How Long Should I Do Keto & Intermittent Fasting? – Dr.Berg

Hey guys, so I had a question from someone that wanted to know,how long do I have to do keto and intermittent fasting for? In my mind, it’s pretty obviousthat it’s a lifelong thing, but some people might not have that awareness.I had a patient about, I would say 10 years ago, and called me up and said, Dr. Berg,your program doesn’t work. I said, what do you mean? Well, I did it for two weeks. I lost the

weight, just had a little weight to lose. And the weight came back. I said, what did you dodifferently? I said, well, I stopped the program. I said, well, it’s not going to continue to workif you stop the program. He said, I have to stay on that diet the rest of my life. I said, well,yeah, you do if you want to be healthy. So I think what’s missing in this situation is reallythe education. And that’s why I’m doing a lot of these videos, to give you the background of

why this works. Why is keto and I have so powerful? And I think in that situation,we’re dealing with a lack of understanding of why you’re doing this in the first place.It’s not just to lose weight. We have the combination of keto, the benefits of keto,which are huge. More oxygen, less CO2, so you’re going to breathe better.These ketones can act as raw material for your myelin sheath to help build up your nervous system

and even the brain. More efficient fuel. The brain prefers ketones. The heart prefers ketones.So if you have a damaged heart or brain, your ketones will provide better fuel source for that,less waste products. And then you have the healthy version of keto that I recommend,and that’s supplying all the nutrients that your body requires, which is way better thana version of keto called dirty keto, which you’re pretty much eating anything you want,

making sure your carbs are low. And then you have the benefits of intermittent fasting.The benefits of ketones also help you reduce insulin, but the benefits of intermittent fastingwill majorly help you reduce insulin. And reducing insulin is so, so important simply because that’sone of the biggest problems out there nowadays related to heart disease, related to a fattyliver because when you lower insulin and you lower glucose, you really shut down this oxidative

stress going on in the body. Out of all the things that causes oxidation, and you can look at thatas rusting up the body, glucose is at the top of the list. It’s high blood sugars, high carb diets.So we reduce inflammation if we’re reducing oxidation. So we don’t get this inflammationin our liver anymore. We don’t have to end up with cirrhosis, scar tissue. Our brains don’trust out. Our brains do better. You can actually regrow nerve cells when you’re on keto and IF

especially. Your memory starts coming back. You protect the neurons. Your hormones do better.Number one, you’re going to be doing more fat, so you’re going to supply more fat to the endocrinesystem. And that’s what these hormones are made out of. And also, you’re improving insulinresistance. So you’re getting more absorption of amino acids to build up the hormones thatare made from proteins, not necessarily fats or cholesterol. You also are supporting the immune

system. When you do intermittent fasting, especially, you’re stimulating stem cellsfor your immune system. So it’s a great way to overcome an inflammatory condition or an immuneproblem, especially autoimmune problems. And then we have the preservation of the nervous system.Think about what happens when you have high insulin and high blood sugar, the reverse ofthat. You get peripheral neuropathy. So you get to improve that. Your kidneys do better. Kidney

damage is one of the big problems when you have diabetes. So if we do the opposite of that,we keep our sugars low, we can protect the kidneys, especially if we’re doing the healthyversion of keto with a lot of vegetables and potassium. And then the eyes, pretty much everysingle eye problem from cataracts, glaucoma, retinopathy, floaters, macular degenerationinvolves oxidation from high sugar. That’s why diabetics have a lot of problem with their eyes.

So because the healthy version of keto and IF are so beneficial to you, you don’t want to stopdoing it after you lose weight. So to answer this question, it’s really a long-term thing,your entire life. Now, as you build up your health, you develop a health reserve and you can afford togo off the program here and there. But there is not going to be different phases of the ketogenicdiet. You’re going to start off real strict and then all of a sudden we’re going to add more carbs

like a lot of other diet programs. And lastly, when you do achieve your weight loss goal,and let’s say you don’t want to lose any more weight, instead of adding more carbs, you canactually add more calories and add more fat, and that will at least help you maintainwhere you’re comfortable. Thanks for watching.Hey, if you’re liking this content, please subscribe now,

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