This is, in fact, another Lie My Government Told Me!
The whole BS low fat diet thing was so totally wrong. I enjoy eating a low carb and high fat diet now. Plenty of meat and fat and the weight fell off at first and now is being maintained.
Jan 21·edited Jan 21Liked by Robert W Malone MD, MS
I didn’t eat eggs for ten years, because my doctor and my government told me it caused cholesterol. 🙄 Now, I eat one every day, with organic salsa and chopped avocado. I’ve learned to do my own research, and not trust government food pyramids. I worry more now about the quality of the soil my veg is grown in, the quality of life and diet of the chicken that lays my daily egg etc. I try to be more intentional about local sourcing. I drive to a local farm to buy these items, and it is totally worth it.
Excellent! I started low carb in 2018 & had a similar response. You will notice when you “cheat.” Your body will tell you. I just talked about this with Dr. Singleton on her radio show. I’ll share when released.
I've done a lot of diets in my life. They're hard to stick with. When I started the time-restricted eating diet, it proved to be the easiest diet ever, at least for me. I was inspired by this paper, sent to me by my older sister.
Morning tea was one item that helped. Mornings now have a heightened sense of awareness and energy. Maybe its all those keytone signaling molecules. :)
Anyhow, my BMI is 24, and its no problem to maintain it. And I'm not super strict about sugar and alcohol. I just try not to overdo it. For motivation, I keep a log. Whenever I succeed with my 16 hour fast, I give myself a little gold star. I'm about 80-90% successful. I don't sweat the times that I'm not.
Been at it coming up on three years, and a decade prior I began to mix in natural healthy food I grew in my backyard, at which time I had suffered a serious burnout working too much. At that time 13 years ago I didn't know the term insulin resistance.
Three years ago I realized I was going to become a robot like my father, having insulin injections the rest of my life, or completely change my diet. I hate needles.
Now that my mind and body has been cleared of the effects of these fascist foodstuffs I am 100% convinced I was a partial human being for all of my life until the change in diet.
My focus is now on slowly switching having to seek out and purchase clean healthy food to growing, hunting, fishing, and foraging, for it myself. The physical effort probably as important as the food.
My 25 year old son developed high blood glucose while on a drug, prescribed by his doctor, that supposedly results in permanently high blood glucose levels. He titrated off the drug, then started this diet. It works. His blood glucose is normal now. He is 30.
Having treated thousands of patients with low-carb/ketogenic diets in my medical practice since the early 1980s, I can tell you exactly what to expect. ALL your markers for diabetes will improve, your HDL will go up, your triglycerides will plummet, and your LDL-cholesterol might do one of three things given your genetics. In most cases it will go down. In some cases it will stay the same. And in a few cases, it will increase. Even markedly. As I'm sure you know, in most labs, LDL-C is a calculated number (using the Friedwald equation), not a direct measurement. When I evaluated my patients' LDL levels directly using NMR, I found that all had converted from the small, dense LDL pattern to the large, fluffy LDL pattern, which far from being harmful, is actually healthful.
If you had heartburn (GERD) before the diet, you will find it resolves quickly--often within just a few days. Same for fatty liver disease (NAFLD), though it can take a bit longer. If your liver enzymes were a bit elevated on your initial lab exam, they should normalize before the next test.
You mentioned your blood pressure decrease, which is a common finding. Almost 80 percent of patients who present with hypertension have their condition normalized within a few weeks without medication. Fluid retention disappears. Aches and pains pretty much go away. Most cases of sleep apnea improve, and almost all patients can get off CPAP.
In all my years of medical practice, I've never found anything as therapeutic as a good quality, whole food, low-carbohydrate/ketogenic diet. And intermittent fasting turbocharges it. I tell all my fellow MDs at every opportunity that such a diet is the best therapeutic tool they will ever use.
Wonderful! I had been concerned about your appearance. Glad you were likewise.
FWIW fate twisted my arm last year. Hard. I gave up alcohol and carbonated soft drinks completely, coffee and tea mostly. Dropped from mid 190s to mid 160s so fast that it concerned me. Each of us is different. Most important thing is to pay attention and try to find your own balance.
