What is Ketosis - Dr. Berg

Okay , guys .

We wanna talk about what is ketosis a little bit more on this topic .

Ketosis is this , when you avoid consuming glucose or sugar for 10 to 12 hours , your body will then start to , make ketones .

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Ketones are basically the byproduct of fat burning .

And you can even test yourself on ketones .

There's these strips you can get at the drugstore called ketone strips .

And you check your urine , it'll be like in a a different shade of purple .

So if it's really dark purple , it's like major ketosis .

If it's light purple , it's minor ketosis .

So you can check to see if you're burning fat or not .

The thing that you need to know is when we convert our body from sugar to fat , it takes between 3 days to 2 weeks up to 6 weeks depending how long you've been running your body in sugar .

In other words , your body has to create new machinery in the cells .

So So it's very similar to let's say you're running your house on coal to heat it , right ?

And then we're gonna have to run it on electric fuel .

Electric heating , I'm sorry not fuel .

You're gonna have to install new machinery , hook up wires to be able to run your body .

Same thing with running your body in a fat fuel .

This is like diesel fuel or coal .

It's very dirty .

This is like solar or electric cars .

Very clean , no waste , quiet .

So to to do this , it could take anywhere from 1 week to 6 weeks .

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So in the process , I'm gonna be showing you what to do because if you don't do this correctly , you could end up with a lot of issues .

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So we're gonna show you how to do it healthily .

But but here's the thing , when we run our body on ketones , it's much more stable with your blood sugar because you won't have the highs and lows anymore .

So you're gonna be very level headed .

Your brain's gonna love it .

Your your memory's gonna be sharper .

You'll you'll just be right there all the time , better focus , more efficient fuel , less dirty , less complications .

Ketones are the original fuel source .

It's the original fuel of the brain .

Our bodies long ago , ran in ketones .

Why ?

Because we couldn't necessarily eat all the sugar that we had .

We didn't eat 3 meals a day or 6 meals a day .

We didn't eat the junk food .

So our bodies originally were designed to run on ketones , not sugar .

It's only till very recently that we've been eating sugar .

So we're gonna go back to what your body is designed to to run on and it's it's much better .

I will never go back to running my body on sugar because once you feel feel the benefits , you won't go back .

Now the other thing is that , ketosis protects protein .

In In other words , when you go on this eating plan , it's you're not gonna have to worry about your body eating up your own protein .

That's only when you have insulin .

So your body's not gonna convert protein into fat .

So people are always concerned , am I gonna lose muscle mass ?

No no no .

You're gonna gain muscle mass .

Your your ligaments , tendons , collagen is gonna get better .

Now what's gonna happen , you can lose a lot of weight with this program .

The thing is that , let's say you didn't lose a lot of weight , it doesn't necessarily you didn't burn fat .

But the best indicator because what's happening is you could actually , gain muscle mass and lose fat and actually weigh the same because muscle weighs more than fat .

So the best indicator to know it's working is the ketone strips or a tape measure around your waist at the very outer harsh portion .

So you check the waist every week and you can measure and see how many inches you lost .

That's the ultimate measurement of success .

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Because who cares what you weigh if you can get a flat stomach .

So the problem is it's gonna be very expensive .

You have to get rid of all your old clothes , your old belts , your old suits , your shirts , get all new clothes .

It's gonna be very very expensive .

You can blame me .

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So when you do this also , you're gonna get rid of a lot of excess fluid .

Now , sugar always follows fluid and or fluid follows sugar .

So if you get rid of all the sugar , you're gonna get rid of the fluid as well .

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So when you get rid of the fluid , you're gonna lose you might lose up to , I don't know , £10 in the 1st week .

Some people lose £10 .

That's fluid .

The most fat that you can burn per week is £2 .

That's in a healthy body .

Anything more , it's just fluid .

So anyway , I wanted to kind of explain the time frame it takes , what we're trying to do .

We're trying to switch over to ketones .

It's a better fuel source .

And , let's let's show you the next next video .