Dr. Eric Berg DC · 2026-07-31 · Eric Berg (host), Steve (host), Karen, Diana, Tonya
The Dr. Berg Show LIVE - July 31, 2026
41 research-tied claims examined: 3 contradicted 6 overstated 4 context 20 supported 8 unverified
8 No source found (not proven false)
A combination of black walnut hulls, wormwood extract, and clove acts as an effective anti-parasitic combination.
"black walnut hulls and wormwood extract with clove. That seems to be a very good combination anti-parasitic combination." (said at 0:06:01)
No published record evaluating the combination of black walnut hulls, wormwood extract, and clove as an effective anti-parasitic treatment in humans or controlled in vivo models was located; this does not prove the claim false. While individual herbs or components (such as artemisinin from Artemisia species or eugenol from clove) have documented antimicrobial or antiprotozoal properties in vitro or in specific drug derivatives, the specific three-herb combination popular in alternative "parasite cleanses" lacks controlled clinical validation in the scientific literature.
Postmenopausal women require more dietary leucine than premenopausal women to overcome anabolic resistance.
"Now, if you take a look at the requirements of leucine postmenopausal versus pre, you actually need more." (said at 0:14:54)
No published record matching the claim that postmenopausal women require more dietary leucine than premenopausal women to overcome anabolic resistance was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Bile salts, ox bile, and TUDCA can break down and dissolve gallstones and gallbladder sludge.
"there is data that shows that it's possible to take bile salts, uh ox bile, and even TUDCA to help break down, depending on how small they are. And also the precursor to a stone, which is that gallbladder sludge." (said at 0:29:00)
No published record matching the claim that bile salts, ox bile, and TUDCA can break down and dissolve gallstones and gallbladder sludge was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Diabetics experience nocturia because fluid trapped in the lower extremities by gravity re-enters central circulation and filters through the kidneys when lying down at night.
"And when you go to sleep at night, you now have gravity eliminated but with your legs and all this re- this gravity-filled leg fluid then starts going back gradually into the heart and has to come out to the kidney. And so this is why you know, a diabetic is getting up through the night peeing because of all the trapped fluid in their legs from gravity." (said at 0:34:33)
No published record matching the claim that nocturia in individuals with diabetes is caused by lower extremity fluid accumulated due to gravity re-entering central circulation when lying recumbent was located; this does not prove the claim false.
The multifidus stabilizer muscles in the lower back atrophy very quickly when the back is immobilized.
"There's a muscle in the back that supports it called the multifidus muscles and you can look that up and the exercises to do because those are stabilizers that go atrophied so fast when you immobilize the back." (said at 0:40:58)
No published record matching the claim that the lumbar multifidus stabilizer muscles undergo rapid atrophy during spinal immobilization was located; this does not prove the claim false.
The first clinical manifestation of vitamin D deficiency typically shows up in the back, thighs, and hips.
"And then also the last thing is having sufficient amount of vitamin D uh because the first place for vitamin D deficiency to show up is the back and the thighs and the hips." (said at 0:42:10)
No published record matching the claim that the first clinical manifestation of vitamin D deficiency typically shows up in the back, thighs, and hips was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Molybdenum acts as an antidote to counteract adverse reactions and hangover-like symptoms from sulfites and sulfur sensitivity.
"There's another also situation with people that have a sensitivity to um sulfites or sulfur. And they have kind of like a histamine reaction, but it's not histamine. It's a sulfur reaction, um which is very similar, but different. Um and they feel like they're hungover. They feel groggy, brain fog, um like they're having a hangover. So, um the antidote for that is uh molybdenum, uh which is a trace mineral that can actually help counter that." (said at 0:52:17)
No published record matching the claim that molybdenum supplementation acts as an antidote to counteract sulfite sensitivity or hangover-like symptoms was located; this does not prove the claim false. Molybdenum is an essential trace element that serves as a required cofactor for human sulfite oxidase (SOX), an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of toxic sulfite to sulfate during the catabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids (PMID: 39062583). Severe genetic impairment of this pathway, such as in molybdenum cofactor deficiency or isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency, results in life-threatening neonatal encephalopathy and neurodevelopmental disruption (PMID: 38627985). However, no clinical trials or human studies exist demonstrating that oral molybdenum supplementation functions as an antidote for general dietary sulfite sensitivity, sulfur intolerance, or hangover-like grogginess.
Fermenting vegetables yields significantly more microbes than standard pickling in acid, which contains fewer live microbes.
"When you truly ferment um the pickle or the cucumber, you're getting way more microbes versus pickling is more of like a in an acidic a certain acetic acid or lactic acid or other acids. So it's it's less microbes, but they're in an acid versus fermentation you have the acid and the microbes." (said at 1:03:26)
No published record directly comparing the live microbial counts of traditionally fermented vegetables versus direct acid-pickled vegetables was located; this does not prove the claim false.
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