WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.040 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:07.059 here on Safe, Effective Natural Solutions with 00:00:07.059 --> 00:00:10.439 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:15.259 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.259 --> 00:00:17.480 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Bankley, board -certified 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:19.739 doctor of non -forest chiropractic and practitioner 00:00:19.739 --> 00:00:22.019 of functional medicine. I've got an exciting 00:00:22.019 --> 00:00:24.219 show for you today. It's going to be mostly about 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:28.199 omega -3 fatty acids, which are mainly, the most 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:30.160 important ones, are from the ocean. All the tremendous 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:32.539 benefits for cardiovascular health for your brain 00:00:32.539 --> 00:00:34.719 and virtually every part of your body benefits 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.219 from getting adequate amounts of these omega 00:00:37.219 --> 00:00:39.579 -3 fatty acids. Before I get into that, I have 00:00:39.579 --> 00:00:42.820 an exciting announcement. When I started this 00:00:42.820 --> 00:00:45.579 program two years ago, I could only imagine what 00:00:45.579 --> 00:00:47.840 kind of response I would get. And it has been 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:51.179 tremendous and a profound blessing. So thank 00:00:51.179 --> 00:00:53.719 you, all of you, who keep tuning in and contacting 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:56.899 me, sending questions, and keep informing yourselves 00:00:56.899 --> 00:01:00.000 and taking responsibility for your own health. 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:02.859 My mission with this show has been to arm you 00:01:02.859 --> 00:01:05.859 with reliable information you can use to fill 00:01:05.859 --> 00:01:09.239 the gap between standard medicine and maybe why 00:01:09.239 --> 00:01:12.750 you're still not getting. what you need or why 00:01:12.750 --> 00:01:14.730 you might still have unexplained symptoms that 00:01:14.730 --> 00:01:17.709 are very real and probably have a solution available 00:01:17.709 --> 00:01:21.459 that is effective and natural and safe. So it's 00:01:21.459 --> 00:01:23.739 been my pleasure to host this show every week 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:25.939 for two years now, but I also very much enjoy 00:01:25.939 --> 00:01:28.959 doing live presentations with a big screen and 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.819 a PowerPoint and the opportunity to see you face 00:01:31.819 --> 00:01:35.060 -to -face and answer your questions. So I'm announcing 00:01:35.060 --> 00:01:37.319 a new series of live events, which will take 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:40.060 place every first Wednesday, the first Wednesday 00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:42.760 of the month, in my office. So this radio show, 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.439 Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions, the radio 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:47.439 show, is now being augmented by a monthly live 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:50.159 presentation in my office in downtown Ventura. 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:52.620 961 East Main Street. And it's going to be the 00:01:52.620 --> 00:01:55.900 first Wednesday of every month, starting October 00:01:55.900 --> 00:01:59.379 1st. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 00:01:59.939 --> 00:02:01.859 And that's a good thing, but I always like to 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:04.239 focus on breast cancer prevention. How can you 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:06.159 reduce your risk of getting breast cancer in 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.039 the first place? How can you reduce your risk 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:10.680 of breast cancer recurrence if you have had it 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.280 before? And for those who are in recovery, how 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.919 can you reduce the debilitating side effects 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:19.479 of chemotherapy, radiation, and other cancer 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:21.960 treatments? These will be the focus of the first 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:25.060 live presentation in my office, October 1st, 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:27.530 Wednesday at 6 o 'clock. Bring your friends, 00:02:27.610 --> 00:02:29.490 bring your family, join us for, we'll have some 00:02:29.490 --> 00:02:31.330 light refreshments and a 30 minute presentation 00:02:31.330 --> 00:02:34.289 followed by questions and answers. This is all 00:02:34.289 --> 00:02:36.430 free of charge and I can, I'll be happy to answer 00:02:36.430 --> 00:02:38.110 any question you show up with. So what common 00:02:38.110 --> 00:02:40.409 questions I get are things like, is it safe to 00:02:40.409 --> 00:02:42.490 take supplements when you're also on medication? 