SO
SO WHEN
SO WHEN IT COMES TO EATING THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES
OF DIETS VIEWS ON FOOD OUT
THERE.
WELL, ONE POPULAR DIET RIGHT
NOW IS QUITO.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT?
WELL I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH THE
AUTHOR OF THE CASE FOR QUITO,
GARY TAUBES ABOUT WHAT THIS
DIET IS ALL ABOUT IS THE WAY
OF EATING THAT ASSUMES THAT
SIMPLY PUT ASSUMES THAT
CARBOHYDRATES ARE FATTENING FOR
THOSE OF US WHO AND EASILY AND
IF WE WANT TO ACHIEVE AND
SUSTAIN A HEALTHY WEIGHT, WE
HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM EATING
CARBS AND THEN REPLACE THOSE
CALORIES WITH FAT.
IF YOU DO THAT THERE ARE EATING
KETO USED TO BE CALLED ATKINS
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER
I REMEMBER THE ATKINS THING SO
THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
WHAT ARE THE DOS AND DON'TS
OF KETO?
WELL IT'S MOSTLY DONE SO DON'T
EAT GRAINS, SUGARS AND STARCHES
BECAUSE THESE FOODS RAISE YOUR
INSULIN LEVELS INSULIN.
SO HORMONE THAT WE THINK OF IS
WORKING TO CONTROL BLOOD SUGAR
AND DIABETES.
BUT WHEN INSULIN IS ELEVATED
YOU ARE STORING FAT AND YOU
SECRETE INSULIN IN RESPONSE TO
CARB FOODS OR CARBS.
SO SUGARS, GRAINS, STARCHES YOU
DON'T EAT YOU REPLACE THEM WITH
FATTY FOODS AND GREEN LEAFY
VEGETABLES AND SO A LOT
OF VEGETABLES, A LOT OF SALAD,
LOTS OF BUTTER AND OLIVE OIL
IDEALLY AND MEAT FISH AND FOWL.
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT
YOU PUT THAT DISTINCTION THERE
.
EXPLAIN OTHER THINGS THAT I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
KITO THEY THINK ALL RED MEAT
WHICH IS NOT THE CASE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER WAYS YOU
CAN GET THOSE FATS.
YEAH, AND THAT'S THE ARGUMENT I
MAKE IN THIS BOOK IS FOUR
PERCENT WITH A THOUGHT
OF OBESITY IS BEING CAUSED BY
OVEREATING AND THERE'S ALWAYS
BEEN THIS ALTERNATIVE
HYPOTHESIS.
IT'S A HORMONAL IT REALLY IS A
HORMONAL PROBLEM.
PEOPLE WHO GET FAT EASILY DO SO
BECAUSE THEIR HORMONES ARE
DYSREGULATED AND WE'VE KNOWN
FOR 50 YEARS THAT IF YOU WANT
TO GET FAT OUT OF YOUR FATTY
AND BURN IT FOR FUEL, YOU'VE
GOT TO MINIMIZE YOUR INSULIN
LEVELS AND THAT'S WHAT THE
KETOGENIC THAT'S THE BASIC
ASSUMPTION OF KETOGENIC DIET.
IT'S TEXTBOOK MEDICINE APPLIED
TO FAT ACCUMULATION.
SOME OF US JUST CAN'T EAT
CARBS.
OTHERS CAN DO IT FINE AND STAY
LEAN AND HEALTHY AND RUN
MARATHONS AND A BODY OF , YOU
KNOW, BURN CARBS AND WON'T STOP
WITH THE REST OF US.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO AVOID THESE
FOODS.
YOU MENTIONED THE BOOK.
WHAT WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
THE BOOK IS I'VE BEEN REPORTING
ON THIS I'M THE INVESTIGATIVE
SCIENCE AND HEALTH JOURNALIST.
I'M NOT A DOCTOR OR
NUTRITIONIST.
