1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Prepare to have your health questions answered here on Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,300 with Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center in downtown Ventura. 3 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:14,560 Now, here's Dr. Todd. 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:15,560 Good afternoon. 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:21,820 I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, practitioner of functional medicine and non-force doctor of chiropractic. 6 00:00:21,820 --> 00:00:27,000 Functional medicine means using standard medical tests, mainly blood tests, but also hair tests, 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,760 urine tests, stool tests, any kind of test that's necessary to identify your body burden 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:32,760 of toxins. 9 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,920 We've been talking about heavy metals this past couple of episodes. 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,880 We're going to talk a little bit more about heavy metals today and some exciting cases 11 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,640 that we're able to help people by getting rid of those heavy metals. 12 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,960 So functional medicine means using tests to identify conditions that other doctors miss, 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,880 mainly because they don't do these tests. 14 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,560 Most doctors do not test for any kind of toxic exposure. 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,880 Most doctors don't do all of the tests that I do when I order a blood test. 16 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,560 I usually order a 55-point blood panel. 17 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:01,560 It's about $1,400. 18 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,260 It would cost your insurance company if your doctor ordered all of those tests. 19 00:01:05,260 --> 00:01:07,000 That's why they don't order it routinely. 20 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:12,080 They're only going to order the tests that they suspect will identify or confirm a diagnosis 21 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,080 that they've made based on your physical exam and your case history. 22 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,840 If they suspect you have diabetes, they'll test your A1C. 23 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:26,000 They'll always check a few things, your electrolytes, your protein levels, some kidney and liver 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,920 function tests, and your cholesterol. 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:28,920 Usually that's about it. 26 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:34,040 They might do a CBC if they expect an infection or anemia. 27 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,080 They might do your thyroid test if they suspect that you have low thyroid. 28 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:43,720 But basically they're using tests to confirm a preliminary diagnosis they make based on 29 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:49,160 your case history and maybe a physical exam or some other data they gather when they see 30 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:50,160 you. 31 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,520 So they don't order all these tests because they're literally medically unnecessary. 32 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,320 Medical necessity means you need to do this test to confirm a diagnosis. 33 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:58,320 So they are. 34 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,600 The tests I order are most often medically unnecessary. 35 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,880 That doesn't mean they're not important. 36 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:08,440 They are necessary to identify how healthy you are. 37 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,840 The practice of medicine is to treat disease you already have. 38 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:16,320 It has nothing to do with identifying whether or not you're healthy. 39 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:21,960 When you go in to most doctors and they say you're fine, that doesn't mean you're healthy. 40 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,880 There's no way they can tell that if they haven't even looked to see most of the time. 41 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,600 If you're healthy, they haven't checked to see if all of your organs, your liver, your 42 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,960 kidneys, your immune system, your thyroid, your digestive system are working at 100% 43 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,680 peak function or at least peak expected function for your age and condition. 44 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:39,820 They never test for that. 45 00:02:39,820 --> 00:02:46,540 So it's sad really that anyone thinks they're healthy if they go to some doctor who just 46 00:02:46,540 --> 00:02:54,280 does standard medical tests, a few brief panel of blood work, and says you're fine. 47 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,760 Please never, never assume that that means you're healthy. 48 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,640 A workup like that does not check for health. 49 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:06,400 It's only checking to see if you have a disease that requires medical care that day. 50 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,880 Do you need a prescription for some medicine? 51 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:14,240 Do you need a further, a CAT scan or an MRI or referral to a specialist? 52 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:15,240 If not, then you're fine. 53 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:16,280 It doesn't mean you're healthy. 54 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,440 So I check to see if you're healthy by doing some more tests. 55 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,440 That $1,400, 55-point blood panel that I do on most of my patients, probably about 80% 56 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,040 of the time I'll order that panel. 57 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,440 I get that for $225, $225. 58 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:30,520 So you have to pay out of pocket. 