Dr Lustig is by far one of the most enlightened and erudite speakers on the subject of metabolic syndrome. His knowledge has been instrumental in helping me move to a more metabolic healthy lifestyle.
I've been watching these nutrition/metabolism videos for over three years and this is the first time I've heard an expert definitively declare that sugar gets caught in the fiber lattice net and "chewed up" by intestinal bacteria to feed the gut. Thank you for openly airing this key point. @38:20
I've been following a medically supervised keto diet for the past 90 days. I feel great. The weight loss is slow, but feeling so much better and not being a slave sugar cravings is wonderful. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't experience it myself. I know people who are taking ozempic and losing more weight. But I can see the difference in how we feel. I have energy, and they don't. I'm eating healthy foods and they are still eating whatever they want - if they eat at all. Keto for me, has been the first time that I've been able to give up sugar and refined carbs.
I test my Vit d levels twice a year and take enough daily to keep my levels up around the 200nmol. As you get older it’s harder to make Vit d just from the sun. I didn’t supplement much at all this past summer and my Vit d levels were the lowest I have recorded 138nmol from memory. I use a calculator to determine what I need to bring it back up. 68 years young. No meds no bad cold or flu ever nor taken an antibiotic in over 30 years. I will keep doing what I’m doing. Love my Vit d
Saturated fat is essential for conversion. Remember, it is not a vitamin but a pro (and pre) hormone. So, a bit of sun and generous daily amounts of animal fat are key for producing D.
Dr.Lustig is so smart that he could bring very difficult concepts down to a concrete and easy to understand level. Thank you so much for these se educational videos.
Docs know that very few patients will actually follow nutrition advice, because denying yourself junk food is hard. Docs work for organizations who want them to see more patients and to "cure" them.
@@ericsmith3916 You are right. Read The Flexner Report. Docs are mostly sales people. Most should be in prison. They profit over our illness that they steer us towards. The money the system makes is ungodly. They are sell outs.
I have the book Determined by Robert Sopolsky❤ I have an appointment at Sanford with a Parkinson’s disease doctor in July too. I have lost over 100 lbs since my diagnosis and have my energy but 6 pills of Sinemet is needed to function. I believe it’s sugar. The more I try to change the worse it gets. To stay healthy I try to incorporate good stuff in my diet also. Bloodwork is good Vitamin deficiencies I have to monitor.
We “listen”, n listen so earnestly, to feed our brains n make our bodies fit, n breed further health. Dr Lustig is as always, a fortune towards that direction. His talks are mind- blowing yet mind-preserving in one 👍. Thanks for a fascinating discussion!!
I've long believed you need to see the sun as well as being outside to absorb vitamin D. My doctor thought I was taking pills because my levels were high, top 95% in Australia. I have an office job but make a point of getting my daily dose at the weekend, i.e. being out in the sun long enough but not to burn. Sleep like a log, approx 7.5 hours and I feel terrific. (Keto diet since 2018 and no dairy 2 years and 2 months and counting) oh... I had to tell my Doc Keto means no alcohol! More recently, about 4 weeks I have gone to eating once a day thereby absolutely limiting the amount of food that I can eat. No longer eat flour products. As another doc said, "if it's got a barcode on it put it back". Melbourne Au.
D is not absorbed. It is the process of conversion via minimal sun exposure and generous amounts of saturated animal fat. D is not a vitamin; it is a pro-hormone.
@@MegaWandak I was measuring them, anything from 0.9, 1 point something and then 4. something if I was running but really this month (April '24) I have cut out every bit of carb from my diet and I only eat once a day. If I fall off the waggon in the evening and eat carbs the next day my head/brain tells me as it's not as clear. cloudy you could say.
I appreciate this interview. I shared it with my children. It very succinctly explains some things I have been telling others about. Dr Lustig uses good illustrations.
Robert is a truly great man. since discovering him a couple months ago, I read Metabolical which was quite the eye opener. this man is making a difference to many of us. if you see this sir, thank you most kindly!
I eat a lot of cheese, yogurt, and take vitamin supplement. Last check in January? My vitamin D level was 106. Fortunately, my blood calcium levels finally reached low normal, after years of being low. I attribute the increase in blood calcium levels to changing to a ketovore diet.
Dr lustig is an exceptional person who has donated decades in behalf of the struggle to achieve a healthy public. No one can explain this complex subject matter - that even doctors are unaware of. Big pharma and the food industry (and the medical profession) has been getting mega rich from our misery. Dr lustig is truly the. DAVID of David and Goliath. If want him to be victorious on our behalf then we have to give him the necessary sword to slay this enormous enemy…….The Nobel Prize! That would even the field and Dr Lustig’s clear and concise explanation would clobber all those years and decades of lies.
Never heard of Rob Lustig before today, but am very glad I came across this video. I have learned so much and truly appreciate how he explains what terms really mean and how different supplements, medicines, chemicals work inside the body and long term effects. I just subscribed and look forward to learning more health related information. Thank you for all your hard work and advocacy.
Polysorbate is the only one Lustig mentioned which is artificial. Just search food additive number to find out if not named. Lecithin however is completely natural and even produced in bile, why be scared of soy or sunflower lecithin even though our own body produces it. Please don't become orthorexic.
Not only I watched just about all of Dr. Lustig's excellent, very informative videos, I also read and highly recommend his books METABOLICAL and his best-seller FAT CHANCE.
Interesting point about 24-D clearance, BUT what Dr. Lustig doesn’t mention is that cholecalciferol is also a co-factor for gut microbiota and this may be a reason to continue supplementation even if you can’t absorb the D directly. Levels can rise abruptly after years of consistent supplementation that had not previously seemed to move the blood level.
i do believe that our metabolism is either sugar or fat dependent upon the amount of carbohydrates consumed. i prefer the carnivore diet and that has a very healthy bunch of adherents. interesting point is that they consume no dietary fiber.
I thoroughly appreciate hearing Dr.Lustig dispense his knowledge, wisdom, insight and even some of his opinions. But the notion that we need medical supervision to live keto? What?
