WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:03.189 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:03.189 --> 00:00:07.129 here on Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions with 00:00:07.129 --> 00:00:10.490 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:10.490 --> 00:00:15.210 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.210 --> 00:00:17.329 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, board -certified 00:00:17.329 --> 00:00:19.769 doctor of non -force chiropractic and practitioner 00:00:19.769 --> 00:00:22.570 of functional medicine. Functional medicine means 00:00:22.570 --> 00:00:25.489 using standard diagnostic tests to identify conditions 00:00:25.489 --> 00:00:28.719 that often give... get overlooked by the standard 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:31.379 practice of medicine because most doctors don't 00:00:31.379 --> 00:00:32.979 order these tests unless there's a compelling 00:00:32.979 --> 00:00:37.079 reason for it. And usually there isn't. So for 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:38.460 example, I'm going to talk a little bit later 00:00:38.460 --> 00:00:40.740 about a man in his 60s that came in with low 00:00:40.740 --> 00:00:43.119 energy and sleep problems, which I was able to 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.140 help him with. And he came back a few months 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:47.659 later with a horrible rash covering his entire 00:00:47.659 --> 00:00:51.840 neck and back and arms and hands. And he'd been 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:54.799 to several other doctors and nobody was helping 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:57.229 him. So we'll come back to that. Last week I 00:00:57.229 --> 00:01:00.350 was talking about synergistic toxins when we 00:01:00.350 --> 00:01:04.390 ran out of time. Synergistic, usually the context 00:01:04.390 --> 00:01:08.290 of that word comes up to do with synergistic 00:01:08.290 --> 00:01:12.430 nutrients. So, for example, all nutrients, the 00:01:12.430 --> 00:01:14.909 nutrients in food, the nutrients in supplements, 00:01:15.030 --> 00:01:19.700 work not in isolation. like drugs and chemicals, 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.219 but they work in combinations synergistically. 00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:25.140 Synergistic means things that work together, 00:01:25.219 --> 00:01:29.879 work in combinations. But toxins also can do 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:33.620 damage together in combinations, much worse than 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:36.599 those things do on their own. And that's what 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:40.120 this evolving term, relatively new term, is new 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:42.659 to me. It's being used in the literature, but 00:01:42.659 --> 00:01:47.260 it's fairly new. Synergistic. Synergistic toxicity 00:01:47.260 --> 00:01:52.959 is when the combined effect of multiple chemicals 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.459 is more harmful than the sum of the effects of 00:01:56.459 --> 00:01:59.239 each chemical alone. So I'm going to say that 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.939 again. Synergistic toxicity is when the combined 00:02:01.939 --> 00:02:05.400 effect of multiple chemicals is more harmful 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:08.099 than the sum of the effects of each chemical 00:02:08.099 --> 00:02:12.340 alone. So chemicals that we're exposed to, 350 00:02:12.340 --> 00:02:16.330 ,000 of them, I think. are in circulation currently 00:02:16.330 --> 00:02:20.069 they're supposedly tested many of them are tested 00:02:20.069 --> 00:02:23.069 but all of them when tested are tested and are 00:02:23.069 --> 00:02:27.569 usually a relatively healthy population and one 00:02:27.569 --> 00:02:30.849 at a time always one at a time and this can be 00:02:30.849 --> 00:02:32.930 dangerous because chemicals are designed to work 00:02:32.930 --> 00:02:36.250 on their own and but when they're tested all 00:02:36.250 --> 00:02:38.629 by themselves then you have no idea what the 00:02:38.629 --> 00:02:41.889 effect is in real life on a person who may not 00:02:41.889 --> 00:02:44.849 be perfectly healthy, and a person like all of 00:02:44.849 --> 00:02:47.150 us who are constantly exposed to thousands of 00:02:47.150 --> 00:02:51.449 chemicals all at once, never just one at a time. 00:02:51.509 --> 00:02:53.629 So these toxins can be damaging to the liver, 00:02:53.770 --> 00:02:58.250 cause mitochondrial damage. They can cause oxidative 00:02:58.250 --> 00:03:00.569 stress. That's the stress that we're trying to 00:03:00.569 --> 00:03:04.050 alleviate when we take antioxidants, like all 00:03:04.050 --> 00:03:07.069 the antioxidant nutrients in fruits, some vegetables. 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:10.520 Toxins also drive inflammatory responses throughout 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:13.659 the body, exacerbate all kinds of conditions, 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:16.939 heart disease, cancer, skin conditions, allergies. 00:03:17.740 --> 00:03:21.280 And science, the study of these effects, is relatively 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:25.439 new. It is an emerging science. An article published 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.219 a little over a year ago in a toxicology journal 00:03:28.219 --> 00:03:31.740 called Current Opinion in Toxicology found that 00:03:31.740 --> 00:03:34.719 the prevailing assumption that if you know the 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.560 presumably mild toxic effects of chemical A, 00:03:37.930 --> 00:03:41.050 and the effects of chemical B, you simply add 00:03:41.050 --> 00:03:43.629 those to predict or estimate the toxic effects 00:03:43.629 --> 00:03:47.030 of combining them. And it kind of makes sense. 