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Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Cancer and Ketones

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Is keto good or bad for cancer? Here’s my viewpoint on cancer and ketones.

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Dr. Berg, 51 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss through nutritional & natural methods. His private practice is located in Alexandria, Virginia. His clients include senior officials in the U.S. government & the Justice Department, ambassadors, medical doctors, high-level executives of prominent corporations, scientists, engineers, professors, and other clients from all walks of life. He is the author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dr. Burg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting Podcast, where Dr.

0:08.0

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

0:19.4

Let's talk about cancer and ketones.

0:24.9

There's some very, very important points I'm going to bring up.

0:29.1

Let's spend this debate on whether the ketogenic diet is good or bad for cancer.

0:36.2

Also whether the ketogenic diet is the best diet once you get cancer.

0:41.0

Well, here's my viewpoint based on the data that I have.

0:45.1

I believe that a healthy ketogenic diet within a minute fasting and periodic prolonged

0:51.0

fasting can prevent cancer and it is the diet and program to prevent cancer.

0:57.8

How do I say that?

0:59.8

Because the actual cause of cancer is mitochondrial damage and there's nothing that destroys the

1:06.2

mitochondria more than metabolic syndrome and high insulin in a diet that is high in

1:12.1

sugar.

1:13.1

It's massive damage to the mitochondria.

1:15.4

So this is why healthy keto and interment fasting is what you need to do to prevent

1:20.0

cancer.

1:21.0

But what is the best diet you should go on when you get cancer?

1:25.8

That's a different protocol.

1:27.9

I'm going to cover that in a second, but I want to first talk about ketones.

1:31.8

You have two types of ketones.

1:33.2

You have the ketones that are produced by a low carb diet and you also have ketones

1:37.6

that are produced when you're fasting.

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