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so recently I had a question from

someone that wanted to know how to get

rid of the cravings during the menstrual

cycle now they’re on keto too during in

a minute fasting so they have no

cravings whatsoever until that time of

the month and they have terrible

cravings what could that be

now for those of you that are watching

that are not on the key to a plan or

intermittent fasting click the link

below watch that because chances are

that should handle the cravings for good

but if you still have cravings despite

being on keto and in a minute fasting it

usually has to do with low serotonin

okay serotonin is a neurotransmitter

it’s made in the gut but it’s also made

in the brain the location of where it’s

made in the brain is in the brainstem

the specific location is called the ref

I Nikolai and this is involved in the

sleep centers as well now it just so

happens that in this little location

where serotonin is made you also have a

lot of estrogen receptors what a

coincidence and the estrogen receptors

in this location are controlling the

amount of tryptophan coming in which is

the precursor or the raw material to

make serotonin now the most likely

reason why you have low serotonin is

that you have a low estrogen and there’s

not enough estrogen to activate this

tryptophan now some of the symptoms with

low estrogen are mood swings as in PMS

but PMS can also happen when you have

high estrogen also headaches also

depression decreased libido there’s many

more as well now given the assumption

that you’re not on a high carb diet

chances are you probably don’t have a

low blood sugar situation or high

insulin but if you are doing carbs then

you need to fix this blood sugar

situation so if you have this situation

low serotonin okay there’s two things

you can do you can take l-tryptophan you

can get it from the health of store or

online and make sure that you take L

tryptophan

which is the precursor to serotonin make

sure you take it on an empty stomach

because this molecule is very large and

if you take other protein you won’t feel

any change because this is not being

absorbed so this should always be taken

on an empty stomach alright number two

you can raise Astra Jim now it typically

causes low estrogen in the first place

is something else is pushing it down

okay it’s going to be either cortisol

from stress as an adrenal fatigue or it

can be high levels of testosterone or

androgens okay and that comes from

insulin so we want to lower insulin but

if you’re on the keto plan and you’re

doing it rid of fasting this should not

be a problem so the last thing you can

do to increase estrogen is to take

flaxseed oil make sure it’s high-quality

but this can elevate estrogen to a

certain degree alright so I hope that

answer the question and I will see you

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