Went in for my annual checkup (I'm 72yo). My doc was training a new NP and I saw her first. We discussed statins (I was prescribed rosuvastatin) and she agreed with me that it was dangerous and could lead to terrible things. She even told me she had taken her mother off statins, fearing she might experience the onset of dementia. She left the exam room and a few moments later my doc entered. He asked me how I felt. I said OK. He then asked if I was using the same pharmacy for my scripts and sent me to the lab tech for a blood draw. After I got home I received a message on my phone that a prescription for rosuvastatin had been set to my pharmacy. I called and canceled the prescription. I've now been on carnivore for 21 days and I feel great.
I was wondering if there was a connection between statin & Alzheimer’s because I knew a lady who was fine & wasn’t forgetful until she said she was prescribed a statin by her doctor & shortly after that her memory was so bad & I mentioned to her that she’s forgetting things lately & before her statin she was fine but after I left her place she couldn’t remember our conversation & her family put her in memory care at a nursing home. Sad because I do believe it was that statin her doctor prescribed that caused her loss of memory. Also years ago Alzheimer’s wasn’t even thought of & now it’s getting as bad as cancer where lots more people having it. My ex’s father in law he too was fine until his doctor prescribed a statin & he too started developing memory issues. He died of a heart attack so the statin didn’t help anyway. Another lady I knew she was fine too until her doctor prescribed her a statin & then her memory loss started & she couldn’t remember how to sew & make quilts something she always done before & her family too put her in a memory care in a nursing home. Sad so many elderly people suffering from Alzheimer’s which I believe can be prevented don’t take a statin & watch the sugars, pops & sweets so your triglycerides don’t get too high. Now my ex’s mother in law also has memory issues I do believe it’s her statin her doctor prescribed her. Her kids put her in a memory care too in a nursing home. I mentioned to them look at her statin prescribed by her doctor but no one listens. Sad to see people who have Alzheimer’s don’t know who u are anymore because of the damage a statin prescription did to them. 😢 An elderly lady who had Alzheimer’s wondered off from her home & everyone including myself went looking for her. Sadly months later she was found but passed away. So many people searching for her wish the outcome would of been better news finding her alive. I didn’t know this lady & nice to see so many people searching for her. If she only knew how many people cared for her looking for her.
I fired my oncologist when she was making fun of me wanting to take a holistic integrative approach to my stage 4 metastatic breast cancer diagnosis. I’m cancer free 7 years later and never looked back!
I don't think you actually fired your doc. That is a cuteism but after you decided not to see him anymore did he have to go apply for another job? I doubt it. You simply decided not to to see that doctor any longer. I have done that several times over the years. The only one who can actually fire a coc is his employer.
@charleswilson4598 Yes, the doctor is "fired" when a patient changes their practitioner. It is NOT just a "cutesie" thing to say, especially if that doctor has a private practice. Yes, they may have other patients that they can bill for their services but they have still lost a patient and their business/income has dwindled. It's just like if you fire a contractor from fixing up your home, they may still have other clients but they still got fired from the job they were contracted to do for you. These actions make a difference, especially since doctors, particularly General Practitioners, do not make nearly as much as they used to prior to the most current health insurance system. They NEED many patients to bill in order to make ends meet and that's why we should keep FIRING THEM when they are not focused on our actual health instead of their unholy alliance with big pharma.
@colettejaques2559 They are on a "payroll." If they lose a patient, they don't get to charge their insurance. Doctor's do not get paid the same amount, regardless of how many patients they see. They are basically in a sales and service business. They NEED patients to keep coming to see them in order for them to keep making money.
I had a cardiologist and he told me NOT to go online!!! LOL! I laughed to myself and never went back. I’m 71 healthy, no jabs of ANY kind, no meds and happy.
I have been fired by numerous doctors for refusing medication for Gerd, Statins, and blood pressure meds. I tried to discuss a diet exercise routine to fix those issues. None of them wanted to talk about it, "just take the meds" was all they wanted. I am still drug free at 61.
Im drug free at 78 for over 30 years. Dr free too 😂 I sprint ever other mornin and am on carnivore/keto (Very few vegs and fruit) for about a year. Sugar free, very low carb for many years. No caterac surgery. 5'2" and around 105'. Im.not letting some Rx screw this up...
When I worked at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, we held banquets hosted by pharmaceutical companies that invited doctors, nurses, and administrators to expensive steak dinners, with expensive wines, and often an open bar. Sometimes, the companies gave expensive bottles of wine, or additional steak dinners to-go, as gifts to the doctors. That’s what’s wrong with a lot of doctors. #Paid #DrugDealers
I was my parents' caregiver for 10 years and saw what their Dr's did to them. This was my awakening to the medical industry. I stepped away from it at that time. No more Dr's. No more Pharma. Changed my diet and use natural medicines. I am healthier at 63 that I was at 43.
I'm healthier at 73 than I was at 42 when I found out I was a type one diabetic they were trying to kill me whether they knew it or not and some are just ignorant while acting like some kind of expert.
The problem with doctors and hospitals with older people, they do not provide decent care for these people and just as soon let them die. I know, I experienced it with my.mother.
I fired my Cardiologist. Reason: he was a 40 something year old with a belly and prescribed rosuvastatin and aspirin and told me to exercise. My Endocrinologist was fired because I made a decision based on watching Dr Ken Berry’s videos. On April 15th 2023 I started the Carnivore diet. Kept listening that sugar and carbohydrates were the enemy not fat and protein from red meat, eggs, bacon and seafood including fatty fish like salmon, anchovies and sardines. Within 6 months my A1C went from 7 to 5 and my triglycerides went from 400 to 71. I am 68, going on 69. I feel great, and my waist went from 40 to 34. It may be a little less. Dr Berry saved my life. While he doesn’t know me he is my favorite Dr. I owe my life to him. I feel like he is my friend and I have known him for years. I now work out. I joined a gym in my second home in Florida and I live in PA and have a gym in the basement. My abs are starting to show and my definition is back. No heart burn, no meds anymore. Sorry for being long! You too can do it!
There are a couple I know about. try the one on Dr Kiltz' website, and also on DietDoctor's website (which has sadly moved to being more plant based, but still might be useful in parts.
@@debraloeffler9670 I'm with you on that, I just think that good doctors are very rare. Or maybe I should say, there may be knowledgeable doctors they just refuse to provide good care.
My last physician pushed me to stop jogging so far and switch to progressive resistance exercise. She also said that many fruits and vegetables caused more problems than they helped. She did not explicitely push the keto or carnivore diet, but she did advocate for elimination of all grains, sugar, and especially corn syrup. That physician was much more about lifestyle and healthy diet than writing prescriptions.
Running increases cortisol levels a lot which increases insulin and leads to more sugar being stored as fat. Hard exercise isn't necessarily that healthy. Many people need to do more resistance training to build muscle.
@@dianafoster4936 Cortisol is released during stress, such as exercise, to provide more glucose in the blood. So cortisol actually suppresses insulin and GLP-1, allowing glucagon and adiponectin secretion to break down adipose tissue to provide the necessary blood glucose for the exercise. Hyperinsulinemia will cause inflammation stress, raising cortisol levels and serum blood glucose which is not expended by activity. It is true anaerobic exercise (resistance, HIIT) is better than aerobic (endurance) because of the glucose expenditure in the ATP cycle.
Went to see my PA last year. I was afraid that I would have to fire him, but to my great surprise, I found out that he follows Drs. Berry and Fung🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I am a new fan of Dr. Means after catching her and her brother's interview with Tucker Carlson. This grass roots movement to expose the lies, innocent or not, of the medical establishment is transforming lives. Thank you both!
My doctor's office recently called me asking if I wanted to come in for a physical. Emphatically, I said NO. My last appointment was mid 2021. Long story short, I went on a keto lifestyle, thus dropping weight and lowering my A1C...which I told them about. Western medicine is pure profit driven.
Good for you on ditching the profit driven doctors. It's still a good idea to get yearly blood work though. There are now many places that you can do this without insurance or a doctor. I use function health to get even more tests than what my physical covered in the past.
73 years old and recently saw my primary care physician. She absolutely hates the fact that I’m on NO prescriptions!!! When talking with her I feel like she’s gaslighting me…
70 here, and the same. And how about all the phone calls from various phone numbers, which all turn out to be Medicare Advantage or whatever - to get you in for testing, get a home health care nurse in your home? Hell no. If I need them, I'll let them know.
I fired my gyno doctor because he wanted to perform surgery on me just because. I was in the ER for ovaries pain and was admitted to the hospital he was at for 2 days. He didn't allow me to eat and said that he's going to get me ready for surgery. I asked him "why would I have surgery if you don't know what's wrong with me yet?" So I told him "NO I'm not going to let you cut me open just because you want to." He condescendingly replied back "you say that now, but when you're in pain you're going to beg me to cut you open. Please, please, cut me open!" I told him YOU’RE FIRED and left the hospital immediately. After that experience I no longer trusted doctors. This was over 11 years ago.
PA do NOT know what specialist know; nor do nurses. ( They THINK they do, but I ve had at least a half a dozen diagnosed me wrong g and send me down dead ends roads! They THINK they know...but they a self puffed up.
I was a RN for more than 36 years. 10 years into my career, I was doing visiting nursing. While covering for another nurse who was ill, I was asked to see one of her regular diabetic patients who had a hx of obesity, hypertension, coronary artey disease and a diabetic leg wound that we were treating. Long story short, she cured herself of these disease on her own through dietary intervention. Only her leg wound remained and was almost completed healed. I was shocked when I first saw her, because she did not match in person what was on her chart and in her medical history. I asked her how she turned around her health. She taught me there was another way to look at chronic illness. I am forever grateful for her and what I learned from her that day. It set me on a lifelong path to self healing and learning about alternative and complementary ways to approach healing. I was able to use what I learned when I taught patients about their own nutritional options. Oh yeah, and by the way, I turned around my own inflammation, obesity and PCOS, Fatty liver, because I took control of my own health and dared to ask questions, and look for the right answers for me. Bless these professionals for moving in the direction of true healing.
I work at a small alternative health clinic based on Ayurveda. We have nurses coming in as clients all the time. Love nurses for their openness to holistic healing. ❤ It’s so encouraging when conventionally trained licensed medical professionals seek guidance at our wellness clinic.
I like how Dr Berry is the only guy who just jumps right into the content instead of doing some stupid 60 second “trailer” for a podcast I’m already about to watch
@@tootstoyou1 yeah- why you tubers think they have to okay stupid music and be all gesturing - I am unable to watch with all the hand gestures going on many . But it must all work for them ?! 🤷♀️🤷♂️👏🤔
Yea, Anytime I watcha diary of a ceo podcast I instantly tick to 2:30 to scip all his bullshit. How do they not understand you came to watch the show not the preview to the show you are trying to watch. So intellectually stunted.
True! I noticed that over the past few years. My language with my doctor had to become more and more "coded" to protect both ourselves, but he still respected me as a thoughtful individual who took responsibility for her health. Unfortunately, he has retired and now I have to try to rebuild something with strangers...
My doctor unlike others was delighted when i told him i was doing IF and keeping a check on my diet. He spent the next half hour telling how he was advocating the same to all his patients but was of no use He encouraged me to carry on and was happy to see the changes i was undergoing.
It's like a contractor renovating your house who discovers the main beam will fail within the year, but he says nothing because he figures he will make exponentially more money from fixing the collapsed beam, joists, and walls than from just repairing the beam.
Or when a car manufacturer tells you to get an oil change every 7,000/8,000 miles but doesn't tell you that you should get your transmission oil done every 25,000/50,000 because they want to sell you a new transmission or better yet another car.
I would like to brag about my first and only appointment with an EENT doctor at Loma Linda university in California, a Doctor Church. He had looked at my CT scan of my sinuses maybe 8 months prior and was going to schedule me for sinus surgery. (During that time I had really zeroed in on my ketovore diet and fasting). And at the last second he said let’s do a quick head CT scan today so we can get a quick baseline. They actually had a machine in there offices. I will always remember his reaction, it was organic and real! Doctor Church took one look at my CT and said “wow! Forget everything I just said. This is a marked improvement.” He said we’re cancelling the surgery. He was astounded that “lifestyle change had such a profound effect.” I had told him how I fast/intermittent fast. Eat just whole food primarily animal based aim towards keto. He just scheduled a follow up appointment to monitor my progress! I was a great day for me!
My mom (basically healthy/80) saw her doctor (second visit with this doc) the other day and is about two months carnivore. The doctor entered the room looking and seeming really irritated and moody to start. Then her doctor, who was really easy going and relaxed about cholesterol and stuff six months ago, got really upset that my mom's numbers went up 20 pts. She recommended my mom go Mediterranean. My mom stated (cautiously) that she recently went carnivore. The doctor hit the ceiling. Doc yelled at my mom. She all but threw a tantrum at my mom as my mom quietly sat and took it. The doc stated emphatically that she "don't agree with that at all" and was just flat out rude. Was just very unprofessional and angry. I told my mom it sounds like doc was having a bad day, maybe had a patient go off on her earlier and my mom got the brunt end of it, trying to give her the benefit of the doubt. But the doctor got really defensive, as if my mom told her she was an idiot. Mama didn't say anything like that. The doctor stated: "I went to school for ..., two years of nutrition..." and so on and after saying "I suppose you want your labs again in six months?" walked down the hall mumbling and grumbling to herself about 'Dr YT' etc. My mom stood her ground quietly, feeling like she doesn't want to see her again, but now she is that much more determined to prove to her doc that this way of eating is working for her. She is doubling down. It took her months of watching and researching it to decide to try it and now she just feels so much better since going carnivore and she has no intention of every changing.
Tell her to record her appointments in the future. Just to share with you so you can help her in the future with what the dr says if she can. I went with my Mum 95 to one of her appointments and all she got was no can’t do nothing it’s just age related and some of the questions we just wanted clarification on what was said previously.
I'm sorry but that doctor was rude and unprofessional and your mom should have gotten up and walked out and told her she was fired as she was going out the door
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DOCTOR? He's a mouthpiece for the AMA. All he does is regurgitate what the AMA tells him to say. 🙄 Thanks for everything you do Dr. Berry. Been with you for over 5 years now. You and Neisha are the best!
Right. The AMA is in bed with Big Pharma so the doctors push what they produce. Doctors and the medical profession as well as hospitals are in it for the money not you the patient.
I’m 64 with T2 diabetes and BP thru the roof. Like 210/120. I went to urgent care a month ago. Had to be wheeled in. Diagnosed with polyarthralgia (severe joint pain in multiple joints). Dr didn’t ask work one about my diet. Talked to my primary and he told me to get blood tests and we would adjust medications. Just thought, “NO”. Been on carnivore since then. Pain was pretty much gone in a week. I’ve lost 25 lbs and feel awesome. I have ZERO confidence in the American healthcare system. It’s time we fix ourselves.
When I asked my doctor what ;what cholesterol level number he would want and he said, "Ideally, zero." That was it. I am 74 and my numbers wee within normal reference range and he wanted to double the statin dose. I fired him and quit taking statins. My memory instantly improved.
