WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.660 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:02.660 --> 00:00:06.599 here on Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions with 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:09.980 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:14.839 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:16.879 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, board certified 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:19.019 doctor of non -force chiropractic and practitioner 00:00:19.019 --> 00:00:21.420 of functional medicine. Last week, we talked 00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:25.010 about how to identify quality supplements. When 00:00:25.010 --> 00:00:26.969 you come in, you get functional medicines. I'm 00:00:26.969 --> 00:00:29.370 always reminding people it's identifying how 00:00:29.370 --> 00:00:32.369 your body, places your body needs support to 00:00:32.369 --> 00:00:35.030 heal and repair itself. And the solution, when 00:00:35.030 --> 00:00:38.170 we identify what it needs support for, is always 00:00:38.170 --> 00:00:42.009 better food. exercise, and supplements. Better 00:00:42.009 --> 00:00:44.890 food to get. It's always best to get as many 00:00:44.890 --> 00:00:47.250 of the nutrients your body needs from food, obviously, 00:00:47.250 --> 00:00:49.729 or if it's not obvious, that's my belief, is 00:00:49.729 --> 00:00:51.829 that you should get, ideally, get everything 00:00:51.829 --> 00:00:54.570 that your body needs from food without any supplements. 00:00:54.770 --> 00:00:57.590 But if you test people, most people I find are 00:00:57.590 --> 00:00:59.969 not getting all the nutrients they need to stay 00:00:59.969 --> 00:01:02.929 healthy and to deal with whatever ailments they 00:01:02.929 --> 00:01:05.629 show up. And that's why I very frequently recommend 00:01:05.629 --> 00:01:07.790 supplements. In fact, there's three supplements 00:01:07.790 --> 00:01:10.409 I recommend that everyone take, even without 00:01:10.409 --> 00:01:12.650 testing, because I just find that I've hardly 00:01:12.650 --> 00:01:15.370 ever found, very rarely find anyone that doesn't 00:01:15.370 --> 00:01:17.549 need to supplement the following three things. 00:01:17.629 --> 00:01:20.650 A good multivitamin for the minerals. You can 00:01:20.650 --> 00:01:23.670 give vitamins relatively easily from food, but 00:01:23.670 --> 00:01:26.930 most people do not get enough minerals from their 00:01:26.930 --> 00:01:30.250 food. Number two, fish oil to get the proper 00:01:30.250 --> 00:01:32.730 amount of, or, you know, an adequate amount of 00:01:33.099 --> 00:01:35.379 Omega -3 fatty acids, you can only really get 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:37.959 them from the ocean. So unless you're eating 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.700 fish, you know, an oily fish like salmon or sardines 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:43.579 every day, then you're not going to get the benefits 00:01:43.579 --> 00:01:45.879 of omega -3s for your cardiovascular system, 00:01:46.099 --> 00:01:48.700 your joints, anti -inflammatory properties, keeping 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:51.359 your good cholesterol up, healing your brain, 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:54.519 mood, etc. You're not going to get that unless 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:58.500 you supplement a good quality fish oil and vitamin 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:01.560 D. Most people need 5 ,000 units of vitamin D. 00:02:02.270 --> 00:02:04.370 But how do you tell if the supplements that you're 00:02:04.370 --> 00:02:06.730 taking are good? How do you know if you've got 00:02:06.730 --> 00:02:08.590 something that's going to do the job to get the 00:02:08.590 --> 00:02:12.169 desired result? We talked about this last week, 00:02:12.169 --> 00:02:13.789 and we ran out of time, so we're going to talk 00:02:13.789 --> 00:02:15.909 about it some more. The easiest way, the best 00:02:15.909 --> 00:02:18.389 way I know of to tell if any product works is 00:02:18.389 --> 00:02:20.590 to give it to a few thousand people, tens of 00:02:20.590 --> 00:02:22.409 thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of 00:02:22.409 --> 00:02:25.229 people if possible, and see if it achieves what 00:02:25.229 --> 00:02:27.469 you expect it to achieve. If it's a vitamin D, 00:02:27.550 --> 00:02:30.520 it's easy to test. It kind of does work all by 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:33.080 itself like a drug, but most nutrients work in 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:38.060 combinations. But if you give any individual, 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.300 you test their blood, give them some products, 00:02:40.460 --> 00:02:43.180 and see if it achieves the desired effect and 00:02:43.180 --> 00:02:45.900 improves a follow -up test. You do a test, give 00:02:45.900 --> 00:02:48.360 somebody some supplements, do a follow -up test, 00:02:48.419 --> 00:02:51.379 and see the changes. That's pretty good evidence 00:02:51.379 --> 00:02:53.539 that you've got a quality product that's doing 00:02:53.539 --> 00:02:56.240 the job. And if you repeat that with thousands 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:59.909 and thousands of people, I have seen thousands 00:02:59.909 --> 00:03:02.590 of people in my practice. When I go to conferences 00:03:02.590 --> 00:03:04.830 every year and discuss what's working with my 00:03:04.830 --> 00:03:09.210 colleagues, together we see the results and share, 00:03:09.370 --> 00:03:12.370 compare notes with many, many, many thousands 00:03:12.370 --> 00:03:15.620 of patients. So top shelf brands of supplements, 00:03:16.060 --> 00:03:18.580 