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**Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast**

Dr. Eric Berg D.C. — not a medical doctor. Educational content only; not medical advice. Consult your physician for diagnosis or treatment.

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My Opinion on Dry Fasting: Dr. Berg Apr 08, 2020

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Today we’re going to talk about dry fasting, and I’m going to share with you my opinion about it. There are a lot of benefits of fasting, but is one type of fasting better? Let’s look at dry vs. wet fasting.

What is dry fasting?

Dry fasting is fasting (not eating) without any water or liquids of any kind.

What is water fasting?

Water fasting is when you’re fasting, but you’re drinking water.

There are also two types of dry fasting:

Soft dry fasting:

This is when you’re allowed to use water when you brush your teeth or take a shower.

Hard dry fasting:

This is when you do not expose any part of your body to water at all.

The body can typically only go around three days without water. But, your body will go a lot longer if you’re just restricting food and not water because you still have a fat reserve to live off of.

There is no research or studies comparing dry fasting and wet fasting side by side. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a bad thing or that you won’t get amazing results. In theory, dry fasting may work well for some people for one day. If you wanted to try dry fasting, I wouldn’t go longer than one day. Then, you can compare a day of doing a dry fast and a day of doing a wet fast and see what works best for you.

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Dr. Berg, 51 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss through nutritional & natural methods. His private practice is located in Alexandria, Virginia. His clients include senior officials in the U.S. government & the Justice Department, ambassadors, medical doctors, high-level executives of prominent corporations, scientists, engineers, professors, and other clients from all walks of life. He is the author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning.

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How to Stop a Panic Attack Apr 08, 2020

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Today we’re going to talk about how to stop a panic attack. A panic attack is severe anxiety. Many times during a panic attack, people feel a lot of fear, and they may also feel like they can’t breathe.

During a panic attack, the adrenal glands are involved. These are stress glands. Also, in your brain, you have something called the amygdala. The amygdala is similar to the adrenals because it’s also involved in the fight or flight mechanism. It has been found that when the amygdala is removed, a person loses all fear. The amygdala is involved in fear. Fear is a survival mechanism.

How to help stop a panic attack:

1. Slow down your breathing

Breathe in for 4-5 seconds and then breathe out for 4-5 seconds.

2. Take long walks

Take about a 40-60 minute walk every day. Get out in nature, get space, and get oxygen.

3. Stop watching the news

You don’t need the negativity.

4. Vitamin B1

Vitamin B1 is necessary to help counter stress. Refined carbs deplete vitamin B1. People that have panic attacks or anxiety attacks are typically on a high-carb diet.

5. Acupressure

Acupressure may really help pull someone out of a panic attack fast.

6. Adaptogens

These are herbs that help people adapt to stress. They can help calm the sympathetic nervous system, lower cortisol, and regulate stress.

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Take Magnesium to Sleep Like a Baby Apr 08, 2020

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Today we’re going to talk about magnesium and sleep. I’m going to share how magnesium may be able to help improve your sleep quality.

Magnesium is a very important mineral that is involved in many different biochemical reactions. One of the effects magnesium has is to help someone sleep.

How magnesium may help improve sleep:

1. It increases serotonin and melatonin

2. It increases GABA

3. It decreases adrenaline (lowers the fight or flight mechanism)

4. It promotes muscle relaxation

5. It decreases inflammation (C-reactive protein)

6. It helps decrease restless leg syndrome

7. It supports the heart (may lessen angina and arrhythmia)

8. It helps decrease PMS cramping

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The Top Keto Friendly Magnesium Rich Foods Apr 07, 2020

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I’ve talked about magnesium and the benefits of magnesium in other videos, but now I want to cover which foods are high in magnesium and are also keto-friendly.

• Men need about 420mg of magnesium per day

• Women need about 320mg of magnesium per day

Magnesium-rich foods that aren’t keto-friendly:

• Fruit

• Grains

• Potato

• Beans

• Legumes

• Tofu (if you’re vegan and doing keto, some organic tofu may be fine)

Keto-friendly magnesium-rich foods:

• Pumpkin seeds

• Spinach

• Almonds

• Salmon

• Chocolate

• Avocado

• Chard

• Cashews

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Is Tapioca Fiber Keto? Apr 07, 2020

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Tapioca fiber may be in your so-called keto-friendly products, but is it actually a keto-friendly ingredient?

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Today we’re going to talk about tapioca, and I’m going to answer the question, “is tapioca fiber keto-friendly?”

Where does tapioca come from?

Tapioca is a starch that comes from the cassava plant.

It’s actually quite high in carbohydrates. In fact, the carbohydrates from cassava flour are 25% more than white flour.

If we compare tapioca flour to almond flour, this is what we find:

• 1/4 cup tapioca flour — 27 net carbs

• 1/4 cup almond flour — 3 net carbs

There is an ingredient found in many so-called “keto-friendly” products called soluble tapioca fiber. Soluble tapioca fiber is the same thing as prebiotic tapioca and organic non-GMO tapioca fiber.

