My son was one of the first in the US to do the peanut oral therapy and I was a complete skeptic at first, but also desperate for him to exist without fear of cross-contamination. Elementary school was terrifying. It is well-known by those with allergies that those who do not have allergies simply do not have the capacity to understand how deadly (literally) these can sometimes be and understandably do not take precautions like they should, which leads to cross-contamination and trips to either the restroom or emergency room, depending on the circumstance. Anyway, we did the therapy for six years and now my son is on a maintenance dose of two peanuts per day, which keeps him "bite-safe", meaning if he accidentally eats a peanut nothing will happen to him We started with a trace amount of peanut particles and worked our way up to 8 peanuts per day, which was too much for his stomach and quality of life. We backed it down until it was tolerable (he still hates the taste and smell). At 2 peanuts per day, he can tolerate up to 8 peanuts without allergic reaction. The daily peanut therapy is not fun for him in any capacity, but the improvement in quality of life is better in a profound way. No longer does he need to avoid ice cream shops or birthday parties with friends. He can eat at a restaurant or a cookout without worrying (parents included). This therapy works. Thank you doc for creating this forum, I know the video is not specifically about peanuts, but the premise is applicable to many food ailments as you've expressed. I will leave with one final thought, DO NOT perform this on your own, make sure you go to a licensed physician who specializes in food allergies AND has a licensed nutritionist on staff. During the first year of therapy, all visits were in the doctor's office where emergency medicine could have been performed if needed.
As an old guy, I'm astounded at this whole peanut allergy situation. Growing up in the fifties, every other lunch was a peanut butter and (grape) jelly on Wonder Bread sandwich.
Videos like this make me realize how fortunate I am when it comes to food tolerance. There are foods I _won't_ eat, either for ethical reasons or because I simply don't like the way they taste, but there is literally nothing I _can't_ eat as long as it's considered safe to ingest. This video also drives home not to judge what other people eat. Sometimes they have no choice.
i have a similar story so heres another anecdote; a genetically mutated version of rheumatoid arthritis was passed down to me from my mom at birth which was only diagnosed years and years later after sending blood samples to every expert on the planet for years. the auto immune problem rendered me basically paralyzed waste down most of my childhood due to the extreme pain. It later switched and jumped up to my shoulders in highschool years and it was also the same extreme pain which made me incapable of holding up a pencil outwards. at about the age of 18 i have fallen into suicidal depression as nothing as helping and there were no answers from medical experts. at about the age of 23/24 i came across a book called "the cheese trap" which mentioned dairy and its detrimental effect on auto immune disorders including the one that was affecting me. after hearing accounts of other people struggling with the same issues and finding relief in the act of avoiding dairy i decided to switch to a fully plant based diet ( both for moral reasons as well as this hell i was living through ), no more than 3 months later my life long battle with rheumatism came to an end. its now been 3.5 years and ive been pain free since then. Im shocked and appalled at how nobody ever mentioned diet to me regarding my auto immune disorder.... If only i knew earlier i could've not missed out on my childhood and avoided this god awful depression.
I am super glad that it worked for you. I had a similar experience except it started in my early twenties and didn't end till my mid thirties. Wasn't anywhere as dibilitating as yours but I was in quite a lot of pain and was an athlete prior to it so I did struggle with depression due to having to give up all of my activities. My wrists were so bad that I even had to stop playing video games which, after having to give up my sports, seemed like a real kick in the gonads. Like you, I was surprised that no even mentioned anything about diet especially since, after being an athlete, I was no stranger to restrictive eating. I think the main issue is that, while it works for some, for many it does not and that's perhaps why doctors don't recommend it. That's the only reason that I can think of.
Thank you so much for sharing your story:). My 15 year old daughter has had pain in her legs on and off since she was a child. I will eliminate dairy and see how she feels. Again, thank you:)
The way you navigate this topic and your own opinions with such finesse and not devoid of humanity literally makes you a RARE gem. Thank you for existing and for the care you put into your words
You are doing such important work. Thanks for talking about these issues. There is little doubt in my mind that GI troubles are at the root of most or all autoimmune disorders. I tried the medical route for 6 months, but after the Cleveland Clinic had no answers for me, I gave up on that. It has been 5 years now. I have used a vegan diet and stress reduction to reclaim as much of my health as possible. I would certainly go back to a doctor if I thought there was any hope it would help me. Until that day comes, let’s keep working to make sense of all this.
Excellent video. Thanks for not condemning Mikhaila and others of us who do not fare well on plant-based diets. While my own history is not nearly as severe as Mikhaila's, I have also been the object of the anger, criticisms and even hatred she has for needing to eat a meat-based diet. I tried all the tips you suggested under the supervision of licensed physicians and registered dieticians and the reintroduction approach unfortunately does not enable me to eat more than small amounts of grains (wheat is especially problematic), though I can eat moderate amounts of tubers, fruits and some other plant foods. Grains are not essential to human health anyway, so I'm not bothered by it. My DNA test shows that I have genes from Neanderthals and other hunter gatherers as well as lactase persistence genes that may help explain why I thrive on a diet based on meat and dairy. The improvements in my lab numbers as well as my experience have been astonishing.
I would appreciate if you'd play a bit more than 1.5 seconds of the clip you're reviewing to give more context to your criticism/analysis. I've heard her story many times, so I knew you weren't taking her statements out of context, but I just think it'd be a good idea to play a good 20-30 seconds of the clip to make sure the context is captured. Thank you!
I do think that most people take issue not with Mikhaila choosing that for herself, but for her very actively promoting it to others. I know people go out of line with the way they critizise, but I also do believe that it is a problem that she sells a diet, that's only going to be benefitial for people with very special medical circumstances.
Exactly. I’m really not sure why she was at this debate. The question is (or should be) whether society should try to move beyond meat in general, not whether some individuals cannot do so.
@@jeffgobert9325 At some point, lab meat might actually be a much healthier option than most meats you find in the super market, cause they won't need steroids, antibiotics, etc. And they should in theory be identical to animal meat, on a cellular level.
@@Speedytrip What animals are given steroids? Based on what theory do you believe that we can create meat in a lab that is identical to animal meat? The creation of tissue is an extremely complex process. We are nowhere near being able to create tissue that contains the same complexity as that of a real animal, nor have we tested the effects of such lab grown meat on the subject who is supposed to eat it.
I appreciate your approach on this. I'm someone who has to eat a meat-heavy ketogenic diet or I have debilitating autoimmune issues, through keto I have slowly been able to reintroduce some foods. My total cholesterol and LDL are high, and I worry about what life will be like for me in old age, but for the first time since I was a teenager I feel healthy again. I obviously don't want to have a heart attack or a stroke but it's a hard thing to balance when life is miserable and practically unlivable until I eat a diet that everyone tells me will kill me if I eat it.
You might be interested in this. I found it very informative and learned so much about saturated fat, cholesterol and animal foods. There's a documentary/film called the Widowmaker and in it it talks about your concerns with cholesterol. Ivor Cummins has very strong data and research on this matter. Dr Zach Bush just did a video with Dr Mark Hyman about cholesterol. It will ease your mind and explain why you're feelingso much better with your current eating habits.
Don't overeat,… extend time between eating. Can you pee with a strong flow? More time in between eating allows for stronger pee flows,.. which is an indicator of free flow within ones body, rather than congestion. Understand auto-phagy in keeping good/great body integrity. Btw, beer is good food, it doesn't gunk the body, whereas starches gunk the body, lymph and such.
I think I have artery issues, or bloodflow, or maybe sleep apnea aswell idk. I gave Esselstyns diet a try and had to give it up after 3-4months. I had insane allergies as kid with tons of skin/healthissues. But I grew up with trash junk food. Once I introduced IF and focused more on whole foods, meat and cheese heavy within 1year almost all my allergies went from unbearable during summer to completely nonexistent. So for 2 summers in a row I had no allergies anymore at ALL. Did Esselstyns and my allergies came back in such a force that it sometimes knocked me out for 2-6hours lol. So Idk what it is, I bought the cleanest bio/glutenfree products and it absolutely massacred me. Went back to red meat and cheese and eggs and my allergies were still there for the summer but started to slowly diminish.
@@grandpa1011 Just had my coronary calcium scan three weeks ago and the score was 0. This means I have ZERO calcification of my heart and arteries, thereby no risk I will have a heart attack. Good luck trying to discredit keto/carnivore though. I wouldn't eat this way if I had the choice, but it's the only way I can have a normal life.
Heard about her a few years ago. Your take on this is so respectfull and scientific at the same time. I had to do something similar to fix some health issues, luckily it worked out well.
I had heard her story and was confused, but can comprehend that sometimes the answers are not simple. The problem is that too many people try to extrapolate that story to conclude that an all meat diet is the best for everyone. They do the same with children and seizures. You provide some sound reasoning on how to view these cases. We live in a very complex world. Makes my head spin when I think about it all. Glad you figured out your mother’s case. My daughter has had significant jaw joint degradation due to something. We don’t know what caused it. Suffers from constant facial nerve pain too. It’s very distressing. She’s so thin.
One source you can look up is Mike Mew. I don't know how relevant he is to your situation, but it's just a different perspective that may have some points worth looking at.
