Thank you Dr. Berg. You are serving humanity with kindness.

I have been having body wide joint pain. My doctor thought I had rheumatoid arthritis but thank the Lord it came back negative. She prescribed me a steroid however I am leary to take it. I am incredibly thankful that you post this video I truly need it! Thank you Dr Berg, you are a Godsend!

This needs to be shared extensively.. to the entire 🌎!

This is so scary especially as someone who has asthma and COPD. This has always been the first thing my doctor prescribed when I have a cold etc. Thank you once again for showing us a natural way of helping ourselves

I have been taking prednisone for 23 years, because of a kidney transplant. I did gain a lot of weight, but now I got my weight down. Since taking prednisone, I have type 2 diabetes and cataracts. I read information that was given to me by my nephrologist. The information you are discussing is true. The opthalmologist said that my cataracts are mild. My doctor did put me on Vitamin D3 1000 IU in 2009. My diabetes has been bad. My a1c is 7.7 and I plan to see him for a physical on November 4, 2022. I have been using cinnamon and it has been helping me with my diabetes. Thanks for the information.

A video on what helps with tapering off longterm corticosteroids (5mg) with adrenal insufficiency would be popular I think. It’s rarely covered by any on YT.

I know a lot of us have said this before but, you always seem to post videos right when we need them! Thank you!

Wow! This is incredible information! I will be sharing this with anyone who is open minded enough to try these options.

thank you Dr we need more people like you in this world. God bless 🙏

A lot of people don't know that there's a small percentage of people that have bad side effects to prednisone. My daughter was one of them. It made her out of her mind and she ended up in a crazy hospital. She is fully recovered but not from any doctor but from God!

The doctor kept me on corticosteriod for year my body had many side effects he never warned of side effects and when confronted he started giving excuses.

For once I might be able to help Dr. I'm a landscaper and survival dude. Learn to identify poison ivy, I look for the uneven outer leaf. When I come in contact with it, you have 2-8 hrs to wash it off. Pay close attention to sensitive skin, in between fingers and back of upper arms. When I feel that certain itch, I use table salt. I get the area damp, then I gently rub in the salt and let it dry. Also I have heard jewel weed or Yarrow plant can neutralize it. I have never needed to use either. Hope this helps you or someone else. 👍

Yeah my doctor put me on prednisone for 5 days about a week ago for my allergies because the sinuses were starting to mess with my ears, or at least that's what he thinks is happening. And then as a result I got sick right after finishing the cycle🙃. It was the worst I've ever felt from a normal flu🙃. Still recovering from it. I then learn about what prednisone does. Safe to say I'm going to use these alternatives from now on🙃

When I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis they gave me 1000mg for 3 days. I knew from the beginning that it wasn’t good for me. I haven’t been going to the hospital because they want to give me prednisone for my symptoms. I’m about to get some fenugreek and licorice root now

Dr. Berg, I too am very allergic to poison ivy. Once we burned trash and weeds in a huge pile on our property. We didn't know there was poison ivy in the pile. I inhaled the smoke and got poison ivy internally. I ended up in the hospital. I had it coming out of my body from every exit way - ears, nose, tear ducts, sweat glands and other if you can imagine. I got through it but it was an awful experience.

Prednisone prescribed for me for acne resulted in IBS,weight gain, and other skin conditions. Thanks so much for this.

Boswellia serrata (frankincense) is a great alternative to steroids. in research it worked as well as steroids when patients were on chemo therapy, without any of the side effects. it is a miraculous substance.

This is so important!! Thank you so much dr. Berg! I had to go on very high doses of oral prednisone . I thought I was going to lose my mind. It helped for about a week until I started to tartrate down and off. I will never do that again. Thank you!

Wish I knew all of this years ago when my grandma was suffering from COPD. She knew the prednisone was harming her overall, but couldn’t find anything natural. (At that time I was still teaching myself natural health.) She passed 6 years ago, but she outlived her life expectancy by about 9 years. Her positive outlook on life played a big part in that! ❤️ Thank you Dr. Berg for your tireless efforts to re-educate the masses. God bless you!

One important plant is missing! I took Boswellia extract for my gut inflammation instead of Prednisone and it helped tons without side effects!

Useful theory for me to investigate. I'm in my 70s, disabled, and use steroids daily for asthma, as well as long-term annual cortisone epidurals for severe orthopedic pain issues. Thanks!