Statins are not advised for 75 years and over anyway. It says on the leaflet that comes with the drugs. If you look at the studies they shouldn’t be recommended for anyone.
I had ridiculously high cholesterol and triglycerides at 36 years old. I couldn’t figure it out, I worked 9-10 hours a day, on my feet, barely having time to eat lunch. But what concerned me and sent me to find a doctor was I could not lose the weight from having my baby, who was almost 10 years old at the time lol. Anyway, my doctor did labs, put me on Lipitor and was really concerned about how high my cholesterol was. You won’t believe me but my over all cholesterol was 1170. That’s not a typo, a four digit number. My triglycerides were 1455. What in the world?!?!? My doctor added more statins. About 3 weeks later I started experiencing terrible chronic pain. Couldn’t walk with out instant muscle fatigue, my body felt like I had the flu. My new doctor couldn’t figure it out, my next doctor couldn’t figure it out, and they both were flipping out about how high my cholesterol was. So I was on Lipitor, Crestor, and Provachol not all together at the same time but various combinations of them. Finally, we moved and my husband found a doctor that he liked and I decided to try him. After explaining all of the above, and my cholesterol only getting down to 730, and reviewing my labs, really took it upon himself to see what he could figure out. A few hours later, in the evening after he’d gone home Dr. S called me himself and loudly said, STOP all of your cholesterol meds immediately! He then said that he talked to a colleague and they realized my muscles were being damaged by the statins. I have irreversible damage and now live with the chronic pain and fatigue of Fibromyalgia.
@@valerief1231muscle damage shows up on AST liver-enZyme. Normal female values for ALT, AST are 10-18. Higher ALT values indicate fatty liver, Higher AST muscle breakdown from strenuous exercise or from statin drugs.
OTOH I saw my ophthalmologist today and he and I had a good conversation and he explained the physiological mechanism to me of how my low carb diet has caused recent changes in my vision (for the better, thankfully!).
@@Ge1Ri4 I was due for a check up of my eyes when I was diagnosed with diabetes. I decided to wait 5 months after I changed to low carb before I had them checked. He was pleased when I told him that I had remitted my diabetes with low carb.
Thank you so much for the interview. I'm a retired respiratory therapist and am appalled at what's come out of drs mouths. I had gone to a dr to obtain a steroid cream for severely itchy poison oak. Im on a ranch fixing fences and it grows along our fence line. The dr told me I didn't have poison oak, that it was likely xyz. I laughed at him and said, "Exactly how many times have you had poison oak?" He stared at me and quietly said, "Never." I told him he's fortunate and that Ive had it DOZENS OF TIMES AND would he kindly just write the prescription. He did. Hope he learned a lesson. Such arrogance.
That’s crazy. Imagine how often they must do that to people who might not know what they’re dealing with. Just in the last couple months I had an isolated rash-like spot that didn’t itch or burn or hurt at all, I drastically changed my diet to almost completely cut out ultra processed stuff, started being more active, and then it started fading away. Now as I’m writing this it’s completely gone.
I have fired two doctors. I haven't found a good one yet. If they are connected to a hospital family care group, they are geared for numbers of visits and sales. They don't seem to be concerned for the individual or their health.
If you are in the United States, look for a Direct Primary Care physician. They do not accept any insurance, therefore, they are under no influence by Big Insurance, Big Pharma or Big Government. You pay an annual fee.
I've fired 2 drs because I know for a fact they lied to my face because I did my homework before I asked them the questions and then I helped myself better from watching utube. The dr didn't help my problom at all with his medicine and shots. It was so obvious it was all about money not helping me
The HMO & PPO doctors & pharmacists of chain stores, are under mandates that they must comply with, or else they will get fired, lose their licenses, & thus, their standard of living. On their scales of justice, so much for the patient & informed consent! Not all, but most!
Yes like when j get asthma - they let me get worse so I go back a couple Times - I speak up now and finally tied it to processed foods and dairy - they refused to discus that . I am avoiding more and more foods and leaning to carnivore / low carb keto
We left unscathed from my husband's new cardiologist today. He didn't insist my husband go back on the statin (previous dr put him on) but said he's been getting a lot of patient push back on statins but can't figure out why. I said, in my most respectful and questioning voice, maybe because there is a question as to whether LDL is the fire or the fireman arriving to put out the inflammation fire. 🤔 😊 He didn't say anything else.
A cardiologist PA got borderline angry with me after she said I needed a Statin and I said no. Another gave me the hard sell for a statin. And I said no again. He, I’m pretty sure, felt my decision was ignorant. But my doctors who have recommended these course of treatments seem to mean well but are heavily indoctrinated into a certain way of thought. The biggy for the last 50 or so years is saturated fat is bad, veggies are good, and no opinion on carbs or sugar.
I remember when a primary caregiver would actually touch a patient. They checked your ears (for wax), looked down your throat, felt your neck, etc. Now they Walk in the room and ask how you feel and unless you are complaining of a problem, they say "Great! I'll see you in three months". I've fired two PCP in last 3 years . I finally found a hands on PCP and am a lot happier (and healthier) now.
I need to do this. Did you know doctors are told to leave if they cannot prescribe meds within 5 minutes? They must legally find a med to provide and if not they have 10 minutes left to talk then leave. Most don’t even say goodbye they just get up and go.
Look up an old article (JAMA, I believe) titled Skillopenia ie the loss of physical examination skills in contemporaneous medical education. They don’t touch you. They barely look at you. I’m old school trained. Physical diagnosis was paramount. We HAD to be good at this in an era before scans, invasive radiology, sophisticated lab tests etc. I’m appalled at how unskilled most doctors are these days.
Lol, I like you! I have been to the doctor twice in 25 years. Once because my ex made me, the other because my work made me. Meanwhile everyone around is going to the doctor once a month, constantly sick with something.
Last Spring, I tripped backward on an unseen obstacle and hit the back of my head. Woke up in the hospital. I had to stay there for post-concussion monitoring the next three days. In the meantime, all the techs, nurses and doctors marveled at my labs and test results: those of a healthy 30-year-old from a 64-year-old man. I eat ketovore, do calisthenics, lift weights and run sprints, take no prescriptions. twenty years ago, long before keto, I had lithotripsy for a kidney stone. Kidneys are fine now.
@@hektor6766 where do you suggest that I could find out about ketovore? Was a vegetarian for about 30 years until a couple of years ago. Started integrating meat into my diet (mostly beef, some chicken), but having a real issue with giving up carbs. Like to wrap everything in a tortilla, lol. Anyway, I would love to check out the ketovore diet. So, if you know of a good source to get started and do it right.... Thanks
Yes, I have fired several doctors. The first time I told my primary doctor that I used food and diet to put my rheumatoid arthritis in remission, he literally rolled his eyes at me and said that was stupid. That was his word stupid. I stood up, I looked at him and I said you’re fired goodbye and I walked out. I was all but bedridden with RA, and my wonderful daughter researched, and found the paddison program from Australia. I am now headed to eight years of wonderful help no medication’s either prescription or over-the-counter and I am in my late 70s. I follow a strict diet daily, and take my vitamins, and I feel great. Thank you for all that you are doing to get the message out that we must be our own advocates with our bodies and our medical care. Sick care is just not the way to go.
I've worked in the medical field for 25 years, direct patient care. I was laid off during the pandemic. I decided not to go back. Best decision I ever made.
What are you doing now...hopefully helping your loved ones and neighbors who need cared for in a compassionate way, with your knowledge. And spread Dr Berry's work. 😊
I have fired several doctors, as a patient. I stay away from them all unless I have no choice, like a broken arm. With a new doctor, I show up early and chit chat with other patients waiting on the doctor. I've learned every patient there for an appointment are all on the same meds that mask their problems.
I really like the fact that Doc Berry is willing to code labs to get insurance to pay for lab work. I currently go to Mayo Clinic. For years I've been charged hundreds of dollars for every doctor visit. Finally I found out my insurance co is supposed to pay for annual checkups and i started investigating my billing. I found out that Mayo has been coding my A1C check and a few other labs as diagnostic, even when it's just a routine monitoring. I talked to my insurance co and they assured me they would pay for the lab if it was not coded as diagnostic. So, last year I told my doctor she was coding incorrectly and I would not pay for those labs since they were not done for purposes of diagnosing me. She needed to change the coding to get my ins co to pay. She refused, so I told her there would be no more lab tests done if they were going to code that way. About a month ago she notified me she wanted an A1C lab done. I said nope, my ins co won't pay for it. She threw a fit even though SHE is the one who refused to code the labs properly. I didn't get that test done and am still in the process of fighting this battle. Fortunately i know how to eat to regulate my blood sugar so I'm not worried about not getting tested. I was only ever doing that because she wanted it. No more though. They are going to start coding correctly or they will not get me to take any of those tests done. Ever.
Tell her What You Do Want: I want this coded as The Annual Checkup that it is. period or I'll find a doctor who will! Whats her problem, is it different if insurance pays her?
Wow! I just got a new hero today🦸♀️ Dr Casey Means you are amazing!! Thank you so much Dr Berry, for all that YOU do in this community and for bringing Dr Casey to my/our attention. You guys are both AWESOME, brave and empowering. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Sharing this video for sure!! ❤️🥩🧈🥓🍳💪🏼
@@kimp7977Do you just like to argue? Look them up, contact them, see if you can do a video appointment with them if you so desire. If not, stop arguing with random people on RUclips. You seem like you live a meaningless life, good luck to you 🙏🏼.
I fired all of my doctors after having been shown nothing but incompetence during my Army experience during the Vietnam era. My WWII Vet Dad also told me to "never trust doctors". My health care plan has been the mantra: "Don't get sick" . I am 76, and pretty sure that Keto/Carnivore has given me more time to enjoy the incredible gift of life. Thank you for all you do, and for your excellent guest. As for food tips: Every now and again the local food store will have a sale on meats/bacon. Keep your eyes open for specials!
I have not found most doctors to be cooperative. Even when I take studies from PubMed. I requested a Babesiosis test for 5 years. Multiple doctors. I heard all the reasons why I did not have Babesiosis. Finally, someone agreed to order the test. My numbers were off the chart positive. This was not rocket science. I had multiple tick bites and all of the symptoms. Most doctors felt I lacked iron or blood transfusions. One doctor said I needed to accept the fact I was getting older! I complained that I could no longer hike, run, & such. I felt awful. I was 27 when I started having these symptoms and requesting this test. I eventually had to shut down my software company and go on disability. All because no one wanted to order a test.
Excellent interview! Thankfully I have been using an integrative physician for 8 years. His philosophy is the body can heal itself and food is medicine, let medicine be your food.
I went to my doctor and told her about my Carnivore approach to my future health and she was very supportive and is going to help me monitor my journey.
One of the biggest battles I’ve found is trying to find a naturopath or functional medicine doctor that is covered by insurance. They’re very expensive and I don’t have the means to pay for it. Insurance companies don’t want to cover health supporting physicians!!!
I know how you feel. I had to stop seeing a naturopathic oncologist after breast cancer bcuz it’s not covered by insurance. At a certain point I just accepted some of these costs as an investment in my health.
I found one within cigna, but what a joke! First she tells me she doesn’t do adjustments. She sits and sits offers nothing. I had said no one has really talked to me about hypothyroidism, and I’d like to learn! That was my opening. (Bcuz of emotional changes that concerned me)Silence. Nothing. Except to ask if Im still taking zoloft.
The good news is that there is so much free information available online now. It is preferred to have a doctor you can talk to, but you can make a lot of progress on your own.
Having met Dr. Berry in person at low Carb Denver, I can unequivocally say that this guy walks the walk. Very transparent and expresses his views in terms we can all understand and relate to.
Love Dr Casey's energy and wealth of knowledge, but the vast majority of working or retired folks can't afford functional or holistic or any other non traditional healthcare because they don't accept insurance, Medicare or Medicaid. We're barely making ends meet, or even worse, going into debt paying for necessities.
I fired my dad’s cardiologist. Tried to push statin on 198 total cholesterol and no calcium score. I asked what about diet and exercise before meds. I was not a fan favorite. Dropped my dads weight 40lbs and lowered his blood pressure with diet alone.
Yes, I fired my endocrinologist who specialized with wt. & diabetic pts @ a very lg reputable healthcare clinic in my area. I was prediabetic & saw my A1c going up. He kept telling me not to worry just keep doing what I was doing & if my #’s got really high there was Metformin, Byetta and Januvia !! I said ‘none of the diets we’ve tried worked because I could not stick to them, I felt starved all the time & now wanted to drop sugar & try low carb.’ He said he didn’t approve of that for me, bc sugar was needed for energy! I was so mad I went home cleaned frig+pantry out & went cold turkey to 20 g. carbs. Lost 78# in 6 mos, reversed diabetes & a handful of other ills!!
I am a 79-year-old male. In many ways, I'm typical during my younger years, especially in my 20s. I could eat just about anything, and I felt good. I was healthy. I remember being in the Navy; sometimes, I would have weekend liberty. I would rent a hotel room with special rates for service people, and one of my favorite things to do was buy a dollar's worth of candy bars. In 1966, you could buy ten candy bars for a dollar, which were about the same size as today. And I enjoyed sometimes being by myself and having a room and television set all to myself. So I would eat all ten candy bars over the weekend and other standard American diet burgers and fries. I felt great, and at the end of the weekend, I put on my size 31 waist uniform and returned to my ship. As I got into my 30s and 40s, I experienced the same middle-aged weight gain as most people. In my 50s, I developed a nasty case of ulcerative colitis; the doctors told me I would have it for life, and the best we could do was manage it. I spent a miserable year at 54 trying to do what the medical establishment told me. Finally, in desperation, I turned to the Internet and found the Atkins diet against medical advice. I did it anyway because their pills weren't Helping. I eventually threw all the drugs away and went on Atkins, and within six months, my colitis was gone. After that, however, I started developing gout. The medical establishment blamed all the Meat I was eating, never once thinking it could be anything else. I used to love to sauté lots of spinach and cauliflower, but they're healthy, right? They couldn't possibly be causing my gout. I quit the Atkins diet and started eating the standard American diet again. I went up to over 260 pounds, felt terrible, and lived that way until I was about 70. The great thing about the ketogenic diet is that it has the correct fat ratio compared to early Atkins, about 65% fat to 35% protein. A few years ago, I accidentally stumbled upon you and Dr. Barry; I started following his advice. What a difference! I now weigh 175; my testosterone went from 2 to over 10. The best thing is that it's relatively easy. If you're hungry, no problem, grab a ribeye steak or maybe just some ground beef burgers or whatever you like as long as it's carnivore. I know there are some people out there who are so addicted to carbohydrates that nothing looks good to them except something like a Dairy Queen hot fudge sundae. The only advice that I can offer is to remember that nothing tastes good enough to feel bad!!!!!!!
What a great interview! I'm 67, resting insulin is 2.3, Homa-IR is .522. I can do 45 pullups without issue...and feel great. Thank you both, for confirming what I knew was true in my gut.