00:03:47.110 --> 00:03:49.770 If this toxin is relatively mild and this one 00:03:49.770 --> 00:03:52.270 over here is also relatively mild, then you should 00:03:52.270 --> 00:03:54.169 still be okay even if you're exposed to both 00:03:54.169 --> 00:03:55.830 of them because they're both relatively mild. 00:03:55.930 --> 00:03:59.250 And that is not a safe assumption in many, many 00:03:59.250 --> 00:04:02.909 cases. So there's not enough data to document. 00:04:03.830 --> 00:04:05.969 Well, there's only enough data to document a 00:04:05.969 --> 00:04:09.030 few of those so far. More and more are being 00:04:09.030 --> 00:04:12.750 identified as we go. And so, for example, this 00:04:12.750 --> 00:04:18.029 found that that assumption that the toxic effects 00:04:18.029 --> 00:04:20.750 of certain chemicals are additive, that you just 00:04:20.750 --> 00:04:22.670 know the effects of one, you know the effects 00:04:22.670 --> 00:04:24.769 of another, you can just add them together to 00:04:24.769 --> 00:04:27.269 get an estimate of how toxic both would be in 00:04:27.269 --> 00:04:30.050 combination. They found that this is dangerously 00:04:30.050 --> 00:04:32.509 erroneous. The magnitude of synergistic effects 00:04:32.509 --> 00:04:36.509 of taking chemicals can be up to 100 -fold. In 00:04:36.509 --> 00:04:38.250 other words, the physiological effects of combining 00:04:38.250 --> 00:04:41.769 exposure to two known toxins can be 100 times 00:04:41.769 --> 00:04:44.410 worse than what might have been predicted by 00:04:44.410 --> 00:04:47.550 simply adding the two known effects together. 00:04:47.670 --> 00:04:49.750 So there's little literature available with the 00:04:49.750 --> 00:04:52.709 specifics currently. This paper outlines numerous 00:04:52.709 --> 00:04:55.009 reasons to suggest that the limited data that 00:04:55.009 --> 00:04:58.329 is available suggests that the frequency and 00:04:58.329 --> 00:05:01.750 likelihood of synergies from combined toxins 00:05:01.750 --> 00:05:05.110 in real -world situations It is much worse than 00:05:05.110 --> 00:05:07.870 people often assume. So the introduction states, 00:05:08.170 --> 00:05:12.529 all living systems, including humans, are sequentially 00:05:12.529 --> 00:05:16.769 and simultaneously exposed to complex mixtures 00:05:16.769 --> 00:05:20.370 of chemicals. So sequentially and simultaneously. 00:05:20.370 --> 00:05:23.189 So we're all exposed to many, many chemicals 00:05:23.189 --> 00:05:28.480 over time and all at the same time. And there's 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.759 over 350 ,000 man -made chemicals and mixtures 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:34.399 of chemicals that have been registered for production 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:38.339 and use. And the myriad byproducts, metabolites, 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:40.879 and transformation products are not included 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.180 in that figure. So in other words, there's 350 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:47.199 ,000 registered chemicals. And those have myriad 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:50.240 byproducts, metabolites, and transformation products 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:54.019 that they undergo and their various uses and 00:05:54.019 --> 00:05:56.279 the ways that we're exposed to them. And they're 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.420 not included. in that figure. The article goes 00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:02.439 on to state the scientific understanding of mixture 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:05.879 effects has advanced in recent years, as has 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:09.240 the development of methods to assess risks from 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.040 combined exposures. Nonetheless, the almost infinite 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:15.180 number of real -life mixtures poses major challenges 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:18.439 for investigations of all possible exposure scenarios 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:21.939 through mixture and component -based approaches. 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:24.019 So I know this is getting kind of technical. 00:06:24.100 --> 00:06:26.839 Regulatory systems were designed to address single 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:29.740 substances through different jurisdictions, often 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:32.899 aligned with specific uses, applications, or 00:06:32.899 --> 00:06:36.399 processes, rather than co -exposure to multiple 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:39.519 chemicals regulated under different legislative 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:43.060 silos. Still awake? So I know it's necessarily 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:44.959 kind of technical to discuss some of this stuff, 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:46.959 but the mechanisms they use to analyze available 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:51.540 studies identify... combinations