I wanted to add one more thing about mixed reviews on vitamin D. For example, why do some people,(most) do well on high dose vitamin D, but not everyone. I should probably do a video on this but here's the data: magnesium is the vital cofactor for vitamin D and the more vitamin D you take, the more magnesium is required so IF a person omits magnesium and takes lots of D3, they could experience magnesium deficiency symptoms: lack of sleep, muscle tightness, restlessness, leg/foot cramps, panic attacks, anxiety, etc. Interesting. The same thing goes with magnesium, if you are low on D3, and omit D3 and take lots of magnesium you could end up with bone pain, achy low back, low immune system, sleep problems, etc.
@@Drberg another functional doc said if you're insulin resistant you will store D in fat cells. What's your ideas on that? Might explain why some taking large doses of vit D have a hard time getting their levels up 🤔
Please do Dr. Berg! And a question: What causes vitamin D loss? We live in Hawaii, my spouse surfs, we are exposed to sun yet we were both diagnosed with very low vitamin D levels. What could’ve caused this? Thank you for your work we appreciate you!
1.Head sweating 2. Excess sweating at night 3. Mood swings 4. Procrastination 5. Panic attack 6. Body Ache 7.loss of muscle strength 8.stiffness 9. Chronic fatigue 10.Inability to think 11. Hard to feel satisfied with food
Six months of having all the symptoms and then some. I went to my Primary Doctor several times, test after test and twenty thousand dollars in medical bills-lost seven months of work. I kept looking up all my symptoms. Low vitamin D kept coming up. I called my Doctor and asked him “have you checked my Vitamin D?” He said “no” checked it and I was so low it was dangerously low! 50 thousand units for weeks, I was back to normal. I was beyond angry with his incompetents. I literally thought I was dying. In reality, I was slowly dying ! Thank you for speaking on this Doctor Berg! ❤
@@s.h.6858 oh wow. When he finally tested me I was in the negative. I had years of unexplained illness’. They just gave me a pill and sent me on my way. That 6 months I spoke of was the worst experience I went through. I literally had to diagnose myself. Absolutely insane this medical field is today 🤬
You have to find a naturopathic doctor. Also, a nutritionist similar to Dr Berg. My nutritionist sends us to spectracell labs to get intracellular nutrient test. It tells what's been absorbed into our cells, not what's floating around in our blood.
This doctor needs to be cloned and put into every medical school to re-educate doctors with correct information about health. He is brilliant, and a gem of a person to anyone with common sense about how to improve their health in a sustained way. I just love learning from his simple to understand videos ... I respect this man immensely 🙏🙏🙏
He might be respectable, but he is not the whole truth. For one example, if your body makes it, you shouldn't take a supplement. So, does he tell you how to get your light right to get your vitamin D right? Vitamin D isn't as necessary as everybody thinks. At its best, it is a proxy for how much light you get. It's the other light at the right times that do the right things that are attributed to Vitamin D benefits. Has anyone ever told you that only UVb exposure makes Vitamin D endogenously? We consume both light and food. Light comes first. If we are starving from the daily sunlight and the appropriate dark night, food will not matter. Dr Jack Kruse is the one to respect the most. Go dive down that rabbit hole.
@swen6797 I saw a video the other day with this female Dr who said her dad had been in bad health with low vitamin D. She prescribed him the best prescription vit D & his levels still weren't increasing, so she asked him to go to the tanning bed (after calling to insure the beds had UVb bulbs, since most tanning beds use only UVa). He started going, 3 mins a day and slowly increased. Took his vit D levels a month later and they were a lot better. So apparently, he wasn't absorbing the pill form? I've had low vit D before & given a supplement but they didn't test my levels after prescribing it. I didn't feel any better. I'm wondering if I wasn't absorbing the supplement form. I really think I've got leaky gut, which supposedly will cause you not to absorb nutrients like you're supposed to. (There are various reasons i believe this, not just vit D related) Anyway, just wanted to say, you're right about the UVb exposure being a source of vit D. I'm prob lacking now as well cuz I barely get out in the sun. I'm confined to bed most of the time, unfortunately.
I am in tears right now because I moved to USA in 2015 and my autoimmune disease kept getting worse. I used to tell my parents that I am just not feeling satisfied even after eating so much food. I switched back to Indian diet but still I would not feel satisfied. Fast forward to now I just started using D3 daily and I feel more in control of what I eat and I am surprised the way my body and my brain reacts to food. Any bad food I don’t get cravings. I don’t feel like I need to eat something right now, I don’t get hangry. I am blown away by this information. Back in India we were always out in the sun so everything is fine but moving into a different climate all together really took a toll on my body. I am so glad I have found Dr Eric he is doing Gods works for everyone.
@@JKS323 increasingly, more people are staying indoors that include a lot of children as well. It also does not help that most Americans are not aware that standard American working hours are the same as Japan/South Korea 9am-5pm +40 hours (overtime is accepted in most places) a week with competitive workforces especially in coast cities where there are people who choose to not take their vacations days or even sick days which is more typical in Asian countries and is unnatural in most EU countries where it is the law for employees to take their leave for whatever the reason because of the job demands. Stress determines everything for health
Dr Berg notes: Today, Dr Berg tells you about some of the symptoms that you probably didn’t know were related to vitamin D deficiency. The most common signs that you’re vitamin D deficient include lower back pain, depression, high blood pressure, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases. Blood tests only show you the inactive form of vitamin D and don't tell you about vitamin D at the cellular level. Instead, look out for some of the surprising signs of vitamin D deficiency. 1. Head sweating This is typically seen in infants but can also be seen in teenagers and adults. 2. Sweating more at night If you’re vitamin D deficient, you may sweat excessively, even if the room is cool. You might also wake up with a moist pillow. 3. Mood swings Vitamin D controls mood regulation, so if you’re deficient, you could experience a range of moods in a short time. 4. Procrastinating If you constantly put things off for later, you could be vitamin D deficient! 5. Panic attacks Low vitamin D levels can cause panic attacks, so try taking high doses of vitamin D3 if you’re experiencing them. 6. Achiness Achiness in the pelvis, lower back, hips, and upper legs is often a sign of low vitamin D. 7. Loss of muscle strength If you have low vitamin D, you won’t have enough calcium in the muscles. Calcium allows the muscle to contract and is also involved in muscle production. 8. Stiffness Stiffness related to vitamin D deficiency usually occurs in the knees and fingers. This is related to inflammation, weakened cartilage, and weakened collagen. 9. Chronic fatigue Vitamin D supports your mitochondria, the energy factories of the cell. Without enough vitamin D, you can’t make energy. 10. Slowed down thinking Vitamin D deficiency can cause diminished cognitive function. 11. Difficulty feeling satisfied If you’re vitamin D deficient, you might not feel satisfied after eating, and you’ll have a tendency to overeat. Consider taking around 10,000 to 20,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day, along with the cofactors magnesium, vitamin K2, zinc, and vitamin B6. Thank you Dr Berg! 😺👍
This is exactly what has been happening to me since September. Inside more and having broken my arm and shoulder couldn't do much! Pain so bad in hips and knees plus aching nearly all day. Lots of stress since Husband's stroke. Can't hardly keep my thoughts together plus no sleep. So glad I found this!
I was just diagnosed with a severe vitamin D deficiency. In watching this video, I am now sure this has been a years long deficiency. Thank God I got fed up with my doctor not listening to me or testing my vitamin and mineral levels like I had been asking him to do for years and found a new doctor. Hopefully, we can fix all the damage that has been done to my body from this. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and expertise with us.
@lauriehalbrooks 1594 I could not agree more. I feel my GP's in Australia all from the one practice have been less than casual about my health. I have many work and life injuries and the pain is constant and at times severe. Worst of all is the complete loss of energy, when merely standing up and going to the kitchen is a real chore! Always been healthy and fit, but my last 10years have been a nightmare. Dr Berg and his videos are really who I turn to now and I am coping much better. I take 3,000IU D3 and I will up that to 5,000IU: 1,800mg Mg: and 2,400mg of K and I really feel better to the extent that my 'injuries' seem almost like they are fading....either that or I'm fading! Take care and thanks Dr Berg I am wiser and better educated after your vids.
@@donnahilton471 when you don't know what the underlying issue is and are asking for blood tests explicitly to check vitamin and mineral levels that are repeatedly not done, you don't know. And I was taking high quality vitamin and mineral supplements, just not enough vitamin D apparently. So, I didn't know I had a deficiency. And for the record, many vitamins and minerals are not water soluble and can build up to toxic levels. My dad had toxic levels and came close to death. So, no, not everyone can safely add a supplement.
@@barry7608 I understand completely. I have been fighting my doctor for several years now. It has gotten so bad that I can barely lift my legs to walk now and have to use a mobility scooter if I leave the house. I am only in my mid-50s. Also, if upping my vitamin D helps my 30 years of horrible back pain, I may consider a lawsuit against my doctor as I have seen him many, many times for my back pain. It's a sad day when so many doctors no longer advocate for their patient's health.
God bless and protect this man. He is a diamond 💎. This isn't for likes this man's research and time has helped me and millions more like me who've been at the mercy of so called doctors for years I've lost my mum last year they got her on loads of medications and it killed her my heart is truly shattered from it I hope people will pay attention to his research and get better. Amen 🙏🏽 R.I.P mum 💔
I an attest to this. Brain fog, SERIOUS fatigue, pain, all incorrectly diagnosed as "depression" Thankfully a new doctor at my surgery suspected I had thiroid issues due to the fatigue and ordered a whole ramp of blood tests. The thiroid came back as normal, but the vitamin D levels were so low they could not be measured. She gave me a prescription for vitamin D tablets, it took the best part of last year to recover. My takeaway from the situation is, how many people who are diagnosed with depression which does not improve with treatment, are actually suffering from a serious vitamin deficiency? But they are labelled for life with mental illness. All I would ask any medical professional watching this is, if you have a patient come to you showing odd symptoms, please don't jump straight into the "depression" pool, order blood tests first.
So for us perimenopausal ladies, these symptoms can easily be chalked up to our change of life, making deficiency detection even less likely. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
I was just coming here to say this. I don't believe menopause and premenopause is suppose to be so symptomatic. And what's worse is when you go to the doctor they brush it off like "yeah, it's normal stuff to experience while the transition occurs" without educating how to balance hormones in the process.
I was deathly ill last year and my (former) primary care doctor was, what I would consider, negligent in my (lack of) diagnosis. I had vertigo, fatigue, muscle aches and some depression. I learned more from you about deficiencies and went to work healing over time. I remain forever grateful for your help.
@sarajesusismyking 10k+ icu d3, magnesium, zinc, dr bergs b12comlex, probiotics, digestive enzymes. No sugar...(hardest part for me). Sugar is my cryptonite!
@@Vashti0825 Thank you for explaining. So happy that you found the answers from Dr. Berg and are feeling great! I need to get more zinc, as I ran out of it and never replaced it, yet. Sugar is a hard one but bread is even harder for me. Good, local, organic sourdough bread. yum!
What do you do if you can't tolerate vitamin d suppliemts becouse of it interacting with your meds and I can't tolerate synthetic vitamin d,any advice on what to do???
I had been prescribed a high dose of vitamin D but didn’t pick it up. I didn’t believe it would work. I’ve had severe aches and pains to the point where I could not sleep. I watched your video and decided to try taken 20,000iu of vitamin D and within 2 hours my aches were almost completely gone. I don’t know whether it’s placebo or real but I slept better last night than I have in a long time. You are genuine and caring. I can see that you’re here to make a difference. Thank you
@@melaniejackson8187 D3 ,, Now foods 50.000,, jedna dziennie + ,,Podkowa D3 5.000,, 2 tabletki dziennie. Razem 3 tabletki dziennie, można brać razem. Sprawdź w wyszukiwarce te nazywy
My wife just wants the bare bones information while I appreciate that you give us "the why". Getting a conceptual understanding of what is going on is important to me. By applying the data you've given on healthy keto, IF and nutrition, the psoriasis I had in 3 places has been gone since I started a year ago. Also the "arthritis" and swelling I had in my left hand..gone. I lost 30 lbs as a nice side effect so now I weigh the same as I did in my 20's. I'm 65 now. Higher energy, no brain fog....a new lease on life. Thank you Dr. Berg!!
You have literally explained exactly what is going on with my body! I have M.E & Fibromyalgia caused by the H1N1 2009 flu..... but the likes of pain in my hands, severe panic attacks, always feeling hungry & costochondritis! Thank you so much for this video! It is exactly what I needed right now! If this works you might just save my life!
I work out side 8-12 hours a day. Had all these problems, literally everything mentioned. Had enoff of it took time from work for stress, got my blood taken, everything was good but vitamin D. I started keto and fasting and take lots of vitamin D and I'm 100% better. Like noticeable mood changes. Dr. Berg straight up saved my life.
@5piral0ut I'm an arborist so I'm usually wearing alot of Personal protective equipment. I'm covered up alot. Usually just my forearms are showing. I never thought about it much. I also usually have sawdust on my forearms so I just was never getting direct sun on my skin.
I had all of these symptoms 5 years after breast cancer treatment. Sweating, mood roller coaster,nooo none motivation, panicing, lower body aches thought was from tamoxifen, tightness in my chest, which I thought was due to surgery, stiffness in hands feet and oh so fatigued. I've been taking a higher dose 12500 for the last 4 weeks and I am a changed person. TRY THIS!!!
