Dr. Annette Bosworth

Okay.

So why didn't the fat get to your mitochondria?

excess insulin, okay?

You had been in a high insulin state.

So if you swallow the fat, then you can turn it into ketones.

Right now, all your fat's locked under this insulin bed.

If you kept going, it would eventually hit, but that's painful.

I mean, I have patients who do it for two weeks.

Yeah.

So if you put the sardines in oil, that's a great high fat, high protein.

It's also a little easier to masticate the meat and you'll have high fat, high protein, and you'll have beautiful ketones by 48 hours, maybe 72.

Yeah, I don't let people get distracted by this, right?

I say, look at your finger.

If it's got a high ketone, you have got enough fat and enough protein and low enough carbs.

What most people have is the story you told.

I've been doing this for five days.

Why don't I make any ketones?

And the answer is, what is hidden behind the chemistry is too much insulin.

You've got to have insulin.

That's a great place to say, put the fat up, keep the carbs low, and the ketones will come.