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:45.120 Or how do you know if you're getting all the 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:47.900 nutrients you need to peel whatever conditions 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:50.199 you have and to be truly healthy? How do functional 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:52.939 medicine tests identify these conditions that 00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:56.039 so many other doctors miss? And what are the 00:02:56.039 --> 00:02:58.139 most important tests for you? Everyone's a little 00:02:58.139 --> 00:03:00.659 bit different. So I look forward to seeing you 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:03.199 there, 6 p .m. every first Wednesday. The first 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:06.919 one is October 1st, 6 p .m. in my office in downtown 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:08.879 Ventura. So this week we're going to talk about 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:11.560 omega -3 fatty acids, which are mainly from the 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:15.479 ocean, from eating oily fish like sardines and 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:19.300 salmon and oysters, or taking fish oil supplements. 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:21.340 And one of the most common questions I get is, 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:23.800 can you take supplements while you're on medication? 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.080 And a lot of people, one of the questions that 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.340 comes up around that a lot is if someone's on 00:03:28.340 --> 00:03:31.780 blood thinners. It doesn't necessarily mean that 00:03:31.780 --> 00:03:34.280 you can't take most supplements. The one major 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:37.719 exception to this is if you're taking warfarin 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:42.060 or coumarin, same thing. That's the old classic 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:45.599 and relatively inexpensive blood thinner that 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:47.840 a lot of people still end up needing to take 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:50.039 for various reasons. When you're on warfarin 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:52.759 or coumarin, you can't take vitamin K because 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.159 it interferes directly with the mechanism. of 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:57.759 that drug. But most other blood thinners, like 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.259 things like Plavix, antiplatelet medication, 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:03.939 and Eliquis, drugs like this, there isn't really 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:06.360 any contraindications between most supplements. 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.479 So, you know, ask me if you have any special 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:11.979 questions about that. But it's a common misconception 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:16.639 still that fish oil increases bleeding. Lots 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:18.680 of doctors used to think, oh my God, if you take 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.420 fish oil, it's going to increase your risk of 00:04:21.420 --> 00:04:24.949 bleeding, especially after a surgery. Well, so 00:04:24.949 --> 00:04:26.930 I have a little story for you. I went and had 00:04:26.930 --> 00:04:29.689 a colonoscopy a few years back. I like to practice 00:04:29.689 --> 00:04:32.290 what I preach. Prevention is important. And everyone, 00:04:32.329 --> 00:04:34.050 I didn't really have any strong risk factors. 00:04:34.540 --> 00:04:36.220 for colon cancer, but I thought, okay, I'll get 00:04:36.220 --> 00:04:39.180 that test just so I can say I've done it. And 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:40.839 when I went in, they gave me a list of things 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:44.680 to not take for the week before the actual test. 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:48.560 Don't take any aspirin. Don't take any ibuprofen. 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:51.620 Don't take any fish oil supplements. So when 00:04:51.620 --> 00:04:54.819 I got there the day of the test, the nurse reviewed 00:04:54.819 --> 00:04:56.660 those things. She said, did you take any aspirin 00:04:56.660 --> 00:04:59.259 this past week? No. Did you take any ibuprofen? 00:04:59.339 --> 00:05:00.699 No. Did you take any fish oil supplements? I 00:05:00.699 --> 00:05:02.959 said, yes. I took fish oil every morning this 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.350 week, including this morning, about two hours 00:05:05.350 --> 00:05:08.310 ago. And she says, oh, why did you do that? And 00:05:08.310 --> 00:05:10.810 I said, because fish oil, there's no contraindication 00:05:10.810 --> 00:05:13.389 between taking fish oil supplements and any kind 00:05:13.389 --> 00:05:15.910 of surgery. In fact, it improves surgical outcomes. 00:05:16.129 --> 00:05:18.129 And she looked kind of dumbfounded and said, 00:05:18.230 --> 00:05:20.970 go get the doctor. So she brings him back. The 00:05:20.970 --> 00:05:23.009 gastroenterologist comes up and he says, have 00:05:23.009 --> 00:05:24.430 you got any data to back that up? And I said, 00:05:24.449 --> 00:05:26.149 sure. What's your email? And I sent him several 00:05:26.149 --> 00:05:27.970 studies. The main one was on the Journal of the 00:05:27.970 --> 00:05:31.149 American Medical Association back in 2016, completely 00:05:31.149 --> 00:05:36.120 refuting. any increased risk of bleeding. The 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:38.480 study was published in 2016 by William Harris, 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:40.480 Ph .D. in the Journal of American Medical Association 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:43.220 and says, quote, the idea that fish oil's increased 00:05:43.220 --> 00:05:46.759 risk for bleeding is a legend that persists despite 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:49.740 substantial evidence to the contrary. In 2014, 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:51.839 