The Vitamin D Cover-Up They Never Corrected
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Vitamin D misinformation is everywhere! Learn why the vitamin D recommended dosage doesn’t align with actual science, how this vitamin D controversy started, and how much vitamin D you really need.
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0:00 Introduction: Vitamin D research explained
1:23 Vitamin D data reanalysis
1:52 The Institute of Medicine and the vitamin D RDA debate
4:08 Vitamin D benefits
8:22 Vitamin D toxicity
8:55 Vitamin D deficiency explained
We’ve been told that 600 IU of vitamin D is enough, but how much do we really need?
In 2014, a group of researchers reanalyzed the data used to set the current vitamin D RDA. They found that instead of 600 IU per day, we actually need 8895 IU of vitamin D every day!
This recalculation was confirmed by other independent research; yet, to this day, it has been completely ignored.
“Forbidden Facts” by Gavin de Becker exposes some of the health controversies surrounding the Institute of Medicine. They’re viewed as the top scientific authority that is supposed to protect us, but who are they really trying to protect?
Vitamin D isn’t just for your bones. It’s vital for your immune system, muscles, brain, mood, cognitive function, metabolic function, and more. Your risk of cancer even increases when you’re low.
Why haven’t they corrected this vitamin D mistake? Not only have they not corrected it, but they’ve also become insistent on maintaining the recommended vitamin D dosage as is. We need significantly more than 600 IU of vitamin D!
Vitamin D blood levels do not reflect the vitamin D in your cells. The standard of 20 ng/mL is not enough. Although this number is often debated, you need around 50 to 80 ng/mL to potentially ensure you have enough vitamin D in your cells. Vitamin D toxicity is extremely rare, and the risks can be mitigated by magnesium, vitamin K2, and increased water intake.
We’ve created an indoor, sugar-filled society that fears the sun! So it’s no surprise that vitamin D levels are suffering. What can you do? Start getting more sun! On the days you don’t, or in the winter months, take a vitamin D3 supplement with magnesium and vitamin K2.
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 vitamin D cover-up that was never corrected. We were told to take 600 IUs of vitamin D3, |
| 0:06.2 | and that would be completely sufficient. And no, this was not a typo. This was a systemic error |
| 0:12.5 | that was exposed in 2014. Yet, it's still not corrected. And once you understand who made the |
| 0:18.9 | air and who keeps benefiting from keeping it that way, |
| 0:22.6 | it all makes sense. You will no longer look at this like an error or a mistake. I mean, just take a |
| 0:28.1 | look at the consequence of what's happening right now, keeping the vitamin D at 600 IUs to about |
| 0:34.7 | 1,000 IUs. Doctors will tell you it's good for bone health it's good |
| 0:38.2 | for your immunity it's good for overall well-being but years ago when they evaluated vitamin d |
| 0:42.9 | there was a so-called air that wasn't actually found initially until several years later and i'm not |
| 0:49.8 | going to go deep into how they made the air i'll put a link down below if you want that information |
| 0:54.0 | but the numbers they were looking at they weren weren't looking at individuals, they're looking at |
| 0:58.0 | study averages, making certain assumptions that everyone responds the same with vitamin D. That's like |
| 1:03.4 | averaging test scores from like 30 classrooms and assuming that every student passed. But in reality, |
| 1:10.0 | half the class is still failing. |
| 1:11.8 | This so-called gross error has led to a massive problem with many people being deficient |
| 1:19.2 | of vitamin D, not even connecting their health problem and their low vitamin D levels. |
| 1:23.1 | So what happened in 2014 as two researchers reanalyze the same data that the Institute of Medicine used to set these RDAs. |
| 1:32.3 | And like I said before, they found that instead of the 600 IUs per day, the real number was actually 8,895 IUs. |
| 1:42.3 | And this recalculation, it was confirmed by other independent research, yet, |
| 1:48.5 | to this day, completely ignored. I want to interject some very disturbing but important information |
| 1:56.4 | into this video right now related to the Institute of Medicine, because I recently read this book |
| 2:01.2 | Forbidden Facts by Gavin Becker. And I want to just summarize a couple very important things |
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