WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:03.189 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:03.189 --> 00:00:07.150 here on Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions with 00:00:07.150 --> 00:00:10.509 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:10.509 --> 00:00:15.109 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.109 --> 00:00:17.230 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, board certified 00:00:17.230 --> 00:00:19.530 doctor of non -force chiropractic and practitioner 00:00:19.530 --> 00:00:22.070 of... Functional medicine. Today we're going 00:00:22.070 --> 00:00:24.469 to talk about some of the latest research that's 00:00:24.469 --> 00:00:26.530 come out in the medical press. Exciting things. 00:00:26.710 --> 00:00:29.609 Documenting the benefits of wine on cardiovascular 00:00:29.609 --> 00:00:32.469 health. And we're going to talk about some of 00:00:32.469 --> 00:00:35.929 the new FDA healthy food claim rules that are 00:00:35.929 --> 00:00:40.850 appearing on food in supermarkets. And also some 00:00:40.850 --> 00:00:44.450 connections between wildfire smoke and dementia. 00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:46.780 But before we get into that, I'd like to remind 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:48.520 you that if you like what you hear on this show 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:49.840 and you want to hear more, maybe you've only 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:52.259 just heard a tiny portion, you can always listen 00:00:52.259 --> 00:00:54.960 to all of the past episodes anytime you like, 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.619 anytime you like, on demand on my website, BinkleyHealingCenter 00:00:59.619 --> 00:01:03.060 .com. That's Binkley. Healing like health and 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:06.290 healing. 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The purpose of 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.700 this show is primarily to describe various aspects 00:01:42.700 --> 00:01:45.599 of functional medicine and how that might help 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:47.400 you. So what is functional medicine? Functional 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:49.799 medicine means using standard diagnostic tests 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.060 like blood tests, saliva tests for hormones, 00:01:53.180 --> 00:01:57.219 urine tests for toxin exposure, hair tests and 00:01:57.219 --> 00:02:01.019 urine tests for heavy metal exposure, stool tests 00:02:01.019 --> 00:02:04.120 for chronic gut inflammation conditions, and 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:06.719 any other standard diagnostic scans. Also CAT 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:09.120 scans, MRIs, any other standard diagnostic. tests 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:12.419 that all doctors use for diagnosing and treating 00:02:12.419 --> 00:02:15.500 disease can also be used for finding earlier 00:02:15.500 --> 00:02:18.939 signs of things that need support, stress on 00:02:18.939 --> 00:02:20.979 your liver and your kidneys and your cardiovascular 00:02:20.979 --> 00:02:23.919 system and your immune system. How healthy are 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:27.060 you really on the inside? Well, the only way 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:29.000 to, you're as different on the inside as you 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:30.879 are on the outside. And the only way to know 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:34.439 for sure how healthy you are is to do diagnostic 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:37.330 testing. And the best way to find out what testing 00:02:37.330 --> 00:02:39.449 is most appropriate for you or someone you love 00:02:39.449 --> 00:02:42.289 is to do an initial consultation with me. And 00:02:42.289 --> 00:02:44.650 that usually takes a half hour and costs as little 00:02:44.650 --> 00:02:47.409 as $100. Someone asked me the other day, where 00:02:47.409 --> 00:02:49.370 do I get all the information that I talk about 00:02:49.370 --> 00:02:53.389 on this show? And it is mainly from the medical 00:02:53.389 --> 00:02:57.949 press, places like Medscape and MedPage, who 00:02:57.949 --> 00:03:01.590 publish numerous releases every week, dozens 00:03:01.590 --> 00:03:04.949 of them that I subscribe to, Medscape generally. 00:03:04.969 --> 00:03:08.009 general medicine and medscape for neurology, 00:03:08.009 --> 00:03:12.210 for cancer, for autoimmune conditions, for gastroenterological 00:03:12.210 --> 00:03:16.370 conditions, etc. And so anybody can access this 00:03:16.370 --> 00:03:19.110 information, but it requires time to keep up 00:03:19.110 --> 00:03:21.530 with and weed through. I don't report on all 00:03:21.530 --> 00:03:23.330 of the stuff about pharmaceuticals. It's not 00:03:23.330 --> 00:03:25.849 of interest to my listeners in this show or me 00:03:25.849 --> 00:03:28.770 for that much. But I do consider it a part of 00:03:28.770 --> 00:03:30.990 my job to translate the latest medical research 00:03:30.990 --> 00:03:33.830 into language anyone can understand so that you 00:03:33.830 --> 00:03:35.969 can... incorporate it into the list of considerations 00:03:35.969 --> 00:03:40.009 you use to make choices about your health. So 00:03:40.009 --> 00:03:42.550 somebody asked me the other day also, why doesn't 00:03:42.550 --> 00:03:45.629 my regular doctor do this? Why doesn't my regular, 00:03:45.729 --> 00:03:47.789 why don't all doctors do functional medicine? 