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 --> 00:00:15.339 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.339 --> 00:00:17.339 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, board -certified 00:00:17.339 --> 00:00:19.579 doctor of non -force chiropractic and practitioner. 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:22.660 of functional medicine. What is that? What is 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:24.780 functional medicine? Well, that usually means 00:00:24.780 --> 00:00:28.579 using more tests than most doctors order to identify 00:00:28.579 --> 00:00:32.539 where normal function in your body isn't happening 00:00:32.539 --> 00:00:35.000 like it should. Instead of just waiting until 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:37.960 you have a full -blown disease, which is really 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.969 easy to diagnose with just a very short. panel 00:00:41.969 --> 00:00:43.590 of blood tests. That's why most doctors only 00:00:43.590 --> 00:00:45.829 order. They're basically just screening to see 00:00:45.829 --> 00:00:47.770 if you have full -blown kidney disease or liver 00:00:47.770 --> 00:00:51.710 disease or if you're almost ready to have a heart 00:00:51.710 --> 00:00:54.630 attack or if you have an acute infection, etc. 00:00:54.850 --> 00:00:57.469 So identify all the places where your body actually 00:00:57.469 --> 00:01:00.950 needs some support. That if you give it that 00:01:00.950 --> 00:01:03.770 support, will help you get rid of the fatigue 00:01:03.770 --> 00:01:06.750 and the brain fog and the inability to lose weight 00:01:06.750 --> 00:01:09.129 and all the other things that no one else has 00:01:09.129 --> 00:01:11.709 been able to identify the specific cause for. 00:01:11.769 --> 00:01:14.489 It's never just one thing. It's a whole host 00:01:14.489 --> 00:01:17.829 of things that you're doing and not doing that 00:01:17.829 --> 00:01:20.989 make it very difficult for your body to heal 00:01:20.989 --> 00:01:24.430 itself. And so with a few more tests, we can 00:01:24.430 --> 00:01:27.189 identify a whole host of things that need a little 00:01:27.189 --> 00:01:29.909 support, that don't need drugs. Don't need surgery. 00:01:30.049 --> 00:01:32.849 Don't need any horrible things with side effects 00:01:32.849 --> 00:01:36.569 and misery associated with them or risks. Simple, 00:01:36.629 --> 00:01:39.510 natural things that you can do to make yourself 00:01:39.510 --> 00:01:44.109 healthier all day long, 24 -7, 365. And just 00:01:44.109 --> 00:01:48.709 doing that eliminates and reverses, reduces. 00:01:50.639 --> 00:01:53.459 attenuates, all kinds of conditions. So we'll 00:01:53.459 --> 00:01:55.159 get into some of the specifics. Here's a great 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:58.060 study. Part of this show, as always, is bringing 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:02.280 you excellent research that you can use to bolster, 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.219 maybe motivate you, hopefully, to do something. 00:02:05.340 --> 00:02:07.019 Some of the things I'm talking about, some of 00:02:07.019 --> 00:02:08.500 the things you've maybe already heard about. 00:02:08.659 --> 00:02:11.439 So here's a great one. Fish soil cuts the risk 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:14.379 of serious heart events in dialysis patients. 00:02:15.419 --> 00:02:17.580 Well, it's always interesting to talk about fish 00:02:17.580 --> 00:02:20.020 oil because if you Google fish oil, or especially 00:02:20.020 --> 00:02:23.259 if you go to, don't Google fish oil, go to PubMed, 00:02:23.379 --> 00:02:26.159 go to the government website that's maintained 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.860 by the National Institutes of Health, as long 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:31.599 as they still have some funding, where all of 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:35.379 the basic research that eventually becomes things 00:02:35.379 --> 00:02:38.550 that doctors recommend for you. All that's available, 00:02:38.810 --> 00:02:41.430 not all of it, most of it, much of it is available 00:02:41.430 --> 00:02:44.969 for free on their website. The actual name of 00:02:44.969 --> 00:02:47.889 the website is a complicated long name. Everyone 00:02:47.889 --> 00:02:50.030 just calls it PubMed. And if you Google PubMed, 00:02:50.150 --> 00:02:52.590 you will end up on that site and punch fish oil 00:02:52.590 --> 00:02:55.039 in there and you'll see. Hundreds, thousands 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:57.819 of studies about fish oil and its benefits. And 00:02:57.819 --> 00:03:00.879 you also see a bunch of them that poo -poo fish 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:03.580 oil, poorly designed studies that don't really, 00:03:03.780 --> 00:03:06.319 they're so poorly designed that they're doomed 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.180 to fail at the outset. But most doctors, you 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:11.740 know, even regular doctors that don't really 00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:14.400 know that much about nutrition will say, oh yeah, 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:16.780 it's good to eat fish, but we're not so sure 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:19.930 about fish oil. Well, the beneficial part of 00:03:19.930 --> 00:03:22.930 fish, apart from the protein, is the oil. That's 00:03:22.930 --> 00:03:26.430 what the omega -3 fatty acids that are in that 00:03:26.430 --> 00:03:28.310 fish. So there are all kinds of things that show. 00:03:28.430 --> 00:03:31.400 There have been for years. I don't know. Maybe 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:33.900 not thousands, hundreds at least of studies showing 00:03:33.900 --> 00:03:36.900 the major, but I've seen this in thousands of 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:39.020 patients. My colleagues have seen this in tens 00:03:39.020 --> 00:03:41.840 of thousands of patients. Benefits for brain 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.240 health, benefits for heart health. This is one 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.680 of the top three supplements that I recommend. 