What New Fat Research Actually Says
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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0:00 - Introduction (Mind/Body connection)
3:45 - Endocrine System
7:09 - Fat distribution
13:40 - Nutritional intake and hormones
19:09 - Weight setpoint
21:43 - Inflammatory markers
31:48 - Converting white fat to brown fat
35:38 - Related substances
43:21 - Conclusion
46:33 - Questions
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Today Doctor K talks about the endocrine system, how fat actually works, the secret behind fat, fat and nutrition, white fat vs brown fat, what substances cause fat, hormones and fat, fat effecting blood pressure, and more! Healthy Gamer also talks about effects of reducing weight, losing weight and blood pressure, damage from high blood pressure, and more!
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"Monkeys don't worry about paying rent at the end of the month."
Now that sounds like some research I could get behind.
'Look what you did, you fucked up a perfectly good monkey. It's got anxiety.'
Take me back to MONKE
@@introprospector lol....
Flinging their poo also men’s they don’t worry about plumbing either.
A recent study showed that 99 percent of monkeys don't rent and don't pay rent.
As someone who has worked in fitness for over a decade, I’m glad to hear more credible medical professionals covering this topic objectively and without an ulterior agenda. We need more unbiased coverage of the importance of maintaining a healthy body size and lifestyle.
Yeh no kidding, most people would give you this info half assed and biased towards what you want to hear, then sell you a book along with it.
@@deeznuts3472 9/10 fitness influencers are the scum of the earth
A healthy way of life is the best defense against diseases, specially depression (: exercising and eating well are as necessary as anti depressants for a person in need. Big cheers for u fitness bois and girls
@@gilfreitas9779 you're absolutely right! It's wild to me that some folks are so against exercise!
When I got done with my 15 hour shift yesterday I drove past 7 fast food restaurants on the way home and I had to make a conscious decision between the trade off of more sleep or a healthier meal. I ended up making food at home and getting 6 hours of sleep to go into my next 15 hour shift.
What does maintaining a healthy weight look like when that's your schedule? Is there any systemic force at play in people's lives that makes staying at a healthy weight more difficult? Maybe we can discuss that side of things more as well and not only framing it as a "personal choice" issue.
This was definitely an important topic to cover. Went from 360lbs mid 2020 to ~240lbs now and despite being still in the overweight/obese category for my height I have seen dramatic health improvements. Because I lost a lot of visceral fat my blood pressure has gone down and my sleep apnea went from severe to just barely being considered mild. My energy and mental clarity has been the best it’s ever been but there is still room for improvement.
That’s an amazing accomplishment!
You’re doing so good!
Well done sir
Happy for you! All the best for future improvements!
Wow well done! Incredibly inspiring
I love how a lot of this seems like bugs that happened because the devs had a conversation like:
"What if a person has a lot of fat though?" - "How would they do that... the gather rates are much too slow for that" - "yeah true"
And then speedrunners came along and found a way to make concentrated sugar and put it into everything.
A patch is long overdue at this point
@@chestermightbeafrog Soon™
Boom, ASD problems gone then I relapse and have a cookie and go on a sugar induced trip
Definitely an intended feature thanks to the attribute "Illusion of freewill" set into most npcs
@@uwu.-.5873 didn't have to do us this dirty 😂
“I believe depression is legitimate. But I also believe that if you don’t exercise, eat nutritious food, get sunlight, get enough sleep, consume positive material, surround yourself with support, then you aren’t giving yourself a fighting chance.”
- Jim Carrey
Yeah, depression is a symptom. But it can also be a biological and a personality weakness in individuals even within those who do those things.
Yes, which is why he stated the first sentence as he did
@@weegieboard8432 I interpreted his second sentence wrong I believe. From first glance it seems as if those things he mentioned are key aspects in deterring the depression, but instead it seems now that he says depression is inevitable without them.
The "but I also believe … " threw me off.
@@tme98 fair enough, I interpreted as both being true, one biological hereditable factor, the other environmental. And there are those that can have one or both as factors.
One is infinitely easier to treat, and mostly by wholesome human interaction. If one has predisposition to it, having those wholesome experiences will still help, though may not ever be a cure.
The absence of those things can only hinder someone's wellbeing, it seems.. Though I don't live myself like someone who cares for themselves so I'm not talking from a condescending position
@@weegieboard8432 I agree with that. I did originally not have a predisposition to it personally, but I had several years of unfortunate events in my teens and some trauma which lasted for a long time - which has created a sort of "predisposition" because it gives you a character or personality flaw which you continously return to (Recurrent depressive disorder is the name of my diagnosis).
what I find interesting with that is that even though you're seemingly healthy, you can still break! sucks man.
The best thing to remember about a diet is it's not a strict law. Your brain as stated in a previous video, will force you to believe you failed because you had a picogram more carbs one day than you should have. It's okay to be over occasionally. You did not fail. You are still learning and adjusting.
This is great advice. This also applies when going to the gym. It's okay if you can't do what you did yesterday, sometimes your body just doesn't want to lift that weight. Same with everything in life, sometimes your body is like nah, I'm good when doing things.
I like the 80/20 rule, it’s much easier to be consistent day in and day out. So long as you keep 80% of what you eat healthy, and allow some “mistakes”, you’ll be much more likely to keep at it and not feel like you’ve failed.
@@Meraxes6 Also, you need to pay attention to how you've been eating for the past decade or so. The people that scream "Eat a salad" aren't doing someone who hardly used to eat vegtables any favors. Your gut bacteria isnt developed to support eating veggies like that and will make you miserable for weeks without proper supporting foods like korean Kimchi or yogurts and even kefir. Everything takes a large amount of time.
Weirdly, your body can also tell you that you need to eat even when you're eating above maintenance calories and that can get worse when you try to maintain a deficit.
Might help explain why some people (most people, almost all people who lose weight actually) gain weight back after dieting.
@@Pensnmusic That's just the thing, what does "after dieting" even mean?
Most people don't realize that if you eat 4000 calories per day, and cut that to 2000, that's it, you don't get to return to 4000. Only if you cut to 1500 you can go up to 2000.
Anecdotal experience:
I'm moderately high in neuroticism and low in conscientiousness and I'm struggled my whole life with episodes of feeling moderately depressed. Not diagnosed with clinical depression, just struggle with negative emotions. I've always been fairly sedentary and overweight but not obese.
I've found losing 15 kg or so and exercising more often to help hugely. Still have days when I feel down but as long as I get exercise and socialise with people I feel hugely better than before.
Yes dude we can’t have our peak mental health without addressing physical health. And we can’t focus completely on physical health while ignoring mental health. I went from 93 pounds my freshman year of highschool to finally hitting 145 my first year of college. I feel better and more confident than ever. I personally think body positivity is a good thing overall but it can be detrimental to people who want to gain or lose weight for the sake of health. I’m happy for you :)
This is totally true, some days I feel sluggish and exhausted for no reason and I’ve come to realize that this only happens when I haven’t been exercising (unless I’m sick or sleep-deprived or something). Exercise makes you feel so much better physically and mentally
''Not obese'' is just an excuse as to say that it's not that big of an issue which isn't true the most important thing you have to know is that small changes add up over time and going on a diet is a waste of time because a diet is temporary, you need to change your life style not temporarily force yourself to eat better but instead introducing small positive changes like eating nuts instead of other junkfoods, and while once in a while eating some unhealthy food is fine it shouldn't be a daily thing.
