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Oct 22
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Don’t Touch These 10 Foods (Especially I...

DR. ERIC BERG
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If you have diabetes or if diabetes prevention is your goal, avoid these foods at all costs. Your health depends on it! Discover the 10 worst foods for diabetes that you should eliminate from your diet NOW!

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0:00 Introduction: Avoid these foods

0:13 Insulin resistance explained

2:30 Seed oils and type 2 diabetes

6:53 Insulin resistance and diabetes

8:16 What not to eat if you have diabetes

12:42 How to detox aldehydes


Long before prediabetes and diabetes comes insulin resistance. You can be insulin resistant for 15-20 years before you develop diabetes!

Chronic sugar consumption can lead to insulin resistance, but seed oils can be equally problematic. Seed oils cause damage to the cell membranes (which contain insulin receptors) and damage to the mitochondria.

There is evidence that unsaturated fatty acids can reduce the risk of diabetes, but this is not the case with rancid, oxidized seed oils. These highly refined seed oils are full of toxic byproducts such as aldehydes, which create irreversible damage in the insulin receptor. The average person consumes 25%-30% of their calories from seed oils.


You can have high insulin and normal blood sugar for many years. Over time, this overworks the pancreas, causing the beta cells that produce insulin to become overworked and eventually stop producing insulin, leaving the body without a mechanism to regulate blood sugar levels.


Normal blood sugar should be around 80, which is equivalent to a single teaspoon of sugar in the blood, even though the average person consumes 81 to 131 teaspoons of sugar every day!


If you have diabetes or you want to avoid it, avoid these foods:


1. Fast food fries and fried chicken

2. Deep-fried restaurant foods

3. Chips/crisps/corn chips

4. Doughnuts and pastries

5. Sweetened drinks

6. Frozen breaded foods

7. Commercial salad dressing and mayo

8. Instant noodles

9. Granola/protein bars and cookies

10. Microwave popcorn


To detox aldehydes, consume more of the following nutrients:

•Carnosine: grass-fed red meat

•Sulfur-rich vegetables: onions, garlic, broccoli

•Polyphenols: green tea, dark chocolate, pomegranate


Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:Dr. Berg, age 60, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals and author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.Disclaimer: 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, 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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