30 days start weight 360 lbs and now 334 lbs and thats 26 lbs in 30 days. I am documenting my journey to be another voice in the fight for living the most optimal life a person can obtain. Nearest to zero carb and zero sugar for the rest of my life.
I walked away from my addiction after a 40 year long relationship with cigarettes after listening to your videos because I finally got why I repeatedly failed at quitting smoking. The first couple of days I found myself still stepping outside onto the deck where I used to smoke but then realized that this was actually the mental break I needed, not the nicotine. So I planted rose bushes, hydrangeas and lavender around my deck. I make a point of getting up and going out onto the deck at least once an hour so that I don't sit all day. Seeing the blooms and smelling their scent is now my stress relief. The nicotine cravings are getting less because I don't think of cigarettes at all, but as soon as I see someone smoking I want a cigarette!
Thank you Dr. I first saw you with Dr Berry. Now after 2 years of lchf, being insulin sensitive, 35 lbs lighter, monthly 3 day fasts, and OMAD and cycling. I now eat to live, NOT live to eat. The change has added life to my years. At 66 I now am my own Doctor. I will keep learning from Doctors like you who really care. GOD BLESS.
Some people lose a lot when they poo...some don't. Far as sugar addict. Yes its like a heroin addiction. At this point it will take hypnotism to get me to not want it.
Had my second virtual appointment with the doctor. It was like the skies opened; talking to Robert was talking to someone who walked in my shoes. I adore my general practitioner, and she's never had a weight problem like mine. Metabolic Syndrome. Who knew. After that appointment, and my next one with Jane, all the pieces are falling into place. I'd be happy to share more of the worthiness of the appointments (Cywes and Jane) with anyone who'd like to know. 😊😊😊
@@lynnecobb9399 Jane is the licensed nutritionist/keto carnivore Dr. Cywes works with. It's a new (at least youtube new) collaboration. She's been doing this for a while and is helping me to fine tune my eating as I'm getting closet to my A1c goal.
@@rjrnj1 yes I see both drive 440 miles well worth it. Love Jane and they both have me on track. Full carnivore now. Love his comments about DR Atkins who read in 78 as a 24 year old. Love disruptor type folks he was one. Keto is too corrupt now I’m with DR Berry love the fatty meat, organs, and omega 3-6 fish too.
Same here. My daughter “saw” Jane on a zoom appointment and she was great. She has an auto-inflammatory disease and Jane put her on carnivore. My husband and I both have Dr.Rob as our doc and think he is a Godsend. Going back to a “regular” doctor seems unthinkable now, he has helped us so much.
@@crishamilton6678 yes he got me on insulin pump think my A1C will be below 5.0 now I’m 80-90 all night. Never better. I saw DR Berry before and like Bosworth but Cykes my hero. Jane is a beast her training program awesome
As a faculty member and a college administrator for 25 years, I can absolutely confirm that the current young generation…on balance…has no resiliency and no ability to cope effectively with stress. On top of the vaping and substance use, they need more counseling, social, and academic support than ever. It’s a serious problem and significant contribution to the rising cost of a college education.
Who would want to claim to be an addict? It causes so much heartbreak, anxiety, panic and grief. And what a gift from my doc to get my favorite medical term “bullshit” twice in one video!!
I abused carbs for years and then it became an addiction. I've been able to stay in control of that addiction by eating lower carb. Over the course of 11 years, I've been able to figure out my body's line. I can eat a piece of seasonal fruit. There are some foods that don't raise my blood glucose level (corn and baked/mashed potatoes), but there are some things I just can't eat or it starts a very slippery slope. The first day it's 1 cookie. The next day it's one cookie and some chips. The day after that I'm sneaking whole bunches of cookies and before I know it, I'm eating boxes of it at a time. But it is also a mental thing. While I get that initial high that feels soooo good. I very quickly feel low and it's not low from feeling guilty, but when my blood sugars are too high, I feel depressed. Everything makes me sad - so then I want to eat more carbs because they temporarily boost my mood. That is actually my biggest battle. I have Seasonal Affect disorder and I live in Maryland. Winter is hell for me. That is when I have a HELL of a time staying on top of the addiction. I simply don't care about anything, so I start eating carbs and before I know it, I've gained 40 pounds over the winter, and then I need to spend several months taking that weight off. It puts me in the diabetic range every year with my blood sugars. And then I get better with more light, and then late fall comes again and the cycle starts over. I'm hoping I've kicked it this year by finding more food alternatives to add to the mix in fall and winter.
Another informative and very helpful video. You are doing a great service to the world. As a result of watching your videos and following Dr. Westman's plan, I have lost 42 lbs .......first time in my 75 yr life I have been able to do this. Still more to go but identifying the problem has given me the tools to stay on course.
I appreciate your important thoughts about addiction and carbs. I notice in the comments here people that are on and off the bandwagon like a revolving door: you will always have to exercise personal restraint to succeed at anything but by adhering to a low carb program for years-not a month or two-you will enable yourself to better deal with the desire for carbs. And this, sir, is one other thing you are alone in emphasizing-fat adaptaptation takes two or more good years of low carb / carnivore and NOT a mere couple of months. I know of only one other person that has noted this as a guest on a keto channel of few years ago but he does not have his own youtube channel. Brilliant work here doctor.
This is brilliant! Thank you for making it so clear. When I was a child (into my young adulthood) I used exercise for my emotional management. My mother understood me as a child. When she would see tension building in me, she would assign running to me, while she cheered me on. Unsurprisingly, I became an athlete, and the effects of eating crap didn’t show on my body. Later in my life, with work keeping me busy, I started using carbs and would exercise less and less. Then at around my mid twenties I became a vegetarian and the combo of adding more and more carbs for food and emotional control, I became fat. I am a perfect example of what you discuss here. Having a ketogenic lifestyle for the past 5 months and relearning active emotional management techniques, I am down 36 pounds, my health is returning (by the way I was not able to have children because of carb addiction), and I am much happier. At 59 years old, it’s never too late. Your work and your message means the world!
I am all for dealing with carbohydrate addiction. But when we refer to carbs, it is primarily ultra processed carbs and starchy foods. Ultra processed carbs are usually refined carbs + processed industrial seed oils. These usually go hand in hand. We should call it what it is not just carbs. Take for example nobody is addicted to plain boiled potatos. But everyone is addicted to french fries and potato chips.
