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 --> 00:00:10.419 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:10.419 --> 00:00:15.259 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.259 --> 00:00:17.579 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, board -certified 00:00:17.579 --> 00:00:19.940 doctor of non -force chiropractic and practitioner 00:00:19.940 --> 00:00:22.239 of functional medicine. I've got an exciting 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:24.300 show for you today. Among other things, we're 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:27.120 going to talk about how to tell whether or not 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:30.269 your supplements are likely to work. Here's a 00:00:30.269 --> 00:00:32.710 hint. Part of the subject is going to be why 00:00:32.710 --> 00:00:36.929 no one should take supplement gummies. There'll 00:00:36.929 --> 00:00:40.009 be a couple of case studies about a 70 -year 00:00:40.009 --> 00:00:42.130 -old woman who went on a trip to Thailand and 00:00:42.130 --> 00:00:45.729 came back and had three months of diarrhea. before 00:00:45.729 --> 00:00:48.310 she finally came in and we fixed it. And another 00:00:48.310 --> 00:00:51.509 man who had hemorrhoids, bloating, and soft stools. 00:00:51.590 --> 00:00:53.969 That's not a fun subject to talk about, but it 00:00:53.969 --> 00:00:56.649 is really exciting when someone who has, someone 00:00:56.649 --> 00:00:59.009 you know, perhaps yourself, who has those symptoms 00:00:59.009 --> 00:01:02.630 and identifies a way to make it go away and stay 00:01:02.630 --> 00:01:05.209 away. Before we get into that, I've had a couple 00:01:05.209 --> 00:01:07.969 of patients recently mention to me how much they 00:01:07.969 --> 00:01:11.730 enjoyed listening to podcasts, rebroadcasts of 00:01:11.730 --> 00:01:13.750 the episodes of this show that you can listen 00:01:13.750 --> 00:01:17.049 to on demand. Anytime you like. So if you know 00:01:17.049 --> 00:01:19.069 someone and have people in your life, friends, 00:01:19.189 --> 00:01:22.689 family, neighbors, etc., who you think might 00:01:22.689 --> 00:01:25.069 enjoy this information, but for whatever reason 00:01:25.069 --> 00:01:27.590 can't tune in each Friday at 2 o 'clock on the 00:01:27.590 --> 00:01:30.370 radio, then please tell them that all the past 00:01:30.370 --> 00:01:33.250 episodes of this show are available anytime on 00:01:33.250 --> 00:01:35.769 my website at BinkleyHealingCenter .com. And 00:01:35.769 --> 00:01:38.469 they're also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 00:01:38.829 --> 00:01:43.040 and YouTube. So, same thing, the same person 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:45.900 who told me that they listened to these past 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:49.719 episodes recently did so on Apple Podcasts because 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:52.900 a friend of hers told her to do so and it was 00:01:52.900 --> 00:01:54.719 the sort of, she had never listened to an Apple 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:57.459 Podcast before. So, I have listeners of all ages 00:01:57.459 --> 00:02:00.680 to the show and some of them wonder, what is 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.170 a podcast? Most people know what a podcast is 00:02:04.170 --> 00:02:06.349 by now, but if you don't, it's kind of interesting. 00:02:06.510 --> 00:02:10.250 The history of the word podcast is a combination 00:02:10.250 --> 00:02:14.969 of iPod and broadcast. Originally, most podcasts 00:02:14.969 --> 00:02:18.210 were simply rebroadcasts of recordings from radio 00:02:18.210 --> 00:02:21.990 shows and other sources made into MP3 audio files 00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:26.550 that could be played on any MP3 player, the most 00:02:26.550 --> 00:02:29.900 popular of which was, of course, an iPod. So 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:32.580 nowadays, anyone can make a podcast, and most 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:35.680 of us listen to podcasts on our phones or computers. 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:39.680 But in keeping with the historical origins of 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:42.360 podcasts, many national radio shows, especially 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.259 talk radio shows, offer the ability to listen 00:02:45.259 --> 00:02:47.759 to any episode that you missed on the radio by 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:50.780 searching for and subscribing to their podcasts. 00:02:51.139 --> 00:02:53.460 So if you would like to hear a past episode, 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.080 this shows a couple of benefits to it. If you 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:57.219 have an iPad, if you have an iPhone or an iPad 00:02:57.219 --> 00:03:00.520 or a Mac computer, I find the easiest way to 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.300 do this is with Apple. Podcasts, which is a little 00:03:04.300 --> 00:03:06.500 purple app with what looks like a microphone 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:08.460 with a couple of circles around it that's already 00:03:08.460 --> 00:03:11.740 installed on every iPhone and iPad. And if you're 00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:14.219 tired of finding nothing interesting on television 00:03:14.219 --> 00:03:17.719 or want something interesting to listen to while 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.520 on a road trip or commuting, finding a podcast 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:23.120 with recurring information or entertainment you're 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.659 interested in can be, I think, a wonderful antidote 00:03:26.659 --> 00:03:32.189 to boredom and a great way to distract. an overactive 00:03:32.189 --> 00:03:35.110 mind, which I find relaxing. I listen to podcasts 00:03:35.110 --> 00:03:38.189 all the time, mostly about health -related topics, 00:03:38.349 --> 00:03:43.050 but also comedy, history, news. Arts and entertainment. 