Spot on. Probably do to a gag order in there contract. I shared a nasty problem with my Dr. He replied " I Don,t know"I had to get on RUclips and pretty much had diagnose my self. And fixed my self. Wealth Care designed on profit . Profit Care is killing us. We need real Health Care.
Indeed, the doctors are charging us obscene amounts of money whilst not providing any healing assistance and compelling patients to go solve their own health issues. It’s completely absurd. People don’t exist just so doctors and pharmaceutical companies can simultaneously bankrupt and kill us.
Yes. Definitely. When he told me we could spend $1,000s and not have any idea why the bottoms of my feet were burning as he gave me a prescription for anti-seizure medication !?!?! Why didn’t he just take a blood sugar?
As you work on healing your peripheral neuropathy with diet, try adding oil based thiamine called benfotiamine, and R-Alpha Lipoic Acid. They are life saver supplements I learned about on the podcasts Nerve Doctors. Good luck, Rita from Middle Tennessee 😊
I worked for an Otolaryngologist for many years when I first got out of college. I watched as patient after patient was run through the assembly line of antibiotics, steroids, and allergy medication. After failing to do anything but get temporary relief as long as they were on all 3 medications they would eventually agree to functional endoscopic sinus surgery. I know the surgery has changed over time causing less pain, but what I've heard it's no more effective. Very few patients were helped for more than a year before symptoms returned and the process was repeated. My epiphany that what we were doing was morally corrupt was the harm and pain caused by medications and surgery, and the astronomical cost of a process that had little if no benefit. I felt ashamed of knowing what we did didn't do much for patients and required a huge sacrifice in the form of recovery time and in many cases considerable pain and follow up visits. I think many doctors would not follow their own advice. Of the oncologist I know, most of them would not got through the treatments they recommend to their patients every day. They know the harm, discomfort, and the lack of success of their treatments.
I love in Moab Ut., a small town in southeastern Ut. My naturopath is very diet conscious. He's studied carnivore and will work with me and other carnivores in town. I feel so blessed. He's been a good friend a well as a great doctor for years.
Wow! You two are the dynamic duo. Thank you, Dr. Berry. Your RUclips channel has helped me tremendously. I was diagnosed with T2D on August 17th, 2023 with an A1c of 13.9. As of January 26th, 2024, my A1c is 5.5.
With diet changes, I'm down to one BP med, not the five I was on. My husband, 69 has never been on any meds. Although his brother is an MD, he calls them quacks. Given the right diet and modest exercise, the body can self-heal he says, better than any pharma toxin.
@antoniaschiffer That is awesome. I', glad to hear that you two are able to navigate the differences in what you eat as far as meat. How do you handle cooking? Who cooks and how do you navigate that?
1 minute in, im hooked with these 2 physicians who are going against the medical paradigm.Wake up doctors, these 2 physicians have analytical minds and really want to help people improve their health and not just give prescriptions and schedule operations, which could ve avoided by just asking.”whats the root cause of your condition?’ Doctors please open your minds and do your Hippocratic oath of healing and helping!
Thank you Dr. Berry for another great interview and for all the excellent education you provide! I fired all my doctors! Because of my asthma I had to get a prescription for rescue inhalers. I would be patient through the whole “67” questions, offers of screening procedures that I would turn down and finally have to agree to routine lab work to get my prescription. The last time I went, the assistant took my BP wrong and it came up real high. I asked her to take it again, she ignored me. When the doctor noticed the value she said “we have to do something about that.” I told her yes we do, we have to measure it again! Another assistant came in and it was textbook normal, I had taken it at home before I came and it was the same. How many patients would have been talked into a BP medication? Since I’ve been carnivore my asthma has been almost gone, I keep an inhaler on stand-by for those occasions I need it. Planning to stay out of doctors offices and hospitals for the rest of my life!
At this point in time, I would be happy with any doctor. I'm 82, on Medicare and have not been able to get a primary care doctor for 4 years. I was hospitalized for a week for extreme anemia a couple of years ago and yet even my insurance company has not been able to find an MD for me. My previous docs have retired and joined Kaiser and most doctors in Portland are not taking on new Medicare patients. The only medical care I get is at urgent care centers from NPs. This is a terrible situation for elderly people. 😢
WellCare, & especially Humana are dysfunctional, corrupt Medicare Advantage providers, by my experience. They have a primary care & referral system which makes it difficult to make appointments within a couple of months, & for actually contacting your doctor about important patient questions. Getting reimbursed for benefits paid out-of-pocket(non-emergency medical transportation for out-patient visits to medical appointments) are not paid in good faith by Humana!
@kcbakos3121 your suggestion that I move to access medical care is kind of flip and silly. I am elderly and my family and roots are here. It's absurd to accept denial of service because of advanced age or type of insurance. What good is Medicare if physicians won't accept it? I am in the largest city in Oregon and we even have a medical school here so there are enough mds. The problem is they don't take patients
Is it Traditional Medicare you have or Medicare Advantage? I heard that doctors on the West Coast were going away from most Medicare Advantage plan patients. Idk
I have a new young physicians assistant. I first met her this past december. I gave her a bunch of studies that you have sighted. Your book Dr Berry, and the I'm a dietitian dilemma. For every comment that she made, I had an answer and a study. She said she likes to learn. She seems open to my point of view. I'm going to train her. LOL 😂😆
@@andyman8630 I agree. She said she's interested in learning. I have found more studied to give her and I'm about to introduce her to asking for a Fasting Insulin and Glycated Albumin test in my next blood work. I had an incident last month that triggered my desire to start another RUclips channel based on my perspective on the Keto and Carnivore ways of eating.
Yes I am a nurse of 49 years with the last 2 1/2 to 3 decades being studied in natural medicine metabolic health and other alternative means. I fired a Vanderbilt cardiologist along with a few GPs and neurologist after a wreck
@@ChickadeeBird they wanted to put me on very expensive medication‘s I was not even able to pick them up from the drugstore because of the cost. The doctors never addressed hormone or electrolyte imbalance. My irregular heartbeat was so bad that they were days I could not function and even thought I was not going to make it through the day. The beta blockers were not taking care of the situation. I really double down and began to pay attention to my electrolytes I started studying which magnesium I should take for my heart health. I did get a magnesium that had triple forms I found that one online and it did not have the magnesium stearate in it. This was a plus. The magnesium and the fluid and electrolyte balance in my body was the key to this particular situation. My body is extremely sensitive if I do not get adequate hydration then I am very aware of it. After that I went strictly into a keto lifestyle paying very close attention to my mineral and electrolyte by using Celtic sea salt In my lemon water daily. I had to pay close attention to my omega six and omega-3 intake balance. These are all things that doctors know nothing of which is quite a shame.
@@ChickadeeBird The Vanderbilt cardiologists were already ready to equip me with a pacemaker. It’s pretty sad when they are not educated in the scope of practice of metabolic health
I fired a Vanderbilt gastroenterologist he was to busy or lazy to help me pass me along. I was 72 lbs, I had daily diarrhea, throwing up. He said it was stress and prescribed a very dangerous antidepressant that was black box earring I did take it and I was hallucinating. He said I because I refused his treatment plan he could do nothing to help me, I had been diagnosed with gastritis from another doctor and has test to prove he which he declined to accept because he had not diagnosed me and want to redo everything from colonoscopy and other s 2 months before. This was also durning COVID. Wow what a winner doctor, on top of that he had just opened his office in Florida from New York office on,y been open for 6 weeks.
I am getting ready to fire my cardiologist. He would never consider trying to find out why I had high blood pressure after 58 years. When I decided to find out myself and discovered the truth, thanks to both of you, I have weaned myself off of the Meds and will no longer "need" a doctor who would ignore me.
I would love to see a functional medical Dr. Unfortunately most don't accept insurance so it's all out of pocket. I went to a functional NP for 3 months and spent 4 thousand out of pocket. That is not sustainable for me and most people. Good Healthcare shouldn't just be available for the wealthy. 😢
Exactly why we need single payer healthcare in the US, for the good of the country. Let everyone, no matter how poor or wealthy, have equal access and equal treatment with no co-pays or deductibles. Long overdue.
My husband was a General Surgeon, graduated from Baylor Medical School 1960 , 165 IQ , he even made house calls on his older patients, he didn’t agree with a bunch of drugs , they don’t make Drs like him anymore. He continued to work till the day he passed away at 78 ❤
Registered Nurse for over 50 yrs. Now, am 76 and have fought with my doctors, especially my VA docs since I am a veteran, over my care. I studied and followed you and have gone from vegetarian to carnivore and feel great. I finally told my present doc that I come to him to get tests and my thyroid med and I will deal with my health needs. He balked but agreed. I hope to teach him new facts and I know I am setting a good example for him.
@barbegan1954 the most frustrated is, when all the blood test came back normal, all genes come back normal, and then they give you functional nevrological disorder diagnose..😊
@@genuineimpulse9134 I'm on the dessicated pork thyroid med. When I was on the synthetic one, I couldn't sweat. Less than a week on the pork thyroid, I was sweating. I had been on the other for around 20 years. I would get sooo hot, but couldn't sweat. My face would be so red, people thought I was going to pass out or have a heart attack.
I have fired two doctors so far (a GP and an orthopedic surgeon) because they didn't listen to me and had erroneous conclusions.But living in the paradise of Canadian socialized medicine you are lucky just to HAVE a family doctor. The cure for our overburdened healthcare system definitely resides in nutrition/functional medicine. Thx docs, for getting the message out. My ex is an MD MPH with a apecialty in preventive medicine and is pretty much oblivious to this info.
I have fired many drs over the years. All but one I've seen actually. I finally just gave up and haven't seen a doc in years. I have no intention to see another except in a real emergency need. I'm done.
I moved to a new community and needed to see a urologist. I researched a few names , looked at their CV and selected someone who checked the boxes. From the instant he entered the exam room I knew I had made a mistake. When I asked him about something I had found on YT he got snippy and said that I’d be better off talking to Dr YT. I grabbed my hat and coat and left. Several months later I met a urologist who listened to me, my concerns and my course of treatment. My new doc worked with and helped me through a very tough period. Bottom line research your questions. Put them in rational forms. And tell your doc what you expect.
Yes I fired my Urologist unfortunately I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 so dont get to choose so would have to go pot luck again unless i have loads of money for a private one. The one I had was so arrogant and did the same test year on year which was doing nothing to help me.
I drive 2 hrs to see my doctor and it is well worth it to find a dr that works with me and has a better result as a goal rather than profit. I of course wish them prosperity. PS I have changed drs three times in 5 years and am glad to have found a dr that I can work with
Spot on Dr. Berry with your introduction! It took me decades to figure out, what is 'wrong' with doctors. It was mostly a waste of time, waste of money spending, waste of time feeling frustrated navigating thru clouds and gaslighting and lack of interrest. Lack of interrest traumatized me too. I thought...ok...i will go to another doctor with the same results. I call it now doctor shopping, not knowing every visit is similar as the previous one. Thanks to youtube discovering you and others...I should say...i am so sad and angry about wasting your life, staying sick and not able to function with all consequenses year in, year out. I have gotten suicidal, because i could not function and figure out what was wrong with me. Doctors where 0 help. I guess...they need costumers, lifelong costumers for multiple reasons. Now...that my life is almost at end because of wasted years of not getting REAL HELP and REAL RECOVERY, i start to understand my body, more and more and what went wrong from the months i was in my moms belly, up until now. You are a godsend. Kind regards from Belgium🇧🇪
you have to do the same thing with mechanics - keep shopping until you find a good one p.s. fasting is a godsend! 72 hour fasts 4 times a year with intermittant fasting as a staple - your body literally goes into "house cleaning" mode (autophagy) and cleans itself out of all the crap
I just turned 57 a few weeks ago. I’ve had heart flutters since I was 25, but no doctor could ever diagnose what was wrong with me. In January 2018 my husband and I both went on Keto. After dinner on the third week in, my heart started pounding and racing at 200 bpm. I was rushed to the ER and once there, it was like a scene from grey’s Anatomy. I was finally diagnosed with A-Fib with RVR. Now I had my diagnosis, now it was time to find my solution. My heart doctor put me on a blood thinner and medication for A-Fib. I told him I would only take this medication for a month, and that’s what I did. I started upping my electrolytes, especially ionic magnesium which took care of my issue most of the time. However a year later the A-Fib got worse, and my doctor told me I needed a heart ablation. After the ablation, he put me on a blood thinner again, and again I told him I’d do this for only a month. I did research and found that my heart needed magnesium, potassium, and salt. After many trips to my doctor, who hates my high LDL, he finally wrote on my chart, “Non-Compliant”. I now take nattokinasse for my blood thinner, and I make sure to take my electrolytes everyday, and have very mild symptoms once in a while. The newest addition I just started on January 8th, my husband and I started Carnivore. Three weeks in, back pain… gone. I was just diagnosed with calcified tendinitis in my shoulder with excruciating pain three weeks ago. My orthopedic doctor said it would take a year to heal… almost completely gone now!! I plan on sticking to carnivore for a long time. Thank you doctor Berry for all you do. I’ve been following you since we started keto.
This only pertains to the frustration that Drs feel,that I personally witnessed. My late husband and I had a wonderful primary care Dr, but the politics in medicine, that dictated how he practiced medicine,drove him to leave the state.. He was such a caring individual who did listen to you and was honest to a fault.. no gaslighting.. I remember him telling us "I don't need $500 shoes , or $800 suits,and $ 200 silk ties to practice medicine" and he didn't, jeans, casual shirt, running shoes and no tie ! ( said a hanging tie was just an avenue to spread germs if it were to come in contact with the sick patient, especially in a hospital setting) I remember being inpatient and I always looked forward to morning rounds, because you could hear Dr B before he even entered your room. He was excited about practicing medicine and doing everything to make sure his patients received all the best information and treatments in order to get better or at least know he did his best, even if it meant transferring you to a teaching hospital ( my experience, with a diagnosis within 3 days) ,and he discouraged his children from entering medicine,must have been a difficult conversation.I think most Drs dream about at least one kid, following in their footsteps.
This is 100% my experience until this past week. My nephrologist took copious notes on what I was telling him I'd learned about my health issues online. He asked lots of questions gave advice. I am still recovering from my shock. Bless him!
This brought tears to my eyes, I finally have a video to share with my daughters and friends that gives a synopsis of ground level information from rock solid sources, that will change your life. Thank you both ❤
I fired about 4 Drs. since Covid. Found a Functional Medicine Dr and an Integrative Medicine MD. I quit mammograms in lieu of Thermography and echolight instead of DEXA. My Dr is working with me on my goal to stay out of the AMA system as much as possible. I only want natural treatments to everything possible.
I had a PCP that would only see me for one issue per visit, and then she was in a hurry. It was about getting me in and out with a prescription and was told to make an appointment for the next issue. I told her you are not going to nickel and dime to death. So, I made an appointment with the PCP that I have now. She is from India, and she listens. I told her about the carnivore diet, and she said go for it. She's been my PCP for over 20 years, and I no longer have diabetes. She checks my blood every 4 to 6 months to make sure I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. I also celebrated 10 years being cancer free on January 17, 2024.
