muscle. More muscle mass = more calories burned🥩🥗💪
Stick to the videos that provide your researched analysis and let go of the condescending videos
If is true that spikes in insulin are to blame. Given that overall insulin release for large meals as it is for smaller meals taken over the day, that would seem to debunk the claim that fewer meals is preferable.
Insulin does not cause weight gain.
@@zenawarrior7442Exercise increases cortisol but lowers plasma insulin.
Although I am a fan of Dr Berg - I take everything he says with a grain of salt. He has his agenda and that is what he promotes. Even his supplements are not great and sometimes go against his lessons. I don't take any doctors advice 100% - they all have an agenda and my health is not part of it. It's all about making money!
I start to get skeptical when they start to sell things, especially supplements. For some reason, that is a huge red flag to me.
He's not a medical doctor, heck, not even a real doctor. He's a chiropractor meaning a doctor in quackery.
Same. He's not telling people to eat/do 0:42 anything unhealthy, but he has a great sideline selling vitamins so I watch with detachment.
You must have blood pressure with all the pinches of salt 🧂 your taking.
@@phillustratoranyone with a phd maintains the title of Doctor and deserves as much. There are doctors in many fields of study and practice. We associate the word doctor with medical doctors because these are the phd graduates that we expose ourselves too the most. Not being a medical doctor doesn’t make anyone “not a real doctor”, thats like saying Space X rockets aren’t real rockets because they weren’t made by NASA.
Watching this after the coffee is killing you video. Once again great job my friend, you have got yourself a new fan!:)
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. I was strong Dr Berg follower for about a year. In my case I actually ended up gaining weight. Likely not directly because of his advice but indirectly because I feel like it's easier to overeat your daily maintenance calories on a high fat diet. Fat for me is just not as satiating as carbohydrates. Now, because I was under the impression that my insulin is super low from all the fasting and high fat I was a little bit more relaxed about counting calories. This was a mistake that I learnt the hard way. I gained weight and felt lousy.
Well I finally just quit keto having simply resigned to being fat and I started eating at maintenance for my ideal weight with all the macros accounted for. I was doing this to just stop from getting fatter and not expecting to lose weight. To my surprise I started losing weight fairly rapidly.
I felt much better as well in terms of my energy levels and general mood. Defiantly I decided to try a high carb diet just to see what would happen. On high carb (60%-80%) I kept a calorie deficit of about 500 calories and I steadily lost weight and built a good amount of lean muscle. My lifts on the gym all improved. My sleep was amazingly good and deep. My libido improved, even though I had much less fat in my diet.
Being in Zimbabwe I didn't have access to facilities that would allow me to easily get my actual blood work done so I can only offer anecdotal testimony unfortunately. My larger point is that, I wish I had found your channel a couple of years ago when I was on Dr Berg. That's a year or my life I will never get back and the misinformation cost me a lot.
I feel like I still have learnt a lot of good things from Dr Berg and there is no hard feelings from me, but the whole insulin misinformation is something I feel like needs more debunking of this kind. For us lay people it sounds so good and it was hard to unlearn. So this this really helps a lot. Thank you so much, please keep this great content coming!
Wow, thanks for taking the time to share, James. Its important to experiment with oneself, and I'm glad youve found that a high carb diet works better for you. Admittedly, that won't be the case for everyone, but it ultimately very much comes down to individuals conditions. Glad I could help, and I look forward to seeing you in the future!
Thanks for sharing! I think you are right, it's crucial to find a diet which makes you feel satiated.
And i lost wieght by a ketogenic diet.and i never gain weight.with having small amounts of carb.never ever.once a week 24-27 hours of fasting , just 1.5 hours of sports once a week..it is mostly an insulin issue..yes meat and fat also increases insulin but not enough.insulin is the primary key.(!!)
You may be right and he may be wrong, but his model works. LCHF, AB protein focus, KETO, Carnivore, Beef Butter Eegs, whatever you call it, something in that nutrition genre is where I stick based on 5+ yrs experience and experimenting . Let fruit or other whole food be thy cheat. At 50 I am healed up from the damages of 45 yrs of refined fat and carb exposure. The last time I was buying size 29 waist… probably 6th or 7th grade. Had to ditch a lot of clothes, but passed on some Dr visits and probably GI surgery. Oh, and I don’t sunburn any more. The stuff that makes us fat and sick, is in the processed food. Love the videos. Appreciate the respectful intellectual disagreements.
All I can say is that after losing 40 lbs from dr.bergs advice, whenever I have a health issue I look it up on Dr. Berg's channel and I've never been let down so far
Congratulations!
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
@@rogerrabbito4517 Not. Your argument belies your professed qualifications. This video does an excellent job of presenting the actual data rather than the social-media definition of "doing your own research," which means finding everything that agrees with your preferences or preconceptions--classic confirmation bias--while minimizing sources that don't.
It’s obviously just the miracle of Scientology overcoming all of Dr. Berg’s chiropractic limitations. 🤣 This is also why I have a good bookkeeper serve as my attorney.
@@ReflectedMiles 😂
hey, 40 calories a day is 14600 calories a year which is just about 4 lbs of fat per year, times 10 years = 40 lbs gained between your 30s and 40s... not insignificant
Was it 40 calories per year (not per day)?
Physionic just completed his PhD. Congratulations dude! You're one of my favorite brilliant minds at sifting good and bad science studies into lifestyle strategies
Keto faster here. Loads of good information here and it is MUCH appreciated because nutrition and weight loss are pretty complex. Like most folks living Keto, we've all watched our fair share of Berg videos and took them very seriously. It is excellent to see a second opinion based on science to help those of us studying health and nutrition! You've earned a new sub, especially for sarcasm and wit. :)
Haha, that means a lot to me, Sionnach. Some people could do without the sarcasm, but I'm appreciative that you enjoyed it. Thank you. Good luck with your keto and fasting - both effective techniques!
