"Humans do extremely well missing a few meals, but we have no defense against 6 meals a day". How much clearer could that message be? There must be the 'light bulb' effect happening for so many who watch this video. You've really topped yourself with this video. Thank you again for another excellent teaching video.
Absolutely! I’ve been doing intermittent fasting & OMAD the last couple of weeks. I feel great for a 51 yo! I’m lucky. I’ve been relatively healthy. Keto diet has been a life changer for me!
You're absolutely right. The proof is in how high the obesity rate is in our modern world. It never was like this, not only in ancient times but even 50 to 60 years ago.
This topic explain why I'm not doing good in keto diet, giving me heartburn and gain weight. The tropical food works on me better, I can breathe better when I'm in vegetable, fish and fruits diet. I was raised in Pacific Island and this is my ancestor eat and I grew up with this food. Thank you Dr. Eckberg.
Maybe you had a drastic change and ate way to much fats that your gallbladder was able to digest. The same time happened to me then I started using less butter and just incremented it little by little until now and I don’t get a heartburn anymore
As a Dr of Psychology and researcher, father of 3 healthy lads and now working in a primary school, I just knew in my own DNA that current supermarket foods and diet was detrimental to our health. The kids at my school were the only evidence i needed by just looking around and being in this environment, seeing what they eat at snack and mealtimes, observing their athletic ability, their shape etc. Im 56 (but havnt lost my competitve spirit yet!!) and I can give anyone of our pupils a race/game/sport/exercise of their choice and id beat them. That cant be right. I started to look at why this could be about a year ago, did some internet research and came upon I.F , the Keto diet, I.R etc and boy does it all make sense. Id already formulated my own ideas that we have simply not evolved in our own dna/primitive brain/adrenals etc quite as fast as our frontal cortex development has been able to come up with the idea of modern processed foods/cultivation of crops/supermarkets, 24/7 shops etc. So to see you putting so clearly and succinctly what I also had begun to think was happening, has been a revelation. Please Keep up the brilliant work you do in helping educate people away from the damage being caused from commercially driven companies caring only for profit, and i'll do my own micro bit in my school and environment and encourage others to discover your channel.
I've always thought cycling between paleo and keto with added I.f seemed the best approach, but after watching this I'm now sure it's the best approach. Thanks
Prime point: 👍 is that KETO is a ‘physiological principle’. The confusion of KETO as a “diet” for weight loss only - is mucking up this Principle. KETO for Nutrition KETO for Optimal Health. Weight loss is that Blessing not in disguise. The fact that “most” lose weight should turn on the Lights. Great Content - as always - but this video raises even your bar.👍
Thank you Gay Preator. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad you liked it. The greatest compliment you can give is to help us help more people by sharing the videos.
Dr. Sten Ekberg Yes I agree about sharing. Have a difficult time with how to do that, without stepping on toes or seeming to throw stones. Unsolicited advice and all. I have several friends I’d love to toss videos at but.... treading lightly is often best. My little light shining - is getting noticed - if they inquire I speak out. This video is in my arsenal of look ats. Keep em coming.
I've been doing keto and IF (20/4) for around 4 months now, have lost 35lbs in that time. But as time goes on, I feel weaker and weaker and I'm losing my hair 😔 (I'm a 35yo otherwise healthy female) I've been doing a little research today and apparently fasting like that isnt good for women? Also being in permanent keto like that isnt good either (for women) so I've decided to try and tweak it a little, changing my eating window from 4 hours to 7 and introducing more fruit into my diet, not much, every other day I think. So looks like I'll be alternating between keto and paleo! I don't eat dairy often anyway as it makes my skin bad so that wont be an issue, and I have no interest in other carbs now apart from fruit (i had an orange today and it was 🤤😁) I think this will be a better option for me in the long run. I was enjoying the keto and the IF plan as a whole but I was starting to feel unwell on it so I'll give this a try and see if I perk up, and stop shedding hair! 😱
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I have a little brown rice sometimes. However when I make it I had coconut oil and then refrigerate it and reheat the next day. Based on research this alters the starch content of the rice lowering the carbs. Apparently this is also true for bread. Freeze the bread then reheat it.
After being keto adapted for a year, I now have buckwheat and millet. Both are completely organic and have low glycemic index, and I do really well on them. Lots of energy, and no bloating from them. With buckwheat, I don't even get out of ketosis.
