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Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

I'm 60... It Took Me 30 Years To Learn This (Don't Make The Same Mistakes)

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

I'm going to share 7 health lessons that changed my life. Find out what took me 30 years to learn the hard way. Don’t wait to learn the most important life lessons at 60. Start now and change your health today!



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0:00 Introduction: What I’ve learned at age 60

0:52 Taking vitamins daily

2:29 Colon detox

4:10 How to eat healthy

4:24 Delaying healthy eating

5:30 Right shoulder pain

6:18 Disregarding healthy eating habits

8:04 Nutrition mistakes



I'm going to share the lessons that changed my life, although it took me 30 years to learn them. Learn from my mistakes to avoid years of misery!


1. 100 vitamins a day

I thought that the solution to chronic fatigue syndrome, severe insomnia, arthritis, and other chronic illnesses was to just take more supplements. Vitamins and supplements will only be effective if you also maintain a healthy diet.


2. Colon detox

A colon detox also flushes out good bacteria and electrolytes, and often involves juice. You shouldn’t do any cleanse or fasting program that involves juice, as the body can’t get into ketosis because of the sugar. Herbal detoxes release toxicity, which creates an immune reaction, leaving you sick for weeks. Get on the right eating plan, focusing on animal protein, vegetables, and probiotics for better gut health.


3. I’ll eat healthy when I graduate

In college, I was living on carbs, drinking strong coffee, and feeling tired all the time. Much of this fatigue was just due to blood sugar fluctuations. I eventually discovered the healthy version of the ketogenic diet, which turned things around.


4. Right shoulder pain

Right shoulder pain is almost always caused by referred pain from the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts.


5. Disregarding intermittent fasting

Snacking and frequent eating keep your insulin high. Our bodies were not designed to graze! Intermittent fasting is one of the top health tips that changed my life! I immediately lost weight and inflammation.


6. Kale shakes

Kale shakes are okay, but excess fiber isn’t always the best option for gut health.


7. Magnesium deficiency

Magnesium can help prevent kidney stones and muscle spasms, and also supports a good night's sleep.



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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, I'm 60 years old and it took me literally 30 plus years to learn what I'm going to show you.

0:05.2

And I'm going to cover seven of the biggest mistakes I've made.

0:07.7

I hope you learn from my mistakes so you don't have to go through them.

0:10.7

At the time I was making the mistakes, it would be really hard to convince me otherwise

0:14.8

because I was kind of in the mindset of I think I know it all.

0:19.3

And I wasn't really receptive. So I hope you're receptive.

0:23.1

It can prevent years of misery. I don't know if I'm just a glutton for punishment or whatever,

0:28.3

but I've been through some serious health crises in my past. On one hand, I think I can relate to a lot

0:35.1

of people since I've had nearly every single symptom that most of my patients had.

0:40.4

So I wouldn't consider that a good thing, but it's something that happened that I can relate.

0:45.0

But let's just dive in to seven huge mistakes that I made that I want to show you what I should have done.

0:52.5

Number one, 100 vitamins a day. There was a point in my

0:56.3

life where I was taking even more than 100 vitamins a day. I'm talking not just vitamins. I'm

1:03.2

talking bottles of vitamins. I'd be driving down the street with my wife and I'd say, honey,

1:09.1

let's go over the health food store maybe they can help me

1:11.5

we'd go in there and come out with more vitamins I had a warehouse of vitamins I had chronic

1:16.6

fatigue syndrome I had severe insomnia I had arthritis all sorts of issues and I'm trying to find

1:23.8

the vitamin that's going to give me more energy and help me and so this kept happening over and over and over and over because I didn't want to take

1:30.6

drugs.

1:31.4

I wanted to take something natural, okay?

1:33.6

But what I didn't know at the time, they only work if your diet is good.

1:38.2

Okay?

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