@@Physionic I lost all respect for you. You've taken Dr. Berg's advice and input your own, out of content BS, to take his information twist it because why? because you're jealous? Why don't you ask him to debate? or better yet, to clarify?
Nope instead? you click-bait and trash a man that try's very hard to HELP others, and he has, no matter how you much you dislike that FACT.
NO WONDER you don't have your PHD yet... It takes legitimacy to EARN that.
Not wishful thinking.
I'm sad for you. Now you've earned a blocked status, as well.
GL... I think you're ALWAYS going to need it.
I like doc Berg and tried lots of his suggestions to good effect. As a result lost 18 kg from 87 to 69kg in a year.
Overall he is more trusted to me than the specialist i regularly visited.
Of course welcome an analysis and criticism here. It provides new information/another angle.
Making mistakes sud be a regular part in scientific studies, as a physics student/researchers we knew most theories and experiments failed, but leading to knowing what is wrong.
Still appreciate both here and doc Berg in providing knowledge/information.
Doc Berg are selling supplements, yes, but every one need some incentives to work. No body cud just purely contribute without getting rewards.
I have lost lots of weight 3 times in my life of 66 years. I’ve been athletic most of my life. When I stoped drinking beer at 43 I went from a 38 size pants to a surprising 32. No reduction in my high sugar intake but ate better in that more salad’s. Then I slowly gained half that 35 pounds back and ate less but no change in sugar intake. Still cookies and ice cream but no beer. 13 years ago I still was athletic and size 32 and 55 . About 3 months ago age 66 I was a tight 36. No gym for 13 years. Started keto and intermittent fasting. My body did not want to let go of the fat. So first 2 days a week then omad then adf. Omad was a stall in weight reduction but adf is working . I get to the gym 2 or three days a week and lift more now the when I was playing handball and going to the gym. It appears that as I got older and no gym that caused muscle loss and insulin resistance. I ate lots of cookies cake and ice cream . I’ve lost 25 pounds. Most of that muscle loss is in the legs. I’ll have to get down from my 201 now to 190 to see those abs maybe more pounds then that. So a case history.
Dr. Burg is an inspiration as are Dr KenDBerry MD and Dr MindyPelz. I feel IMF is the path forward. Thanks for your efforts in making this video.
I watch those 3 as well, they're all steering people in the right direction imo. Dr mindy peltz is great, as is the much calmer Dr becky galaspy
Firts congrats!
Than, yes, give this guy a credit. His problem is, he is condescending, while Berg and others are people loving extroverts.
And you know why you managed to lost the weight? You essentially restricted calories. Wow right? No magic in insulin, no magic with fasting. Just these dietary habits were good for your adherence and therefore it did not feel like really being strict with calories.
Now question is. Do these fake doctors deserve your sub? I say no. They are either lying or systematically butchering science.
I've been accused of being a Dr Berg obsessive by my family. In fairness, he has helped me a lot with some of my health problems. The issue I found was not all of his advice seemed to work for me. Now I know why! Thanks for making this video. As a person struggling with multiple health problems, I am only interested in the truth, and that seems sadly in short supply.
I'm glad he's helped - there's no denying that. I appreciate your perspective on finding the truth - it's the same as mine. Thanks for chiming in, SY.
Hi, Nic. I love your analytical mind and the breadth of knowledge you have on the topic. Very enjoyable content for my science oriented mind :)
I wanted to direct your attention to something that is often disregarded but should definitely be considered when making broad claims based on studies is the CONTEXT of the study. If you're interested read my explanation below where I dissect the fourth study and the claims you make based on it.
- in the case of the fourth study you listed, the subjects were healthy college-age lean volunteers and it is true that there were no differences in the amount of insulin excreted, however, just because healthy people secrete the same amount of insulin over 24h with 3 vs 14 meals does not then mean that everybody does (e.g. compare this with overweight people with severe insulin resistance - would you expect to see the same results?). This is a claim you are effectively making, instead of recognizing that we just do not know whether that's the case or not. Additionally, you leave out a relevant fact that the area under the curve of blood glucose in the 3 meals a day condition is lower than in 14 meals a day indicating better blood sugar control (which would be reflected in a lower A1c over 4 months, and could potentially lead to metabolic syndrome and diabetes over the long term). Additionally, additionally, short term 3 day challenge cannot directly translate into chronic long-term exposure. Have these same people eat 3 vs 14 meals a day for 10 years and then lets see who got fat, who got insulin resistance, etc.
also notice how Dr. Berg said that the additional meals "spike your insulin" and the examples he used were "grazing at night", "snacking between meals". He did not say that if you eat the same amount of food but you break it up in more meals the end result would be more overall insulin... even the graph you showed clearly shows after meal insulin spikes in the 3 meal a day group. I agree that he didn't quite make his point clear, but I would say he definitely did not make the point you addressed.
Very good comment. There are many studies that show that it is the magnitude of the spike that matters and hence less meals a day is better.
LOL, exactly rigt!
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
But dr Berg speaks with so much conviction 😂 Let’s not forget that he’s a Scientologist - he’s well practiced!
Great video.
I don’t know what to believe anymore. Everyone single person has different beliefs.
For my own personal sake, I’m going just say the name of the game is calorie restriction, and Keto and Fasting help me do that.
That's a solid, effective way to go, Tyler. Thanks for chiming in.