I think he has a point there because some of us just think we’re doing keto but in fact we’re doing it wrong. I take myself as an example. I thought I was doing keto right since everyone around me keeps saying that I shouldn’t be eating the keto way which is without the carbs, but I was still eating with the black pepper sauce and chilli sauce and stuff. It’s no wonder all my problems keep coming back. Now knowing that it actually can do me more harm than good, I must really understand the recipe if I want to do a proper keto
@@chitwatt2504: _"... keto but in fact we’re doing it wrong."_ No matter what you do, it's unlikely that anyone will do worse than the standard American diet loaded with seed oils, sugar and additives.
Good point..I've been on Ketogenic lifestyle since 6/2022 and lost close to 100 lbs and reversed my insulin resistance and Metabolic syndrome. All without a doctor's supervision. The only thing I suggest is to either join a gym, lift weights, work out your muscles, like pushups, pull-ups, planks, or abdominal exercises so this way you don't lose muscle along with your weight loss..
Ancel Keys started the decline in our food/dietary industry 🤦♀️. Dr Lustig has a great lecture outlining the direct descent. It’s so bizarre that I had to check for myself. Money definitely talks.
Hi Dr. Lustig, I truly appreciate your knowledge and expertise. I read your book and continue listening to your podcasts. I am an ObGyn from NY. I had a question regarding leaky gut. Do you think it is possible to be born with leaky gut? I have seen newborns having severe allergies to breast milk. I have Sean it more than once. Do you think it has to do with possibly mother having leaky gut and also giving the baby her poor microbiome? Do you know if it ever was looked at?
Another great Lustig podcast! Host needs to get a proper microphone as acoustic echo makes her difficult to understand. These guys should chip in and buy the poor girl a good mic for her computer.
How about the production of yoghurt at home, using presumably irradiated milk n some yoghurt to provide the lactobacilli needed for fermentation. Wouldn’t the resultant yoghurt be rich in vitamin D Like the milk it originated from?! As for sun exposure for VitD production it is important to mention that presence of a glass shield or clothes will curb absorption of VitD
It makes sense!! See below: Taken directly from PubMed: Yogurt manufacturers aren't required to use fortified milk to make yogurt, so vitamin D doesn't always get added to the process. For example, the Vitamin D3 content of yogurt fortified with water-dispersible form can decrease significantly after one to three weeks of storage, while the Vitamin D3 content of samples fortified with the oil-dispersible form can decrease after two to three weeks. However, yogurt made from plant-based milks can now contain up to 220 IU of added D per 8 ounces. Plain yogurt and cheese typically contain small amounts of vitamin D, averaging around 3-4% of the recommended daily intake per serving. This is because vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin and is naturally present in the fatty components of these dairy products. Yogurt is also often fortified with vitamin D to help people reach their daily recommendation. A 6-ounce container typically has 20 percent of your daily needs.
Unfortuately, he believes meat and dairy is bad. The real Meditteranean diet is not low fat and they do eat meat and full fat dairy. Imo people need to go outside more than he thinks. People need real saturated fat in whole foods to absorb vitamin d3. D3 goes with k2. K2 is in processed meats and organ meats, which they told us not to eat.
I sure wish I could have a conversation with this doctor about how lithium affects the body metabolism. I’ve been on it for 20 years. I’ve learned a lot by experience, but I wish I knew more. I know it causes hyperpararthyroidism, which cause my calcium to be high, but even my endocrinologist seems perplexed with that.
What about the potential for altering the natural feedback loops by taking exogenous vitamin D3? >> CYP24A1 gene for 24-hydroxylase enzyme produces calcitroate. And, by the way, there was a great vitamin D researcher who coined the term 'soltriol' for the active vitamin D compound in the body. Cholecalciferol for D3 and Calcifediol for for the 25-OH form are rather clunky by comparison don't you think?
After the discussion of taking too much vitamin D, how about simply taking the time to follow up with a question: How much do you think is a reasonable amount to take daily? Missed opportunity
To each their own. I don't think keto is sustainable for most people and even those who SAY they're doing it aren't once they eat some processed carbs. I do Atkins: High protein, moderate fat, low-carb. SUPER easy to sustain. I lost 45 lbs on it last year and have kept it off.
Not easy to sustain? You mean Not easy to sustain for YOU, right? I’m of the opinion that it’s as easy, or easier, to continue eating a ketogenic diet because you can eat until you fill full. Also very motivating when you keep reading about the efficacy of ketogenic diet to help you fight cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
please provide the clinical data that having predominantly large ldl molecules in setting of high ldl does not lead to vascular deposition..if this is a huntch how can you recommend this as being safe?
Hi Dr Lustig, it's been a great pleasure and eye opening listening to your podcasts! However, I see that you're now pushing synthetic vitamin D. like all the other doctors on here. Must you do this in order to keep putting content on RUclips? Just curious! Oh by the way I only take my vitamin D from the Sun! 😊
This is the second time Dr. Lusting leaves me sad I thought eating keto genic diet or Mediterranean was good, but here he mention unless you are being guided by a doctor, a ketogenic Diet is good . I also understand a low carb diet is not good from this video . I understood from this and his past video eating food like plants ,vegetable and meat, chicken and fish , was good and looks like keto to me .I thought that’s what he was finding on his research. Now I am confused. I am a true sugar addicted. With a very low vitamin D according to my doctor and yes, my legs very swollen, and feet. I thought I had hope with keto. But my doctor does not approve a ketogenic diet. So I was doing it by myself. Did it for a month and then I relapsed, I am on my first week again but now I don’t know if I should used this to go back to my always or keep going until I am swollen free
Eat natto daily. Japanese gave Bern eating it for 400 years. It is fermented soybeans, dissolves microclots in the blood, acc to research. Big Pharma already made one key ingredient in natto into medicine called nattokinase and some American doctors are using it to treat long covid. Recent publications show that the bacteria in natto called subtilis bacillus natto kills or reduce SARS-COV-2 virus when they are put on a petri dish.
Great loaded questions that would normally arise from "traditional" uninformed standard of care doctors, allowed our leading light to inform and educate
@@Emerypharma primary care physician is still stuck to 1930s old informations of 600 IU/day recommended dosage. Is there a known number for maximum according to Prof Lustig?
Dr Lustig , what if you are doing carnivore type diet but also adding in small amounts of carbs while utilizing OMAD , could or would this help with keeping down small particle LDL while still having carbs?
