WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.100 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:03.100 --> 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 --> 00:00:15.269 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.269 --> 00:00:17.309 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Bankley, board -certified 00:00:17.309 --> 00:00:19.809 doctor of non -force chiropractic, no snapping, 00:00:19.969 --> 00:00:22.629 no cracking, no popping, and practitioner of 00:00:22.629 --> 00:00:25.269 functional medicine. So most of the time on this 00:00:25.269 --> 00:00:27.489 show, I talk about functional medicine, how to 00:00:27.489 --> 00:00:30.609 use more comprehensive and progressive testing 00:00:30.609 --> 00:00:33.369 to identify conditions that other doctors miss. 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.539 If you have someone that you know and love that's 00:00:36.539 --> 00:00:38.299 not getting the help that they think they should 00:00:38.299 --> 00:00:40.759 be getting or the results, especially that they 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:43.020 think they should be getting, then I'd love an 00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:45.020 opportunity to try and help them. If they don't 00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:47.200 need, if that person who's not getting the results 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.119 they expect, if they don't need to go to the 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.000 hospital immediately, then there's a good chance. 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.479 that I can help them. We talk about all kinds 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:56.619 of different conditions on this show that functional 00:00:56.619 --> 00:00:58.560 medicine can help that I've successfully helped 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:02.500 over the years, 30 years, 30 plus years in practice. 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:05.599 And all of the previous episodes of this show 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.680 are available. as podcasts on my website, binkleyhealingcenter 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:12.819 .com. You can also subscribe to the show on Apple 00:01:12.819 --> 00:01:17.680 Podcasts or on Spotify, on YouTube. And on all 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:19.700 of those places, there is a transcript of the 00:01:19.700 --> 00:01:21.620 show. If you want to read or you didn't hear 00:01:21.620 --> 00:01:23.400 something or you wanted to review something quickly, 00:01:23.459 --> 00:01:26.939 you can see the written text for each show transcribed. 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.040 So today, the subject of today's show is toxins 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:32.879 and how toxins affect your health, increase your 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:35.659 risk of certain diseases. And while I'm on that 00:01:35.659 --> 00:01:39.219 subject, I also am doing a live presentation 00:01:39.219 --> 00:01:42.060 in the office every week in downtown Ventura, 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:46.579 the first Wednesday of every month on various 00:01:46.579 --> 00:01:48.540 topics. And the next one coming up the first 00:01:48.540 --> 00:01:51.019 Wednesday of November, which I believe is November 00:01:51.019 --> 00:01:55.879 5th, on toxins and how they affect different 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:58.280 conditions. Who do you know perhaps that has 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:00.939 an unexplained rash? This is something that comes 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:03.519 up a lot, people that have rashes. and nothing 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.019 else, and nothing seems to help get rid of them, 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:07.799 especially just doing steroids. It's the most 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:10.479 common medical therapy, which often doesn't work. 00:02:11.259 --> 00:02:14.319 There's usually a toxic exposure there. In my 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:16.300 experience, I've helped people with really, really 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:20.280 horrible rashes that were eliminated after we 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.159 got identified specific toxins that have built 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.520 up and got their body to safely and effectively 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:27.379 flush those things out. Your skin is an organ 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:31.300 of elimination. And so if it's having trouble 00:02:31.300 --> 00:02:33.560 flushing something out, a rash is often the result. 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.439 But also persistent autoimmune conditions like 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.159 rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's, low thyroid, 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:42.860 lupus, multiple sclerosis, all these autoimmune 00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:45.680 conditions are much more likely to occur and 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.840 often are worse. The symptoms expressed by them 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.719 are often worse if you have a significant body 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:54.789 burden. of various toxins. And then, you know, 00:02:54.789 --> 00:02:56.629 they also increase your risk of certain types 00:02:56.629 --> 00:02:58.889 of cancers. So if you have a family history of 00:02:58.889 --> 00:03:03.870 certain cancers. or exposure in your work if 00:03:03.870 --> 00:03:06.430 you worked around industrial chemicals or around 00:03:06.430 --> 00:03:09.430 farms, or even if you didn't work on the farm 00:03:09.430 --> 00:03:11.689 but you lived near fields and your windows are 00:03:11.689 --> 00:03:14.169 open and they're spraying chemicals on those 00:03:14.169 --> 00:03:15.969 fields, that can increase your risk of all these 00:03:15.969 --> 00:03:19.169 things. And the stress that chemicals and other 00:03:19.169 --> 00:03:22.169 toxins, heavy metals, impose on your immune system. 