In 2019 I was dying from advanced fatty liver disease and heart failure. Through first low carb, then keto and for the last 3 years carnivore, both conditions have reversed. Today I am 60 pounds lighter than in 2019, feel great and see my future as open ended. Meat heals, carbs kill.
Well done! After I had lost 20kgs / 44lbs I can remember carrying about 7kgs of meat (divided between both hands) from the car. I could only just manage it. And then I realised that I had lost almost 3 times that amount.
I started keto in the fall of 2022. Went carnivore in the beginning of 2023. I started out at 275 pounds. I’m down 80 pounds. And it was easy! Once you realize how much trash you’ve been eating and how it was destroying your body and quality of life, it’s easy to not eat that crap again. The plus side is you lose weight, lose metabolic disorders, lose pain and inflammation and lose pills. It’s a win win win!
My father worked full time until he was eighty five. He lived on meat eggs and butter seafood the majority of his life. Then went low fat to be healthy and developed heart disease! He lived to 98 but could have been much healthier if he has not listened to the low fat propaganda of the 80s
Low fat diet may cause chronic diseases like diabetes, blood pressure. These people were supposed to be healthy, but if we look at our friends and relatives they are all chronically sick. 😮
My sister preached this years ago and she believed in eating all organic and follow your blood type but she died a month after she was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago - I was in such shock and it started me down this road to low carb meat based 😮
I've been. Carnivore for 11 months. I no longer take antidepressants, reduced HBP meds, no more statins and I feel amazing. I no longer feel sick everytime I eat, I wake up before my alarm with energy all day long and I have lost 20 kg (44lbs). I no longer crave sugar or carbs. My life has changed dramatically on Carnivore and I will never go back to eating the SAD way. I now know I was addicted to sugar.
I’m struggling to quit sugar although otherwise I am carnivore. Chocolate ice cream is my Achilles heel. I still feel better than when I ate sugar all day everyday and will not give up.
@@tomaskey6844 You should try to give up the sugar using L-glutamine (Thorne is a good brand) It can stop sugar cravings in real-time! You can do it 💪
You've named your channel very prematurely though. I'm 6 month carnivore and loving it.... but it's kinda extreme to call your channel carnivore 4 life after only 11months. We may discover disadvantages further down the road that we aren't yet experiencing or aware of.
Sugar addiction is real, keto is the cure. However an incomplete 100% carnivore diet will provide short term fixes but then also. Vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) - Lack of fruits and vegetables can cause scurvy over time. 2. Fiber deficiency - Leads to constipation and poor gut health. 3. Vitamin K1 deficiency - Found mainly in leafy greens, important for blood clotting. 4. Folate deficiency - Essential for DNA repair and cell division, found in plant foods. 5. Increased cholesterol levels - High intake of saturated fats may raise LDL cholesterol. 6. Kidney strain - Excess protein can stress the kidneys, especially in individuals with preexisting kidney issues. 7. Electrolyte imbalance - Lack of potassium and magnesium from plant foods. 8. Gut microbiome disruption - Reduced diversity of gut bacteria due to lack of fiber. 9. Bone health issues - Low intake of calcium (if dairy is excluded) and vitamin K2. 10. Increased risk of certain cancers - Diets high in red and processed meats are linked to colorectal cancer.
Kerry’s journey on HomesteadHow is a powerful example of how personal testimonials can inspire and educate. Stories like his are crucial for spreading awareness about the carnivore diet as a viable option for achieving metabolic health. By sharing real-life experiences, we can empower others to explore dietary approaches that address root causes of chronic illness and pave the way to better health. Thank you, Kerry, for being a beacon of hope and change!
You are an absolute legend. I don’t care how corny this is, or how many people make fun of me, if I ever met you…. I’d give ya a firm handshake and then demand to give you a hug. I know they must have come after you. You’re going to see the throne up there.
For myself, I went keto about 7 years ago then carnivore last summer. No more depression and anxiety. No more lifelong migraines. No more chronic fatigue. IBS gone. Reflux gone. Candida gone. Fibromyalgia almost gone. We can heal with proper nutrition! It’s very empowering. But it puts the full responsibility on the individual and some just won’t eat well.
It’s not about nutrition. What you did was simply eliminate highly processed foods and gave your body a chance to heal. Just eating meats didn’t do that.
@@photomaker4502 it is about nutrition, too. How far would she have healed if she ate nothing but an IV solution? Dextrose? Twinkies? Animal foods are very nutrient dense. Even more than that, the nutrients are in the most bioavailable forms compared to plant foods. Your body can use animal-sourced nutrition very easily.
Someone on a forum I follow recently reported that her being 200 lbs at 5'2" was described by her doctor as the "new normal," and was offered medication and no lifestyle or dietary advice. Finding keto, she is 30 lbs. down so far, without any help from her doctor. We hear variation of her story all the time. What is even more sad is the thought of how many people believe it when they are told such things and don't ever discover how much better they can be making a just few changes.
200lbs at 5'2" is definitely NOT normal. I know from my personal experience at 5' I was 176lbs (very similar ratio to OP). Went low carb to remit my diabetes (successfully) and ended up losing 25% of my weight (44lbs) without trying; only light weights, stretching and strengthening exercises due to back and knee issues (which have improved). I have been either overweight or obese for about 35 years. I am now very close to what I weighed in the mid 1980s before I had my children. I'm having trouble getting to and sticking to my previous low weight and have wondered if isn't body weight but excess skin weight. Whatever it is, I'm trying to keep the weight off without getting paranoid about it. And it isn't to do with how I look, but how I feel.
I am horrified to see all the fat people on TV and in commercials. Some talk about losing some weight and show off how good they look - not realizing they need to lose 50-100 pounds more. Somewhere along the line, it became okay that people were overweight and people just let themselves become grossly overweight because it was supposed to be accepted. It's so easy to let yourself get heavy and ignore all the damage you're doing to your body. People need to take action and save themselves.
My father told me when I was very young “sugar is poison”. Unfortunately the level of propaganda eg food pyramid, seed oils and latent hidden sugars eg carbohydrates saw him die from metabolic diseases. I could have saved him if I knew what I know now. Doctor, keep it going you can save many.
@amyfarrell8799 Respectfully disagree. He stated that foods should only be allowed if proven healthy. Tolerance allows the individual to determine if they want to eat healthy. The truth should be told. No hidden ingredients. We should decide. I'm a rational adult and some days I want cake or chocolate chip cookies..
My family and friends are zombies. They ridicule me, ignore me and refuse to let me talk. I am on an island all by myself. The keto community is my lifeline. Thank you Dr Westman for being the light in the storm
Just let them continue with their food, you changed yours and let them see your improvements in 3-6 months, it is never too late to eat to heal. After all the healing is done, then add on what you need too n see if u r doing as good
That’s true!!! Eating carb conscious meat based and avoiding all the junk and carbs is very isolating experience. This explains why there’s an epidemic of metabolic syndrome and all the other diseases that comes from it.
It hasn't been at all an isolating experience for me because I couldn't care less about what others eat. I eat for my health, and do not care what others think of me and my diet. It is so delicious and is far superior in nutrition and that is all I care about. My family is now either carnivore or ketovore. They were smart enough to figure it out! My friends ask a lot of questions and they may figure it out too. But, like I said, I really don't care what they eat.
Sugar is soooo addictive. I’m eating carnivore but struggling to quit sugar. I’m not consuming it everyday all day now and will keep trying to quit it altogether. These videos help me keep at it.
I am struggling with wanting whoppers, Big Macs, and sandwiches. I don’t dare because I’m allergic to all additives but I still swoon sometimes when I see commercials. I nearly fainted when I smelled potatoes once.
@erichasu737 growing up drinking a coke with our Mexican food -- it's part of the meal!! It also helps clear out my throat with allergies rampant. Lifelong habits so hard to break !!
I don't really care how long I live as long as I am having a good life doing it, not plodding along in a nursing home! I visited two loved ones in nursing homes this year and was shocked at the food! And seeing people plod along numbly waiting for their next meds and terrible meals. Now age 78 and carnivore for almost 19 months. gone is the awful arthritis pain I had for years, hand tremors, cardiologist lowered my heart meds and then took me totally off. I went from 7 meds to one.
My husband has hand tremors. Benign essential tremor, familial. We recently began eating carnivore, and I have been wondering if this will help heal that. Have you had hand tremors your whole life?
The food in hospitals shocks me too. How are you supposed to improve enough to leave the hospital earing that junk. School food sucks too, way to start kids out on the wrong foot. My kid would be taking g boiled eggs and cold steak.
One thing I have learned, is no one has energy like me. The can't just up and go on a 5 mile or 10 mile walk, then come back and work in the garage all day then edit a video then clean the kitchen, reload some ammo and then sleep 7hours and do it all over again the next day.
My husband and I have been carnivore for over 6 years. I personally cannot eat vegetables as they give me horrible inflammation. Some of the worse is lettuce, onions, tomatoes. It’s unbelievable how these things affect me.