00:03:43.250 --> 00:03:46.189 And one of the best features I love is if you 00:03:46.189 --> 00:03:48.150 find that you can't quite hear something properly, 00:03:48.370 --> 00:03:52.370 most podcasts have transcription built in. So 00:03:52.370 --> 00:03:54.490 if you've ever wanted to be able to read what 00:03:54.490 --> 00:03:56.629 I'm saying on this show or anything you hear 00:03:56.629 --> 00:03:58.590 on another podcast, if you haven't heard this 00:03:58.590 --> 00:04:01.590 already, you can even scroll down to the bottom. 00:04:02.189 --> 00:04:04.710 Click on the transcription. You can even copy 00:04:04.710 --> 00:04:07.990 and paste a section, a portion of it, and email 00:04:07.990 --> 00:04:10.569 it to a friend or even print it. You can find 00:04:10.569 --> 00:04:13.870 a full transcription of each episode of this 00:04:13.870 --> 00:04:17.129 show at the bottom of every episode in Apple 00:04:17.129 --> 00:04:20.529 Podcasts and many other podcast sources. And 00:04:20.529 --> 00:04:23.290 while you're at it, if you subscribe to this 00:04:23.290 --> 00:04:25.230 show on Apple Podcasts, I'd really appreciate 00:04:25.230 --> 00:04:27.189 it if you leave a review. You can scroll to the 00:04:27.189 --> 00:04:30.329 bottom, leave a five -star review, and tell others 00:04:30.329 --> 00:04:33.339 what you like about it. My mission is to arm 00:04:33.339 --> 00:04:35.360 you with reliable information you can use to 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:38.319 fill the gap between standard medicine that most 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:39.860 people get when they go to the regular doctor 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:43.800 and why you or someone you love might still not 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:46.819 be getting the results you deserve. Why you might 00:04:46.819 --> 00:04:49.100 still have unexplained symptoms that are very 00:04:49.100 --> 00:04:52.889 real. And I'd love to get that information to 00:04:52.889 --> 00:04:56.050 you in whatever form you would like, whatever 00:04:56.050 --> 00:04:58.910 form works best for you. I also love listening 00:04:58.910 --> 00:05:01.470 to the radio, so I'm glad you do too. I've been 00:05:01.470 --> 00:05:03.790 doing this show for two years now, and the response 00:05:03.790 --> 00:05:08.170 and the feedback have been fantastic. I also 00:05:08.170 --> 00:05:10.910 love doing live presentations, so I'm happy to 00:05:10.910 --> 00:05:13.389 announce a new monthly series that I'm going 00:05:13.389 --> 00:05:16.449 to be hosting in my office in downtown Ventura 00:05:16.449 --> 00:05:18.689 at Binkley Healing Center, downtown Ventura, 00:05:18.870 --> 00:05:22.490 961 East Main Street. If you enjoy what I talk 00:05:22.490 --> 00:05:26.009 about here on the radio show, I try to make the 00:05:26.009 --> 00:05:28.790 focus based on published research and evidence 00:05:28.790 --> 00:05:31.709 -based natural treatments each week, a different 00:05:31.709 --> 00:05:35.269 subject. And so I've scheduled a number of specific 00:05:35.269 --> 00:05:37.949 topics for the next few weeks. months, every 00:05:37.949 --> 00:05:40.470 first Wednesday of the month, I'm going to be 00:05:40.470 --> 00:05:42.889 doing a 30 -minute talk on an important health 00:05:42.889 --> 00:05:46.149 condition, and then I'm going to make time afterwards 00:05:46.149 --> 00:05:49.189 to meet you in person. I'd love to meet you in 00:05:49.189 --> 00:05:51.209 person and answer all of your questions, all 00:05:51.209 --> 00:05:53.850 of the questions your friends or family, please 00:05:53.850 --> 00:05:57.009 bring friends and family, anyone you might think 00:05:57.009 --> 00:05:59.009 might like to hear more about this information. 00:05:59.589 --> 00:06:02.870 October is always Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 00:06:03.689 --> 00:06:06.329 So Wednesday, October 1st, just a couple of weeks 00:06:06.329 --> 00:06:10.470 away now, I'm going to be talking about Breast 00:06:10.470 --> 00:06:12.110 Cancer Awareness Month. That's a great thing. 00:06:12.149 --> 00:06:14.089 More people should be aware about breast cancer. 00:06:15.110 --> 00:06:18.050 Hopefully they'll use that information to prevent 00:06:18.050 --> 00:06:20.310 it. I think the focus should be just be directly. 00:06:20.589 --> 00:06:22.889 Instead of Breast Cancer Awareness, make it Breast 00:06:22.889 --> 00:06:25.730 Cancer Prevention Month. So every October, I 00:06:25.730 --> 00:06:29.149 always like to host a talk on how you can reduce 00:06:29.149 --> 00:06:31.540 your risk. And this is an important distinction. 