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so this video is about acceptable

liquids while you’re fasting I’ve done

other videos about this topic but I’m

always getting new information and

updating my videos so you have the

current version okay so what can you

drink while you’re fasting realize that

to get the benefits of fasting uh

calories do matter the more calories you

have of anything the more problems

you’re going to have so let’s first talk

about what you should be avoiding okay

while you’re doing this and then we’ll

talk about what you should be drinking

while you’re doing fasting okay so bone

broth why shouldn’t you consume bone

broth while you’re fasting some people

say it’s okay some people say it’s not

okay well there’s a good amount of

protein in there and protein can

stimulate insulin okay so if you’re just

drinking a small amount of bone broth

it’s probably not going to be a problem

but realize that there’s protein in bone

broth that could inhibit the benefits of

fasting so if you’re going to do bone

broth maybe you do it during

I have no problem with bone broth but it

can slow down your results now this also

goes with collagen powder okay collagen

is protein so again avoid collagen

powder while you’re fasting all right

what about Branch chain amino acids okay

some people take it before or after a

workout well again we have another

protein okay powder that’s not all of

the amino acids but it’s some and that

can definitely spike your sugar that

will give you energy but they will

definitely block you more than even bone

broth what about coconut water there’s a

good amount of sugar in coconut water

even though it’s not like table sugar

there’s still a good amount of sugar in

coconut water I would avoid it all right

coffee okay let’s talk about coffee

black coffee is totally fine when you

start to add things to it especially if

you’re doing the sweetened flavored

drinks okay that’s definitely a no like

you even the artificially

sweetened creams that they use right now

what about whole cream well whole cream

doesn’t stimulate insulin okay because

the more fat something is the less

insulin that’s triggered but there are

calories so that can bump you out but

only a tiny bit so I’m just going to put

that right in the middle there so you

can do it but there’s going to be some

slight decrease in some of the benefits

but I will say it’s going to be

insignificant if you use a little bit of

half and half or cream in fact I use

cream and I really don’t worry about it

so I mean this really could be in the

yes section but for those people that

want to be very very strict and you

should just do black coffee now when you

get half and half we’re adding some more

milk so milk does have some more sugar

if you have the choice between half and

half and whole cream I would have a

tendency to do whole cream okay instead

of half and half but again it’s a minor

inner point so if you want to use half

and half or cream go for it now what

about Bulletproof Coffee okay that has

more calories more fat because there’s

butter and MCT oil however because it’s

fat it’s not going to trigger insulin

but if you are trying to lose weight

okay and you’ve done fasting for a

period of time maybe you don’t consume

the bulletproof version you just do

black coffee because your body is going

to go after that fat as its Fuel and

less of your own fat however that being

said if you’re trying to maintain your

weight okay and you don’t want to lose

any more I would highly recommend

Bulletproof Coffee because that helps to

satisfy you and it helps you to go

longer with your fasting okay and then

of course the longer you go with your

fasting the more you become fat adapted

and the easier things will be so at

first in any ketogenic plan I recommend

a lot more fat and then as you do the

pro program if you want to speed up your

fat loss maybe you don’t maybe you just

want you’re happy with your results but

if you wanted to speed up your results

maybe you cut down your fat a little bit

and just consume the fat that is

normally within the ketogenic plan not

by adding more fat I have worked with a

lot of people out there and and certain

people that are plateaued all we do is

cut out the Bulletproof Coffee and

Presto they lose more weight all right

what about the pre-workout drinks you

have energy drinks you have sport drinks

you have electrolyte drinks like

Gatorade things like that all of these

have sugar and I would avoid them now on

the flip side since we’re talking about

electrolytes if you’re consuming an

electrolyte powder that doesn’t have

sugar okay maybe it has Stevia that’s

totally okay

but I’m gonna just mention one thing I

do have my own electrolyte powder and uh

presently I’m trying to find a

Manufacturing Company in Europe to

produce the same formula that I have in

America because that way the shipping

costs will be less and what I’m finding

out is something fascinating it’s almost

impossible to find

a flavoring company that doesn’t add

maltodextrin which is the worst sugar

you can consume okay it’s like way way

higher than actual glucose on the

glycemic index okay so they put this

hidden um powder as a drying or spraying

agent in flavorings as well as in the uh

some of the vitamins as they make the

citrates and so even a lot of the

copycats from my electrolyte powder and

there’s probably five of them out there

probably are using the cheaper version

which have this extra maltodextrin which

I am very much against because that

right there can prevent you from getting

good results but it’s interesting

because if you want a natural flavoring

that doesn’t have something or you want

a vitamin combination that doesn’t have