An inspiring response, thank you. Probably the only part that hurts is hearing there is a problem with onions, one of the few veggies that “addict” me.
@@WilliamGard Every once in a while, I cheat with iceberg, onions, and whatnot. I regretted homemade marinara sauce and wished to die on potatoes. Everyone is different. I hope you find out your true enemies like my tomatoes and potatoes and etc. Carnivore clears the deck of all of them and many others are on ketovore.
@@WilliamGardonions may not be a problem for you! Though the way to find out is a total elimination diet, then add it back in and see if you have a bad reaction.
I've just spent a few weeks in the company of a friend with type 2 diabetes. She's convinced that she needs to eat carbs every two to three hours to avoid dizziness and headaches. She has multiple ailments and is taking a handful of medication three times a day. I'm horrified to see how much she's deteriorated and have tried to talk to her about the relationship between carbs, inflammation, and chronic disease, but she won't give up her cakes. It is, indeed, an addiction.
I used to have to eat something every 2-3 hours or I would feel dizzy and lethargic! I was Type 2 Diabetic but Carnivore fixed that! I have stable blood sugar 24/7 now, and zero carbs ever!
@@CriticalLinker Yes, the liver makes all the glucose we need- so protein breaks down into glucose too. I've been Carnivore for about 15 months, and Lion Diet for about 11 months (just red meat, salt, and water). Maybe you can send your friend some helpful videos that discuss this process and she'll be willing to try it!
@@misse2013used to be the same! After work craving sweets and chips and stuck in that vicious cycle. Been on carnivore for only 2 weeks and feeling SO much better! Cravings are gone already.
I live in Nelson Mandela Bay, Republic South Africa. I am 73 years old & I rollerblade in the streets regularly. Been on "KETO" my whole life. American food sucks.
He started carnivore about same time as i started keto. We have lost about the same amount of weight and got similar health benefits. I didn´t have as much medical problems from the start, but that propably has something to do the fact that we have better quality food in Finland. I also eated whole foods long before started keto and didn´t use seed oils either.
@@ianstuart5660 Just seen his videos from the begining of his carnivore journey time to time. He started to lose weight quicker than i, but i was diagnosed hypothyrodism so it slowed it down. After year on keto i got meds for hypothyrodism and 6 months later i had catched him up whit weight loss. My diet is 95% carnivore and it changes day to day. As living in Finland we have better quality vegetables so i do eat some of thse sometimes. Mostly cabbage, bell peppers, onions, garlic etc that i like. Anyway it have been great journey and at least i ain´t ever going back for carb based diet.
I'm only 66 (67 later this week) and will be bicycling 67 miles on my birthday with plenty of hills. I'm two years on a carnivore way of eating and at least a decade into low carb. Could I be healthier? Sure...but I'm on no medications, have really good blood work, and get plenty of sleep.
I was born 1959. It was RARE to have overweight, let alone obese people in the population. I was nursing from the late 70s we never had any barbaric policies or the like due to weight. Now.. its at least 30% of hospital patients. Companies have had to make the new big beds which are amazing but it's showing the trend.
I was born in 1954. I look around when I am out in public and can't believe how fat Americans are. Seems like every other woman I see is obese. It's so ugly and so needless.
Same year I was born and almost all the girls were fairly slender and now the opposite is true and when you tell me how it used to be there seems to be no inquisitive response
Regarding the Inuit eating primarily meat and fat -- I lived with Canadian Eskimos briefly in 1969. they ate the whole animal; the brain, the eyes, contents of the stomach as well as the meat and fat. There are the micronutrients in the total animal.
Thank you Dr Westman. Your efforts offer an immediate transformation because going to Ketovore is a transition especially if folks need help because they are on medication and not everyone wants carnivore certainly making the shift and the economic transition. I am a carnivore for 3 1/2 years + and I made my transition over 20 years.
I was born in 1961, so my experience growing up was similar to Dr Westman's in regards to breakfast cereals. Yes, Capn' Crunch was one of my favorites, but I think I had most of the sugary junk cereals available back then. And walking down the cereal aisle in the grocery store now doesn't look any better.
I have read many books, I listened to many RUclips videos by many of the world's leading gurus and health experts but nothing came close to the 23 former doctor truths by lauren clark. I recommend everyone giving it a read.
How did plants kill you? Cause I'm between plant based and carnevore...need to get healthy and lose 50 lbs...im leaning toward plants...so I'm curious..how did u feel on plants?
@ the US has ruined our soil with pesticides, genetically modifying everything, and even the fertilizers are bad for you. Personally I deal with a lot of autoimmune stuff and just getting rid of processed foods helped but carnivore has been a cure. I’m off the 10k/meds and feel 25 yrs younger. It’s worth your trouble to try it. Been getting regular blood testing and I’m getting ALL the nutrients I need🤷🏼♀️
@@klarapen I'm not certain of the root cause, but all signs point to fortified wheat flour overwhelming my MTHFR 677 gene deficiency (can't convert folic acid well, I only learned of this deficiency 2 months ago), which led to my numerous attempts at remedy over the last 30 years. Especially the last 10 years during which I tried many dietary protocols to rescue myself from chronic illness and autoimmunity, like 100+ symptoms, many of which disabling. I ended up allergic to plant foods in general it would seem, according to RAST IgE. And I think the problem was compounded by my attempt at Veganism which led to high oxalate consumption and high doses of toxic heavy metals and pesticides from veg, herbs and spices. And my body began falling apart. Tried RPAH elimination diet, didn't really work and took me years to find advice again. A few more elimination diets and medicines/supps later, I ended up at another "end of the road", but this time I was told to go carnivore by the last person to give up on me. That was July last year. Went onto skinless chicken breast with butter for a couple months, supplementing with ElementAll Diet because I was too underweight, found myself reacting to it, swapped in hard boiled eggs. Began recovering and even building my muscles back. Truly remarkable, like I cured 90/100 symptoms in a month after decades of decline. But I hit a plateau, and 2 months ago I was lucky to find someone who wasn't a doctor, which somehow meant they cared about me and my history and my blood test results, and they saw what looked like MTHFR problems, so they tested me and found it. 5 or 6 weeks ago I tried macadamia a few times, blueberries too, came out the way they went in and I reacted very badly. Got "meds" and "procedural" updates from my naturopath last month. Coconut water and "sour cream" seem to have passed the tests I did over the last week. Today I ate 30g of broccoli...fingers crossed. Maybe my leaky gut is healing now and I can start reintroducing plants? Gotta take it slow.
Two years ago I had a hemorrhagic stroke, woke up and couldn’t speak. In 2 days I was back to normal. For 1.5 years the drs did prescriptions and an inflammatory diet., 9 pills daily, got tired of napping on the couch after work and aching joints. Started carnivore approximately 7 months ago went from a 40 waist to 36 in 90 days, im now off of atorvaststin, metformin, and hydroclorothiazide. Feeling like myself again. Productive!
Thank you I need these videos just to keep my sanity. Dr. Westman Would it be possible to make a video that will give us ammunition when we discuss our diet with our doctors. My Dr. Was fine with me being on Keto for 5 years, but she thinks I'm nuts for being carnivore for the past year. True to form my LDL spiked but my Triglycerides were low. She immediately wanted to put me on a stating. I refused. The good thing is she prescribed a CT scan. Thanks again
CT scan? You mean for a CAC score? Good luck. My score was 305 two years ago. I'm getting retested the day after tomorrow, Jan. 6, 2025. Got my fingers crossed.
I’ve seen my grandmother, my mother, my ex father-in-law all die with cancer or heart disease & in their mid 70s! My dad at 84 from cancer I’m hoping to surpass all of them because I know better now Im 68 & on NO MEDS never had any diseases but was pre-diabetic a couple years ago - eating ketovore ( heavy meat) now 8 months now
The Inuit also had a much more active lifestyle than we did, and imo being outdoors and in dwellings that were well ventilated compared to ours, makes a huge difference in health. It makes a huge difference in how a person feels. They used every part of the animal, and ate more than seals, but primarily seals for some. They didn't have a long lifespan (about 60 years), but certainly better than most Europeans at the time.
lifespan is a poor metric. It's hard if not impossible to accurately calculate. It's also an average, meaning that it's based in the number of all recorded and estimated deaths and ages at death regardless of circumstance. diseases spread. infections occur. war happens. accidents happen. the arctic is a harsh and dangerous environment and they didnt have medical care. when lots of people die as babies/at child birth/ while birthing children and from other causes that really lowers the average age calculation. no antibiotics. accidents. danger. deaths at 0.
Thank you! You saved my life and now i am trying to lead by example. Some people just do not what to get off their high horse and change their way of thinking, living… "It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so." M.T.