A few years ago I had severe anxiety and insomnia - gp could not help other than prescribe SSRI drugs which I did not want - went to see a lovely private doctor who asked about diet and guessed I had v low vit D - tests showed he was correct - a good dr can make such a massive difference
Found out I was severely Vitamin D deficient. Had most of these symptoms. My back was hurting so bad I thought I injured it. Went through PT. Didn’t help. Also the fatigue I felt was unreal. I felt like I couldn’t think straight at work, my anxiety got 10x worse. After watching your videos I asked my doctor to check my vitamin D. Sure enough my levels were at 10. Started taking 20,000 ius daily within 4 days I was feeling so much better. It’s so fascinating how our bodies react when we are missing those vitamins. Our bodies are speaking to us and we need to listen. Thank you Dr. Berg
Omg I suffered for 2005 until this year. OMG 19 years I wanted to jump a bridge!!!!!!!!! TG I didnt!! A dr checked my blood!!!! OMG SHE SAID I WAS VIT D DEFICIENCT. I NEVER FELT SO GOOD IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!
Joshua 1:9 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
THANK YOU!! Only wish I’d seen your video 10 years ago! I had 7 of these symptoms!! Couldn’t figure out why I was able to stop years of Prozac… now I know why it was possible. Had no idea the head sweating was directly linked to vitamin D deficiency! My Dr must have recognized it and put me on vitamin D… after he heard my complaints. A lot of what I was suffering I attributed to old age and arthritis. I’m 70 years young. Because after addressing the D deficiency, I feel soo much better! He tells me to keep doing whatever I’m doing and he hopes he’ll be as healthy when he gets to my age. It’s strange to be as healthy as I am with the family illnesses I am connected to. The one issue he watches is I am pre diabetic, I am at the threshold is how he describes it. Every family member on my mother’s side and all 5 of my siblings have it and are treated for it as well as heart conditions and overweight issues. My yearly physicals always amaze my Dr and his staff! I am so thankful. For him and my own natural draw to fruits and vegetables as well as a non desire for red meat. I’m simply fine without meat in my diet. I haven’t used sugar in decades and tend to eat a balanced diet. I have never had to fight overweight or deal with obesity that runs parallel in my siblings as well. I simply had no idea that my lack of vitamin D was causing the head and night sweating that was annoying enough that I mentioned it to my Dr. The deficiency showed in my lab work, for sure, so my Dr put me on supplements and I wish I could thank him enough for the wonderful results! Now, I am headed into 71 in February and living a life I never expected to live. Just wanted to tell you my story. And thank you.
He recommends taking 50mcg of k2 (menaquinone-7 for every 5,000 iu of vitamin d3 you take. As for magnesium, zinc and copper, he stated: magnesium glycinate 400 to 800mg, zinc bisglycinate 30 to 50mg and copper 2mg to 3mg. It's ok to take them all together, it will cause you no harm, in fact, it'll improve the absorbtion of these vitamins and minerals.
The cravings from vitamin deficiencies are caused by hormonal imbalances and are the big cause to substance abuse, addiction, eating disorders also. People try to fulfill cravings with drugs, alcohol and junk over processed food. One of the root causes is nutritional deficiencies causing hormonal imbalances.
Damn. I never would have put that together but it makes total sense. I learned recently the father of my child's been using drugs. He's never eaten healthy & undoubtedly has multiple vitamin deficiencies. I'm gonna tell him about this. I'd been telling him he needed to focus more on eating healthy even b4 he got on drugs. I doubt telling him will make him stop, but at least it helps me sorta understand why he went n started using.
I appreciate this video so much but, I appreciate MORE than anything that you actually said what levels of vitamin d are safe to take. It is so hard to find information that isn't immediately contradicted by the Google search below it.
I really like the "overview first" "deep dive second" format for a video. The overview lets us hear and think about the various conditions, and if none of them pertain to you, fine, skip. But if any are interesting, we can get a deeper dive on the information. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, in my view.
Doctor's only treat the symptoms, but they don't want you to get better or they won't be able to pay for their house on the golf course or their trophy wife or their new car.
@@SaveTheFutureWithTheWayToHappi Hi, I just ordered Dr Berg’s supplement. It has magnesium stearate in ingredients apart from citrate. Is stearate a concern in the long run using his supplement?
wow, thank you for sharing all of this. I lost my mom six months ago and I’ve had chronic fatigue for the last couple of months that have become more severe. I did some bloodwork paneling and it showed that I have 20 MG so my vitamin D is very deficient. I suffer from a lot of these symptoms so I really appreciate you sharing this video. It really blessed me because it’s exactly what I’m going through. God bless you.❤
I agree. I thought I knew about vitamin D from his other video, but this one is excellent. Really great for beginners and for us who like to share the knowledge.
Retired pharmacist, finally got rid of all the stress of my job. Have welding and woodworking hobbies that I enjoy that keep me in my shop for months. I have all the symptoms you are describing and just attributed it to old age. First symptom is my friendly neighbor teasing me that he never sees me outside my house, I retort that I am staying busy inventing and building stuff in my shop. Dumb not to realize I am depriving my body of what I could get free from the sun. I now will start high dose of vitamin D3 for a while until all the symptoms I am experiencing subside. Thanks.
As a former pharmacist how is it you are not aware that you should be taking K2 with D3 because they work synergistically? Otherwise you are risking cardiovascular and arteriovascular disease if you take really high D3 doses as this guy is suggesting. D3 needs K2 to send calcium where it is supposed to go. Into the bones and teeth. Perhaps it is assumed most people get enough K2 naturally from food sources but it is not true of the western civilization diet which is seriously nutrient/vitamin deficient.
I thought I was having a stroke. I stood up and was veering to the left, couldn't walk a straight line, couldn't walk down a single step without hanging on to something. Tripped and fell a few times my balance was so off. I had been experiencing crushing fatigue, ravenous hunger, general myalgia that moved around, and bad brain fog as well. Got bloodwork done and my vitamin D was at 6.5 ng/mL. I also was diagnosed with type II diabetes at the same time with an hbA1c of 6.5. I started taking 5000 iu/day and felt significantly better within a couple weeks. It took me a good year to feel entirely back to normal. I also lost about 65 pounds without feeling famished all the time, normal hunger when time for a meal but not that ravenous feeling, A1c is now 5.5, and my balance has finally returned to almost baseline but it's still a little off, I can think on my feet again and I'm back to my old sarcastic self. I did drop down to 2000 iu/day for now. I'll have bloodwork done again in about a month and will see if I need to tweak how much I'm taking. At 64 I thought some of my aches and pains were not unusual, I've taken more than one hard fall off my horse, busted my knees up pretty badly, etc. But I feel better at 65 than I did a year ago.
It's because of the Chemical Additives in the foods and drinks for supermarket and stores. Especially is the E330 also called citric acid or "lemon salt" in layman terms. It "eats" all the Calcium in the body (because the E330 (lemon salt) is acidic is "sour" and creates an acidic environment, melts,eats the Calcium from the body and the D3 too! The E330 is in every food or drink from the stores, and if it's under 3% they are allowed by law to not mention it on the ingredients list! This "lemon salt" E330 it's deposited in the body in little micro-deposits on the walls of the organs,veins etc., the same like natural salt in a Mine! And from this deposits we receive daily the disolved solution, Dosage, solution "treatment" of E303 poison! They put this E303 even in : milk, sweetsn foods, beer, in liquids and solids too. Also these and other Chemicals (pesticides) are sprayed on the skin,peel of the crops when are green and soft so that these burn into the plants,grains,reaching to the core of the plants,grains,fruits grains,wheat,etc.,. And ofcourse, at the production and process of foods they add this chemical additives, E330 and others. Who thinks only meat diet is the solution, know that in production, the meat is injected with Chemical Additives also, so the microbes won't eat it!And also before production, the animal eats wheat peels andwheat grains and other grains sprayed on fields with strong chemicals that burn and enter inside the core of wheat and other graines, plants,etc.And this chemical sprayed grains and plants is eaten by animals and the poison of chemicals are deposited in the fat and meat of the animal, that the people eat it later! The solution is to grow plants, potatoes,vegetables in your own garden, not sprayed with chemicals, or by from peasants who ATLEAST don't spray the crops with chemicals, on their skin,peel, and reaching the core because this chemicals burn into the plants,fruits,grains etc. The bottled water from stores is also added with chemical additives because there's a limit of microbes per ml, permitted by law,so to reach that limit they also micro-poison the bottled water too! So still, the tap water is preferably!
I started to fall ill in january of 2021. It started with fatigue, widespread achy pain & loss of strength in my left arm & hand in particular. My dr diagnosed me with fibromyalgia. Cut to a few months later & my blood work showed that I was severely deficient in vit d. Dr put me on D2 50,000iu extended release & I started taking D3, calcium, magnesium, zinc & potassium. Within 6 months i was feeling almost completely back to normal. Never in my life would I have believed it if it didn't happen to me. 😭I should add that I started seeing a rheumatologist & was diagnosed with osteoarthritis & osteopenia as well.
I'm so lucky my doc at the VA(he's new to our facility) caught this. He heard about my symptoms and straight away had me go get more blood drawn to check on my Vitamin D levels. Turns out I was pretty severely deficient, and he got me a prescription right away. Gods bless that man. He continues to impress even now with his nuanced understanding of health. The bureaucracy of the VA can be difficult and daunting to deal with, and sometimes you get bad apples. But at least there are still good and capable, caring people in the system who will help you.
Wow, I’m going through the change too. I got a yummy version of vitaminD , last November, ate the whole bottle over a few weeks, and my nasty feeling of hot flashes disappeared too! I never got more if that vitamin, but now I kinda question if it was menopause or something else, because I haven’t had a hot flash like that since last November.
@@tanyakilbane7636 Going through the same thing.? I was just thinking about that the other day. I was like...Is this really "menapause" that I'm having'? I actually think it's NOT menapause. I think the medical community just calls it that if we are over a certain age. I actually think it's just the body fighting off "infection". Then, when the vitamin D is taken, it tends to fight the infection off ...as long as the vitamin D is being taken. That's what it seems like for me. (???).
I got panic attacks from putting everything off until later :) I was just prescribed 50000 ius and was diagnosed with skin cancer. I have quit all bad habits and learned the power of fasting. I have total faith. Thank you Dr. Berg, another great video.
I have all of the Symptoms 😢 All day I work indoors. Later at night my back pain goes up with my whole right leg pain , In work time i feel 1. Dizzy 2. Not organized 3. Easily forget simple task 4. Mood changing 5. Less motivation to work . But I remember I work on an island for a month where most of the time I work direct sunlight And I didn't feel any pain in my back, 😮 So I now know what is causing all the trouble
Awesome stuff!!! 6 weeks of taking 50,000 IUs a day I’m finally out of bed!! 2 months in bed pure exhausted i saw your conversation about high doses. And bought your vitamin D Added 600 mgs of magnesium. Ox bile, boron and enzymes!!! Magnificent rewards!! Ps i sure wish u made a bigger bottle of the 10,000 !! Amazon spends a lot of time at my house. ❤
I was that ill before, too. I only needed 10k IU a day for a period, then went to 5k IU daily maintenance because my doc said my numbers were a little high. I take a D3 in coconut oil.
Quick rundown… 1-head sweating 2-night sweats 3-mood swings 4-procrastination 5-panic attacks 6-aches in pelvis lower back 7-loss of muscle strength 8-stiffness 9-chronic fatigue 10-slow thinking 11-difficult to satisfy-food wise Almost All of the above✔️
I'm so glad this is being brought to light. I suffered terribly for nearly 2 years while doctors never even ran a simple vitamin D test. I had sweating, completely bedridden from the fatigue, severe anxiety and panic attacks, bone and body pain from head to toe that became so bad I couldn't walk or lift my arms over my head. No appetite and severe neausea. I had a full blown tan and still extremely deficient. I notice it wasnt mentioned here but taking too high of a dose of vitamin D can tip your calcium high on lab values. I take 5000 unit d3 plus 300mg magnesium glycinate and 100mg k2 as mk7. It took 8 months to get my levels up from a 6 to a 77. I've never had another panic attack since then! Also thank you for mentioning taking magnesium and cofactors because most doctors wont tell you this and then you end up magnesium deficient.
Hi - Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately I have experienced the same issues. I was a triathlete, sleeping early and waking up at 4 am to stretch and train until 6:45 am. - 6 days a week. I did this for decades. I thought I was eating well but I noticed a few months before I literally could not raise my head or arm to get out of bed & that I had begun to develop a bit of inflammation around my little ankles and wrists. Was bizarre! My blood work didn't show any deficiencies!!! I spent 6 months in bed with my parents having to watch over me. (I have never done drugs nor smoked or popped pills. No alcohol. No cokes, no sweets except for berries.) 8 years later I finally I found a specialist who discussed DR. BERG'S important points: lack of minerals. Incredibly grateful!!!! I am almost 100% again. DR BERG IS A GODSEND.
A little tip: If you or another interested person have a vitamin D deficiency, you can take a higher daily dose for 2-3 weeks (e.g. 20,000 or 30,000 iu) and then reduce to the daily calculated maintenance dose after this time. The advantage of this is that you will have a good level in a short time and not only in a few months.
