Will Metformin (for Diabetes Type 2) Stop My Ketosis
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 14 January 2020
⏱️ 4 minutes
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In this podcast, Dr. Berg talks about metformin and ketosis. Metformin is used for type 2 diabetes and PCOS. It doesn’t increase the insulin unlike other diabetic medications do and it is mainly focused on the insulin receptor. It allows the insulin to be more efficient and to work better in the body. But there is a black box warning which means this medication has serious side effects.
Metformin Side Effects: *Small but fatal lactic acidosis risk.
Lactic Acidosis Symptoms:
• Hypoxia
• Low pH – Blood
Fatigue
• Electrical Problems – Heart
• Abdominal Pain
• Death
Metformin inhibits B1 transformation. For people who are diabetic and is taking metformin, severe lactic acidosis can be reversed by vitamin B1 (Thiamine) in just 24 hours.
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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. Call 5405.7. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. So I had a question from someone that was on Metformin because they were a diabetic and they |
| 0:48.6 | wanted to know is that going to bump me out of ketosis? Is it going to prevent me getting into ketosis? Well, met formin is used for |
| 0:56.8 | type 2 diabetes, it's also used for polycystical ovarian syndrome, and it doesn't increase insulin like other diabetic medications do. |
| 1:07.1 | It basically focuses on the insulin receptor, okay? |
| 1:10.3 | So it targets insulin resistance. |
| 1:14.2 | It allows the insulin to be more efficient |
| 1:17.0 | and to work better in the body. |
| 1:18.8 | Okay, so that sounds good. |
| 1:20.9 | Sounds like a great strategy. Doctors say it's safe, you know, it's all the medications |
| 1:26.5 | it's at least damaging. Then why do they put a black box warning on this medication. |
| 1:33.2 | I mean, in order to put a black box warning, |
| 1:37.0 | there has to be some serious side effects. |
| 1:39.6 | There is. |
| 1:40.8 | Small but fatal lactic acidosis risk. |
| 1:45.0 | Okay, so there's a small risk that you may develop lactic acidosis |
| 1:50.0 | and there's a complication that you may die, |
| 1:52.6 | but it's a small risk, so they have to put this black box warning. |
| 1:56.5 | So what is Lactic Acidosis? |
| 1:58.8 | Well, it's a condition where you become hypoxic, |
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