What To Do After a Stroke: IMPORTANT

What should you do after a stroke? It’s crucial that you do 7 things right away. Watch this video to find out what they are.

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Timestamps:
0:08 What happens when you have a stroke?
0:40 Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
1:16 Ketones
2:20 DHA
2:33 Vitamin D
2:38 Lots of exercise
2:50 Acute Intermittent hypoxia
3:45 Whole vitamin C

In this video, I talk about what to do after a stroke. Now, it’s vital to do these things to help restore brain function and prevent more damage.

When you have a stroke, it causes something called hypoxia. This is a situation where you have low oxygen in the brain and damaged brain tissue. The brain needs a lot of oxygen. Although the brain only makes up 2% of body tissue, it uses 20% of your oxygen.

What you need to do is focus on increasing oxygen in the brain. To restore oxygen to the brain after a stroke, do these 7 things:

1. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy - This forces pure oxygen into the body. I recommend doing this right away.

2. Ketones - A keto diet and intermittent fasting will increase ketones and give your brain more oxygen.

3. DHA - This is an Omega-3 fatty acid that can help improve a damaged brain.

4. Vitamin D - This powerful vitamin can help a damaged brain.

5. Lots of exercise - Excercise helps flood the body and brain with oxygen.

6. Acute Intermittent hypoxia - This creates a hormetic effect that can stimulate certain genes to increase the growth of brain tissue.

7. Whole vitamin C - The whole complex of vitamin C can help strengthen blood vessels and prevent future strokes.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, 56 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of The New Body Type Guide and other books published by KB Publishing. He has taught students nutrition as an adjunct professor at Howard University. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

Disclaimer:
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.

[kahae]

Great video. I would add reduce stress and get good sleep. I had a mini-stroke 3 years ago, my right hand curled up and I lost my power of speech. It was after a period of acute stress and broken sleep. I just kept forcing my palm open with my other hand. (I thought it was just cramping.) It wasn't until I found I had lost the ability to speak (all I could do was make ugly gargling noises) that I realised what was happening. No way to get help and my brain wasn't working very well. Couldn't remember words. But I forced myself to read aloud, forced myself and forced myself. Reading aloud is a surprisingly complex activity that involves both hemispheres of the brain. At first I could only make slurring sounds - the ability to form consonants had gone. But gradually my speech came back.


Later I would be very grateful that I was on my own at the time. If someone else had been there they would have said "No, just lie still while I call the ambulance. Don't try to talk." And I would in all likelihood have ended up with a speech impediment.


The impact on my memory and the ability to focus was longer lasting however. I started taking vitamin D and resveratrol (didn't know about vitamin C or ketones) and I practised a 12 minute exercise called kirtan kriya yoga daily. This was very helpful. It combines finger exercises and voice, providing another very complex workout for the brain. it helped me to recover memory and focus over several months.


When I finally got to the emergency medical centre the day of the stroke my blood pressure was sky high and the doctor tried to get me to take statins. I was very frightened but I said no. An aspirin yes, statins no. I had an MRI brain scan, carotid artery scan etc. Then I got sent home with instructions to see my GP asap. I did and she likewise tried to persuade me to take various drugs. I have too much experience with how drugs can compromise your long term health so I refused. She then advised supplementing with magnesium, potassium and omega 3. I added fresh beetroot because for many people this lowers blood pressure as effectively as any pharmaceutical without the side effects which then require further drugs to counteract the side effects, and so on and so on. The result: my blood pressure quickly dropped to normal and 3 years later I'm the healthiest I've ever been - and taking no pharmaceuticals. I hope this account might encourage others.

[DV-zvox]

Doing God's work here, Dr Berg. Keep it up!