00:03:48.069 --> 00:03:50.629 Well, a couple of reasons, mainly because they're 00:03:50.629 --> 00:03:53.509 busy. diagnosing and treating disease. Most people 00:03:53.509 --> 00:03:55.849 wait until they need medical care to go to a 00:03:55.849 --> 00:03:58.870 doctor and they need crisis care. And that's 00:03:58.870 --> 00:04:01.210 important that they provide that. And they also 00:04:01.210 --> 00:04:03.530 are not trained in functional medicine. It requires 00:04:03.530 --> 00:04:05.610 special extra training that functional medicine 00:04:05.610 --> 00:04:07.389 practitioners, whether they're medical doctors 00:04:07.389 --> 00:04:10.370 or chiropractors or acupuncturists or naturopaths, 00:04:10.370 --> 00:04:13.490 we go to extra seminars every year to maintain 00:04:13.490 --> 00:04:16.889 our knowledge, all the latest research and new 00:04:16.889 --> 00:04:19.069 treatments and techniques that become available 00:04:19.069 --> 00:04:23.519 every year. in hotels around the country. All 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.120 doctors are required to do continuing education 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:28.980 like this to maintain their licenses. And so 00:04:28.980 --> 00:04:31.000 functional medicine practitioners choose to focus 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.579 that continuing education on functional medicine 00:04:34.579 --> 00:04:38.540 seminars, conventions, symposium, et cetera, 00:04:38.660 --> 00:04:41.379 including the endocrinology conference that I 00:04:41.379 --> 00:04:44.720 go to every year. It's coming up next month in 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.439 Austin, Texas. So I'll be there with the laboratory 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:51.100 endocrine and neurotransmitter symposium in Austin, 00:04:51.220 --> 00:04:54.089 Texas next month. So yeah, current doctors just 00:04:54.089 --> 00:04:56.389 don't have that training. They're probably, most 00:04:56.389 --> 00:04:58.470 of them are not that interested in it. And the 00:04:58.470 --> 00:05:01.089 other main reason is insurance companies, by 00:05:01.089 --> 00:05:03.290 and large, do not pay for functional medicine 00:05:03.290 --> 00:05:06.089 insurance. Health insurance has nothing to do 00:05:06.089 --> 00:05:08.250 with health. There's nothing that your health 00:05:08.250 --> 00:05:09.870 insurance will pay for that will keep you healthier. 00:05:10.170 --> 00:05:13.100 It is medical insurance. Medical insurance pays 00:05:13.100 --> 00:05:15.680 for medical care. People pool their resources 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:18.839 so that when one of us is in a crisis, there's 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:21.199 money there available to get you through that 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.120 crisis. It's not going to pay for your gym membership 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:26.279 or your vitamins or to come see me. It will pay 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:28.620 for diagnostic tests. If you go to your regular 00:05:28.620 --> 00:05:31.019 doctor who has a contract with your insurance 00:05:31.019 --> 00:05:34.360 company, then that doctor, anything they do is 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:36.220 by definition considered medically necessary. 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:38.540 But that's also why they won't do all of the 00:05:38.540 --> 00:05:40.959 tests that are often required to do a good functional 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:43.610 medicine. workup because they are literally medically 00:05:43.610 --> 00:05:46.649 unnecessary. It's really easy to diagnose an 00:05:46.649 --> 00:05:49.129 obvious medical condition like high cholesterol 00:05:49.129 --> 00:05:51.529 or high blood pressure or kidney, full -blown 00:05:51.529 --> 00:05:53.970 kidney disease or liver disease or cardiovascular 00:05:53.970 --> 00:05:57.230 disease with just a few blood tests. These things 00:05:57.230 --> 00:06:01.029 are obvious and simple to diagnose. It requires 00:06:01.029 --> 00:06:04.189 more tests to get an impression, a good impression 00:06:04.189 --> 00:06:06.689 of what's happening in every organ and system 00:06:06.689 --> 00:06:09.589 in your body. So that's why 80 % of the time 00:06:09.589 --> 00:06:12.509 I order a 55 -point blood panel that would cost 00:06:12.509 --> 00:06:15.240 most insurance companies about $1 ,400. Well, 00:06:15.339 --> 00:06:19.000 I get that $1 ,400 panel for $225. So even though 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:20.519 you have to pay out of pocket for it, you get 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:22.879 a lot of really good information for that money, 00:06:22.939 --> 00:06:25.839 and it's a lot of value for your money. Here's 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.019 some exciting news in the medical press. Moderate 00:06:28.019 --> 00:06:30.379 wine consumption has maintained its association 00:06:30.379 --> 00:06:34.259 with cardiovascular benefit when self -reports 00:06:34.259 --> 00:06:38.480 were taken out of the equation. PREDIMED trial 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:41.740 showed. So this is really exciting because there's 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:44.300 been a lot of controversy about, you know, is 00:06:44.300 --> 00:06:46.680 wine beneficial? How beneficial? How much is 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.899 too much? Et cetera. The same. There are some 00:06:49.899 --> 