Dopamine and GABA are both produced in the gut
so if you've been on a lot of antibiotics if you've been eating antibiotic rich meats
there is a large chance that you've destroyed those bacteria that are
going to make these key neurotransmitters and fasting is going to bring it back
Dr. Mindy here and on this video I'm going to talk about the 48 hour fast and how it can
boost your neurotransmitters if you're new to my channel I just want to say welcome I'm on a
mission to get a million people here this year to really discover the art of fasting to better
their mental and physical health and those of you that have been around for a while and you share my
videos out and you dive into all the videos that I put here I just greatly appreciate you and you
know we are going to end chronic disease with the tool of fasting so thank you guys for all of your
support and if you're new make sure you hit the subscribe button and notification button so that
you can benefit from all the great videos that I put out so it's fast training week I'm going
to dive into the 48 hour fast I want to really talk about two things around fast training week
one is a new thing that's really exciting but the second is if you're not familiar with fast
training week this is where we take a five day period as a community and we exercise our fasting
muscle and this week we're gonna practice the 48 hour fast so I'm going to show you how to
go into a fast I'm going to show you how to come out of a 48 hour fast and I'm going to show you
why your chemical the chemicals in your brain will change as you go into these longer fasts
so each day next week there's going to be a video explaining neurotransmitters like
dopamine and GABA and I'm going to show you foods that can calm your brain so we have a
lot to unpack over the next week so make sure that you're watching each video that comes out and the
new and exciting thing is our fast training weeks are now sponsored by element when we're gonna do
something really cool for you guys so each day of fast training week, we're gonna give away one
box of element minerals now I want to point out how generous this offer is by element each one of
these packets there a box has 30 packets and they have all the minerals you need to make sure that
you're getting the appropriate mineral balance balance back into your diet while you're fasting
all the details on how you can win a box is in the companion guide so just put companion guide
in the comments and we'll make sure that you get the free companion guide and I hope you win
okay let's dive in to the neurotransmitters that keep you happy if you are late to the
physiological reason behind happiness I want to fill you in on something for a moment
the world has taught you your circumstances need to be right in order for you to be happy
but that's not how the brain works the brain you can actually change the brain in order to
see more happiness and perceive more happiness if you have the right neurotransmitters and fasting
can help you get those neurotransmitters lined up it can help you boost those
neurotransmitters it can help you open receptor sites for those neurotransmitters
and there are two neurotransmitters that are going to benefit your happiness levels the most
i think that's a personal personal uh preference but the two are dopamine
so dopamine is the neurotransmitter that makes you feel joy makes you feel satisfied
unfortunately, it is dopamine we're getting when we go to our phones all the time and the dings
and the likes those are all dopamine stimulating activities we also get dopamine a lot when we are
eating just going to reach for your favorite food will produce a dopamine reaction in your brain
so when I say dopamine I want you to think joy and satisfaction you want dopamine you want the
receptor sites for dopamine to be open so that you can have a joyful life the second neurotransmitter
that will really be helpful for your happiness levels is GABA now why GABA, GABA calms the brain
and you're going to see over this fast training week that we can really influence GABA by the
production of ketones so when you have GABA rising in your body what happens is it turns off
a nutrient called glutamate and glutamate is what will start to cause your brain to fire in a highly
anxious state well what we know about fasting is the longer you fast the more ketones you get the
more ketones you get the more glutamate shuts off and GABA kicks in so we over the next week we're
going to be working on these two neurotransmitters to keep your happiness levels at their highest
now I want to start by talking about what some of the symptoms of low dopamine might be because
I think it's very clear that dopamine makes you happy but low dopamine can show up in other ways
I want to I'm just going to list these off for you because I think they're really interesting
so other signs of low dopamine are chronic low back pain constipation weight fluctuations
sleep disorders fatigue attention uh difficulties reduce sex drive we also have symptoms of low low
GABA that are more than just being in an anxious state what we know when you have low GABA is that