That’s the reason you need to take the cofactors: Magnesium and K2 will send the calcium to your bones instead of free floating in your bloodstream and getting in your arteries or elsewhere where you don’t want calcium to go. Zinc and Boron are also important for good absorption. Although 77 is good level it’s not where you should start taking less of vit D. The best levels are 85-100 even over that especially if someone is fighting an illness. Remember that when you scale down the amount of D3 you take your levels will drop too. There is no way to maintain the sufficient levels by taking less of D3 as someone here is suggesting.
This is what happened to me after the lockdowns. I kept getting Covid, had respiratory inflammation, stuffy head, shortness of breath, sleeping 14+ hours a night and waking up exhausted and out of breath like I had been running, couldn't concentrate, couldn't read a wiring diagram - I've been a controls electrician for 30 years, normally I can read diagrams as easily as the morning paper. I was taking max strength vitamin D but after 2 years it wasn't working. One day after showing vids like this to my better half, who is a nurse, we realised my low fat diet and cereals for breakfast meant my D Tablets washed right out with my morning tea. D is fat soluble, not water soluble. We changed my diet around to replace the morning carbs with a mixed leaf Olive salad, an egg or two and a tiny bit of steak. After a couple of months, what a difference! Energy is up, strength is up, wayyyy more positive, aches and pains have disappeared, learning is easier - learning German now - and my music skills are increasing at a rate I didn't think possible. Things I didn't understand or couldn't do for 2 years all came back but better. It's crazy!
My new family Dr took me off my twice a week Vitamin D prescription. And now I’m having almost every single thing you have mentioned!!! I will be asking my Rheumatoid arthritis dr to give ne my script back I was on 50,000 IU’s twice a week
When I lived in the PNW, doctors would tell me that I need more vitamin D. When I asked them how do I get more living here? They would just shrug their shoulders. Moved to a state that gets more sunshine and immediately felt a difference.
When I was first diagnosed with MS in 1998 ( I was 23years old), first thing I heard about vitamin D deficiency was at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital by a very trustworthy Egyptian neurologist I went with my husband for a second opinion . She confirmed my diagnosis and explained that and it might be related to vitamin d deficiency as she was doing a research on on this topic. Thank you for informing us of this very important truth which seems to scare the big mafia ( not all scientist are part of that mafia) in medicine manufacturing corporations.🙏♥️
Why is it that none of my doctors ever explained it like this? They've just told me "you have a vit d deficiency" and then ended the conversation. Thank you for finally explaining it to me. It has answered so many questions.
Doctors are not people who heal you anymore. They find your symptoms and dispense a pill that makes them go away. Often that is a valid cure or treatment, but it's never part of healing, which would require preventing whatever is causing the issue and helping you get rid of it permanently.
Maybe it's not all proven or much of it is contentious / theoretical? Doctors stick to facts 100% proven and are focussed on ruling out lethal diseases that need immediate treatment.
I learned about it from reading, I highly suggest not relying on a doctor or a youtube doc to inform you about your health. You can check out most textbooks from a library and look up most studies online to verify. I realize people don't like reading anymore though so then I suppose it's good they have a youtube dr
I got extremely ill from vitamin D deficiency. It was so bad I could not sleep, had zero energy to get out of bed, chronic fatigue, and was like a freaking zombie. I didn't have all these symptoms, it was a process figuring it out. I thought it was a B12 deficiency, and it may have been part of my overall health issue, but not the reason I got so bad. Working at nights and not taking a supplement was the culprit.
I suffered from fatigue after eight months of night shift work. I had neglected to take any vitamin D supplements during this time, plus very limited exposure to sunlight as it was during the autumn/winter months leading into spring. My main symptom was decreasing energy levels, very subtle at first, but then became more noticeable over time, resulting in drinking more caffeine and sugary drinks to offset deficit. It just made the inevitable 'crash' worse, to the point I was bedridden for almost a week with severe fatigue. After that, I made sure I took at least 4,000 IUs a day. Seems to be doing the trick after several years.
I love that you divided this into part 1 and part 2. I trust you and want to get straight to the heart of the matter. THEN, after I understand the quick part, I am more willing to pay attention to the science part. I am more of a scanner type than a diver type. So this suits me well.
I was recently diagnosed with malabsorption. My D2 was 13 and D3 at 9. I couldn’t remember, walk or carry on a conversation. I live alone, during the pandemic, i worked at home and therefore further isolated. Its taken 8 months to get my levels up. Every thing you have said-mostly!
4 years ago when I found out I had low vit D, I was feeling so off. I felt like I was going crazy and couldnt think straight, my body felt like I wanted to jump out of my skin. It was awful. I went to the doc about a week later and blood test showed low vit D. Sometimes I get tbose symptoms again if I forget to take my vitamins but thankfully I know what it is. Im pretty dark skinned (Mexican) and moved to Kansas about 5 years ago(military). I never had this issue until I moved here. I really do feel that has something to do with it.
Hi Dr Berg. The intro in your video shook me to the bone! My Vitamin D count is 18 nMol/L and i feel like death. So i started taking supplements... 1000IU, because the internet said 4000IU is to much. You video gave me new hope to turn this thing around. I now understand why i just cant get out of this feeling after a week of supplements. I should have felt better if i upped the dose to at least 20000IU per day till i got better and then managed it from there. I also spend an hour outside per day now. just to assist in my recovery.
Hair loss!!!! I lost tons of hair from lack of it, happily growing it all back! On D and prenatals with D! Not bad for a post menopausal woman!! I have multiple autoimmune disorders. I also take extra B . Your video explained a lot! If anyone is bed-ridden or homebound, you’re probably VIT. D deficient. Have your Dr. Check! Thanks! You can always learn no matter how old you get!! 😊💙💙
Thank you Dr. Berg. I couldn’t figure it out. My blood levels are normal but, I have all those symptoms. I keep thinking I am going crazy. Thank you thank you ❤❤
This is another fine dive into cellular biology. Your explanations at this level set your education apart from the merely prescriptive/descriptive content of other channels.
Hey Doc, I am usually the one who prefers all the details but cannot always have the time SO im so grateful for the two parts strategy you used here. Much appreciated!
Home run with the format, Dr. Berg! Not everyone who needs to hear this will watch technical videos. Breaking it up so it’s easily digestible for simple appetites (pun intended) is going to make this farther reaching. You are changing lives. We’re here, we’re listening, we hear you and we love you! Please keep it up, even when you don’t know which way up is… you were meant for this and truly grateful you found your voice ❤
I’m so glad that I came across your video today. Immediately I subscribed it.❤ This comment is going to be a little long. I’m an engineer by profession and a dancer too. I suffered from severe ankle tendinitis in 2021. I couldn’t walk for eight months without braces and in those eight months I had to wear walker boot for a couple months. I’ve been to orthopedics surgeon, podiatrist, and rheumatologist. I ended up spending a lot while visiting all these doctors thinking I would get an answer. Though rheumatologist ordered a lab test for ANA CRP, CBC etc. The detailed blood test gave us an insight of probability of cause of inflammation but initially, they stated that it could be degenerative arthritis. They also said it could be because of your background of professional dancer for 20 years and that is why your feet has become flat😢😢 To my surprise, none of the doctors payed attention to head sweating(started a year ago) and other symptoms mentioned in this video. I am in my early 30s and how degenerative arthritis can be this severe at 30. They also said about a possibility of passing genes from ancestors. I have performed on stage all my childhood in school time and on a national level too. 2021 to Till date it’s hard to believe how and when it happened, how it has changed few activities in life. The inflammation was super high so I started eating anti-inflammatory food and after two years We got tested again and thank God the inflammations came out to be normal. I have PCOS and vitamin D deficiency as well. But when I turned 30 I never knew that excess sweating could be Vit-D deficiency itself. And many other symptoms that you satiated in this video are so relatable. But I can relate to those aches, I still get whenever I have a hectic day or just physically stressed day. Let me tell you running jogging, dancing, and wearing heels. My doctor asked me to stop all of the above. It is a kinda disappointment, but I’m still hopeful that I will be able to overcome this and be able to wear heels and do all those activities again. I will make sure I take vitamin D timely. By the way, for those who said it’s toxic to take higher amount. I had taken 60000IU weekly, biweekly or monthly depending on how low the vitamin D is in the body. I hope my message is helpful to someone who is reading this .❤
I stopped taking my vitamins while I was in Italy, felt awful, sleeping till 11AM, I returned home, London, started taking vitamins again and now I have lots of energy, I wake up at 6 AM and feeling amazing. Lots of people are lacking vitamin D even though they live in a sunny place.
I had to heal late stage lyme aka a bioweapon and even tho im not dying anymore I couldnt figure out my weird symptoms now to get my mom and kids on board thank you for being in loving service I wish you infinte blessings I finally feel hope again
I'm an outdoor person and I eat a lot of small canned fish. My Dr told me, there's something where a body does not absorb vitamin D, even though I take vitamin D and I get it from the heathfood store , not the cheap artificial ones. Thank you Dr Berg for explaining it in detail.
I had high blood pressure. Super tight facia, where I needed to go for regular myofascia release. I was sick, every 4th week with URI for 6/7 months straight. My gynea did a ton of blood tests, what came back theeee lowest was my Vita D. I was put on 50 000 IU X2 a week for 6months. I haven't been ill for an entire year, also my blood pressure has been Perfect!
Dr Berg - 2 questions 1 - In another of your videos, you referenced a University of Chicago study that was done with humans and dogs that were administered 200k to 1 million units of D3 daily & they didn't reach toxicity. (I can't find it now) Where can I find that study? 2 - In another of your videos, you mentioned a lab test (instead of the hydroxy25 blood test) that measures vitamin D at the cellular level and how well the body is processing it. (I can't find it now) What is the name of that lab test? Thanks so much for teaching me SO much about my body & how to care for it!!
I'm commenting here in case he comes back and answers these questions, because I'd like to know the answer to number two as well. Thanks for asking these!
Thank you for this information!! I have had the most health issues over past two years having over 12 surgeries in past 14 months. I’ve recovered from surgeries but started getting bad night sweats, fatigue, insomnia, back pain. I know my doctor has advised me over past couple years my Vitamin D levels were low but didn’t mention all the symptoms that are associated with lack of vitamin D. I’ve been researching and watching videos to determine causes for my symptoms. I found this video and I have 8 out of the 11 symptoms. I spoke to my doctor about my findings from your video and he confirmed your findings. I wish I would have known the severity of issues/symptoms that are affiliated with low vitamin D. I live in a 365 days a year sunshine state so I assumed being outside was enough. Clearly, it is not for me. I went to chemist and bought vitamin D tablets and started taking today to hopefully see improvement in night sweats and back pain. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. As I coach others, knowledge is power. Thank you for your work.
I discovered that vitamin D deficiency causes me to have episodes of dizziness. When I got my vitamin D levels back to normal, I had no more problems with dizziness.
Had all these symptoms, was tested and was very low. Doctor prescribed 50,000 a week for a month. I felt better went dack to the doctor after 2 months and asked to be tested again. She said NO you only need to be tested once a year. I was actually shocked I practically begged. I don't want to over do, and I was hoping for a base line.
I'm sorry your doctor refused to order a retest. I used to work for a primary doctor and endocrinologist and I've worked for a medical doctor naturopath. They all retested after 3 months of weekly 50,000 IU's. Almost all of our patients only went up 20 to 30 points. So we would continue to prescribe 50,000 IU's for another 3 months and then retest. Optimal range is 70-100. That was our goal. When you get in that range you're talking about optimal hormone function optimal energy optimal mood an optimal immune system. Not sure why your doctor made a big deal because all medical insurances including Medicare pay for vitamin D testing as long as you have the ICD-9 code attached which is vitamin D deficiency code. Insurance pays for it. I would find another doctor who takes this serious. A doctor who respects that each person is bio logically different and each patient is different. You pay their salary.
I also forgot to mention. As I was saying that each person is biologically made different we all have different DNA. So our body responds different. Many patients after 6 months were still low in vitamin D, so then we knew that they needed to take a different combo of vitamin d and vitamin mk7 . Some patients would not absorb the vitamin D better than others so they would have to take it with a fatty meal for maximum absorption. The journey is different for everyone and when you find a doctor who understands that they tend to listen to your input and go off of your input rather than a standard protocol.
i have been to the doctor several time over the last 4 years, i knew something was wrong with me but i had no idea what could have been. I was felling tired, not exhausted but tired enough to rush to my bed after work. Then COVID happened. The little energy i had went out of the window and i started having cramps on my legs, my arms started feeling weak, to the point i was having a hard time climbing stairs and even getting in/out of bed was like a baby giraffe (shaky legs/arms , fell on my face too many times) finally i got a MRI , blood work, and even went to therapy, but i felt more like just dropping to the floor and asked ppl to let me die!!! it was until i started watching your videos i and reviewing my blood test results, i started taking magnesium, vitamin d/k and also the liver detox. i am due back to follow up , i hope i get better results next time. in the mean time, i feel less bloated and definitely more energetic.