Thirty years ago, a doc put me on Prednizone (along with Theopheline, Ceftin, inhalant steroid, and Robutussin with Codeine) for asthma and borderline pneumonia (I was breathing at 28% lung capacity) and the flu. The side effects were horrific! I said never again then, and I've stood my ground since. I learned about natural healing from a client of mine and the only pharmaceutical I take now is Breo Ellipta (Fluticasone Furoate 100mcg and Vilanterol 25 mcg inhalation powder) but I only take one puff every 6 days. It's amazing to me that the doctor wanted me to take two puffs every morning and evening, and I do just fine with one puff every 6 days!!! I've already had the cataract surgery, and I have adrenal and cortisol issues. I've been trying to ween myself off Breo as well, hence the 1 puff/6 days, so this video is perfect for me! I already upped my Vitamin D to 20,000 iu/day, 40,000 iu when I remember to take my two evening capsules. Thank you Dr Berg for this info! It is greatly appreciated!

THANK YOU SO MUCH❤ Brilliant co-relational analysis. For me so important as I have asthma and RA, still need the puffer unfortunate, but everything else in remission and zero steroids. What did I do? Low carbs, D3, Mg, K, VitC, and regular exercise, good solid sleep. We can overcome,Dr.Berg forever grateful, you are important part of my recovery 🙏🏻

You described my experience with poison ivy. I used to get it annually starting at age 8. I can't believe I was not educated on what it looks like after being doctored with prednisone and everything.

God save us

I have asthma and when I was a child would be hospitalized for it. I remember one of the times I was in middle school and had been on steroids and my peers called me the Campbell Soup kid (this was back in the 80’s). Thank you for this information!

Potential side effects of corticosteroids: • Cataracts • Moodiness • Weight gain • Cushing’s syndrome • Diabetes • Osteoporosis • Immunosuppression (immunodeficiency) • Secondary infections Natural corticosteroid alternatives: 1. Vitamin D3 (at least 20,000 IU) 2. Plant steroids (false unicorn root, licorice root, and fenugreek) 3. Adrenal glandular extract (grass-fed and freeze-dried) 4. TUDCA Thank you Dr Berg!!

Hello Dr. Berg, great channel, I learn so much each day. I also recently started using a few of your supplements (hair vitamins/vitamin D/cod liver oil), so far so good. Can you focus one of your videos on “creatinine” what triggers it to go beyond the max #, natural ways to bring those levels down especially when the “reported causes” of high creatinine is not something that you are plagued with.

I was taking prednisone for half my life to mitigate the symptoms of ulcerative colitis, It did work and the side effects were tolerable. One of the mainstays of Western Medicine. When I switched to alternative treatment options my practitioner recommended simply changing my diet, from SAD to Keto/Carnivore. That solved all my digestive issues, If I only knew!

I had a big moon face from a high dose of prednisone. I was hospitalized with a severe RA flare up so they treated it aggressively and it literally showed in my face.

Hello Dr.Berg, i am watching your videos for 1 year they were very helpful, i had type 2 diabetes since 5 years, by watching your videos i did keto diet and i avoided sugar for 6 monthes, last week was my appointment with doctor, they tested me and told that now i have no diabetes, i was so shocked and happy to hear this news, by help of strict diet diabetes has disappeared... So thanks very much for helping all of us,by the way i want to know that which cooking oil and spices are organic in USA, and which one do you eat, so plz plz make a video on that, that will be very helpful for me...

Dr: I'm sorry about your friend with whatever happened due to the steriod use. Hopefully things can get better in some way.

The few times I was put on Steroids, a few weeks later I got sick with respiratory infections. … and these infections were serious. I never wanna take them again so THANKYOU for these alternatives. 👍

In Spain licorice root has been always among the natural candies I was able to eat (chew) as a kid. Now you can find them only at herb stores.

My Mum has Alzheimer’s and polio myalgia rheumatica, I started giving her curcumin among many other things for her Alzheimer’s and it wasn’t long after that that I was able to keep her off prednisone for her polio myalgia rheumatica and that was more than six years ago and she’s never needed prednisone ever since.

Holy, the video I needed all my life.

Prednisone is my life saving med, don't regret taking it

Thanks a lot Dr Berg for the great video and for the advice, information and tips 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

My daughter was prescribed prednisone after COVID. I begged her not to take it but she wouldn't listen to me. She has every symptom on that list. I just shared this with her. I hope to inspire her to live a healthier lifestyle.

Dr. Berg is so great, lots of GP write out drugs but dont look at alternative ways.

