So GLAD you made this video! It's hard to explain to people. They just refuse to believe that companies would mass produce anything that could be harmful to us or animals including food, medicine, supplements, etc. Thank you as always!
All you have to do is look at the death rate in US from covid vs other countries (highest). We have the worst - GMO, depleted soil, etc of any country & create the least healthy, most overweight population.
Especially as they are not put through the rigorous process like drugs but having said that look at what "vaccines" have in them. It's all about how much is invested in the products.
Excellent discussion Dr Berg ! You're one of the few experts that are willing to be open and honest about vitamins and supplements available to the american consumer. As always, keep up the good work you do.
@@Drberg Great video and thankyou for what you do, I was wondering if kirkland brand multivitamins from costco were synthetic? The RDA's are all around 100% or less, does that mean they're not synthetic?
Thanks Doc, I'm taking a stack of vitamins and recently my body just doesn't want them, iv checked and mine contain bulking agents, I thought I was buying the best available, this world is just one big lie, I thank you for your time and knowledge 🙏
Dr. Berg, you might be interested to know that I recently saw a video which warned diabetics that taking synthetic vitamin C can be very dangerous, even life-threatening, because it can cause your glucose meter to mis-read your glucose level, showing your glucose level to be much higher than it actually is and prompting action that would cause you to become hypoglycemic. Perhaps this is something you could research and report on? Thank you.
I'm sorry, didn't you just hear him saying synthetic vitamins are not good? He literally just said that in this video. Why should he waste his time to make another video? for each separate vitamin? C'mon, the guy is busy doing other stuff. Give him a break guys. I mean what part of "not good" is not clear enough?
Truth expense leads you to having to choose what's available at your price point. Then there's being prescribed Say vitamin D like me, 🤔 do you just say No and refuse or take them, me i choose to take them then boost them with what I can afford via food, just read the label's. Dr Bergs intermittent fasting, aling with a diet change and some exercise, dropped me from a Dad Bod 14.5 stones to 12 stones 38" waist to 32" slim trim waist though, so I'd suggest watching that it really does work.❤🌅🙏🏼
Yes healthy food is more costly however look at all your savings from avoiding all the unhealthy foods. Yes natural vitamins and supplements are costly but look at the savings being healthy. Boosting vitamin D3 to a healthy leave can avoid costly cancer diagnosis for example.
Completely agree on this. Vitamins can actually be found in our food. Hoping that natural science will make way again in our society and of health studies. We need to go back to our roots and avoid these chemicals in our medicines. ✌🙂
Dr. Bergs effort in explaining his years of experience is very helpful. And it was such a generous gesture that he exerted effort in educating individuals like me. Thank you, Dr. Bergs! 🙂
That’s assuming we are able to obtain good, nutrient dense food, which is grown in the appropriate soil & free of pesticides. Food reform starts with the farmers & farming methods & practices appear to be getting worse, not better. Good quality supplements are an essential supplement, considering what the masses are currently choosing to consume
I take vitamins daily usually during meals. The ones that I take are actually cheap, proven, readily available, and tasty, and don't need prescriptions. There are varieties of them so I rotate them. For anyone interested, here they are: banana apple mango pineapple papaya cantaloupe etc.
Very timely information, thank you! I just watched a video a few days ago about how synthetic Vit E (alpha tocopherol) causes cancer and that toco-trienal is the better alternative for it. Love your new look, very distinguished!
I worked for a Salk researcher 20 years ago who was analyzing by HPLC the antioxidants in people’s blood. First he instructed his group to take no vitamins for a month and we got a baseline. Then they took the specific brand of commercial multivitamin for a month and we retested them. The results were rather shocking. Less the 5% increase was average but was worse is a significant percentage of people actually LOST antioxidants, they were worse off. We tested food based vitamins and the results were much better and no one had a decrease in antioxidant potential. However I will say, liquid vitamins did better than pills. All our studies involved about 50 people so this wasn’t a huge sample size. Older people has less absorption than younger. We took a dietary survey of all participants and those with better diets had far more benefits from good quality vitamins than those who had poor diets. I learned that you can’t have vitamins as a stop gap for a crappy diet, more as an enhancement of a good one. This research changed my perspective and I tossed out all my grocery store vitamins. I only use concentrated superfoods and key targets like minerals and D3K2.
@@MOAB-UT since this is not my channel I don’t feel comfortable recommending a particular brand. However I will say find a liquid food based product from a reputable company. I work as a consultant for a small health food store and we have several. All are concentrated superfoods as well as cruciferous vegetables, algae and seaweed. They run about $60 to $80 per month supply. For specifics please contact me privately. Holly
@@miffedmicrobiologist6595 Understood- thanks. You might want to add your email to your ABOUT page so people can reach out. Also, why are you miffed? Gotta let go of that stress- it's in the past. Cortisol is not healthy!
@@MOAB-UT I have posted on a few blogs with this name so it lets others know who it is. I was a clinical microbiologist for 35 years. I became disenchanted with mainstream medicine which culminated when I was asked to validate the Covid PCR test at my hospital. I have done molecular diagnostics for 20 years and saw immediately this was an invalid assay. I complained bitterly to the higher ups and was fired. Perhaps I should change my name to the Former Microbiologist Who Sleeps Well. Now I’m following a path more aligned with sharing my herbal knowledge to help others find their own health. I’m contemplating exploring a certification in Functional Medicine and have been accepted at a school though I am not a chiropractor or naturopath. I think Covid just gave me a much needed push to follow my dreams. I will put me email in my profile in case anyone is interested. A journey to health is very personal and I respect that. Dr Berg gives knowledge but each individual must decide if it’s useful for them or not. And even if it’s not personally useful you can pass it on to another. Oh an just FYI, the cortisol in patients who had Covid were the highest I ever saw! I’m theorizing that had a direct connection to their outcomes but my experience is anecdotal.
Been a huge fan of yours for years Mr B .. I have a teeny, weeny request & would be extremely grateful if you’d be happy to oblige. Is there any possibility that you might consider providing us followers with an extensive, in depth video which tells us how to identify between synthetic & natural vitamins etc..folate & folic acid being the only one that I’m aware of but I do know that there are other tell tale signs involved with compound names such as oxide, oxidase, sulphate, picolinate, sulphate etc .. can you please, please, please tell us which ones are synthetic & need to be avoided vs the natural ones that we need to be looking for ? .. if you haven’t already done this, in which case a link would be hugely appreciated 🙏🏻😁
He kind of did already. If the RDA is super high, look out. Also, since 90% are synthetic, you are better off concentrating on how to eat healthy- period. I can HIGHLY recommend to you an audible called Plant Paradox and also FOOD what the heck should I Eat? Dr. Hyman Game changers.