The hospital told me 12 years ago that I'm diabetic 2, so yes I'm on medicine for this, I have to take Metformin, and Glipizide, in the morning and towards the evening. And then insulin which is Lantus at 5 pm. Anyway, I've been having a lot of these symptoms like feeling hot at night even with the AC on, and I sweat in my chest area. I flip out all the time, outbursts, mood swings, severe anxiety, and panic attacks. I have pain in my lower back, spine, and shoulders, and bad leg cramps at the top of my legs!! I'm. Always feeling down, and tired. Not motivated, have No energy, severe headaches in the back of my head. I also have hypercalcemia and my calcium levels have been overboard, very high at 14.5 and the Dr. I have isn't doing much, another doctor at the hospital once wanted to admit me a couple of years ago to the hospital, she knew it was dangerously high and she knew that I had surgery when I was 20 years old, I had a parathyroid tumor and had to have surgery to remove the tumor which they said my calcium levels were overboard, they did an Ultrasound or Mri and it showed a tumor which the high calcium levels were sorta saying there's a tumor or cancer. Anyway, the Dr that wanted to admit me pleaded with me to stay because I probably had a tumor or cancer, well at that time COVID was bad at the hospital so I said I didn't want to stay there, so she said OK well, please let your doctor know that I was going to admit you but with COVID being around you wouldn't stay so need tests done on you because your calcium levels are too high, well I told my doctor and she's not doing anything about this problem. So you were saying Dr. Berg about the bones being soft due to a side effect from the vitamin D deficiency, so could my calcium levels cause a lot more problems than it already has with me if I have a vitamin D deficiency too? Thanks for sharing this.
Take the Vit d with k2 .... its probably that your calcium is not being absorbed and redirected to the bones .... thats the function of vitd k2 .... consult your doc ... but i think the supplement should work well for you
Sheesh, you are listing every symptom I have. I lost 50 pounds got all my labs right but my COPD is still causing me. Massive inflammation in the joints, just like you describing. Losing the weight and changing my dietary intake definitely has improved my quality of life, but there’s no beaten that damn COPD. I’ve watched the various videos on COPD and through my food intake, exercise weight, loss, and everything I can thanks a whole bunch cause you’ve been a huge help.
Great presentation and very awesome info on vitamin D deficiency. However, you touch a subject that is very interesting to me. I'm a USArmy retired veteran suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome and Fribromyalgia. By any chance, do you have a video or videos on this subject. I will greatly appreciate all your help.
His team may see your posting & send a direct link to one of his videos. Until then you can search his library of over 2,500 videos & binge-watch! I’m sure you’ll find a couple of them.
Wow, everything you said here rang true for me. I was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis because I had issues with my feet, back, hips, rib pain and acute tiredness. I even had veins removed from my legs thinking the leg pain was from that. I had been having night sweats as well. I was in a bad way, actually quit my job because I could not handle the stress and decision making. I had been on steroids, other drugs for the PA. My doctor prescribed large monthly doses of Vitamin D and said this will probably cure it for you as I had very low levels. I didn't believe it. I kept taking it, took a while, but now I am completely free. Actually fitter than ever, I am a 52 year old female and I am a painter and cleaner. I can work all day, pain free, doing things that someone half my age would do. I used to sleep most of the day and want to eat everything. Now I am extremely active and losing weight. Thank you for the excellent video, so, so, informative!! From Adelaide, Australia!!
Outstanding videos as usual! Would love to see some new videos on daily consumption of creatine and how it will affect you long term whether positive or negative .
I don’t know if you have one….but you need to do a video on how to properly take these vitamins. Some vitamins stop others from being absorbed. Some need to be taken with food. Some can not be taken with dairy or grapefruit. If vitamins are not taken properly, your body won’t absorb them properly
I have UC, and I've had various severe vitamin D deficits. I had no clue that specific GI issues could cause malabsorption of certain vitamins or the impacts of even having a vitamin D deficiency. I was having sleep alterations with insomnia and mild amounts of depression. After even a week of taking 50000 ius of Vitamin D, the world was much brighter. Thank you for your educational videos, much people should know these symptoms and seek the appropriate medical attention.
I work at home and for a lot of reasons just hadn’t been getting out much for prolonged periods of time. This most definitely explains some thjngs. I’ve started making it a point to get out every day and just sit in the sun or go for a walk. Like a house plant. 😂
I am 61, s/p Thyroidectomy 39 years ago for goiter. Pathology was hashimotos. Have felt so bad for so long. I started Carnivore 7 weeks ago. Taking magnesium and vitamin d3. I feel modern medicine has failed me. Just trying to figure out how much magnesium and vitamin D3 I need. Thank you for posting.
1) head sweating-affects the autonomic nervous system controlled by the hypothalamus. 2) sweating more at night 3) mood swings-cortisol will go up 🆙 4) procrastination-due to the nucleus acubens. 5) panic 😱 attacks-due to the amygdala. 6) achiness in your body inside the bone 🦴 -osteomalacia 7) loss of muscle 💪 strength -vitamin d controls calcium and calcium controls the muscle. 8) stiffness in knees and fingers -osteoarthritis 9) chronic fatigue-controls the number of mitochondria and the immune system connection. Example the loss of a loved one 1️⃣ 10) slowed down thinking-communication between neurons 11) always hungry-leptin doesn’t work well
Seems that a deficiency in one thing can be the cause for anything. I just make sure to eat pasture raised beef, liver, eggs, home cultured kefir and cod liver oil/fish oil, as the most essential "super foods". Then I focus on everything else - fruits for Vit. C, oysters for zinc, raisins for boron, etc., Every food has a medicinal property, so long that it's organic.
Problem is everyone cant do those things bc of availability or income or other factors i suppose, u r 100 percent correct just saying those things are not available for most people in the clean nutritional form that would be helpful. The stores are part of the problem in the way we torture and pump full of poison the animals we eat not yo mention the plants fruits and veggies.
@@56once Beef isn't killing the planet. What about all the Round Up sprayed on grain to force it to ripen? It washes into the streams and rivers and kills fish and pollutes our drinking water. There are many, many things that are impacting our life and our health. Eat what helps you stay healthy and let other people eat what keeps them healthy.
That’s great and most likely you’re better off than most. But have a blood test to see for sure because you can still be deficient even with a good diet. Our food today is lacking in many nutrients because of bad soil so we can’t rely on food alone to give us all the nutrients or sufficient levels.
I had pretty much all of that and other symptoms such as acidic stomach and throwing up my breakfast every day at school. Hated School. Now I'm just old and fat. Coming from a dysfunctional family certainly did not help. I think it's important that children are loved and told that they are valuable every day. Telling your children that they're worthless and they are stupid destroys their confidence and they self-destruct.
Thank you for this. We all need to know about this. You just described my entire day (!). Several years ago I was diagnosed with pernicious anemia. You could have ,knocked me over with a feather. Vitamins can be so disregarded until we learn how simple a small dose of the perfect “missing” vitamin.
Wow my new doc said I was too high in my vitamin d at 140 cut me off for 3 weeks and I dropped down to 63. I had been taking 5,000 in a day since I was almost dead due to my vitamin d being at 12. Now my hips and lower back are killing me and night sweats and bad mood swings. Think I am going back to my 5,000 a day and maybe a little more to get me back up. After all when he tested me I had been working outside for several weeks in the sun. I think my new doc is a dealer not a healer.
I took prednisone for covid and my night sweats went away for a year. They came back so I experimented and took prednisone again and the went away again. Night sweats are indeed hormone related according to my experience. 😊
Please remember the unit of measurement. In my opinion, 140 ng/ml is too high. 140 nmol/l is a very good value that does not need to be reduced. I assume you also take the cofactors into account?
Oh wow you had a great level at 140 and he made you take less to lower it? Get rid of that doctor, they are not trained in nutrition or vitamins it’s a known fact.
1:47 *EVERYONE Immediately accuses us of diabetes this was my entire life. I had to continuously ask for D labs to be drawn. Thank you so much ☺️ for sharing all the information.
Oh my God this man is telling the truth I do not feel like doing nothing I'm serious I was just telling a neighbor of mine that I don't feel like doing nothing I don't feel like going to the store it just feels like all my energy is drained yes yes yes yes yes yes yes my legs and my hips has been bothering me I just said I was telling my neighbor and my mother I don't know why my legs hurt like this they feel fatigued they feel tired they feel drained and it's not like I'll be walking or going anywhere I'm always in the house why do I feel like this why is my elbows hurting like this my knuckles be hurting everything this man is saying so help me God is the truth I am going through it I am going to go buy me some vitamin d and I am going to take them every single day
I wanted to add one more thing about mixed reviews on vitamin D. For example, why do some people,(most) do well on high dose vitamin D, but not everyone. I should probably do a video on this but here's the data: magnesium is the vital cofactor for vitamin D and the more vitamin D you take, the more magnesium is required so IF a person omits magnesium and takes lots of D3, they could experience magnesium deficiency symptoms: lack of sleep, muscle tightness, restlessness, leg/foot cramps, panic attacks, anxiety, etc. Interesting. The same thing goes with magnesium, if you are low on D3, and omit D3 and take lots of magnesium you could end up with bone pain, achy low back, low immune system, sleep problems, etc.
Dr Berg, I wanted to share your pantry video you did yesterday and it disappeared. Will you repost it? It was so so good!!
Thanks❤
@@Drberg another functional doc said if you're insulin resistant you will store D in fat cells. What's your ideas on that? Might explain why some taking large doses of vit D have a hard time getting their levels up 🤔
Please do Dr. Berg! And a question: What causes vitamin D loss? We live in Hawaii, my spouse surfs, we are exposed to sun yet we were both diagnosed with very low vitamin D levels. What could’ve caused this?
Thank you for your work we appreciate you!
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1.Head sweating
2. Excess sweating at night
3. Mood swings
4. Procrastination
5. Panic attack
6. Body Ache
7.loss of muscle strength
8.stiffness
9. Chronic fatigue
10.Inability to think
11. Hard to feel satisfied with food
A huge thanks from time strapped mother❤️🇹🇷
I have 9 out of those 11 symptoms at present. 😳
Hard to feel satisfied 👍
@@AverageJane222 wow! Get yourself some vitamin D
And k2
Six months of having all the symptoms and then some. I went to my Primary Doctor several times, test after test and twenty thousand dollars in medical bills-lost seven months of work. I kept looking up all my symptoms. Low vitamin D kept coming up. I called my Doctor and asked him “have you checked my Vitamin D?” He said “no” checked it and I was so low it was dangerously low! 50 thousand units for weeks, I was back to normal. I was beyond angry with his incompetents. I literally thought I was dying. In reality, I was slowly dying ! Thank you for speaking on this Doctor Berg! ❤
Years ago, mine was tested at 3. With the low of the normal range being 30.
@@4paws4all37 50000 everyday for weeks?
@@s.h.6858 oh wow. When he finally tested me I was in the negative. I had years of unexplained illness’. They just gave me a pill and sent me on my way. That 6 months I spoke of was the worst experience I went through. I literally had to diagnose myself. Absolutely insane this medical field is today 🤬
You have to find a naturopathic doctor. Also, a nutritionist similar to Dr Berg.
My nutritionist sends us to spectracell labs to get intracellular nutrient test. It tells what's been absorbed into our cells, not what's floating around in our blood.
to trust those that literally rely on your visits, bro was conveniently incompetent
Dr. Berg, my dad loved you. You extended his life and I'm so grateful for the extra time I got with him.
Thank you! ❤
Very glad to be of help.
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This doctor needs to be cloned and put into every medical school to re-educate doctors with correct information about health. He is brilliant, and a gem of a person to anyone with common sense about how to improve their health in a sustained way. I just love learning from his simple to understand videos ... I respect this man immensely 🙏🙏🙏
He might be respectable, but he is not the whole truth. For one example, if your body makes it, you shouldn't take a supplement. So, does he tell you how to get your light right to get your vitamin D right?
Vitamin D isn't as necessary as everybody thinks. At its best, it is a proxy for how much light you get. It's the other light at the right times that do the right things that are attributed to Vitamin D benefits. Has anyone ever told you that only UVb exposure makes Vitamin D endogenously?
We consume both light and food. Light comes first. If we are starving from the daily sunlight and the appropriate dark night, food will not matter.
Dr Jack Kruse is the one to respect the most. Go dive down that rabbit hole.
DrBerg is brilliant!
@swen6797 I saw a video the other day with this female Dr who said her dad had been in bad health with low vitamin D. She prescribed him the best prescription vit D & his levels still weren't increasing, so she asked him to go to the tanning bed (after calling to insure the beds had UVb bulbs, since most tanning beds use only UVa).
He started going, 3 mins a day and slowly increased. Took his vit D levels a month later and they were a lot better. So apparently, he wasn't absorbing the pill form?
I've had low vit D before & given a supplement but they didn't test my levels after prescribing it. I didn't feel any better. I'm wondering if I wasn't absorbing the supplement form. I really think I've got leaky gut, which supposedly will cause you not to absorb nutrients like you're supposed to. (There are various reasons i believe this, not just vit D related)
Anyway, just wanted to say, you're right about the UVb exposure being a source of vit D. I'm prob lacking now as well cuz I barely get out in the sun. I'm confined to bed most of the time, unfortunately.
I agree @ mrliang
You may need to find another doctor. Mine is highly educated in this area of health.
I am in tears right now because I moved to USA in 2015 and my autoimmune disease kept getting worse. I used to tell my parents that I am just not feeling satisfied even after eating so much food. I switched back to Indian diet but still I would not feel satisfied.