I've been going through a lot of your videos the last few days and I have been really enjoying them. I wanted to say, that as someone with IBS who has tried different diets and really struggled with what I could eat without symptoms plus what science tells us is a healthy diet not matching up with what I can easily eat; I certainly understand what you're talking about when you say people want to believe that whatever diet they "feel good" on must also be a healthy diet. The diet that I previously felt really, really good on (as in the least gastro symptoms) was a low carb & low fodmap diet while a vegan diet made me feel worse in the long run. So of course I wanted to believe that I could eat unlimited meat and it wouldn't affect my overall longevity. But eventually I came to the conclusion that a diet someone might be on for medical reasons does not mean that it's a diet that's good for longevity. Reading the book Fiber Fueled helped me be more comfortable with reintroduction and I'm now eating lots of foods I would get horrible intense symptoms from previously, with only a small flare up here and there when I try to move too fast. The only thing I don't think I'll ever be able to have again is lactose but I'm actually quite content with soy/oat milk and occasional vegan or low-lactose cheese. I do worry that a lot of these influencers only stick with their diets because they're making money from being on the fringe. I think we saw that quite a bit with vegan influencers as well, who were all doing a predominantly raw or otherwise restrictive vegan diets while covering up health issues. I mean on the carnivore side, Paul Saladino, Mr. Plants-are-toxic himself has started adding in fruit and honey because he was obviously getting desperate for carbs and wanted more variety in his diet. I have to say I feel for Mikhaila though because I do believe this is the only thing she's found so far that's worked for her and I probably would have been a lot more hesitant about pushing through flare ups if my flares were horrendous joint pain and rashes instead of bloat, cramping and diarrhea. I believe her when she says she doesn't really want to be on the diet she's on. I myself am feeling so incredibly grateful now that my diet has even more variety and I certainly was never as limited as Mikhaila has to be. Overall I think this video was an excellent response and really commend your level headed approach.
Awesome video. In regards to the environment and agricultural operations, White Oak pastures had a study done where it was determined that (even though they had >1000 heads of cattle) they were net negative carbon due to all the sequestration. Including emissions from heavy machinery.
we have a video scheduled with an environmental scientists where I hope to explore this. I´ve heard criticism of the white oaks report but want to get a professional´s take
Well she sells a course on her diet online for I think upwards of $500, and a "premium version" is like $1500 or something. She makes absurd claims without citing any studies except for a survey she did with her followers. The problem with anecdotes is anyone can say anything and even make things up. She claimed at one point both she and her dad were taken off medications after starting their diet, but then shortly after her dad went to rehab for overdosing on them for the past month or something. And I think she still takes some meds too. And what was she doing before she started her diet?
He's not telling you to sign up for her course. He's saying that if a diet of only meat helps people in their situation then they should be able to do that without condemnation. I cured my Crohn's disease with a keto diet. That might be an anecdote to you but for me it changed my life.
Theres also so many "gurus" who sell dieting online who dont know much about nutritiin even like well marketed companies and many times they just sell calories in vs calories out dress it up to be the next best thing and make all the money people will pay for it cause it "works" many times they are under fed and eating not a variety of different things no focus on fiber protein and essential fatty acids. People dont do research and dont want to so they do it and pay a lot for it. Now for mikayla anecdotaly it worked for her for what she had. Im sure she did talk to nutritionist however and has discussed it after it worked with nutritionist of different levels. It would have been fun for them to study the changes that happened as a result of her diet.
@@ad33861 Her father is Dr Jordan Peterson. Public intellectual and controversial. Has 5 million followers on YT. She is merching her product as he does. That’s ok. It’s just that it hasn’t gone through rigorous testing.
I would love for u to discuss this topic with the gastros as I am in the exact same place as mikhaila peterson and have been reduced down to just meat. I've tried numerous times to introduce other foods and keep relapsing. Also have tried to reintroduce good bacteria slowly but with same outcome. I love food but if I have to eat this way to keep symtoms at bay I will. Thank you for all your knowledge.
Great video Gil. Are you from Brazil? I'm a nutritionist from Italy but I'm living in Brazil. It's very refreshing to see such a professional video on a touchy topic. I also felt empathy towards Mikhaila story during that debate. Would love to be able to exchange some ideas with you some times towards the current state of our profession. Cheers.
While I don’t agree with your lab meats position, I thought this was well done with careful consideration and balanced comments. It takes more effort to be nuanced. Much appreciated!
I have watched a recent video where Makayla talked about, trying to get to the root cause of her issues. She is trying to detox from mold exposure that she thinks she has had her whole life. I sure hope she find some healing.
Hey could you please review Paul Saladino’s comments on vegetables. He was on the JRE making some pretty bold claims so just wondering your or anyone in the comment sections thoughts on the topic of vegetables being bad? Me personally I’ve never heard such a thing.
we published 1 or 2 reaction videos to Rogan episodes a couple years back and I there was one with a lot of confusion around food and cholesterol I think that may be the one (?) search Rogan on the channel a couple videos should come up
Funny how we are all different. I have IBS and when I cut out animal products and increased my fiber, my bout of constipation and then diarrhea ceased. For years, I thought tomato based sauces caused my diarrhea. When I removed the meat from them, I no longer got diarrhea from those foods. I really think my body has a hard time digesting saturated fats.
very interesting, I wonder if that's also a function of specific microbiome species and in your case you were short on the meat-processing bugs (??). fascinating field and we've barely scratched the surface scientifically
This was fabulous, as are all of your videos I've seen so far. My very close friend is in a very similar position to Mikhaila. He was found to have Ehlers Danloss and epilepsy. He had to give up veganism after years and has found a low histamine, Keto diet transformative. I have been concerned about the long term health outcomes for this, but I like what you said about Risk Benefit. Thanks for your hard work Gil.
I really appreciate the way you approach these topics. You really are a godsend because I too have GI issues and doctors have been little help. Being unwell and trying to figure everything out is challenging for sure but I feel like I’ve finally found someone, YOU, that’s giving me hope that I can and will heal myself. Your mom is very lucky to have you in her corner. Mikeala and her father Jordan Peterson, also a carnivore have influenced SO many people to adopt this way of eating without fully understanding or researching unbiased information and that is the part of their story that I fear is causing harm. Obviously they are not responsible at all for what people choose to do with their experience
Dr. Gil, I would highly appreciate a video dedicated to the nutrition effect on Gallstone disease. I am recommended to remove my gallbladder by my doctor, but I only have 2 stones and I would be happy to reverse the condition if it is possible. I don't understand the root cause.-I am 24, in a healthy BMI and very confused. Your analysis of the literature will help me a lot. Thank you for your work! Loving the content 💗
Incredible good talk! There is no „one fits all“ approach in medicine. Lately I heard a good quote attributed to Sir William Osler: „Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.“ And this seems to apply to nutrition as well. Some regimens work for many but there are the exceptions who must find out what works for them. Thanks for this impressive talk!
This doctor's nutrition videos are just first-rate. Lessons in science and the scientific method, the art of good medicine, empathy and persistence. Very grounding and calming to me.
I had problems with IBS , psoriasis, that were getting better with eating meat. Turns out I had candida overgrowth. It is proven that antibiotics cause disbiosis by favouring yeast overgrowth . Also acid surpression increases candida and e coli . In this case , of course eating meat was better than eating whole grains for the gut , but not for the arteries. Once I healed candida , IBS and psoriasis are gone and I can eat everything.
When you say eating meat was not good for the arteries, do you just mean in general it's not good or did you specifically have any issues with your arteries?
@@Hubcool367 I ate a lot of anti-candida plants like turmeric , peppermint ,lemon balm, oregano , cloves , dill , cumin , black cumin (in food amounts , not as supplements ) . Took some zinc sulfate supplement that also kills candida . And ate a high polyphenol foods diet because they stimulate the growth of beneficial bacteria and also inhibit candida (black beans , bright colours fruits and veg and most importantly what helped the most is LOTS of GREENS like lettuce and dendelion , chlorophyll kills candida) . And I took a probiotic L. Rhamosus with Sacharomyces Boulardi and ate sauerkraut.
Brilliant, logical approach to everything discussed. Love your style as well. Please stay true to yourself and your “followers”. Please never be tempted.
What do you think about the Hunza people in Pakistan/India? They have the highest average lifespan in the world 100 and many become 120 years old. Must be the most optimal diet? They eat a plantbased high carb diet and very low in protein. Could you make a video about that? Appreciate your work! :-)
@@olderthanyoucali8512 Probably play a role, they also do a 3 month juice fast consuming only apricot juice, which I also find fascinating. Their water is also very rich in vitamines and minerals. There are many factors, but diet probably play a role.
Also a very good summary of the painful process normal people experience when trying to sift through enormous amount of conflicting studies, advice from doctors, medicines, personal experiences etc.
Wish Mikhalia offered back the same sympathy, discernment and nuance of your thinking. But she does just about the opposite, advocating for everyone to take up this diet. But, I really appreciate the tone of all your videos. You get to the science, and you don’t drag the people making bad choices, just point out where those choices are coming from, and how to make better ones. Seriously love your stuff, you’re a gem.
As someone who suffered from JRA in the 80’s - back when no one outside of my family and my doctors even believed that I actually had a problem - I so appreciate your empathy and understanding. 💕
For anyone wondering, the most likely explanation for her symptoms is that she was having frequent allergic reactions to something present in her diet, and either her doctors failed to find and eliminate the allergen, or her/her family made the mistake of assuming that her doctors were incompetent and didn’t let them finish the process of elimination that all kids her in position have to go through. When she started the carnivore diet, she eliminated that/those allergens by default; because she eliminated everything except for one thing that she knew she could eat. That is not healthy. In fact she is very likely to develop serious health conditions as she ages as a direct result of this diet. But because her symptoms were so painful, she is resistant to anything and anyone who would suggest that she should stop. It is pretty common these days for families to become frustrated with doctors whenever the process of diagnosing a certain illness isn’t a straightforward process that can be completed and treated in a single appointment. Sometimes the cause of an allergic reaction is something which rarely causes allergic reactions. And that means that ALL doctors will have a hard time finding the offender, because that particular food item is going to be very low on their list of suspects. You always start with the most common causes first when you’re going by process of elimination. So first you try wheat, then dairy, and so on and so forth until you eliminate something and her symptoms improve. If the family doesn’t understand or doesn’t trust the process, they will sometimes assume their doctors are incompetent and stop going. When they go to a new doctor, often a specialist, the process of elimination either starts over or stops completely. E.g. If you go to an autoimmune specialist, they’re going to treat the symptoms as if they were caused by an autoimmune disorder; Not an allergic reaction. Her parents probably failed her here. They quit on their doctors and assumed they were incompetent, which lead to a litany of misdiagnoses that dragged out her symptoms for years. So the second she found a diet that alleviated her symptoms - even though it will take years of her life - she was fully committed. It’s truly sad, because it doesn’t need to be this way. Two weeks in an inpatient facility with the right specialists would probably be enough time for doctors to figure out what she can and cannot eat. But she’s committed to eating nothing but meat, so she won’t do it and won’t even entertain the possibility of living a long, happy life.