@@leagueaddict8357 💯😊✌️! I think introducing One small change at a time, and focus on only that small change for a few months, allows it to become a habit...and then you can begin adding another small change and another small change to help you achieve your goals and set new ones. Trying to change too many things at once, often makes people feel overwhelmed and I’m quite sure that’s why a lot of people may give up
And then there's me, not an ounce of fat on myself for life, always reasonably active without overdoing it, nutrition on point, no obvious stress factors, extremely low neuroticism, never suffered from any medical conditions and still hating life for over a decade now. /shrugs
Surprised to hear you talking about this topic, but i'm defo not complaining! Physical health is such an important part of our wellbeing, and surprisingly for our mental health as well.
Yeah it’s still a struggle some days but getting in the gym has definitely been a big positive for me mentally. I do hate the sort of crowd that goes to the gym, but it’s a small price to pay IMO.
@@alexeonbel4304 YOU GOT THIS KING
And very complex, there's so much the body has to do -- it's a complex function
Fat also has impacts on brain health too so it makes sense
@@alexeonbel4304 You'll get used to it. If you know people who are also interested in going to the gym, bring them with you. Those are good motivators.
Mental health = psyhical health
Physical health = mental health
Take both seriously and love your whole system.
Fuck its hard tho i've been veeery active in both for years and still feel behind
@@sluggishsnail6236 well with a name like sluggish snail, i gotta wonder how accurate that is!
Im just kidding of course. Your username is great. Keep trying to push your limits to the next level. We all feel behind in something
As someone who has recently lost 20kg (almost all of it body fat), I have to say the benefits of losing body fat are **vastly** understated in my view. I say this because I struggle to find words to describe the level of **contrast** I've experienced mentally and physically now versus where I was when I began. It's literally night and day... I feel very close to how I (dimly) remember being as a skinny fit teenager 40 years ago. And I'm not even quite where I need to be from a body fat point of view... I've gone from 36%+ body fat to about 24%... so still not entirely "healthy", but miles away from where I was. My blood sugars are better controlled, I'm off one type 2 oral med, and blood pressure meds... all the blood tests show I'm much healthier. All good stuff for a doctor... but the **real** benefit is how I feel mentally and physically. So much more energy, strength, huge mood improvements... ability to handle life stressors, better sleep...
How did you get started? I'm honestly lost on how to start living healthier and stay motivated
@@AzuraFallen so here's the thing about motivation... it happens **after** action. Motivation grows into what keeps you going... it's not actually what gets you started.
Getting started has to be a purely mechanical decision. Get in the car. Go to the gym. Go in the front door. Do as much or as little as you can manage. Then do it again tomorrow, or every second day. At some point... you'll start to feel better, even if just slightly so. You may simply feel virtuous for having gone initially. That is, in fact, enough. From this an honest motivation will grow. But initially... it's just grinding.
Same with diet... the easiest way to start is NOT to change instantly your entire diet to "healthy." At least in part because you'll feel like you're depriving yourself, and that makes it harder to stick to.
Instead: ADD healthy things to your existing diet. Have pizza but also have a small salad with it (or better, before it), or a piece of fruit afterwards for dessert. Even if you have ice cream for dessert... have a piece of fruit later as a snack. Add veggies, especially green leafy and cruciferous ones (broccoli and its friends.)
Why? Because this adds essential fibre and micronutrients, vitamins, minerals etc.... it starts to improve your health despite the rest of your diet perhaps being poorer than it ought to be. It gets you in the habit of eating healthy things without feeling deprived. If you eat the healthy things first... you'll naturally eat less of the unhealthy ones too... so it will automatically start limiting your caloric intake. All without feeling in the least bit deprived.
The trick with all of the above is to start small. Little tiny, achievable goals. One micro-goal at a time 🙂With each one you will get a tiny little boost in mood, a sense of achievement for having begun good self-care, and a building, slowly of the momentum and motivation 🙂 Then... Just. Keep. Going. 🙂
@@paulantoine1696 thanks for this! I've been eating cleaner and going for walks, I was going to join gym but right as I called to sign up next day I fell ill with covid now my lung capacity is all messed up so going to start light and focus on changing my diet for now I think. Definitely can see that being at the gym is going to do more over all once I get there!
@@AzuraFallen sounds like you've already done the hardest part: starting!
I often say to folks that if you're feeling unhealthy and overweight... chances are that didn't happen suddenly. It's likely taken years of self-neglect.
So you ought to expect it might take years of small changes to get back to where you want to be.
There's no rush for the whole "magic 12 week transformation" rubbish the diet/exercise industry tries to push on us. A little bit, done every single day, will do what you need, and probably be a whole lot easier to stick with than any massive set of changes.
@@paulantoine1696 neither fiber nor carbs are essential to human health. Fat (saturated animal fat) is what makes the bowels move, fiber just irritates the bowels and causes leaky gut. Start with ELIMINATION. Eliminate ALL processed foods, eliminate ALL sugar in ANY form. Frustose is the worst thing you can put in your body, and yes, I'm including fruits and honey in there. If you've been eating the SAD diet for a long time, just eliminating these things will yield a lot of benefits. Then, after a month or two, slowly start reducing the carbs and increasing the healthy ruminant animal proteins/fats over a few weeks to a month or two, until you're fully carnivore.
Have you considered converting some of these talks to a podcast? It’d be great to listen to these chats while on the bus or out for a walk
We post on Spotify/Apple Podcasts!
@@HealthyGamerGG i’m curious: how exactly do i find these? I would love to download these talks
Thanks!
Commenting to get Informed
Id like to know about the podcast too! What is it called and does it have talks from your RUclips?
So, fun story--I originally watched this video shortly after it came out, and just as I was preparing to start a new diet and exercise program. As I began walking and dieting, I also decided to add on a Cayenne supplement 3-4x per day (after meals). Fast forward to almost a year later, and I'm now down 110lbs (360 to 250). I'm still working towards my goal weight, but this video in particular was instrumental in helping me to break away some of that shame and internalized fear I had about fitness, and actually make real progress.
I can't say if the Cayenne had any real effect on the weight loss, but I *can* say that I've been able to successfully lose almost a third of my body weight, and I'm feeling much better and healthier as a result. Thank you for making these videos!
My guess is the cayenne just made it taste better so you have an easier time eating the healthy stuff so your less tempted to cheat. If it doesn't change the macros and micros anything you can do to make the diet easier to eat is a huge advantage. Congrats to you be but don't lose sight on the fact its a journey not a destination, so keep it up
I’m on a fat loss journey to, I’m on a small deficit since I’m also trying to build some muscle and am close to a healthy weight. I have experienced positive mental health benefits. Hitting the gym and eating clean is up there with meditation for me.