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.879 There's no way to absolutely prevent getting 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:37.139 breast cancer. There's too many variables, but 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:39.959 there are ways to reduce your risk of getting 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:44.759 breast cancer. And there's 20 ,000 people roughly 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:48.959 every year in America who are dealing with the 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:53.300 aftermath of surviving breast cancer. So standard 00:06:53.300 --> 00:06:55.810 medical treatment. oncology for breast cancer 00:06:55.810 --> 00:06:58.509 has gotten better and better for many many years 00:06:58.509 --> 00:07:02.410 and it's it's great news even if you no one wants 00:07:02.410 --> 00:07:06.050 to have to take chemotherapy and undergo radiation 00:07:06.050 --> 00:07:08.850 or surgery but the standard medical treatment 00:07:08.850 --> 00:07:12.970 for breast cancer in particular is is is better 00:07:12.970 --> 00:07:15.870 than ever and most people you know many many 00:07:15.870 --> 00:07:18.759 more people than ever before are surviving Breast 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.439 cancer. But a lot of those people, women who 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:24.100 have survived, and men, men get breast cancer 00:07:24.100 --> 00:07:27.079 too, a very small percentage. But people that 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:31.079 have survived the gauntlet of chemotherapy, radiation, 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:34.680 immunotherapy, other treatments for breast cancer. 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.759 often end up still suffering with side effects. 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:42.720 And it's really frustrating. I see these people 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:44.540 all the time. They come to me. Sometimes they, 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:46.540 you know, they don't come. I don't treat breast 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:48.699 cancer. No one comes to me and says, can you 00:07:48.699 --> 00:07:51.819 treat? No, I don't treat breast cancer. I do 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:55.600 treat patients for neck pain, back pain, for 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:58.019 autoimmune conditions, for hypothyroidism, all 00:07:58.019 --> 00:07:59.459 the things I talk about on this show all the 00:07:59.459 --> 00:08:02.910 time, who happen to also have survived. Breast 00:08:02.910 --> 00:08:05.550 cancer, and they still have side effects of the 00:08:05.550 --> 00:08:07.709 medication that they took, like neuropathies, 00:08:07.709 --> 00:08:12.089 pain, burning, numbness, and tingling in their 00:08:12.089 --> 00:08:16.430 hands and feet. Brain fog, fatigue. Fatigue is 00:08:16.430 --> 00:08:19.189 a huge one. A lot of times digestive issues, 00:08:19.730 --> 00:08:24.829 just gas, bloating, cramping. It's different 00:08:24.829 --> 00:08:27.970 for everyone, and a lot of times people do just 00:08:27.970 --> 00:08:32.429 fine. The frustrating part, from what I'm hearing 00:08:32.429 --> 00:08:34.789 from patients that have been through this, and 00:08:34.789 --> 00:08:37.549 in the research, it's not an unknown thing. A 00:08:37.549 --> 00:08:39.750 lot of people that survive, breast cancer survivors, 00:08:40.090 --> 00:08:43.649 don't really get that much support after they 00:08:43.649 --> 00:08:47.409 survive the cancer. They're told that these side 00:08:47.409 --> 00:08:51.230 effects from the therapy we gave you for cancer 00:08:51.230 --> 00:08:55.409 are normal. Well, thanks very much. How does 00:08:55.409 --> 00:09:00.389 that help? The implication is... they're expected 00:09:00.389 --> 00:09:02.389 and there's nothing you can do about it. That's 00:09:02.389 --> 00:09:05.129 the part they don't tell you. If your oncologist 00:09:05.129 --> 00:09:07.330 told you that the side effects you're still having 00:09:07.330 --> 00:09:10.570 from surviving cancer, that's great. You know, 00:09:10.570 --> 00:09:12.750 and it's kind of, I don't know, maybe it's reasonable 00:09:12.750 --> 00:09:15.649 if they've saved your life to not want to be 00:09:15.649 --> 00:09:17.990 bothered too much about the minor complaints 00:09:17.990 --> 00:09:19.769 that you still have because they're busy still 00:09:19.769 --> 00:09:23.470 saving the next person's life. But many, many 00:09:23.470 --> 00:09:27.110 millions of people who are cancer survivors still 00:09:27.110 --> 00:09:30.139 have lingering side effects. like fatigue, like 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:34.279 gut issues, like neuropathies, pain in certain 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.860 areas. And many, many of these things can be 00:09:36.860 --> 00:09:39.360 helped with functional medicine, with diagnostic 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.820 testing to identify places where you still have 00:09:41.820 --> 00:09:45.090 inflammation or nutrient deficiencies. weaknesses 00:09:45.090 --> 00:09:49.590 in your immune system's ability to maximize maintaining 00:09:49.590 --> 00:09:52.149 your health, fighting off chronic infections. 00:09:52.309 --> 00:09:54.230 There's a whole host of things that just most 00:09:54.230 --> 00:09:57.669 people just never even check. When we identify 00:09:57.669 --> 00:10:00.990 those things and replete the nutrients that you 00:10:00.990 --> 00:10:02.850 need and give you the support your body needs 00:10:02.850 --> 00:10:05.929 to heal itself, then folks you know who are excited 00:10:05.929 --> 00:10:08.730 that they survived cancer can also be even more 00:10:08.730 --> 00:10:11.409 excited by the fact that the symptoms that they 00:10:11.409 --> 00:10:14.740 might still have in the aftermath of cancer treatment 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:19.679 are also now finally gone. