5 Things Your LIPS Can Tell You about Your Nutritional State
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You can get a lot of interesting information about your health and nutrition just by looking at your lips. Find out more!
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0:00 Introduction: What your lips can tell you about your nutritional state
0:10 #1 Pale or grey lips
2:10 #2 Blue lips
2:50 #3 Darker lips
3:15 #4 Dry or chapped lips
5:58 #5 Cracked corners of the mouth
6:55 Check out my video on what your nails can tell you about your health!
Did you know you can tell a lot about what’s going on inside of your body just by looking at your lips? Let’s dive in.
Five things your lips can tell you about your nutritional state:
1. Pale or grey lips
Top potential cause:
• Anemia
Deficiencies that could potentially lead to this problem:
• An iron deficiency
• A vitamin B12 deficiency
• A copper deficiency
Potential causes of these deficiencies:
• A lack of meat in the diet
• A lack of hydrochloric acid
• Consuming a lot of grains
• Heavy periods
• Inflammation in the gut
Foods to consume:
• Red meat
• Liver
• Seafood
2. Blue lips
Top potential causes:
• Exposure to the cold
• Shock
• Cyanide poisoning
A good vitamin for cyanide poisoning:
• Hydroxocobalamin (a version of vitamin B12)
3. Your lips are becoming darker
Top potential causes:
• Smoking
• Exposure to secondhand smoke
4. Dry lips or chapped lips
Top potential causes:
• A deficiency in omega-3 fatty acids
• High consumption of omega-6 fatty acids
• A vitamin D deficiency
• Consuming too much vitamin A
• A zinc deficiency
• Taking mineral oils
What you can do:
• Consume cod liver oil
• Consume wild-caught salmon
• Get out in the sun
• Consume red meat
• Consume seafood
5. Cracked corners of the mouth
Top potential causes:
• A vitamin B2 deficiency
• A lack of friendly bacteria
Potential cause of a deficiency in vitamin B2:
• Consuming refined carbohydrates
Potential causes of a lack of friendly bacteria:
• Antibiotics
• Consuming foods that don’t support the microbiome
Foods to consume:
• Eggs
• Cheese
• Leafy greens
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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps explain how to get a better idea of your nutritional state by looking at your lips.
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Dr. Berg , please also consider the effect of SLS in toothpastes particularly and in face creams . This substance, or of a similar name , is a common cause of angular cheilitis , sore inflamed gums and skin rashes .
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Dry lips ... me and many of my friends.. addicted to chapstick. I've been hooked on chapstick over 35 years.
I would never dare be without it during my waking hours
This is a very informative video and now I have an idea of why my lips are dry even if I’ve been using lip balm... I definitely will do my best to balance things out nutritionally. I’m grateful to have found this video. Great content!
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Dr. Berg You are an Angel sent. My bottom lip has been extremely dry and red for 2 weeks. I needed this information. Blessings.
I started taking DHA and EPA in a 2 to 1 ratio, and my skin is more hydrated. I recently switched to just EPA and that seems to be even better. I'm going to try some ALA soon, as my lips are still a bit chapped
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Thank you so much Dr. Berg! I tell everyone about you and how much better I feel when I utilize your advice. I do want to add one thing. I had a dry spot on my lower lip for many years. I tried everything on the market to no avail. When I visited my Dermatologist I mentioned this to her. She was not at all concerned but did a biopsy anyway. Well, I had Squamous Cell Carcinoma and had to have it removed and my lip reconstructed. Please always remember to make sure you are covering your lips with a sunscreen when you go outside!
I had irritation on my lips for almost 1 year, the doctor said I had eczema. And I started watching all your videos about vitamins because I felt something was wrong with my body. After I consume 10,000 iu of vitamin D, zinc, omega 3, vitamin B. Now my lips are almost completely healed. I am very grateful for the knowledge of each of your videos. Thankyou doc 🙏
Can you share what you specifically did? Just regular supplements?
