This video is about how insulin resistance clogs your arteries. The host, Dr. Ford Brewer, is interviewing Dr. Mario Kratz, a nutritionist who specializes in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Kratz starts by discussing the concept of lean mass hyperresponders, a group of people who have high levels of LDL cholesterol but don't seem to have an increased risk of heart disease. He then talks about the importance of testing for insulin resistance, as it is a major risk factor for heart disease even if your blood sugar levels are normal. Dr. Brewer and Dr. Kratz then discuss the different ways in which insulin resistance can damage the arteries. They explain that insulin can cause inflammation and plaque buildup, even in people with normal cholesterol levels. They also talk about the importance of a low-carb diet for managing insulin resistance and preventing heart disease. The video ends with Dr. Kratz answering questions from the audience about niacin, vitamin K2, and other topics related to heart health. Here are some of the key takeaways from the video: Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for heart disease, even if your blood sugar levels are normal. Testing for insulin resistance is important for anyone who is concerned about their heart health. A low-carb diet can help to manage insulin resistance and prevent heart disease. There are a number of other things you can do to improve your heart health, such as exercising regularly and getting enough sleep. I hope this summary is helpful!
Mario Kratz is so brilliant at explaining the science behind our health. Thank you to him (and Dr Brewer) for putting out all of this really useful content on RUclips. PS I notice a lovely grand piano in Mario’s house - lucky him having that there!!
00:00 ⚠ Is LDL the cause of heart disease 8:49: 📚 Dr. Mario Introduction to Nourished by sciences 16:34: 🍔 The Worst diet 24:19: 📉 The Role of Insulin in fat metabolism 31:44: 🔍 Visceral fat vs subcutaneous fat 39:52: 🍺Fructose, alcohol and stress 47:41: 🩺Why Insulin Resistance is a problem (beyond glucose) 1:02:57: 🔬 Lipoproteins and CV Plaque 1:10:38: 🔑Apo B 1:19:27: 💊 What about Niacin? 1:27:42: 📉Low Carb Diet, and insulin response 1:35:23: 🥦 Avoid dietary tribalisms
Excellent video - thank you . I have been surprised at finding out that prediabetes , heart disease and cancer are all related. Great charts and discussion.
all related to Insulin - ALL of it... This has actually been known for years but the AMA medical establishment and Big Pharma and Big Food complex... want you eating junk 24/7 - taking drugs 24/7 when all you have to do is eat whole foods only when you are hungry
AND I HAVE HEART PROB DUE TO CANCER MEDS THINK MAYBE INSULIN RESISTANCE METABOLIC AND BORDER DIABETIC ,,have cut most sugar but over Christmas had a few drinks, but this is so eye opening ,,,,
I, too, enjoy Mario. His channel posts are even more as he is able to present his information in a straightforward way without interruptions. I understand this is an interview, so questions are expected, but if anyone wants an uninterrupted stream of concise, understandable information, go to his channel and start from his first presentation, and go from there. From doing this, I feel I finally have a basic understanding of the lifestyle driven disease process and how to combat it.
I feel like I am getting a great education. Having worked in clinical chemistry lab. We focused on normal range, but not what caused biochemistry. It's great to get deeper into the topic. Since I am a senior and would like to be healthy. It's just great to learn more. Your brain is working on educational thoughts ! Big plus!
Excellent presentation, I have watched marios videos before, I highly recommend his channel, detailed but understandable. As someone who recently learned that he has been pre-diabetic for at least twenty years, I am frankly horrified that none of the doctors I ever worked with, either MDs or naturopaths ever explained the significance of this fact to me, obviously they did not have this information.
All treatments are stipulated by the pharmaceutical conglomerate. They don't want you healthy but also not dead. They want you in need of doctors and medicine from birth to death. Why would they want to tell you how to keep healthy? We need to be our own doctors. We've got the power within us.
I’m sorry that that happened to you. I had to educate myself as well as to the meaning of what my fasting glucose meant and had to discover I had pre-diabetes and, again, learn what to do about it. I Chose a ketogenic diet and then later combined low-carb with a shorter eating window and have like at 80 lbs. How did you tackle your prediabetes?
Kudos!! Dr Brewer's intro was 1 of his best & why i started following him 5 yrs sgo. He must of read it instead of ad lib tangents & bunny holes....on point, could follow his logic as it was mostly complete start to finish thoughts & no extra words. Efficient use of time, nice change. Please continue this educational delivery.
I found out about the relationship between plaque formation and insulin spikes through Ivor Cummins about 6 years ago. The insulin also causes inflammation in the body that has its own impact.
Yes been trying to make the best of it because two heart attacks later never had high blood pressure cholesterol between 189 and 249 and still having heart attacks Trying to figure out the first step eating fat not eating fat sugar no sugar supplements no supplements drugs no drugs thanks for what you all do still exercising almost 60
I would recommend getting Dr Westmans book End Your Carb Confusion. In this book he simplifies a lot of this and has an easy to follow food list. Don’t get me wrong I love this deep dive video and think it’s essential, both philosophies are vital!
Tha5s how i feel i have done,dr esytlstens diet but that was mainly carbs,which was not good then i found i have b, cancer so have to cut carbs sugar ,,and dont want to get any more so not trying to do to many carbs,any more
Hi there. 2018 to now keto. Had CKD stage 4 and T2D on insulin. Fast forward to today. My HDL was 128 and my Triglycerides were 72 so my doc said she didn’t not care my total cholesterol was 261. Took me 4 years but I educated her woo hoo
With respect to the last question, I like the perspective of Dr. Robert Cywes. One has to make the distinction between a nutritional event from a dopamine event. There are healthier ways to get a dopamine rush or a stress releasing activity than swallowing some nutrition less so called food. The food producing industry and easy access at every corner is omnipresent.