@@MOAB-UT - thanks for the recommendation..much appreciated. I have been eating a predominantly plant based diet for around 10 years already but use a MV supplement on the occasional days that my time is consumed by work commitments etc (or the odd days that I treat myself to some crappy, nutrient devoid comfort food). I’ve been following Mark Hyman for years & even took the liberty of splashing out a bit of hard earned cash, on a few of his books. I’ve studied human physiology/health/diet/nutrition for over 20 years & thought I had gained an excellent knowledge but Hyman opened my eyes to much of the stuff that we just done see in textbooks or hear from western medicine practitioners. My knowledge has 1-2 gaps & I know very little about the differences between synthetic & natural compound or their names & despite my searching, I’ve found very little information that shows us how to determine between the less expensive & potentially harmful synthetic compounds & the more beneficial natural ones. Many of these compounds come in multiple forms & I’d love to know which is good & what to avoid..a simple table with compounds down the LHS & GOOD/BAD, SYNTHETIC/NATURAL headers at the top is all I need but I can’t seem to find anything like this..any links would be hugely appreciated
@@woodstockxx Not sure I can be much help other than to say read The Plant Paradox. It is a really nice compliment to FOOD- what the heck... by Dr. Hyman. Be wary of labels claiming health and even claims of organic this or that cannot be trusted- it's mostly just marketing speak. In general, as you know, get your nutrients from high quality foods. Also, check out Dr. Gundry's YES/NO list. In brief, he highly recommends little to no fruit (Fructose) sans some un-ripened bananas, mangos and papayas- in season. He says to eliminate all Whole Grains and to limit or remove Lectins to avoid leaky gut. Gut health is where it's at. His book takes a different approach than most. His focus is more on what to AVOID eating vs. just what superfoods to eat...though he covers both in great detail. He is an MD out of Yale so he is quite credible. He is not big on taking supplements. He has reversed and healed many diseases in his thousands of patients.
I know synthetic vitamins aren't always the answer but its difficult to get your nutrients in this day and age. Superfoods and smoothies helped me- Cacao and Maca root powder and leafy green powder. Also collagen and zeolite powder.
@@MOAB-UT I do eat organic vegan food but not with all the extras like avocado hummus and nuts etc, all of which I can only buy a little bit. Prices have skyrocketed.
@@truenokill Nice dog. I know, the extras do add up $$$ but they are nutritional superstars, especially avocados and nuts. Nuts you can buy in bulk- I make almond milk daily so I can't live without them. I add half a green banana, pinch of sea salt and done. Great as creamer for coffee too. Essential and a great, healthy start to my day! You can add dark chocolate to it also.
High blood pressure- remove all salt, supplement with potassium citrate and foods like avocados. Speaking from experience- had GERD symptoms bad after an injury and the OTC medication for it is loaded with sodium. Had to unexpectedly go on HBP tablets for a year and got sent for an urgent heart ultrasound and echo. Got taken off the HBP meds about 6 months ago and BP back to normal.
@@rachkate76 Your experience is not everyone and you are not an MD- no offense. Generally limiting salt (we need some) is good. I ONLY consumer pink sea salt- no issues with my BP. Avocados are an amazing superfood yes. Green bananas have potassium and are a natural whole food also with fiber since they are high in resistant starch.😀
sir i looked at the ingredients in your vitamins and although your brand is a bit cleaner theres still crappy additives and synthetics in there. or sugar alcohols
Hey, doc, love your informative videos! I started watching the cholesterol and diabetes videos as I *felt* my body reaching that point of insulin resistance. Your videos are needed to be shown in schools. Anyway, I was in the best shape of my life at 35; a bodybuilder. So insulin resistance is something I don't want. Your free videos +your products had me smooth sail into ketosis. I'm doing 16/8 as well. I have energy again. My face cleared. I feel amazing. There are bogus reviews of you online, but you are selling good products. I will keep buying. People should be grateful for your informative videos. They are FREE. And thank you for that!
Last year I watched a webinar called "SUPPLEMENTS REVIELED" They spoke about all the things you mention here, but they also spoke about the "Other Ingredients" which represent the quality of the products used to construct the vitamin. I noticed that you have one of the ingredients that they suggest avoiding; MAGNESIUM STEARATE. I was pleased to see that your product does not include the other ingredients to avoid such as SILICON DIOXIDE, MICROCYSTALINE CELLULOSE.
Titanium Dioxide Crossing The Blood Brain Barrier In Vitamins & Pharmaceuticals. I Know About This You Tell The People Dr. Me Nobody Dr Cant Fit IT AMA & Nuclear Too @ 34 CPM
For those of us that can't eat much food, I don't know how else we should get our vitamins. Because not using supplements and not eating much got me very sick. So I have to continue what I've been doing but I'll definitely be switching to your brand. I've spent hundreds of dollars on supplements so that's annoying that they're not that great for me ☹️
@@theotherchannel2028 I can’t speak for Gi Gi but I have a condition called Achalasia. It is a problem with the oesophagus which means that my food usually won’t go down further than midchest. It is a horrible, horrible condition.
@@theotherchannel2028 I had bacterial meningitis 6 years ago and was on very heavy antibiotics for the 2 months I was there. I had blood clots in my brain and get were preparing to amputate my hands and 1 foot so they were pumping me full of stuff. I think this is what started my problem. (I did not have to amputate 🙂)
@@GiGi-dd5cr Ohh Yes, they go Waaaay overboard with those antibiotics...did the same to my husband..his was sepsis from a tooth infection that spread throughout his body because he was 'being a man about it'..until..he could not even keep down water. His regular Dr finally came back from Vacation & put him on just one from the Olden times, i forget it's name now & in a few days he was responding well..it took me many months of making him a special diet to replenish his gut flora though.. i am So Glad you did not need those amputations!...Many Drs are also too quick to do that also i believe..
Mass confusion. So fat soluble vitamins are very very bad as said in the video that includes vitamin D3 as well, but also many videos where "its impossible to get vitamin D from the food so if we going to take from supplements, to take them with the food". So what to listen, who to listen for right information? Random info all over the channel and youtube as well.
The "natural" form of "vitamin D" (known scientifically as cholecalciferol or "vitamin D3") is technically not a vitamin at all, since it is a prehormone that is synthesized *cutaneously* under "natural" circumstances. Moreover, while the synthetic "vitamin D3" added to milk and other products may be chemically identical to "natural" vitamin D, the "vitamin D2" (AKA ergocalciferol) that is added to milk "replacements" such as almond milk and soy milk is a cholecalciferol analog derived from plant sources (synthetic cholecalciferol itself is commonly derived from substances found on the wool of sheep) that has been seen in studies of the effect of "vitamin D" on lung infections in children to have somewhat different properties from cholecalciferol.
Dr. Berg, I really pray to the creator of all that this request finds you. Alot of people, women mostly are iron efficient. It would be tremendous help, a blessing to us if you can add Iron as Ferrous Sulfate in your vitamins catalog. I beg you.
Dr. Berg, I am taking benfotiamine for my tinnitus after watching your video a few weeks ago. My tinnitus is a bit better. You said this is a synthetic and fat soluble version of vitamin B1. Does this have any long term side effects? Thank you for your help.
Ear plugs can help; also getting in great shape and reduce stress...and learn to just deal with it. Learn to like it. I consider it a built in stress detector. When it gets bad and effects my sleep, that is a different annoying story, but day to day, you can learn to associate it to your own personal superpower! Ever notice that you can hear things differently- like your ear is tuned in to another frequency? I sometimes get that- it's odd but I can hear music clearly that others cannot- then if I turn my head a few inches, it's gone. It's pretty interesting actually so I don't mind it!
7:03 The vitamins in Dr Berg’s pills look waaaaay different from typical vitamin pills. Note that the package states exactly where the vitamins are each sourced from, which is plants.
