I learned for myself that at the age of 67, I certainly do not need carbs. I have lost 50 lbs. in 8 mos. on the ketogenic diet. I take no meds and am enjoying all the health benefits from burning ketones rather than carbs. My bp is perfect, I have no more inflammation, and no more brain fog. I eat some veggies but no grains or starch, and of course no sugar. Glad I found your channel.
So true. Sugar is a drug. We have opiate receptors that respond to sugar and wheat. Most of it is a habit though. Once you get your body adapted to low carb and fat burning, cravings go away. That's one way you can tell that you are adapted to fat burning.
I was debating this topic with my wife and I searched CZcams and thankfully found your video. My wife says you really know what you’re talking about. My wife is a certified naturopath and studies this stuff so I know your a good doctor...and now I believe her too lol. 😂
Thank you. I'd like to think I know what I am talking about, but it is always nice with a second opinion. Glad I could help your opinion of her as well. LOL
I disagree with your wife and my favourite Dr on this one. I haven't got any laboratory mice so I tinkered with two of my motobikes for 30 minutes each,one of them i took of all the carbs and the other i just loosened and tightened a few bolts and screws. The one with no carbs impossible to get it started and the other worked perfectly.
@@robinhood4640 of course because you removed the carb pathway completely. You must leave the carb pathway but you don’t need to rely on it to function. And you prove that with the carborated one as you obviously have some loose screws but still function.
Just watched it for the first time. I know you have some many other videos on the subject, but this one is perfect to send to friends and family, and to remind us of the basics principles of a ketogenic/carnivore health lifestyle. Thank you again Dr Ekberg
Good new education on the significant role of insulin in throwing out the sugar out of our body, but all the while we were hearing that insulin is needed to push the sugar into the cells, then we came to know about insulin resistance and its potential threat to our body and now the the long-imbibed knowledge that carbohydrate is not the basic source of energy for brain is realy an eye-opener. Dr. Thank you so much.
I'm not so sure that most people create ketones overnight. My understanding is that there is enough glucose stored in liver and muscle to avoid generation of ketones on a daily basis. This is why it takes a day or two of low carb consumption to begin producing ketones. No?
Hi Kerry Kimmel (found your name in your about page). It has been a slow process 7+years. We have really focused since October 2017 to get the message out about helping people get healthy. Nice to "meet" you.
I am glad for this channel. It is next to Barbara O'Neill the best advice. As a Genesis-1-29-believer though, the advice against grains is not complete in my opinion. It is the refined grains that are dangerous. All foods that man has tampered with are health destroyers. Wheat, especially whole grain meal is as bad as GMOs, if not worst.
Look at the video from 4:15 on. Vegetables are great. They have lots of fiber and nutrients without raising blood sugar. The diet I recommend is moderate protein and low carb. Fat makes up the difference.
In my opinion eat in moderation and consume less portions, don't cut out any food for a long term health target. You never know you might be hit by a car any time of the day. So enjoy life in moderation and be happy as always.
How can one avoid becoming a low-carb LDL hyper-responder, while following a keto diet program? Anyone affected by hyper LDL, following a keto diet? Thank you.
@@justo7955 That's what I did in my keto diet, and what I do in my current low-carb Mediterranean diet. Thank you. Oh, I forgot the good news: My LDL improved vs. the LDL prior to my keto/low carb diet. Thank you again.
As long as you are not sensitive to the protein casein, and you pick a natural high quality cheese. Avoid american cheese and anything with coloring. Grass fed and organic is best if you can find it.
Thank you for the video. I was being warned by family that the body will die if you don't have carbs. Even the FDA recommends that the Daily Value for total carbohydrate is 275 g per day. This is based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet . I have started keto and have been doing well, lost 20 lbs in the first 5 weeks. I was originally feeling awful at 300lbs and now just the diet, vitamins d2 , d3 and k2 mk-7 with olive oil, beta hydroxybutyrate , vitamin C and plenty of fresh leafy greans, fermented vegetables like sauerkraut, pickles, and meats but limited. I add fats to everything or have pork fats in sausages I make, dried and smoked hams, jerky, biltong, soppressata and other meats , but since keto doesn't allow you to overeat, I eat less than 2000 calories daily including beverages. I didn't even have to stop drinking beer a few days weekly, I switched to michelob ultra, 3 to 4 beers a couple of times a week, I just need to keep my total carb intake below 50 grams and I do not have a refeed day since I feel that the cheating would act as a drug addict relapsing.. That is exactly it because I am a food addict relapsing on something the body truly wasn't intended to eat. I try to eat whole foods, the only cheating there is almond flour and other ground up powders, but they do come from whole, all natural non gmo certified sources. I buy keto meals from Factor, they are healthy and delicious fresh unfrozen meals all natural, non GMO, non processed meals and are for the times when we don't have time for all the prep, cooking and cleaning. I take them to work for lunch and their egg bites for breakfast with my coffee. Energy boost city from high fat in the AM, however I am diabetic and have been extremely dizzy when waking up until I eat.
