Correcting Brain Fog, how to do it?
A lot of people complain about brain fog
and you really want to know how to do it,
we're here to talk to you about it.
I'm Dr. Carrie Lam. This is Dr. Michael Lam.
So, one way you can help to correct brain fog is by doing detox.
Is that a correct thing?
Well, yes and no.
Detox is a two-edged sword.
In a mild adrenal fatigue situation, some detoxing can be helpful.
But, if you have advanced adrenal fatigue, detoxing can actually make you worse
because when you do the detox, you're actually increasing metabolic load
and this can be cumulative.
And, if you overwork the body too much, you can actually cause an adrenal crash.
So, it's not recommended unless it's under professional guidance.
And, do labs help us to know where people are in brain fog or not?
Well, there is no lab at this point in time
due to the lack of sensitivity and specificity
in the lab numbers that we have.
Yes, we have signs of inflammation such as CRP or interleukin
but they are not specific enough in terms of brain fog itself.
So, it remains a clinical and a narrative deduction, so to say.
A lot of people really try to have a quick fix
when they have this brain fog.
They take a supplement or something to help clear their mind.
Is that a right way to do it?
Well, the supplements that are purported to help brain fog
are usually stimulatory in nature.
They can include things like ginseng or gingko,
they tend to increase blood flow but it has a positive and a negative
because if you do those supplements, they tend to be stimulatory,
this is the problem.
And, if a body is already in a sympathetic mode with adrenal fatigue
and you stimulate more, you can actually not only crash the system
but you can lead to anxiety, nervousness, irritability
and it's just not a very, very good thing to do.
So, without proper guidance to understand what brain fog etiology is all about,
you know, you can actually make yourself worse if you try those things.
Are there also certain foods people can avoid
that are known to be worse for brain fog?
Well, in particular, foods that contain gluten, wheat and corn,
are particularly, insulting to their body,
the detoxification system and especially the liver.
Bear in mind that most people with adrenal fatigue
especially in the advanced stages,
invariably have some level of congestion in the body,
whether it's in the liver, the ECM or extracellular matrix
because the NEM stress response, the NeuroEndoMetabolic stress response
has six circuits and twelve systems and invariably some of these systems
are going to be involved.
So, without that well-functioning and rebalancing first,
you try to do any detox or supplementation is a very dangerous move
and many people actually get worse.
What is just one thing they can do if they have brain fog?
Well, you can drink water.
Regular water, filtered is okay.
A copious amount usually helps to help the body detoxify in a very gentle way.
You can add a little bit of lemon but if you have adrenal fatigue, again,
you have to be very careful because fluid can overwhelm the body
especially if you have electrolyte imbalances.
You also want to make sure that any supplements that you take,
in very common people think, "Oh, I take a milk thistle," for example,
to help the liver to detox thinking that actually is helpful
but there are different forms, different delivery system,
different standardized processing that you have to know how to do it right
and especially if the people are weak, if you have had recent crashes,
you really don't want to just kind of go blindly
and use your bodies as trial-and-error
because you're going to be punished.
So, just so you know, like what you were saying about the detox,
if you over-detox, you could actually cause more brain fog
but in the long run, if you do gentler detox
and you go slowly and you be patient,
it could over time actually help your brain fog.
Yeah, in my NeuroEndoMetabolic therapy, we have factored that in.
It's not just about getting you the detox, anybody can just do--
you can go on the Internet and look on how to do the detox yourself.
Why does it fail?
It fails because your body does not agree with you
and you have to learn that lesson so we are very, very careful.
We do detox, there's no question but the way you do it,
the degree, the intensity, the frequency, the duration,
all makes a big difference if you want permanent and long-term healing.
And so, that is correcting your brain fog in the correct way.