@Dookie Bookie plants also have them It's also fairly well demonstrated that naturally occurring trans fats don't have quite the same issues as man-made ones. I agree with your desire, but the points aren't really good
I had a similar experience to your mom's. I went vegan for animals, had a surgery, was put on antibiotics and the antibiotics messed up my ability to digest fiber. What did I do? I read up on it, avoided the foods I didn't tolerate well, took some probiotics. That helped. Still remained vegan. Wouldn't justify animal exploitation for my food preferences. Then I had a second round of antibiotics and my gut has been perfect ever since. All this happened while I was vegan, which I still am. My gut is now made of steel. I can eat fibre, white bread, any vegetable, fruit, seeds, nuts, grains, starches - nothing happens. Never felt better or been healthier. Veganism taught me and highlighted to me how my gut could be healthier, which is now is :)
"wouldn't justify animal exploitation for my food preference" This phrase is the highlight of your comment and way of thinking, the world needs more people like you 👍
I am very happy that you judge this lady as a ""Human being" and not a scientific object. I was very impressed by her honesty when I saw her videos before I heard your opinion. A patient with many autoimmune problems sent me the link to her site I hope she will keep all of us informed and fully realize that she may have an exceptional "metabolism" [A CAM physician]
Lab meats? It seems to me that the overarching principle across the bazillion nutritional research studies is that the more mankind messes with food, the more unhealthy it is.
Re: climate change, the focus shouldn't be what has bigger carbon foot print. The question should be, why is carbon the enemy? Carbon is essential to plant life. If there is excess carbon in the atmosphere, plants show rapid growth, with low level of carbon, plants grow slower. So, earth is equipped with mechanisms to achieve equilibrium. How is carbon the enemy? And if CO2 is indeed the culprit, then what is the correct amount of CO2 in the atmosphere? And if high temperature is bad, then what is the correct temperature? I don't expect any answer, because no climate advocate will go near true scientific scrutiny.
Yes, higher co2 and reduced frosts in a warmer climate could, if they were the only important variables, increase plant growth. The trouble is, climate change is also responsible for things that counteract plant growth, and particularly crop grow; Mainly drought, flooding, and heat stress. Warmer air does hold more moisture, but the added rain would not fall evenly; Some areas get too much while desertification gets much worse in other areas. You have to think about the massive ecological damage associated with changing weather patterns, and not least of all the fact that much of the co2 and heat is being absorbed by the ocean, which is held in a very delicate balance. At the very least, acidification of the oceans can inhibit phytoplankton growth. If climate changes too much over too short a time, you get mass die offs/extinctions in general. Though these plants and animals would eventually be replaced with more heat tolerant subtropical/tropical variants, that would take time, most people would prefer to avoid all the mayhem which would likely extend over a lengthy time before equilibrium is established. And even if we somehow cool off the planet, those extinct plants and animals won't come back.
the correct amount is 0.03% and our current status is 0.04%, 33% more. the other guy explained it loud and clear why it's not so simple. you anti climate change are as dumb as climate change activists.
Thanks for the health and diet advice. Now, lighting advices for you, you can turn it down a bit lol the issue here is that light is too harsh. You need something to soften it down. If a not a softbox, and umbrella or at least a large piece of white sheet. The larger the light source the softer the light.
I am in no way an expert on nutrition, but it is a very interesting topic. How did her proble arise in the first place? I’ve been told that allergies can be the result of an immune system that isn’t sufficiently developed may react to food items that’s introduced at an early age. It is sad to see people with allergies that have such a profound and limiting effect on their health.
I’ve had a whole host of symptoms from widespread soft tissue paid to GI symptoms, to racing heart/drops in blood pressure to itchiness with cardio to oral allergies, migraine, burning face pain, and the list goes on. I was found to have hereditary alpha tryptasemia syndrome which we don’t know a lot about but low FODMAP and gluten free, antihistamines gabapentin etc have all helped. I can cheat just a little bit with the food, but there are some things i can’t imagine eating ever again and I’ve come to terms with that.
I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis plus the itchiness with cardio and burning face you mention (always dismissed by doctors as dry skin or detergent but I know it's not that) ...I am going to look up this condition. Change in diet has been a life saver for me.
Her points are valid for her case, however I feel like too many people in more normal conditions are using her argumentation for justifying their meat consumption, which is why I dislike her being in that debate. We could easily reduce animal product consumption by 80+% and special diets like hers would still be possible for people that really need it.
Even though I’m closer to a carnivore than vegan,I like your level headed approach to people to health and diet and you have made me eat a much more balanced diet.Thanks for always being a voice of reason
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Yep I feel for anyone who have to go to so many doctors to find a solution. I had to go to 3 doctors just to find out I have Hashimoto Thyroiditis. Now I am on meds and still feel like crap.
I have never heard of anyone having a similar experience but I went gluten-free for a few months last year. The diet gave me gastrointestinal issues and I found myself extremely stressed for the second month after a normal first month. I was stubborn and just made nutritional alterations to handle symptoms. In the third month I developed joint pain in my hands. I would eventually get episodes of extreme fatigue along with intense hand pain. I kept going for another two months after the joint pain developed because I didn’t see how not eating gluten could be connected. But it got worse and spread to more joints: elbows, neck, back, knees, feet. I eventually started eating gluten again, doubtful that it would help but thinking it was pointless to restrict my diet when I felt much worse anyways and my symptoms have slowly improved. I just have some residual hand pain and occasionally knee pain and costochondritis now. It has been almost 5 months, so it is a slow recovery. I don’t know why a gluten-free diet would cause those problems: my assumption is simply that my microbiome really likes gluten containing foods
I would be more interested into what you were eating than what you weren't when your joint pain started. Some of the gluten-free prouducts are highly processed foods and what about the other changes you made.
I think this is interesting. I heard on a channel the otherdsy professor spira that mucus build up in body was cause of disease based on arnold ehret a professor in 1900s that cured himself. He said that gluten free foods produce more mucuus and glue in system than whest bread. I thought thst was interesting. Everyone avoids gluten these days but wheat has been a staple in human diets for centuries. I have a lot of allergies on sensitivities but i have not nogiced wheat being worse than other substances.
"I kept going for two months after the joint pain developed because I didn’t see how not eating gluten could be connected. " Right. Good for you. Lack of gluten can't be the cause of problems. But... it can cause your body to be free enough to do more detoxing. I've noticed the body will detox a problem that's caused by a substance you just removed. Most people just assume their symptoms are from a deficiency of something; but in this case, gluten isn't a nutrient, or even good for you. I just wish people would recognize the detox/adjustment effect of diets that are: Vegan, high-fruit, raw, low-fat, low protein. I've been eating that way for 12 years, and I got thru many symptoms because I understood there's nothing wrong with that way of eating. This is THE WAY... to supreme health.
@@GaryHighFruit" detoxying" 😂😂😂 You lost me there.. That's pretty unscientific 🤣🤣 So funny.. i haven't met so many scientifically illiterate people in person ... Lord..
Why did you go gluten-free in the first place? People without any health issues shouldn't go for specific diets anyway. As for myself, I was encouraged by my endocrinologist to ditch gluten (I'm not celiac, tested and confirmed), and doing so had improved my TSH, Free T3 & T4 numbers significantly. I think your problem was not listening to a trusted professional in the first place.
Most vegans (myself included) would define a vegan as someone one does not use or consume animal products where it is safe and practical to do so. The vast majority of vegans would not be suggesting to Mikhaila to change to a diet that endangers her health. Vegans are much more concerned with the majority of the population that could practically and safely stop using animals as products. As a side note, I was speaking to someone yesterday that is allergic (ie anaphalactic) to red meat.
I wish science would answer this question why is beef the best thing for an elimination diet, and the body functions so well with just beef and water, but at the same time science says beef is bad for us?
hi. we have an extensive video coming soon on autoimmune disease, the key is that there is substantial individual variation, with some people not tolerating red meat and others not tolerating vegetables. fiber requires microbial species in the gut to break it down, so gut disorders can often involve some difficulty digesting fibrous foods. also, bear in mind science doesn't say "beef is bad", it's a question of amount and time. when we understand these nuances the seeming contradictions are often resolved. see for more details: on fiber intolerances: ruclips.net/video/BnDUM0SScWo/видео.html red meat and risk: ruclips.net/video/mQ56uOkjccg/видео.html
Ruminates in general seem superior. Commercial beef may eat plants adulterated with the same pesticides and herbicides we do at least in finishing stages at feed lots but they don't actually process those things the way we do given the chain of digestion in their stomachs and the role bacteria play at those stages. They're essentially multi stage fermentation chambers
From a climate point of view, I don't think that the fact of raising livestock for meat itself is the problem, but living in a food system where the production is centralized and the animals aren't being fed the diets that would allow them to functionally participate in the ecosystem (grain-fed over grassfed, for example) as well as the concentration of pollutants (CAFOs versus pastured meats), as well as the need to transport meat over vast distances, instead of reverting back to more localized, environmentally harmonious food systems.