I am a scientist myself (both a physicist and a chemist). A major flaw in the paleo diet concept to me is the idea that the food available in Paleolithic times tells us what the true limits were on foods that our ancestors were able to digest and utilize properly. The DNA can encode enzymes for many other foods they simply hadn't encountered yet. The body is also capable of revving up production of certain enzymes as they are needed. Sometimes people benefit from exogeneous enzymes (from supplements, i.e., from outside the body) temporarily until their own production increases sufficiently. Others might lack an enzyme permanently but may be able to supplement. Production of enzymes goes down for foods that we rarely eat or haven't eaten in many years. If we start eating such foods again, typically the enzyme production can recover. The body is a dynamic and responsive system. We don't have such detailed knowledge of remote ancestors or their descendants or about DNA itself to be so certain about our optimum diet based on what our remote ancestors ate (especially since many of us are from very mixed gene pools). We can discover the sequences in the DNA molecule now very quickly, but the knowledge of how this relates specifically to disease and enzymes and diet in general is very much slowly progressing. We also are not identical to our ancestors, even without gene pool mixing. One big difference is our gut microbeasties, who are very much involved in digestion. Variations in those can be good or bad but they certainly respond to changes in food available. It's difficult or impossible to make comparisons between then and now. Our food supply is not identical to that for those remote ancestors. Any animals eaten have changed. So have plants. People can have trouble with any food. Eggs are on the paleo list, but I could be arrested for driving under the influence of a single egg. Likewise, people can have no trouble with any food even if their neighbor can't tolerate it. An empirical approach is best. If you have problems that might be associated with what you eat - experiment. Eliminate certain foods and see how you feel. Then start reintroducing the eliminated foods one by one and see how you feel. You may not need to avoid all the suspects, but reducing portions or frequency of some might work for you. The keto approach is more obviously empirical to me than the paleo approach. People can eat however they want, but obviously people aren't really eating like their Paleolithic ancestors even on the paleo diet. And there is no guarantee that our remote ancestors were all that healthy. Their life spans were shorter than ours and we see from preserved bodies that they certainly were prone to diseases that crippled and killed them. Mother Nature cares about averages, not individuals. Some of our behaviors (including what we eat) can be anti-survival but we will survive as long as they are balanced by enough pro-survival behaviors. So just because our ancestors did something a certain way (such as eating) is certainly no guarantee that it even promotes survival of the species, as well as no guarantee that it will be beneficial for a particular individual today. They ate what they ate to get enough calories to fuel their activity from what was around them. There is nothing magical about their choices. Some might be good, others bad. But calories they all definitely needed.
I'm Thai and living in germany.I'm in the ketogenic diet already 5 months.I very like the way you explained very clearly and nice speed.Because my english is not ferfect.Thank you very much Dr.🙏
Thank you Dr Ekberg Gosh did not know of the history behind this. I do learn a lot listening to your videos. Thank you and look forward to more from you
My stubborn belly fat is so stubborn that I tried the keto diet, saw some results but felt terrible. The Agoge diet on the other hand I saw the same results but felt great.
Dr E. Has taught me so much.... I got started on the keto as a diet completely the wrong way and for the wrong reasons... after his teaching now is see the purpose of the keto state and the benefits. Now am learning so much and at glad am still in my early 40s so I can make the best changes for the next 40 years of my life. Thanks Dr. E.... true ply life changing in my journey to a healthy lifestyle
I was born in Brazil, in the Amazon. Fruits year round. I’m about to give up on keto. Brain fog comes every day, I feel grasping for air, I feel somewhat week and low energy. Keto-flu for too long. I’ve lost 13 pounds in 3 weeks though, but I’ve achieved better results in the past by just cutting processed food, doing IF and exercising everyday. Didn’t have any brain fog, no grasping for air, felt great, strong and the healthiest I’d ever felt. After watching this video, I’m ready to quit keto, but I’ll stick to IF and only natural, organic foods. Thanks for this video!
I feel the same. Wasn't doing keto for weight loss but for my anxiety, which it pretty much got rid of for me! But the last week or so I am feeling too tired, too low energy and my brain is not working as quickly. I think paleo sounds like the best option for me. Except I will not get rid of dairy (irish, so it's a lifelong ingrained part of my diet and culture). I will stick to being free of processed crap , but I really think i need to change things up now.
I am currently on strict keto with 20:4 and mixed with some 5 day water fasts to get past weight set points. Have now lost 11kg, blood sugars and BP now normal in two months. I have been looking at whether to stay keto or go towards paleo and get some fruit back once I have three months of normal readings again, so this was very timely for me. Thank you again for your wonderful videos.
How cd u be so correct every time? U r the best.. yes following keto like a religion was the mistake i did.. i reduced weight but being a woman suddenly i started hvg irregular periods, hair fall, sleep issues, hunger etc after 1 year of keto.. once i added some carbs, i felt much better.. infact i still remain in ketosis..
Thank you for the lecture! Paleo really seems the most natural. I experience gastro intestinal issues that no doctor could pin down yet, I think about trying Paleo.
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Dr. Sten Ekberg I always share your videos. In fact I just started a Facebook page dedicated solely to keto. It is called Aïda goes Keto and that’s where I post all my favorite RUclips videos on the topic. You are one of my favorites 👍🙏👏🤗. Before that I was posting & sharing videos on my regular page since I discovered you and many other wonderful keto friendly Doctors & nutritionists, about 7 months ago.
....and with the Obesity Epidemic in today’s world. KETO is just about the only 🔐 to get control of this Run Away Obesity Bus. Paleo led me to KETO. Found KETO really addressed my metabolic issues - and quickly.
Bless you, Dr. Ekberg. I've been on my self improvement journey since Nov. 2019. I've had to vary my food intake a lot through the process: paleo, Mediterranean, keto, carnivore, ketovore... Bottom line: A1c from 8.3 to 5.7. Aiming for 5.0! 🥰🥰
I lost a lot of weight on keto but it proved too difficult to stick with. I would like to have healthy carbs available in my diet in limited amounts. I’m aiming for weight loss but also want an integrated health approach. This video breaks down paleo really well.
Love this video ❤️❤️ that takes a bigger view of health than just focusing entirely on the diet alone as sleep, stress control, water, supplements, exercise, etc have an impact. Great job again, Doctor!!
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Thank you Krishnan Narayanan. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad you liked it. The greatest compliment you can give is to help us help more people by sharing the videos.
Thank you that was helpfull. I find that strict keto is fine for a while But between food fatigue and my body stopped tolerating most fats. Except some oils. Olive oil and avocado work great. But I grew up with farm fresh vegetables and fruit. And some herbs. So I am adding more of those foods. Still leaving out most grains. And very little dairy. In Canada we can’t buy good dairy unless we own a cow.
