Is Fasting Healthy for a Diabetic? | DrEricBergDC

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let’s talk about if fasting is actually

healthy for a diabetic did you realize

that 20% of all healthcare spending in

the US is targeted to diabetes and

diabetic complications now there are

some mixed reviews that state that it’s

10 percent some experts say that it’s 20

percent regardless if it’s 10 percent or

20 percent

it’s a lot of money that’s like 350

billion to 700 billion dollars a year

spent on diabetes that is crazy

now in the US alone we have 84 million

people who are a pre-diabetic and 30

million who are diabetic and I would

venture to say that there’s probably at

least a hundred and fifty million that

have insulin resistance that are on

their way to becoming a pre-diabetic and

still there is no agreement on the best

diet for type 2 diabetes amongst the

medical experts now why is that well I’m

just gonna just draw a little connection

right here guys I think I think you’ve

got the hint right there right you know

why and as far as medication goes with

diabetes there’s two main mechanisms one

is targeting insulin resistance with

metformin which is probably one of the

most popular medication and then you

have other medications okay

this is an example that will increase

insulin okay

so those are the two main mechanisms the

problem is that these medications have a

special warning black label they

actually increase the risk of

cardiovascular mortality by 59 to 68

percent now wait a second wait a second

doesn’t make sense to me isn’t the goal

when you manage diabetes to keep you

alive longer well apparently not

apparently the goal is to manage your

blood sugars to make sure your blood

sugars are normalized well this is what

you need to realize high insulin is just

as damaging as high blood glucose so yes

we need insulin and we need normal

insulin but we don’t need tremendous

amounts and anytime you’re trying to

solve a problem with a solution to

handle maybe blood sugars yet that

solution is giving you a bigger problem

then you need to really evaluate what’s

going on now that foundation leads me to

the main topic which is fasting for

diabetes okay so what is the data and I

put some links down below this is

fascinating if you combine therapeutic

fasting and no we’re not talking about

starvation we’re talking about

controlled fasting where you’re making

sure you have all your nutrients okay so

you’re taking supplements and vitamins

because the problem with diabetics is

they’re very very deficient in nutrients

because they have insulin resistance so

they can’t really absorb it so you’d

want to give them nutrients while

they’re fasting so therapeutic fasting

while the person’s on a low-carb diet

produces some really amazing results

okay within four months no need for

insulin so I’m gonna put the link down

below so you can read the case studies

and other studies on this decrease in

a1c decrease in waist size number form

able to control your blood Sugar’s now

why does fasting work for diabetes

simply because it decreases the need for

insulin okay and if the need for insulin

is not there the pancreas doesn’t have

to work so hard so the cells that make

insulin finally have a chance to

rejuvenate okay because the real problem

with diabetes is the high sugar and also

the beta cell and the pancreas that

produces insulin that’s working so hard

around the clock to be able to regulate

the high glucose that’s coming from your

diet okay so the combination of

decreasing the need for insulin by both

of these actions right here low carb and

fasting are extremely therapeutic versus

treating the person with something that

increases insulin well now we know why

it creates problems because the side

effects from too much insulin are just

as bad as too much glucose so if you are

a diabetic I would highly recommend you

look into doing therapeutic fasting with

a low carb and see if it can work for

you thanks for watching so if you want

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