Red meat is high in zinc, a common deficiency in IBS. I'm guessing anemic people might like the lion diet as well, combining that heme iron with the more efficient oxygen usage during ketosis? (Assuming they're okay for b9 etc)
It's crazy that I'm being forced into beef salt and water as well. I get a autoimmune reaction to everything, just like her. But I will say, I never realized how much food is bad for you. My skin has improved, sex drive has gone up, energy levels have felt better. Only thing is my mood a bit different. But I also haven't been super strict like she is. I am now going to become just as strict, to see if things continue to improve on this diet.
I’m going through similar things. I have horrible connective tissue disease, pain, fatigue, extreme full body chronic hives, anxiety that comes AFTER the hives, IBS, and SIBO and have started eliminating foods because immunologist told me it was the only way to know what it was. Currently trying Low FODMAP, Low Histamine, and Gluten Free combo intolerance diet and yes, barely able to eat a thing. It’s so difficult but even in a week I had almost completely gotten rid of my chronic hives (I have had full body hives every single day for years, with pictures) and haven’t gone 1 full week without them in as long time. So, I’m am going to keep trying it. Only reason I would suffer with eating such low variety of foods is if it actually worked to make me feel better, since it is working I feel like I must explore this way of eating. Stay strong and listen to your body.
Thanks! In the search of a science-credible channel dealing with nutrition it took me quite a while to find yours. It's a pity there are so many bogus unscientific charlatan channels blotting out thorough ones like yours!
Hey Gill! I have watched a lot of your videos, and also watched a lot of low carb people videos. I understand your research, but I can’t help but notice a contradiction in your methods when the low carb people point it out, indirectly. Basically, when you do a Randomized trial, and increase / decrease saturated fat or red meat or carbs etc, the RCTs don’t take into account that food is not eaten in vaccum. It might happen that saturated fat isn’t the problem, but when eaten along side with carbs can cause issues. So when doing a rct with increased and decreased saturated fat for e.g. another constant is the carb or glucose content which is present on both sides. Thus by definition this RCT can’t prove saturated fat is the culprit. the only way is the elimination diet way, or completely disjoin set based diets. If you eliminate everything except saturated fat, what happens? What am I missing?
you can easily move beyond the SFA quagmire: the crux is ApoB (that's how SFA is thought to raise CV risk) one could hypothesize that somehow ApoB stops causing CVD in a low carb or low fat or Mediterranean or DASH or Whole30 diet (I´ve heard this argument of exceptionalism in many forms). it just doesn´t carry scientific weight until the exception is formally demonstrated with outcome data (in fact we can hypothesize any risk factor ceases to matter in a specific context. we can come up with a mechanistic model for any risk factor and any diet in 5mins on Pubmed)
@@NutritionMadeSimple thanks for replying! I didn't mean to narrow down on Saturated Fats or one particular thing. But since I watch your videos, I know better than jumping to mechanistic explanations like apoB and that we need to dumb it down. I know from the mechanistic conclusions it's easy to draw incorrect conclusions. In your opinion, do you think we need such strict diets to really test out one hypothesis than others? Or do you believe the evidence without these is still good. Personally, I am almost a vegetarian, and I ate low fat for the longest time. The only Animal product I really ate was low fat skimmed milk. But somehow my cholesterol etc was wayyy high. I have just added chicken and eating better, trying to control carbs instead of fats, and found better success. But again, watching you videos, I know better than jumping to conclusion. But at the same time, the lack of clarity causes people to not he strict with any one kind of a diet. So if yes, foods themselves might be OK, bu in combination might be bad, a confused line of thought might be more dangerous. All in all, I feel extremely confused and not sure what diet I should follow! Hence these questions ☺️
I think we have as much evidence (if not more) for ApoB as for the other major risk factors. we can hypothesize an exception for any of them but until it's proven, precautionary principle dictates we assume the major risk factors apply
Wonder if the dreadful nutritional quality of food we eat does not trigger the auto immune systems too much and gets it off kilter. Also, microbiome/caeserian lack of bacteria transfer might e a bigger deal as studies on autism seem to be greatly helped with bacteria/fecal transplant. I think we should connect these dots. There is also the possibility of c-difficult types of events messing up the systems as well. Still, I come back to ride in autism and obesity as they relate to quality of food.
I highly doubt that someone who is in good health will change their diet just because of her story. People who are desperate might consider it, but I don't see a problem with that.
@@mcb2691 No shit. Free speech is an important right. Doesn't mean you can't use it unethically or that other people can't call your use of it out for being so.
About the lab grown meat. It is obtained from some foetus solution from cows. For one tube of solution they need several cows is what I saw in a video. Would be doing a video on that?
Very happy to have discovered your channel Gil!!! Your unbiased way of presenting pertinent info is really refreshing in this utube space. So much info nowadays is driven by an underlying incentive, thus in accurate or confusing! Thanks!
In the past, I did not have health insurance and in a very real way see my uninsured years in the same way. I had to take care of myself. That meant learning what I could (no internet then) and manage to try to stay healthy. The appendicitis was $$$costly and so were the kidney stones, but somehow I managed. Now that I am insured I am in somewhat the same boat. With hypertension and tachycardia I did not get the answers I wanted. So what I was getting from the dramatically changing blood pressure readings were pat answers from a PA. While I did not like them, I understood why. The money making aspect of medicine is similar to an assembly line. There is only so much time allowed for each unit before less profit is made and the only protocols for treatment are medically defensible $. Possible treatments that can be very effective but are only supported by small studies are not allowed. That left me to do daily research. I would look at scholarly studies of all kinds and a lot of them seemed to have merit. I improved my diet greatly and that left supplements. The bar was low though. I wanted to see real research and would only take something that was considered safe. It worked. I no longer have any arrhythmias (the ablation did not work) and it was in the form of taurine, an essential amino acid. After several very hard bike rides where I reached 170+ bpm, they were never triggered. My blood pressure also went down to a point where my meds were drastically reduced. Insurance or no insurance and like Mikhalla, I still have to take care of myself to get the best results
I have had RA for 45 yrs. I am 75. I have no idea how to do this. That makes sense. I’ve been on prednisone for a very long time. I would like to stop it but I can’t. The doctor wants to use meds strong ones. I can’t tolerate them usually. I want to do this by food and I don’t know how. I just want to test things out like you’re saying, but I don’t know how. I am very careful what I eat, but it seems like my pain never goes away, no matter what I eat and I can’t not eat anything. Plus, I’m losing weight and muscle. help please!
Empathy, assuming people are trying their best. You are very good at that. I do feel like online personalities that have health issues promoting it as a general diet is, overall, dangerous but I know they're coming from a point of view on what's helped them so will defend their position emotionally. When I had chronic neck, mid, low back pain, hip pain to the point I couldn't walk, knee tendonitis in both knees, plantar fasciitis and coccyx pain that meant I couldn't stand for more than 5 mins without being in pain my diet was total crap. I didn't care that my cholesterol was high. What do I care about heart disease when I'm 29 and barely able to move properly? Only until I solved the pain I was able to consider my diet - because I actually wanted to live.
Beef, salmon, sardines, avocados, berries, kiwis and walnuts are working wonders for me. I wish her the best!
My son was one of the first in the US to do the peanut oral therapy and I was a complete skeptic at first, but also desperate for him to exist without fear of cross-contamination. Elementary school was terrifying. It is well-known by those with allergies that those who do not have allergies simply do not have the capacity to understand how deadly (literally) these can sometimes be and understandably do not take precautions like they should, which leads to cross-contamination and trips to either the restroom or emergency room, depending on the circumstance. Anyway, we did the therapy for six years and now my son is on a maintenance dose of two peanuts per day, which keeps him "bite-safe", meaning if he accidentally eats a peanut nothing will happen to him We started with a trace amount of peanut particles and worked our way up to 8 peanuts per day, which was too much for his stomach and quality of life. We backed it down until it was tolerable (he still hates the taste and smell). At 2 peanuts per day, he can tolerate up to 8 peanuts without allergic reaction. The daily peanut therapy is not fun for him in any capacity, but the improvement in quality of life is better in a profound way. No longer does he need to avoid ice cream shops or birthday parties with friends. He can eat at a restaurant or a cookout without worrying (parents included). This therapy works. Thank you doc for creating this forum, I know the video is not specifically about peanuts, but the premise is applicable to many food ailments as you've expressed. I will leave with one final thought, DO NOT perform this on your own, make sure you go to a licensed physician who specializes in food allergies AND has a licensed nutritionist on staff. During the first year of therapy, all visits were in the doctor's office where emergency medicine could have been performed if needed.
great points, thank you!!!
Wow, I learned something I did not know before. Thanks for posting this. Very interesting.
I thought this comment was satire at first but I was unexpectedly pleased to find it’s real!
As an old guy, I'm astounded at this whole peanut allergy situation. Growing up in the fifties, every other lunch was a peanut butter and (grape) jelly on Wonder Bread sandwich.
If smell and taste are a problem, You can grind those 2 peanuts to fine powder and for examlpe load into capsules.
Your mom is so fortunate to have you! My husband and I have largely been on our own to handle our health issues.
Videos like this make me realize how fortunate I am when it comes to food tolerance. There are foods I _won't_ eat, either for ethical reasons or because I simply don't like the way they taste, but there is literally nothing I _can't_ eat as long as it's considered safe to ingest. This video also drives home not to judge what other people eat. Sometimes they have no choice.
i have a similar story so heres another anecdote; a genetically mutated version of rheumatoid arthritis was passed down to me from my mom at birth which was only diagnosed years and years later after sending blood samples to every expert on the planet for years. the auto immune problem rendered me basically paralyzed waste down most of my childhood due to the extreme pain. It later switched and jumped up to my shoulders in highschool years and it was also the same extreme pain which made me incapable of holding up a pencil outwards. at about the age of 18 i have fallen into suicidal depression as nothing as helping and there were no answers from medical experts. at about the age of 23/24 i came across a book called "the cheese trap" which mentioned dairy and its detrimental effect on auto immune disorders including the one that was affecting me. after hearing accounts of other people struggling with the same issues and finding relief in the act of avoiding dairy i decided to switch to a fully plant based diet ( both for moral reasons as well as this hell i was living through ), no more than 3 months later my life long battle with rheumatism came to an end. its now been 3.5 years and ive been pain free since then. Im shocked and appalled at how nobody ever mentioned diet to me regarding my auto immune disorder.... If only i knew earlier i could've not missed out on my childhood and avoided this god awful depression.
