7 Natural Remedies Big Pharma is Hiding (These Prescription Meds Were Never Meant to Cure You)

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Pharma meds were never designed to “fix” you. In this video, we’ll discuss some of the pharmaceutical industry’s secrets, the truth about prescription drugs, and the money-making scheme known as the US healthcare system. In 1938, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act redefined the word “drug,” giving Big Pharma a monopoly over your body. By this new definition, any natural remedy, such as a plant, herb, or food that helps an ailment in some way, can now be classified as a drug.

In 1900, there were fewer than 200 diseases. There are now over 17,000! This has allowed disease to become a huge, profitable business.

Drug patents are protected and policed by the FDA. This means you can not sell or profit from a natural remedy, even if it’s backed by legitimate research, without FDA approval.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:Dr. Berg, age 60, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals and author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan. 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, 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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0:00.0	drugs were never designed to cure you. It's 100% true and today I'm going to actually prove that.
0:06.5	But we really need to start in 1938. This is when a definition was redefined that literally gave
0:14.8	Big Pharma a monopoly over your body. And from then on, health has become one of the most profitable businesses in
0:23.2	existence. It was called the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, where they redefined the word
0:30.1	drug. In the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, the term drug is defined, and it's defined as anything
0:37.2	that is intended for use in the cure,
0:40.5	treatment, prevention, mitigation of disease. What if you drink prune juice, and you drink it
0:46.7	because you are suffering from chronic constipation? Do you regard prune juice as a drug? Well,
0:53.1	the FDA does, because the FDA has defined it as a drug to protect the drug companies from competition.
1:01.3	If a natural remedy or a plant or an herb or even a food does anything to improve this abnormal state of your body it is now classified as a drug so
1:16.1	if someone makes a claim that garlic can actually help your cholesterol and reduce risk
1:20.7	of a heart attack for example and they're selling garlic they're gonna get in
1:26.2	trouble and now that they're using a disease claim, that garlic is no longer just this thing you put
1:32.4	in your food to make it taste better. It is a drug.
1:36.2	Even if it's something we eat every day.
1:38.9	And I need to define disease first before I get into this.
1:41.6	Disease is any abnormal, mental, or body condition. And in 1900,
1:48.7	we had less than 200 diseases. Now we have over 17,000 diseases. It's been a real barrier to innovation
1:57.8	to the communication of truthful information to consumers.
2:01.6	I mean, without that, you'd be able to go to the grocery store and read all about the various nutrients and foods
2:08.6	and have little things that are saying, hey, this has more vitamin C and this will reduce your risk of disease in these areas.
2:15.6	And you'd be able to see that at the point of sale
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