59 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,640 Insurance will not pay for it if you order it through me. 60 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:34,640 I'll give you the list. 61 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:35,640 You can email me. 62 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:36,700 I'll send you the list right now. 63 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:39,680 If you can get your doctor to order those tests, then you don't have to pay for them 64 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:40,680 out of pocket. 65 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,720 You just have to pay me to interpret them and give you a plan of action to deal with 66 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:46,280 whatever shows up on the tests. 67 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,520 But the other problem is even if your, most doctors order all those tests, again, they're 68 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:54,660 only looking for signs of things that need medical care. 69 00:03:54,660 --> 00:03:58,560 So they're using the standard lab ranges that have been established to diagnose and treat 70 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,560 certain conditions. 71 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:07,120 So if your fasting glucose is above 125 on two separate occasions or if your A1C, the 72 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:13,320 test that measures your average glucose over a three to four month period, is above 6.4, 73 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:14,320 then you have diabetes. 74 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,960 That is the diagnosis for diabetes. 75 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,320 And so there's similar ways to diagnose medical conditions based on blood tests and other 76 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:21,320 tests. 77 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,120 And, you know, so those are the ranges they use. 78 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:28,200 But in addition to that range, which I also use, it's important, in addition to that functional 79 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:34,760 practitioners test, is a narrower range, roughly the middle third, it varies, but a narrower 80 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,320 range of identifying issues on the same test. 81 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,000 So a narrower range to see if there's a problem with your kidneys or your liver or your digestive 82 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,640 tract or your immune system. 83 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,280 A narrower range, what's the acceptable amount of protein in your body? 84 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,520 You can be told your protein levels are fine, when they're not. 85 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,320 Most people are functionally deficient in protein. 86 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,240 You need protein to heal and repair every cell in your body. 87 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:02,040 You need protein to make immunoglobulins for your immune system to work, to build muscle 88 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:07,000 tissue, to make collagen, to maintain strong bones and skin and joints. 89 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:12,400 So everyone needs protein and a lot of people are told they have adequate amounts when they 90 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:13,880 do not. 91 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,800 So that's the difference between functional medicine and standard medical practice. 92 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:24,360 And again, another common example of something that functional practitioners do that most 93 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:30,040 doctors, most traditional practitioners do not do, is test for heavy metals and other 94 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:31,040 toxins. 95 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,320 So we talked a lot about heavy metals in the last two episodes, but as I was going through 96 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,800 my notes, I found some more things and actually some more information has come out in the 97 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,040 news recently that I didn't get to. 98 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,560 It was buried further down in my notes. 99 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,680 So anyway, here's a report that came out. 100 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:46,440 It was a new report. 101 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,440 It was a report done by Consumer Reports. 102 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,420 So heavy metals are bad for everyone, but they're really bad for children, infants especially. 103 00:05:53,420 --> 00:05:57,320 So the younger you are, the younger your brain is, the more devastating it's going to be 104 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:02,520 on your health, on your brain, on your propensity to get an autoimmune condition of some kind 105 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:10,980 or a debilitating condition like fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue later in life. 106 00:06:10,980 --> 00:06:16,600 So Consumer Reports tested 45 packaged fruit juices. 107 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,440 So fruit juices, right? 108 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:23,000 Most parents give, many, many parents, you see it all the time, it's a common thing to 109 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,080 give kids fruit juice. 110 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,960 Fruit juice is not good for anybody. 111 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,800 No one should drink fruit juice. 112 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,880 Fruit juice is mostly sugar. 113 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,080 Kids, I mean, you know, it's hard to get kids just to drink water. 114 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,480 But tomato juice, vegetable juice would be better. 