I actually believe this because I think people in Ireland are not designed to eat grain at all. People in the South like Italy seem to be able to eat more pasta etc without getting as fat as us!!
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Thank you for the very informative video on Paleo, especially the average, northern and tropical macro distribution was very insightful. Keep up the awesome work, Dr. Sten. 👍👏
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Testimony: I did my own form of Paleo + Mediterranean diet and it really worked great. I screwed it later with the obvious retrocess, and now I'm committed to a mild sort of Keto, with some bigger part of protein. Basically, I'm trying to follow the philosophy of low carb with variations. All that the good "holistic" doctor believes apply. Let's see how it goes - so far lost 3 Kg. in 3 days, a good start.
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I will, and have shared you vids. All of your vids are on point and well presented. In 2014, at age 56 I needed a pacemaker/defib and then a quintuple bypass. This after eating “healthy” all my life, (the low fat high carb crap that has been touted as healthy), I exercised religiously and I have no family history of heart disease. I almost died. Three years ago I started high fat/low carb, put the statins in the garbage, AND HAVE NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE. It’s drs like you on RUclips, that truly care about people’s health that saved my life. Unless you are in need of some hard medical intervention, conventional drs don’t know how to cure people, just push pills onto them. A BIG THANK YOU!!!! 👍👍👍 from Canada 🇨🇦
I was following Paleo until i started following Dr Berg and his form of Keto. Now im combining the Paleo of removing those foods that cause inflammation because of the toxins found in plants to bugs and fungi. Dr Berg has touched on the as well. Cheese is the exception in my dietThis plan work.
One of the reasons I like keto better than paleo is because of the dairy thing. I did have to give up milk 2 or 3 months ago, because I realized that the lactose was keeping my blood glucose and insulin levels too high, and it was keeping me from losing weight. But, I see no reason why I should ever have to give up butter or cream or cheese or sour cream. There has never been any indication that it causes me any issues.
This was so helpful! I learn so much from you that helps me to understand the why in all this. Not just what I should do, but why I do it or should do it. Thank you so much!
How about fresh (or fresh-frozen) green peas and green fava beans? You can eat them raw and they are both very ancient (fava beans have been discovered in Egyptian tombs over 6000 years ago). Wouldn't it be logical to assume that they are good for you as a source of good fiber and protein and a moderate source of carbs? I love them and they fill in nicely when you need something grain-like at dinner
Hello Dr. What do u think about the paleo autoimmune diet for thyroid healing? Someone recommended that for me for hashimoto's disease. Thanks for your response. Be well.
I just don’t digest most seed, grain and legumes very well, never have. Keto/paleo has been great for me. I eat plenty of animal products too these days and I feel strong like bull.
Good for you. That's why I keep emphasizing that there is not a one size fits all. We have to start with understanding principles and then do some trial and error to figure out what we do best on.
I tried adding more beans to my diet so often, because they are prebiotic but I always felt horrible. This experiment has failed 5-10 times for me and I just decided to cut them out of my diet completely.
There are some similar modern situations regarding stress, if your boss growls at you like a bear everyday, you will trigger a flight or fight response all the time keeping your cortisol up and the only cave you can flee to is home, away from work. 🐻 As for paleo, it's a great way to start lowering carbs and processed food and later you can easily transition to keto. Thank you for the information doctor Ekberg. 🙂
So true. It seems a lot of people talk about how stressed they are. In the past we could run it off, but if you boss is yelling at your all the time it is hard to keep your job and punch them in the face :) Dr. Ekberg has a lot of videos on stress and relaxation.
@@susanbrownell1067 There is a consequence free solution that is practiced. A punching bag and photo of your boss, you can unleash your 'paleo-primal' side 🥊😈🥊
Thank you very much for your clear explanation. Much appreciated. Just wondering what is your opinion re Okinawa diet, as it is associated with good health and longevity amongst older generations of Japanese. How does it compared to keto in terms of health and weight loss? Thank you for your help.
I find diets based on a theory not very convincing. Evolution is a theory, not a fact. So diets based on evolution are weak arguments. That's why modern studies are so important.
I find studies not very convincing. For every study there is another one saying the exact opposite. People have motives and they are funded by people with motives. Research on basic science and physiological principles are great, but most studies are about, symptoms and meds. After a thousand studies showing the abysmal failure of high carb weight loss, the official guide lines still cause diabetes and obesity.
@@drekberg so much contradictory information for the average person (layman) . I've just had two stents installed and now on the usual prescription regime. But I have gone keto and have dropped 10kgs in three months. It's a bit scary for me re high fat low carb intake. Going for blood tests tomorrow, hdl, ldl etc. Fingers crossed.
Dr. Sten Ekberg I know what you mean about self-serving studies, like the Sugar Industry funding studies skewed to favor sugar, etc. The studies I like are those that compare groups and have no sales agenda. But discussions about what man ate 100,000 years ago as a basis for what we should eat isn't convincing either. What I do find convincing is the bio-chem discussions where Insulin has been determined to affect weight, etc. This led me to Keto, to the best health and weight i've ever had.
Axeman Evolution is not a fact just because you say so. And no one knows what was eaten 1000 years ago let alone 5000 years. There is a record of chronology that is a fact and it shows humans have only been here just over 6000 years. And the current population of earth supports this number. The Hebrew writings ( old testament) tracks back from time of Christ to first human pair, about 4000 years of actual recorded history. If Evolution was a fact you'd have millions of old skeletons to look at, not just a few that are easily attributable to either actual primates or human with a mildly primate appearance as some today still have.
