Intermittent Fasting and Ketosis May Spike Your Cholesterol – Dr. Berg

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In this video, Dr. Berg talks about cholesterol spikes on a ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting plan. The body makes 75% of cholesterol and only 25% of it comes from the diet. There is a huge feedback loop on how the body makes cholesterol and the cholesterol from the diet. In other words, when you eat more cholesterol foods, your body doesn’t make as much and when you don’t eat as much cholesterol foods, the body makes more.

Two Purposes of Cholesterol
1. For structural purposes – cholesterol is needed for every single cellular membrane in the body.
2. It is needed to make vitamin D, bile, and steroid hormones

Fasting
When you fast, the cholesterol will go up, you already tapped out your glycogen reserves, and now you are tapping into the fat reserves. Fat has the major storage of triglycerides and it is the largest storage of free cholesterol.

Remnant Cholesterol - It is what is left over from total cholesterol minus the HDL and LDL.
• 17 or less: Optimum
• 18 to 23: OK
• 24 to 29: Concerning
• 30 or greater: very concerning

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 56, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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Disclaimer:
Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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[dyahviona]

Holy moly there's so much information just in 5 min length video! And most importantly dr. Berg explains it all in the most simple easiest way possible. Bless you dr. Berg!

[tonysansom]

My cholesterol is high however my TG/HDL ratio is perfect 😊 my doctor is confused

[CaliAngie]

My numbers before and after keto. My triglycerides went down tremendously.
Before Keto August 2018
Cholesterol 237 hdl 58 ldl 136 triglycerides 217

After Keto February 2019 Cholesterol 226 hdl 66 ldl 141 triglycerides 98

[jessicawins]

Thank you for making this! My doctor is concerned about my cholesterol and I wondered what I could do to help. He said my bad cholesterol was slightly higher than he would like it to be. Thanks for all of the wonderful information. You have helped me so much on my journal which I share here as well.

[hikerinpam]

I am intermittent fasting and cut sugar completely out along with flour, wheat. Just protein fruits and vegetables. My cholesterol jumped up to 300. It was 200.i don't understand I feel better then ever, in shape and exercise regularly. Wtf

[Xue_Ying]

Wow, thank you Dr. Berg. I was a little frustrated when I saw my cholesterol levels actually go up after I’ve been fasting for about 2 months but based on this scale, my remnant cholesterol is only 20. I knew I was doing the right things so there had to be some other reason for the spike. Thanks, again.

[nathanniyazov]

No one on a healthy keto and intermittent fasting plan should be worried about their cholesterol levels. As long as you’re not consuming oxidized fats like canola and corn oil and not consuming inflammatory foods then the amount of cholesterol in the blood shouldn’t concern you. Atherosclerosis only occurs due to inflammation and weakening of the endothelium and causes cholesterol to attach to the walls to pad the walls from further damage

[godsson]

Dr Berg you’re awesome love your content!! So informative and to the point!!!

[J-mo]

GREAT please more on debunking the cholesterol-keto issue! I posted comment on your other video today regarding cholesterol (that my new doctor gave me a disappointing eyebrow point when I said I lost 60 lbs doing keto), plus I have my brother who is vegan (when he is in "diet mode") and tells my mom "yeah, I'm happy Jen lost all that weight...but i'm worried about all that cholesterol from eating meat and high fat". meanwhile, because he is still eating lots of carbs, he is struggling to stay in "diet mode".

[charissefilteau]

Fasting is no longer required when checking cholesterol. There are citations published about this on pub med.

[Kelly_Silverman]

You have NO IDEA how much this just HELPED me Dr! Especially the part at the end where you give us specifically how to calculate your "Remnant" cholesterol.
I got an 18... However my test was FASTED.. so I'm definitely going to request another one
Thank you Dr Berg.

[jgeph.]

This is really helpful, I’ve been carnivore for about 5 months and went off my statin in July . I intermittent fast everyday and some days longer . I just had my lipids done and my LDL shot up to 232 but triglycerides stayed the same in the low 90’s and my HDL increased by 9-10 points .
I’m also down about 65lbs but still have about 50 to go to teach goal, so I’m burning a lot of body fat right now in ketosis .

[marcelacarmona]

Wow! The answer to all my questions related to cholesterol. Did not know about “ramnant” cholesterol.

[elway]

Thanks for this video....it looks like I am right at 17 on my last test which is great and a relief. My doctor was concerned with my LDL figures which are higher now since I started keto.

[anureinn]

Wow Dr Berg !! You nailed it 💖💖 I understand so well on remnant cholesterol now . Thank you Dr 🤗🤗🤗

[my-yt-inputs]

I think I had researched this from an earlier video. The blood work from my doctor shows something called VLDL and I think this may be the remnant reading. If I take my total Cholesterol and subtract the HDL and LDL reading I get the same number that shows for the VLDL value. The range however on my chart show 5-40. Higher than 30.
Mine was a little too high from Dec but I'm still working on that. ;)

[ECX]

24 pounds in one month, and my dad 16.Thank you Dr.Berg!

[Alianger]

Funny how people always want to think that a substance is either completely good or completely bad for you.

[Irina-xgsn]

Hi Dr. Berg, I am writing to you from Australia. My husband has overall Cholesterol 6.8.
HDL 1.53, LDL 4.6, Triglyceride 1.5
Is it still in a good range? Struggling to work it out. Thank you for your time!

[shargunandass]

What’s the unit used for the remnant cholesterol levels ?