I am super glad that it worked for you. I had a similar experience except it started in my early twenties and didn't end till my mid thirties. Wasn't anywhere as dibilitating as yours but I was in quite a lot of pain and was an athlete prior to it so I did struggle with depression due to having to give up all of my activities. My wrists were so bad that I even had to stop playing video games which, after having to give up my sports, seemed like a real kick in the gonads. Like you, I was surprised that no even mentioned anything about diet especially since, after being an athlete, I was no stranger to restrictive eating. I think the main issue is that, while it works for some, for many it does not and that's perhaps why doctors don't recommend it. That's the only reason that I can think of.
Dairy can be a killer. My GP hates milk too! He says ‘cow’s milk was meant for baby cows’!
I hope it never returns and you have a good life
Thank you so much for sharing your story:). My 15 year old daughter has had pain in her legs on and off since she was a child. I will eliminate dairy and see how she feels. Again, thank you:)
@@sugarbomb26 i sincerely hope it helps :). Let me know if she feels a difference around the 3 month mark
Excellent. You take the “debate” out of the debate and make it about understanding. A novel and much needed approach in our conflict ridden world
Agreed~
I have watched hundreds of vids on health and nutrition. This one is certainly on my top 3. Brilliant video!! Well done!!
“They want the pain to stop. They don’t want a bar graph…” 😂😂😂. So true! This is by far the best non biased video and I really appreciate it. ❤
The way you navigate this topic and your own opinions with such finesse and not devoid of humanity literally makes you a RARE gem. Thank you for existing and for the care you put into your words
Indeed
You are doing such important work. Thanks for talking about these issues. There is little doubt in my mind that GI troubles are at the root of most or all autoimmune disorders. I tried the medical route for 6 months, but after the Cleveland Clinic had no answers for me, I gave up on that. It has been 5 years now. I have used a vegan diet and stress reduction to reclaim as much of my health as possible. I would certainly go back to a doctor if I thought there was any hope it would help me. Until that day comes, let’s keep working to make sense of all this.
Gil is such a class act
The problem is Mikhaila Peterson advocates a meat based diet not only for people under special conditions like herself, but for all people.
yeah if that's the case, that's hard to take seriously
Yes like 99% people get sick we get healed
That is not true, she advocates for research. She says specifically this diet is not for everyone.
Excellent video. Thanks for not condemning Mikhaila and others of us who do not fare well on plant-based diets. While my own history is not nearly as severe as Mikhaila's, I have also been the object of the anger, criticisms and even hatred she has for needing to eat a meat-based diet. I tried all the tips you suggested under the supervision of licensed physicians and registered dieticians and the reintroduction approach unfortunately does not enable me to eat more than small amounts of grains (wheat is especially problematic), though I can eat moderate amounts of tubers, fruits and some other plant foods. Grains are not essential to human health anyway, so I'm not bothered by it. My DNA test shows that I have genes from Neanderthals and other hunter gatherers as well as lactase persistence genes that may help explain why I thrive on a diet based on meat and dairy. The improvements in my lab numbers as well as my experience have been astonishing.
Most people have ~3% of Neanderthal DNA
neanderthal genes. rofl.
I appreciate that this channel shows a lot of empathy and maintains an open mind about medicine while keeping with scientific methods.
i love this. so well discussed. one of my fave channels on YT and as a nurse, I really appreciate the well presented studies. thank you so much
I would appreciate if you'd play a bit more than 1.5 seconds of the clip you're reviewing to give more context to your criticism/analysis. I've heard her story many times, so I knew you weren't taking her statements out of context, but I just think it'd be a good idea to play a good 20-30 seconds of the clip to make sure the context is captured. Thank you!
I do think that most people take issue not with Mikhaila choosing that for herself, but for her very actively promoting it to others.
I know people go out of line with the way they critizise, but I also do believe that it is a problem that she sells a diet, that's only going to be benefitial for people with very special medical circumstances.
She also makes a lot of money from it
Exactly. I’m really not sure why she was at this debate. The question is (or should be) whether society should try to move beyond meat in general, not whether some individuals cannot do so.
I mean, I would get it if some country was actually on the verge of outlawing meat altogether. But we are so very far from that.
@@jeffgobert9325 At some point, lab meat might actually be a much healthier option than most meats you find in the super market, cause they won't need steroids, antibiotics, etc. And they should in theory be identical to animal meat, on a cellular level.
@@Speedytrip What animals are given steroids? Based on what theory do you believe that we can create meat in a lab that is identical to animal meat? The creation of tissue is an extremely complex process. We are nowhere near being able to create tissue that contains the same complexity as that of a real animal, nor have we tested the effects of such lab grown meat on the subject who is supposed to eat it.
I appreciate your approach on this. I'm someone who has to eat a meat-heavy ketogenic diet or I have debilitating autoimmune issues, through keto I have slowly been able to reintroduce some foods. My total cholesterol and LDL are high, and I worry about what life will be like for me in old age, but for the first time since I was a teenager I feel healthy again. I obviously don't want to have a heart attack or a stroke but it's a hard thing to balance when life is miserable and practically unlivable until I eat a diet that everyone tells me will kill me if I eat it.
You might be interested in this. I found it very informative and learned so much about saturated fat, cholesterol and animal foods. There's a documentary/film called the Widowmaker and in it it talks about your concerns with cholesterol. Ivor Cummins has very strong data and research on this matter. Dr Zach Bush just did a video with Dr Mark Hyman about cholesterol. It will ease your mind and explain why you're feelingso much better with your current eating habits.
Don't overeat,… extend time between eating. Can you pee with a strong flow? More time in between eating allows for stronger pee flows,.. which is an indicator of free flow within ones body, rather than congestion. Understand auto-phagy in keeping good/great body integrity. Btw, beer is good food, it doesn't gunk the body, whereas starches gunk the body, lymph and such.
I think I have artery issues, or bloodflow, or maybe sleep apnea aswell idk.
I gave Esselstyns diet a try and had to give it up after 3-4months. I had insane allergies as kid with tons of skin/healthissues. But I grew up with trash junk food.
Once I introduced IF and focused more on whole foods, meat and cheese heavy within 1year almost all my allergies went from unbearable during summer to completely nonexistent. So for 2 summers in a row I had no allergies anymore at ALL. Did Esselstyns and my allergies came back in such a force that it sometimes knocked me out for 2-6hours lol.
So Idk what it is, I bought the cleanest bio/glutenfree products and it absolutely massacred me. Went back to red meat and cheese and eggs and my allergies were still there for the summer but started to slowly diminish.
So as long as you feel good and probably will have a heart attack, you'll be healthy. Right?!??!!
@@grandpa1011 Just had my coronary calcium scan three weeks ago and the score was 0. This means I have ZERO calcification of my heart and arteries, thereby no risk I will have a heart attack. Good luck trying to discredit keto/carnivore though. I wouldn't eat this way if I had the choice, but it's the only way I can have a normal life.
Heard about her a few years ago.
Your take on this is so respectfull and scientific at the same time.
I had to do something similar to fix some health issues, luckily it worked out well.
I had heard her story and was confused, but can comprehend that sometimes the answers are not simple. The problem is that too many people try to extrapolate that story to conclude that an all meat diet is the best for everyone. They do the same with children and seizures. You provide some sound reasoning on how to view these cases. We live in a very complex world. Makes my head spin when I think about it all. Glad you figured out your mother’s case. My daughter has had significant jaw joint degradation due to something. We don’t know what caused it. Suffers from constant facial nerve pain too. It’s very distressing. She’s so thin.
One source you can look up is Mike Mew. I don't know how relevant he is to your situation, but it's just a different perspective that may have some points worth looking at.
Hopefully your daughter has found healing.
have tried eliminating plants/sugars from her diet for atleast 90 days? how did it go?
The approach you have to discussion is unparalled anywhere on the internet and it is amazing
I've been going through a lot of your videos the last few days and I have been really enjoying them. I wanted to say, that as someone with IBS who has tried different diets and really struggled with what I could eat without symptoms plus what science tells us is a healthy diet not matching up with what I can easily eat; I certainly understand what you're talking about when you say people want to believe that whatever diet they "feel good" on must also be a healthy diet. The diet that I previously felt really, really good on (as in the least gastro symptoms) was a low carb & low fodmap diet while a vegan diet made me feel worse in the long run. So of course I wanted to believe that I could eat unlimited meat and it wouldn't affect my overall longevity. But eventually I came to the conclusion that a diet someone might be on for medical reasons does not mean that it's a diet that's good for longevity. Reading the book Fiber Fueled helped me be more comfortable with reintroduction and I'm now eating lots of foods I would get horrible intense symptoms from previously, with only a small flare up here and there when I try to move too fast. The only thing I don't think I'll ever be able to have again is lactose but I'm actually quite content with soy/oat milk and occasional vegan or low-lactose cheese. I do worry that a lot of these influencers only stick with their diets because they're making money from being on the fringe. I think we saw that quite a bit with vegan influencers as well, who were all doing a predominantly raw or otherwise restrictive vegan diets while covering up health issues. I mean on the carnivore side, Paul Saladino, Mr. Plants-are-toxic himself has started adding in fruit and honey because he was obviously getting desperate for carbs and wanted more variety in his diet. I have to say I feel for Mikhaila though because I do believe this is the only thing she's found so far that's worked for her and I probably would have been a lot more hesitant about pushing through flare ups if my flares were horrendous joint pain and rashes instead of bloat, cramping and diarrhea. I believe her when she says she doesn't really want to be on the diet she's on. I myself am feeling so incredibly grateful now that my diet has even more variety and I certainly was never as limited as Mikhaila has to be. Overall I think this video was an excellent response and really commend your level headed approach.
