WEBVTT 00:00:14.990 --> 00:00:17.829 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:17.829 --> 00:00:21.789 here on Safe, Effective Natural Solutions with 00:00:21.789 --> 00:00:25.190 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:25.190 --> 00:00:30.410 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:30.410 --> 00:00:33.789 afternoon and welcome. I am Dr. Todd Binkley, 00:00:33.950 --> 00:00:36.750 board -certified, non -forced doctor of chiropractic 00:00:36.750 --> 00:00:40.740 and practitioner of functional medicine. If you're 00:00:40.740 --> 00:00:43.899 wondering what is functional medicine, you wouldn't 00:00:43.899 --> 00:00:46.439 be the first person to ask. Functional medicine 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:51.079 means using standard diagnostic tests to identify 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:55.219 earlier signs of stress on your various organs 00:00:55.219 --> 00:00:59.659 and tissues early enough that you can give your 00:00:59.659 --> 00:01:02.820 body a chance to heal itself before you become 00:01:02.820 --> 00:01:06.719 dependent on medication. Have you been to a doctor 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:08.379 and been told that there's nothing wrong with 00:01:08.379 --> 00:01:12.189 you? You still don't feel right? If you don't 00:01:12.189 --> 00:01:14.310 feel right, there probably is something wrong 00:01:14.310 --> 00:01:16.469 with you. You just haven't found out what yet. 00:01:17.349 --> 00:01:19.709 Whatever is preventing you from feeling as fabulous 00:01:19.709 --> 00:01:22.730 as you should can often be identified with proper 00:01:22.730 --> 00:01:25.650 testing. And there is a safe, effective, natural 00:01:25.650 --> 00:01:30.849 solution for almost any health challenge. I've 00:01:30.849 --> 00:01:32.730 been getting a lot of questions coming in, and 00:01:32.730 --> 00:01:34.590 one of the most common questions I get, and one 00:01:34.590 --> 00:01:37.170 of the most common conditions people come to 00:01:37.170 --> 00:01:41.120 see me for is fatigue. So I'd like to talk a 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:43.099 little bit about that today. There are some myths 00:01:43.099 --> 00:01:47.480 that need to be dispelled that people are misinformed 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.079 about. So myth number one, if I eat right, exercise, 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.620 drink plenty of coffee, my energy should be great. 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:56.739 And if that's not happening, I guess I'll just 00:01:56.739 --> 00:01:59.969 have to get used to it. In reality, lots of people 00:01:59.969 --> 00:02:03.129 eat fresh organic vegetables, eat farm -raised 00:02:03.129 --> 00:02:05.810 chicken and wild -caught fish, go to the gym 00:02:05.810 --> 00:02:08.550 five days a week, drink good filtered water, 00:02:08.610 --> 00:02:14.530 and still feel exhausted. Myth number two. I 00:02:14.530 --> 00:02:16.270 had my blood work done recently, and all the 00:02:16.270 --> 00:02:18.969 tests came back normal, and my doctor checked 00:02:18.969 --> 00:02:22.550 everything. No doctor ever checks everything. 00:02:22.810 --> 00:02:26.389 There are 300 common tests. Most doctors only 00:02:26.389 --> 00:02:30.330 check 15 or 20 on a typical visit. And most doctors 00:02:30.330 --> 00:02:34.969 never check to see if any part of your body is 00:02:34.969 --> 00:02:38.009 functioning normally. They only check to see 00:02:38.009 --> 00:02:40.289 if you need medical care, a prescription, an 00:02:40.289 --> 00:02:43.969 injection, more tests, a referral to a specialist. 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:47.599 Myth number three, it's totally normal to not 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:49.159 have all the energy I used to have. Everyone 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.379 slows down as they get older. In reality, most 00:02:53.379 --> 00:02:56.180 fatigue, tiredness, lack of energy is caused 00:02:56.180 --> 00:03:00.379 by a dozen little things that are undetectable 00:03:00.379 --> 00:03:03.719 by standard medical practice. They are identified, 00:03:03.819 --> 00:03:07.120 if you look, for loss of normal function in your 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:09.819 liver, your kidneys, your cardiovascular system, 00:03:10.099 --> 00:03:12.520 your digestive system, your immune system, etc. 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:16.120 So, for example, I had a patient come in. Let's 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.620 call her Yolanda, not her real name. She's a 00:03:18.620 --> 00:03:20.919 47 -year -old hairdresser. She's complaining 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:24.460 of gas, bloating, nausea, poor concentration. 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:27.080 It's a long list. Headaches, dizziness, depression, 00:03:27.419 --> 00:03:30.419 anxiety, frequent colds and stuffy nose, cold 00:03:30.419 --> 00:03:34.719 hands and feet. Has 50 % less energy than she 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:38.840 had five years ago. After I asked her a few questions, 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:41.539 she revealed that she rarely exercises. She drinks 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:44.520 five to six glasses of water a day. She constantly 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:48.039 craves starch and sugar. Uses a lot of artificial 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:52.199 sweeteners. She has dry, thinning hair and hair 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:56.419 loss. Dry skin. She's noticing bruises that seem 00:03:56.419 --> 00:03:59.060 to come out of nowhere. She also has neck and 00:03:59.060 --> 00:04:02.099 back pain, severe cramps. and heavy menstrual 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:05.300 flow. So I did some blood work on her, and the 00:04:05.300 --> 00:04:07.599 blood work showed that she had some stress on 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.699 her kidneys, some stress on her liver, several 00:04:10.699 --> 00:04:13.580 nutrient deficiencies. She was low on calcium 00:04:13.580 --> 00:04:18.740 and chloride and magnesium and protein. Her thyroid 00:04:18.740 --> 00:04:23.800 was low. She had iron deficiency, anemia, and 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:25.560 a few other things that are a little complicated 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:29.019 to explain on this show. But the good news is, 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.470 four months later, Her kidneys were doing better. 