The 7 Benefits of a Fever
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 10 June 2020
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Today we’re going to talk about the seven benefits of a fever. You might think a fever is a bad thing. But, it’s actually something normal that your immune system creates as a defense mechanism against certain infections. A fever can be a good thing that you don’t necessarily want to get rid of right away.
The 7 benefits of a fever:
1. Restricts the reproduction of pathogens
2. Decreases the time of infection
3. Mobilizes white blood cells
4. Enhanced phagocytosis
5. Decreased endotoxin effect
6. Increased growth of T cells
7. A decrease in mortality rate
In some cases, what you might want to do is actually enhance the fever. This could potentially help in stimulating some of these immune reactions.
There is no agreed-upon normal upper limit for someone’s temperature. So, what temperature should you let your body go to? Typically you may want to let the temperature rise to between 100-104 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.8-40 Celsius.
Certain immune cells that specialize in killing viruses do it by releasing things like interferon. When interferon is released, you could experience symptoms, including a fever. But, it may be best to let your body go through this process and not try to get rid of those symptoms right away, because you could weaken your immune system.
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting, |
| 0:04.4 | whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product. |
| 0:10.5 | Call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 5405.7. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and to a fever. Now you might |
| 0:49.4 | think a fever is something bad like a disease or something, but it's something normal that your immune system creates as a defense mechanism against certain infections. |
| 1:00.0 | So it's a very good thing that you don't want to get rid of right away. |
| 1:03.0 | Let's first talk about the benefits of a fever. |
| 1:07.0 | Number one, it restricts the production of pathogens like bacteria and the reproduction of viruses. |
| 1:14.0 | Number two, it will decrease the time of infection. |
| 1:18.0 | So if you're going to take something to shut down that fever right away, |
| 1:22.0 | guess what? You're going to have the |
| 1:24.0 | infection longer. Number three, it mobilizes your white blood cell. It |
| 1:31.0 | recruits more soldiers to fight the enemy. |
| 1:35.0 | Number four, it enhances phagocytosis. |
| 1:38.0 | So what is phagocytosis? |
| 1:41.0 | You have these immune cells that have the ability to eat viruses and bacteria, and parasites, |
| 1:48.6 | a fever will enhance the ability of a phagocyte to do its job better. Number five, a fever decreases |
| 1:56.4 | endotoxins. Endotoxins come from pathogens. When a pathogen invades your body and they die, they release endotoxins and create |
| 2:08.8 | all sorts of negative effects. Guess what? A fever can minimize that effect. |
| 2:14.0 | Number six, a fever will increase the growth of T cells. |
| 2:20.0 | T cells stand for the thymous cell. There are several of them and you have |
| 2:25.7 | T cells that are killer T cells which are comparable to your special forces. You have |
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