Adrenal Insufficiency and Low Cortisol: Symptoms, Causes & Solutions – Dr. Berg
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
What are the symptoms, causes, and solutions for adrenal insufficiency and low cortisol? Listen to this detailed podcast to find out.
Dr. Berg's Keto and IF Lab: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drbergslab/
How to Bulletproof your Immune System FREE Course: https://bit.ly/39Ry3s2
FREE MINI-COURSE ➜ ➜ Take Dr. Berg's Free Keto Mini-Course!
ADD YOUR SUCCESS STORY HERE: https://bit.ly/3z9TviS
Find Your Body Type: https://www.drberg.com/body-type-quiz
Talk to a Product Advisor to find the best product for you! Call 1-540-299-1557 with your questions about Dr. Berg's products. Product Advisors are available Monday through Friday 8 am - 6 pm and Saturday 9 am - 5 pm EST.
At this time, we no longer offer Keto Consulting and our Product Advisors will only be advising on which product is best for you and advise on how to take them.
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
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.
Dr. Berg's Website: http://bit.ly/37AV0fk
Dr. Berg's Recipe Ideas: http://bit.ly/37FF6QR
Dr. Berg's Reviews: http://bit.ly/3hkIvbb
Dr. Berg's Shop: http://bit.ly/3mJcLxg
Dr. Berg's Bio: http://bit.ly/3as2cfE
Dr. Berg's Health Coach Training: http://bit.ly/3as2p2q
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drericberg
Messenger: https://www.messenger.com/t/drericberg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drericberg/
YouTube: http://bit.ly/37DXt8C
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drericberg/
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast, where Dr. |
| 0:07.7 | Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. |
| 0:21.2 | Hi guys, today we're going to talk about adrenal insufficiency and low cortisol. |
| 0:27.6 | I have a lot of videos on the adrenal gland and cortisol. I put some links down below. |
| 0:32.5 | There's a lot of information on this, but I want to talk about a condition called atticence, |
| 0:38.1 | which is an autoimmune condition and what causes that. Now, the interesting thing about this |
| 0:43.6 | condition is that the gland, the outside of the gland, you have two adrenals. You have an outside |
| 0:51.3 | gland and an inside. The outside of the gland has to be about 90% destroyed before you really |
| 1:01.8 | start seeing the major complications. By the time you have a full-blown atticence, that |
| 1:07.1 | gland is pretty well destroyed and you're not able to output cortisol and several other hormones. |
| 1:14.1 | So, there are a lot of different symptoms, but the main are fatigue, weakness, weight loss. |
| 1:21.6 | When you have high cortisol, you will actually gain weight, low cortisol, you actually lose weight. |
| 1:27.9 | You can't sleep, salt cravings like crazy. If you have low cortisol, adrenal insufficiency, |
| 1:34.1 | you need to be consuming a lot of sea salt and you don't want to be consuming a lot of potassium, |
| 1:40.4 | especially if you're not taking enough sea salt. You need some potassium, but the more potassium you |
| 1:45.2 | have, the less sodium you're going to have because they work on a teeter totter. So, if you take |
| 1:51.3 | potassium, you better be taking sea salt as well. Also, you have no tolerance to stress. You're |
| 1:57.3 | highly irritable and your body just doesn't have that cortisol to counter stress. Cortisol is a |
| 2:03.4 | fascinating hormone. It helps the body to respond to stress, all stress states. It has like 200 |
| 2:10.4 | different functions, but this is one of them right here in different organs and different situations. |
| 2:15.9 | Also, it helps your blood pressure. When the cortisol is low, your blood pressure will go low, |
| 2:23.0 | when the cortisol is high, your blood pressure tends to go high. It also will slow the immune response. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Eric Berg, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Eric Berg and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.