WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.899 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:02.899 --> 00:00:06.860 here on Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions with 00:00:06.860 --> 00:00:10.240 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:14.800 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.539 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, board -certified, 00:00:17.539 --> 00:00:20.679 non -force doctor of chiropractic and practitioner 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:23.839 of functional medicine. I identify conditions 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:27.820 other doctors miss by doing tests that most other 00:00:27.820 --> 00:00:30.589 doctors don't. Don't do. Usually because your 00:00:30.589 --> 00:00:32.450 insurance considers them medically unnecessary 00:00:32.450 --> 00:00:34.469 and doesn't want to pay for them. But it doesn't 00:00:34.469 --> 00:00:38.689 cost as much as you might think to get comprehensive 00:00:38.689 --> 00:00:41.289 testing to identify conditions that get overlooked 00:00:41.289 --> 00:00:45.850 and underlie a lot of misery and pain and suffering 00:00:45.850 --> 00:00:49.250 or just minor symptoms even. Things that you'd 00:00:49.250 --> 00:00:51.329 really rather not have to deal with if you've 00:00:51.329 --> 00:00:53.130 been to a doctor and told there's nothing wrong 00:00:53.130 --> 00:00:56.429 with you. But you don't feel right. There probably 00:00:56.429 --> 00:00:58.710 is something wrong with you. You just haven't 00:00:58.710 --> 00:01:01.990 identified it yet. And there is a safe, effective 00:01:01.990 --> 00:01:05.469 natural solution for almost any health challenge. 00:01:05.549 --> 00:01:07.450 We're going to talk about supplements today. 00:01:07.510 --> 00:01:09.489 I get a lot of questions about, you know, what's 00:01:09.489 --> 00:01:12.769 the best supplement for this or that. And I'm 00:01:12.769 --> 00:01:14.750 going to describe a really exciting case about 00:01:14.750 --> 00:01:18.430 an 82 -year -old lady who we were able to get 00:01:18.430 --> 00:01:22.170 her blood pressure to drop 30 points. That's 00:01:22.170 --> 00:01:24.769 a big deal. It's not easy to reduce someone's 00:01:24.769 --> 00:01:27.890 blood pressure by 30 points in their 80s with 00:01:27.890 --> 00:01:32.489 no medication. When I talk about functional medicine, 00:01:32.670 --> 00:01:35.569 a safe, effective, natural solution to almost 00:01:35.569 --> 00:01:37.829 any health challenge, there are three main things 00:01:37.829 --> 00:01:41.909 that I use to achieve that, and they are better 00:01:41.909 --> 00:01:45.939 food. exercise, and supplements. There are other 00:01:45.939 --> 00:01:47.700 things that are important, getting a good night's 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.939 sleep, doing things to reduce stress in your 00:01:50.939 --> 00:01:54.560 life. having a good spiritual practice. Most 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:57.239 of the listeners here probably have that covered. 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.159 Or doing something as simple as meditation and 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:03.359 deep breathing exercises. Also releasing physical 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.239 stress from your body by having a good stretching 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:09.159 routine. But the most important things that I 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:11.400 find that make the biggest difference when people 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.199 come to see me are counseling them on how to 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:19.629 get better food exercise. and supplements in 00:02:19.629 --> 00:02:22.650 response to the testing that we do to identify 00:02:22.650 --> 00:02:25.770 what their body needs. This is the most important 00:02:25.770 --> 00:02:29.969 thing. I cannot stress this enough. You are as 00:02:29.969 --> 00:02:34.330 different on the inside as you are on the outside. 00:02:34.550 --> 00:02:38.650 There are no one -size -fits -all solutions for 00:02:38.650 --> 00:02:41.509 any health issue. The medical profession's standards 00:02:41.509 --> 00:02:44.849 of care tries to do a one -size -fits -all treatment 00:02:44.849 --> 00:02:48.090 based on tests that show that the drugs they 00:02:48.090 --> 00:02:51.650 give you are not dangerous enough to kill you, 00:02:51.729 --> 00:02:55.009 but helpful enough to solve a certain crisis, 00:02:55.090 --> 00:02:58.789 acute condition, or manage a chronic condition. 00:02:59.110 --> 00:03:01.430 But there's a big difference between drugs and 00:03:01.430 --> 00:03:03.050 supplements. So that's a common question I get. 00:03:03.110 --> 00:03:07.229 What is the difference between drugs and supplements? 