00:06:51.959 studies that say there are no safe amounts of 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.379 alcohol, but there are lots more that suggest 00:06:54.379 --> 00:06:57.560 that for men consuming two servings or less per 00:06:57.560 --> 00:07:01.839 day, 14 per week. is healthy and for women half 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.360 that, one per day, seven per week. And that includes 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:07.800 wine, obviously. And these are studies about 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.120 the benefits of wine are mainly red wine because 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:13.240 of the antioxidants and polyphenols like resveratrol 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.740 that are in the skins of grapes. But what they 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:18.699 did in this study, which is really neat, they 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:22.680 used a marker called tartaric acid in urine. 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:25.600 So they did urine tests and used tartaric acid 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.980 as an objective biomarker. to measure wine consumption 00:07:29.980 --> 00:07:32.939 because you can directly determine how much wine 00:07:32.939 --> 00:07:35.300 someone drank by how much tartaric acid shows 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:38.699 up in their urine. And they tied this to lower 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:41.560 risk of long -term cardiovascular disease, combined 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:44.180 heart failure, myocardial infarction, which is 00:07:44.180 --> 00:07:47.139 a heart attack, strokes, and cardiovascular disease 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:50.300 death. This was in an older Mediterranean population 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:52.980 and reported at the University of Barcelona. 00:07:53.870 --> 00:07:58.509 The lead study, Dr. Ramon Estruc, MD, PhD of 00:07:58.509 --> 00:08:00.149 the University of Barcelona and his colleagues. 00:08:00.329 --> 00:08:04.670 And they compared people with the lowest tartaric 00:08:04.670 --> 00:08:08.290 acid, say that three times fast, lowest tartaric 00:08:08.290 --> 00:08:11.430 acid level to people with tartaric acid levels 00:08:11.430 --> 00:08:14.649 consistent with moderate wine consumption and 00:08:14.649 --> 00:08:17.949 found that they had a cardiovascular protection 00:08:17.949 --> 00:08:21.709 over a nine -year follow -up period. So this 00:08:21.709 --> 00:08:24.420 was the equivalent of drinking. one or two glasses 00:08:24.420 --> 00:08:27.839 of wine per day, three times a week, which for 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:30.360 most people is perfectly reasonable. So cheers 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:33.580 to that. While we're on the subject, the one 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:37.000 group that always comes to mind, which for whom, 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.759 unfortunately, no alcohol. is safe. If a woman 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:45.360 has a high risk, family risk factors, siblings 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:48.100 who had breast cancer, other risk factors for 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:51.659 many, look up on breastcancer .org the risk factors 00:08:51.659 --> 00:08:54.259 for breast cancer. Any woman who has a lot of 00:08:54.259 --> 00:08:56.480 risk factors for breast cancer really should 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.659 not drink any alcohol because it dramatically 00:08:58.659 --> 00:09:02.120 furthers that increased risk of getting breast 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:04.190 cancer. But for most of us, drinking one or two 00:09:04.190 --> 00:09:06.190 glasses of wine three times a week is reasonable 00:09:06.190 --> 00:09:09.710 and healthy. It increases your cardiovascular 00:09:09.710 --> 00:09:12.529 health. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening 00:09:12.529 --> 00:09:15.129 to Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions to Almost 00:09:15.129 --> 00:09:17.830 Any Health Challenge. Here's an exciting headline. 00:09:18.090 --> 00:09:21.419 White bread out, salmon in. FDA releases, quote, 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:23.899 healthy food claim rule. So this is the first 00:09:23.899 --> 00:09:26.440 update to the nutrient content claims that can 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:30.740 be put on food in 30 years. Salmon, low -fat 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:34.279 yogurt, trail mix, olive oil, and eggs are among 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.720 the foods that can now be called healthy under 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:39.919 a final rule issued by the FDA last Thursday. 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.169 Meanwhile, fortified white bread. and highly 00:09:43.169 --> 00:09:45.809 sweetened yogurt and cereal, which previously 00:09:45.809 --> 00:09:48.909 qualified, ridiculously qualified as healthy, 00:09:49.049 --> 00:09:51.970 failed to meet the upgraded criteria. So this 00:09:51.970 --> 00:09:54.929 is exciting because people think bread is healthy. 