these extra bad things you have to pay a

lot more unfortunately all right the

next one on the list is consuming soda

with artificial sweeteners okay avoid

that that even though it doesn’t have

sugar in it it has artificial chemicals

that interrupt the microbiome in your

gut that can indirectly cause problems

with your insulin levels okay so I’ve

done videos on that but just avoid the

artificial sodas instead you can consume

the sodas with stevia or some of the

sugar alcohols that um are like Xylitol

erythritol things like Stevia or monk

fruit those are fine just make sure they

don’t add anything else to it like

dextrin or maltodextrin now let’s talk

about alcohol for a second

there are certain types of alcohol that

have no carbohydrates in them right but

alcohol is unique in itself in that your

liver will take it as a priority as a

toxin as a poison and have to break it

down in that breakdown process okay

there’s several steps that happen in the

liver and create other problem with your

blood sugars and even cause a fatty

liver so that being said there are

levels of things that are bad for your

body right you have like very high

potent alcohol type drinks right well

that’s going to create a lot of damage

then you have other drinks that are

lower in alcohol okay but also have

sugar in them like beer or sweetened

like margaritas for example well you

obviously those are a given avoid those

but what about the wines okay there are

certain wines that are really dry less

sweet and they also have less alcohol

well I’m going to put those right in the

center I’m not going to recommend them

but if you have them occasionally maybe

it’s going to create a small effect and

not a major effect like some of the

other alcoholic beverages now personally

I don’t drink any alcohol I don’t do

well with it unless I’m really stressed

out or on the weekends maybe I’ll do a

six-pack and I’m being very sarcastic

all right what about these soy drinks

like the soy milk for example

it’s just bizarre to me that they turned

this beam into a milk right I mean

there’s no milk in a bean so that soy

drink I would avoid it and I would also

avoid the almond milk however there are

certain types of almond milk

um that do have just almonds with water

and that’s it right others have a lot of

additional things in them so maybe those

are okay in small amounts but one drink

of almond milk has like 30 calories so

now we’re dealing with more calories

it’s not a lot but it’s a factor to look

at so if you had a choice between almond

milk and soy milk of course I would do

the almond milk first because there’s a

lot of problems with soy but I’m going

to put almond milk right in the middle

and it really depends on the ingredients

so go ahead and read those because a lot

of times they will put a lot of other

things in there and even the unsweetened

almond milk might have some other things

that you don’t want all right what about

milk well there is some sugar and milk

so I would avoid that and because we’re

on the topic of dairy realize that when

you ferment milk you get cheese kefir

things like that and so what those

bacteria are doing to the milk they’re

eating up all the sugar right so cheese

is very very low in lactose right in

fact I don’t even think it has any

lactose or milk sugar and cheese

and of course if you have the raw cheese

from Europe uh you have the benefit of

the microbes the protein without the

sugar but I will say that yogurt does

have more sugar than kefir and so Kefir

is a lot better too because it has

friendly yeast and friendly bacteria and

a lot more than yogurt so if you had a

choice between yogurt kefir I would go

with the kefir but make sure it’s plain

now what about uh like these hot

beverages with bullion cubes right some

people recommend them but the problem is

trying to find a boiling cube without

maltodextrin or monosodium glutamate or

modified food starch which is monosodium

glutamate so if you could find one great

because it gives you that extra salt

that you need but if it has the MSG or

maltodextrin I would avoid it all right

so what can you drink then right when

you’re fasting you can drink water right

Spring Water filtered water would be

great you can do carbonated water or

Still Water you can add electrolytes you

can add apple cider vinegar it’s not

going to be a problem in fact I do

recommend adding lemon or lime and apple

cider vinegar you can take supplements

when you’re fasting that’s totally fine

just make sure they’re not like protein

powder type things but I do recommend

taking supplements there’s very little

calories and supplements that’s why you

can take them tea is very good to take

like green tea other types of tea when

you’re fasting and will help you fast

and black coffee would be the ideal

situation but you again you can add some

cream or half and half I do and I don’t

consider it a big problem but for those

people that want to be strict because

they have a very stubborn metabolism

well they might just want to do it

without any extra things and one last

point I want to bring up when you’re

doing fasting especially prolonged

fasting don’t forget about sea salt you

need about a level teaspoon as a minimum

in your water right because you’re not

eating food so you want to kind of mix

that in these drinks whether you’re

doing electrolyte powder or just

straight water throughout the day kind

of spread it out because that’s very

very important because if you run out of

sodium and chloride your muscles get

weak you feel fatigued and there’s a lot

of problems with that now since we’re on

the topic of fasting and liquids if you

haven’t seen this video on my lemon and

apple cider vinegar drink you should

check that out I put it up right here