I would and have eaten plain boiled potatoes for a carb fix. Not only do you get your sugar you look to other people like you have gone for a healthy choice. Us addicts can be very sneaky, even fooling ourselves
I consider myself a carb addict after over 40 years of carrying more than 100 lbs of excess weight. I have lost over 100 lbs at 3 different times in those years but this is the first time I’ve been able to keep it off. This time I finished up with Keto (less than 20 g of total carbs) but soon discovered that any amount of any types of carb, even veggies and salads will cause cravings to return. Have now gone full carnivore and finally am free of any cravings. I have also had to have in the last 8 years 4 total joint replacements, both hips and both knees. Too many years of carrying too much weight on too small a frame. I think that qualifies as harm.
True, but once you've abused carbs so long that you've developed a metabolic disorder (insulin resistance or the metabolic syndrome), ANY type of carbs will trigger both insulin spikes and instant water retention. I'm on a very low-carb at present and discovered this myself when I overate a couple of days ago. All of my carbs for that high-carb day were clean, healthy carbs from vegetables and seeds/nuts, yet at 120 g of even the cleanest carbs possible, I swelled up and didn't feel at all well the day after. And yet, the American Diabetic Association, whose recommendations are followed all over the world, still counsels people with full-blown diabetes to have up to 250 g of carbs a day!
Part of my healing from carb addiction (aside from the carnivore diet) is working with a really great personal coach. She has taught me how to process things and work through emotions in a healthy way. I can’t recommend it enough-an outside source to help you see where your thought and emotional processes are underdeveloped.
It is crazy how we get addicted to some thing and not other things. Carbs and sweets just are one for me! Other things that a lot of people get addicted to are not for me. Anyway, So grateful to be free from it. Thank you!
And clarifying that what so many casually call "Food Addiction" is flat out wrong. "Carbohydrate Addiction" is spot on. It's not a matter of semantics. The distinction is critical. Thanks, doc!
Sono rimasta incantata da questa lectio magistralis. Dovrebbero ascoltarla con grande umiltà e attenzione tutti i medici, i nutrizionisti, gli psichiatri, tutti gli operatori del settore del benessere e sedicenti tali!! Complimenti dottore,la seguo dall'Italia con molto interesse e grandissima stima.
I just love when you don't sugar coat the facts. Not only does your teachings cover food addiction it can very well be for many other addictions as well ! Love that you say it like it is ! Can't wait till the next Videos.
Thank you so much doc. You have just made sense of all the terrible things I went through a little over two years ago. I was heart broken, turned to snorting smoking chewing not sleeping and eating junk food to an extreme I thought I had things " under control " , until I passed out, wrecked my car, almost killed myself and ended up in emergency. I got so scared that I quit everything all at once. LSS Doing a whole lot better but still struggle with things, but I'm committed to healthy living! It can be done!!🎉
I used to say to myself sometimes, "you're acting like an addict about food". Now I know that I am probably right. I've participated in some behaviors - like hiding my eating from my husband -- that I know is a sign of addiction. I am so glad to have found you.
I eat when I’m bored 😐. Is that addiction? At home I can eat bacon, eggs, butter and beef. But, at family events I end up eating too many carbs even though I tell myself all the way there that I’m not going to. 🤔🤨 ( I’m 50 years old, lost 75 lbs in 12 months on Keto and IF)
This video made me cry because it made me realize I have no control and never will. That's scary to me because my carb addiction has already caused disease and if I can't get my shit together it will get worse.
I’m somewhat confused. It took me about a month to admit I was carb addict. This video is making me rethink my situation. I was raised on the finish your plate club but didn’t have weight issues until late 20’s. In my late 30’s I started going out to restaurants more and continued clean the plate. Overeating was my problem. I have a box of my fav See’s candy in my cupboard for 4 mo now that I haven’t touched since starting keto. All sorts of things not keto friendly I have not been tempted nor crave. By weighing all my food intake I quickly learned portion control. Now eat when hungry stop just before full. Down 40 lbs with 60 more to go. I actually started for health benefits and love the weight loss bonus. I still love your philosophy and will follow you. You have helped me so much!!
If we developed a carb addiction before we were old enough to develop any real emotion management strategies, how do we teach ourselves what we should've known prior to developing the addiction and remove the carbs as the management system?
Instead of using habits that disconnect you from your emotions, try activities or habits that channel your emotions in a positive ways, such as journaling, meditating, going for a walk, playing an instrument, whatever allows you to express yourself. It's easy to check out by sitting down eating junk and watching TV. Do things that are more engaging, that require you to be present with yourself. Good luck ox
@@mindsetwithmarie676 excellent encouragement... engaging, rather than disengaging. I'm realizing I've fallen into a habit of disengaging by grabbing a snack and scrolling YT, FB, other internet sites. I used to read a lot, now not at all...I am numbing out! "Engage" will be my new affirmation. Thanks and God bless ❤️🙏❤️
Love your work Rob. Your videos have resulted in a loss of 25kg since February and significant improvement in bloods. My thanks to you on starting me on a better path. Stuart from Melbourne AU.
Not sure if overeating carbs for me is an addiction or an indulgence. I definitely get a high from it and do it more when I am stressed. Your vids are literally food for thought. Thank you
People that don’t know and think they have a food addiction need educated. I am not using buzz words anymore. People seem to understand sugar free best. No more explanation needed.
Love everything about you and your message Dr. Cywes, you speak only the truth in a very convivial way, for those Who Struggle with Their Health 🥩🥩🥩🥩😊 Thank you Sir
I am the parent of three 'grown' kids- 26, 22 and 19. I think it would be absolutely and utterly fantastic if you would do a video or two geared to this younger generation. I can try to talk to them about emotional management strategies, using things as crutches (smoking, alcohol, vaping, carbs etc) and endorphin/seratonin etc but I'm their Mom and it's blah, blah, blah. You are very relatable in the way that you speak and I think an overall general message for that age group would be so, so very helpful for them. Please consider this @Dr. Cywes!! @#thecarbaddictiondoc
After a half gallon of ice cream and a bag of m&ms I can say I’m an addict-but I think addicted to sugar,not carbs in general. I have an unopened bag of chips in my cupboard with no desire to open them🤔
Zero carb carnivore has given me freedom from sugar/carb addiction and freedom from severe food allergies. Thank you for all your videos on addiction. You are one of my sources of support for my healing journey.