00:03:08.740 --> 00:03:11.520 Drugs are essential when you need to intervene 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.379 now and get a quick, specific, controlled, reliable 00:03:14.379 --> 00:03:17.520 response to something that's ailing you, maybe 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.340 to save your life even. And drugs work by altering 00:03:21.340 --> 00:03:24.000 and manipulating cell receptors and biochemical 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.780 pathways in your body. They block receptors on 00:03:27.780 --> 00:03:31.659 cells or increase cell receptor activity. They 00:03:31.659 --> 00:03:34.639 directly alter enzymatic and other chemical... 00:03:34.990 --> 00:03:38.129 pathways that immediately change your physiology 00:03:38.129 --> 00:03:41.830 and they're often essential if your heart is 00:03:41.830 --> 00:03:44.409 stopped an injection of epinephrine directly 00:03:44.409 --> 00:03:47.009 into your heart may get it started again and 00:03:47.009 --> 00:03:50.270 save your life or if you have anaphylactic shock 00:03:50.270 --> 00:03:53.930 from some form of allergy opening your airways 00:03:53.930 --> 00:03:57.110 with an epi pen also epinephrine adrenaline can 00:03:57.110 --> 00:04:00.469 save your life if you have a stroke and you're 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:03.300 Blood circulation is cut off to parts of your 00:04:03.300 --> 00:04:05.199 brain. Getting to the hospital as quickly as 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.639 possible to take something that will reduce the 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:12.280 clotting that's blocking those arteries and restore 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:14.460 blood flow to the brain before too much damage 00:04:14.460 --> 00:04:17.000 is done. Obviously, these things are all essential. 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:22.399 But none of these drugs do anything to improve 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:26.600 your health. There's a bold statement. I'm going 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:31.240 to say it again. Drugs don't improve your health. 00:04:31.420 --> 00:04:34.779 They may save your life. They're amazing at treating 00:04:34.779 --> 00:04:37.500 disease. But they don't improve your health. 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:39.620 The only things that improve your health are 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:43.240 things that enhance the internal mechanisms that 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:47.240 your body was designed with to use to heal and 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:51.620 maintain itself. Better good food. Full, nutrient 00:04:51.620 --> 00:04:55.120 -rich food. Exercise. Moving your body the way 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:58.149 it was designed to be moved. the way we've been 00:04:58.149 --> 00:05:01.569 moving our bodies most of the time for most of 00:05:01.569 --> 00:05:06.329 our existence on a grand scale, and where necessary, 00:05:06.389 --> 00:05:10.610 based on comprehensive testing, using supplemental 00:05:10.610 --> 00:05:12.910 nutrients to fill in the gaps that you're not 00:05:12.910 --> 00:05:16.910 getting from your food. So drugs are essential 00:05:16.910 --> 00:05:19.930 when you need to intervene and get a quick, specific, 00:05:20.149 --> 00:05:22.829 controlled, predictable response, but they're 00:05:22.829 --> 00:05:26.560 all toxic to the body. precisely because they 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:29.779 interfere with normal human physiology. Normal 00:05:29.779 --> 00:05:32.379 control mechanisms are overridden, and consuming 00:05:32.379 --> 00:05:35.920 too much or too many drugs can easily kill you. 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.540 Properly prescribed medications, not medical 00:05:39.540 --> 00:05:42.860 errors, not some instance where the pharmacist 00:05:42.860 --> 00:05:45.040 couldn't read the doctor's handwriting. Properly 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:48.759 prescribed drugs kill nearly 100 ,000 people 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:55.050 every year. By contrast, nutrients... are foods 00:05:55.050 --> 00:05:58.470 that our bodies have evolved. The ability to 00:05:58.470 --> 00:06:02.009 assimilate and utilize for sustaining life. I'm 00:06:02.009 --> 00:06:05.089 going to say that again. Nutrients, like food, 00:06:05.310 --> 00:06:08.850 are things that our bodies have been experiencing 00:06:08.850 --> 00:06:13.149 and learned how to utilize for healing and repairing 00:06:13.149 --> 00:06:16.029 cells. They're raw materials for building and 00:06:16.029 --> 00:06:19.290 maintaining every tissue and organ in your body. 00:06:19.430 --> 00:06:23.540 They're non -toxic because they support Normal 00:06:23.540 --> 00:06:28.519 human physiology. NA control mechanisms are maintained 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:32.139 when you eat good food and take supplements that 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:35.319 have been identified as missing on comprehensive 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:38.819 testing. If you consume more than you need of 00:06:38.819 --> 00:06:42.180 most nutrients, your body will simply excrete 