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Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Cholesterol Has Another Interesting Function: Antioxidant

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Dr. Berg talks about one of the functions of cholesterol, as an antioxidant. Antioxidant means it is involved in repair to function. Cholesterol is also a precursor to hormones especially sex hormones, testosterone, estrogen, and even stress hormones like cortisol. The body makes 3x the amount of cholesterol you get from your diet. He also talks about what causes oxidation.  


Cholesterol Functions:  

• Precursor to hormones especially sex hormones, testosterone, estrogen, and even stress hormones like cortisol 

• Helps make vitamin D 

• Helps make Bile 

• Helps bind microbes  

• It is a very powerful antioxidant   


Oxidation Cause:  

• Vegetable Oils 

• Iron  

• Sugar  

• Refined Grains 

• Trans Fats  

• Smoking  


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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:10.5

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0:13.4

Call 540991557.

0:17.4

That's 540299-1557.

0:21.0

That's 54099-155.

0:21.6

Welcome to the Dr. Berg, Healthy Kito and Intermediate fasting podcast.

0:29.0

Now your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level.

0:34.0

Dr. Eric Berg.

0:36.0

Hi guys, in this video, I'm going to talk about one of the functions of cholesterol

0:40.0

that rarely gets any notice or attention and that is this.

0:45.0

Cholesterol is an antioxidant, okay?

0:48.0

So it's against oxidation, which basically means it's involved in a reparative function. It acts as a band-aid.

0:57.0

Now, cholesterol, there's a lot of other things, like it can, it's a precursor for hormones, especially sex hormones,

1:03.2

testosterone, estrogen, and even stress hormones

1:07.0

like cortisol.

1:08.2

It also helps make Vitamin D,

1:10.4

bile to help you digest.

1:12.4

It helps bind microbes, but it's a very powerful

1:16.3

antioxidant and your body makes three times the amount of cholesterol that you get

1:22.1

from your diet.

1:23.0

So when you're consuming egg yolks,

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