
The most common health issue no one’s talking about | EP 238
The Dr. Gundry Podcast
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How to Give the Brain Ketones That You Can't Get Without Insulin Resistance
The average individual nowadays who is insulin resistant not only is the brain crying out for glucose that it can't get but because they're insulin resistant and they have high insulin levels they can't make any ketones. Every cell with metacondria which is practically every cell of the body will gladly use ketones for fuel so again to kind of bring it back to the question the key is lowering insulin whether it is by managing your macronutrients or in intermittent fasting the moment insulin starts to come down ketones will start to go up as the body has shifted to fat burning. If insulin keeps if insulin stays low for about 16 to 20 hours the body has been burning so much
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