Carnivore 6 months, feel great, feel like I did in my 20’s I’m 51, look like I did in my 20’s. Added a little fruit over Xmas, started to get aches and pains again. Carnivore is optimal and how we are supposed to eat. Minimal fruit if not none and DEFINITELY 0 vegetables, vegetables and nuts are toxic
when i was raising my youngest . The diet said 14 grams of sugar max a week. Now a drink in England called a fruit shoot targeted at children has 21 grams of sugar in . reference 21 grams is the adult weekly maximum. 11 teeth had to be removed due to tooth decay from my daughter luckily it was her milk teeth yet I was blamed as the parent NOT the corporation that made the juice.
Ironically interrupted by ads for Rx diabetes meds showing dancing overweight people singing in the artificially colorful produce aisle of a grocery store.
Nearly three months into the carnivore diet with daily intermittent fasting, and the results are life-changing! Here are my numbers: * Weight: Down 30 pounds * Blood Pressure: Improved from 139/90 to 123/73 * Glucose Levels: Dropped from 123 mg/dL to 102 mg/dL * Ketones: Now at 3.0 mmol/L * GKI (Glucose Ketone Index): 1.8 This combination has truly transformed my health and my life!
I tend to believe that when glyphosate is cited as a risk factor, it could be for one of two reasons: Firstly, Roundup was banned in much of Europe due to the presence of glyphosate, which is deemed harmful. Secondly, any antibacterial substance, including most preservatives used in processed foods to extend their shelf life, is beneficial to the large food industry but detrimental to your microbiome. This is also true for glyphosate residues, provided they can be proven to end up in our food supply.
I think we need more discussions about increasing the right foods. We have heard plenty about avoiding the wrong foods. And I think it is every bit as important to eat more of the good foods, as it is to eat less of the bad foods.
@@JackieCorey-hz9pu You may be right. But I would like to hear a real explanation about exactly what junk foods are. I think junk foods are nutrient deficient foods that are toxic. If we eat too much nutrient deficient foods that are toxic, that means we are starving and sick. If we are starving, we should actually eat more food, at least more good food.
We have gotten used to the idea of adding something to our diet to treat a disease or condition. Got an infection, take a pill. Got an allergy, take a pill. Now we do the same with diet-related disease; eat the foods that make you sick and take a pill to cope with the consequences. We need to change the mindset to trying to remove the cause of the disease. Eat healthy foods and have no need of prescription maintenance meds.
What about all the additives in the food? I lived on a low carb /right above keto) diet for about two-three years, and I have never felt better, but then I slowly developed what is finally diagnosed ME in lack of any other explanation, and I wonder if this has to do with inflammation due to additives in our food.
@DrEricWestman Pam Popper put out a video on January 7th warning about high fat diets. You can see the video on her Rumble channel. Please consider doing a "Dr. Reacts" video going over the points she makes in that video. There's a lot there! She talks a lot about some things that have already been debunked, but are common misconceptions, and she also cites studies that would require someone with expertise to unravel. Anyway, I hope you do the "Dr. Reacts" video; I know it would help me as I talk to people everyday about this topic and I really value the information you put out, as well as the Ketogenic book. But, honestly, the videos are super helpful as going through the book takes a lot of time. Thank you!
Question is would u rather die peacefully in your sleep at 102, or die laid up in a hospital bed under hospice care with a catheter soiling yourself after either months of torture from cancer, or potentially days of torture due to damage from heart attack or stroke? We all die sure. But how do you want to live and how do you want to go?
It's the substantial increase in dementia, autism, obesity and diabetes that should wake up practitioners to change the outdated methods they are using that's so obviously failing us.
My only disagreement is I think a lot of people will also be dying heart attacks, strokes, and liver failure too. Not to mention the rise in suicides as well.
Just watched stubborn fat lost webinar and oh my I have been in a stall for 9 months and I have14 out of 16 symptoms for thyroid. Now my problem I’m in Victoria Australia and can not find a doctor keto/carnivore . Where to now. Can anyone help?
I want to go carnivore and get off my medications, but my doctor is not a believer in that way of eating. How can I find a local doctor to help me gradually get off the meds? I'm in Northern california, placer county.I wish I lived near where Dr. Westman works.
When I went in for my last exam I asked my doctor who wanted to put me on a couple of meds (high cholesterol and osteoporosis) what she thought about my weight (after being 15 months carnivore, age 64, height 5’2”, weight 104 pounds). She looked at her at her past reports and said, “well, two years ago you weighed this, last year you weighed that, and now you weigh 104 pounds.” After a short pause, she responded, “ How did you do that?, I replied, “I got sugar out of my life.” She wrote on my report, ‘she’s on a very low carb diet.’ I know she’s not that naive, but I didn’t want any backlash, so I didn’t mention the word carnivore. She didn’t even say a word about meds that time. You do not need your doctor’s approval to improve your health. Do what you know is right, and maybe they will see the light.
Show me a study that shows walking at least 2 hours a day and eating a balanced diet with non processed carbs is worse for longevity or health than strictly carnivore.
What exactly is a balanced diet? I can eat a balanced diet by including a chocolate chip cookie my wife hand made with organic raw ungranulated cane sugar. But I can stop at one and only have one per week. I can eat one homemade buttermilk biscuit once per week made out of unbleached flour and homemade buttermilk usually on Sunday mornings. Can everybody do that? Probably not. Most likely your going to eat 2 or 3 every morning that’s made with store bought buttermilk and enriched white flour. So what is a balanced diet and what ingredients does that balanced diet contain?
Lol - my comment that his enthusiasm is unrealistic was completely misunderstood. Every comment assumed that unrealistic referred to myself; but that couldn't be further from the truth. I've been ketovore longer than any of the commenters.... I'm reflecting upon the reality that surrounds all of us & my point was that it's unrealistic b/c our health environment isn't changing enough in size nor speed. Look back 8 years to the documentary film " The Magic Pill" - i remember being excited about that film & sharing it with many ppl. It went in 1 ear & out the other..... he is naive; would've been a more accurate comment.
I'm having so many problems now that I'm trying to change my diet, keto has so many veggies that I got stomach pain and bloating, carnivore makes me have a histamine reaction. Got a food sensitivity test that says I am sensitive to beef, when I eat it I cough and feel awful, also get really hot then cold. So I'm still trying to figure my new diet out.
What about pork, chicken, seafood, bison, veal? Can you tolerate other meats? Look at the nutrients in them, fat to protein ratios, and make the adjustments. Hopefully you will find what you can tolerate. A LCHF/ Keto/Carnivore friendly doctor or coach could be helpful to you.
Make sure to have low enough ph in your stomach to digest meat properly and your issue may go away. I've been on such a diet for a year with exhaustion until I started taking "Betaine HCl + Pepsin" the other night and all issues were resolved right away after the first meal.
I would love for Dr. Westman to address well known doctors, such as Dr. Barry Sears (author of "The Zone") or Dr. Mercola, who argue (with references) for superiority over Keto of diet that burns mostly carbs for energy, generally around 40% of calories from carbs. The Zone, which has been around since 1995, is specifically: 40% of calories from carbs, and 30% from fat and protein, respectively.
1 - I will never understand the enchantment of holding into consuming vegetables. To me, if you really want to miss something GRAINS taste WAY better and I've quit them completely... for a year and a half. I've experimented with a pc of sourdough bread, angel hair pasta... made me sick to my stomach for both. I CAN moderate...let me experiment FOR you. They are bonafide bad. Sad. 2. Dr/Professor Thomas Seyfried will agree to everything cancer related that Kerry is saying. That man should have received a Nobel Prize by now. His research is groundbreaking!!! 3. Pesticides & Glyphosates are AWFUL... flat out real. Did they have this problems BEFORE GLYPHOSATES??? THERE'S YOUR PROOF. That goes for dyes in our food, too. Doc, you mean to tell me that you cannot officially say that if you spray food with a pesticide that that would be 100 % unhealthy for a person??? Get serious. It gets absorbed into the plant and into the fruit and into our system. You can't wash it away with 10 to 15 seconds under a faucet, so I don't get why it's so tough for you to admit it. 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ It's not even a tiny stretch to make that statement... it's logical and obvious. Go with it. It's not a stretch. You can't have a study for everything that is common sense related. Just realize something is what it is. This is why it's taking so long for people and doctors to go to a ROOT CAUSE EFFECT to figure out what is actually wrong with us because common sense is way up on the top shelf and no one wants to take it down and use it use it, without an official study. For me, Common Sense means let's go back and look at cave art... aren't there any drawings of salads, grains, fruits, starches, NO! IT'S MEN HUNTING ANIMALS .... it's ancestral. Again, it's not a stretch to tell people it's beneficial to eat natural... the way we were designed and created to eat since we were breathing air and drinking water. Uggghhh
I was doing low carb for @8 months, and though I lost a decent amount of weight, I still have different health issues. Jan.1 we decided to try carnivore...I am sleeping better at night and my lower back pain is a LOT better. I noticed a carb correlation to me back pain before Jan 1, when I shared a pizza for dinner with family.