of various toxins, 00:06:51.699 --> 00:06:54.819 and among these are the synergistic potential 00:06:54.819 --> 00:06:59.259 of combinations of triazine, pririthroid pesticides 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:02.740 in environmentally relevant doses, and they were 00:07:02.740 --> 00:07:07.199 surprised to find synergisms with endocrine -disrupting 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:09.600 chemicals such as phthalates, particularly those 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:13.290 that disrupt testosterone. They also found synergisms 00:07:13.290 --> 00:07:16.170 at low doses for mixtures of organophosphate 00:07:16.170 --> 00:07:19.709 pesticides, thyroid -disrupting chemicals, and 00:07:19.709 --> 00:07:23.709 carcinogenic solvents. So mostly this paper is 00:07:23.709 --> 00:07:25.470 demonstrating that the hundreds of studies that 00:07:25.470 --> 00:07:28.069 are commonly cited to suggest that these chemicals 00:07:28.069 --> 00:07:31.829 are mostly safe and don't have synergistic effects 00:07:31.829 --> 00:07:36.620 are totally inadequate to back up. those assertions. 00:07:36.699 --> 00:07:39.500 The studies are so poorly designed to even identify 00:07:39.500 --> 00:07:43.339 the effects of combining toxins that they simply 00:07:43.339 --> 00:07:45.560 shouldn't be allowed to make the claims that 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.459 they make. Another known phenomenon in chemistry, 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.339 which is only beginning to be studied in environmental 00:07:51.339 --> 00:07:55.860 exposures, is potentiation. Potentiation, where 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:59.000 a supposedly inert substance combines with a 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:02.860 known mild toxin to make it much more toxic than 00:08:02.860 --> 00:08:06.100 previous thought. Additionally, living organisms 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:08.819 during their lifetimes must often cope with environmental 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:11.939 stress, which is different than the optimal conditions 00:08:11.939 --> 00:08:15.660 used in ecological experimental settings. So 00:08:15.660 --> 00:08:18.920 a review of over 150 studies covering stressors 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:23.600 like heat, cold, desiccation, oxygen depletion, 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.459 and exposure to pathogens and immune compromising 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:30.439 factors, combined with a variety of environmental 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:34.019 pollutants, revealed. that synergistic interactions 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:37.340 between the effects of various natural stressors 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:40.980 and toxicants were reported in more than 50 % 00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:42.960 of the available studies. So basically they're 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.659 saying that living human beings have stressors 00:08:45.659 --> 00:08:49.059 that make us more susceptible at various times 00:08:49.059 --> 00:08:52.159 due to various forms of stress to any kind of 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:56.820 chemical exposure. and they found indications 00:08:56.820 --> 00:08:59.159 of that in some of these studies, but more data 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:02.000 is needed. So their politely worded conclusion 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:05.580 is, quote, based on the evidence available to 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:08.639 date, assumptions that center interactions in 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:11.460 real -life mixtures are rare, and their likelihood 00:09:11.460 --> 00:09:16.100 being therefore negligible appears to be premature. 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:19.259 Said in plain English, we have no idea how all 00:09:19.259 --> 00:09:21.919 the chemicals we're bombarded with interact with 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:24.200 one another. The few studies that have been done 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.500 on individual chemicals are in and of themselves 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:29.600 inadequate by design to give us any reasonable 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:31.779 comfort in their safety because they totally 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:35.039 ignore the very real world synergistic effects 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:37.659 of combining chemicals in a living human being 00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:39.860 as well as the various stressors that can make 00:09:39.860 --> 00:09:42.679 one human being more susceptible to the effects 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:45.419 of these chemicals than another. So the takeaway 00:09:45.419 --> 00:09:50.059 is to protect ourselves. spend $200 or $300 getting 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:52.139 a urine test to measure the toxins that you've 00:09:52.139 --> 00:09:55.139 been exposed to. So I do these on hundreds of 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:57.220 patients over the years. The results of these 00:09:57.220 --> 00:09:59.740 types of tests enable me to recommend various 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:02.539 things that you can do to help your body safely 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:05.259 flush out the chemicals you've been exposed to. 