"to" and "too" are not/do not mean the same thing.
@@BennyGoId you are right/unnecessarily annoying (sorry, I’m irritable rn but like fr just phrase it nicer next time plz ajaja)
Just fast
@@AsteroSloth phrase it nicer? You want some like kind of like trophy as well? Maybe some like cookies to get over the like hurt of like being corrected. ajajaja
This has got to be one of, if not THE coolest educational channel on RUclips.
Every single vid is a fuckin' banger, and likely to help many people. Thanks for being you, Dr. K!
as a sports science student this is dope.
Anyone reading, if you do one thing today, look into how your body works! We're not cars, we dont get a n instruction manual😅
Closest thing there is is pubmed 🤣🤣
I got really into bodybuilding and powerlifting in the past few years, and it's been great for my mental health. That said, there have been times when I have ventured into unhealthy obsession territory. I feel incomplete if I don't work out everyday, and have to make sure I schedule rest periods.
How do you manage this if you don't mind me asking? How do you keep it from consuming you as a natural worry? I've lost a lot of weight and I feel, as sad as it is to say, that I have lost control and I've gained some type of body dysmorphia while trying to stay healthy. Logically I'm able to recognize it and deal with it. But even still it's a huge problem for me.
I would argue that bodybuilding is addictive especially to adhd people. However, thousands of years ago we never stopped being active so can we really classify it as an addiction if we evolved with being active everyday? I think of exercise like breathing couldn’t survive without being active
Well just work out everyday then, if you can. As long as working out is compatible with the rest of your life, I see no harm in doing it on a daily basis. Of course you'd have to let your muscles recover but I imagine I don't need to tell you this
Speaking from experience, you'll probably eventually outgrow it.
Just don't start doing steroids. That very easily becomes a crippling addiction, and you may not ever be able to get off using them ever again.
@@L.K.48 yeah, you can exercise daily if done right. Your workout can simply be a walk or something.
If you really need to rest when you're mixing up what your workout is like that, your body will make you.
But it is very easy to go and lift way more often than your body can recover, then end up developing some overuse injuries.
Dr. K: "Ask your doctor..."
Everyone struggling to get medical coverage: "Someday I will have the luxury of a doctor."
Yep… multi-month long waiting lists and even then you get doctors whose hands are tied
Even with insurance it can take me 2-3 months to see my doctor. Only option for more immediate relief is UC, or ER, but they mostly can’t aid in anyway that won’t cause $500+
A what?
@@6_Minute_Man I understand that. I'm sorry you're going through this and I hope you get all the medical care you need in the future!
@@sloppyglizzy8313 Do you think your insurance could recommend another doctor to you? I know the healthcare system is BS, but maybe there is a better option?
Thank you Dr K!
I have been obese since childhood and am currently trying to improve my health in my 20s. It’s easy but also not at all easy at the same time.
It feels good just taking a short run everyday for me. If you dont run often the "runners high" is something you can look forward too.
Good for you! You can do it :)
It’s simple but not easy. Biiiig difference. You got this, it’s worth it
It’s simple. That’s very different from it being easy!
I bet you're doing great, keep pushing and you'll be better everyday
I’ve been practicing intermittent fasting since Dec 2019, and got back into a serious exercise routine the Sept before that after a decade of unchecked, what-I-want-when-I-want consumption. And man, while I still deal with depressive feelings and bad mental health episodes, it’s incredible how much that lifestyle change has lifted my spirit/mood in general, and made me better equipped to handle days that might not be so good.
Haven't finished the video yet and I am a completely new person I haven't seen this channel before and it is so good to see a video about fat that's not someone ragging on fat people for trying to exist with some kind of comfort in a world that chooses to not see them as humans or "crazies"
I've had a disproportionately bigger belly all my life, as a kid I wasn't really fat but had a belly and was told I would grow into my body. I grew up with severe social anxiety disorder and could never quite get the weight off growing up so ended up developing an eating disorder to lose it. Now years after recovering I have slowly gained the weight back, been diagnosed with Hashimoto's (symptoms started at a normal weight but at a stressful time of my life), and just feel like trash.
I'm glad you're talking about it because I definitely feel a connection between the fat, mental issues, energy levels and appetite.
I'm determined to lose the visceral fat the right way this time because despite not being obese, my health is so terrible I'm not sure how morbidly obese people can get through the day without crying.
Right there with you on that. I grew up with this insecurity, as it formed very early on. I wasn't an obese child by any means, but I was pudgy, had neck rolls, and a disproportionately bigger tummy than my counterparts. As I got older, I'd have a developed sense of my awareness to my social anxiety and my family never really reinforced any sort of confidence or self esteem within me, so I grew up having this fucked up sense of body image. I'd diet here and there, I'd go to the gym with my dad, got really fit at one point, but once he stopped going I stopped going. That's when the depression settled in, I relapsed and developed a really bad eating habit to cope with depression, and here I am today. Bulky, 5'8 dude with big belly, burly but still relatively strong. Unemployed, I've gone back to a semi-sedentary life but I'm trying so hard to go at least once or twice a week and nurture that habit.
I recently had a job as a busser at a rooftop nightclub and then waiter when I transferred to the first floor. The amount of work I did really helped me regain that work ethic to get down and dirty, and even though it was physically intensive, I had a lot of fun because I treated it like a workout. This video really helped me make sense of what my body is going through physiologically. Dealing with body image as well as mental health is seriously hard work. I've been stressed a lot lately as well and everything he's saying just makes so much sense.
You can do it man. Recommending Ken Berry's videos on diet because they have changed my life.
Hey you’re not alone. My whole life I’ve had large legs. I blamed myself for it, hated myself for it for 22 years..
three months ago I was diagnosed with lipedema. It was a lot to unpack but I think more than anything it’s made me realize that health isn’t necessarily about your appearance etc because quite frankly we all come in different shapes and sizes. No matter what if you feel unhealthy talk to a doctor! Get help, reach out to some professionals! There are so many things we have to do in life but taking care of yourself should be #1 Always
ketogenic diet check out the book 'The Case For Keto' by gary taubes
@@JebJester Dr Berry is amazing, my new GoTo is Dr Anthony Chaffee, also on youtube. He has ALL of the science to back up the carnivore diet as the proper human diet. We are ALL obligate hyper-carnivores.
right when I’m starting to worry about how to shake the extra LB’s I’ve put on, DR K comes in with another banger. Great job my guy
Try to “ observe “ w/o the worry bc “ worry “ triggers stress which causes fat storage in the body 😊
I went from 230 to 170 in a year just by eating whatever and exercising a bit more. I just cut down the calories I eat, and I make sure to eat less processed foods. Everything else is just normal. It's balance for me that worked. I'm tall so thankfully the weight is even throughout my body.
A better way to frame the concept of a "mind-body connection" is to emphasize that there is NO mind-body division. They are two aspects of the same entity. Like wave-particle duality.
