Why Stress (Cortisol) Makes You Fat (Spikes Insulin)

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

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🗓️ 29 April 2020

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Today we’re going to talk about how stress can actually make you fat. I’ve had some diabetics test their blood sugars when they go through stress, and stress seems to elevate the blood sugars, but why?

Your body’s response to stress is spiking cortisol. Cortisol has the potential to significantly raise your blood sugars. You could be on the keto diet and doing everything right, but your blood sugars are still going up. This could be because of stress or trauma.

Stress side effects on weight loss:

• Cortisol can release glucose from your liver.

• It deaminates protein, which means it basically breaks down protein and turns it into glucose.

• Cortisol can lower your insulin sensitivity, which can lead to inulin resistance.

• Cortisol will drive the storage of fat to your midsection. This could be why people with a lot of stress end up with weight gain around their midsection.

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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	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 losing healthy weight. So we're going to talk about how stress can actually make you fat.
0:50.4	Okay. Now I've had some diabetics, tests or blood sugars when they go through stress and it definitely increases the blood sugar. So let's talk about why. So the body's response to stress is it spikes cortisol. It will also
1:06.4	elevate adrenaline. Now cortisol, another name for it is glucocorticoid, okay? So it has something to do with glucose. It has the
1:17.0	potential to significantly raise your blood sugars. So here you are.
1:23.5	You're on the ketogenic diet.
1:24.8	You're not eating any carbs.
1:26.4	You're even fasting, and your blood glucose goes up
1:31.5	because you're stressed. Interesting. Also trauma will do it too. I remember
1:36.4	when I was rotting my bike and my chain locked up. I went over the handlebars
1:40.8	on the cement going 30 miles an hour.
1:43.6	Next thing you know I'm laying there in a state of shock and you know I was like
1:50.2	craving sweets like crazy and incredibly thirsty because my blood sugar
1:56.4	you know went up and then insulin kicked in it went right down I end up with like
2:01.0	low blood sugar I was, what's happening here?
2:03.6	So cortisol will raise your blood sugars significantly.
2:08.1	It will also release glucose from your liver.
2:12.0	Okay. So we have this stored sugar in the liver. Okay.
2:12.8	So we have this storage sugar in the liver.
2:15.2	It can dump the storage sugar when you're under stress.
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