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let’s talk about the seven things that can  pull you out of a depression now there’s a  

link between something called bdnf that stands for  brain derived neurotrophic factor and depression  

they found that there’s no chemical  in your body or blood test or whatever  

that can diagnose depression okay there’s no way  to diagnose that but they actually found that  

people that are depressed have low levels of this  bdnf so i’m going to talk about in this video  

and talk about how you can enhance it because  all the clinical trials that they try to inject  

this bdnf into the central nervous system have  failed the question is how can we enhance it  

i’m going to show you seven different ways  but let’s first talk about what is the bdnf

it is basically fertilizer for the brain okay it  helps nerve growth it helps nerve differentiation  

so it helps to differentiate what these uh  stem cells or like pre-nerve cells turn into  

also bdnf helps support the maintenance of  the synapses between the nerves and so bdnf  

actually works in the synapse which is kind  of like the space between the two nerves  

so as they communicate they have a space to  actually go back and forth so the bdnf a message  

is sent and it gets received so the other part of  the nerve can then receive that communication and  

do what it’s supposed to so bdnf really helps  the brain in many different ways it helps  

improve your learning it helps your memory  it helps higher thinking it helps you  

think more clearly it helps you become more  mentally alert it decreases inflammation in the  

brain and it also helps the absorption of neural  transmitters like dopamine serotonin things that  

have a direct effect on your mood alright so  let’s talk about the seven things that you can  

do to increase this bdnf number one deep sleep  okay researchers found that sleep deprivation  

reduces bdnf so you need at least seven  hours of sleep and more importantly you need  

quality sleep recently i’m doing an experiment  on myself getting more sleep to see how i feel  

so i’m trying to get nine hours of sleep which  is really really hard so i think i’m close to it  

but man does that create an interesting effect  on my body i feel so much better when i get more  

sleep so i literally have to force myself to be in  bed because usually at 4:30 i’m like ready to go  

so i have to kind of just wait for a while and  then i fall back into sleep going through a rem  

sleep i wake up i go back into a rem sleep and i  do that like maybe three more times after 4:30. so  

sleep is very very important number two exercise  exercise is the fastest and most effective way  

to increase brain derived neurotrophic  factor all right next thing sunlight okay  

not just vitamin d but getting more sun  very very therapeutic in increasing bdnf  

all right number four intermittent fasting as well  as regular fasting like periodic prolonged fasting  

very very important they found that the  alternative day fasting where you’re doing  

600 calories every other day can increase the bdnf  by 400 percent i think if you do every day fasting  

about 18 hours i think you’re going to see a huge  change in increasing bdnf all right next thing  

is low carb keto okay that can increase bdnf and  of course number six really is keto avoiding sugar  

but the action of avoiding sugar directly can help  you lose weight and as someone loses weight their  

bdnf increases and the last thing you can do to  increase your bdnf is start taking magnesium or  

eat foods that are high in magnesium like large  amounts of vegetables big salads because magnesium  

is a natural antidepressant and magnesium is not  just in greens it’s in pumpkin seeds too it’s  

pretty high in pumpkin seeds so you might want to  add those to your diet as well all right thanks  

for watching and i will see you in the next video  hey before you go if you’re benefiting from any of  

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