[FollowYah-az]

Deep breathing exercises throughout the day. Begin upon awakening and when getting into bed as I remember the blessings in my life ... An attitude of gratitude is more than a platitude. 🌈

[yueliang]

My mother had her second stroke three months before this video has been uploaded. I tried to make her ketogenic by limiting carbohydrate and give her high doses of DHA when she was out from the ICU. Since her right brain was hugely damaged and this was her second stroke (her left brain was slightly damaged at the first stroke), she can't move at all and can't take food and speak, her progresses were not as significant as others whose stroke is not as severe. However, we still can see the progress day by day until one day the Doctor said we need to adjust the dose of Warfarin so please stop make your mom meals and take the enteral nutrition which is completely high carb low fat. Then the nightmare came. My mom suffered from muscle pain, increased muscle tension, insomnia, and from my observation some increased brain damage. I immediately changed the meal back to ketogenic meal when the Doctor said her INR was OK. Two weeks later, all the muscle pain, increased muscle tension, and insomnia went away. I still feel her cognitive ability was badly affected by just two weeks of leaving ketogenic. However, you have to listen to the Doctors even when she is wrong. I don't know if her cognitive ability can recover, but I will continue give her keto meals. As long as she is ketogenic, there is a hope.

[chrissyrubino]

Dr Berg for president of the FDA!!! Thank you so much.

[ericamatteson]

Geez, this is such important stuff-why don’t we all know this? Thanks Dr Berg for presenting this information in one video and making it so easy to understand.

[sindihamilton]

I agree great video! This gave me a lot of guidance on how to feed my husband and what to do to help him better. He suffered a massive stroke on Nov 23, 2020. Blood clot blocked the left artery to the brain stopping blood flow. His brain swelled so that his left cranial had to be removed. He spent 25 days in ICU and 10 days on the neurology floor of the hospital and 21 days in a rehabilitation hospital. He is home now and has graduated from home health to receiving speech, occupational, and physical therapy in outpatient clinic here in Killeen, TX. His left cranial has been re-installed. He still has weakness on right side of body so he is not walking or lifting right arm and leg yet, speech has improved a lot but there seems to be a loss of memory on how to do somethings and there seems to be a mental processing issue of certain things too. In July he was hospitalize for week for phenomena. I don't keep it to cold or hot in the house so I'm not sure why he caught phenomena. The doctor thinks he may have a weak muscle that causes his food and/or liquid to backup in his lungs so he starts evaluations for this next week. He is very strong on the left side and i'm starting to see some muscle formation in his right arm and leg. I just said a lot I guess I needed to talk about. Thanks for listening.

[BootstrapLil]

Thank you thank you thank you. More videos on post stroke recovery PLEASE!!!

[mabelboatemaa]

You always go out off your to give us the best health care informations. Thanks

[captnhuffy]

Breathing Exercises!!! Been doing them for years, developing a Zen-like state of mind is HUGE!!
p.s. THANKS DOC!!!! You. Are. the. MAN!!!

[jimivey]

You do so much to improve and prolong lives. You are doing God’s work!

[vickieturner]

The key is to PREVENT a stroke, by doing these things before it happens.

[tonyneedsjesuschrist]

0:08 What happens when you have a stroke?
0:40 Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
1:16 Ketones
2:20 DHA
2:33 Vitamin D
2:38 Lots of exercise
2:50 Acute Intermittent hypoxia
3:45 Whole vitamin C

[aajaygoyal]

I really loved watching this video.. Very important video for each and every person. Thanks

[chidozik]

Thanks a lot Dr I’m watching your channel from Stockholm Sweden

[dreamseeker]

Always love listening to you? I hit the "Like" button before I watch the video!

[maxibake]

Thank you. This is invaluable important information your sharing with us all. Much appreciated. & take care of yourself to. ❤🙂🐶🎅⛄🎄

[rafilover]

Thanks a million my fav.dr berg.this information is vital..so very helpful..❤.

[diauser]

doc pls do a video on what to do after a PE [clots in lungs and chest pain], what best position to sleep, road to recovery, what to expect long term etc?

[johnmausteller]

Dr Berg. Your the best. Happy holidays to you and your family 🙂!! 🎅