It depends on how carbohydrate tolerant you are. Sweet potatoes are very starchy and can create problems in a person who has insulin resistance or who has an unbalanced gut flora.
You can substitute rice for cauliflower rice ,my husband and I have. It’s delicious. You can grate the raw cauliflower with a hand grater or use the grater attachment of you food processor, that’s what we do. The end result is cauliflower ‘rice’. Now use it in any recipe calling for rice ( fried rice, curry rice. ground beef and rice, just to name a few. Try it you’ll be amazed!
I understand the body need a healthy stable blood glucose level. In absence of carbohydrates let’s say entirely, how can our body maintain that normal required blood glucose level?
Shawn what are muscles and tendons made of? Carbs? No, protein. So knowing that, what do you think would be needed to recover from that kind of injury?
Humans evolved to use both glucose and ketones. Yes, the body can use just ketones but to say that this is best is a stretch. Nature has given a lot of effort to enabling the digestion of carbohydrates. You misrepresent glucose by just talking about "spiking". The best you can say is that what is appropriate is a balance between fat and glucose.
No it’s low carb high fat. No mention of protein. Fat comes from vegetable sources also like avocados, coconut and nuts and seeds. Also fish as opposed to red meat and chicken.
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🔷 Watch this next: Asians Were Skinny On Rice For 1000s Of Years - Then Things Went Terribly Wrong czcams.com/video/FBaResVeer4/video.html
I learned for myself that at the age of 67, I certainly do not need carbs. I have lost 50 lbs. in 8 mos. on the ketogenic diet. I take no meds and am enjoying all the health benefits from burning ketones rather than carbs. My bp is perfect, I have no more inflammation, and no more brain fog. I eat some veggies but no grains or starch, and of course no sugar. Glad I found your channel.
That is great! Thank you for sharing your success story.
Are you still doing keto
That is great advice. I think we just love carbs because they appeal to the senses. We might not need them, but many people become addicted to them.
So true. Sugar is a drug. We have opiate receptors that respond to sugar and wheat. Most of it is a habit though. Once you get your body adapted to low carb and fat burning, cravings go away. That's one way you can tell that you are adapted to fat burning.
Since I’ve been doing Keto I feel so calm it’s great
the best video on carbs EVER CREATED.. You are the best! ❤❤❤
Great advice and very interesting. I used to eat a lot of carbs, but now I eat a keto diet.
Thank you and that is great
I was debating this topic with my wife and I searched CZcams and thankfully found your video. My wife says you really know what you’re talking about. My wife is a certified naturopath and studies this stuff so I know your a good doctor...and now I believe her too lol. 😂
Thank you. I'd like to think I know what I am talking about, but it is always nice with a second opinion. Glad I could help your opinion of her as well. LOL
I disagree with your wife and my favourite Dr on this one. I haven't got any laboratory mice so I tinkered with two of my motobikes for 30 minutes each,one of them i took of all the carbs and the other i just loosened and tightened a few bolts and screws. The one with no carbs impossible to get it started and the other worked perfectly.
@@robinhood4640 of course because you removed the carb pathway completely. You must leave the carb pathway but you don’t need to rely on it to function. And you prove that with the carborated one as you obviously have some loose screws but still function.
Absolutely an incredible teacher , makes the complex understandable.
Just watched it for the first time. I know you have some many other videos on the subject, but this one is perfect to send to friends and family, and to remind us of the basics principles of a ketogenic/carnivore health lifestyle. Thank you again Dr Ekberg
This makes it so incredibly ironic that bread is the basic source of food in many countries.
Amazing analogy, you are one of three professionals that I follow for diet.
well explained. a lot of people still don't know this stuff
Thank you. That is why we have this channel, so we can get the word out on what health really means.
