The Most Dangerous Foods for Your Health (Especially After 50!)
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 25 March 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Find out about the worst foods for aging adults that can put your health at risk. Avoid these diet mistakes after 50 for health and longevity!
Our bodies become more vulnerable as we age, so what we eat and drink is vital to our health. Here are the foods to avoid after 50!1. Unfiltered waterI noticed that my tap water is high in a chemical called perfluorooctanoic acid. The amount of this chemical in my water supply exceeds the acceptable level by 98,650%! This increases my risk for cancer, liver problems, and kidney problems. Most of the water supply contains forever chemicals that don't break down and accumulate in the brain. Find a good water filter that filters out forever chemicals!2. Foods that deplete zincZinc supports testosterone, which significantly decreases in both men and women with aging. Testosterone is essential for muscle mass and supports thymus function. Zinc is also involved in making hydrochloric acid. Refined carbohydrates and starches deplete zinc.3. Seed oilsSeed oils can become stored in the membranes of cells, including the cells in your brain. Instead, use butter, tallow, lard, or olive oil for cooking. 4. Refined soy products Soy protein isolates are used in many products, such as protein bars that are marketed as healthy. You do not want to consume refined, unnatural protein like soy protein isolate. 5. Low-fat foods Vitamin K2 is vital as you age, and it’s only found in fatty foods. If you follow a low-fat diet, you’re depriving yourself of an essential nutrient that can keep your bones and joints healthy.Magnesium supports good quality deep sleep, which is crucial as we age. Taking a magnesium glycinate supplement before bed is one of the best ways to increase your magnesium intake and improve sleep.Instead of focusing on salt restriction, focus on increasing potassium and incorporating high-quality sea salt into your diet.
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| 0:00.0 | foods that put you at risk if you're over 50 years old. I also want to extend this to things |
| 0:05.5 | that you can be drinking. As we age, our bodies become more vulnerable to certain things. The older |
| 0:10.3 | you get, the healthier you should eat. Let's start with number one, water. I want to show you something. |
| 0:15.3 | I just tested my water. I want to show you what I found. There is one chemical called perfloral |
| 0:20.7 | octinoic acid. That's a |
| 0:22.4 | forever chemical. Widly used to make products more resistant to water and grease. This chemical |
| 0:26.7 | has been used in nonstick cookware cosmetics and cleaning products. The level of this chemical |
| 0:32.7 | in my water supply exceeds the acceptable level by 98,650%. Literally, I'm poisoning myself by drinking the water. |
| 0:46.1 | What is my concern about that chemical? Cancer, liver problems, kidney problems. When my grandkids |
| 0:50.9 | come to the house, you know, exposing them to this water. In the water system, |
| 0:54.7 | you have forever chemicals that just don't break down for a thousand years. You have plastics. Most |
| 1:00.1 | of the plastic in your body is accumulated in your brain, which can affect your cognitive function |
| 1:05.6 | and keep your brain inflamed. The solution to that is to find a good filter. You want to get a filter that filters out |
| 1:12.6 | forever chemicals. As you age, your liver has less ability to detoxify things. Your kidneys can't get |
| 1:20.2 | rid of things like you used to when you're 18 years old. The next thing I want to talk about |
| 1:23.9 | is anything that you eat that depletes you of zinc. Zinc is really important to |
| 1:30.5 | have enough of when you get older. Zinc supports testosterone, which tanks as you get older in men |
| 1:37.6 | and women. Testosterone is not just about libido. It's about your muscle mass, your thymus, |
| 1:42.4 | which is above the heart that controls your immune system. |
| 1:44.7 | Zinc is involved in making hydrochloric acid. And when we get older, our horticloric acid decreases |
| 1:50.1 | so we can't kill off microbes. We can't digest protein. We can't absorb nutrients. The question is, |
| 1:55.3 | what foods are depleting zinc? Any of the refined carbohydrates, starches, multidextra and modified food starch, |
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