Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

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Today, we’re going to look at the average American diet and determine what may happen if you start eating like a cow. For the last 200 days of a cow’s life, it’s fed a high-starch diet and given minimal exercise.


According to the food pyramid, most of our diet should come from starch. The average American consumes 65% to 70% of their calories from starches. Starches are actually hidden sugars. In fact, ultra-processed starch is worse than sugar and will raise your blood sugar more than glucose.


There are 2 types of corn: field corn (dent corn) and edible sweet corn. Dent corn is used to fatten cattle and to make products such as ethanol, corn flour, modified food starch, modified corn starch, and maltodextrin. It’s also used to make corn oil, one of the seed oils.


Not only do the refined starches act like sugar in the body, but they’re also GMO. This means they contain traces of glyphosate.


The average American has been eating like a cow for quite some time. This is why we see obesity, fatty liver, heart disease, and more.


Cows are meant to digest grass, not grains. Grass is fermented with bacteria in a cow's stomach, and the fiber feeds its microbes. When a cow is fed grains, the microbes produce an excess amount of acid, causing acidosis. This can lead to infection and isn’t very healthy for the cow, so they’re fed antibiotics to compensate.


Stop eating like a cow! Avoid ultra-processed starch and choose grass-fed, grass-finished beef.

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