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:48.520 One of the nutrients that I recommend everyone 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:51.039 actually take a supplement for because no one 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.680 gets enough omega -3 fatty acids. and their diet. 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:58.800 Well, I do. I take a fish oil supplement maybe 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:01.639 two or two days a week because five or six days 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:04.819 a week, I eat a can of sardines or a serving 00:04:04.819 --> 00:04:07.840 of salmon or some other fish that is full of 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.000 omega -3 fatty acids. I always recommend getting 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.139 everything you can from food, but a lot of people 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:14.719 don't like to eat fish out of a can and going 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:18.699 to a restaurant or preparing oily fish. You know, 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:22.220 a lot of fish is not. Most fish has some omega 00:04:22.220 --> 00:04:24.540 -3 fatty acids, but the ones that are high in 00:04:24.540 --> 00:04:28.240 omega -3s are not that many. Sardines, anchovies. 00:04:29.149 --> 00:04:32.490 Anchovies and sardines are what most fish oil 00:04:32.490 --> 00:04:35.430 supplements are made from. You know, people like 00:04:35.430 --> 00:04:37.769 salmon. Salmon's great, but are you going to 00:04:37.769 --> 00:04:40.810 eat it every day? Tuna is a great source of omega 00:04:40.810 --> 00:04:43.110 -3 fatty acids, but I do not recommend eating 00:04:43.110 --> 00:04:45.050 tuna every day because it's full of mercury. 00:04:45.189 --> 00:04:47.949 Tuna is a large fish. Salmon is a relatively 00:04:47.949 --> 00:04:51.490 small fish. The larger the fish, the more mercury 00:04:51.490 --> 00:04:54.970 and other toxins are going to have built up in 00:04:54.970 --> 00:04:58.420 that fat over the lifespan of that. Huge fish. 00:04:58.860 --> 00:05:01.519 So the simple way is just to take a fish oil 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.459 supplement. It costs you about $50 or $60 a month 00:05:04.459 --> 00:05:08.120 for a good one. Never buy cheap fish oil supplements. 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:10.939 Don't buy fish oil supplements that are inexpensive 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:14.279 from stores because, oh, it must be the same. 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:16.120 The label says the same words are on the label. 00:05:16.139 --> 00:05:18.139 No, they're not. They're not the same. First 00:05:18.139 --> 00:05:22.000 of all, you want something that has about roughly 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:29.279 1 ,500 milligrams of combined EPA and DHA. eicosapentaenoic 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:33.939 acid, that's EPA, and docosahexaenoic acid, that's 00:05:33.939 --> 00:05:37.660 DHA. These are the active, health -benefiting 00:05:37.660 --> 00:05:41.050 omega -3 fatty acids that are in fish oil. Alpha 00:05:41.050 --> 00:05:43.430 -linolenic acid, which is in vegetable sources, 00:05:43.529 --> 00:05:45.329 so you can only get these things from the ocean. 00:05:45.730 --> 00:05:49.250 Alpha -linolenic acid is what is in walnuts and 00:05:49.250 --> 00:05:52.189 chia seeds and other vegetable sources. They're 00:05:52.189 --> 00:05:54.930 in grass that grass -fed beef gets. It's beneficial 00:05:54.930 --> 00:05:57.509 fat. Think of it like olive oil. It's a good 00:05:57.509 --> 00:05:59.930 fat to consume in your diet. But when you hear 00:05:59.930 --> 00:06:02.870 about all these amazing benefits of getting adequate... 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:05.860 Omega -3s in your diet for heart health, brain 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:08.279 health, reducing inflammation, joint health, 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:12.339 etc. These are from EPA and DHA. And you can't 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:16.180 get those from any plant -based sources in significant 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:18.420 amounts. You need to get it from fish or algae. 