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.159 It's a challenge. So if you have a body burden 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:27.960 of these chemicals and other toxins, it stresses 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:29.960 your immune system and it can make it more difficult 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:33.120 for you to fight off many conditions, especially 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:36.159 many cancers. And most doctors just don't text 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:39.639 for toxic exposure. So at best, they'll do blood 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:42.080 tests if you have a known exposure. And this 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:43.900 is the least important type of test for most 00:03:43.900 --> 00:03:46.580 toxins. Now, if you have an acute exposure to 00:03:46.580 --> 00:03:50.340 mercury or arsenic or... glyphosate, which is 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:53.900 one of the most common pesticides, or other pesticides, 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:56.900 benzene, other industrial chemicals. These things 00:03:56.900 --> 00:04:00.520 will show up on a blood test if you've recently 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.659 been exposed to a lot of them. But your body's 00:04:03.659 --> 00:04:05.400 really good at flushing these things out as best 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:09.379 it can. And so when it does that, one of the 00:04:09.379 --> 00:04:11.560 ways it does that is by pulling things out of 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.199 circulation so it's not continually exposing 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.220 every cell in your body to this chemical over 00:04:16.220 --> 00:04:17.939 and over and over again. What it can't flush 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:21.439 out, through the kidneys and colon, it will shove 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:23.480 into fat cells just to get it out of circulation. 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:27.620 So that's a defense mechanism to try and reduce 00:04:27.620 --> 00:04:29.379 the exposure of the rest of your body to this 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:33.000 stuff that is unable to eliminate. But the downside 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.100 is that ends up stored in your fat cells forever. 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.899 And most people don't get testing for these things 00:04:38.899 --> 00:04:41.600 because they're usually totally unaware of when 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.379 they're exposed to them. Often, if you are, you 00:04:44.379 --> 00:04:48.850 get an acute exposure to something at work from, 00:04:48.970 --> 00:04:50.870 you know, a spill or something like that, then 00:04:50.870 --> 00:04:52.750 it's obvious and you'll get tested. But if you're 00:04:52.750 --> 00:04:54.430 not, most people are just, you know, have low 00:04:54.430 --> 00:04:57.910 -grade exposure to these things over years, decades 00:04:57.910 --> 00:05:00.649 even. And the symptoms usually don't show up 00:05:00.649 --> 00:05:04.329 from a long -term chronic exposure until many, 00:05:04.410 --> 00:05:06.620 many years later. So even if you've suspected 00:05:06.620 --> 00:05:08.939 toxins and gone and had blood tests for various 00:05:08.939 --> 00:05:11.139 things and they've told you that you're fine, 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.959 that is not necessarily true because as a protective 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:15.959 mechanism, your body shoves these things into 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:17.759 fat cells and then they'll still be stored there 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.899 indefinitely forever. But you can identify that 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:25.040 body burden mainly doing urine tests. So most 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.399 of the tests for chemical toxins, for mold toxins, 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.779 heavy metals are urine tests. And heavy metals 00:05:30.779 --> 00:05:33.259 can also be tested. With a hair test, just like 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:36.160 they test for drugs, for employee drug tests. 00:05:36.660 --> 00:05:38.899 With a hair test, you can also measure heavy 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:42.000 metals in a hair test. So when you identify your 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:43.759 body burden of these things, which is essential 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:46.300 because everyone is different. Everyone's exposure 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:48.560 to these things is different. Your genetic ability 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:53.160 to excrete those things, even if you are independent 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:56.300 of the exposure, varies. And whether or not you're 00:05:56.300 --> 00:05:58.199 getting the nutrients you need to effectively 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:00.600 excrete them. It varies tremendously from one 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:01.980 