I'VE BEEN REPORTING ON THIS FOR
TWENTY YEARS BEGINNING WITH A
SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS FOR
THE JOURNAL SCIENCE AND THEN
SOME INFAMOUS NEW YORK TIMES
MAGAZINE COVER STORIES.
QUITO HAS EXPLODED IN THE PAST
TEN YEARS AS THE OBESITY AND
DIABETES NUMBERS HAVE EXPLODED
.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM
THE CONVENTIONAL THINKING EAT
EXERCISE MORE, DOESN'T WORK,
GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER AND MORE
OF THESE PEOPLE EVENTUALLY WILL
EXPERIMENT AND FIND THEIR WAY
TO THE KETOGENIC DIET AND IN
THE PROCESS A FEW TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF PHYSICIANS HAVE
NOW EMBRACED THIS WAY OF EATING
TO VOTE FOR THEM SELVES AND FOR
THEIR PATIENTS IS THE
HEALTHIEST THING THEY CAN TELL
THEIR PATIENTS TO DO.
I WANTED TO TALK TO THESE
PHYSICIANS AND I INTERVIEWED
OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
OF THEM FOR THIS BOOK AND I
WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY
THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WHAT THE
CHALLENGES WERE AND THEN I
WANTED TO BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE TO ANYONE WHO'S
STRUGGLING WITH THEIR WEIGHT
AND KNOWS THAT FOR THEM SELVES
IMMEDIATELY EATING LESS AND
EXERCISING MORE HASN'T HELPED
THAT YOU KNOW, GOING VEGETARIAN
OR VEGAN HASN'T HELPED AND THEY
WANTED TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO DO IT AND I WANTED TO
COMMUNICATE THAT THIS IS SAFE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE
CLINICAL TRIALS TESTING THAN
ANY DIET IN EXISTENCE.
WELL, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY
NEXT QUESTION TO YOU KNOW, AS A
HEALTH CARE JOURNALIST I'M
ASSUMING YOU'VE READ SEVERAL
CASE STUDIES ON KETO.
ARE THERE ANY DANGERS TO KETO?
IS ANYONE WHO SHOULDN'T DO THIS
DIET?
WELL, WE'VE GOT A PREEXISTING
MEDICAL CONDITION AND
UNFORTUNATELY THOSE OF US WHO
ARE PREDISPOSED TO SUFFER FROM
OBESITY DIABETES ALMOST BY
DEFINITION HAVE A PREEXISTING
CONDITION.
YEAH, IT'S IDEAL TO FIND A
PHYSICIAN WHO'S KETO FRIENDLY,
WHO'S READ THE LITERATURE, WHO
KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN YOU
WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT SUGARS,
GRAINS AND STARCHES, WHICH IS
EFFECTIVELY WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
YOUR BODY GOES FROM BURNING
CARBS FOR FUEL TO BURNING FAT
FOR FUEL.
YOU WANT IT TO BURN FAT BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS FAT STORED
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
YOUR BRAIN GOES FROM BURNING
CARBS FOR FUEL TO BURNING
MOSTLY THESE MOLECULES CALLED
KETONES THAT ARE SYNTHESIZED
FROM FAT AND THAT'S SO DURING
THE TRANSITION PERIOD YOU CAN
HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOU KNOW,
SOME PEOPLE THEY FEEL ENERVATED
OR THEY THEY HAVE VERY LOW
BLOOD PRESSURE THEY MIGHT GET
AROUND TO A LOT OF ISSUES ARE
THAT YOU KNOW, IT HELPS TO HAVE
SOME SEEING THROUGH THIS.
ANYONE CAN DO IT AND I TRY TO
GIVE THE ADVICE NECESSARY IN MY
BOOK.
THERE ARE A TON OF GREAT BOOKS
OUT THERE BUT IT HELPS TO HAVE
A PHYSICIAN.
YEAH, I CAN I CAN'T EMPHASIZE
ENOUGH YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
CONSULT DOCTOR BEFORE MAKING
ANY LIFESTYLE CHANGES.
WELL AFTER THE BREAK WE'VE GOT
A SPECIAL OFFER ON A TERM YOU