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:22.040 I wish. The industry is making algae supplements 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:25.480 now. The algae that grows in the ocean is an 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:29.180 excellent source of EPA and especially DHA. It 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:33.519 has more DHA than most fish. And they make biofuel 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.620 out of it. So it ought to be inexpensive to get 00:06:36.620 --> 00:06:39.339 all of our fish oil supplements from algae instead 00:06:39.339 --> 00:06:42.600 of harvesting live fish, which would obviously 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:46.519 be much better for those fish. The fish are not 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:50.139 fish that are endangered. They're little tiny 00:06:50.139 --> 00:06:52.519 fish that have only been alive for a few weeks, 00:06:52.579 --> 00:06:54.459 a few days, a few weeks. That's why they're not 00:06:54.459 --> 00:06:58.540 full of toxins. And, you know, it is a sustainable 00:06:58.540 --> 00:07:01.769 resource. But I'm sure all the vegans, if there 00:07:01.769 --> 00:07:03.709 are any vegans out there listening, you'd much 00:07:03.709 --> 00:07:06.050 prefer to get. And that's why I have available 00:07:06.050 --> 00:07:09.470 a good, high -quality, quote -unquote, fish oil 00:07:09.470 --> 00:07:11.329 supplements, omega -3 fatty acid supplements 00:07:11.329 --> 00:07:14.449 from the ocean that are harvested from algae. 00:07:14.550 --> 00:07:16.009 But they're more expensive. They cost about two 00:07:16.009 --> 00:07:18.509 and a half times for the same dose as taking 00:07:18.509 --> 00:07:21.029 fish oil. So here's a great study published in 00:07:21.029 --> 00:07:22.490 the New England Journal of Medicine in November. 00:07:22.589 --> 00:07:24.670 This just came out this month, November 2025. 00:07:25.170 --> 00:07:27.410 Those that received fish oil compared to those 00:07:27.410 --> 00:07:33.850 that didn't had a 43 % So over three and a half 00:07:33.850 --> 00:07:36.529 years, patients randomized to a four gram dose 00:07:36.529 --> 00:07:41.850 daily of fish oil, 43 % lower risk for serious 00:07:41.850 --> 00:07:44.750 cardiovascular events compared to those that 00:07:44.750 --> 00:07:47.490 received a placebo. This was reported by Dr. 00:07:47.790 --> 00:07:51.910 Charmaine Locke, University Health Network. Toronto. 00:07:51.970 --> 00:07:54.529 So four grams daily of fish oil, that's a high 00:07:54.529 --> 00:07:58.870 dose. That's more like five or six gels of fish 00:07:58.870 --> 00:08:01.189 oil. The minimum you want to think about just 00:08:01.189 --> 00:08:04.569 for general health is usually two, the standard 00:08:04.569 --> 00:08:08.370 pretty good sized inch long gels, gel caps of 00:08:08.370 --> 00:08:10.110 fish oil. And that's usually going to be about 00:08:10.110 --> 00:08:13.670 a gram and a half of combined. the two omega 00:08:13.670 --> 00:08:17.649 -3 fatty acids you want, EPA and DHA. So to get 00:08:17.649 --> 00:08:20.290 four grams is going to be almost three times 00:08:20.290 --> 00:08:22.430 that, probably five or six gels a day. These 00:08:22.430 --> 00:08:24.970 are the doses that these people are taking. So, 00:08:24.990 --> 00:08:26.230 you know, if you don't want to take that many 00:08:26.230 --> 00:08:29.990 gels, there are liquids available. Most of them 00:08:29.990 --> 00:08:32.659 taste terrible. There is one that's actually 00:08:32.659 --> 00:08:36.120 really good, Nordic Naturals. So I always say 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.740 don't buy cheap fish oil. Get a top -shelf brand. 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:40.620 The ones I carry in my office that I recommend 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:43.980 to my patients are Designs for Health and Orthomolecular 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:47.919 Products, Metagenics, and Nordic Naturals. Sometimes 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:50.759 I stock Nordic Naturals. I always order Nordic 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:52.419 Naturals if someone wants a liquid. If they don't 00:08:52.419 --> 00:08:55.100 want to take, if they need a high dose for whatever 00:08:55.100 --> 00:08:58.759 reason, brain health issue, anxiety, depression. 00:09:00.650 --> 00:09:03.330 certain cancers, heart disease, anyone who needs 00:09:03.330 --> 00:09:05.470 a high dose of fish oil, doesn't want to eat 00:09:05.470 --> 00:09:09.289 a bunch of fish every day and just can't be bothered 00:09:09.289 --> 00:09:11.590 with the gels, then a liquid fish oil, there 00:09:11.590 --> 00:09:13.850 is one that actually doesn't taste that bad. 00:09:14.029 --> 00:09:15.950 I'm not going to say it tastes good because just 00:09:15.950 --> 00:09:18.570 the texture of the oil, some people don't mind 00:09:18.570 --> 00:09:20.850 it at all. A lot of people don't mind the liquid 00:09:20.850 --> 00:09:22.809 fish oils from a whole host of top shelf brands. 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:26.580 I myself find them disgusting, but I've taken 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:29.220 them for long periods of time just to get the 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:31.419 high dose. When testing, you can test your blood 00:09:31.419 --> 00:09:33.519 levels with omega -3 fatty acids. So when I was 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:36.200 doing that and found out that mine was lower 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:38.080 than I wanted, and that was before I started 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.159 eating the fish every morning, the 10 fish. I 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.419 was doing the liquid fish oil. I like to test 00:09:43.419 --> 00:09:46.000 products just so I can tell someone, okay, no, 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.340 this is disgusting. Don't even bother with that. 