You're right, don't believe anyone! Listen to multiple sources, double check the facts, then decide for yourself
@@JohnTheRevelat0r bullshit, what you don't get in the balancing formula is you don't always have energy available, so the body find way to burn less to keep the balance.
ex: you eat 2000k (and burn equal, to keep simple) calorie/day, you cut to 1500, if everything was equal, you'd take the 500 calorie from your fat reserve and lose weight at 500 per day.. but if the insulin is high, then you can't burn as much fat, let say you burn 300 of fat and your body try to save 200 calorie elsewhere, metabolism, exercise, etc. so in the end you only lose 300/day. That why calorie in =/= calorie out
@@JohnTheRevelat0r your insulin will be HIGH when you eat, EVEN if you don't eat ENOUGH, that's why a serie of small meal is bad, you start eating, body anticipate and pump insulin.. then you stop eating with too much insulin for the current calorie eaten... insulin goes down but it's not instant, during that time, it's hard for the body to use fat, so it drop energy usage anywhere else it can.
@@JohnTheRevelat0r specially when you are insulin resistant, the body pump even more than actually needed
If he’s wrong then why have so many lost weight and body fat and maintained their results on his program?
Because fasting and the ketogenic diet work, just not for the reasons he cites.
Got it👍🏾
Good rebuttal by the way👍🏾
Whatever You say, thanks to "Dr." Berg, I managed to lose all my excessive fat weight at a time after nothing else worked according to WHO standard lower calories diets. Maybe he is not explaining the process totally accurate, but this is not his only video on this subject. The most important thing for me is that this method worked.
The bottom line is not to eat fat and sugar together. When you eat high carb if you refrain from fat then there is no fat to store. If you eat keto, you are keeping insulin levels low in the presence of fat. It's simple, most people can understand this. Being an asshole is not a good conduit for imparting information. No matter how academically accomplished or smart you are you will reach far less people by being confrontational.
Blackbelt 41 - AGREE 👍 👏 💯
I started to watch Dr B less when I concluded his answer to every malady is not to consume any sugar. Sugar comes in so many natural forms including dairy. 😊
Dr. Berg has helped me tremendously.
Dr. Berg provides good education and he clearly advocates a carnivore/keto lifestyle. He also pitches his products as a solution.
The problem with these studies (as the one you just mentioned at min 2) and with people like you interpreting them, is that they are made in isolation, in forecast. They are more or less assumptions and predictions. What I know for certain though, using a little bit of a holistic approach, is that BMR can be influenced by soo many lifestyle variables in people s lifes. From exercise, stress, work-life balance, diet, in what kind of society one lives (rural, slow paced or city-capitalist like) etc. THIS is an approach you don t need a PHD for in order to undertake in life on various problems that must be analysed
Hey Bogdan, that's actually incorrect. The study I cited is a prospective longitudinal study that does use predictions; however, in a video I'll be releasing on the channel in a week or so, multiple studies have observed people over decades of time and found the same results with hundreds of participants, so no predictions were made - simply measures from one time point, then again decades later. They show the same results as this predictive one. However, I certainly agree that BMR is affected by a myriad of factor, but that's why we have statistics and multiple studies to hone in on the answers. :)
@@PhysionicI respect your point and I am eager to watch the coming video, yet I am afraid of how manipulative statistics can be..
@@bogdanditu11 Completely agree, they can be manipulated, so it's important to be educated on them to catch errors. I look forward to your take on it, Bogdan!
I enjoy being pedantic, but I also try not to lose sight of the big picture. Weight loss is a simple concept: burn more calories than you consume. A diet low in simple carbs, protein and some fat may help people maintain a caloric-deficit diet because such a diet helps control hunger. Losing weight increases insulin sensitivity. Insulin resistance is tied to type II diabetes and CVD.
Can't go wrong there, Ric. I agree.
Your comment about too frequent meals not causing MORE insulin is technically correct, but , what he is referring to is that eating every two hours, for instance, would result in elevated insulin levels across the day , with no "rest" time between meals, so, less time to burn fat, as the insulin would promote burning glucose, IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT OF THE BLOOD STREAM!!!!!.
I'm 80 and I've had a hard time maintaining my 150 lbs, that is , to keep from loosing weight. I regularly drop down into the low 140s , then I have to pasta up for a while
Dr Berger must be wrong in some points but is also true that many people got helped, specially those that were eating a ton of garbage 😅 because even if he is giving wrong info he is telling u eat less, eat less sugars, maintain your body active, etc only doing that itself is a ton of help to your body
I’m just a little N=1. As an athlete, 10 yrs ago I started mysteriously gaining weight. Cycling 175m wkly. Years of texting everything. Then found out I had insulin resistance. My insulin is 33 😳. going carnivore is bringing that number down, but I was having hidden problems with ingesting most carbs. The inflamation is coming down and I am losing weight. for my N=1, it was too much insulin. the only problem is they don’t know why my body had the issue. Love, love love your stuff. Thanks for all you do. Will be Pro-subbing shortly 🥰
I am a Dr. Berg "fan", but I also know that he's often wrong about the mechanisms and tends to go into the "holistic" nonsense that is part of Chiropractic dogma. I take what sounds correct, based on other sources, but I also am wary of critiques which cite only singular sources that agree with the critique. Food and metabolic science has often been wrong for more than half a century (and you can thank the authoritarian Ancel Keys for that disaster), so I am also considering that there may still be issues with the science because it is VERY HARD to do right, especially when it comes to self-reporting by test subjects. Not saying that is the case here, but it is a widespread problem in this field.
As for fats and proteins raising/spiking insulin, it depends. People on the ketogenic diet who do regular monitoring of their blood glucose and insulin levels often do not see significant increases in insulin after eating. (yes, I am aware of the self-reporting issue here, but the problem with self-reporting has to do with people not remembering or misrepresenting or just outright dissembling about their diet, NOT with people self-reporting factual metrics and painstakingly recording and detailing their diets). Yes, fats and proteins can raise insulin, but they rarely "spike" it, and the increases, if present, are very modest, compared to carbohydrates.