Man you have been cranking out videos
I love hearing you talk. I’ve been able to relate to many things that have been mentioned recently. I’ve learned a lot and made some positive changes recently. Getting my “dailies” done better :)
Thank you for putting out this video, Dr. K! I love learning about anatomy and physiology, so this video was particularly fascinating to watch. You did a great job of tying these concepts back in to mental health as well. If you do put out more videos like this, I'll be there! :)
I am really liking this in depth explanation. I never thought that I would understand this much but the video game references actually help (even tho I’m not a gamer). The names of our organs or whatever you call these essential components of our bodies actually sound like a video game lol👌🏼
there were scientists in the past who came up with names of genes. They probably were gamers and at least one of them really liked Sonic the Hedgehog because we now have a gene called Sonic Hedgehog. I thought it was hilarious. The gene doesn't have directly to do with fat though. It plays a role in the development of limbs.
Can i ask how you found the channel? ;D Considering you're not a gamer. Just curious!
@@ammalyrical5646 that is awesome😂😂 I had to google that to make sure it wasn’t a troll lol
@@menamgamg probably because I’m interested in mental health. I legit had no idea about these huge gamers he interviewed. Even for Michael reeves, I stumbled upon him recently by a finance guy he interviewed with. Then he linked to all the gamers and I’m like wtf.. these guys are hilarious 😂
@@dusk5956 I've never thought of trolling gene names. Interesting concept. But I suspect it might be difficult. Biologists can be really weird when naming discoveries
i love this. i always love hearing your psychological lectures but it’s really nice to hear your ideas on bodily physiology too
I’m in my last semester of nursing school, med surg, and this is sooo helpful! Thank you!
Good luck 👍 Hope you do not be careless and end up on the news like other nurses.
if you're like me and feel it really difficult to find a "practical" reason to exercise/workout then set tasks that require you to do things.
examples - owning a dog and walking them around the block every day, parking further away from your work or store (if you're not remote or always ordering), taking the trash out from a further distance.
all these little things add up and how i maintain my weight, but if you can find a physical activity that you actually enjoy and isn't just working out for the sake of working out it does wonders.
Exercise is great for fitness, but has nothing to do with weight loss. CICO sounds good on the surface, but real science totally debunked it a long, long time ago. Your body is much, much smarter than t hat. If you reduce your caloric intake, your body simply lowers your basal metabolic rate to compensate, sending you into a downward spiral. Don't do that. Exercise to get cut, for strength, but not for weight loss. 2 to 3 times a week of HIIT is sufficient to maintain an amazing fitness level.
I'm so glad this is finally making an interest here. Bad mental health has been considered "inflammation of the mind" all correlated with the physiological sate of a person.
@@3g0st Which in itself, would not be all that bad with the first handful of results when you google that. Inflammation markers are of interest when it comes to metabolic health. You're right, always be careful and refer to your physician before embarking on new for your body.
@@xG4mx You don't want to only treat the symptoms, you want to treat the cause.
@@tme98 I agree, lets hope most folks aren't just asking their docs for the drugs and look for resources and ways to treat the cause, which this episode mentions.
@@xG4mx we can hope so, but I don’t think it’s likely :/
Could you please do more lectures on this topic? Particularly how to combat fat when you have medical conditions like PCOS? :)
Yoga seemed to help balance my thyroid test levels
I'd love to see this too!
That would be dope. It baffles me that PCOS is a topic barely touched upon, even though quite a lot of women have it.
@@RhythmAddictedState It is likely best related to keeping insulin levels low from reducing excess carbohydrate consumption, since insulin stimulates fat storage as well as testosterone. Both of these factors would contribute negatively to PCOS. I would ask your doctor and take blood tests before attempting this, but, I'm going to study endocrinology after medical school and keto has allowed me to greatly reduce PCOS symptoms and lose 70+ lbs that I have kept off after changing the way I think about food as energy.
Amen on last!
I got my bachelor’s in kinesiology almost a decade ago. We knew that visceral fat was more highly linked to the metabolic obesity diseases (high BP, diabetes, cardiovascular disease) but it wasn’t really known why yet. If i remember right, it was presumed to be a literal choking of the organs by visceral/belly fat. So, the hip to waist ratio was used a lot in our classes along with BMI and BP to measure the risk levels of hypothetical clients.
It’s really cool to finally learn why that is the case. I mean we didn’t even learn about white vs brown adipose tissue so science has come a long way. I hope the education program I went through is also better about teaching the science. I appreciate you talking about this also because this is something everyone needs to know, not just science professionals.
Could you tell me my risk level if I gave you my stats?
I am a new kines graduate they do teach this
a thing I'd say is of course I'm not surprised at the connection between general well being and weight simply because people completely treat larger people like shit plain and simple. they have no concept of the mechanisms of weight loss, gain, etc. or the functions of hypothalamus or, get this, their own psychological impact of abusing people for their weight.
truuth
I'm morbidly obese and have a ton of inflammatory issues. Actually, the same holds for most of my immediate family too. Clearly we're prone to this. It would be nice to have some kind of solution. Especially because the inflammatory issues can actually keep us from exercising, as in asthma. I can't even bike a single block anymore, or reliably walk over 3 blocks, or safely run for over 20 feet. The chlorine in pools also makes asthma attacks more likely, which is a shame because I loved swimming. (I still do, but I can't afford a gym membership atm.)
You have to start with diet and eat less foods that trigger inflammation. That alone will help you lose weight if you ear at a calorie deficit and will vastly improve your ability to breathe during exercise.
I feel you with having to stop swimming because of Chlorine in pools, it's insane. Mainstream non-chlorinated pools need to happen (and I'm not talking ocean pools).
I agree with the first reply. It’ll probably be easier to have diet change first before working on exercise so that inflammation isn’t as much of an issue. Good luck!
Hey bro sorry that you’re going through it
Trust me man it’s more about what you eat
It’s important to exercise but even if you stopped eating processed foods and sugar you would lose weight then hopefully you can gradually start exercising more
Fast food and other processed foods are made to be addictive
Look up the glucose goddess on how to rid some of those urges
Once you’re able to lose some of the weight and start exercising I promise you’ll feel fantastic
Good luck
Like other said first start with diet but once you're in a position to do more movement it should be a gradual process. Walking is a decent first step and then kind of treating it like progressing in a video game. Slowly building up in ability may be frustrating as it was for me for a time but as time goes by it is satisfying to be able to do more.
I would love more scientific and in depth streams like this one!