115 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,440 I don't know what the solution to that is. 116 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:47,280 You know, you can make drinks with water and alternative sweeteners that actually taste 117 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:48,280 good. 118 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:52,760 If you think there's no alternative sweeteners that actually taste good, then email me and 119 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,360 I'll tell you about the ones that I have found because most alternative sweeteners taste 120 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:57,360 terrible. 121 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:58,360 But there are some good ones. 122 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,240 Anyway, I don't know what the solution is, a good replacement is for fruit juice for 123 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:03,240 kids. 124 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:04,320 But here's a reason not to give it to kids. 125 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,320 So Consumer Reports tested 45 packaged fruit juices, all the common brands that you see 126 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:09,960 on store shelves. 127 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:16,040 And 21 of them had unsafe levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury. 128 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:20,800 Every product they tested had a measurable amount of at least one heavy metal. 129 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:27,660 And 21 of the samples, 47%, had a combination of heavy metals that researchers deemed concerning 130 00:07:27,660 --> 00:07:28,660 for daily consumption. 131 00:07:28,660 --> 00:07:34,200 The metals found in seven of the 21 samples had the potential to harm children who only 132 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,560 drank a half a cup per day. 133 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:43,180 So these are the common brands of fruit juices that you see in your grocery store that parents 134 00:07:43,180 --> 00:07:52,000 give their kids all the time and out of the test of 47, 45 packaged fruit juices and seven 135 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:57,960 of them had the potential to harm children by only drinking a half a cup a day. 136 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:02,440 Well, how many kids, how many families do you know, the kids are drinking this stuff 137 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,820 more than half a cup and drinking it almost every day. 138 00:08:05,820 --> 00:08:10,840 So look that up, just Google heavy metals in fruit juice and you'll see that you can 139 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:16,000 find the consumer report, see the brands they were testing. 140 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,320 And you know, the companies of course say, oh, this is ridiculous. 141 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,320 These things aren't safe. 142 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:22,920 There's no proof that they're not safe. 143 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:30,480 Well, the way most companies decide whether or not something is safe does not include 144 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:36,880 testing people who are taking these things every day and the long term effects, especially. 145 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:41,320 So all of these, whenever you hear some company that's making some toxic products says, oh, 146 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:42,840 it's never been proven to be toxic. 147 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:47,440 Well, not proving that it's toxic isn't proving that it's safe, number one. 148 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,080 And when they do test to see that they're safe, it's usually really poorly designed 149 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:55,400 tests that only tests, you know, insufficient amounts, amounts different to what people 150 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,340 are actually consuming. 151 00:08:57,340 --> 00:08:59,680 And it never measures over long periods of time. 152 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:06,320 They test it, you know, if you don't drop dead after consuming a standard serving of 153 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,880 their product after three months or a week or whatever short period of time they test 154 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,120 and they say it's safe. 155 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:17,340 But people are having these things every day for years or frequently over periods of years. 156 00:09:17,340 --> 00:09:19,600 And that's when the problems start to show up. 157 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,680 So yeah, that's a sad thing to hear. 158 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:27,420 Fruit juices are dangerous, loaded, but often laced with dangerous amounts of heavy metals. 159 00:09:27,420 --> 00:09:32,360 So look up, look that up for more information or send me an email to help you figure out, 160 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,640 you know, maybe an alternative, but that's important to understand. 161 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:36,640 I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. 162 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,880 You're listening to Safe, Effective, and Natural Solutions to almost any health challenge. 163 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,960 I'm talking a little bit more about heavy metals again, but I want to get to something 164 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,240 that I keep moving forward on my list here. 165 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,880 And it doesn't deal with heavy metals, but it was in the news recently. 166 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:50,880 It's important to understand. 167 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,960 And the headline is, Do Gas Stoves Worsen Lung Disease? 168 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,320 The debate continues. 169 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,880 So there's some studies that came out that using a gas stove, cooking with gas in your 170 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,440 kitchen at home can worsen. 171 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:08,360 So they did basically prove that if you have asthma already, if you have basically any 172 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:15,760 lung condition, emphysema, any difficulty breathing, bronchitis, any condition with 173 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:21,280 your lungs or your bronchioles, breathing difficulty, then breathing the toxic fumes 174 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:27,720 from the regular natural gas that you burn on a stove in your kitchen can make that condition 175 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:28,720 worse. 