What concerns me the most is your long term survival after being jabbed. I'm sure you are doing all the recommended to rid your body of spike protein, etc. I thank God that I am an ornery skeptic in the first place, retired in the second, and live in a 2.5nd world country in the third. By the time the jabs got here Mikki Willis et. al. had gotten the word out. No way.
Good report from you because this action may well have abrogated your slide into Metabolic Syndrome. Let us know how you look/feel/think every 30 days as you continue in this "new dietary dispensation". I predict that: (1) You will now sleep better; (2) You will soon have to buy a bunch of new jeans with 33 inch waist or maybe even 32 --I am a Levi's guy myself, but you may be a Wrangler or Dickies enthusiast; and (3) You did not tell us that you now abjure any use of beverage alcohol -- that will make you feel even better. Closing advice: Do NOT weigh yourself compulsively but await (and it will not be long) the feeling of loose pants. Good luck!
This is awesome, thank you! I just recently started intermittent fasting and it truly makes a difference..I was a nighttime snacker, now I don't eat after 6pm and my cravings have nearly stopped. Not to mention I sleep much better.
Good on you! I started a ketogenic diet at the beginning of 2018. Haven’t looked back.
In fact, I went “carnivore” in September of that year right after my birthday. I’m now about 95% “C,” and love the almost indescribable health benefits I’ve experienced ever since.
Glad you have found a road to health and happiness that is working for you. We need you at your best!
Happy to hear of this dietary change, but I hope you are prepared for the occasion of "seeing what it does to my lipid profile", since that is quite a can of worms. There is a narrative about "LDL bad cholesterol" with those exact words used several times in the Rapatha ad discussed on Thehighwire episode 301 from 27:20 to 31:32, including the falsification of clinical data to get FDA approval. The idea that LDL cholesterol is just bad is inconsistent with the positive correlation of lifespan with LDL in people over 60 (Uffe Ravnskov in Cardiovascular medicine Research: Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review) and some people who go on keto diets get elevations of LDL cholesterol, so that is not necessarily a bad thing. Then there is the issue of Apo-B and LPa and particle size. If you figure it all out before you view your numbers, I look forward to hearing the results.
Yes, this is exact range of benefits I enjoyed from going "Keto" and doing the "intermittent fasting" gig.
As an elite athlete in the 1950's (swimming 6 miles daily involving wind sprints, etc.) we experienced and learned several things:
1) the body does perform better and more efficiently when burning fats for energy versus sugar . . . this, then, achieved by extensive "warm-up" to burn sugar out of the system. Surfing all day long as I did in my youth, we found my body operated more efficiently later in the day.
2) The research of Dr. Barry Sears PhD revealed that by proper modulation of our prostaglandins by correctly balancing the ratio of our n3 to n6 lipids (EPA to GLA) we are able to improve cardiovascular efficiency by about 18% in athletes . . . this because we improved oxygen delivery where it is needed . . . and fats need oxygen for metabolism, whereas sugars can be metabolized anaerobically by fermentation with the liability of lactic acid production!
Hence the "carbo-loading" gig is nonsense, and self defeating!!!!
EDIT with EXPANDED INFO.. . . .
On the issue of the correct ratios of n3 to n6 lipids EPA and GLA (often referred to as "activated polyunsaturated fatty acids)
The ratio varies person to person, but is in the range of 4 parts n3 to one part n6. This is the ratio in human mother's milk and also Flax Seed (linseed).
You can monitor your correct ratio by observing bowel action: too loose means too much n3. Constipated means too much n6.
Dr. Barry Sears (of Zone Diet fame) worked all this out in the mid-nineteen eighties (1986-7) with triathletes, NFL professionals, etc.
Attaining your correct ratio of these lipids optimizes your body's blood flow, and hence gets oxygen where it is needed . . . to the point that marathoners and triathletes never go into anaerobic metabolism.