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.559 But this is pretty good. The Nordic Naturals. 00:09:50.940 --> 00:09:52.779 Nordic Naturals is nice because it's a top shelf 00:09:52.779 --> 00:09:55.080 brand that is available in many, many stores. 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:56.820 If you want to get a really good top quality 00:09:56.820 --> 00:10:00.200 fish oil that is tested, that is from tiny little 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.720 fish caught in cold waters off the coast of Norway 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:07.139 and Chile that haven't lived long enough to accumulate 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:10.200 any toxins in them and are tested to make sure. 00:10:10.090 --> 00:10:13.409 sure that they're very very low in toxins and 00:10:13.409 --> 00:10:15.850 give you the rich benefits of the omega -3s that's 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:17.289 how they make their fish oil and you can get 00:10:17.289 --> 00:10:19.850 that in almost any health food store nordic naturals 00:10:19.850 --> 00:10:22.190 fish oil and they make a liquid that is lemon 00:10:22.190 --> 00:10:24.590 flavored usually some other kind of flavor and 00:10:24.590 --> 00:10:26.110 doesn't taste that bad so it's an easy way to 00:10:26.110 --> 00:10:28.169 get a higher dose without a bunch of capsules 00:10:28.169 --> 00:10:31.950 which may be the best way to achieve this 43 00:10:31.950 --> 00:10:34.450 percent lower risk of serious cardiovascular 00:10:34.450 --> 00:10:37.649 events that this study is showing four gram dose 00:10:37.649 --> 00:10:41.980 a day that's probably two teaspoons. I used the 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:43.720 Nordic Naturals when I was carrying it. I think 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.659 it had 2 ,800, so almost three grams in a teaspoon. 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.960 So maybe it's just a little over a teaspoon. 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:52.159 You can get that dose if you want a way to get 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:54.080 a relatively high dose without having to take 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:57.759 gel caps. So this study, four grams a day, showed 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:00.960 a 43 % lower risk for all serious cardiovascular 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:05.700 events. Risk of heart attack, 45 % lower. Risk 00:11:05.700 --> 00:11:08.100 of peripheral artery disease. This is when people 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:11.019 get Clogged arteries, usually in their legs, 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:14.539 the lower legs, leak, which can sometimes cause 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:17.600 amputations, 43 % lower risk. But here's the 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:24.159 big one. Stroke, 63 % lower risk of stroke just 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:27.740 by taking four grams of fish oil. So that's why 00:11:27.740 --> 00:11:29.820 I recommend everyone take fish oil every day. 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.740 But even Dr. Locke in this study said people 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:34.639 with previous heart attack or stroke are always 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:37.620 more likely. to have another one. But this study 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:40.100 proved that patients who took fish oil reversed 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:43.039 their risk back to the same as people who never 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:45.720 had a heart attack or a stroke. How phenomenal 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:48.320 is that? This is huge. You don't see studies 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:51.159 like this for natural remedies that often. People 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:53.220 who have had a previous heart attack or stroke 00:11:53.220 --> 00:11:55.799 are much, much higher risk to have another heart 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:58.440 attack or another stroke. But if those people 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:01.080 who have had a heart attack or a stroke started 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:04.259 taking a high dose of fish oil, their risk for 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:07.240 having another heart attack or stroke was now 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:10.840 the same as someone who had never had a heart 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:13.440 attack or stroke. So that is huge. That's a really 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:16.500 exciting study about the benefits of fish oil. 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.220 And the interesting thing about that is it was 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:21.340 in a study actually looking at ways to help people 00:12:21.340 --> 00:12:24.860 that have kidney failure requiring dialysis. 