Processed foods pick up a lot of toxins when processed. This is why eating Whole Foods is always best (not the store lol)
Well done, honestly. This is a touchy topic and I think nobody could have done as good of a job.
Awesome video. In regards to the environment and agricultural operations, White Oak pastures had a study done where it was determined that (even though they had >1000 heads of cattle) they were net negative carbon due to all the sequestration. Including emissions from heavy machinery.
we have a video scheduled with an environmental scientists where I hope to explore this. I´ve heard criticism of the white oaks report but want to get a professional´s take
What an excellent video. Your approach is so very respectful and considerate. To me, this is just as important as the science. Go, you!
Well she sells a course on her diet online for I think upwards of $500, and a "premium version" is like $1500 or something. She makes absurd claims without citing any studies except for a survey she did with her followers. The problem with anecdotes is anyone can say anything and even make things up. She claimed at one point both she and her dad were taken off medications after starting their diet, but then shortly after her dad went to rehab for overdosing on them for the past month or something. And I think she still takes some meds too. And what was she doing before she started her diet?
He's not telling you to sign up for her course. He's saying that if a diet of only meat helps people in their situation then they should be able to do that without condemnation. I cured my Crohn's disease with a keto diet. That might be an anecdote to you but for me it changed my life.
Theres also so many "gurus" who sell dieting online who dont know much about nutritiin even like well marketed companies and many times they just sell calories in vs calories out dress it up to be the next best thing and make all the money people will pay for it cause it "works" many times they are under fed and eating not a variety of different things no focus on fiber protein and essential fatty acids. People dont do research and dont want to so they do it and pay a lot for it. Now for mikayla anecdotaly it worked for her for what she had. Im sure she did talk to nutritionist however and has discussed it after it worked with nutritionist of different levels. It would have been fun for them to study the changes that happened as a result of her diet.
totally something shady with the petersons. i think people are way too kind to these morons.
@@ad33861 Her father is Dr Jordan Peterson. Public intellectual and controversial. Has 5 million followers on YT. She is merching her product as he does. That’s ok. It’s just that it hasn’t gone through rigorous testing.
What she and the family did ( lifestyle & diet wise ) would explain everything!
I would love for u to discuss this topic with the gastros as I am in the exact same place as mikhaila peterson and have been reduced down to just meat. I've tried numerous times to introduce other foods and keep relapsing. Also have tried to reintroduce good bacteria slowly but with same outcome. I love food but if I have to eat this way to keep symtoms at bay I will. Thank you for all your knowledge.
I have a recording scheduled for next week, I'll ask exactly these questions. thank you for your testimony
I love that you noted that we're a team and that the burden to eliminate beef is on us not her. Very enlightening perspective.
Why would we want to "eliminate" the most nutritious food for humans on the planet?
@@Anna-mz4ij He hasn't said to eliminate legumes, the the most nutritious and commonly consumed food of the longest lived humans on the planet.
I eat steak twice a week. It’s amazing I’m still alive.
Great video Gil. Are you from Brazil? I'm a nutritionist from Italy but I'm living in Brazil. It's very refreshing to see such a professional video on a touchy topic. I also felt empathy towards Mikhaila story during that debate. Would love to be able to exchange some ideas with you some times towards the current state of our profession. Cheers.
half Brazilian yes
While I don’t agree with your lab meats position, I thought this was well done with careful consideration and balanced comments. It takes more effort to be nuanced. Much appreciated!
I have watched a recent video where Makayla talked about, trying to get to the root cause of her issues. She is trying to detox from mold exposure that she thinks she has had her whole life. I sure hope she find some healing.
You are a role model for medical discourse. Enlightening without being cruel and always giving the benefit of the doubt when it comes to intentions.
Hey could you please review Paul Saladino’s comments on vegetables. He was on the JRE making some pretty bold claims so just wondering your or anyone in the comment sections thoughts on the topic of vegetables being bad? Me personally I’ve never heard such a thing.
we published 1 or 2 reaction videos to Rogan episodes a couple years back and I there was one with a lot of confusion around food and cholesterol I think that may be the one (?) search Rogan on the channel a couple videos should come up
@@NutritionMadeSimple thanks!
Funny how we are all different. I have IBS and when I cut out animal products and increased my fiber, my bout of constipation and then diarrhea ceased. For years, I thought tomato based sauces caused my diarrhea. When I removed the meat from them, I no longer got diarrhea from those foods. I really think my body has a hard time digesting saturated fats.
very interesting, I wonder if that's also a function of specific microbiome species and in your case you were short on the meat-processing bugs (??). fascinating field and we've barely scratched the surface scientifically
This was fabulous, as are all of your videos I've seen so far.
My very close friend is in a very similar position to Mikhaila.
He was found to have Ehlers Danloss and epilepsy.
He had to give up veganism after years and has found a low histamine, Keto diet transformative.
I have been concerned about the long term health outcomes for this, but I like what you said about Risk Benefit.
Thanks for your hard work Gil.
I really appreciate the way you approach these topics. You really are a godsend because I too have GI issues and doctors have been little help. Being unwell and trying to figure everything out is challenging for sure but I feel like I’ve finally found someone, YOU, that’s giving me hope that I can and will heal myself. Your mom is very lucky to have you in her corner. Mikeala and her father Jordan Peterson, also a carnivore have influenced SO many people to adopt this way of eating without fully understanding or researching unbiased information and that is the part of their story that I fear is causing harm. Obviously they are not responsible at all for what people choose to do with their experience
Dr. Gil, I would highly appreciate a video dedicated to the nutrition effect on Gallstone disease. I am recommended to remove my gallbladder by my doctor, but I only have 2 stones and I would be happy to reverse the condition if it is possible. I don't understand the root cause.-I am 24, in a healthy BMI and very confused. Your analysis of the literature will help me a lot. Thank you for your work! Loving the content 💗
I absolutely love your perspective and your ethics!
Incredible good talk! There is no „one fits all“ approach in medicine. Lately I heard a good quote attributed to Sir William Osler: „Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.“ And this seems to apply to nutrition as well. Some regimens work for many but there are the exceptions who must find out what works for them.
Thanks for this impressive talk!
Youve got tthe best videos out there please keep it up as long as possible
I really appreciate your commentary on this.
This doctor's nutrition videos are just first-rate. Lessons in science and the scientific method, the art of good medicine, empathy and persistence. Very grounding and calming to me.
I had problems with IBS , psoriasis, that were getting better with eating meat. Turns out I had candida overgrowth. It is proven that antibiotics cause disbiosis by favouring yeast overgrowth . Also acid surpression increases candida and e coli . In this case , of course eating meat was better than eating whole grains for the gut , but not for the arteries. Once I healed candida , IBS and psoriasis are gone and I can eat everything.
When you say eating meat was not good for the arteries, do you just mean in general it's not good or did you specifically have any issues with your arteries?
@@kevinok3491 in general .
Out of curiosity, how did you heal candida?
@@Hubcool367 I ate a lot of anti-candida plants like turmeric , peppermint ,lemon balm, oregano , cloves , dill , cumin , black cumin (in food amounts , not as supplements ) . Took some zinc sulfate supplement that also kills candida . And ate a high polyphenol foods diet because they stimulate the growth of beneficial bacteria and also inhibit candida (black beans , bright colours fruits and veg and most importantly what helped the most is LOTS of GREENS like lettuce and dendelion , chlorophyll kills candida) . And I took a probiotic L. Rhamosus with Sacharomyces Boulardi and ate sauerkraut.
Brilliant, logical approach to everything discussed. Love your style as well. Please stay true to yourself and your “followers”. Please never be tempted.
Excellent, just excellent. Thanks for this gem of a human and professional response to a tragic human story.
What do you think about the Hunza people in Pakistan/India? They have the highest average lifespan in the world 100 and many become 120 years old. Must be the most optimal diet? They eat a plantbased high carb diet and very low in protein. Could you make a video about that? Appreciate your work! :-)
Wow🤔🤓
Thanks for sharing that, I'm intrigued.
I will look into this just out of curiosity.
Do they have actual birth records?
The centenarian rate drops pretty hard after the implementation of accurate record keeping
They are a very isolated people, and include cheese and egg in their diet. Being isolated their longevity may be also due to genetics.
@@olderthanyoucali8512 Probably play a role, they also do a 3 month juice fast consuming only apricot juice, which I also find fascinating. Their water is also very rich in vitamines and minerals. There are many factors, but diet probably play a role.
Also a very good summary of the painful process normal people experience when trying to sift through enormous amount of conflicting studies, advice from doctors, medicines, personal experiences etc.
Wish Mikhalia offered back the same sympathy, discernment and nuance of your thinking. But she does just about the opposite, advocating for everyone to take up this diet. But, I really appreciate the tone of all your videos. You get to the science, and you don’t drag the people making bad choices, just point out where those choices are coming from, and how to make better ones. Seriously love your stuff, you’re a gem.
Mikaela Peterson doesn't even have a University professional degree on nutrition
@@aristocraticnietzschean-ma1023 you don’t say! 😂 Exactly why I can’t understand people taking her nutritional advice
Great video again!
That was an excellent show.
As someone who suffered from JRA in the 80’s - back when no one outside of my family and my doctors even believed that I actually had a
problem - I so appreciate your empathy and understanding. 💕
For anyone wondering, the most likely explanation for her symptoms is that she was having frequent allergic reactions to something present in her diet, and either her doctors failed to find and eliminate the allergen, or her/her family made the mistake of assuming that her doctors were incompetent and didn’t let them finish the process of elimination that all kids her in position have to go through. When she started the carnivore diet, she eliminated that/those allergens by default; because she eliminated everything except for one thing that she knew she could eat. That is not healthy. In fact she is very likely to develop serious health conditions as she ages as a direct result of this diet. But because her symptoms were so painful, she is resistant to anything and anyone who would suggest that she should stop.