orthomolecular products, and designs for health 00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:21.080 are two of my favorites. Pure Encapsulations, 00:03:21.419 --> 00:03:24.479 Douglas Labs, Gaia Pro, Thorne Research. There's 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.280 several, there's quite a few good companies out 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.939 there. And, you know, thousands and thousands 00:03:30.939 --> 00:03:33.479 of ones that you see in stores that are not so 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:35.840 good. So, you know, the good brands that I use 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:37.680 are not the only ones that work. They're just 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.909 ones that I've had the best results with. And 00:03:39.909 --> 00:03:42.229 I often benefit from the experience of colleagues 00:03:42.229 --> 00:03:44.389 that I see at conferences and seminars around 00:03:44.389 --> 00:03:46.210 the country every year. What's working for what 00:03:46.210 --> 00:03:48.629 do you use for patients that have this condition 00:03:48.629 --> 00:03:51.629 or that, etc. So we can get a pretty good idea 00:03:51.629 --> 00:03:53.669 of what's working for many, many thousands of 00:03:53.669 --> 00:03:57.110 people. And why do they work better? So top shelf 00:03:57.110 --> 00:03:59.949 brands are more bioavailable. They're better 00:03:59.949 --> 00:04:02.389 absorbed into the bloodstream and into your cells. 00:04:02.569 --> 00:04:04.610 And so those three things right there, something's 00:04:04.610 --> 00:04:07.969 bioavailable or not. So if a lot of cheap mineral 00:04:07.969 --> 00:04:10.150 supplements, for example, calcium carbonate, 00:04:10.189 --> 00:04:12.930 99 % of the calcium supplements on the market 00:04:12.930 --> 00:04:16.189 are calcium carbonate. No one should take calcium 00:04:16.189 --> 00:04:17.949 carbonate. It's very difficult for your body 00:04:17.949 --> 00:04:22.389 to break down and absorb calcium carbonate. Top 00:04:22.389 --> 00:04:25.209 quality supplements have a higher antioxidant 00:04:25.209 --> 00:04:27.769 effect. And because they're more like plants, 00:04:27.970 --> 00:04:29.970 they're more plant -like and less processed, 00:04:30.009 --> 00:04:33.269 they're familiar to your physiology. So they're 00:04:33.269 --> 00:04:35.970 going to have a much more impactful, beneficial 00:04:35.970 --> 00:04:39.160 physiological effect. When you use nutrients 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:41.899 that your body recognizes in the proper forms 00:04:41.899 --> 00:04:44.720 and in the proper combinations because they work 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.180 synergistically. Oh, why don't I just take this 00:04:47.180 --> 00:04:49.019 one thing and see if that works? That's how drugs 00:04:49.019 --> 00:04:50.779 work. That's not how nutrients work. You need 00:04:50.779 --> 00:04:53.180 to take nutrients in combinations. Food is full 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:56.180 of nutrients in combinations. There's no food 00:04:56.180 --> 00:04:59.240 that has one nutrient in it. All food, all plants 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.199 have many, many, many hundreds of nutrients, 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.180 some of which we haven't even identified yet. 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:08.500 Top quality supplements are often endeavoring, 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:11.439 especially with minerals, for example, endeavoring 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.899 to find a way to get a good dose that mimics, 00:05:15.899 --> 00:05:18.620 that is as close as possible to, as least altered 00:05:18.620 --> 00:05:22.540 from the form that is in plants. I'll come back 00:05:22.540 --> 00:05:24.540 to calcium carbonate again. Calcium carbonate 00:05:24.540 --> 00:05:27.959 is ground up rocks and seashells. You can mine 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:32.470 minerals. like that from the earth and grind 00:05:32.470 --> 00:05:34.910 it up and put it in a capsule. And it's legal 00:05:34.910 --> 00:05:37.029 to put a, put a label on. So this has this much 00:05:37.029 --> 00:05:39.870 calcium in it and it's inexpensive. So somebody 00:05:39.870 --> 00:05:41.829 is going to buy it because it's cheap. Well, 00:05:41.949 --> 00:05:44.610 if you put a plant in that same part of the surface 00:05:44.610 --> 00:05:49.009 of the earth and the roots of that plant grow 00:05:49.009 --> 00:05:52.310 in, absorb those minerals, bring them up above. 00:05:53.230 --> 00:05:56.670 and bind them into complex forms in the roots 00:05:56.670 --> 00:05:59.110 and leaves and trees and fruits and things we 00:05:59.110 --> 00:06:02.670 call vegetables that we eat, and our body recognizes 00:06:02.670 --> 00:06:06.829 those. We've been eating plants for thousands, 00:06:07.209 --> 00:06:09.529 hundreds of thousands, millions of years. Our 00:06:09.529 --> 00:06:13.490 physiology recognizes how to break down and absorb 00:06:13.490 --> 00:06:17.579 the nutrients from plants and animals. but not 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:20.839 from rocks and seashells. So when you use the 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:22.699 nutrients your body recognizes in proper forms 00:06:22.699 --> 00:06:25.519 and combinations, they always need to be in combinations 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.339 because they work synergistically. They have 00:06:27.339 --> 00:06:31.899 much more powerful healing properties. They enable 00:06:31.899 --> 00:06:35.819 your body to more effectively heal itself. And 00:06:35.819 --> 00:06:39.939 when taken in the appropriate dose, for you and 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:43.100 your condition, they have no side effects, only 00:06:43.100 --> 00:06:46.420 benefits. Note that I said when taken in the 00:06:46.420 --> 00:06:49.500 proper dose for you and your condition and the 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:52.040 appropriate form. So that's how you make sure 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:53.279 that you're not going to get any side effects. 