Not Eating Sugar Yet High Blood Sugar Levels?

Are you doing keto and intermittent fasting, but your blood sugar levels are still high? This could be why. 

DATA:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927596/

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Timestamps
0:00 High blood sugar levels 
0:10 Where is the sugar coming from?
1:09 Insulin resistance 
1:56 What to do for insulin resistance 

Do you have high blood sugar levels even though you’re not consuming dietary sugar? Today we’re going to talk about why this could be happening. 

In this situation, the sugar is actually coming from your liver and kidneys. There is something called gluconeogenesis, which is the formation of new sugar. Your body always needs a very small amount of sugar, but your body can make this sugar out of non-carbohydrate sources. It can make it out of fat, protein, and even ketones. Insulin controls this process. It’s supposed to turn off gluconeogenesis. 

When you have high blood sugar, but you’re not consuming any sugar, this could mean that you have very low amounts of insulin in your body. Your insulin may actually be too low. Insulin resistance is a condition that can cause you to not have enough insulin. 

With insulin resistance, you have high levels of insulin, but that insulin is not working in the body, and it’s not shutting down gluconeogenesis. It may be best to focus on improving insulin resistance. 

How to help improve insulin resistance:
• Exercise more 
• Increase your fasting 
• Increase your fiber (vegetable fiber)
• Apple cider vinegar 
• Vitamin D
• Chromium 
• Zinc 
• B vitamins (nutritional yeast) 
• Potassium 
• Magnesium 
• Get more sleep 
• Decrease inflammation 
• Give it more time 
• Focus on other improvements 

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 58, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps you better understand why you could have high blood sugar even though you’re not consuming dietary sugar.