I came across Mario a few weeks ago and was immediately captivated He deserves a much wider audience So I am very pleased to find doc Ford agreeing with me😂 I place Mario in that group of RUclipsrs that I trust perhaps too much, Gil, Chris, Gardner, Mike, Tom, Ford, bikman (minus the carnivorism 😂), David, Nick, Simon, Nicholas, Bill Wilson, etc My personal bias is against hypertrophic ripped gym rat influencers 😊.
@@nourishedbyscience Another esteemed member of my RUclips brain trust is a meaty pounder of the iron, since he was 19, physionics' Nicholas Verhoeven. He also wears tight t-shirts but, nobody's perfect😊
Doctor Brewer. If carbohydrates raise blood glucose and blood insulin, and both of these damage tissues then why eat carbohydrates at all? I mean it almost seems to simple. Carbohydrates cause damage then why eat them? We know the body will make all the required glucose through gluconeogenesis? Please advise. Thanks a bunch
Only recently discovered this channel. I will watch this episode a few times so I can really understand the core content. I have a suspicion I've got pre diabetes diabetes. Am applying this education and going to change my that. This channel is a Life Saver. Thank you so much.
Not necessarily. It's fairly easy to eat low-carb and still get plenty of fiber from non-starchy veggetables, nuts and seeds, and maybe some fruit or berries. Cheers Mario
@@nourishedbyscience People with blood Type A do well with starches. In Asian countries where people live long lives, they eat lots of rice and fruit. The glycemic index of a meal is the average of everything in it so grains are acceptable in a meal with low glycemic things in it.
I agree with Mario about the carbs if you are on low carb and then have carb your glucose does spike more. Mine has done that when I do this….. because I do wear a CGM and have seen what happens both ways. Time:1:28
@@PrevMedHealthRespectfully, the newbies have smart phones. They can take notes and go back and look up those terms tbey didn't understand. This is one of the problems nowadays, people want to be spoon feed information, as oppose to investing in themselves. Fantastic work you're all doing.
I agree I’m not a doctor, but I am in healthcare and understand almost all of what they are explaining. A channel such as this is very refreshing and even if I have to listen to a segment a second time, it is very worthwhile. In my opinion, the fact that it is presented with so much underlying scientific evidence and illustration gives it much more credibility and hits home in a deeper sense. Keep up the good work!
Very interesting! At the end of my 14 days total water fast, I was hypoglycemic with blood glucose of 3.0 mmol/L = 54.0 mg/dL. Clinical symptoms of hypoglycemia = none. At the end of my 7 days total water fast, I was hypoglycemic with blood glucose 2.9 mmol/L = 52 mg/dL. Clinical symptoms of hypoglycemia = none. Any comments about this? Thx.
did you track ketones? The higher the ketones, the lower glucose can go without adverse effects since the brain runs better on ketones. Low blood glucose is only an issue if ketones are also low. After a couple days of fasting, ketones are likely high enough to protect against glucose levels that low.
@@fusedchromosome9350 great point! No, I did not measure ketones in my blood b/c I did not have means of doing this at that time. However, ketones were showing up in my urine. My Family Dr. reported this to me with worry bringing up the point of ketoacidosis, until I explained to him that I worked hard for this ketones (by my fasting), so they could supply my brain with energy. Thank you @fusedchromesome9350 for your comment. I am very glad that my body can switch easily and run on ketones when glucose runs low during fasting.
Got any videos on how to stop insulin resistance through diet alone? Really would like to hear/see directional actionable information to get moving and stay moving. Thanks, after all guys there's more to talking a lot there real lives out here wanting help to save themselves.
Ben Bikman has some great free info! Prioritizing protein is important, not fearing the fat that comes along in nature with the meats or healthy fats and be conscious of carbohydrates getting them from whole and unprocessed sources. My health has done a 360 following this info & I’ve effortlessly lost 55lbs
Also many fear protein for insulin spikes but it’s been shown that in the absence of refined carbohydrates it’s even more minimal and maintaining and building muscle is a great glucose sink and very helpful to regain insulin sensitivity.
Very interesting! At one point in my life I was basically on Keto for years and I would go hypoglycaemic from time to time. NOT a pleasant experience! I am glad to know the reason!
Loved the trim work that Jordan did, magnificent! Kaylee your help in the clean up was the cherry on the cake. Sadie loves her bath tub. You are getting things done and of course loved the fireworks show in town. Until the next time ciao.
Dr. Mario is so right about the hypoglycemia symptoms. I’ve experienced it myself many times. If I had a small snack in form of pretzels or some other “dry” carbs, my blood glucose would spike to over 160 and about two hour later I’d have the shakes because of blood glucose plunge. I have to eat something like a piece of banana fast to get the blood sugar back to normal. So I figured out that if I want some snacks I’ll mix it with peanut butter, nuts or cheese and that keeps my blood sugar from spiking. Also, if I have too many carbs in form of berries I won’t get the shakes but I will get a hot flash about an hour or so later, so I know it’s probably the insulin flooding my body. Very strange. So lately I’ve been mixing berries too with some peanut butter, or almond butter or some nuts and that helps. It worries me because my A1c was 5.9 few months ago so I’ll have to recheck it. I think blood glucose monitor really helped me in determining which foods or combination of foods keep my blood glucose from spiking. I also noticed that if I overdo it with carbs but move around more my blood glucose doesn’t spike either.
Can you provide a detailed diet, exercise, and sleep program to mininmize risk factors and optimize health? I think that would at least help many of us at risk to go in the right direction...nice discussion ❤
Yes. But it is deceptively simple. Get a CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor). Don’t eat things that make your glucose go over 140 for more than 20 minutes. If you need more help than that, you are welcome to call 859-721-1414 & be a patient with our team.
Use a keto or intermittently a carnivore diet. Be consistent with it. Cut out everything that is ultra processed. Go for a walk every day. Use a healthy life style.
