Will Fasting Slow Down Your Metabolism? – Dr. Berg’s Answer

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hi guys Dr Berg here listen I wanted to answer a question will fasting slow your metabolism okay I’m not talking about in minute fasting talking about actual fasting during a period of time now some people fast for religious reasons some people fast for weight loss some people fast for health benefits so regardless of your reason we just want to look at two main variables one is what has been your history your past history of your diet do you have a strong Nutri ntional Reserve have you been eating good over the years or not do you have insulin resistance all these factors are going to set you up to have easy nutritional deficiencies as soon as you start this fast but if you’ve been consuming Good Foods over a period of time you have enough stored fat cable vitamins let’s say in your liver like vitamin A and vitamin d and vitamin E and vitamin K2 and other vitamins like B12 to be able to to use when needed over a period of time when you’re not eating but if you have a deficiency in those already going like a subclinical deficiency and then you go in a fast it’s all going to be magnified the first uh system in your body to be affected uh when you do fasting would be the endocrine system so you’re going to uh if you start seeing signs of hair loss um problems with vision uh blood sugars and general overall weakness then we know the endocrin system uh needs some support support there uh and then also the thyroid a lot of people that go on fast over a long period of time and they’re doing it too frequently they end up really slowing their metabolism down so we just want to look at what has you been your past history do you have enough Reserve left to be able to do this and number two are you when you’re eating are you consuming enough nutrient-dense Foods when you’re actually eating okay um you have the fat salable vitamins water salable vitamins all the B vitamins vitamin C those are um those are needed uh like almost every day so you have to have somewhat of a reserve now then you have trace minerals are you consuming any type of sea vegetables or uh Seafood uh seaweed things like that because that would give you your iodine your selenium your manganese all those little minerals needed in smaller amounts and then you have essential fatty acids um if you’re on a lowfat diet that could create a problem if you’re fasting because all these essential fats are needed for cellular membranes for the nervous system for the brain for the heart so you need these healthy fats and then you have amino acids that’s all your proteins okay so uh if you’re a diabetic or you’re a pre-diabetic and you go in a long-term fast you may end up with a lot of U problems with your muscles atrophying loss of muscle hair loss skin issues that type of thing so you just want to make sure um and I’m talking about like a fast that goes longer than four or 5 days so if you’re doing anything shorter than that it should be okay but longer faster not good that that’s why I recommend intermittent fasting for 99% of the population Because unless you know your body’s really healthy uh adding fasting could create some issues so you have to be pretty healthy too fast but then fasting does get you healthy too so start out on a gradual intake start out with intermittent fasting you three Mees without snacks and then two meals without snacks and then maybe even one meal without snacks and then graduate to more fasting if you really want to do that all right so thanks for watching and give me your comments below hi guys Hey listen I created a pretty amazing evaluation quiz down below that actually analyzes your symptoms to find the cause the root cause of all of your symptoms the most likely cause so take the quiz now and we’ll send you report