Fast forward to now I just started using D3 daily and I feel more in control of what I eat and I am surprised the way my body and my brain reacts to food. Any bad food I don’t get cravings. I don’t feel like I need to eat something right now, I don’t get hangry. I am blown away by this information.
Back in India we were always out in the sun so everything is fine but moving into a different climate all together really took a toll on my body. I am so glad I have found Dr Eric he is doing Gods works for everyone.
Food in America is also severely lacking in nutrients, even if you buy organic.
@@megamaze00This is extremely sad for such a developed country. No wonder everyone is depressed.
I was just given an abnormal diagnosis and I really feel this is the cause
@@JKS323 increasingly, more people are staying indoors that include a lot of children as well. It also does not help that most Americans are not aware that standard American working hours are the same as Japan/South Korea 9am-5pm +40 hours (overtime is accepted in most places) a week with competitive workforces especially in coast cities where there are people who choose to not take their vacations days or even sick days which is more typical in Asian countries and is unnatural in most EU countries where it is the law for employees to take their leave for whatever the reason because of the job demands. Stress determines everything for health
MANS A GENIUS,HE READS AND TAKES HIS JOB ON THIS EARTH SERIOUSLY,WHO DOES THAT,DR BERG
Dr Berg notes:
Today, Dr Berg tells you about some of the symptoms that you probably didn’t know were related to vitamin D deficiency. The most common signs that you’re vitamin D deficient include lower back pain, depression, high blood pressure, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases.
Blood tests only show you the inactive form of vitamin D and don't tell you about vitamin D at the cellular level. Instead, look out for some of the surprising signs of vitamin D deficiency.
1. Head sweating
This is typically seen in infants but can also be seen in teenagers and adults.
2. Sweating more at night
If you’re vitamin D deficient, you may sweat excessively, even if the room is cool. You might also wake up with a moist pillow.
3. Mood swings
Vitamin D controls mood regulation, so if you’re deficient, you could experience a range of moods in a short time.
4. Procrastinating
If you constantly put things off for later, you could be vitamin D deficient!
5. Panic attacks
Low vitamin D levels can cause panic attacks, so try taking high doses of vitamin D3 if you’re experiencing them.
6. Achiness
Achiness in the pelvis, lower back, hips, and upper legs is often a sign of low vitamin D.
7. Loss of muscle strength
If you have low vitamin D, you won’t have enough calcium in the muscles. Calcium allows the muscle to contract and is also involved in muscle production.
8. Stiffness
Stiffness related to vitamin D deficiency usually occurs in the knees and fingers. This is related to inflammation, weakened cartilage, and weakened collagen.
9. Chronic fatigue
Vitamin D supports your mitochondria, the energy factories of the cell. Without enough vitamin D, you can’t make energy.
10. Slowed down thinking
Vitamin D deficiency can cause diminished cognitive function.
11. Difficulty feeling satisfied
If you’re vitamin D deficient, you might not feel satisfied after eating, and you’ll have a tendency to overeat.
Consider taking around 10,000 to 20,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day, along with the cofactors magnesium, vitamin K2, zinc, and vitamin B6.
Thank you Dr Berg!
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Thank you for the "Cliff Notes"!!! 👍🏼
@@fidelcatsro6948 i have all of these symptoms for years and been taking vita d in and off but still feels the same
@@mandeepkaur2638 🤔
@@mandeepkaur2638 Might pay to get an expert to look at your blood levels of VIT d and how much and house long you are taking VIT d for.
Amazing short Notes keep going
This is exactly what has been happening to me since September. Inside more and having broken my arm and shoulder couldn't do much! Pain so bad in hips and knees plus aching nearly all day. Lots of stress since Husband's stroke. Can't hardly keep my thoughts together plus no sleep. So glad I found this!
Much love, hugs & prayer Mary 🙏🏻
I was just diagnosed with a severe vitamin D deficiency. In watching this video, I am now sure this has been a years long deficiency. Thank God I got fed up with my doctor not listening to me or testing my vitamin and mineral levels like I had been asking him to do for years and found a new doctor. Hopefully, we can fix all the damage that has been done to my body from this. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and expertise with us.
Anybody can safely add a supplement, without having tests done.
Good luck!
@lauriehalbrooks 1594 I could not agree more. I feel my GP's in Australia all from the one practice have been less than casual about my health. I have many work and life injuries and the pain is constant and at times severe. Worst of all is the complete loss of energy, when merely standing up and going to the kitchen is a real chore! Always been healthy and fit, but my last 10years have been a nightmare. Dr Berg and his videos are really who I turn to now and I am coping much better. I take 3,000IU D3 and I will up that to 5,000IU: 1,800mg Mg: and 2,400mg of K and I really feel better to the extent that my 'injuries' seem almost like they are fading....either that or I'm fading! Take care and thanks Dr Berg I am wiser and better educated after your vids.
@@donnahilton471 when you don't know what the underlying issue is and are asking for blood tests explicitly to check vitamin and mineral levels that are repeatedly not done, you don't know. And I was taking high quality vitamin and mineral supplements, just not enough vitamin D apparently. So, I didn't know I had a deficiency. And for the record, many vitamins and minerals are not water soluble and can build up to toxic levels. My dad had toxic levels and came close to death. So, no, not everyone can safely add a supplement.
@@barry7608 I understand completely. I have been fighting my doctor for several years now. It has gotten so bad that I can barely lift my legs to walk now and have to use a mobility scooter if I leave the house. I am only in my mid-50s. Also, if upping my vitamin D helps my 30 years of horrible back pain, I may consider a lawsuit against my doctor as I have seen him many, many times for my back pain. It's a sad day when so many doctors no longer advocate for their patient's health.
God bless and protect this man. He is a diamond 💎.
This isn't for likes this man's research and time has helped me and millions more like me who've been at the mercy of so called doctors for years I've lost my mum last year they got her on loads of medications and it killed her my heart is truly shattered from it I hope people will pay attention to his research and get better. Amen 🙏🏽
R.I.P mum 💔
Thank you for your kind message. Appreciate it!
I an attest to this. Brain fog, SERIOUS fatigue, pain, all incorrectly diagnosed as "depression" Thankfully a new doctor at my surgery suspected I had thiroid issues due to the fatigue and ordered a whole ramp of blood tests. The thiroid came back as normal, but the vitamin D levels were so low they could not be measured. She gave me a prescription for vitamin D tablets, it took the best part of last year to recover. My takeaway from the situation is, how many people who are diagnosed with depression which does not improve with treatment, are actually suffering from a serious vitamin deficiency? But they are labelled for life with mental illness. All I would ask any medical professional watching this is, if you have a patient come to you showing odd symptoms, please don't jump straight into the "depression" pool, order blood tests first.
Don't forget to take vitamin K2 as well!
So so true.
Thank you! I think this is part of my situation as well!!
Exactly the same scenario happened with me!
Sometimes those tests cannot measure thyroid accurately as well and shows normal when it is not.
Thanks for talking WITH us and not DOWN to us!! Great information!!
So for us perimenopausal ladies, these symptoms can easily be chalked up to our change of life, making deficiency detection even less likely. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
Happy that you found it useful!
I finally found an ob/gyn that took me seriously. It’s been a game changer. But I have never in my life taken so many vitamins!! 😂
Should we get a blood test or just take it?
Vitamin d is actually a hormone.
I was just coming here to say this. I don't believe menopause and premenopause is suppose to be so symptomatic. And what's worse is when you go to the doctor they brush it off like "yeah, it's normal stuff to experience while the transition occurs" without educating how to balance hormones in the process.
I was deathly ill last year and my (former) primary care doctor was, what I would consider, negligent in my (lack of) diagnosis. I had vertigo, fatigue, muscle aches and some depression. I learned more from you about deficiencies and went to work healing over time. I remain forever grateful for your help.
What did you start to take as supplements please to feel better ?
@sarajesusismyking 10k+ icu d3, magnesium, zinc, dr bergs b12comlex, probiotics, digestive enzymes. No sugar...(hardest part for me). Sugar is my cryptonite!
@@Vashti0825 Thank you for explaining. So happy that you found the answers from Dr. Berg and are feeling great! I need to get more zinc, as I ran out of it and never replaced it, yet. Sugar is a hard one but bread is even harder for me. Good, local, organic sourdough bread. yum!
What do you do if you can't tolerate vitamin d suppliemts becouse of it interacting with your meds and I can't tolerate synthetic vitamin d,any advice on what to do???
@@kristinehowell5732
Natural vitamin D from food, berries, vegetables
I had been prescribed a high dose of vitamin D but didn’t pick it up. I didn’t believe it would work. I’ve had severe aches and pains to the point where I could not sleep. I watched your video and decided to try taken 20,000iu of vitamin D and within 2 hours my aches were almost completely gone. I don’t know whether it’s placebo or real but I slept better last night than I have in a long time. You are genuine and caring. I can see that you’re here to make a difference. Thank you
@@muriellehall4416 what type of vitamin D3, what source what says on the recipient?
Ja biorę 60.000 D3 dziennie. Od 5 miesięcy . Wcześniej brałem 20.000 przez 3 lata
What tablets did you take & how much?
@@melaniejackson8187
D3 ,, Now foods 50.000,, jedna dziennie +
,,Podkowa D3 5.000,, 2 tabletki dziennie.
Razem 3 tabletki dziennie, można brać razem.
Sprawdź w wyszukiwarce te nazywy
@@melaniejackson8187,,nov foods 50.000 ,,
My wife just wants the bare bones information while I appreciate that you give us "the why". Getting a conceptual understanding of what is going on is important to me. By applying the data you've given on healthy keto, IF and nutrition, the psoriasis I had in 3 places has been gone since I started a year ago. Also the "arthritis" and swelling I had in my left hand..gone. I lost 30 lbs as a nice side effect so now I weigh the same as I did in my 20's. I'm 65 now. Higher energy, no brain fog....a new lease on life. Thank you Dr. Berg!!
You have literally explained exactly what is going on with my body! I have M.E & Fibromyalgia caused by the H1N1 2009 flu..... but the likes of pain in my hands, severe panic attacks, always feeling hungry & costochondritis! Thank you so much for this video! It is exactly what I needed right now! If this works you might just save my life!
I work out side 8-12 hours a day. Had all these problems, literally everything mentioned. Had enoff of it took time from work for stress, got my blood taken, everything was good but vitamin D. I started keto and fasting and take lots of vitamin D and I'm 100% better. Like noticeable mood changes. Dr. Berg straight up saved my life.
Why do you think you aren’t making sufficient vitamin D while being outside so much?
@5piral0ut I'm an arborist so I'm usually wearing alot of Personal protective equipment. I'm covered up alot. Usually just my forearms are showing. I never thought about it much. I also usually have sawdust on my forearms so I just was never getting direct sun on my skin.
I watched a video where a doc said if you're insulin resistant the body will put the D in the fat cells and you can't access it.
How many iu of vitamin D do you take per day
@lisamarierosso2713 I'm working my way up but around six thousand. I'm going to probably do ten thousand.
I had all of these symptoms 5 years after breast cancer treatment. Sweating, mood roller coaster,nooo none motivation, panicing, lower body aches thought was from tamoxifen, tightness in my chest, which I thought was due to surgery, stiffness in hands feet and oh so fatigued. I've been taking a higher dose 12500 for the last 4 weeks and I am a changed person. TRY THIS!!!
A few years ago I had severe anxiety and insomnia - gp could not help other than prescribe SSRI drugs which I did not want - went to see a lovely private doctor who asked about diet and guessed I had v low vit D - tests showed he was correct - a good dr can make such a massive difference
I had similar with magnesium too but years later I definitely had clinic depression ans need the ssri's
Found out I was severely Vitamin D deficient. Had most of these symptoms. My back was hurting so bad I thought I injured it. Went through PT. Didn’t help. Also the fatigue I felt was unreal. I felt like I couldn’t think straight at work, my anxiety got 10x worse. After watching your videos I asked my doctor to check my vitamin D. Sure enough my levels were at 10. Started taking 20,000 ius daily within 4 days I was feeling so much better. It’s so fascinating how our bodies react when we are missing those vitamins. Our bodies are speaking to us and we need to listen. Thank you Dr. Berg
Wow! A 10? You were paralyzed!
@@abou8963 yes I could barely move most days
just placebo
Omg I suffered for 2005 until this year. OMG 19 years I wanted to jump a bridge!!!!!!!!! TG I didnt!! A dr checked my blood!!!! OMG SHE SAID I WAS VIT D DEFICIENCT. I NEVER FELT SO GOOD IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!
Joshua 1:9
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Think aladdin is probably my favourite fairytale but each to their own
@@jonathanheywood5482have you read the Bible?
@@BreDawg714 Oh, JFC!
Are you okay?
@@BreDawg714 I have. What's wrong with it?
THANK YOU!! Only wish I’d seen your video 10 years ago! I had 7 of these symptoms!! Couldn’t figure out why I was able to stop years of Prozac… now I know why it was possible. Had no idea the head sweating was directly linked to vitamin D deficiency! My Dr must have recognized it and put me on vitamin D… after he heard my complaints. A lot of what I was suffering I attributed to old age and arthritis. I’m 70 years young. Because after addressing the D deficiency, I feel soo much better! He tells me to keep doing whatever I’m doing and he hopes he’ll be as healthy when he gets to my age. It’s strange to be as healthy as I am with the family illnesses I am connected to. The one issue he watches is I am pre diabetic, I am at the threshold is how he describes it. Every family member on my mother’s side and all 5 of my siblings have it and are treated for it as well as heart conditions and overweight issues. My yearly physicals always amaze my Dr and his staff! I am so thankful. For him and my own natural draw to fruits and vegetables as well as a non desire for red meat. I’m simply fine without meat in my diet. I haven’t used sugar in decades and tend to eat a balanced diet. I have never had to fight overweight or deal with obesity that runs parallel in my siblings as well.
