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Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry
by Dr. Berry: Physician, Health Educator, Blogger, Speaker, Best Selling Autho
The Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry Podcast is here to make health care simple. The goal is to help you learn how to take back control. Through weekly episodes Dr. Berry Pierre will be taking the most toughest medical issues and teaches it in a way that you will wonder why your own physician never explained it to you in such a fashion before. If you have ever went to your doctor's appointment and left there more confused and frustrated then when you came in then this podcast is the one for you. Dr. Berry Pierre prides himself on being able to educate his patients and make them feel comfortable in their most trying times. Dr. Berry Pierre is a Board Certified Internist who is the Program Director for an Internal Medicine Residency Program but is also a Best Selling Author and the Founder of DrPierresBlog.com, whose uses his unique skills of teaching and social media engagement allow him to educate the community worldwide. He has transformed himself from just a regular clin
Episodes
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Stop Trying To Fix Everything At Once (Do This Instead)
💬 "You get the huge result because you made the small changes when you needed to make them." ⚡ In this episode, I'm breaking down why so many of us know we need to make a change, get serious about our health… and still find ourselves falling back into the same habits. And no, the problem isn't...
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Doctors See This Mistake Every Day: Giving Up At 40
💬 "You can't have the big change until you make that first small change." ⚡ In this episode, I'm breaking down one of the biggest myths I hear, especially from people in their 40s, 50s, and beyond: "Doc, it's too late." Too late to lose weight. Too late to change your habits. Too late to get...
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1 in 5 Heart Attacks Happen Under 40. Are you next
💬 "It's one thing to get the information. It's another thing to act on information." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why heart attacks are no longer just an "old person" issue—and why the risk can start building years before you ever feel a problem. One in five heart attacks happen to people…
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90% of People with Kidney Disease Don't Know It
💬 "Healthcare business is a business… and where it pays is where the attention goes." ⚡ In this episode, I break down how people can end up on dialysis years after the warning signs first appeared—and why chronic kidney disease can be hiding in plain sight. I'll walk you through the five warning...
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Early Signs of Type 2 Diabetes Most Doctors Miss
💬 "High blood pressure doesn't always cause symptoms, and unfortunately, that's the reality at hand." ⚡ In this episode, I'm breaking down the warning signs of uncontrolled high blood pressure that you may be missing—even if you feel completely fine. High blood pressure is still one of the…
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High Blood Pressure Warning Signs Most People Ignore
💬 "High blood pressure doesn't always cause symptoms, and unfortunately, that's the reality at hand." ⚡ In this episode, I'm breaking down the warning signs of uncontrolled high blood pressure that you may be missing—even if you feel completely fine. High blood pressure is still one of the…
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Your Preventative Health Game Plan
💬 "You're either gonna see the doctor now… or you're gonna see the doctor later. But you WILL see the doctor. It is what it is." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why prevention has to become a priority—not something you get to when you have time. I share my personal experience with my father and...
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Why You Avoid Doctor Visits
💬 "If you do not get to the doctor today, you will get to that doctor later. How you get there is up to you." ⚡ In this episode, I break down the real reasons why so many people avoid seeing the doctor and why putting off or delaying a checkup can lead to even worse health and financial…
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What Your Bloodwork Really Means
💬 "Bloodwork is data, and data tells a story." ⚡ In this episode, I talk about what your bloodwork results really mean and explain why understanding your numbers matters just as much as getting them checked. From blood pressure and cholesterol to A1C and colonoscopies, I'll show you how these...
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Your Age Determines What Screening You Need (Don't Skip These)
💬 "Most diseases are actually preventable if you actually get screened for it." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why waiting until you have symptoms can cost you far more than you realize. Your age plays a huge role in determining which screenings you need, but your family history, lifestyle, and...
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Why Healthy Habits Never Last
💬 "Willpower is finite. Your environment is infinite." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why healthy habits don't fail because you're lazy or undisciplined—they fail because the system around you is working against you. From gym memberships and diet companies that profit when you quit to the…
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Ignoring Checkups Can Your Cost Life
💬 "40,000 Americans die every year from diseases that a simple checkup could have caught." ⚡ In this episode, I want to challenge the way we think about annual checkups. Too many people wait until they're having a heart attack, stroke, or another medical emergency before they take their health...