I lost 120 lbs, gained it back, then lost it again, and have gained it back again, over the past decade or so. My problem, is, that even when I was at my thinnest, with a 32 inch waistline, I was absolutely starving all the time. I could simply not get enough to eat. Learning to eat healthier only marginally helped because I just overate healthy food instead of unhealthy food, but it still caused me to gain weight. Losing the weight also required me to hold to an extremely draconic diet not exceeding 500 calories a day for several months. Most people instantly criticize this but it's the only diet that worked at all so that's why I went with it. I am baffled by my own condition and don't understand why I feel like I am starving to death unless I'm very overweight. Something is not working the way it's supposed to in my system and I suspect that whatever that is, effects most overweight people and if we can discover what it is, and the solution to it, only then will we make real progress to fighting the obesity epidemic. I keep hearing "lose weight, your appetite will decrease". Well, it doesn't. So now what? I see other people lose large sums of weight and then just gain it back a couple of years later. Statistically speaking, anyone who tries to lose weight has a 95% of regaining all and possibly more. I'm much heavier now than when I started dieting and regret even trying, if I'm being honest. I hear a lot of information but yet to see progress in most cases of obesity. Then we blame the patients as if 95% of patients just don't care to get better. Perhaps its an addiction problem? I was able to kick nicotine but cannot kick overeating. If it is an addiction, how does one get sober from eating? Do I eat nothing for 28 days? My doctor would never agree to that. I also exercise. I work out 2 hours a day until recently when I sprained my right leg and am waiting to see a doc to make sure nothing go torn. I exercise just to feel better as it's not lead to even a single lost pound, nor have I gained weight since having to stop exercise to nurse my leg.
Stephanie Buttermore on youtube had this insatiable hunger issue too - which she seems to have solved by "going all in" with eating. I'll leave you to find the video on your own, but I found it interesting.
The only things that led to long term success for me were:
- Intermittent fasting (I did OMAD prior, but now just make sure I fast for at least 18 hours of the day and eat during the remaining 6 hours) but if you can just eliminate snacking between meals, you don't even have to go that drastic if you're willing to see more gradual pay off. Snacking prevents you from ever getting into 'fat burning' mode - usually beginning at around 16h fasted.
- Adequate complete proteins - facilitate muscle growth (increasing BMR) and ensure healthy functioning.
- I must have been severely low on iodine prior to taking care of myself, as I felt and functioned noticeably better initially supplementing with Kelp (and now consuming seaweed/fish as often as I need). Others might benefit from doing the same - as our soil is extremely depleted of this and other nutrients.
- Cutting out sugar (refined sugar to begin with) was the key to everything to be honest. I was definitely addicted and I won't pretend it wasn't a struggle, but getting out of that way of eating has been nothing but good. I would even argue that if this step cannot be taken, don't bother trying to be healthy. Refined sugar is both damaging in and of itself, and depletes you of nutrients in order for your body to process it.
- Plant oils are satan tbh. What I've Learned has a good video on it if you don't want to read research articles on it. I would argue that this is second most important to cutting out sugar for me.
@@emilyowen2555 thanks for the advice but I've done all that except for cutting out plan oils. Maybe I can try that. But intermittent fasting doesnt work because I just eat all the calories I wouldve eaten normally inside the fasting window, essentially having one massive meal and the fasting hours make me feel ill with hunger. I get dizzy, fatigued, cant concentrate, and keep falling asleep in my chair while I am trying to work.
@@Olivia-W I've already prayed to Jebus about it AND done low carb. Low carb worked for a while but praying didn't work at all. The low carb diet lead me to eating very little food as I was having trouble stomaching so much high fat stuff and eventually got down to eating only about 500 cal a day because thats all I could stand. Well obviously it did make me lose weight but I was miserable the whole time. I just couldnt stay on it. I've heard of Leptin but there's no medications or treatments for that at this time that I am aware of. I've already been to an endocrinologist and all he could do is recommend that I monitor my glucose to see if there's something unusual, which other than being a little elevated, it was otherwise very stable.
@@Olivia-W i appreciate your recommendations! I hate making excuses for myself but perhaps I do have some sort of congenital condition but if that is the case, then there is not much to do about it. I do have a family history of obesity but we though it was because we were descendants of Hebrides Scots who are naturally thick in spite of all the physical activity they did.
@@Endymion766 Leptin deficiency is treated by leptin injections, so it is treatable.
Thanks. I know you're doing your best, and thank you for even reading my comments :). Have a great day.
I was waiting for this stream to be available on RUclips for so long I actually lost patience and watched stream VOD yesterday.
Glad to see it uploaded, it's wonderful talk
The thing that frustrates me about doctors is they like to tell you to lose weight for your health but sometimes losing weight isn't so simple. My doctors are aware of my mobility issues, and some are even aware that I had the majority of my health issues before I gained weight. I've done my best to try to lose weight, but without being able to do the majority of the things that everyone else can, it's extremely frustrating when I constantly hear doctors telling me to lose weight. I almost have to starve myself in order to lose weight, but that's not healthy.
Yes. And everybody else feels entitled to bully you about it. They claim it's "for your health," but strangely, none of them are ever seen bullying thin people about their "health." Even worse is: "I used to be 20 pounds overweight, so I totally know what it's like to be morbidly obese! Diet and exercise worked for me, so they'll work for you too, and if they don't, it's because you aren't trying hard enough! I hate the body positivity movement because it makes fat people think that it's okay to exist!" 90% of the time this bully is a white male under 30.
@@ExiledStardust no one wants to give proper help, but complaining is alright lol
@@ExiledStardust How is being a white male under 30 relevant here? So if a black female over 30 told you the same it would be fine?
@Calesta Iezu, I feel you. The reason for that might be that the same factors that led to your non-weight related health issues, such as metabolic syndrome and inflammation, are the same factors driving your weight gain. However, the medical dogma somehow insists that health issues always start with weight gain, with the implication, of course, that it's ones own fault. And the remedy: "eat less, move more" ... that just shows you how little they understand about the nature of weight gain.
If you want to lose weight in a sustainable fashion, i.e. while preserving muscle mass, maintaining total energy expenditure and ensuring high satiety levels, I would recommend a low carb/ketogenic way of eating (WOE). Notice, I deliberately do not refer to it as a "diet" since that's temporary, but call it a WOE as in a permanent change in the way you are eating. A low carb/ketogenic WOE is a great way of losing weight even without exercise. Of course, resistance training is very important too, but that can be added along they way. Check out Diet Doctor for a fantastic source of everything low carb/keto.
A good trainer, a really professional and experienced trainer should be able to help you with a mobility plan to help you get moving. I have some limitation in mobility, I found a really good physiotherapist who designed a plan with exercises that work around my limitations and exercises that helped relieve some of the mobility issues. but, she was very hard to find and took several tries. One of my first exercises was chair walking: I would sit in a chair and raise my legs and "air walk" for 5 minute intervals. That exercise was amazing enough I was able to actually walk for exercise. it took 8 good months to get there, but it helped. So, try and find a good trainer/therapist!
In 2019 I kicked off my weightloss journey and at the end of 2020 I went from 325 to 245 at my lowest. The following year I just couldn't loose weight and around june I started an upswing again in weight. I knew part of it was due to stress and relapsing into terrible foods and I have been trying to gather information about fat loss and well things got complicated. Having you break this down the studies of fat loss, even in a simplified manner, made some information I had found finally connect and make sense. Armed with this knowledge I have some hope that I can make a better plan than what I have done for almost 1&1/2 years. I am 275 today and now I feel prepared to not just loose weight again but also maintain it in the future.
Thank you DR. K for going into this topic it feels like the spark I needed to relight my drive to achieve a weight I want to be at.