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.159 You know, it's fine for most people to eat some 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:01.620 bread, but it's a really good, it's like the 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:03.159 first thing a lot of people should eliminate 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.080 from their diet if they're overweight, if they 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:08.039 have risk of diabetes or heart disease, any chronic 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:11.480 inflammatory condition. Yes, white bread is worse 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:15.360 than whole wheat bread or Ezekiel or, you know, 00:10:15.379 --> 00:10:18.700 heavy grain breads. But all of that stuff ends 00:10:18.700 --> 00:10:21.539 up being starch that turns into sugar, raises 00:10:21.539 --> 00:10:23.480 your triglyceride levels, increases inflammation 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:27.139 in your body. causes weight gain. et cetera. 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:29.799 And so it's good. It's really, it's really good 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:31.740 that that's no longer the bread is no longer, 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:34.860 especially fortified in white bread, uh, is no 00:10:34.860 --> 00:10:37.240 longer going to be called a healthy food. It 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:39.960 is not also sweetened yogurt. So what sweetened 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.159 yogurt? It's most of the yogurt people buy from 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.659 stores. If any, if your yogurt has any flavor 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:47.039 in it, I can virtually guarantee you that it 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:50.740 also has sugar in it. Um, if it's sugar free, 00:10:50.820 --> 00:10:53.059 it's also, it often has sugar alcohols in it, 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:54.620 which all have all kinds of problems. I've done 00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:57.039 it, did a whole podcast on on the problems with 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:59.399 sugar alcohols like mannitol and xylitol and 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:03.659 erythritol. So yeah, sweetened yogurt, no good. 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.840 Get the plain Greek yogurt. Full fat, plain full 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.139 fat Greek yogurt. Anything that's low fat is 00:11:10.139 --> 00:11:12.740 high sugar. And most of the low fat yogurts have 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:15.159 sugar in them also. So the best kind of yogurt 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:19.139 to get is plain full fat, not low fat Greek yogurt. 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:22.580 And add your own things to flavor it. Add your 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:25.080 own berries, fresh or frozen. Add your own nut. 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.899 and seeds and cinnamon and you know lots of things 00:11:28.899 --> 00:11:30.559 you can add to your own yogurt to make it delicious 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:33.539 that are better for you as well and it's my most 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:36.600 exciting to me cereal can no longer be called 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.299 a healthy food there's about as many nutrients 00:11:39.299 --> 00:11:41.960 in the box the most breakfast cereal comes in 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:44.799 as there are in the contents of the box no one 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:47.580 should eat breakfast cereal in my opinion it's 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:50.320 just not food it's just sugar and starch and 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.080 among the worst kinds of starch and sugar worst 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:55.929 one of the worst things to put in your body first 00:11:55.929 --> 00:11:57.470 thing in the morning when you really should be 00:11:57.470 --> 00:12:00.289 eating some healthy fats and protein like eggs. 00:12:01.340 --> 00:12:04.799 Whole fat Greek yogurt and cottage cheese. And, 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:07.340 you know, you can also, it's actually legal to 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:09.259 eat anything you would eat for lunch or dinner 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:12.000 first thing in the morning. I eat a savory breakfast 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.820 every morning. Things like sardines and salmon 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:19.600 and smoked oysters and sometimes just a little 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:23.419 ham or turkey. Olives, olive oil. The Greeks 00:12:23.419 --> 00:12:25.500 and other Mediterranean cultures start out the 00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:27.840 day with a shot of olive oil. So if you're going 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:29.519 to do that, you don't want to get Bertolli's 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:32.070 or cheap crap. oil from a supermarket, get some 00:12:32.070 --> 00:12:34.070 good olive oil from a farmer's market or Whole 00:12:34.070 --> 00:12:36.990 Foods or a health food store. They have sometimes 00:12:36.990 --> 00:12:39.129 a couple of good ones at Trader Joe's as well. 00:12:39.850 --> 00:12:41.870 