The majority of people I could say 80%
Good new education on the significant role of insulin in throwing out the sugar out of our body, but all the while we were hearing that insulin is needed to push the sugar into the cells, then we came to know about insulin resistance and its potential threat to our body and now the the long-imbibed knowledge that carbohydrate is not the basic source of energy for brain is realy an eye-opener. Dr. Thank you so much.
Nice to meet you, I’ll help you out and I do love your channel! You should be s big hit!
Thank you.
👍Very helpful and useful info. Thx. 💞
Thank you
Thank you Mr Ekberg. Great content with a great value.
Great content! Look forward to following along and learning more - keep it up 👍🏼
Thank you Brittany. Will do.
@@drekberg How much carbs does a insulin sensitive person burns per hour?
0:01 need, no. Optimal, yes.
Dr.ekberg is potatos a good carb or a bad carb ? Please let me know as soon as possible ! Thank you !
Love your content keep posting
Thank you. Will do.
You speak the truth. Keep posting!!!
I'm not so sure that most people create ketones overnight. My understanding is that there is enough glucose stored in liver and muscle to avoid generation of ketones on a daily basis. This is why it takes a day or two of low carb consumption to begin producing ketones. No?
that awesome thumbnail made me laugh. nice one :D
Thank you Actionhanz. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it.
It s an altenative source. Isnt the body prefer the main route energy source. Could you share the established literature
Hi Dr. Ekberg, coming to you from Morningfame and Jo Roderick’s channel. Looks like you are well on your way with over 600 subscribers.
Hi Kerry Kimmel (found your name in your about page). It has been a slow process 7+years. We have really focused since October 2017 to get the message out about helping people get healthy. Nice to "meet" you.
@@drekberg wow 600 subscribers 3 years ago and now over a million.
The truth is a powerful force.
I like your wig secondly in my country we have a lot of carbohydrates we grow ourselves veg and beans so really tricky here any suggestions please
Traditional diets tend to do fairly well as long as you haven't already develop IR with a bunch of sugar.
I am glad for this channel. It is next to Barbara O'Neill the best advice.
As a Genesis-1-29-believer though, the advice against grains is not complete in my opinion.
It is the refined grains that are dangerous. All foods that man has tampered with are health destroyers. Wheat, especially whole grain meal is as bad as GMOs, if not worst.
Very nice information 👌 👍
Don't we need fibre from fruit and veg ? What about greens? A high meat diet causes kidney strain
Look at the video from 4:15 on. Vegetables are great. They have lots of fiber and nutrients without raising blood sugar. The diet I recommend is moderate protein and low carb. Fat makes up the difference.
In my opinion eat in moderation and consume less portions, don't cut out any food for a long term health target. You never know you might be hit by a car any time of the day. So enjoy life in moderation and be happy as always.
Is this approach applicable to toddlers between 2 to 3?
How can one avoid becoming a low-carb LDL hyper-responder, while following a keto diet program? Anyone affected by hyper LDL, following a keto diet? Thank you.
I'd do a search for Dr. Sten Ekberg LDL cholesterol.
@@justo7955 That's what I did in my keto diet, and what I do in my current low-carb Mediterranean diet. Thank you. Oh, I forgot the good news: My LDL improved vs. the LDL prior to my keto/low carb diet. Thank you again.
Vegetables are high in oxalates.What's your take on that?
Depends on if you are sensitive to them. If it is a concern you can cook the veggies or avoid them.
Thank you,Doc!
avoid the high ox vegs - plenty to choose from
Can our brains run on ketones instead of glucose?
Hi Dr Sten, what do you think about almond flour?
Hi Dr Ekberg is cheese good? Does it help if someone wants to loose weight? Thank you
As long as you are not sensitive to the protein casein, and you pick a natural high quality cheese. Avoid american cheese and anything with coloring. Grass fed and organic is best if you can find it.
like your idea.
Thank you sir for your work!
