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.

Hey guys, today we're going to talk about mushrooms.

Do you like mushrooms?

Comment below if you like them.

I love mushrooms.

Mushrooms are not a plant, they're not a vegetable, they're actually a fungus, okay?

And it's a myth that consuming a fungus will give you a fungus.

That's not how it works.

Normally in our gastrointestinal tract, we have friendly funguses, we have friendly yeast,

we have friendly bacteria that counter the unfriendly.

And so when you lose those microbes, your body can then grow and have an overgrowth of fungus

on the toenail and different parts of your body.

You're not going to actually have to worry about getting a fungus if you eat mushrooms,

okay?

There are certain types of, we can't call them phytonutrients, plant-based nutrients anymore.

We have to call them maybe a fungus nutrients.

There are certain nutrients that are really good for various things, inflammation, anti-cancer,

and insulin resistance.

Beta-glucans, great for insulin resistance, which is exactly what we're trying to do when

we do keto and interminute fasting.

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