OMAD has nothing to do with it. Learn about the Randle Cycle. See BART KAY video dangers of sugars and fats. NO- carbs are very bad and you do not want to mix with fats.
@@TheAnimalBasedCure He will not answer you. Bart Kay would agree with you that a single Bolus (as he says) of meat is best. I tried it and found that I need at least 2MAD. I tried IF and failed- dropped 10 lbs. and cannot for the life of me regain it. I am too thin now- BMI 20. I run and workout but want that 10lbs. back. My Tri's are 48 but I think it is too low. I might have slight malnutrition because I lost my gallbladder years ago. I don't absorb fats (Fat sol. vits. as well.) This is despite being mostly Carnivore. I eat very clean, healthy Keto and I work out. Importantly, my key cholesterol RATIO's are great. Non-HDL is slightly high 137 vs. 130 is in range. RATIOS is what Dr. L. stresses in his book- and the fact that he hates statins. What is very important are the RATIOs of TriG to HDL and also Total Cholesterol to HDL. Google about the ratio's. That is where it's at. How are all your other numbers? You just divide them. We very much need Cholesterol. TC should be around 120. Docs will flag it as high- it is not. IMHO, it is the inflammation that causes potential issues. Not cholesterol. The real problem and thing to measure is atherosclerotic plaque. That is why above all, most over 50 Y/O should do a Calcium Score test. How do I explain- simple. Genes. Your very smart, evolved genes know exactly what to do with dietary cholesterol- if you let them. If you keep your body fit, healthy and not inflamed. The body wants and needs to thrive if we get out of it's way. Also, learn about THE RANDLE CYCLE Dangers of mixing Carbs and Fats with Bart Kay. It's an amazing video. You will learn a lot. You seem knowledgeable. Do you believe in doing a Colonoscopy? If so, why? I don't. Most disagree but I have good reasons. Remember, the All Cause Mortality remains about the same whether or not you do that invasive procedure. These things make docs. money but have cost healthy people their lives when they puncture the bowel. Also, it takes that cancer ~10 years to grow anyway and most polyps are not cancerous. There are 1,000 other cancers that they never warn you about. They never tell you how to eat well, what toxins to avoid in everyday life. All cancer causing. No thanks to their test. Also, if you are still not convinced, read this one: Colonoscopy: A Gold Standard to Refuse www.drmcdougall.com/education/information/colonoscopy-a-gold-standard-to-refuse/ In your good health- CHEERS!
I have to take 7500 units of Vitamin D3 daily just to get a normal mid-range Vit D blood test. I also take the vitamin with meals containing fat to optimize absorption. I’m 67 yrs old.
Semaglutide in very small doses (smaller than 0.25mg) can bring benefits to our metabolism, reduces inflammation? I didn’t have time to go after articles, but I Dr Lustig might know something about these microdoses of semaglutide. Thank you! 🙏
@@MOAB-UT No need to be nasty to him. I've noticed coffee is a hot topic. Only those who are carnivore in a religious way give it up just to be carnivore.
I’ve been on an animal-based low-carb diet since October 2023. I do consume whole, full-fat raw dairy. But just out of curiosity, on days when I had few or no carbs except those from milk/kefir, I tried to use those little sticks to test for ketones. Tan. No pink at all. How many days straight of strict carnivore would it require to produce ketones?
Ask Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, or Dr. Shawn baker; all carnivore doctors for a decade or more. Also, Dr Eric Westman professor from Duke Medical school rewrote the new Atkins book and recommends that way of eating for all of his patients in NC with 20 net carbs or less if you live a sedentary lifestyle.
Personal responsibility is without question the highest of priorities. Your choices are your responsibilities. This is America. No one makes you drive to the store, walk down the aisles, pick up the ultra high processed foods, buy them and take them home to eat. I chose to eliminate them from my life. I choose not to let the food cartels add addicting me to their profit line.
A lot of people do not have a lot of choices. Small grocery stores… such as 7/11 or people who live in areas with no real large stores… I my opinion, we need proper education, we need labeling and we need to ban ultra processed foods from our schools
With great respect I disagree with the notion that we do not have free will. I go to the supermarket all the time and look at those delicious ice creams in the frozen food section and I make conscious decisions to walk away from them and go to the vegetable aisle and pick up avocado and broccoli, so what do you call that? I’m overpowering the biochemical urge at 72 years old after eating tons of sugar and loving it😂My mission now Mr Phelps that I do accept is to walk away from the biochemical urge, Thats willpower and I think its free? There is no way you’ll get big food to change their ways. You may get a little change from some of the corporations. but like big tobacco, you have to take them to court because profits rule. If the notion is your expecting the uneducated hedonistic population of the United States to tell big food they want something different…FAGITABOUTIT😂
Hi Doctor Do Sunscreens deplete Vitamin D levels? Would having correct Vitamin C levels be of significance, rather than using sunscreen? Especially in the Northern Hemisphere.. ? Thank you 🎉
I haven't put it to the test since giving up seed oils, but I understand those that avoid them are much less likely to get sunburned, so don't generally need sunscreen. (Seed oils are soybean, canola, safflower, sunflower, corn, cottonseed, peanut, sesame, rice bran).
I also avoid seed oils on a low-carb, animal-based diet. I can spend hours in the sun without burning. But it's important to build a sun callous. Getting red light with the morning sun tells the body to prepare for midday UV exposure. Look into the work of Jack Kruse, Sarah Pugh, and others.
The Ozempic style drugs are a great tool to have but need to be very tightly controlled. Putting somebody on a medication that will pretty much lock them in for life will have very major downsides which we cannot fully understand today. It reminds me of the 1920's decision on insulin - to advise patients to eat whatever they want and treat the sugar levels with insulin resulted in uncounted negative consequences and impaired lives.
So as Thomas Seyfried alludes to, or evens says directly, for strict vegetarians to attain ketosis moderation may mean eating one pea every second day....Moderation safe levels of basically any substance classified as food seems to vary greatly from individual to individuals, and from time to time in the same individual. for me one orange a day no other food, puts me out of ketosis.. I hope this is temporary...I will not eat any fruit for a while....