person to the next. So that's why it's so important 00:06:01.980 --> 00:06:04.240 to test to see what you're dealing with. And 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:05.939 then you can take some steps to flush these things 00:06:05.939 --> 00:06:08.899 out safely and effectively. You don't want to 00:06:08.899 --> 00:06:10.639 flush them out if you hear about people that 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:12.639 have done these weekend cleanses. So I'm going 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:14.839 to do a liver detox or some other kind of cleanse, 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.899 some mix that you drink and don't eat or do a 00:06:18.899 --> 00:06:21.160 kind of a fast. Some of those things can be dangerous 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:23.060 because if you pull things out of storage too 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:25.759 fast, then it'll make you sick. And whenever 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:27.920 you're pulling these things out of fat cells, 00:06:28.430 --> 00:06:30.449 You're pulling them into circulation and you 00:06:30.449 --> 00:06:32.310 want to get that out. You want to flush those 00:06:32.310 --> 00:06:33.970 things out through the kidneys and colon as quickly 00:06:33.970 --> 00:06:36.470 as possible. So if you have no idea what your 00:06:36.470 --> 00:06:39.029 body burden is and you do one of these cleanses 00:06:39.029 --> 00:06:41.230 sort of at random without testing, then you can 00:06:41.230 --> 00:06:44.040 make yourself sick. So nobody wants that. But 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:45.800 when you do it properly, slowly and effectively, 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.279 identify your body burden, what you're exposed 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.379 to, what your body is storing safely, and effectively 00:06:51.379 --> 00:06:53.620 excrete those things with some binding agents 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:56.800 and some antioxidants and some other things that 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:59.379 effectively help your kidneys and colon escort 00:06:59.379 --> 00:07:02.180 those things out. And then you retest months 00:07:02.180 --> 00:07:04.540 later to make sure you're on the right track. 00:07:05.459 --> 00:07:08.040 So you may wonder, well, how do I know if I need 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:10.920 to get a test for various toxins? How do you 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:13.259 know that that should be a priority for you or 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:16.500 not? Well, I recommend... that anyone with the 00:07:16.500 --> 00:07:18.439 conditions that I mentioned earlier, an autoimmune 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:20.779 condition, but even if you just have risk factors 00:07:20.779 --> 00:07:23.639 for certain cancers, or obviously if you know 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:25.540 you've been exposed to something over the years, 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.300 the only way to tell is to be tested. But here's 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:31.180 a specific example. A 32 -year -old male came 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:35.279 to me a few years ago with dizziness, brain fog, 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:40.360 debilitating fatigue, runny nose, cough, nausea. 00:07:40.750 --> 00:07:43.110 soft stools and insomnia. So that's a lot of 00:07:43.110 --> 00:07:45.269 symptoms. He was really miserable, but he looked 00:07:45.269 --> 00:07:47.269 perfectly healthy. Perfect. It looked like a 00:07:47.269 --> 00:07:51.389 perfectly healthy fit 32 year old man. And over 00:07:51.389 --> 00:07:53.449 the previous seven months before he came to me, 00:07:53.470 --> 00:07:56.709 he'd been to the ER five times. He'd seen three 00:07:56.709 --> 00:08:00.029 ear, nose and throat specialists and a neurologist 00:08:00.029 --> 00:08:03.730 and a cardiologist. And as he explained it, for 00:08:03.730 --> 00:08:05.850 seven months now, I wake up every morning, have 00:08:05.850 --> 00:08:08.230 to sit on the edge of the bed for 20 to 30 minutes 00:08:08.230 --> 00:08:11.250 and wait till my head stops spinning. It feels 00:08:11.250 --> 00:08:14.129 like I'm drunk, but I don't drink. Then I go 00:08:14.129 --> 00:08:16.149 to work, but I have half the energy that I should 00:08:16.149 --> 00:08:19.189 have and constantly feel like I'm about to throw 00:08:19.189 --> 00:08:21.649 up. So immediately I asked him, I said, what 00:08:21.649 --> 00:08:24.509 kind of work do you do? Are you exposed to chemicals 00:08:24.509 --> 00:08:26.529 now? Or do you have any history of being exposed 00:08:26.529 --> 00:08:29.970 to chemicals? And he says, no, I'm the manager. 00:08:30.089 --> 00:08:32.789 I'm mostly just at my desk. or out in the field 00:08:32.789 --> 00:08:37.730 sometimes talking to a team of people. So I'm 00:08:37.730 --> 00:08:40.080 thinking, well... brain, something wrong with 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:42.019 his brain that's causing the dizziness, or inner 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:45.159 ear. Both of those things can cause dizziness 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.960 and sinus symptoms. Is there something directly 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:49.340 wrong with his sinuses? Is there something wrong 00:08:49.340 --> 00:08:51.899 with his gut? And I did a bunch of tests for 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:54.779 all of these things, and they showed mainly minor 00:08:54.779 --> 00:08:57.179 abnormalities. So I again questioned, are you 00:08:57.179 --> 00:08:59.340 sure that you never have any history of exposure 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:02.259 to toxic chemicals? And then he finally said, 00:09:02.419 --> 00:09:04.639 well, yes, actually, when I was a teenager, I 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.500 worked in the fields and sprayed chemical pesticides. 