00:06:42.180 --> 00:06:44.759 them. well if supplements are so great why do 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:47.439 you always hear these news stories continually 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:50.399 coming out saying this vitamin or that was proven 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.899 to be useless for this or that condition you 00:06:53.899 --> 00:06:56.759 know i just the best advice i can give you is 00:06:56.759 --> 00:07:00.339 if you hear Two things I can say. If you hear 00:07:00.339 --> 00:07:02.860 a study slamming some vitamin saying it's useless 00:07:02.860 --> 00:07:05.620 and proven to be not effective for this or that, 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:08.379 number one, email me that and I'll give you a 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:10.620 response. I'll look up the original data on that 00:07:10.620 --> 00:07:12.959 study and explain to you why that study was probably 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:17.420 doomed to failure at the outset. So much money 00:07:17.420 --> 00:07:21.279 is wasted, time and money is wasted by myopic 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:24.600 medical researchers trying to study supplements, 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:29.170 nutrients, like they were drugs. Nutrients do 00:07:29.170 --> 00:07:33.149 not work like drugs. And most of these studies 00:07:33.149 --> 00:07:37.290 use insufficient dosages, inferior forms, and 00:07:37.290 --> 00:07:42.000 most importantly, they're just idiotic by design 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:45.040 because they test nutrients in isolation nutrients 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:48.639 don't work in isolation they're synergistic they 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:53.040 work in combinations like the nutrients in foods 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:57.500 supplements and these studies also test them 00:07:57.500 --> 00:08:00.019 in isolation and never consider the diet and 00:08:00.019 --> 00:08:03.379 lifestyle of the person who's taking them supplements 00:08:03.379 --> 00:08:07.100 are called supplements because they're meant 00:08:07.100 --> 00:08:11.269 to supplement A good diet. They do not replace 00:08:11.269 --> 00:08:14.910 healthy food. So when you hear about a study 00:08:14.910 --> 00:08:18.470 that declares conclusively that vitamin D doesn't 00:08:18.470 --> 00:08:21.850 work for this or that or vitamin C or coenzyme 00:08:21.850 --> 00:08:24.930 Q10 or fish oil or anything else, probably the 00:08:24.930 --> 00:08:27.269 best thing to do is just ignore it because almost 00:08:27.269 --> 00:08:29.230 all of these studies are poorly designed from 00:08:29.230 --> 00:08:32.769 the outset or biased or basically useless. But 00:08:32.769 --> 00:08:36.029 if you want to know more, please, I invite you 00:08:36.029 --> 00:08:39.529 to email me any such study that you hear about 00:08:39.529 --> 00:08:42.129 and I'll look up the base data and reply to you 00:08:42.129 --> 00:08:46.879 and explain it. on air why such studies are so 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:49.639 misleading. There is one common thing you hear 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:51.840 all the time, though, that is absolutely true. 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:57.299 Most multivitamins are useless or nearly useless. 00:08:58.389 --> 00:09:01.450 I'm Dr. Todd Bankley discussing with you safe, 00:09:01.549 --> 00:09:04.389 effective, natural solutions to almost any health 00:09:04.389 --> 00:09:06.690 challenge. And yes, I just said it. I'll say 00:09:06.690 --> 00:09:11.110 it again. Most multivitamins are nearly useless. 00:09:11.350 --> 00:09:14.090 Why is that? The main reason is because most 00:09:14.090 --> 00:09:18.190 multivitamins are one a day. multivitamins. Everyone 00:09:18.190 --> 00:09:21.629 wants one pill. Just give me one pill. I'll take 00:09:21.629 --> 00:09:25.370 it. Store shelves have always been and will always 00:09:25.370 --> 00:09:28.929 be stocked with one a day multivitamins. Most 00:09:28.929 --> 00:09:32.289 one a day multivitamins are nearly useless. And 00:09:32.289 --> 00:09:34.889 the reason for that is because the purpose of 00:09:34.889 --> 00:09:37.769 taking them, I recommend that all of my patients 00:09:37.769 --> 00:09:41.509 take a multivitamin and it is never a one a day 00:09:41.509 --> 00:09:44.870 multivitamin. The main reason to take a multivitamin 00:09:44.870 --> 00:09:46.889 is not for the vitamins, but for a mineral. So 00:09:46.889 --> 00:09:49.149 we call them multivitamins. But all multivitamins 00:09:49.149 --> 00:09:52.350 are multivitamin and mineral supplements. And 00:09:52.350 --> 00:09:55.289 you can get vitamins from food. If you eat any 00:09:55.289 --> 00:09:58.830 decent amount of vegetables, you can get most 00:09:58.830 --> 00:10:00.730 of the vitamins that you need. Many, at least, 00:10:00.769 --> 00:10:02.850 of the vitamins that you need from food. There's 00:10:02.850 --> 00:10:04.750 exceptions. No