I'm already a difficult patient to treat....first & foremost in the fact that I should have died 5 times to date in my life. I was placed on a Pred pack about 4 wks. ago & see my primary on the 25th. Prior to this script, I'd not taken any steroid in over 3 decades. Nothing makes me comfortable...I'm in pain all the time & my spinal cord work injury that Work Comp refused to fix has left me w/o sleep for over 5 yrs. now. I've been through countless tests & WC finally swallowed their words & agreed all my health issues are their fault. I am elated that this video showed up in my sidebar today. I've been experiencing severe hunger issues at 10pm for almost 1 week now. I injured my C-spine a couple months ago & can't have surgery. I initially went w/o food....just forced a measured cup of rice w/broth into me daily for almost 3 wks. Even the sight of food made me nauseous...it was like I was pregnant but I had a hysterectomy in '93, so NOT possible. Even though I've been slowly eating solids again....as a woman of logic, the ONLY reason I could come up with is that my body somehow required these late night meals. This has NEVER happened to me, NOT even during my pregnancies. Thank you for posting the hunger side effects...it was driving me crazy! Cheers, ~ Covah

Good morning! I love waking up to your new videos. I share your videos with my family.

Thanks again, been taking that because of unbelievable swelling from a bad sprain. Going all natural tomorrow.

I switched GI doctors and he asked if I’ve ever tried getting off Mercaptopurine because he did not like that medication because “it’s nasty.” I’ve taken that for 23 years for my Crohn’s disease(I’m 41). I’ve began watching your videos and using them to learn about food, vitamins and the way the body uses them. I’ve been off the medication 10 months and my bloodwork hasn’t shown an increase in inflammatory markers as compared to being on the medication.

Yes, I am very allergic to poison ivy too. Have never gotten over it without going to the Dr. and have been told I have an auto immune dz , some of same symptoms. Thank you so much.

Please tell more about Licorice.Because Licorice increases blood pressure and reduces potassium and that could be another danger.

Thank you so very much Doctor! This is great info to have for future reference! Blessings to all with love and light! 🙏❤️🌞✨🤗

Taking all the notes I need. Thank you for putting all this information out here for us

Dear Dr Berg. Thank you very much for this very important topic. I was on Prednisone for longer than a year. It was prescribed for Large Cell Arteritis. Last week I stoped it , because I have all side effects. Your information is so important.

Powerful...I've been feeling a whole lot better since I started taking vitamin D3

But transplant recipients need prednisone to weaken immune system to avoid rejection. In that case, taking vitamin D3 everyday will strong the immune system and get rejection. Am I right?

Thank you Dr Berg for the great content that you share.

Happy diwali doctor from India.🇮🇳 Your videos are very helpful. Keep doing this great work.

Taken prednisone several times for asthma.. last I was put on prednisone for my asthma when I got Covid and it’s side effects were much worst than Covid itself.. may God protect everyone Thank u for such profound information Dr.Berg!

I have eosinophilic asthma that had a sudden onset last year. I take an injectible and all I could take was prednisone. NONE of the inhalers, pills, etc. worked except predisone. I was on it for months as I switched specialists every few months. I work outside so I get vitamin D and was taking the vitamin D and K supplements. No one can figure out what caused this. I've been healthy, workout everyday, hardly get sick, and am outside every day and have no major allergies whatsoever. I had this right before covid struck, so it wasnt due to covid directly. Specialists havent been super helpful and not much got figured out. This information has been so helpful for natural alternatives amd more in depth information than any doctors. Please do a video on eosinophils♡ Thank you Dr.Berg

Very timely video for me, thank you! REQUEST: Please do a video for seasnal allergies. I've become allergic to so many things it is now a yearround problem for me. I've tried Quercetin and Nettle (both tablets and tea), but neither helped. Was most interested in your comment about the histimine effects of licorice root in this video, will be checking into that for sure.

Good Morning , Dr.Berg 🌞 Thank you so much for sharing this Interesting Information with everyone , Have a wonderful day , May God continue to bless you all 💜🌟 🙏 11 / 22 / 2022 🙏

Great info as always 👍

Years ago when my kids were little, a hospital doc prescribed Prednisone for asthma for 4 or 5 days. *NEVER again would I do that!* I couldn't even focus or feel like I could function correctly, so I asked my parents to take my kids for a few days, and when I finished, it didn't even accomplish what it was supposed to, I was in the same congested position.

VALUABLE INFORMATION...GREAT JOB DOC.

Dr. ERIC. Thank you for your awesome videos.

I've had too some bad experience of corticoids. My own take of that is that corticoids are OK if it is to treat acute, extreme pains for a short time, i.e. a couple weeks max. No match. On the other hand, as said on this video, on the long run it can take you to a virtual health disaster.

My husband had multiple myeloma. After his last chemo session with the myeloma numbers at zero, his last 10 prednisone pills put him in a diabetic coma and killed him. After suffering VLAD, the world’s most horrible chemo, the prednisone killed him.