00:04:33.470 --> 00:04:36.730 Her mineral deficiencies were still there, still 00:04:36.730 --> 00:04:39.790 needed some work. Her total protein was better. 00:04:40.029 --> 00:04:42.509 Her cholesterol was better. Her liver was a little 00:04:42.509 --> 00:04:45.569 bit better. Her cholesterol was completely normal 00:04:45.569 --> 00:04:48.829 now. We're near normal now. And her iron deficiency 00:04:48.829 --> 00:04:52.149 anemia was gone. But when I was explaining this 00:04:52.149 --> 00:04:55.170 to her, she actually stopped me. She said, you 00:04:55.170 --> 00:04:58.920 know what? Thank you. I don't really care what 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:00.720 my blood tests look like. I want to tell you 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:06.399 that I have no more gas, bloating, or nausea. 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:10.720 I have no headaches, no dizziness. My concentration 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:13.839 is better. My depression and anxiety are much 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:18.579 better. I have no colds or stuffy nose. My hands 00:05:18.579 --> 00:05:22.620 and feet are less cold, or cold less often. And 00:05:22.620 --> 00:05:26.540 our energy is not only not like it was It's not 00:05:26.540 --> 00:05:28.879 reduced compared to, but it's actually better. 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:33.000 Her energy is now better than it was five years 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:37.720 ago. She also is exercising three to five days 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.680 a week and drinking two quarts of water a day. 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:42.480 She was really surprised when I told her that 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:46.019 five or six glasses of water was not enough for 00:05:46.019 --> 00:05:49.480 her body weight and lifestyle. She's eating much 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:53.009 less. starch, and sugar. This is huge. She's 00:05:53.009 --> 00:05:56.110 not using any artificial sweeteners, which jangle 00:05:56.110 --> 00:05:59.389 her nerves. Most importantly to her, or at least 00:05:59.389 --> 00:06:02.189 the thing that seemed to get her the most excited, 00:06:02.250 --> 00:06:04.649 was that her hair wasn't falling out anymore, 00:06:04.769 --> 00:06:08.029 and it was thicker, less brittle. Her skin's 00:06:08.029 --> 00:06:10.509 back to normal, no bruising, neck and back pain 00:06:10.509 --> 00:06:13.750 are 70 % better, her menstrual cramps are 50 00:06:13.750 --> 00:06:17.290 % less, and her flow has returned to normal. 00:06:17.990 --> 00:06:22.089 So here's a question. Who do you know who struggles 00:06:22.089 --> 00:06:24.629 to do things that used to be easy or who's always 00:06:24.629 --> 00:06:29.310 sick and takes forever to get well? Do you know 00:06:29.310 --> 00:06:33.509 anybody that suddenly feels 10 years older than 00:06:33.509 --> 00:06:36.350 they used to be? That never feels like going 00:06:36.350 --> 00:06:40.209 out anymore? Who's gained weight eating the same 00:06:40.209 --> 00:06:44.449 food? Do you know anybody who never wakes feeling 00:06:44.449 --> 00:06:49.639 fully rested? anxious or depressed for no reason, 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:54.420 anyone who's addicted, someone who's addicted 00:06:54.420 --> 00:06:58.500 to caffeine, sugar, and stimulants, someone who 00:06:58.500 --> 00:07:02.480 used to love to go on long walks, hiking, or 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:07.199 dancing, it doesn't have to be this way. I am 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:10.540 Dr. Todd Binkley, sharing with you safe, effective, 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.839 natural solutions to almost any health challenge. 00:07:14.329 --> 00:07:16.750 If you're ready to take the next step and find 00:07:16.750 --> 00:07:19.470 out what's possible for your situation, email 00:07:19.470 --> 00:07:22.949 me at drbinkley at binkleyhealingcenter .com. 00:07:23.149 --> 00:07:28.009 That's D -R -B as in boy, I -N -K -L -E -Y at 00:07:28.009 --> 00:07:31.870 binkleyhealingcenter .com. Another common question 00:07:31.870 --> 00:07:34.610 I get is, Dr. B, you're always talking about 00:07:34.610 --> 00:07:38.269 functional medicine. Making lifestyle choices, 00:07:38.670 --> 00:07:42.189 eating better food, exercise, supplements, trying 00:07:42.189 --> 00:07:45.250 to prevent reverse disease without needing medication 00:07:45.250 --> 00:07:48.470 all the time. Why doesn't every doctor do this? 00:07:49.310 --> 00:07:52.689 Well, probably the most common reason is most 00:07:52.689 --> 00:07:56.129 patients wait till they need medical care, crisis 00:07:56.129 --> 00:07:58.129 care, some kind of pharmaceutical intervention 00:07:58.129 --> 00:08:00.910 before they go to a doctor. Most people wait 00:08:00.910 --> 00:08:04.339 till they're that bad off. And that's why the 00:08:04.339 --> 00:08:07.560 practice of medicine is so heavily based on treating 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.220 things with drugs because most people need them. 