Dr Ekberg, I haven't seen anyone mention fungi as a good or bad food source and I wonder if you could share your thoughts on this food? Great vid again thank you.
Andrew Wilkinson Mushrooms are little ignored Gods of Nutrition. Many many Physiological benefits but I just love to eat ‘em. I hope he does a video soon.
@@gaypreator8547 I'm the same, since I went keto I've been eating loads of them. If they weren't good for you then I think it would be a tough call for me to get them out of my diet.
I like and eat mushrooms and I rarely if ever have patients that test poorly on them, so I think it is a good food. Don't know that much about them but I'll look into it.
@@drekberg Oh yes, please...a video on funghi, a sadly underrated organism, neither plant nor animal but a little of both. Oh, and I would be very interested in a video on glycation and the keto lifestyle. There is a lot of confusing info on that 'out there'. Thank you!
Some groups (like Northern Europeans) developed the ability to digest lactose sugars. Most humans don't produce that enzyme. I still love milk & must take a lactose enzyme supplement before most milk products. Goat milk doesn't contain lactose sugars though.
I’m on Keto for 2 months . I didn’t lose weight . I bought the Keto urine strips to see if I am in ketosis. It is showing “ trace” where on the strip should I be as far as the colour scheme is concerning? My trip stained dusty pink . I have no fruit no root vegetables no grains. I am not very active outside the home and work . Need to lose at least 15 lbs for the surgery in October.
Hello. Please could Keto be responsible for chest pain? I must say though I have lost two stone in 3 months since I started Keto diet combined with intermittent fasting. I eat more fat now and very little carbs.
I would say It would make sense to do a paleo diet 1st to really learn about clean foods versus dirty foods. Because regardless of the macronutrient make up of a food, the primary cause of a lot of modern disease is its dirty nature. Once this is established, then adding on to it by doing a ketogenic diet might make sense. For example, if you are eating farmed salmon, under no circumstance is that ever good. Or conventional produce or processed foods. And the paleo diet would address these. Once all the food is clean regardless of macronutrient make up, then it would make sense to pivot accordingly, be it ketogenic or vegan or vegetarian or whatever. Macronutrient make up can vary from person-to-person; clean versus dirty… There's no argument there because clean is always good and dirty is always bad.
Thank you Ty M. Depends on the person. To me low carb is 50-100, still allowing you to reverse IR or maintain insulin sensitivity. Keto is when you can measure ketones in your blood. 0-50?
I'm perplexed on how pasteurized milk could not be good for anyone, weren't our ancestors reliant on milk during a global event in the deserts an in colder climates for a while
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"Humans do extremely well missing a few meals, but we have no defense against 6 meals a day". How much clearer could that message be? There must be the 'light bulb' effect happening for so many who watch this video. You've really topped yourself with this video. Thank you again for another excellent teaching video.
You are so right! But more lightbulbs are needed to be switched on, to stop the damage being done to our younger generation.
Yep, that struck me too!
Absolutely! I’ve been doing intermittent fasting & OMAD the last couple of weeks. I feel great for a 51 yo! I’m lucky. I’ve been relatively healthy. Keto diet has been a life changer for me!
Yes.
I've been principally keto and OMAD with periodic 3-5 day fasts for almost 7 years. I'm not dead.
You're absolutely right. The proof is in how high the obesity rate is in our modern world. It never was like this, not only in ancient times but even 50 to 60 years ago.
This topic explain why I'm not doing good in keto diet, giving me heartburn and gain weight. The tropical food works on me better, I can breathe better when I'm in vegetable, fish and fruits diet. I was raised in Pacific Island and this is my ancestor eat and I grew up with this food. Thank you Dr. Eckberg.
Maybe you had a drastic change and ate way to much fats that your gallbladder was able to digest. The same time happened to me then I started using less butter and just incremented it little by little until now and I don’t get a heartburn anymore
As a Dr of Psychology and researcher, father of 3 healthy lads and now working in a primary school, I just knew in my own DNA that current supermarket foods and diet was detrimental to our health. The kids at my school were the only evidence i needed by just looking around and being in this environment, seeing what they eat at snack and mealtimes, observing their athletic ability, their shape etc. Im 56 (but havnt lost my competitve spirit yet!!) and I can give anyone of our pupils a race/game/sport/exercise of their choice and id beat them. That cant be right. I started to look at why this could be about a year ago, did some internet research and came upon I.F , the Keto diet, I.R etc and boy does it all make sense. Id already formulated my own ideas that we have simply not evolved in our own dna/primitive brain/adrenals etc quite as fast as our frontal cortex development has been able to come up with the idea of modern processed foods/cultivation of crops/supermarkets, 24/7 shops etc. So to see you putting so clearly and succinctly what I also had begun to think was happening, has been a revelation. Please Keep up the brilliant work you do in helping educate people away from the damage being caused from commercially driven companies caring only for profit, and i'll do my own micro bit in my school and environment and encourage others to discover your channel.
I've always thought cycling between paleo and keto with added I.f seemed the best approach, but after watching this I'm now sure it's the best approach. Thanks
A1 content again Dr. Ekberg. Your whiteboard presentations are the best.
Thank you Scott Ferreira. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it.
Prime point: 👍 is that KETO is a ‘physiological principle’. The confusion of KETO as a “diet” for weight loss only - is mucking up this Principle. KETO for Nutrition KETO for Optimal Health. Weight loss is that Blessing not in disguise. The fact that “most” lose weight should turn on the Lights.
Great Content - as always - but this video raises even your bar.👍
Thank you Gay Preator. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad you liked it. The greatest compliment you can give is to help us help more people by sharing the videos.