It is pretty common these days for families to become frustrated with doctors whenever the process of diagnosing a certain illness isn’t a straightforward process that can be completed and treated in a single appointment. Sometimes the cause of an allergic reaction is something which rarely causes allergic reactions. And that means that ALL doctors will have a hard time finding the offender, because that particular food item is going to be very low on their list of suspects. You always start with the most common causes first when you’re going by process of elimination. So first you try wheat, then dairy, and so on and so forth until you eliminate something and her symptoms improve. If the family doesn’t understand or doesn’t trust the process, they will sometimes assume their doctors are incompetent and stop going. When they go to a new doctor, often a specialist, the process of elimination either starts over or stops completely. E.g. If you go to an autoimmune specialist, they’re going to treat the symptoms as if they were caused by an autoimmune disorder; Not an allergic reaction.
Her parents probably failed her here. They quit on their doctors and assumed they were incompetent, which lead to a litany of misdiagnoses that dragged out her symptoms for years. So the second she found a diet that alleviated her symptoms - even though it will take years of her life - she was fully committed. It’s truly sad, because it doesn’t need to be this way. Two weeks in an inpatient facility with the right specialists would probably be enough time for doctors to figure out what she can and cannot eat. But she’s committed to eating nothing but meat, so she won’t do it and won’t even entertain the possibility of living a long, happy life.
Man made foods are very risky. Think about the damage trans fats have caused.
@Dookie Bookie plants also have them
It's also fairly well demonstrated that naturally occurring trans fats don't have quite the same issues as man-made ones.
I agree with your desire, but the points aren't really good
Wow, you handled that so well
I had a similar experience to your mom's. I went vegan for animals, had a surgery, was put on antibiotics and the antibiotics messed up my ability to digest fiber.
What did I do? I read up on it, avoided the foods I didn't tolerate well, took some probiotics. That helped. Still remained vegan. Wouldn't justify animal exploitation for my food preferences. Then I had a second round of antibiotics and my gut has been perfect ever since. All this happened while I was vegan, which I still am.
My gut is now made of steel. I can eat fibre, white bread, any vegetable, fruit, seeds, nuts, grains, starches - nothing happens. Never felt better or been healthier. Veganism taught me and highlighted to me how my gut could be healthier, which is now is :)
makes sense, antibiotics often precede IBS. in my mother´s case they did. likely an imbalance of the microbiome. good job figuring it out!!!!!
"wouldn't justify animal exploitation for my food preference" This phrase is the highlight of your comment and way of thinking, the world needs more people like you 👍
I am very happy that you judge this lady as a ""Human being" and not a scientific object. I was very impressed by her honesty when I saw her videos before I heard your opinion. A patient with many autoimmune problems sent me the link to her site
I hope she will keep all of us informed and fully realize that she may have an exceptional "metabolism" [A CAM physician]
Another great video!
Lab meats? It seems to me that the overarching principle across the bazillion nutritional research studies is that the more mankind messes with food, the more unhealthy it is.
Absolutely brilliant!
Re: climate change, the focus shouldn't be what has bigger carbon foot print. The question should be, why is carbon the enemy? Carbon is essential to plant life. If there is excess carbon in the atmosphere, plants show rapid growth, with low level of carbon, plants grow slower. So, earth is equipped with mechanisms to achieve equilibrium. How is carbon the enemy? And if CO2 is indeed the culprit, then what is the correct amount of CO2 in the atmosphere? And if high temperature is bad, then what is the correct temperature? I don't expect any answer, because no climate advocate will go near true scientific scrutiny.
Yes, higher co2 and reduced frosts in a warmer climate could, if they were the only important variables, increase plant growth. The trouble is, climate change is also responsible for things that counteract plant growth, and particularly crop grow; Mainly drought, flooding, and heat stress. Warmer air does hold more moisture, but the added rain would not fall evenly; Some areas get too much while desertification gets much worse in other areas. You have to think about the massive ecological damage associated with changing weather patterns, and not least of all the fact that much of the co2 and heat is being absorbed by the ocean, which is held in a very delicate balance. At the very least, acidification of the oceans can inhibit phytoplankton growth. If climate changes too much over too short a time, you get mass die offs/extinctions in general. Though these plants and animals would eventually be replaced with more heat tolerant subtropical/tropical variants, that would take time, most people would prefer to avoid all the mayhem which would likely extend over a lengthy time before equilibrium is established. And even if we somehow cool off the planet, those extinct plants and animals won't come back.
the correct amount is 0.03% and our current status is 0.04%, 33% more. the other guy explained it loud and clear why it's not so simple.
you anti climate change are as dumb as climate change activists.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thanks for the health and diet advice.
Now, lighting advices for you, you can turn it down a bit lol the issue here is that light is too harsh. You need something to soften it down.
If a not a softbox, and umbrella or at least a large piece of white sheet. The larger the light source the softer the light.
I am in no way an expert on nutrition, but it is a very interesting topic. How did her proble arise in the first place? I’ve been told that allergies can be the result of an immune system that isn’t sufficiently developed may react to food items that’s introduced at an early age. It is sad to see people with allergies that have such a profound and limiting effect on their health.
incredible video. thank you!
Lol now I know this channel doesn't care for fake engagement, otherwise you would have mentioned this is Jordan Peterson's daughter. Kudos to you!
I’ve had a whole host of symptoms from widespread soft tissue paid to GI symptoms, to racing heart/drops in blood pressure to itchiness with cardio to oral allergies, migraine, burning face pain, and the list goes on. I was found to have hereditary alpha tryptasemia syndrome which we don’t know a lot about but low FODMAP and gluten free, antihistamines gabapentin etc have all helped. I can cheat just a little bit with the food, but there are some things i can’t imagine eating ever again and I’ve come to terms with that.
I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis plus the itchiness with cardio and burning face you mention (always dismissed by doctors as dry skin or detergent but I know it's not that) ...I am going to look up this condition.
Change in diet has been a life saver for me.
Since you raise the issue, perhaps a video on leaky guy, the microbiome, autoimmunity, common food culprits, and the diet/autoimmune nexus.
Just discovered your channel. Love the balanced approach that you bring overall; this one is a gem. You are a true scientist.
Thank you for your videos!
Her points are valid for her case, however I feel like too many people in more normal conditions are using her argumentation for justifying their meat consumption, which is why I dislike her being in that debate. We could easily reduce animal product consumption by 80+% and special diets like hers would still be possible for people that really need it.
Respect - great video ♥
Even though I’m closer to a carnivore than vegan,I like your level headed approach to people to health and diet and you have made me eat a much more balanced diet.Thanks for always being a voice of reason
hi man am from Iraq i really LOVE!! seen your vids you goof smart honest man ... with knowledge ...etc u just great !! may Allah bless you brother ... thank you so much for what you do !! 🕊️🌇🌴
Yep I feel for anyone who have to go to so many doctors to find a solution. I had to go to 3 doctors just to find out I have Hashimoto Thyroiditis. Now I am on meds and still feel like crap.
Angela please read "The Root Cause" by Izabella Wentz. I put mine into remission with it.
This is why folks like you need to get on RUclips... Rational, understandable examination of certain assertions by others.
I have never heard of anyone having a similar experience but I went gluten-free for a few months last year. The diet gave me gastrointestinal issues and I found myself extremely stressed for the second month after a normal first month. I was stubborn and just made nutritional alterations to handle symptoms. In the third month I developed joint pain in my hands. I would eventually get episodes of extreme fatigue along with intense hand pain. I kept going for another two months after the joint pain developed because I didn’t see how not eating gluten could be connected. But it got worse and spread to more joints: elbows, neck, back, knees, feet. I eventually started eating gluten again, doubtful that it would help but thinking it was pointless to restrict my diet when I felt much worse anyways and my symptoms have slowly improved. I just have some residual hand pain and occasionally knee pain and costochondritis now. It has been almost 5 months, so it is a slow recovery. I don’t know why a gluten-free diet would cause those problems: my assumption is simply that my microbiome really likes gluten containing foods
I would be more interested into what you were eating than what you weren't when your joint pain started. Some of the gluten-free prouducts are highly processed foods and what about the other changes you made.
I think this is interesting. I heard on a channel the otherdsy professor spira that mucus build up in body was cause of disease based on arnold ehret a professor in 1900s that cured himself. He said that gluten free foods produce more mucuus and glue in system than whest bread. I thought thst was interesting. Everyone avoids gluten these days but wheat has been a staple in human diets for centuries. I have a lot of allergies on sensitivities but i have not nogiced wheat being worse than other substances.
"I kept going for two months after the joint pain developed because I didn’t see how not eating gluten could be connected. "
Right. Good for you. Lack of gluten can't be the cause of problems. But... it can cause your body to be free enough to do more detoxing. I've noticed the body will detox a problem that's caused by a substance you just removed.
Most people just assume their symptoms are from a deficiency of something; but in this case, gluten isn't a nutrient, or even good for you. I just wish people would recognize the detox/adjustment effect of diets that are: Vegan, high-fruit, raw, low-fat, low protein. I've been eating that way for 12 years, and I got thru many symptoms because I understood there's nothing wrong with that way of eating. This is THE WAY... to supreme health.
@@GaryHighFruit" detoxying" 😂😂😂
You lost me there..
That's pretty unscientific 🤣🤣
So funny.. i haven't met so many scientifically illiterate people in person ... Lord..
Why did you go gluten-free in the first place? People without any health issues shouldn't go for specific diets anyway. As for myself, I was encouraged by my endocrinologist to ditch gluten (I'm not celiac, tested and confirmed), and doing so had improved my TSH, Free T3 & T4 numbers significantly. I think your problem was not listening to a trusted professional in the first place.