we reviewed the literature regarding the risk 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:53.899 of clinically significant bleeding associated 00:05:53.899 --> 00:05:56.660 with fish oil use and concluded, quote, these 00:05:56.660 --> 00:05:59.480 agents do not produce clinically significant 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:03.529 bleeding. Well, I also went on to Send him several 00:06:03.529 --> 00:06:05.230 other studies that show it actually improves 00:06:05.230 --> 00:06:07.370 surgical outcomes for many reasons, which we're 00:06:07.370 --> 00:06:09.790 going to get into today. But it was pretty impressive 00:06:09.790 --> 00:06:12.649 because he took that in. He said, OK, and send 00:06:12.649 --> 00:06:14.689 that data to me. And the following week, I think 00:06:14.689 --> 00:06:16.329 it was Monday or Tuesday, the following week, 00:06:16.470 --> 00:06:19.290 I got an email that he copied all his staff on, 00:06:19.370 --> 00:06:22.490 communicating to them now that, you know, the 00:06:22.490 --> 00:06:24.550 latest data shows that there is no increased 00:06:24.550 --> 00:06:27.699 bleeding risk when you take. fish oil supplements. 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:30.000 There was another story that I remember. One 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.040 time I was at a presentation that a dentist was 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:36.480 giving a presentation on a case where he was 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:39.120 worried because it wasn't his patient. It was 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.759 something he read in a dental journal about a 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.519 patient that's developed unexplained profound 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.339 bleeding after a surgical procedure. And the 00:06:48.339 --> 00:06:50.439 article said, you know, you need to find out 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:51.939 what supplements your patient's taking because 00:06:51.939 --> 00:06:54.259 that could be causing the unexplained bleeding. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.060 Well, that's just ridiculous. I said, what supplements 00:06:56.060 --> 00:06:59.100 was she taking? Vitamin D, fish oil, and a couple 00:06:59.100 --> 00:07:00.560 of other things. So I looked up all of those 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:03.560 things. And the following week, this is a meeting 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:05.000 that I attended regularly. And the following 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.899 week, I presented a rebuttal. to that article. 00:07:08.939 --> 00:07:11.540 I actually subscribed to the dental journal in 00:07:11.540 --> 00:07:14.480 question to find all the specific details of 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.300 that article. And searching, you go to the bottom 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:19.759 of these articles, oh, fish oil increases bleeding. 00:07:19.899 --> 00:07:23.240 So said this paper from this journal. And I followed 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:25.620 that down. You go to the bottom of each one of 00:07:25.620 --> 00:07:26.959 these journal articles and there's a reference 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:28.680 that this article referred to this article and 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:30.079 they just kept referring to the same article 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:32.439 over and over and over again that was ultimately 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:37.439 based on a study done in 1981. that said there 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.540 was increased risk of bleeding if you take fish 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:42.300 oil. And it was just ridiculous. I found that 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:44.759 study, and this was so long ago. It was before 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.839 they had the standard test they used to measure. 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:51.180 Blood clotting now, bleeding, risk of bleeding, 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:54.100 international normalized ratio, the prothrombin 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:55.959 time. If you've ever been on warfare and you'll 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:58.819 know about those tests. Instead, back then, the 00:07:58.819 --> 00:08:01.439 way they measured bleeding and clotting time 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.220 was they would produce a little cut, a one millimeter 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:08.600 deep cut, one centimeter long on the skin and 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:11.699 your wrist of controlled incision. Very, very 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:13.980 minor cut, like kind of like scratching yourself, 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:18.139 maybe with a scratch from a cat. And then we'd 00:08:18.139 --> 00:08:20.360 set a timer and see how long it took for the 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:22.339 scab to form. That was how they measured bleeding 00:08:22.339 --> 00:08:24.899 back then. And there was a normal range. And 00:08:24.899 --> 00:08:27.019 this test showed, this study showed that when 00:08:27.019 --> 00:08:28.819 people took fish oil, they went from the very 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:32.419 low point of the normal range for this type of 00:08:32.419 --> 00:08:36.320 measured clotting time to the middle of the normal 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.779 range. So basically what they showed is that 