00:09:07.989 --> 00:09:13.110 fertilizers on crops, frequently for years. So 00:09:13.110 --> 00:09:15.590 people don't realize that this stuff gets stored 00:09:15.590 --> 00:09:17.250 up in your body for years. Another common one 00:09:17.250 --> 00:09:19.409 is people will say, I said, do you have any exposure 00:09:19.409 --> 00:09:21.830 to mold? Have you ever noticed mold in your house 00:09:21.830 --> 00:09:24.370 or any house you've ever lived in? They think 00:09:24.370 --> 00:09:27.299 about their... current house and no, no exposure 00:09:27.299 --> 00:09:28.620 to mold. And then they would come back and they 00:09:28.620 --> 00:09:30.940 remember later, oh yeah, when I was in college, 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:32.580 I lived in this place. And when we moved out 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:34.919 and got all the boxes out and saw this whole 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.220 really moldy wall that was really gross. Well, 00:09:37.340 --> 00:09:39.379 when you're exposed to something like that, it 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:41.460 builds up in your system. And often the times 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:44.080 those toxins are still stored in your fat cells 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.080 and can be identified with a urine test. So it 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:48.879 makes a huge difference to identify these things 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.889 and flushes them out, flush them out. For this 00:09:51.889 --> 00:09:53.850 example, for this man with all these symptoms, 00:09:54.149 --> 00:09:58.330 he identified the things that he had just off 00:09:58.330 --> 00:10:01.389 the charts, exposure to glyphosate and a few 00:10:01.389 --> 00:10:04.250 other chemical pesticides and fertilizers. So 00:10:04.250 --> 00:10:06.450 I gave him some nutrients to help flush those 00:10:06.450 --> 00:10:09.750 things out and some other things just for general 00:10:09.750 --> 00:10:11.990 health to make sure he was getting adequate amounts 00:10:11.990 --> 00:10:14.990 of vitamin D and omega -3 fatty acids, protein. 00:10:16.410 --> 00:10:18.769 and micronutrients, minerals. Most people are 00:10:18.769 --> 00:10:21.049 deficient in minerals. So just a basic program 00:10:21.049 --> 00:10:23.730 plus some extra stuff to help his body flush 00:10:23.730 --> 00:10:27.750 out the toxins. And three months later, his dizziness 00:10:27.750 --> 00:10:30.090 and disequilibrium were minimal or occasional. 00:10:30.649 --> 00:10:32.509 So that thing where he woke up every morning, 00:10:32.610 --> 00:10:34.309 20, 30 minutes, he'd have to sit on the edge 00:10:34.309 --> 00:10:36.330 of the bed, wait for his head to stop spinning. 00:10:36.529 --> 00:10:38.690 Three months later, still had it, wasn't completely 00:10:38.690 --> 00:10:41.110 gone, but it was minimal. It was much, much improved. 00:10:41.309 --> 00:10:43.250 He was very happy about that. The brain fog that 00:10:43.250 --> 00:10:47.049 he had was gone. His fatigue that was, you know, 00:10:47.049 --> 00:10:48.809 making it very difficult for him to work, 50 00:10:48.809 --> 00:10:51.889 % of what he used to have, that was half gone. 00:10:51.970 --> 00:10:55.980 He still had it. Another 50 % improvement. His 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:58.019 runny nose and his cough were almost gone. His 00:10:58.019 --> 00:10:59.840 soft stools were, instead of every day, were 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:02.179 down to once a week now. And he's sleeping much 00:11:02.179 --> 00:11:04.460 better. So fast forward another three months. 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:07.340 Six months after we started, he says, I feel 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:10.809 like a normal human being again. I'm Dr. Todd 00:11:10.809 --> 00:11:12.909 Binkley. You're listening to Safe, Effective, 00:11:12.909 --> 00:11:15.570 Natural Solutions to Almost Any Health Challenge. 00:11:15.690 --> 00:11:17.909 If you just tuned in, we're talking about toxins 00:11:17.909 --> 00:11:20.710 today, how various heavy metals and chemicals 00:11:20.710 --> 00:11:24.009 and mold toxins can affect various aspects of 00:11:24.009 --> 00:11:26.129 health, make it more difficult for your immune 00:11:26.129 --> 00:11:29.669 system to fight off certain conditions, and how 00:11:29.669 --> 00:11:31.549 that can increase your risk of certain cancers, 00:11:31.649 --> 00:11:34.070 and a whole host of other things. But before 00:11:34.070 --> 00:11:35.649 I, I'm going to come back to that and talk about 00:11:35.649 --> 00:11:37.289 toxins some more. But before I do that, since 00:11:37.289 --> 00:11:40.649 it is breast cancer awareness, month. There is 00:11:40.649 --> 00:11:42.450 another really interesting study that came out 00:11:42.450 --> 00:11:47.429 in the literature about invasive lobular carcinoma. 00:11:47.509 --> 00:11:50.889 So this is invasive, meaning bad, basically. 00:11:51.809 --> 00:11:55.129 Cancer of the lobes of the breast, which is different. 00:11:55.250 --> 00:11:57.429 It's much more common to have breast cancer in 00:11:57.429 --> 00:12:01.590 the ducts than in the lobes. But this invasive 00:12:01.590 --> 00:12:04.889 lobular Cancer now accounts for 1 in every 10 00:12:04.889 --> 00:12:07.590 breast cancers in the U .S. and is increasing 00:12:07.590 --> 00:12:10.330 at more than triple the rate of other breast 00:12:10.330 --> 00:12:12.870 cancers. This is a report from the American Cancer 00:12:12.870 --> 00:12:15.490 Society. The lobes are the milk -producing parts 00:12:15.490 --> 00:12:18.049 of the breast. Cancer of the ducts that carry 00:12:18.049 --> 00:12:20.230 the milk to the nipple are much more common. 