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:08.019 And to be honest, the other benefit of doing 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:10.820 the test is it'll motivate you to do the things 00:10:10.820 --> 00:10:13.779 that you need. Once you've seen the data, you 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:16.580 see it printed on the test results, then, oh, 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.759 my God, where did that come from? People are 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.120 always surprised. I'm never surprised. Anytime 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:23.440 I do these tests, no one ever comes up perfectly 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:26.360 clean. We're all exposed to this stuff. But nonetheless, 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:29.019 anytime I do tests for toxins, be it chemical 00:10:29.019 --> 00:10:32.120 toxins, pesticides, fertilizers, mold toxins, 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:34.600 heavy metal toxins, which can be done with a 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:36.539 urine test or a hair test, people are always 00:10:36.539 --> 00:10:38.700 surprised at the results. Oh, my God, where did 00:10:38.700 --> 00:10:40.860 that come from? Well, they're ubiquitous in the 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:43.700 environment. can't avoid, can never completely 00:10:43.700 --> 00:10:46.639 avoid exposure to these things. But exposure 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:49.779 does vary. Your genetic ability to naturally 00:10:49.779 --> 00:10:53.100 flush these things out varies a lot. So two people 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:55.580 side by side in the same household, same genes, 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:58.360 family members, whatever, can be exposed to the 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:01.399 same level of a certain combination of toxins 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:03.340 and have totally different experience because 00:11:03.340 --> 00:11:07.259 one is genetically... better equipped to flush 00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:09.620 those things out. One is getting more nutrients, 00:11:09.740 --> 00:11:12.580 a better diet, better exercise to sweat. Sweat 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:14.799 helps you excrete toxins. There are a whole host 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:18.139 of factors that determine how badly you've been 00:11:18.139 --> 00:11:20.500 exposed to these various things and how equipped 00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:23.860 you are to safely, efficiently flush them out 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:25.960 all the time. So that's what the testing will 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:29.340 do, show you where you are now and identify some 00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:31.860 things that you can do. to help flush out the 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:33.259 burden of things that you're carrying around. 00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:37.639 And invariably, you feel better. People commonly 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.100 report increased energy, mental clarity, and 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:43.539 focus. Your brain is the most sensitive organ 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:46.799 to any toxin or nutrient deficiency anywhere 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.820 in your body. So it's good for anybody to get 00:11:49.820 --> 00:11:53.000 tested for toxins, heavy metals, chemicals, pesticides, 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:58.340 fertilizers, mold toxins. And taking things like 00:11:58.340 --> 00:12:01.240 binding agents. chlorella, a blue -green algae, 00:12:01.419 --> 00:12:04.419 something called modified citrus pectin. These 00:12:04.419 --> 00:12:06.740 are among the things, as well as just getting 00:12:06.740 --> 00:12:09.600 good source of minerals in general in your diet. 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.419 Chlorella in and of itself is a good source of 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:15.039 minerals, but so is eating dark green leafy vegetables 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:19.080 like spinach and broccoli and kale. And combine 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:22.639 this with clean filtered drinking water. Clean 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:24.399 fruits and vegetables in your diet can help you 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:32.669 remove and bombarded with. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. 