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:14.279 But here's another reason. This is an article 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:16.959 that just came out in Medscape in the medical 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:19.060 literature a few days ago. Here's the title. 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:23.060 How primary care practitioners are penalized 00:08:23.060 --> 00:08:26.600 for positive outcomes from lifestyle change. 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:30.379 How primary care practitioners are penalized 00:08:30.379 --> 00:08:33.909 for positive outcomes. from lifestyle change. 00:08:34.029 --> 00:08:38.649 This is written by Dr. Padmaya Patel, MD, President 00:08:38.649 --> 00:08:41.610 -elect of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. 00:08:42.450 --> 00:08:45.230 And he says, Clinical practice guidelines for 00:08:45.230 --> 00:08:48.990 many chronic diseases recommend lifestyle intervention, 00:08:49.350 --> 00:08:52.190 basically better food, exercise, stress reduction, 00:08:52.470 --> 00:08:57.240 etc., as the first and optimal treatment. A growing 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:00.000 body of evidence supports lifestyle and behavior 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:03.600 interventions to treat and, when used intensively, 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:07.379 even reverse common chronic conditions such as 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:11.279 cardiovascular disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:14.299 while also providing effective prevention for 00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:18.240 those conditions. However, no current quality 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.779 measures consider lifestyle. In fact, some even 00:09:22.779 --> 00:09:26.559 unintentionally penalize physicians for successfully 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.860 treating and reversing disease while rewarding 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:34.559 conditions for meeting process measures, usually 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:39.740 adherence to medication. So this means doctors 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:43.059 are rewarded for, especially in a nursing home 00:09:43.059 --> 00:09:47.539 setting, for patients who consistently take their 00:09:47.539 --> 00:09:50.179 medication. If they consistently take their medication. 00:09:51.049 --> 00:09:53.809 then that's considered a positive, a gold star 00:09:53.809 --> 00:09:56.870 for that institution, and the physicians themselves 00:09:56.870 --> 00:10:02.029 are often rewarded for that. So rewarding medication 00:10:02.029 --> 00:10:05.629 adherence for the treatment of disease when a 00:10:05.629 --> 00:10:07.909 lifestyle change for something like hypertension 00:10:07.909 --> 00:10:12.570 could work better incentivizes physicians to 00:10:12.570 --> 00:10:14.529 skip the conversation about lifestyle changes 00:10:14.529 --> 00:10:17.169 and go straight to the prescription of medication. 00:10:17.470 --> 00:10:20.129 Meanwhile, the clinician who takes the extra 00:10:20.129 --> 00:10:23.539 time, to guide a patient towards lifestyle interventions 00:10:23.539 --> 00:10:26.519 that could treat their current disease and prevent 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:30.340 future diseases without side effects is penalized. 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:34.460 Isn't that crazy? He goes on, existing comprehensive 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:37.840 lifestyle programs that patients are eligible 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:40.519 for, for example, the diabetes prevention program, 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:44.960 are often so poorly reimbursed that clinicians 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:50.350 and health systems decline to offer them. So 00:10:50.350 --> 00:10:53.269 despite the fact that lifestyle behaviors are 00:10:53.269 --> 00:10:56.649 top contributors to health and conversely contribute 00:10:56.649 --> 00:11:01.470 to up to 80 % of chronic diseases, few of the 00:11:01.470 --> 00:11:04.429 measures that tell whether or not an institution 00:11:04.429 --> 00:11:08.210 or a physician is doing a good job, few of them 00:11:08.210 --> 00:11:11.690 measure lifestyle interventions, eating better 00:11:11.690 --> 00:11:15.250 food, exercising, stress reduction, etc. And 00:11:15.250 --> 00:11:20.080 instead, they penalize these approaches. So specific 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:22.440 quality measures penalize lifestyle medicine 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.840 approaches include pharmacotherapy drugs for 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:30.080 type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:33.980 and gout, as well as rheumatoid arthritis. So 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:37.919 quality measures, whether or not somebody is 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:40.460 being measured as to whether they're doing a 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:43.460 good job for their patients, a physician is penalized 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:47.399 for lifestyle medicine approaches. for type 2 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:50.799 diabetes, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, gout, 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:55.000 and rheumatoid arthritis. Statin drugs for high 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:58.779 cholesterol are a perfect example. Here's a lifestyle 00:11:58.779 --> 00:12:00.899 medicine primary care physician who had a patient 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:03.860 covered by Medicare Advantage who was diagnosed 00:12:03.860 --> 00:12:06.100 with high cholesterol. The patient had a total 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:09.639 cholesterol of 226 and triglyceride level of 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:13.779 132. Instead of prescribing a statin drug like 00:12:13.779 --> 00:12:17.840 Zocor or Lipitor, Torvastatin, etc., the physician 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:19.899 prescribed lifestyle behavior modifications. 