Can the Brain Run On No Carbs?
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 15 July 2019
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Dr. Berg talks about the fuel source of the brain. Your brain can run on alternative fuel sources and you do not have to consume carbs or glucose to get energy. It can run on ketones, which is the byproduct of fat. If it needs glucose, it can make it from protein (dietary) and fat.
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting, |
| 0:04.4 | whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product. |
| 0:10.5 | Call one of our keto consultants. they'll be able to help you. |
| 0:13.4 | Call 540991557. |
| 0:17.4 | That's 540299-1557. |
| 0:21.0 | That's 54099-155. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg, Healthy Kito and Intermediate fasting podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | Now your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level. |
| 0:34.0 | Dr Eric Berg. |
| 0:36.0 | Hey guys, I want to answer a question, can your brain survive without carbs? |
| 0:41.0 | I always get this question and people are confused about it and they're consuming all sorts of carbs |
| 0:46.0 | thinking that your brain can only run on those carbohydrates. Well it is true that the brain does run on glucose and it's true that your brain needs like |
| 0:55.4 | 600 calories that's 25% of all your calories that you eat every single day |
| 1:00.4 | your brain needs that so it needs a lot of energy and so but here's the |
| 1:06.4 | truth you can run your body I'm sorry run your brain on key tones okay it's an |
| 1:11.3 | alternative fuel source in fact your brain likes ketones better than glucose |
| 1:16.2 | and that way you avoid the highs and the lows and you become mentally more stable |
| 1:21.0 | the problem is it takes a while to get in ketosis and so if you |
| 1:25.8 | are in the transition phase you know for a two weeks or three weeks or even a month or |
| 1:30.8 | longer you can feel kind of tired in your head because you haven't built |
| 1:36.9 | the enzymes and the machinery to run on ketones and change over the different fuel source. |
| 1:42.8 | All you have to do is add more B vitamins |
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