I asked when I can come of my trucility I have to wait to my bloods test come back to see if doreen Kennedy allows me to come off dr I wish I could ge reversed diabeti c
I want to know if the offspring of mice who were in ketosis during pregnancy have smarter, heavier-brained, stronger, healthier, and more resilient offspring? Has any one, is any one doing research on this? I have heard stories of human offspring of near starving, meat and fat fed pregnant women being smarter, stronger...in areas where there were at the time no sugar or flour or starch containing products... so the people were starving, and the only food was meat, fatty fish, seal mammals and fat...so they would have been in ketosis...I think.
I went to my yearly preview am 12 stone I've lost a stone dr lundi I've not to deprive my self I am allowed 2 pk quavers a week and am allowed 1 apple a week my diabetic nurse said
In response to the free will issue, I'd say that it has always been the responsibility of the government to regulate food issues - can you imagine the skulduggery of the food giants without regulations?? Good god! Plus, food is so confusing these days, and science is so technical that your average Joe on the street definitely needs assistance to find their way through this crazy food world modern life has given us. Some folk literally have no idea what healthy eating actually is. Without Prof Lustig most of us wouldn't know!
@@Arugula100 so are soils - all the herbicides, chemicals for growth and increasing the harvest of everything - plants for humans and feed for animals. Nothing is safe anymore - you choose your poison
Dr Lustig had plenty to say about Vitamin D of a hypothesis then - I don't want to say anything about K2 in case I'm wrong.- Well! what is the point of talking vitamin D if you won't talk about k2.
I will stay on my diet dr lasting if I can do a regular bowel movement dr I feel a feel happy and sleeping much better at night I give gratitude for all who helped me thank you
Who is this dude Ron? Fruits are good for you? All the essential macros and vitamins and minerals are present in carnivore diet. The poor scurvy sailors were eating hard tack. Moderation is the name of what game? Russian roulette with food as your ammunition?? There are NO ESSENTIAL CARBOHYDRATES, why bother? 😮A moderate amount of poison is STILL poison. He needs to study the issue with oxalates.
You can combat low grade inflamation with gluthatione and rest it's not really a necesity to eat non-stop , that's why fasting works. Robert should consider faith a bit more in his statements since some informations do not fit. -telling a healthy guy who figured out there was no virus existing on this planet but bacterial mask induced pneumonia. Low grade inflamation (prematurely aging) can be simply because of excess fat/overweight and glucose is circulating in the blood and damaging tissue, that happens after a while if you don't exit the metabolic syndrome effect driven by pre-diabetes, hyperinsulemia for too long.
The long version is packed with critical insights worth your time
Dr Lustig is by far one of the most enlightened and erudite speakers on the subject of metabolic syndrome. His knowledge has been instrumental in helping me move to a more metabolic healthy lifestyle.
I've been watching these nutrition/metabolism videos for over three years and this is the first time I've heard an expert definitively declare that sugar gets caught in the fiber lattice net and "chewed up" by intestinal bacteria to feed the gut. Thank you for openly airing this key point. @38:20
He says feed the gut and protect the liver. Wise advise.
the more I listen to Lustig,, the more I see how brilliant he is.
I love being in a state of. nutritional ketosis. My mind is so clear and focused. I’m more creative and smarter. I have much less inflammation.
Not smarter, just as smart as you are meant to be 😉
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I've been following a medically supervised keto diet for the past 90 days. I feel great. The weight loss is slow, but feeling so much better and not being a slave sugar cravings is wonderful. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't experience it myself. I know people who are taking ozempic and losing more weight. But I can see the difference in how we feel. I have energy, and they don't. I'm eating healthy foods and they are still eating whatever they want - if they eat at all. Keto for me, has been the first time that I've been able to give up sugar and refined carbs.
@@magpie1744stay to it, it changes your whole live
Dr. Lustig is a genius and a great man!
I test my Vit d levels twice a year and take enough daily to keep my levels up around the 200nmol. As you get older it’s harder to make Vit d just from the sun. I didn’t supplement much at all this past summer and my Vit d levels were the lowest I have recorded 138nmol from memory. I use a calculator to determine what I need to bring it back up. 68 years young. No meds no bad cold or flu ever nor taken an antibiotic in over 30 years. I will keep doing what I’m doing. Love my Vit d
200 nmol/l = 80 ng/ml. Ng/ml is what most labs in U.S. use for measuring Vitamin D levels. Nmol/l ÷ 2.496 = ng/ml.
Saturated fat is essential for conversion. Remember, it is not a vitamin but a pro (and pre) hormone. So, a bit of sun and generous daily amounts of animal fat are key for producing D.
I had mine back 2 days ago, im at 132nmol. Can some convert that for me please? Thankyou. Is it around 50ng? Or lower.
Supplements help but are not great. I hope you are also taking K2. If not, you are doing harm.
@@sharonlasper8999 divide by 2.5 (2.496) as mentioned by BringItOn31124 and you get the ng/ml. In your case: ~ 53 ng/ml
Love that Dr. Lustig will say when he doesn't have the answer and is not an expert on something 😊
I'm listening and changing my eating habits. Trying my hardest to get family to do so. Uphill battle...feel for you Dr. Lustig.❤
Dr.Lustig is so smart that he could bring very difficult concepts down to a concrete and easy to understand level. Thank you so much for these se educational videos.
Rob Lustig is so good and uber-convincing. The question is why the medical profession is asleep on the switch?
No money to be made in health
$$$$$$ duh. Treatment is more profitable then prevention.
@@MOAB-UT I concur! $$$$$
Docs know that very few patients will actually follow nutrition advice, because denying yourself junk food is hard. Docs work for organizations who want them to see more patients and to "cure" them.
@@ericsmith3916 You are right. Read The Flexner Report. Docs are mostly sales people. Most should be in prison. They profit over our illness that they steer us towards. The money the system makes is ungodly. They are sell outs.
I have the book Determined by Robert Sopolsky❤ I have an appointment at Sanford with a Parkinson’s disease doctor in July too. I have lost over 100 lbs since my diagnosis and have my energy but 6 pills of Sinemet is needed to function. I believe it’s sugar. The more I try to change the worse it gets. To stay healthy I try to incorporate good stuff in my diet also. Bloodwork is good Vitamin deficiencies I have to monitor.
