Is Fasting Good or Bad for the Liver?
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 28 February 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this podcast, we’re going to talk about fasting for liver health. Is fasting good for the liver?
Intermittent fasting is very good for the liver. The liver is one of the only organs that can completely regenerate if you have at least 25% of your liver left. If you look down and you have a gut, chances are you have a fatty liver.
When you do a fast for 18+ hours, you can:
• Reverse a fatty liver (the fat on the liver can be used as fuel)
• Reduce an enlarged liver
• Lower liver enzymes (lower inflammation)
• Improve fibrosis
• Stimulate autophagy
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
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 | 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. Call 5405.7. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Someone recently asked a question about fasting, is it good for the liver, is it going to cause any damage? |
| 0:50.0 | It's very good for the liver. The liver is one of the only organs that can completely regenerate |
| 0:55.5 | if you have at least 25% of your liver left. So it takes the beating, but it can actually rebound. |
| 1:02.6 | So in this side, we have what happens when you're eating, |
| 1:06.0 | and this side is when you're not eating, you're fasting. |
| 1:08.8 | So let's say, for example, you're gonna do an 18-hour fast. |
| 1:11.7 | So that would mean that you ate at 12 noon and your second meal at 6 o'clock. |
| 1:16.8 | So that's a six hour eating window. |
| 1:19.5 | That would be when really all the good things start happening. |
| 1:22.8 | Now if you fast longer for that and you get the 20 hours, |
| 1:25.5 | that's even better, but that's a really good sweet spot. |
| 1:28.4 | A lot of people are just doing one meal a day, |
| 1:30.5 | and that's even better if you can do it, especially for regenerating liver function. |
| 1:36.0 | One of the biggest things that is going to happen when you're fasting is you're going to |
| 1:40.0 | deplete your glycogen reserve, so in a very short period of time, there's not going to be |
| 1:45.6 | any more stored sugar in the liver. |
| 1:48.8 | In the muscle, yes, but not in the liver. |
| 1:51.0 | So now all that fat on the liver can then be used as fuel after the |
| 1:56.6 | glycogen has been tapped out. And by the way, glycogen is just stored sugar. |
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