"Use=>Abuse=>Addiction"...great way of framing the levels. For me, years of carb "abuse" led to a chemical carb addiction. Once I became insulin resistant after years of carb abuse, I realized even relatively modest carb intake was causing me to snack too much. I know you consider snacking a purely emotional event, however there is a chemical component (to addiction) that I believe deserves more "airplay/research" (not purely emotional). Why? Once I "detoxed" and fat adapted (which took ~1 month), my (chemical) addiction to carbs discontinued. When I have parents/friends over I offer them pasta/cake and have 0 problem not indulging (again, now that I'm fat adapted). I have Mexican Coke in my fridge for well over 1 year and haven't touched it. If my carb addiction had emotional roots, that coke would have been consumed by now. Also important to note I don't have an addictive personality in general.
This is amazing! You are the first medical person I have ever heard acknowledge that addiction (no matter which one) is triggered by our emotional state!! I have been trying to explain this to the people around me for years, but I could never explain it like you just have. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will be following your videos with interest and hopefully it will help me to find a way to learn to deal with my emotions in such a way, that the triggers will get less and less. I am so happy I found you Dr. Cywes !
Thank you so much to Dr Cywes. Listening (carefully) to each of your videos as they come out is helping me personally understand how and why, I have got into the rut of obesity, insulin resistance and using carbs as my emotional support. The bad things that can come into every person’s life (for me the death of our only son, huge hormone disruptions and a myriad of other things) have contributed to the building of a house of cards that offered no substantive safe shelter from the emotional harms. I have scheduled a telemed appointment with Dr C much later in the year and really hope to set up an appointment with Jane as well to help me in my own efforts to engage in a ketogenic/carnivore and fasting lifestyle. I’ve been doing this (ketogenic and IF) alone for 2 months and started at 170lbs (have stalled now at 152)…so the help will be most welcome even though I am feeling much better. To other casual viewers who have stumbled across this…Dr C. Is doing us all a great service and I encourage you to keep listening.
This is helping me delve into what is going on with me. It gives me hope that I can eventually overcome and put my type 2 diabetes into remission. Thank you for ALL this wonderful information.
Thank you for clarifying, I know now it’s abuse not addiction but when you are in the emotion it’s hard to separate because it’s always based on emotion that’s breaking your heart unfortunately.
Thank you for this video. I needed a kick in the pants to be able to step back and tell myself I am only doing myself harm by continuing to think I can eat that slice of bread or that cookie without consequences. I have abused bread and sugar for years, two years ago I was able to stop and lose a tremendous amount of weight and get my health markers back into the normal range. But recently I have been slipping in a slice of bread with butter or a "keto" cookie that shouldn't bother me but I am seeing the effects and I am going to have to stop again. It is too easy to think that you can control your wants it is almost impossible to stop when you know that you have to when you have to eat to live. The pull for that ice cream or that slice of sweet cake is real and it takes more than just not having it in the house to get to the point that you don't think about it and how good it tastes and the sugar rush you get when you eat it.
I never thought I had an addictive personality until tonight a light bulb went off, I've tried to control my carb/sugar addiction with keto for years now I was doing ok, but tonight i realised that i swapped one addiction for another now I'm a shopaholic, I now need to quit my obsession with shopping. I replaced one addiction for another,
@@Norman_Gunstan1 thankyou I agree, I love the talks on addiction, So many light bulbs going off as the carb dr talks, sugar is my addiction and I've known that for a long time, I still binge on sugar when I'm stressed out I need to learn a new way, I come from a family of 5 all diabetes I'm trying to avoid that.
Please talk about protein sparing modified fasts if you haven't already; it's much easier than a strict fast and seems to be effective. Thank you for all your work in helping people get healthy in body and mind :)
I don't understand the name 'protein sparing' modified fasts...if It severely restricts calorie consumption while increasing the intake of protein-rich foods. Why is it called protein sparing?
@@angiesrecipes it's because with appropriate protein intake, your muscles, hair, etc will be spared during the "fast." Muscles are especially spared when exercise is also implemented. When carbs and fats are kept low, the body will go at the fat reserves for fuel. When fats are higher, the body will use the some of the dietary fat for fuel and it will keep the reserves it has stored. That's why people on high fat diets experience a stall. Proteins are the building blocks and fats and carbs are fuel. When the body has carbs it wont burn fats. When it has excess dietary fat, it wont burn the fat reserves. That said, this sort of thing shouldn't be done everyday. Three times a week should see excellent results. Hope that helps! Also, if u look up PSMF there are people that can explain better :)
Theirs no doubt I’ve got carb addiction, leave me with people around I’m fine. But leave me alone in a room with carbs poorly hidden & I’m struggling fighting off the just 1 won’t hurt & before I know it I’m struggling not to binge, yes I know it’s emotional events, still struggling mentally to stick to my no. Thankfully doesn’t happen every day & gives me time to recover. Trying to find a bridge I can stick to that doesn’t push me off. Currently trying keto chow as an experiment while staying mostly carnivore, don’t know if its helping or hurting yet, so far still early. Btw I was down to 240 in late 2017, then I had 1 of my dad’s diet pepsi after 5 years of no soda at all, then couldn’t stop drinking it, & then was on homemade keto strawberry ice cream. Now back to weighing 290 because I’m struggling to find consistency.
accountability is key... and you actually know this already, so I'm just gonna break thru the mental fog the addiction brings. When you are around others, you "have control", when alone you "have no control". We all want to look good to others, be well thought of. Personal example - when I'm jogging and hear a vehicle approaching, I pull myself up a bit taller, firm up my arm swing, close my mouth, put on a smile...silly, right? Find an online support group, find a "sober" partner, be honest - just knowing you WILL report any slips helps you not to slip. God bless ❤️🙏❤️
Sorry, Doc, as much as I appreciate your wisdom, I have to strongly disagree with you on that: I've smoked from age 13-21 and I was (and still am, 44 now) strongly addicted to nicotine. I quit for good, but I know that one cigarette would be enaugh to reinflamme my addiction (thinking about it gives me at this very moment the bodily feeling of a nicotine craving). I didn't have cancer or any other health issues when I quit at age 21. Still I was addicted at that time. Same with carbs: I know I'm addicted, although I am in a perfect BMI for over 10 years now and have perfect blood tests and I am far from metabolic syndrome. You don't have to suffer the health consequences firstly to be an addict. You are spot on on everything regarding biology and medicine, but I think you have a tendency to oversimplify psychology, the root of addiction and anthropology. Love your work, don't have to agree on everything, right? :)
Very thought provoking- I seem to lack all control in this area....now what ? All my extra cash has gone to buying steaks - I’m out of resources and energy with this stuff.
