The Only Carbohydrate that Lower Insulin – Dr.Berg on Carbs on Keto Diet

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hey guys today we’re going to talk about the only carbohydrate that has the potential to lower your insulin can you guess it fiber yes fiber is a carbohydrate and it’s the only carbohydrate that can lower your insulin how the gut microbes in your large intestine eat fiber as their primary food okay you can’t digest the fiber so they take care of it for you and then they turn it into short chain fatty acids they take the fiber and turn it into fat so basically if you’re on a ketogenic plan you’re consuming a good amount of fat and you’re also consuming fat through a via through the fiber so let’s talk about how this carbohydrate can actually lower your insulin one of the short chain fatty acids is called butyric acid or butyrate there’s others but this is the one that i’m going to primarily focus on right here and by the way this fatty acid is also in butter so butyric acid improves insulin resistance it lessens the resistance to insulin thereby lowering insulin all right number two butyric acid is the primary energy source for your colon cells all right number three it decreases inflammation so if you have ibs or any type of inflammatory condition it has the potential to do that as well that’s why butyric acid from for example ghee which is kind of like a filtered butter is really good for the colon and good for ibs and any type of inflammatory condition number four it has the potential to decrease risk of colon cancer all right number five it increases glutathione which is a very very potent antioxidant all right number six it has neuroprotective properties not just for the brain but for all the nerves in your gut which you have quite a few i recommend the fiber you get should be from vegetables the vegetables will also provide a good amount of potassium and magnesium which also will improve insulin resistance okay now a lot of times when we talk about vegetables there’s a lot of questions that come up regarding bloating anti-nutrients and i’m going to put a link down below of a video that i just released covering that in detail all right guys thanks for watching and i will see you in the next video so i want to thank you for being here and watching my videos if you haven’t already subscribed go ahead and do so so you can stay informed of future videos