You want to think of that olive oil that you're 00:12:41.870 --> 00:12:44.330 going to drink as a shot or to put on your salads, 00:12:44.370 --> 00:12:46.629 not to cook with. The cheap stuff is okay to 00:12:46.629 --> 00:12:48.830 cook with. Cheaper stuff is okay to cook with. 00:12:49.920 --> 00:12:51.240 But if you're going to drink it, you want to 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:52.860 get the good stuff. And the good stuff costs 00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:56.960 about $16 or more for a small bottle. But for 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.899 putting on your salads, you know, you're not 00:12:58.899 --> 00:13:00.299 going to cook with this because it will destroy 00:13:00.299 --> 00:13:03.879 many of the beneficial polyphenols that give 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:07.600 it that sort of... kind of dry, astringent taste 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:10.000 in the back of your throat. That's a good way 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:13.200 to tell if you've got a good olive oil. A good 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:15.500 olive oil has this kind of peppery, astringent, 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:18.399 dry taste that hits the back of your throat when 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:21.179 you eat it, especially if you do a shot of it. 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:23.440 And you can blunt that a little bit by adding, 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:25.080 if you're going to do a shot of olive oil in 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:29.299 the morning, you can blunt that spicy, astringent 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:33.320 sea by adding a little balsamic vinegar or lemon 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:36.379 to it. A small amount of salt and pepper is also 00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:38.100 nice. If you've never tried that, I recommend 00:13:38.100 --> 00:13:41.580 it. It's a great way to start the day with fat 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:44.960 that your body can burn slowly as energy throughout 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.179 the day so that you won't get that crash in the 00:13:47.179 --> 00:13:49.559 middle of the morning that makes you want a sugary 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:52.440 snack and more coffee like you get after eating 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:56.320 pancakes and waffles and hash browns and donuts 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:58.460 and bagels first thing in the morning. You get 00:13:58.460 --> 00:14:01.720 a sugar spike and a crash, and that's not a good 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.000 way to start any day. If you're finding it difficult 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:06.659 to eat breakfast at all, if you're one of those 00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:09.259 people that just gets up and has coffee and a 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:11.720 piece of toast on the way out the door, then 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:14.580 a good way to plan your breakfast so that you 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:16.039 have something that's ready so you don't have 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:18.460 to prepare anything. So yogurt's easy, obviously. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:21.519 If you don't have time to cook eggs, but you 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:23.159 don't mind having hard -boiled eggs, you can 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:24.799 hard -boil an egg the night before, stick it 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:26.840 in the fridge, and have that ready to go. And 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.299 you can eat things that are prepared, like my 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:32.259 favorite, tinned salmon packed in olive oil. 00:14:33.389 --> 00:14:37.409 tinned smoked oysters packed in olive oil, pole 00:14:37.409 --> 00:14:40.389 caught low mercury tuna. Pactin oil, these are 00:14:40.389 --> 00:14:43.429 whole filet tunas in a can, brand like Wild Planet. 00:14:44.309 --> 00:14:47.570 Just the thought of fish from a can sounds disgusting 00:14:47.570 --> 00:14:51.210 to you. In my opinion, a lot of it is, especially 00:14:51.210 --> 00:14:53.889 if it's packed in water. Because it gets more 00:14:53.889 --> 00:14:55.929 exposed to the air if it's packed in water. And 00:14:55.929 --> 00:15:00.009 exposure to the air rancifies the omega -3 fats, 00:15:00.070 --> 00:15:02.289 the healthy fats you want from fish. And that's 00:15:02.289 --> 00:15:04.409 what causes, that's a big part of what causes 00:15:04.409 --> 00:15:08.240 fish. to taste fishy. So that is minimized, and 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:11.399 the fish in a can is much more delicious if it's 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:14.200 packed in olive oil. So look for those things. 