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Poor Sleep Is Wrecking Your Health
💬 "Diet don't mean nothing if you ain't sleeping right. Exercising ain't mean nothing if you're not sleeping right. You've got to get your sleep. It's extremely, extremely important." ⚡ In this episode, I'm breaking down why poor sleep isn't just leaving you tired—it's quietly affecting your...
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Exercise Mistakes Ruining Your Health
💬 "The fitness industry makes more money when you're confused, injured, or chasing the trends." ⚡ In this episode, I discuss how common workout culture is quietly increasing injury risk, why so many people are ending up in the ER from preventable training mistakes, and how misinformation like…
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Healthy Eating Myths Hurting You
💬 "It's not that all carbs are bad. It's just that a lot of us are eating the wrong carbs." ⚡ In this episode, I break down some of the most common healthy eating myths that continue to confuse people trying to lose weight and improve their health. From fears around carbohydrates and fat-free...
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Testosterone, Energy, and Men's Health
💬 "Men are a weird bunch when it comes to their health… A lot of y'all have not been wronged by the system—you're just Superman and don't want to address what's going on." ⚡ In this episode, I discuss why men's energy levels are sitting at 30-year lows, and why so many of the warning signs get...
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Why Healthy Strong Men Break
💬 "You can be strong while also being healthy. Being strong doesn't mean that you can't ask for help." ⚡ In this episode, I'm talking about why so many healthy, hardworking men are breaking down without realizing it. We unpack the beliefs that keep men from asking for help, the hidden health...
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The Health Risks Men Ignore Until It's Too Late
💬 "This is how we end up dying younger than women, because we just ignore the significant health issues that are affecting us. Be as diligent in your health maintenance as you are in your car maintenance." ⚡ In this episode, I talk about the health problems men ignore until life forces them to...
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Why Men Are Dying Younger
💬 "We keep dying earlier… and the numbers don't lie. Be aggressive with your healthcare." ⚡ In this episode, I talk about the hard truth that men are dying younger than women by roughly 5 to 6 years on average—and it's not just biology. It's behavior, culture, and a system that rewards waiting...
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The Checkups Every Man Needs
💬 "We want to be here as long as we can—as healthy as we can. And to do that, we have to be aggressive with the prevention, not the treatment." ⚡ In this episode, I discuss why so many men delay routine healthcare until it's too late—and how that mindset is quietly leading to preventable…
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You Fixed Your Diet… So Why Are You Still Sick?
💬 "Some people need to fix their sleep. Some need to manage their stress. Others need to assess the rest of their body. And some need all three." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why fixing your diet alone isn't enough—and why your health won't fully turn around until you address the other…
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Your Diet Is Fueling Your Disease
💬 "Your willpower is not the reason why you can't control your diabetes or your hypertension—it's your diet." ⚡ In this episode, I explain how your diet is directly driving the chronic diseases we keep seeing—diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol—and why it feels so hard to change. We talk...
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Stress Is Quietly Destroying Your Body
💬 "Stress will lead to inflammation. Inflammation leads to disease. Disease leads to death." ⚡ In this episode, I'll explain to you why stress isn't just something "in your head." In fact, it's one of the most overlooked drivers of chronic disease. And if you don't learn how to manage stress…
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The Silent Killer You Don't Feel Until It's Too Late
💬 "Chronic inflammation is the silent killer behind the silent killer." ⚡ In this episode, I talk about chronic inflammation, a major driver of disease that most people overlook because we're too focused on the diagnoses we hear every day—like hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease. I walk…
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You Don't Get Sick Overnight
💬 "You don't get sick overnight… Your body will do a good enough job until it can't do that good enough job anymore." ⚡ In this episode, I explain why diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol don't just "come out of nowhere" and how your body has actually been fighting for you the...