Very good today. Research on childhood cancer is in question and all the research needed is carnivore or keto. Doctor, you should go talk to congress. Thank you for your videos.
I've been on Carnivore for a few weeks and the hunger never goes away for me. I'm 5'3" 99lbs and eat half a grass-fed ribeye for breakfast and half for donner. And that's breaking the bank for me. I live on my $1145 SSDI. My food card was depleted after only 20 days. I just had to switch to grass-fed ground beef because of it and pasture raised eggs for breakfast because of it. WHEN am not going to feel hungry ALL THE TIME?
You should consider getting one on one coaching from a metabolic health coach/provider to get guidance. You may need to simply eat more. You may just need more time. Everyone is different and you are very early in your journey. Good luck!
Sounds like you are under-eating so you need to eat more meat until you are satiated. Also, are you eating the fat &/or adding extra fat? This will help.
@Om1t0n Yeah but I don't have the money to pay for more meat. Yes, I'm eating the fat. I actually like the fat grilled well. I eat the steak rare but lift it up and set it on each of the ends to get the fat cooked enough to taste great. And I put MCT oil and coconut cream in my decaf every morning.
On a Dr. visit I noticed my Dr. recently fixed his exam chair…had been reinforced with newly welded angle iron and refused to paint it. “Why”? I asked. He said, “I’m sick and tired of fat patients breaking my furniture”!
I follow low carb animal based diet 95percent time works for me i live in Tasmania. I met retired couple from Queensland 60s visiting tas retired couple they told me 100percent carvior for 2yrs that transformed there life they told me got them of medications pervented replscement surgeries now can enjoy retirement.They would done yrs ago if new about carvior diet So believe all diet need to be tested to prove benfits in current state of the world
Should mentioned 6ft 175lb solid muscle and metabolic healthy and flexible when said 95percent I was meaning if I have one meal week at neighbours house or intown still whole foods doesn't affect told one neighbour what I know Doctors trust Antony chaffe Paul mason Shawn baker ken berry and professor bart Kay so many more When i was standard diet struggled with joint pain from chainsaw work heavy labourer now high fat can use chainsaw everyday can do 20min training everyday push ups pull ups kettlebells could never do that before Also lot plant pushers are coming from privileged background born in to it they could never leave it Hypercarvior for life Think spectrom to proper human diet People will get sick in futer from eating to many plants be careful who you trust
How does a blood panel look with this diet or keto diet. Does it raise lipids or cause heart disease? Serious question. That’s all I keep reading but it’s all mostly from big pharma backed articles.
Mr Kellogg started all of this bad carb / sugar. Coco pops, Frosties - those little variety packs / I loved them- I eat Kelloggs corn fakes like potato chips!!
Eric, you Shock me re your lack of research into glyphosate as your on top of everything else. Still think your great. Hi from Australia a gyphosate dependant society sadly 😢
Agree! I don't know how such intelligent doctors can have such serious blind spots - I do better on just strict carnivore, but even if I could tolerate some fruit (veges suck ha ha) I still wouldn't buy them because of glyphosate, not to mention GMO. Eric was also promoting LMNT recently, not sure if he still is, and it is terrible for anyone with gut issues!! We should not trust any 'food' without investigating its origins first..
I see people in their 90s, mentally fit, and physically fit. Some take blood pressure medication, some take statins. These people walk to the store daily and talk to people. I don't think there's enough proof humans can live till 150. Maybe? Will I have to retire at 120? Lol😂 I am 59 and healthy. No medication, and I am looking forward to retirement. Of course, work is fun and physical. I don't have a sitting down job. With all the non ending wars who knows what will happen. Basically, enjoy the moment.
My Grand mother pass at age 99 and Grand Grand at 106 long fact of life lolol iam a food lover, love to eat good Fermented food and my meats is a must lolo no sugar no process food and I'm 62 years of age Construction worker still at it , I have to move lololo but I agree stay away from big pharma and process food people's.
10:30 Great to hear you voice this 'option' (other types of evidence relating to individual experiences etc.) - I know the holy grail for you Eric is of course an RCT, however it is strictly not an option when it comes to humans / nutrition etc. However, BETTER research / experiments conducted properly, yes, even the dreaded studies leveraging self reported food questionnaires, can be impactful and give folks a number of options for taking control of their health rather than those limited to the interventions by MD's and BigPharma. 🎉❤ Happy New Year!
Whose bad idea was 3 meals a day? I eat once a day, unless I'm not hungry and I've done this for years. I copy what wild animals do. They eat when they can. No "scheduled" meals and wild animals seem to be doing okay. Just sayin'.
Part of me can't help but love Kelly's passion, derived from the benefits he has gained from his chosen path. But another part of me cringes at his "evangelical preacher" style. It's far too zealous for my liking. But that's obviously personal taste!
"...other animals don’t get addictions..." Generally not but they have the potential to develop addictions. Various birds and monkeys will become addicted to fermented fruit, the offending substance being ethanol, that being the type of alcohol in alcoholic drinks. A percentage of animals will reveal themselves to be addicts by disposition.
Just a quick comment. I am 68 and into my 3rd year of turning my life around. Now that is not to say that I did not incur 65 years of damage to my heart and arteries but all metabolic diseases and symptoms and pre diabetes all melted away and I live in my 32 inch waistline jeans....the same size as high school. People and friends see me they say they want to do what I am doing and I tell them to eat red meat.....they ask if I am afraid of a heart attack, kidney disease or colon cancer? They are so funny and not a single one has ever made the switch. 😑
In 2019 I was dying from advanced fatty liver disease and heart failure. Through first low carb, then keto and for the last 3 years carnivore, both conditions have reversed. Today I am 60 pounds lighter than in 2019, feel great and see my future as open ended. Meat heals, carbs kill.
Carbs have no essential nutrients.
Wow, quite amazing. Big congrats!
Well done! After I had lost 20kgs / 44lbs I can remember carrying about 7kgs of meat (divided between both hands) from the car. I could only just manage it. And then I realised that I had lost almost 3 times that amount.
I started keto in the fall of 2022. Went carnivore in the beginning of 2023. I started out at 275 pounds. I’m down 80 pounds. And it was easy! Once you realize how much trash you’ve been eating and how it was destroying your body and quality of life, it’s easy to not eat that crap again. The plus side is you lose weight, lose metabolic disorders, lose pain and inflammation and lose pills. It’s a win win win!
Ooh, haven't seen that slogan on a T-shirt yet: Meat Heals, Carbs Kill. Love it!
My father worked full time until he was eighty five. He lived on meat eggs and butter seafood the majority of his life. Then went low fat to be healthy and developed heart disease! He lived to 98 but could have been much healthier if he has not listened to the low fat propaganda of the 80s
Low fat diet may cause chronic diseases like diabetes, blood pressure. These people were supposed to be healthy, but if we look at our friends and relatives they are all chronically sick. 😮
I was in that low fat group 😢
My sister preached this years ago and she believed in eating all organic and follow your blood type but she died a month after she was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago - I was in such shock and it started me down this road to low carb meat based 😮
@@stavross3321type 2
So agree with you. My Great Aunt, the same.
100% of us will die. This is not about dying but rather how you want to live.
@@iss8504 or how young
exactly, ideally we can actually live until we die rather than be sitting in the waiting room of death for years.
@@amyfarrell8799 No guarantee on that either. No matter how healthy you eat, you can die at a young age or old age.
Well said.
Yongevity not longevity
I've been. Carnivore for 11 months. I no longer take antidepressants, reduced HBP meds, no more statins and I feel amazing. I no longer feel sick everytime I eat, I wake up before my alarm with energy all day long and I have lost 20 kg (44lbs). I no longer crave sugar or carbs. My life has changed dramatically on Carnivore and I will never go back to eating the SAD way. I now know I was addicted to sugar.
I’m struggling to quit sugar although otherwise I am carnivore. Chocolate ice cream is my Achilles heel. I still feel better than when I ate sugar all day everyday and will not give up.
@@tomaskey6844 You should try to give up the sugar using L-glutamine (Thorne is a good brand)
It can stop sugar cravings in real-time!
You can do it 💪
You've named your channel very prematurely though. I'm 6 month carnivore and loving it.... but it's kinda extreme to call your channel carnivore 4 life after only 11months.
We may discover disadvantages further down the road that we aren't yet experiencing or aware of.
Sugar addiction is real, keto is the cure. However an incomplete 100% carnivore diet will provide short term fixes but then also.
Vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) - Lack of fruits and vegetables can cause scurvy over time.
2. Fiber deficiency - Leads to constipation and poor gut health.
3. Vitamin K1 deficiency - Found mainly in leafy greens, important for blood clotting.
4. Folate deficiency - Essential for DNA repair and cell division, found in plant foods.
5. Increased cholesterol levels - High intake of saturated fats may raise LDL cholesterol.
6. Kidney strain - Excess protein can stress the kidneys, especially in individuals with preexisting kidney issues.
7. Electrolyte imbalance - Lack of potassium and magnesium from plant foods.
8. Gut microbiome disruption - Reduced diversity of gut bacteria due to lack of fiber.
9. Bone health issues - Low intake of calcium (if dairy is excluded) and vitamin K2.
10. Increased risk of certain cancers - Diets high in red and processed meats are linked to colorectal cancer.
@ Carnivore Cure by Judy Cho. Great book.