I simply had no idea that my lack of vitamin D was causing the head and night sweating that was annoying enough that I mentioned it to my Dr. The deficiency showed in my lab work, for sure, so my Dr put me on supplements and I wish I could thank him enough for the wonderful results!
Now, I am headed into 71 in February and living a life I never expected to live.
Just wanted to tell you my story. And thank you.
How much vitamin d do you take?
i’m happy you’re better. bless you and your family ❤
13:32 we need a video with clearly stated proportions between D3, K2, magnesium, zinc, copper and B6 if we have to take them all together
He’s made videos with ratios between D3, zinc, magnesium, b6, etc.
He recommends taking 50mcg of k2 (menaquinone-7 for every 5,000 iu of vitamin d3 you take. As for magnesium, zinc and copper, he stated: magnesium glycinate 400 to 800mg, zinc bisglycinate 30 to 50mg and copper 2mg to 3mg. It's ok to take them all together, it will cause you no harm, in fact, it'll improve the absorbtion of these vitamins and minerals.
TY for breaking this down conveniently‼️
Including B1
We don't need it it's already there
God bless Dr. Berg for all his help
YES
Amen
Amen!
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The cravings from vitamin deficiencies are caused by hormonal imbalances and are the big cause to substance abuse, addiction, eating disorders also. People try to fulfill cravings with drugs, alcohol and junk over processed food. One of the root causes is nutritional deficiencies causing hormonal imbalances.
Amen.
Well said
FACTS.
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Damn. I never would have put that together but it makes total sense.
I learned recently the father of my child's been using drugs. He's never eaten healthy & undoubtedly has multiple vitamin deficiencies.
I'm gonna tell him about this. I'd been telling him he needed to focus more on eating healthy even b4 he got on drugs.
I doubt telling him will make him stop, but at least it helps me sorta understand why he went n started using.
I appreciate this video so much but, I appreciate MORE than anything that you actually said what levels of vitamin d are safe to take. It is so hard to find information that isn't immediately contradicted by the Google search below it.
I really like the "overview first" "deep dive second" format for a video.
The overview lets us hear and think about the various conditions, and if none of them pertain to you, fine, skip.
But if any are interesting, we can get a deeper dive on the information.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, in my view.
Every MD and OD should watch this video as part of their diagnostic training.
That wouldn't sell though
Why, they deliberately don't care.
Not going to happen. They will lose their kickback from Big pharma
But it might cause them to have healthy patients.
Doctor's only treat the symptoms, but they don't want you to get better or they won't be able to pay for their house on the golf course or their trophy wife or their new car.
I just ordered your D3. I can't wait to take it because I'm deficient and have all of these symptoms. My husband also!! Thank you!
Make sure to take Magnesium too alongside it :)
@@albinegDr Berg’s includes magnesium in his D3&k2.
@@SaveTheFutureWithTheWayToHappi Also, small amount of zinc increases absorption of Vitamin D in the body.
HE'S SELLING SUPPLEMENTS?
Humanity, you disappoint me again.
@@SaveTheFutureWithTheWayToHappi
Hi, I just ordered Dr Berg’s supplement. It has magnesium stearate in ingredients apart from citrate. Is stearate a concern in the long run using his supplement?
wow, thank you for sharing all of this. I lost my mom six months ago and I’ve had chronic fatigue for the last couple of months that have become more severe. I did some bloodwork paneling and it showed that I have 20 MG so my vitamin D is very deficient. I suffer from a lot of these symptoms so I really appreciate you sharing this video. It really blessed me because it’s exactly what I’m going through. God bless you.❤
I think this has been one of your better videos on vitamin D deficiency
Thank you for your comment. Glad you like this.
I agree. I thought I knew about vitamin D from his other video, but this one is excellent. Really great for beginners and for us who like to share the knowledge.
Retired pharmacist, finally got rid of all the stress of my job. Have welding and woodworking hobbies that I enjoy that keep me in my shop for months. I have all the symptoms you are describing and just attributed it to old age. First symptom is my friendly neighbor teasing me that he never sees me outside my house, I retort that I am staying busy inventing and building stuff in my shop. Dumb not to realize I am depriving my body of what I could get free from the sun. I now will start high dose of vitamin D3 for a while until all the symptoms I am experiencing subside. Thanks.
Please get your vitamin D levels checked so you can keep an eye on them. I don’t know why it’s not just part of routine bloodwork.
As a former pharmacist how is it you are not aware that you should be taking K2 with D3 because they work synergistically? Otherwise you are risking cardiovascular and arteriovascular disease if you take really high D3 doses as this guy is suggesting. D3 needs K2 to send calcium where it is supposed to go. Into the bones and teeth. Perhaps it is assumed most people get enough K2 naturally from food sources but it is not true of the western civilization diet which is seriously nutrient/vitamin deficient.
I thought I was having a stroke. I stood up and was veering to the left, couldn't walk a straight line, couldn't walk down a single step without hanging on to something. Tripped and fell a few times my balance was so off. I had been experiencing crushing fatigue, ravenous hunger, general myalgia that moved around, and bad brain fog as well. Got bloodwork done and my vitamin D was at 6.5 ng/mL. I also was diagnosed with type II diabetes at the same time with an hbA1c of 6.5. I started taking 5000 iu/day and felt significantly better within a couple weeks. It took me a good year to feel entirely back to normal. I also lost about 65 pounds without feeling famished all the time, normal hunger when time for a meal but not that ravenous feeling, A1c is now 5.5, and my balance has finally returned to almost baseline but it's still a little off, I can think on my feet again and I'm back to my old sarcastic self. I did drop down to 2000 iu/day for now. I'll have bloodwork done again in about a month and will see if I need to tweak how much I'm taking. At 64 I thought some of my aches and pains were not unusual, I've taken more than one hard fall off my horse, busted my knees up pretty badly, etc. But I feel better at 65 than I did a year ago.
You need to take 60k iu remember to take mg and k2
It's because of the Chemical Additives in the foods and drinks for supermarket and stores. Especially is the E330 also called citric acid or "lemon salt" in layman terms. It "eats" all the Calcium in the body (because the E330 (lemon salt) is acidic is "sour" and creates an acidic environment, melts,eats the Calcium from the body and the D3 too!
The E330 is in every food or drink from the stores, and if it's under 3% they are allowed by law to not mention it on the ingredients list!
This "lemon salt" E330 it's deposited in the body in little micro-deposits on the walls of the organs,veins etc., the same like natural salt in a Mine! And from this deposits we receive daily the disolved solution, Dosage, solution "treatment" of E303 poison!
They put this E303 even in : milk, sweetsn foods, beer, in liquids and solids too.
Also these and other Chemicals (pesticides) are sprayed on the skin,peel of the crops when are green and soft so that these burn into the plants,grains,reaching to the core of the plants,grains,fruits grains,wheat,etc.,.
And ofcourse, at the production and process of foods they add this chemical additives, E330 and others.
Who thinks only meat diet is the solution, know that in production, the meat is injected with Chemical Additives also, so the microbes won't eat it!And also before production, the animal eats wheat peels andwheat grains and other grains sprayed on fields with strong chemicals that burn and enter inside the core of wheat and other graines, plants,etc.And this chemical sprayed grains and plants is eaten by animals and the poison of chemicals are deposited in the fat and meat of the animal, that the people eat it later!
The solution is to grow plants, potatoes,vegetables in your own garden, not sprayed with chemicals, or by from peasants who ATLEAST don't spray the crops with chemicals, on their skin,peel, and reaching the core because this chemicals burn into the plants,fruits,grains etc.
The bottled water from stores is also added with chemical additives because there's a limit of microbes per ml, permitted by law,so to reach that limit they also micro-poison the bottled water too! So still, the tap water is preferably!
I started to fall ill in january of 2021. It started with fatigue, widespread achy pain & loss of strength in my left arm & hand in particular. My dr diagnosed me with fibromyalgia. Cut to a few months later & my blood work showed that I was severely deficient in vit d. Dr put me on D2 50,000iu extended release & I started taking D3, calcium, magnesium, zinc & potassium. Within 6 months i was feeling almost completely back to normal. Never in my life would I have believed it if it didn't happen to me. 😭I should add that I started seeing a rheumatologist & was diagnosed with osteoarthritis & osteopenia as well.
I have fibromalagia for years, low on vit D too now
I'm so lucky my doc at the VA(he's new to our facility) caught this. He heard about my symptoms and straight away had me go get more blood drawn to check on my Vitamin D levels. Turns out I was pretty severely deficient, and he got me a prescription right away. Gods bless that man. He continues to impress even now with his nuanced understanding of health.
The bureaucracy of the VA can be difficult and daunting to deal with, and sometimes you get bad apples. But at least there are still good and capable, caring people in the system who will help you.
Why a prescription? You can buy D3 over the counter.
@@HarrisPilton789 It is free, for one.
When I hit menopause, my hot flashes were terrible! I took HRT, until I hit 65. I started taking 20,000 units a day and I got rid of them!
Wow, I’m going through the change too.
I got a yummy version of vitaminD , last November, ate the whole bottle over a few weeks, and my nasty feeling of hot flashes disappeared too! I never got more if that vitamin, but now I kinda question if it was menopause or something else, because I haven’t had a hot flash like that since last November.
@@tanyakilbane7636 Going through the same thing.? I was just thinking about that the other day. I was like...Is this really "menapause" that I'm having'? I actually think it's NOT menapause. I think the medical community just calls it that if we are over a certain age. I actually think it's just the body fighting off "infection". Then, when the vitamin D is taken, it tends to fight the infection off ...as long as the vitamin D is being taken. That's what it seems like for me. (???).
I got panic attacks from putting everything off until later :) I was just prescribed 50000 ius and was diagnosed with skin cancer. I have quit all bad habits and learned the power of fasting. I have total faith. Thank you Dr. Berg, another great video.
A good vitamin D level will support your recovery. Please also think about the cofactors.
All the best.
No problem. Thanks for watching the video. Wishing you good health!
@@Fitundgesund100 thank you!
Lord God Almighty bless and keep you.
Praying now 🤍🌿🕊️
I have severe colon inflammation. How much should i take
CLEAR & CONCISE AS ALWAYS!THANKS DR.BERG!
I have all of the Symptoms 😢
All day I work indoors. Later at night my back pain goes up with my whole right leg pain ,
In work time i feel
1. Dizzy
2. Not organized
3. Easily forget simple task
4. Mood changing
5. Less motivation to work .
But I remember I work on an island for a month where most of the time I work direct sunlight
And I didn't feel any pain in my back, 😮
So I now know what is causing all the trouble
Awesome stuff!!! 6 weeks of taking 50,000 IUs a day I’m finally out of bed!! 2 months in bed pure exhausted i saw your conversation about high doses. And bought your vitamin D Added 600 mgs of magnesium. Ox bile, boron and enzymes!!! Magnificent rewards!!
Ps i sure wish u made a bigger bottle of the 10,000 !! Amazon spends a lot of time at my house. ❤
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Wow!! Thanks for sharing!
Terrific information as always. Thanks Dr B👍
50k units of d3 daily ??
I was that ill before, too. I only needed 10k IU a day for a period, then went to 5k IU daily maintenance because my doc said my numbers were a little high. I take a D3 in coconut oil.
Quick rundown…
1-head sweating
2-night sweats
3-mood swings
4-procrastination
5-panic attacks
6-aches in pelvis lower back
7-loss of muscle strength
8-stiffness
9-chronic fatigue
10-slow thinking
11-difficult to satisfy-food wise
Almost All of the above✔️
😂😂😂 Same... almost all...
Everything but panic attacks or night sweats
Me too. Everything except panic attacks.
I'm so glad this is being brought to light. I suffered terribly for nearly 2 years while doctors never even ran a simple vitamin D test. I had sweating, completely bedridden from the fatigue, severe anxiety and panic attacks, bone and body pain from head to toe that became so bad I couldn't walk or lift my arms over my head. No appetite and severe neausea. I had a full blown tan and still extremely deficient. I notice it wasnt mentioned here but taking too high of a dose of vitamin D can tip your calcium high on lab values. I take 5000 unit d3 plus 300mg magnesium glycinate and 100mg k2 as mk7. It took 8 months to get my levels up from a 6 to a 77. I've never had another panic attack since then! Also thank you for mentioning taking magnesium and cofactors because most doctors wont tell you this and then you end up magnesium deficient.
Hi - Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately I have experienced the same issues. I was a triathlete, sleeping early and waking up at 4 am to stretch and train until 6:45 am. - 6 days a week. I did this for decades. I thought I was eating well but I noticed a few months before I literally could not raise my head or arm to get out of bed & that I had begun to develop a bit of inflammation around my little ankles and wrists. Was bizarre! My blood work didn't show any deficiencies!!! I spent 6 months in bed with my parents having to watch over me. (I have never done drugs nor smoked or popped pills. No alcohol. No cokes, no sweets except for berries.) 8 years later I finally I found a specialist who discussed DR. BERG'S important points: lack of minerals. Incredibly grateful!!!! I am almost 100% again. DR BERG IS A GODSEND.
