Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast, where Dr.

Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight.

Let's use the nail to diagnose some nutritional deficiencies.

The outside of the body gives you a lot of clues on what's going on inside, just as a plant,

if there's any type of problems in the plant, can tell you what's going on in the soil.

Alright, the first presentation is where you have this vertical discoloration in the center

of your nail.

That could be low protein, that could be low vitamin D, or B12.

Now you're going to be deficient in B12 if you have low protein because B12 usually

comes from animal protein.

Alright, next presentation you have horizontal lines that go across.

That can be low vitamin D3, low calcium, or low zinc.

Now the next presentation has to do with that little white speck in your nail.

That has a zinc deficiency, mostly caused because the person is on a high carb diet, and

because it takes six months for the nail to grow, you can sort of identify a time when

you had a lot of carbohydrate because if it's right in the center, it could have been three

months ago.

Alright, the next presentation is where you have this little chip on your nail.

Now that could also cross over if you have brittle nails, but if you get these little chips

that just you bang your nail and then you have to slip the chip that pops off, that could

be low vitamin B6, or low magnesium.

But it can also be in this next presentation where we're talking about brittle nail, low

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