A Fever is Beneficial and a Normal Response – Benefits of Fever Explained by Dr.Berg

Do you try to get rid of a fever as soon as it starts? This is a mistake.

Timestamps
0:00 Fevers explained
1:00 Benefits of a fever
1:25 How to speed up an infection
2:07 When to call a doctor for a fever
2:43 Try natural remedies for a fever instead
3:05 A few interesting points about body temperature
4:16 Bulletproof your immune system *free course!

Many times, someone will want to get rid of a fever as soon as possible. But, this is a big mistake. The normal temperature of the body is between 97.8-99 degrees Fahrenheit or 36.5-37.2 Celcius. These temperatures can vary slightly. Babies and children generally have a higher temperature. As we age, we run cooler.

The purpose of a fever is to fight pathogens and to help you decrease the duration of the infection. If you instantly try to break a fever, you could end up with the infection for longer than you should. A fever also helps mobilize and increase your white blood cells.

There are many natural things you can do to help speed up the cycle of an infection, such as:
1.Taking the right nutrients
• Calcium lactate, especially for kids
• Trace minerals

2. Fasting

When to call a doctor:
• 0-3 months — 100.4 F
• 3 months-3 years — 102.2 F
• 4-18 years — 104 F
• 18+ — 105 F

Generally, if the fever is lower, you may want to consider doing things to strengthen the immune system rather than automatically trying to turn off the fever with medications.

A few interesting points about body temperature:
1. When a person is lying, the temperature of their forehead, eyes, and neck may go up. But, the temperature of their nose may go down.

2. Consuming red hot chili peppers may cause your body temperature to go up. Peppers are also loaded with vitamin C.

3. People tend to sleep better in a colder room.

4. When you smoke, you may increase your temperature. (I don’t recommend smoking)

5. When you get a fever, you may want to enhance the fever by staying hot.

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.

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.

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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps explain the benefits of a fever and why you may not want to get rid of a fever right away.

[verseau]

Growing up, we never ran to doctors or took meds for anything (partly because we had no $), but now we’re all so healthy it’s shocking to our friends. It’s good to let your body heal you the natural way.

[serge]

Absolutely right. I never try to decrease fever. I actually try to drive it up... drink half a liter or more water, put extra clothes on, put a few extra blankets and go to bed. In the morning, I start sweating and fever is gone. been doing this for more than 30 years and never took any antibiotics to fight a sickness for the same amount of time. It works !

[ericcarve]

My ex wife is a great nurse, but any time the kids were slightly feverish, she would kick in the alternating Tylenol and ibuprofen. She looked at me like I was crazy when I would recommend we let minor fevers run their course, as if I was cruel and uncaring. It always confused me why medical industry teaches these things to nurses and doctors.

[filipeloureiro]

Important notes:
- take an hot bath
- sleep with a lot of clothes so you can sweat the fever out
- dont eat if not hungry ( fasting to stronger our immune system)
- eat spicy and hot things, red hot chilli peppers, soup..

If you can inhance the fever, the faster the virus will leave your body

[karinesarkisian]

Like my grandmother did in the old days, drink some hot tea and sweet it off

[src]

My son's Hispanic grandmother taught me this. She always said a fever needed to be sweated out.

[michellev.]

I’m trying to think but I think it’s been almost 4 years since I found Dr Berg and I think he’s one of the most thorough researchers on the Internet there’s one or two other guys I like I like Dr. Barry but Dr Berg really has an incredible way of educating and I feel very blessed by that.

[biologicalbrain]

Thanks doctor. I am just going through fever, I had gone through 24h fasting and my conditions really improved a lot.

[dawudasha]

"As we get older, we get cooler"! 💪👍

[childofTheMostHigh]

Yes! Wish more moms knew this, instead of giving kids so much fever medicine. I know bc I did it with my first born. Huge mistake

[vegahunter]

Same thing seems to apply to icing an area that is swelling, bruised, etc. As a mountain biker I get minor bumps and scraps quite often and recently stopped applying cold to affected areas and have noticed that they heal, feel much better in shorter periods of time, if I let the body do it's thing. I also stopped the Rest, Compression and Elevation and pretty amazed at the difference in typical recovery times. The scars are also far less noticeable after the injury as well.

[robinnees]

I rarely get sick. I don't have a regular doctor, I don't use anti bacterial soaps, I don't use hand sanitizer. I don't use sun screen and I spend a lot of time outside.
I also don't wear masks.

[The-J]

Exactly, people have forgotten that we detox too. The medical establishment have weponised the bodies natural responses.

[martinlouden]

I usually get into a nice hot bath when I get a fever. It almost always shortens the time it would normally take to shake it off!

[SS-hwrf]

Very beautiful information, Thank you sir, God bless you.

[wonderwomandiana]

I read in an old book 30yrs old written by a dr ( i don't remember name of book or dr) if your temperature stays at 104 . The whole body heals everything And the body. You allow the fever to run its course just can't change from a 104

[JadeMaria]

Thank you for all this info, I appreciate your effort to keep us save from the big pharmaceutical misinformation. ❤️

[shellyclark]

Ah, yes. This is why I love you and your information SO much Dr. Berg. People have been conditioned to fear our bodies natural immune responses and feed them with drugs. I believe in my immune system and thanks for reminding me why!!

[wiseman_u]

Dr. Berg is world treasure. I had a little fever this morning and I raised up my temperature (sweating) walking uphill and now I feel relief.

[angelamorris]

I thought my Grandmother was gonna kill me when I got sick with a fever. She took an electric blanket and put it on me to break the fever. I remember being so weak, that I couldn't move.