A little tip:
If you or another interested person have a vitamin D deficiency, you can take a higher daily dose for 2-3 weeks (e.g. 20,000 or 30,000 iu) and then reduce to the daily calculated maintenance dose after this time.
The advantage of this is that you will have a good level in a short time and not only in a few months.
That’s the reason you need to take the cofactors: Magnesium and K2 will send the calcium to your bones instead of free floating in your bloodstream and getting in your arteries or elsewhere where you don’t want calcium to go. Zinc and Boron are also important for good absorption. Although 77 is good level it’s not where you should start taking less of vit D.
The best levels are 85-100 even over that especially if someone is fighting an illness. Remember that when you scale down the amount of D3 you take your levels will drop too. There is no way to maintain the sufficient levels by taking less of D3 as someone here is suggesting.
This is what happened to me after the lockdowns.
I kept getting Covid, had respiratory inflammation, stuffy head, shortness of breath, sleeping 14+ hours a night and waking up exhausted and out of breath like I had been running, couldn't concentrate, couldn't read a wiring diagram - I've been a controls electrician for 30 years, normally I can read diagrams as easily as the morning paper.
I was taking max strength vitamin D but after 2 years it wasn't working.
One day after showing vids like this to my better half, who is a nurse, we realised my low fat diet and cereals for breakfast meant my D Tablets washed right out with my morning tea.
D is fat soluble, not water soluble.
We changed my diet around to replace the morning carbs with a mixed leaf Olive salad, an egg or two and a tiny bit of steak.
After a couple of months, what a difference!
Energy is up, strength is up, wayyyy more positive, aches and pains have disappeared, learning is easier - learning German now - and my music skills are increasing at a rate I didn't think possible.
Things I didn't understand or couldn't do for 2 years all came back but better. It's crazy!
My new family Dr took me off my twice a week Vitamin D prescription. And now I’m having almost every single thing you have mentioned!!! I will be asking my Rheumatoid arthritis dr to give ne my script back
I was on 50,000 IU’s twice a week
Maybe that's what the lady up on above posts talked about.... important to get from other sources than synthetic vitamin/ hormone.
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Dr berg also says the rx vit d is D2 not the needed D3
I don’t need a prescription for VitD!!
You are saving millions of lives!! Thank God for you!!
It's nothing. Glad to help you all. Take care!
@@Drberg
It's Not "nothing!"
Vitamin D supps have drastically changed my quality of life after decades of suffering. Thank you!!
When I lived in the PNW, doctors would tell me that I need more vitamin D. When I asked them how do I get more living here? They would just shrug their shoulders. Moved to a state that gets more sunshine and immediately felt a difference.
Orrrrr take a supplement
What ever PNW, as if we all know that.
@@patstokes7040 Papua New Guinea. 😊
Pacific north west baby !
You get vitamin d in the PNW….
It's this type of content that puts your faith back in humanity. A real medical expert willing to be upfront with the FACTS GOD BLESS YOU SIR!!
May the Almighty bless you ❤❤❤❤❤
Amen.
I live in Quebec, we don't have much Sunlight in the winter time... By taking large amounts of vitamin D3, I feel really different.
Yes. Some of his videos on vitamin D absorption may help further.
Bro, the sun is too weak in Quebec for 6 months of the year to get enough vitamin D. You _must_ supplement.
Live in Kingston! I was just diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency 😢now taking D3 supplements.
When I was first diagnosed with MS in 1998 ( I was 23years old), first thing I heard about vitamin D deficiency was at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital by a very trustworthy Egyptian neurologist I went with my husband for a second opinion . She confirmed my diagnosis and explained that and it might be related to vitamin d deficiency as she was doing a research on on this topic.
Thank you for informing us of this very important truth which seems to scare the big mafia ( not all scientist are part of that mafia) in medicine manufacturing corporations.🙏♥️
Why is it that none of my doctors ever explained it like this? They've just told me "you have a vit d deficiency" and then ended the conversation.
Thank you for finally explaining it to me. It has answered so many questions.
I thought I was the only person who received vague information from doctors.
Doctors are not people who heal you anymore. They find your symptoms and dispense a pill that makes them go away. Often that is a valid cure or treatment, but it's never part of healing, which would require preventing whatever is causing the issue and helping you get rid of it permanently.
Maybe it's not all proven or much of it is contentious / theoretical? Doctors stick to facts 100% proven and are focussed on ruling out lethal diseases that need immediate treatment.
Just found out this youtube guy sells these supplements. Careful.
I learned about it from reading, I highly suggest not relying on a doctor or a youtube doc to inform you about your health. You can check out most textbooks from a library and look up most studies online to verify. I realize people don't like reading anymore though so then I suppose it's good they have a youtube dr
I got extremely ill from vitamin D deficiency. It was so bad I could not sleep, had zero energy to get out of bed, chronic fatigue, and was like a freaking zombie. I didn't have all these symptoms, it was a process figuring it out. I thought it was a B12 deficiency, and it may have been part of my overall health issue, but not the reason I got so bad. Working at nights and not taking a supplement was the culprit.
Yup Night Shift person here
I suffered from fatigue after eight months of night shift work. I had neglected to take any vitamin D supplements during this time, plus very limited exposure to sunlight as it was during the autumn/winter months leading into spring.
My main symptom was decreasing energy levels, very subtle at first, but then became more noticeable over time, resulting in drinking more caffeine and sugary drinks to offset deficit. It just made the inevitable 'crash' worse, to the point I was bedridden for almost a week with severe fatigue. After that, I made sure I took at least 4,000 IUs a day. Seems to be doing the trick after several years.
You had all those symptoms, but you didn't have all those symptoms? Odd.
@@TawnH1they probably meant they didn't have them all at once.
I love that you divided this into part 1 and part 2. I trust you and want to get straight to the heart of the matter. THEN, after I understand the quick part, I am more willing to pay attention to the science part. I am more of a scanner type than a diver type. So this suits me well.
I agree!!
Thank God for your help in our lives in this world
I was recently diagnosed with malabsorption. My D2 was 13 and D3 at 9. I couldn’t remember, walk or carry on a conversation. I live alone, during the pandemic, i worked at home and therefore further isolated. Its taken 8 months to get my levels up. Every thing you have said-mostly!
4 years ago when I found out I had low vit D, I was feeling so off. I felt like I was going crazy and couldnt think straight, my body felt like I wanted to jump out of my skin. It was awful. I went to the doc about a week later and blood test showed low vit D. Sometimes I get tbose symptoms again if I forget to take my vitamins but thankfully I know what it is. Im pretty dark skinned (Mexican) and moved to Kansas about 5 years ago(military). I never had this issue until I moved here. I really do feel that has something to do with it.
This doctor is brilliant. I trust in this gentleman's advice. I discovered him on another social media platform. Simply phenomenal.
Thank you very much for your comment. Hope you are learning a lot from my content.
Hi Dr Berg. The intro in your video shook me to the bone! My Vitamin D count is 18 nMol/L and i feel like death. So i started taking supplements... 1000IU, because the internet said 4000IU is to much. You video gave me new hope to turn this thing around. I now understand why i just cant get out of this feeling after a week of supplements. I should have felt better if i upped the dose to at least 20000IU per day till i got better and then managed it from there. I also spend an hour outside per day now. just to assist in my recovery.
Hair loss!!!! I lost tons of hair from lack of it, happily growing it all back! On D and prenatals with D! Not bad for a post menopausal woman!!
I have multiple autoimmune disorders. I also take extra B .
Your video explained a lot! If anyone is bed-ridden or homebound, you’re probably VIT. D deficient. Have your Dr. Check!
Thanks! You can always learn no matter how old you get!! 😊💙💙
thats awesome ... growing hair back is such a challenge
Thank you Dr. Berg. I couldn’t figure it out. My blood levels are normal but, I have all those symptoms. I keep thinking I am going crazy. Thank you thank you ❤❤
So you are taking more now?
Same with me, I'm going to at least double my dose and see how it goes. I currently take 5000-10000 daily, depending how I feel.
Yes. He’s made more important videos on this point. Really helped me.
This is another fine dive into cellular biology. Your explanations at this level set your education apart from the merely prescriptive/descriptive content of other channels.
Thank you very much for your feedback. Appreciate it!
Hey Doc, I am usually the one who prefers all the details but cannot always have the time SO im so grateful for the two parts strategy you used here. Much appreciated!
Home run with the format, Dr. Berg! Not everyone who needs to hear this will watch technical videos. Breaking it up so it’s easily digestible for simple appetites (pun intended) is going to make this farther reaching. You are changing lives. We’re here, we’re listening, we hear you and we love you! Please keep it up, even when you don’t know which way up is… you were meant for this and truly grateful you found your voice ❤
I’m so glad that I came across your video today. Immediately I subscribed it.❤
This comment is going to be a little long.
I’m an engineer by profession and a dancer too.
I suffered from severe ankle tendinitis in 2021. I couldn’t walk for eight months without braces and in those eight months I had to wear walker boot for a couple months. I’ve been to orthopedics surgeon, podiatrist, and rheumatologist. I ended up spending a lot while visiting all these doctors thinking I would get an answer. Though rheumatologist ordered a lab test for ANA CRP, CBC etc. The detailed blood test gave us an insight of probability of cause of inflammation but initially, they stated that it could be degenerative arthritis. They also said it could be because of your background of professional dancer for 20 years and that is why your feet has become flat😢😢
To my surprise, none of the doctors payed attention to head sweating(started a year ago) and other symptoms mentioned in this video. I am in my early 30s and how degenerative arthritis can be this severe at 30. They also said about a possibility of passing genes from ancestors. I have performed on stage all my childhood in school time and on a national level too.
2021 to Till date it’s hard to believe how and when it happened, how it has changed few activities in life. The inflammation was super high so I started eating anti-inflammatory food and after two years We got tested again and thank God the inflammations came out to be normal. I have PCOS and vitamin D deficiency as well. But when I turned 30 I never knew that excess sweating could be Vit-D deficiency itself. And many other symptoms that you satiated in this video are so relatable.
But I can relate to those aches, I still get whenever I have a hectic day or just physically stressed day. Let me tell you running jogging, dancing, and wearing heels. My doctor asked me to stop all of the above. It is a kinda disappointment, but I’m still hopeful that I will be able to overcome this and be able to wear heels and do all those activities again. I will make sure I take vitamin D timely. By the way, for those who said it’s toxic to take higher amount. I had taken 60000IU weekly, biweekly or monthly depending on how low the vitamin D is in the body.
I hope my message is helpful to someone who is reading this .❤
I like the part 1 vs part 2 format
Yeah, I was also thinking how that was a smart idea, even tho I'm def gonna be watching the entire thing any time I watch Dr Burgs videos
Agreed! This was a cool format.
I stopped taking my vitamins while I was in Italy, felt awful, sleeping till 11AM, I returned home, London, started taking vitamins again and now I have lots of energy, I wake up at 6 AM and feeling amazing.
Lots of people are lacking vitamin D even though they live in a sunny place.
Which brands are you taking please and what vitamins?
@@sarajesusismykingthis is also my question.
I had Ultra Women from Holland and Barett before ,now Boots A-Z +live friendly bacteria
@@sarajesusismykingim. taking Vit d3 Piping Rock (brand)
How much IUs of vitamin d per day?
I had to heal late stage lyme aka a bioweapon and even tho im not dying anymore I couldnt figure out my weird symptoms now to get my mom and kids on board thank you for being in loving service I wish you infinte blessings I finally feel hope again
I'm an outdoor person and I eat a lot of small canned fish. My Dr told me, there's something where a body does not absorb vitamin D, even though I take vitamin D and I get it from the heathfood store , not the cheap artificial ones. Thank you Dr Berg for explaining it in detail.
Heard a doc say if you're insulin resistant your body will store D in the fat cells and you can't access it.
I was thinking about this too. I felt like I'd heard of that before also.
How long does it take to build up D3? Assuming 20,000 IU per day? I am at 25 from my last blood test.
Cheap artificial ones? Don't be fooled that the health food store is selling you something different, cheaper branded stuff is just as good...
@@johnmoriarty6158See his videos on absorption of vitamin D3.
I had high blood pressure.
Super tight facia, where I needed to go for regular myofascia release.
I was sick, every 4th week with URI for 6/7 months straight.
My gynea did a ton of blood tests, what came back theeee lowest was my Vita D.
I was put on 50 000 IU X2 a week for 6months.
I haven't been ill for an entire year, also my blood pressure has been Perfect!
This is what am going tru
Dr Berg - 2 questions
1 - In another of your videos, you referenced a University of Chicago study that was done with humans and dogs that were administered 200k to 1 million units of D3 daily & they didn't reach toxicity. (I can't find it now)
Where can I find that study?
2 - In another of your videos, you mentioned a lab test (instead of the hydroxy25 blood test) that measures vitamin D at the cellular level and how well the body is processing it. (I can't find it now)
What is the name of that lab test?
Thanks so much for teaching me SO much about my body & how to care for it!!
I'm commenting here in case he comes back and answers these questions, because I'd like to know the answer to number two as well. Thanks for asking these!
