Will a high carb diet kill you?

But what exactly does "high" mean, and what does it have to do with mental health? And how many carbs in a unicorn steak? And do adjectives cause heart attacks?

Let's connect:

[nallanw]

Unrelated to mental illness (mostly), but a whole-foods plant-based diet seems like the best diet for disease prevention and overall longevity and health in the research I have done. I originally started eating this way for ethical reasons and then later found out that doctors had been using this diet to literally reverse and prevent heart disease for years. The science is out there! Great vid Mark!

[jwbaccaro]

I've noticed when I cut out sugar and processed carbs (not rice, real bread or potatoes), and I eat meat and veggies I feel much, much better, physically and mentally.

[Blessed]

I thrive on a high carb diet but not junk food. I can easily maintain my weight and bp and blood sugar is superb.

[Kikuye]

My big thing tends to be: I ate this, now what must I do to distract, compensate, off set it, do I feel sick, will it make me feel sick, oh no, what if I get hungry before I can eat next and it is too many calories, what if it makes me feel too full, for way too longwhat should I do, let's focus on that feeling and monitor it constantly, so I can't do anything else productive until I am allowed to eat again..just in case. *all day*

It is interesting to see when people have OCD that is around food, but not necessarily considered an eating disorder, and do wonder where the line blurs, or if it does, since it is very much just labels given. I have seen people with eating disorders have many different "reasons"/"themes" for doing that they do, and in my case, over the years those "reasons" change and morph, if nothing else just because my brain wants to keep doing the compulsions and reacting to fear. One thing I have read many times from doctors like Jeffrey M Schwartz and Ian Osbourne is that OCD is ego-dystonic, while EDs are usually typified as ego-systonic...I don't think that is always(?) the case though.

And when I saw you were doing Cross Fit, I did wonder for a second if you were going to at least start Paleo, lol. Though I am not sure what kind of mental health cavemen had...

[mjuklo]

”So I’m never going to die” wow I guess we found a key to immortality 🙌

[BriJo]

What an inaccurate account. These studies were showing all carbs as equal. Whole grains and whole plant based foods like fruit are far different than candy. Both are considered "carbs".
I'm a vegan and eat high carb low fat plant based and I'm far healthier than I was eating high fat processed animal products.

[PokeyMeansBusiness]

kudos on being healthy and physically active!

[AJC-wbsr]

Hi Mark, 3800 calories daily you must need to do a lot of exercise/burning calories to avoid gaining weight. Any advice on how to calculate how many calories we need daily to maintain our weight. I know this depends on gender etc etc but just wondering did you have a view on it. I do agree that diet + exercise is crucial for anybody who suffers from OCD and is on the road to recovery.

[danyoung]

Awesome video Mark, how do you feel about counting calories with an app, I like to use my fitnesspal so I can know where I'm at in the day to hit a surplus for the gym. Is this healthy or just another attempt to be certain? I also noticed from the 'on the path' excersie in the mind workout you put weighing yourself just off the path, isn't that a good gauge of making sure you are gaining strength without beating too many calories? Ta!

[LetsStopThisSong]

It all comes down to WHY we do the things we do. Great video as always Mark

[kbderek]

You look like private Pyle from Fullmetal jacket

[faceless]

So what I'm getting from this video is don't think about eating healthier because as soon as you think about it, then it turns into a mental problem.

[wuld]

I appreciate the effort put into these videos, but still, I don't like being tricked.
That aside, I feel that if we start putting an "OCD mind-set" on everything in terms of what we must avoid, life becomes like a synthetic factory-
where everything is kind of stagnant and the same. Not bad, but not really good either.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm different.
Cheers.

[DrEthre]

Hey Mark. I would love to see a video on manifestation of physical symptoms of anxiety and ocd. I would often feel reverse mechanism of anxiety. I'd sense my heart beating quickly and then i'd get anxiety and ocd symptoms.

Love your videos.

[frankzap]

I think 3800 calories of bananas would be more nearing on 30 something bananas.