Keto, Type 1 Diabetes & Ketosis Explained By Dr. Berg

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alright guys so today we’re gonna talk about type 1 diabetes should they do keto or should they not do keto to minimize the risk of ketoacidosis okay so first thing let’s talk about what is a type 1 it’s a situation where the cells that make insulin are dysfunctional they’re not making insulin anymore so you have no insulin production okay so you have to take insulin why because insulin lowers blood sugar and if you don’t have an insulin you’re going to have very very high blood sugar levels and that’s really bad now let’s say for example you’re a type 1 and you forget to take your insulin your blood sugars will rise okay so let’s say for example they get up to 300 or more milligrams per deciliter okay that’s pretty high so when you have this high sugar and no insulin you can’t absorb the glucose because insulin is like the key that opens the door to allow the glucose to go in the cell no insulin you can’t that glucose can’t get in no exception your brain your brain can absorb glucose because it’s not dependent on insulin so mentally you might feel fine but there’s a lot of other problems happening with the body now what the body will do if you can’t use glucose if your body is going to break down fat in the fatty acids and ketones same thing with muscle and even organs it’s going to start breaking these down to deliver some fuel to such a degree that potentially your ketones can get very very high so if they’re over 9 up to like 15 that can be very dangerous but realize this is happening because the person’s not taking their insulin okay and they’re probably requiring a lot of insulin too because they’re not on the right eating plan the more carbs that you eat the more insulin you need when you do ki tell the need for insulin goes way way down so if you don’t have to take as much to regulate your blood glucose you’re gonna have less ketoacidosis now realize that when the ketones are that high you’re getting a lot of acid in the body so your pH can change to go more on the acid side and that’s very dangerous and this is why it’s so important when you’re doing heat out to do the healthy version of keto and I’m talking a lot of vegetables the vegetables have alkaline minerals that help buffer this acid situation so it’s going to be really hard to get this condition if you’re consuming a healthy diet because what happens if you have high blood sugar and you’re not taking enough electrolytes from either vegetables or externally then you’re gonna actually lose your electrolytes you’ll lose potassium because when the if you have high sugar even like above 225 you’re gonna start spilling off glucose into your urine and with that comes a lot of electrolytes so you can lose your electrolytes and you need these for heart function to prevent arrhythmias and and not to mention a lot of other things as well so we have the severe dehydration with no electrolytes it’s very dangerous high sugar which creates a whole bunch of issues ketoacidosis which actually is very very dangerous but if you understand this mechanism you can prevent this problem number one make sure you monitor your blood glucose levels so then you can know how much insulin to take because when you go on a keto plant then you need for insulin goes down so what’s going to happen you’re gonna not need as much overtime you’re the healthy version of ketosis to make sure that you’re taking the electrolytes if you are ever in a situation where you have ketoacidosis and you have high levels of ketone if it’s above nine what I would recommend is to start taking electrolytes very fast potassium magnesium and even sodium because those things will help buffer the damaging effect from that acid but if you’re doing healthy keto you’ll never end up in that situation the first place alright thanks for watching so if you’ve personally benefited from the information that I put on my videos I would love to actually see your success story too I’ll put a link down below so you can upload your before and after pictures with your story