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NutritionHeart and metabolismDiabetes and insulin resistanceLow carb and ketoObesity and weight

Sarah Hallberg argues that type 2 diabetes can be reversed by restricting carbohydrates rather than relying on insulin and medications.

NOTE FROM TED: Do not look to this talk for medical advice. Significantly restricting dietary carbohydrates can have adverse health consequences if not carefully monitored. Always consult a medical professional before modifying diet or medication. We've flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives TEDx organizers. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdff Can a person be "cured" of Type 2 Diabetes? Dr. Sarah Hallberg provides compelling evidence that it can, and the solution is simpler than you might think. Dr. Sarah Hallberg is the Medical Director of the Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program at IU Health Arnett, a program she created. She is board certified in both obesity medicine and internal medicine and has a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology. She has recently created what is only the second non-surgical weight loss rotation in the country for medical students. Her program has consistently exceeded national benchmarks for weight loss, and has been highly successful in reversing diabetes and other metabolic diseases. Dr. Hallberg is also the co-author of www.fitteru.us, a blog about health and wellness. B.S., Kinesiology & Exercise Science, Illinois State University, 1994 M.S., Kinesiology & Exercise Science, Illinois State University, 1996 M.D., Des Moines University, 2002 This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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4 people recommend this

What people say. Highly recommended as a compelling explanation of using low-carbohydrate diets to manage and reverse type 2 diabetes.

montecarlin Hacker News • Recommends

On “What Your Microbiome Wants for Dinner”

I like your scientific approach. It would be awesome to have continuous monitoring of blood sugar, heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, and other vital signs. From what I have read, early type 2 diabetes can be completely controlled via diet changes as you have already started to see. The amount of insulin your body needs to make is by far the largest for carbohydrates, then somewhat less for protein, and then near zero form fat. I liked this talked which summed up the argument for treating diabetes (type II at least) with diet and not drugs: link to this video

thisisananthin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Machine Learning and Ketosis”

This matches my experience of weight loss using high fat diet. I started it after hearing Sarah Hallberg's Tedx talk. link to this video For a vegetarian, starting and continuing the high fat low carb diet is difficult. Are there any resources for more vegetarian recipes for high fat low carb food? The article was very impressive. I liked the graphs and presentation.

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On “Coconut oil isn't healthy and it's never been healthy”

…at, it's the carbs. Watch this video: link David Diamond, Ph.D., of the University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences shares his personal story about his battle with obesity. Diamond shows how he lost weight and reduced his triglycerides by eating red meat, eggs and butter. This one is not heart problem related, but still interesting: link to this video Can a person be "cured" of Type 2 Diabetes? Dr. Sarah Hallberg provides compelling evidence that it can, and the solution is simpler than you might think. So after learning a lot about it I just started ketogenic diet a couple of weeks ago (very low carb, high fat, moderate protein). Everything I read about it says MCT is good, so coconut o…

timbit42in Hacker News • Recommends

On “As an older guy I've finally figured out weight-loss”

You can but you will be hungry and it will be very difficult. You want to avoid carbs and sugar because carbs get turned into sugar and they spike your sugar levels, causing your pancreas to produce insulin to tell your body to store the excess sugar in your fat cells. Then when the excess sugar is all stored, you get the crash and you're hungry again. This is why people want to snack between meals. Instead, avoid carbs and eat proteins and healthy fats. You won't get the sugar spike and crash, and will last hours without getting hungry. It is easy to eat only twice a day this way. This video of Dr. Sarah Hallberg explains it: link to this video

timbit42in Hacker News • Recommends

On “Scientist busts myths about how humans burn calories”

…they don't cause you to have that sugar crash and hungry feeling. You can remain feeling full for 8 hours on fat. Of course you also need proteins so make sure you get enough. Proteins do cause your sugar levels to go up some, but no where near as much as carbs do so they don't cause a crash either. This video of Dr. Sarah Hallberg explains this: link to this video…

timbit42in Hacker News • Recommends

On “The Hacker's Diet”

The good parts of keto are the reductions in carbs which reduces blood sugar, and that by focusing on healthy fats and protein, you don't get the sugar spike and crash and then feel hungry. Because you can go between meals, or even two meals without feeling hungry, it makes IF easier. I recommend this video: link to this video

shriphaniin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Nearly 1 in 3 drugs have a significant safety issue after FDA approval”

…? Err no. Taleb expounds on his definition of the natural - anything that man has done for 100s of years without observing downside. There is reasonable cause to believe that people are very interventionist in a lot of cases where all that is needed is letting the system sort itself out. Diabetes medication for instance (again - not in all cases): link to this video A lot of openness to low quality scientific work done in a lot of domains and our eagerness to think that anything with numbers slapped on it is better has given us wonderful gifts like high-fructose corn syrup, trans-fat, thalidomide (all within the last century). The Taleb metric is just that a lot of systems don't respond in a linear fas…