Why Dry Mouth on Keto (Cotton Mouth)

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Dr. Berg talks about dry mouth on a ketogenic diet. One of the fluids has a high amount of an enzyme called amylase – these are enzymes that break down starches. The average amount of saliva that an adult produces per day is between 0.5 and 1.5 liters.

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Transcript

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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.
0:19.4	Hi guys, today we're going to talk about dry mouth on keto.
0:25.8	There is a certain medical condition that has to do with your salivary glands not producing
0:31.1	enough saliva.
0:32.1	That can come from an autoimmune condition or let's see you're in chemo.
0:37.2	I'm not going to get into that condition.
0:39.2	What I'm going to talk about is why you would have dry mouth on keto.
0:43.6	One of the fluids has a high amount of an enzyme called amylase.
0:47.9	This is an enzyme that breaks down starches.
0:50.8	The average amount of saliva that an adult produces per day is between 0.5 and 1.5 liters.
0:58.4	That's two to six cups of saliva every single day.
1:04.2	Now let's talk about why you would potentially have dry mouth when you do keto.
1:08.4	The first thing is that you're not consuming starches anymore.
1:11.6	You're not doing breads or potato.
1:14.1	You're not doing sugar anymore, hopefully.
1:17.4	The need for that enzyme goes way down.
1:20.7	The need to produce that fluid also goes down.
1:23.9	That's one reason.
1:25.0	The other reason has to do with your electrolytes.
1:28.6	When you do keto, the need for certain minerals goes up, especially potassium and magnesium.
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