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:41.659 if you take fish oil supplements, your clotting 00:08:41.659 --> 00:08:44.100 time will go from normal. To normal. From low 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:46.879 normal to mid normal. And so all these other 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:50.519 journal articles for years after that headline, 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.039 fish oil increases bleeding, and they just referred 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.240 to the same references over and over again. And 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:57.080 it was ultimately all based on that really, really 00:08:57.080 --> 00:09:01.620 misleading test from decades ago. I'm Dr. Todd 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:03.759 Bankley. You're listening to Safe, Effective 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.360 Natural Solutions. To almost any health challenge, 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:08.279 we're talking about fish oil, omega -3 fatty 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:10.940 acids from fish and fish oil supplements and 00:09:10.940 --> 00:09:13.179 the benefits of that. Here's another study about 00:09:13.179 --> 00:09:17.120 the old, now refuted, completely refuted confusion 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:20.480 in the medical press and among the medical community 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.159 about the interaction between fish oil and bleeding. 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:25.600 This is from the American Heart Association Journal 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:29.379 Circulation in 2018. The background on this is 00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:31.220 listed as fish oil. is among the most common 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:34.580 natural supplements for treatment of high triglycerides 00:09:34.580 --> 00:09:37.740 and prevention of cardiovascular disease. And 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:40.379 however, theoretical bleeding risk, concerns 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:43.299 about theoretical bleeding risk have led to recommendations 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:45.220 that people, patients should stop taking fish 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:48.360 oil before surgery or delay an elective procedures 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:51.000 for patients taking fish oil by some healthcare 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:53.659 professionals. So they tested the effect of fish 00:09:53.659 --> 00:09:56.980 oil supplements on bleeding before and after 00:09:56.980 --> 00:09:59.440 surgery with a multinational placebo control. 00:09:59.529 --> 00:10:03.830 old trial, 1 ,516 patients, average age 63, who 00:10:03.830 --> 00:10:07.970 were randomized to take fish oil or not. And 00:10:07.970 --> 00:10:10.629 they gave them high doses before perioperative 00:10:10.629 --> 00:10:14.230 fish oil. The first two to five days before surgery, 00:10:14.370 --> 00:10:16.809 they gave them eight to 10 grams for two to five 00:10:16.809 --> 00:10:19.690 days before the surgery. That's a lot of fish 00:10:19.690 --> 00:10:23.840 oil. That's about six or eight. capsules of standard 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:25.860 fish oil or eating several servings of fish. 00:10:25.980 --> 00:10:28.659 And then they lowered it to two grams a day after 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:31.639 the surgery post -op. Two grams a day is, you 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:34.179 know, two to three grams a day is a healthy dose 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:36.759 for most people. So the conclusions of this study, 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:40.019 fish oil supplementation did not increase perioperative 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:42.960 bleeding and reduced the number of blood transfusions. 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.360 And the patients who had the highest levels of 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:49.659 omega -3s in their blood had a lower risk of 00:10:49.659 --> 00:10:52.230 bleeding. A lower risk, not a higher risk at 00:10:52.230 --> 00:10:55.590 all. It actually had a lower risk and other improved 00:10:55.590 --> 00:10:58.330 outcomes. So they recommended doing further studies 00:10:58.330 --> 00:11:01.149 to find out and better understand these beneficial 00:11:01.149 --> 00:11:03.149 effects of fish oil. So here's one that was published 00:11:03.149 --> 00:11:05.669 in the Journal of American Medical Association 00:11:05.669 --> 00:11:10.250 Cardiology. The conclusion of which is that omega 00:11:10.250 --> 00:11:12.710 -3 fatty acids present in cold water fish, such 00:11:12.710 --> 00:11:14.529 as herring or salmon, are commercially available 00:11:14.529 --> 00:11:18.610 as supplements, and they can decrease triglyceride 00:11:18.610 --> 00:11:22.169 concentrations 20 % to 50 % by reducing the production 00:11:22.169 --> 00:11:24.669 of triglycerides in the liver and increasing 00:11:24.669 --> 00:11:28.169 their clearance. And importantly, with long -term 00:11:28.169 --> 00:11:31.909 intake, they may increase HDLC, which is the 00:11:31.909 --> 00:11:34.450 good cholesterol, the high -density lipoprotein, 00:11:34.490 --> 00:11:37.940 the good cholesterol. is increased when you take 00:11:37.940 --> 00:11:40.799 fish oil supplements. Another study in the Journal 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:42.899 of American Medical Association looked at the 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:45.179 risk between stroke and omega -3 fatty acids 00:11:45.179 --> 00:11:47.679 and found, this is from 