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Stress Destroys Your Muscles
Stress could cancel out all your progress in the gym! Find out why.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893778/
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:16 Causes of high cortisol
0:35 How stress destroys your muscles
3:23 How to counter the effects of stress on your muscles
3:56 Share your success story!
In this video, we're going to talk about why stress destroys your muscles.
When you go through chronic stress, your cortisol level increases, causing many changes in your body.
High cortisol increases the catabolic effect on muscles, meaning your muscle proteins break down faster. High cortisol also decreases the anabolic effect on muscles, meaning your body can't build more muscle efficiently.
The most common causes of high cortisol are:
• Stress
• Prednisone
• Tumors
When your cortisol is high, your body turns muscle into amino acids, which boosts the production of glucose in your liver. This is known as gluconeogenesis.
Essentially, your body turns muscle proteins into sugar when you have high cortisol. This primarily affects the thigh and gluteal muscles.
This whole process is a survival mechanism. Your body is trying to preserve glucose to use as fuel for your brain.
Typically, muscle tissue is not used for fuel. However, in a survival state, your body will use muscle to provide fuel for the brain.
Stress also causes…
• Suppression of glucose uptake
• Utilization of glucose
• Glycogen synthesis
The question is, what can you do to counter the effects of stress on your muscles?
Here's what you can do:
1. Isolate stressors and reduce them
2. Take vitamins B1 and B5
3. Get plenty of vitamin D3
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 58, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Thanks for watching. I hope this helped explain why chronic stress destroys your muscles. I'll see you in the next video.
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