00:06:53.379 --> 00:06:55.740 And that's, you know, sometimes mild side effects. 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:56.959 You know, if you take too much, you can take 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:58.480 too much of anything. I talked about this last 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.079 week. You can take too much water and get hyponatremia. 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:04.000 And you can take too much of some vitamins. But 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:07.040 the hysterical things that you hear in the media, 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:09.800 oh, my God, 5 ,000 units of vitamin D, that's 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:12.759 way too much. The USRDA for vitamin D is only 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:17.720 400. If you get too much vitamin D, why is there 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:20.060 so many stories that continue to come out? And 00:07:20.060 --> 00:07:22.319 why do most medical doctors still think that 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:24.959 5 ,000 units of vitamin D is too much? They're 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.480 afraid you're going to get kidney stones, which 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:31.139 is an absurd fear because it never happens. To 00:07:31.139 --> 00:07:34.420 increase your risk of getting kidney stones. 00:07:35.290 --> 00:07:37.610 vitamin d the what can't if you take too much 00:07:37.610 --> 00:07:39.550 vitamin d it is possible to do that but to make 00:07:39.550 --> 00:07:43.189 that happen the way it happens is vitamin d keeps 00:07:43.189 --> 00:07:46.490 calcium in circulation and if you have especially 00:07:46.490 --> 00:07:48.449 if you're taking calcium carbonate if you're 00:07:48.449 --> 00:07:51.990 taking crappy calcium and uh too much of it maybe 00:07:51.990 --> 00:07:53.649 or especially if you're taking too much vitamin 00:07:53.649 --> 00:07:56.129 d for too long it will increase your risk of 00:07:56.129 --> 00:07:58.410 getting a kidney stone but to do that first your 00:07:58.410 --> 00:08:01.860 serum level of calcium has to go up I've given 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:06.720 scores of patients told to take 10 ,000 units 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:09.019 of vitamin D a day for a few months. If your 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:12.779 vitamin D level is 15 or 10, really, really low. 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:16.160 way below 20 or 30, I'll usually recommend that 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.360 you start out taking 10 ,000 units a day for 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:20.759 a while, and then eventually cut it down to 5 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:23.399 ,000. And then we retest to make sure that it's 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.139 in between 50 and 90. Well, I've had a few patients 00:08:26.139 --> 00:08:28.439 over the years that forget to cut down from 10 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:30.879 ,000 back down to 5 ,000, and maybe they take 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.480 10 ,000 every day for a year. Well, their serum 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:36.879 level still usually doesn't go above 90 or 100. 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:40.059 It takes a long time of taking a large amount, 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:42.179 depending on your condition and age. There are 00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:44.259 a few variables. But it's just very rare for 00:08:44.259 --> 00:08:47.179 someone to take an amount of vitamin D that causes 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:50.159 their serum level of D itself to go into any 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.460 toxic level. But beyond that, even if your vitamin 00:08:53.460 --> 00:08:58.159 D level is 100 or 120 or 130, it still isn't 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:00.799 going to cause any problems until your calcium. 00:09:01.419 --> 00:09:04.860 level goes up. The main concern that causes all 00:09:04.860 --> 00:09:06.299 this hysteria, oh, you got to be careful not 00:09:06.299 --> 00:09:09.419 to take too much vitamin D, is because if your 00:09:09.419 --> 00:09:12.299 serum calcium level goes up, the calcium in your 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:14.759 blood goes up and stays up for too long, that 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:17.559 will increase your risk of a kidney, getting 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:20.759 kidney stones. But it just doesn't happen. I've 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:23.059 seen many people get their blood levels of vitamin 00:09:23.059 --> 00:09:26.779 D above 100, and their serum calcium level still 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:29.059 doesn't go up above 10. It still stays down in 00:09:29.059 --> 00:09:32.200 the nines where it belongs. So it's just not 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:34.059 true. It's possible to take too much vitamin 00:09:34.059 --> 00:09:35.460 D, just like it's possible to drink too much 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:37.779 water, but it almost never happens. And even 00:09:37.779 --> 00:09:39.320 if it does, all you have to do is stop taking 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:41.740 it for a month, and it'll go back to normal. 