How to Lower Cortisol And Fix Your Sleep
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 17 June 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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In this podcast, Dr. Berg talks about cortisol and the quality of sleep. Cortisol is at a circadian rhythm (*hormones wave changes that follow daily cycle).
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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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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast. |
| 0:07.4 | Where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing |
| 0:11.3 | healthy weight. |
| 0:12.9 | Alright guys, today we're going to talk about cortisol and the quality of sleep that |
| 0:26.3 | you get. |
| 0:28.7 | Now cortisol actually is on a circadian rhythm, okay? |
| 0:33.9 | So you have these waves of hormones. |
| 0:35.6 | So if we take a look at, this is the cortisol wave. |
| 0:40.0 | Eight in the morning is when you have the highest cortisol levels, supposedly in theory, |
| 0:45.0 | right? |
| 0:46.0 | And then starts to decrease to the day, 12 noon, 4, 8, starts coming down, and then 8 pm |
| 0:52.5 | over here. |
| 0:53.8 | And then it hits its lowest between 12 in like 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, 12 |
| 0:59.6 | midnight and 2 am, okay? |
| 1:02.4 | This is when we're supposed to be sleeping, in deep sleep. |
| 1:06.1 | So that's the normal pattern that you're supposed to go through. |
| 1:10.5 | If these circadian waves are out of whack and you could have high cortisol in the middle |
| 1:16.8 | of the night and low cortisol in the morning, okay? |
| 1:20.8 | And so that's the situation where you just in the morning is like, that's your best sleep. |
| 1:26.1 | So just when the alarm clock goes off, that's when you really want to go to sleep. |
| 1:30.2 | Yet at 2 o'clock in the morning or 12, you're like, wide awake, like ready to go. |
| 1:35.9 | That's because your circadian waves are off. |
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