In terms of RUclips "Doctors". I tend to prefer Dr. Ken Berry over Dr. Berg. Berry tends to spend a great deal of time not only presenting research, but analyzing and evaluating its quality. Also, as a practicing physician, he has evidence that a lot of what he talks about does have a positive effect in his patients who participate. Anecdotal, perhaps, since it isn't research quality evidence, but it still is evidence, nonetheless.
Thanks for sharing, AD.
I’ve noticed that, Thank you! Something didn’t seem right about 8 cups of water a day is a myth video. He made it sound like most people don’t understand the limit they can drink a day or what the statement ‘drink more water’ represents, it means substituting sugary drinks with water.
The thing about diets it’s not so black and white, what works for one person may not work for another.
He breaks down common causes of accumulation of belly fat correctly.
A lot of things he says are completely true but again generalizations probably aren’t a great solution because everyone may have a particular reason or a medical conditions.
I think what happens is that cortisol increase triggers overeating which in turn increases insulin.
It’s not that Cortisol directly triggers insulin, it’s just eating is a coping mechanism to combat stress for many people including myself.
Many things Dr Berg say about keto definitely work for me, but the water video was just ridiculous. I agree with you. I have kidney stones and live in a tropical part of Brazil. If I drink as much water as he recommends, I can lose a kidney. And other people would start forming kidney stones besides all the other dangers.
thank you for poking fun of that milquetoast pretending to be a physician
I really appreciate your channel going through actual data. I hope you keep it up far beyond your phd…
if you watch Dr. berg long enough you come to the conclusion that there is no food you can actually eat.
Literally same 😭
I’m glad you did that because all of us who are trying to learn and increase our knowledge, need as accurate information as possible. I realize that with time things can change, that’s a given. The problem is that I see several people making videos and uploading them here on RUclips that have no idea what they are doing. We have to be very careful of what we watch and who we listen to because there’s so much misinformation being pushed and promoted and sometimes it’s by people who have a medical license. A medical license does not mean that they are an authority on certain subjects that were not covered in medical school. Thank you again.
A question, if you're still reading and responding to comments on this video.
If eating the same amount of calories in fewer big meals or more small meals produces the same amount of insulin, then why would I lose weight doing intermittent fasting but gain weight eating more meals? That's the only point of contention I have with the information in this video.
Because you aren’t consuming the same amount of calories in both conditions. People will often then tell me, “yes, I am”, but unless a person is literally weighing all their food and tracking it, they can’t know that. Intermittent fasting, inherently, leads to weight loss because it restricts the amount we can eat in a day.
So you are saying cortisol released in the flight or fight response creates blood sugar, and this does NOT increase insulin if you just stand there and do not use any of it?
I do like Dr. Berg. No one is perfect but I do appreciate having the scientific information. Now I have to question his information on amount of potassium we need a day, 4700 mg and a banana only has 300 mg. So, I will research that. I follow Dr. Brad and was listening to Dr. Sinclair also when I started my longevity plan in the past year. That's why I am glad I found you! Just started the Taurine. Oh, I was taking Turmeric and Glucosamine 1 or 2 caps. Your research showed not to take them together I believe.
I appreciate your critical analysis based on scientific observation!
My pleasure, Yogi, thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it.
I’m a fan of those who present videos with proof of studies. Thank you for the nice presentation. I learned something new. I added you to my subscription. Blessings
Thank *you*, Conchita.
It is true that Dr Berg hasn t compelled the best video in this case (we can see that it s a 5 year old video or so), you have failed to see the whole picture: insulin is the root case because it leads to insulin resistance, and only then fat lose can truly never occur again because nutrients are not properly metabolised.
Again, while it is true that high insulin is a cause for insulin resistance, that's like saying water is the reason for drowning - it's true, but context needs to be applied. No doubt, in a high insulin situation, you aren't able to metabolize glucose well, because it fails to enter the cells, I agree.
@@Physionic I believe that keto is surely not the only way to burn fat and stay lean. Obviously! Running the body on glucose with high or frequent insulin present is also very possible. The bodybuilders are a living proof. Yet, is that sustainable? Not really. Whereas ketosis is our natural state of being, for us humans since evolution till like the first agricultural revolution, most likely (even though here comes another dilema to wether Homo Sapiens had different diets and metabolism than the Neanderthals).
@@Physionic At the end of the video it is mention that some people advocate for Dr Berg saying he is symplifying the data. But also, that he is wrong in various subjects.
We all know that the human being is great machine. And there is a lot of things we still dont know about how it works. And there is always "a new study thats proves"...so eveything always changing..it is evolving. So the perfect study I asume will not cover all variables and all individuals. Therefore is reasonable to understand he could be possible right in a few thing...other he still wrong...cause we dont know the context at which he is refering to.
So as everything in live, we always improve by having diferent opinions etc. and discussing them. Even in science, people have different believes on how things are.
So, Berg as a Chiropractor doctor must know his limitations, and maybe that's why in the videos I seen from him he metion his credentials and a disclaimer.
No one will deliver a message in a simple way without wrongly falling in technical details, no one. Even tomorrow...yes...a new study "will prove" that we stated today is not totally right.
So, until God send us our Instructions & User Manual.....regarding this topic... it will always depend how the message has been delivered (yours and Berg"s). And if it give me better health and conciousness of me been reponsible of my body....less care i have if its the mitochondria or whatever at a microscopic level....although good to know. So I can understand both of you are correct in a certain way delivering your message.
Keep it up!
probably many of us wouldnt even be watching health videos (including yours) if it wasnt for Dr Berg
Dr. Berg talks about burning fat, not lose weight. He said when insulin is high, body will not burn fat, but store sugar inti fat. Losing weight is about calories in vs calories out
I've seen cases where people eat less and gain weight. The body's reactions must be considered.
My own experience.
