I asked my doctor for a full metabolic panel and hormone blood panel as well. I asked both my OBGYN and my regular doctor and both of them don't want to do it. I asked for a c-peptide and fastimg Insulin, to also check my estrogen levels and thyroid and they said they see no reason why because I'm not diabetic and that they can't just do it because I want it, because they wouldn't know what to do with the information they are supposed to interpret for me. I assured both of them that I did not need them to interpret it for me I just wanted the information and that was it. But of course, they are used to prescribing something if they see fit. I told them I want it for my own peace of mind and it's my body and what happened to my body my choice? I also told them I am the customer and I should be able to order what I want since I'm paying for it. And the doctors both said that that is just how we've been taught, and I told him I understand I figured there would be some pushback but maybe they want might want to do their own research for their own personal benefit and to think about what I'm asking. My Obgyn said it is not necessary to test hormones that if you start losing your cycle at a certain age it just means that you are starting menopause and that they don't need to test the hormones before giving you estrogen or progesterone. And I told him that was utterly ridiculous. I said you check vitamin D levels before prescribing vitamin D don't you? It's the same thing. They just want to chock everything up to getting older and that's just how it is and we know better and you're just the stupid patient that can't read or interpret the outcomes of the blood work and just shut up and listen to us and do as we say.

I'm in UK and have not seen my doctor for 10 years. I also don't intend to get tested for anything. I have lost faith in the entire medical system here. I began the carnivore transition about 2 months ago. Feel fantastic and losing a little weight slowly. I did not have any health condition reason for starting this lifestyle - just feels right. Thank you for all your valuable info.

Excellent info as always. I made a list to bring with next time I'm in for lab work: A1c - For prediabetic or type 2 diabetes CMP (Comprehensive Metabolic Panel) - Checks for liver function as well CBC (Complete Blood Panel w/Differential) C peptide - For prediabetic D-25 - Telling if enough vitamin D from the sun or diet DHEA-S - Overall adrenal gland health ESR (sed rate) - chronic inflammation Ferritin - related to hyperinsulinemia or chronic inflammation Fasting insulin - pancreas releasing to much, metabolic syndrome and prediabetic GGT - gull bladder, pancreas and kidneys... not only liver damage if elevated. Replaces alkaline phosphatase Homocystiene - B12 status and inflammation overall hisCRP - If elevated inflammation or infection that needs to be investigated Lipid Panel - Magnesium - Phosphorus - TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) - quick look at thyroid function, if low or abnormal than need full thyroid panel Urinalysis - Ketones, infection, damage, etc. ? Sex hormones - Testosterone and Estrogen

My doctor forgot to get me the Insulin test last physical which I requested (3.1!) so I looked a google seach for a lab to get it done at. Own Your Labs popped up and gives you a great description of the test and a price down to the cent. I signed up and paid for the test and was given instructions on the lab to go to to get it done locally. I did have to sign in for a portal for the lab. Then I compared the prices on their site to see if they were less expensive. OMG. Here are some of the differences: OYL LAB Complete blood count $7.35 $29 Thyroid panel $27.74 $89 A1C $7.50 $39 Comprehensive Metabolic Panel $8.75 $49 Testosterone $26.08 $69 Vitamin D $39 $99 Same test, same place, same quick results. Just want to save people a ton of money if they don't want/need to pay a copay go get these tests done at their dr's office. Happy Testing!

I'm a former phlebotomist & I agree with this message!!!💯👍👍👍

I went to a new doctor last Wednesday. She ordered so many labs they drew 16 vials of blood. I think she is being very thorough. We shall see!

2:58 hemoglobin a1c 3:37 complete metabolic panel CMP 3:58 complete blood cell count with differential 4:06 c peptide or fasting insulin 4:38 vitamin d25 4:59 dheas 5:02 esr 5:15 ferritin level 5:31 fasting insulin or c peptide 6:03 ggt 6:50 homosystine level 7:05 high sensitivity crp 7:18 lipid panel triglycerides ldl cholesterol 7:44 magnesium level phosphorus level 8:23 TSH 8:48 urine analysis

One day saw something on the internet that caused me concern about my Vit D level even though I had no symptoms of being deficient. Dr. blew me off the first time. The next time I insisted. He made a big deal about I would have to pay for it, insurance would not cover and had me sign for it. Well guess what?! I was EXTREMELY deficient and now on a supplement. AND insurance paid for it!! Stand your ground...don't take no for an answer!!😁

Thanks Dr. Berry. Get this, I gave my daughter this list. Her family doctor wouldn't order any inflammation marking labs because if they came back high she would have to treat it and that's out of her scope. So she only ordered what she could, what she considers inside her scope of practice. I'm beyond frustrated and disgusted with this line of thinking.