@@cbeark I do intermittent fasting to improve my metabolism, take vitamins and don't use any products on my lips until my lips can heal on their own without the help of drugs and ointments, and every night after I brush my teeth, I also brush my lips slowly to clean dry skin 😁
@@elisa07911 Thank you so much for writing me back, Im going to try all of that. I also use zero products. I noticed when I was sick and accidentally fasting, that they were perfectly normal. Strange. So the vitamins you take are all the ones listed in your original post?
Can u describe the irritation u had? My lips are parched and blackish even on the insides,had this after a diarrhea...been rehydrating with about 2-3 liters of water and taking vit. B complex and codliver and vit d...hoping my lips would heal as fast as it did to u...
You forgot Iron intake😊
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Awesome video and amazing information as usual Dr B! Thank you. I'm African-American so sometimes it's hard to tell what's going on with my lips specifically but I take all these premises and will apply them as needed. But I wanted to say that since I started taking cod liver oil, nutritional yeast, keto energy, the cruciferous SuperFoods, and also the vitamin d and k supplements, strangely enough, I don't even have to put any lotion on my face. My skin is so soft and kind of automatically moisturized. I don't know if it's a good thing that I'm making this kind of oil production but it's been really great to not even have to worry about what to moisturize my skin with. As the summer goes forward, thinking about sunscreens and things like that will be interesting, but I have a feeling you have some great information on natural sunscreens from food and vitamins. I've actually heard that astaxanthin or astaxanthin supplements are really great for a natural sunscreen. But just wanted to say thank you and that you're the best!
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Do you have any advice/recommendations to treat pronounced fordyce spots on the lips?
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thank you so much...i got dry lips after my pregnancy...n today i got your video...will work on myself..thank you dr berg ,for helping.
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Hi Dr Berg, my lips are red since I was 10 and know am 15 please help
I've been telling people about this ,my lips tell me ,whenever I eat junk?they become very dark and dry out fast...but when I eat right and drink water they become lighter
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Very glad to be of help and I'm happy you like the post.
Hydration is the key here......
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Great timing, Right when my lips started to look chapped and unpleasant.
I'm a 56 female and I have been having digestive issues these last few years. Actually longer but your video helped me to realize alot of my problems are because I dont have enough Gastric acid to break down the meat I eat to be able to absorb all the B Vitamins. Thank you sooo much!!!❤
Probiotics...Fermented foods.Gutzy's(product)..One Gutzy...first thing upon getting up in morning on empty stomach...dont eat or drink for at least an hour after...after a week.I felt so much better...I am as old as dirt by the way!... with UC and all kinds of autoimune stuff. The meds alone required are enough to give an alligator digestive problems. Start religiously with pro and pre..biotics.Raw Kambucha drinks once a day are delicious and very helpful as well as Braggs Vinigar Tonics...most of these are refrigerated in almost all supermarkets. The vinegar tonics are made to taste quenching and refreshing ice cold. Not puckery at all and last of all... the Kevita products (Supermarket produce) are Great. They also have fantastic vinegar tonics with tumeric and ginger and elderberry added. Tumeric (helps inflamation a lot) and Ginger (Aids digestion and nausea)they come in suppliments too... or add to food. Check with doctor first. If you can..give it a whirl...It's really helped aleviate so much of these symptoms in a very short time!
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You need to not drink water with your meals as it dilutes your acid
i have the cracked corners right now. i just started fasting and i think i'm lacking nutrients or it could be angular cheilitis but i did buy a cream for ringworm which contains clotrimazole and it helping clear it up fast!
Thank you Dr Berg. Taking omega 3 is reducing my dry lips fairly quickly. My child also said the same thing. I'm glad I found your video.
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Cold air in winter, combined with warm, dry air in a centrally heated home causes dry lips in winter.
I put olive oil on them. Or coconut oil 👍
Lately my lips have been getting darker and dry-peeling but I don’t smoke or drink, thank you for posting about this at the right time !!! ThQ Dr. Berg❤️
It's my pleasure. Glad you liked the video!