176 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,320 Well, natural gas is toxic. 177 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,440 You know, it's dangerous because it can catch on fire and explode too. 178 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,000 But breathing even small amounts of it over and over and over again is toxic. 179 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,160 It is dangerous. 180 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,880 So it's a frustrating thing because I cook with gas. 181 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:45,320 I would never want an electric stove. 182 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:46,320 It's better. 183 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,960 You say everyone should get electric stoves if you want to just do something else to eliminate 184 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:56,240 your exposure to something that's toxic, especially for your lungs and your brain because anything 185 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,440 you breathe in is going to hit your brain very quickly. 186 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,680 And the natural gas is toxic. 187 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:02,680 You don't want to breathe that stuff. 188 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:06,480 Well, under normal circumstances, when you're burning it, it's breaking it down into things 189 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,260 that are at least much, much, much less toxic. 190 00:11:09,260 --> 00:11:14,240 But the real solution, if you have a gas stove in your house, is ventilation. 191 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:19,640 So anytime I start, you know, the worst exposure is when you're starting, when you're turning 192 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:25,400 the gas stove on, when you turn the gas on in that couple of seconds before it's lit. 193 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,600 And even while it's lighting, there's gas that's just coming up into the air and you're 194 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:30,600 standing right in front of it. 195 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:31,880 You're going to be breathing that stuff. 196 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,240 So what I do is I turn on the fan. 197 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,160 If you've got a good fan, here's not a good fan. 198 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,920 If you've got a microwave or a hood above your stove, above your gas stove, and it's 199 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,440 got a fan with a little vent on the top of it, and it's just blowing the air from the 200 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,200 stove, kind of sucking it away from the stove, but blowing it up towards the ceiling in the 201 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,260 room, then don't waste your time. 202 00:11:51,260 --> 00:11:52,500 That's not doing anything. 203 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:58,440 If you have a good hood above your stove or even a microwave, can be vented with a pipe, 204 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:03,560 with a duct that goes through the roof, then that is sucking the whatever's coming from 205 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:04,560 the gas out through you. 206 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:05,560 That's what you want. 207 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:06,560 You want to ventilate. 208 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:10,320 You want it to, when you're starting the gas stove, just turn on the fan above the stove 209 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:14,120 to suck that gas out so you're not breathing it on high. 210 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:18,040 And then once the stove is lit and you're starting to cook, most of those fans have 211 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,100 a low setting. 212 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:20,440 Leave it on low while you're cooking. 213 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:25,580 If you can, crack a window to let some fresh air in, flush that gas out, especially if 214 00:12:25,580 --> 00:12:32,200 you have bronchitis, if you have asthma, if you have anybody with a sensitive issue to 215 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,640 their bronchioles or lungs. 216 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,320 So we're going to go back to heavy metals again. 217 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,800 So we've been talking about heavy metals the last two episodes, continuing this week. 218 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,720 So I did get a lot of questions about the sources. 219 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,280 You know, Todd, please tell me about how to avoid some of these things, where everyone 220 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,960 knows that there's mercury in fish. 221 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,440 Everyone should know that there's mercury in quote unquote silver fillings or what are 222 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,400 technically called amalgam fillings. 223 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,360 Most dentists don't put those in your mouth anymore. 224 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,160 If you're going to a dentist that does get a different dentist, no one should put amalgam 225 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,680 fillings in their mouth anymore because there's mercury makes them hard. 226 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:11,480 And that's why they last long and they're cheap, but they're durable. 227 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:16,800 But they also, you know, leach mercury into your bloodstream, into your brain. 228 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,560 And you know, nobody should have those. 229 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:21,120 So you can go also directly to Doctors Data. 230 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,760 Doctors Data is the premier lab in the U.S. for testing heavy metals. 231 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:31,600 And you can go to their website and just look for the test menu, toxic and essential elements. 