That just happened with the NP at my primary care office. She didn’t want to hear what I was saying she only wanted to put me on an antidepressant , which I refused. She then became kind of dismissive the rest of the visit.
Many years ago I asked my young, fairly new in medical practice doctor if she thought I might have IBS. She literally blew a fuse & pounding her fist on the counter, she blurted out with great conviction that there was no such thing. I’m so grateful for doctors like you both & many others sharing your experience & wisdom helping us.
What a fruit loop of a Dr., Geezus... sorry for your experience! Been there done that... I've walked out of numerous Drs. who love to gaslight their patients... screw them... Next!
@@allison471 You too?!! Good gawd the stories I could and have told. I now have 3 MDs that I use for different issues or kinds of bloodwork I may want over the years. I’ve learned to work the system.
My husband at retired engineer, has worked out what my lab tests mean and is frankly giving me the best advice after years of side effects and problems caused by prescribed pharma meds. Biggest improvements have come from simple diet changes. Reducing sugar, bread, fruit juices, vege oils and going back to what he calls, a 60s diet, together with a few essential vitamins and minerals we need as we age. We even brew our own greek yoghurt now for my gut. My health, BP and bloodwork has never been better. And we're off most of my meds.
I went to an orthopedic specialist because I have an osteophyte on my right shoulder which is common. It’s called a bone spur. The doctor read through prescriptions that I have I take two pancreatic medicine because I only have a 30% Pancreas left and yes I change my diet to save my life and it worked because I’m still here talking to you. Second, I had stage four thyroid cancer lymphoma so I don’t have a thyroid, however this orthopedic specialist not knowing my past physical medical history as a high-risk cancer patient he gave me an injection that almost killed me. This was three months ago and I called the FDA and turned him his practice and the medicine they’re handing out to seniors, and I pray to the Lord, above, that no one ever has to go through what I went through. And yes, I’ve been on a carnivore diet for almost 3 weeks. I feel great I feel healthy and I can’t wait for my doctor to give me some blood test to see I told you so. Can’t wait to tell her that one.
My husband diagnosed his metabolic syndrome from being a chemotherapy survivor for 30+ years. Our doctor told him he read too much. But when that guy told me he would not give me Armour for replacement therapy because levothyroxine was the best after Grave’s Disease and removal of the parathyroid. HE GOT FIRED FOR A FNP who has led us down the rabbit hole for this day! And along the way, we found YOU!
I was so glad when my primary care physician supported my decision to go carnivore and has been so cool about it since! I was afraid once I told him, he’d write me off but the opposite happened and I’m just so happy that I have a doctor who gets it!
@@candacekerr4139 fermented foods are good for the microbiome - IF you're in good health! LION elimination diet followed by carnivore with intermittant fasting and quarterly 72 hour fasts
I’m enjoying your content. I am a RD and when I was in college I remember coming home and telling my husband they are going to kill us with what they are putting in our food. I have always felt that we have to be our own advocate with our health. My MD is not totally on board with my feelings about functional medicine, but he never gives me problems when I ask for certain labs. I give him reasons why I want them. Love both Dr. Berry and Dr. Means, keep up the great work!
YES!!! this interview describes the problem with most of our physicians, sadly they are not taught and most dont want to revise their current knowledge😭 😱😤😡 Dr Barry and Dr Means you are the heroes of today🎉🎉🎉
Dr. Means described the heart surgeon who did my double bypass this past December to a T. I regret having the surgery and now feel that the two 80% blocked arteries could have been healed in a better way. Months of recovery, more meds, loss of income really takes a toll on a person. Medical system needs an overhaul! Thank you for this insightful video.
My Dr. always sounded so empathetic & caring…UNTIL I told her I found Ketovore, lost 70 lbs. & reversed my diabetes. I remember she suddenly sounded like an automaton as she told me she was discontinuing my insulin and Metformin. It was as though I had somehow slighted her by getting myself better.
It must be extremely difficult for a seasoned medical doctor to see evidence that they might have been wrong. They don’t have lots of spare time to research what we do and so don’t know what to say when we get well and don’t need them or the drugs they have always promoted.
It reminds me of a recent experience where I had to return some clothing that didn’t fit me and the store cashier was really rude - later I realized they work on commission . Lesson learned ! With a doc you’d think they would want you to be getting better - but wow - they like you getting whatever sickness often- my case it’s asthma triggered by anything processed ! He dismissed that and made sure I knew I was coming up on being eligible for Medicaid and coming back for many tests etc -
And yes. By far, the most success I've had with weight loss and reduction of joint pain has come from YOUR VIDEOS, Dr. Berry. They literally saved my life. I had so much knee pain two years ago, I could barely walk from my bedroom to the bathroom. I watched a video of yours on joint pain that guaranteed relief in three days...i followed your advice, and I had significant relief in just two, AND LOST WEIGHT LIKE CRAZY afterwards, as a result!. AND IT WAS EASY. JUST CUT OUT THE CARBS!!! I was stunned. I was about to give up on life, and, through you, I discovered that I've been poisoning myself by eating the foods my teachers gave me gold stars for eating since childhood!!!! God bless you and thank you. I never heard any of this from my doctor, but when I told him of it, he SEEMED WELL AWARE OF IT, and was thrilled I had FINALLY "DISCOVERED IT" ON MY OWN. SO, WHY DIDN'T HE TELL ME ABOUT IT HIMSELF ALL THOSE MISERABLE YEARS I SUFFERED AS MY HEALTH DECLINED? THE ONLY ADVICE i GOT THEN WAS "WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO JUST DO IT" OR AT MOST, I GOT HANDED A FEW HANDOUT PAGES ON EATING A MEDITERRANEAN DIET.???? WHAT'S GOING ON???? IT'S LIKE MY HISTORY PROFESSORS IN COLLEGE 35 YEARS AGO. THEY ALWAYS SEEMED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKED AND WHO REALLY RAN THINGS THAN THEY WOULD EVER GO INTO DETAIL ON IN PUBLIC (I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THOSE SECRETS MYSELF....BUT ONLY AFTER 30 YEARS OF PAINFUL RESEARCH). VERY DISTURBING!!! SOMETHING'S INDEED WRONG. KNOWLEDGE IS NOT BEING FREELY EXCHANGED ANYMORE IN THE WESTERN WORLD. THAT'S THE DEATH OF SCIENCE AND SCHOLARSHIP, IF IT CONTINUES.
I love you guys, and I’m so glad that you are promoting a different view of medicine where the doctor looks for the root cause of the disease in diet and lifestyle. And I have to laugh out loud because I’m old and I was having these same conversations with people in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a high school senior, I gave each of my teachers a copy of the book “Sugar Blues” and I was sure that Americans would wake up to the dangers of refined carbohydrates. I think Americans are eating more sugar now than they were then. What a sad state of affairs that we are cycling around and around and not really learning anything from one generation to the next. Keep teaching and maybe the tide will reverse and humans will wake up.
I didn't have a doctor for 14 years. Then, I took a friend to her doc and liked her. We talked for over an hour about blood tests, heavy metal poisoning (my friend's) and I asked her if she was taking any new patients. "No, but I'll take you." I was thrilled and saw her twice before she quit to get educated in functional medicine. Now, she only takes sick patients and no insurance. I have always solved my own medical problems, so I'm healthy. I saw the PA for my Wellness visit, who also was like minded. The next year, SHE quit, so I saw the head doc and we hit it off too. She agreed my blood tests were great, and we would meet the following year for my next 'Wellness visit'. The next day , the receptionist called and said the doc wanted me on a statin. I said 'No way!' When she knew she wasn't getting anywhere, she told me to eat oatmeal for my cholesterol. I told her, if I ate that stuff, I would weigh 300 lb. My IT friend told me, I hit an algorithm. It wasn't the doctor's order, it was the computer run by the large conglomerate who had bought out the doctor's office. This monster is buying out every doctor in the area. My husband's doc was also bought out and this doc also became useless. I think AI is taking over the doctors' jobs.
Well, we need to put that company Out of Business! We must all spread the word on Carnivore and these great docs who share the true path to health and vitality!
I was 35 when I was pregnant with my second baby (who is now 35). I have always researched the hell out of anything related to my health, so when my OB doc ordered an amniocentesis, I refused. She looked shocked. I knew then that no one had ever refused the test. I was armed with the information that there was a far greater risk of miscarriage with the procedure than any birth defect associated with pregnancy for someone 35. I fired that doctor when she tried to force me to have the procedure.
I don’t think.anyone these days has Refused a SONAGRAM….for their pregnancy ….Why do they All. Need one?.. no one is concerned this might not be a great test.. ?..everyone NEEDS to know the sex before birth..? 50 years ago.. and all of time recorded…the human race was able to overpopulate the earth without it.
I had refused it also, when I was pregnant a long time ago. I was younger than you, when they wanted to do the test. I ended up with a midwife instead of a doctor.
Yes! I was 35 for my fifth child. I totally agree! I don't even do sonograms. Same for the next two. When I was 40 for #7, they really wanted to look! I changed doctors and the next doctor didn't even ask for tests unless I wanted them. My last baby was at 43. They were born with nothing that could be fixed before birth.
@@circotribecirco3366 My Mama was born when my Grandma was 41. Smiles! My Mama was a wonderful person and everybody loved her. She was an artist and left a lot of her drawings to me that I have in a large art book. She lived to be over 90 and Grandma to almost 97. Maria in SC
Went in for my annual checkup (I'm 72yo). My doc was training a new NP and I saw her first. We discussed statins (I was prescribed rosuvastatin) and she agreed with me that it was dangerous and could lead to terrible things. She even told me she had taken her mother off statins, fearing she might experience the onset of dementia. She left the exam room and a few moments later my doc entered. He asked me how I felt. I said OK. He then asked if I was using the same pharmacy for my scripts and sent me to the lab tech for a blood draw. After I got home I received a message on my phone that a prescription for rosuvastatin had been set to my pharmacy. I called and canceled the prescription. I've now been on carnivore for 21 days and I feel great.
🎉 GOOD FOR YOU!🎉 You're saving your own life!😮😊
Yay!! 👏 👏👏
Sounds like you have 🥩 and a beef with your doctor😂
Statins made me sick. Carnivore fixed everything from high trigs and prediabetic glucose to GERD, blood pressure, farts, and dandruff. It's a miracle.
I was wondering if there was a connection between statin & Alzheimer’s because I knew a lady who was fine & wasn’t forgetful until she said she was prescribed a statin by her doctor & shortly after that her memory was so bad & I mentioned to her that she’s forgetting things lately & before her statin she was fine but after I left her place she couldn’t remember our conversation & her family put her in memory care at a nursing home. Sad because I do believe it was that statin her doctor prescribed that caused her loss of memory. Also years ago Alzheimer’s wasn’t even thought of & now it’s getting as bad as cancer where lots more people having it. My ex’s father in law he too was fine until his doctor prescribed a statin & he too started developing memory issues. He died of a heart attack so the statin didn’t help anyway. Another lady I knew she was fine too until her doctor prescribed her a statin & then her memory loss started & she couldn’t remember how to sew & make quilts something she always done before & her family too put her in a memory care in a nursing home. Sad so many elderly people suffering from Alzheimer’s which I believe can be prevented don’t take a statin & watch the sugars, pops & sweets so your triglycerides don’t get too high. Now my ex’s mother in law also has memory issues I do believe it’s her statin her doctor prescribed her. Her kids put her in a memory care too in a nursing home. I mentioned to them look at her statin prescribed by her doctor but no one listens. Sad to see people who have Alzheimer’s don’t know who u are anymore because of the damage a statin prescription did to them. 😢 An elderly lady who had Alzheimer’s wondered off from her home & everyone including myself went looking for her. Sadly months later she was found but passed away. So many people searching for her wish the outcome would of been better news finding her alive. I didn’t know this lady & nice to see so many people searching for her. If she only knew how many people cared for her looking for her.
I fired my oncologist when she was making fun of me wanting to take a holistic integrative approach to my stage 4 metastatic breast cancer diagnosis. I’m cancer free 7 years later and never looked back!
Congratulations! 🎈
I don't think you actually fired your doc. That is a cuteism but after you decided not to see him anymore did he have to go apply for another job? I doubt it. You simply decided not to to see that doctor any longer. I have done that several times over the years. The only one who can actually fire a coc is his employer.
@charleswilson4598 Yes, the doctor is "fired" when a patient changes their practitioner. It is NOT just a "cutesie" thing to say, especially if that doctor has a private practice. Yes, they may have other patients that they can bill for their services but they have still lost a patient and their business/income has dwindled. It's just like if you fire a contractor from fixing up your home, they may still have other clients but they still got fired from the job they were contracted to do for you. These actions make a difference, especially since doctors, particularly General Practitioners, do not make nearly as much as they used to prior to the most current health insurance system. They NEED many patients to bill in order to make ends meet and that's why we should keep FIRING THEM when they are not focused on our actual health instead of their unholy alliance with big pharma.
@charleswilson4598 exactly 💯 LOL. No one fires your dr. He's not on your payroll 😂
@colettejaques2559 They are on a "payroll." If they lose a patient, they don't get to charge their insurance. Doctor's do not get paid the same amount, regardless of how many patients they see. They are basically in a sales and service business. They NEED patients to keep coming to see them in order for them to keep making money.
I had a cardiologist and he told me NOT to go online!!! LOL! I laughed to myself and never went back. I’m 71 healthy, no jabs of ANY kind, no meds and happy.
😊❤
I have been fired by numerous doctors for refusing medication for Gerd, Statins, and blood pressure meds. I tried to discuss a diet exercise routine to fix those issues. None of them wanted to talk about it, "just take the meds" was all they wanted. I am still drug free at 61.
Good for you…take care charge of your own health
Correction. Your doctor works for you. He didn't fire you, he refuses to work for you.
Im drug free at 78 for over 30 years. Dr free too 😂 I sprint ever other mornin and am on carnivore/keto (Very few vegs and fruit) for about a year. Sugar free, very low carb for many years. No caterac surgery. 5'2" and around 105'. Im.not letting some Rx screw this up...
Have you been able to get your BP under control? If lifestyle doesn't work for you, BP meds can be appropriate. IMO
@@garyclark1135what’s the difference?
When I worked at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, we held banquets hosted by pharmaceutical companies that invited doctors, nurses, and administrators to expensive steak dinners, with expensive wines, and often an open bar. Sometimes, the companies gave expensive bottles of wine, or additional steak dinners to-go, as gifts to the doctors. That’s what’s wrong with a lot of doctors. #Paid #DrugDealers
Who know to eat fatty beef 🤣
Then they tell their patients to eat low fat vegetarian.
Yes and eating the red meat they tell us to avoid
@@peppersanches412 They're no fools.
Your Doctor, in most cases, isn’t your friend!
I was my parents' caregiver for 10 years and saw what their Dr's did to them. This was my awakening to the medical industry. I stepped away from it at that time. No more Dr's. No more Pharma. Changed my diet and use natural medicines. I am healthier at 63 that I was at 43.
