do you blame yourself for being fat for not having enough willpower and then hide yourself
away at home sad and lonely but what if I told you that we have all been set up to be overweight
and to be addicted to processed foods but even better what if I told you that what I learned from
Dr Jason Fung changed my life and can absolutely change yours hello wellness workers welcome to
mind-blowing health and also violet the reason I make these videos is to help you to understand
when your physical health and mental health are working well together we have that overall sense
of well-being if this is something that you're working on subscribe because I make videos
like this every week so first of all it feels like one day you wake up and you've gained 20
30 maybe even 40 pounds and you're like what happened and that happens to us because we are
used to looking at ourselves every day and weight gain is a slow process you just don't notice
when you're putting on weight until usually you compare yourself to a picture of a few months ago
or for some reason you go to put on a pair of pants you haven't worn in a few months
right you step on the scale to double check how you're doing and all of a sudden you
notice that there's extra weight there at that moment you're somewhat distraught
and you take a decision I need to get back into shape and so you enthusiastically
focus on exercise and changing your diet and most of us when we do this are going to focus
so the first time and be clear on that the first time you notice that you have weight to lose
the average person is going to focus on doing some kind of low fat diet and you are going to fail
and you're going to blame yourself worse the world is going to agree and blame you too and worse than
even all of that this cycling through feeling like a failure and then attacking your diet and
feeling like a failure and then attacking your diet is likely going to happen to you 126 times
that's right the average person will diet 126 times in their lifetime because in their adult
years the average person will try two diets a year isn't that crazy that I'm going to do something
repeatedly not getting results and keep doing the same thing expecting myself to get results
okay wait a minute wait a minute why is this happening well when I go to the doctor because
I've noticed that I've gained weight and I'm looking for advice or worse when I go to the
doctor for my annual checkup step on the scale and the doctor shames me into realizing while you've
gained 40 50 pounds you need to lose weight the thing that the doctor is going to advise me is to
eat fewer calories and exercise eat less fat and exercise stop eating junk food and exercise stop
being lazy and exercise and until Dr Jason Fung came along and said stop eating sugar and fast
I had never heard any other information this is strong evidence that the hormonal view of obesity
is much more correct because it's the obesity it's the insulin which leads to the obesity which leads
to the compensations that we see right these are hormonal effects you're hungry because your
body is increasing the ghrelin you're decreasing your metabolism you're not burning it off right
and this is the whole thing that sets you up it says you don't get fat because you're overeating
you're overeating because you're getting fat right which sets you up for the proper question what's
making you get fat what's the ultimate cause of obesity and again it's insulin now cortisol does
play a role but that's for another time what's interesting really is that that doesn't um you
know we think that we're really smart right in 2016. but if you go back to William Banting he
understood that refined carbohydrates led to obesity right so refined can now in 2016
after this kind of 50-year hiatus where we're talking about calories now we realize that refined
carbohydrates increase your insulin which leads to the obesity and this guy dancing was in the 1850s
right like 150 god damn years ago they knew this right it's like oh my god we're not that smart so
this is the whole problem right if you try to treat it as a caloric deficiency
and you say that it's a personal choice you're gonna fail right if you understand that this is
a disease which is related to insulin then you understand why you treat it the way we do
so what raises insulin the most from a dietary standpoint
refined carbohydrates right the sugars the refined grains what raises it the least natural fats right
olive oil avocado butters okay well maybe that's not exactly what he said but it's what he should
have said because that's the answer right Dr Fung helped me to understand that the true mistake that
I was making was not allowing myself to understand how the body processes sugar and how the body
processes fat and how the difference between the way that those two things are processed
affects whether or not Violet is gaining weight or Violet is losing weight now the
other thing that I really love about Dr Fung is that he's very clear about what the answer is
he's very clear because he understands that this is what our body does whether we want our body
to do this or not this is what our body is going to do he calls us on the generations of falsities
