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all right so i’m going through all the questions  and here’s another question that someone wanted to  

know about um is it okay to consume celery and nut  butter on keto well absolutely yes because it’s a  

good alternative to salad for some people it’s  really hard to get people to consume the amount  

of salad they need but it’s very easy to consume  celery if you’re going to add peanut butter to it  

and also when i say peanut butter make sure it’s  organic make sure it doesn’t have any added sugar  

make sure there’s no extra oils in there other  than just peanut oil you don’t want soy oil or  

cottonseed oil or any of that stuff so for  some people it’s just an easy way to get  

your vegetable and um it’s something that tastes  good as well so um i do recommend it um and if  

you’re using it for a salad substitute i would  highly recommend consuming a good amount of it  

not just like a tiny little bit but celery itself  is extremely low carb but high fiber and yes it  

is true that fiber is a carb but fiber does not  affect your blood sugars other than help improve  

it because your microbes eat the fiber and they  give you certain chemicals to help regulate blood  

sugars it has zero starch and per cup it has 262  milligrams of potassium and it has 80 milligrams  

of sodium you may have heard that celery is very  high in sodium and you have to avoid it for high  

blood pressure that is absolutely not true and  by the way low sodium in your diet can increase  

the risk of insulin resistance in fact we need a  good amount of salt especially if you’re on keto  

and for certain people that have  migraine headaches they need to have  

a lot more sodium so i will do a separate video on  sodium but celery probably has the highest amount  

of sodium of all the different vegetables so it’s  actually not bad at all it’s actually really good  

when you do keto the insulin in your body is going  down and insulin increases the retention of sodium  

so you’re going to be losing more sodium so  just consume more sea salt to offset that  

as well as other electrolytes as well like  potassium because if you’re not consuming  

enough potassium it will also increase insulin  and affect your blood sugars so there’s a huge  

connection between potassium and helping normalize  your blood sugars you need potassium and sodium  

in the correct ratios a lot of times i’ll  do a video just on sodium or potassium  

i should probably do a video just on all the  electrolytes together because they all work  

together so adding a nut butter to your celery  whether it’s almond butter or peanut butter or  

other nut butters is a really good thing it can be  an alternative to your salad it can help your ph  

it can reduce your risk for getting gout it will  also decrease hunger because of the fat in the nut  

butters also celery is great for lowering stress  helping you sleep and it can help support healthy  

blood pressure levels as well all right thanks  for watching before you go if you have a question  

about a product or you’re new to keto and you  want to know how to begin keto or you’re on keto  

and you need a debug because it’s not going  as smooth i have a keto consultant standing  

by to help you this is just for the people in  the u.s hopefully in the future we’ll be able  

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