The other important point is that seed oils (even Flax) which contain the un-activated lipids, require the enzyme delts-6-desaturase for them to be metabolized and activated . . . when D-6-D is lacking, the precursor lipids do not get converted . . . hence the wisdom bypassing the "enzyme block" by taking EPA and GLA.
To be noted is the fact that as we age, D-6-D production in the body declines as we age . . . at age 60, it has declined to about 30% of its original level.
The above is the short story . . . getting into how and why the correct ratio of these lipids works would turn this ditty into a too long story for the time I have.
Robert- fascinating to read your journey to the fasting/ keto world !
I started intermittent fasting about 3 years ago and lost 40 lbs. I still do it weekly, and have kept the weight off. As a primary care physician, I spend way too much time dealing with the consequences of obesity. I promote low carb diet and intermittent fasting to most of my patients, even those who are not obese. The feeling after a 36 hour fast is hard to describe- mentally clear and surprisingly, not hungry. This is ketosis. If all the obese diabetics, who are begging their doctors to get their insanely expensive modern diabetes meds covered by their insurances, would adopt this approach it would be huge. Keep us posted on how it’s going.
I have been lacto ovo vegetarian for 49 years. Lacto means I eat cheese and drink milk products, however I drink no milk, and have very little ice cream, but I do eat cheese, however not a lot. Ovo means I eat eggs, about 6-8 a week. I go organic on everything, and non-GMO on everything. I eat no meats, including fish, chicken, etc. I am 77 years old my weight is 175 pounds and height is 6 foot even. I have maintained within a couple pounds of this weight for 49+ years. No high blood pressure, no diabetes, no heart problems, my sweets are honey, no sugar. I eat bread almost daily, corn daily, beans daily, no hospitalizations, no drugs legal or illegal, no alcohol, no tobacco. I have lots of energy, walking 2 miles twice a day and getting 7-8 hours sleep each night. My wife has the same history and no health issues over the last 49+ years too. She is also slim, no excess fat at 70 years of age.
This is, in fact, another Lie My Government Told Me!
The whole BS low fat diet thing was so totally wrong. I enjoy eating a low carb and high fat diet now. Plenty of meat and fat and the weight fell off at first and now is being maintained.
What a blessing you are posting this.
I didn’t eat eggs for ten years, because my doctor and my government told me it caused cholesterol. 🙄 Now, I eat one every day, with organic salsa and chopped avocado. I’ve learned to do my own research, and not trust government food pyramids. I worry more now about the quality of the soil my veg is grown in, the quality of life and diet of the chicken that lays my daily egg etc. I try to be more intentional about local sourcing. I drive to a local farm to buy these items, and it is totally worth it.
Excellent! I started low carb in 2018 & had a similar response. You will notice when you “cheat.” Your body will tell you. I just talked about this with Dr. Singleton on her radio show. I’ll share when released.
I've done a lot of diets in my life. They're hard to stick with. When I started the time-restricted eating diet, it proved to be the easiest diet ever, at least for me. I was inspired by this paper, sent to me by my older sister.
https://www.gwern.net/docs/longevity/2019-decabo.pdf
Morning tea was one item that helped. Mornings now have a heightened sense of awareness and energy. Maybe its all those keytone signaling molecules. :)
Anyhow, my BMI is 24, and its no problem to maintain it. And I'm not super strict about sugar and alcohol. I just try not to overdo it. For motivation, I keep a log. Whenever I succeed with my 16 hour fast, I give myself a little gold star. I'm about 80-90% successful. I don't sweat the times that I'm not.
Been at it coming up on three years, and a decade prior I began to mix in natural healthy food I grew in my backyard, at which time I had suffered a serious burnout working too much. At that time 13 years ago I didn't know the term insulin resistance.
Three years ago I realized I was going to become a robot like my father, having insulin injections the rest of my life, or completely change my diet. I hate needles.
Now that my mind and body has been cleared of the effects of these fascist foodstuffs I am 100% convinced I was a partial human being for all of my life until the change in diet.
My focus is now on slowly switching having to seek out and purchase clean healthy food to growing, hunting, fishing, and foraging, for it myself. The physical effort probably as important as the food.