00:12:32.690 --> 00:12:34.690 You're listening to Safe, Effective, Natural 00:12:34.690 --> 00:12:38.950 Solutions to Almost Any Health Challenge. Last 00:12:38.950 --> 00:12:41.190 week I finished the show talking briefly about 00:12:41.190 --> 00:12:43.809 the Dirty Dozen, Fruits and Vegetables in the 00:12:43.809 --> 00:12:46.649 Clean 15. These are lists of fruits and vegetables 00:12:46.649 --> 00:12:48.490 that have been tested for the most and least 00:12:48.490 --> 00:12:51.970 amount of a number of known pesticides on them. 00:12:51.990 --> 00:12:53.789 These lists are published by the Environmental 00:12:53.789 --> 00:12:58.070 Working Group in the U .S., EWG .org, but a similar 00:12:58.070 --> 00:13:00.149 program in the United Kingdom does it slightly 00:13:00.149 --> 00:13:02.710 differently. It's called the Pesticide Action 00:13:02.710 --> 00:13:07.269 Network. or Pan UK, and it has a really well 00:13:07.269 --> 00:13:10.830 -done website for helping people understand the 00:13:10.830 --> 00:13:14.710 sources and effects of these things. And it reads, 00:13:14.870 --> 00:13:17.049 Are you concerned about pesticide residue in 00:13:17.049 --> 00:13:19.450 your foods? Do you hope to make informed choices 00:13:19.450 --> 00:13:22.730 when you're shopping? This organization has investigated 00:13:22.730 --> 00:13:24.809 and compiled an up -to -date list of the dirtiest 00:13:24.809 --> 00:13:26.850 fruits and vegetables most likely to contain 00:13:26.850 --> 00:13:30.570 cocktails of multiple pesticides. The best option 00:13:30.570 --> 00:13:32.769 is always to buy organic or pesticide -free. 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:35.700 That's not always possible, so this list can 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:37.980 help you figure out which one has the most residues 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:41.100 on it. So the UK government tests roughly 3 ,000 00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:44.120 kilograms of food for pesticide residues each 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:48.120 year. And once the results are published, Pan 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:50.139 UK analyzes this data and makes it accessible 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:52.039 to the general public by producing the annual 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.330 Dirty Dozen. So, in short, pesticides are poisons 00:13:55.330 --> 00:13:57.470 created to kill living organisms, and they're 00:13:57.470 --> 00:13:59.389 commonly referred to as weed killers, insecticides, 00:13:59.610 --> 00:14:02.250 fungicides, etc. When food growers cultivate 00:14:02.250 --> 00:14:05.690 produce on a large scale to supply stores, it's 00:14:05.690 --> 00:14:07.370 quicker and cost -effective for them to spray 00:14:07.370 --> 00:14:10.769 these chemicals to ensure the growing season 00:14:10.769 --> 00:14:13.289 isn't impacted. But certain fruits and vegetables 00:14:13.289 --> 00:14:16.529 are also much more attractive. to certain pests 00:14:16.529 --> 00:14:18.990 than others are, meaning a range of produce is 00:14:18.990 --> 00:14:21.909 likely to be more heavily sprayed than others 00:14:21.909 --> 00:14:24.070 in order to prevent them from being damaged. 00:14:24.769 --> 00:14:28.370 So in order to do so, these pesticides can leach 00:14:28.370 --> 00:14:31.950 into the foods we eat, and it's important to 00:14:31.950 --> 00:14:34.250 protect ourselves from these, otherwise we're 00:14:34.250 --> 00:14:37.230 putting these toxins into our body. They go on 00:14:37.230 --> 00:14:39.029 to stress that certain groups of people are more 00:14:39.029 --> 00:14:41.090 susceptible to the effects of pesticides, especially 00:14:41.090 --> 00:14:45.080 young children and expectant. Exposure to certain 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.039 pesticides at critical stages in development 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:49.360 can interfere with organs and their functions, 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:52.059 particularly endocrine -disrupting chemicals 00:14:52.059 --> 00:14:54.620 that affect hormone systems and have been associated 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:57.100 with learning disabilities, attention deficit 00:14:57.100 --> 00:15:00.340 disorder, and brain development problems. And 00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:02.460 then they also talk about the cocktail effect. 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.159 The government sets safety limits for just one 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:08.100 pesticide at a time, ignoring the growing body 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:10.340 of evidence that chemicals can become more harmful. 00:15:10.889 --> 00:15:13.730 when combined. So this is a phenomenon they're 00:15:13.730 --> 00:15:16.250 calling the cocktail effect. Synergistic toxicity 00:15:16.250 --> 00:15:19.610 is the technical term. And this not only ignores 00:15:19.610 --> 00:15:22.070 the potential risks to human health associated 00:15:22.070 --> 00:15:25.090 with pesticide mixtures found on one item, but 00:15:25.090 --> 00:15:27.929 also those found in one dish, such as a salad, 00:15:28.090 --> 00:15:32.019 let alone an entire day's worth of food. Unlike 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:35.139 the US, this UK organization does not produce 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:39.480 a clean 15 list of foods with lower exposure 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.399 because they believe that the government testing 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.139 program is so limited they don't want to give 00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:45.440 the impression that certain fruits and vegetables 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.779 are free from pesticide residue and show no potential 00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:51.340 harm to human health or the environment when 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:55.360 such contamination is still. So in the U .S., 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:57.259 we have the dirty dozen and the clean 15. In 00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:59.519 the U .K., they only have the dirty dozen because 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:01.960 they want people to know that even the others, 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.759 you still need to rinse your food. But basically, 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:05.299 that's what it comes down to. What does all this 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:06.659 mean? What are we supposed to do with this information? 