@@Drberg dr. I am having dry lips from 3 months and I've applied Coconut oils now I'm having itching and burning
I had diarrhea and two days after I had very dry lips and what concerns me is that it was not the usual dryness I had experience before,my lips turned blackish even on the inside of my lips,I am applying a lip balm w/ no peppermint yet a few minutes after application it is so dry again,more of parched actually...am trying to drink about 2-3 liters of water a day, I am getting quite concerned...😟
What is the vitamin deficiency of ur prblm?
B12
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Thanks so much Dr Berg,I have chapped lips all the time, on my bottom lip..........
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Thank you very much, doctor, for the useful information
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Thx doc Berg,very educational.Always get dry lips in the winter times.Have a nice day.👍🥰🙏
You are the best! I really needed this
Gosh I've had the worst case of chapped lips and now I know why!! Thank you!!
Most welcome!
Taking Cod Liver Oil has taken 10 years off our skin and made our lips so smooth. Thank you Dr Berg!
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My son had cracked lips and mouth sores for years. Plus many other symptoms.He was finally diagnosed with Crohn's😊🙏🏽
Did he heal his lips? If he did, can you tell me how? Thank you.
Yes, yes. I knew it, I knew it. I figured that crack on the side of my mouth was a B deficiency. It comes and goes. My body was trying to tell me something. I appreciate and use Dr. Berg's videos even from years ago to help educate myself on health issues. Thank you, thank you Dr. Berg for your in-depth explanations. I feel so much better and healthier because of you.
Very glad to be of help and I'm happy you like the post.
Angular cheilitis can also be caused by SLS in toothpaste and face creams . You’d be amazed how many toothpastes contain this substance .
@@carolthomas8528 I had mouth ulcers for years.because of that. I use natural and organic toothpaste now (I usually dont.bother with natural and organic)After horrible pain and too many doctors(🦆🦆🦆s) perscriptions that made me sicker....I finally acidenntally found out about the toothpaste. In less then 2 weeks...the deep painful fisures on my gums and tongue were almost gone. Toms is great..Hello brand....Burts Bees..etc. they usually come with or without floride too👅👄
I used to have that problem after eating fresh tomatoes. My friend had same problem and he had noticed same thing. I don´t know what is in tomatoes to do that. First i tought it might ne pestosites nut here in Finland tomatoes are grown mostly inside of greenhouses and they don´t use pestosites.
Do you know if it is safe to take b2 and b3 every day? I realized that if I take those vitaminas every day, my lips look fine. If I don't, they look choped and cracked.
Thank you.
I've always had dry chapped lips except when I traveled to tropical climates. Since going carnivore they improved immensely but still a little chapped. I'll start eating more fish and cod liver oil to see if it helps. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing Dr berg..now adays i have this lips side cracked problem...
Oh my. I have heavy periods so I'm anemic and according to my family spinach is important and on top of it we don't eat much read meat because "it's bad for health", I'm gonna definitely research further, anything they've been feeding me hasn't actually worked up until now and it's been more than 5 years with this condition.
I'm extremely chemically sensitive and have been for 20 years. I do liver cleanses every so often and try to be CAUSE over the situation as much as I can, but that has not totally solved the issue. Staying away from as many chemicals as I can has been the best solution so far. But some interesting things happen to me when I get chemical exposure from something: I can taste it in my mouth within a few minutes and my lips dry up, turn white and just slightly burn. I normally know what might bother me but starting in 2017, I noticed something that I couldn't quite pinpoint. Through a long process of elimination, I finally identified what it was in 2019 as it got worse and worse: my cellphone. I have allergic responses now to lithium-ion batteries. These batteries vapor. And the larger the phone, the worse the vapor. The average person cannot detect it (although some people occasionally do if you Google "What is that smell coming out of my phone"). It apparently took a few years to sneak up on me and now it's so bad, I had to ditch my phone in 2020. If I am around anything or anyone with a lithium-ion battery now in an un-ventilated space, my lips are my first warning signs to beat feet. Hope this helps anyone else experiencing something they can't identify.