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:45.100 I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening to Safe, 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:47.980 Effective, Natural Solution to almost any health 00:09:47.980 --> 00:09:50.120 challenge. And this week we're talking about 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.419 how to tell the difference between good supplements 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:55.539 and supplements that are not so good, that won't 00:09:55.539 --> 00:09:58.419 do the job, that are cheap. You get what you 00:09:58.419 --> 00:10:00.399 pay for and you might get something cheap and 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:02.340 maybe it will just have no effect at all. The 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:04.460 most expensive supplements you'll ever take are 00:10:04.460 --> 00:10:06.500 the ones that just end up in the toilet and do 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:09.720 nothing on the way between when you buy them 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.200 and they end up in the toilet. They have no beneficial 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:14.159 effect on your body. And of course, some cheap 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:17.340 supplements can even cause problems. So yeah, 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:19.299 get top shelf products. If you're not sure what 00:10:19.299 --> 00:10:21.639 those are, ask me. I'd be happy to guide you. 00:10:21.659 --> 00:10:23.019 You can shoot me an email if you're wondering 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:25.220 if the supplement that you're taking is good 00:10:25.220 --> 00:10:27.580 or not. Shoot me an email. I'd be happy to. to 00:10:27.580 --> 00:10:29.879 answer that question for you. So we've talked 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:32.500 about calcium, the bad calcium, don't take calcium 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:34.460 carbonate. So what's a good calcium? Well, calcium 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:36.779 citrate is a little bit better. That's also widely 00:10:36.779 --> 00:10:39.299 available and inexpensive. So you can see that 00:10:39.299 --> 00:10:41.940 in stores too. Nothing necessarily wrong with 00:10:41.940 --> 00:10:45.220 calcium citrate, but it often doesn't, if you 00:10:45.220 --> 00:10:48.200 have osteoporosis, for example, it's often not 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:51.379 going to do the job. The calcium product that 00:10:51.379 --> 00:10:53.860 I like to use is from Orthomolecular Products 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:57.659 and it's called Reacted Calcium. And that means 00:10:57.659 --> 00:11:00.679 these minerals are chelated forms, which means 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.080 that they're bound with their other constituent 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.279 materials, similar to the way minerals are bound 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:07.919 up in plants in forms that your body can easily 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.799 unbind and break apart and absorb. And so for 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:14.539 people that come to me with osteoporosis, for 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:16.519 example, I see it all the time. People bring 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:18.639 their DEXA scan in, their bone density scan, 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:21.720 and they've been taking calcium, what they think 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:23.539 maybe is a good calcium. Maybe they've been taking 00:11:23.539 --> 00:11:25.259 calcium citrate. It's not uncommon, hopefully. 00:11:25.769 --> 00:11:28.129 Well, a lot of people are taking calcium carbonate 00:11:28.129 --> 00:11:30.669 too because they got a record. They were told 00:11:30.669 --> 00:11:33.129 by their MD to just go get cheap calcium from 00:11:33.129 --> 00:11:36.350 any store. It's all the same. Well, they're not. 00:11:36.470 --> 00:11:39.330 And so, for example, when someone's DEXA scan 00:11:39.330 --> 00:11:42.559 is not, they've been taking calcium. and maybe 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:44.580 vitamin D, maybe their vitamin D level is fine, 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:46.759 and they've been taking a good calcium, say, 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:49.019 from Whole Foods or a health food store, but 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:50.799 their DEXA scan, their bone density, they still 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:54.820 have osteoporosis or osteopenia. It either hasn't 00:11:54.820 --> 00:11:56.940 improved or oftentimes has even gotten worse. 