We “listen”, n listen so earnestly, to feed our brains n make our bodies fit, n breed further health. Dr Lustig is as always, a fortune towards that direction. His talks are mind- blowing yet mind-preserving in one 👍.
Thanks for a fascinating discussion!!
I've long believed you need to see the sun as well as being outside to absorb vitamin D. My doctor thought I was taking pills because my levels were high, top 95% in Australia. I have an office job but make a point of getting my daily dose at the weekend, i.e. being out in the sun long enough but not to burn. Sleep like a log, approx 7.5 hours and I feel terrific. (Keto diet since 2018 and no dairy 2 years and 2 months and counting) oh... I had to tell my Doc Keto means no alcohol! More recently, about 4 weeks I have gone to eating once a day thereby absolutely limiting the amount of food that I can eat. No longer eat flour products. As another doc said, "if it's got a barcode on it put it back". Melbourne Au.
Why does keto mean no alcohol?
Small doses of wine or no-sugar mixed drinks don't seem to affect ketosis in my case.....
See I think keto works because people consume real saturated fat in real food with k2. I am not keto. I do eat complex carbs.
D is not absorbed. It is the process of conversion via minimal sun exposure and generous amounts of saturated animal fat. D is not a vitamin; it is a pro-hormone.
That’s great. Do you measure your ketones? If so, what do they be? I’m trying to get where you are thank you.!!
@@MegaWandak I was measuring them, anything from 0.9, 1 point something and then 4. something if I was running but really this month (April '24) I have cut out every bit of carb from my diet and I only eat once a day. If I fall off the waggon in the evening and eat carbs the next day my head/brain tells me as it's not as clear. cloudy you could say.
Dr. Lustig is extremely excellent to patiently explain complex things so easy to understand. He is very knowledgeable.
I appreciate this interview. I shared it with my children. It very succinctly explains some things I have been telling others about. Dr Lustig uses good illustrations.
Dr. LUSTWIG IS AWESOME!!
Did you read his book- Meta...? It was great.
Robert is a truly great man. since discovering him a couple months ago, I read Metabolical which was quite the eye opener. this man is making a difference to many of us. if you see this sir, thank you most kindly!
He's a charlatan
I eat a lot of cheese, yogurt, and take vitamin supplement. Last check in January? My vitamin D level was 106. Fortunately, my blood calcium levels finally reached low normal, after years of being low. I attribute the increase in blood calcium levels to changing to a ketovore diet.
Cheese & yogurt do not use irradiated milk
Dr lustig is an exceptional person who has donated decades in behalf of the struggle to achieve a healthy public. No one can explain this complex subject matter - that even doctors are unaware of. Big pharma and the food industry (and the medical profession) has been getting mega rich from our misery. Dr lustig is truly the. DAVID of David and Goliath. If want him to be victorious on our behalf then we have to give him the necessary sword to slay this enormous enemy…….The Nobel Prize! That would even the field and Dr Lustig’s clear and concise explanation would clobber all those years and decades of lies.
Deepening Food-Consciousness in heartful teachings and practical Food-Organisation - DEAR ROB - KEEP ON !!!
Dr Lusting 🙏❤️
Great interview! I have learned so much from you. Just bought your book. Thank you so much.
I'm very curious why Dr. Lustig didn't touch on how people with thyroid disease can have difficulty raising their Vitamin D level?
Is there a specific reason?
@@KenJackson_US As an endocrinologist, this is an area of his expertise.
@@whoatethechocolate Good. But I'm wondering why you connected the thyroid and vitamin D. Have you heard of connection?
I have never heard of thyroid and vitamin D together a problem. Can you give me the study I would love to read it. Thanks
@@KenJackson_US It's been so long I don't recall the source, but I'm sure you could find it through a google search.
Never heard of Rob Lustig before today, but am very glad I came across this video. I have learned so much and truly appreciate how he explains what terms really mean and how different supplements, medicines, chemicals work inside the body and long term effects. I just subscribed and look forward to learning more health related information. Thank you for all your hard work and advocacy.
I don't have free will on choosing whether or not I will watch a Dr. Robert Lustig interview on Emery Pharma.
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Dr Robert GREAT like always 👍❤️
This is amazing
Does anyone have a list of all the emulsifiers that can affect the gut?
Polysorbate is the only one Lustig mentioned which is artificial. Just search food additive number to find out if not named. Lecithin however is completely natural and even produced in bile, why be scared of soy or sunflower lecithin even though our own body produces it. Please don't become orthorexic.
Not only I watched just about all of Dr. Lustig's excellent, very informative videos, I also read and highly recommend his books METABOLICAL and his best-seller FAT CHANCE.
Interesting point about 24-D clearance, BUT what Dr. Lustig doesn’t mention is that cholecalciferol is also a co-factor for gut microbiota and this may be a reason to continue supplementation even if you can’t absorb the D directly. Levels can rise abruptly after years of consistent supplementation that had not previously seemed to move the blood level.
i do believe that our metabolism is either sugar or fat dependent upon the amount of carbohydrates consumed.
i prefer the carnivore diet and that has a very healthy bunch of adherents.
interesting point is that they consume no dietary fiber.
This is where I get confused .
One study found that people have fewer gut problems to the degree they lessen fiber. The gut microbes will also feed on such things as collagen.
It would be helpful to physicians to have contact information for the Continuous Monitor of Phenotap, Ketotap, JourniesMetabolic, etc.
Good stuff, Dr Lustig! Thank you! Maybe a little overboard on the keto monitoring. :)
I thoroughly appreciate hearing Dr.Lustig dispense his knowledge, wisdom, insight and even some of his opinions. But the notion that we need medical supervision to live keto? What?
I think he has a point there because some of us just think we’re doing keto but in fact we’re doing it wrong. I take myself as an example. I thought I was doing keto right since everyone around me keeps saying that I shouldn’t be eating the keto way which is without the carbs, but I was still eating with the black pepper sauce and chilli sauce and stuff. It’s no wonder all my problems keep coming back. Now knowing that it actually can do me more harm than good, I must really understand the recipe if I want to do a proper keto
@@chitwatt2504: _"... keto but in fact we’re doing it wrong."_
No matter what you do, it's unlikely that anyone will do worse than the standard American diet loaded with seed oils, sugar and additives.