Go to you tube search for MCS, just my advice. I'm not a doctor
Hi,when u say slightly burn,does it turn blackish,even on the insides of ur lips?
@@baybaymarino5498 Hi. No. No black-ish discoloring. Thankfully.
Thank u for your videos is helping me a lot and others watching your video. GODBLESSED U🙏🙏🙏
After using your recipe for homemade toothpast, made with organic virgin coconut oil, I no longer have trouble with dry lips.
I guess that's why my lips dries out in the winter 😅 though I use organic coconut oil as a moisturizer; rather than cosmetic brands, and it's usually very effective. Thanks Dr Berg 😊
It's my pleasure. Glad you liked the video!
Some of the newer Blistex products like Hemp and Acai Renewable lip balms are actually quite good and you only need to apply it once per day basically unless you're outside alot .
Cod liver oil supplements Wild caught salmon oil supplements , grass fed butter and lots of olive oil .👍
Good on the coconut oil, best to keep it simple....
Coconut oil alone is not a good moisturizer at all whatsoever
Thank you so much for this excellent video and for all that you do! My lips and everything else are doing just fine, thanks to your guidance! And FYI it blows my mind to learn how grains and refined carbs block certain necessary nutrients! Thank you for revealing that to us!
Good Morning Mermaid, it’s amazing how a doctor you can trust and some will power can make such positive changes! Have a great day!
Hello! Glad to know that you liked this video and found the information informative. Thank you for watching!
@@michaelpoger6662 True! 😃 You have a great day too!!!
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Hi. Can you please tell me what you do to heal youe lips? Thank you.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DOC. FOR THE VERY INTERESTING INFO. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
You're very welcome!
I really needed this, thank you so much doctor. God bless you ❤
Very glad to be of help and I'm happy you like the post.
Yea OMG I always had chapped lips literally all my upper childhood into adult years. It wasn't until I had a post nasal drip cough for 5 months straight, that by the time I saw a Dr and got blood work done they told me my iron was low.
I took iron pills for 90 days and i kid you not the discoloration I had was gone and my lips were more supple. They still get dry but not as much as they used to. Never knew it was minerals.
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Thanks for sharing! Glad you found the information useful!
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I'm glad to found this channel. So happy of it which I'm not red meat eater and my medical reports shown im iron efficiency it cause my lip drying and suffer on it I been trying using many lip care products but not effective and now only I knew that it's because iron efficiency. 😢
This was so interesting! Thank you!
It's my pleasure. Glad you liked the video!
That's so true what he said about mineral oil drying out the skin. I used cerave healing ointment on my face to occlude hot spots (areas prone to getting dry) and the next day I woke up with even worse dryness and flakes around my mouth, nose and chin. Never again.
Sorry to hear what happened. Thanks for sharing your experience.
In the past, I frequently consumed fruits and vegetables as part of my morning routine. However, I began experiencing a disconcerting phenomenon where my lips would exhibit a bluish hue after consuming these items approximately two years ago. Subsequently, I discovered that I had developed an allergic reaction, with a heightened sensitivity to various substances, particularly fruits and vegetables. Upon further reflection, I came to understand that my consumption of fruits and vegetables had inadvertently exposed me to excessive levels of pesticides and chemicals, thus jeopardizing my well-being. Additionally, I have gained insight into the underlying cause of my lip discoloration during the ingestion of these food items. Food has tob chmal free and mold free order to healp you heal.
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I considered myself "addicted" to Blistex at one time in my life. I had a pot of it everywhere and was constantly smearing it on my lips. When I learned that this was actually drying out my lips, I stopped and used a thin coating of vaseline. After a month or so, I would use less and less vaseline as my lips were not nearly as dry. I also used natural oils like coconut oil or ghee. Helped a lot and now find I barely need it at all.