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:16.899 They're available at Bonds and Trader Joe's most 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:19.960 places. So getting back to this FDA ruling, Jim 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:21.879 Jones, Deputy Commissioner of the FDA's Human 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.100 Foods Program, stressed that diet -related chronic 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:26.480 diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.639 are the leading causes of disability and death 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.580 in the U .S., and they are one reason that our 00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:34.700 nation, our great nation, has one of the lowest 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:39.080 life life expectancies among large high income 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:42.600 countries how sad is that for the richest country 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:45.559 on earth and have the lowest life expectancy 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:48.720 among other rich countries so now people will 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:50.620 be able to look for the healthy claim and find 00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:53.360 nutritious foods that are actually that actually 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:56.659 are healthy under unlike some of the claims from 00:15:56.659 --> 00:16:01.440 times past examples of the new claims for a cereal 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:05.549 to have the label healthy claim on it. It has 00:16:05.549 --> 00:16:07.269 to have a minimum amount of whole grains and 00:16:07.269 --> 00:16:09.649 adhere to limits for saturated fat, salt, and 00:16:09.649 --> 00:16:12.549 sugar. Nuts and seeds, higher fat fish such as 00:16:12.549 --> 00:16:15.529 salmon, certain oils, and water are examples 00:16:15.529 --> 00:16:18.090 of foods that did not qualify. Unbelievable. 00:16:18.690 --> 00:16:21.769 Did not previously qualify for a healthy claim. 00:16:21.950 --> 00:16:23.970 I'm going to say that again. Nuts and seeds, 00:16:24.230 --> 00:16:27.330 higher fat fish such as salmon, certain oils, 00:16:27.570 --> 00:16:31.200 and water didn't used to be considered by the 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:34.940 FDA to qualify for the healthy claim on their 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:37.740 food label. So now they are considered foundational 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:40.879 to a healthy eating pattern and recommended by 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:44.120 the dietary guidelines. Finally, they point out 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:47.340 that there are some foods that are affordable 00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:50.740 for people on a budget that are also going to 00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:52.700 have the healthy label now, such as peanut butters 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:55.899 and some canned fruits and vegetables that are 00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:58.549 not packed in sugar. And, of course, an easy 00:16:58.549 --> 00:17:01.409 way to find the healthiest food in a grocery 00:17:01.409 --> 00:17:03.889 store or supermarket is to stick to the perimeter 00:17:03.889 --> 00:17:06.890 of the store where all the fresh food is and 00:17:06.890 --> 00:17:09.269 maybe stop off through the middle, usually in 00:17:09.269 --> 00:17:11.710 the middle where the frozen vegetables and berries 00:17:11.710 --> 00:17:14.670 are kept because they're preferable to most canned 00:17:14.670 --> 00:17:17.910 vegetables and almost always better than canned 00:17:17.910 --> 00:17:20.319 fruit that's packed in corn syrup. All right, 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:22.880 another headline, wildfire smoke and incident 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.400 dementia. So I've done several shows before about 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:28.559 all the dangers of wildfire smoke, something 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:31.039 that we're going to be exposed to more and more 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:34.839 as the years go by. It just seems like there's 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:38.099 never any way to get rid of the risk for wildfires, 00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:40.380 especially here on the West Coast, but around 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:50.890 the world increasingly. Washington School of 00:17:50.890 --> 00:17:54.829 Public Health, published in JAMA Neurology, discussing 00:17:54.829 --> 00:17:57.730 the dangers of wildfire smoke. And so what is 00:17:57.730 --> 00:18:00.089 wildfire smoke? What are the dangerous aspects? 00:18:00.190 --> 00:18:01.750 Why does it cause so many problems? Well, it's 00:18:01.750 --> 00:18:05.980 a mixture. of gases and particles, the most important 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:10.279 particle being PM2 .5 or particles less than 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:13.339 2 .5 micrometers in diameter. So these are the 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:15.480 things that float small enough to float in the 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:17.619 air and obviously you can see them. So anything 00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:20.619 that you can see floating in the air can get 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:23.200 into the lungs, into the deepest recesses of 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:25.599 the lungs and then move directly into the bloodstream 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:28.319 and causing inflammation and oxidative stress 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:33.650 and DNA damage to the body. And so in that study, 00:18:33.670 --> 00:18:35.490 they saw a much stronger relationship between 00:18:35.490 --> 00:18:38.609 long -term exposure to particulate matter, 2 00:18:38.609 --> 00:18:42.410 .5 or smaller, specifically from wildfires, than 00:18:42.410 --> 00:18:45.309 other sources of small, fine particulate matter, 00:18:45.410 --> 00:18:48.109 like the dust from, if you live near a highway, 00:18:48.329 --> 00:18:51.930 the dust from car tires and other things that 00:18:51.930 --> 00:18:54.670 generate dust from just the surface of the earth. 