I buy organic stuff and make my own capsules....example..Hawthorne, bilberry, stinging nettle, I clean, dry and powder my own eggs and put in capsules too...
Hi Dr. Berg, thanks for this video! So unless the label from a vitamin bottle says natural and/or explains the source as being derived from a food source, we should assume that everything else is synthetic if not specifically stated?
I partnered with a company recently that launched innovative technology to deliver phytonutrients to the cellular level. Amazing how many supplements are not bioavailable
Thank you Dr. Berg! I would love to hear your insight on pregnancy in late 30’s and also on delaying menopause. Thanks for everything you do, I learn something new from you everyday.
Look into natural ways to increase your body’s glutathione levels. Glutathione manages ovulation and pregnancy, reducing chances of miscarriage. Focus on Simple stuff like unrefined whey protein, alpha lipoic acid, vitamin D+K2, milk thistle (start separately in case of stomach discomfort), green tea extract (no more than 1,000 mg per day), zinc+copper, maybe magnesium (except oxide versions), no alcohol, etc. Glutathione supplements don’t work.
OMG OMG I was going to ask @dr to cover this topic, please doc also tell us your amazing appreciated insight on plant based vitamins such as “green nutritionals” from Sydney Australian
Hello Dr. Eric could you please shed some light on the concept of lemon coffee and/or ginger coffee. Is either of it safe to have? Will really appreciate your help
The multivitamin you mention contains spinach, broccoli and beet. These contain high levels of oxalate and must be cooked to reduce this anti-nutrient. Is oxalate extracted before using these foods in your vitamin supplement? I've read that the amounts of oxalate in spinach and beet are so high that even cooking still leaves them with significant amounts. So I decided to permanently exclude them from my diet. The more I learn, the more I want to just eat my own combination of whole, nutritious foods (and dehydrate some to make my own convenient vitamin-rich powders).
Good point. SOY is high too- not as much as spinach though. Broccoli is not very high in oxalates but has other great things going for it. Nothing is perfect. What do you like to eat that you consider your top 10 health foods?
@@MOAB-UT I have to confess that, right now, my list is still in progress. The foods I'm presently eating that are most likely to stay in my "top 10" list are bone broth, wild stinging nettles, dried seaweed, wild salmon, and milk kefir (made with grass fed milk - I wish it was raw, but that's illegal here). Liver and other wild edibles will be next. I ate some liver a few years ago. I get so grossed out with handling it when it's raw, and spending hours trying to cut out all the tough ducts (or whatever they are), which maybe isn't necessary. I'm going to buy a food processor so I can just dump it in there instead. I hide it in recipes to get past the taste. I recently discovered Dr Berg's videos - there are so many I still want to watch. They (as well as the comment sections) are really helpful and inspirational for me.
@@rain1956 Great list. I eat nuts, mostly Almonds and Walnuts. I add some green (only) banana to my almonds, a pinch of sea salt and it's great almond milk- great in coffee too. I recently started adding liver to my dogs homemade food. He's happy and healthy! I need to add bone broth- any good brands that are also organic? No Dairy. No Whole Grains. Limited Lectins. Plenty of Wild Salmon, Garlic (raw), Onions and Broccoli. Recently started making Miso Soup- add all kinds of good stuff like mushrooms and capers, garlic- yum. Very easy to make- 5-10 minutes.
We are always being told that food no longer has the vitamins and minerals in them because the soil is depleted. So how are we supposed to get the proper amount of vitamins we need and are deficient of? Nobody can eat as much food add it as is necessary in order to get all the vitamins and minerals that are needed. Especially if you are deficient or have an illness what do we do then?
Also most food in big box stores are GMO. Which means they are not 100% true genetic of the original nature version of the fruits and vegetables. It is just the fast growing and more immune to weather and insect modified for commercial fast harvesting to the market.
P.S. It's so hard to absorb ALL the various information out there on vitamins & supplements. We need an easy to follow chart 📈 when we are reading labels since the FDA doesn't regulate this "wild west" industry!!! 🧐
I take an organic whole food multivitamin, for now, in addition to minerals and few other supplements and herbs. My long term goal is to minimize them because I recognize that food should be the best source. I've been cutting back, in general, and I'm now always reading the labels, even on supplements and herbs. It does get tricky. I have looked at labels and found I was taking trash-particularly, and even from Costco, for example.
@@IWITNESS7 Why? > Chondrus crispus-commonly called Irish moss or carrageen moss -is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coast of Europe and North America. It's also known as an inflammatory food additive.
I noticed a lot of your vitamins are full of ingredients that are not good like magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, silicone dioxide, and others that are not good for the body.
Dear Berg, you are a life saver of information. I have learned so much from you. One question I have is about ester C as ester C calcium ascorbate and fermented whole food multivitamins, are they ok to take. Can you give your opinion? I saw your video on vitamin C but you didn't mention ester C.
I use Standard Process whole food supplements and rotate what I can afford on a monthly basis, I make it a priority instead of buying junk because of the benefits AND the everyday vitamin Catalyn is a necessity and can improve one's health with just taking this one vitamin, no joke
I had been wondering if ribloflavin and niacinamide are harmful to take everyday as I’ve been in the last 3 yrs. I’m 70. When I gave it up for a month. I started to have tingling and white finger tips.
Vitamin D is a hormone. If you supplement any hormone you might cause your body to produce it yourself. There is nothing wrong with supplementing vitamin D if you don't get enough sunshine and your blood test always show you that you are low on it, but don't over do it and give your body the opportunity to continue creating it by itself.
If you're overdosing and your blood test confirms that, I think above 100 level, then stop taking vitamin D immediately. Isn't that obvious? You'll be bad for a few days then you'll get adjusted
i am not a real Dr either, i am EMS, Ret..& i Strongly Recommend you STOP eating it like candy. Overdosing Can KILL you..but if what you said was True, your own Dr Already Told you that
The best series would be to show healthy food regime for a couple of weeks doc. What to eat every day so that you can satisfy most of vitamin intake. And then what you need to supplement.
Thank you for this much needed discussion. I have been trying to find out this very thing. Like vit D is a fat soluble vitamin i then wonder why are some of them in tablet form and some soft gel..please tell us more.
Fasting or eating more only real foods(fruits,vegetables and white meats)are the best way to be healthy because when we fast and eat only real food,we will never get sick or need those synthetic vits.BIG thanks to Dr.Berg for the fasting,dieting videos.Im following your rules and now i feel like im the healthiest person on this planet.Big big big thumbs up from Manipur India.May God bless you for longevity life and teach the world more about health👍
You make many good points about the poor quality of supplements that are commercially available, but your explanation of the chemical make up of synthetic vs natural is incorrect. They are identical in every way.
The FDA has let us all down by letting companies put low quality supplements on the market. However, “natural” is also a marketing term that is not particularly meaningful. Even natural ingredients are often extracted from plants using chemical solvents.
I wonder what Dr Berg would think of Garden of Life's line of products labeled "VITAMIN CODE"? Which uses saccharomyces cerevisiae, or the like, to derive vitamins such as vitamin C.
