Dr. Stephen Phinney - 'Troubleshooting the Ketogenic Diet for Optimal Weight and Health'

I now go for walks early in the morning and I can’t wait to listen to talks like these on my phone while I walk. I’ve listened to this one a few times and I’m still not bored. I look forward to getting up now. I’ve being doing keto for some time now now. It’s helped me lose weight, get rid of anxiety and depression, improve mental clarity, focus and concentration, memory, arthritis and nerve pain. I’m not obsessed with food anymore. So many benefits. It’s just a shame I can’t get my family to listen or believe me when I try to tell them about what I’ve learnt over the years with low carb/keto eating.

Lost 160 this year with his teaching. I was 620 bed bound a year ago. 486 now and grinding

I am a graduate student in human physiology, nutrition, and epidemiology and I got to say, this guy knows exactly what he is talking about. Sadly, what he knows is not taught (in fact, I go to a Uni that specializes in nutrition - kind of well-known in the EU) and we have major greenwashing here because it aligns with big agriculture. Most of my colleagues follow a vegan diet, and they think that we should eat as little salt as possible and no saturated fat. They also believe that calories are more important than macronutrients, and to be honest... both calories AND macros matter equally, and within the context of each other (not in isolation). I don't mind if you choose a vegan diet because you think it's right for you, or for moral obligations. But it is not ideal for all patient populations (like, for example, people like myself who have a lifelong history and family history of hormonal obesity). Or for my mother, who has T2DM. However, most dietitians back in Canada recommend she eats 25 g of carbohydrates per snack/ meal. T2DM is essentially carbohydrate intoxication... You can't empty a pool by putting more water in it. You can't reverse T2DM or ameliorate it with a high carb diet (although, if it is deficient in protein and fat and calories... it might work in the short term but you would be hungry, tired, and miserable). Unfortunately, most of the cutting-edge nutrition facts that I've learned I've learned through independent research. Low-salt stimulates appetite and decreases satiety (and may even decrease energy expenditure, among MANY other deleterious effects), and saturated fat is an integral, structural component in each of our cells (why do you think most dietary guidelines tell you to eat approx 7% of your fat from SFA?) Yet we shouldn't eat it because it will give us cardiovascular disease? (This has been debunked, many, many times. Dietary cholesterol is ALSO good for you.)

I’m in a different situation than most people, I was already lean and fit , but my energy levels were up and down like a yo-yo . Since going keto , my energy is at a more consistent level throughout the day , instead of the highs and crashes .

Phinney is timeless, he refuses to age.

Steven is such a pearl making this planet a bit better. May he never retire. The world needs his knowledge.

So true, going low carb got rid of my hypertension instantly! Great talk!

I have a seizure disorder that . I was born with and this keto diet has helped me to heel and . I feel good about watching theses videos on YouTube

Love Dr Phinney I could listen to him all day. Thank you for this.

Dr. Phinney is keto legend!!! Thank you for this

Guess what , I’m down 40lb , since nov 1st 2020 feel awesome , not much to it , it simply works

No carbs for breakfast will make you feel fuller for longer

Thank you very much for uploading this talk. I got more valuable information in one hour here than I got in 6 months of watching the ketosis hacks on other YouTube videos.

Great video!!! I’ve been on clean ketogenic diet for 93 days and I’m doing well ! Down from 208lbs to 184 , my blood sugar has dropped as well from 161 to 109 at 1 1/2 hour after dinner 😁

Dr Stephen Finney is one of my heroes. An authority on even the difficult questions. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Thanks Dr Phinney and Virta, I am off insulin and doing better metabolically since joining virta and living the keto lifestyle. Marty from Alaska

Dr Phinney is arguably THE Authority ( especially when it comes to answering questions which are not directly answered by research published thus far.) If you are interested in a 1 hr professional development investment you will not do better than this. This is ketosis 401 not 101. Kind Regards Dr John Stewart BVSc

On 'lite' salt - we have not been able to find potasium chloride or a blend of sodium chloride with potassium chloride that did not have added chemicals. Instead, bone broth is a good source of minerals, and is ridiculously easy to make. This is what used to be called simply broth, or clear soup. A splash of organic apple cider vinegar in a slow cooker with the bones and scraps from whatever meat you have available helps the minerals to be released from the bones. Simmering the broth for 2-3 days also helps. In the not long ago past, everyone used to keep a pot of broth simmering over the fire, woodstove, or on the back burner. Adding a good measure of unprocessed salt (Himalayan,Redmonds, etc) enhances the flavor, and also helps provide the salt we need. Other herbs can be added to taste. Of course, 100% grassfed beef or lamb or other herbivore, or pastured poultry or pork that have been raised without chemicals or chemically contaminated feed is ideal.

Dr. Phinney (and Volek too!) is the best! His explanation on tachycardia was very interesting and I've never heard it explained this way before (and I've listened to hundreds of hours of lectures on keto). Thanks LCDU for consistently bringing quality keto information to the public.

Keto works for me in combination with intermittent fasting. I am never hungry.