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The Health Crisis No One Is Talking About
💬 "Being able to catch these things in the beginning is much easier to deal with than when they're at the end." ⚡ In this episode, I'm breaking down a growing health issue that most people aren't connecting the dots on. We're talking about the numbers you've probably heard about before—but not…
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What Preventive Care Really Means
💬 "If we just let the system do what the system does, there are going to be much more sicker people than healthier people. That's just the reality at hand." ⚡ In this episode, we discuss what preventive care really means as we break down the uncomfortable truth about our healthcare system—it's…
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If I Could Fix One Thing About Healthcare
💬 "You know what the real crisis in American healthcare is? It's not the rising costs, which is bad; nor is it all this administrative hoopla and paperwork, which is also bad. It is one problem that a lot of people don't name, but it costs a lot of people lives." ⚡ In this episode, I'm breaking...
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Why Healthcare Feels So Confusing
💬 "It's a life-or-death situation if you don't understand what's going on during your appointment. So don't be afraid to ask why. If you asked 'why' and you understood your 'why', everything else becomes simple." ⚡ In this episode, I explain why so many people walk out of doctors' appointments...
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What Actually Puts You at Risk for Kidney Failure
💬 "A lot of y'all are trying to cleanse or detox yourselves from things, but I can assure you that there's not a supplement out there that's going to detox and remove metabolites out of your bloodstream better than your kidneys." ⚡ In this episode, I break down the real factors that put you at...
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Why Doctors Miss Things Even When Theyre Trying
💬 "Medicine is a journey, and it's a two-person journey—your doctor and yourself. And y'all got to walk it together, especially if you want to be healthy." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why even the best doctors miss diagnoses sometimes. From the reasons why this happens, to the mistakes you...
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The Difference Between Primary Care and Emergency
💬 "ER will always treat the sickest patients first, so if you get mad because it took so long to see you, that should tell you you're not sick enough to be sitting in the ER, and you should have went to your primary care doctor or urgent care instead." ⚡ In this episode, I talk about one of the...
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Why Symptoms Are a Terrible Way to Measure Health
💬 "The absence of symptoms does not mean that everything is good. Divorce yourself from that reality of, 'Oh, I don't feel any symptoms, so everything's okay.' It's not the case." ⚡ In this episode, I break down one of the biggest mistakes patients make when it comes to their health: using...
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What Doctors Mean When They Say Lets Watch It
💬 "Just because we say we're just going to watch it doesn't mean that we're going to close our eyes and act like it's not there… Understand—watching is a plan." ⚡ In this episode, I break down what it really means when your doctor drops the phrase "let's just watch and see," and why it's not...
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How Doctors Decide You're 'Low Risk' (And Why That Can Be Dangerous)
💬 "If you're asking the right questions, guess what? You are going to get the right answer." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why your annual physical exam might be missing 40% of critical health conditions, and reveal the 4 things you need to do to advocate for yourself and live longer…
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The 3 Questions Every Patient Should Ask Their Doctor
💬 "No one could take care of you better than you, but you can't take care of you better than you unless you know the right question." ⚡ In this episode, I break down the three important questions you should ask your doctor before leaving that appointment. Some doctors might not want you asking...
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Why Your Annual Physical Is Missing the Most Important Things
💬 "If you're asking the right questions, guess what? You are going to get the right answer." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why your annual physical exam might be missing 40% of critical health conditions, and reveal the 4 things you need to do to advocate for yourself and live longer…
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What Happens to Your Body If You Skip the Doctor for 10 Years
💬 "If I could have just gotten to you a little bit early, I probably wouldn't be giving you this cancer diagnosis… You probably wouldn't have a stroke that has now affected the whole left side of your body… That heart attack, you would have survived, and I wouldn't have to tell your family you...
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Why Normal Labs Dont Mean Youre Healthy
💬 "Having normal labs doesn't necessarily mean you're healthy. It just means at that point in time, whatever we were looking for, we maybe didn't find." ⚡ In this episode, I explain why those "normal" lab results might be giving you a false sense of security, and how leaning on them alone could...
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Why The Affordable Care Act Saved This Patients Life
💬 "They've made it seem like the ACA is something that benefits the insurance companies; that insurance companies are making money. No, no, no—it's benefiting the patients. It's here, and it's always been here to benefit the patients and protect them from the scrupulous practices of these...