2001, higher consumption 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:51.059 of fish and omega -3 fatty acids is associated 00:11:51.059 --> 00:11:54.679 with a reduced risk of thrombotic infarction, 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:56.980 which means a reduced risk of a clot flowing 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:59.679 downstream and blocking a blood vessel in your 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.360 brain causing a stroke, reduced by taking fish 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:04.919 oil. Well, here's an even more impressive study 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:07.379 on dietary consumption follow -up data from 84 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:10.779 ,688 female nurses enrolled in the Nurses' Health 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:15.399 Study, aged 34 to 59 years, all free from cardiovascular 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.460 disease at baseline in 1980. And then they followed 00:12:18.460 --> 00:12:20.970 up with questionnaires completed. four years 00:12:20.970 --> 00:12:24.529 later, six years later, in 1984, 86, 1990, and 00:12:24.529 --> 00:12:27.909 in 1994. Then they published the data in 2002, 00:12:28.090 --> 00:12:31.090 and higher consumption of fish and omega -3 fatty 00:12:31.090 --> 00:12:33.830 acids is strongly associated with a lower risk 00:12:33.830 --> 00:12:37.750 of cardiovascular disease and death from cardiovascular 00:12:37.750 --> 00:12:41.710 disease. So that's pretty good data, 84 ,000 00:12:41.710 --> 00:12:45.470 women. And it's an important distinction to know. 00:12:45.509 --> 00:12:48.789 People often ask me, well, what about... flaxseed 00:12:48.789 --> 00:12:51.309 and chia seeds and walnuts and the plant -based 00:12:51.309 --> 00:12:54.769 sources of omega -3 fatty acids. So most of the 00:12:54.769 --> 00:12:58.250 studies are studying fish oil from fish, eating 00:12:58.250 --> 00:13:01.009 fish or getting the omega -3 fatty acids from 00:13:01.009 --> 00:13:03.309 fish consumption. So there is some data that 00:13:03.309 --> 00:13:06.929 shows that the omega -3s that are in the plant 00:13:06.929 --> 00:13:09.789 -based sources like flaxseed, walnuts, leeks. 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:13.399 Tiny amounts in almonds, pinto beans, and kale 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.700 have modest cardiovascular benefits. I tell people 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:20.279 to think of flaxseed oil as kind of like olive 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:22.320 oil. It's a good oil to put on your salad. It's 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.320 a good fat to consume in your diet. But the problem 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.399 is that people falsely sometimes assume that 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.080 you're getting all the benefits that you hear 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.240 about from eating fish and taking fish oil supplements 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.960 by... using flax oil on your salad or eating 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:38.340 chia seeds or walnuts. And that's just not true 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:42.279 because your body has to convert ALA, the alpha 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:44.919 -linolenic acid that's in flaxseed, all of the 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:46.840 plant -based sources of omega -3s. If you see 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:48.279 anything that's not from the ocean that says 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.379 good source of omega -3s, that omega -3 they're 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:55.919 referring to is ALA, alpha -linolenic acid. And 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.279 that doesn't really have any benefits in your 00:13:57.279 --> 00:14:01.889 body until it's converted to EPA. or DHA, which 00:14:01.889 --> 00:14:04.789 are the two main omega -3s in fish. And your 00:14:04.789 --> 00:14:09.789 body converts about 5 % of ALA to the famous 00:14:09.789 --> 00:14:13.009 EPA and DHA that are in fish oil. So they're 00:14:13.009 --> 00:14:14.350 good things to have in your diet. They're good 00:14:14.350 --> 00:14:16.710 fats like olive oil. They're a good source of 00:14:16.710 --> 00:14:21.370 high -quality fat calories to consume and get 00:14:21.370 --> 00:14:23.289 the nutrients from that. But they don't replace, 00:14:23.450 --> 00:14:26.590 they don't have the well -understood benefits 00:14:26.590 --> 00:14:31.879 of EPA and DHA. the fish oil, the omega -3 fatty 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:34.419 acids that are in fish and fish oil. And I say 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:36.659 from the ocean, they're also in algae oil. So 00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:39.039 if you're vegetarian and you want a non -fish, 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:40.399 you don't want to have to kill fish to get your 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:44.360 omega -3s, it's a great idea. Algae oil is also 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:49.940 high in the important omega -3s, DHA and EPA. 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:52.919 But for some reason, which I don't understand, 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:55.700 the fish oil, if you're wanting to get some of 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:57.500 this Nordic Naturals is the one I recommend. 