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Blood Tests Could Save your Life with Dr. Ken Berry – Epi-3737

The Survival Podcast

The Survival Podcast

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Ken Berry is back on the show today. If you’ve been around TSP for a while, you know Ken doesn’t pull punches. He was on our Expert Council for years and has always brought the heat when it comes to calling out the failures of modern healthcare. Today, we’re talking about something that could literally save your life. Understanding your own bloodwork. Ken’s new book, Common Sense Labs, co-written with Kim Howerton, is all about lab literacy. It shows regular folks how to read their labs without needing a PhD. Tired of hearing “everything looks fine” while you feel Continue reading →

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0:00.0

There's a better way to do this.

0:05.0

Let me show you a better way.

0:12.0

And we are live.

0:22.1

Welcome, folks, to episode 37, 37, the Survival Podcast.

0:25.8

If you look at your screen, you'll see just to my right, left, depending on which

0:30.3

side you're looking at.

0:31.9

You'll see Ken Barry, because Ken is my guest today.

0:34.5

That's why we're on Ken's Facebook live stream as well.

0:55.1

Hey, Ken, man, welcome back to the survival podcast. Thanks so much, Jack. It's always a pleasure to chat with you. Well, usually. Yeah, you know, I got an email a couple months ago, a month and a half ago, I guess. Nice lady who said, would you have Ken Barry on your show? Let me tell you all about him.

1:12.4

And I'm like, I know that, Boomer. You don't have to explain it. Just fill out the damn forms. So Ken doesn't like forms, but he's got an admin assistant now that filled out the form. Ken's been on the show many, many times. He's served as an expert council member as well, been to a bunch of our workshops. So most people in this audience know him.

1:16.5

But Ken, for people that maybe have never seen or heard of you before, because they've been hiding under a rock for the last 10 years, who and what is a Dr. Ken Berry?

1:21.3

So I am a family physician, board certified, licensed in Tennessee.

1:26.0

I've been practicing family medicine for over 22 years.

1:30.8

And I used to be a severely obese pre-diabetic doctor.

1:35.7

And you're from Texas.

1:37.2

I'm from Tennessee.

1:38.0

We know that one plus one has to equal two, even if it hurts your feelings.

1:43.0

And so I could not be a obese, pre-diabetic family doctor telling people that they need to cut the sugar and lose some weight.

1:52.5

That didn't work for me as a common sense country boy.

1:55.2

And so I had to fix me.

1:57.3

And in the process of fixing me, I have, I don't think, uncovered or discovered.

2:02.1

I think I've rediscovered the principles of a proper human diet.

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