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:26.259 And in 2025, an estimated 33 ,600 women will 00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:29.500 be diagnosed with this lobular cancer of the 00:12:29.500 --> 00:12:33.120 lungs. And it also has the unique characteristics 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.759 that makes it difficult to detect, which can 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:40.120 contribute to delays in diagnosis because it 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:43.370 has more of a linear... dispersed or a dispersed 00:12:43.370 --> 00:12:45.629 pattern. So instead of forming a lump, typical 00:12:45.629 --> 00:12:49.029 of other breast cancers, it's more linear in 00:12:49.029 --> 00:12:51.669 a line or a dispersed pattern spread out, which 00:12:51.669 --> 00:12:53.730 makes it more difficult to detect clinically 00:12:53.730 --> 00:12:56.809 on a mammogram. And it can also have different 00:12:56.809 --> 00:12:59.669 symptoms, atypical symptoms like nipple inversion 00:12:59.669 --> 00:13:03.120 or skin thickening. or dimpling. That's why it's 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.159 important to always check for those things as 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.919 well as checking for, most women know if you're 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:10.019 doing self -exams. If you don't know, and if 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:12.059 you're not doing self -exams, all women should 00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:15.120 do a self -exam of their breasts at least once 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:17.179 a month. So pick a day, the first of the month, 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:19.700 the 15th, the end of the month, whenever. You 00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:21.539 can do it in the shower. If you're not sure how 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:25.360 to do it properly and comprehensively, go on 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:27.299 YouTube or just search for it on the internet. 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.600 There's plenty of tutorials out there so you 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:31.889 can make sure you're doing it correctly. But 00:13:31.889 --> 00:13:36.350 this is one reason to be reminded, remind yourself 00:13:36.350 --> 00:13:39.590 that in addition to feeling for lumps, you also 00:13:39.590 --> 00:13:42.909 want to check for things like dimpling of the 00:13:42.909 --> 00:13:45.610 skin, thickening of the skin, or changes in the 00:13:45.610 --> 00:13:48.210 shape or color of the nipple, because that can 00:13:48.210 --> 00:13:52.629 indicate these other types of cancer. So incidence 00:13:52.629 --> 00:13:55.909 of this lobular cancer of the breast has more 00:13:55.909 --> 00:13:58.320 than doubled over the past half century. growing 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.820 from about 6 per 100 ,000 women in 1975 to 14 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:08.120 per 100 ,000 women in 2021. And more importantly, 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:11.519 the biggest rise is in the more recent years. 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.440 From 2012 to 21, the rates increased by 3 % per 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:19.960 year compared to only 8 .8, less than 1 % for 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:22.480 other breast cancers. So because it's more difficult 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:26.100 to identify than other cancers and it's... The 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:28.179 incidence of it is growing at three times the 00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:29.720 rate of other cancers. It's really important 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.679 to know about this. This type of cancer also 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.580 has a likelihood of spreading, a greater likelihood 00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:37.179 of spreading to the GI tract, to the stomach 00:14:37.179 --> 00:14:39.980 and the intestines, as well as the urinary tract 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:44.120 lining and the ovaries compared to the more common 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:48.200 ductal carcinoma, meaning cancer of the ducts 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:51.710 that carry. milk to the nipple this type of cancer 00:14:51.710 --> 00:14:55.649 is also less responsive to neoadjuvant chemotherapy 00:14:55.649 --> 00:14:58.149 which is where they give you chemotherapy before 00:14:58.149 --> 00:15:00.389 if you're a candidate for surgery they'll do 00:15:00.389 --> 00:15:02.350 this type of chemotherapy to shrink the tumor 00:15:02.350 --> 00:15:05.129 before the surgery it has a higher risk of involving 00:15:05.129 --> 00:15:08.129 both breasts and it's a higher risk of a late 00:15:08.129 --> 00:15:10.690 recurrence so you you get a favorable outcome 00:15:10.690 --> 00:15:14.320 but then it more likely to recur later in life, 00:15:14.460 --> 00:15:17.360 and it also has a greater risk of being in both 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:21.100 breasts from the outset. And this increased risk 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:23.500 of lobular cancer of the breast is similar in 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:27.100 women of all ages and all racial and ethnic groups. 