Antioxidant: Another Interesting Cholesterol Function Explained by Dr. Berg

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hey guys in this video I’m going to talk about one of the functions of cholesterol that rarely gets any notice or attention and that is this cholesterol is an antioxidant okay so it it’s against oxidation which basically means it’s involved in a reparative function it acts as a band-aid now cluster there’s a lot of other things like it can it’s a precursor for hormones especially sex hormones testosterone estrogen and even stress hormones like cortisol it also helps make vitamin D bile to help you digest it helps bind microbes but it’s a very powerful antioxidant and your body makes three times the amount of cholesterol that you get from your diet so when you’re consuming egg yolks animal protein fish and seafood your body is actually making three times as much okay and it needs it for this very important repair action because if we take a look at so-called bad cholesterol which is really not bad cholesterol it’s a low-density lipoprotein it’s really a little ship that carries some cholesterol in it and it also carries triglycerides for energy and fat soluble vitamins and other things but it’s going to float around and one of the functions is going to be there so when the receptor for LDL in the lining of the artery needs some help it will reach up with a hand and grab some of that cholesterol to help in the repair so cholesterol really acts as a firefighter it’s not the fire it’s the firefighter that’s trying to put out the fire so there’s always a reason why cholesterol is going to bind with your arteries and that’s usually because there’s oxidation right now the question is what causes oxidation okay that would cause the cholesterol to come in there well number one vegetable oils corn canola soy oil that’s pretty much everything this is very inflammatory to your arteries and to your body iron the type of iron that they fortified grains with and refined grains and it’s not the type of iron that you want to put in your body it’s very oxidizing of course you shouldn’t have to worry about that because you’re not consuming grains if you’re watching my videos okay sugar okay refined grains trans fats and smoking all of these things can create a little hole in the artery damage to cause the need for cholesterol to build up so I hope this shifted your viewpoint from cholesterol being some type of evil dangerous thing to something that actually really can help you the key is avoiding these things right here so you don’t have the need for cholesterol to come and repair anything alright thanks for watching hey guys I want to talk about these two books right here okay I want to explain it this book right here is a very short book it explains why to do keto and how to do it it’s filled with pictures you can get through this in 45 minutes real quick just very important to know the details the basics of how to do it now this book the new body type guide should have been called be on keto because I rarely find someone that has just a weight problem they usually have a lot of other body problems and in this book I cover all the reasons why keto and intermittent fasting might not work for you we go into the body types we go into inflammation we go into stress hardcore and what to do about it so if you want to maximize your results you definitely want to get this one right here okay so my goal is to get you to do keto correctly what I mean by that is do it healthily it’s called healthy ketosis so we can avoid all the issues that happen with transitioning the fat burning keto flu kita fatigue keto rash kidney stones gout etc and right now on my website if you get this you get this at no extra cost I put a link down below check it out