Dr. Sten Ekberg Yes I agree about sharing. Have a difficult time with how to do that, without stepping on toes or seeming to throw stones. Unsolicited advice and all. I have several friends I’d love to toss videos at but.... treading lightly is often best. My little light shining - is getting noticed - if they inquire I speak out. This video is in my arsenal of look ats. Keep em coming.
You answered so many questions in this video! Really enjoy your channel!!!
I've been doing keto and IF (20/4) for around 4 months now, have lost 35lbs in that time.
But as time goes on, I feel weaker and weaker and I'm losing my hair 😔 (I'm a 35yo otherwise healthy female) I've been doing a little research today and apparently fasting like that isnt good for women? Also being in permanent keto like that isnt good either (for women) so I've decided to try and tweak it a little, changing my eating window from 4 hours to 7 and introducing more fruit into my diet, not much, every other day I think. So looks like I'll be alternating between keto and paleo! I don't eat dairy often anyway as it makes my skin bad so that wont be an issue, and I have no interest in other carbs now apart from fruit (i had an orange today and it was 🤤😁) I think this will be a better option for me in the long run. I was enjoying the keto and the IF plan as a whole but I was starting to feel unwell on it so I'll give this a try and see if I perk up, and stop shedding hair! 😱
🔷 Watch This Next: Lose Fat Fast Running vs Walking - Which Is Better? ruclips.net/video/GoQ_Qt2REgQ/видео.html or Keto vs Fasting: ruclips.net/video/zzwxj9xJjao/видео.html
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“There is no one size fits all diet” Perfectly explained Dr. Ekberg! Thank you 🙏🏼
I have a little brown rice sometimes. However when I make it I had coconut oil and then refrigerate it and reheat the next day. Based on research this alters the starch content of the rice lowering the carbs. Apparently this is also true for bread. Freeze the bread then reheat it.
After being keto adapted for a year, I now have buckwheat and millet. Both are completely organic and have low glycemic index, and I do really well on them. Lots of energy, and no bloating from them. With buckwheat, I don't even get out of ketosis.
I am a scientist myself (both a physicist and a chemist). A major flaw in the paleo diet concept to me is the idea that the food available in Paleolithic times tells us what the true limits were on foods that our ancestors were able to digest and utilize properly.
The DNA can encode enzymes for many other foods they simply hadn't encountered yet. The body is also capable of revving up production of certain enzymes as they are needed. Sometimes people benefit from exogeneous enzymes (from supplements, i.e., from outside the body) temporarily until their own production increases sufficiently. Others might lack an enzyme permanently but may be able to supplement. Production of enzymes goes down for foods that we rarely eat or haven't eaten in many years. If we start eating such foods again, typically the enzyme production can recover. The body is a dynamic and responsive system.
We don't have such detailed knowledge of remote ancestors or their descendants or about DNA itself to be so certain about our optimum diet based on what our remote ancestors ate (especially since many of us are from very mixed gene pools). We can discover the sequences in the DNA molecule now very quickly, but the knowledge of how this relates specifically to disease and enzymes and diet in general is very much slowly progressing.
We also are not identical to our ancestors, even without gene pool mixing. One big difference is our gut
microbeasties, who are very much involved in digestion. Variations in those can be good or bad but they certainly respond to changes in food available. It's difficult or impossible to make comparisons between then and now.
Our food supply is not identical to that for those remote ancestors. Any animals eaten have changed. So have plants.
People can have trouble with any food. Eggs are on the paleo list, but I could be arrested for driving under the influence of a single egg. Likewise, people can have no trouble with any food even if their neighbor can't tolerate it.
An empirical approach is best. If you have problems that might be associated with what you eat - experiment. Eliminate certain foods and see how you feel. Then start reintroducing the eliminated foods one by one and see how you feel. You may not need to avoid all the suspects, but reducing portions or frequency of some might work for you.
The keto approach is more obviously empirical to me than the paleo approach. People can eat however they want, but obviously people aren't really eating like their Paleolithic ancestors even on the paleo diet.
And there is no guarantee that our remote ancestors were all that healthy. Their life spans were shorter than ours and we see from preserved bodies that they certainly were prone to diseases that crippled and killed them. Mother Nature cares about averages, not individuals. Some of our behaviors (including what we eat) can be anti-survival but we will survive as long as they are balanced by enough pro-survival behaviors.
So just because our ancestors did something a certain way (such as eating) is certainly no guarantee that it even promotes survival of the species, as well as no guarantee that it will be beneficial for a particular individual today. They ate what they ate to get enough calories to fuel their activity from what was around them. There is nothing magical about their choices. Some might be good, others bad. But calories they all definitely needed.
I'm Thai and living in germany.I'm in the ketogenic diet already 5 months.I very like the way you explained very clearly and nice speed.Because my english is not ferfect.Thank you very much Dr.🙏
Hello from England. I always enjoy watching your videos; they are honest, informative and well paced. THANK YOU!
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You are great teachers doc
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Truly is, one of the best!
Thank you Dr Ekberg Gosh did not know of the history behind this. I do learn a lot listening to your videos. Thank you and look forward to more from you
Thank you Magdalena Koh. As always good to hear from you. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it.
My stubborn belly fat is so stubborn that I tried the keto diet, saw some results but felt terrible. The Agoge diet on the other hand I saw the same results but felt great.
