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so you definitely want to use fasting if you have pain especially chronic pain I

did another video on the topic of fasting with chronic inflammation and I

will put the link down below but the influence you can create when you do

fasting for chronic pain is huge this data was taken from several sources I’ll

put the links down below one was doing a seven-day fast which is considered a

prolonged fast but you can also achieve these benefits from doing intermittent

fasting on a regular basis how would the avoidance of food actually help your

pain well you’re gonna basically generate ketones ketones are alternative

fuel source that have antioxidant properties they have anti pain

properties they also protect the neurons that’s why it’s really good for dementia

and Parkinson’s in Alzheimer’s but it’s also good for peripheral neuropathies

where you have tingling or nerve pain in your hands or your feet from the damage

that is created from diabetes or other things number two fasting can release

and help you recycle a lot of serotonin serotonin is typically involved in your

mood it’ll bring you up it will give you the sense of well-being it also helps

you sleep but it has another important function in reducing neuropathic pain

which is basically pain from nerve damage it can also reduce fibromyalgia

which is a pain involved in a lot of different muscle groups low serotonin

can actually cause chronic pain and people in chronic pain usually always

have low amounts of serotonin raising serotonin alone can dramatically reduce

pain serotonin is a neurotransmitter and another cool thing about fasting is it

has the ability to increase neurotransmitter receptors in general so

it’s not just about serotonin it’ll increase the receptors the ability for

that neurotransmitter to be absorbed in the body with different

neurotransmitters like adrenaline noradrenaline

dopamine things like that alright number three fasting stimulates neurogenesis

what is that well neurogenesis is there regrowing of

neurons or nerve cells if you have nerve damage it’s causing pain and you have

more ability to grow that nerve then your pain is going to go away a lot

faster it stimulates stem cells that help you grow new neurons and that’s

part of number six fasting increases brain derived

neurotrophic factor and you can look at this like Miracle Grow for your brain it

just allows the brain to grow back much better if there’s damage and lastly

fasting increases endorphins which will not only increase your mood and make you

feel better but it will also decrease your pain now

if we look at the flip side of fasting and we look at frequent eating or

overeating or consuming carbs in general what is that - that creates a tremendous

amount of oxidation and your vascular system and the capillaries that feed the

nerves this is why diabetics for example that have high amounts of sugar end up

having all sorts of nerve damage because it destroys the circulation to the

nervous system they have pain syndromes they have problems with the retina which

is a nerve we know that problems blood sugars can

occur from a lot of carbohydrates or doing a lot of frequent meals with a lot

of snacking or grazing in between so if we just flip it and do the opposite and

fast and not eat so frequently we can get rid of the pain pretty naturally if

you haven’t seen my video on fasting and chronic inflammation I put it up right

here check it out