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:23.039 Within three weeks, the patient's total cholesterol 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:29.240 improved to 171. It dropped 50 points. And triglycerides 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:32.360 similarly dropped over 50 points, down to 75. 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:35.379 which is a great success, and the patient was 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:39.159 delighted. However, the CMS five -star rating 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:42.940 system assigned the primary care physician a 00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:46.580 grade of C rather than an A, which puts that 00:12:46.580 --> 00:12:51.580 physician's five -star rating at risk. Why? Because 00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:54.559 the system bases its score largely on medication 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.779 compliance. So despite achieving the optimal 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:01.960 outcome at a lower cost than with medication, 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:07.299 he was penalized. So Medicare risk adjustment 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:11.059 incentivizes physicians to manage rather than 00:13:11.059 --> 00:13:16.159 reverse disease. A physician utilizing diet alone 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:19.500 to achieve remission in a patient with type 2 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:24.539 diabetes is penalized financially because when 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:27.120 the risk is adjusted, diabetes is no longer listed 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:30.159 on that patient's list of conditions. So Medicare 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.730 pays the physician less money. Does this make 00:13:33.730 --> 00:13:37.889 sense to you? For the change that needs to happen 00:13:37.889 --> 00:13:40.629 to be successful, it's vital. This is the end 00:13:40.629 --> 00:13:44.529 of the article. For the change that we want to 00:13:44.529 --> 00:13:46.610 be successful, it's vital that lifestyle behavior 00:13:46.610 --> 00:13:48.990 interventions, optimal nutrition, physical activity, 00:13:49.269 --> 00:13:52.190 restorative sleep, social connections, stress 00:13:52.190 --> 00:13:55.929 management, avoidance of harmful substances. 00:13:56.590 --> 00:13:59.710 This needs to become the foundation of how we 00:13:59.710 --> 00:14:03.820 measure quality outcomes. in health care. So 00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:07.539 isn't that sad? Somebody's trying to do a better 00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:10.720 job for someone's health when it's proven to 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:15.240 work better and they lose money and lose their 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:19.000 ratings for the institution that they work for. 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:23.039 Pretty sad state of affairs. Let's talk about 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:25.500 another great case, give you an idea of what's 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:28.620 possible with taking better care of yourself. 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:32.500 And even when things are have become really bad 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:35.139 what you can do with high doses of nutrients 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:39.240 in special cases. So I had a 75 -year -old man, 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:41.899 a patient that was coming to me regularly for 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:45.039 a few years. He had a lot of arthritis in his 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:48.600 neck and his hips, and he was coming every month 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.419 routinely just to help me, just to have me help 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:55.500 him keep his neck and hips loosened up. And he 00:14:55.500 --> 00:15:00.360 had gone on vacation. with his family and I was 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:02.519 only supposed to be gone for a couple of weeks 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.100 and a couple of months gone by I hadn't seen 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:09.639 him and finally I think about three or four months 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:15.179 later he comes in and he says oh yeah when I 00:15:15.179 --> 00:15:18.240 was visiting my family I had a heart attack and 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.620 ended up having to have open heart surgery double 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:25.500 bypass surgery and actually I didn't see him 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:28.500 for five months And when he finally came in, 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:33.059 he looked like a ghost. He was weak, pale, couldn't 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:35.679 drive anymore. Previously, he was fit. He always 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:37.720 wore shorts. He's in Southern California. He's 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:40.200 always wearing shorts. His legs were as strong 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:44.379 as a man many decades younger than him. He always 00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:46.639 looked fit. He walked. He exercised regularly. 