….okay I get it, I need a ‘tool kit’ to placate my emotional eating, I’ve been ‘1/2 assed carnivore ‘(!), disappointing myself for over a year, hard to part with chocolate and coffee….i was on the Atkins for awhile 30(?) years ago-but all the negative talk scared me, the ‘machine oils’(seed oils),-likely culprit for stentsx2……! Thanks !
Foods do not need to be carbs to be addictive. Even as a carnivore I struggle with food addiction. If I do not put leftovers away immediately, I will continue to eat my meat even knowing it will make me puke. In just under 3 years on keto/carnivore I have lost 90 pounds, got off blood pressure meds, and brought my A1c back to normal, but food is still a daily struggle.
I understand this completely...people who say you can't overeat fat or protein are WRONG...I can totally overeat those foods. Anything hyperpalatable is a problem for me.
I’m a carb addict and I really appreciate your videos, I’m still struggling to lose weight I have a lot of fat to lose over 100lbs, I get started eating healthy and eliminating carbs, start to feel great and then Sabotage myself with carbs I’m considering weight surgery I feel defeated 😔 like why do I keep doing something I know is harming me?
After living with T1D for over 45 years, I have a horrible relationship with food. I managed my weight via diabulimia. Within the past 5 years I have developed other health issues (Hashimoto's and MS) I have gained quite a bit of weight. My bloodsugars are more tightly managed but the weight has piled on. I am struggling to find the emotional and educational support where I live. Anyone have tips on finding the support needed to make lifestyle changes, especially in a carb centric area as the rural Midwest?
@@elegantrebelhomestead Thanks for acknowledging the struggle that is true for so many of us. We eat carbs, drink, and do drugs to feel better, walking the dog, playing cards, and taking up hobbies don't give the same feel-good that we are looking for so we relapse. Give me an emotional management technique that would work and I will stay strong in my resolve to abstain.
If I go carnivore / keto I end up having reactive hypoglycemia and terrible chronic diarrhea! How can I fix this?! And Any little bit of carbs I want to eat them all and cannot seem to stop!
give your cigarettes away. I used to do that, give my cigarettes to homeless ppl or neighbour or throw them in the bin but then i would buy more, smoke a few then do the same thing over and over, in the end i got sick of wasting money. But I also moved out of my exes place and stopped and never went back. Go figure :)
So I have a question? I have been doing the bridge like Dr has said while fasting. I drink coffee as my bridge. But here is my problem I can’t just drink coffee black I have to have creamer. And I have been starting to make a protein coffee will this kick me out of my fasting. I don’t eat just drink my coffee and a bottle of water with it to make me feel full
did you find an answer? here's my thought - creamers and protein powders are probably addictive, highly processed food-like products we are better off without, whereas a TB of heavy whipping cream would be OK. My guess is you are a carb addict (as am I) and, having justified the creamer that gives you a bit of carb-ecstacy, you are amplifying with the powder, pretending you are "not eating" and "not eating carbs". God bless ❤️🙏❤️
Very interesting talk! I have a question. What is your opinion on the idea that neuropathways can be changed? This is a technique I've recently learned to help cope with certain issues in my life and it helps. Can this be applied to addiction?
Your message is motivating. Thank you for sharing. I’m ok k the process of getting out of my carb addition, specially to sugar addiction. I have found that the more carnivore I am, the easiest this process is
I found your definition of addiction interesting. When I was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and before I found your channel I did enough research to realize that the only way I would be able to handle it would be to cut the carbs down radically. Knowing myself fairly well at that point I came to the conclusion that i had to treat the starches as if it was an addictive substance because for me it was. Prior to being diagnosed I was inhaling starches in large quantities and I knew that if I ever started making excuses to have one just a little bread or pasta I would quickly be back to stuffing myself with potato breads and pastas. I am not sure if I would meet your definition but treating the carbs as an addiction really helps me.
30 days start weight 360 lbs and now 334 lbs and thats 26 lbs in 30 days. I am documenting my journey to be another voice in the fight for living the most optimal life a person can obtain. Nearest to zero carb and zero sugar for the rest of my life.
I walked away from my addiction after a 40 year long relationship with cigarettes after listening to your videos because I finally got why I repeatedly failed at quitting smoking. The first couple of days I found myself still stepping outside onto the deck where I used to smoke but then realized that this was actually the mental break I needed, not the nicotine. So I planted rose bushes, hydrangeas and lavender around my deck. I make a point of getting up and going out onto the deck at least once an hour so that I don't sit all day. Seeing the blooms and smelling their scent is now my stress relief. The nicotine cravings are getting less because I don't think of cigarettes at all, but as soon as I see someone smoking I want a cigarette!
Awesome, I love this. Congrats 🌹 🌹
Every Endocrinologist, Cardiologist and Internal Medicine Physician should be required to watch this video!
Thank you Dr. I first saw you with Dr Berry. Now after 2 years of lchf, being insulin sensitive, 35 lbs lighter, monthly 3 day fasts, and OMAD and cycling. I now eat to live, NOT live to eat. The change has added life to my years. At 66 I now am my own Doctor. I will keep learning from Doctors like you who really care. GOD BLESS.
"5-10 lbs....that is a bowel movement for me" That line is priceless. Great message!
Some people lose a lot when they poo...some don't. Far as sugar addict. Yes its like a heroin addiction. At this point it will take hypnotism to get me to not want it.
I've told people that for ages... "Oh, she's down 5 pounds? That's a good morning, for me!" 😂
You can be fat on the inside and thin outside due to sugar addiction.
Easily
Had my second virtual appointment with the doctor. It was like the skies opened; talking to Robert was talking to someone who walked in my shoes. I adore my general practitioner, and she's never had a weight problem like mine. Metabolic Syndrome. Who knew.
After that appointment, and my next one with Jane, all the pieces are falling into place.
I'd be happy to share more of the worthiness of the appointments (Cywes and Jane) with anyone who'd like to know. 😊😊😊
Who's Jane?
@@lynnecobb9399 Jane is the licensed nutritionist/keto carnivore Dr. Cywes works with. It's a new (at least youtube new) collaboration. She's been doing this for a while and is helping me to fine tune my eating as I'm getting closet to my A1c goal.
@@rjrnj1 yes I see both drive 440 miles well worth it. Love Jane and they both have me on track. Full carnivore now. Love his comments about DR Atkins who read in 78 as a 24 year old. Love disruptor type folks he was one. Keto is too corrupt now I’m with DR Berry love the fatty meat, organs, and omega 3-6 fish too.