232 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:38,400 DoctorsData.com, go to test menu, toxic and essential elements, hair toxic element exposure 233 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,440 profile is the full name of the test. 234 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,560 And it says right here on their website, what is this test useful for? 235 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:50,000 Tactic element exposure from excessive food consumption can cause alopecia, hair loss, 236 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,720 depression, fatigue, malabsorption of nutrients, hypertension, high blood pressure, impaired 237 00:13:54,720 --> 00:14:01,640 glucose tolerance, disrupted kidney function, Parkinson's like symptoms, sexual impotence 238 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,240 or decreased testosterone, vision problems. 239 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,640 And that's just a partial list. 240 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,680 And then you can go over on the right side of the page here and it says view sample report. 241 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:15,840 So when you pull up a sample report, you see all the things that are tested remain the 242 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,000 concern with arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium and uranium. 243 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,840 They test several dozen other minerals, some for research purposes. 244 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,200 This tests the nutrient minerals as well to see if you're deficient in some minerals. 245 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,000 Well, that's not the best way to test for nutrient deficiencies. 246 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,200 Blood test is better for most essential nutrient deficiencies. 247 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:40,240 But some of the trace elements will show a deficiency on a hair test like chromium or 248 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,760 selenium or vanadium, a few others. 249 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,960 But on the, you know, you see that the, in the color of the first page, it shows you 250 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:49,960 the results. 251 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:54,080 And then if you keep scrolling down, you'll see the sources of all these things. 252 00:14:54,080 --> 00:15:01,840 So you know, aluminum is in aluminum cookware, containers, kitchen utensils, automobile and 253 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,760 airplane components, building materials. 254 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:10,160 You can get exposed to aluminum, aluminum alloys have other minerals bound to them. 255 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,560 Well, aluminum is not, it is neurotoxic at high levels. 256 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:15,800 It takes quite a bit. 257 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:22,640 It's not as dangerous as lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic and uranium, but excessive, early 258 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:28,240 symptoms of excessive aluminum burden may include fatigue, headache and a few other 259 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,120 symptoms. 260 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:38,080 Uranium is present at varying levels throughout the U.S. in drinking water, in root vegetables 261 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:39,960 and high phosphate fertilizers. 262 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,880 So a lot of chemical fertilizers, high phosphate chemical fertilizers have high amounts of 263 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,760 uranium as well. 264 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:53,280 Other sources include ceramics, colored glass, many household products, cleaning products 265 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:57,160 and obviously uranium tailings from uranium mines. 266 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:03,160 If you live downhill or down river from a uranium mine, even if it was hundreds of years 267 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:09,080 ago when that was being, well, a hundred decades ago, you can be exposed to uranium in the 268 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:15,880 water that way and spent uranium rods are sometimes milled into armor piercing bullets 269 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:24,240 and missile heads and the firing mechanisms in certain munitions have toxic heavy metals 270 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,240 in them, uranium. 271 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,520 So you're not being exposed to the radiation from uranium. 272 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,440 It's not nuclear bomb uranium. 273 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:38,120 It's just the mineral itself, the non-essential element that is abundant in rock and granite 274 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,240 and other types of stone in the surface of the earth. 275 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:48,720 And if you live or work near or work at a military base, that is a risk factor for exposure 276 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,920 to uranium. 277 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,440 Arsenic can be just absorbed from food and water. 278 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,960 It's in the water in many parts of the country. 279 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,760 It's often in food. 280 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,640 We talked about earlier about in fruit juice, tested in fruit juice by a report came out 281 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,200 from Consumer Reports. 282 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:10,440 It can get it from air, water, dust, shampoos, soap. 283 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:15,400 I'm reading this from the sample report available on Doctors Data's website. 284 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:21,600 Common sources are insecticides, smog, shellfish, industrial exposures, particularly in the 285 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,400 manufacture of electronic components. 286 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:30,840 And it can cause malaise, muscle weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, dermatitis and skin cancer. 