that we've been saying it's not the doctor's job to tell us what's hard or what's not hard it's
the doctor's job as he said a bunch of times to give us the information and then it's our
job to put it into action he can't force us but he can lay out the simplest possible plan
to get our bodies to use fat for fuel if we give people exogenous insulin they can't lose weight
right even if they fast it's very hard because they can't access that fat they just keep reducing
their calorie expenditure but the whole point is that fasting provides the easiest way you
get rid of all that glycogen you get your insulin down so you can actually access your body fat and
there and the whole thing is that why can't you fast right you know I asked my son one time a
few years ago you know how do you lose weight he goes he has six or seven at the time and he goes
just don't eat so easy right it's like huh how can you be so right about this
point that has escaped like 99 of the world's doctors and dietitians right if you don't eat
you're gonna lose weight and here's the thing to understand there's nothing wrong with it
that's the way we're built right that's the way lions are built that's the way tigers are
built that's the way bears are built that's the way we're built we're built to withstand
these repeated episodes where there's no food right because back in the caveman days there's no
McDonald's there's no refrigerator there's nothing there there are times you're going to have nothing
that's why you have fat right that's the whole point he pointed something out that is reality
as much as I don't talk about it that much it's reality what's the fastest way to get your body
to use fat for fuel it's actually not keto the fastest way to get your body to use fat for fuel
is to not eat if I don't eat but I actually have weight on my body so fat on my body I'm not going
to die my body's going to tap into the resources and keep me moving forward you do not need
to do keto to be in a healthy situation however is it easier well yeah if I'm living a ketogenic
lifestyle and I'm already used to not having those carbohydrates fasting is much easier
but is it necessary not at all so then why do we combine fasting in keto this always strikes me
as one of the most unfair things in medicine because you're hungrier like you're eating
more you want to eat more but it's not because you're some gluttonous slob right it's because
your hormones are making you hungry and you're burning less energy so as you regain that weight
everybody thinks oh you went off your diet because you have no willpower right and again one of the
most unfair things in medicine because we know it's all about your metabolism which went down
and your hunger hormones which went up but it all stemmed from a complete misunderstanding of
obesity so it's not a lack of willpower right you're not some glutton it's no
it's your hormones that are making you hungry and you're not some slaw because you're not exercising
you're like burning like 500 calories a day less not because you don't want to
because you're not exercising it's your hormones it's your basal metabolism has gone down he's
very clear at helping us to understand that in in fact if you want to be healthy the best way
to go is to do keto and fasting acknowledging that not everybody's going to do what's best for
their health acknowledging that not everybody wants to put in the work to do what's going
to be healthier doesn't mean that it isn't the right answer the reason that I love Dr Fung is
because when you listen to him speak he's very clear there is an answer whether or not violet
wants to implement the answer is up to violet he can only present to you this is the answer
and then it's up to you to decide am I going to implement the answer yes or no if I implement the
answer I get better health if I don't implement the answer I continue to live this way I like Dr
Fung because he said it straight I like Dr Fung because he doesn't mince his words I like Dr Fung
because he gives great examples that really helps you so analogies that really helps you
to understand what you're trying to accomplish I like Dr Fung because he's not looking for friends
he's trying to share the truth so that the world can be healthier yes he's a doctor a nephrologist
specializing in kidney care yes he had hundreds of patients in front of him who were diabetic
and on medication for diabetes that was actually not helping their diabetes it was making them
worse I loved Dr Fung because he looked at that situation he figured it out and he realized
sure I can keep doing this and make lots of money but I'm not helping these people or I can push for
a different answer which trust me I'm sure got him a lot of negatives from his colleagues from
respected peers from the hospital that he's pushing this idea that was absolutely against
what the medical profession professes right now and he did it anyway because he recognized
that that was what was actually going to equal and people will be healthier it's the same reason that
a psychologist is sitting here talking about this because I see the link between being unhappy with
my body and the weight that I am and my mental health and if people understand that that's why
they're struggling so much we can take different decisions we can do things to help ourselves