one gets enough vitamin D from 00:10:04.750 --> 00:10:07.169 their food, for example. But you can get vitamins 00:10:07.169 --> 00:10:08.610 from food. But you can't get what most people 00:10:08.610 --> 00:10:10.909 do not get. After testing thousands of people 00:10:10.909 --> 00:10:13.889 myself and... With my colleagues, hundreds of 00:10:13.889 --> 00:10:16.190 thousands of people around the country, most 00:10:16.190 --> 00:10:19.850 people do not get enough minerals from their 00:10:19.850 --> 00:10:22.750 food. Most people do not get enough calcium and 00:10:22.750 --> 00:10:26.129 magnesium and manganese and selenium and chromium 00:10:26.129 --> 00:10:29.570 and zinc and molybdenum and germanium. These 00:10:29.570 --> 00:10:32.990 are essential cofactors and enzymatic reactions 00:10:32.990 --> 00:10:37.850 in every tissue and cell pathway, chemical pathway 00:10:37.850 --> 00:10:41.429 in your body. You need minerals to function. 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:44.799 and most people do not get enough minerals from 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:47.720 their diet. Well, why is that? The food we eat 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:51.220 comes from soil that has been so depleted by 00:10:51.220 --> 00:10:53.299 conventional farming that there's no minerals 00:10:53.299 --> 00:10:56.980 left, not enough at least, minerals left in the 00:10:56.980 --> 00:10:59.039 soil. So how are they going to end up in your 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:01.940 food? Unless your diet includes a lot of super 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:05.799 greens, unless you're eating a lot of kale, spinach, 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:10.220 broccoli, anything dark green in abundance every 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:13.320 day, then I can guarantee you when we test you, 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:17.500 you will show functional deficiencies of many, 00:11:17.580 --> 00:11:21.120 many minerals. So there are three common supplements 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:23.259 I recommend to almost anyone. The best thing 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:25.820 is to get proper comprehensive testing done to 00:11:25.820 --> 00:11:28.720 identify your specific needs, things that are 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:32.159 missing from your diet. Think of your bloodstream 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:35.580 like this. Your bloodstream, I like to call it 00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:39.419 a river of life. Imagine your bloodstream is 00:11:39.419 --> 00:11:42.779 a river. that is constantly coursing throughout 00:11:42.779 --> 00:11:45.399 your entire body. And there are construction 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:49.559 crews waiting on both sides of this river. The 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:51.559 guys are there. They've got their tools. They're 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:54.500 ready to rebuild. They're ready to heal and repair 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:57.000 tissues throughout your body. They're waiting. 00:11:57.159 --> 00:12:00.679 All they need is the materials. They're waiting 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:03.559 on something to be delivered that they need. 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:06.919 It's essential without which they cannot heal 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:08.940 and repair that tissue. So that river of life 00:12:08.940 --> 00:12:12.340 is your bloodstream. And if those nutrients are 00:12:12.340 --> 00:12:15.419 not in your bloodstream, when that crews, they're 00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:18.820 waiting to heal your kidney, some part of your 00:12:18.820 --> 00:12:22.379 liver, repair your joints to reduce or prevent 00:12:22.379 --> 00:12:26.090 arthritis. especially provide nutrients to your 00:12:26.090 --> 00:12:29.330 brain to prevent the catastrophic neurodegeneration 00:12:29.330 --> 00:12:32.710 that is just getting worse and worse every year 00:12:32.710 --> 00:12:35.669 in our society as we get older, right? People 00:12:35.669 --> 00:12:38.309 didn't used to live that long, so neurodegeneration 00:12:38.309 --> 00:12:41.070 in your brain that causes Alzheimer's and Parkinson's 00:12:41.070 --> 00:12:44.269 and other neurodegenerative diseases was less 00:12:44.269 --> 00:12:46.970 of a problem. But the river of life in your body 00:12:46.970 --> 00:12:50.190 is your responsibility. If you want those construction 00:12:50.190 --> 00:12:53.929 crews that are waiting, day after day to repair 00:12:53.929 --> 00:12:57.250 the parts of your body that need attention and 00:12:57.250 --> 00:13:01.230 maintain them, then you must provide that supply. 00:13:01.350 --> 00:13:04.490 You must provide them with the nutrients necessary. 