Fibromyalgia Is NOT in Your Head — Here's the REAL Cause
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
You’re not imagining your fibromyalgia pain or symptoms. Discover common fibromyalgia causes and triggers, and learn how to find fibromyalgia relief by addressing the underlying issue.
0:00 Introduction: Fibromyalgia explained
0:42 Fibromyalgia causes and triggers
1:45 Low vitamin D and fibromyalgia
3:19 Mitochondrial damage and fibromyalgia symptoms
5:00 What to do for fibromyalgia relief
5:31 Fibromyalgia research and recovery
7:58 Fixing low vitamin D
8:39 Magnesium deficiency and fibromyalgia symptoms
10:34 More fibromyalgia relief tips
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Did you know that when antibodies from fibromyalgia patients were injected into healthy lab mice, those mice developed pain hypersensitivity?
Low vitamin D is very common in people with fibromyalgia. Vitamin D controls almost every part of your immune system, especially the natural killer cells. Fibromyalgia is an immune problem, so fixing a vitamin D deficiency can be one of the most powerful tools for mitigating fibromyalgia symptoms.
Fibromyalgia is also related to low magnesium, low zinc, and existing autoimmune diseases.
If you have fibromyalgia, you must reestablish the proper fuel for your nerve cells. Ketones can bypass the damage and start feeding your neurons. Fasting has shown significant benefits for fibromyalgia relief and recovery.
If you have fibromyalgia, prioritize rest over exercise and ensure you focus on increasing the right nutrients.
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 61, 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.
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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 | Fibromyalgia is not in your head. Scientists took antibodies from fibromyalgia patients and then |
| 0:07.4 | injected them into healthy mice. Guess what? All the mice developed pain hypersensitivity, |
| 0:15.6 | aka fibromyalgia. So in other words, they've done real tests to show that fibromyalgia is not a |
| 0:22.8 | psychosomatic illness. I personally had fibromyalgia long ago, so I have the reality of what it |
| 0:28.5 | feels like. It's not fun. Fibromyalgia is not a pain disorder. Okay. Now, it's something |
| 0:35.5 | completely different. So I'm going to go through the different stages |
| 0:39.1 | that happen before you get fibromyalgia. But typically there are triggers or root causes. Okay, |
| 0:45.4 | one trigger would be a latent virus. A latent virus is a virus that is no longer necessarily |
| 0:51.5 | active all the time, but it can come out of remission like Epstein-Barr virus, |
| 0:56.3 | Herpesy Symplex virus and mind disease. Certain types of mold can also trigger the situation. |
| 1:03.1 | And adjuvants. What's an adjuvant? An adjuvant is something they add to vaccines to make the vaccine |
| 1:10.5 | hyperreactive. |
| 1:12.1 | Aluminum also has been linked to more inflammation in the neurons going right into |
| 1:18.4 | fibromyalgia and certain stress events. But there's also other things involved that can make |
| 1:24.4 | the person vulnerable to developing fibromyalgia. There are certain genes that can make the person vulnerable to developing fibromyalgia. |
| 1:28.3 | There are certain genes that can set a person up for inflammatory conditions down the road. |
| 1:35.3 | But that doesn't mean you can't reverse things because genes can be affected by your epigenetics, |
| 1:41.3 | which is your lifestyle. And I'm going to talk about how to overcome that. |
| 1:45.4 | It's very common in people with fibromyalgia. |
| 1:47.8 | They usually have low vitamin D. |
| 1:49.6 | Now, why is that significant? |
| 1:52.1 | Because vitamin D literally controls almost every part of your immune system, |
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