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:00.789 In fact, when you do bone density scans, And 00:12:00.789 --> 00:12:04.570 often, if you're over a certain age, many physicians 00:12:04.570 --> 00:12:07.330 just are happy if it doesn't get worse, even 00:12:07.330 --> 00:12:09.110 when they prescribe you medications. If they 00:12:09.110 --> 00:12:12.289 prescribe you, you first go from normal bone 00:12:12.289 --> 00:12:16.710 density to osteopenia or osteopenia to osteoporosis, 00:12:16.750 --> 00:12:20.210 and they give you Boniva or Fosamax or Evista 00:12:20.210 --> 00:12:23.649 or one of these other bisphosphonates, bone density 00:12:23.649 --> 00:12:27.149 drugs, which are horrible. because they do nothing 00:12:27.149 --> 00:12:29.610 to increase the strength of your bones, and in 00:12:29.610 --> 00:12:32.029 fact often make them weaker, and even cause bone 00:12:32.029 --> 00:12:35.429 cell death, bone necrosis. The mechanism of action 00:12:35.429 --> 00:12:38.509 for these bone density drugs is they block the 00:12:38.509 --> 00:12:42.529 function of osteoclasts in your bones. Your bones 00:12:42.529 --> 00:12:46.389 have two types of cells, osteoclasts, C -L -A 00:12:46.389 --> 00:12:50.129 -S -T, the end of the word, and so the clasts, 00:12:50.210 --> 00:12:55.649 clear bone, and osteoblasts, with a B, so osteoclasts. 00:12:55.960 --> 00:13:00.980 Clear old bone. Osteoblasts build new bone. Well, 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.000 you need both. If you want to have strong bones, 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:07.360 you need to clear out the old, bad, weak, fragmented, 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:12.269 weak bone. clear that out of the way before you 00:13:12.269 --> 00:13:14.450 can replace it with good new cells that keep 00:13:14.450 --> 00:13:17.090 your bones strong. And otherwise, why would bones 00:13:17.090 --> 00:13:18.909 be designed with both of those cells? So the 00:13:18.909 --> 00:13:21.210 bone density drugs work. You can look it up on 00:13:21.210 --> 00:13:23.309 any of the websites. Go to the website for Fosamax 00:13:23.309 --> 00:13:25.690 or Boniva or any of the big bone density drugs 00:13:25.690 --> 00:13:28.250 and look up the mechanism of action of that drug. 00:13:28.269 --> 00:13:32.049 And it will say blocks the function of osteoclasts 00:13:32.049 --> 00:13:36.330 or anti -osteoclastic. And that's just crazy 00:13:36.330 --> 00:13:38.929 because it just makes no sense to stop the normal 00:13:38.929 --> 00:13:41.769 function of your bones, body's ability to clear 00:13:41.769 --> 00:13:45.450 away old bone before you start building new bone 00:13:45.450 --> 00:13:47.950 on top of that. It's like building a, you know, 00:13:47.950 --> 00:13:49.570 you got to have a good foundation and you have 00:13:49.570 --> 00:13:52.649 to keep everything constantly turning over. Every 00:13:52.649 --> 00:13:54.629 part of your body is constantly breaking down 00:13:54.629 --> 00:13:58.389 old cells and replacing them with new ones. So 00:13:58.389 --> 00:14:00.169 yeah, you don't want to take a bone density drug. 00:14:00.809 --> 00:14:02.389 That just blocks. It makes your bone density. 00:14:02.490 --> 00:14:04.490 Why do they do it then? Why do they give people 00:14:04.490 --> 00:14:09.710 these drugs if they don't work? Well, I suppose 00:14:09.710 --> 00:14:12.629 for some people who have a really lousy diet 00:14:12.629 --> 00:14:14.350 and aren't taking any supplements, maybe it must 00:14:14.350 --> 00:14:16.769 work a little bit better for some people. One 00:14:16.769 --> 00:14:19.529 thing it does do is makes your bone density scans 00:14:19.529 --> 00:14:21.669 look better. That's the main reason they use 00:14:21.669 --> 00:14:24.649 these drugs. If you stop breaking down the old 00:14:24.649 --> 00:14:27.549 bone and just keep shoving in more new bone. 00:14:28.090 --> 00:14:30.029 That will make your bone density scans increase. 00:14:30.309 --> 00:14:32.450 It doesn't reduce your risk of breaking your 00:14:32.450 --> 00:14:35.570 hip when you have a fall. It can actually increase 00:14:35.570 --> 00:14:38.250 your risk of necrosis in your bones. But it makes 00:14:38.250 --> 00:14:40.629 your test look pretty. So, yeah, let's have those 00:14:40.629 --> 00:14:43.370 drugs. So, yeah, hardly anyone really should 00:14:43.370 --> 00:14:45.789 take those things, in my opinion. What works 00:14:45.789 --> 00:14:50.149 better? Good calcium. So, the forms of calcium 00:14:50.149 --> 00:14:53.169 in an orthomolecular... products got a bottle 00:14:53.169 --> 00:14:56.649 right here calcium hydroxyapatite and this is 00:14:56.649 --> 00:14:59.269 um the one that has the most research on it specifically 00:14:59.269 --> 00:15:03.269 for healing and repairing bone calcium hydroxyapatite 00:15:03.269 --> 00:15:06.549 and it has four forms hydroxyapatite dicalcium 00:15:06.549 --> 00:15:10.950 malate bisglycinate and citrate so citrate you 00:15:10.950 --> 00:15:12.450 know of the stuff that if you're going to buy 00:15:12.450 --> 00:15:15.289 some cheap calcium from stores it's much better 00:15:15.289 --> 00:15:17.750 to get citrate than carbonate but if you really 00:15:17.750 --> 00:15:20.419 want to do the job and you have uh bone density 00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:22.419 issues than a combination product like this. 00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:24.500 As I've found, hundreds of patients have seen 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:27.419 bone density scans before and after, and not 00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:30.549 only... stopped the bones from getting worse, 00:15:30.649 --> 00:15:33.110 but actually improved them from osteoporosis 00:15:33.110 --> 00:15:36.110 back to osteopenia or from osteopenia back to 00:15:36.110 --> 00:15:39.610 normal density. When most physicians give people 00:15:39.610 --> 00:15:43.129 Bonibu and Fosamax and the other drugs for bone 00:15:43.129 --> 00:15:45.850 density loss, they're happy if the bone density 00:15:45.850 --> 00:15:48.309 scan two years later just doesn't get worse. 