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so this is a question that came up recently why  are my triglycerides high when i’m doing keto now  

normally they should be low so if they’re high  there’s several reasons for this now a couple  

things you need to know your fat is a storage  place for triglycerides and when you do keto  

guess what happens they’re mobilized they come  out of the fat cell they’re they’re there to  

be used as energy and by the way you also have  cholesterol stored in the fat cell as well and  

that has to come out too so before i kind of get  into the nitty gritty of this video there’s some  

real basic things you need to know unfortunately  certain doctors are no longer recommending  

fasting before you get your cholesterol  tested or your triglyceride levels tested so  

if you just consume a bunch of fat and you go get  a test i mean you may have high triglycerides just  

from that so i would recommend fasting 12  to 14 hours before you get a test very very  

important and i’m talking about when you fast  not eating anything except just drinking water  

that includes not drinking coffee because  sometimes when you drink too much coffee  

it can stimulate the release of triglycerides and  create higher triglycerides temporarily especially  

if you’re drinking bulletproof coffee as well with  the mct oil so these are just things that you need  

to look at now the other thing i want to point out  is that if you consume alcohol two days before the  

test or you went off keto and you consumed a lot  of carbs two days before the test that can also  

show up as higher triglycerides so i just want to  bring that up now a hypothyroid condition could  

also cause you to have high triglycerides  because it’s slowing down your metabolism  

having a problem with your gallbladder could also  give you high triglycerides there’s a condition  

called xanthomas which are those little fatty  accumulations in the top part of your eyelids  

that comes from a liver issue because the  bile is not being produced to break down  

these fats now the bile receptor called  the fxr receptor has everything to do  

with controlling triglycerides in your body and  i’m talking about the production of triglycerides  

the control of excess triglycerides as well as the  burning of triglycerides for energy so if there is  

a bile deficiency either because there’s a problem  with the liver in the production of bile or  

some blockage in the gallbladder or you  don’t have sufficient microbes to make bile  

because your microbes do make bio it’s another  reason why you might have high triglycerides  

now transitional keto when you first start  keto your triglycerides usually are going to go  

up for a very short period of time and then  they’re going to come down so that could be  

your situation another reason is that you may have  hidden carbohydrates so there’s some carbohydrates  

that you’re consuming that you’re not aware of  that can actually spike the triglycerides and also  

fats in general so if you’re doing a lot of liquid  fats like the bulletproof coffee where you’re  

adding butter or mct oil and you’re wondering why  your triglyceride’s a little bit higher especially  

if you’re not very active because it’s all about  fuel and using that fuel that could be another  

reason so i’m just kind of giving you a lot of  different reasons you can look at i wouldn’t be  

concerned i would just isolate what your problem  is and address it 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 us hopefully in the future we’ll be able  

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