00:15:27.700 --> 00:15:30.580 And the rising rates, like those of other breast 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:33.820 cancers, are believed to be driven by risk factors 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:36.980 such as obesity, younger age when you have the 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:40.220 first menstrual cycle, later age of having a 00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:43.879 first child, if any, and later age of starting 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.360 menopause, as well as increased alcohol consumption. 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.879 So these are all known increased factors that 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.950 increase your risk of any breast cancer. Well, 00:15:52.970 --> 00:15:54.690 this is important to know about, of course, and 00:15:54.690 --> 00:15:56.509 this month everyone's out running, raising money 00:15:56.509 --> 00:15:59.750 for more research, reminding people to get their 00:15:59.750 --> 00:16:02.029 mammograms, funding mammograms for people that 00:16:02.029 --> 00:16:05.070 need that, have difficulty getting that. And 00:16:05.070 --> 00:16:07.309 that's all great, but every month, when this 00:16:07.309 --> 00:16:09.370 month, October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month 00:16:09.370 --> 00:16:11.149 comes around every year, I'm always wondering 00:16:11.149 --> 00:16:14.029 why more focus isn't put on educating people 00:16:14.029 --> 00:16:17.090 on how they can reduce their risk of getting 00:16:17.090 --> 00:16:19.899 breast cancer in the first place. Wouldn't that 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:22.899 be a good idea? I think so. And there's many, 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:25.480 many ways you can, anybody, any woman, and men 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.139 get breast cancer too. There's many ways you 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:28.960 can reduce your risk of getting breast cancer 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:32.950 or any other cancer. For example, you can just 00:16:32.950 --> 00:16:35.129 take better care of your overall health. If you 00:16:35.129 --> 00:16:37.230 do all the things that most people already know 00:16:37.230 --> 00:16:39.049 about to take better care of your health, you 00:16:39.049 --> 00:16:41.970 reduce exercise, eating good food, reducing stress, 00:16:42.230 --> 00:16:45.450 getting adequate sleep, etc. You can reduce your 00:16:45.450 --> 00:16:47.509 risk. There's good studies that show you can 00:16:47.509 --> 00:16:49.929 reduce your risk of most cancers just by doing 00:16:49.929 --> 00:16:51.809 those things, taking better care of your overall 00:16:51.809 --> 00:16:54.549 health. You can also specifically optimize your 00:16:54.549 --> 00:16:56.649 immune system function. One of the simplest ways 00:16:56.649 --> 00:16:59.350 to do that is get tested for vitamin D. Make 00:16:59.350 --> 00:17:01.669 sure your vitamin D level in your blood is between 00:17:01.669 --> 00:17:05.309 50 and 90. If you get, most doctors will order 00:17:05.309 --> 00:17:07.170 that test for you now and they'll tell you it's 00:17:07.170 --> 00:17:09.509 fine if it's above 30. Well, that's enough to 00:17:09.509 --> 00:17:12.009 prevent your bones from collapsing, but it's 00:17:12.009 --> 00:17:13.930 going to still leave you at increased susceptibility 00:17:13.930 --> 00:17:16.589 to osteoporosis and it's especially not even 00:17:16.589 --> 00:17:18.650 going to come close to getting your immune system 00:17:18.650 --> 00:17:20.630 to function at its peak. And there's lots of 00:17:20.630 --> 00:17:22.210 other ways to test your immune system function 00:17:22.210 --> 00:17:24.410 and make sure you're getting the things your 00:17:24.410 --> 00:17:26.970 body needs for your immune system to function 00:17:26.970 --> 00:17:29.539 optimally. That will also reduce your risk of 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:31.940 getting severe colds and flus and a whole host 00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:35.430 of other things. And then you can also do specific 00:17:35.430 --> 00:17:39.130 tests that measure your current cancer -fighting 00:17:39.130 --> 00:17:41.009 activity. If you've ever heard that you're fighting 00:17:41.009 --> 00:17:44.890 off, even the moment you're born, your body is 00:17:44.890 --> 00:17:47.069 fighting off cancer -causing cells. It doesn't 00:17:47.069 --> 00:17:49.069 mean you have cancer. It just means you have 00:17:49.069 --> 00:17:51.769 cells that have mutated and can potentially cause 00:17:51.769 --> 00:17:54.269 a cancer, and your body identifies those. Your 00:17:54.269 --> 00:17:57.089 immune system identifies those and destroys them 00:17:57.089 --> 00:17:59.250 like little Pac -Man. It gobbles them up and 00:17:59.250 --> 00:18:04.970 eliminates them. types of cancer fighting activity 00:18:04.970 --> 00:18:08.049 that can be identified, certain enzymes that 00:18:08.049 --> 00:18:10.569 show up and break down products that show up 00:18:10.569 --> 00:18:12.970 in your blood. Some of these tests are called 00:18:12.970 --> 00:18:17.910 things like cancer antigen 2729, cancer antigen 00:18:17.910 --> 00:18:22.950 153, cancer antigen 199, and cancer antigen CA 00:18:22.950 --> 00:18:27.799 125. Also CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen. This 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:30.180 test is mainly, most famously known for risk 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:33.279 of colon cancer, but it can be increased on certain 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:37.140 types of breast cancer. And also AFP, alpha -fetoprotein. 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:39.359 So that's a lot of words, a lot of numbers. It 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:40.980 doesn't really matter to remember all of that. 