Hello Doc … can you please do a video for killing bacteria and viruses in body?

I'm first ❤️❤️❤️. After I use steroid cream on my face for some rash over a year that dermatologist prescribed on me.. Now I need to stop and I'm look like a zombie now.. I hate those dermatologist prescribed steroid without telling to us the bad side effect 😡😡😡😢😢😢

Omg will you be my doctor? You are so smart!

OMG this is a godsend! Thank you, Dr. Berg, for this video. I know that Prednisone has bad side effects but why do many doctors prescribe it so easily & quickly? It's a bandaid solution for a patient's present sickness & then the after effect could be long term. I'm deeply grateful for these alternatives you mentioned.

I was prescribed very large dose steroids for months and gradual decrease, the shock to my body, hair was so detrimental it took a year for me and my hair to recover, Auto immune disorder, recently had a relapse but watching this video I decided to chose the alternative route. I was on my way to Hospital for PET/SCAN and discussing more steroids - I declined them after which I took what you suggested. 'This has changed my life' in ways I could not altogether describe. I am free of all ailments, my energy levels have lifted as for feeling well again it was nothing short of a 'Miracle'!!!! Thankyou for this wonderful channel for which I am truly grateful..

I was given it after Eye Surgery and my body, not used to those stuff, had a violent reaction to it! My Gloucose went out of wack also my blood Pressure! I ended up in Emergency for 7 days, getting it pumped from my system 🙃 I had all those symptoms too ( swellings).

You r doing a good job.

You mentioned taking high doses of Vitamin D3 - is that daily? Also, how many milligrams of Licorice Root and the others you mentioned do you recommend on a daily basis? Thank you!!

Thanks Doc, your content is extremely informative and superb 💜💜💜💜

Adding Moringa Powder may help with inflammation and stabilizing blood sugar while on Pred.

Oh my! I have been taking prescribed D2 for a couple of years! It has help with muscle and body pain though.

Very interesting, thank you for sharing this information Dr Berg🙂

There is a very important factor that you forgot to mention: how much dosage to use for what disease. For example, if I have severe poison ivy rash, and doctor would probably prescribe 30mg prednisone for first 3-5 days, then tapering it off. What dosage should I use with Adrenal Glandular or other supplements? Without this information, the advice is only half true because too little may not be effective. Anyone knows the answer or rough guideline?

Can you make a video on Nasal Polyps? Thank you.

Dear Dr. please make a video on the inflammation of eyes....What can be done in the long term? Should one follow the action plan given in this video?

my daughter had a terrible case of poison ivy that wouldnt go away, & she refused to take any meds-----i had used some homeopathic remedies myself with success----she took rhus tox remedy & within a couple of days the poison ivy was gone-----homeopathy was much used until the AMA came on the scene & all the natural forms of healing were replaced with allopathic medicine & pharmaceutical industry

Thank you. This is very informative. Blessings from Florida 🐢🐊🌺🌴🐠🪸🌊⚡️🌀🚀😎

Hi Dr Berg you always looking better than before. I have a question about how to shave your face better and what techniques or materials to use

This is brilliant info as my wife suffers from HAE Hereditary Angeo Adema I dont want her on steroids Most of these things we have. So many thanks

I am so grateful for this great video, but have an important question about the use of licorice root. I had heard about it being bad to eat if you already suffer from high blood pressure, and have stayed away from eating it. But because it came up in this video, I decided to pause the video and look it up again online, and numerous sources state that licorice root can lead to DANGEROUSLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE and DANGEROUSLY LOW POTASSIUM LEVELS. According to one source, "Licorice contains glycyrrhizinic acid, which sets off a well-understood chain reaction of biochemical events in the body resulting in high blood pressure." Licorice root, in it's raw, whole form appears to be safe. But in more concentrated forms, like those found in extracts and also when used as a sweetener (because it is about 50x as sweet as sucrose), when used in things like soft drinks and snack foods, it can become a serious problem, especially if consumed regularly.

Thank you, I'm 38 and get poison ivy bad and have taken prednisone so many times I'm pretty immune to it. I've tried to find alternative solutions but this information is very helpful for the next time ty ty.

I've historically taken allergy and asthma medicine daily. At least once a year I've had to take Prednison. That is until early 2021 when I started watching these videos and going Keto. From that time until today I haven't had issues except when I had C-19. I attribute it to Keto and for increasing my vitamins, especially Vit D3. Thanks Dr!