Kerry’s journey on HomesteadHow is a powerful example of how personal testimonials can inspire and educate. Stories like his are crucial for spreading awareness about the carnivore diet as a viable option for achieving metabolic health. By sharing real-life experiences, we can empower others to explore dietary approaches that address root causes of chronic illness and pave the way to better health. Thank you, Kerry, for being a beacon of hope and change!
Well said!
You are an absolute legend. I don’t care how corny this is, or how many people make fun of me, if I ever met you…. I’d give ya a firm handshake and then demand to give you a hug. I know they must have come after you. You’re going to see the throne up there.
Thank you, Dr. Tony!
You're a great BACON of hope!
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@@ianstuart5660 Ha! I see what you said there!
@@ianstuart5660 Thanks for the laugh
For myself, I went keto about 7 years ago then carnivore last summer. No more depression and anxiety. No more lifelong migraines. No more chronic fatigue. IBS gone. Reflux gone. Candida gone. Fibromyalgia almost gone. We can heal with proper nutrition! It’s very empowering. But it puts the full responsibility on the individual and some just won’t eat well.
It’s not about nutrition. What you did was simply eliminate highly processed foods and gave your body a chance to heal. Just eating meats didn’t do that.
depends how define processed foods. That only leaves veggies and meat, so yeah, eating meat is what did that
@photomaker4502 it's putting your body into a state of ketosis which allows for autophagy that heals.
@@photomaker4502it is 100% about nutrition, grass fed and finished beef is the most nutrient dense healing food on earth.
@@photomaker4502 it is about nutrition, too. How far would she have healed if she ate nothing but an IV solution? Dextrose? Twinkies? Animal foods are very nutrient dense. Even more than that, the nutrients are in the most bioavailable forms compared to plant foods. Your body can use animal-sourced nutrition very easily.
Someone on a forum I follow recently reported that her being 200 lbs at 5'2" was described by her doctor as the "new normal," and was offered medication and no lifestyle or dietary advice. Finding keto, she is 30 lbs. down so far, without any help from her doctor. We hear variation of her story all the time. What is even more sad is the thought of how many people believe it when they are told such things and don't ever discover how much better they can be making a just few changes.
So damn true
@@shiplesp no plants lose your pants
@@unitivity1082 🤣
200lbs at 5'2" is definitely NOT normal. I know from my personal experience at 5' I was 176lbs (very similar ratio to OP). Went low carb to remit my diabetes (successfully) and ended up losing 25% of my weight (44lbs) without trying; only light weights, stretching and strengthening exercises due to back and knee issues (which have improved).
I have been either overweight or obese for about 35 years. I am now very close to what I weighed in the mid 1980s before I had my children. I'm having trouble getting to and sticking to my previous low weight and have wondered if isn't body weight but excess skin weight. Whatever it is, I'm trying to keep the weight off without getting paranoid about it. And it isn't to do with how I look, but how I feel.
I am horrified to see all the fat people on TV and in commercials. Some talk about losing some weight and show off how good they look - not realizing they need to lose 50-100 pounds more. Somewhere along the line, it became okay that people were overweight and people just let themselves become grossly overweight because it was supposed to be accepted. It's so easy to let yourself get heavy and ignore all the damage you're doing to your body. People need to take action and save themselves.
"The diet is the biggest source of inflammation." Amen! More people need to hear this.
My father told me when I was very young “sugar is poison”.
Unfortunately the level of propaganda eg food pyramid, seed oils and latent hidden sugars eg carbohydrates saw him die from metabolic diseases. I could have saved him if I knew what I know now.
Doctor, keep it going you can save many.
Dr westman has so much wisdom and tolerance.
@amyfarrell8799 Respectfully disagree. He stated that foods should only be allowed if proven healthy. Tolerance allows the individual to determine if they want to eat healthy.
The truth should be told. No hidden ingredients. We should decide.
I'm a rational adult and some days I want cake or chocolate chip cookies..
along with Dr. Shawn Baker, Dr. Ken Berry, and Dr. Eric Berg and Dr. Sten Ekberg!
My family and friends are zombies. They ridicule me, ignore me and refuse to let me talk. I am on an island all by myself. The keto community is my lifeline. Thank you Dr Westman for being the light in the storm
Just let them continue with their food, you changed yours and let them see your improvements in 3-6 months, it is never too late to eat to heal. After all the healing is done, then add on what you need too n see if u r doing as good
Your good health will talk for you.
That’s true!!! Eating carb conscious meat based and avoiding all the junk and carbs is very isolating experience.
This explains why there’s an epidemic of metabolic syndrome and all the other diseases that comes from it.
It hasn't been at all an isolating experience for me because I couldn't care less about what others eat. I eat for my health, and do not care what others think of me and my diet. It is so delicious and is far superior in nutrition and that is all I care about. My family is now either carnivore or ketovore. They were smart enough to figure it out! My friends ask a lot of questions and they may figure it out too. But, like I said, I really don't care what they eat.
Many are indoctrinated since birth and poisoned by sugar. I woke up 2018 and now nearly medical free
Sugar is soooo addictive. I’m eating carnivore but struggling to quit sugar. I’m not consuming it everyday all day now and will keep trying to quit it altogether. These videos help me keep at it.
I am struggling with wanting whoppers, Big Macs, and sandwiches. I don’t dare because I’m allergic to all additives but I still swoon sometimes when I see commercials. I nearly fainted when I smelled potatoes once.
I'm fighting it too-- seriously didn't know sugar was an addiction....
Crack on steroids.
Good thing about addictions is they pass, if you just bear the first few days to weeks.
@erichasu737 growing up drinking a coke with our Mexican food -- it's part of the meal!! It also helps clear out my throat with allergies rampant.
Lifelong habits so hard to break !!
I don't really care how long I live as long as I am having a good life doing it, not plodding along in a nursing home! I visited two loved ones in nursing homes this year and was shocked at the food! And seeing people plod along numbly waiting for their next meds and terrible meals. Now age 78 and carnivore for almost 19 months. gone is the awful arthritis pain I had for years, hand tremors, cardiologist lowered my heart meds and then took me totally off. I went from 7 meds to one.
My husband has hand tremors. Benign essential tremor, familial. We recently began eating carnivore, and I have been wondering if this will help heal that. Have you had hand tremors your whole life?
@@Di__3928 No, only for about 10 years. But I couldn't even eat soup as the soup shook out of the spoon.
@@susans7091 I’m so sorry. My husband’s aren’t to that point yet, but his father’s are. Are yours completely healed?
The food in hospitals shocks me too. How are you supposed to improve enough to leave the hospital earing that junk. School food sucks too, way to start kids out on the wrong foot. My kid would be taking g boiled eggs and cold steak.
One thing I have learned, is no one has energy like me. The can't just up and go on a 5 mile or 10 mile walk, then come back and work in the garage all day then edit a video then clean the kitchen, reload some ammo and then sleep 7hours and do it all over again the next day.
Are you carnivore?
Are you carnivore?
My husband and I have been carnivore for over 6 years. I personally cannot eat vegetables as they give me horrible inflammation. Some of the worse is lettuce, onions, tomatoes. It’s unbelievable how these things affect me.
An inspiring response, thank you. Probably the only part that hurts is hearing there is a problem with onions, one of the few veggies that “addict” me.
@@WilliamGard Every once in a while, I cheat with iceberg, onions, and whatnot. I regretted homemade marinara sauce and wished to die on potatoes. Everyone is different. I hope you find out your true enemies like my tomatoes and potatoes and etc. Carnivore clears the deck of all of them and many others are on ketovore.
@@WilliamGardonions may not be a problem for you! Though the way to find out is a total elimination diet, then add it back in and see if you have a bad reaction.
@@misse2013 that’s exactly how I found out
I've just spent a few weeks in the company of a friend with type 2 diabetes. She's convinced that she needs to eat carbs every two to three hours to avoid dizziness and headaches. She has multiple ailments and is taking a handful of medication three times a day. I'm horrified to see how much she's deteriorated and have tried to talk to her about the relationship between carbs, inflammation, and chronic disease, but she won't give up her cakes. It is, indeed, an addiction.
That is so sad. My son is type 1 and we are doing better now that we have gone from vege to meat based.
I used to have to eat something every 2-3 hours or I would feel dizzy and lethargic! I was Type 2 Diabetic but Carnivore fixed that!
I have stable blood sugar 24/7 now, and zero carbs ever!
@misse2013 So she could eat other macros to avert the headaches? She thinks it has to be carbs (and I think that's what the dietician told her).
