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Welcome to the Dr. Berg Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

Now your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level.

Dr. Eric Berg.

So in this video, we're going to answer the question, does keto decrease your fitness performance?

And will you lose your muscles?

Let's talk about that.

Well, in 2012, there was a study down and I'll put the link down below that demonstrated

that keto does not affect strength performance in elite athletes.

2018, another study, I'll put it down below.

You get decreased oxidative stress and inflammation in deep-sea divers.

So basically, it allows them to perform better the same thing that goes with an athlete.

When you run your body in ketones, you get less oxidative stress,

which means your organs and tissues don't break down as easily and they can go longer. All right, another study was cyclists. When they were put on keto, the endurance was not compromised.

Right now, I know of two of the top ultramarathon runners. They run like 100 miles. They're both doing keto and they

dominate. In fact, one of the guys named Zach Bitter took the record for 100 miles in America.

I think it was like 11 hours and 40 minutes. Incredible. All right, let's go through some things.

It's not the carbs that build muscle.

Okay, protein helps build muscle. Your muscles are built out of protein, not carbohydrates.

Training, strength training builds muscle. Now, it is true that insulin is anabolic. So that is

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