you are feeling chronic stress depression you might have memory problems chronic difficulty
concentrating muscle pain headaches insomnia and it is also associated low GABA with the
increase of substance use in fact with both of these neurotransmitters a lot of times we
reach for food we reach for alcohol we reach for drugs to bring these neurotransmitters up
but what we don't realize is those activities deplete those neurotransmitters even more which
is forcing us to start to want to reach for these substances even more it's a vicious cycle this
is why we're going to use fasting over the next week to undo that cycle so the last thing before
I step into telling you how we're going to fast next week is I want to talk about what depletes
these two key neurotransmitters so and I'll just rapid fire the list so lack of sleep uh extra
weight specifically high bmi and obesity drug and alcohol use eating bad fats uh increase in stress
and antibiotic use so dopamine and GABA are both produced in the gut so if you've been on a lot
of antibiotics if you've been eating antibiotic rich meats there is a large chance that you've
destroyed those bacteria that are going to make these key neurotransmitters and fasting is going
to bring it back so that leads me to the fasting question which is okay you're listening to this
and you're like yep i got low dopamine i got low gaba in fact put it in the comments if that's you
but what I want you to realize is that there's a specific style of fasting that is going to help
bring these two neurotransmitters back and it ranges from fasting 24 hours where we
really start to reset the microbiome all the way up to 48 hours where we start to open dopamine
receptor sites back up and we start to improve dopamine pathways so next week we're going to take
the middle of the week and we're going to do a 48 hour fast so we're going to push the limit
and see what we can do to really reset dopamine receptor sites for you next week so here are
the rules and this is how it will go is that we have five days if you're brand new to my channel
I just want to reiterate we do this one time a month we have five days Monday through Friday
where we are gonna take this idea that we can use fasting to improve dopamine and GABA and
we're gonna bring every tool I possibly know to help these neurotransmitters flourish we're
going to bring every tool I possibly can into this week so this is how it will work so Monday
and Tuesday of the week you are going to fast a minimum of 13 hours if you're new to fasting
this is your first spot if you've been fasting for a while and want to go deeper you can but
bare minimum we need to go 13 hours on Monday and Tuesday and we're going to avoid three key foods
these are the foods that are making you miserable these foods may seem like they're not making
you miserable when you start to first eat them but they are making you miserable so
they are the bad oils they are the processed refined flours and sugars and they are toxic
ingredients now in the companion guide for fast training week i've laid out these three key
horrible foods and i mean key foods ridiculous foods that is in our food system i want you to
avoid those and I want you to do the 13 hour fast okay on Wednesday and Thursday you
are water fasting only now Wednesday you will not eat a meal you will if you need something
get yourself some element and you can put these packs in water it's a nice little break
as you're drinking all water all day but Wednesday there is no food there is
only water if you want to do coffee we have some requirements in the companion guide that we talk
about coffee and how you can use that in the during this fasted window
on Thursday you're gonna wake up and you're gonna fast all day and then at night when you hit that
48 hour mark from the last meal you had which would have been Tuesday night you are going to
break your meal with two key foods now last month I taught you my four-step process to break a fast
what we're gonna do this time is you are going to do a broth if you're not a vegetarian do a bone
broth if you are doing a vegetable broth and then iI want you to follow that with a probiotic-rich meal
so this can be a salad without meat this can be sauerkraut this can be any green leafy vegetable
this can be a steamed broccoli anything that is is going to enhance your feeding your microbiome
so we are going to refeed with that and no animal protein that night because you went 48
hours without food the next day Friday you are going to avoid the three horrible foods
and then you're gonna fast for a minimum of 13 hours so that's how we're going to
sandwich it together if you're confused just put companion guide in the comments we'll make sure
that you get a link but that's how we're going to dive in to raising dopamine and raising gaba
so that your happiness can flourish your brain can work right and when you're happy the world
is happier so let's just instead of just making everybody healthy let's make everybody happy
and let me know in the comments if you're joining me for this fast training week hope that helps