Over last six months , I have reduced my A1C from 6.8 to 5.8, my weight about 35 lbs and my trigs, HDL improved significantly with very small uptick in my LDL-c. Waiting for my NMRProfile
All following Dr Jason Fungs advice , consuming largely fats and low carb diet devoid of any refined carbs.
with , very recently starting an exercise regime majority of positive impact has been due to low carb diet and decrease insulin resistance
Then I am confused, Nic. Does the mechanism behind how fasting helps people lose body fat have ANYTHING to do with insulin
This lacks context. Who is Berg's audience? He is clearly trying to keep this simple, its a summary. Your rebuttals ignore motivational/
Human psychology factors. Also, you are charcterising his arguments incorrectly "strawman" he did not say if you douse insulin producing cells in cortisol, they will increase insulin production. Multi meals argument is about quantity of insulin in total rather than proportion of time below a threshold. Etc basically a human is not a petri dish.
I generally like Dr. Berg. I think if you follow most of his advice you will get healthier....you can't argue with the people in his comment section that have gotten healthier...which is the main metric. But I like your hardcore science based approach that will give people a more critical eye to what he says. New sub
_"...you can't argue with the people in his comment section that have gotten healthier."_
Comments are anecdotal and not evidence.
@@karlhungus5554 That's true but that doesn't mean anecdotal should be dismissed out of hand.
@@larshader9265 this is true. Our indigenous cultures developed many positive health practices and products without double blind peer reviewed studies.
May I say this is a double sided coil. Berg is a Chiropractor first but I am sure he has learned a lot. a Dr only learns what he is taught in Med school, some being better than others and some continue to learn and others know it all by telling us what they learned in school. I had one tell me there was no such thing as Lime disease which is known to be true. Doubt it? Ask someone that has it.
Carbohidrates are only for those who can burn them. Off course ketogenic diet still stimulates. Berg didn’t say it completely doesn’t rise insulin! 🤔… on science you will find often conflicting information on many stuff, including diets. But come on, if you make an study with a design of same calories amount on two groups, one keto other High Carb just to prove that the weight difference is not that much, but you don’t actualy measure grelin of if you force both groups to consume same calories while we know in REAL WORLD, only a keto/LowCarb diet can successfully manage and sustain your appetite levels down, and that a High Carb diet keeps you hungry all of the time and ignores that fact on the months to come or shows articles that look into only a few weeks and ignore that multitude of people that controlled they’re T2 Diabetes, hypertension and obesity with keto diets and are being able to successfully mantain those goals… you don’t need much more proofs, specially if you’re one of those who has been fat, sick and metabolic unhealthy and corrected all of that doing exactly keto… it’s difficult to convince me the opposite, sorry… it’s like the pandemics “scientific” war where we saw many times science correct patterns and ethics being trampled and even prestigious scientific papers remooving an article becouse people discovered pertinent and unacceptable errors that the editor board missed… arf… and each time more and more i have less fear of the meteor and it stops being a problem and start becoming a solution…
I am not a fan as you put it but I have three points.
First there is no doubt that all ‘diets’ involve an amount of calory restriction which explains the weight loss in the one experiment you mention but he is talking about people who can’t lose fat. One study over a few weeks does not cover them. Chris Gardner’s A to Z trial of four diets showed that all four had a group who did not lose weight and a small number who put on weight. Do you have a mechanism for them?
Second what about those who have hyperinsulineamia? A study of healthy young men such as you cite has very little to say about those who are metabolically damaged. Do you have a study of that group showing the same results? Just one will do.
Lastly this is a topic I am curious about. A number of people on the internet a claiming like dr Berge that it is the number of spikes which matters. So my question is which is worse two or three large spikes with dips in between or a fairly constant level due to lots of small meals?
When I first saw berg videos I checked if he was MD but he isn’t just a chiropractor but does have some general maybe useful information in some cases
You got it!
I don't have much faith in M.D.'s. Don't go to doctors nor take their drugs.
@@gloriacote2074 you know I am starting to not trust them as well because they seem to not care about your health just money and many of them are actually stupid I been seeing more videos from dr berg since I made that comment but I think his videos are better he gives a more alternative approach than the drugs and lies most md give
I think you are wrong when you compare a ketogenic diet to a low carb diet and say there is no difference in weight loss.
Berg may be exaggerating, but by overall he's right.
Multiple meals (especially if they contain carbohydrates) may not raise insulin levels, but they keep the body in a state where it is difficult to lose weight, in addition, they block or slow down other processes such as autophagy.
always with great delivery!! I have to say though, most of the points you disagree with him on, are subjectively interpreted and he tends to oversimplify to the point it becomes a lie. not that he is 100% wrong.
Thanks, Richard. I'm curious if you can expand on your point, I don't follow.
I think that most people that watch his videos do not have any scientific background, so in order to get the message through he tends to exaggerate, like he did on the insulin point, not taking in consideration calories for ex. But its not a lie that high insulin makes it harder to lose fat. Its more of a multifactorial problem. So in a way yeah he's scientifically wrong. But would everyone get the message that high insulin is bad if he had expressed it differently. IDK
I understand. I see where you're coming from, but it's my belief that it is possible to be intellectually rigorous and still maintain a simple explanation. For example, disclaimers like "there are other factors that need to be taken into account", "this isn't all encompassing", "other hormones also play a role" are imperative and take no time or effort to say. Although I focus on more details than Dr. Berg, I do feel strongly that a teacher with more knowledge than he could do a better job translating complex concepts without misrepresenting or glossing over key points that would lead an audience to be misled.
@@Physionic absolutely. That's why I watch your vídeos. XD actually I wasn't a fan even before I stumbled upon your channel
And I always appreciate seeing you :)
My life experiences tell me he’s wrong: when I’m super stressed, I lose weight (usually because I’m also super busy), but even just stress. I went through a horrible break up years ago and lost 30 pounds in one month. I wasn’t even over weight, and ended up looking malnourished. I “rebounded” by eventually gaining about 15 pounds back, thankfully.