00:14:57.559 --> 00:14:59.580 There's a couple other companies. I think actually 00:14:59.580 --> 00:15:01.259 Orthomolecular and Designs for Health have a 00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:04.519 veggie fish oil now too, which all of these are 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:07.500 from algae oil. The problem is they cost about 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:10.320 two and a half times the amount to get the same 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:15.000 dose. of fish oil from algae omega -3s from algae 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.179 versus getting it from sardines and anchovies 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:19.879 which is where the regular fish oil supplements 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:23.259 are made from cold water anchovies and sardines 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:25.840 off the coast of Norway or off the coast of Chile 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:28.340 little fish that haven't been alive long enough 00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:31.399 to accumulate many toxins which the ocean is 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:34.139 filled with So while we're on that subject, don't 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:36.179 buy cheap fish oil. One of the main reasons to 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:39.399 get a high -quality fish oil is because the equipment 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.919 necessary to properly filter and test that fish 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:46.059 oil to make sure that it's free, minimize the 00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:48.669 amounts to an absolute minimum. amounts of any 00:15:48.669 --> 00:15:50.570 toxins that are stored in the fat of that fish. 00:15:50.629 --> 00:15:53.149 You're consuming these particular fish because 00:15:53.149 --> 00:15:55.230 they're fatty and they have high amounts of omega 00:15:55.230 --> 00:15:58.149 -3 fatty acids. But fat is where all toxins are 00:15:58.149 --> 00:15:59.850 stored. If you're exposed to any kind of toxin 00:15:59.850 --> 00:16:01.990 in your environment, it ends up stored in fat 00:16:01.990 --> 00:16:05.860 cells in our bodies. and in fish. So I only recommend 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:08.559 fish oils that I've seen the testing data from. 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.879 And they don't just hand this out. It's hard 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:11.679 to get this information directly from the manufacturers. 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.539 But I've seen the data to prove that the fish 00:16:14.539 --> 00:16:18.460 oils are clean from Nordic Naturals, from Designs 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:21.360 for Health, from Orthomolecular Products, and 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:25.090 from Metagenics. So primarily now I use, I recommend 00:16:25.090 --> 00:16:27.129 to my patients the ones from Designs for Health 00:16:27.129 --> 00:16:29.509 and Orthomolecular Products because they're high 00:16:29.509 --> 00:16:31.870 quality and they don't have the fishy taste or 00:16:31.870 --> 00:16:33.990 the burping issues that some other fish oils 00:16:33.990 --> 00:16:35.370 have. But one of the things I really strongly 00:16:35.370 --> 00:16:37.450 recommend and encourage people to not buy from 00:16:37.450 --> 00:16:40.509 Costco or any other store really is cheap fish 00:16:40.509 --> 00:16:42.889 oil. A good quality fish oil costs about, for 00:16:42.889 --> 00:16:45.730 two capsules a day, about a gram and a half combined 00:16:45.730 --> 00:16:51.669 EPA and DHA dose, costs about $50 to $60 a month 00:16:51.669 --> 00:16:53.929 for two months. $50 to $60 for two months' worth, 00:16:53.990 --> 00:16:57.929 so about $25 to $30 a month for a good quality 00:16:57.929 --> 00:17:01.610 fish oil. So if your fish oil is half that for 00:17:01.610 --> 00:17:05.450 a month's worth, $10 a month for a month's worth 00:17:05.450 --> 00:17:07.089 or something like that, which there's lots of 00:17:07.089 --> 00:17:10.490 places that sell that kind of stuff, I don't 00:17:10.490 --> 00:17:12.529 recommend it. You don't really know what you're 00:17:12.529 --> 00:17:15.029 getting in addition to those omega -3 fatty acids 00:17:15.029 --> 00:17:17.700 and products like that. So Nordic Naturals is 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:19.480 available in stores if you want something that 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:21.160 you can go out and pick up in a health food store. 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:23.819 And other brands are usually only available in 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:26.480 doctors' offices or from websites that doctors, 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:29.059 different functional practitioners carry. These 00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:30.980 are not the only good brands, the only brands 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:32.220 that have been tested. They're just ones that 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:34.519 I'm familiar with and have used on thousands 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:38.180 of patients over the many years and tested before 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:39.980 and after to confirm that they are getting the 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:42.599 anti -inflammatory benefits, the heart benefits, 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:47.630 the changes in brain focus. People with autoimmune 00:17:47.630 --> 00:17:49.529 conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, any kind of 00:17:49.529 --> 00:17:52.289 arthritis, any inflammatory condition, fish oil 00:17:52.289 --> 00:17:53.910 helps with all of these things. And when you 00:17:53.910 --> 00:17:56.470 take the good stuff, you see those changes reliably. 