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:28.700 So over 3 .8 million people have kidney failure 00:12:28.700 --> 00:12:32.259 requiring dialysis and patients on dialysis have 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:34.919 a hugely increased risk of cardiovascular disease. 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:38.100 Cardiovascular death in patients on dialysis 00:12:38.100 --> 00:12:41.889 is 20 times that of the normal population. And 00:12:41.889 --> 00:12:43.870 as importantly, the liver and the kidneys are 00:12:43.870 --> 00:12:46.049 the main organs of your body that flush out drugs. 00:12:46.210 --> 00:12:48.789 Drugs have some beneficial effects or necessary 00:12:48.789 --> 00:12:52.789 oftentimes. Best avoid them if you can. But whenever 00:12:52.789 --> 00:12:54.970 you're taking them, you have to flush them out 00:12:54.970 --> 00:12:56.490 of your body. They're automatically flushed out 00:12:56.490 --> 00:12:58.809 of your body, mainly by the liver and the kidneys. 00:12:59.090 --> 00:13:01.549 And there's a whole host of drugs that are important 00:13:01.549 --> 00:13:04.110 for preventing cardiovascular disease that people 00:13:04.110 --> 00:13:06.889 on dialysis can't take because it puts too much 00:13:06.889 --> 00:13:10.070 stress on their chronically damaged kidneys. 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:13.419 Kidneys. So this is really exciting. I think 00:13:13.419 --> 00:13:15.039 it's exciting. I recommend this to everybody, 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.779 but it's especially exciting to know that more 00:13:16.779 --> 00:13:19.679 doctors are going to see this study now and start 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:21.480 recommending to all of their patients, especially 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:23.559 patients that already have kidney disease, or 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:26.059 hopefully even those that are at risk of it, 00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:28.360 certainly all diabetics, these people should 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.879 be taking fish oil. Eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA, 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:36.059 and docosahexaenoic acid, DHA. EPA and DHA are 00:13:36.059 --> 00:13:38.000 the active components of omega -3 fatty acids 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.159 you can only get from the ocean. And they have 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:43.980 antithrombotic, meaning anti -plaque forming, 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.639 anti -inflammatory, and anti -arrhythmic properties, 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.879 meaning they reduce your risk of a cardiac arrhythmia, 00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:54.159 like atrial fibrillation. And these are all helpful 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:56.440 in the physiology of preventing cardiovascular 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.960 disease, especially in patients. on dialysis. 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:02.659 The National Kidney Foundation recommends that 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:06.200 dialysis patients eat fresh fish twice a week. 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:09.220 But beyond that, nothing. They don't say anything 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:11.279 about should you take fish oil supplements or 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.580 not. So they're way behind the curve. Hopefully 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:16.600 this study will change. The standard recommendations, 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.279 the National Kidney Foundation recommends for 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.659 patients on dialysis. But doctors, authors of 00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:27.960 this study, Finian McCloslin of Brigham and Women's 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:31.679 Hospital in Boston and David Cheriton, MD of 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:33.720 New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:37.679 are saying that physicians really should start 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.799 considering recommending fish oil for patients 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:44.399 on dialysis. Well, that sounds like a great idea 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.159 to me. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:50.179 to Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions to Any 00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:53.759 Health Challenge. I've created this show to provide 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.679 you with the latest research into ways you can 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:59.519 use natural methods to reduce your risk of a 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:03.039 whole host of diseases to heal yourself using 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:06.580 things like better food, exercise, and supplements. 