I grew up on antibiotics and always had awful cracks in the corners of my mouth. I was also a sugar and carb addict...now I'm trying keto but sugar is so addictive. It should be classified as an addictive drug. Many thanks for your videos
You probably had yeast overgrowth from all those antibiotics and sugar!!!!
So much useful information here!! Thank you so much Dr Berg.
You're very welcome!
Thank you. Just what i needed. My upper lip has been dry for 5 days now.
If ir feels like sandpaper it could be actinic keratosis.
I had that on the rim of my lips.
My lips have been dry for over 25 years.
I use Hoof Alive all day
Dr. Berg is right about vitamin A. I have had these symptoms due to vitamin A toxicity (hypervitminosis A). I have been balancing it for over 2 years now with vitamin D to reduce the toxic effects. Vitamin A has an extremely long half-life of about 5 months. I have been through 6 half-lives which should have dropped my vitamin A to about 1.5% of what it was when I started a very low vitamin A diet. However, I still have high vitamin A, and still have lots of symptoms, although I have improved markedly.
What have you been taking for your vitamin A? Are you taking a supplement or getting it from a food source? What symptoms have you had?
@@caitlynnp9507 Supplemented Vitamin D, Vitamin K2, Magnesium primarily. I have also taken trace minerals and B-complex, but not for the entire time. I also have taken vitamin E at times which was supposed to help, but didn't seem to. My symptoms were extreme pain and bloating in my liver, gall bladder and abdomen. Bone pain in legs, back and arms. Headaches that would last for days and weeks. Huge painful lumps between my thighs that were full of blood. Calluses on my fingertips and feet. Dry skin primarily on my legs, but also arms at times. Chapped lips, receding gums. Ridges and streaking on nails. Loss of lunula on nails. Loss of body hair in various places, primarily legs. Heart racing. Probably a few more things I'm missing. These symptoms weren't all simultaneous, but they would recur repeatedly for extended periods of time.
I first knew there was something wrong when I had what's called visual aura on about 2-3 occasions. About 9 months after that, I would regularly become instantly sleepy while driving when there was no reason for it. I actually had back pain a few years before that, but thought it was my mattress so I bought a new one which didn't help. Going to the gym seemed to help for a few years. Later on I found out this was bone pain from pelvis. I thought it was the muscles in my back before that because I didn't know what bone pain felt like.
When I finally removed all vitamin A from diet is when symptoms became really bad. If your liver is full of vitamin A, once you stop ingesting it, your liver begins releasing it quickly.
My symptoms are much milder now, but a lot of them have not fully dissipated even after more than 2 years. I was worried this was going to kill me or cause me to need a liver transplant over 2 years ago. I was never an unhealthy person before this, and always physically fit with no health issues at all. I believe my problem came from years of a daily high quality concentrated epa/dha supplement (derived from fish oil from a pricey retailer known for longevity research) as well as diet with a very high amount of high-fat dairy and 3-4 eggs daily for years. I mention these foods because this is where all the vitamin A was coming from over the years. I'm not condemning these foods in any way, but this combination over a period of years is the only way I could have become so high in vitamin A.
Oh, and just as a mention. These symptoms were so severe, they stopped me from working for 2 years as well.
One last thing I forgot to mention. I did take a one -a-day multivitamin from that same high end retailer that contained 3000 iu of vitamin A. That was on and off probably about half the time over a decade.
@@marcv2648 this so-called vitamin D is not a vitamin but a hormone. I would never take it externally. I expose my body to sunlight. I never supplement with vitamin A. I get it from grass-fed butter and grass-fed liver and meats. You probably had vitamin A toxicity. I follow Morley Robbins and his Root Cause Protocol. Get get his book titled [C]ure. I guarantee that you will learn a lot. Good
How did you know you really had hypervitminosis A ?
@@dae133 I've had a lot of tests.
Iron deficiency can also be lack of vitamin c, which, in its whole food form, is also a source of bioavailable copper and can also help with collagen production which is good for skin. Bonus.