00:15:48.750 --> 00:15:51.330 Unfortunately, you can only do a bone density 00:15:51.330 --> 00:15:54.190 scan. You have to wait two years to redo it because 00:15:54.190 --> 00:15:56.730 that's about how long it takes for a noticeable 00:15:57.259 --> 00:16:00.620 measurable change to occur. So two years later, 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:03.740 if your bone density just isn't worse, forget 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:05.299 about whether it's better or not, if it just 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:09.039 isn't worse... then many, many doctors think 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:12.100 that that's a job well done. Well, I've seen 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:15.820 many patients who've gotten better from osteoporosis 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:18.779 back to osteopenia and osteopenia back to normal 00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:22.200 bone density two years later by taking a good 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.860 form of calcium like calcium hydroxyapatite and 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:28.200 bisglycinate, another one on the list here in 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.179 the product, orthomolecular products, reacted 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:33.519 calcium, the bisglycinate form of many minerals. 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:39.440 Iron, magnesium, several others. Orthomolecular 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.600 Products makes a whole line, and other good companies 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:45.500 make a line of minerals. There's a good way to 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:48.620 tell if you have any kind of mineral supplement. 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:51.419 Many of them, if you get it from a health food 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:55.019 store or a good quality source, the minerals 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:59.139 will be in the bisglycinate, B -I -S -G -L -Y. 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:03.279 C -I -N -A -T -E, bisglycinate form, is one of 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:06.900 the best forms for many of the minerals, not 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:10.420 just calcium. The bisglycinate form is the best 00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:12.539 form of iron, for example. Very similar to the 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:15.380 calcium problem. 99 % of the iron supplements 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:19.470 on the market are ferrous sulfate. And there 00:17:19.470 --> 00:17:21.710 are people who know they have iron deficiency 00:17:21.710 --> 00:17:24.809 anemia, especially women who are menstruating 00:17:24.809 --> 00:17:28.170 and know they have iron deficiency anemia, but 00:17:28.170 --> 00:17:29.970 think they can't take iron. Oh, I can't take 00:17:29.970 --> 00:17:33.130 iron. It gives me stomach upset. It causes constipation, 00:17:33.329 --> 00:17:37.289 you know, pain, discomfort in the digestive system 00:17:37.289 --> 00:17:39.410 usually. Well, that's because you're taking ferrous 00:17:39.410 --> 00:17:42.910 sulfate. I've given the bisglycinate form of 00:17:42.910 --> 00:17:45.970 iron, same brand, orthomolecular products, reacted 00:17:45.970 --> 00:17:49.319 iron. to thousands of patients and not had a 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:52.839 single one have any problem with digesting it, 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:55.420 any side effects, any discomfort, taking iron 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:57.619 and we can fix. It's the easiest, super easy 00:17:57.619 --> 00:18:02.319 to fix iron deficiency anemia by taking the bisglycinate 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:06.420 form of iron. So back to osteoporosis. You need 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:10.519 to repair bone density. You need good calcium. 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:13.420 You need to keep the good calcium in circulation 00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:16.480 by having adequate amounts of vitamin D, which 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:18.839 listeners to this show are familiar with. I talk 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:20.859 about vitamin D almost every episode because 00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:23.779 it's so important. So vitamin D keeps calcium 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:27.859 in circulation. And then to deposit the calcium 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:31.960 into bone, you need vitamin K. So vitamin K, 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:33.839 a lot of people know that you can get vitamin 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.059 K from... Dark green leafy vegetables like spinach 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:39.799 and broccoli and anything dark green is going 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:42.380 to have vitamin K in it. And that form of vitamin 00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:48.099 K is K1. And there's also a K2. So both are important. 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:51.279 Both help with bone density. Both help with several 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.619 other physiological processes throughout the 00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:57.279 body. But specifically for somebody who has osteoporosis, 00:18:57.380 --> 00:19:00.099 the K2 form is the one that's important. More 00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:02.599 important than K1. You can have plenty of K1 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:05.619 and still not be able to give your body what 00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:08.980 it needs to reverse osteoporosis back to osteopenia 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:12.839 or osteopenia back to normal bone density. So 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:15.849 vitamin K2. comes in several different forms. 