I would recommend getting Dr Westmans book End Your Carb Confusion. In this book he simplifies a lot of this and has an easy to follow food list. Don’t get me wrong I love this deep dive video and think it’s essential, both philosophies are vital!
Dr. Brewer, et al, I recently had a TAVR to replace my Aortic Valve, which was damaged from calcification stenosis. What can I do to reduce or eliminate the calcification stenosis in my heart valves? Thanks!!
I have never measured a low BGL at any time, my problem was high BGL. If I stopped restricting my carbs then I would expect my BGL to rise again along with my weight. The amount of carbs in the modern diet is the problem in my opinion it is not a problem with me.
Statin sales is worth millions and they is what it is about. The whole thing is pharma led , the profits are the primary driver of the rote that is used by medicine.
Dr. Kratz, I watched some of your videos and used your methods. It is working for me! I take anastrazole which removes estrogen from my body so it does not feed my cancer type. [Cancer has been removed though]….. and this pill has made me my glucose levels fluctuate much easier because estrogen is a glucose moderator/regulator along with other hormones of course. Without estrogen my body went out of balance and so my glucose levels started making me become diabetic even though I was eating a very healthy diet. I used your guidelines and have started pulling my baseline glucose level down so that I do not become diabetic. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! I now wear a continuous glucose monitor and exercise every day. I cannot thank you enough! ❤❤❤❤❤
Have you looked into Dr Paul Mason who emphasizes the difference between healthy versus oxidized LDL . Major oxidative drivers being hyperglycemia and linoleic acid.
I ate only whole unprocessed carbs and still became pre-diabetic. I had to go low carb to bring it down to normal. I thought i was eating so healthy but i also developed a lot of Inflammation from whole grains vegetables fruits beans nuts.
Great video. I went to the Dr. a few months ago. My cholesterol is on the med/high border. No talk about exercise, what I'm eating and only spoke to the CNP. Dr. wanted to put me on statins without even speaking with them. Now looking for a new Dr.
My HbA1c has been steady at 5% for the past 8 years after dropping my weigh from 240 to 165. However the big change happened when I dropped another 20 lb. and now weigh 145 lb. What about Fasting Insulin. Mine dropped from 9.68 to 6.0 which I attribute to al low carb diet and raising my Omega 3 index to 11%. Using the HOMA-IR calculator, my HOMA-IR which used to be 1.9, is now 1.3. My HbA1c has been steady at 5% even before the HOMA-IR started to come down. So, HbA1c is not the biggest marker.
Right the more important number is how much insulin is required to keep that A1C at whatever level it is. Ketovore with no peanuts, spinach or any other high oxylate food. Oxylates are more than just a kidney stone problem. Mostly beef and eggs.
Right the more important number is how much insulin is required to keep that A1C at whatever level it is. Ketovore with no peanuts, spinach or any other high oxylate food. Oxylates are more than just a kidney stone problem. Mostly beef and eggs.
Doctor Brewer if APOB or LDL is the bad guy then why does mine increase when I fast if fasting is good for our health? I test my LDL all the time at home. Fasting increases my LDL significantly.
Thank you for verifying my thoughts on my case. I have a great deal of plaque and 35 percent body fat. and am trying to find what I can do to reverse that. Is there a way for me to get in touch with you. ? I live in San Francisco area
This probably seems off the subject, but, since there are no wrong questions, let alone ignorant or stupid ones, I’ll ask it; is there, or has there been considered to be an electrical component involved with atherosclerosis, or any disorder for that matter? Very much appreciate Mr Kratz PhD. Thank you all. Charles Markland CDT Jacksonville, FL
I would appreciate some clarification about the distinction between “risk factors” and “root causes”. Both expressions are used. If root causes were really known, we wouldn’t need to talk about “risk factors”, we would just fix the “causing factors”. What am I missing?
Dr Kratz. I am insulin resistant and prediabetic and I have a lot of plaque. I am trying to figure out how to reverse this. I also have 35 percent body fat. How or who can I contact for help with this. My endocrinologist has never helped in this matter Thank you Ginny
Insulin resistance (IR) is by definition when a cell has too much FUEL (Fat and Glucose) already inside the cell and it LOCKS OUT glucose from being able to enter from the bloodstream. However, if you think of IR in the solid orange box in the flow diagram shown (at 55:00 in this video) by Dr Mario Kratz as actually being the combination of having Fatty Liver AND Fatty Pancreas I think you have the ONE TRUE CAUSE of IR syndrome... the reason I say this is because I reversed my IR and chronic high glucose (10.6 A1C to 5.1 in 4 months) thru DIET ALONE... I have never smoked or exercised regularly or had chronic high stress levels... so I removed everything from my diet except whole food fruits and vegetables for 6 weeks (Apr 30 2023 to May 10 2023), then changed to carnivore lunch and fruit/veggie dinner ever since which is 100% completely sustainable and THIS ALONE has completely reversed my IR syndrome / metabolic syndrome / type 2 diabetes / heart attack risk / HBP / etc. by FIRST eliminating my Fatty Liver and Fatty Pancreas in those first 6 weeks. And I lost 72 pounds total of which 52 was FAT and 20 was lean muscle based on my calculations.
I had a heart attack on April 24 2023 and this was the highly motivating factor for me to adopt this diet. The TWO major components of my pre vs post heart attack diet were FRIED FOODS and a gallon of COCA COLA daily.
I am a huge Dr Mario Kratz fan now and I have been a huge Dr Ford Brewer fan for many years now. And basically YES the IR can be reversed quickly (6 weeks) via IF (18:6) plus a low fat OR low carb diet OR carnivore diet IMO.