Most doctors won't order labs we request. They don't want to be told what to do. Good thing is that we can order them ourselves but have to pay out of pocket or with HSA

Today I went for my annual labs w a focus on Thyroid as it had been wonky in the past. I've been eating clean, high quality veg/meat for close to a year now. I love my GP and today she had a 4th year med student observing. She immediately noticed I'd lost weight (5kgs / I wasn't particularly heavy, just those post menopausal pounds) and was interested in my strategies/approach. So I gave a 10 minute lesson on ketogenic and clean eating and she agreed to the large panel of blood tests (per your book!) to set my new baseline. As I told the med student, patients can be partners in their care when they choose! I also encouraged him to do more independent study into new nutrition paradigms and get off any ultra processed foods. Will get the results in the next few days 🤞

My doc would only test 4 of those on your list and he said he didn't know what he could do with the information from them if he got them. Man I wish we had more Ken berry's around the USA so I could have you as my dr

Just had all the tests from soup to nuts as I hadn’t had a physical in 5 1/2 years (because I was living overseas where my Medicare doesn’t work), and I’m 70. Said I’m healthy as a horse. Usually when a doc tells you that you’ll be pushed up daisies within a couple of months 😂 PS I’m five three/135 Pounds, BP is OK, cholesterol OK, take no meds (do take B12 as I have no intrinsic factor), cook and eat healthy food, don’t drink or smoke. 30 year cancer survivor.

I’m at a point where I’m opting for self testing meaning I go directly to one of standard labs. My insurance has a high deductible and copay and I’ve determined that it’s more cost effective to forego the initial copay to the doctor, get tests done (I can uses HSA if I want). If my results are concerning then I can consult with the doctor. Many people don’t know you can get most of these blood tests without a doctor’s order.

Every time I have asked my doctor to order extra tests he seems to get very annoyed and pushes back. Last time I asked for A1c, fasting insulin, hsCRP, and D-25. He said "I don't think I'm a good doctor for you because you just want me to do what you want". Most doctors don't want to be questioned or told what to do. No customer/patient service. The healthcare system is trash. They don't want to prevent disease, only treat it with medication. I will be trying a new doctor next time by the way.

I got so annoyed with the medical establishment that I quit going to the dr years ago and took my health into my own hands. However, now that I'm coming up on 54, I decided to schedule my first checkup in years, which is in a few weeks, so this is just the video I needed. I found a young D.O. with a solid reputation, so I hope he's a good fit for me.

I get labs every 4 months. Since carnivore a year ago, everything is perfect. She checks everything. 64 and I feel 24. And swole.

Finding this video in the most difficult times of my husband and I’s life…Just last month, Early October at his annual physical he was told by pcp doc that his kidney needs to be check and ordered to be seen by a Nephrologist. Our world turned upside down 2 days after when Neph said his kidneys are failing and send us to Transplant center asap. I don’t get how can a pcp missed this lab, when I called and asked our pcp she just said that she missed to call that egfr # last year which was already stage 4😢 Now all we have to do is move forward. Glad I’m my husband’s perfect kidney donor 💚 but my heart is still very heavy when I think of the what ifs…

My dr. is very good about just adding any labs I request. He is keto friendly, don't know about carnivore though. At age 70, I don't believe I've had any urinalysis for years. I haven't even had a cold since 2008, 12 years before going keto. I'm now at my high school weight of 160, haven't taken any otc pain meds in years because I have no pain.

Dr Berry Thank you !! My pancreas dr said about my recent abdomen mri that the fatty liver disease is gone, also fatty pancreas is resolved and I haven’t needed creon for the chronic pancreatitis hardly at all anymore. I thank God that I have found your channel🙏 thank you and God bless you and your family 💕. Ps. Dr told me to keep doing what I was doing that it was working 🎉 also I lost 32 pounds so far❤

Congrats on the 2,000,000+ subscribers! Spreading the word to the masses instead of one patient at a time! keep the videos coming doc!

Great info! Just ordered both forms of the book. Recently had an eye doctor order a bunch of tests I’d never had & found out, much to my surprise, that I’m pre-diabetic! Appreciate your work!

Great information as always Dr. Berry! Just read your book!! LOVED IT. Recommending it too all my groups, family, and friends. You most certainly deserve that saintly aura your clock is giving you!! 😁

Just got my book & I'm really enjoying it! Thanks for it & for all the videos you do!