be happier and feel better and part of it is being healthier if my body is healthy then I'm
not wasting time trying to fix my body and I can actually work on relationships I can
actually work on my work I can actually work on my friendships I can actually play with my children
and have a better relationship with my spouse but when I'm in pain when I'm worried about my health
when I'm worried about will I be here for my children will I be here for my grandchildren then
we're not able to be psychologically invested in the now because we're so worried about the future
so if we know this information right if we know that sugar affects the body a certain way
fat affects the body a certain way these are the two energy sources if we know this information why
are we still eating carbohydrates as our main energy source the reason that that is is because
of this attitude of if it ain't broke don't fix it there is not as much money to be made in what Dr
Fung has to say as there is in the carbohydrate version of this story so let's be clear the
message of fat for fuel will save our lives isn't a broken message but the message of carbs for fuel
was is healthy is backed by food companies is backed by big pharma because these two places
make a lot of money when we think carbs for fuel is okay because then we'll eat packaged foods that
are highly carbohydrate-laden and we will use medications to solve the problems we got from
eating these packaged foods so it's a win for both of these companies or these industries it's not a
win for us it's actually death and despair for us what's interesting is that the people that know
that fat for fuel is healthier do believe that the carbs for fuel is okay idea is broken
because our bodies are falling apart people are becoming diabetic having heart issues PCOS
gout and a multitude of other physiological problems from eating sugar carbohydrates that
I can't even list because again not a doctor but these conditions exist so then how dare I say
or anyone else say that carbs as a fuel source is healthy isn't broken from a perspective of the
food companies from a perspective of big pharma it's not broken it makes them a lot of money
from the perspective as the consumer oh my gosh I want this to be broken
processed foods are killing us high carb foods are killing us we need to understand that eating
these things is absolutely unhealthy I really do want to break their money making machine I want
to break it my number one reason for wanting to break their money making machine is because
they're making that money on our back right they're making that money on us being unhealthy
and I don't think that's cool I want us to work hard to be the person who does the work and that
means if there's a problem with your boss you face your boss if there's a problem with your friend
you face your friend if there's a problem with your spouse you go talk to your spouse and if
there's a biological physiological problem that you're having you go and solve it if there's a
psychological problem that you're having you face it directly and you go and solve it Dr
Fung helped me to understand that there is an answer a real answer and that real answer is
listen to your body your body actually knows what helps it to function well your body actually knows
what it needs to build and repair your body actually knows what food sources are healthy
food sources when I'm eating something and I don't feel well but I keep eating it I'm
trying to tell my body what's good for it rather than listening to my body say violet
stop eating that and when I don't listen to my body my body goes into defense mode and now the
only thing my body is focused on is keeping Violet alive so think about this when my body
goes into defense mode it's no longer caring how much I weigh it's no longer caring about
the quality of my teeth or the quality of my skin or the my body's only goal at that moment is keep
violet alive and it will mess up everything else as long as violet is alive okay so this was back
in 1917 they reduced the calories to like 1400 to 2100 so it doesn't seem that low compared to
modern standards but what they saw was this was a 12 young men and they reduced their calories
about roughly 30 and what happened was that their metabolism decreased about 30 percent
well that's pretty smart because if you don't you're gonna run out of energy and then you'll
die this body doesn't want to die right that is not what I want for my body I want it in health
and growth mode producing the best possible version of this vessel to take me through the
rest of my life in a healthy happy manner where I get to do what I want to do and that's what I
want for every one of my wellness warriors give your body the quality ingredients that
it needs to build the best possible you I want everybody right now in the comments to tell me
that your body is worth fighting for and that going forward that you're going to purchase the
best quality healthy ingredients that are straight from the earth right no more processed foods
to help yourself to be build that healthy body that you want
make a commitment today I want everyone to write in the comments below how are you going to make
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