00:13:05.009 --> 00:13:07.470 So one of the most important things to make that 00:13:07.470 --> 00:13:09.370 happen is to take a good multivitamin. A good 00:13:09.370 --> 00:13:12.710 multivitamin is almost always four capsules a 00:13:12.710 --> 00:13:15.450 day. Three or four capsules. If you weigh less 00:13:15.450 --> 00:13:18.889 than 120 pounds, three might be enough. My favorite 00:13:18.889 --> 00:13:22.090 multivitamin, it's not the only good one. I tell 00:13:22.090 --> 00:13:24.009 my patients all the time the supplements that 00:13:24.009 --> 00:13:26.549 I stock in my office and most commonly recommend 00:13:26.549 --> 00:13:28.870 to my patients are not the only good ones. They're 00:13:28.870 --> 00:13:31.870 not the only ones that work. They are ones that 00:13:31.870 --> 00:13:34.549 I've been giving to hundreds, thousands of patients. 00:13:34.590 --> 00:13:37.870 My colleagues that I speak with at seminars several 00:13:37.870 --> 00:13:40.409 times every year have collectively given to hundreds 00:13:40.409 --> 00:13:43.980 of thousands of patients. tested them before 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:47.139 and after to prove that they achieved the desired 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:51.360 result. The only way I know to find out if any 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.200 particular supplement, product, nutrient works 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:57.139 is to give it to several thousand people and 00:13:57.139 --> 00:14:00.679 test them before and after and see if it achieves. 00:14:00.990 --> 00:14:04.830 the intended result. So alpha base by orthomolecular 00:14:04.830 --> 00:14:07.769 products is the multivitamin that I recommend 00:14:07.769 --> 00:14:09.570 to all of my patients. And again, I recommend 00:14:09.570 --> 00:14:12.450 it not for vitamins, but for the minerals. It 00:14:12.450 --> 00:14:15.549 has minerals that are as close as you can get 00:14:15.549 --> 00:14:19.149 in capsule form to the plant -based forms that 00:14:19.149 --> 00:14:22.850 we would all ideally get from our diet, but usually 00:14:22.850 --> 00:14:25.899 fail to do. So these plant -based plant -like 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:29.600 forms of minerals in these four capsules are 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:33.230 bulky. They take up space. And most multivitamins 00:14:33.230 --> 00:14:35.529 are just made from minerals that are mined from 00:14:35.529 --> 00:14:37.470 the surface of the earth. And so you can put 00:14:37.470 --> 00:14:41.389 a certain amount of zinc, chromium, magnesium, 00:14:41.809 --> 00:14:45.789 calcium, et cetera, into one pill and test it. 00:14:45.909 --> 00:14:48.149 And they have to be tested. That's one thing 00:14:48.149 --> 00:14:49.710 the government does is make sure that what's 00:14:49.710 --> 00:14:52.129 on the label is in the tablet. But does that 00:14:52.129 --> 00:14:53.769 mean it actually enters your, does anybody ever 00:14:53.769 --> 00:14:57.110 test to see whether those one a day useless centrum 00:14:57.110 --> 00:15:00.580 silver. multivitamins kirkland vitamins from 00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:03.240 costco you know you get what you pay for one 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.200 a day multivitamins the minerals in one a day 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.879 multivitamins usually just pass straight through 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.559 your body and into this into the toilet so the 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:14.200 most expensive vitamin you'll ever take the most 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:16.700 wasteful the most money you'll ever waste on 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:18.940 a supplement is the one that just passes straight 00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:23.639 through your body without any benefit so the 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:27.850 forms of minerals that are like the ones That 00:15:27.850 --> 00:15:30.210 plants make instead of just mining minerals directly 00:15:30.210 --> 00:15:32.690 from the surface of the earth, isolating them, 00:15:32.710 --> 00:15:35.090 grinding them up and putting them into one tablet 00:15:35.090 --> 00:15:39.029 that everyone wants. If a spinach plant or a 00:15:39.029 --> 00:15:42.490 broccoli plant in that same dirt and those minerals 00:15:42.490 --> 00:15:44.429 are absorbed through the roots of that plant 00:15:44.429 --> 00:15:47.049 and then bound up in the leaves and the fruit 00:15:47.049 --> 00:15:50.710 and the stalks of whatever vegetable it is, informs 00:15:50.710 --> 00:15:56.039 that our bodies recognize. that they automatically 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.700 understand how to break down and easily assimilate 00:15:58.700 --> 00:16:02.399 and utilize for all those so important pathways 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:07.620 that are required to heal and maintain our organs 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:12.720 and tissues. So to get something like that in 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.399 a multivitamin, manufacturers that make the best 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:20.220 quality multivitamins have figured out ways to 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:24.139 develop minerals that are bound up. in forms 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:27.500 similar to the ones in plants. And they're bulky. 