I know of a newborn that the mother attempted to breastfeed but couldn’t. As both the mother and baby were crying, the father rushed to the pharmacy to get some newborn milk looking formula. The first item is the formula in corn syrup. Since the mother has gastric issues with casein, she avoided animal milk preemptively. Now the child grew on this formula, was feed lots of cereals and fruits and is now 42 months old and doesn’t look overweight although she is among the highest decile in terms of height. It looks like she is of a phenotype that handles this kind of nutrition without any apparent negative impact. Certainly not all infant metabolisms would react the same way.
Bad lifestyle is many variable and people can pin down one cause to the development of arterial disease because it is simplistic and because it’s satisfying to find s culprit.
So if you have become carb intolerant, how do you go about becoming carb tolerant (Insulin sensitive) again if you avoid carbs? And how is it that approaches like the Potato diet, which is massively high in carbs, improves insulin sensitivity?
The primary cause of insulin resistance in most people is excess body fat, stored in visceral and ectopic depots, specifically in the liver and muscle. Therefore, any diet that triggers weight loss will usually reduce the amount of fat in liver, muscle, and visceral fat depots, and that improves insulin sensitivity. Cheers Mario
Dr Brewer please do not change your unique channel because of a few criticisms So what if a joke gets old it is 20 seconds of your show How can that bother someone Most channels today we are going to do a deep dive into topic and the video is 8 minutes is that really a deep dive We do not need to understand every single thing to understand your videos
Thank you very much. We are constantly working to improve, so we hear criticisms as suggestions. But we do not run in fear. Our skin is pretty thick. And our message matters; thst’s still the goal.
I am so pissed because my primary PCP wouldn't give me a HOMA-IR lab i'm pretty sure the labs I just learned from you is off the table she said i'd have to see an Endocrinologist and my triglycerides weren't high enough., however my old PCP gave me a CRP,BNP and OXLDL labs they were were all great my small LDL particles are high.
Dr Ford/Jesus - Considering it is now well recognised that raised insulin plays a huge role as a marker of metabolic health, do you think that health practitioners should be more focused on widespread testing of fasting insulin levels in the population? Surely this is the next logical step forward?
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I'm now at 25min where Mario says insuline resistence begins at the cell level when neither the number of cells nor the size can grow. How can it then be that some people are 250 kg heavy or even more while others are insuline resistant at 80 kg ? The cells can obviously become many and huge. Does it mean these super fat people have kind of a super high fat threshold stashing away hundreds of kilos of fat in their subcutaneous fat stores and still be comparably insuline sensitive ?
Have you stopped using statins yet? They really age you fast. Face wrinkles and under eye bags increase on them. Took them for 10 years and still had calcium buildup so they don’t even do anything helpful. Took the blinders off with a ketovore lifestyle and quit statins since they only have negatives and ZERO positives.
This video is about how insulin resistance clogs your arteries. The host, Dr. Ford Brewer, is interviewing Dr. Mario Kratz, a nutritionist who specializes in cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Kratz starts by discussing the concept of lean mass hyperresponders, a group of people who have high levels of LDL cholesterol but don't seem to have an increased risk of heart disease. He then talks about the importance of testing for insulin resistance, as it is a major risk factor for heart disease even if your blood sugar levels are normal.
Dr. Brewer and Dr. Kratz then discuss the different ways in which insulin resistance can damage the arteries. They explain that insulin can cause inflammation and plaque buildup, even in people with normal cholesterol levels. They also talk about the importance of a low-carb diet for managing insulin resistance and preventing heart disease.
The video ends with Dr. Kratz answering questions from the audience about niacin, vitamin K2, and other topics related to heart health.
Here are some of the key takeaways from the video:
Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for heart disease, even if your blood sugar levels are normal.
Testing for insulin resistance is important for anyone who is concerned about their heart health.
A low-carb diet can help to manage insulin resistance and prevent heart disease.
There are a number of other things you can do to improve your heart health, such as exercising regularly and getting enough sleep.
I hope this summary is helpful!
Mario Kratz is so brilliant at explaining the science behind our health. Thank you to him (and Dr Brewer) for putting out all of this really useful content on RUclips.
PS I notice a lovely grand piano in Mario’s house - lucky him having that there!!
Kudos to Dr. Kratz for putting everything in a nutshell!
Love me some Dr. Mario Kratz!! Never miss his videos.. educational & understandable!
Thank you all for a very worthwhile presentation. Mario is brilliant1
00:00 ⚠ Is LDL the cause of heart disease
8:49: 📚 Dr. Mario Introduction to Nourished by sciences
16:34: 🍔 The Worst diet
24:19: 📉 The Role of Insulin in fat metabolism
31:44: 🔍 Visceral fat vs subcutaneous fat
39:52: 🍺Fructose, alcohol and stress
47:41: 🩺Why Insulin Resistance is a problem (beyond glucose)
1:02:57: 🔬 Lipoproteins and CV Plaque
1:10:38: 🔑Apo B
1:19:27: 💊 What about Niacin?
1:27:42: 📉Low Carb Diet, and insulin response
1:35:23: 🥦 Avoid dietary tribalisms
This was one of the best interviews I have heard on your channel and any other RUclips video. Thank you !!!
Bingo. Right there. He said the root of the problem: Fuel Toxicity.
Excellent video - thank you . I have been surprised at finding out that prediabetes , heart disease and cancer are all related. Great charts and discussion.
Thank you very much.
All sickness is basically the result of either malnourishment or toxicity.
all related to Insulin - ALL of it... This has actually been known for years but the AMA medical establishment and Big Pharma and Big Food complex... want you eating junk 24/7 - taking drugs 24/7 when all you have to do is eat whole foods only when you are hungry
AND I HAVE HEART PROB DUE TO CANCER MEDS THINK MAYBE INSULIN RESISTANCE METABOLIC AND BORDER DIABETIC ,,have cut most sugar but over Christmas had a few drinks, but this is so eye opening ,,,,
Also athrosclerosis high blood pressure,,,oh dear!!
