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KenDBerryMD - 10 Supplements You DON’T Need on KETO/Carnivore

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Author: KenDBerryMD
Categories: Nutrition
Tags: nutrition
Views: 2 · Last viewed: 2026-10-16 22:45 UTC

Short Summary

Main recommendation: On a ketogenic or carnivore diet built from whole, real foods, you can skip the ten supplements Dr. Ken Berry lists, since most people on these diets are getting what they need from food and the supplements mostly waste money. He argues that eliminating these purchases makes keto or carnivore much more affordable, with the savings spent on fatty meat and some vegetables instead.

Key Points

  • The ten supplements the title promises, as named in the video: (1) calcium supplements like Citracal, (2) a daily probiotic, (3) vitamin C, (4) MCT oil, (5) a fiber supplement, (6) fish oil or omega-3 capsules, (7) green powders or green juices, (8) collagen powders and branched-chain amino acid powders, (9) a multivitamin, and The video's numbering skips from four to six, so despite calling it a '10 supplements' list, only nine distinct supplements are actually named: calcium, probiotics, vitamin C, MCT oil, fiber, fish oil, green powders, collagen/BCAA powders, and multivitamins.
  • Calcium is unnecessary because leafy vegetables, homemade bone broth, and other cuts of meat supply enough, and the belief that calcium strengthens bones is described as untrue.
  • Probiotics are only worth considering for a short period, such as after a round of antibiotics or another temporary gut disruption, not as a daily habit.
  • Vitamin C need drops as carbohydrate intake falls, and the speaker says no one on these diets with whole foods has developed scurvy.
  • Multivitamins are presented as needed mainly on a standard Western or American diet; the speaker says their vitamin forms are poorly used and their minerals are often synthetic.

Details Worth Noting

  • Concrete instructions: Finish any supplement you already own but do not reorder it, including calcium, probiotics, vitamin C, MCT oil, fiber, fish oil, green powders, collagen or BCAA powders, and multivitamins.
  • Concrete instructions: Get fat and nutrients from fatty meat and organ meat, and include liver regularly. Chicken, beef, or goose liver can be eaten as a hunk of liver or made into pâté or mousse.
  • Concrete instructions: For collagen, eat cartilage, gristle, or bone-in sardines instead of buying collagen powder.
  • Concrete instructions: If you cannot eat liver, the speaker mentions a desiccated or freeze-dried liver supplement in the show notes, where six capsules provide about about two grams (about two ounces) of liver, according to Dr. Berry. Eat fish such as oily fish, and cod liver oil is treated as a whole food rather than a supplement.
  • The speaker says tens of thousands of carnivore dieters reported severe constipation and bowel problems when they cut out flour such as wheat, cornmeal, or almond flour, and that gut function returns to normal once flour is removed.
  • The speaker claims he himself recommended calcium and probiotics for years before changing his view.

Bottom Line

The video frames a whole-food keto or carnivore diet as making most common supplements unnecessary, with the money better spent on fatty meat and organ meat. This is the speaker's own claim based on his clinical experience and case reports, not a formal recommendation or professional advice.