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:21.639 You're listening to Safe, Effective, Natural 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:24.340 Solutions to Almost Any Health Challenge. Today, 00:10:24.419 --> 00:10:26.419 I'm going to talk more about how to tell the 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:28.639 difference between good and bad supplements. 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:30.559 What does that mean? Well, basically supplements 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.200 that are helpful, that are going to do what you 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:37.019 expect them to do, or maybe not so much. A lot 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:39.870 of supplements are... actually kind of useless, 00:10:39.990 --> 00:10:42.230 especially one a day multivitamins. I've talked 00:10:42.230 --> 00:10:43.769 about this before. I'm not going to go on about 00:10:43.769 --> 00:10:46.980 that today. I'm going to use as an example today 00:10:46.980 --> 00:10:51.419 calcium supplements. The huge gap between useful 00:10:51.419 --> 00:10:55.519 and nearly useless calcium supplements is huge. 00:10:55.580 --> 00:10:58.259 We're going to talk about that today. But I just 00:10:58.259 --> 00:11:00.480 want to give kind of a general context. It's 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.080 great. I have a lot of patients who come to me 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:06.120 who are smart, like listeners to this show, who 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:08.240 do your own research. You're listening to me 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:10.600 now because you want to take responsibility for 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:13.240 your own health. You want to find a way. to do 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:17.379 something that doesn't cost a mint. And even 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:21.340 if money is not an object, the point is to restore 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:24.059 and maintain natural health without becoming 00:11:24.059 --> 00:11:27.679 dependent on drugs. for the rest of your life. 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:30.539 So, you know, you can do your own research. And 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:33.259 I love the, if you, have you ever noticed, raise 00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:36.139 your hand, not if you're driving, but if, you 00:11:36.139 --> 00:11:38.159 know, have you ever been to your doctor and said, 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:40.779 I did this research online. I read about this 00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:43.200 in the medical research every, every week I read. 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.539 I don't know, 20, 30 different studies that come 00:11:46.539 --> 00:11:49.559 in via email. I used to have to pay monthly for 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:52.139 journals to do that. It's wonderful. So much 00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:55.179 information is available now to doctors and to 00:11:55.179 --> 00:11:57.960 patients. You can find information. And while 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:00.620 we're on that subject, please don't read WebMD 00:12:00.620 --> 00:12:03.059 as a source of useful information because that 00:12:03.059 --> 00:12:05.840 is basically just pharmaceutical marketing. There 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.980 are numerous other sources of good. online information 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:12.559 like the Mayo Clinic website, the Cleveland Clinic 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:17.200 website, PubMed, and BinkleyHealingCenter .com. 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:19.879 But if you've ever been to a routine visit to 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.980 your doctor and found that that practitioner 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:25.840 was frustrated with the fact that you looked 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:28.100 up some things online and they didn't want to 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:30.879 be bothered with your questions, well, that's 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:32.919 a sign that you need a different doctor because 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:35.879 so much information is widely available. Most 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.370 doctors now expect their patients, sorry doctors, 00:12:39.470 --> 00:12:41.549 expect their patients to arm themselves with 00:12:41.549 --> 00:12:45.049 information. If they do that well, then it actually 00:12:45.049 --> 00:12:47.570 saves time. If you know what to expect when you 00:12:47.570 --> 00:12:49.049 show up to your doctor's office, you've done 00:12:49.049 --> 00:12:51.629 your research in advance and you're polite and 00:12:51.629 --> 00:12:54.929 present your questions calmly, then that makes 00:12:54.929 --> 00:12:57.190 for a better visit, no matter what the situation 00:12:57.190 --> 00:13:00.480 is. And of course, I'm talking about most people 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.139 who have to rely on the insurance they've paid 00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:07.200 for to go to a standard medical doctor to treat. 