I, too, enjoy Mario. His channel posts are even more as he is able to present his information in a straightforward way without interruptions. I understand this is an interview, so questions are expected, but if anyone wants an uninterrupted stream of concise, understandable information, go to his channel and start from his first presentation, and go from there. From doing this, I feel I finally have a basic understanding of the lifestyle driven disease process and how to combat it.
I feel like I am getting a great education. Having worked in clinical chemistry lab. We focused on normal range, but not what caused biochemistry.
It's great to get deeper into the topic. Since I am a senior and would like to be healthy. It's just great to learn more. Your brain is working on educational thoughts ! Big plus!
Excellent presentation, I have watched marios videos before, I highly recommend his channel, detailed but understandable. As someone who recently learned that he has been pre-diabetic for at least twenty years, I am frankly horrified that none of the doctors I ever worked with, either MDs or naturopaths ever explained the significance of this fact to me, obviously they did not have this information.
All treatments are stipulated by the pharmaceutical conglomerate. They don't want you healthy but also not dead. They want you in need of doctors and medicine from birth to death. Why would they want to tell you how to keep healthy? We need to be our own doctors. We've got the power within us.
I’m sorry that that happened to you. I had to educate myself as well as to the meaning of what my fasting glucose meant and had to discover I had pre-diabetes and, again, learn what to do about it. I Chose a ketogenic diet and then later combined low-carb with a shorter eating window and have like at 80 lbs. How did you tackle your prediabetes?
Sorry, about the spelling errors. I blame autocorrect! 😂. I meant to say I lost 80 lbs. I’m now focused on building muscle.
Kudos!! Dr Brewer's intro was 1 of his best & why i started following him 5 yrs sgo. He must of read it instead of ad lib tangents & bunny holes....on point, could follow his logic as it was mostly complete start to finish thoughts & no extra words. Efficient use of time, nice change. Please continue this educational delivery.
Thank You for inviting and hosting one of my favourite RUclipsrs, Mario. He makes excellent video content and I highly recommend watching his content.
Excellent information, Drs. Brewer and Kratz!
I found out about the relationship between plaque formation and insulin spikes through Ivor Cummins about 6 years ago. The insulin also causes inflammation in the body that has its own impact.
I have gone from eating carbs to eating more fat and protein to very little carbs. Now I am feeling incredible.
Yes been trying to make the best of it because two heart attacks later never had high blood pressure cholesterol between 189 and 249 and still having heart attacks
Trying to figure out the first step eating fat not eating fat sugar no sugar supplements no supplements drugs no drugs thanks for what you all do still exercising almost 60
I would recommend getting Dr Westmans book End Your Carb Confusion. In this book he simplifies a lot of this and has an easy to follow food list. Don’t get me wrong I love this deep dive video and think it’s essential, both philosophies are vital!
Tha5s how i feel i have done,dr esytlstens diet but that was mainly carbs,which was not good then i found i have b, cancer so have to cut carbs sugar ,,and dont want to get any more so not trying to do to many carbs,any more
Hi there. 2018 to now keto. Had CKD stage 4 and T2D on insulin. Fast forward to today. My HDL was 128 and my Triglycerides were 72 so my doc said she didn’t not care my total cholesterol was 261. Took me 4 years but I educated her woo hoo
With respect to the last question, I like the perspective of Dr. Robert Cywes. One has to make the distinction between a nutritional event from a dopamine event. There are healthier ways to get a dopamine rush or a stress releasing activity than swallowing some nutrition less so called food. The food producing industry and easy access at every corner is omnipresent.
Again this is the absolute best host. Has the best guests and does not interrupt them. Thank you very much.
I came across Mario a few weeks ago and was immediately captivated
He deserves a much wider audience
So I am very pleased to find doc Ford agreeing with me😂
I place Mario in that group of RUclipsrs that I trust perhaps too much, Gil, Chris, Gardner, Mike, Tom, Ford, bikman (minus the carnivorism 😂), David, Nick, Simon, Nicholas, Bill Wilson, etc
My personal bias is against hypertrophic ripped gym rat influencers 😊.
Thank you. Appreciate the kind words.
However ... who said I am not a "hypertrophic gym rat"??? Topless videos coming up ....😂
Cheers
Mario
@@nourishedbyscience 😂😂❤️❤️
@@nourishedbyscience
Another esteemed member of my RUclips brain trust is a meaty pounder of the iron, since he was 19, physionics' Nicholas Verhoeven. He also wears tight t-shirts but, nobody's perfect😊
Excellent presentation by Trio. Seven essentials for good health. Most experts miss proper hydration & elimination
I learned alot from this. Brilliant. Thank you all 👍
Slides were perfectly fine for me, no need to change. Ability to highlight/draw on them by the presenter would be a bonus.
Another great presentation!
Fantastic presentation and discussion! Thank you all.
Thanks you very much!
Thank you for this information. Great presentation!!
Thank you, thank you!!! Great information, Dr. Kratz is a wonderful guest and his charts and explanations are quite clear. Much appreciation!
Please continue at the levels you provide. If we are here watching you all we are looking for answers in detail.
Thank you very much!
Doctor Brewer. If carbohydrates raise blood glucose and blood insulin, and both of these damage tissues then why eat carbohydrates at all? I mean it almost seems to simple. Carbohydrates cause damage then why eat them? We know the body will make all the required glucose through gluconeogenesis? Please advise. Thanks a bunch
This has been an extremely helpful video in understanding glucose, insulin and Ldl, etc and where it fits with everything else…Great Slides!
Thanks for explaining in detail. It was not complicated. Thanks
Only recently discovered this channel. I will watch this episode a few times so I can really understand the core content. I have a suspicion I've got pre diabetes diabetes. Am applying this education and going to change my that. This channel is a Life Saver. Thank you so much.
You are welcome, & thank you.