I'm healthier at 73 than I was at 42 when I found out I was a type one diabetic they were trying to kill me whether they knew it or not and some are just ignorant while acting like some kind of expert.
The problem with doctors and hospitals with older people, they do not provide decent care for these people and just as soon let them die. I know, I experienced it with my.mother.
I fired my Cardiologist. Reason: he was a 40 something year old with a belly and prescribed rosuvastatin and aspirin and told me to exercise. My Endocrinologist was fired because I made a decision based on watching Dr Ken Berry’s videos. On April 15th 2023 I started the Carnivore diet. Kept listening that sugar and carbohydrates were the enemy not fat and protein from red meat, eggs, bacon and seafood including fatty fish like salmon, anchovies and sardines. Within 6 months my A1C went from 7 to 5 and my triglycerides went from 400 to 71. I am 68, going on 69. I feel great, and my waist went from 40 to 34. It may be a little less. Dr Berry saved my life. While he doesn’t know me he is my favorite Dr. I owe my life to him. I feel like he is my friend and I have known him for years. I now work out. I joined a gym in my second home in Florida and I live in PA and have a gym in the basement. My abs are starting to show and my definition is back. No heart burn, no meds anymore. Sorry for being long! You too can do it!
Awesome. Keep it up!
You are amazing
Awesome. Keep up the good work 😊
That’s what happened to me too. Started with breast cancer, CKD, osteopenia to osteoporosis, etc. Off all prescription meds.
That's great, listen to your gut "not your cardiologists" well done!
I think we need a searchable list of doctors who share this mindset.
100% I live in Maryland and haven't found a single one!
There are a couple I know about. try the one on Dr Kiltz' website, and also on DietDoctor's website (which has sadly moved to being more plant based, but still might be useful in parts.
@@Cocora22 I live in MD too and wish there was a list, even if I had to go to PA to get good care.
@@debraloeffler9670 I'm with you on that, I just think that good doctors are very rare. Or maybe I should say, there may be knowledgeable doctors they just refuse to provide good care.
There is a searchable list. Simply google ketogenic doctor and put in your ZIP Code.
I love how Dr. Berry sits and listens to his guests without interruption.
My last physician pushed me to stop jogging so far and switch to progressive resistance exercise. She also said that many fruits and vegetables caused more problems than they helped. She did not explicitely push the keto or carnivore diet, but she did advocate for elimination of all grains, sugar, and especially corn syrup. That physician was much more about lifestyle and healthy diet than writing prescriptions.
What running distance did the doctor feel was optimal for good health?
Sounds like a keeper.
Running increases cortisol levels a lot which increases insulin and leads to more sugar being stored as fat. Hard exercise isn't necessarily that healthy. Many people need to do more resistance training to build muscle.
@@dianafoster4936 Cortisol is released during stress, such as exercise, to provide more glucose in the blood. So cortisol actually suppresses insulin and GLP-1, allowing glucagon and adiponectin secretion to break down adipose tissue to provide the necessary blood glucose for the exercise. Hyperinsulinemia will cause inflammation stress, raising cortisol levels and serum blood glucose which is not expended by activity. It is true anaerobic exercise (resistance, HIIT) is better than aerobic (endurance) because of the glucose expenditure in the ATP cycle.
That gives me hope that there are still doctors out there who are able to treat patients freely with logic and “true” science.
Went to see my PA last year. I was afraid that I would have to fire him, but to my great surprise, I found out that he follows Drs. Berry and Fung🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Berry, Fung, Berg, Bailey, Dhand and the list goes on - people who want to HEAL
My doctor also follows Dr Berry
I’ve learned a ton from Dr. Sten Ekberg too. It’s great having access to these people.
@@lance7973
I love him!
Wow! That’s amazing! We did find a keto guy that takes our insurance so kept him and drive to AZ for appointments even tho she moved back to CA.
I am a new fan of Dr. Means after catching her and her brother's interview with Tucker Carlson. This grass roots movement to expose the lies, innocent or not, of the medical establishment is transforming lives. Thank you both!
Same here! Love her, and that was a really good interview!
My doctor's office recently called me asking if I wanted to come in for a physical. Emphatically, I said NO. My last appointment was mid 2021. Long story short, I went on a keto lifestyle, thus dropping weight and lowering my A1C...which I told them about. Western medicine is pure profit driven.
The problem is your health ins require you every year to have wellness visit,they could cancel you,be careful.
Good for you on ditching the profit driven doctors. It's still a good idea to get yearly blood work though. There are now many places that you can do this without insurance or a doctor. I use function health to get even more tests than what my physical covered in the past.
@@Cristian-hu9bx I have a functional Dr too
Yes profit. However, it's corrupt in another way cause they don't want to address the why behind healthy issues
That's because there's no profit in health, it's as simple as that.
73 years old and recently saw my primary care physician. She absolutely hates the fact that I’m on NO prescriptions!!! When talking with her I feel like she’s gaslighting me…
She is
70 here, and the same. And how about all the phone calls from various phone numbers, which all turn out to be Medicare Advantage or whatever - to get you in for testing, get a home health care nurse in your home? Hell no. If I need them, I'll let them know.
No prescriptions means you are HEALTHY
Fire her. She works for YOU and you need to advocate for yourself and have a doctor who LISTENS to you since YOU know your body BEST!
Be confident!!! It’s your life! 🎉❤
I fired my gyno doctor because he wanted to perform surgery on me just because. I was in the ER for ovaries pain and was admitted to the hospital he was at for 2 days. He didn't allow me to eat and said that he's going to get me ready for surgery. I asked him "why would I have surgery if you don't know what's wrong with me yet?" So I told him "NO I'm not going to let you cut me open just because you want to." He condescendingly replied back "you say that now, but when you're in pain you're going to beg me to cut you open. Please, please, cut me open!" I told him YOU’RE FIRED and left the hospital immediately. After that experience I no longer trusted doctors. This was over 11 years ago.
That sounds good but with some insurance plans if you leave without going with the doctors plan you have to pay for the entire bill yourself.
Wow!!! Fabulous cautionary tale!!! Congratulations for your courage!!!
How did you heal.
Wow!
PA do NOT know what specialist know; nor do nurses. ( They THINK they do, but I ve had at least a half a dozen diagnosed me wrong g and send me down dead ends roads! They THINK they know...but they a self puffed up.
I was a RN for more than 36 years. 10 years into my career, I was doing visiting nursing. While covering for another nurse who was ill, I was asked to see one of her regular diabetic patients who had a hx of obesity, hypertension, coronary artey disease and a diabetic leg wound that we were treating. Long story short, she cured herself of these disease on her own through dietary intervention. Only her leg wound remained and was almost completed healed. I was shocked when I first saw her, because she did not match in person what was on her chart and in her medical history. I asked her how she turned around her health. She taught me there was another way to look at chronic illness. I am forever grateful for her and what I learned from her that day. It set me on a lifelong path to self healing and learning about alternative and complementary ways to approach healing. I was able to use what I learned when I taught patients about their own nutritional options. Oh yeah, and by the way, I turned around my own inflammation, obesity and PCOS, Fatty liver, because I took control of my own health and dared to ask questions, and look for the right answers for me. Bless these professionals for moving in the direction of true healing.
What a great story! Thanks for sharing.❤
I saw her brother on Tucker
Can’t wait to get her book
Good on you for being willing to learn from your patients!
I work at a small alternative health clinic based on Ayurveda. We have nurses coming in as clients all the time. Love nurses for their openness to holistic healing. ❤
It’s so encouraging when conventionally trained licensed medical professionals seek guidance at our wellness clinic.
I do think nurses know more than doctors, because they see more, and they are more involved with patients. Bravo!🎉❤
I like how Dr Berry is the only guy who just jumps right into the content instead of doing some stupid 60 second “trailer” for a podcast I’m already about to watch
Oh yes - the long winded blah blah blah - how about the stupid music - etc
Ugh I haaaaaaaaate that!!
Totally agree. I just skip forward past the BS trailer
@@tootstoyou1 yeah- why you tubers think they have to okay stupid music and be all gesturing - I am unable to watch with all the hand gestures going on many . But it must all work for them ?! 🤷♀️🤷♂️👏🤔
Yea, Anytime I watcha diary of a ceo podcast I instantly tick to 2:30 to scip all his bullshit. How do they not understand you came to watch the show not the preview to the show you are trying to watch. So intellectually stunted.
Doctors have been housebroken: they're now hired hands, instead of sovereign professionals..
Sovereign individuals 🎉🎉🎉
ONG… perfectly articulated!!! Thank you!!
True! I noticed that over the past few years. My language with my doctor had to become more and more "coded" to protect both ourselves, but he still respected me as a thoughtful individual who took responsibility for her health. Unfortunately, he has retired and now I have to try to rebuild something with strangers...
My doctor unlike others was delighted when i told him i was doing IF and keeping a check on my diet. He spent the next half hour telling how he was advocating the same to all his patients but was of no use
He encouraged me to carry on and was happy to see the changes i was undergoing.
It's like a contractor renovating your house who discovers the main beam will fail within the year, but he says nothing because he figures he will make exponentially more money from fixing the collapsed beam, joists, and walls than from just repairing the beam.
Good analogy. Spot on!
Or when a dentist sees a cavity that he can fix right away but he lets it grow to a root canal
Or when a car manufacturer tells you to get an oil change every 7,000/8,000 miles but doesn't tell you that you should get your transmission oil done every 25,000/50,000 because they want to sell you a new transmission or better yet another car.
Honestly, I think it’s the general contractor not recognizing that the main beam is messed up
BINGO
I would like to brag about my first and only appointment with an EENT doctor at Loma Linda university in California, a Doctor Church. He had looked at my CT scan of my sinuses maybe 8 months prior and was going to schedule me for sinus surgery. (During that time I had really zeroed in on my ketovore diet and fasting). And at the last second he said let’s do a quick head CT scan today so we can get a quick baseline. They actually had a machine in there offices. I will always remember his reaction, it was organic and real! Doctor Church took one look at my CT and said “wow! Forget everything I just said. This is a marked improvement.” He said we’re cancelling the surgery. He was astounded that “lifestyle change had such a profound effect.” I had told him how I fast/intermittent fast. Eat just whole food primarily animal based aim towards keto. He just scheduled a follow up appointment to monitor my progress! I was a great day for me!
You know what is funny is the church" used to have a healthy diet, and were kniwn for longevity
Congratulations on your efforts and now YOU are educating your doctor
thats greater éven than just avoiding the médical field... !
I LOVE Loma Linda!! I brag on them whenever the subject comes up!
You Should be Proud 😂
Loma Linda has the best doctors, a lot of the doctors are seventh-day Adventists. I'm glad you figured it out
My mom (basically healthy/80) saw her doctor (second visit with this doc) the other day and is about two months carnivore. The doctor entered the room looking and seeming really irritated and moody to start. Then her doctor, who was really easy going and relaxed about cholesterol and stuff six months ago, got really upset that my mom's numbers went up 20 pts. She recommended my mom go Mediterranean. My mom stated (cautiously) that she recently went carnivore. The doctor hit the ceiling. Doc yelled at my mom. She all but threw a tantrum at my mom as my mom quietly sat and took it. The doc stated emphatically that she "don't agree with that at all" and was just flat out rude. Was just very unprofessional and angry. I told my mom it sounds like doc was having a bad day, maybe had a patient go off on her earlier and my mom got the brunt end of it, trying to give her the benefit of the doubt. But the doctor got really defensive, as if my mom told her she was an idiot. Mama didn't say anything like that. The doctor stated: "I went to school for ..., two years of nutrition..." and so on and after saying "I suppose you want your labs again in six months?" walked down the hall mumbling and grumbling to herself about 'Dr YT' etc. My mom stood her ground quietly, feeling like she doesn't want to see her again, but now she is that much more determined to prove to her doc that this way of eating is working for her. She is doubling down. It took her months of watching and researching it to decide to try it and now she just feels so much better since going carnivore and she has no intention of every changing.
I would never let a doctor talk to me like that. Who do they think they are?!
It is just too bad that we need to pay for doctor’s appointments in order to educate them!
Tell her to record her appointments in the future. Just to share with you so you can help her in the future with what the dr says if she can. I went with my Mum 95 to one of her appointments and all she got was no can’t do nothing it’s just age related and some of the questions we just wanted clarification on what was said previously.
I'm sorry but that doctor was rude and unprofessional and your mom should have gotten up and walked out and told her she was fired as she was going out the door
To what end will she try to change that Dr's. mind? It won't happen. She should not put herself in the position of interacting with that Dr again.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DOCTOR? He's a mouthpiece for the AMA. All he does is regurgitate what the AMA tells him to say. 🙄
Thanks for everything you do Dr. Berry. Been with you for over 5 years now. You and Neisha are the best!
And the health insurance companies. They won't pay unless their protocols are obeyed. Then the hospital or practice admin call you into their office.
Right. The AMA is in bed with Big Pharma so the doctors push what they produce. Doctors and the medical profession as well as hospitals are in it for the money not you the patient.
Listening and following direction is the most important personality trait . that's why everyonegets the test.
I’m 64 with T2 diabetes and BP thru the roof. Like 210/120. I went to urgent care a month ago. Had to be wheeled in. Diagnosed with polyarthralgia (severe joint pain in multiple joints). Dr didn’t ask work one about my diet. Talked to my primary and he told me to get blood tests and we would adjust medications. Just thought, “NO”. Been on carnivore since then. Pain was pretty much gone in a week. I’ve lost 25 lbs and feel awesome.
I have ZERO confidence in the American healthcare system. It’s time we fix ourselves.
How are you doing now? Thank you
When I asked my doctor what ;what cholesterol level number he would want and he said, "Ideally, zero." That was it. I am 74 and my numbers wee within normal reference range and he wanted to double the statin dose. I fired him and quit taking statins. My memory instantly improved.
Statins are not advised for 75 years and over anyway. It says on the leaflet that comes with the drugs. If you look at the studies they shouldn’t be recommended for anyone.
Zero is dead
That's awesome. Don't let the white coat intimidate you.
Good for you. Your FIRED !! Lol
I had ridiculously high cholesterol and triglycerides at 36 years old. I couldn’t figure it out, I worked 9-10 hours a day, on my feet, barely having time to eat lunch. But what concerned me and sent me to find a doctor was I could not lose the weight from having my baby, who was almost 10 years old at the time lol. Anyway, my doctor did labs, put me on Lipitor and was really concerned about how high my cholesterol was. You won’t believe me but my over all cholesterol was 1170. That’s not a typo, a four digit number. My triglycerides were 1455. What in the world?!?!? My doctor added more statins. About 3 weeks later I started experiencing terrible chronic pain. Couldn’t walk with out instant muscle fatigue, my body felt like I had the flu. My new doctor couldn’t figure it out, my next doctor couldn’t figure it out, and they both were flipping out about how high my cholesterol was. So I was on Lipitor, Crestor, and Provachol not all together at the same time but various combinations of them. Finally, we moved and my husband found a doctor that he liked and I decided to try him. After explaining all of the above, and my cholesterol only getting down to 730, and reviewing my labs, really took it upon himself to see what he could figure out. A few hours later, in the evening after he’d gone home Dr. S called me himself and loudly said, STOP all of your cholesterol meds immediately!