Same here. My daughter “saw” Jane on a zoom appointment and she was great. She has an auto-inflammatory disease and Jane put her on carnivore. My husband and I both have Dr.Rob as our doc and think he is a Godsend. Going back to a “regular” doctor seems unthinkable now, he has helped us so much.
@@crishamilton6678 yes he got me on insulin pump think my A1C will be below 5.0 now I’m 80-90 all night. Never better. I saw DR Berry before and like Bosworth but Cykes my hero. Jane is a beast her training program awesome
Hi, my name is John and I'm a Carbaholic.
As a faculty member and a college administrator for 25 years, I can absolutely confirm that the current young generation…on balance…has no resiliency and no ability to cope effectively with stress. On top of the vaping and substance use, they need more counseling, social, and academic support than ever. It’s a serious problem and significant contribution to the rising cost of a college education.
Who would want to claim to be an addict? It causes so much heartbreak, anxiety, panic and grief. And what a gift from my doc to get my favorite medical term “bullshit” twice in one video!!
I abused carbs for years and then it became an addiction. I've been able to stay in control of that addiction by eating lower carb. Over the course of 11 years, I've been able to figure out my body's line. I can eat a piece of seasonal fruit. There are some foods that don't raise my blood glucose level (corn and baked/mashed potatoes), but there are some things I just can't eat or it starts a very slippery slope. The first day it's 1 cookie. The next day it's one cookie and some chips. The day after that I'm sneaking whole bunches of cookies and before I know it, I'm eating boxes of it at a time.
But it is also a mental thing. While I get that initial high that feels soooo good. I very quickly feel low and it's not low from feeling guilty, but when my blood sugars are too high, I feel depressed. Everything makes me sad - so then I want to eat more carbs because they temporarily boost my mood.
That is actually my biggest battle. I have Seasonal Affect disorder and I live in Maryland. Winter is hell for me. That is when I have a HELL of a time staying on top of the addiction. I simply don't care about anything, so I start eating carbs and before I know it, I've gained 40 pounds over the winter, and then I need to spend several months taking that weight off. It puts me in the diabetic range every year with my blood sugars. And then I get better with more light, and then late fall comes again and the cycle starts over. I'm hoping I've kicked it this year by finding more food alternatives to add to the mix in fall and winter.
I’m in Glen Rock Pennsylvania, I struggle also, why I’m mostly carnivore, yet still struggling with seasonal fruit around.
100% carnivore...removes the problem altogether....and gives me great lab work results.
I can't agree with you more. I am the same way.
Make sure to supplement vitamin D3 in the winter and test your levels in the blood at the end of the winter to make sure you are taking enough.
Use a high lux lamp.
Another informative and very helpful video. You are doing a great service to the world. As a result of watching your videos and following Dr. Westman's plan, I have lost 42 lbs .......first time in my 75 yr life I have been able to do this. Still more to go but identifying the problem has given me the tools to stay on course.
Well done Debora, keep it up 👍
I appreciate your important thoughts about addiction and carbs. I notice in the comments here people that are on and off the bandwagon like a revolving door: you will always have to exercise personal restraint to succeed at anything but by adhering to a low carb program for years-not a month or two-you will enable yourself to better deal with the desire for carbs. And this, sir, is one other thing you are alone in emphasizing-fat adaptaptation takes two or more good years of low carb / carnivore and NOT a mere couple of months. I know of only one other person that has noted this as a guest on a keto channel of few years ago but he does not have his own youtube channel. Brilliant work here doctor.
This is brilliant! Thank you for making it so clear. When I was a child (into my young adulthood) I used exercise for my emotional management. My mother understood me as a child. When she would see tension building in me, she would assign running to me, while she cheered me on. Unsurprisingly, I became an athlete, and the effects of eating crap didn’t show on my body. Later in my life, with work keeping me busy, I started using carbs and would exercise less and less. Then at around my mid twenties I became a vegetarian and the combo of adding more and more carbs for food and emotional control, I became fat. I am a perfect example of what you discuss here. Having a ketogenic lifestyle for the past 5 months and relearning active emotional management techniques, I am down 36 pounds, my health is returning (by the way I was not able to have children because of carb addiction), and I am much happier. At 59 years old, it’s never too late. Your work and your message means the world!
I am all for dealing with carbohydrate addiction. But when we refer to carbs, it is primarily ultra processed carbs and starchy foods. Ultra processed carbs are usually refined carbs + processed industrial seed oils. These usually go hand in hand. We should call it what it is not just carbs.
Take for example nobody is addicted to plain boiled potatos. But everyone is addicted to french fries and potato chips.
I would and have eaten plain boiled potatoes for a carb fix. Not only do you get your sugar you look to other people like you have gone for a healthy choice. Us addicts can be very sneaky, even fooling ourselves
@@catrinasullivan9701 you probably have "seasoned" this potatoe with some kind of fat?
I consider myself a carb addict after over 40 years of carrying more than 100 lbs of excess weight. I have lost over 100 lbs at 3 different times in those years but this is the first time I’ve been able to keep it off. This time I finished up with Keto (less than 20 g of total carbs) but soon discovered that any amount of any types of carb, even veggies and salads will cause cravings to return. Have now gone full carnivore and finally am free of any cravings. I have also had to have in the last 8 years 4 total joint replacements, both hips and both knees. Too many years of carrying too much weight on too small a frame. I think that qualifies as harm.
I would eat the crap out of boiled potatoes...
True, but once you've abused carbs so long that you've developed a metabolic disorder (insulin resistance or the metabolic syndrome), ANY type of carbs will trigger both insulin spikes and instant water retention. I'm on a very low-carb at present and discovered this myself when I overate a couple of days ago. All of my carbs for that high-carb day were clean, healthy carbs from vegetables and seeds/nuts, yet at 120 g of even the cleanest carbs possible, I swelled up and didn't feel at all well the day after. And yet, the American Diabetic Association, whose recommendations are followed all over the world, still counsels people with full-blown diabetes to have up to 250 g of carbs a day!
Part of my healing from carb addiction (aside from the carnivore diet) is working with a really great personal coach. She has taught me how to process things and work through emotions in a healthy way. I can’t recommend it enough-an outside source to help you see where your thought and emotional processes are underdeveloped.