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Why Healthy People Are Breaking Down in Their 40s
💬 "Looking healthy is not the same as being healthy. Fitness does not cancel out your health." ⚡ In this episode, I dive into why so many folks who look "healthy" and fit are breaking down in their 40s. We talk about the biases we have around fitness versus real health, how high performers push...
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A world without the affordable care act Obamacare
💬 "You have to be very vocal and active in your healthcare plan, because so many of you guys recognize that one bad medical bill could be extremely detrimental to your family, and one expense that doubles or triples from December to January could be life-threatening—and that's not hyperbole." ⚡…
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Dont Ignore These Health Problems in Your 30s and 40s
💬 "Being an adult means numero uno, you got to take care of yourself." ⚡ In this episode, I talk about those sneaky health issues that start creeping up in our 30s and 40s—the ones we ignore, downplay, or tough out until they hit us hard later on. If you want to avoid chronic pain, prevent...
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Why people are mad that you are losing weight using GLP Medications like Ozempic
💬 "A lot of people's New Year's resolution is going to be about losing weight for 2026. Let's not take away an option from them because you are upset in one way, shape, or form that you think it's not the 'right way'. Because there is no right way—there's only THE WAY to lose weight." ⚡ In this...
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Planning for a Healthier 2026 Transformation Not Resolution
💬 "We are not into trends — we are into transformations. Following a trend when you're trying to make a transformation will never succeed." ⚡ In this episode, I break down why 80% of people fall off their New Year's resolutions by February, and what you can do differently to make 2026 the year…
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Can You Actually Boost Your Immune System
💬 "Can you actually boost your immune system? That is a 30-billion—yes, I said billion—dollar question that year after year, people keep finding a solution for… And I am here to tell you whether that is something that's possible—or whether we are doing it the right way." ⚡ In this episode, I'm...
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The Truth About Vitamin D Deficiency in Black Communities
💬 "Black skin needs three to six times more sunlight to produce the same amount of vitamin D than lighter skin… So understand that yes, you can be even one of those sun warriors and still get vitamin D deficient just because of your skin." ⚡ Did you know that about 80% of Black Americans are...
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How a Bad Flu Season Could Impact You This Winter
💬 "Yes, you can end up in the hospital if you've got the flu. Yes, it can be that bad." ⚡ In this episode, I'm diving back into the flu's deadly potential, just like that brutal 2017-2018 season that claimed 80,000 lives, and I'm warning you about how this winter could be a recipe for disaster...
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Why the Holidays Are the Best Time to Prioritize Your Mental Health
💬 "Understand that during this holiday, it's as important for you to be checking in on your mental health than acting like it's not even an issue." ⚡ Did you know that 2 out of 3 people go through a lot of stress, anxiety, and sadness during the holidays? In this episode, I break down why the...
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Navigating Health Misinformation Online
💬 "Just because it might have happened good for one person does not mean it's going to happen good for you." ⚡ Did you know that 60% of Americans—yes, that's more than half of y'all—have fallen for some type of these sneaky health myths online? In this episode, I break it down like I always do,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry Podcast is here to make health care simple. The goal is to help you learn how to take back control. Through weekly episodes Dr. Berry Pierre will be taking the most toughest medical issues and teaches it in a way that you will wonder why your own physician never explained it to you in such a fashion before. If you have ever went to your doctor's appointment and left there more confused and frustrated then when you came in then this podcast is the one for you. Dr. Berry Pierre prides himself on being able to educate his patients and make them feel comfortable in their most trying times.
Dr. Berry Pierre is a Board Certified Internist who is the Program Director for an Internal Medicine Residency Program but is also a Best Selling Author and the Founder of DrPierresBlog.com, whose uses his unique skills of teaching and social media engagement allow him to educate the community worldwide. He has transformed himself from just a regular clin
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The Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry Podcast is here to make health care simple. The goal is to help you learn how to take back control. Through weekly episodes Dr. Berry Pierre will be taking the most toughest medical issues and teaches it in a way that you will wonder why your own physician never...
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