@@KenJackson_US
You probably will if you are eating a high fat diet. High fat and sugar (carbs) don't mix.
@@lizxxx631 sugar isn't keto.
Ridiculous. You don’t have to be under a physician’s supervision to do a ketogenic diet. First of all, just try finding such a physician.
There are I have one
Dr. Pradip Jamnadas monitors his patients
Good point..I've been on Ketogenic lifestyle since 6/2022 and lost close to 100 lbs and reversed my insulin resistance and Metabolic syndrome. All without a doctor's supervision. The only thing I suggest is to either join a gym, lift weights, work out your muscles, like pushups, pull-ups, planks, or abdominal exercises so this way you don't lose muscle along with your weight loss..
Ancel Keys started the decline in our food/dietary industry 🤦♀️. Dr Lustig has a great lecture outlining the direct descent. It’s so bizarre that I had to check for myself. Money definitely talks.
Hi Dr. Lustig, I truly appreciate your knowledge and expertise. I read your book and continue listening to your podcasts. I am an ObGyn from NY. I had a question regarding leaky gut. Do you think it is possible to be born with leaky gut? I have seen newborns having severe allergies to breast milk. I have Sean it more than once. Do you think it has to do with possibly mother having leaky gut and also giving the baby her poor microbiome? Do you know if it ever was looked at?
Here is Dr. Lustig’s response:
All good questions. And we don’t yet know.
Absolutely it can!!
Another great Lustig podcast! Host needs to get a proper microphone as acoustic echo makes her difficult to understand. These guys should chip in and buy the poor girl a good mic for her computer.
How about the production of yoghurt at home, using presumably irradiated milk n some yoghurt to provide the lactobacilli needed for fermentation. Wouldn’t the resultant yoghurt be rich in vitamin D Like the milk it originated from?!
As for sun exposure for VitD production it is important to mention that presence of a glass shield or clothes will curb absorption of VitD
It makes sense!!
See below:
Taken directly from PubMed:
Yogurt manufacturers aren't required to use fortified milk to make yogurt, so vitamin D doesn't always get added to the process. For example, the Vitamin D3 content of yogurt fortified with water-dispersible form can decrease significantly after one to three weeks of storage, while the Vitamin D3 content of samples fortified with the oil-dispersible form can decrease after two to three weeks. However, yogurt made from plant-based milks can now contain up to 220 IU of added D per 8 ounces.
Plain yogurt and cheese typically contain small amounts of vitamin D, averaging around 3-4% of the recommended daily intake per serving. This is because vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin and is naturally present in the fatty components of these dairy products. Yogurt is also often fortified with vitamin D to help people reach their daily recommendation. A 6-ounce container typically has 20 percent of your daily needs.
Unfortuately, he believes meat and dairy is bad. The real Meditteranean diet is not low fat and they do eat meat and full fat dairy. Imo people need to go outside more than he thinks. People need real saturated fat in whole foods to absorb vitamin d3. D3 goes with k2. K2 is in processed meats and organ meats, which they told us not to eat.
You are correct. Many experts have discussed this. The nutritionist Mary Ruddick is a great resource. Also, see the article "Blue Zones Dietary Myth".
Lustig does not believe meat is bad or milk did u listen?
Right He believe that meat and milk are good. I heard that in the past podcast.
I sure wish I could have a conversation with this doctor about how lithium affects the body metabolism. I’ve been on it for 20 years. I’ve learned a lot by experience, but I wish I knew more. I know it causes hyperpararthyroidism, which cause my calcium to be high, but even my endocrinologist seems perplexed with that.
What about the potential for altering the natural feedback loops by taking exogenous vitamin D3?
>> CYP24A1 gene for 24-hydroxylase enzyme produces calcitroate.
And, by the way, there was a great vitamin D researcher who coined the term 'soltriol' for the active vitamin D compound in the body. Cholecalciferol for D3 and Calcifediol for for the 25-OH form are rather clunky by comparison don't you think?
After the discussion of taking too much vitamin D, how about simply taking the time to follow up with a question: How much do you think is a reasonable amount to take daily? Missed opportunity
Check with your primary care physician. Getting your level tested from time to time is a good idea.
To each their own. I don't think keto is sustainable for most people and even those who SAY they're doing it aren't once they eat some processed carbs. I do Atkins: High protein, moderate fat, low-carb. SUPER easy to sustain. I lost 45 lbs on it last year and have kept it off.
Not easy to sustain? You mean Not easy to sustain for YOU, right? I’m of the opinion that it’s as easy, or easier, to continue eating a ketogenic diet because you can eat until you fill full. Also very motivating when you keep reading about the efficacy of ketogenic diet to help you fight cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
Feel, not fill.
please provide the clinical data that having predominantly large ldl molecules in setting of high ldl does not lead to vascular deposition..if this is a huntch how can you recommend this as being safe?
Hi Dr Lustig, it's been a great pleasure and eye opening listening to your podcasts! However, I see that you're now pushing synthetic vitamin D. like all the other doctors on here. Must you do this in order to keep putting content on RUclips? Just curious! Oh by the way I only take my vitamin D from the Sun! 😊
This is the second time Dr. Lusting leaves me sad I thought eating keto genic diet or Mediterranean was good, but here he mention unless you are being guided by a doctor, a ketogenic Diet is good . I also understand a low carb diet is not good from this video . I understood from this and his past video eating food like plants ,vegetable and meat, chicken and fish , was good and looks like keto to me .I thought that’s what he was finding on his research. Now I am confused. I am a true sugar addicted.
With a very low vitamin D according to my doctor and yes, my legs very swollen, and feet. I thought I had hope with keto. But my doctor does not approve a ketogenic diet. So I was doing it by myself. Did it for a month and then I relapsed, I am on my first week again but now I don’t know if I should used this to go back to my always or keep going until I am swollen free
Great talk❤
If we eat calcium blocker such as Amlodipine, is it contradiction when we eat vitamin D?
We cannot give medical advice. Please check with your doctor 🙏🏼
I don't need advice, I just want to know what is biochemistry
How do you treat Spike Protein toxicity post mRna vaccination???