I’m not a stress eater! Some are, so they stress and eat… I’m a boredom eater and will gain weight if I just sit around. So weird… not. It’s calories in/calories out baby, no matter how hard the Dr. Chiropractor keto crowd pretends otherwise
As a side note: I understood that MSG caused weight gain become it’s added to (typically low quality) foods, which ups the flavor factor, leading to over-consumption of easy to digest, low fiber foods (aka “low quality” foods). Almost like it’s calories matter!! Lol. All roads lead back to calories; fiber is what slows down calorie consumption since you can’t eat as much when you’re full of fiber.
What do I know though, I only lost over 100 pounds over 25 YEARS AGO and have never regained it 🎉
That makes me the unicorn people claim don’t exist. How did I do it? Calorie reduction and exercise (walking and later riding a bike. Nothing crazy).
Dr Eric Berg is the second greatest human being in the history of the universe! Dr Berg for President in 2024!
Let me guess... LL Cool J is the first?
i have no idea who LL Cool J even is. no, the greatest human being in the history of the universe is none other than Donald J Trump himself. Donald Trump for President in 2024!
@@mosescordovero8163 He's not gonna make it with that God-awful diet, though. Should have listened kore to i.e. Dr Berg 😂
Got started on intermittent fasting to lower my BP thanks to Dr Berg. But I am just that much of a nerd that i find his explanations lacking, but way too busy to really dig deep into the science.
My takeaway from his videos was that I'll just be moving my meal schedule around and reducing carbs, so if it works then great.
Thanks for the fact checks. BTW I just subscribed last night from watching your mitochodrial video series.
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
Thank you! Dr. Berg bugs the becheezus out of me. Christopher Gardner, Stanford, has done decent studies showing it’s equally possible to lose weight on any type of diet.
Berg is referring to those with metabolic syndrome. He fails to mention this and thus is in error. Secondly different people respond differently to adjusting to metabolism and insulin effects. Processed junk foods usually in the form of starches and grains should be abandoned,especially those made with added sugar and vegetable oils. Forget weight loss. A health promoting program is necessary then the fat comes off. Then the issues of emotional eating has to be factored in. Most everyone gets it wrong. The entire human has to be considered.
I guess, after you realise you've been totally unaware of the pitfalls of a common fast food, sugary drinks and snacks diet, next big one would be the emotional aspect?!
I lost 80 lbs in my mid 20’s and I was on insulin shots everyday. . . I went to weight watchers and started jumping on a rebounder. After I got down to 100 lbs I was taken off insulin and I gained 10 lbs back which was my normal weight.
an in vitro study with isolated beta cells having a cortisol bath does not prove that insulin is not affected by cortisol or by stress in general. there are many other mechanisms that link insulin and insulin sensitivity to stress. I agree about the issues with dr bergs "science" but your scientific approach has flaws too
He's wrong far more often than he's right, that's for sure. He does not help the reputation of chiropractors as giving highly incorrect/misleading information on topics way out of their lane/training.
That was great. Can you please do a video on the gallbladder, bile, and bile salt supplements in regards to a keto diet and ketosis. 😊🤞😊
Mr. Berg isn't a doctor. He's a chiropractor. Chiropractors don't go to medical school.
Oh my...! Another one who has just finished school and he knows everything...! I have one at home...!
If your kid has their PhD in the subject being discussed, I'd consider listening to them.
@@Physionic wow...vain much?
All that your degree means is that you learned what the books and professors taught you.
L.I.F.E. teaches many lessons, as well.
@@Physionic while Clinical practicians treat and see results everyday that many PhD say can't happen... if there is no study to prove it. Like Dr. Fung.
the problem is the lack of studies and research paper, mostly due to lack of financing, evidently, pharma is not interesting in funding research that offer a way to NOT use their products ...
Dr. Berg is not a medical doctor, and he sometimes recommends consumption of bacon and other things that are bad for human health.
He had me fooled. I assumed he was an MD.
I guess I never paid attention to his ommission of calories in this particular argument. A high carb diet with reduced calories will let you lose weight, also a low carb diet with excess calories will cause you to lose weight. My understanding is that the insulin suppresses the hunger/satiety hormones, so the low carb diet allows you to feel full where you are always hungry on the high carb diet. I know for myself, once I start eating carbs I cannot stop.
As i suspected eating to much is easy cos we have too easy access to food ,gluttony is just a another sin that we need to find ways to resist, i will ask my maker for help,
I very much apreciate your desire for truth ,my wife who has studied naturopathy found it very hard to listen to Bob. I listened to him and have found his direction helpfull, but am glad to hear you sifting his ideas. I need acurate knowledge,trusting you are as acurate as you are sincere.
Not a fan of Dr Berg but you took it personal because he speaks in error about things that you know are wrong. Good on you, thanks for shedding some light. However, how you feel doesn’t have to be a part of the video. No one is a know it all. What goes around comes around. Don’t be surprised if someone makes a video fact checking you
Fair enough. People have been asking me to show more of my personality, so I do. Either way, people will disagree with the way I deliver content, so I can’t appease everyone. However, if someone were to correct me, I’d welcome it. I’m not looking to be a guru that blindly sticks to things, but rather to grow as I learn more, so if someone else were to correct me *with studies*, I’d correct my stance, appropriately. Scientific criticism for the sake of achieving truth isn’t something I’m afraid, that’s the goal of this brand.
Thanks for chiming in, deff.
@@Physionic I can only WISH they'd do studies on how keto has helped so many menopausal women.