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:09.720 They're already, you know, their condition's 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:12.500 already bad enough to need medical care. It's 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:15.220 obviously much better to avoid ending up in that 00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:18.039 situation in the first place. But if you're there 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.299 and you're asking questions that aren't being 00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:23.139 answered, send your questions to me. Email your 00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:26.080 questions to me. People don't realize this. If 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:29.519 something is not right, if you're wondering about 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:32.500 something, many, many other people are having 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:34.399 the same experience. They want answers to the 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.960 same questions. Send those questions to me and 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:40.100 I'll answer them on this show. To be clear, if 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:41.960 you do show up at my office and you need medical 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.559 care, I'm going to refer you out to a proper 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:48.039 medical specialist. So just any doctor that does 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:51.440 routine blood work will identify at least a few 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:54.519 times a year someone who has leukemia. I've had 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:57.039 this experience many times. It's never fun for 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:59.799 the person receiving that news, but leukemia 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:03.159 usually shows up on routine blood work in people 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.509 who are asymptomatic. I've had patients show 00:14:06.509 --> 00:14:09.830 up with symptoms that they had no idea that were 00:14:09.830 --> 00:14:13.049 related to cancer and found out they had cancer 00:14:13.049 --> 00:14:16.029 and had to refer them to an oncologist. I've 00:14:16.029 --> 00:14:18.649 had patients that came in who I x -rayed and 00:14:18.649 --> 00:14:21.289 had signs of an aortic aneurysm and needed to 00:14:21.289 --> 00:14:23.769 go to the hospital immediately to get that treated. 00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:26.799 The point is, if you have someone you love and 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:28.899 they've been to other doctors or they're refusing 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:31.399 to go to a doctor, this is really the big one. 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:34.440 If someone you love is refusing to go to a doctor 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.539 because they're afraid of something that, you 00:14:37.539 --> 00:14:40.000 know, they don't want, you know, some, this has 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:41.799 happened several times where someone will bring 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:44.639 in a spouse, for example, usually a woman bringing 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.120 in their husband or something bringing in their 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:49.139 brother. It's usually a man that doesn't want 00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:54.980 to go to get any kind of treatment. their person 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:58.679 and I do the blood work and you know do a consultation 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.179 I can usually calm them down my office is a little 00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:04.700 bit more inviting warm environment than a hospital 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:08.899 or a you know a sterile doctor's office and I've 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:11.039 had a lot of patients who have been in that situation 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:13.860 where I've been able to calm them down and get 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:16.379 them agree to agree to a few tests where we can 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:19.730 identify what's happening and often identify 00:15:19.730 --> 00:15:22.289 a solution that doesn't involve going to the 00:15:22.289 --> 00:15:24.750 hospital or getting drug therapy, but also other 00:15:24.750 --> 00:15:27.309 times where they really do need to go to the 00:15:27.309 --> 00:15:30.649 hospital immediately or I need to refer them 00:15:30.649 --> 00:15:33.889 to an oncologist or a hepatologist, a liver specialist, 00:15:34.090 --> 00:15:37.549 whatever it is, that will be the outcome. If 00:15:37.549 --> 00:15:40.450 you bring anybody in, the outcome will be they'll 00:15:40.450 --> 00:15:42.070 get a program of