Dr. Mindy here and on this video we're going to talk about how you can use fasting to improve
a neurotransmitter called gaba and if you're new to my channel i just want to say welcome
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okay this is fast training week so that means I'm putting out five videos this week
it also means that as a community we are trying new fasts the fast that we are trying this week
is a 48 hour water fast if that is brand new to you please go back and watch the
original video that i did talking about why the 48 hour fast improves happiness
on this video i really want to dive into gaba and i also want to help you remember that something
really cool that we're doing with fast training week now is that we're giving away to five people
every single day a box of element minerals super generous uh their element is sponsoring our fast
training weeks now which is amazing and they've been so generous to give away a box to five people
every day for the week of fast training week so if you want to win make sure you have the companion
guide all the notes are in there just if you don't if you're like what's the companion guide just go
to the comments and put companion guide and my team will send you a link it's free okay GABA
now here's what I want you to realize is that there are two neurotransmitters that
dramatically affect your state of mind and these two neurotransmitters are working in opposition
of each other at every moment of your day so we've talked about dopamine yesterday so i'm adding in
another neurochemical that I want you to be aware of and it's called glutamate so the best
way you can remember glute glutamate is you know those people who go to the chinese restaurant and
they eat monosodium sodium glutamate and they get an excitatory reaction in the brain they might
end up with a throat closing they get an anaphyla phylactic response it's not a great response right
well it's because of the glutamate in msg that causes that hyper reaction to the brain but do
you know that the standard american diet the three worst foods you could eat is stimulating
glutamate all the time in your brain so you may love your box of cereals you may love driving
through McDonald's every day it may seem like it's satisfying to you in the moment but it is
over exaggerating glutamate and it is putting you in more of an anxious state this is why this week
we are changing the habit of those three horrible ingredients if you have no idea what I'm talking
about get the companion guide or go back and watch the other videos I've done now what we can do just
like fasting is so great at going and burning the extra insulin and glucose we stir stored
years ago what we know we can do with glutamate is we can shut glutamate off by increasing gaba
okay how do you increase GABA so the biggest way to improve GABA is by fasting and you can
the longer you fast the more ketones you make what will happen is when ketones are on the scene
so and and lots of ketones when they come on the scene it tells your body to stop making glutamate
and to make GABA so it literally redirects the brain and says hey don't make glutamate anymore
i want you to start making gaba so this is why i like 24 to 48 hours or even longer
I like that type of fast for those of you that are highly anxious those of you that
have been eating the standard american diet for too many years I want you to learn how
to get into these longer fasts so we can train your brain to stop making glutamate and start
making GABA and it does that in the presence of ketones so ketones are key for this so this week
as you today is day two tomorrow you are going to go into a full water fast and then the following
day will be a full water fast followed by one meal for dinner what i want to train you to do
and think is if you start to get dizzy if you're like oh why am I doing a 48 hour fast what I want
you to do is remind yourself ketones are coming i say this to myself all the time when I'm hungry or
i want to push through into a longer fast i just tell myself ketones are coming ketones are coming
but I want you to add one other piece to that I want you to go okay ketones are coming and
when ketones come my brain will calm and those of you who've done these longer fasts, please
leave in the comments if you've experienced this what mental benefits have you seen from fasting
because it you guys it's so counterintuitive we think that the longer we fast the worst we'll feel
the body wasn't designed like that the longer you fast the more chemicals kick in that will
make you feel better so that's GABA if you are a highly anxious person you want
to use fasting to overcome anxiety I really recommend more 24 and 48-hour fasts and again
if you're new to my channel you're new to fast training week put companion guide in the notes
we'll make sure you get all the information you need on how to succeed with fasting and our fast
training week and you guys that have had great mental benefits please put it in the comments and
and don't ever give up on yourself please this is there's so much evidence that fasting can change
your life both physically and mentally so those of you with big fasting wins leave them in the
comments and I'm so excited that you are here on my channel together we are more powerful and
you are the miracle you're living in a self-healing machine that just is waiting for
you to adopt fasting so it can give you all this chemical goodness so as always hope that helps