00:19:15.890 --> 00:19:17.869 The most common forms that you'll see on labels 00:19:17.869 --> 00:19:22.549 are vitamin K2 is menaquinone, by the way. K1 00:19:22.549 --> 00:19:27.849 is phyloquinone and K2 is menaquinone, M -E -N 00:19:27.849 --> 00:19:32.970 -A -Q -U -I -N -O -N -E. And the forms of menaquinone, 00:19:33.049 --> 00:19:39.859 of K2, most commonly are the MK4 and MK7. So 00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:42.200 that's a little complicated, but if you want 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:43.740 to look for your labels to see if your vitamin 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:48.140 K is good, look for MK4 or MK7 form of vitamin 00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:51.440 K2. So yeah, I use a product called K -Force 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:54.960 for osteoporosis patients, also made by Orthomolecular, 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.980 because it has the 5 ,000 units of vitamin D 00:19:57.980 --> 00:20:04.000 and 180 micrograms, 180 micrograms of vitamin 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:09.529 K2 in the MK7 form. So you need the good calcium. 00:20:09.589 --> 00:20:13.829 You need adequate vitamin D all the time to keep 00:20:13.829 --> 00:20:16.349 that calcium in circulation so that it can go 00:20:16.349 --> 00:20:17.670 where it needs to go. Because you don't need 00:20:17.670 --> 00:20:19.029 calcium just for your bones. You need it for 00:20:19.029 --> 00:20:21.269 muscles, your heart. There's all kinds of parts 00:20:21.269 --> 00:20:23.410 of your body that need calcium. But you need 00:20:23.410 --> 00:20:25.329 to keep adequate calcium in circulation with 00:20:25.329 --> 00:20:28.349 vitamin D. And then you need K2, especially vitamin 00:20:28.349 --> 00:20:32.529 K, especially the K2 form to deposit the calcium 00:20:32.529 --> 00:20:35.480 into bone. So when I've had people that have 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:39.059 been taking a good calcium and have had to test 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:40.599 their blood and their blood level of vitamin 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:43.019 D is good, it's between 50 and 90, and they're 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:45.720 still not getting the results on the bone density 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:49.700 scans, oftentimes the missing link is adequate 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:52.680 amounts of vitamin K2. And a lot of companies 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:55.160 will sell combination products of vitamin D and 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:56.900 vitamin K. And the typical amount of vitamin 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:59.319 K in these products, you'll have 5 ,000 units 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:04.059 of vitamin D and 45 micrograms of K2. 5 ,000 00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:07.400 D, 45 micrograms of K2. And I have a couple of 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.859 products that I carry that have 10 ,000 D for 00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:14.039 people starting out in the beginning and 90 micrograms, 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:19.160 same ratio. So typical. amount for K2 in many 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.460 products is 45. So this K4 has four times that 00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:25.059 amount, 180 micrograms, 180. And there's a lot 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:27.140 of research that shows if you're trying to address 00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:31.039 osteoporosis that supports the use of a dose 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:33.880 of 180 micrograms. So if you have osteoporosis, 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:36.400 check what you're taking. And if it doesn't have 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:41.269 180 micrograms of... good form of K2, like the 00:21:41.269 --> 00:21:44.910 MK7 form of K2, then that is also, that can often 00:21:44.910 --> 00:21:47.170 make a big difference. It also helps with healing 00:21:47.170 --> 00:21:49.809 fractures. I've had many patients over the year 00:21:49.809 --> 00:21:52.390 had a woman in her 60s who broke her shoulder 00:21:52.390 --> 00:21:56.880 or scapula. in a skiing accident. And six months 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:58.559 later, it wasn't healing. So I went back, had 00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:01.140 it x -rayed a couple of times after initially 00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:03.619 going in, and there was just a hairline fracture 00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:06.119 that just would not heal. And I gave her this 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:09.500 same regimen, a good calcium, adequate vitamin 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:12.660 D and vitamin K, and it healed. After about, 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:14.700 I think, a few weeks later, it finally healed. 