287 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:36,520 Long term exposure affects the peripheral nervous system, nerves throughout your body, 288 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:41,840 cardiovascular and the bone marrow that make your red blood cells and your white blood 289 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:43,320 cells. 290 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:49,880 It's a major antagonist to selenium, so it can cause selenium deficiency. 291 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:54,000 It's in insecticides. 292 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Those are the main sources that are listed here. 293 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,920 It accumulates in hair, skin, nails, the thyroid gland, bone and the gastrointestinal tract 294 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,680 and can cause kidney disease as well. 295 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:07,680 Mercury. 296 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,920 I talked on a previous episode about how mercury is ubiquitous in the ocean. 297 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:17,000 You cannot eat any fish that comes from the ocean without being exposed to some mercury. 298 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,960 But so for example, the highest mercury is in the biggest fish. 299 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:20,960 It works its way up. 300 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,720 It comes from coal fired power plants, sinks to the bottom of the ocean, goes up in the 301 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,520 air, sinks to the bottom of the ocean, is eaten by bottom feeders and it works its way 302 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:28,520 up the food chain. 303 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,280 So the bigger the fish, the more mercury it has in it. 304 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,680 Fish oil supplements are made from little tiny fish that haven't been alive for very 305 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:34,680 long at all. 306 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:42,800 Little tiny in the Arctic waters off of Norway and Chile, little tiny anchovies and sardines 307 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:48,160 are the main fish that quality fish oil supplements are made from to minimize that mercury exposure. 308 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:56,840 You can also get mercury from the water supply, some hemorrhoidal preparations, skin lightening 309 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:03,720 agents, instruments like thermometers, electrodes and batteries, combustion of fossil fuels, 310 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:10,760 mainly coal, Ayurvedic herbs, fertilizers and the paper and pulp and gold industries. 311 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:16,080 So a lot of industries use mercury as part of the way they process and manufacture their 312 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:21,800 materials or extract materials, separate gold from some of the other stuff that's in gold. 313 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:28,600 Dental amalgams are always exposing you to mercury and if you're going to get a dental 314 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:33,400 amalgam removed, get in touch with me, you want to go to a dentist that has the proper 315 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:38,880 equipment to make sure that you're not going to be exposed to a huge hit of mercury when 316 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,920 they're taking that filling out. 317 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,200 It requires special equipment, special ventilation. 318 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,200 You should be wearing a mask. 319 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:50,440 They should be putting a dam in your mouth so that only that tooth, you're not going 320 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,840 to swallow any of the mercury or breathe any of it. 321 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,120 It becomes a vapor very easily. 322 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:59,760 You want to take it out properly so that you're not exposed to it when they're removed. 323 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,400 It is a good idea if you have amalgam fillings to have them removed. 324 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,560 That's a whole other issue. 325 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:12,160 And so yeah, those are the major sources of mercury and mercury can cause loss of appetite, 326 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,880 decreased sense of touch, sense of hearing, vision, fatigue, depression, emotional instability. 327 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,240 It really, really hits the brain. 328 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:23,200 And numbness and tremors, poor memory, cognitive dysfunction, neuromuscular disorder. 329 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,240 So you know, it mainly affects the brain. 330 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:27,240 Lead. 331 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,960 So these are sources I was reading off of the doctor's data website earlier. 332 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,400 You can also look this up on government websites. 333 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,480 This is from the state of Washington's Department of Health's website. 334 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:41,160 Common sources of lead poisoning include, obviously, lead-based paint, contaminated 335 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:48,200 soil, children's toys and jewelry, drinking water, workplace and hobby hazards, traditional 336 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:56,120 home remedies and cosmetics, lead-glazed ceramic ware, pottery and leaded crystal, imported 337 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,280 candy, even mini blinds. 338 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,680 And each one of these has a whole paragraph explaining some of the details. 339 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,560 How does the soil get contaminated? 340 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:08,040 Well, kids are exposed to lead through contaminated soil when they play in it. 341 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:12,120 Lead in the dirt clings to their fingers, to their toys and objects that children normally 342 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:13,840 put in their mouths. 