@@CriticalLinker Yes, the liver makes all the glucose we need- so protein breaks down into glucose too.
I've been Carnivore for about 15 months, and Lion Diet for about 11 months (just red meat, salt, and water).
Maybe you can send your friend some helpful videos that discuss this process and she'll be willing to try it!
@@misse2013used to be the same! After work craving sweets and chips and stuck in that vicious cycle. Been on carnivore for only 2 weeks and feeling SO much better! Cravings are gone already.
I live in Nelson Mandela Bay, Republic South Africa.
I am 73 years old & I rollerblade in the streets regularly. Been on "KETO" my whole life. American food sucks.
It sucks because it is how they get Customers for Big Pharma from cradle to grave! All intentional
My father was a physician in the 1950 into early 1970's. He said that everyone dies from heart failure because when your heart stops you are dead. 😮
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Hypoxia to be precise
He started carnivore about same time as i started keto. We have lost about the same amount of weight and got similar health benefits. I didn´t have as much medical problems from the start, but that propably has something to do the fact that we have better quality food in Finland. I also eated whole foods long before started keto and didn´t use seed oils either.
Excellent, do you know Felix?
@@ianstuart5660 Just seen his videos from the begining of his carnivore journey time to time. He started to lose weight quicker than i, but i was diagnosed hypothyrodism so it slowed it down.
After year on keto i got meds for hypothyrodism and 6 months later i had catched him up whit weight loss.
My diet is 95% carnivore and it changes day to day. As living in Finland we have better quality vegetables so i do eat some of thse sometimes. Mostly cabbage, bell peppers, onions, garlic etc that i like.
Anyway it have been great journey and at least i ain´t ever going back for carb based diet.
@ArchieArpeggio
That's great! Thanks for your reply. I do eat a tiny bit of non carnivore foods, too.
Best wishes from Canada!
Kerry is absolutely correct. I’m doing my share, telling whoever will listen and those who don’t
I'm only 66 (67 later this week) and will be bicycling 67 miles on my birthday with plenty of hills. I'm two years on a carnivore way of eating and at least a decade into low carb. Could I be healthier? Sure...but I'm on no medications, have really good blood work, and get plenty of sleep.
Feliz cumpleaños y feliz vida❤❤❤
I was born 1959. It was RARE to have overweight, let alone obese people in the population. I was nursing from the late 70s we never had any barbaric policies or the like due to weight. Now.. its at least 30% of hospital patients. Companies have had to make the new big beds which are amazing but it's showing the trend.
I was born in 1954. I look around when I am out in public and can't believe how fat Americans are. Seems like every other woman I see is obese. It's so ugly and so needless.
Same year I was born and almost all the girls were fairly slender and now the opposite is true and when you tell me how it used to be there seems to be no inquisitive response
Regarding the Inuit eating primarily meat and fat -- I lived with Canadian Eskimos briefly in 1969. they ate the whole animal; the brain, the eyes, contents of the stomach as well as the meat and fat. There are the micronutrients in the total animal.
How long did they live?
@@JA-gx4hbthey lived until they died.
Thank you Dr Westman. Your efforts offer an immediate transformation because going to Ketovore is a transition especially if folks need help because they are on medication and not everyone wants carnivore certainly making the shift and the economic transition. I am a carnivore for 3 1/2 years + and I made my transition over 20 years.
I have Oxalate Poisoning from eating vegan, I am so grateful for the carnivore way of eating I am in my second year. 🕊💕
Thank you, Dr Westman.
It's nothing new, but I totally agree. We are in a fight for our future. Get off the sugar ASAP.
I was born in 1961, so my experience growing up was similar to Dr Westman's in regards to breakfast cereals. Yes, Capn' Crunch was one of my favorites, but I think I had most of the sugary junk cereals available back then. And walking down the cereal aisle in the grocery store now doesn't look any better.
You are absolutely right about glyphosate!
I have read many books, I listened to many RUclips videos by many of the world's leading gurus and health experts but nothing came close to the 23 former doctor truths by lauren clark. I recommend everyone giving it a read.
Thanks amara
heard about that book a lot its really popular recently
Docs were killing me, plants were killing me... Carnivore saves lives.
Same
@@subwayfacemelt4325 100%
How did plants kill you? Cause I'm between plant based and carnevore...need to get healthy and lose 50 lbs...im leaning toward plants...so I'm curious..how did u feel on plants?
@ the US has ruined our soil with pesticides, genetically modifying everything, and even the fertilizers are bad for you. Personally I deal with a lot of autoimmune stuff and just getting rid of processed foods helped but carnivore has been a cure. I’m off the 10k/meds and feel 25 yrs younger. It’s worth your trouble to try it. Been getting regular blood testing and I’m getting ALL the nutrients I need🤷🏼♀️
@@klarapen I'm not certain of the root cause, but all signs point to fortified wheat flour overwhelming my MTHFR 677 gene deficiency (can't convert folic acid well, I only learned of this deficiency 2 months ago), which led to my numerous attempts at remedy over the last 30 years.
Especially the last 10 years during which I tried many dietary protocols to rescue myself from chronic illness and autoimmunity, like 100+ symptoms, many of which disabling.
I ended up allergic to plant foods in general it would seem, according to RAST IgE. And I think the problem was compounded by my attempt at Veganism which led to high oxalate consumption and high doses of toxic heavy metals and pesticides from veg, herbs and spices. And my body began falling apart.
Tried RPAH elimination diet, didn't really work and took me years to find advice again. A few more elimination diets and medicines/supps later, I ended up at another "end of the road", but this time I was told to go carnivore by the last person to give up on me. That was July last year.
Went onto skinless chicken breast with butter for a couple months, supplementing with ElementAll Diet because I was too underweight, found myself reacting to it, swapped in hard boiled eggs.
Began recovering and even building my muscles back. Truly remarkable, like I cured 90/100 symptoms in a month after decades of decline. But I hit a plateau, and 2 months ago I was lucky to find someone who wasn't a doctor, which somehow meant they cared about me and my history and my blood test results, and they saw what looked like MTHFR problems, so they tested me and found it.
5 or 6 weeks ago I tried macadamia a few times, blueberries too, came out the way they went in and I reacted very badly.
Got "meds" and "procedural" updates from my naturopath last month.
Coconut water and "sour cream" seem to have passed the tests I did over the last week.
Today I ate 30g of broccoli...fingers crossed. Maybe my leaky gut is healing now and I can start reintroducing plants?
Gotta take it slow.
Great video, thank you Dr. Westman ❤
I love Kerry. Such a pure soul
Two years ago I had a hemorrhagic stroke, woke up and couldn’t speak. In 2 days I was back to normal. For 1.5 years the drs did prescriptions and an inflammatory diet., 9 pills daily, got tired of napping on the couch after work and aching joints. Started carnivore approximately 7 months ago went from a 40 waist to 36 in 90 days, im now off of atorvaststin, metformin, and hydroclorothiazide. Feeling like myself again. Productive!
Thank you
I need these videos just to keep my sanity.
Dr. Westman
Would it be possible to make a video that will give us ammunition when we discuss our diet with our doctors. My Dr. Was fine with me being on Keto for 5 years, but she thinks I'm nuts for being carnivore for the past year. True to form my LDL spiked but my Triglycerides were low.
She immediately wanted to put me on a stating. I refused. The good thing is she prescribed a CT scan.
Thanks again
CT scan? You mean for a CAC score? Good luck. My score was 305 two years ago. I'm getting retested the day after tomorrow, Jan. 6, 2025. Got my fingers crossed.
I’ve seen my grandmother, my mother, my ex father-in-law all die with cancer or heart disease & in their mid 70s!
My dad at 84 from cancer
I’m hoping to surpass all of them because I know better now
Im 68 & on NO MEDS never had any diseases but was pre-diabetic a couple years ago - eating ketovore ( heavy meat) now 8 months now
Excellent work. Thank you for educating people!❤
I believe in clean foods and a clean environment.I am a 14 year survivor of 2 cancers, thank God.I had to change everything I was used to doing.
The Inuit also had a much more active lifestyle than we did, and imo being outdoors and in dwellings that were well ventilated compared to ours, makes a huge difference in health. It makes a huge difference in how a person feels.
They used every part of the animal, and ate more than seals, but primarily seals for some.
They didn't have a long lifespan (about 60 years), but certainly better than most Europeans at the time.
lifespan is a poor metric. It's hard if not impossible to accurately calculate. It's also an average, meaning that it's based in the number of all recorded and estimated deaths and ages at death regardless of circumstance. diseases spread. infections occur. war happens. accidents happen. the arctic is a harsh and dangerous environment and they didnt have medical care. when lots of people die as babies/at child birth/ while birthing children and from other causes that really lowers the average age calculation. no antibiotics. accidents. danger. deaths at 0.
Thank you! You saved my life and now i am trying to lead by example. Some people just do not what to get off their high horse and change their way of thinking, living…
"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so." M.T.