Eat natto daily. Japanese gave Bern eating it for 400 years. It is fermented soybeans, dissolves microclots in the blood, acc to research. Big Pharma already made one key ingredient in natto into medicine called nattokinase and some American doctors are using it to treat long covid. Recent publications show that the bacteria in natto called subtilis bacillus natto kills or reduce SARS-COV-2 virus when they are put on a petri dish.
My blood test was this morning 6.5
But I thank you for everything you very said
Great loaded questions that would normally arise from "traditional" uninformed standard of care doctors, allowed our leading light to inform and educate
So what’s the maximum level of Vit D considered safe, according to Prof Lustig?
Check with your primary care physician. Getting your level tested from time to time is a good idea.
@@Emerypharma primary care physician is still stuck to 1930s old informations of 600 IU/day recommended dosage. Is there a known number for maximum according to Prof Lustig?
Dr Lustig , what if you are doing carnivore type diet but also adding in small amounts of carbs while utilizing OMAD , could or would this help with keeping down small particle LDL while still having carbs?
OMAD has nothing to do with it. Learn about the Randle Cycle. See BART KAY video dangers of sugars and fats. NO- carbs are very bad and you do not want to mix with fats.
No
@Man-u-flex that is how I eat and my Triglycerides are below 50 and vldl is 8. How do you explain that then?
@@TheAnimalBasedCure He will not answer you. Bart Kay would agree with you that a single Bolus (as he says) of meat is best. I tried it and found that I need at least 2MAD. I tried IF and failed- dropped 10 lbs. and cannot for the life of me regain it. I am too thin now- BMI 20. I run and workout but want that 10lbs. back. My Tri's are 48 but I think it is too low. I might have slight malnutrition because I lost my gallbladder years ago. I don't absorb fats (Fat sol. vits. as well.) This is despite being mostly Carnivore. I eat very clean, healthy Keto and I work out.
Importantly, my key cholesterol RATIO's are great. Non-HDL is slightly high 137 vs. 130 is in range. RATIOS is what Dr. L. stresses in his book- and the fact that he hates statins. What is very important are the RATIOs of TriG to HDL and also Total Cholesterol to HDL. Google about the ratio's. That is where it's at. How are all your other numbers? You just divide them. We very much need Cholesterol. TC should be around 120. Docs will flag it as high- it is not.
IMHO, it is the inflammation that causes potential issues. Not cholesterol. The real problem and thing to measure is atherosclerotic plaque. That is why above all, most over 50 Y/O should do a Calcium Score test.
How do I explain- simple. Genes. Your very smart, evolved genes know exactly what to do with dietary cholesterol- if you let them. If you keep your body fit, healthy and not inflamed. The body wants and needs to thrive if we get out of it's way. Also, learn about THE RANDLE CYCLE Dangers of mixing Carbs and Fats with Bart Kay. It's an amazing video. You will learn a lot.
You seem knowledgeable. Do you believe in doing a Colonoscopy? If so, why? I don't. Most disagree but I have good reasons. Remember, the All Cause Mortality remains about the same whether or not you do that invasive procedure. These things make docs. money but have cost healthy people their lives when they puncture the bowel. Also, it takes that cancer ~10 years to grow anyway and most polyps are not cancerous. There are 1,000 other cancers that they never warn you about. They never tell you how to eat well, what toxins to avoid in everyday life. All cancer causing. No thanks to their test. Also, if you are still not convinced, read this one: Colonoscopy: A Gold Standard to Refuse www.drmcdougall.com/education/information/colonoscopy-a-gold-standard-to-refuse/
In your good health- CHEERS!
I have to take 7500 units of Vitamin D3 daily just to get a normal mid-range Vit D blood test. I also take the vitamin with meals containing fat to optimize absorption. I’m 67 yrs old.
I googled continuous ketone monitor i could not find it
Semaglutide in very small doses (smaller than 0.25mg) can bring benefits to our metabolism, reduces inflammation? I didn’t have time to go after articles, but I Dr Lustig might know something about these microdoses of semaglutide. Thank you! 🙏
A carnivore diet is always a ketone producing diet because there are no carbs in beef, bacon ,butter ,eggs,fish ,coffee .
coffee has nothing to do with carnivore genius. go back to your nap.
@@MOAB-UT No need to be nasty to him. I've noticed coffee is a hot topic. Only those who are carnivore in a religious way give it up just to be carnivore.
@@KenJackson_US Not nasty at all. Factual. Stop being so sensitive. Have a nice cup of Joe son. I drink it daily.
@@MOAB-UT Ah. Sorry. I assumed you were an adult.
I’ve been on an animal-based low-carb diet since October 2023. I do consume whole, full-fat raw dairy. But just out of curiosity, on days when I had few or no carbs except those from milk/kefir, I tried to use those little sticks to test for ketones. Tan. No pink at all.
How many days straight of strict carnivore would it require to produce ketones?
What happens to the kidneys when a person is on a ketogenic diet long-term?
Ask Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, or Dr. Shawn baker; all carnivore doctors for a decade or more. Also, Dr Eric Westman professor from Duke Medical school rewrote the new Atkins book and recommends that way of eating for all of his patients in NC with 20 net carbs or less if you live a sedentary lifestyle.
If you do long-term keto diet, your kidneys are most likely to improve in health.
I like breakfast cereal with milk
And soup lunch and veg protein 4pm
Rob has beautiful skin
Dr. Rob Lustig
Still is a handsome man
Personal responsibility is without question the highest of priorities. Your choices are your responsibilities. This is America. No one makes you drive to the store, walk down the aisles, pick up the ultra high processed foods, buy them and take them home to eat. I chose to eliminate them from my life. I choose not to let the food cartels add addicting me to their profit line.
A lot of people do not have a lot of choices. Small grocery stores… such as 7/11 or people who live in areas with no real large stores…
I my opinion, we need proper education, we need labeling and we need to ban ultra processed foods from our schools
With great respect I disagree with the notion that we do not have free will. I go to the supermarket all the time and look at those delicious ice creams in the frozen food section and I make conscious decisions to walk away from them and go to the vegetable aisle and pick up avocado and broccoli, so what do you call that? I’m overpowering the biochemical urge at 72 years old after eating tons of sugar and loving it😂My mission now Mr Phelps that I do accept is to walk away from the biochemical urge, Thats willpower and I think its free?