I'm in several Facebook groups for over 50's etc and I swear, the majority of the success stories in that age group are following a ketogenic lifestyle. I myself have not only lost weight but got my T2 diabetes under control and have dropped a laundry list of prescription drugs. My experience is only one amongst hundreds of people.
@@critter4004 That's very interesting, thanks for posting, I can pass that info on to other women who are suffering.
@@Physionic No I appreciate what you did by showing some of your personality.
Sorry to add more contradiction to the chorus, by your autistic delivery makes me instinctively trust you more than the more charismatic gurus. I just want the data.
Third year of my paleo journey, low carb diet and activity. Hormones matter IMHO and experience. I'm up to OMAD now and exquisite appetite control since the first six weeks. Stronger, leaner, more energy and clear head. It's anecdotal BUT I'm happy to have stumbled onto this paleo hack, it feels so primal and REAL. 🙏🙏 Mark Sisson 🙏🙏
What I have found works for loosing excessive weight is to eat less carbs and more fat. Not necessarily keto, though!
The reason it works is that you simply doesn't get hungry so quickly. So you eat less during the day, without really trying to do that.
Have you noticed that you can eat a large sandwich with a lot of calories, and you get hungry after two hours?
Fat makes you go longer between meals. You don't feel the need for any snacks.
But I think it's a mistake to eat such a small meal that you still are hungry. That probably wrong. The idea is to not try to diet!
Thanks for this video. I followed Dr. Berg for a while, but after a while I noticed some things didn’t ring true. I am thankful for his videos in as much that they had me start thinking differently about food, but I cannot watch him anymore. Plus, his “zen” voice just ends up irritating me every time. I know there are some that love the way he talks, and find it relaxing- just not me. 🤷🏻♀️
I have been on keto for 11 months now, and I am trying to tweak because my LDL went way up, and blood pressure remained the same - too much saturated fat, I suspect. All my other numbers have gone down , and I have lost 40 pounds and my A1C is at a normal level. This video has helped a lot, thank you!
To buffer is to lessen, however. I do like your work. Thanks.
I'm soo happy you came out with this expose on Dr Berg. I followed his advice, lost 90 lbs in 6 mo. at 66 yrs old with 25 yrs of multiple myeloma (mayo clinic patient). I didn't increase my physical activity over the majority of the winter. However I am now concerned that my scale may be defective. Thank you
Seriously, you should have a conversation with Dr. Berg. Be a good doctor.
That would be great, Jacob.
@@Physionic hey doc, may I ask, what is the maximum hours for a safe dry fast?
I noticed Dr. Berg was full of pseudoscience pretty early on, it honestly turned me off from him and a couple others like him.
I was put on a ketogenic diet by a medical practitioner at my clinic for treatment of type 2 diabetes and being really overweight. I also have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome type 3, so I'm very sensitive to joint inflammation, so, my approach to keto seems to lessen joint pain too. I lost about 90lbs in a year and my a1c dove back to normal. I do notice I gain weight, have more joint pain, along with louder popping, and l get nasty rebound hunger when I eat sweets and simple starch.
I have noticed that for me time restricted eating seemed to help in limiting the intake and I do think there was some benefit over spreading out calorie restriction. I don't like the numerous small snacks method. I feel better overall just eating 1 or 2 good sized meals daily. Maybe some truth in greater presence of growth hormone with time restricted eating? I know it's supposed to decrease muscle wasting when doing longer fasts.
I also have observed with myself that higher protein than is recommended, but still relying on fat to fuel, makes me feel far better.
I'd love to be able to quantify my observations over just knowing it works. Staying strictly higher protein keto, and intermittently fasted, seems to be the most effective thing I've tried in the last 30 years of my 50 years of life.
I don't think it's what you say that makes you seem petty in this, it's largely the way you say it. You agree that he gets a lot right, bit you act as if he's the dumbest dude in the world - when he is on the money with many things and has helped a lot of people with their health. You can make small corrections and add nuance e and detail to the videos of others without deriding them so much.
Good points, Juan. I'll keep it in mind.
So should he have been saying “Insulin resistance” and not “insulin” that’s the problem?
What Dr. Berg said also seemed to agree with Dr. Jason Fung. Perhaps you could do some videos on Dr. Fung?
Here you go, Mary: ruclips.net/video/mYeMtntU9JI/видео.html
About the overall amount of insulin not being different depending on how many meals you eat makes sense but is the time that your insulin is kept above your fasting insulin levels longer in the frequent meal eaters compared to the larger meal eaters, and if so might there be negative health conditions associated with it? Just wondering because I am a snacker by nature 😊 I enjoy your videos thanks
See there are lots of extremes - one say to eat highly fat ; another to avoid fat as it has high calorie;
I am concerned that you have to take supplements and vinegar to go? Why you can’t take it with good?!
Plus frying is not great
Better to write journal ; analyze the trips and adjust it
I personally can’t eat fatty meat
I think all Mr Berg's fans SHOULD watch this video!!
Dr. Berg is a chiropractor, not a physician. He is now so rich, he has advisors who prepare his short videos. The presentations are right on point for basic understanding of overeating for overweight people. One can discuss and shred any study or statement. Just consider that the FDA just turned their food guide on its head... and studies usually test one hypothesis outside the metabolic pathways... being PhDr. of anything doesn't make one expert...., we know so little about human body. And finaly, removing carbohydrates from diet just works. All these utube people are just trying to figure out why.
Thing point is I lose weight when I do dr.Berg ways and can maintain it but yo yo with other ways.
Cant argue with that, I'm glad you've had success, NL.
@@Physionic Antway I listen to your content to open my mind as well.
Dude makes fun of how Berg says 'insulin' - I have watched 82 Berg videos, and he doesn't mock others. Mockery is childish. Berg is great and wants to help. Errors occur but mockery is foolish and degrades your argument.
That’s a fair critique. I’ve worked on being less needling about these things since this video. I was wrong in how I presented, but I still stand by the scientific points. Thanks for watching.