Soluble tapioca fiber is a big source of IMO, which is a common sweetener. I used to think this was fine, but I no longer recommend it. More recent studies show that IMO has the same glycemic effect as glucose and dextrose. It’s actually worse to use than sugar. If you want to eat keto-friendly foods and stay in ketosis, you may want to stay away from tapioca flour and tapioca fiber.

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11 Ways to Boost Your Melatonin and Sleep Like a Baby Apr 07, 2020

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If you struggle to get to sleep or stay asleep, these 11 ways to boost melatonin may help.

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Today we’re going to talk about melatonin for sleep. I’m going to share with you 11 ways to boost melatonin to help improve your sleep quality. I don’t recommend taking melatonin supplements if you can’t sleep, because even though it may help, you will need more and more overtime to get the same effect. But, here are some ways to help boost melatonin naturally.

What is melatonin?

Melatonin is a hormone that’s made by the pineal gland. It’s stimulated by darkness and turned off by sunlight.

11 ways to boost melatonin:

1. Darkness

2. Sunlight

3. Decrease blue light

4. No heavy eating before bed

5. Avoid refined carbs and sugar

6. Decrease stress

7. Avoid TV or watch a comedy before bed

8. Cut down on caffeine

9. There are certain co-factors or nutrients that are involved in making melatonin

10. There are certain types of foods that contain tryptophan

11. Yellow and green vegetables may help increase melatonin

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Dangers and Benefits of Erythritol Apr 06, 2020

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Do the benefits of erythritol outweigh the dangers? Find out.

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Today we’re going to talk about the dangers and benefits of erythritol.

What is erythritol?

Erythritol is a sugar alcohol. It’s an alternative sweetener, and it’s 60-70% as sweet as sugar. It has less than 25% of 1 calorie per gram. Sugar has 4 calories per gram. Erythritol has .24 calories per gram. It has 95% less calories than sugar.

Erythritol gets absorbed in the small intestine, it gets in the blood, but it gets excreted by the kidney unchanged. The microbes don’t like to eat it. There aren’t many negative side effects of erythritol. It has zero impact on insulin—it doesn’t affect the blood sugars.

*As long as it’s non-GMO, I think erythritol is a great alternative sweetener.

The dangers of erythritol in high doses (greater than 50 grams):

1. Gas

2. Bloating

3. Stomach noise

4. A laxative effect

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Magnesium Protects Against the Bad Effects of Calcium Apr 06, 2020

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Magnesium and calcium have a really interesting relationship. Check this out.

Magnesium and Sleep Cycles: https://youtu.be/FiqfxOfVkqQ

Magnesium Rich Foods: https://youtu.be/e7M5FHIpncc

In this podcast, we’re going to talk about magnesium and calcium. I’m going to explain the interesting effect magnesium has on calcium.

Magnesium is involved in over 350 biochemical reactions. It’s a coenzyme involved in enzyme reactions. It’s also a key electrolyte.

Magnesium is also involved in:

• Muscle relaxation

• Nerve transmission

• Fluid balance

• pH

• ATP production

• Mood

• Anti-stress

• Sleep

• Bone physiology

• Heart physiology

• Supporting insulin

Magnesium is very important. But, up to 60% of the population has a subclinical magnesium deficiency. Subclinical means that it won’t show up on a blood test, but you’re still deficient. The deficiency is inside of the cell. 98% of your magnesium is inside of the cell, not outside of the cell. So, if you get a blood test and find that your magnesium levels are normal in your blood, it may not really mean anything.

• The RDAs of magnesium for men are 420 milligrams.

• The RDAs of magnesium for women are 320 milligrams.

Good sources of magnesium:

• Pumpkin seeds

• Spinach

• Swiss chard

• Sunflower seeds

• Leafy greens

• Salmon

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Vitamin D: How Much Food Would You Have to Eat? Apr 06, 2020

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Vitamin D may be one of the most important vitamins, but can you get enough from food alone?

In this podcast, we’re going to talk about how much food you would have to eat to get your vitamin D requirements.

In my opinion, vitamin D is one of the most important fat-soluble vitamins out there. Vitamin D is beneficial for bone health, calcium absorption, the immune system, and to help lower inflammation.

But, there are many things that can deplete your vitamin D that go beyond not getting enough vitamin D from your food or from the sun.

A few causes of a vitamin D deficiency:

• Microbes that block the vitamin D receptor

• Stress

• Sugar

• Lowered sun exposure

• Age

• Darker skin has less conversion on the skin of vitamin D from the sun

• Poor health

• Inflammation

• Insulin resistance

The RDAs for vitamin D are 400-800 IUs, which is 10-20 micrograms. I believe those numbers are way too low. I think, at a minimum, you need 5,000 IUs per day. But, if you have health issues, you may need a lot more.

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Turn Off Your Anxiety With This... Apr 05, 2020

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