Just got the diet emailed to me, looks good
Dr E. Has taught me so much.... I got started on the keto as a diet completely the wrong way and for the wrong reasons... after his teaching now is see the purpose of the keto state and the benefits. Now am learning so much and at glad am still in my early 40s so I can make the best changes for the next 40 years of my life. Thanks Dr. E.... true ply life changing in my journey to a healthy lifestyle
I was born in Brazil, in the Amazon. Fruits year round. I’m about to give up on keto. Brain fog comes every day, I feel grasping for air, I feel somewhat week and low energy. Keto-flu for too long. I’ve lost 13 pounds in 3 weeks though, but I’ve achieved better results in the past by just cutting processed food, doing IF and exercising everyday. Didn’t have any brain fog, no grasping for air, felt great, strong and the healthiest I’d ever felt. After watching this video, I’m ready to quit keto, but I’ll stick to IF and only natural, organic foods. Thanks for this video!
I feel the same. Wasn't doing keto for weight loss but for my anxiety, which it pretty much got rid of for me! But the last week or so I am feeling too tired, too low energy and my brain is not working as quickly. I think paleo sounds like the best option for me. Except I will not get rid of dairy (irish, so it's a lifelong ingrained part of my diet and culture). I will stick to being free of processed crap , but I really think i need to change things up now.
I am currently on strict keto with 20:4 and mixed with some 5 day water fasts to get past weight set points. Have now lost 11kg, blood sugars and BP now normal in two months. I have been looking at whether to stay keto or go towards paleo and get some fruit back once I have three months of normal readings again, so this was very timely for me. Thank you again for your wonderful videos.
Always providing us with excellent information. Thank you! I used to eat Paleo, but I am eating Keto now. Both diets are excellent.
Thank you Susan Brownell.
As ever, clear, reasoned explanation. Just what I waa looking for, thank you 👍🏻
How cd u be so correct every time? U r the best.. yes following keto like a religion was the mistake i did.. i reduced weight but being a woman suddenly i started hvg irregular periods, hair fall, sleep issues, hunger etc after 1 year of keto.. once i added some carbs, i felt much better.. infact i still remain in ketosis..
Thank you! For finding the time to make these videos that are changing the life of a lot of misinformed people like myself!
Thank you for the lecture! Paleo really seems the most natural. I experience gastro intestinal issues that no doctor could pin down yet, I think about trying Paleo.
Thank you Dr. Ekberg! This is the best comparison on these two lifestyles I have heard 👍
Thank you Aïda Hayes. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad you liked it. The greatest compliment you can give is to help us help more people by sharing the videos.
I agree. Great comparison of Paleo vs Keto
Dr. Sten Ekberg I always share your videos. In fact I just started a Facebook page dedicated solely to keto. It is called Aïda goes Keto and that’s where I post all my favorite RUclips videos on the topic. You are one of my favorites 👍🙏👏🤗. Before that I was posting & sharing videos on my regular page since I discovered you and many other wonderful keto friendly Doctors & nutritionists, about 7 months ago.
Best breakdown I've came across, love how you covered all angles and included the diets history...
....and with the Obesity Epidemic in today’s world. KETO is just about the only 🔐 to get control of this Run Away Obesity Bus. Paleo led me to KETO. Found KETO really addressed my metabolic issues - and quickly.
Thank you Gay Preator.
Bless you, Dr. Ekberg. I've been on my self improvement journey since Nov. 2019. I've had to vary my food intake a lot through the process: paleo, Mediterranean, keto, carnivore, ketovore...
Bottom line: A1c from 8.3 to 5.7. Aiming for 5.0! 🥰🥰
Thanks. I was so confused between Keto and paleo.
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I lost a lot of weight on keto but it proved too difficult to stick with. I would like to have healthy carbs available in my diet in limited amounts. I’m aiming for weight loss but also want an integrated health approach. This video breaks down paleo really well.
I always learn something new from your videos, excellent video 👍👍👍
*Хочешь похудеть на -5 Кг. и больше?* 👇👇👇
*=> ЗАХОДИ НА МОЙ КАНАЛ*
Love this video ❤️❤️ that takes a bigger view of health than just focusing entirely on the diet alone as sleep, stress control, water, supplements, exercise, etc have an impact. Great job again, Doctor!!
Thanks for the excellent video. You are very clear in your explanations. Well done.
Janet from Perth Australia
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Educative and stress releasing ( calming ) video. Thanks doctor!!! lookimg forward for more video on healthy food for health & wellness
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Always seeking to discern the truth, you make this easy! Thank you!
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Thank you that was helpfull. I find that strict keto is fine for a while But between food fatigue and my body stopped tolerating most fats. Except some oils. Olive oil and avocado work great. But I grew up with farm fresh vegetables and fruit. And some herbs. So I am adding more of those foods. Still leaving out most grains. And very little dairy. In Canada we can’t buy good dairy unless we own a cow.
I actually believe this because I think people in Ireland are not designed to eat grain at all. People in the South like Italy seem to be able to eat more pasta etc without getting as fat as us!!
Excellent, simple, clear.
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I believe that paleo is better at removing inflammatory foods then basic Keto. But a diet combining the best of both
This is an excellent lecture. I am sharing this with my friends.
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Human do extremely...... This is such a powerful statement. It struck me the moment he uttered it. Thank you so much!
Excellent presentation! Thank you👍
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GOOD. INFORMATION &ANALYSIS. VERY. IMPRESSIVE Dr.👍👍👍👍👍👍
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Salute the Ancestors . Thanks.
This is a masterclass. I respect Dr. Ekberg everyday more after each of his videos I see. University level lecture. Thank you very much.
