DOES KETO ACTUALLY MAKE DIABETES WORSE? - Dr. Westman Reacts

If you've had success with a keto diet -- losing weight, getting rid of heartburn and joint pain, and maybe even completely reversing your type 2 diabetes -- what should you make of a doctor saying that keto causes diabetes? Should you abandon a way of eating that has transformed your health -- and possibly your life -- based on alarmism and hyperbole from someone with little to no clinical experience helping patients?

What does the science say? What does over two decades of helping people in a medical clinic say?

Watch Dr. Westman's newest video for his perspective on a video released recently by a doctor who favors vegan diets, who claims that keto causes diabetes.

[brendadunham]

Dr Westman my endocrinologist does not want me to follow Keto or carnivore, he is totally against it. I’ve been a diabetic on insulin for over 35 years. I’m also on jardiance and take the max dose of Wellbutrin. I’m fed up with the diabetic diet, he wants me in Mediterranean diet. I’ve used that it does not work for me. I decided to start Keto myself and keep adjusting my insulin pump. I went from 120 units of insulin daily down to 65 units daily. I can do this and will do it.. I am in menopause also. I am losing the inflammation throughout my body and have reduced my pain throughout my body.

[notsatch]

Keto made my type 2 diabetes so bad that it got fed up and went away...

[saltrock]

I started keto 4 years to reverse pre-diabetes and I did. Been in remission for 3 years and 9 months. Been clean and broke my addiction to carbs 3 years 11 months ago. Thanks Doc!

[Mrs.TJTaylor]

Went ketogenic almost 5 years ago to heal a brain injury and pre diabetes. It works like crazy. My doctor is astounded and still warns me that I’m killing myself. I think she has to say that. And I think she’s vegan. She looks very unhealthy.

[robertstanton]

I was dying of liver disease in 2019. After adopting a keto diet, I was able to reverse my liver disease completely, begin exercising again after being too weak to even walk to the corner, and improved the ejection fraction of my myopic heart (due to a leaky valve) from 35% to 45%, and I lost 60 pounds and have kept it off in the bargain. Today I am healthier than I have been in decades, and I feel great. Every day. Low carb works. Period.

[peterbeyer]

Dr Westman is always so respectful and polite of the people who write absolute rubbish about low carb, keto diet😂.

[markstivers]

Dr. Westman, your self restraint demonstrated by not using the term “jacka$$” is nothing short of awe inspiring.

[williamberliant]

I've never had an appointment with you as my doctor, but you have through your videos helped me lose so much weight (220 lbs) and reverse my diabetes (10.8 to 5.1), and I'm 77 years old. The two things I like 1) you simplify keto, 2) you recommend medical strength keto. I stay around 10 to 15 carbs a day. Thank you so much. Bill

[NicoleM_radiantbaby]

Literally reversed my Type 2 Diabetes with keto starting about 5 years ago. I'd been diagnosed with a 7.6 a1c and had already been looking into keto at the time. I asked my doctor if I could make some dietary changes before going on any blood sugar meds (ex Metformin) and we agreed to follow up in a few months. Within about six months, I was down to a 5.0 a1c. My doctor was baffled, because the idea of keto went against what they thought was healthy, but the numbers didn't lie and so I never got put on blood sugar meds.

When I switched doctors in early 2020 (because of new insurance) and they took my a1c as a starting point (which was 5.1 -- a LITTLE higher, but still okay), the new doctor asked 'Are you sure you're Diabetic?'. I told him about my keto diet and he just replied: 'Well, just keep on doing what you're doing then! It's definitely helping'. 😀

[GypsyJulie]

I am new to carnivore and discovered that website. It caused me to hesitate about my way of eating. It was all the benefits I saw in just a few weeks that made me decide to ignore the website. Thank you for posting this video!

[healthconscience]

I put a lot of stock into what you say Dr. Westman. Glad you are calling out the quacks. There is another influencer named Bart Kay who is calling out people who are giving out bad/dangerous advice and he backs his knowledge up also. Keep up the good work, sir. PS: This guy you're critiquing isn't even making sense.

[HKnSLK]

I went keto to treat my seizures. And it is working very well. I will never need to worry about getting diabetes

[sandiscott]

Thank you for this video. I followed Dr. Michael Gregar for 3 years. His app Daily Dozen made me a type 2 diabetic. Keto has helped me lose 70 pounds and reverse my diabetic.

[livialaurenzano]

When I came across this “doctor“ I was amazed that he was 180° out from Dr. Westman so many others. How could this be? I knew there was something wrong. I had a suspicion that the the data that he was showing on the screen was old data, but I couldn’t tell, so I was hoping that Dr. Westman would critique this and now he has. Thank you Dr. Westman. And I appreciate the fact that when you do react and critique it is done in a respectful, humble manner without any ad hominem comments. Further adding to your credibility. God bless you.

[dianayounts]

I followed everything Dr Gregor recommended to the T. I folloewd his recipies. I did not lose weight but i should have been healthy. Smart gor me, I had a lipid panel blood work when I started. After 100 days following his plan all plant based, my triglycerides went up and my hdl went down. 60 days on keto, my triglycerides were 40 and my hdl was triple digits. I have all the receipts.

[robyn]

Thank you, Dr. Westman! After the last few years, we should be good at recognizing "political medicine!"

[lloydhlavac]

The first time I saw Dr Gregor online a few years ago I thought he was in his 60s. I was shocked to find out that at that time he was in his early 40s, and around 10 years YOUNGER than I am! My personal opinion is that he's a quack.

[peterbeyer]

In Australia diabetes is costing $1.5 B annually, a preventable disease, in the past there was not one low carb clinic now there are many, thanks for spreading the low carb diet. There are a lot of companies getting rich from the spread of diabetes.

[MicheleLHarvey]

There's a tidal wave of 'scare tactic' mis-information out there about Keto, Low Carb & even Paleo diets now. Thank you Dr. Westman, for these Reacts videos. They do a lot for those of us who've found health by simply changing our diet, even though most of the world including our medical institutions, are pushing plant based everything, to the point where it's becoming a political, medical & ethical football.

[peacewithHim]

Since being on a ketogenic lifestyle choice for over a year now, not only have I lost excess weight and inches, but I feel so much better physically and emotionally. All the masked body signals are revealed now so I am much more aware of what certain foods do to my body. I have more control over purchases that will harm or stall me. I appreciate you, Dr. Westman. You have been a constant source of encouragement for me.