Your Body’s Urgently Trying to Tell You Something
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
1. Although benign, skin tags are common in people with diabetes or prediabetes. Reverse diabetes by decreasing carbohydrates and increasing high-quality protein.
2. Itchy private parts are often caused by fungal overgrowth. Take vitamin D to strengthen your immune system and stop the itching.
3. Nighttime restlessness is related to vitamin B1 deficiency, typically caused by a high-carb diet.
4. Tingling or numbness in the toes or bottoms of the feet is a nerve problem. Benfotiamine, taken four times daily, can help correct this problem.
5. Bleeding gums are related to vitamin C deficiency.
6. Chronic cough can be caused by a calcium deficiency or acid coming up the esophagus.
7. Carpal tunnel syndrome is often related to a vitamin B6 deficiency.
8. Brittle nails are usually caused by a biotin deficiency.
9. Cold feet and hands signify that you need more iodine.
10. Early morning problems such as leg cramps, migraines, and chest pain are related to magnesium deficiency. Take magnesium glycinate before bed as a remedy.
11. Ulcers and gastritis result from zinc deficiency. Zinc carnosine is the best form of zinc for this problem.
12. Nose bleeds are sometimes caused by high blood pressure, but can also be caused by a vitamin K1 or vitamin C deficiency.
13. Chest pain or pain down the left arm or shoulder is related to a vitamin E deficiency. Tocotrienols are the best remedy for these symptoms.
14. Raised bumps on the back of the arms are a classic vitamin A deficiency. Retinol, the active form of vitamin A, is only found in animal products such as liver, egg yolk, cheese, and cod liver oil.
15. Sodium deficiency can cause fatigue, insomnia, and weak muscles. Increase your salt intake if you’re experiencing these symptoms.
16. Decreased libido is often caused by a zinc deficiency. Take 50 mg of zinc a few times daily to solve this problem.
17. Dry, scaly skin is typically caused by too much omega-6 fat and not enough omega-3 fat. Increase your intake of cod liver oil, fish oil, and wild-caught sardines or salmon.
18. White dots on the nails are often caused by a zinc deficiency.
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:Dr. Berg, age 60, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's talk about the 18 signs that your body is deficient in key nutrients. |
| 0:04.6 | Mistake people make is they end up treating the sign or the symptom and not the underlying |
| 0:08.1 | cause. |
| 0:08.9 | But we're going to talk about both. |
| 0:10.3 | Starting with number one, skin tags. |
| 0:12.4 | These little skin tags are benign, but they're indicators of something deeper. |
| 0:17.0 | This is a classic blood sugar issue. |
| 0:19.6 | It's either the person is a pre-diabetic or they're |
| 0:21.7 | an actual diabetic. The best test is called A1C, which gives you an average of blood sugars |
| 0:26.4 | for three months. If your A-1C is above 5.7, that's pre-diabetes. You can actually |
| 0:33.1 | reverse diabetes by reducing your carbohydrates like sugars and starches and increasing high quality |
| 0:40.2 | protein from meat. Research indicates that you can reverse type 2 diabetes in less than 10 weeks. |
| 0:46.3 | Number two, itchy private parts or you just itch somewhere in your body, especially at night. |
| 0:53.2 | You have too much fungus overgrowing on the |
| 0:56.7 | surface of your skin. This usually comes from either taking antibiotics or a person that takes |
| 1:03.0 | steroids because then you wipe out the good bacteria that control the fungus. Because fungus, |
| 1:08.7 | Candidia and yeast love sugar, guess what you're going to crave sugar |
| 1:13.3 | the best strategy to get rid of it is to completely starve these microorganisms just as a side |
| 1:19.2 | note to itchiness vitamin d can greatly help your immune system and also help reduce itching |
| 1:24.0 | number three nighttime restlessness i'm talking about mainly your legs |
| 1:29.3 | called Restless Legs Syndrome, feeling like they just can't relax, burning, achiness. All of those |
| 1:35.5 | symptoms are symptoms of too much lactic acid because you're missing a really key nutrient |
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