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The Dr. Berg Show LIVE - April 10, 2026

Dr. Eric Berg DCApril 10, 20261h 2m
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Dr. Berg's live Q&A addresses allergies, asthma, SIBO, fatigue, anemia, gastritis, and more, recommending vitamin D3 with cofactors (magnesium, K2, zinc, selenium), intermittent fasting, carnivore resets, probiotics, colostrum, liver/spleen for iron, zinc carnosine, chlorophyll, and avoiding grains/fiber/seed oils to reduce inflammation and heal gut issues. Key insights include magnesium deficiency causing twitches, copper for iron regulation, astaxanthin/chlorophyll for inflammation, soil trace mineral deficiencies, and weight-bearing exercise for bones. SSRIs provide only ~3.5% added relief over placebo (per Hamilton scale) with severe side effects like suicidality and emotional numbing, urging root-cause fixes over meds.

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Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back. Today, we're going to answer any questions that don't relate to any medical care. If they do cross over, check with your doctor before implementing any of the suggestions.

Lifelong allergies and asthma, autoimmune thyroid diagnosis 20 years ago, possible mast cell activation syndrome. Allergies or asthma involve immune system overreacting. Autoimmune disease causes more inflammation. Need to modulate the immune system. Focus on higher doses of vitamin D3 with cofactors magnesium, K2, zinc, and selenium (selenium very important for immune system). Eat super healthy, do intermittent fasting. Videos on asthma available. Build up immune system with colostrum (small amounts over time), lots of probiotics. Avoid overly sterile environment, as it doesn't train the immune system—kids in sterile environments get more allergies and asthma later. Let immune system develop and improve.

Prevent diverticulitis recurrence and colon polyps. Diverticulitis is inflammation of diverticula in colon. Reduce inflammation-causing factors: grains, fiber, seed oils. Carnivore diet popular to eliminate these, consume meat high in glutamine to heal gut. Recommend carnivore for couple weeks to months to reset colon, reduce inflammation, then change diet avoiding irritants like grains, seeds, nuts. Root causes are bad foods—must keep addressing them, not one-time treatment.

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