Jordan Rueben sold that company to NESTLE! Which are horrible horrible people..... i wouldn't use anything from Nestle they use aborted fetal tissue for flavoring in their foods"
I use their products along with New Chapter. But my real product useage is from an online company called Purium. They do not use vitamins . They have products with spirulina, chlorella, algae, and herbs I use thir green drink and mix my collagen powder in it. Yummy! Been using it everyday for ten years..I will soon be 70 and have a good metabolic panel. Really fortunate. I have a hugh green salad with an avacado every night for dinner. No sugar or bad oils.
Dr. Berg any testosterone for a 49 years young , healthy woman you would recommend?? To achieve greater lean muscle when working out and lifting. Thanks.
Geeetings from Pakistan, dear Dr Berg I am 50 yrs old and using a lot of sythetic vitamins including zinc, magnesium, fish oil, biotin and multivitamin for hair nail n skin. I didn't know the facts and using them regularly. Thank you very much for your guidance as you have safed me from something bad and serious.
Thank you for all the great content! It is interesting that people will pay for unnecessary things but shun spending on ESSENTIALS for LIFE and GOOD HEALTH. God bless you!
Aside from the factors he's talking about like additives and solubility, synthetic vitamins are fine. They work on a molecular level and at that level the origin doesn't matter. * * * * * Addendum: The few angry replies to my original comment are indicate they didn't read it carefully, though it's fairly simple to comprehend. I agree that many of the additives in vitamins are unhealthful. I never said they weren't. My point was that they are molecularly identical. You can get a vitamin C molecule that was derived from rose hips grown organically by gentle, fair-trade practicing vegan farmers and put it next to a vitamin C molecule manufactured by a greedy corporation and they will be indistinguishable.
@@billmarshall8438 ... First, I do not debate with pharmaceutical propaganda-fed bots. But, most importantly, I'll keep enjoying my fabulously optimal health (because the PROOF is in the adherence to organic, non-synthetic derived products). G'day, mate.😎
You really need to soak them first and then rinse to get all the pesticides off of the. The soil is probably depleted so there goes many of the vitamins needed.
So GLAD you made this video! It's hard to explain to people. They just refuse to believe that companies would mass produce anything that could be harmful to us or animals including food, medicine, supplements, etc. Thank you as always!
All you have to do is look at the death rate in US from covid vs other countries (highest). We have the worst - GMO, depleted soil, etc of any country & create the least healthy, most overweight population.
Especially as they are not put through the rigorous process like drugs but having said that look at what "vaccines" have in them. It's all about how much is invested in the products.
Can someone explain to me what has happened to Berg? He appears to have aged rapidly over the last two years
@@carolmiller5713 very scary and frightening but also very true!!
@@rogerremian2860 actually he looks better than ever only difference is grey bread
As for the cellular systems of our bodies, I can only say one thing..
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.
Hallelujah.
Absolutely
Excellent discussion Dr Berg ! You're one of the few experts that are willing to be open and honest about vitamins and supplements available to the american consumer. As always, keep up the good work you do.
Very glad to be of help.
@@Drberg Great video and thankyou for what you do, I was wondering if kirkland brand multivitamins from costco were synthetic? The RDA's are all around 100% or less, does that mean they're not synthetic?
Thanks Doc, I'm taking a stack of vitamins and recently my body just doesn't want them, iv checked and mine contain bulking agents, I thought I was buying the best available, this world is just one big lie, I thank you for your time and knowledge 🙏
not all bulking agents are bad, magnesium stearate for instance is innocuous.
@@Hewalkswithme fillers
@@GuidoDePalma your comment made me hopeful I checked there are multiple which seems completely unnecessary 🤔 time for a change around.
Standard Process has good supplements
Yeap looks like you can’t really trust nobody now days except Doctor Berg …
Dr. Berg, you might be interested to know that I recently saw a video which warned diabetics that taking synthetic vitamin C can be very dangerous, even life-threatening, because it can cause your glucose meter to mis-read your glucose level, showing your glucose level to be much higher than it actually is and prompting action that would cause you to become hypoglycemic. Perhaps this is something you could research and report on? Thank you.
Woaaaa ! Very important info
i can wholeheartedly Verify that is True..it happened to me.
@@NuLiForm Glad you're ok now.
Interesting, never heard of that.
I'm sorry, didn't you just hear him saying synthetic vitamins are not good? He literally just said that in this video. Why should he waste his time to make another video? for each separate vitamin? C'mon, the guy is busy doing other stuff. Give him a break guys. I mean what part of "not good" is not clear enough?
There is too much information we don’t even know about and on top of that it’s hard to find all these natural products at an affordable price
Truth expense leads you to having to choose what's available at your price point.
Then there's being prescribed Say vitamin D like me, 🤔 do you just say No and refuse or take them, me i choose to take them then boost them with what I can afford via food, just read the label's.
Dr Bergs intermittent fasting, aling with a diet change and some exercise, dropped me from a Dad Bod 14.5 stones to 12 stones 38" waist to 32" slim trim waist though, so I'd suggest watching that it really does work.❤🌅🙏🏼
Facts. Eating well is expensive. For example, Olives and avocado oils are much expensive than peanut oil.
Follow Ayurveda .Soaked peanuts overnight r better nutrition than Almonds.
Its just that one should know and believe.
it's hard, yes, but you Can Do it..i did & if i can Anyone can
Yes healthy food is more costly however look at all your savings from avoiding all the unhealthy foods. Yes natural vitamins and supplements are costly but look at the savings being healthy. Boosting vitamin D3 to a healthy leave can avoid costly cancer diagnosis for example.
Completely agree on this. Vitamins can actually be found in our food. Hoping that natural science will make way again in our society and of health studies. We need to go back to our roots and avoid these chemicals in our medicines. ✌🙂
100% agree. It makes less
Money so I don't think they are interested 😂
Fn right you better preach
It would be cool if we could see a list of foods we should be eating consistently
Dr. Bergs effort in explaining his years of experience is very helpful. And it was such a generous gesture that he exerted effort in educating individuals like me. Thank you, Dr. Bergs! 🙂
That’s assuming we are able to obtain good, nutrient dense food, which is grown in the appropriate soil & free of pesticides. Food reform starts with the farmers & farming methods & practices appear to be getting worse, not better. Good quality supplements are an essential supplement, considering what the masses are currently choosing to consume
I take vitamins daily usually during meals. The ones that I take are actually cheap, proven, readily available, and tasty, and don't need prescriptions. There are varieties of them so I rotate them. For anyone interested, here they are:
banana
apple
mango
pineapple
papaya
cantaloupe
etc.
Pesticides. We are doomed. Pray before eating our food
Too much sugar
Always say Bismillah before eating
Veggies have so much pesticides.
Even organic is often NOT so organic.
Very timely information, thank you! I just watched a video a few days ago about how synthetic Vit E (alpha tocopherol) causes cancer and that toco-trienal is the better alternative for it. Love your new look, very distinguished!
Me too! I didn't know they made synthetic vitamin E (dl-), as well as Vitamin C (Absorbic acid 😫)
I am so confused on the Vitamin E. There are so many different versions.
... Basically d-alpha tocopherol is NATURAL Vitamin E, whereas dl-alpha tocopherol is the SYNTHETIC version that is supposed to cause problems.