Carnivore 6 months, feel great, feel like I did in my 20’s I’m 51, look like I did in my 20’s.
Added a little fruit over Xmas, started to get aches and pains again.
Carnivore is optimal and how we are supposed to eat. Minimal fruit if not none and DEFINITELY 0 vegetables, vegetables and nuts are toxic
when i was raising my youngest . The diet said 14 grams of sugar max a week.
Now a drink in England called a fruit shoot targeted at children has 21 grams of sugar in .
reference 21 grams is the adult weekly maximum.
11 teeth had to be removed due to tooth decay from my daughter luckily it was her milk teeth yet I was blamed as the parent NOT the corporation that made the juice.
I never knew before doing the parenting course about this yet i was the one accused of neglect by the government child snatchers.
it is as if they are deliberately hiding this information from fathers and mothers so they can fill their snatch quotas.
Well now we have to worry about the chemical fog they are raining down on us
Are going to get an Iron Lung?
It's just fog nothing to worry about.
Ironically interrupted by ads for Rx diabetes meds showing dancing overweight people singing in the artificially colorful produce aisle of a grocery store.
NONE of us get out of this life alive. Live your best 🤷🏻♀️
Kerry is awesome. :)
Nearly three months into the carnivore diet with daily intermittent fasting, and the results are life-changing! Here are my numbers:
* Weight: Down 30 pounds
* Blood Pressure: Improved from 139/90 to 123/73
* Glucose Levels: Dropped from 123 mg/dL to 102 mg/dL
* Ketones: Now at 3.0 mmol/L
* GKI (Glucose Ketone Index): 1.8
This combination has truly transformed my health and my life!
👍 Good content Doc...
I love the doctors idea that new food should be proven safe
I tend to believe that when glyphosate is cited as a risk factor, it could be for one of two reasons: Firstly, Roundup was banned in much of Europe due to the presence of glyphosate, which is deemed harmful. Secondly, any antibacterial substance, including most preservatives used in processed foods to extend their shelf life, is beneficial to the large food industry but detrimental to your microbiome. This is also true for glyphosate residues, provided they can be proven to end up in our food supply.
This carnivore diet is going to kill me. Between the age 105-110. I’m in my mid 50s and starting to feel it.
I think we need more discussions about increasing the right foods. We have heard plenty about avoiding the wrong foods. And I think it is every bit as important to eat more of the good foods, as it is to eat less of the bad foods.
We know what the junk foods are. We know what the processed foods are. Eat what's left
@@JackieCorey-hz9pu You may be right. But I would like to hear a real explanation about exactly what junk foods are. I think junk foods are nutrient deficient foods that are toxic. If we eat too much nutrient deficient foods that are toxic, that means we are starving and sick. If we are starving, we should actually eat more food, at least more good food.
We have gotten used to the idea of adding something to our diet to treat a disease or condition. Got an infection, take a pill. Got an allergy, take a pill. Now we do the same with diet-related disease; eat the foods that make you sick and take a pill to cope with the consequences. We need to change the mindset to trying to remove the cause of the disease. Eat healthy foods and have no need of prescription maintenance meds.
What about all the additives in the food? I lived on a low carb /right above keto) diet for about two-three years, and I have never felt better, but then I slowly developed what is finally diagnosed ME in lack of any other explanation, and I wonder if this has to do with inflammation due to additives in our food.
@DrEricWestman Pam Popper put out a video on January 7th warning about high fat diets. You can see the video on her Rumble channel. Please consider doing a
"Dr. Reacts" video going over the points she makes in that video. There's a lot there! She talks a lot about some things that have already been debunked, but are common misconceptions, and she also cites studies that would require someone with expertise to unravel. Anyway, I hope you do the "Dr. Reacts" video; I know it would help me as I talk to people everyday about this topic and I really value the information you put out, as well as the Ketogenic book. But, honestly, the videos are super helpful as going through the book takes a lot of time. Thank you!
I got not one, but two Jardiance commercials during this video. It never ends.
“No one gets out of life alive.” -Jim Morrison
For Sure, but Jim left far too early!
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Jim died early.
He wasn't Carnivore
Drug overdose killed him..
Question is would u rather die peacefully in your sleep at 102, or die laid up in a hospital bed under hospice care with a catheter soiling yourself after either months of torture from cancer, or potentially days of torture due to damage from heart attack or stroke? We all die sure. But how do you want to live and how do you want to go?
It's the substantial increase in dementia, autism, obesity and diabetes that should wake up practitioners to change the outdated methods they are using that's so obviously failing us.
They do not want to change anything IMO cha ching just might be the reason..
My only disagreement is I think a lot of people will also be dying heart attacks, strokes, and liver failure too. Not to mention the rise in suicides as well.
Just watched stubborn fat lost webinar and oh my I have been in a stall for 9 months and I have14 out of 16 symptoms for thyroid. Now my problem I’m in Victoria Australia and can not find a doctor keto/carnivore . Where to now. Can anyone help?
Just start watching videos like this as it will give you great information 😊
Great video! Powerful
Doesn’t Matter what you eat or do. Your life is predetermined that conception!
The guy in the video is spot on!!!! God did not design us to eat like we do!!! Thanks for this video Dr. Westman!!
I want to go carnivore and get off my medications, but my doctor is not a believer in that way of eating. How can I find a local doctor to help me gradually get off the meds? I'm in Northern california, placer county.I wish I lived near where Dr. Westman works.
You can do it on your own.
Don’t tell him
Just be as discreet about what you're doing, if possible!
When I went in for my last exam I asked my doctor who wanted to put me on a couple of meds (high cholesterol and osteoporosis) what she thought about my weight (after being 15 months carnivore, age 64, height 5’2”, weight 104 pounds). She looked at her at her past reports and said, “well, two years ago you weighed this, last year you weighed that, and now you weigh 104 pounds.” After a short pause, she responded, “ How did you do that?, I replied, “I got sugar out of my life.” She wrote on my report, ‘she’s on a very low carb diet.’ I know she’s not that naive, but I didn’t want any backlash, so I didn’t mention the word carnivore. She didn’t even say a word about meds that time. You do not need your doctor’s approval to improve your health. Do what you know is right, and maybe they will see the light.
Your doctor doesn't control you, do what you know is right. Stand up for yourself.
Show me a study that shows walking at least 2 hours a day and eating a balanced diet with non processed carbs is worse for longevity or health than strictly carnivore.
define a balanced diet
What exactly is a balanced diet? I can eat a balanced diet by including a chocolate chip cookie my wife hand made with organic raw ungranulated cane sugar. But I can stop at one and only have one per week. I can eat one homemade buttermilk biscuit once per week made out of unbleached flour and homemade buttermilk usually on Sunday mornings. Can everybody do that? Probably not. Most likely your going to eat 2 or 3 every morning that’s made with store bought buttermilk and enriched white flour. So what is a balanced diet and what ingredients does that balanced diet contain?
Lol - my comment that his enthusiasm is unrealistic was completely misunderstood. Every comment assumed that unrealistic referred to myself; but that couldn't be further from the truth. I've been ketovore longer than any of the commenters.... I'm reflecting upon the reality that surrounds all of us & my point was that it's unrealistic b/c our health environment isn't changing enough in size nor speed. Look back 8 years to the documentary film " The Magic Pill" - i remember being excited about that film & sharing it with many ppl. It went in 1 ear & out the other..... he is naive; would've been a more accurate comment.
I'm having so many problems now that I'm trying to change my diet, keto has so many veggies that I got stomach pain and bloating, carnivore makes me have a histamine reaction. Got a food sensitivity test that says I am sensitive to beef, when I eat it I cough and feel awful, also get really hot then cold. So I'm still trying to figure my new diet out.
What about pork, chicken, seafood, bison, veal? Can you tolerate other meats? Look at the nutrients in them, fat to protein ratios, and make the adjustments. Hopefully you will find what you can tolerate. A LCHF/ Keto/Carnivore friendly doctor or coach could be helpful to you.
Make sure to have low enough ph in your stomach to digest meat properly and your issue may go away. I've been on such a diet for a year with exhaustion until I started taking "Betaine HCl + Pepsin" the other night and all issues were resolved right away after the first meal.
Please keep up the good work!
I would love for Dr. Westman to address well known doctors, such as Dr. Barry Sears (author of "The Zone") or Dr. Mercola, who argue (with references) for superiority over Keto of diet that burns mostly carbs for energy, generally around 40% of calories from carbs. The Zone, which has been around since 1995, is specifically: 40% of calories from carbs, and 30% from fat and protein, respectively.
1 - I will never understand the enchantment of holding into consuming vegetables. To me, if you really want to miss something GRAINS taste WAY better and I've quit them completely... for a year and a half. I've experimented with a pc of sourdough bread, angel hair pasta... made me sick to my stomach for both. I CAN moderate...let me experiment FOR you. They are bonafide bad. Sad.