00:18:55.269 --> 00:18:59.049 Wildfire smoke is mainly organic material burning 00:18:59.049 --> 00:19:02.009 in forests, but it's also, even that's bad enough. 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:04.819 but it's obviously way worse when you're getting 00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:08.759 wildfire smoke from houses and cars and buildings 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:11.660 full of toxic heavy metals and chemicals that 00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:14.619 become part of that ash that we end up breathing. 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:18.059 So wildfire smoke has more of these ultra -fine 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:20.319 particles that move from the nose directly into 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:23.240 the brain, potentially damaging brain cells and 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:26.559 resulting... in dementia. So most days when people 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:28.660 are walking around, we're not exposed to wildfire 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:32.420 smoke at all. But those few days a year matter 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:35.599 more than we used to understand. And climate 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:38.940 change intensifying, there's going to be more 00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:41.079 times when we're exposed to really high levels. 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:46.099 And so just a big one -time exposure they're 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:48.720 showing now can result in a dramatically increased 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.680 risk of dementia. So on the days, I've done shows 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:53.660 about this before too. Please check those out. 00:19:53.710 --> 00:19:56.410 again on the days when there's wildfire smoke 00:19:56.410 --> 00:19:58.509 and for several days after the fires go out. 00:19:58.990 --> 00:20:02.109 It's a good idea to stay indoors if you have 00:20:02.109 --> 00:20:04.809 allergies or, you know, older difficulty breathing 00:20:04.809 --> 00:20:08.529 for any other reason. But especially at night, 00:20:08.549 --> 00:20:13.289 keep the windows closed, get a good MERV 13 filter, 00:20:13.490 --> 00:20:16.309 change your filters in your homes, in your offices 00:20:16.309 --> 00:20:20.230 after the fires and make sure it's rated MERV 00:20:20.230 --> 00:20:25.049 13. That's the rating for filtering. That high 00:20:25.049 --> 00:20:27.829 of a rating will filter out fine particulate 00:20:27.829 --> 00:20:31.400 matter and COVID and other viruses. And then 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:34.119 also in your house, I recommend in your bedroom, 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:38.359 especially getting a HEPA filter, a quiet HEPA 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:40.500 filter so that all night at least you're breathing 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:43.539 air that's been cleaned thoroughly. And you can 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:47.579 get a good HEPA filter on Amazon for $99. Shoot 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:49.839 me an email if you want a link to that. The brand 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:55.559 is Medify. My favorite one is Medify MA25 model. 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:58.339 That's a size that's about a foot and a half 00:20:58.339 --> 00:21:00.640 high and 10 inches square. It's big enough to 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:03.240 do about 500 to 700 square feet or, you know, 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:07.119 one room. And it's quiet and it doesn't waste 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:09.220 a lot of filters. So the filters last longer 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:12.759 than in some other types of HEPA filters. And 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:15.180 it's very, very quiet. So you can run it in your 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:17.259 bedroom and it won't keep you awake at night. 00:21:18.009 --> 00:21:21.450 So the study found that a one microgram per meter 00:21:21.450 --> 00:21:24.890 cubed three -year average in wildfire -generated 00:21:24.890 --> 00:21:28.089 fine particulate matter caused an 18 % increased 00:21:28.089 --> 00:21:31.190 risk in developing dementia in the people they 00:21:31.190 --> 00:21:34.349 tested. So if you live in areas where wildfires, 00:21:34.430 --> 00:21:37.289 which we all do, do what you can to protect yourself. 