He then said that he talked to a colleague and they realized my muscles were being damaged by the statins. I have irreversible damage and now live with the chronic pain and fatigue of Fibromyalgia.
@@valerief1231muscle damage shows up on AST liver-enZyme. Normal female values for ALT, AST are 10-18. Higher ALT values indicate fatty liver, Higher AST muscle breakdown from strenuous exercise or from statin drugs.
One minute in, and Dr Berry has just described my conversations with my cardiologist! The Wizard of Oz curtain analogy is perfect!
Yup
OTOH I saw my ophthalmologist today and he and I had a good conversation and he explained the physiological mechanism to me of how my low carb diet has caused recent changes in my vision (for the better, thankfully!).
@@Ge1Ri4 I was due for a check up of my eyes when I was diagnosed with diabetes. I decided to wait 5 months after I changed to low carb before I had them checked. He was pleased when I told him that I had remitted my diabetes with low carb.
We are all just Dorthy and Toto in a tornado of corruption that waits for us to pull the curtain.
Thank you so much for the interview. I'm a retired respiratory therapist and am appalled at what's come out of drs mouths. I had gone to a dr to obtain a steroid cream for severely itchy poison oak. Im on a ranch fixing fences and it grows along our fence line. The dr told me I didn't have poison oak, that it was likely xyz. I laughed at him and said, "Exactly how many times have you had poison oak?" He stared at me and quietly said, "Never." I told him he's fortunate and that Ive had it DOZENS OF TIMES AND would he kindly just write the prescription. He did. Hope he learned a lesson. Such arrogance.
That’s crazy. Imagine how often they must do that to people who might not know what they’re dealing with. Just in the last couple months I had an isolated rash-like spot that didn’t itch or burn or hurt at all, I drastically changed my diet to almost completely cut out ultra processed stuff, started being more active, and then it started fading away. Now as I’m writing this it’s completely gone.
I have fired two doctors. I haven't found a good one yet. If they are connected to a hospital family care group, they are geared for numbers of visits and sales. They don't seem to be concerned for the individual or their health.
i don't now how many I have fired. they all seem to know what it is like to live in MY body. eff that
If you are in the United States, look for a Direct Primary Care physician. They do not accept any insurance, therefore, they are under no influence by Big Insurance, Big Pharma or Big Government. You pay an annual fee.
I've fired 2 drs because I know for a fact they lied to my face because I did my homework before I asked them the questions and then I helped myself better from watching utube. The dr didn't help my problom at all with his medicine and shots. It was so obvious it was all about money not helping me
The HMO & PPO doctors & pharmacists of chain stores, are under mandates that they must comply with, or else they will get fired, lose their licenses, & thus, their standard of living. On their scales of justice, so much for the patient & informed consent! Not all, but most!
Yes like when j get asthma - they let me get worse so I go back a couple
Times - I speak up now and finally tied it to processed foods and dairy - they refused to discus that . I am avoiding more and more foods and leaning to carnivore / low carb keto
We left unscathed from my husband's new cardiologist today. He didn't insist my husband go back on the statin (previous dr put him on) but said he's been getting a lot of patient push back on statins but can't figure out why.
I said, in my most respectful and questioning voice, maybe because there is a question as to whether LDL is the fire or the fireman arriving to put out the inflammation fire. 🤔
😊 He didn't say anything else.
Look into Cardio plus by Standard Process to support any and all heart related issues 😊
Great job👏👏👏👏
A cardiologist PA got borderline angry with me after she said I needed a Statin and I said no. Another gave me the hard sell for a statin. And I said no again. He, I’m pretty sure, felt my decision was ignorant. But my doctors who have recommended these course of treatments seem to mean well but are heavily indoctrinated into a certain way of thought. The biggy for the last 50 or so years is saturated fat is bad, veggies are good, and no opinion on carbs or sugar.
I remember when a primary caregiver would actually touch a patient. They checked your ears (for wax), looked down your throat, felt your neck, etc. Now they Walk in the room and ask how you feel and unless you are complaining of a problem, they say "Great! I'll see you in three months". I've fired two PCP in last 3 years . I finally found a hands on PCP and am a lot happier (and healthier) now.
And they only look at their computer.
I need to do this. Did you know doctors are told to leave if they cannot prescribe meds within 5 minutes? They must legally find a med to provide and if not they have 10 minutes left to talk then leave. Most don’t even say goodbye they just get up and go.
Look up an old article (JAMA, I believe) titled Skillopenia ie the loss of physical examination skills in contemporaneous medical education. They don’t touch you. They barely look at you. I’m old school trained. Physical diagnosis was paramount. We HAD to be good at this in an era before scans, invasive radiology, sophisticated lab tests etc. I’m appalled at how unskilled most doctors are these days.
UK we get phone diagnoses ...
I have never filled a prescription yet. All I ever wanted from a doc was his opinion. And in the lat 25 years my own opinion has sufficed.
Lol, I like you!
I have been to the doctor twice in 25 years. Once because my ex made me, the other because my work made me.
Meanwhile everyone around is going to the doctor once a month, constantly sick with something.
Indeed, so why should we pay these drug pushers?
I just get the blood test and interpret them myself.
Last Spring, I tripped backward on an unseen obstacle and hit the back of my head. Woke up in the hospital. I had to stay there for post-concussion monitoring the next three days. In the meantime, all the techs, nurses and doctors marveled at my labs and test results: those of a healthy 30-year-old from a 64-year-old man. I eat ketovore, do calisthenics, lift weights and run sprints, take no prescriptions. twenty years ago, long before keto, I had lithotripsy for a kidney stone. Kidneys are fine now.
@@hektor6766 where do you suggest that I could find out about ketovore? Was a vegetarian for about 30 years until a couple of years ago. Started integrating meat into my diet (mostly beef, some chicken), but having a real issue with giving up carbs. Like to wrap everything in a tortilla, lol. Anyway, I would love to check out the ketovore diet. So, if you know of a good source to get started and do it right....
Thanks
Yes, I have fired several doctors. The first time I told my primary doctor that I used food and diet to put my rheumatoid arthritis in remission, he literally rolled his eyes at me and said that was stupid. That was his word stupid. I stood up, I looked at him and I said you’re fired goodbye and I walked out. I was all but bedridden with RA, and my wonderful daughter researched, and found the paddison program from Australia. I am now headed to eight years of wonderful help no medication’s either prescription or over-the-counter and I am in my late 70s. I follow a strict diet daily, and take my vitamins, and I feel great. Thank you for all that you are doing to get the message out that we must be our own advocates with our bodies and our medical care. Sick care is just not the way to go.
I no longer trust drs or hospitals
Was in hospital they serve gluten there.. no thanks
And anything brought to me by Pfeizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Astra Zenica, Eli Lilly, etc...
My doctor moved to another state 5 years ago. Haven’t found a new one yet.
@@JM-er2yl pushers of death
Me neither.
I've worked in the medical field for 25 years, direct patient care. I was laid off during the pandemic. I decided not to go back. Best decision I ever made.
What are you doing now...hopefully helping your loved ones and neighbors who need cared for in a compassionate way, with your knowledge. And spread Dr Berry's work. 😊
@@bluebirdgramma6317She could be something completely different and I don't blame her. She's obviously put in her time caring for people.
I have fired several doctors, as a patient. I stay away from them all unless I have no choice, like a broken arm. With a new doctor, I show up early and chit chat with other patients waiting on the doctor. I've learned every patient there for an appointment are all on the same meds that mask their problems.
I really like the fact that Doc Berry is willing to code labs to get insurance to pay for lab work. I currently go to Mayo Clinic. For years I've been charged hundreds of dollars for every doctor visit. Finally I found out my insurance co is supposed to pay for annual checkups and i started investigating my billing. I found out that Mayo has been coding my A1C check and a few other labs as diagnostic, even when it's just a routine monitoring. I talked to my insurance co and they assured me they would pay for the lab if it was not coded as diagnostic. So, last year I told my doctor she was coding incorrectly and I would not pay for those labs since they were not done for purposes of diagnosing me. She needed to change the coding to get my ins co to pay. She refused, so I told her there would be no more lab tests done if they were going to code that way. About a month ago she notified me she wanted an A1C lab done. I said nope, my ins co won't pay for it. She threw a fit even though SHE is the one who refused to code the labs properly. I didn't get that test done and am still in the process of fighting this battle. Fortunately i know how to eat to regulate my blood sugar so I'm not worried about not getting tested. I was only ever doing that because she wanted it. No more though. They are going to start coding correctly or they will not get me to take any of those tests done. Ever.
Tell her What You Do Want:
I want this coded as The Annual Checkup that it is. period or I'll find a doctor who will! Whats her problem, is it different if insurance pays her?
As someone who took medical coding courses that is actually Fraud
Wow
Wow! I just got a new hero today🦸♀️ Dr Casey Means you are amazing!! Thank you so much Dr Berry, for all that YOU do in this community and for bringing Dr Casey to my/our attention. You guys are both AWESOME, brave and empowering. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Sharing this video for sure!! ❤️🥩🧈🥓🍳💪🏼
Doctors that care are right here.
@@Bmorrissingingwhere?
@@kimp7977 Right here! They cared enough to post this video! I’m so proud to be an American. Freedom and good will always win.
@@Bmorrissinging so they can help me here in Minnesota?
@@kimp7977Do you just like to argue? Look them up, contact them, see if you can do a video appointment with them if you so desire. If not, stop arguing with random people on RUclips. You seem like you live a meaningless life, good luck to you 🙏🏼.
I fired all of my doctors after having been shown nothing but incompetence during my Army experience during the Vietnam era.
My WWII Vet Dad also told me to "never trust doctors".
My health care plan has been the mantra: "Don't get sick" . I am 76, and pretty sure that Keto/Carnivore has given me more time to enjoy the incredible gift of life. Thank you for all you do, and for your excellent guest.
As for food tips: Every now and again the local food store will have a sale on meats/bacon. Keep your eyes open for specials!
Good to have people like you who inform people how SICK the American society is! Bravo!
I have not found most doctors to be cooperative. Even when I take studies from PubMed. I requested a Babesiosis test for 5 years. Multiple doctors. I heard all the reasons why I did not have Babesiosis. Finally, someone agreed to order the test. My numbers were off the chart positive. This was not rocket science. I had multiple tick bites and all of the symptoms. Most doctors felt I lacked iron or blood transfusions. One doctor said I needed to accept the fact I was getting older! I complained that I could no longer hike, run, & such. I felt awful. I was 27 when I started having these symptoms and requesting this test. I eventually had to shut down my software company and go on disability. All because no one wanted to order a test.
My Dr tries to blame age also for my problems. Didn't have the problems till I got on the meds
That is SO SAD!😰
“You’re getting old” and “depression” are COMMON responses I heard as well.
How are you feeling this days?Healing lyme here
Excellent interview! Thankfully I have been using an integrative physician for 8 years. His philosophy is the body can heal itself and food is medicine, let medicine be your food.
Unfortunately most health insurance doesn't cover functional medicine doctors or naturopath!😮😢
Lucky there are very few where I live
And functional medicine doctors are very expensive.
I went to my doctor and told her about my Carnivore approach to my future health and she was very supportive and is going to help me monitor my journey.
One of the biggest battles I’ve found is trying to find a naturopath or functional medicine doctor that is covered by insurance. They’re very expensive and I don’t have the means to pay for it. Insurance companies don’t want to cover health supporting physicians!!!
I know how you feel. I had to stop seeing a naturopathic oncologist after breast cancer bcuz it’s not covered by insurance. At a certain point I just accepted some of these costs as an investment in my health.
I found one within cigna, but what a joke! First she tells me she doesn’t do adjustments. She sits and sits offers nothing. I had said no one has really talked to me about hypothyroidism, and I’d like to learn! That was my opening. (Bcuz of emotional changes that concerned me)Silence. Nothing. Except to ask if Im still taking zoloft.
Purposeful. Treating disease is profitable. A healthy body is not. Getting a MD is the study of medicine not wellness.
They are now doing concierge services where you have to be a member and pay a high monthly fee month after month
The good news is that there is so much free information available online now. It is preferred to have a doctor you can talk to, but you can make a lot of progress on your own.
Having met Dr. Berry in person at low Carb Denver, I can unequivocally say that this guy walks the walk. Very transparent and expresses his views in terms we can all understand and relate to.
Hypocrites the Father of Medicine said, " Let Food Be Thy Medicine".
But they can be wrong by telling us to get more plants and fruit.
Wow, Dr. Casey is incredibly well spoken. What a great interview, please bring her back for more!
Love Dr Casey's energy and wealth of knowledge, but the vast majority of working or retired folks can't afford functional or holistic or any other non traditional healthcare because they don't accept insurance, Medicare or Medicaid. We're barely making ends meet, or even worse, going into debt paying for necessities.
Keto/carnivore is the best revenge.
Eat well and you won’t need doctors. I’m poor but healthy as a horse. Haven’t seen a doctor since 2021.
Agree
That's why videos like this are SO IMPORTANT and inform us to advocate for ourselves and allow us to make changes to HELP OURSELVES!
@@stevengautieri470 What is "Function Health"? Can you give more information?
I fired my dad’s cardiologist. Tried to push statin on 198 total cholesterol and no calcium score. I asked what about diet and exercise before meds. I was not a fan favorite. Dropped my dads weight 40lbs and lowered his blood pressure with diet alone.
Yes, I fired my endocrinologist who specialized with wt. & diabetic pts @ a very lg reputable healthcare clinic in my area. I was prediabetic & saw my A1c going up. He kept telling me not to worry just keep doing what I was doing & if my #’s got really high there was Metformin, Byetta and Januvia !! I said ‘none of the diets we’ve tried worked because I could not stick to them, I felt starved all the time & now wanted to drop sugar & try low carb.’ He said he didn’t approve of that for me, bc sugar was needed for energy! I was so mad I went home cleaned frig+pantry out & went cold turkey to 20 g. carbs. Lost 78# in 6 mos, reversed diabetes & a handful of other ills!!
I am a 79-year-old male. In many ways, I'm typical during my younger years, especially in my 20s. I could eat just about anything, and I felt good. I was healthy. I remember being in the Navy; sometimes, I would have weekend liberty. I would rent a hotel room with special rates for service people, and one of my favorite things to do was buy a dollar's worth of candy bars. In 1966, you could buy ten candy bars for a dollar, which were about the same size as today. And I enjoyed sometimes being by myself and having a room and television set all to myself. So I would eat all ten candy bars over the weekend and other standard American diet burgers and fries. I felt great, and at the end of the weekend, I put on my size 31 waist uniform and returned to my ship. As I got into my 30s and 40s, I experienced the same middle-aged weight gain as most people.
