61: Sarcopenic Obesity with Dr. Ben Bikman

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• PH

  @phil_d · 2 years ago

  This is probably the best video on YT that explains the relationship between fat loss, insulin and retaining muscle mass. I didn't really understand the mechanisms of why Keto/Carnivore is so powerful for fat loss, now I do!

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• EV

  @EvolveFiRE · 2 years ago

  This channel is the best YouTube channel for health on YouTube!

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• JO

  @jobrown8146 · 2 years ago

  Thank you.  When I took in my food diary (low carb) to the dietician she immediately told me I wasn't eating enough carbs and that I would lose muscle.  I stuck to what I was eating and got checked by an exercise physiologist 14 months after starting low carb and she said my muscles were okay.

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• PA

  @pamisntcraiganymore · 2 years ago

  I love your lectures. I’ve recently experienced muscle loss as I’ve been healing from major surgery. Complications kept me in a chair instead of getting up and doing small stuff. I paid for that with increasing weakness. I am getting better but boy do I need to get back to strength training and walking.

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• BL

  @blupud74 · 2 years ago

  I used to say us fat girls don't get osteoporosis becausr we do weight beating exercise everytime we move. Now, that's said mostly in jest because we really need to maintain muscle mass as we shed fat pounds and maintain better cellular health. My insulin resistance is significantly improving after 636 days carnivore  and A1c down from 6.3 to 5.2. I did have much worse sarcopenic obesity that is improving but I have a ways to go. I will be improving all my metabolic functions the rest of my lifespan. I still haul 50 pound bags of animal feed without help, but it is getting harder. I thank you for this level of undersranding the cellular intricacies at work.

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• AL

  @albertdowrn · 2 years ago

  Anecdotal, I know. I will never forget a morbidly obese patient I had taken care of that literally used to deficate in bed prior to coming to the hospital. Led to sarcopenia. On one occasion he attempted to get out of bed with a walker and fell. X-rays were performed to see if he had broken any bones as he had leg pain. Although his legs were literally the size of some people's waist the amount of muscle surrounding the bone was miniscule. Don't let that happen to you.

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• EV

  @evanmotions · 2 years ago

  thank you for all your videos Ben! 🙏🏼

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• AV

  @ava.artemis · 11 months ago

  Thank you so much!!!! In the course of 6 years, I had 12 orthopedic procedures and 13 rounds of PT. I also had a chronic illness the whole time, and I had to take 3 months medical leave from work for that - not once, but twice. I went from being extremely physically active and fit to being extremely sedentary. I also was extremely stressed out the entire time, and I've had insomnia for 35+ of my 50 years. It's 7.5 years after the initial injury now and I am still struggling so hard to get active and fit again. I went from a size 2-4 to a size 10-12, in spite of my keto-carnivore diet that I've had for 20 years and fasting. This explains so much of what I have gone through. I no longer can do the activities I really loved, and all of those many hours I used to spend being active I now mostly spend on my couch. I am encouraged to have exercise "snacks," i.e., at least getting up every hour and doing some air squats or something. I'm getting better about working out more days a week, even if it's only 20-30 minutes of kettle bells (I used to think anything less than an hour was a waste of time). Recent bloodwork showed low creatinine levels, which can indicate low muscle mass, in spite of my keto-carnivore diet. I have maintained varying degrees of exercise regimen most of this time, just not enough. I've got to get more active again.

• ZE

  @zerocarbdoc · 2 years ago

  Very important  " Ben there"

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• AN

  @annesummers09 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This is by far your best video. It answers so many questions and explains so many things that didn't make sense before. I will watch it several times to make certain I remember and absorb it all. Thanks.🙂👍👍👍

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• NY

  @ny10980 · 2 years ago

  Another very important topic rarely if ever mentioned. I know of many aging acquaintances that absolutely show signs of sarcopenia, but they used to formerly be simply overweight. So in some sort of dysfunctional dieting they drop some pounds but also lose more muscle mass. They are now a bit less fat but surely have more so become weaker.

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• JO

  @JohnSmith-fl5qn · 2 years ago (edited)

  To contribute something in thanking you for the information <br><br>Sarcopenia (Σαρκοπενία) comes from the 2 greek words Σάρκα (flesh) + Πενία (poverty)

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