343 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:18,640 Lead can get in the soil from deteriorating lead paint in buildings and old playground 344 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:26,160 equipment, leaded gasoline near busy roads, leaks from underground storage tanks, lead 345 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,840 acid batteries, recycling facilities that recycle lead acid. 346 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,960 These are car batteries, basically. 347 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:39,000 And smoke and dust from industries such as lead ore, mining, milling, smelting and municipal 348 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,400 solid waste incinerators. 349 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,120 So steps you can take, wash your children's hands often, especially before and after they've 350 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:48,280 been, or after mainly, they've been playing in areas like this. 351 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:53,240 Use a doormat to wipe shoes when they're in your house, limit soil exposure, cover bare 352 00:21:53,240 --> 00:22:01,000 soil with grass and plants, and do not let your children play near the walls of old houses 353 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,880 and garages that may have lead paint on them. 354 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:05,880 Children's toys and jewelry. 355 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,920 So you can look this up online. 356 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:08,920 It's important. 357 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:14,800 A lot of, especially toys from China that are painted often have lead paint in their 358 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,400 mouth and when they're playing with them, they often put them in their mouth and just 359 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,440 handling them can expose them to lead. 360 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,480 You can look up in your local government, most government agencies have to report the 361 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,480 amount of all the heavy metals in your local drinking water. 362 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:29,960 And it's different in every town. 363 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,640 It can be different a mile, a couple of miles from where your source, one source is. 364 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,960 You might live across the street from somebody to be right on the boundary of somebody that 365 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,000 receives their water from a different source than you. 366 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,640 So you really need to do your research to find out. 367 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:45,960 And you know, that brings up an important point. 368 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:50,560 It's a really good idea to get a high quality drinking water filter. 369 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:55,520 The best one is a solid carbon block filter made by a company called Multi Pure. 370 00:22:55,520 --> 00:23:01,480 If you have questions about that, Multi Pure makes the best drinking water filters. 371 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,240 It's the only filter I use and recommend. 372 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,440 I have one in my office and my home. 373 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:13,440 I put one in my mother's house so you can get exposed to from the water. 374 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,240 Traditional home remedies and cosmetics. 375 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,760 Put them in cosmetics because again, anything that makes lead and other heavy metals make 376 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:22,760 pretty colors. 377 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:23,760 Lipstick. 378 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,560 Other things that people use in cosmetics. 379 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,960 Glaze ceramic ware pottery. 380 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:35,320 The glazes on tile and on ceramic dishes and cups may have lead in them, especially if 381 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:40,320 you get them from, again, from out of the country or if they're handmade. 382 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:45,060 Imported candy has been found to have high levels of lead in it. 383 00:23:45,060 --> 00:23:46,060 Mini blinds. 384 00:23:46,060 --> 00:23:47,060 This is a new one to me. 385 00:23:47,060 --> 00:23:48,060 I didn't realize that. 386 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:50,480 But imported vinyl mini blinds have been shown to have left. 387 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,000 They're made from outside the United States. 388 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,280 They can have, they have been shown to have lead in them in the vinyl and that vinyl can 389 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,880 break down and release lead dust into your home. 390 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:06,720 The last major heavy metal is cadmium, which can affect liver and cause kidney and liver 391 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:11,320 dysfunction, pulmonary edema, damage to the testes, osteomalacia, softening the bones 392 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,600 and damage to the adrenal glands and bone marrow. 393 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,440 The main source of cadmium is smoking. 394 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,520 There are several other exposures. 395 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,520 I'm sorry I'm out of time. 396 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,440 We may have to do another episode on heavy metals. 397 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:24,440 Have a great weekend everybody. 398 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,120 Tune in here next Friday at 4 p.m. 399 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:28,680 I look forward to speaking with you then. 400 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:34,180 You've been listening to Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions with Dr. Todd Binkley. 401 00:24:34,180 --> 00:24:38,500 If 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