In my 50s, I developed a nasty case of ulcerative colitis; the doctors told me I would have it for life, and the best we could do was manage it. I spent a miserable year at 54 trying to do what the medical establishment told me. Finally, in desperation, I turned to the Internet and found the Atkins diet against medical advice. I did it anyway because their pills weren't Helping. I eventually threw all the drugs away and went on Atkins, and within six months, my colitis was gone. After that, however, I started developing gout. The medical establishment blamed all the Meat I was eating, never once thinking it could be anything else. I used to love to sauté lots of spinach and cauliflower, but they're healthy, right? They couldn't possibly be causing my gout.
I quit the Atkins diet and started eating the standard American diet again. I went up to over 260 pounds, felt terrible, and lived that way until I was about 70. The great thing about the ketogenic diet is that it has the correct fat ratio compared to early Atkins, about 65% fat to 35% protein. A few years ago, I accidentally stumbled upon you and Dr. Barry; I started following his advice. What a difference! I now weigh 175; my testosterone went from 2 to over 10.
The best thing is that it's relatively easy. If you're hungry, no problem, grab a ribeye steak or maybe just some ground beef burgers or whatever you like as long as it's carnivore. I know there are some people out there who are so addicted to carbohydrates that nothing looks good to them except something like a Dairy Queen hot fudge sundae. The only advice that I can offer is to remember that nothing tastes good enough to feel bad!!!!!!!
What a great interview! I'm 67, resting insulin is 2.3, Homa-IR is .522. I can do 45 pullups without issue...and feel great. Thank you both, for confirming what I knew was true in my gut.
Stop it 45 pull ups?
Spot on. Probably do to a gag order in there contract. I shared a nasty problem with my Dr. He replied " I Don,t know"I had to get on RUclips and pretty much had diagnose my self. And fixed my self. Wealth Care designed on profit . Profit Care is killing us. We need real Health Care.
I like that term, Wealth Care. That is so spot on.
We need a new system all together, eat healthy and exercise 😅
"Profit care," sadly, your term is spot on.
@@iw9338doesn't that go without saying? Why would anyone need a doctor appointment to be told that? I just don't get it.
Indeed, the doctors are charging us obscene amounts of money whilst not providing any healing assistance and compelling patients to go solve their own health issues. It’s completely absurd. People don’t exist just so doctors and pharmaceutical companies can simultaneously bankrupt and kill us.
Yes. Definitely. When he told me we could spend $1,000s and not have any idea why the bottoms of my feet were burning as he gave me a prescription for anti-seizure medication !?!?! Why didn’t he just take a blood sugar?
As you work on healing your peripheral neuropathy with diet, try adding oil based thiamine called benfotiamine, and R-Alpha Lipoic Acid. They are life saver supplements I learned about on the podcasts Nerve Doctors. Good luck, Rita from Middle Tennessee 😊
👍🏻Benfotiamin 👍🏻 Alpha liponsäure 👍🏻plus Myo-inositol. It helped me too.
@@ritaslayden1829I have burning feet. How much benfothiamine and R alpha lipoic acid did you take?
Wow 70 metric tons of food😮 great episodes 😅 thanks very much 👍👍
Were you diabetic?
I worked for an Otolaryngologist for many years when I first got out of college. I watched as patient after patient was run through the assembly line of antibiotics, steroids, and allergy medication. After failing to do anything but get temporary relief as long as they were on all 3 medications they would eventually agree to functional endoscopic sinus surgery. I know the surgery has changed over time causing less pain, but what I've heard it's no more effective. Very few patients were helped for more than a year before symptoms returned and the process was repeated. My epiphany that what we were doing was morally corrupt was the harm and pain caused by medications and surgery, and the astronomical cost of a process that had little if no benefit. I felt ashamed of knowing what we did didn't do much for patients and required a huge sacrifice in the form of recovery time and in many cases considerable pain and follow up visits. I think many doctors would not follow their own advice. Of the oncologist I know, most of them would not got through the treatments they recommend to their patients every day. They know the harm, discomfort, and the lack of success of their treatments.
This is such an excellent conversation! I just watched it live, and it’s SO WORTH HEARING!! 💗😍
I love in Moab Ut., a small town in southeastern Ut. My naturopath is very diet conscious. He's studied carnivore and will work with me and other carnivores in town. I feel so blessed. He's been a good friend a well as a great doctor for years.
I love Moab. I'm up near SLC. Sounds like you've got a great doc.😃
Great place to go ride the ATVs and dirt bikes!
hi Chris, what's his name, I have family in Moab and really appreciate knowing
Thanks to you both Casey and Ken for your fantastic raw heart to heart exposing the guts of the issues ❤❤❤❤
Wow! You two are the dynamic duo. Thank you, Dr. Berry. Your RUclips channel has helped me tremendously. I was diagnosed with T2D on August 17th, 2023 with an A1c of 13.9. As of January 26th, 2024, my A1c is 5.5.
WOW....Well done!!!🎉🎉🎉
Excellent!
Sooooo thankful for this video.
My hubby is carnivore. I am ketovore and we feel amazing.
I am not taking any meds. At 54.
With diet changes, I'm down to one BP med, not the five I was on. My husband, 69 has never been on any meds. Although his brother is an MD, he calls them quacks. Given the right diet and modest exercise, the body can self-heal he says, better than any pharma toxin.
@antoniaschiffer That is awesome. I', glad to hear that you two are able to navigate the differences in what you eat as far as meat. How do you handle cooking? Who cooks and how do you navigate that?
"Why" is a radical question throughout our society. So many physicians hate that question, unfortunately.
1 minute in, im hooked with these 2 physicians who are going against the medical paradigm.Wake up doctors, these 2 physicians have analytical minds and really want to help people improve their health and not just give prescriptions and schedule operations, which could ve avoided by just asking.”whats the root cause of your condition?’ Doctors please open your minds and do your Hippocratic oath of healing and helping!
There what I keep saying
You took an Oath😊
😂I thought the Hippocratic oath was abandoned in the 70's.
Thank you Dr. Berry for another great interview and for all the excellent education you provide!
I fired all my doctors! Because of my asthma I had to get a prescription for rescue inhalers. I would be patient through the whole “67” questions, offers of screening procedures that I would turn down and finally have to agree to routine lab work to get my prescription. The last time I went, the assistant took my BP wrong and it came up real high. I asked her to take it again, she ignored me. When the doctor noticed the value she said “we have to do something about that.” I told her yes we do, we have to measure it again! Another assistant came in and it was textbook normal, I had taken it at home before I came and it was the same. How many patients would have been talked into a BP medication? Since I’ve been carnivore my asthma has been almost gone, I keep an inhaler on stand-by for those occasions I need it. Planning to stay out of doctors offices and hospitals for the rest of my life!
I've experienced the same thing. I'll make the nurse take my BP AFTER my appt.
Look up the parasite Ascaria. It causes many lung, probably all lung issues.
At this point in time, I would be happy with any doctor. I'm 82, on Medicare and have not been able to get a primary care doctor for 4 years. I was hospitalized for a week for extreme anemia a couple of years ago and yet even my insurance company has not been able to find an MD for me.
My previous docs have retired and joined Kaiser and most doctors in Portland are not taking on new Medicare patients. The only medical care I get is at urgent care centers from NPs. This is a terrible situation for elderly people. 😢
WellCare, & especially Humana are dysfunctional, corrupt Medicare Advantage providers, by my experience. They have a primary care & referral system which makes it difficult to make appointments within a couple of months, & for actually contacting your doctor about important patient questions. Getting reimbursed for benefits paid out-of-pocket(non-emergency medical transportation for out-patient visits to medical appointments) are not paid in good faith by Humana!
Move.
@kcbakos3121 your suggestion that I move to access medical care is kind of flip and silly. I am elderly and my family and roots are here. It's absurd to accept denial of service because of advanced age or type of insurance. What good is Medicare if physicians won't accept it? I am in the largest city in Oregon and we even have a medical school here so there are enough mds. The problem is they
don't take patients
Is it Traditional Medicare you have or Medicare Advantage? I heard that doctors on the West Coast were going away from most Medicare Advantage plan patients. Idk
@@gomubb Medicare advantage
I have a new young physicians assistant. I first met her this past december. I gave her a bunch of studies that you have sighted. Your book Dr Berry, and the I'm a dietitian dilemma. For every comment that she made, I had an answer and a study. She said she likes to learn. She seems open to my point of view. I'm going to train her. LOL 😂😆
good! we all know the Big Pharma funded Western medical system will only indoctrinate her as a legalized drug pusher
@@andyman8630 I agree. She said she's interested in learning. I have found more studied to give her and I'm about to introduce her to asking for a Fasting Insulin and Glycated Albumin test in my next blood work. I had an incident last month that triggered my desire to start another RUclips channel based on my perspective on the Keto and Carnivore ways of eating.
Yes I am a nurse of 49 years with the last 2 1/2 to 3 decades being studied in natural medicine metabolic health and other alternative means. I fired a Vanderbilt cardiologist along with a few GPs and neurologist after a wreck
did you find a better kind of doctor or did you fix your issues with lifestyle changes? I hope they are all sorted out or under good control, at less.
@@ChickadeeBird they wanted to put me on very expensive medication‘s I was not even able to pick them up from the drugstore because of the cost. The doctors never addressed hormone or electrolyte imbalance. My irregular heartbeat was so bad that they were days I could not function and even thought I was not going to make it through the day. The beta blockers were not taking care of the situation. I really double down and began to pay attention to my electrolytes I started studying which magnesium I should take for my heart health. I did get a magnesium that had triple forms I found that one online and it did not have the magnesium stearate in it. This was a plus. The magnesium and the fluid and electrolyte balance in my body was the key to this particular situation. My body is extremely sensitive if I do not get adequate hydration then I am very aware of it. After that I went strictly into a keto lifestyle paying very close attention to my mineral and electrolyte by using Celtic sea salt In my lemon water daily. I had to pay close attention to my omega six and omega-3 intake balance. These are all things that doctors know nothing of which is quite a shame.
@@ChickadeeBird The Vanderbilt cardiologists were already ready to equip me with a pacemaker. It’s pretty sad when they are not educated in the scope of practice of metabolic health
I fired a Vanderbilt gastroenterologist he was to busy or lazy to help me pass me along. I was 72 lbs, I had daily diarrhea, throwing up. He said it was stress and prescribed a very dangerous antidepressant that was black box earring I did take it and I was hallucinating. He said I because I refused his treatment plan he could do nothing to help me, I had been diagnosed with gastritis from another doctor and has test to prove he which he declined to accept because he had not diagnosed me and want to redo everything from colonoscopy and other s 2 months before. This was also durning COVID. Wow what a winner doctor, on top of that he had just opened his office in Florida from New York office on,y been open for 6 weeks.
@@michelleturner8558 👍😳😢
I am getting ready to fire my cardiologist. He would never consider trying to find out why I had high blood pressure after 58 years. When I decided to find out myself and discovered the truth, thanks to both of you, I have weaned myself off of the Meds and will no longer "need" a doctor who would ignore me.
I would love to see a functional medical Dr. Unfortunately most don't accept insurance so it's all out of pocket. I went to a functional NP for 3 months and spent 4 thousand out of pocket. That is not sustainable for me and most people. Good Healthcare shouldn't just be available for the wealthy. 😢
Amen! That is the problem in a nutshell!
Exactly why we need single payer healthcare in the US, for the good of the country. Let everyone, no matter how poor or wealthy, have equal access and equal treatment with no co-pays or deductibles. Long overdue.
In Washington state insurance has to cover it. You have to pay out at first but they reimburse you for it
AACN -Critical Care did nothing to help the icus. I dropped my association then.
True…they get you one way or another eh
Thank you Dr Berry and guest Dr Casey
May God continue protecting you both and your families
Which God would that be ?
The same G$d who instructs us to liquidate people who are not aligned to his liking ?
Should God's creations protect the animals you eat from abuse and slaughter as well ?
@@julienfroidevaux1143God said man may start eating animals, after the flood.
@@ChickadeeBird He also said people who are not aligned to his liking be condemned to death .
You down with that as well ?
@@ChickadeeBird Yes, He did. More people should read God's Word.
My husband was a General Surgeon, graduated from Baylor Medical School 1960 , 165 IQ , he even made house calls on his older patients, he didn’t agree with a bunch of drugs , they don’t make Drs like him anymore. He continued to work till the day he passed away at 78 ❤
Registered Nurse for over 50 yrs. Now, am 76 and have fought with my doctors, especially my VA docs since I am a veteran, over my care. I studied and followed you and have gone from vegetarian to carnivore and feel great. I finally told my present doc that I come to him to get tests and my thyroid med and I will deal with my health needs. He balked but agreed. I hope to teach him new facts and I know I am setting a good example for him.
Do you take the dessicated thyroid meds vs synthroid?
I go to the VA too. I swear they have a decision tree to treat everything. They don't have to actually analyze anything problem.
@barbegan1954 the most frustrated is, when all the blood test came back normal, all genes come back normal, and then they give you functional nevrological disorder diagnose..😊
@ 27:37 stellaancimer8505
I think I'd definitely call bullshit on that one, plus a second opinion...
@@genuineimpulse9134 I'm on the dessicated pork thyroid med.
When I was on the synthetic one, I couldn't sweat. Less than a week on the pork thyroid, I was sweating. I had been on the other for around 20 years. I would get sooo hot, but couldn't sweat. My face would be so red, people thought I was going to pass out or have a heart attack.
Thank you both! More eyes are opening up to the sad reality of our healthcare system.
I have fired two doctors so far (a GP and an orthopedic surgeon) because they didn't listen to me and had erroneous conclusions.But living in the paradise of Canadian socialized medicine you are lucky just to HAVE a family doctor. The cure for our overburdened healthcare system definitely resides in nutrition/functional medicine. Thx docs, for getting the message out. My ex is an MD MPH with a apecialty in preventive medicine and is pretty much oblivious to this info.
I have fired many drs over the years. All but one I've seen actually. I finally just gave up and haven't seen a doc in years. I have no intention to see another except in a real emergency need. I'm done.
Me too…they are all compromised in my opinion
I moved to a new community and needed to see a urologist. I researched a few names , looked at their CV and selected someone who checked the boxes. From the instant he entered the exam room I knew I had made a mistake. When I asked him about something I had found on YT he got snippy and said that I’d be better off talking to Dr YT. I grabbed my hat and coat and left. Several months later I met a urologist who listened to me, my concerns and my course of treatment. My new doc worked with and helped me through a very tough period. Bottom line research your questions. Put them in rational forms. And tell your doc what you expect.
Yes I fired my Urologist unfortunately I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 so dont get to choose so would have to go pot luck again unless i have loads of money for a private one. The one I had was so arrogant and did the same test year on year which was doing nothing to help me.
I drive 2 hrs to see my doctor and it is well worth it to find a dr that works with me and has a better result as a goal rather than profit. I of course wish them prosperity. PS I have changed drs three times in 5 years and am glad to have found a dr that I can work with
Spot on Dr. Berry with your introduction! It took me decades to figure out, what is 'wrong' with doctors.