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:09.860 Well, this requires ordering more tests than 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:13.110 most doctors order. and doing a more progressive 00:15:13.110 --> 00:15:16.330 analysis of those tests. This is the definition 00:15:16.330 --> 00:15:18.950 of functional medicine, identifying places where 00:15:18.950 --> 00:15:23.190 normal function is lost and restoring normal 00:15:23.190 --> 00:15:27.429 function with better food, exercise, and supplements. 00:15:27.529 --> 00:15:29.490 So in addition to screening for full -blown disease, 00:15:29.610 --> 00:15:31.970 we're also looking for places where normal health, 00:15:32.029 --> 00:15:35.230 normal physiological function has been lost. 00:15:35.450 --> 00:15:38.330 Where do your kidneys and liver and digestive? 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:41.240 and immune systems need a little support. How 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.700 do you know? The only way to know is to test. 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.519 How is the health of your gut microbiome? If 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:49.179 you have gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea. 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:52.080 That's probably not great if you have an autoimmune 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:53.620 condition. A lot of people don't realize this. 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.899 If you have an autoimmune condition where your 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:57.840 body is overproducing antibodies that are attacking 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:00.340 healthy tissue, there's a good chance that that 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:03.240 has its origins in a lack of healthy bacteria, 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:06.639 healthy balance of bacteria in your gut. Maybe 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.440 your hormones are a little bit out of balance 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:10.720 and need some support. Maybe you've been exposed 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:14.279 to mold or chemical or heavy metal toxins that 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:16.940 are putting a constant strain on your nervous 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:19.659 system and your immune system. All these types 00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:23.039 of toxins, arsenic, lead, cadmium, uranium, chemical 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.440 toxins from pesticides and fertilizers, the toxins 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:28.860 that are produced by mold. The mold itself is 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:32.519 not the problem. We're not talking about a lung 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:35.419 infection or irritated sinuses from breathing 00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:37.919 in the mold, but rather... Chronic exposure, 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:39.960 long -term exposure to this, you don't even see 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:41.840 it. When you move out of your apartment or your 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:43.799 house, you find the molds on the wall behind 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:46.559 a stack of boxes or in a north -facing wall in 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:49.100 your closets where there's no air movement, no 00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:53.059 light. That mold that you're even breathing in 00:16:53.059 --> 00:16:57.120 just tiny amounts of over months and years, they 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:59.720 produce metabolic waste. Basically, the mold 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.980 we is a chemical toxin, very similar to the toxins 00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:05.700 that are in chemical fertilizers and pesticides. 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.460 your body flushes those things out as best it 00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:10.740 can but what it can't flush out gets stored in 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:15.279 fat cells and that buildup of toxins can is that 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.240 your brain and your nervous system but especially 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.819 the brain is the most sensitive organ in the 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:22.839 body to any kind of toxic exposure and these 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:25.579 same toxins also put a constant strain on your 00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:28.670 immune system which is why rashes, brain fog, 00:17:29.069 --> 00:17:31.390 fatigue, and a whole host of other symptoms that 00:17:31.390 --> 00:17:34.390 sometimes, oftentimes, nobody else can figure 00:17:34.390 --> 00:17:35.869 out. You've been to several doctors. No one can 00:17:35.869 --> 00:17:38.609 figure out what the cause is of your fatigue, 00:17:38.710 --> 00:17:41.609 your rash, your brain fog. Similar symptoms like 00:17:41.609 --> 00:17:44.009 that are very often the cause of a buildup of 00:17:44.009 --> 00:17:46.609 toxins in your body. So we can identify these 00:17:46.609 --> 00:17:49.109 things with proper testing and then come up with 00:17:49.109 --> 00:17:51.549 a solution that mainly involves better food, 00:17:51.650 --> 00:17:54.630 exercise, and evidence -based