Extreme yeast allergy, as in bread, may be an overlooked and undiscovered problem with some people.
A Great Analysis Indeed. 👍👍
Most vegans (myself included) would define a vegan as someone one does not use or consume animal products where it is safe and practical to do so. The vast majority of vegans would not be suggesting to Mikhaila to change to a diet that endangers her health. Vegans are much more concerned with the majority of the population that could practically and safely stop using animals as products.
As a side note, I was speaking to someone yesterday that is allergic (ie anaphalactic) to red meat.
I wish science would answer this question why is beef the best thing for an elimination diet, and the body functions so well with just beef and water, but at the same time science says beef is bad for us?
hi. we have an extensive video coming soon on autoimmune disease, the key is that there is substantial individual variation, with some people not tolerating red meat and others not tolerating vegetables. fiber requires microbial species in the gut to break it down, so gut disorders can often involve some difficulty digesting fibrous foods. also, bear in mind science doesn't say "beef is bad", it's a question of amount and time. when we understand these nuances the seeming contradictions are often resolved. see for more details:
on fiber intolerances: ruclips.net/video/BnDUM0SScWo/видео.html
red meat and risk: ruclips.net/video/mQ56uOkjccg/видео.html
Ruminates in general seem superior. Commercial beef may eat plants adulterated with the same pesticides and herbicides we do at least in finishing stages at feed lots but they don't actually process those things the way we do given the chain of digestion in their stomachs and the role bacteria play at those stages. They're essentially multi stage fermentation chambers
From a climate point of view, I don't think that the fact of raising livestock for meat itself is the problem, but living in a food system where the production is centralized and the animals aren't being fed the diets that would allow them to functionally participate in the ecosystem (grain-fed over grassfed, for example) as well as the concentration of pollutants (CAFOs versus pastured meats), as well as the need to transport meat over vast distances, instead of reverting back to more localized, environmentally harmonious food systems.
we have a video series about to drop covering all these questions. I think the vast existing climate and sustainability science will surprise you :)
Red meat is high in zinc, a common deficiency in IBS. I'm guessing anemic people might like the lion diet as well, combining that heme iron with the more efficient oxygen usage during ketosis? (Assuming they're okay for b9 etc)
It's crazy that I'm being forced into beef salt and water as well. I get a autoimmune reaction to everything, just like her. But I will say, I never realized how much food is bad for you. My skin has improved, sex drive has gone up, energy levels have felt better. Only thing is my mood a bit different. But I also haven't been super strict like she is. I am now going to become just as strict, to see if things continue to improve on this diet.
I’m going through similar things. I have horrible connective tissue disease, pain, fatigue, extreme full body chronic hives, anxiety that comes AFTER the hives, IBS, and SIBO and have started eliminating foods because immunologist told me it was the only way to know what it was. Currently trying Low FODMAP, Low Histamine, and Gluten Free combo intolerance diet and yes, barely able to eat a thing. It’s so difficult but even in a week I had almost completely gotten rid of my chronic hives (I have had full body hives every single day for years, with pictures) and haven’t gone 1 full week without them in as long time. So, I’m am going to keep trying it. Only reason I would suffer with eating such low variety of foods is if it actually worked to make me feel better, since it is working I feel like I must explore this way of eating. Stay strong and listen to your body.
Yes. If I stop drinking, I don't feel good. Thanks for the video. 😃
Thanks! In the search of a science-credible channel dealing with nutrition it took me quite a while to find yours. It's a pity there are so many bogus unscientific charlatan channels blotting out thorough ones like yours!
Is there a law that says you have to eat veggies?
Hey Gill! I have watched a lot of your videos, and also watched a lot of low carb people videos. I understand your research, but I can’t help but notice a contradiction in your methods when the low carb people point it out, indirectly. Basically, when you do a Randomized trial, and increase / decrease saturated fat or red meat or carbs etc, the RCTs don’t take into account that food is not eaten in vaccum. It might happen that saturated fat isn’t the problem, but when eaten along side with carbs can cause issues. So when doing a rct with increased and decreased saturated fat for e.g. another constant is the carb or glucose content which is present on both sides. Thus by definition this RCT can’t prove saturated fat is the culprit. the only way is the elimination diet way, or completely disjoin set based diets. If you eliminate everything except saturated fat, what happens? What am I missing?
you can easily move beyond the SFA quagmire: the crux is ApoB (that's how SFA is thought to raise CV risk)
one could hypothesize that somehow ApoB stops causing CVD in a low carb or low fat or Mediterranean or DASH or Whole30 diet (I´ve heard this argument of exceptionalism in many forms). it just doesn´t carry scientific weight until the exception is formally demonstrated with outcome data
(in fact we can hypothesize any risk factor ceases to matter in a specific context. we can come up with a mechanistic model for any risk factor and any diet in 5mins on Pubmed)
@@NutritionMadeSimple thanks for replying! I didn't mean to narrow down on Saturated Fats or one particular thing. But since I watch your videos, I know better than jumping to mechanistic explanations like apoB and that we need to dumb it down. I know from the mechanistic conclusions it's easy to draw incorrect conclusions. In your opinion, do you think we need such strict diets to really test out one hypothesis than others? Or do you believe the evidence without these is still good.
Personally, I am almost a vegetarian, and I ate low fat for the longest time. The only Animal product I really ate was low fat skimmed milk. But somehow my cholesterol etc was wayyy high. I have just added chicken and eating better, trying to control carbs instead of fats, and found better success. But again, watching you videos, I know better than jumping to conclusion. But at the same time, the lack of clarity causes people to not he strict with any one kind of a diet. So if yes, foods themselves might be OK, bu in combination might be bad, a confused line of thought might be more dangerous. All in all, I feel extremely confused and not sure what diet I should follow! Hence these questions ☺️
I think we have as much evidence (if not more) for ApoB as for the other major risk factors. we can hypothesize an exception for any of them but until it's proven, precautionary principle dictates we assume the major risk factors apply
@@NutritionMadeSimple Thanks! I agree let's wait for exception to be proven in this case
One issue your jacket actually is adding noise into the video.
Good video enjoyed it ❤
Wonder if the dreadful nutritional quality of food we eat does not trigger the auto immune systems too much and gets it off kilter. Also, microbiome/caeserian lack of bacteria transfer might e a bigger deal as studies on autism seem to be greatly helped with bacteria/fecal transplant. I think we should connect these dots. There is also the possibility of c-difficult types of events messing up the systems as well. Still, I come back to ride in autism and obesity as they relate to quality of food.
Best response I’ve ever heard to Peterson.
My only issue is that she turned a pretty specific diet to her advantage and made a business out of it to which is harmful to gullible people's health
I highly doubt that someone who is in good health will change their diet just because of her story. People who are desperate might consider it, but I don't see a problem with that.
@@glumberty1 youd be surprised. Bro science and advertising does wonders.
@@johnnyboy6429 I would be surprised.
She’s a huckster. Pure snake oil.
@@mcb2691 No shit. Free speech is an important right. Doesn't mean you can't use it unethically or that other people can't call your use of it out for being so.
Yes, you're empathetic. Very good.😊
About the lab grown meat. It is obtained from some foetus solution from cows. For one tube of solution they need several cows is what I saw in a video. Would be doing a video on that?
Very happy to have discovered your channel Gil!!! Your unbiased way of presenting pertinent info is really refreshing in this utube space. So much info nowadays is driven by an underlying incentive, thus in accurate or confusing! Thanks!
Good job!
In the past, I did not have health insurance and in a very real way see my uninsured years in the same way. I had to take care of myself. That meant learning what I could (no internet then) and manage to try to stay healthy. The appendicitis was $$$costly and so were the kidney stones, but somehow I managed. Now that I am insured I am in somewhat the same boat. With hypertension and tachycardia I did not get the answers I wanted.
So what I was getting from the dramatically changing blood pressure readings were pat answers from a PA. While I did not like them, I understood why. The money making aspect of medicine is similar to an assembly line. There is only so much time allowed for each unit before less profit is made and the only protocols for treatment are medically defensible $. Possible treatments that can be very effective but are only supported by small studies are not allowed.
That left me to do daily research. I would look at scholarly studies of all kinds and a lot of them seemed to have merit. I improved my diet greatly and that left supplements. The bar was low though. I wanted to see real research and would only take something that was considered safe.
It worked. I no longer have any arrhythmias (the ablation did not work) and it was in the form of taurine, an essential amino acid. After several very hard bike rides where I reached 170+ bpm, they were never triggered. My blood pressure also went down to a point where my meds were drastically reduced.
Insurance or no insurance and like Mikhalla, I still have to take care of myself to get the best results
I have had RA for 45 yrs. I am 75.
I have no idea how to do this. That makes sense. I’ve been on prednisone for a very long time. I would like to stop it but I can’t. The doctor wants to use meds strong ones. I can’t tolerate them usually. I want to do this by food and I don’t know how. I just want to test things out like you’re saying, but I don’t know how. I am very careful what I eat, but it seems like my pain never goes away, no matter what I eat and I can’t not eat anything. Plus, I’m losing weight and muscle. help please!
Empathy, assuming people are trying their best. You are very good at that. I do feel like online personalities that have health issues promoting it as a general diet is, overall, dangerous but I know they're coming from a point of view on what's helped them so will defend their position emotionally.
When I had chronic neck, mid, low back pain, hip pain to the point I couldn't walk, knee tendonitis in both knees, plantar fasciitis and coccyx pain that meant I couldn't stand for more than 5 mins without being in pain my diet was total crap. I didn't care that my cholesterol was high. What do I care about heart disease when I'm 29 and barely able to move properly? Only until I solved the pain I was able to consider my diet - because I actually wanted to live.
Gil, is cholesterol and testosterone related? someone said to me that cholesterol increases testosterone, is that true? can you make a video about it?