You may want to ask a staff of his for a link to the studies?
TH-cam probably blocking it
@@jonathanheywood5482Yep, yt doesnt want the truth and facts or people healthy.
I recall the important test for D3, its a Intracellular test...
Thank you for this information!! I have had the most health issues over past two years having over 12 surgeries in past 14 months. I’ve recovered from surgeries but started getting bad night sweats, fatigue, insomnia, back pain. I know my doctor has advised me over past couple years my Vitamin D levels were low but didn’t mention all the symptoms that are associated with lack of vitamin D.
I’ve been researching and watching videos to determine causes for my symptoms. I found this video and I have 8 out of the 11 symptoms. I spoke to my doctor about my findings from your video and he confirmed your findings. I wish I would have known the severity of issues/symptoms that are affiliated with low vitamin D. I live in a 365 days a year sunshine state so I assumed being outside was enough. Clearly, it is not for me.
I went to chemist and bought vitamin D tablets and started taking today to hopefully see improvement in night sweats and back pain.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. As I coach others, knowledge is power.
Thank you for your work.
I discovered that vitamin D deficiency causes me to have episodes of dizziness. When I got my vitamin D levels back to normal, I had no more problems with dizziness.
@@blatevola01 yeah me too, and with brain fog
Me too
How could Dr. Berg possibly be wrong? He's describing all my symptoms with perfect accuracy! I will up my vitamin D3. God bless you!
Had all these symptoms, was tested and was very low. Doctor prescribed 50,000 a week for a month. I felt better went dack to the doctor after 2 months and asked to be tested again. She said NO you only need to be tested once a year. I was actually shocked I practically begged. I don't want to over do, and I was hoping for a base line.
I'm sorry your doctor refused to order a retest. I used to work for a primary doctor and endocrinologist and I've worked for a medical doctor naturopath. They all retested after 3 months of weekly 50,000 IU's. Almost all of our patients only went up 20 to 30 points. So we would continue to prescribe 50,000 IU's for another 3 months and then retest. Optimal range is 70-100. That was our goal. When you get in that range you're talking about optimal hormone function optimal energy optimal mood an optimal immune system. Not sure why your doctor made a big deal because all medical insurances including Medicare pay for vitamin D testing as long as you have the ICD-9 code attached which is vitamin D deficiency code. Insurance pays for it. I would find another doctor who takes this serious. A doctor who respects that each person is bio logically different and each patient is different. You pay their salary.
I also forgot to mention. As I was saying that each person is biologically made different we all have different DNA. So our body responds different. Many patients after 6 months were still low in vitamin D, so then we knew that they needed to take a different combo of vitamin d and vitamin mk7 . Some patients would not absorb the vitamin D better than others so they would have to take it with a fatty meal for maximum absorption.
The journey is different for everyone and when you find a doctor who understands that they tend to listen to your input and go off of your input rather than a standard protocol.
i have been to the doctor several time over the last 4 years, i knew something was wrong with me but i had no idea what could have been. I was felling tired, not exhausted but tired enough to rush to my bed after work. Then COVID happened. The little energy i had went out of the window and i started having cramps on my legs, my arms started feeling weak, to the point i was having a hard time climbing stairs and even getting in/out of bed was like a baby giraffe (shaky legs/arms , fell on my face too many times) finally i got a MRI , blood work, and even went to therapy, but i felt more like just dropping to the floor and asked ppl to let me die!!! it was until i started watching your videos i and reviewing my blood test results, i started taking magnesium, vitamin d/k and also the liver detox. i am due back to follow up , i hope i get better results next time. in the mean time, i feel less bloated and definitely more energetic.
One of your best investigations doc ❤
This is everything im going through right now...thank you
Very smart splitting information into two. Our brains take things in differently. ❤
The hospital told me 12 years ago that I'm diabetic 2, so yes I'm on medicine for this, I have to take Metformin, and Glipizide, in the morning and towards the evening. And then insulin which is Lantus at 5 pm. Anyway, I've been having a lot of these symptoms like feeling hot at night even with the AC on, and I sweat in my chest area. I flip out all the time, outbursts, mood swings, severe anxiety, and panic attacks. I have pain in my lower back, spine, and shoulders, and bad leg cramps at the top of my legs!! I'm. Always feeling down, and tired. Not motivated, have No energy, severe headaches in the back of my head. I also have hypercalcemia and my calcium levels have been overboard, very high at 14.5 and the Dr. I have isn't doing much, another doctor at the hospital once wanted to admit me a couple of years ago to the hospital, she knew it was dangerously high and she knew that I had surgery when I was 20 years old, I had a parathyroid tumor and had to have surgery to remove the tumor which they said my calcium levels were overboard, they did an Ultrasound or Mri and it showed a tumor which the high calcium levels were sorta saying there's a tumor or cancer. Anyway, the Dr that wanted to admit me pleaded with me to stay because I probably had a tumor or cancer, well at that time COVID was bad at the hospital so I said I didn't want to stay there, so she said OK well, please let your doctor know that I was going to admit you but with COVID being around you wouldn't stay so need tests done on you because your calcium levels are too high, well I told my doctor and she's not doing anything about this problem. So you were saying Dr. Berg about the bones being soft due to a side effect from the vitamin D deficiency, so could my calcium levels cause a lot more problems than it already has with me if I have a vitamin D deficiency too? Thanks for sharing this.
Take the Vit d with k2 .... its probably that your calcium is not being absorbed and redirected to the bones .... thats the function of vitd k2 .... consult your doc ... but i think the supplement should work well for you
Sheesh, you are listing every symptom I have. I lost 50 pounds got all my labs right but my COPD is still causing me. Massive inflammation in the joints, just like you describing. Losing the weight and changing my dietary intake definitely has improved my quality of life, but there’s no beaten that damn COPD. I’ve watched the various videos on COPD and through my food intake, exercise weight, loss, and everything I can thanks a whole bunch cause you’ve been a huge help.
U should be on NAC (N-acetyl cysteine) supplements
I had my hands(fingers)X-rayed …I have severe osteoarthritis in them…taking more vit. D & getting more morning sun! Thanks, Doctor Berg!🫶
Great presentation and very awesome info on vitamin D deficiency. However, you touch a subject that is very interesting to me. I'm a USArmy retired veteran suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome and Fribromyalgia. By any chance, do you have a video or videos on this subject. I will greatly appreciate all your help.
His team may see your posting & send a direct link to one of his videos. Until then you can search his library of over 2,500 videos & binge-watch! I’m sure you’ll find a couple of them.
Yes he’s made several important videos to help on both situations.
Wow, everything you said here rang true for me. I was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis because I had issues with my feet, back, hips, rib pain and acute tiredness. I even had veins removed from my legs thinking the leg pain was from that. I had been having night sweats as well. I was in a bad way, actually quit my job because I could not handle the stress and decision making. I had been on steroids, other drugs for the PA. My doctor prescribed large monthly doses of Vitamin D and said this will probably cure it for you as I had very low levels. I didn't believe it. I kept taking it, took a while, but now I am completely free. Actually fitter than ever, I am a 52 year old female and I am a painter and cleaner. I can work all day, pain free, doing things that someone half my age would do. I used to sleep most of the day and want to eat everything. Now I am extremely active and losing weight. Thank you for the excellent video, so, so, informative!! From Adelaide, Australia!!
Good Morning awesome info video thanks
Outstanding videos as usual! Would love to see some new videos on daily consumption of creatine and how it will affect you long term whether positive or negative .
I don’t know if you have one….but you need to do a video on how to properly take these vitamins. Some vitamins stop others from being absorbed. Some need to be taken with food. Some can not be taken with dairy or grapefruit. If vitamins are not taken properly, your body won’t absorb them properly
Also, the time of day you take them. They can keep you awake or make you drowsy.
I have UC, and I've had various severe vitamin D deficits. I had no clue that specific GI issues could cause malabsorption of certain vitamins or the impacts of even having a vitamin D deficiency. I was having sleep alterations with insomnia and mild amounts of depression. After even a week of taking 50000 ius of Vitamin D, the world was much brighter. Thank you for your educational videos, much people should know these symptoms and seek the appropriate medical attention.
I work at home and for a lot of reasons just hadn’t been getting out much for prolonged periods of time. This most definitely explains some thjngs. I’ve started making it a point to get out every day and just sit in the sun or go for a walk. Like a house plant. 😂
I do the same, the sun is so important for our mood, sleep and overall health and well being.
@@JCX-9 The past couple of years I’ve seen and discovered just how important it is.
@@TheIntuitiveWizard yes the last few years have been an eye opener for sure.
Hundreds of health mysteries of various kinds are solved by just watching one video of this brilliant doctor .. Dr Berg keep
On doing the best ❤
I am 61, s/p Thyroidectomy 39 years ago for goiter. Pathology was hashimotos. Have felt so bad for so long. I started Carnivore 7 weeks ago. Taking magnesium and vitamin d3. I feel modern medicine has failed me. Just trying to figure out how much magnesium and vitamin D3 I need. Thank you for posting.
1) head sweating-affects the autonomic nervous system controlled by the hypothalamus.
2) sweating more at night
3) mood swings-cortisol will go up 🆙
4) procrastination-due to the nucleus acubens.
5) panic 😱 attacks-due to the amygdala.
6) achiness in your body inside the bone 🦴 -osteomalacia
7) loss of muscle 💪 strength -vitamin d controls calcium and calcium controls the muscle.
8) stiffness in knees and fingers -osteoarthritis
9) chronic fatigue-controls the number of mitochondria and the immune system connection. Example the loss of a loved one 1️⃣
10) slowed down thinking-communication between neurons
11) always hungry-leptin doesn’t work well
Seems that a deficiency in one thing can be the cause for anything. I just make sure to eat pasture raised beef, liver, eggs, home cultured kefir and cod liver oil/fish oil, as the most essential "super foods". Then I focus on everything else - fruits for Vit. C, oysters for zinc, raisins for boron, etc., Every food has a medicinal property, so long that it's organic.
Problem is everyone cant do those things bc of availability or income or other factors i suppose, u r 100 percent correct just saying those things are not available for most people in the clean nutritional form that would be helpful. The stores are part of the problem in the way we torture and pump full of poison the animals we eat not yo mention the plants fruits and veggies.
@@56once Beef isn't killing the planet. What about all the Round Up sprayed on grain to force it to ripen? It washes into the streams and rivers and kills fish and pollutes our drinking water.
There are many, many things that are impacting our life and our health. Eat what helps you stay healthy and let other people eat what keeps them healthy.
And raw milk from a local farm.
Yes, but most of the time you don't even know if it's organic...they just charge you more money. 😊 I also try to buy organic,but I think doubts.
That’s great and most likely you’re better off than most. But have a blood test to see for sure because you can still be deficient even with a good diet. Our food today is lacking in many nutrients because of bad soil so we can’t rely on food alone to give us all the nutrients or sufficient levels.
I had pretty much all of that and other symptoms such as acidic stomach and throwing up my breakfast every day at school. Hated School. Now I'm just old and fat.
Coming from a dysfunctional family certainly did not help. I think it's important that children are loved and told that they are valuable every day. Telling your children that they're worthless and they are stupid destroys their confidence and they self-destruct.
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Thank you for this. We all need to know about this. You just described my entire day (!). Several years ago I was diagnosed with pernicious anemia. You could have ,knocked me over with a feather. Vitamins can be so disregarded until we learn how simple a small dose of the perfect “missing” vitamin.
Wow my new doc said I was too high in my vitamin d at 140 cut me off for 3 weeks and I dropped down to 63. I had been taking 5,000 in a day since I was almost dead due to my vitamin d being at 12. Now my hips and lower back are killing me and night sweats and bad mood swings. Think I am going back to my 5,000 a day and maybe a little more to get me back up. After all when he tested me I had been working outside for several weeks in the sun. I think my new doc is a dealer not a healer.
I took prednisone for covid and my night sweats went away for a year. They came back so I experimented and took prednisone again and the went away again. Night sweats are indeed hormone related according to my experience. 😊
Please remember the unit of measurement.
In my opinion, 140 ng/ml is too high.
140 nmol/l is a very good value that does not need to be reduced.
I assume you also take the cofactors into account?
Oh wow you had a great level at 140 and he made you take less to lower it? Get rid of that doctor, they are not trained in nutrition or vitamins it’s a known fact.
@@sac621 Check your Vitamin D level Please. To deal with covid, Flu, cold, and shingle I use Greek oregano oils.
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Immediately accuses us of diabetes this was my entire life.
I had to continuously ask for D labs to be drawn.
Thank you so much ☺️ for sharing all the information.
Us?
Thank you for your channel, the knowledge gained has literally changed my life 🙏🙏
Oh my God this man is telling the truth I do not feel like doing nothing I'm serious I was just telling a neighbor of mine that I don't feel like doing nothing I don't feel like going to the store it just feels like all my energy is drained yes yes yes yes yes yes yes my legs and my hips has been bothering me I just said I was telling my neighbor and my mother I don't know why my legs hurt like this they feel fatigued they feel tired they feel drained and it's not like I'll be walking or going anywhere I'm always in the house why do I feel like this why is my elbows hurting like this my knuckles be hurting everything this man is saying so help me God is the truth I am going through it I am going to go buy me some vitamin d and I am going to take them every single day