I know, I can't do it all!
My 25 year old son developed high blood glucose while on a drug, prescribed by his doctor, that supposedly results in permanently high blood glucose levels. He titrated off the drug, then started this diet. It works. His blood glucose is normal now. He is 30.
Greetings from Montecito.
Having treated thousands of patients with low-carb/ketogenic diets in my medical practice since the early 1980s, I can tell you exactly what to expect. ALL your markers for diabetes will improve, your HDL will go up, your triglycerides will plummet, and your LDL-cholesterol might do one of three things given your genetics. In most cases it will go down. In some cases it will stay the same. And in a few cases, it will increase. Even markedly. As I'm sure you know, in most labs, LDL-C is a calculated number (using the Friedwald equation), not a direct measurement. When I evaluated my patients' LDL levels directly using NMR, I found that all had converted from the small, dense LDL pattern to the large, fluffy LDL pattern, which far from being harmful, is actually healthful.
If you had heartburn (GERD) before the diet, you will find it resolves quickly--often within just a few days. Same for fatty liver disease (NAFLD), though it can take a bit longer. If your liver enzymes were a bit elevated on your initial lab exam, they should normalize before the next test.
You mentioned your blood pressure decrease, which is a common finding. Almost 80 percent of patients who present with hypertension have their condition normalized within a few weeks without medication. Fluid retention disappears. Aches and pains pretty much go away. Most cases of sleep apnea improve, and almost all patients can get off CPAP.
In all my years of medical practice, I've never found anything as therapeutic as a good quality, whole food, low-carbohydrate/ketogenic diet. And intermittent fasting turbocharges it. I tell all my fellow MDs at every opportunity that such a diet is the best therapeutic tool they will ever use.
Wonderful! I had been concerned about your appearance. Glad you were likewise.
FWIW fate twisted my arm last year. Hard. I gave up alcohol and carbonated soft drinks completely, coffee and tea mostly. Dropped from mid 190s to mid 160s so fast that it concerned me. Each of us is different. Most important thing is to pay attention and try to find your own balance.
What concerns me the most is your long term survival after being jabbed. I'm sure you are doing all the recommended to rid your body of spike protein, etc. I thank God that I am an ornery skeptic in the first place, retired in the second, and live in a 2.5nd world country in the third. By the time the jabs got here Mikki Willis et. al. had gotten the word out. No way.
Good report from you because this action may well have abrogated your slide into Metabolic Syndrome. Let us know how you look/feel/think every 30 days as you continue in this "new dietary dispensation". I predict that: (1) You will now sleep better; (2) You will soon have to buy a bunch of new jeans with 33 inch waist or maybe even 32 --I am a Levi's guy myself, but you may be a Wrangler or Dickies enthusiast; and (3) You did not tell us that you now abjure any use of beverage alcohol -- that will make you feel even better. Closing advice: Do NOT weigh yourself compulsively but await (and it will not be long) the feeling of loose pants. Good luck!
This is awesome, thank you! I just recently started intermittent fasting and it truly makes a difference..I was a nighttime snacker, now I don't eat after 6pm and my cravings have nearly stopped. Not to mention I sleep much better.
Good on you! I started a ketogenic diet at the beginning of 2018. Haven’t looked back.
In fact, I went “carnivore” in September of that year right after my birthday. I’m now about 95% “C,” and love the almost indescribable health benefits I’ve experienced ever since.
Glad you have found a road to health and happiness that is working for you. We need you at your best!
Happy to hear of this dietary change, but I hope you are prepared for the occasion of "seeing what it does to my lipid profile", since that is quite a can of worms. There is a narrative about "LDL bad cholesterol" with those exact words used several times in the Rapatha ad discussed on Thehighwire episode 301 from 27:20 to 31:32, including the falsification of clinical data to get FDA approval. The idea that LDL cholesterol is just bad is inconsistent with the positive correlation of lifespan with LDL in people over 60 (Uffe Ravnskov in Cardiovascular medicine Research: Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review) and some people who go on keto diets get elevations of LDL cholesterol, so that is not necessarily a bad thing. Then there is the issue of Apo-B and LPa and particle size. If you figure it all out before you view your numbers, I look forward to hearing the results.
