Hidden Danger in Fruit & Honey [ A1c Misses Fructose Damage ] 2024

Dr. Berry. Back in late August I was feeling so horrible. My weight was 226, A1-c was almost at 7! Over all a mess. I watched your Ketogenic video. I then read up on it as well. Took a full blood test 9/22. Numbers not good. I started my Keto/Carnivore lifestyle. It was amazingly easy. I wasn't hungry. On 11/1/22 I checked my bloodwork. Everything is in check!! Its a miracle healing to me 🙏🏻 And I am down 14lbs! With my thyroid being removed, losing weight has been almost impossible. Not now, living the Keto/Carve lifestyle is the best for me. I still have friends and family making jokes. I have a new moto... Is that Cookie worth a needle in the belly, I think not. Thank you for all you do!!! 💖🙏🏻 Blessings from Bulverde TX.

"Your emotions don't change the facts." I have never heard a truer statement .

I live in an Eskimo village in Alaska. I can look back and see exactly the diet that was here for the natives and there is no fruit or honey at all not even vegetables other than a few greens in the spring and short summers. They were primarily carnivores and survived very harsh winters and environment and lived healthy.

I literally just finished reading five articles, by medical professionals, claiming that my carnivore regimen (I refuse to call it a "diet") is making me more susceptible to developing breast cancer and/or other types of cancer, and that reducing or eliminating meat consumption and focusing on eating fruits and vegetables is the ONLY healthy alternative. I was actually considering adding some fruit UNTIL I found this video, even though I avoid fructose due to its confirmed association with dementia and my general carb aversion. As I have nothing but the utmost respect and faith in the info you share, I will stay the path with carnivore. I've lost over 50 lbs; am one of the only senior-aged women I know who is not obese; and have had my hypothyroid medication cut by more than half, all in the last two years. Thank you so much for being such a valued and dedicated resource! Though I'm definitely done with fruit, you're the one "Berry" I refuse to do without!🙏❤😉

Fruit use to be limited to two servings a day. A large apple would be shared. Tomatoe was considered a fruit serving. It was also seasonal for the most part. Now people put 10 servings of fruit in a blender and add sugar or honey. That is breakfast. I still eat fruit, but not daily. I like to have some clementine at Christmas. I forage for blueberries in the summer. I have a little homemade apples on my pork on occasion. I have homemade, keto friendly cramberry sauce with turkey. But I consider fruit a treat. Not a daily food.

In June 2018 after watching Gary Fettke’s video “Is Fruit Good or Bad For You?”, I did my first Diet Elimination Trial in which I stopped eating fruit. Within 2 months I had dropped 35 pounds and was feeling amazing! Turns out “wholesome, natural” fruit was the biggest driver of my prior obesity and painfully arthritic knees and lower back. I eventually lost another 35 pounds as I progressed to become the very healthy low meal frequency carnivore I remain today. Despite Paul Saladino’s recommendations, I had zero intention of adding fruits and honey to my diet given my previous negative experience. This important finding Dr. Berry presents in this video gives me even more reason to continue on this path that has been working so well at keeping me far healthier at age 57 than I ever was the rest of my life.

I keep telling diabetics this and I've been told more than once I'm full of s**t. Thanks for addressing this.

I live in Istanbul Turkey, which means I have zero chance of getting a medical exam by Dr.Berry. However, his book "Lies My Doctor Told Me" has helped me more than any doctor I've seen face-to-face. In my opinion, Dr. Berry reminds us of an important forgotten value, "honesty". We just do not need more charlatans but doctors as Dr.Berry.

"An island of ignorance that resides in my sea of knowledge" This is the first time I've ever heard such a powerful arrangement everyday words. That is one of the greatest statements of all time. Oh, and the information is a medical breakthrough for diabetics. Thanks

Dr Ken, you were the initial person/expert who I watched and made the decision to go carnivore back in June of this year. It only took a few months for major changes to start happening, and they are continuing to get better and better. Family and friends are amazed, some are making the leap to a PHDiet based on my results. I was overweight and out of shape and very depressed. In fact, it was your video with Dr Palmer that made me decide to go full bore carnivore, immediately, rather than wait another day, week or longer. So glad I did the results are amazing!!! I'm a true believer now and hope any others maybe still on the fence give it a try - truly a miracle way of life! Thank you

I checked some of the studies you linked (not all) and the tests used fructose in isolation, not as a complete food like honey or fruit like a banana. So you can not draw the conclusion that fructose in fruit causes glycation. Fructose in isolation seems to cause this problem, but not in fruit as a complete package as other studies have definitively proven there is a difference between a complete fruit/food and fructose, lactose, or sucrose in isolation. I am hesitant to demonize fruit, milk, and honey these days as after 12 years of keto and IF (including carnivore) I ruined my electrolyte system in my body - I couldn't retain electrolytes and supplementation didn't help. My heart was pounding non-stop for 3 months and it drove me crazy - though specialists and doctors said my heart physically was fine. It would sometimes pound so hard that I got jitters and felt very unwell. I reintroduced fruit after 12 years - just 1 fruit with each meal, and stopped fasting and I was feeling better on day 1 and completely recovered in a week. Will the fruit make me fat? No idea, maybe, time will tell. I'll check my bloods in 90 days. But definitely feeling much better. YMMV 🖖

Hey Dr Berry. As someone who was having hormonal issues on the carnivore diet with things like elevated cortisol and lower testosterone. I think you should cover these topics more often. I started carnivore last year because of autoimmune and overall health issues. Not because I was fat. I feel like most of your advice is directed towards overweight people which is fine but what about the rest of us who aren’t overweight but have chronic health issues? I had diarrhea the entire time I was on carnivore and it never cleared up until I started eating fruit again. This isn’t a sugar craving or an excuse to eat other things. I actually enjoyed eating 100% animal products. Can you answer this for people like myself that had issues on carnivore? It would be much appreciated

Omg. Don’t know what to say. There is just so much we don’t know. I thank you so much for all the time you put in to researching. It is deeply appreciated. I don’t eat fruit or honey but mainly because I have arthritis and sugar affects it. Now I have a good understanding as to why.

Oh boy this answers a lot for me. I used to eat fruit and honey until going carnivore in October. I have huge health problems and massive amounts of inflammation but the majority of time my A1c was great. Thanks for all that you do.

Wow! ! What an eye opener. I had to stop & rewind several times to take notes. So, even if my hbA1C is in the mid 6s, the Glycation is most likely much higher if I have a bad habit of eating "Fructose" filled foods, wow! Thanks for this YouTube video which will definitely help my KETO journey.

Thank-you Dr Ken. Fructose is ten times more glycating than glucose, and we have no way of measuring that damage. That doesn’t fit into my health plan. The elevated view of the perceived wholesomeness of “fruits&vegatables” is leading us down a road that is not healthy. Thank-you !

Your persistence in studying research is marvellous. “ islands of ignorance” made me smile. You and Bart are stars.

Thank you, Dr. Berry. I am beginning to wonder if any medical advice given to patients is accurate. Please continue to fight the good fight, may God bless you.

Great video, Ken - I always appreciate when you mention you've been interpreting something wrong, made mistakes, been misinformed, etc. A lot of people with your platform would double down rather than admit a fault. Thanks for the great content as always 👍

Holy cow! My health problem makes so much more sense now. Inflammation but excellent a1c and excellent blood pressure. Been on carnivore since June 2022. No more inflammation and no meds or problems now.