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let’s talk about the influence of

intermittent fasting over the

cardiovascular system there are so many

benefits from intermittent fasting but

the benefit to the heart is a major

major benefit so it all starts with

lowering insulin okay so when you fast

you decrease insulin and insulin

controls what type of fuel that the

body’s going to run on what type of fuel

that the heart will run on and it just

so happens that fatty acids from fat

cells are the main source of fuel to the

heart and your heart prefers a type of

ketone acetoacetate to glucose so this

is just one of the three types of

ketones the problem is when you’re

running your body on glucose you don’t

have as much oxygen and you’re getting a

lot more waste in co2 so fasting

switches your body from glucose to

ketones but when you eat it’s inverted

you go from ketosis to glucose and the

other interesting thing about ketones is

that they have the ability to feed the

heart if the heart is in a damaged state

so if you have any type of

cardiovascular disease your heart will

benefit greatly from fasting and

providing ketones with a low-carb diet

also you’ll see improvement we have

atherosclerosis your arteries will

become less stiff your blood pressure

can come down and your improving insulin

resistance which automatically will

increase your ability to absorb

electrolytes so you’ll have more

electrolyte function and you’ll have

less problems with the rhythm of the

heart like you’ll have less palpitations

and less problems with things like

atrial fibrillation because the

pacemaker of the heart which controls a

rhythm needs the electrolytes and when

you have insulin resistance you’re not

going to be able to absorb the quantity

of electrolytes now one little point

about the liver when you’re doing

fasting you are depleting the storage of

glucose it’s called glycogen and if your

body needs glucose it has the ability to

make glucose in the liver it’s called

gluconeogenesis this means new making

new glucose

from ketones from other things from fat

like glycerol so when your body needs

glucose and it makes it it’s not

dangerous but when you get clothes from

the diet that’s when it becomes

dangerous not only does it create

massive oxidation with the inside of the

arteries but it triggers insulin and it

stops this process from happening it

doesn’t allow you to release ketones and

fatty acids as much and your body just

becomes dependent on glucose so and if

the glucose that increased the risk for

damage within the artery lining the

endothelial layer of the inside of the

arteries and when it’s damaged it

attracts certain types of cholesterol to

heal it and calcium and it forms

plaquing and then that can break off and

cause a stroke or clog the artery

directly alright guys there you have it

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