00:17:57.329 --> 00:17:59.049 Here's another great study originally published 00:17:59.049 --> 00:18:01.890 in the Archives of Internal Medicine on the many 00:18:01.890 --> 00:18:05.569 benefits of omega -3 fatty acids. Among them, 00:18:05.630 --> 00:18:08.690 antiarrhythmic, reducing abnormal heart rhythms 00:18:08.690 --> 00:18:11.029 that can cause your heart to skip a beat or cause 00:18:11.029 --> 00:18:14.720 atrial fibrillation. It's an antithrombotic through 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.019 multiple mechanisms that reduce clots that can 00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:19.339 break off and travel to your brain and cause 00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:23.400 a stroke. EPA, eicosapentanomic acid, one of 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:26.880 the main omega -3s from fish oil, enhances the 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:30.099 vasodilation effect of nitric oxide. I talked 00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:32.240 a lot about this in an episode a couple weeks 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:35.759 ago. Nitric oxide helps relax your blood vessels, 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:38.240 reducing blood pressure. It's important to have 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:40.599 adequate acid in your stomach because you need 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:43.420 that to produce adequate amounts of nitrous oxide. 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:45.960 But the fish oil enhances the effect of nitrous 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:49.009 oxide. also relaxing your blood vessels, helping 00:18:49.009 --> 00:18:51.250 to reduce blood pressure and other risk factors 00:18:51.250 --> 00:18:54.849 for cardiovascular disease. Both EPA and DHA 00:18:54.849 --> 00:18:58.910 have also been shown to inhibit the plaque formation 00:18:58.910 --> 00:19:01.490 that causes hardening of the arteries. So the 00:19:01.490 --> 00:19:04.670 effect on lipid metabolism is predominantly its 00:19:04.670 --> 00:19:08.099 ability to reduce the formation of plaques. And 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:10.539 it does this by lowering total cholesterol and 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:13.500 triglyceride concentrations by inhibiting the 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:15.819 very low density lipoprotein and triglyceride 00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:18.160 synthesis in the liver is the mechanism. But 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:20.740 here's the takeaway. Existing evidence from epidemiological 00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:22.799 studies, animal studies, and human intervention 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:25.720 trials supports the role for omega -3 fatty acids 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:28.440 in the prevention of coronary artery disease. 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:31.339 Several randomized controlled trials with omega 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:33.519 -3 fatty acids have demonstrated relative risk 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:35.960 reductions in coronary artery disease similar 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:39.380 to the landmark trials in hyperlipidemia with 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:42.460 the HMG -CoA reductase inhibitor. So that's a 00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:45.259 mouthful. What is an HMG -CoA reductase inhibitor? 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:48.240 These are statin drugs. So basically what the 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:50.660 conclusion of this study says is that fish oil 00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:53.539 works as well as Lipitor. Fish oil works as well 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:56.900 as Zocor, as simvastatin and atorvastatin at 00:19:56.900 --> 00:20:00.660 reducing risk of coronary artery disease. So 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:02.299 did your doctor tell you that? Oh, we want to 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:04.339 put you on statin drugs, but just so you know, 00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:06.299 you could just take fish oil. It probably works 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:08.440 just as well. There's a lot of people that would 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.220 push back on that. I'm oversimplifying a bit. 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:13.599 A lot of people do take fish oil and still have 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:15.859 high cholesterol. Sometimes you need a little 00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:17.579 extra support, but the point is there are ways. 00:20:18.250 --> 00:20:20.349 to effectively lower your risk of cholesterol 00:20:20.349 --> 00:20:22.769 and more importantly, lower your risk of heart 00:20:22.769 --> 00:20:24.869 disease, which isn't the same thing. Cholesterol 00:20:24.869 --> 00:20:27.630 is not the only risk factor for heart disease. 00:20:27.750 --> 00:20:29.230 And there are lots of ways to reduce your risk 00:20:29.230 --> 00:20:31.470 of having a heart attack or a stroke without 00:20:31.470 --> 00:20:34.509 taking statin drugs or any other drugs. And the 00:20:34.509 --> 00:20:36.910 only way you know if you're a candidate for that, 00:20:36.910 --> 00:20:39.670 it's a good... thing that you should consider 00:20:39.670 --> 00:20:42.109 is to get tested, to get proper testing, to identify 00:20:42.109 --> 00:20:43.589 what is your cholesterol now, what are other 00:20:43.589 --> 00:20:45.609 important things that influence cardiovascular 00:20:45.609 --> 00:20:48.009 disease, like measures of inflammation, C -reactive 00:20:48.009 --> 00:20:50.809 protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, which 00:20:50.809 --> 00:20:52.529 is a measure of blood viscosity. You can measure 00:20:52.529 --> 00:20:55.549 how thick your blood is with this sedimentation 00:20:55.549 --> 00:20:58.549 rate test, which is a direct marker of inflammation. 