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:16.420 I've had that several times with people who break 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:18.700 their feet, too. You get a little fracture in 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:22.859 your heel or your metatarsal or one of the phalanges, 00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:25.970 one of the... digits in your feet. I've seen 00:22:25.970 --> 00:22:28.190 many people that have just, those have never 00:22:28.190 --> 00:22:30.109 properly healed because you're always walking 00:22:30.109 --> 00:22:32.289 around on your foot after your cast comes off 00:22:32.289 --> 00:22:34.369 or whatever kind of support you have to wear 00:22:34.369 --> 00:22:38.769 temporarily. People have, if you take any kind 00:22:38.769 --> 00:22:40.670 of bone that's not healing after you have a fracture, 00:22:40.829 --> 00:22:43.589 if you take this same regimen of adequate, good 00:22:43.589 --> 00:22:46.329 calcium, vitamin D and vitamin K, I've seen many, 00:22:46.369 --> 00:22:48.970 many of those heal up like they should. The last 00:22:48.970 --> 00:22:52.859 thing with that is some people also need additional 00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:56.579 collagen. So bone is the matrix of the structure 00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:58.880 of the bone is made out of collagen. And collagen 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:01.220 is a protein that your body makes from food, 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:03.619 from eating protein. But as you get older, especially, 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:06.299 it often doesn't make enough. Or if you have 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:09.559 bad osteoporosis or a bad old fracture, taking 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:11.740 supplemental collagen. And this is really easy 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:13.279 to tell whether you're taking a good collagen, 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:16.759 especially if you're a woman, but men too. If 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:19.519 you take a good collagen, you feel it in your 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:21.740 hair and your skin and nails. Almost anybody 00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:24.720 I've put on collagen. collagen, a powder, adequate 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:26.640 dose, a scoop, not a couple of capsules, but 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:28.680 a good scoop full. They notice the difference 00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:30.799 in their skin, hair and nails that they like, 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:33.819 and they want to continue taking it. People often 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:35.500 tell me they can tell when they're taking a good 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:37.920 fish oil, too, because it results in changes 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.160 in your mood that you can actually feel. Or parents 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:44.000 who have children that are having any kind of 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:46.319 behavioral issues will notice a difference if 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:48.039 they take a good quality fish oil because it 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:50.319 helps heal your brain. Good fish oil helps raise 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:52.859 your good cholesterols, your HDL, and you can 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:55.859 measure these things on a blood test. Coenzyme 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:59.140 Q10. Taking a good form of coenzyme Q10 helps 00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:01.299 your body heal and repair muscle throughout your 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:03.539 body, especially your heart. And this can be 00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:06.299 measured with a test called BNP. So I've talked 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:08.519 about that before. That's a test that measures 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:11.539 heart muscle turnover. And most doctors don't 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:13.460 realize this. If that test goes up, if you're 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:15.240 having stress on your heart, it's actually very 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:18.259 easy to fix in most people by just taking more 00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:22.240 good quality coenzyme Q10. Do something to be 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:24.000 healthier this week than you were last week. 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:27.359 Have a fabulous weekend. You've been listening 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:30.839 to Safe, Effective Natural Solutions with Dr. 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:33.519 Todd Binkley. If you have a health question you 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:35.940 want discussed on the show, email your health 00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:39.740 questions to drbinkley at binkleyhealingcenter 00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:43.480 .com. Take advantage of this opportunity to ask 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.259 questions for yourself and for your loved ones 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:50.059 because our health matters. 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