Welcome to the Dr. Burg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast.

Where Dr. Burg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing

healthy weights.

Hey guys, in this video we're going to talk about why ketosis doesn't necessarily cause

weight loss, okay?

Now to understand this a little bit more, let's just talk about what ketosis is.

It's basically the state of making ketones, which are a byproduct of fat burning.

So when fat is being burned, the byproduct of that is ketones, and when you're in ketosis,

your body is primarily using ketones instead of glucose, all right?

So that's what that is.

So to get into ketosis, it's necessary to lower your carbohydrates.

If you're consuming 10,000 calories a day, or you're consuming a large quantity of food,

you're still going to actually have ketones, but the ketones are coming from the dietary

fat being burned, not your own fat, and that's why you're not going to see a lot of weight

loss.

But it's very difficult to gain weight on a low carb ketogenic diet, especially if you're

doing it in a fasting.

In fact, I don't know if anyone who got fat or obese on high fats if they kept their

carbs lowered.

So the essence of low carbs will definitely hormonally stop you from gaining weight, but

you may not lose weight, but if your dietary calories are a bit too high, that's what your

body is going to be turning into ketones, not your own body's fat.

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