Acceptable Liquids During Fasting: COMPLETE LIST

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so this video is about acceptable liquids while you’re fasting I’ve done other videos about this topic but I’m always getting new information and updating my videos so you have the current version okay so what can you drink while you’re fasting realize that to get the benefits of fasting uh calories do matter the more calories you have of anything the more problems you’re going to have so let’s first talk about what you should be avoiding okay while you’re doing this and then we’ll talk about what you should be drinking while you’re doing fasting okay so bone broth why shouldn’t you consume bone broth while you’re fasting some people say it’s okay some people say it’s not okay well there’s a good amount of protein in there and protein can stimulate insulin okay so if you’re just drinking a small amount of bone broth it’s probably not going to be a problem but realize that there’s protein in bone broth that could inhibit the benefits of fasting so if you’re going to do bone broth maybe you do it during I have no problem with bone broth but it can slow down your results now this also goes with collagen powder okay collagen is protein so again avoid collagen powder while you’re fasting all right what about Branch chain amino acids okay some people take it before or after a workout well again we have another protein okay powder that’s not all of the amino acids but it’s some and that can definitely spike your sugar that will give you energy but they will definitely block you more than even bone broth what about coconut water there’s a good amount of sugar in coconut water even though it’s not like table sugar there’s still a good amount of sugar in coconut water I would avoid it all right coffee okay let’s talk about coffee black coffee is totally fine when you start to add things to it especially if you’re doing the sweetened flavored drinks okay that’s definitely a no like you even the artificially sweetened creams that they use right now what about whole cream well whole cream doesn’t stimulate insulin okay because the more fat something is the less insulin that’s triggered but there are calories so that can bump you out but only a tiny bit so I’m just going to put that right in the middle there so you can do it but there’s going to be some slight decrease in some of the benefits but I will say it’s going to be insignificant if you use a little bit of half and half or cream in fact I use cream and I really don’t worry about it so I mean this really could be in the yes section but for those people that want to be very very strict and you should just do black coffee now when you get half and half we’re adding some more milk so milk does have some more sugar if you have the choice between half and half and whole cream I would have a tendency to do whole cream okay instead of half and half but again it’s a minor inner point so if you want to use half and half or cream go for it now what about Bulletproof Coffee okay that has more calories more fat because there’s butter and MCT oil however because it’s fat it’s not going to trigger insulin but if you are trying to lose weight okay and you’ve done fasting for a period of time maybe you don’t consume the bulletproof version you just do black coffee because your body is going to go after that fat as its Fuel and less of your own fat however that being said if you’re trying to maintain your weight okay and you don’t want to lose any more I would highly recommend Bulletproof Coffee because that helps to satisfy you and it helps you to go longer with your fasting okay and then of course the longer you go with your fasting the more you become fat adapted and the easier things will be so at first in any ketogenic plan I recommend a lot more fat and then as you do the pro program if you want to speed up your fat loss maybe you don’t maybe you just want you’re happy with your results but if you wanted to speed up your results maybe you cut down your fat a little bit and just consume the fat that is normally within the ketogenic plan not by adding more fat I have worked with a lot of people out there and and certain people that are plateaued all we do is cut out the Bulletproof Coffee and Presto they lose more weight all right what about the pre-workout drinks you have energy drinks you have sport drinks you have electrolyte drinks like Gatorade things like that all of these have sugar and I would avoid them now on the flip side since we’re talking about electrolytes if you’re consuming an electrolyte powder that doesn’t have sugar okay maybe it has Stevia that’s totally okay but I’m gonna just mention one thing I do have my own electrolyte powder and uh presently I’m trying to find a Manufacturing Company in Europe to produce the same formula that I have in America because that way the shipping costs will be less and what I’m finding out is something fascinating it’s almost impossible to find a flavoring company that doesn’t add maltodextrin which is the worst sugar you can consume okay it’s like way way higher than actual glucose on the glycemic index okay so they put this hidden um powder as a drying or spraying agent in flavorings as well as in the uh some of the vitamins as they make the citrates and so even a lot of the copycats from my electrolyte powder and there’s probably five of them out there probably are using the cheaper version which have this extra maltodextrin which I am very much against because that right there can prevent you from getting good results but it’s interesting because if you want a natural flavoring that doesn’t have something or you want a vitamin combination that doesn’t have these extra bad things you have to pay a lot more unfortunately all right the next one on the list is consuming soda with artificial sweeteners okay avoid that that even though it doesn’t have sugar in it it has artificial chemicals that interrupt the microbiome in your gut that can indirectly cause problems with your insulin levels okay so I’ve done videos on that but just avoid the artificial sodas instead you can consume the sodas with stevia or some of the sugar alcohols that um are like Xylitol erythritol things like Stevia or monk fruit those are fine just make sure they don’t add anything else to it like dextrin or maltodextrin now let’s talk about alcohol for a second there are certain types of alcohol that have no carbohydrates in them right but alcohol is unique in itself in that your liver will take it as a priority as a toxin as a poison and have to break it down in that breakdown process okay there’s several steps that happen in the liver and create other problem with your blood sugars and even cause a fatty liver so that being said there are levels of things that are bad for your body right you have like very high potent alcohol type drinks right well that’s going to create a lot of damage then you have other drinks that are lower in alcohol okay but also have sugar in them like beer or sweetened like margaritas for example well you obviously those are a given avoid those but what about the wines okay there are certain wines that are really dry less sweet and they also have less alcohol well I’m going to put those right in the center I’m not going to recommend them but if you have them occasionally maybe it’s going to create a small effect and not a major effect like some of the other alcoholic beverages now personally I don’t drink any alcohol I don’t do well with it unless I’m really stressed out or on the weekends maybe I’ll do a six-pack and I’m being very sarcastic all right what about these soy drinks like the soy milk for example it’s just bizarre to me that they turned this beam into a milk right I mean there’s no milk in a bean so that soy drink I would avoid it and I would also avoid the almond milk however there are certain types of almond milk um that d