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:31.019 They take up space. They just will not fit. And 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:33.879 a decent daily dose to keep you healthy, to keep 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:37.080 most people healthy, will give you a chance of 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.279 being healthier than you otherwise would be. 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:42.360 Keep that river of life flowing with the materials 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.779 those construction crews need to heal and repair 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:47.940 every part of your body. Those plant -like based 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:50.100 minerals will not fit into one capsule. They're 00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:52.399 bulky. They take up space. And usually they take 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:56.200 the space of about... Four capsules for most 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:58.360 people. So there's two other nutrients that I 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:01.120 can recommend to anyone without any testing. 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:03.320 Because again, these are two other things that 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:06.279 I continually see no one gets enough, almost 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:08.660 no one gets enough from their diet. And they 00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:12.200 are fish oil and vitamin D. So fish oil, everyone's 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:14.240 heard about the benefits of omega -3 fatty acids 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:17.880 for cardiovascular health, for raising your good 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:23.019 cholesterol, for your brain. Your brain is mostly 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:27.250 made of water. and fat. And 25 % of the fat in 00:17:27.250 --> 00:17:30.369 your brain is made from docosahexaenoic acid, 00:17:30.430 --> 00:17:34.549 DHA, one of the two omega -3 fatty acids that 00:17:34.549 --> 00:17:36.970 you can only get from the ocean. The other one 00:17:36.970 --> 00:17:40.630 is EPA. So whenever you look at something that 00:17:40.630 --> 00:17:44.069 purports to be a good source of omega -3s, Check 00:17:44.069 --> 00:17:48.309 and see how much EPA and DHA is in that product. 00:17:48.589 --> 00:17:50.829 And these are things that are only available 00:17:50.829 --> 00:17:54.890 in the ocean. There is no DHA or EPA, these most 00:17:54.890 --> 00:17:57.309 essential omega -3s that you hear all the health 00:17:57.309 --> 00:18:00.890 benefits about. There are none of those in any 00:18:00.890 --> 00:18:04.789 vegetable -based source. There's no EPA or DHA 00:18:04.789 --> 00:18:09.490 in walnuts or chia seeds or flax seeds. These 00:18:09.490 --> 00:18:11.690 are all good things that are nutritious, that 00:18:11.690 --> 00:18:14.910 are absolutely fantastic. to include as a part 00:18:14.910 --> 00:18:18.130 of your diet. But you want to think of flax oil 00:18:18.130 --> 00:18:20.970 or flax seeds or chia seeds the way you think 00:18:20.970 --> 00:18:24.609 of olive oil or sunflower seeds. Just they're 00:18:24.609 --> 00:18:26.630 good additions. They're great things to put on 00:18:26.630 --> 00:18:29.130 your salad. They're nutritious, but they do not 00:18:29.130 --> 00:18:31.970 produce the benefits that you hear about for 00:18:31.970 --> 00:18:35.920 omega -3 fatty acids. which mainly only get from 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:39.460 the ocean. So most people, to get adequate amounts 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:41.599 of that, need to either eat a piece of salmon 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.380 every day or some sardines. or supplement, I 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:48.039 recommend a gram and a half at least for most 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:51.440 people, about 1 ,500 milligrams combined EPA 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:55.420 and DHEA in supplemental form because most people 00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:58.059 don't get enough of it from their diet. The third 00:18:58.059 --> 00:19:00.299 nutrient I recommend everyone supplement because 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:02.119 no one gets enough of it from their diet, and 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.740 the most important of the three is vitamin D, 00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:06.339 but it looks like we're not going to have enough 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:08.339 time to cover that today. I could do a whole 00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:11.220 show just on the importance and benefits of vitamin 00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:14.140 D, but let's just do a quick overview. Most adults 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:17.579 need to supplement 5 ,000 units of vitamin D 00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:20.519 per day. You hear all the time, oh my god, you 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:22.539 can take too much vitamin D, it's dangerous. 