PEP 49: Is Your Doctor Lying To You? - w/ Dr. Ken Berry
In this episode, we talk with functional medicine practitioner and author of the book Lies My Doctor Told Me, Dr. Ken Berry about myths in the health community, absolute risk vs. relative risk, why meat is perfectly healthy, and how gluten seems to negatively impact everyone (NOT JUST PEOPLE WITH CELIAC).
Topics Discussed:
2:00 - How did Dr. Berry become the doctor who exposes other doctors?
7:00 - Why most "published research" is faulty
10:15 - Why meat and saturated fat are perfectly healthy (from a Doctor's perspective)
14:30 - Is your HDL to LDL cholesterol ratio useless?
15:45 - Relative risk vs absolute risk
16:45 - Why humans were never intended to eat grain
18:15 - How does gluten affect people who don't have Celiac disease?
24:00 - High fat dairy vs low fat dairy. Are humans equipped to eat dairy?
31:20 - Why calcium isn't the most important nutrient for your bones
34:50 - "Speeding up your metabolism" is stupid
36:50 - Why we shouldn't have to eat often to keep our blood sugar stable
37:25 - Dr. Berry's thoughts on intermittent fasting
39:15 - A doctor's thoughts on veganism
45:00 - 3 things to start doing RIGHT now to improve your health
Links to topics discussed:
Dr. Berry's book: Lies My Doctor Told Me
Dr. Berry's YouTube channel
PubMed website to published research