I worked for a Salk researcher 20 years ago who was analyzing by HPLC the antioxidants in people’s blood. First he instructed his group to take no vitamins for a month and we got a baseline. Then they took the specific brand of commercial multivitamin for a month and we retested them. The results were rather shocking. Less the 5% increase was average but was worse is a significant percentage of people actually LOST antioxidants, they were worse off. We tested food based vitamins and the results were much better and no one had a decrease in antioxidant potential. However I will say, liquid vitamins did better than pills. All our studies involved about 50 people so this wasn’t a huge sample size. Older people has less absorption than younger. We took a dietary survey of all participants and those with better diets had far more benefits from good quality vitamins than those who had poor diets. I learned that you can’t have vitamins as a stop gap for a crappy diet, more as an enhancement of a good one.
This research changed my perspective and I tossed out all my grocery store vitamins. I only use concentrated superfoods and key targets like minerals and D3K2.
Great insight- thanks for sharing. What liquid vitamins do you recommend? I like taking Magnesium- is there one you recommend?
@@MOAB-UT since this is not my channel I don’t feel comfortable recommending a particular brand. However I will say find a liquid food based product from a reputable company. I work as a consultant for a small health food store and we have several. All are concentrated superfoods as well as cruciferous vegetables, algae and seaweed. They run about $60 to $80 per month supply. For specifics please contact me privately. Holly
@@miffedmicrobiologist6595 Understood- thanks. You might want to add your email to your ABOUT page so people can reach out.
Also, why are you miffed? Gotta let go of that stress- it's in the past. Cortisol is not healthy!
@@MOAB-UT I have posted on a few blogs with this name so it lets others know who it is.
I was a clinical microbiologist for 35 years. I became disenchanted with mainstream medicine which culminated when I was asked to validate the Covid PCR test at my hospital. I have done molecular diagnostics for 20 years and saw immediately this was an invalid assay. I complained bitterly to the higher ups and was fired.
Perhaps I should change my name to the Former Microbiologist Who Sleeps Well. Now I’m following a path more aligned with sharing my herbal knowledge to help others find their own health. I’m contemplating exploring a certification in Functional Medicine and have been accepted at a school though I am not a chiropractor or naturopath. I think Covid just gave me a much needed push to follow my dreams.
I will put me email in my profile in case anyone is interested. A journey to health is very personal and I respect that. Dr Berg gives knowledge but each individual must decide if it’s useful for them or not. And even if it’s not personally useful you can pass it on to another.
Oh an just FYI, the cortisol in patients who had Covid were the highest I ever saw! I’m theorizing that had a direct connection to their outcomes but my experience is anecdotal.
Would love to see that research
Is there a link
Been a huge fan of yours for years Mr B .. I have a teeny, weeny request & would be extremely grateful if you’d be happy to oblige. Is there any possibility that you might consider providing us followers with an extensive, in depth video which tells us how to identify between synthetic & natural vitamins etc..folate & folic acid being the only one that I’m aware of but I do know that there are other tell tale signs involved with compound names such as oxide, oxidase, sulphate, picolinate, sulphate etc .. can you please, please, please tell us which ones are synthetic & need to be avoided vs the natural ones that we need to be looking for ? .. if you haven’t already done this, in which case a link would be hugely appreciated 🙏🏻😁
He kind of did already. If the RDA is super high, look out. Also, since 90% are synthetic, you are better off concentrating on how to eat healthy- period. I can HIGHLY recommend to you an audible called Plant Paradox and also FOOD what the heck should I Eat? Dr. Hyman Game changers.
@@MOAB-UT - thanks for the recommendation..much appreciated. I have been eating a predominantly plant based diet for around 10 years already but use a MV supplement on the occasional days that my time is consumed by work commitments etc (or the odd days that I treat myself to some crappy, nutrient devoid comfort food). I’ve been following Mark Hyman for years & even took the liberty of splashing out a bit of hard earned cash, on a few of his books. I’ve studied human physiology/health/diet/nutrition for over 20 years & thought I had gained an excellent knowledge but Hyman opened my eyes to much of the stuff that we just done see in textbooks or hear from western medicine practitioners. My knowledge has 1-2 gaps & I know very little about the differences between synthetic & natural compound or their names & despite my searching, I’ve found very little information that shows us how to determine between the less expensive & potentially harmful synthetic compounds & the more beneficial natural ones. Many of these compounds come in multiple forms & I’d love to know which is good & what to avoid..a simple table with compounds down the LHS & GOOD/BAD, SYNTHETIC/NATURAL headers at the top is all I need but I can’t seem to find anything like this..any links would be hugely appreciated
@@woodstockxx Not sure I can be much help other than to say read The Plant Paradox. It is a really nice compliment to FOOD- what the heck... by Dr. Hyman.
Be wary of labels claiming health and even claims of organic this or that cannot be trusted- it's mostly just marketing speak.
In general, as you know, get your nutrients from high quality foods. Also, check out Dr. Gundry's YES/NO list. In brief, he highly recommends little to no fruit (Fructose) sans some un-ripened bananas, mangos and papayas- in season. He says to eliminate all Whole Grains and to limit or remove Lectins to avoid leaky gut. Gut health is where it's at. His book takes a different approach than most. His focus is more on what to AVOID eating vs. just what superfoods to eat...though he covers both in great detail. He is an MD out of Yale so he is quite credible. He is not big on taking supplements. He has reversed and healed many diseases in his thousands of patients.
The first thing we should do before we purchase any vitamins is to find the source of their suppliers...if from China, a big NO NO😬😷
I know synthetic vitamins aren't always the answer but its difficult to get your nutrients in this day and age. Superfoods and smoothies helped me- Cacao and Maca root powder and leafy green powder. Also collagen and zeolite powder.
Which leafy green powder
Unfortunately, everything that is natural and organic is too expensive for me.
Exactly true and I don't know why some deny this.
If being healthy is expensive- try being sick.
@@Globetrotter-1 pesticides are a huge cancer risk
@@MOAB-UT I do eat organic vegan food but not with all the extras like avocado hummus and nuts etc, all of which I can only buy a little bit. Prices have skyrocketed.
@@truenokill Nice dog. I know, the extras do add up $$$ but they are nutritional superstars, especially avocados and nuts. Nuts you can buy in bulk- I make almond milk daily so I can't live without them. I add half a green banana, pinch of sea salt and done. Great as creamer for coffee too. Essential and a great, healthy start to my day! You can add dark chocolate to it also.
Sir could you please make a video on "Balanced Diet" for Normal person, Diabetic person, and Person with High Blood pressure?
That would be great!
High blood pressure- remove all salt, supplement with potassium citrate and foods like avocados.
Speaking from experience- had GERD symptoms bad after an injury and the OTC medication for it is loaded with sodium.
Had to unexpectedly go on HBP tablets for a year and got sent for an urgent heart ultrasound and echo.
Got taken off the HBP meds about 6 months ago and BP back to normal.
@@rachkate76 Your experience is not everyone and you are not an MD- no offense. Generally limiting salt (we need some) is good. I ONLY consumer pink sea salt- no issues with my BP. Avocados are an amazing superfood yes. Green bananas have potassium and are a natural whole food also with fiber since they are high in resistant starch.😀
Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/V6bTwOo3H1A/v-deo.html
Hope it helps answer your question!
