Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weights.

Now, I have done a lot of videos in the ketogenic diet, but I wanted to include a new video for beginners with all the updates, but I want to make it really, really simple.

So let's just start with the basics. What is a ketone? A ketone is not a fat. It's not a carbohydrate. It's not a

protein. It's kind of a combination or it has characteristics of both a fat and a carbohydrate,

but it's not either. It comes from fat, but a ketone is an alternative fuel source. And the way that you get ketones

is you simply lower your carbohydrates in your diet or you reduce the frequency of eating.

And this is why we recommend a low carb diet with in a minute fasting. And that way you can

maximize your ability to make ketones. Ketones have many

advantages versus regular glucose fuel. Number one, it will increase your oxygen in your body.

Number two, it increases your energy. Number three, it supports the brain. In fact, your brain prefers ketones over glucose.

Same thing with the heart. If your heart is damaged or your brain is damaged,

ketones are the answer, and they can bypass the mechanical damage pathways and feed the tissues directly.

Most of the body tissues can run in ketones, but some parts need glucose. And this is the confusion

that people have. They think they need to consume glucose to get glucose. No, there's something

called gluconeogenesis, okay?

Glucose, neoneogenesis, the creation of.

Your body can make glucose if it needs it from fat, ketones, proteins.

You don't need to consume carbohydrates to get glucose. Now, it does take time to turn the fat into

ketones. It's going to take between three to five days. It all depends on how damaged insulin is in

your body, how damage your pancreas is. If you are a pre-diabetic, if you are a diabetic, if you have insulin resistance,

it's going to take longer and longer to adapt. But by lowering the carbs and going at intermittent

fasting, you'll get there a lot faster. That explains how to get into ketosis. You lower the

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