treatment that will help them 00:15:42.070 --> 00:15:45.129 or a referral to a specialist if they need that 00:15:45.129 --> 00:15:49.179 or sometimes both. For example, here is a 50 00:15:49.179 --> 00:15:50.980 -year -old man that came in to me a few months 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:53.639 ago. He just came back for a follow -up. When 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:55.399 he came in, he was complaining mainly just of 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:59.620 brain fog. In fact, I give everyone a seven -page 00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:02.220 form with dozens of things to fill out because 00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:06.480 everything affects everything else. Most people, 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.600 especially men, when they come in, have one complaint. 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:13.440 I just want you to focus on this thing. If you 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:17.379 can fix this thing, I'll be happy. Well, that 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:19.960 works if you want drugs. But if you want to use 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:22.919 healthy measures to restore normal balance in 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:25.279 your body, then everything matters. Everything 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:28.000 affects everything else. But literally, all he 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.820 put on his farm was brain fog. Well, brain fog 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:34.179 can be debilitating. It impairs your ability 00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:36.519 to drive or show up to work if you're just so... 00:16:37.230 --> 00:16:40.389 And, you know, especially it's frustrating. It's 00:16:40.389 --> 00:16:43.850 maddening. Brain fog can cause anxiety and depression 00:16:43.850 --> 00:16:46.889 because, you know, things aren't working the 00:16:46.889 --> 00:16:49.250 way they used to be. And there is apparently 00:16:49.250 --> 00:16:51.610 no reason for that. Well, there are reasons for 00:16:51.610 --> 00:16:56.029 it. Not always, but usually they can be identified 00:16:56.029 --> 00:16:58.669 on testing. So this man's, 50 -year -old man's 00:16:58.669 --> 00:17:01.049 main complaint was brain fog. But then when I, 00:17:01.049 --> 00:17:03.450 you know, went through his form with him, he 00:17:03.450 --> 00:17:07.390 also revealed that he had bloating, gas, soft 00:17:07.390 --> 00:17:09.490 stools. Nobody likes to talk about diarrhea, 00:17:09.650 --> 00:17:12.910 but that was really one of his major complaints. 00:17:13.650 --> 00:17:16.630 Hemorrhoids, also not a fun topic. Some sinus. 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:21.339 uh, symptoms and gastric reflux, you know, heartburn 00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:25.539 things, uh, acid floating back up into your esophagus 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:28.900 where it should not be. Your stomach should always 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:31.299 have strong acid. You shouldn't have any acid 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:34.099 leaking up into your esophagus. So he was, he 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:36.460 was sort of blown away when I told him that, 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:38.839 okay, you have symptoms of acid reflux. What 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:41.660 I'm going to recommend you do is take betaine 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:46.099 hydrochloric acid. What? I have acid reflux and 00:17:46.099 --> 00:17:49.900 you want me to take more acid? Yes. Why is that? 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:54.220 Because the only reason anyone has gastric esophageal 00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:58.440 reflux or heartburn, anything that's the result 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:02.160 of acid in your esophagus, the tube between your 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:04.440 throat and your stomach, is because the sphincter, 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:08.269 the muscle, the valve that closes off. The tube 00:18:08.269 --> 00:18:10.609 that goes from your throat to your stomach, the 00:18:10.609 --> 00:18:15.089 lower esophageal sphincter, that rely, that valve 00:18:15.089 --> 00:18:19.509 is always closed. And when you eat food that... 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:22.519 is going to cause your stomach to produce more 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:25.000 acid, especially meat, but any kind of heavy 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:28.880 protein, fat, anytime you eat any food, your 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:31.160 stomach is going to start to produce hydrochloric 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:34.240 acid to digest that food. But if you have a heavy 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:36.940 protein or fat meal, your stomach will produce 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:39.539 more hydrochloric acid. And if it doesn't produce 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:42.500 enough, then it's going to be very difficult 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:46.740 