I thought Fasting Was Supposed to Give You Energy
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 31 May 2021
⏱️ 5 minutes
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• Take Dr. Berg's Free Keto Mini-Course!
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• Intermittent Fasting Basics for Beginners
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If you’re tired while fasting, here’s how to get more energy fast.
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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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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast. |
| 0:07.4 | Where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing |
| 0:11.3 | healthy weight. |
| 0:22.3 | I thought that fasting is supposed to give you a lot of energy, right? |
| 0:26.2 | Why am I fatigued? |
| 0:28.4 | Someone mentioned that in the comment section of one of my YouTube videos, I'm going to explain |
| 0:31.6 | why that is. |
| 0:32.6 | There's actually only two reasons. |
| 0:34.8 | So if you're tired while you're doing fasting, these are the two reasons. |
| 0:39.8 | Very simple fasting and doing Keto is supposed to take you from burning sugar, store sugar. |
| 0:48.7 | It's called glycogem, over here, to fat burning, where you're burning fatty acids |
| 0:53.5 | and you're burning ketones, okay? |
| 0:55.6 | So that's the goal here. |
| 0:58.1 | Most people have a lot more of this to burn. |
| 1:00.6 | And when you fully are adapted to ketosis, you're supposed to feel good, to have tons |
| 1:06.4 | of energy. |
| 1:07.4 | But if you don't, it could be you're not at a full fat burning capacity, okay? |
| 1:14.5 | Realize the conversion from here to here takes between three to seven days. |
| 1:19.6 | So if it's the second day and you're wondering why I don't have energy, well, that's just |
| 1:24.4 | because you haven't converted over yet. |
| 1:26.9 | To do this as fast as possible, you need to keep your carbs low. |
| 1:31.5 | If you're trying to convert over, but your carbs are too high, you'll never get there. |
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