This SUCKS! - Dr. Berg

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Every year, a few times a year, I have a bad reaction to poison ivy. This time, it has affected my eye.

Each time I was exposed and had a bad reaction, I was given prednisone. It got to the point where, after I was exposed, the effects of the poison ivy wouldn’t go away after using prednisone.

People typically take prednisone for its anti-inflammatory or immune suppressant effects. But prednisone has side effects.

Prednisone is a synthetic version of cortisol. Cortisol has benefits. It’s a hormone that helps the immune system and prepares the body for stress. But high cortisol levels can lead to a lot of health concerns.

You don’t want to be on prednisone forever. The more you take it, the more it weakens the system. But if you stop taking it, your symptoms may come back. So, why don't we get to the root problem? Keep in mind that once you start taking prednisone, it’s important not to come off of it too fast. Prednisone and cortisol also deplete the body of numerous vitamins and minerals.

The best ways to lower cortisol:

1. Lower your stress (do physical work, exercise, spend more time on a hobby, and take certain nutrients)

2. Take ashwagandha

3. Try breathing exercises

4. Use an HRV device to better understand your stress

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0:00.0	I know I know I know you don't tell me I shouldn't be going to bars picking fights with people
0:06.8	I know but you should have saw the other guy no I did not get punched this poison ivy. I get it four times a year. I just had a dream last night. I was dreaming like,
0:19.0	wow, I didn't get poison ivy this year. Then I wake up with this. It sucks because I have to do
0:26.7	videos and I do videos every day and but I decided you know what I'm just going to do a
0:31.2	video anyway and I'll talk a little bit about what
0:33.8	happened to me with years of prednisone and also we'll talk about cortisol as it
0:40.7	relates to stress and is it possible that you could end up with the side effects
0:45.6	from prednisone by going through chronic stress we're going to talk about that.
0:49.2	This is hideous.
0:50.2	Maybe I should talk to you like this. It's a little bit. No, that's not even I can't even look at this. I'm just going to wear these.
0:57.2	I don't even want you to look at it. Looks disgusting, but this looks better. So let's talk about Prenazone and cortisol, but let me just tell you a quick story about what happened to me.
1:08.0	In my 20s I was gardening and somehow there was some poison. I'd be in there and I got exposed to it and I reacted really bad.
1:15.0	Go to the doctor, take the prednisone, it goes away. Next year, the same thing happens.
1:19.1	This went on for like probably 10 years in a row.
1:22.8	Until the point where my poison ivy reactions on my skin
1:26.5	didn't go away.
1:27.8	So I couldn't use Prenazone anymore.
1:29.4	And I know from that Prenazone,
1:30.6	it created a lot of problems with my body, which I'm going to talk about.
1:33.7	But it's pretty scary if you have some type of severe inflammatory skin reaction or other reactions,
1:40.6	and you need something to help and prednisone doesn't work what do you do.
1:45.4	But very unfortunately it's I have not figured this poison ivy out.
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