Thank you for the very informative video on Paleo, especially the average, northern and tropical macro distribution was very insightful. Keep up the awesome work, Dr. Sten. 👍👏
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@@drekberg There's 5% missing from your Northern Paleolithic Diet estimate. It only totals 95%. Which macronutrient is this 5% missing from?
Testimony: I did my own form of Paleo + Mediterranean diet and it really worked great. I screwed it later with the obvious retrocess, and now I'm committed to a mild sort of Keto, with some bigger part of protein. Basically, I'm trying to follow the philosophy of low carb with variations. All that the good "holistic" doctor believes apply. Let's see how it goes - so far lost 3 Kg. in 3 days, a good start.
Another great topic and nicely presented details. Easy to understand. Thank you.
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I will, and have shared you vids. All of your vids are on point and well presented. In 2014, at age 56 I needed a pacemaker/defib and then a quintuple bypass. This after eating “healthy” all my life, (the low fat high carb crap that has been touted as healthy), I exercised religiously and I have no family history of heart disease. I almost died.
Three years ago I started high fat/low carb, put the statins in the garbage, AND HAVE NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE. It’s drs like you on RUclips, that truly care about people’s health that saved my life. Unless you are in need of some hard medical intervention, conventional drs don’t know how to cure people, just push pills onto them.
A BIG THANK YOU!!!! 👍👍👍 from Canada 🇨🇦
Excellent explanation !!
I always wonder what's different between Paleo and Kero diet !! Thanks.
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Well explained with practical takeaways. Thank you
Thank you Albert Van Der Walt.
Wonderful explanation as usually. Thanks a lot dr Ekberg!
I always enjoy your video, i love your style, very educational and informative. Thanks as always!
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I was following Paleo until i started following Dr Berg and his form of Keto. Now im combining the Paleo of removing those foods that cause inflammation because of the toxins found in plants to bugs and fungi. Dr Berg has touched on the as well. Cheese is the exception in my dietThis plan work.
One of the reasons I like keto better than paleo is because of the dairy thing. I did have to give up milk 2 or 3 months ago, because I realized that the lactose was keeping my blood glucose and insulin levels too high, and it was keeping me from losing weight. But, I see no reason why I should ever have to give up butter or cream or cheese or sour cream. There has never been any indication that it causes me any issues.
This was so helpful! I learn so much from you that helps me to understand the why in all this. Not just what I should do, but why I do it or should do it. Thank you so much!
Loving the thumbnail Doc!!
I am fortunate to have an in house (GF) graphic designer.😀
How about fresh (or fresh-frozen) green peas and green fava beans? You can eat them raw and they are both very ancient (fava beans have been discovered in Egyptian tombs over 6000 years ago). Wouldn't it be logical to assume that they are good for you as a source of good fiber and protein and a moderate source of carbs? I love them and they fill in nicely when you need something grain-like at dinner
Love the way You explain the subjects! Great video! Thank you!
Hello Dr. What do u think about the paleo autoimmune diet for thyroid healing? Someone recommended that for me for hashimoto's disease. Thanks for your response. Be well.
Love how Dr. Ekberg looks like the Geico caveman in the thumbnail pic 🤣
Does sucralose kick you out of keto? Does it raise blood sugar levels? There's conflicting information online.
As usual, you explain the best way
i went on keto at 265 I now weigh 244 and am still doing keto. I love your videos
Still doing keto
I just don’t digest most seed, grain and legumes very well, never have. Keto/paleo has been great for me. I eat plenty of animal products too these days and I feel strong like bull.
Good for you. That's why I keep emphasizing that there is not a one size fits all. We have to start with understanding principles and then do some trial and error to figure out what we do best on.
I tried adding more beans to my diet so often, because they are prebiotic but I always felt horrible. This experiment has failed 5-10 times for me and I just decided to cut them out of my diet completely.
Excellent as always! Can you please do one comparing nutritarian diet vs Keto?
I eat processed sugar, potatoes, legumes, and grain.
Me too
Great talk, but I think grains & legumes were a small part of pre-agricultural human diet, stones used to process into mush.
thank you 💗 we should all listen to your bodies first. and apply these principles wisely.
The best for me is the paleoketo diet 😊
There are some similar modern situations regarding stress, if your boss growls at you like a bear everyday, you will trigger a flight or fight response all the time keeping your cortisol up and the only cave you can flee to is home, away from work. 🐻
As for paleo, it's a great way to start lowering carbs and processed food and later you can easily transition to keto. Thank you for the information doctor Ekberg. 🙂
Thank you John Thunder. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it.
So true. It seems a lot of people talk about how stressed they are. In the past we could run it off, but if you boss is yelling at your all the time it is hard to keep your job and punch them in the face :) Dr. Ekberg has a lot of videos on stress and relaxation.
@@susanbrownell1067 There is a consequence free solution that is practiced. A punching bag and photo of your boss, you can unleash your 'paleo-primal' side 🥊😈🥊
You‘re on keto right now?
@@andyearthling1145 nope, on carnivore
NO SALEN SUBTÍTULOS EN CASTELLANO EN CASI TODO EL VIDEO LO PUEDEN CORREGIR?
Thank you very much for your clear explanation. Much appreciated. Just wondering what is your opinion re Okinawa diet, as it is associated with good health and longevity amongst older generations of Japanese. How does it compared to keto in terms of health and weight loss? Thank you for your help.
Dairy is okay on Keto as well as peanuts which are legumes.
As long as you are not sensitive, which a lot of people are without knowing about it. Full fat fermented dairy is quite safe.
Dr. Sten Ekberg i think sensitive is okay 🤷🏽♂️
So well said in so many regards.
