When Are Ketones Dangerous? – Dr. Berg

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so I want to answer the question when our ketones actually dangerous okay well there is a condition called ketoacidosis where your blood becomes too acidic but that is only going to occur when you’re a diabetic type 1 because insulin not only controls blood sugars but it controls the ketone levels too because when you reduce insulin you will your body will start making ketones as its primary fuel and if you have zero insulin like nothing coming out of the pancreas then the ketones can be in excessive to the point where your blood becomes acidic and that is the danger and if that ever happens you have to alkalize the body pretty fast but that is not going to happen to the average person that is not a diabetic type 1 normally people will start doing a low carb and they’ll be at 0. 5 that’s half of a ketone and then it goes from 1 to 2 to 3 as they maybe add more exercise and then add intermittent fasting so with working with a lot of people in my clinic have never seen someone over 7 okay and the danger cut up point is 10 or above if you’re below 10 you are ok ok so over 10 it’s a situation but that’s going to be very rare and you’re gonna have to be a diabetic type 1 to even be worried about this right here but for everyone else you do not have to worry about this now if you’re doing in a minute fasting and for a long periods of time let’s say 3 days your body will start using your muscle protein at about 4 ounces of your own muscles per day so that’s why we recommend low carb moderate amount of protein ok each day moderate protein between 3 to 6 ounces don’t go days without some protein so again most likely your ketones are going to be right around through here and if you add these things it’s gonna go a little bit higher but you’re not going to go above 10 so if you do get in this upper range right here just get with your doctor and make sure that they do adjustments on your insulin because you’re probably going to need a little bit more insulin to prevent this from occurring thanks for watching hey if you like helping people as much as I do press the share button and let’s get this information way out there