My daughter had normal hemoglobin but fatigue and always cold. She went to a hematologist and she ordered ferritin. So low she was scheduled 5 iron infusions.

Thank you!!!! As a nurse, it has been making me crazy trying to figure out what tests to get while being on keto for the past 3 years without having to stick with the standard tests that generally skew and make me appear ill to a non keto informed PCP. Just ordered the book. Again thanks

Thank you for all the good information in your videos. You got my vote for one of the best Doctor's ever!

I finally got a CPeptide test. I couldn't believe it was normal. 3.5. My Dr couldn't believe it. Thank you for suggesting that test.

Great. I’m in Canada and ordered the e-version of the book. I was at the Dr last week because he was very concerned about my high LDL (normal Tri and HDL) and I had to ask for more tests including an NMR. Thanks for the book and allowing people to take control.

ThanQ Doc, preparing to go in for labs and have been putting a list together. Although, my body seems to require supplementation with my Canavore/Keto food, your knowledge shared is so helpful. May blessing be upon you and your beautiful growing family.

I'm so glad you are giving us this information, thank you!

Boom needed this & Hey all 😊& thank you Dr Berry !!

You are the best! You helped me and my loved ones immensely.

Thank you! had blood work last week. Was planning on calling Monday for more. Now I have a list and you made it easy with this video

Starting with a new doctor…this will certainly help me! Thanks Dr. B!

Oh yeah, I'm a subscriber!! And thank you for everything, Dr. Berry!!

I don't have to know what the doctor learned in medical school; I just have to learn what he didn't learn in medical school.

Dr. Berry, thanks for this very helpful information. I definitely will keep this video downloaded.

Thanks for making this information available to the world, Dr. Berry. I'm one of ur devotees. Blessings to u and ur family throughout the year and always! - Bella

Great walkthrough, but I missed testing the Omega-6/Omega-3 ratio, and Omega-3 index. Very important! I also miss information on what actually is optimal levels. Docs usually tell you everything is normal, but that is definitely NOT always the case. It would be nice to know what to look for, and aim for, to actually be healthy.

Thanks for all your help Doctor Berry

Loved this! I have been wanting this type of info for a while! Thanks bunches for the overview! 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻

Thank you for this very helpful list. Copied it for my physical appointment next week!

I truly appreciate you Dr Barry! Thank you for the wonderful list and video.

You are really amazing! You are helping millions of people, thank you!! I’m on keto for a year. Amazing! Perfect health, no more back and hip pains! Cranky teenagers have disappeared through keto! Husbands hip is no longer painful and his limp is gone (we take collagen, glucosamine and condrithin for this also, zinc, copper and boron). We have also asked for complete bloods and we read them ourselves!! ❤❤

Thanks for posting this Doc! 🙏🏼

Excellent!! Best and most helpful to take charge of our own health and understand it.

Thank you Dr. Berry for sharing with us.

Keeping this plain and not bad mouthing the doctors allows me to forward this video to my doctor. Thanks Dr. Berry. I got 2 copies of your Labs book so that I can give one to my doctor.

Thank you so much for such a comprehensive list.

Thanks for sharing, Dr Berry 🙂

got it and thank the good Dr. for all his wonderful advice over the years

I won hundred percent agree that the TSH level needs to be checked but I also think it is important to check the other thyroid hormones as well. According to my research the TSH does not always indicate that there is an issue. I also think it’s important to have a full thyroid panel done especially if you have a family history of thyroid disease.

This vids a keeper Doc!, Thanks

Thank you Dr. Berry perfect timing as I am to see my Doc tomorrow.

Thank you Dr. Berry, for me it was vitamin D and B12 deficiencies that came out from the check, none of the doctors told me to do this check and I have been suffering from a knee pain for an over a year now, and been to so many doctors over that year and they did not know what it is. 2 things I have changed over the last month(!) & got a relieve: (1) removed sugar (& sugar containing foods), wheat, nightshade plants (tomatoes, eggplants, etc) from my diet, which is basically following a near-keto diet - the goal here was to reduce inflammation which is caused by food and (2) staring eating nutritious non-plant based diet and added vit D + B12 to my diet. Insane how deficiency in D may impact your bones, joints and muscles. And do not stop moving & exercise to the level you can - otherwise it will get worse.

I love this Doctor! I just bought the book on Amazon!

Great information! I’m going for annual in January and will send this list to my PCP.

Great video! Thanks!

My dr got pissed when i asked for lab test for hoshimotos. Said it was a useless money making test. Hated when people ordered. I left not happy with him anymore. He was actually beet face mad

❤Thank You Dr. Berry ❤

great video, thank you very much.