Thats a great name ,im just the same and hope i can like the doctor clean my arteries,,and cure inflamation,,,,and insulin
Diets that are low in carbohydrates are also low in fiber and low fiber diets are implicated in cancer, heart disease and other disorders.
Not necessarily. It's fairly easy to eat low-carb and still get plenty of fiber from non-starchy veggetables, nuts and seeds, and maybe some fruit or berries.
Cheers
Mario
@@nourishedbyscience People with blood Type A do well with starches. In Asian countries where people live long lives, they eat lots of rice and fruit. The glycemic index of a meal is the average of everything in it so grains are acceptable in a meal with low glycemic things in it.
be nice if we could get a condensed version that is easy to put together
Depends, it's complicated. 🤓
I agree with Mario about the carbs if you are on low carb and then have carb your glucose does spike more. Mine has done that when I do this….. because I do wear a CGM and have seen what happens both ways. Time:1:28
We understood everything very well‼️‼️‼️ Mind-boggling information 👌🍎❤️❤️❤️
Stop apologizing and please don't hold back! Plse don't underestimate your audience. Give us the full pic and not a truncated pic.
I appreciate that. But please remember that we have a lot of “newbies” joining, > 1500/week.
@@PrevMedHealthRespectfully, the newbies have smart phones. They can take notes and go back and look up those terms tbey didn't understand. This is one of the problems nowadays, people want to be spoon feed information, as oppose to investing in themselves.
Fantastic work you're all doing.
newbies will get more confuse with the long winded explanation. Straight to the point is better for newbies. Sorry it is jz my opinion.@@PrevMedHealth
But if its to fast I miss 5hings with speech too mumbled so a calm speech,, is good
I agree I’m not a doctor, but I am in healthcare and understand almost all of what they are explaining. A channel such as this is very refreshing and even if I have to listen to a segment a second time, it is very worthwhile. In my opinion, the fact that it is presented with so much underlying scientific evidence and illustration gives it much more credibility and hits home in a deeper sense. Keep up the good work!
It was wonderful discussion, thx
Very interesting! At the end of my 14 days total water fast, I was hypoglycemic with blood glucose of 3.0 mmol/L = 54.0 mg/dL. Clinical symptoms of hypoglycemia = none. At the end of my 7 days total water fast, I was hypoglycemic with blood glucose 2.9 mmol/L = 52 mg/dL. Clinical symptoms of hypoglycemia = none. Any comments about this? Thx.
did you track ketones? The higher the ketones, the lower glucose can go without adverse effects since the brain runs better on ketones. Low blood glucose is only an issue if ketones are also low. After a couple days of fasting, ketones are likely high enough to protect against glucose levels that low.
@@fusedchromosome9350 great point! No, I did not measure ketones in my blood b/c I did not have means of doing this at that time. However, ketones were showing up in my urine. My Family Dr. reported this to me with worry bringing up the point of ketoacidosis, until I explained to him that I worked hard for this ketones (by my fasting), so they could supply my brain with energy. Thank you @fusedchromesome9350 for your comment. I am very glad that my body can switch easily and run on ketones when glucose runs low during fasting.
Got any videos on how to stop insulin resistance through diet alone? Really would like to hear/see directional actionable information to get moving and stay moving. Thanks, after all guys there's more to talking a lot there real lives out here wanting help to save themselves.
Thanks, Charles. We customize that for our patients. 859-721-1414
Ben Bikman has some great free info!
Prioritizing protein is important, not fearing the fat that comes along in nature with the meats or healthy fats and be conscious of carbohydrates getting them from whole and unprocessed sources.
My health has done a 360 following this info & I’ve effortlessly lost 55lbs
Also many fear protein for insulin spikes but it’s been shown that in the absence of refined carbohydrates it’s even more minimal and maintaining and building muscle is a great glucose sink and very helpful to regain insulin sensitivity.
happy new year & thanks
Very interesting! At one point in my life I was basically on Keto for years and I would go hypoglycaemic from time to time. NOT a pleasant experience! I am glad to know the reason!
Loved the trim work that Jordan did, magnificent! Kaylee your help in the clean up was the cherry on the cake. Sadie loves her bath tub. You are getting things done and of course loved the fireworks show in town. Until the next time ciao.
I love this Deep dive and this channel overall, excellent work!
Thank you very much!!
Dr. Mario is so right about the hypoglycemia symptoms. I’ve experienced it myself many times. If I had a small snack in form of pretzels or some other “dry” carbs, my blood glucose would spike to over 160 and about two hour later I’d have the shakes because of blood glucose plunge. I have to eat something like a piece of banana fast to get the blood sugar back to normal. So I figured out that if I want some snacks I’ll mix it with peanut butter, nuts or cheese and that keeps my blood sugar from spiking. Also, if I have too many carbs in form of berries I won’t get the shakes but I will get a hot flash about an hour or so later, so I know it’s probably the insulin flooding my body. Very strange. So lately I’ve been mixing berries too with some peanut butter, or almond butter or some nuts and that helps. It worries me because my A1c was 5.9 few months ago so I’ll have to recheck it. I think blood glucose monitor really helped me in determining which foods or combination of foods keep my blood glucose from spiking. I also noticed that if I overdo it with carbs but move around more my blood glucose doesn’t spike either.
Thank you very much for sharing that.
Hey doc how about the Randles Cycle?
Hey Doctor Brewer thank you good video.
I read study that Niacin added to statin is very efficient in reducing ldl and triglycerides, but it did not show cardiopeotection
Can you provide a detailed diet, exercise, and sleep program to mininmize risk factors and optimize health? I think that would at least help many of us at risk to go in the right direction...nice discussion ❤
Yes. But it is deceptively simple. Get a CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor). Don’t eat things that make your glucose go over 140 for more than 20 minutes. If you need more help than that, you are welcome to call 859-721-1414 & be a patient with our team.
do your own work. research and optimize your own health. people aren't going to do it for you just because you asked. LOLLLLLLLL
Use a keto or intermittently a carnivore diet. Be consistent with it. Cut out everything that is ultra processed. Go for a walk every day. Use a healthy life style.