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:24.559 Most medical doctors are worried that if you 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:26.180 take too much vitamin D, you're going to get 00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:29.740 kidney stones. It's possible, but it never happens. 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.259 Look in the literature. It's just really, really 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:34.519 rare. It's very difficult to take too much vitamin 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:38.849 D. Meanwhile, thousands of people die from Cancers 00:19:38.849 --> 00:19:42.069 and colds and flus that could be prevented end 00:19:42.069 --> 00:19:45.509 up in a hospital and die from infections and 00:19:45.509 --> 00:19:47.529 cancers that could have been prevented if their 00:19:47.529 --> 00:19:50.849 immune systems were working properly by virtue 00:19:50.849 --> 00:19:54.650 of having adequate vitamin D. So most adults 00:19:54.650 --> 00:19:57.430 should take 5 ,000 units of vitamin D a day if 00:19:57.430 --> 00:20:00.619 you weigh less than 100. 20 pounds, maybe 4 ,000 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:03.000 might be enough. But the most important way to 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.579 ensure that you're getting adequate vitamin D 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:07.440 is like with everything else, get tested. The 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.079 lab range for vitamin D on most standard tests 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:14.779 is 30 to 100. So most doctors will order your 00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:18.420 vitamin D test for you, but they'll also egregiously, 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:21.579 in my opinion, tell you that you're fine if it's 00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:24.359 30 or above. And that's just not true. Your immune 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:27.119 system will not function at its peak unless your 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:31.450 vitamin D level is between 50 and 90 so get your 00:20:31.450 --> 00:20:34.750 vitamin d level tested take enough vitamin d 00:20:34.750 --> 00:20:36.789 you're never going to get enough from the sun 00:20:36.789 --> 00:20:39.029 or doing gardening or walking around in short 00:20:39.029 --> 00:20:41.390 sleeves and short pants you need to supplement 00:20:41.390 --> 00:20:44.829 5 000 units a day sometime more sometimes more 00:20:44.829 --> 00:20:47.069 and get your blood levels tested to make sure 00:20:47.069 --> 00:20:50.049 that they're in between 50 and 90 so that your 00:20:50.049 --> 00:20:54.509 immune system is functioning at its peak do this 00:20:54.509 --> 00:20:56.349 and you can prevent a whole host of diseases 00:20:56.349 --> 00:20:59.369 especially you just most people who do this never 00:20:59.369 --> 00:21:02.410 get colds and flus anymore or if they do they 00:21:02.410 --> 00:21:05.769 last for a couple of days instead of weeks or 00:21:05.769 --> 00:21:08.910 months your immune system is totally dependent 00:21:08.910 --> 00:21:13.700 on adequate levels of vitamin d So let's talk 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:15.720 about that case study I mentioned previously, 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:19.319 an 82 -year -old, lovely 82 -year -old lady whose 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:22.140 blood pressure was consistently running around 00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:26.299 157 over 90. She was otherwise fit. She was an 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:29.799 orchestra conductor, a concert violinist. She 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:32.799 was a force of nature. In her 80s, she was still 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:35.559 running a school play at her church every year 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:41.009 and directing this orchestra. At her church and 00:21:41.009 --> 00:21:43.569 you'd look at her and she just, you know, looked 00:21:43.569 --> 00:21:46.670 in to be an amazing and she was in really phenomenal 00:21:46.670 --> 00:21:49.589 health for her age. She was thin and tall and 00:21:49.589 --> 00:21:53.230 had just an abundance of energy. And she had 00:21:53.230 --> 00:21:56.750 high blood pressure for over 20 years. And she 00:21:56.750 --> 00:21:58.569 refused to take any blood pressure medication 00:21:58.569 --> 00:22:02.930 because when she did, it made her dizzy. And 00:22:02.930 --> 00:22:05.529 she had had she had bypass surgery two years 00:22:05.529 --> 00:22:09.900 ago and her. Her other doctor was strongly, constantly 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:12.119 urging her to take medication to keep her blood 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:14.019 pressure under control. So she asked me, you 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:16.140 know, is there anything that you can recommend? 