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@@Drberg Thank you so much sir! Your videos has helped a lot...much love and respect you sir!
sir i looked at the ingredients in your vitamins and although your brand is a bit cleaner theres still crappy additives and synthetics in there. or sugar alcohols
He gives us sooo much information about health for free.... I don't mind paying alittle more for vitamins I can trust to help my body ...
he's doing a good deed for sure, however due to his subscribership and clicks/views, I bet he's making millions from youtube!!
Hey, doc, love your informative videos! I started watching the cholesterol and diabetes videos as I *felt* my body reaching that point of insulin resistance. Your videos are needed to be shown in schools. Anyway, I was in the best shape of my life at 35; a bodybuilder. So insulin resistance is something I don't want. Your free videos +your products had me smooth sail into ketosis. I'm doing 16/8 as well. I have energy again. My face cleared. I feel amazing. There are bogus reviews of you online, but you are selling good products. I will keep buying. People should be grateful for your informative videos. They are FREE. And thank you for that!
Yes Ive seen those bogus reviews too but there will always be the haters..
Just keep true to yourself Dr Berg as you always do.
Can you please talk about the Carbon 60 molecule? Billed as the most potent antioxidant ever known to science
I am interested in knowing more about this too. I heard this too
Last year I watched a webinar called "SUPPLEMENTS REVIELED" They spoke about all the things you mention here, but they also spoke about the "Other Ingredients" which represent the quality of the products used to construct the vitamin. I noticed that you have one of the ingredients that they suggest avoiding; MAGNESIUM STEARATE.
I was pleased to see that your product does not include the other ingredients to avoid such as SILICON DIOXIDE, MICROCYSTALINE CELLULOSE.
Titanium Dioxide Crossing The Blood Brain Barrier In Vitamins & Pharmaceuticals. I Know About This You Tell The People Dr. Me Nobody Dr Cant Fit IT AMA & Nuclear Too @ 34 CPM
i watched some of that webinar, is silicon dioxide toxic? i heard titanium dioxide is to be avoided too
sterate sucks doc
I think it's only added to prevent the pills getting stuck in the machine that compresses them.
And propylene glycol.
For those of us that can't eat much food, I don't know how else we should get our vitamins. Because not using supplements and not eating much got me very sick. So I have to continue what I've been doing but I'll definitely be switching to your brand. I've spent hundreds of dollars on supplements so that's annoying that they're not that great for me ☹️
in what way not eating much made you sick?
@@theotherchannel2028 I can’t speak for Gi Gi but I have a condition called Achalasia. It is a problem with the oesophagus which means that my food usually won’t go down further than midchest. It is a horrible, horrible condition.
@@theotherchannel2028 I had bacterial meningitis 6 years ago and was on very heavy antibiotics for the 2 months I was there. I had blood clots in my brain and get were preparing to amputate my hands and 1 foot so they were pumping me full of stuff. I think this is what started my problem. (I did not have to amputate 🙂)
@@pamelalalaable I have a family member that has that, I can't imagine how hard that is to deal with
@@GiGi-dd5cr Ohh Yes, they go Waaaay overboard with those antibiotics...did the same to my husband..his was sepsis from a tooth infection that spread throughout his body because he was 'being a man about it'..until..he could not even keep down water. His regular Dr finally came back from Vacation & put him on just one from the Olden times, i forget it's name now & in a few days he was responding well..it took me many months of making him a special diet to replenish his gut flora though..
i am So Glad you did not need those amputations!...Many Drs are also too quick to do that also i believe..
I was thinking of buying some vitamins and then I saw this video was uploaded. It was exactly on time. Thank you Dear Dr. Berg.
Nice picture!
@@MOAB-UT Thank you
@@marysh3840 Sure thing Mary. I do photography- just took a very similar image.
@@MOAB-UT Around fifteen years ago I selected this image for my profile and didn't change it. 😀
@@marysh3840 Why change what works! It's as nice today as it was then.
Yes Sir !
You are definitely an endless source of knowledge !
Thank you very much for the accurate explanatory details !
Always happy to be of help. Thank you for watching and take care!
Finally more good doctors respecting their hippocratic Oath and truly care for the people💞💯
Mass confusion. So fat soluble vitamins are very very bad as said in the video that includes vitamin D3 as well, but also many videos where "its impossible to get vitamin D from the food so if we going to take from supplements, to take them with the food". So what to listen, who to listen for right information? Random info all over the channel and youtube as well.
The "natural" form of "vitamin D" (known scientifically as cholecalciferol or "vitamin D3") is technically not a vitamin at all, since it is a prehormone that is synthesized *cutaneously* under "natural" circumstances. Moreover, while the synthetic "vitamin D3" added to milk and other products may be chemically identical to "natural" vitamin D, the "vitamin D2" (AKA ergocalciferol) that is added to milk "replacements" such as almond milk and soy milk is a cholecalciferol analog derived from plant sources (synthetic cholecalciferol itself is commonly derived from substances found on the wool of sheep) that has been seen in studies of the effect of "vitamin D" on lung infections in children to have somewhat different properties from cholecalciferol.
Dr. Berg, I really pray to the creator of all that this request finds you. Alot of people, women mostly are iron efficient. It would be tremendous help, a blessing to us if you can add Iron as Ferrous Sulfate in your vitamins catalog. I beg you.
You want to stay in good shape. Avoid consuming anything that is sold with a label.
What about additives like rice flour, rice bran, etc...how do you know if healthy? Anyone? Since Dr.Berg doesn't often answer questions...
Thanks for this Dr Eric I'm waiting for a consult for my second brain surgery and these videos are so great for me
Wow. He made quite a few videos to help with brain health and issues. And on surgeries. Best wishes.
@@experimenthealthyketo83 thank you
Dr. Berg, I am taking benfotiamine for my tinnitus after watching your video a few weeks ago. My tinnitus is a bit better. You said this is a synthetic and fat soluble version of vitamin B1. Does this have any long term side effects? Thank you for your help.
I cured my tinnitus using a natural high releaser. I used GHR 1000. Healed my ears in a few days.
I wonder also
Ear plugs can help; also getting in great shape and reduce stress...and learn to just deal with it. Learn to like it. I consider it a built in stress detector. When it gets bad and effects my sleep, that is a different annoying story, but day to day, you can learn to associate it to your own personal superpower! Ever notice that you can hear things differently- like your ear is tuned in to another frequency? I sometimes get that- it's odd but I can hear music clearly that others cannot- then if I turn my head a few inches, it's gone. It's pretty interesting actually so I don't mind it!
benfotiamin it's a synthetic vitamin but one of those have expect they didn't have side effects so don't worry
@@AMAZONBESTBUY679 Thanks. At this point I am ok- I don't even mind it. It only gets loud if I do something dumb.
how about vitamin d3 and k2?
7:03 The vitamins in Dr Berg’s pills look waaaaay different from typical vitamin pills. Note that the package states exactly where the vitamins are each sourced from, which is plants.
I buy organic stuff and make my own capsules....example..Hawthorne, bilberry, stinging nettle, I clean, dry and powder my own eggs and put in capsules too...
Thankful dr Berg, Thankful dr Berg A million thanking you also not enough .I deeply appreciate all the informations you have uploaded for everyone
You're absolutely welcome!
Glad to hear this doc I’m taking a lot of pills everyday
One more precious acknowledgement. Thanks a lot.