It is crazy how we get addicted to some thing and not other things. Carbs and sweets just are one for me! Other things that a lot of people get addicted to are not for me. Anyway, So grateful to be free from it. Thank you!
I appreciate the distinctions between "abuse" and "addiction." Very helpful.
And clarifying that what so many casually call "Food Addiction" is flat out wrong. "Carbohydrate Addiction" is spot on. It's not a matter of semantics. The distinction is critical. Thanks, doc!
Well, I need to listen to this once a day. Spot on!
his videos are my therapy, nightly.
Totally agree!
Sono rimasta incantata da questa lectio magistralis. Dovrebbero ascoltarla con grande umiltà e attenzione tutti i medici, i nutrizionisti, gli psichiatri, tutti gli operatori del settore del benessere e sedicenti tali!! Complimenti dottore,la seguo dall'Italia con molto interesse e grandissima stima.
I don’t think (no! I know) that that couldn’t be explained any clearer! Good stuff!
I just love when you don't sugar coat the facts. Not only does your teachings cover food addiction it can very well be for many other addictions as well ! Love that you say it like it is ! Can't wait till the next Videos.
Thank you so much doc. You have just made sense of all the terrible things I went through a little over two years ago.
I was heart broken, turned to snorting smoking chewing not sleeping and eating junk food to an extreme I thought I had things
" under control " , until I passed out, wrecked my car, almost killed myself and ended up in emergency. I got so scared that I quit everything all at once. LSS Doing a whole lot better but still struggle with things, but I'm committed to healthy living! It can be done!!🎉
I used to say to myself sometimes, "you're acting like an addict about food". Now I know that I am probably right. I've participated in some behaviors - like hiding my eating from my husband -- that I know is a sign of addiction. I am so glad to have found you.
How they demonize Atkins dying early...from his diet....but he actually died from head trauma from a fall.
Vegan propaganda about Dr Atkins. No amount of lies regardless of how absurd and frequent is too much for these cult followers.
Oh wow, I believed people that said Atkins died from his own diet.
I eat when I’m bored 😐. Is that addiction? At home I can eat bacon, eggs, butter and beef. But, at family events I end up eating too many carbs even though I tell myself all the way there that I’m not going to. 🤔🤨 ( I’m 50 years old, lost 75 lbs in 12 months on Keto and IF)
MY GOD!!! This hit home. Every sentence. And so clearly explained. Thank you.
This video made me cry because it made me realize I have no control and never will. That's scary to me because my carb addiction has already caused disease and if I can't get my shit together it will get worse.
That’s all “bullshit”! I love your candor. Thank you!
You have this way of making us think about how we are conducting our own lives, not just what we eat. Thanks, again.
I’m somewhat confused. It took me about a month to admit I was carb addict. This video is making me rethink my situation. I was raised on the finish your plate club but didn’t have weight issues until late 20’s. In my late 30’s I started going out to restaurants more and continued clean the plate. Overeating was my problem. I have a box of my fav See’s candy in my cupboard for 4 mo now that I haven’t touched since starting keto. All sorts of things not keto friendly I have not been tempted nor crave. By weighing all my food intake I quickly learned portion control. Now eat when hungry stop just before full. Down 40 lbs with 60 more to go. I actually started for health benefits and love the weight loss bonus. I still love your philosophy and will follow you. You have helped me so much!!
If we developed a carb addiction before we were old enough to develop any real emotion management strategies, how do we teach ourselves what we should've known prior to developing the addiction and remove the carbs as the management system?
Instead of using habits that disconnect you from your emotions, try activities or habits that channel your emotions in a positive ways, such as journaling, meditating, going for a walk, playing an instrument, whatever allows you to express yourself. It's easy to check out by sitting down eating junk and watching TV. Do things that are more engaging, that require you to be present with yourself. Good luck ox
@@mindsetwithmarie676 thank you for the advice! I truly appreciate it. xo
@@mindsetwithmarie676 excellent encouragement... engaging, rather than disengaging. I'm realizing I've fallen into a habit of disengaging by grabbing a snack and scrolling YT, FB, other internet sites. I used to read a lot, now not at all...I am numbing out! "Engage" will be my new affirmation. Thanks and God bless ❤️🙏❤️
Love your work Rob. Your videos have resulted in a loss of 25kg since February and significant improvement in bloods. My thanks to you on starting me on a better path. Stuart from Melbourne AU.
Love! My goodness why did it take me so long to find you!! Life changing information and a wake up call! Thank you
I have learned so much from you. Thank you, so much.
Not sure if overeating carbs for me is an addiction or an indulgence. I definitely get a high from it and do it more when I am stressed. Your vids are literally food for thought. Thank you
Another fantastic dose of truth and extremely relevant to my struggle. Thanks Doc!
Thank you Doc !
Oh I wish I’d rec’d this very good & helpful info 40 years ago… would have saved me from years of real misery & struggles!
Truth! Nailed it! Can't wait for the follow-up on this. SO glad there's someone out there telling the truth & actually helping people. Thanks Doc!
Way to put it out there Doc! Tell it like it is. Wish I'd known you when I was working as a P.A.!
People that don’t know and think they have a food addiction need educated. I am not using buzz words anymore. People seem to understand sugar free best. No more explanation needed.
Love everything about you and your message Dr. Cywes, you speak only the truth in a very convivial way, for those Who Struggle with Their Health 🥩🥩🥩🥩😊 Thank you Sir
I am the parent of three 'grown' kids- 26, 22 and 19. I think it would be absolutely and utterly fantastic if you would do a video or two geared to this younger generation. I can try to talk to them about emotional management strategies, using things as crutches (smoking, alcohol, vaping, carbs etc) and endorphin/seratonin etc but I'm their Mom and it's blah, blah, blah. You are very relatable in the way that you speak and I think an overall general message for that age group would be so, so very helpful for them. Please consider this @Dr. Cywes!! @#thecarbaddictiondoc
Thank you again Dr Cywes for making things very clear 💖 I am excited about the series to come .
After a half gallon of ice cream and a bag of m&ms I can say I’m an addict-but I think addicted to sugar,not carbs in general. I have an unopened bag of chips in my cupboard with no desire to open them🤔
It might be because your taste is so used to straight sugar, that lesser tastes just aren't appealing at this point?
I like the definitions of use, abuse and addiction
Zero carb carnivore has given me freedom from sugar/carb addiction and freedom from severe food allergies.
Thank you for all your videos on addiction. You are one of my sources of support for my healing journey.