Bro I suggest lifting weights, get a good strength foundation for like the first 6 months, a year, then go for endurance
Just exercise on a caloric defficit, and on days you are not going to workout, just move around, go for a walk, this is because you need to counter lethalegry
@@noobkaka567 do you mean lethargy?
@Samuel, are you seeking suggestions for that plan?
thank you Dr. K for this scientific breakdown. it's so important to learn about how exactly the fat cells communicate and promote unwanted things like secreting leptin & angiotensin and hoarding vitamin D. it's hard to find this info without being bombarded by weight loss marketing industry
Love this topic so far. Thank you for changing it up a bit.
Anecdotal but fuck it's worked for me.
I spent a lot of time just hating a lot about myself. But i changed a few things, guaranteeing that i got my daily fibre and protein to reduce the snackiness and temptation of sugary things. And i started going to a climbing gym 2-3 times a week. Something about doing the two has started a positive feed back loop where i want to continue seeing my body develop in a healthier direction and all of my decisions started to become more for the benefit of my bodies health vs making my brain immediately happy. I've noticed that im entirely more mentally sated and less needy for the things i just wanted. Im overall just a ton more comfortable with who I am and where i'm going.
(alot of this is thanks to HGGG giving me the spark to start this journey of self improvement) So thank you and best of luck to everyone!
I had the same, I think an element of it is realizing living healthier isn't nearly as hard or bland as it seems
this is why I liked eating eggs daily. it really did a great number in helping me not want certain things. the only thing I really made an exception for was black tea with a bit of milk and sugar.
You should explore sedentariness as another topic, as its dangers are separate from just being a risk factor for obesity
Seconding this!
learning the mechanisms behind fat and how adipose tissue affects the body makes for a very motivating video in terms of my weight loss journey...
you explained everything in a way that updates my black and white view of adipose tissue into a more complex and nuanced subject and i appreciate it very much,
thanks!
When you began talking about cortisol and its relation to insulin and how exercise utilizes your body's metabolism, along with the mention of cushingoid habitus (which i am developing and its a little noticeable too) hit me like a truck. I never knew what the name for that was, and I'm trying to take better care of myself by going to the gym and doing full body workouts. Kicking nicotine has been a really tough struggle as well.
This in depth explanation of fat has really opened up my eyes. Thank you Dr. K for this incredible wealth of information. Wellness, it seems to me, is beyond physicality. This community makes me feel seen and heard. I've never felt that before.
You are loved, Damien.
@@kevinbissinger thank you, kevin. slinging that love right back at ya
Thank you so much for this video. I used to never gain weight, but then quarantine happened and I gained 35 pounds. I had no idea now to deal with it, and I don't want to turn to sources that prey on my new insecurities, but I know you have our best interests in mind. Thank you again
Thank you so much for this video! Fat's more complicated than we often give it credit.
Hormones like leptin, ghrelin, and insulin as well as thyroid function can really screw with one's ability to loose weight.
I was 175 lbs when I was 15 and over two years went down to 133 lbs. It was psychologically pretty brutal as I didn't yet understand my family's struggle with leptin resistance - so I felt needless shame. Intermittent fasting worked incredibly well for me. Therapy also helped me develop a healthier relationship with exercise by decoupling it from shame, familial trauma, body image issues, and fear of mortality.
If someone had told me when I was 15 that therapy would help me lose weight, I'd never have believed it. But it does.
I’m glad you got the help you needed
@@Solarpunkkait Thank you!
This makes it so obvious now why exercising is regularly cited as a good way to lessen stress' effects !
You're just reverting to the original purpose of stress responses: making you able to move away from threats for a longer period
Understanding things like this is so rewarding !
As someone with immunological conditions, it sucks that exercise, at least some, makes you better, but when you need it the most, you hurt too much to move.
Love the information! Thank you for this!
Thank you so much as always for your amazing advice! The stuff you've talked about was really cutting edge stuff--(10 yrs ago leptin resistance wasn't rly in the public eye). I wanted to add something about exercise---the metabolic response can last for 24 hours, but peaks around 60-90 min after exercise. I've learned that (as an office worker) for someone who has a hard time regularly going to the gym, it's better to take exercise "snacks."
Don't do a 1hr workout; spread it out to maybe 10 min of yoga in the morning, 10 min of stretching and walking around during lunch, always taking the stairs, then maybe another half hour of intense exercise when you get home. Your metabolism gets activated THREE times a day, and you end up doing less exercise time-wise. Hell, do even 5 minute exercises if you want. I highly recommend doing HIIT exercise as well, it's usually shorter but gets your blast in.
I'm happy to hear you state that the body has a weight that it wants to stay at. Which, is a bit scary when you want to lose weight but the body fights against you, but I think if we aim for healthy habits healthy lifestyle hopefully the body just balances out aesthetically haha
Thank you for making the content you do its life changing, you are the sole reason im getting back into shape
I love that you are being very careful to explain the limitations of some of these studies. The popular news media often glosses over the limitations and makes ridiculous claims and unfortunately that is all that most people see.
I would love if Dr K would talk more about eating disorders. Two people eating the same things may have different outcomes if they have different stress levels. But I mean how stress or anxiety or depression may lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms - like eating junkfood while being very aware of how unhealthy it is. I struggle with this a lot. I lost 40 pounds about 10 years back and i've literally never been happier. Now, it's all back. Somehow I jut don't have the energy to work on better coping strategies - even though I managed to lose all that weight in the past AND i know how much happier I was. Stress and burnout and loneliness is certainly a factor too.
At the same time when I look back the only way I was able to accomplish that is by substituting one bad habit (eating when feeling sad) by another bad one (obsessing over every calory like an anorexic). I had to make myself scared of food and "appreciate" the feeling of hunger in able to lose the weight, and I knew that wasn't sustainable either.
I feel the exact same way.
This guy... always posting videos on subjects the exact moment I need them most. Thanks Dr. K!
right????? Gotta love Dr K
A true servant of the people. Love this man in the least parasocial way possible. He has positively impacted more lives than I can fathom
I just became overweight perfect motivation to start exerzising more
Love the science and raw educational material because it is very important. Wish schools taught info even remotely as helpful as this. Thanks for the vid glhf Dr. K and editor
This video couldn't have come at a better time for me. Thanks Dr. K and team!
This is very interesting to me. I feel like this might help explain some of my issues ive had over the last few years.
I used to be much larger 300+ lbs but I lost over 100lbs and honestly I felt WAY WORSE and developed a lot of mental issues like anxiety and just lot of other physical things started to add up. I am not going back to being large because i am still sure its not good for my heart but I used to describe myself as fat and happy and now I am much leaner but struggle with anxiety and many other things.
I always thought the timing was more coincidental than anything but maybe such a dramatic change in my Fat levels over the course of a year just had a more profound impact on my body than even I expected.
This sounds more like coincidence and confounding factors rather than "becoming lighter made me anxious"
@@burtdanams4426 no. it is not coincidence, it is a direct cause and effect. their body went through shock losing that much weight in a year. it is a commonly talked about phenomenon in those who rapidly lose a lot of weight. your fat stores interacts with your hormone levels. losing weight too quickly can cause rapid hormone changes that may trigger other issues. it is safer to lose weight gradually.