for you to digest that meal. And in any case, 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.619 Whenever, whatever food hits your stomach, the 00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:51.480 receptors in your stomach are going to send a 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.700 message to your brain to tell your stomach to 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:56.640 produce more hydrochloric acid when needed. The 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.440 problem is. If you don't also simultaneously 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:04.920 get a message to strongly contract that sphincter 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:07.680 at the top of your stomach, at the bottom of 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:10.079 your esophagus, where that transition between 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:12.539 when you swallow food, it travels down your throat 00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:14.440 and to the stomach, there's a sphincter there. 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:18.619 It's very similar to the valve at the end of 00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:21.619 the digestive tract where all of the waste products 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:24.900 of your meals are eliminated. That valve is always 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:28.569 closed, but it's loosely closed. If suddenly 00:19:28.569 --> 00:19:31.250 you have a need to strongly contract that muscle 00:19:31.250 --> 00:19:34.109 to keep something from coming out, you have the 00:19:34.109 --> 00:19:37.890 conscious ability to do that. So similarly, the 00:19:37.890 --> 00:19:40.930 lower esophageal sphincter, the valve at the 00:19:40.930 --> 00:19:43.089 top of the stomach, at the bottom of the tube 00:19:43.089 --> 00:19:46.170 from the throat to your stomach, that valve is 00:19:46.170 --> 00:19:49.150 always closed. When a bolus of food that you've 00:19:49.150 --> 00:19:53.250 chewed and swallowed hits that valve, The valve 00:19:53.250 --> 00:19:55.369 opens, the food goes through, and then it closes 00:19:55.369 --> 00:19:59.230 again. But when you eat a big meal with a lot 00:19:59.230 --> 00:20:01.690 of protein and fat, your stomach immediately 00:20:01.690 --> 00:20:04.470 senses that, sends signals to your brain, which 00:20:04.470 --> 00:20:06.970 come back down and cause the production of strong 00:20:06.970 --> 00:20:11.369 acid. Everyone hears about, oh, I want my body 00:20:11.369 --> 00:20:14.170 to be alkaline. That's true. Most of your body 00:20:14.170 --> 00:20:18.109 should be alkaline. But your stomach should be 00:20:18.109 --> 00:20:22.799 a boiling cauldron. of strong acid. You need 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:26.519 that acid to break down and digest any protein 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:30.160 that you're eating, magnesium, calcium, iron, 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:33.200 B12, a whole host of other nutrients. If you 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:35.720 take antacids, you're going to be deficient in 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:38.259 all of those things. And that strong stomach 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:41.339 acid is your first line of defense against any 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:44.319 infections and any infectious agents, any bacteria 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:47.599 that might get in and cause an infection in your 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:50.640 gut or your colon. And this man's blood test 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:54.160 clearly showed that he had a deficiency of hydrochloric 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:56.700 acid. The way that shows up on your blood test 00:20:56.700 --> 00:21:00.220 is a deficiency of serum protein levels and multiple 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:04.000 other minerals. He took some betaine hydrochloric 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.039 acid to improve his absorption of protein and 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:09.880 several other nutrients. And he came back a few 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:13.279 months later and said he had less fatigue, no 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:16.970 hemorrhoids. No bloating, no soft stools anymore 00:21:16.970 --> 00:21:20.480 right after a meal like he used to have. No sinus 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:22.640 symptoms. And he was really excited about this. 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:26.759 No reflux. He said it was definitely relieved 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:29.680 by the betaine hydrochloric acid that he was 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:32.940 taking. Even when eating hot salsa, he used to 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:36.079 get really severe reflux symptoms when he'd eat 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:39.500 hot peppers. And when he took extra hydrochloric 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:42.599 acid for his stomach so that it would lock down 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:46.279 that valve between the boiling cauldron of his 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:49.529 stomach to digest those things. and his esophagus, 00:21:49.549 --> 00:21:52.210 it worked. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening 00:21:52.210 --> 00:21:54.930 to Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions to Almost 00:21:54.930 --> 00:21:57.269 Any Health Challenge. And a lot of people are 00:21:57.269 --> 00:22:00.630 surprised when something simple like just taking 00:22:00.630 --> 00:22:03.809 an extra supplement to improve the ability of 00:22:03.809 --> 00:22:06.609 your stomach to absorb nutrients and prevent 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:10.940 a lousy loose sphincter from allowing acid from 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:13.240 your stomach to squirt up into your esophagus. 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:15.519 When people have acid reflux, it feels like a 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:18.119 geyser and it's really just a few drops leaking 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:21.329 up. where they shouldn't be. So the main question 00:22:21.329 --> 00:22:23.170 is, how do you tell the difference between good 00:22:23.170 --> 00:22:25.670 and bad, between supplements that are helpful 00:22:25.670 --> 00:22:28.710 or useless? I love it when patients do their 00:22:28.710 --> 00:22:31.589 own research. Can your doctor say the same? A 00:22:31.589 --> 00:22:34.450 lot of doctors are really irritated when they're 00:22:34.450 --> 00:22:37.509 confronted with questions by smart patients who 00:22:37.509 --> 00:22:39.450 are doing their own research and saying, what 00:22:39.450 --> 00:22:42.630 about if I take CoQ10 or if I take more vitamin 00:22:42.630 --> 00:22:46.670 D or if I take this supplement for this condition? 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:49.819 The main reason most doctors don't want to hear 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:52.460 about and entertain questions about various nutrients 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:55.339 is because they're simply not educated about 00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:58.240 it. It would be nice if all doctors knew about 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:00.279 functional medicine, about nutritional medicine. 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:03.299 They don't. They're busy treating disease, disease 00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:06.559 that people have just waited too long that now 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:09.359 requires medical care. So, you know, give them 00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:11.339 a little bit of a break because they really, 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:14.720 their time is filled with treating people just 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:17.559 waited too long. But if you want, to live long 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:20.460 and live well and give your body a good chance 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:24.180 of preventing you from ending up in a situation 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:27.440 like that, then there are options. You can get 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:31.000 tested earlier. You can identify weaknesses in 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:33.880 your immune system, support that your kidneys, 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:36.500 your heart, your liver, your immune system need 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:39.819 to function well all the time. You want your 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:43.480 body to function at 100 % no matter how old you 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:46.339 are. 100 % for you, whatever that is. is you 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:48.799 want to maximize the ability for your immune 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.119 system to defend you against anything that you're 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:54.819 confronted with that's why some people in the 00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:57.660 same room get their kid comes home from preschool 00:23:57.660 --> 00:24:00.440 with a cold or a flu and one of you gets sick 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.779 and the other one doesn't what's the difference 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:04.539 well genes have a factor but a lot of it has 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:07.630 to do with how well you're taking care of yourself. 00:24:07.750 --> 00:24:11.269 These things can be identified on proper testing, 00:24:11.430 --> 00:24:14.549 and then you can be armed with data that you 00:24:14.549 --> 00:24:17.750 can use to prioritize commitments of precious 00:24:17.750 --> 00:24:21.049 time and money to get the results that you want 00:24:21.049 --> 00:24:23.470 for yourself and those you love. Thank you so 00:24:23.470 --> 00:24:26.329 much for listening. Tune in next Friday. Have 00:24:26.329 --> 00:24:29.170 a fantastic weekend. You've been listening to 00:24:29.170 --> 00:24:32.789 Safe, Effective Natural Solutions with Dr. Todd 00:24:32.789 --> 00:24:35.210 Binkley. If you have a health question you want 00:24:35.210 --> 00:24:56.109 to For safe, effective natural solutions. Here 00:24:56.109 --> 00:24:58.690 on 98 .3 FM, The Word.