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.399 He was in great shape. He comes in. He's pale, 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:55.649 weak, slumped over, can't drive anymore. He's 00:15:55.649 --> 00:15:57.669 got shortness of breath. He's kind of huffing 00:15:57.669 --> 00:16:00.730 and puffing a little bit. His ankles are swollen 00:16:00.730 --> 00:16:06.070 up bigger than his calves. And I asked him what 00:16:06.070 --> 00:16:11.149 his BNP level was. And his daughter was with 00:16:11.149 --> 00:16:13.750 him and his wife, and they immediately knew what 00:16:13.750 --> 00:16:18.269 test I was referring to. BNP, B as in boy, N 00:16:18.269 --> 00:16:22.370 as in Nancy, P as in Paul, stands for B -type 00:16:22.370 --> 00:16:28.929 natriuretic. B -type natriuretic peptide. So 00:16:28.929 --> 00:16:32.269 this is a test cardiologists use to diagnose 00:16:32.269 --> 00:16:35.129 heart failure, congestive heart failure especially. 00:16:36.710 --> 00:16:38.850 So when you start, it's a common cause of death, 00:16:38.950 --> 00:16:42.509 it's a natural, quote unquote, natural cause 00:16:42.509 --> 00:16:44.429 of death, congestive heart failure. You get older, 00:16:44.669 --> 00:16:47.799 you start to get shortness of breath. fluid backs 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:50.360 up into your ankles and into your lungs eventually, 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:53.039 and at some point your heart just gives out. 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:56.759 But long before it gives out completely, it just 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.200 becomes weaker. So the definition of heart failure 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.240 doesn't mean that your heart is stopped. It just 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:05.599 means that it is failing to keep up with demand. 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:09.779 It's failing to pump strongly enough to keep 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:11.900 all of your blood circulating, and so therefore 00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:14.099 fluid starts to back up into your ankles and 00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:17.880 eventually... So he looks terrible. He's had 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:20.539 open heart surgery, but it's been five months 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:24.440 now. And I asked him what his BNP test was, and 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:29.720 it was 382, nearly four times the medical upper 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:34.059 limit of normal. And he'd been to his cardiologist 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:36.799 recently, and his cardiologist told him that 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:40.119 this was just normal. He's 75 years old. He's 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:42.640 had open heart surgery. Basically, this is as 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:45.490 good as it gets. Enjoy the... the time you have 00:17:45.490 --> 00:17:50.470 left. So I put them on a high dose of coenzyme 00:17:50.470 --> 00:17:55.970 Q10. Coenzyme Q10 is an essential enzyme for 00:17:55.970 --> 00:17:58.329 heart repair, for muscle repair throughout your 00:17:58.329 --> 00:18:00.750 body. It's also essential for energy and the 00:18:00.750 --> 00:18:03.369 mitochondria for making energy and the energy 00:18:03.369 --> 00:18:05.509 making part of every cell in your body. But it's 00:18:05.509 --> 00:18:09.250 especially important for heart muscle. And our 00:18:09.250 --> 00:18:12.700 bodies make coenzyme Q10. but production peaks 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:16.539 at around age 25. And then after that, it tapers 00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:21.059 off. So if you have heart failure or struggling 00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:23.420 heart condition, almost any type of heart condition 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:26.519 will benefit from supplementing with coenzyme 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:29.700 Q10. I put him on a very high dose of coenzyme 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:33.140 Q10, 1 ,200 milligrams plus several other nutrients. 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:37.400 In two months, his ankle swelling was reduced 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:40.950 by half. He was standing up straight again. His 00:18:40.950 --> 00:18:43.549 color had come back. He was driving again on 00:18:43.549 --> 00:18:46.910 his own. And he couldn't believe it. His wife 00:18:46.910 --> 00:18:50.210 and his daughter were very happy. I reduced his 00:18:50.210 --> 00:18:53.930 dose of CoQ10 down to 900 milligrams. These are 00:18:53.930 --> 00:18:57.130 high doses, and it's expensive to get that much 00:18:57.130 --> 00:18:59.450 CoQ10. But it basically saved his life. Four 00:18:59.450 --> 00:19:02.210 months later, his ankle swelling was gone. His 00:19:02.210 --> 00:19:05.529 fatigue was gone. He looked and felt better than 00:19:05.529 --> 00:19:09.230 he felt before the surgery. And his BNP test... 