"Use=>Abuse=>Addiction"...great way of framing the levels. For me, years of carb "abuse" led to a chemical carb addiction. Once I became insulin resistant after years of carb abuse, I realized even relatively modest carb intake was causing me to snack too much. I know you consider snacking a purely emotional event, however there is a chemical component (to addiction) that I believe deserves more "airplay/research" (not purely emotional). Why? Once I "detoxed" and fat adapted (which took ~1 month), my (chemical) addiction to carbs discontinued. When I have parents/friends over I offer them pasta/cake and have 0 problem not indulging (again, now that I'm fat adapted). I have Mexican Coke in my fridge for well over 1 year and haven't touched it. If my carb addiction had emotional roots, that coke would have been consumed by now. Also important to note I don't have an addictive personality in general.
This is amazing! You are the first medical person I have ever heard acknowledge that addiction (no matter which one) is triggered by our emotional state!! I have been trying to explain this to the people around me for years, but I could never explain it like you just have. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will be following your videos with interest and hopefully it will help me to find a way to learn to deal with my emotions in such a way, that the triggers will get less and less. I am so happy I found you Dr. Cywes !
love the way way this guys speaks
Ride your high horse, you’ve earned it.
Thank you for your videos and information.
Can’t wait for the next video drop! Thank you Dr. Rob!!
Thank you for this beautiful explanation.
Thank you so much to Dr Cywes. Listening (carefully) to each of your videos as they come out is helping me personally understand how and why, I have got into the rut of obesity, insulin resistance and using carbs as my emotional support. The bad things that can come into every person’s life (for me the death of our only son, huge hormone disruptions and a myriad of other things) have contributed to the building of a house of cards that offered no substantive safe shelter from the emotional harms. I have scheduled a telemed appointment with Dr C much later in the year and really hope to set up an appointment with Jane as well to help me in my own efforts to engage in a ketogenic/carnivore and fasting lifestyle. I’ve been doing this (ketogenic and IF) alone for 2 months and started at 170lbs (have stalled now at 152)…so the help will be most welcome even though I am feeling much better. To other casual viewers who have stumbled across this…Dr C. Is doing us all a great service and I encourage you to keep listening.
Thank you...best information to understand carbs!
The most brilliant explanation of carb addiction ever!
Yes I am. The first stage in getting over an addiction is to admit that you are an addict.
You are totally AMAZING! I Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
So looking forward to the series. I am an addict and the only way I manage is to be a carnivore.
yep
This is helping me delve into what is going on with me. It gives me hope that I can eventually overcome and put my type 2 diabetes into remission. Thank you for ALL this wonderful information.
Thank you for clarifying, I know now it’s abuse not addiction but when you are in the emotion it’s hard to separate because it’s always based on emotion that’s breaking your heart unfortunately.
You nail it every time Dr. Cywes!
So so agree with you. Your video speaks to me so much !!
Thank you for this video. I needed a kick in the pants to be able to step back and tell myself I am only doing myself harm by continuing to think I can eat that slice of bread or that cookie without consequences. I have abused bread and sugar for years, two years ago I was able to stop and lose a tremendous amount of weight and get my health markers back into the normal range. But recently I have been slipping in a slice of bread with butter or a "keto" cookie that shouldn't bother me but I am seeing the effects and I am going to have to stop again. It is too easy to think that you can control your wants it is almost impossible to stop when you know that you have to when you have to eat to live. The pull for that ice cream or that slice of sweet cake is real and it takes more than just not having it in the house to get to the point that you don't think about it and how good it tastes and the sugar rush you get when you eat it.
Love Dr Cywes! You are amazingly succinct
Love it Dr. C. looking forward to more discussion
Sheer brilliance; thanks Dr Cywes
Spot on doc!!!👍💯
This is bloody brilliant.
Listen to Dr Lucy Burns' "Carb addiction is not your fault" from lowcarbdownunder. Her message confirms and affirms all the Dr Cywes is say here.
So excited about the carb addiction series!
I never thought I had an addictive personality until tonight a light bulb went off, I've tried to control my carb/sugar addiction with keto for years now I was doing ok, but tonight i realised that i swapped one addiction for another now I'm a shopaholic, I now need to quit my obsession with shopping. I replaced one addiction for another,
yep it's common. But you're here so you're on the right track :)
@@Norman_Gunstan1 thankyou I agree, I love the talks on addiction, So many light bulbs going off as the carb dr talks, sugar is my addiction and I've known that for a long time, I still binge on sugar when I'm stressed out I need to learn a new way, I come from a family of 5 all diabetes I'm trying to avoid that.
Thank you for all that you've done to me.
Thank you for the information!
I am failing at this big time after having lost 100lbs. Ugh help
This is great...looking forward to the next video..thank you
Got me thinking again! Look forward to the series
The Truth is like poetry....must of us don't want to hear it.
You’re so right! Sometimes I can’t listen because I know everything he’s saying is true. I’m am addicted to carbs!
@@juliewood4340 many of us are....since birth
Please talk about protein sparing modified fasts if you haven't already; it's much easier than a strict fast and seems to be effective. Thank you for all your work in helping people get healthy in body and mind :)
I don't understand the name 'protein sparing' modified fasts...if It severely restricts calorie consumption while increasing the intake of protein-rich foods. Why is it called protein sparing?
@@angiesrecipes it's because with appropriate protein intake, your muscles, hair, etc will be spared during the "fast." Muscles are especially spared when exercise is also implemented. When carbs and fats are kept low, the body will go at the fat reserves for fuel. When fats are higher, the body will use the some of the dietary fat for fuel and it will keep the reserves it has stored. That's why people on high fat diets experience a stall. Proteins are the building blocks and fats and carbs are fuel. When the body has carbs it wont burn fats. When it has excess dietary fat, it wont burn the fat reserves. That said, this sort of thing shouldn't be done everyday. Three times a week should see excellent results. Hope that helps! Also, if u look up PSMF there are people that can explain better :)
@@haveabanana2930 Thanks. I just thought why protein spared since you don't spare protein at all...
@@haveabanana2930 I just fast. Hair and muscles doing great.
@@angiesrecipes think of it as "my life was spared" you kept your life. So protein is spared, you keep your protein.
Theirs no doubt I’ve got carb addiction, leave me with people around I’m fine. But leave me alone in a room with carbs poorly hidden & I’m struggling fighting off the just 1 won’t hurt & before I know it I’m struggling not to binge, yes I know it’s emotional events, still struggling mentally to stick to my no. Thankfully doesn’t happen every day & gives me time to recover. Trying to find a bridge I can stick to that doesn’t push me off.