Glad to help!
-Dr. Berg's support team
Hi Dr. Berg, thanks for this video! So unless the label from a vitamin bottle says natural and/or explains the source as being derived from a food source, we should assume that everything else is synthetic if not specifically stated?
What about vitamin D3 and magnesium
Dr Berg, what about the silica which is basically sand and it is in every supplement.
He made a few videos on silica to answer this.
I partnered with a company recently that launched innovative technology to deliver phytonutrients to the cellular level. Amazing how many supplements are not bioavailable
Thank you Dr. Berg! I would love to hear your insight on pregnancy in late 30’s and also on delaying menopause. Thanks for everything you do, I learn something new from you everyday.
Pregnancy in late 30's=toddler in early 40's
He may have answered this in some of his videos on pregnancy and on menopause?
Look into natural ways to increase your body’s glutathione levels. Glutathione manages ovulation and pregnancy, reducing chances of miscarriage. Focus on Simple stuff like unrefined whey protein, alpha lipoic acid, vitamin D+K2, milk thistle (start separately in case of stomach discomfort), green tea extract (no more than 1,000 mg per day), zinc+copper, maybe magnesium (except oxide versions), no alcohol, etc. Glutathione supplements don’t work.
@@EMichaelBall Whey protein to grow a baby with? No way. Please check Dr Berg's videos whey protein.
@@Howto-uy7vo late 30's and 2023 now, it would be more like toddler would be around 84, 86 by now.
I bought Colgate tooth paste that was made in Mexico. Why cant we make stuff like that in the U.S. ? It's hard to buy American when we dont make it...
OMG OMG I was going to ask @dr to cover this topic, please doc also tell us your amazing appreciated insight on plant based vitamins such as “green nutritionals” from Sydney Australian
Check if it has maltodextrin and other bad ingredients mentioned in some of his recent videos on supplements.
Thanks dr Berg keep coming with the good teachings and be blessed
Very glad to be of help.
Hello Dr. Eric could you please shed some light on the concept of lemon coffee and/or ginger coffee. Is either of it safe to have? Will really appreciate your help
Check if it has maltodextrin or any of the other ingredients mentioned in some of his earlier videos on supplements.
Interesting information. The synergistic complexity aspect was the most compelling for me.
I just take 4 to 6 grams moringa powder in a litre of water while intermittent fasting... and my body and gut love it now 😍
What brand?
Aduna 100% organic
I eat a 1/4 of the fresh leaves everyday! I have 3 big trees in my backyard garden!
Ive been medically prescribed folic acid for life due to anemia.. what should i do now? I cant have a healthy life without!!
My Three go Too’s for Supplements are. Standard Process. Puritan Pride. and Piping Rock. Stay Strong B Well My People ✊🏽❤️
What of Rugby?
The multivitamin you mention contains spinach, broccoli and beet. These contain high levels of oxalate and must be cooked to reduce this anti-nutrient. Is oxalate extracted before using these foods in your vitamin supplement?
I've read that the amounts of oxalate in spinach and beet are so high that even cooking still leaves them with significant amounts. So I decided to permanently exclude them from my diet. The more I learn, the more I want to just eat my own combination of whole, nutritious foods (and dehydrate some to make my own convenient vitamin-rich powders).
Good point. SOY is high too- not as much as spinach though. Broccoli is not very high in oxalates but has other great things going for it. Nothing is perfect.
What do you like to eat that you consider your top 10 health foods?
@@MOAB-UT I have to confess that, right now, my list is still in progress. The foods I'm presently eating that are most likely to stay in my "top 10" list are bone broth, wild stinging nettles, dried seaweed, wild salmon, and milk kefir (made with grass fed milk - I wish it was raw, but that's illegal here).
Liver and other wild edibles will be next. I ate some liver a few years ago. I get so grossed out with handling it when it's raw, and spending hours trying to cut out all the tough ducts (or whatever they are), which maybe isn't necessary. I'm going to buy a food processor so I can just dump it in there instead. I hide it in recipes to get past the taste.
I recently discovered Dr Berg's videos - there are so many I still want to watch. They (as well as the comment sections) are really helpful and inspirational for me.
@@rain1956 Great list. I eat nuts, mostly Almonds and Walnuts. I add some green (only) banana to my almonds, a pinch of sea salt and it's great almond milk- great in coffee too. I recently started adding liver to my dogs homemade food. He's happy and healthy!
I need to add bone broth- any good brands that are also organic?
No Dairy. No Whole Grains. Limited Lectins. Plenty of Wild Salmon, Garlic (raw), Onions and Broccoli. Recently started making Miso Soup- add all kinds of good stuff like mushrooms and capers, garlic- yum. Very easy to make- 5-10 minutes.
We are always being told that food no longer has the vitamins and minerals in them because the soil is depleted. So how are we supposed to get the proper amount of vitamins we need and are deficient of? Nobody can eat as much food add it as is necessary in order to get all the vitamins and minerals that are needed. Especially if you are deficient or have an illness what do we do then?
Also most food in big box stores are GMO.
Which means they are not 100% true genetic of the original nature version of the fruits and vegetables.
It is just the fast growing and more immune to weather and insect modified for commercial fast harvesting to the market.
Needed this, cheers doc
P.S. It's so hard to absorb ALL the various information out there on vitamins & supplements. We need an easy to follow chart 📈 when we are reading labels since the FDA doesn't regulate this "wild west" industry!!! 🧐
I take an organic whole food multivitamin, for now, in addition to minerals and few other supplements and herbs. My long term goal is to minimize them because I recognize that food should be the best source. I've been cutting back, in general, and I'm now always reading the labels, even on supplements and herbs. It does get tricky. I have looked at labels and found I was taking trash-particularly, and even from Costco, for example.
Try incorporating sea mosse
@@IWITNESS7 Why?
> Chondrus crispus-commonly called Irish moss or carrageen moss -is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coast of Europe and North America.
It's also known as an inflammatory food additive.
@@IWITNESS7 You're so rude! Nothing was wrong with you answering their question.
@@Oldschoolways168 Wow. That was uncalled for. Check yourself please.
I wish every hospital had a Dr. BERG..
I’ve found over the years Standard Process Labs is a good brand.
I agree.
Definitely
I noticed a lot of your vitamins are full of ingredients that are not good like magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, silicone dioxide, and others that are not good for the body.
Dear Berg, you are a life saver of information. I have learned so much from you. One question I have is about ester C as ester C calcium ascorbate and fermented whole food multivitamins, are they ok to take. Can you give your opinion? I saw your video on vitamin C but you didn't mention ester C.
It's make from black mold.
Thank you, Dr. Berg!
I use Standard Process whole food supplements and rotate what I can afford on a monthly basis, I make it a priority instead of buying junk because of the benefits AND the everyday vitamin Catalyn is a necessity and can improve one's health with just taking this one vitamin, no joke
Great I’ve been taking vitamins for since I can remember. As far as I’m aware I’m healthy, feel like throwing them all away now though 😂
Omg . Dr Beth is a God send
Dr. Berg, what is your opinion of liposomal vitamin C, as compared to the normal, capsule form?