00:20:58.589 --> 00:21:00.269 And there are a few others. So if you identify 00:21:00.269 --> 00:21:02.890 your actual risk factors, not just your cholesterol, 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:06.319 and you do a good job with your diet and supplements 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:09.259 where necessary, you can dramatically reduce 00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:11.599 and test and confirm that you are keeping your 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:14.380 risk at a minimum for cardiovascular disease. 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:17.940 Given your risk factors from family history, 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:20.299 from your diet, from anything else you're doing, 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:22.880 if you test properly and take some things to 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:25.259 alter that and then test again to make sure you're 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:28.380 okay, you can dramatically reduce your risk of 00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:30.799 heart disease. Well, anything that reduces your 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:32.960 risk of heart disease also reduces your risk 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:35.940 of any disorder of the brain, especially Alzheimer's, 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:38.400 other forms of dementia. But depression and anxiety, 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:42.180 mood disorders, Parkinson's, anything that troubles 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:44.940 your brain benefits from having reduced. You 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:46.460 can reduce your risk of those things by having 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:49.099 adequate amounts of omega -3 fatty acids available 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:51.099 to your brain. Your brain is mostly made of fat 00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:53.680 and water. And one of the main fats it is made 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:58.059 from is docosahexaenoic acid, DHA, which you 00:21:58.059 --> 00:22:00.740 can only get. directly from the ocean, from fish, 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:03.940 from fish oil, from algae oil supplements. And 00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:05.880 supplementing that has dramatic effects. There's 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:07.759 some really fascinating studies of people with 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:10.640 traumatic brain injury where they just end up 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:13.319 in a hospital with severe debilitation, inability 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:15.940 to speak, and inability to get out of bed and 00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:19.579 walk, and horrible disabilities from traumatic 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:21.740 brain injuries. Soldiers and people that have 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:23.740 been in car crashes, motorcycle crashes, and 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:27.160 they give them massive doses of fish oil. and 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:29.460 have seen some miraculous recoveries. Your brain 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:32.519 is totally dependent on adequate amounts of omega 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:35.180 -3s to function at its peak and to heal and repair 00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:39.380 from trauma and to regulate stressors like all 00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:41.559 the stresses of modern life that result in such 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:46.619 high incidences of anxiety, depression, and... 00:22:47.230 --> 00:22:49.150 dementia. Because it's anti -inflammatory, it 00:22:49.150 --> 00:22:51.369 also helps reduce any inflammatory condition 00:22:51.369 --> 00:22:54.789 like arthritis. So I recommend fish oil to every 00:22:54.789 --> 00:22:57.029 single one of my patients because of these many, 00:22:57.109 --> 00:23:01.230 many benefits on virtually every aspect of your 00:23:01.230 --> 00:23:03.910 health. Remember, the condition of your body 00:23:03.910 --> 00:23:07.230 is always more important than any... condition 00:23:07.230 --> 00:23:10.589 you've been diagnosed with. So do something this 00:23:10.589 --> 00:23:12.849 weekend to be a little healthier than you were 00:23:12.849 --> 00:23:15.970 last weekend. Go out for a walk. Meet up with 00:23:15.970 --> 00:23:17.430 a friend you haven't talked to in a long time. 00:23:17.470 --> 00:23:20.289 Call somebody that you haven't spoken to in ages. 00:23:20.410 --> 00:23:22.130 Do anything. Whatever you notice is stressing 00:23:22.130 --> 00:23:24.910 you, figure out a way to take a little bit of 00:23:24.910 --> 00:23:27.630 that, reduce that stress just a little bit so 00:23:27.630 --> 00:23:29.950 that you can be a little bit healthier next week 00:23:29.950 --> 00:23:32.829 than you were last weekend. I'd love to hear 00:23:32.829 --> 00:23:34.490 from you. What do you like about this show? 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