It was mostly a waste of time, waste of money spending, waste of time feeling frustrated navigating thru clouds and gaslighting and lack of interrest. Lack of interrest traumatized me too. I thought...ok...i will go to another doctor with the same results. I call it now doctor shopping, not knowing every visit is similar as the previous one.
Thanks to youtube discovering you and others...I should say...i am so sad and angry about wasting your life, staying sick and not able to function with all consequenses year in, year out. I have gotten suicidal, because i could not function and figure out what was wrong with me. Doctors where 0 help.
I guess...they need costumers, lifelong costumers for multiple reasons.
Now...that my life is almost at end because of wasted years of not getting REAL HELP and REAL RECOVERY, i start to understand my body, more and more and what went wrong from the months i was in my moms belly, up until now.
You are a godsend.
Kind regards from Belgium🇧🇪
you have to do the same thing with mechanics - keep shopping until you find a good one
p.s. fasting is a godsend! 72 hour fasts 4 times a year with intermittant fasting as a staple - your body literally goes into "house cleaning" mode (autophagy) and cleans itself out of all the crap
I just turned 57 a few weeks ago. I’ve had heart flutters since I was 25, but no doctor could ever diagnose what was wrong with me. In January 2018 my husband and I both went on Keto. After dinner on the third week in, my heart started pounding and racing at 200 bpm. I was rushed to the ER and once there, it was like a scene from grey’s Anatomy. I was finally diagnosed with A-Fib with RVR. Now I had my diagnosis, now it was time to find my solution. My heart doctor put me on a blood thinner and medication for A-Fib. I told him I would only take this medication for a month, and that’s what I did. I started upping my electrolytes, especially ionic magnesium which took care of my issue most of the time. However a year later the A-Fib got worse, and my doctor told me I needed a heart ablation. After the ablation, he put me on a blood thinner again, and again I told him I’d do this for only a month. I did research and found that my heart needed magnesium, potassium, and salt. After many trips to my doctor, who hates my high LDL, he finally wrote on my chart, “Non-Compliant”. I now take nattokinasse for my blood thinner, and I make sure to take my electrolytes everyday, and have very mild symptoms once in a while. The newest addition I just started on January 8th, my husband and I started Carnivore. Three weeks in, back pain… gone. I was just diagnosed with calcified tendinitis in my shoulder with excruciating pain three weeks ago. My orthopedic doctor said it would take a year to heal… almost completely gone now!! I plan on sticking to carnivore for a long time. Thank you doctor Berry for all you do. I’ve been following you since we started keto.
Great Show !. Real Doctors providing Real solutions for the Real Root Cause of our Health Problems. Love and Respect Ontario, Canada.
This only pertains to the frustration that Drs feel,that I personally witnessed. My late husband and I had a wonderful primary care Dr, but the politics in medicine, that dictated how he practiced medicine,drove him to leave the state.. He was such a caring individual who did listen to you and was honest to a fault.. no gaslighting.. I remember him telling us "I don't need $500 shoes , or $800 suits,and $ 200 silk ties to practice medicine" and he didn't, jeans, casual shirt, running shoes and no tie ! ( said a hanging tie was just an avenue to spread germs if it were to come in contact with the sick patient, especially in a hospital setting) I remember being inpatient and I always looked forward to morning rounds, because you could hear Dr B before he even entered your room. He was excited about practicing medicine and doing everything to make sure his patients received all the best information and treatments in order to get better or at least know he did his best, even if it meant transferring you to a teaching hospital ( my experience, with a diagnosis within 3 days) ,and he discouraged his children from entering medicine,must have been a difficult conversation.I think most Drs dream about at least one kid, following in their footsteps.
This is 100% my experience until this past week. My nephrologist took copious notes on what I was telling him I'd learned about my health issues online. He asked lots of questions gave advice. I am still recovering from my shock. Bless him!
This brought tears to my eyes, I finally have a video to share with my daughters and friends that gives a synopsis of ground level information from rock solid sources, that will change your life. Thank you both ❤
I fired about 4 Drs. since Covid. Found a Functional Medicine Dr and an Integrative Medicine MD. I quit mammograms in lieu of Thermography and echolight instead of DEXA. My Dr is working with me on my goal to stay out of the AMA system as much as possible. I only want natural treatments to everything possible.
Love this and agree completely. I say no mammograms and I get called names.
So DEXA is dangerous? I didn't know there was an alternative.
My sister detected double breast cancer through a mammogram@@jansheets2865
What is DEXA ?
mammograms *cause* breast cancer - but healthy people don't spend money on doctors or tests
I had a PCP that would only see me for one issue per visit, and then she was in a hurry. It was about getting me in and out with a prescription and was told to make an appointment for the next issue. I told her you are not going to nickel and dime to death. So, I made an appointment with the PCP that I have now. She is from India, and she listens. I told her about the carnivore diet, and she said go for it. She's been my PCP for over 20 years, and I no longer have diabetes. She checks my blood every 4 to 6 months to make sure I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. I also celebrated 10 years being cancer free on January 17, 2024.
That just happened with the NP at my primary care office. She didn’t want to hear what I was saying she only wanted to put me on an antidepressant , which I refused. She then became kind of dismissive the rest of the visit.
Many years ago I asked my young, fairly new in medical practice doctor if she thought I might have IBS. She literally blew a fuse & pounding her fist on the counter, she blurted out with great conviction that there was no such thing. I’m so grateful for doctors like you both & many others sharing your experience & wisdom helping us.
What a fruit loop of a Dr., Geezus... sorry for your experience! Been there done that... I've walked out of numerous Drs. who love to gaslight their patients... screw them... Next!
@@allison471 You too?!! Good gawd the stories I could and have told. I now have 3 MDs that I use for different issues or kinds of bloodwork I may want over the years. I’ve learned to work the system.
I would have gotten up and walked out right at that moment
@@KCCAT5 Believe me I did walk out & didn’t look back!
IBS? irritable balls syndrome?
My husband at retired engineer, has worked out what my lab tests mean and is frankly giving me the best advice after years of side effects and problems caused by prescribed pharma meds. Biggest improvements have come from simple diet changes. Reducing sugar, bread, fruit juices, vege oils and going back to what he calls, a 60s diet, together with a few essential vitamins and minerals we need as we age. We even brew our own greek yoghurt now for my gut. My health, BP and bloodwork has never been better. And we're off most of my meds.
I went to an orthopedic specialist because I have an osteophyte on my right shoulder which is common. It’s called a bone spur. The doctor read through prescriptions that I have I take two pancreatic medicine because I only have a 30% Pancreas left and yes I change my diet to save my life and it worked because I’m still here talking to you. Second, I had stage four thyroid cancer lymphoma so I don’t have a thyroid, however this orthopedic specialist not knowing my past physical medical history as a high-risk cancer patient he gave me an injection that almost killed me. This was three months ago and I called the FDA and turned him his practice and the medicine they’re handing out to seniors, and I pray to the Lord, above, that no one ever has to go through what I went through.
And yes, I’ve been on a carnivore diet for almost 3 weeks. I feel great I feel healthy and I can’t wait for my doctor to give me some blood test to see I told you so. Can’t wait to tell her that one.
My husband diagnosed his metabolic syndrome from being a chemotherapy survivor for 30+ years. Our doctor told him he read too much. But when that guy told me he would not give me Armour for replacement therapy because levothyroxine was the best after Grave’s Disease and removal of the parathyroid. HE GOT FIRED FOR A FNP who has led us down the rabbit hole for this day! And along the way, we found YOU!
I was so glad when my primary care physician supported my decision to go carnivore and has been so cool about it since! I was afraid once I told him, he’d write me off but the opposite happened and I’m just so happy that I have a doctor who gets it!
Your lucky, my Doctor advised me to eat lots of fermented foods after I just told her I have gerd 🫤
Gerd Gerd Gerd, Gerd is the word ! I've never heard much of Gerd but wish your journey for health. Meat has been good for My hormones
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fermented foods are good for the microbiome - IF you're in good health!
LION elimination diet followed by carnivore with intermittant fasting and quarterly 72 hour fasts
I’m enjoying your content. I am a RD and when I was in college I remember coming home and telling my husband they are going to kill us with what they are putting in our food. I have always felt that we have to be our own advocate with our health. My MD is not totally on board with my feelings about functional medicine, but he never gives me problems when I ask for certain labs. I give him reasons why I want them. Love both Dr. Berry and Dr. Means, keep up the great work!
What has happened to our healthcare system is appalling. So many are getting hurt and having premature deaths.
YES!!! this interview describes the problem with most of our physicians, sadly they are not taught and most dont want to revise their current knowledge😭 😱😤😡 Dr Barry and Dr Means you are the heroes of today🎉🎉🎉
Dr. Means described the heart surgeon who did my double bypass this past December to a T.
I regret having the surgery and now feel that the two 80% blocked arteries could have been healed in a better way. Months of recovery, more meds, loss of income really takes a toll on a person. Medical system needs an overhaul! Thank you for this insightful video.
My Dr. always sounded so empathetic & caring…UNTIL I told her I found Ketovore, lost 70 lbs. & reversed my diabetes. I remember she suddenly sounded like an automaton as she told me she was discontinuing my insulin and Metformin. It was as though I had somehow slighted her by getting myself better.
It must be extremely difficult for a seasoned medical doctor to see evidence that they might have been wrong. They don’t have lots of spare time to research what we do and so don’t know what to say when we get well and don’t need them or the drugs they have always promoted.
You destroyed her doctoral ego😅
It reminds me of a recent experience where I had to return some clothing that didn’t fit me and the store cashier was really rude - later I realized they work on commission . Lesson learned ! With a doc you’d think they would want you to be getting better - but wow - they like you getting whatever sickness often- my case it’s asthma triggered by anything processed ! He dismissed that and made sure I knew I was coming up on being eligible for Medicaid and coming back for many tests etc -
Greed is behind it all. You're cutting into the doctor's and Big Pharma's income! 😅
Mine did too. Got mad that I found an integrative MD
And yes. By far, the most success I've had with weight loss and reduction of joint pain has come from YOUR VIDEOS, Dr. Berry. They literally saved my life. I had so much knee pain two years ago, I could barely walk from my bedroom to the bathroom. I watched a video of yours on joint pain that guaranteed relief in three days...i followed your advice, and I had significant relief in just two, AND LOST WEIGHT LIKE CRAZY afterwards, as a result!. AND IT WAS EASY. JUST CUT OUT THE CARBS!!! I was stunned. I was about to give up on life, and, through you, I discovered that I've been poisoning myself by eating the foods my teachers gave me gold stars for eating since childhood!!!! God bless you and thank you. I never heard any of this from my doctor, but when I told him of it, he SEEMED WELL AWARE OF IT, and was thrilled I had FINALLY "DISCOVERED IT" ON MY OWN. SO, WHY DIDN'T HE TELL ME ABOUT IT HIMSELF ALL THOSE MISERABLE YEARS I SUFFERED AS MY HEALTH DECLINED? THE ONLY ADVICE i GOT THEN WAS "WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO JUST DO IT" OR AT MOST, I GOT HANDED A FEW HANDOUT PAGES ON EATING A MEDITERRANEAN DIET.???? WHAT'S GOING ON???? IT'S LIKE MY HISTORY PROFESSORS IN COLLEGE 35 YEARS AGO. THEY ALWAYS SEEMED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKED AND WHO REALLY RAN THINGS THAN THEY WOULD EVER GO INTO DETAIL ON IN PUBLIC (I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THOSE SECRETS MYSELF....BUT ONLY AFTER 30 YEARS OF PAINFUL RESEARCH). VERY DISTURBING!!! SOMETHING'S INDEED WRONG. KNOWLEDGE IS NOT BEING FREELY EXCHANGED ANYMORE IN THE WESTERN WORLD. THAT'S THE DEATH OF SCIENCE AND SCHOLARSHIP, IF IT CONTINUES.
Your story may have been long,but it was worth while to hear !! Thank you !TRUTH TELLERS NEED TO BE HEARD!!!!!!
I love you guys, and I’m so glad that you are promoting a different view of medicine where the doctor looks for the root cause of the disease in diet and lifestyle.
And I have to laugh out loud because I’m old and I was having these same conversations with people in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a high school senior, I gave each of my teachers a copy of the book “Sugar Blues” and I was sure that Americans would wake up to the dangers of refined carbohydrates. I think Americans are eating more sugar now than they were then. What a sad state of affairs that we are cycling around and around and not really learning anything from one generation to the next.
Keep teaching and maybe the tide will reverse and humans will wake up.
It is difficult to get one to understand something when one's salary depends on not understanding it.
Yes
I didn't have a doctor for 14 years. Then, I took a friend to her doc and liked her. We talked for over an hour about blood tests, heavy metal poisoning (my friend's) and I asked her if she was taking any new patients. "No, but I'll take you." I was thrilled and saw her twice before she quit to get educated in functional medicine. Now, she only takes sick patients and no insurance. I have always solved my own medical problems, so I'm healthy. I saw the PA for my Wellness visit, who also was like minded. The next year, SHE quit, so I saw the head doc and we hit it off too. She agreed my blood tests were great, and we would meet the following year for my next 'Wellness visit'. The next day , the receptionist called and said the doc wanted me on a statin. I said 'No way!' When she knew she wasn't getting anywhere, she told me to eat oatmeal for my cholesterol. I told her, if I ate that stuff, I would weigh 300 lb. My IT friend told me, I hit an algorithm. It wasn't the doctor's order, it was the computer run by the large conglomerate who had bought out the doctor's office. This monster is buying out every doctor in the area. My husband's doc was also bought out and this doc also became useless. I think AI is taking over the doctors' jobs.
Well, we need to put that company Out of Business!
We must all spread the word on Carnivore and these great docs who share the true path to health and vitality!
I was 35 when I was pregnant with my second baby (who is now 35). I have always researched the hell out of anything related to my health, so when my OB doc ordered an amniocentesis, I refused. She looked shocked. I knew then that no one had ever refused the test. I was armed with the information that there was a far greater risk of miscarriage with the procedure than any birth defect associated with pregnancy for someone 35. I fired that doctor when she tried to force me to have the procedure.
I don’t think.anyone these days has Refused a SONAGRAM….for their pregnancy ….Why do they All. Need one?.. no one is concerned this might not be a great test.. ?..everyone NEEDS to know the sex before birth..? 50 years ago.. and all of time recorded…the human race was able to overpopulate the earth without it.
I had refused it also, when I was pregnant a long time ago. I was younger than you, when they wanted to do the test. I ended up with a midwife instead of a doctor.
I am soooo glad you stood up for yourself. Thats great.
Yes! I was 35 for my fifth child. I totally agree! I don't even do sonograms. Same for the next two. When I was 40 for #7, they really wanted to look! I changed doctors and the next doctor didn't even ask for tests unless I wanted them. My last baby was at 43. They were born with nothing that could be fixed before birth.
@@circotribecirco3366 My Mama was born when my Grandma was 41. Smiles! My Mama was a wonderful person and everybody loved her. She was an artist and left a lot of her drawings to me that I have in a large art book. She lived to be over 90 and Grandma to almost 97. Maria in SC