Blood Sugar, Ketones and Sleep Strategies for Brain Detoxification
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to today's deep dive into brain health on the Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition podcast. We're exploring the critical connections between blood sugar levels and cognitive function, and the crucial role that ketones play in maintaining brain health. Understanding the balance needed for optimal brain function is essential for anyone looking to enhance their cognitive abilities and overall health.
Today's discussion includes an examination of the dangers of unregulated blood sugar levels, such as hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, and their impact on increasing the risk of neurological conditions. We also cover the benefits of ketones as a clean energy source that reduces oxidative stress and supports cellular detoxification.
In our conclusion, we focus on effective sleep strategies that promote brain health. The activation of the glymphatic system during sleep is crucial for brain detoxification. We discuss how adjusting your sleep posture can significantly enhance this process and provide practical tips for improving sleep quality and nasal breathing to boost brain detoxification.
In This Episode:
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00:00 A Real-Life Health Scare: The Risks of Hypoglycemia
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03:26 Exploring Blood Sugar Stability and Brain Health
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12:42 Detoxifying Your Brain: Strategies for Optimal Health
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20:20 Optimizing Sleep and Detoxification for Brain Health
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27:17 Closing Thoughts and Practical Tips for Detoxification
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| 0:00.0 | I was at church just like a year ago and we're worshipping. |
| 0:03.3 | And then there's like a lady a few rows down, a young girl, and she passes out in the |
| 0:07.2 | middle of worship. |
| 0:08.1 | It turns out, you know, she's struggling with hypoglycemic issues that her passing out |
| 0:13.2 | right there, that's considered a medical condition that increased her risk of dementia |
| 0:17.3 | and Alzheimer's later in life by 40% right there, right? |
| 0:21.1 | By having that one experience because we know in order for her to pass out, |
| 0:25.1 | she had dramatic amount of neuronal cell death and neuronal toxicity |
| 0:29.1 | because the cells couldn't detox because they couldn't produce cellular energy. |
| 0:33.2 | So it's a really big issue. |
| 0:34.7 | We have got to make sure we're balancing our blood sugar effectively |
| 0:38.3 | and not having bouts of hyper or hypoglycemia. |
| 0:43.5 | Hello and welcome to the Dr. Jockers functional nutrition podcast, the show designed to give |
| 0:49.5 | you science-based solutions to improve your health and life. I'm Dr. David Jockers, Doctor of Natural |
| 0:56.1 | Medicine, and creator of Dr.jockers.com, and I'm the host of this podcast. I'm here to tell you |
| 1:03.1 | that your body was created to heal itself. And on this show, we focus on strategies you can |
| 1:08.2 | apply today to heal and function at your best. Thanks for spending |
| 1:13.0 | time with me and let's go into the show. It's estimated that 50% of people are deficient in |
| 1:22.7 | vitamin D. If you've been feeling depressed, anxious, irritable, tired, or forgetful, you're likely |
| 1:29.0 | one of them. But why are deficiency rates so high? Well, for starters, most people think they |
| 1:35.5 | get enough vitamin D from the sun. But here's the thing. Most people are not. Even the reports |
| 1:41.9 | show that people in sunny Miami, Florida have shockingly low levels of |
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