Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast, where Dr.

Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight.

No, I'm not doing keto. I can't live without bread.

Listen, I totally understand and you probably have your mind made up, but just hear me out.

Did you realize that an average American consumes 53 pounds of bread per year?

That's 26 kilograms. Is that a bit excessive? That's a lot of bread.

The glycemic index of bread is 71. Okay, and it can actually go to 80, 81, too, depending on what kind of bread it is.

So even though bread is low fat, it'll be broken down into sugar then converted into fat in a big way.

So the low fat bread has too many carbs that just turn into fat and it'll spike insulin, which then

blocks the ability to burn the fat. So if you're trying to lose weight, it's going to be almost

impossible if you're consuming bread. A lot of white bread has bleach in it, which is chlorine

dioxide, and there's some animal studies that show that this can lead to type one diabetes

destroying the pancreas. Then you have an enzyme called transglutaminase, which basically changes

the texture of the dough, but the problem is it worsens the sensitivity to gluten.

Gluten is the protein in certain grains, and 20 million Americans are sensitive to gluten,

or are gluten intolerant. That means that when you consume foods with gluten,

it will actually destroy the little roots on the inside of your digestive system. Those are

called villi, and basically make them go away. So they're blunted. So you can't absorb

anymore, especially even like that type of vitamins and nutrients. So it can really impair

the absorption of nutrients, and it can even trigger autoimmune diseases and affect your

friendly microbes. Now when you consume whole grains, you're getting the brand, which is loaded

with something called phytoc acid, which blocks zinc, creating a zinc deficiency. And also the more

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