The Burning You Feel in Your Feet is NOT a Nerve Problem
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Do your feet feel like they are on fire? It may not be your nerves. Burning feet is not a nerve problem! Uncover the real cause of tingling, burning feet to finally fix burning feet pain for good!
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Burning feet is known as neuropathy, and is typically classified as a disease of the nerves. But the tingling, burning, and numbness in your feet is not a nerve problem!
The real problem behind burning feet is the blood vessels supplying the nerves. Blood vessels supply the nerves with fuel, oxygen, and nutrients, and without this, they become very irritated. The root cause of the problem is your blood sugar. Years of high blood glucose destroy your circulation.
It may seem counterintuitive that there would be a shortage of fuel at the nerve level despite an excess in the blood, but this is the basis of insulin resistance. For relief of burning feet, it’s vital to address insulin resistance rather than just managing the symptoms.
There are many mitochondria in the nervous system. They act as the engines that take in fuel and power the nerves. If you have access to the mitochondria, you get 32 units of energy currency per glucose molecule. As a survival mechanism, your body utilizes glycolysis, which generates significantly less energy. This process also produces toxic byproducts, which can irritate your nerves.
Vitamin B1 can help you switch from glycolysis back to generating energy from the mitochondria. This is because high blood glucose levels deplete vitamin B1 in your tissues.
Vitamin B1 is normally water-soluble, which won’t effectively penetrate the nerve. Benfotiamine is a fat-soluble form of vitamin B1 that can help fix burning feet, eliminate toxic byproducts of glycolysis, and reduce other complications associated with diabetes. It also helps support the nerves in the eyes, kidneys, arteries, and brain.
Burning feet and other symptoms of chronic health conditions take 20 to 30 years to develop. Modern medicine does not address the root cause of these issues and does not focus on lifestyle changes, diet, or nutrition.
To fix burning feet pain at the root, try the following:
1. Benfotiamine
2. Reduce sugar consumption, keep carbs below 30 grams per day
3. Avoid snacking
4. Increase foods high in magnesium and potassium
5. Alpha-lipoic acid
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 | The burning you feel in your feet is not a nerve problem. But I know you feel tingling, burning |
| 0:06.4 | and numbness in your feet, almost like you're walking on fire. And you were told that you had a nerve |
| 0:11.0 | problem that must be treated with a medication. But what are you going to find out in this |
| 0:14.9 | presentation is something completely different than what you've ever heard before? One thing |
| 0:19.7 | that they're always not going to |
| 0:20.9 | talk about is the root cause of this. Your nerves didn't just decide to go bad, stop working, |
| 0:28.0 | and fail. This is not a random thing at all. There is an underlying cause to this, and if you |
| 0:33.7 | have burning on your feet, you're going to be very glad you're watching this video right now. |
| 0:36.9 | So when we're talking about burning in your feet, we're talking about a condition called neuropathy, |
| 0:40.8 | usually classified as a disease of the nerves, but what's never explained is how you get there in the |
| 0:48.1 | first place. What is actually causing this burning in your feet? And just so you know, that problem |
| 0:53.5 | is literally brewing in the oven for 20 to 30 years |
| 0:57.4 | before you even feel anything in your feet at all. |
| 1:00.8 | The real problem is not in the nerve. |
| 1:03.3 | It's the blood vessels supplying the nerve because the blood vessels supply the fuel, |
| 1:09.5 | the oxygen, and the nutrients. And when the nerve |
| 1:12.8 | doesn't get oxygen or fuel or nutrients, it starts to become very irritated. It can be |
| 1:18.6 | burning or itching or tingling. At the root of this problem is a blood sugar problem. It's |
| 1:25.1 | years of high blood glucose |
| 1:27.8 | that then destroys the circulation. |
| 1:30.6 | And the reason why it shows up in your feet first |
| 1:32.9 | is that is the longest nerve in the body. |
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