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:18.559 I said, have you ever tried taking fish oil? 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:20.900 Yep, didn't work. I said, have you ever tried 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:23.559 taking pomegranate juice? Because pomegranate 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:26.480 juice can actually reverse arteriosclerosis in 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.599 high concentrations, especially if it's not too 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:30.240 sweet. Yep, tried that, didn't work. Have you 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:32.920 ever tried turmeric? Yes. Have you ever tried 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:35.880 taking any kind of systemic enzymes like serrapeptide? 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:39.519 or natokinase? Yes. Have you tried taking CoQ10? 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:42.660 Yes. Are you taking a good multivitamin with 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:45.519 all the minerals your body needs to heal and 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:47.220 repair it? She says, yep, I've tried all of those. 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:50.579 None of them worked. I said, have you ever taken 00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:55.400 all of those things at the same time? Well, no, 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:58.400 she says, almost indignantly. Of course not. 00:22:58.440 --> 00:23:00.079 Why would I do that? How would I know which one 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:02.039 was working if I took them all at the same time? 00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:06.420 And I carefully explained that Supplements, nutrients 00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:08.759 are not drugs. They do not work by themselves. 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:11.900 They work synergistically. They work in combinations, 00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:15.220 just like all the nutrients in your food. Everyone 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:17.839 knows that there's a lot of nutrients in broccoli. 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:20.400 We've only identified a small portion of them, 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:24.609 but trust me, they work in combinations. She 00:23:24.609 --> 00:23:27.849 started taking fish oil, pomegranate juice, permaric, 00:23:27.869 --> 00:23:31.250 adokinase, coenzyme Q10, and a good multivitamin. 00:23:31.250 --> 00:23:36.150 I also recommended that she do some stretching 00:23:36.150 --> 00:23:39.609 for flexibility, relaxation, and stress relief. 00:23:39.890 --> 00:23:42.269 And in six weeks, her blood pressure went down 00:23:42.269 --> 00:23:48.650 to 127 over 80. From 157 over 90 to 127 over 00:23:48.650 --> 00:23:51.269 80. Her top number dropped 30 points and the 00:23:51.269 --> 00:23:55.099 bottom number dropped. 10 points to well to nicely 00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:58.799 within the healthy range with no medication. 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:02.039 That's really hard to do in an 80 -year -old, 00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:04.680 especially a go -go active person like she was, 00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:07.339 which can create a certain amount of stress. 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:10.140 We dropped her blood pressure 30 points without 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:14.220 drugs and she was elated. Remember, the condition 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:17.099 of your body is always far more important than 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:20.279 the name of any disease you've been diagnosed 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:22.799 with. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. You've been listening 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:25.539 to Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions for almost 00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:28.000 any health challenge. 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