@@otto.nomiik really harsh, I thought it was a fair question!!
I would recommend getting Dr Westmans book End Your Carb Confusion. In this book he simplifies a lot of this and has an easy to follow food list. Don’t get me wrong I love this deep dive video and think it’s essential, both philosophies are vital!
Dr. Brewer, et al, I recently had a TAVR to replace my Aortic Valve, which was damaged from calcification stenosis. What can I do to reduce or eliminate the calcification stenosis in my heart valves? Thanks!!
I have never measured a low BGL at any time, my problem was high BGL. If I stopped restricting my carbs then I would expect my BGL to rise again along with my weight. The amount of carbs in the modern diet is the problem in my opinion it is not a problem with me.
Statin sales is worth millions and they is what it is about. The whole thing is pharma led , the profits are the primary driver of the rote that is used by medicine.
I always struggle with the lack of focus in the script. Great information, maybe sine it the very best, but…. FOCUS!😊
Dr. Kratz, I watched some of your videos and used your methods. It is working for me! I take anastrazole which removes estrogen from my body so it does not feed my cancer type. [Cancer has been removed though]….. and this pill has made me my glucose levels fluctuate much easier because estrogen is a glucose moderator/regulator along with other hormones of course. Without estrogen my body went out of balance and so my glucose levels started making me become diabetic even though I was eating a very healthy diet. I used your guidelines and have started pulling my baseline glucose level down so that I do not become diabetic. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! I now wear a continuous glucose monitor and exercise every day. I cannot thank you enough! ❤❤❤❤❤
Have you looked into Dr Paul Mason who emphasizes the difference between healthy versus oxidized LDL . Major oxidative drivers being hyperglycemia and linoleic acid.
I stopped eating Corn , potatoes, and rice and my blood sugar in one week became normal.
I lost 20 lbs now weigh 130 no major changes with my diabetes
I ate only whole unprocessed carbs and still became pre-diabetic.
I had to go low carb to bring it down to normal. I thought i was eating so healthy but i also developed a lot of Inflammation from whole grains vegetables fruits beans nuts.
Have a citizen's finance trial on Insulin sensitivity and reversal of Atherosclerosis
Great video. I went to the Dr. a few months ago. My cholesterol is on the med/high border. No talk about exercise, what I'm eating and only spoke to the CNP. Dr. wanted to put me on statins without even speaking with them. Now looking for a new Dr.
Inform yourself and become your own doctor.
Merry Christmas!
My HbA1c has been steady at 5% for the past 8 years after dropping my weigh from 240 to 165.
However the big change happened when I dropped another 20 lb. and now weigh 145 lb.
What about Fasting Insulin. Mine dropped from 9.68 to 6.0 which I attribute to al low carb diet and raising my Omega 3 index to 11%.
Using the HOMA-IR calculator, my HOMA-IR which used to be 1.9, is now 1.3.
My HbA1c has been steady at 5% even before the HOMA-IR started to come down.
So, HbA1c is not the biggest marker.
Right the more important number is how much insulin is required to keep that A1C at whatever level it is. Ketovore with no peanuts, spinach or any other high oxylate food. Oxylates are more than just a kidney stone problem. Mostly beef and eggs.
Right the more important number is how much insulin is required to keep that A1C at whatever level it is. Ketovore with no peanuts, spinach or any other high oxylate food. Oxylates are more than just a kidney stone problem. Mostly beef and eggs.
Doctor Brewer if APOB or LDL is the bad guy then why does mine increase when I fast if fasting is good for our health? I test my LDL all the time at home. Fasting increases my LDL significantly.
I didn’t get the BMI numbers of Mark & Jim for comparison?
Thank you for verifying my thoughts on my case. I have a great deal of plaque and 35 percent body fat. and am trying to find what I can do to reverse that. Is there a way for me to get in touch with you. ? I live in San Francisco area
This probably seems off the subject, but, since there are no wrong questions, let alone ignorant or stupid ones, I’ll ask it; is there, or has there been considered to be an electrical component involved with atherosclerosis, or any disorder for that matter? Very much appreciate Mr Kratz PhD. Thank you all. Charles Markland CDT Jacksonville, FL
I would appreciate some clarification about the distinction between “risk factors” and “root causes”. Both expressions are used. If root causes were really known, we wouldn’t need to talk about “risk factors”, we would just fix the “causing factors”. What am I missing?
How about the work of Dr Joseph Kraft?
Dr Kratz. I am insulin resistant and prediabetic and I have a lot of plaque. I am trying to figure out how to reverse this.
I also have 35 percent body fat.
How or who can I contact for help with this. My endocrinologist has never helped in this matter
Thank you
Ginny
Insulin resistance (IR) is by definition when a cell has too much FUEL (Fat and Glucose) already inside the cell and it LOCKS OUT glucose from being able to enter from the bloodstream. However, if you think of IR in the solid orange box in the flow diagram shown (at 55:00 in this video) by Dr Mario Kratz as actually being the combination of having Fatty Liver AND Fatty Pancreas I think you have the ONE TRUE CAUSE of IR syndrome... the reason I say this is because I reversed my IR and chronic high glucose (10.6 A1C to 5.1 in 4 months) thru DIET ALONE... I have never smoked or exercised regularly or had chronic high stress levels... so I removed everything from my diet except whole food fruits and vegetables for 6 weeks (Apr 30 2023 to May 10 2023), then changed to carnivore lunch and fruit/veggie dinner ever since which is 100% completely sustainable and THIS ALONE has completely reversed my IR syndrome / metabolic syndrome / type 2 diabetes / heart attack risk / HBP / etc. by FIRST eliminating my Fatty Liver and Fatty Pancreas in those first 6 weeks. And I lost 72 pounds total of which 52 was FAT and 20 was lean muscle based on my calculations.
