Modern healthcare is broken, why do we still use it?

0:00 – Introduction
1:28 – Research Business Model(s): Drugs vs Metabolic Health
4:01 – Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence
4:54 – Social Food Norms
6:02 – Research, Food and Social ecosystem
6:36 – Solutions

Goofy Math
600 Billion / 10 million = 60,000
- Cairo Spiney Mouse, ~1.5 oz
- Adult Hippo, ~1.5 tons ea (X2)
~6000 lbs / (1.5 oz/16oz/lb) = 64,000

[cisfun]

I continue to be drawn to the profoundly reasonable and logically formed arguments you present. Did you do debate in school, or are you just good at math?

[KaiAdventure]

My son brought his multiple sclerosis under control to such a degree that he feels great and lives a normal life now. That happened when he changed his diet and stopped the meds. Food IS the medicine!

[Hertzlaugh]

Stop calling it health care.
It's medical business.

[PeGeZoR]

The reason I was sceptical for so long about keto/carnivore was because the lack of evidence, until I realized the reason why there is no evidence... Keep up the good work!

[Havenwyck_Media]

I had ulcerative colitis too...I went carnivore. No more colitis, no more arthritis, no more heartburn, and no more brain fog.

[chrismaclean]

As you mentioned, when a doctor says a diet is unsustainable it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Watching what Dr. Unwin is doing in the UK by helping his patients with lifestyle-first treatments for their metabolic health has been astounding. Very few patients need prescriptions because of the support he and his team provide.

That is real medicine, IMO.

[rrrlasse]

"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". I want a t-shirt with that print

[Drberg]

This is a great viewpoint on the healthcare - great video

[TimRobertsen]

We need more people like you on the front line. Crowdfunding studies must be the way, I don't know if it will cover an entire study, but it atleast more ethical than what has been going on.

[mpoharper]

I agree totally. I hope that change comes sooner as I am already old enough to feel bad about within your lifetime. I have had a ketogenic diet since July 2019. Reversed my prediabetes and has helped control my cancer.

[rcketplumber]

I've been struggling to maintain carnivore because my wife likes to bake things that are tasty but unhealthy for me. "Sorry, honey, I can't eat that, " feels like a rejection for her. But last week she baked some "keto-friendly" peanut butter cookies with coconut flour and erythritol and oh god the heartburn and gut rumbles they gave me...

Nope. Not again. I told her straight up that I MUST avoid such things, I love you but please don't poison me. That reminds me, I have some brisket in the fridge that needs to go into the pressure cooker.

[ravenzbough]

My “healthy” high protein low carb cardiac ADA diet turned my liver into a glucose pumping machine. Finally found a diabetic specialist who drew a glucagon level (not the norm, apparently) which came back sky high. Started me on a high fat low carb low protein diet and, within a month, I’m off insulin and have normal blood sugars (I was getting up into the 500’s prior and insulin wasn’t working). Increasing salt has also made a huge difference. I feel like the universe is playing a joke on me. Everything I’d been taught about diet by our culture and my own nursing career has been shattered. I’m excited to see what the future brings

[almor]

Going carnivore removed at least 90% of my joint and muscle pain, my skin condition, endless hunger and the anxiety and depression that have plagued me for 3 decades!

[gwb]

Yes! 40 years ago I was diagnosed by several doctors with severe UC. 9 out of 10 bad according to one gastroenterologist! Surgical removal of entire colon recommended. I rejected this! The doctors offered me NO hope of recovery.

No internet back then so research was difficult. Long journey of experimenting with teas, probiotics, etc. etc. that made no difference. Never heard of Keto. Wasn't a thing back then. But decided diet of mostly meats & a few vegetables must be good for overall human health. Slowly, over about two years UC got better to point of total cure!!

Went from Keto style diet to Carnivore a few years ago and never felt better!

[sandramorton]

I had IBS for years, when I asked if it was food related, one said it could be Lactose, the other suggested Fodmap diet. Finally I removed all grains and went low carb, symptoms gone. I spent thousands of dollars on no help. My partner has a very low CAC score with low Total Cholesterol, yesterday at his annual visit his doctor pushed statins, Why? Because he has some calcium deposits which statins do not remove, so he is assuming his diet has not improved? I hope the young take control of better health care for many of us think they are worse than witch doctors.

[gaile]

Nick, I could not agree with you more. Healthcare is changing, our system can’t continue to handle the money going to surgeons. Pharma, I suppose, will always be a hot driver in research for there is lots of money to be made on the stock market! Thanks for the post, I will continue my journey watching you and others along the way.

[chrisavetrano]

Great post today Nick. I sent a newly graduated PA your Oreo video trying to educate him about LDL and sure enough he comes back with the not evidenced based argument. “All those guys talking about low carb diets are just trying to sell you something. I base all my beliefs on what the professional organizations say is true.” he wrote. Carry on and hope for a wave of metabolic enlightenment.

[wplants]

I was a birth doula for 10 years, and in 2011 I re upped my certifications and in the reprocess learned via reading research that OBGYN is the least evidence based area of medicine in our country with only 12% of practices being evidence based. That means 88% of standard birth practices are not evidenced based but yet they still do them… Evidence based is almost meaningless at this point if you can pick and choose what to implement based on convince to an insurance company or hospital’s whims

[sebastianhoracioforondagon]

Nice Nick as a 19 years scientist this content is amazing

[KVW]

I have IBD. I used to eat a lot of candy and cookies and crackers because they were "easier" on my system. By easier, eating full meals was hard because it hurt to eat a lot of food. Now that I'm feeling better, and I'm eating full meals again, including healthier options, my cravings for junk food have decreased. I go down the candy aisle, and none of it appeals. Diet absolutely matters. I haven't had this much energy since I was a teenager, and my mood is so much better. My pain is also almost non existent.