Is Keto (Ketogenic Diet) Only Good Short-Term?
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 28 September 2018
⏱️ 4 minutes
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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. |
| 0:13.4 | Call 540991557. |
| 0:17.4 | That's 540299-1557. |
| 0:21.0 | That's 54099-155. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg, Healthy Kito and Intermediate fasting podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | Now your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level. |
| 0:34.0 | Dr Eric Berg. |
| 0:36.0 | Hey guys, I'm back and today we're going to answer the question, |
| 0:39.0 | is Kito only good short term, okay? And you see this like in the news and certain web articles where |
| 0:46.8 | yeah keto works but only short term and their rationale is because keto is a high-fat diet and ketones are acidic. |
| 0:57.0 | So yes you're going to lose weight, you're going to feel great, but then you're going to become too acidic and that is not healthy. |
| 1:04.0 | Okay, that's the argument. So let's just kind of cover some points about that. |
| 1:08.0 | Well, first of all, you have essential nutrients, like essential fatty acids, which by the way come from plant-based type diets and |
| 1:18.4 | they're essential which means your body can't make it so it must get it from |
| 1:21.9 | the diet. |
| 1:23.0 | So, I mean, these are acids. |
| 1:25.4 | Amino acids can come from plant-based type foods. |
| 1:29.8 | That's an acid, should you avoid all that? |
| 1:31.9 | No, these are essential. |
| 1:33.4 | Okay. |
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