Thank you!

Thank you Dr. Berry!

I had one doctor that refused to order inflammatory markers of CRP, sed rate, hbA1C, insulin, liver enzymes, or almost anything above the metabolic panel. In fact, she told me that I could not or should not request any of these. So quite a few years ago, I fired her and didn’t look back. I didn’t think bout the c peptide.

Thanks again Dr Berry!👍

Another great video, Dr. Berry. I went to a low carb diet two years ago. Dropped my triglycerides from 300 to 150! Low carb is the way to go.

Thank you.

I took a list of labs I wanted done a week ago to my doctor and she wouldn’t do any of them. She said they are not necessary. She said 6 years ago your blood glucose was 83 and that’s fine. So A1c, c peptide, fasting insulin where only necessary if type 1. She said she wouldn’t do any thyroid etc. or sex hormones because she wouldn’t know what to do with them. I told her I was fatigued, having problems sleeping. I told her I would pay for them myself.

Too funny!! I'm literally looking through your book, Dr. Berry, and then this video started playing! Haha! I'm SO thankful for your book! I wanted to order my labs online, and thanks to you, I know what to order!

Thank you so much , Dr. Uncomparable video .

Sir, I get my labs once per year, and I get everything that I can think of; thyroxine, 25 hydroxy vitamin d, cystatin c, hemoglobin a1c, CMP, CRP, VAP. Will finish watching your video to see if I need to have any other tests. BTW: I do not wait for my doctor to do anything I believe the patient has to do it himself, I take the bull by the horns when it comes to my blood work, since blood work is a complete and total roadmap of your health to your doctor!

Thank you, Dr. Barry.

Thank you! 🙂

Great job young man!!

Thanks Dr B

My doctor orders most of this We did the ApoB etc tests, CRP and ldl particles etc etc and some surprises. Always have do for that is willing to go deep

Thank you

And a friends doctor ordered labs before a visit but did not order fasting insulin or C-peptide She called and asked him about having these and he agreed Her C-peptide was 16.4 and her fasting insulin was 23.3 He told her it was nothing to worry about! And he would see her in four months… But maybe try to lose some weight! I was livid! She has all kinds of body pains, arthritis, sleeping problems, bad eating habits! And she does nothing because her doctor told her it was OK

*Thanks for the new video on what to check on your doctor 's check up from the neck up, Dr Berry!* ;D

Thank you much

Going to the doctor tomorrow to get this done, glad we live in time where information can flow freely. "for now at least"

It takes months to get in to see my primary doc, and most docs in my area aren’t seeing new patients. At 61, I’ve never had any of the extra tests mentioned in the vid done. My doc doesn’t even go over any test results anyway. Health care in the US is a joke. Maybe it’s just for rich people.

just got my PHD t-shirt. I wear it with pride!

I am glad I got a HbA1c done because my fasting BG was in the low 90s always. Well, pre diabetic I was.

Thanks!!!!

Ran across this page. Subscribed!!!

thanks a lot

I wish I had known this before I was type-2 diabetic. Thank you though, thanks to you and channels like yours, I am no longer type-2. My A1C went from 10.1 to 5.1, I’ve dropped over 60 pounds, and now my metabolic panel looks great, with the exception of my cholesterol which is a little high.

It took me about a year to get my doctor to order my C-peptide test. He finally did and it was ok

It’s time for me to get a new doctor. I told her about the list in your video. I wanted to show her the list but she did not even want to LOOK at it. She said GGT is not necessary. She said her general testing is detailed enough. 😡 She was resisting me on A1C and a urinalysis but she caved on those tests. How do I explain the GGT is different? I told her it’s supposedly more detailed and looks at everything at a cellular level. I’m not sure if her general testing looks at pancreas. I was diagnosed with fatty liver many years ago. She was pushing me on getting mammogram. I told her I want to do thermography but she did not even know what that meant.

😂. Love the coronal backdrop! Thanks for all you do Dr. Ken Berry😊

Love the halo 😇 Seriously, love your channel x

Thank you ❤

Thank for this valuable information Dr. Berry. Tell Neisha's abuela Happy Birthday and you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

I have a Doctor and at 70 i know all about Carnivore , lab tests, and what to do. Doc's name is Ken berry

Thank you Dr Berry, Please add specific labs for people following plant based , low carbs etc diets

The greatest doctor on the internet ever!

Thank you for this helpful info. What about B12? Needed to be included?

Not just normal range, but optimal. Thank you.