meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Is Fast Weight Loss Healthy? - Dr. Berg

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Is fast weight loss really healthy? Find out.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

So, is fast weight loss really healthy?

0:03.0

Okay, we're going to answer that.

0:04.8

It really depends on how you do it, okay?

0:07.2

So, typically most people go in a diet, a low calorie diet, okay?

0:12.4

Of course, it's not a low carbohydrate diet, it's a low calorie diet.

0:17.3

And they feel like crap, and they're hungry, and they're always starving, and they're

0:21.0

always craving carbs, okay, in the wrong foods, and they're exercising, and they're fatigued,

0:27.2

and they're trying to lose weight, and maybe they might get to their goal, okay?

0:31.7

But of course, they gain it right back, because it's not sustaining.

0:35.6

And then they go in the next diet, and the next diet.

0:37.5

So the more times you do this, the more the metabolism just slows down to the point where

0:43.3

it's at a snail's pace, and now basically you ruin your metabolism.

0:47.0

Now you can't lose weight, no matter what you do.

0:50.0

So that's a typical scenario.

0:53.1

Or someone will do a lower fat diet, not necessarily always worried about the calories,

0:59.0

but the low fat, and do different combination of macros.

1:02.5

But with these people, they're never satisfied.

1:05.6

They're kind of always hungry as well.

1:08.0

And one of the problems with doing it healthily is providing all of the nutrients.

1:14.7

And some really key nutrients have to do with the fat, soluble vitamins, and essential

1:19.1

fatty acids.

1:20.8

And so if you're on a low fat diet over a period of time, you're going to create deficiencies

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Eric Berg, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Eric Berg and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.