200 pounds is still fat
To be fair I weighed myself after eating a 75lbs person so I was probably closer to 115. That's just math
Also the ideal weight for someone who is 6'4 is 182 - 222 lbs according to the BMI
For some people - especially trauma survivors and victims of childhood abuse / neglect - excessive weight gain can be a subconcious protection that, when taken away, can create more problems than the obesity itself. For example, a woman who was SA'd as a child may have subconciously (or sometimes conciously) gained weight later in life in order to reduce the amount of attention she received from males. When the inevitable effects of trauma start impacting her daily life, she seeks medical help and - as many of us have experienced ourselves - her GP suggests that since she is obese, she firstly work to reduce her weight through diet and exercise. Months pass and she loses weight... but she becomes even more anxious or depressed. Since the GP failed to investigate the cause of her unhealthy weight, a one-size-fits-all approach was applied with disasterous effects.
By failing to identify and treat the CAUSE of an undesired outcome, we can ultimately do more damage as well as further burying the thing(s) that might give us the best foundation to work on for sucess. You can paint over the cracks in a wall, but the damage will remain and fester unless treated first.
I'm not claiming this to be the cause of your particular case, but it's something to think about!
your god sent Dr.K , Keep up the hard work bro
Wow this is super interesting, thanks for the lecture Dr K
this is a really comprehensive overview. i’d love to see more about these biochemical effects in things like muscle synthesis for example
As a diabetic person, four years in now, I must say you explained it quite well, but the danger of high sugar is even worse.
If it gets high enough, your stomach starts refusing food. Also, without external insuline, your cells can't get sugar so you eat but barely get any nutrition. And to finish, your blood get more and more acid, that's why I have to test my urine's pH when my blood sugar is high. And that can be very damaging, unless you're a xenomorph I guess!
I'm type 1 btw
I've lost 20lb since lockdown i gotta say that i definitely feel....pretty much the same. I do look a bit better though.
ok
@@nekonesto3125 i expected it to change my mental health. It didnt. Thanks for listening, ill be signing my book later.
@@Balloonbot congrats on your accomplishments btw
I lost 40 lbs, same boat here lol
@@Balloonbot actually sounds similar to me lol
Very interesting topic. Thanks for your work!
amazing episode. so informative and important
Join a climbing or bouldering gym, it's a very popular sport for gamers. Very friendly and supporting crowd, you're mostly competing with yourself and not against other people, the sport itself is creative and game/problem solving oriented with a cool reward kick each time you climb a route. I definitely recommend it if you want to get into exercise without it feeling like a chore. At some point you'll want to get better so you'll do training and eat better just because you want to get a better grade and climb harder. It's pretty addictive in a good way
I know my brain is rotted because I misread the title as “why new fat research actually slays”
Thank you for what you do. Your videos and advice grounds me.
I was recently diagnosed as pre diabetic and am really focusing on my nutrition. I do tend to carry more fat around my belly, so this is very helpful info
As someone with chronic brain inflammation from an auto immune disease I had as a child, this is important to know!
Hey, I’d recommend looking into keto/carnivore. It’s been used to treat chronic and autoimmune diseases for most people with great success.
it's never lupus
By the way If it is lupus it's very bad. That disease is scary.
What do you mean?
Best hour I'll spend today! Thank you.
Such an important topic to cover. Taking care of your body with exercise and nutrition is so important to mental health too. Oou bodies are so smart and when you take care of it, it will take care of you. My entire life up until 2016 I used food to comfort myself and got to 320lbs. After years of trying to lose weight, in 2016 I lost 120lbs and it helped my mental health and total well being ten fold. It doesnt automatically make you happy and its not an ultimate fix but Ill be damn if it doesnt improve your quality of life. If anyone reading this is struggling with their weight and want to become healthier, just know you can absolutely do it and you will be happy you decided to change your lifestyle.
Neat.
I want from 250 Lbs down to 170, with multiple sclerosis being the match that lit the fire to burn this grease. Being healthy has indeed helped with my mentality, stamina and health with the only problem still being my extreme laziness and MS stuff. I'm getting there slowly though. Eatin' oatmeal everyday too.
Hey doctor K I loved this video. I am a 24M bodybuilder and think a lot of interesting topics could be made about intense gamers who transition into bodybuilding. There are tons of cases of this including famous influencer zyzz and lots of WoW and runescape players . Also I think discussing particularly male endocrinology and mental health could be interesting as I am an unnatural athlete as well .
Thank you Dr K for being so thoughtful and reasonable
siiick, Dr K talkin about the ties between physical health and mental health :)
More like heeeaalthyyy amirite?
It has been so incredibly difficult to get information about this topic that isn't fake, outdated, or trying to sell me something.
Looking at it from net calories and how little exercise actually burns through it seemed impossible to lose weight without starving.
Thank you so much.
I’ve been working out pretty consistently for 5 years and Jeff Nippard is the only fitness RUclips channel I’ve seen that has never spewed any bullshit as far as I know. Check him out if you haven’t
The way stress causes your body to put on fat and why workouts while you're stress counteracts it blew my mind. Why does nobody teach us this?
Even though exercise doesn't burn that many calories I find that it's a really good appetite suppressant (more time spent being active means less time spent sitting around getting cravings and thinking about food) and my mood, energy, and how I feel is much better. It's hard to quantify how much these factors help but they definitely make the journey a lot easier.
@@dtho8542 yeah, even just walking briskly for 30-60mins a day can be incredibley effective for bloodflow, natural sleep and digestion in your body.
I hate to say it but I’ve only ever lost weight from borderline starving while eating 500 cal of only protein and fat
im a nutrition major, so this video made me really happy! i love to see it! dr.k you should check out Dr. Michael Gregor's videos on RUclips
You have my sympathy... 'Dr' Gregor, the malnourished moronic militant vegan? Really? You'd be much better off looking up Dr Anthony Chaffee and learn about real human nutrition. We are all, by nature, obligate hyper-carnivores. This has been scientifically proven beyond any doubt by stable isotope testing.
If you're always hungry, it is simply because you aren't getting enough high quality saturated animal fats.
Veganism and nutrition science are mutually exclusive.
I am continuously astonished by Dr. K's mastery of formulating knowledge... Just wow
Thank you so much for this video! It's so important to educate people on the topic!
I'm really struggling to lose weight, but getting diagnosed with adhd and getting meds were a huge step (at least at first).
Unfortunately, I gained even more weight despite still taking the meds, and it's a disaster for me.
This is probably gonna have shades of the Obese to Beast and Dr. Mike interviews 🔥
im on the opposite end of the spectrum.. always been skinny, always struggled putting on weight. it's always so weird for me seeing ads on tv talking about how to lose weight, weight loss diet ads, weight loss prevention psas, etc etc. but ive come to terms with it..
Had the same problem. Lift weights, eat trail mix and protein shakes. Went from 115 to 150 pounds over two years.