Dr. Berg thank you so much for your amazing continued dedication in educating the masses especially since Medical Care currently is less than satisfactory to say the least. I'm sure others as myself and have experience with my mom being elderly that there seems to be very minimal care. Treated like cattle. Rather than given a number you're only known by your social security number, given the good enough clinical and you're walking out the door. It's that attitude that now my mother who was released a day after surgery last week who should not have been, is now fighting for her life in the icu. Why was she released? Because they needed the bed more than they needed the body to occupy it. And that was the honest truth I'm not just saying that. I'm only telling this because I have been watching your videos for a few years now and I know in my heart a lot of the things that you have put out there would have helped her greatly but she put all of her faith in prescription medication. It's from being on a lot of those that have brought us to where we are now including complete stage 5 kidney failure she was on at least three medications for other things but that is a side effect of those medications or as I prefer to phrase it consequences. When you are caregiver you have to do a lot of research but she is independent and not a ward so I had to sit by, put in my two cents worth when I could and watch this all play out as I knew it would. I myself am asthmatic, arthritic and have been on Prednisone more times than I can count all throughout my youth for it. In the last two years my mom was put on it quite frequently for her arthritis and pneumonia. As a matter of fact she was on it before this last surgery. I experienced a lot of the side effects. In fact I was 40 lb overweight through majority of my junior high days and unfortunately once I was finally taken off of it and that weight went away I went from being called some unpleasant things to people assuming I had an eating disorder which wasn't the case because they didn't know what the story was. It's very difficult to be on the medication that overpowers you so much. I was constantly hungry and eating I couldn't stop, I would get angry, definitely had the moon face going on and of course the weight gain came with the eating regardless of how active I was. My friends and I give it the title it deserves. Evil. I was in an accident a few years ago which I was hit head-on directly in the trigonomial nerve so I'm incredibly appreciative that you mentioned that about your friend because that is a possibility that they had discussed with me but given my previous experience with prednisone I'm fighting to the nail to do anything but take that evil stuff. From watching your videos and getting educated about inflammation, cleaning out the radicals and junk in your body I can honestly say finally after 5 years the pain has almost completely subsided. I never thought I'd be a day without pain and they told me that I would be dealing with it for the rest of my life. It does flare up I believe my glands in that area were also affected so they puff up sometimes I'm not sure what causes it I'm still trying to figure that out but their solution is to take everything out. I don't believe that's necessary I just need to figure out why my body is working the way it is from this impact it took. I don't make you solely responsible for my medical health but I think your advice is incredible and stands true. I definitely use it and do research and so far everything that I have chosen to apply from your education has honestly helped me immensely. When I've improved in something trying some of your advice my doctors will ask what I've done differently and I tell them. I do it smart and wisely and so far it has not done me wrong. So thank you so much I hope you know how incredibly appreciated you are!

Good info as always

I`m respectful & thank a lot Dr.Berg. I receive many healthy knowledge. God blessed you.

Does this also help for adrenal fatique

Thank you Doc. , you are blessing to the entire world. Is it possible to make an video about dust/flour exposure to the lungs? For example Baker's asthma. Stay safe

Should i take high dose of witamin d3 despite proper level in blood and living in sunny country ?

It goes back to doing everything in moderation . I try and stick to a plan with most everything I do with my health . I check my progress and adjust accordingly.

In my youth a dr had to give me cortisone for one week. BUT while in it hospitalized I had to eat everything without any salt. Boy bread tests like cardboard. Any still my ankles got puffy. Kidney p . My mum got me dayly a diuretic t Herbal tea for a hole month. I was surprised to see here in US in 80s and 90s dr prescribing cortisone and poor women had moon face and false gain weigth. They were very angry when I told them that was water retention because they ate salt. I am no dr but I learned from good old school doctors.

Thank you!

Would this work after long term use (30 years) of prednisone ?

Just took Prednisone for a day about 2 months ago. I was prescribed 6 days but stopped after the first round. Terrible mistake to even consider it. I got an awful cold, my blood sugars were skyrocketed (I'm diabetic), broke out with a rash on my nose, I even caught a flu a week later, and to top it off, it didn't help the rash on my neck at all. Absolutely *awful* stuff.

I use bile salts but have not been able to find Tudca here in the Philippines. Thanks for the info Dr. Berg.

I have adrenal insufficiency. What can I use naturally instead of steroids?

Thanks for the great information you put out. I not only use it for myself, I try to apply it to my pets as well. This if very helpful since I have a dog that has problems with his disks and has had to have prednisone a couple of times. I'll research what, if any, of these things he can have.

Does prednisone cause intracranial hypertension? pls help. I developed it after taking prednisone. Any correlation?