Currently trying keto chow as an experiment while staying mostly carnivore, don’t know if its helping or hurting yet, so far still early.
Btw I was down to 240 in late 2017, then I had 1 of my dad’s diet pepsi after 5 years of no soda at all, then couldn’t stop drinking it, & then was on homemade keto strawberry ice cream. Now back to weighing 290 because I’m struggling to find consistency.
accountability is key... and you actually know this already, so I'm just gonna break thru the mental fog the addiction brings. When you are around others, you "have control", when alone you "have no control". We all want to look good to others, be well thought of. Personal example - when I'm jogging and hear a vehicle approaching, I pull myself up a bit taller, firm up my arm swing, close my mouth, put on a smile...silly, right? Find an online support group, find a "sober" partner, be honest - just knowing you WILL report any slips helps you not to slip. God bless ❤️🙏❤️
Tobacco companies sell cigarettes in poor and developing countries. And they have millions of children and adults hooked
🙋Powerful👍☺Thank you.
Sorry, Doc, as much as I appreciate your wisdom, I have to strongly disagree with you on that: I've smoked from age 13-21 and I was (and still am, 44 now) strongly addicted to nicotine. I quit for good, but I know that one cigarette would be enaugh to reinflamme my addiction (thinking about it gives me at this very moment the bodily feeling of a nicotine craving). I didn't have cancer or any other health issues when I quit at age 21. Still I was addicted at that time. Same with carbs: I know I'm addicted, although I am in a perfect BMI for over 10 years now and have perfect blood tests and I am far from metabolic syndrome. You don't have to suffer the health consequences firstly to be an addict.
You are spot on on everything regarding biology and medicine, but I think you have a tendency to oversimplify psychology, the root of addiction and anthropology.
Love your work, don't have to agree on everything, right? :)
Great message.
Love your videos. I have an appointment with you!
Very thought provoking- I seem to lack all control in this area....now what ? All my extra cash has gone to buying steaks - I’m out of resources and energy with this stuff.
….okay I get it, I need a ‘tool kit’ to placate my emotional eating, I’ve been ‘1/2 assed carnivore ‘(!), disappointing myself for over a year, hard to part with chocolate and coffee….i was on the Atkins for awhile 30(?) years ago-but all the negative talk scared me, the ‘machine oils’(seed oils),-likely culprit for stentsx2……! Thanks !
Foods do not need to be carbs to be addictive. Even as a carnivore I struggle with food addiction. If I do not put leftovers away immediately, I will continue to eat my meat even knowing it will make me puke. In just under 3 years on keto/carnivore I have lost 90 pounds, got off blood pressure meds, and brought my A1c back to normal, but food is still a daily struggle.
I understand this completely...people who say you can't overeat fat or protein are WRONG...I can totally overeat those foods. Anything hyperpalatable is a problem for me.
Maybe look into emotional healing. You could be eating to stuff emotions.
I’m a carb addict and I really appreciate your videos, I’m still struggling to lose weight I have a lot of fat to lose over 100lbs, I get started eating healthy and eliminating carbs, start to feel great and then Sabotage myself with carbs I’m considering weight surgery I feel defeated 😔 like why do I keep doing something I know is harming me?
After living with T1D for over 45 years, I have a horrible relationship with food. I managed my weight via diabulimia. Within the past 5 years I have developed other health issues (Hashimoto's and MS) I have gained quite a bit of weight. My bloodsugars are more tightly managed but the weight has piled on. I am struggling to find the emotional and educational support where I live. Anyone have tips on finding the support needed to make lifestyle changes, especially in a carb centric area as the rural Midwest?
And as addicts go cold turkey, depression sets in as no emotional management technique is working. 😔
I hear you, brother.
@@elegantrebelhomestead Thanks for acknowledging the struggle that is true for so many of us. We eat carbs, drink, and do drugs to feel better, walking the dog, playing cards, and taking up hobbies don't give the same feel-good that we are looking for so we relapse. Give me an emotional management technique that would work and I will stay strong in my resolve to abstain.
If I go carnivore / keto I end up having reactive hypoglycemia and terrible chronic diarrhea! How can I fix this?! And Any little bit of carbs I want to eat them all and cannot seem to stop!
Excellent video! Thank you Doctor!
I can control my carbs intake, I have done so for almost 2 years now... but cannot stop smoking!!🙈
give your cigarettes away. I used to do that, give my cigarettes to homeless ppl or neighbour or throw them in the bin but then i would buy more, smoke a few then do the same thing over and over, in the end i got sick of wasting money. But I also moved out of my exes place and stopped and never went back. Go figure :)
So I have a question?
I have been doing the bridge like Dr has said while fasting. I drink coffee as my bridge. But here is my problem I can’t just drink coffee black I have to have creamer. And I have been starting to make a protein coffee will this kick me out of my fasting. I don’t eat just drink my coffee and a bottle of water with it to make me feel full
did you find an answer? here's my thought - creamers and protein powders are probably addictive, highly processed food-like products we are better off without, whereas a TB of heavy whipping cream would be OK. My guess is you are a carb addict (as am I) and, having justified the creamer that gives you a bit of carb-ecstacy, you are amplifying with the powder, pretending you are "not eating" and "not eating carbs". God bless ❤️🙏❤️
Dankie Dr Rob!
Very interesting talk! I have a question. What is your opinion on the idea that neuropathways can be changed? This is a technique I've recently learned to help cope with certain issues in my life and it helps. Can this be applied to addiction?
Your message is motivating. Thank you for sharing. I’m ok k the process of getting out of my carb addition, specially to sugar addiction. I have found that the more carnivore I am, the easiest this process is
I learned today that I am an abuser and not an addict, but I still need to lose more than 50 lbs
I found your definition of addiction interesting. When I was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and before I found your channel I did enough research to realize that the only way I would be able to handle it would be to cut the carbs down radically. Knowing myself fairly well at that point I came to the conclusion that i had to treat the starches as if it was an addictive substance because for me it was. Prior to being diagnosed I was inhaling starches in large quantities and I knew that if I ever started making excuses to have one just a little bread or pasta I would quickly be back to stuffing myself with potato breads and pastas. I am not sure if I would meet your definition but treating the carbs as an addiction really helps me.
Are you keto or low carb?
@@antoniadispalato2900 I am low carb although what I eat would probably would qualify as keto if I actually tracked it.
As always, great message