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:15.319 was down to 132, 132, just barely out of the 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:18.099 medical range. A lot of physicians who are used 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:21.720 to treating patients who aren't aware of the 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:25.099 benefits of coenzyme Q10, especially high doses 00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:28.359 on somebody with a situation like this, think 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:33.440 it's impossible to get the BNP test down below 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:36.779 200 in somebody in their 70s or their 80s or 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:40.960 older. So we got it down to 132. A couple of 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:43.599 years after that, or I think about a year after 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:46.019 that, if my recollection is correct, we even 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:49.700 got it below 100. We got it down to 87. And he 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:51.859 went on and lived another seven or eight years 00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:55.480 driving on his own, walking, doing all the things 00:19:55.480 --> 00:20:01.759 that he enjoys doing. And then eventually his 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:04.980 heart gave out when he was in his 80s. So that 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:07.940 would never have happened without... coenzyme 00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:12.140 q10 and it did happen with no medications he 00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:14.559 was taking some some medications for his blood 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:16.880 pressure but he wasn't taking any statin drugs 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:19.339 for his cholesterol i think the only medication 00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:21.819 he was taking was one medication for his blood 00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:25.160 pressure so some people would call that a miracle 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:29.779 because it doesn't often happen and A lot of 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:31.380 people don't understand how it can happen, but 00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:33.940 I've seen many, many patients respond very well 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:37.680 to high doses of coenzyme Q10 for almost any 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:39.920 heart condition. It works for people on atrial 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:43.500 fibrillation. It works for people with cardiomyopathy, 00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:45.859 which is a thickening of the muscle of the heart. 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:51.380 It works for people that, well, have almost any 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:56.279 heart condition. So BNP is the test. to run if 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:58.440 you want to find out how much stress there is 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:02.079 on your heart right now. BNP is a feedback mechanism 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:06.440 between your heart and your kidneys. So a peptide 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:09.259 is a fragment, a building block of a protein. 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:12.339 The proteins that your muscle, your heart muscle 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:15.700 is made out of include one of these peptides. 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:17.619 So as basically as your heart muscle is normally 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:20.059 turning over as some old cells are dying off 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:22.700 and new ones are replacing them, some of that 00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:26.920 cell turnover results in BNP ending up in your 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:29.000 bloodstream. There's a normal level of it in 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:31.119 your bloodstream all the time. The medical upper 00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:34.220 limit of normal is 100. The healthy range is 00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:38.240 40 or less. But there's always some there telling 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:40.420 your kidneys that this is the amount of stretch 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:44.220 and strain on your heart muscle. And if it's 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:47.019 elevated, then it tells your kidneys to dump 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:49.559 more water to take the pressure off of the heart. 00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:52.160 So that's why there's always some there. But 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:54.819 if it's above 100, And a lot of people have no 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:58.440 idea. I test this on anybody who has signs or 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:00.640 symptoms of being at risk for heart disease. 