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:09.419 Well, the main thing is to clean your fruits 00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:11.980 and vegetables before you eat them. But, you 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:14.480 know, time is limited. Not everyone's going to 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.279 remember to clean everything they eat before 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.080 they eat it. And sometimes it's, you know, maybe 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:21.259 not as important. So the ones that are most important 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:25.179 to rinse thoroughly are... In the typical Dirty 00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:27.360 Dozen list, which changes from year to year because 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:29.919 these are based on direct testing of food that 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:32.759 ends up in stores. And so the different spraying 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:35.440 techniques and the seasons, the growing seasons, 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:37.980 the weather, the amount of pesticides that are 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:40.799 put on chemicals is not exactly the same in all 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.860 places at all times. It varies so that the list 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.860 of the Dirty Dozen changes each year. But the 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:46.279 ones that appear at the top of the list every 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:49.259 year recurringly are strawberries, peaches, grapes, 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:53.399 nectarines, cherries, apples, cucumbers, tomatoes. 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:55.740 potatoes apricots notice these are all fruits 00:16:55.740 --> 00:17:00.639 with thin skins also lettuce celery peppers pears 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:03.279 and potatoes these are the most important fruits 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:06.359 and vegetables to thoroughly clean before consuming 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:08.740 so strawberries peaches grapes nectarines cherries 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:12.140 apples cucumbers tomatoes apricots lettuce celery 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:14.480 peppers pears and potatoes that's a little bit 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:16.660 more than a dozen and you can anytime if you 00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:19.519 forget you want to refer to this again just google 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.619 an image search for the dirty dozen and you'll 00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:26.160 see a picture listing these various lists that 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:28.529 are that are tested for every year So in the 00:17:28.529 --> 00:17:30.769 U .S., the Environmental Working Group also lists 00:17:30.769 --> 00:17:33.369 the Clean 15. And this is probably a good idea, 00:17:33.410 --> 00:17:35.849 especially if you know you're not rinsing all 00:17:35.849 --> 00:17:37.349 of your fruits and vegetables and you want to 00:17:37.349 --> 00:17:39.789 know the ones that are maybe less important to 00:17:39.789 --> 00:17:43.190 do so. And they are. The Clean 15 always includes 00:17:43.190 --> 00:17:46.170 things like avocados, pineapple, sweet peas, 00:17:46.470 --> 00:17:50.130 asparagus, papayas, eggplant, grapefruit, cauliflower, 00:17:50.589 --> 00:17:55.930 sweet corn, cabbage, onions, mangoes. kiwi, cantaloupe, 00:17:55.930 --> 00:18:00.369 and honeydew melons, broccoli, and mushrooms. 00:18:00.630 --> 00:18:03.230 So these are foods that are less important to 00:18:03.230 --> 00:18:05.190 thoroughly rinse before consuming because they're 00:18:05.190 --> 00:18:07.990 more resistant to pests on their own, so the 00:18:07.990 --> 00:18:12.329 growers don't spray as many pesticides on them. 00:18:12.929 --> 00:18:15.710 Another common question I get is what's the best 00:18:15.710 --> 00:18:17.970 way to wash the fruits and vegetables? So you 00:18:17.970 --> 00:18:20.529 should, this is from the National Pesticide Information 00:18:20.529 --> 00:18:24.609 Center at Oregon State University. They recommend 00:18:24.609 --> 00:18:26.609 washing fruits and vegetables even if you don't 00:18:26.609 --> 00:18:29.789 plan to eat the skin. Wash your hands with soap 00:18:29.789 --> 00:18:32.009 and warm water before and after handling the 00:18:32.009 --> 00:18:34.009 fresh fruits and vegetables. And then hold the 00:18:34.009 --> 00:18:37.029 fruit under flowing water or in a strainer. So 00:18:37.029 --> 00:18:38.410 this is important. A lot of people think, oh, 00:18:38.410 --> 00:18:41.170 I need to soak. fruits and vegetables to, to 00:18:41.170 --> 00:18:43.269 dissolve