Thank you, this has really been beneficial, great info!!
Thank you debb ingle.
I find diets based on a theory not very convincing. Evolution is a theory, not a fact. So diets based on evolution are weak arguments. That's why modern studies are so important.
Evolution is fact, what man had to eat 10,000 years ago is fact, how can it be theory?
I find studies not very convincing. For every study there is another one saying the exact opposite. People have motives and they are funded by people with motives. Research on basic science and physiological principles are great, but most studies are about, symptoms and meds. After a thousand studies showing the abysmal failure of high carb weight loss, the official guide lines still cause diabetes and obesity.
@@drekberg so much contradictory information for the average person (layman) .
I've just had two stents installed and now on the usual prescription regime. But I have gone keto and have dropped 10kgs in three months. It's a bit scary for me re high fat low carb intake. Going for blood tests tomorrow, hdl, ldl etc. Fingers crossed.
Dr. Sten Ekberg I know what you mean about self-serving studies, like the Sugar Industry funding studies skewed to favor sugar, etc. The studies I like are those that compare groups and have no sales agenda. But discussions about what man ate 100,000 years ago as a basis for what we should eat isn't convincing either. What I do find convincing is the bio-chem discussions where Insulin has been determined to affect weight, etc. This led me to Keto, to the best health and weight i've ever had.
Axeman Evolution is not a fact just because you say so. And no one knows what was eaten 1000 years ago let alone 5000 years. There is a record of chronology that is a fact and it shows humans have only been here just over 6000 years. And the current population of earth supports this number. The Hebrew writings ( old testament) tracks back from time of Christ to first human pair, about 4000 years of actual recorded history. If Evolution was a fact you'd have millions of old skeletons to look at, not just a few that are easily attributable to either actual primates or human with a mildly primate appearance as some today still have.
In keto diet, which micro nutrients are required as supplements?
Dr. Ekberg in those terms are teas and coffee paleo? May we react to caffeine or some compounds in them because of our origins?
Thank you, dr. Berge.I'm faithfully following your channel.
I have CHF and AFIB and COPD, will either of these diets hurt my heart?
Dr Ekberg, I haven't seen anyone mention fungi as a good or bad food source and I wonder if you could share your thoughts on this food? Great vid again thank you.
Andrew Wilkinson Mushrooms are little ignored Gods of Nutrition. Many many Physiological benefits but I just love to eat ‘em. I hope he does a video soon.
@@gaypreator8547 I'm the same, since I went keto I've been eating loads of them. If they weren't good for you then I think it would be a tough call for me to get them out of my diet.
I like and eat mushrooms and I rarely if ever have patients that test poorly on them, so I think it is a good food. Don't know that much about them but I'll look into it.
@@drekberg thank you. 👍👍
@@drekberg Oh yes, please...a video on funghi, a sadly underrated organism, neither plant nor animal but a little of both. Oh, and I would be very interested in a video on glycation and the keto lifestyle. There is a lot of confusing info on that 'out there'. Thank you!
Some groups (like Northern Europeans) developed the ability to digest lactose sugars. Most humans don't produce that enzyme. I still love milk & must take a lactose enzyme supplement before most milk products. Goat milk doesn't contain lactose sugars though.
More and more I appreciate your videos…. ! Thnaks
I’m on Keto for 2 months . I didn’t lose weight .
I bought the Keto urine strips to see if I am in ketosis. It is showing “ trace” where on the strip should I be as far as the colour scheme is concerning? My trip stained dusty pink . I have no fruit no root vegetables no grains.
I am not very active outside the home and work . Need to lose at least 15 lbs for the surgery in October.
Keto+Omad
Intermittent fasting!
I really love the way you teach
and who says that what they had available to eat back then was making wonders for them? and who says that after so much time that is valid for us?
Raw veggies vs cooked veggies? Broccoli, Califlower, etc.
Completely agree with you
Just a question. Where the heck do you find non pasturized milk besides people living on the countryside directly selling it to you?
Wait, is that Dr Ekberg wearing the caveman getup?
Hello. Please could Keto be responsible for chest pain? I must say though I have lost two stone in 3 months since I started Keto diet combined with intermittent fasting. I eat more fat now and very little carbs.
I would say It would make sense to do a paleo diet 1st to really learn about clean foods versus dirty foods. Because regardless of the macronutrient make up of a food, the primary cause of a lot of modern disease is its dirty nature. Once this is established, then adding on to it by doing a ketogenic diet might make sense. For example, if you are eating farmed salmon, under no circumstance is that ever good. Or conventional produce or processed foods. And the paleo diet would address these. Once all the food is clean regardless of macronutrient make up, then it would make sense to pivot accordingly, be it ketogenic or vegan or vegetarian or whatever. Macronutrient make up can vary from person-to-person; clean versus dirty… There's no argument there because clean is always good and dirty is always bad.
Stand love your info love your videos love the way you explained things! When you say not keto but low carb how many carbs are we talkin? 50 or under?
Thank you Ty M. Depends on the person. To me low carb is 50-100, still allowing you to reverse IR or maintain insulin sensitivity. Keto is when you can measure ketones in your blood. 0-50?
Without question back in the day our ancestors were fasting (wet & dry) Paleo or not.
You're a good man dr ekberg
what about nutritarian diet?
There's 5% missing from your Northern Paleolithic Diet estimate. It only totals 95%. Which macronutrient is this 5% missing from?
I'm perplexed on how pasteurized milk could not be good for anyone, weren't our ancestors reliant on milk during a global event in the deserts an in colder climates for a while
What is the best Keto Paleo diet that's heart healthy