Eat Sourkraut
I asked questions about this topic, finally getting my answers. Thanks
I had been wondering if ribloflavin and niacinamide are harmful to take everyday as I’ve been in the last 3 yrs. I’m 70. When I gave it up for a month. I started to have tingling and white finger tips.
Dr.Berg
What vitamins would you recommend for acne ?
Hello, you may want to check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/zMIHzJ6bGnU/v-deo.html
Is there a specific natural multivitamin brand you would recommend? I’m sure I might find it in Whole Foods
His vitamins of course!
New Chapter is the brand that i use. They use food based ingredients..says made with organic vegetables and herbs.
@@bluewaters3100 thank you!
@@bluewaters3100 What of Rugby and Puritan?
His wheatgrass juice powder I think is the best.
Doc, can you teach us how to identify them?
Doc what about vitamin D?
I’ve been taking so much that I’m off the chart in the blood test
Hes not a real doctor.
Vitamin D is a hormone. If you supplement any hormone you might cause your body to produce it yourself. There is nothing wrong with supplementing vitamin D if you don't get enough sunshine and your blood test always show you that you are low on it, but don't over do it and give your body the opportunity to continue creating it by itself.
If you're overdosing and your blood test confirms that, I think above 100 level, then stop taking vitamin D immediately. Isn't that obvious? You'll be bad for a few days then you'll get adjusted
@@demise3601 he knows way more that the so called “real doctors”
i am not a real Dr either, i am EMS, Ret..& i Strongly Recommend you STOP eating it like candy. Overdosing Can KILL you..but if what you said was True, your own Dr Already Told you that
Why do you add fillers and magnesium stearate in some of your products ?
Thanks Dr Berg. I have a question about gaining muscle mass. What's most important, diet or exercise?
Both
3. sleep
I have one opinion:
-S L E E P
Exercise obviously
And forth: - R E S T
Eat camu camu, acerola, moringa goji berry and a lot of superfoods full of vitamins and mineralsi guess thats the best source
Great episode!! 🐱👍🏿
Thank you for all you do your the only doc i trust
Very glad to be of help.
The best series would be to show healthy food regime for a couple of weeks doc. What to eat every day so that you can satisfy most of vitamin intake. And then what you need to supplement.
Thank you for this much needed discussion. I have been trying to find out this very thing. Like vit D is a fat soluble vitamin i then wonder why are some of them in tablet form and some soft gel..please tell us more.
Fasting or eating more only real foods(fruits,vegetables and white meats)are the best way to be healthy because when we fast and eat only real food,we will never get sick or need those synthetic vits.BIG thanks to Dr.Berg for the fasting,dieting videos.Im following your rules and now i feel like im the healthiest person on this planet.Big big big thumbs up from Manipur India.May God bless you for longevity life and teach the world more about health👍
Very glad to be of help and I'm happy you like the post.
You are a blessed doctor
May God protect you and increase your heart in faith.
Eid Mubarak
Very glad to be of help.
You make many good points about the poor quality of supplements that are commercially available, but your explanation of the chemical make up of synthetic vs natural is incorrect. They are identical in every way.
The FDA has let us all down by letting companies put low quality supplements on the market. However, “natural” is also a marketing term that is not particularly meaningful. Even natural ingredients are often extracted from plants using chemical solvents.
The solution to this is consuming greens and nutritious food as vitamins can never give us what is natural
I take 5000 units of vit D w K2 and DHA along w slow release magnesium. Is this questionable?
I wonder what Dr Berg would think of Garden of Life's line of products labeled "VITAMIN CODE"? Which uses saccharomyces cerevisiae, or the like, to derive vitamins such as vitamin C.
Jordan Rueben sold that company to NESTLE! Which are horrible horrible people..... i wouldn't use anything from Nestle they use aborted fetal tissue for flavoring in their foods"
I use their products along with New Chapter. But my real product useage is from an online company called Purium. They do not use vitamins . They have products with spirulina, chlorella, algae, and herbs I use thir green drink and mix my collagen powder in it. Yummy! Been using it everyday for ten years..I will soon be 70 and have a good metabolic panel. Really fortunate. I have a hugh green salad with an avacado every night for dinner. No sugar or bad oils.
Owned by Nestle now see what they stand for
Are we being told to not take vitamins?
Dr. Berg any testosterone for a 49 years young , healthy woman you would recommend?? To achieve greater lean muscle when working out and lifting. Thanks.
I suspect a sales pitch is behind this….🤨
Have you seen food prices lately? Prices of even non-GMO vitamins?
Geeetings from Pakistan, dear Dr Berg I am 50 yrs old and using a lot of sythetic vitamins including zinc, magnesium, fish oil, biotin and multivitamin for hair nail n skin. I didn't know the facts and using them regularly. Thank you very much for your guidance as you have safed me from something bad and serious.
You're most welcome.
Thank you for all the great content! It is interesting that people will pay for unnecessary things but shun spending on ESSENTIALS for LIFE and GOOD HEALTH. God bless you!
Dr. Berg, could you please make your own brand of vitamins and minerals?
Dr Berg thank you, but how come this post did not come out in 2020 when we were boosting our immune systems naturally?
What's yellow # 6 made of? Is it harmful or beneficial to the body?
I'm sure
Horrible.
When you are fasting, does taking vitamins break the fast? Should you wait?
Hello there! This video might be of help: ua-cam.com/video/qPM3ccMJrE4/v-deo.html
Dr. Berg's Support Team
Very informative video, Dr Eric 🙏
Aside from the factors he's talking about like additives and solubility, synthetic vitamins are fine. They work on a molecular level and at that level the origin doesn't matter.
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Addendum: The few angry replies to my original comment are indicate they didn't read it carefully, though it's fairly simple to comprehend. I agree that many of the additives in vitamins are unhealthful. I never said they weren't. My point was that they are molecularly identical. You can get a vitamin C molecule that was derived from rose hips grown organically by gentle, fair-trade practicing vegan farmers and put it next to a vitamin C molecule manufactured by a greedy corporation and they will be indistinguishable.
You are quite mistaken, mate. But, you just keep thinking that.
@@TheMid-KnightRider I'm not mistaken, as your inability to tell me why I am is nonexistent, but you just keep thinking that I am.
@@billmarshall8438 Many vitamins are petroluem based..does your body like that?
@@billmarshall8438 ...
First, I do not debate with pharmaceutical propaganda-fed bots.
But, most importantly, I'll keep enjoying my fabulously optimal health (because the PROOF is in the adherence to organic, non-synthetic derived products).
G'day, mate.😎
@@TheMid-KnightRider I'm quite right, mate, but you just keep thinking that. Gosh, it's fun to be condescending!
Getting ready to stop all vitamins and minerals , due to low quality , and lack of confidence in pharmaceutical corporations .
Really informative. Thank you doctor I had no idea vitamins can be synthetic. I am throwing away a lot of bottles now
You're very welcome.
What about Naturelo plant based Vitamins? I just bought a bottle and it had great reviews.
Thank you for this insight! Amazing information 🙏
Happened to me!😑☹️ then I stopped ✋️
Can you just tell me what I’m supposed to be eating every day?
If you’re worried about the price of organic food then get the regular stuff. Its better to get the vegetables in you than not.
You really need to soak them first and then rinse to get all the pesticides off of the. The soil is probably depleted so there goes many of the vitamins needed.