those things and get them up. They're 00:18:43.269 --> 00:18:46.630 actually really easy to rinse off. And the important 00:18:46.630 --> 00:18:49.410 thing is you want to rinse them off so that that 00:18:49.410 --> 00:18:51.589 stuff that you're rinsing off will go down the 00:18:51.589 --> 00:18:53.710 drain and you get it out of there. Soaking is 00:18:53.710 --> 00:18:55.869 actually not a good idea. You don't need to soak 00:18:55.869 --> 00:18:59.730 them to get the things to, you know, get to loosen 00:18:59.730 --> 00:19:02.960 the. the stuff from the surface. It's better 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:05.019 to use a colander for berries or anything that'll 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:07.500 fit that's, you know, not a big chunk of like 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:09.720 a big cauliflower or broccoli. It's easy just 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:13.039 to hold it. Smaller things, put in a colander 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:15.880 to strain them. But the point is, the best way 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:18.980 is just to hold them under running water to rinse 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:21.099 the things off. You do not need to and it's not 00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:23.279 recommended to wash fruits and vegetables with 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:27.339 soap or detergents or commercial produce washes 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:31.109 or baking soda, any of these things. especially 00:19:31.109 --> 00:19:34.430 soap because soap can actually leave a film and 00:19:34.430 --> 00:19:40.049 cause some of the things to stick to the get 00:19:40.049 --> 00:19:42.430 stuck in the film and you're not rinsing it off 00:19:42.430 --> 00:19:45.309 it's just making it adhere more so these these 00:19:45.309 --> 00:19:46.950 things are actually they've tested they test 00:19:46.950 --> 00:19:50.170 this in the lab they test these various washing 00:19:50.170 --> 00:19:53.829 methods and the jury is in the the easiest way 00:19:53.829 --> 00:19:56.769 is just to hold it under running water and rinse 00:19:56.769 --> 00:19:59.490 it off. Some things, like with a thicker skin, 00:19:59.589 --> 00:20:02.470 like melons and potatoes, it's okay to clean 00:20:02.470 --> 00:20:03.990 with it, or if they have a lot of dirt on them 00:20:03.990 --> 00:20:06.269 especially, with a little brush, scrubbing them, 00:20:06.329 --> 00:20:08.329 scrubbing the firm fruits can help get more of 00:20:08.329 --> 00:20:10.910 the residues off. And things that are softer, 00:20:11.049 --> 00:20:14.210 like grapes or some other things that are, you 00:20:14.210 --> 00:20:16.470 don't want to use a brush but feel sticky, or 00:20:16.470 --> 00:20:18.089 if you still suspect that you're not getting 00:20:18.089 --> 00:20:20.029 it all off just by rinsing, you can rub them 00:20:20.029 --> 00:20:23.789 while holding them underwater. And the fragile 00:20:23.789 --> 00:20:27.650 things like berries. them in a colander. So you 00:20:27.650 --> 00:20:30.029 can also discard the outer leaves of leafy produce 00:20:30.029 --> 00:20:33.690 like lettuce and cabbage and peel things that 00:20:33.690 --> 00:20:37.009 can be peeled like peaches or apples. Of course, 00:20:37.029 --> 00:20:38.769 it's better to rinse them because there's lots 00:20:38.769 --> 00:20:40.910 of nutrients just in the skin and just beneath 00:20:40.910 --> 00:20:43.740 the skin. Heating can help get rid of residues 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:45.339 from some things, but you might be getting rid 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:48.380 of some nutrients as well. And there's no method 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:50.859 of washing produce that is 100 % effective for 00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:53.900 removing all pesticides residues. So that's why 00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:56.740 it's important to just keep that in mind as a 00:20:56.740 --> 00:21:00.369 general. We're all exposed to these things. And 00:21:00.369 --> 00:21:01.789 it's not something that you want to waste time 00:21:01.789 --> 00:21:03.970 worrying about. It's just something to be aware 00:21:03.970 --> 00:21:06.190 of and do something about. So just know that 00:21:06.190 --> 00:21:07.869 you're going to be exposed to small amounts of 00:21:07.869 --> 00:21:10.089 these no matter what you do. And the best thing 00:21:10.089 --> 00:21:12.710 for that is to eat the healthy fruits and vegetables 00:21:12.710 --> 00:21:14.609 because the nutrients, especially the minerals 00:21:14.609 --> 00:21:17.730 in healthy vegetables, are among the things that 00:21:17.730 --> 00:21:20.069 your body uses to flush out toxins that you're 00:21:20.069 --> 00:21:23.220 inevitably exposed to. Fruits and vegetables 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:25.660 in our own gardens in Southern California are 00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:29.140 periodically and currently coated with a fine 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:32.119 coating of ash from aerial wildfires. So, you 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:34.900 know, get tested and just remember that we all 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:36.519 need to do something to help flush this stuff 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:39.240 out ongoingly. So I was going to talk about this 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:41.799 excellent case that I had. This man in his 60s 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.480 came in with low energy and difficulty sleeping. 