@@ForeverMasterless i tried that.. protein shakes make me break out in cystic acne.. then i went on pea protein.. didn't gain any weight.. it's ok. i just stick to avocados and healthy fats. and resistant exercises. im still underweight but my bloodwork is fine and my gp told me theres nothing wrong , just my genetics lol
@@TheXeeman You're not eating enough. Unless you're a statistic anomaly it's all about calories in calories out. Undereaters overestimate the amount they eat.
Weight lifting would give your body anabolic stimulus + regulate your apetite.
Consistency is key in eating and exercising.
Try having healthy, but calorie dense foods, like peanut butter, cereal/nut bars, fatty-ish meats, etc.
Protein shakes do pretty much nothing tbh. Its ok to eat bread, pasta, cheese or saturated fats as long as its a fraction of you diet, not the main stuff. By fraction, i mean, up to 40% of your total intake for each should still be ok.
Oh right: Maybe try eating 4-5 times a day?
@@apolloniusbeitsman5444 yea but it's tiring to force myself to keep eating.. I already eat more than anyone in my family. it's ok i've come to terms with it. Being skinny isn't bad , i used to be so self conscious
Love this video so much!
It's like you researched everything Dr. Robert Lustig published and then linked it to mental health.
Thank you for making this video! It's very helpful!
I was already planning on getting myself moving again, but this just gives me extra motivation.
I’m so glad to see Dr K dive deep into fat and fat loss. I’m old enough to remember when fat was labeled as a bad thing and companies rushed to make things “low fat” and we ate it up as a culture. I used to think seeing a lot of fat on a nutritional facts meant I would literally gain that fat on my body if I ate it. Now 20 year later I am deep into the keto state and have never felt better in my life. 60 lbs later and I was able to reverse my adult onset type 2 diabetes and now experience better mood and energy throughout the day. It’s amazing how eliminating the constant peaks and valleys of blood sugar can affect your overall baseline. If you’re curious about keto, I highly recommend trying it for a month. It’s not just a diet, it’s a metabolic state and it could help with your day to day mood and appetite! Cheers.
keto is also extremely dangerous for a lot of people's organs long-term so don't think of it as a lifestyle change, and don't think of it as a fix for the majority of people.
It's like the gluten free diet. For some people it helps, for some people it hurts. Don't take diet advice from strangers on the internet or you'll end up drinking your own piss(not exaggerating)
@@kevinbissinger I'd like some evidence of organ damage please, in fact there's far more evidence for better brain performance on Keto, and better amyloid clearance.
@@elijahizere The only stories I've seen are people fucking their kidneys due to eating way too much protein (which isn't keto), and people overloading their livers with iron due to... eating too much protein in the form of muscle meat (which isn't keto). A lot of people who perpetuate the misinformation about the diet don't seem to understand what it is at all. I've seen doctors (who were seventh day adventists) talk about how keto is evil and will kill you because you aren't eating any plants and it is all meat based.
@@elijahizere Better brain function? The only people saying that are the ones promoting the keto diet, unless you happen to have research to back up that claim. As for organ damage, I don’t exactly have any studies to share, but a lot of anecdotal evidence, I have heard from multiple people online and in real life that they had kidney issues after quite some time following a ketogenic diet, maybe they weren’t following it correctly, maybe they already had issues beforehand that they never noticed, who knows, but it’s worth looking into.
@Starry eyed shugoki Yes, you heard the man, better brain function. It's not a completely settled area (few things are), of course, but with regards to neurogenerative disease such as Alzheimer's, epilepsy, dementia and traumatic brain injury, there are more than strong indications that a ketogenic WOE can help. See for example the work of Dr. Tommy Woods. In the same vein, keto can help improve mental disease such as depression and anxiety. For more, check out the work of Dr. Georgia Ede.
Besides being an alternative fuel to glucose, there are indications that ketone bodies can help achieve better overall brain function. Ketone bodies elicit a myriad of epigenetic and quasi-hormonal effects that, for example, promote better balance between neurotransmitters such as the GABA-glutamate ratio. Check out Dr. Dominic D'Agostino for more info.
For all questions/concern regarding low carb/keto, such as “protein is taxing on the kidneys”, I would highly recommend Diet Doctor. It is a free source of all things related to low carb/keto and is rampacked with scientific evidence, including the latest. They also have a YT channel which contain insightful interviews and reviews of scientific studies. See for example the interview from 2020 entitled “Ketosis for brain health with Dr. Dom D'agostino”.
@Kevin Bissinger: "Keto is extremely dangerous"? That's absurd. You sound like your average doctor who doesn't know the difference between nutritional ketosis and ketoacidosis. There is no evidence that nutritional ketosis poses any risk to any of our organs, except in extreme cases, such as stage late stage kidney disease. On the contrary, keto is likely to promote your overall health. For reference, see above.
Who has a gluten free diet ever hurt?
I say do take advise from strangers on the internet, research said advise, and reach your own conclusions. Because the dogma that the medical and nutrition science establishment is promoting isn't helping.
Great content! I have been wondering for a while now how strong of a stress reaction does scary/intense games cause on the body and mind and does it have same effect as "being afraid of the tiger". This could be very very bad for gamers, especially those who play a lot. Imagine artificially maintaining "fight or flight" 8+ hours a day for years.
if they manage to have that kind of reaction for that long, sure. You can desensitize yourself to that stimuli, especially knowing it's not real. So it can really go either way in that regard.
Thanks for the video!
Good to know that when I am stressed (mentally, no tigers) the best couse of action is to get on my bike and just go go go (get away from the rent-tiger, or from the lack-of-carreer-tiger)
thank you for making this as simple to understand as possible! it was never about looks, its always been about health!
As an exercise science pre-med, this episode was amazing and basically was the cliff notes for most of my classes (some mild ptsd when talking about inflammatory markers as I have a chart for the 26 easy steps of how high bg destroys your body lol). Honestly it still surprises me that my classes that contain this subject matter don't count towards my science GPA when applying to med school but physics and ochem do considering the state of public health and the obesity epidemic. AAMC really knows their priorities...
This is why the "body positive" movement may, even it it has good intentions, be harmful to many. There are some kind of bodies that simply aren't healthy (it goes without saying that bullying against fat people is something terrible)
It would be interesting to dr. K have a conversation with professor huberman or Dr. Sinclair. Potentially about not only these topic at a high level, but also how how this knowledge and protocols they advocate could be interpreted from a psychological viewpoint. I love learning about this stuff from all 3 of these awesome guys!
Thank you so much for explaining this and trusting us to understand! I hate how much doctors always say "lose weight = get healthier" but never explain WHY.
I personally go even farther with mine body connection. I just say they are ultimately one thing, instead of two separate things that impact each other
I really like the more scientific/ biology type videos!
Adipocytes have SUCH a huge impact on metabolic pathways and hormonal regulation and i am SO glad to hear someone talking about it.
I'm glad to hear about the link between depression and vitamin D, I hadn't gotten any reassurance on the subject after being diagnosed with both MDD and severe vitamin D definitely
I think this is a lot of what Dr. Robert Lustig has been saying for at least the last decade… which makes sense because he is an endocrinologist.