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.980 And I've had people that are just high -stress 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:06.019 personalities or had a family history of heart 00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:09.359 disease but have no symptoms of heart disease 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:12.799 at all. People in their 30s, 40s, 50s. I recommend 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.920 we run this test. And I've seen people with no 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.440 symptoms of heart disease have a BNP of 300, 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:23.700 400, 600. No symptoms. Put them on a high dose 00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:26.119 of CoQ10 for a few minutes, get them back to 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:29.380 normal. That's called preventing heart disease. 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:32.220 Did you know that most doctors are employees? 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:35.819 Most doctors are employed by a medical group, 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:39.559 a hospital, a nursing home. They're told what 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:43.200 they can and cannot do based on standards of 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:45.900 care, meaning you get the same treatment everyone 00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:50.500 else does, and insurance reimbursement. They're 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:53.230 governed by a board of directors. who are mostly 00:22:53.230 --> 00:22:56.230 interested in maximizing profits for their institution 00:22:56.230 --> 00:23:00.650 and cutting costs at the expense of your health. 00:23:01.750 --> 00:23:04.789 I'm not employed by anyone other than myself, 00:23:05.210 --> 00:23:11.250 full stop. I work for you. My only interest is 00:23:11.250 --> 00:23:15.630 helping you, teaching you how you can take responsibility 00:23:15.630 --> 00:23:20.890 for improving your health. Nothing you'll ever 00:23:20.890 --> 00:23:24.210 hear from me on this show is a cure for any disease. 00:23:24.670 --> 00:23:27.109 That's not the purpose of this show and it's 00:23:27.109 --> 00:23:30.309 not what I do. I've never cured a single disease 00:23:30.309 --> 00:23:33.930 in my entire 33 years in practice. That's not 00:23:33.930 --> 00:23:39.210 my job. Your body does that. Your body heals 00:23:39.210 --> 00:23:44.690 or fails to heal any disease you get. That's 00:23:44.690 --> 00:23:49.279 worth repeating. Your body heals. or fails to 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:54.380 heal, any disease you get. Diabetes is not caused 00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:57.339 by a lack of metformin. High blood pressure is 00:23:57.339 --> 00:24:01.019 not caused by a deficiency of lisinopril. Chronic 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:03.960 headaches are not caused by inadequate Advil. 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:07.819 Heart disease is not caused by insufficient statin 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:11.460 drugs like etorvastatin or simvastatin, liposor 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:15.579 or Zocor. Most of these disease conditions are 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:19.359 caused by stress, identifiable. nutrient deficiencies, 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:23.720 lousy diets, lack of exercise, and general neglect. 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:26.400 If you want to be truly healthy, you have to 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:28.819 take responsibility for your own health. But 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:31.019 you don't have to do it on your own. I'm here 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:34.460 to help. I'd be honored to help you identify 00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:37.960 all the areas where your heart, liver, kidneys, 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:40.819 lungs, immune system, digestive system are silently 00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:43.279 struggling and could use a little help. Remember, 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:45.420 the condition of your body is far more important 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:47.660 than any disease condition you've been diagnosed 00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:49.940 with. Do something today to be a little healthier 00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:52.940 than you were yesterday. Go for a walk. Eat more 00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:55.680 fresh vegetables. Call your mother or that friend 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:58.119 you haven't spoken to in years. I'm Dr. Todd 00:24:58.119 --> 00:25:00.380 Binkley, sharing with you safe, effective, natural 00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:03.559 solutions to almost any health challenge. I look 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:05.099 forward to the privilege of speaking with you 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:09.019 again right here next Friday at 4 p .m. Have 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:12.019 a blessed weekend. You've been listening to Safe, 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:15.680 Effective Natural Solutions with Dr. Todd Binkley. 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:18.000 If you have a health question you want discussed 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:21.660 on the show, email your health questions to drbinkley 00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:25.660 at binkleyhealingcenter .com. 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