Steven Burrall MD
Yes, this is exact range of benefits I enjoyed from going "Keto" and doing the "intermittent fasting" gig.
As an elite athlete in the 1950's (swimming 6 miles daily involving wind sprints, etc.) we experienced and learned several things:
1) the body does perform better and more efficiently when burning fats for energy versus sugar . . . this, then, achieved by extensive "warm-up" to burn sugar out of the system. Surfing all day long as I did in my youth, we found my body operated more efficiently later in the day.
2) The research of Dr. Barry Sears PhD revealed that by proper modulation of our prostaglandins by correctly balancing the ratio of our n3 to n6 lipids (EPA to GLA) we are able to improve cardiovascular efficiency by about 18% in athletes . . . this because we improved oxygen delivery where it is needed . . . and fats need oxygen for metabolism, whereas sugars can be metabolized anaerobically by fermentation with the liability of lactic acid production!
Hence the "carbo-loading" gig is nonsense, and self defeating!!!!
EDIT with EXPANDED INFO.. . . .
On the issue of the correct ratios of n3 to n6 lipids EPA and GLA (often referred to as "activated polyunsaturated fatty acids)
The ratio varies person to person, but is in the range of 4 parts n3 to one part n6. This is the ratio in human mother's milk and also Flax Seed (linseed).
You can monitor your correct ratio by observing bowel action: too loose means too much n3. Constipated means too much n6.
Dr. Barry Sears (of Zone Diet fame) worked all this out in the mid-nineteen eighties (1986-7) with triathletes, NFL professionals, etc.
Attaining your correct ratio of these lipids optimizes your body's blood flow, and hence gets oxygen where it is needed . . . to the point that marathoners and triathletes never go into anaerobic metabolism.
The other important point is that seed oils (even Flax) which contain the un-activated lipids, require the enzyme delts-6-desaturase for them to be metabolized and activated . . . when D-6-D is lacking, the precursor lipids do not get converted . . . hence the wisdom bypassing the "enzyme block" by taking EPA and GLA.
To be noted is the fact that as we age, D-6-D production in the body declines as we age . . . at age 60, it has declined to about 30% of its original level.
The above is the short story . . . getting into how and why the correct ratio of these lipids works would turn this ditty into a too long story for the time I have.
Robert- fascinating to read your journey to the fasting/ keto world !
I started intermittent fasting about 3 years ago and lost 40 lbs. I still do it weekly, and have kept the weight off. As a primary care physician, I spend way too much time dealing with the consequences of obesity. I promote low carb diet and intermittent fasting to most of my patients, even those who are not obese. The feeling after a 36 hour fast is hard to describe- mentally clear and surprisingly, not hungry. This is ketosis. If all the obese diabetics, who are begging their doctors to get their insanely expensive modern diabetes meds covered by their insurances, would adopt this approach it would be huge. Keep us posted on how it’s going.
Thanks for passing this along Dr. Malone! I am dealing with some the same symptoms so I am going to try this too. You are greatly appreciated!
I have been lacto ovo vegetarian for 49 years. Lacto means I eat cheese and drink milk products, however I drink no milk, and have very little ice cream, but I do eat cheese, however not a lot. Ovo means I eat eggs, about 6-8 a week. I go organic on everything, and non-GMO on everything. I eat no meats, including fish, chicken, etc. I am 77 years old my weight is 175 pounds and height is 6 foot even. I have maintained within a couple pounds of this weight for 49+ years. No high blood pressure, no diabetes, no heart problems, my sweets are honey, no sugar. I eat bread almost daily, corn daily, beans daily, no hospitalizations, no drugs legal or illegal, no alcohol, no tobacco. I have lots of energy, walking 2 miles twice a day and getting 7-8 hours sleep each night. My wife has the same history and no health issues over the last 49+ years too. She is also slim, no excess fat at 70 years of age.