Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast.

Where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing

healthy weight.

We're going to talk about a very interesting topic, okay?

There's actually a gene in your body right now that can protect you against disease,

especially cancer.

And the name of this gene is NRF-2.

Now you don't need to know the name of it, but I put it down there if you're interested.

But it triggers hundreds of other genes that have a function of cytoprotection.

They protect the cell.

This gene, which, by the way, turns into a protein, the NRF-2 protein, is coined, master

of the antioxidant responsive element, okay, ARE.

So basically, it activates a lot of antioxidants in your body.

In other words, there are external antioxidants, and then there are internal antioxidants that

your body makes.

It's called endogenous.

So this gene regulates the endogenous antioxidant genes.

It also helps regulate the detoxification genes, as well as the genes that control inflammation.

So many different health conditions occur because there is some type of mitochondrial dysfunction.

You have this oxidative stress, whether it's from a carcinogen, smoke, UV radiation, radiation,

chemicals in the environment, lack of nutrients, stress, et cetera, et cetera.

All this creates oxidation to the inside of your body, including free radical damage to

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