00:21:37.369 --> 00:21:39.589 And, you know, if you want to find out, you can 00:21:39.589 --> 00:21:42.849 go to airnow .gov to find out the Air Quality 00:21:42.849 --> 00:21:47.430 Index. Anywhere you live, go to airnow .gov. 00:21:47.529 --> 00:21:50.130 And you can see there's different ratings for 00:21:50.130 --> 00:21:53.769 air quality. And you can look at the air quality 00:21:53.769 --> 00:21:56.009 index and find out if you should be maybe even 00:21:56.009 --> 00:22:00.250 wearing a mask when you're outdoors. An N95 or 00:22:00.250 --> 00:22:03.170 a KN95. Or, you know, if you need to stay inside, 00:22:03.369 --> 00:22:06.809 run a filtration system. The air quality index 00:22:06.809 --> 00:22:11.240 of over 101, they recommend... For older adults 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:14.240 to stay indoors, reduce outdoor activities, wear 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:17.339 a face mask, etc., and try to stay inside, shut 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:19.220 the windows, run an air filtration system. For 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:21.019 everyone else, not older people, but everyone 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:23.859 else, the Air Quality Index recommended to take 00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:27.059 protective measures is 151. And you can see what 00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:29.740 that is for your area anytime by going to airnow 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:33.440 .gov. I have had so many patients over the years 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:36.539 who are complaining of phlegm or coughing when 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:38.880 they wake up or post -nasal drip, especially 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:41.420 if it's first thing in the morning, then anything 00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:43.619 like that, any respiratory symptoms that you 00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:47.559 have, coughing, sneezing, post -nasal drip, phlegm 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:50.519 coming up that you have to spit out, especially 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:52.420 if it's first thing in the morning or at night, 00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:57.019 then it's clear that running a HEPA filter, high 00:22:57.019 --> 00:23:00.440 -efficiency particulate air filter, in your bedroom 00:23:00.490 --> 00:23:02.349 to filter that stuff out makes a huge difference. 00:23:02.470 --> 00:23:05.289 And I've seen this on scores of patients. They're 00:23:05.289 --> 00:23:08.309 always surprised when it happens, very pleasantly 00:23:08.309 --> 00:23:10.369 surprised that you can wake up in the morning 00:23:10.369 --> 00:23:12.630 and now you can breathe because you've been breathing 00:23:12.630 --> 00:23:15.410 clean air all night long. So when you have that 00:23:15.410 --> 00:23:17.750 phlegm being produced in that mucus, that's your 00:23:17.750 --> 00:23:21.009 body's natural response to particulates getting 00:23:21.009 --> 00:23:23.069 down into the crevices of your lungs. Your body 00:23:23.069 --> 00:23:26.190 produces that mucus and causes you to cough it 00:23:26.190 --> 00:23:28.430 up and spit it out to get rid of it. That's what 00:23:28.430 --> 00:23:30.150 you want. You definitely want. to get rid of 00:23:30.150 --> 00:23:32.589 that stuff but if you find that you're doing 00:23:32.589 --> 00:23:34.809 that all the time it'll still be a good idea 00:23:34.809 --> 00:23:37.630 to eliminate your exposure to that or at least 00:23:37.630 --> 00:23:40.900 keep it to an absolute minimum And when you do, 00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:42.980 not only will you find that your body's producing 00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:45.339 less phlegm and you're not coughing and sneezing 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:47.940 and having to spit that stuff up as much as you 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:50.720 used to, but you're also reducing your risk of 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:53.460 dementia and reducing your risk of any chronic 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:57.200 issues with your sinuses, with your lungs, reducing 00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:02.259 your risk of even certain lung cancers. and cardiovascular 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:04.319 disease. There's more and more data coming out 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:07.160 on this all the time. Check out my previous podcasts 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:10.660 talking about the links between wildfire smoke 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:12.599 and cardiovascular disease. So I hate to be a 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:16.579 doom and gloom forecaster because wildfires are 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:19.200 going to be unavoidable for most of us in so 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:21.039 many places around the world. But you can take 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:23.279 protective measures to dramatically reduce your 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.980 risk. We are out of time. As always, thank you 00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:31.200 for tuning in. Have a wonderful weekend. Effective 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:34.579 Natural Solutions with Dr. Todd Binkley. 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