How Stress Affects Your Brain – Dr.Berg

Here’s how stress affects your brain. This is really important. 
 
Timestamps
0:08 Cortisol 
0:45 Insulin 
1:00 What is insulin resistance?
2:45 What can you do?

In this video, we’re going to talk about how stress affects your brain. 

There is a hormone called cortisol that’s actually triggered by stress. Cortisol depletes the brain of oxygen, which can slowly start wearing out the short term memory. This situation can eventually worsen.

Cortisol also releases insulin. It’s even behind a lot of cases of diabetes. Insulin resistance is a condition that occurs before pre-diabetes. Insulin resistance is a situation where a person’s insulin levels are too high for too long, and it blocks the absorption into the cells and brain. You can no longer get glucose (fuel) to the brain.

When you’re running on sugar, the fluctuation of high and low sugar levels really messes with the brain. This is why running the body on ketones could be a better way to go. 

What can you do?

• Cut out sugar
• Lower your stress
• Get plenty of sleep
• Limit your frequency of eating (2-3 meals a day—no snacks)

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 57, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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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, and 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.

Thanks for watching! I hope this video helps you better understand how stress affects your brain.