00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:47.160 And I did some testing and found some things 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:50.259 that he was deficient in and gave him. some supplements 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:52.299 to help sleep better, and he was doing great, 00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:55.259 feeling great, very happy. I told him that I 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:58.440 suspected that, based on his case history, the 00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.900 type of work that he had done and the places 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:03.099 that he had lived, I had very good reason to 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:06.099 believe that he was exposed to a lot of toxins, 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:09.240 and I recommended that we test heavy metal, chemical, 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:12.180 and mold toxins. Because I just knew that we 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:14.119 were going to find a lot of them. And that would 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.799 motivate him to do something about that. But, 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.420 you know, he was feeling good. And he said, yeah, 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:20.539 I want to do that sometime. I'll keep you posted. 00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:23.359 And, you know, a few months go by. He hasn't 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:27.119 done that. But he comes back in sometime later. 00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:28.579 I forget. It might have been a year later, a 00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:30.900 few months later. And he's got this huge rash 00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:33.700 all over his back, his neck, both arms, and both 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:37.059 hands. And it's just really, really nasty. Pussy, 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:42.950 red. pustules, oozing, slimy, painful, horrible 00:22:42.950 --> 00:22:45.710 rash. And he's been to several other doctors. 00:22:45.829 --> 00:22:48.890 He's been taking cortisol, steroids, creams, 00:22:49.029 --> 00:22:51.970 everything his dermatologist can give him. Nothing's 00:22:51.970 --> 00:22:54.250 helping it. And he's really, really upset. And 00:22:54.250 --> 00:22:56.569 I said, well, you know, your skin is an organ 00:22:56.569 --> 00:22:59.829 of elimination. Your skin, sweat glands, your 00:22:59.829 --> 00:23:03.549 follicles help flush out. And so sweating is 00:23:03.549 --> 00:23:05.289 something that anybody can do sometime, often 00:23:05.289 --> 00:23:08.650 even for free, to help your body slowly flush 00:23:08.650 --> 00:23:10.809 out toxins that you're exposed to. But anyway, 00:23:10.849 --> 00:23:12.750 he really needed some help. And so I said, well, 00:23:12.809 --> 00:23:14.789 we need to do that testing that I was talking 00:23:14.789 --> 00:23:17.069 about before. And we did. We tested it. And he 00:23:17.069 --> 00:23:21.329 had high mold toxins, high chemical toxins, and 00:23:21.329 --> 00:23:24.210 high heavy metals. Just all kinds of stuff from 00:23:24.210 --> 00:23:25.910 exposures, from the type of work that he was 00:23:25.910 --> 00:23:28.789 doing mainly, but also just the area of the country 00:23:28.789 --> 00:23:32.789 that he lived in. was noted for exposure. So 00:23:32.789 --> 00:23:34.869 anyway, I put him on some nutrients, modified 00:23:34.869 --> 00:23:37.750 citrus pectin, chlorella for heavy metals, some 00:23:37.750 --> 00:23:40.109 other specific nutrients based on his testing. 00:23:40.289 --> 00:23:41.529 And I told him it was going to take a while. 00:23:41.549 --> 00:23:44.509 It took about six months to really make a huge 00:23:44.509 --> 00:23:46.289 difference. And he was really upset because he 00:23:46.289 --> 00:23:49.529 came back about three or four months later and 00:23:49.529 --> 00:23:51.869 his rash was, you know. only slightly better. 00:23:51.950 --> 00:23:53.529 I said, I told you it's going to take four to 00:23:53.529 --> 00:23:56.890 six months, whatever it was. But then when he 00:23:56.890 --> 00:23:59.809 came back after that period of time, his rash 00:23:59.809 --> 00:24:02.769 was completely gone. After all kinds of cortisone 00:24:02.769 --> 00:24:04.730 creams, no other doctors could help him, just 00:24:04.730 --> 00:24:06.690 doing the healthy thing, flushing out the toxins 00:24:06.690 --> 00:24:08.289 that his body was trying to flush out through 00:24:08.289 --> 00:24:10.549 his skin. I removed them, and that was a couple 00:24:10.549 --> 00:24:12.309 of years ago. He moved out of state, and I spoke 00:24:12.309 --> 00:24:14.890 to him a few weeks ago, and he's still doing 00:24:14.890 --> 00:24:17.299 great. As always, thank you for tuning in. We 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:19.660 are out of time. Have a fabulous weekend. Send 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:22.000 in your questions to drbinkley at binkleyhealingcenter 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:23.920 .com. I look forward to speaking with you right 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:27.299 here next Friday at 2 p .m. See you then. 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