There is no way you’ll get big food to change their ways. You may get a little change from some of the corporations. but like big tobacco, you have to take them to court because profits rule. If the notion is your expecting the uneducated hedonistic population of the United States to tell big food they want something different…FAGITABOUTIT😂
Hi Dr can u give a summery
For the general public
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Hi Doctor
Do Sunscreens deplete Vitamin D levels?
Would having correct Vitamin C levels be of significance, rather than using sunscreen?
Especially in the Northern Hemisphere.. ?
Thank you 🎉
I haven't put it to the test since giving up seed oils, but I understand those that avoid them are much less likely to get sunburned, so don't generally need sunscreen. (Seed oils are soybean, canola, safflower, sunflower, corn, cottonseed, peanut, sesame, rice bran).
@@KenJackson_US Thank you, appreciate!
I also avoid seed oils on a low-carb, animal-based diet. I can spend hours in the sun without burning. But it's important to build a sun callous. Getting red light with the morning sun tells the body to prepare for midday UV exposure. Look into the work of Jack Kruse, Sarah Pugh, and others.
Am of my ancillary I take blood sugar s meter before breakfast and after my last meal 4pm
The Ozempic style drugs are a great tool to have but need to be very tightly controlled. Putting somebody on a medication that will pretty much lock them in for life will have very major downsides which we cannot fully understand today. It reminds me of the 1920's decision on insulin - to advise patients to eat whatever they want and treat the sugar levels with insulin resulted in uncounted negative consequences and impaired lives.
Did butter made from UV iradieted milk have more vitD ?
So as Thomas Seyfried alludes to, or evens says directly, for strict vegetarians to attain ketosis moderation may mean eating one pea every second day....Moderation safe levels of basically any substance classified as food seems to vary greatly from individual to individuals, and from time to time in the same individual. for me one orange a day no other food, puts me out of ketosis.. I hope this is temporary...I will not eat any fruit for a while....
To replace bread
I asked when I can come of my trucility I have to wait to my bloods test come back to see if doreen Kennedy allows me to come off dr I wish I could ge reversed diabeti c
I want to know if the offspring of mice who were in ketosis during pregnancy have smarter, heavier-brained, stronger, healthier, and more resilient offspring? Has any one, is any one doing research on this? I have heard stories of human offspring of near starving, meat and fat fed pregnant women being smarter, stronger...in areas where there were at the time no sugar or flour or starch containing products... so the people were starving, and the only food was meat, fatty fish, seal mammals and fat...so they would have been in ketosis...I think.
This would be an interesting research!
So where does he say how to increase vitamin D?
Everyone’s situation is different. Check with your primary care physician. Getting your level tested from time to time is a good idea.
I went to my yearly preview am 12 stone I've lost a stone dr lundi I've not to deprive my self I am allowed 2 pk quavers a week and am allowed 1 apple a week my diabetic nurse said
Viamin D Sulfate??? is it important??
My diabetic nurse said not to deprive my said like quavers or apple
You need magnesium to help raise your Vit d levels.
If you eat meat that shouldn't be an issue.
@@keithzastrow tons of magnesium in seeds, nuts, beans etc.
@deegir3354 Yep that as well.
@@keithzastrow 😄👍🏼
Good to know- never heard of that!!
Is there biscuit I can eat dr lunding ?
In response to the free will issue, I'd say that it has always been the responsibility of the government to regulate food issues - can you imagine the skulduggery of the food giants without regulations?? Good god! Plus, food is so confusing these days, and science is so technical that your average Joe on the street definitely needs assistance to find their way through this crazy food world modern life has given us. Some folk literally have no idea what healthy eating actually is. Without Prof Lustig most of us wouldn't know!
I am going am getting picked up for church soon
Th17. Vs. Th1. Endotoxemia. Due to high sugar meal / very interesting
I drink a lot of fluid herb tea
Veggies are delicious & low fat & feed everyone in there , whallah & bicycles are alot of weee wee fun! & helps with weight ! 💝🚴♀️
Is this why vit D is mentioned for MS
I was told by my dietician to drink plenty water because of a tablet am on
How about fresh fish?!?
Eat salmon every day and you should be ok?
The ocean is terribly polluted nowadays.
@@Arugula100 so are soils - all the herbicides, chemicals for growth and increasing the harvest of everything - plants for humans and feed for animals.
Nothing is safe anymore - you choose your poison
Dr Lustig had plenty to say about Vitamin D of a hypothesis then - I don't want to say anything about K2 in case I'm wrong.- Well! what is the point of talking vitamin D if you won't talk about k2.
Am not at my own house sorry when I go home Saturday I will if link there
Am on 2 cheap version tablets this week
Great program..thank you. Just a note, she sounds like she is in a can..Change location.❤
What's trucility 75mls dr is that incillan I was told it was to keep my weight down dr lasting
Am not eating tins of food like you said dr
I will stay on my diet dr lasting if I can do a regular bowel movement dr I feel a feel happy and sleeping much better at night I give gratitude for all who helped me thank you
Dr lasting am I allowed a tangerine
Who is this dude Ron? Fruits are good for you?
All the essential macros and vitamins and minerals are present in carnivore diet. The poor scurvy sailors were eating hard tack.
Moderation is the name of what game?
Russian roulette with food as your ammunition?? There are NO ESSENTIAL CARBOHYDRATES, why bother?
😮A moderate amount of poison is STILL poison. He needs to study the issue with oxalates.
I take D3 I take 1 a day
I think I understand a bit dr
You can combat low grade inflamation with gluthatione and rest it's not really a necesity to eat non-stop , that's why fasting works. Robert should consider faith a bit more in his statements since some informations do not fit. -telling a healthy guy who figured out there was no virus existing on this planet but bacterial mask induced pneumonia.
Low grade inflamation (prematurely aging) can be simply because of excess fat/overweight and glucose is circulating in the blood and damaging tissue, that happens after a while if you don't exit the metabolic syndrome effect driven by pre-diabetes, hyperinsulemia for too long.
I don't know how 6.8 and below dr