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:43.500 But the important thing is these are tests that 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:47.039 oncologists use to see if your cancer is coming 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:49.619 back. You can't diagnose cancer with these blood 00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:53.720 tests yet. They're working on. blood tests that 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:56.940 will identify certain types of cancers earlier. 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:00.059 But right now, for years, for decades, oncologists 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:02.019 have been using these inexpensive blood tests. 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:04.900 They're around $30 each. And the five that I 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:07.420 mentioned, you know, figure $170 give or take 00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:09.740 for all five. You can do these if you have risk 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:12.660 factors. You know, if you had a mother or an 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:14.819 aunt or a sister or a grandmother that had breast 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:17.599 cancer, then obviously your risk is going to 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:19.740 be increased. And if you have any of the other 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:22.950 things that I've talked about earlier. for if 00:19:22.950 --> 00:19:24.589 you just want to be, you know, on the safe side, 00:19:24.690 --> 00:19:27.230 anybody can get these tests done to see if you 00:19:27.230 --> 00:19:30.289 have increased cancer fighting activity consistent 00:19:30.289 --> 00:19:33.769 with potential breast cancer right now. So again, 00:19:33.869 --> 00:19:35.809 this doesn't diagnose breast cancer. If these, 00:19:35.829 --> 00:19:38.089 I always tell anybody that orders these, you 00:19:38.089 --> 00:19:39.450 got to promise you're not going to freak out 00:19:39.450 --> 00:19:41.710 if these numbers are a little elevated, because 00:19:41.710 --> 00:19:43.289 if they're a little elevated, that doesn't mean 00:19:43.289 --> 00:19:45.430 anything. There's other things that can cause 00:19:45.430 --> 00:19:47.630 these numbers to be elevated when you have no 00:19:47.630 --> 00:19:49.930 cancer at all. But there's always, and there's 00:19:49.930 --> 00:19:51.809 always, almost always a certain amount of these 00:19:51.809 --> 00:19:53.349 things. The normal range for some of them is 00:19:53.349 --> 00:19:57.019 zero, but a lot of them... the expected range 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:59.880 is more than zero. There's usually some of these 00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:02.319 things present in your bloodstream all the time. 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:05.640 But if it's out of range, if it's out of the 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:07.940 medical range, or even if it's out of the narrower 00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:09.720 functional range, if it's higher than normal, 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:13.539 then oncologists don't do those before you've 00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:16.440 been diagnosed from some kind of a scan because 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:18.539 they're not going to give you chemotherapy or 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:22.099 do surgery or give you any kind of standard cancer 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:24.019 treatment just because these numbers are up a 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:26.119 little bit. They wait. until you don't get a 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:29.019 cancer diagnosis, until you can see a tumor on 00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:32.069 a scan. on a mammogram, on an x -ray, on an MRI, 00:20:32.369 --> 00:20:35.670 on a CAT scan, on a PET scan, or an ultrasound. 00:20:35.789 --> 00:20:39.349 You have to identify an unusual mass on a scan 00:20:39.349 --> 00:20:42.789 and then biopsy and test those cells and look 00:20:42.789 --> 00:20:44.930 at them under a microscope. Then you know exactly 00:20:44.930 --> 00:20:46.769 what you're dealing with. And then you know it's 00:20:46.769 --> 00:20:50.230 worth the risks and other potential nightmares 00:20:50.230 --> 00:20:53.750 of going through standard cancer treatment. But 00:20:53.750 --> 00:20:56.849 you can use these tests to see if your body is 00:20:56.849 --> 00:20:58.910 fighting off more cancer -causing cells right 00:20:58.910 --> 00:21:01.670 now. And you're not going to take drugs for that, 00:21:01.710 --> 00:21:04.309 but you can take certain nutrients. You can optimize 00:21:04.309 --> 00:21:06.869 your immune system function. You can make sure 00:21:06.869 --> 00:21:08.829 that your vitamin D is up. You can make sure 00:21:08.829 --> 00:21:11.210 that you're getting all the nutrients your body 00:21:11.210 --> 00:21:13.269 needs to heal and repair itself with a comprehensive 00:21:13.269 --> 00:21:17.210 functional testing analysis. You can take better 00:21:17.210 --> 00:21:18.829 care of your overall health. And then you can 00:21:18.829 --> 00:21:21.069 retest a few months later and make sure those 00:21:21.069 --> 00:21:23.170 numbers are going down. I do this all the time 00:21:23.170 --> 00:21:24.789 with certain patients. I'm not treating their 00:21:24.789 --> 00:21:27.970 cancer. I'm not necessarily guaranteeing that 00:21:27.970 --> 00:21:32.119 they're... But it's a way to reduce your risk. 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.640 Those are the words you want to think about. 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:36.660 You can reduce, identify risk factors and do 00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:39.740 something to reduce your risk of getting breast 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:42.990 cancer in the first place. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. 00:21:43.049 --> 00:21:45.049 You're listening to Safe, Effective, Natural 00:21:45.049 --> 00:21:47.630 Solutions to Almost Any Health Challenge. The 00:21:47.630 --> 00:21:50.349 theme of today's presentation is toxins, how 00:21:50.349 --> 00:21:52.089 you can identify whether or not your body is 00:21:52.089 --> 00:21:54.349 exposed to certain toxins and safely eliminate 00:21:54.349 --> 00:21:56.130 them. And then I did a little bit of a divergence 00:21:56.130 --> 00:21:59.549 on a specific type of breast cancer that's becoming 00:21:59.549 --> 00:22:02.289 more and more prevalent and things that you can 00:22:02.289 --> 00:22:05.750 do to reduce your risk. of any type of cancer. 00:22:06.250 --> 00:22:08.470 We're going to get back to toxins now, but before 00:22:08.470 --> 00:22:10.910 I do that, I want to remind everyone that I am 00:22:10.910 --> 00:22:14.109 doing a series of talks in my office now in downtown 00:22:14.109 --> 00:22:16.970 Ventura. I call it Live at Binkley Healing Center. 00:22:17.089 --> 00:22:19.349 Last month, we talked about reducing your risk 00:22:19.349 --> 00:22:22.130 of breast cancer. This month, this coming month, 00:22:22.190 --> 00:22:24.430 November 5th, the first Wednesday of November, 00:22:24.650 --> 00:22:26.609 I'll be talking about toxins. Everything we're 00:22:26.609 --> 00:22:28.369 talking about on this show today, I'll go into 00:22:28.369 --> 00:22:31.490 more specifics of that case of the 32 -year -old 00:22:31.490 --> 00:22:33.549 man that came to me with horrible debilitating 00:22:33.549 --> 00:22:36.150 facilitating dizziness and fatigue and what we 00:22:36.150 --> 00:22:39.529 did to help him get back to feeling totally fine 00:22:39.529 --> 00:22:42.549 again. And so that'll be November 5th, first 00:22:42.549 --> 00:22:44.369 Wednesday of the month, 6 p .m. I'll have some 00:22:44.369 --> 00:22:46.309 light refreshments and then questions and answer 00:22:46.309 --> 00:22:48.289 afterwards. So even though we'll be talking about 00:22:48.289 --> 00:22:52.150 toxins specifically, I'm open to, I welcome your 00:22:52.150 --> 00:22:54.670 questions. It'd be nice to meet you face -to 00:22:54.670 --> 00:22:56.910 -face and hear your questions about any health 00:22:56.910 --> 00:22:59.970 -related topic, whether it's toxins or reducing 00:22:59.970 --> 00:23:02.839 risk of breast cancer, helping deal with with 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:05.380 the side effects of cancer treatment. These are 00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:07.619 all things that can be done with better food, 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:11.940 exercise, and supplements. So the brain is the 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:15.000 most sensitive organ in the body to any kind 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.950 of nutrient deficiency. and any exposure or body 00:23:18.950 --> 00:23:21.849 burden of toxins. And so it's not surprising 00:23:21.849 --> 00:23:24.130 then that when people have a lot of buildup of 00:23:24.130 --> 00:23:26.970 toxins or they're exposed to a lot of toxic chemicals 00:23:26.970 --> 00:23:30.630 and unable to flush those things out, that it's 00:23:30.630 --> 00:23:32.289 going to affect the brain. And one of the ways 00:23:32.289 --> 00:23:35.289 that shows up is Parkinson's disease. It looks 00:23:35.289 --> 00:23:36.849 like we're not going to have time to talk about 00:23:36.849 --> 00:23:39.369 this this week, so I'll talk about that next 00:23:39.369 --> 00:23:40.829 week. But what we're going to be talking about 00:23:40.829 --> 00:23:43.369 then is there's some great studies that just 00:23:43.369 --> 00:23:46.619 came out on how... Parkinson's risk increases 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:50.730 with outdoor air. chemical exposure. Exposure 00:23:50.730 --> 00:23:53.410 to trichloroethylene, a common chemical used 00:23:53.410 --> 00:23:56.750 in degreasing and dry cleaning, is correlated 00:23:56.750 --> 00:23:59.509 with a higher risk of Parkinson's disease. What 00:23:59.509 --> 00:24:01.730 does that mean? This means it's not somebody 00:24:01.730 --> 00:24:04.089 that was degreasing, working in the military 00:24:04.089 --> 00:24:05.970 or in some other industry where they're degreasing 00:24:05.970 --> 00:24:08.589 machinery with the stuff and getting it on their 00:24:08.589 --> 00:24:11.150 hands or breathing it directly in the workplace. 00:24:11.450 --> 00:24:12.869 No, these are just people that were breathing 00:24:12.869 --> 00:24:16.130 the air around places at a certain distance from 00:24:16.130 --> 00:24:18.690 these places and having a 10 % or more increased 00:24:18.690 --> 00:24:20.349 risk of Parkinson's. We'll talk more about that 00:24:20.349 --> 00:24:22.470 next week. As always, thank you for tuning in. 00:24:22.529 --> 00:24:24.430 Send me your questions, what you'd like to hear 00:24:24.430 --> 00:24:27.490 me talk about next week. Have a fabulous weekend. 00:24:27.990 --> 00:24:30.950 You've been listening to Safe, Effective Natural 00:24:30.950 --> 00:24:34.250 Solutions with Dr. Todd Binkley. If you have 00:24:34.250 --> 00:24:36.369 a health question you want discussed on the show, 00:24:36.569 --> 00:24:41.450 email your health questions to drbinkley at binkleyhealingcenter 00:24:41.450 --> 00:24:45.160 .com. Take advantage of this opportunity to ask 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:47.799 questions for yourself and for your loved ones 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:51.599 because our health matters. Join him next Friday 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:55.700 at 2 p .m. for safe, effective natural solutions 00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:58.900 here on 98 .3 FM, The Word.