Thank you for the video. I was being warned by family that the body will die if you don't have carbs. Even the FDA recommends that the Daily Value for total carbohydrate is 275 g per day. This is based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet . I have started keto and have been doing well, lost 20 lbs in the first 5 weeks. I was originally feeling awful at 300lbs and now just the diet, vitamins d2 , d3 and k2 mk-7 with olive oil, beta hydroxybutyrate , vitamin C and plenty of fresh leafy greans, fermented vegetables like sauerkraut, pickles, and meats but limited. I add fats to everything or have pork fats in sausages I make, dried and smoked hams, jerky, biltong, soppressata and other meats , but since keto doesn't allow you to overeat, I eat less than 2000 calories daily including beverages. I didn't even have to stop drinking beer a few days weekly, I switched to michelob ultra, 3 to 4 beers a couple of times a week, I just need to keep my total carb intake below 50 grams and I do not have a refeed day since I feel that the cheating would act as a drug addict relapsing.. That is exactly it because I am a food addict relapsing on something the body truly wasn't intended to eat. I try to eat whole foods, the only cheating there is almond flour and other ground up powders, but they do come from whole, all natural non gmo certified sources. I buy keto meals from Factor, they are healthy and delicious fresh unfrozen meals all natural, non GMO, non processed meals and are for the times when we don't have time for all the prep, cooking and cleaning. I take them to work for lunch and their egg bites for breakfast with my coffee. Energy boost city from high fat in the AM, however I am diabetic and have been extremely dizzy when waking up until I eat.
watching this in 2024!
How about for health and longevity? Do we need carbs?
Oats are grains... but are gluten-free organic oats as bad as other grains? They are high in good nutrients.
Grain is grain. Still is a carb.
Are sweet potatoes ok to consume tho? Because I do love to have some baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon and grassfed on it sometimes
It depends on how carbohydrate tolerant you are. Sweet potatoes are very starchy and can create problems in a person who has insulin resistance or who has an unbalanced gut flora.
Got you doc. Thank you tho.
Does the gi need carbs for functioning well? or fibers ..all from veggies?
Please how can I Help myself? I cannot live without eating rice. Is there any way you can help me? Thanks for your responds. I really need it.
You can substitute rice for cauliflower rice ,my husband and I have. It’s delicious. You can grate the raw cauliflower with a hand grater or use the grater attachment of you food processor, that’s what we do. The end result is cauliflower ‘rice’. Now use it in any recipe calling for rice ( fried rice, curry rice. ground beef and rice, just to name a few. Try it you’ll be amazed!
Great
I tried Keto and had migraines and my LDL went up 40%, despite drinking plenty of water and eating low saturated fats.
How about antioxidants? Do we eat carb for vitamins and minerals but also for antioxidant? or vitamins themselves are antioxidant? i’m little confused
There is a lot of confusion. Watch this video on supplements. czcams.com/video/Zirp5SB-HM8/video.html
OK, OK, THAT IS A HILARIOUS PICTURE ON YOUR THUMBNAIL. SPAGETTI FOR HAIR, HA HA HA !
hahaha spaghetti is better hair than food!
haha That is great!... and true.
OMG!
we need to wake up!
well dr
Is a life without nachos, popcorn, pizza, spaghetti, baked potato, watermelon, beer, wine, Chinese takeout and ice cream a life worth living?
107th, 2 June 2024
I understand the body need a healthy stable blood glucose level. In absence of carbohydrates let’s say entirely, how can our body maintain that normal required blood glucose level?
gluconeogenesis is the process through which the body MAKES the tiny bit of needed glucose from protein
@@judymiller5154 thanks for the reply … I also learnt about this over last year … amazing how are body works …I wish I knew all this when I was 20 😁
Body makes glucose from glycerin within fat. Triglycerides are 3 molecules of fat attached to 1 molecule of glycerin.
In the case of muscle or tendon/ligament injuries, would the carb provide faster recovery?
Shawn what are muscles and tendons made of? Carbs? No, protein. So knowing that, what do you think would be needed to recover from that kind of injury?
6:14 award worst food🍩🥇
Humans evolved to use both glucose and ketones. Yes, the body can use just ketones but to say that this is best is a stretch. Nature has given a lot of effort to enabling the digestion of carbohydrates. You misrepresent glucose by just talking about "spiking". The best you can say is that what is appropriate is a balance between fat and glucose.
How much carbs does a person hypersensitive person burns per hour?
So I guess we supposed to eat meat only
No it’s low carb high fat. No mention of protein. Fat comes from vegetable sources also like avocados, coconut and nuts and seeds.
Also fish as opposed to red meat and chicken.
А по русски?😂 мне перевод в студию пож😊
👍✅🤗✅👍
Pater Noster: Bread!
From Sverige: the barbarian!
🙏🙏🙏👏👍
You're welcome. CPIZZI. My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
No we don’t need fruits or vegetables LOL
Healthy fat!💪🏻
I need pizza to live
Make cauliflower crust pizza!😊
@@natalie8439 Or almond flour crust, or fathead dough crust, or chicken crust. All taste great !
Yes we need pasta.
Or life is empty
clear sign of addiction 😢
U have lost all your hair because of carbs