Chronic inflammatory conditions can be responsible for iron deficiency..
Thank you Doc.very imformative thanks for sharing
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I've had dry, peeling lips my whole life. I was always told to stop picking at them. I get it on the skin just below my fingernails too. My lips turn blue occasionally along with my hands... seems to coincide with feelings of anxiety, but not always. Asked my GP about it. He had no idea.
Can you do a video on sweat, what it's made of, WHY lose minerals through it and not just h2o if they're so important, what anhidrosis is and what can cause it. I notice when my sodium gets too low, I get this problem.
PS. I LOVE cod liver! It cleared up my chicken skin and my face is so smooth! I notice when I don't eat it for a week, my skin not as good. Will eat some tonight and give you an update on my lips!
Avoid sugar.
@@rukhsanaakhter9613 I haven't eaten refined sugar for nearly 3 years. So it must be something else. Thanks for the suggestion tho.
What brand do you take for your cod liver? Where do you buy it?
@@caitlynnp9507 I use the brand ican which I get on Amazon. Tip: make the oil into mayonnaise, then add a tbsp of fermented whey or milk/water kefir and stash in the fridge. It will keep without going rancid for months. Tastes great in an egg salad with avocado 😋
Which brand
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Could you please make a video on exfoliative cheilitis
Thank you soo much for this an all the videos Dr berg... Really needed this one.. Been having corners of lips so dry they hurt just to even open mouth sometimes.. The drs here say it could be seasonal.. Never had it before.. Now I know what it is. 🙏🙏Thank you
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Thank you for this Excellent Content as always, Please continues with this great information so Helpful , May God continue to bless you. ❤💜
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Please also make a video on pigmentation or dark patches around lips.
Thank you for the video suggestion. I will check with Dr. Berg about doing a video on this!
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Pls do. I hv dark lipliner on my lips. Specially on lower lip. Visited few doctors already still no use. Hope Dr B can help us❤
I experience crack and dry lips every winterbut it come back when the season ends. Have a nice day Dr. Berg💕
Doing great job... educating people to take care of their health
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Dr. Berg, what is your opinion on daily use and reapplying sunscreen throughout the day? Mineral and Chemical. Thank you! :)
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Still watching even tho I have nice lips. Appreciate you Dr. Berg 😊
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Thanks doc! This helped me today ❤
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Thank you for your wonderful videos, Dr. Berg!
I’ve only recently discovered your channel and started consuming as many of your videos as I can. Even turned my mom onto your channel because she is a breast cancer survivor with T2D, NA fatty liver, kidney and gut issues.
I’ve started intermittent fasting. In week three or four. I contracted Type 1 herpes when I was a kid, getting cold sores on the skin, below my bottom lip, maybe once a year. I haven’t had a break out in years, until this week. Is it possible that the fasting is causing a purge and contributed to this recent breakout?
I am very peculiar in subscribing channels on you tube as they come with a hidden cost of developing an opinion in your subconscious mind. However, since the day I have subscribed to Dr Berg, I have hardly missed any video. It has tremendously broaden my spectrum on fitness and nutrition and have greatly helped me to maintain fitness in my 30s. Thanks a ton Doc. 👍
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It’s like we ask and you deliver ❤. I have very dry lips and now have cold sores to boot. I take d and zinc, so will increase my omega 3. Thank you.
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If a cold sore starts, try spraying it with iodine. Betadine at Walmart.
@@Jojorocks23 yes I did because that’s all I have in the house and it dried it up, just a few little ones have sprung up and will continue. I didn’t know how good iodine was.
Fantastic information thank you 🙏🍀
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Thank you, Dr. Berg. This is so informative. I had been dealing with my chapped lips and I thought of it being related to vitamin deficiencies. This just confirmed my thought. 🙏🏻
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@@Drberg yes, Dr. All of your videos are relevant, informative, and helpful. Thank you so much. God bless you.