And for me the sleep apnea issues were CAUSED by me being 72 pounds overweight... it is virtually GONE now also.
I had a heart attack on April 24 2023 and this was the highly motivating factor for me to adopt this diet. The TWO major components of my pre vs post heart attack diet were FRIED FOODS and a gallon of COCA COLA daily.
I am a huge Dr Mario Kratz fan now and I have been a huge Dr Ford Brewer fan for many years now. And basically YES the IR can be reversed quickly (6 weeks) via IF (18:6) plus a low fat OR low carb diet OR carnivore diet IMO.
@@josephmorrison3634 congrats for achieving this feat. I celebrate with you
I know of a newborn that the mother attempted to breastfeed but couldn’t. As both the mother and baby were crying, the father rushed to the pharmacy to get some newborn milk looking formula. The first item is the formula in corn syrup. Since the mother has gastric issues with casein, she avoided animal milk preemptively. Now the child grew on this formula, was feed lots of cereals and fruits and is now 42 months old and doesn’t look overweight although she is among the highest decile in terms of height. It looks like she is of a phenotype that handles this kind of nutrition without any apparent negative impact. Certainly not all infant metabolisms would react the same way.
Human mother's milk is naturally high in sugar, so they make infant formula high in sugar as well. It's not a problem.
@@TasteOfButterflies I doubt mother’s milk contains fructose though.
@@TasteOfButterflies According to Dr. Robert Cywes PhD, infants who are breastfed are naturally in nutritional ketosis.
Bad lifestyle is many variable and people can pin down one cause to the development of arterial disease because it is simplistic and because it’s satisfying to find s culprit.
Didn’t know that lipid cell hypertrophy cap is what causes insulin resistance! Wow
Doctor Brewer can y’all cover the Randles cycle
Hey doc So long endurance training can produce stress. Can this cause visceral fat?
Short answer,yes.Better do HIIT
So if you have become carb intolerant, how do you go about becoming carb tolerant (Insulin sensitive) again if you avoid carbs? And how is it that approaches like the Potato diet, which is massively high in carbs, improves insulin sensitivity?
The primary cause of insulin resistance in most people is excess body fat, stored in visceral and ectopic depots, specifically in the liver and muscle. Therefore, any diet that triggers weight loss will usually reduce the amount of fat in liver, muscle, and visceral fat depots, and that improves insulin sensitivity.
Cheers
Mario
Thanks, Mario!
@@nourishedbyscience brilliant thanks 👍
272 was the average for 100 people. Some of those people had LDL measured in the 500's. And those people had zero plaque.
If it is about to much energy then the bodybuilding crowd may have it correct on small frequent meals to boost BMR? Your thoughts Doctor?
What about the fructose that the body makes from simple carbohydrates?
What about people who have liposuction? Does the removal of subcutaneous fat drive fat deeper into the body and around the organs? Does it lead to IR?
Dr Brewer please do not change your unique channel because of a few criticisms
So what if a joke gets old it is 20 seconds of your show
How can that bother someone
Most channels today we are going to do a deep dive into topic and the video is 8 minutes is that really a deep dive
We do not need to understand every single thing to understand your videos
Thank you very much. We are constantly working to improve, so we hear criticisms as suggestions. But we do not run in fear. Our skin is pretty thick. And our message matters; thst’s still the goal.
I couldn’t agree more
I am so pissed because my primary PCP wouldn't give me a HOMA-IR lab i'm pretty sure the labs I just learned from you is off the table she said i'd have to see an Endocrinologist and my triglycerides weren't high enough., however my old PCP gave me a CRP,BNP and OXLDL labs they were were all great my small LDL particles are high.
You can calculate it from your triglycerides and your fasting blood sugar.
What about the short chain saturated fats that the body makes from fiber?
Type 2 diabetes can be explained by the Randle Cycle. It must be considered if there is any talk of insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance is a characteristic of the cells.
My brother cholesterol was 148 mine 170 . I am 53 very athletic,no diabetes he is 54 years old and diabetic , got a massive hard attack and died
Cancer cells don't become insulin resistant... We set the mutants up for success... No wonder we see so much more cancer. 😢
How homocysteine causes insulin resistance , thats what people should discuss.
Dr Ford/Jesus - Considering it is now well recognised that raised insulin plays a huge role as a marker of metabolic health, do you think that health practitioners should be more focused on widespread testing of fasting insulin levels in the population? Surely this is the next logical step forward?
Yes. We recommend (& do) insulin testing, both fasting & glucose - challenged.
The interruptions are very distracting
Dr BREWER 🍀🍀🍀
Thank you very much
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I'm now at 25min where Mario says insuline resistence begins at the cell level when neither the number of cells nor the size can grow. How can it then be that some people are 250 kg heavy or even more while others are insuline resistant at 80 kg ? The cells can obviously become many and huge. Does it mean these super fat people have kind of a super high fat threshold stashing away hundreds of kilos of fat in their subcutaneous fat stores and still be comparably insuline sensitive ?
Have you stopped using statins yet? They really age you fast. Face wrinkles and under eye bags increase on them. Took them for 10 years and still had calcium buildup so they don’t even do anything helpful. Took the blinders off with a ketovore lifestyle and quit statins since they only have negatives and ZERO positives.
👏👏🆙🇧🇷good job
If it ain't LDL...could it be HIGH Triglycerides and LOW HDL
Yep. & those might not be drivers as much as biomarkers.
@@PrevMedHealth
My latest blood test:
Fasting glucose 90
Fasting Insulin 6.0
HOMA-IR 1.3
Insulin sensitive Finally!
Stop interrupting you add nothing
You take way too long to get o the guest.