Dr. Berg got me going on my "biohacking" journey trying to understand the biological mechanisms behind my various chronic malaise and my bodies stubborn lack of response to my demanding and begging for improvements mind body and soul. I recognized that he was loose with the facts at times, he is a doctor of chiropractor(y?) after all and he has this line of very expensive supplements... Soooo, I still like him as a person but I have moved on. To you, just recently, and others, who "supplement" their assertions with studies and such. I wonder what you think of Dr. Jason Fung?? A doctor who specializes in diabetes, is very pro-fasting and is very critical of other diabetes doctors and of established government guidelines which he says have turned diabetes type 2 into a very lucrative chronic illness instead of curing it as he claims to be able.
What do you think of him now after 2 years?
Also he says there's no such thing as a slow metabolism now
What about how his advice including myself helping countless people?
I've lost about 12kg's in just 5 to 6 months on his advice
And why mock when it's wrong to?
And what about how he says that fat does turn to insulin?
Also what about he's new discovery we've been exercising incorrectly
We should be resting more than 4 to 5 minutes now
And he's talking about really fit people on a high carb diet
Also no one in my town losing weight on high carb diet that's not exercising heaps only me on a keto meat diet which is why I receive heaps of compliments now
I agree with
Whenever I hear anyone making claims of "how to lose belly fat" I cringe--then click the go-away button. I'm also a bit wary of chiropractors giving medical, or even health, advice.
Your dismissive of the 20 to 40 calorie-a-day difference. But consider that from age 20 to 40, if you continue to eat the exact same amount you did it 20 and your exercise expenditure is exactly the same, you would still gain from 40 to 80 lbs in that 20 years.
If it increased insulin by 100% wouldn't that mean it doubled it? And if it increased it by 200% then it tripled it right? ... Didn't sound accurate anyway...
If you are male, you have more testosterone when you are a young adult. This declines with age and that alone will make you more prone to make fat than muscle.
You do have to admire his 11M subscribers. He clearly chooses his data to appeal to the clickiest RUclips consumers and maximizes profits .. which at 11M subscribers must be impressive. Also impressive is that he churns this crap out day after day in 15 minute chunks (and 1 take). I’m a little jealous … I’ll bet he’s pulling in $1M/year with 1 camera and an Office Depot marker set. Allowing chiropractors to add “Dr” to their title was a RUclips goldmine.
Waaay more than 1 million a year. At least 10 million, I promise you that.
@@Physionic wow .,,, that’s enough to compromise one’s principles
Hi! I really like that a scientist not a doctor is presenting! Keep on creating quality content with real evidence!
So you're saying I can still eat the twinkles and the ho hos? Niceeee, I knew there was nothing to worry about.
Well, well, I've voted thumb down. The reason is that your arguments are pure rethoric and miss the context of Berg's statements. For instance, he states that insulin plays the main role when you have this hormone out of balance (higher than healhty level in fasting state). And all his arguments refer to this context. Your arguments mainly refer to metabolically healty population. Nutrient composition has significant impact on results. Here you are: interesting study - Extended Ketogenic Diet and Physical Training Intervention
in Military Personnel. At 9 min you've said that eating more fat (above equilibrium level) on low carb-diet would definitely rise weight (regardles of insulin and there are no studies on humans). Well, there are at least 2 studies on humans and they argue against your statement. One example is case study of Sam Feltham, "A case study of overfeeding 3 different diets" 5800 kcals over 21 days each. on low carb gain 1.3 kg, on ultra-low-fat-vegan +4.7 kg, on ordinary low fat - gain + 7.1 kg. The second one, I Had downloaded on disk, but can't find it nor recollect title (thay ate above equilitbrium - about 400 g of fat daily and lost weight)
Rhetoric? Hardly. Also, you realize your example case study of Sam Feltham is an n=1 study? That means ONE person was involved. How can you even consider that evidence to draw conclusions about efficacy of different diets? And your second study you can't find?
"Calories count, but don't count calories". Berg is great at getting info across in a short easy to understand way.. It is hard to avoid over-statement. But Dr. Lustig (who is more expert & precise) and Dr. Becky (who makes more modest claims) are not as vulnerable to this critique.
I agree DR Berg is a bit of a quack. However I have a question about the high carb v low carb study. Were the people insulin resistant, and was their food intake restricted, regardless of hunger. I’m less hungry after reducing my carb intake, not having breakfast cereal, bread, rice, pasta or potatoes with every meal. I find it hard to over eat steak, but potato chips and candy there’s always room.
The thing is he is simplifying a lot on the physiological and biochemical level but you have got to admit you're being a bit petty with some of your arguments. For example I knew you would correct him on 'fat blunts insulin spike' which is not exactly true but you do get that what he actually meant is that the insulin increase is much lower than it would be if one consumed the same amount in carbs. I personnally prefer when these concepts are indeed explained a bit more in detail as I am a nutrition nerd but I do understand that the vast majority of people don't have the ability or the willingness to go read the source papers. The mere fact that he is helping people by giving practical advice and paths to explore when encountering a given health problem is very valuable and refreshing from all the marketing that end up making the bulk of people's nutritional education unfortunately.
The major missing component is the fat storage that needs to be depleted in the liver before the body can start activating other fat storage areas. The body doesn't store proteins and fats as easily and therefore cannot as easily replace your liver storage which is why staying in a state of ketosis with lower insulin foods works more efficiently when burning fat. Also these studies need to be done on the 3 body types ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. They all have different responses to carbohydrates. And since the 2 of the 3 actually can store fat easily this imf keto advice for fat loss is really just targeted to those. The Ectomorphs can eat sugary carb rich foods all day and not gain much excess weight and my concern is how many Ectomorphs are used in these metabolic studies.