2. Dr/Professor Thomas Seyfried will agree to everything cancer related that Kerry is saying. That man should have received a Nobel Prize by now. His research is groundbreaking!!!
3. Pesticides & Glyphosates are AWFUL... flat out real. Did they have this problems BEFORE GLYPHOSATES??? THERE'S YOUR PROOF. That goes for dyes in our food, too. Doc, you mean to tell me that you cannot officially say that if you spray food with a pesticide that that would be 100 % unhealthy for a person??? Get serious. It gets absorbed into the plant and into the fruit and into our system. You can't wash it away with 10 to 15 seconds under a faucet, so I don't get why it's so tough for you to admit it. 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ It's not even a tiny stretch to make that statement... it's logical and obvious. Go with it. It's not a stretch. You can't have a study for everything that is common sense related. Just realize something is what it is.
This is why it's taking so long for people and doctors to go to a ROOT CAUSE EFFECT to figure out what is actually wrong with us because common sense is way up on the top shelf and no one wants to take it down and use it use it, without an official study.
For me, Common Sense means let's go back and look at cave art... aren't there any drawings of salads, grains, fruits, starches, NO! IT'S MEN HUNTING ANIMALS .... it's ancestral. Again, it's not a stretch to tell people it's beneficial to eat natural... the way we were designed and created to eat since we were breathing air and drinking water. Uggghhh
Spot on!
Spoiler: life isn't permanent.
Everyone knows that. So what your point.
Your comment is
@@iedepot7309
That same point is being made as nauseum.
What is the point?...😮😮
I was doing low carb for @8 months, and though I lost a decent amount of weight, I still have different health issues. Jan.1 we decided to try carnivore...I am sleeping better at night and my lower back pain is a LOT better. I noticed a carb correlation to me back pain before Jan 1, when I shared a pizza for dinner with family.
Hi is absolutely right, no pill or "diet" in the world can achieve the positive results which you get with carnivore.
I’m definitely not a bot. Carnivore lowered my hereditary high blood pressure. The inflammation in my body is gone. I feel so much better.
I totally concur!
Thank you!
Very good today. Research on childhood cancer is in question and all the research needed is carnivore or keto. Doctor, you should go talk to congress. Thank you for your videos.
When a diet says to eat 3 oz of beef, do I weight it before cooking or after?
Stop weighing food or counting calories. Forget about carbs and eat the meat until your body tells you that you are full.
Hyperbole isn't for me, so I really want to hear your final thoughts on this, Dr. Westman.
I've been on Carnivore for a few weeks and the hunger never goes away for me. I'm 5'3" 99lbs and eat half a grass-fed ribeye for breakfast and half for donner. And that's breaking the bank for me. I live on my $1145 SSDI. My food card was depleted after only 20 days. I just had to switch to grass-fed ground beef because of it and pasture raised eggs for breakfast because of it. WHEN am not going to feel hungry ALL THE TIME?
You should consider getting one on one coaching from a metabolic health coach/provider to get guidance. You may need to simply eat more. You may just need more time. Everyone is different and you are very early in your journey. Good luck!
Sounds like you are under-eating so you need to eat more meat until you are satiated.
Also, are you eating the fat &/or adding extra fat? This will help.
@Om1t0n Yeah but I don't have the money to pay for more meat. Yes, I'm eating the fat. I actually like the fat grilled well. I eat the steak rare but lift it up and set it on each of the ends to get the fat cooked enough to taste great. And I put MCT oil and coconut cream in my decaf every morning.
@@cyd282 but who would pay for such a thing. I certainly can't. Yeah, I need to eat more but I can't pay for that either.
Eat cheaper meat to be able to eat more.
On a Dr. visit I noticed my Dr. recently fixed his exam chair…had been reinforced with newly welded angle iron and refused to paint it. “Why”? I asked. He said, “I’m sick and tired of fat patients breaking my furniture”!
I follow low carb animal based diet 95percent time works for me i live in Tasmania. I met retired couple from Queensland 60s visiting tas retired couple they told me 100percent carvior for 2yrs that transformed there life they told me got them of medications pervented replscement surgeries now can enjoy retirement.They would done yrs ago if new about carvior diet
So believe all diet need to be tested to prove benfits in current state of the world
Should mentioned 6ft 175lb solid muscle and metabolic healthy and flexible when said 95percent I was meaning if I have one meal week at neighbours house or intown still whole foods doesn't affect told one neighbour what I know Doctors trust Antony chaffe Paul mason Shawn baker ken berry and professor bart Kay so many more
When i was standard diet struggled with joint pain from chainsaw work heavy labourer now high fat can use chainsaw everyday can do 20min training everyday push ups pull ups kettlebells could never do that before
Also lot plant pushers are coming from privileged background born in to it they could never leave it
Hypercarvior for life
Think spectrom to proper human diet
People will get sick in futer from eating to many plants be careful who you trust
How does a blood panel look with this diet or keto diet. Does it raise lipids or cause heart disease? Serious question. That’s all I keep reading but it’s all mostly from big pharma backed articles.
Hi! I have a question about Inuits: They have a gene that prevents them from making ketones. How is that evolutionary advantageous?
Mr Kellogg started all of this bad carb / sugar. Coco pops, Frosties - those little variety packs / I loved them- I eat Kelloggs corn fakes like potato chips!!
I'm carnivore and I fast a lot I think I might live to 175
400 Years ago with their old time diet without plastic, hormones, pesticides, etc, should be considered because the average lifespan was in the 30s.
Due to injury, disease and starvation
@@ketovorecpa242 Illness.......you fell into my trap.
Largely due to infant mortality. If you lived to be a teenager you could expect to go another 70.
lifespan is based on an average. lifespan is a nonsense metric.
Is glyfossate in Europe too??
who in his right mind would like to offer his kids to experiment the healthiness of the fruitloops of this world?
Eric, you Shock me re your lack of research into glyphosate as your on top of everything else. Still think your great. Hi from Australia a gyphosate dependant society sadly 😢
Agree! I don't know how such intelligent doctors can have such serious blind spots - I do better on just strict carnivore, but even if I could tolerate some fruit (veges suck ha ha) I still wouldn't buy them because of glyphosate, not to mention GMO.
Eric was also promoting LMNT recently, not sure if he still is, and it is terrible for anyone with gut issues!!
We should not trust any 'food' without investigating its origins first..
I see people in their 90s, mentally fit, and physically fit. Some take blood pressure medication, some take statins.
These people walk to the store daily and talk to people.
I don't think there's enough proof humans can live till 150. Maybe? Will I have to retire at 120? Lol😂
I am 59 and healthy. No medication, and I am looking forward to retirement. Of course, work is fun and physical. I don't have a sitting down job.
With all the non ending wars who knows what will happen.
Basically, enjoy the moment.
Homestead How is the name of his channel 😊
My Grand mother pass at age 99 and Grand Grand at 106 long fact of life lolol iam a food lover, love to eat good Fermented food and my meats is a must lolo no sugar no process food and I'm 62 years of age Construction worker still at it , I have to move lololo but I agree stay away from big pharma and process food people's.
10:30 Great to hear you voice this 'option' (other types of evidence relating to individual experiences etc.) - I know the holy grail for you Eric is of course an RCT, however it is strictly not an option when it comes to humans / nutrition etc. However, BETTER research / experiments conducted properly, yes, even the dreaded studies leveraging self reported food questionnaires, can be impactful and give folks a number of options for taking control of their health rather than those limited to the interventions by MD's and BigPharma. 🎉❤ Happy New Year!
Whose bad idea was 3 meals a day?
I eat once a day, unless I'm not hungry and I've done this for years.
I copy what wild animals do. They eat when they can. No "scheduled" meals and wild animals seem to be doing okay.
Just sayin'.
Part of me can't help but love Kelly's passion, derived from the benefits he has gained from his chosen path. But another part of me cringes at his "evangelical preacher" style. It's far too zealous for my liking. But that's obviously personal taste!
"...other animals don’t get addictions..."
Generally not but they have the potential to develop addictions. Various birds and monkeys will become addicted to fermented fruit, the offending substance being ethanol, that being the type of alcohol in alcoholic drinks. A percentage of animals will reveal themselves to be addicts by disposition.
Cows can definitely get addicted to sugar
Just a quick comment. I am 68 and into my 3rd year of turning my life around. Now that is not to say that I did not incur 65 years of damage to my heart and arteries but all metabolic diseases and symptoms and pre diabetes all melted away and I live in my 32 inch waistline jeans....the same size as high school. People and friends see me they say they want to do what I am doing and I tell them to eat red meat.....they ask if I am afraid of a heart attack, kidney disease or colon cancer? They are so funny and not a single one has ever made the switch. 😑
Exact same story for me. Those who say it can't be done, shouldn't interrupt those doing it.
"I believe that..." is irrelevant. Show me the science.
Opinions are fine in today’s world. All part of free speech.
Decreasing life expectancy .....one main reason ....the elephant in the room.....in Addition....this Guy IS right about all....