supplements that 00:17:54.630 --> 00:17:56.670 can make all the difference. That can make you 00:17:56.670 --> 00:17:59.329 feel like a whole new person again. That will 00:17:59.329 --> 00:18:01.910 create such an amazing difference that sometimes 00:18:01.910 --> 00:18:04.900 people say, it's a miracle. which just means 00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:06.960 something really fantastic has happened. I'm 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:09.559 not sure exactly why. Well, there are ways to 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:12.099 identify why as well, but it's fine. If you think 00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:14.240 it's a miracle, that's okay too. Who do you know 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:16.700 who isn't feeling great? Who's been to other 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:19.099 doctors and been told that there's nothing that 00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:20.980 can be done? Maybe they've even been told that 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:23.279 there's nothing wrong with them, but still they 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:24.940 don't feel right. And so if you don't feel right, 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:27.500 there is something wrong. You just haven't figured 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:30.640 out what yet. Well, I'm here to help. I'd appreciate 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.880 an opportunity to help someone you love who needs 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.579 a little support, who is ready to finally find 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:40.319 out what's causing them to not feel the way they 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:42.859 should. It's a great gift, a great Christmas 00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:45.500 gift, a consultation to get someone started on 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:48.200 a healthier path. You give this as a Christmas 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:51.180 gift and it'll take them through the new year 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:53.819 on doing things that'll perhaps change their 00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:55.759 life forever. I'd love an opportunity to do that 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:59.480 for someone you love. Next up in health -related 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:01.740 news you need to know about, an article titled 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:04.900 AI, Artificial Intelligence, draws even with 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:08.079 clinicians for diabetes prevention intervention. 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:10.779 So this is published in the Journal of the American 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:14.119 Medical Association, an AI, an artificial intelligence 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:18.079 -powered lifestyle intervention program versus 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:21.779 human coaching in a program to help prevent diabetes. 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:24.460 So there are a lot of people out there who are 00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:28.859 at risk to develop type 2 diabetes. 460 million 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:32.619 adults worldwide have prediabetes, about 20 to 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:36.039 50 percent of whom are projected to develop full 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:39.359 -blown diabetes within five years. So there's 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:41.759 an effective diabetes prevention program that's 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:44.839 demonstrated a 58 percent risk reduction over 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:48.599 three years in people with prediabetes. But the 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.259 CDC has only, it's administered by the CDC in 00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:55.059 the U .S., but they only have about one program. 00:19:55.369 --> 00:20:01.369 for every 63 ,000 adults with prediabetes. And 00:20:01.369 --> 00:20:04.190 only about 35 % of those even referred to this 00:20:04.190 --> 00:20:07.710 program ultimately participate. So here's a study 00:20:07.710 --> 00:20:10.190 where they randomized 368 participants, it's 00:20:10.190 --> 00:20:13.750 a small study, 368 participants to receive either 00:20:13.750 --> 00:20:19.109 this standard live human coach -based program 00:20:19.109 --> 00:20:22.670 to prevent diabetes and compared that to a referral 00:20:22.670 --> 00:20:25.390 to an artificial intelligence program. And the 00:20:25.390 --> 00:20:28.750 primary outcome was maintaining a hemoglobin 00:20:28.750 --> 00:20:31.990 A1c. That's the blood test that measures your 00:20:31.990 --> 00:20:34.569 average glucose over three months versus just 00:20:34.569 --> 00:20:37.430 a one day's reading of a reading that's constantly 00:20:37.430 --> 00:20:41.430 going up and down. So an A1c less than 6 .5%, 00:20:41.430 --> 00:20:43.670 that's the cutoff for the diagnosis of diabetes, 00:20:44.049 --> 00:20:46.589 throughout the study an achievement of at least 00:20:46.589 --> 00:20:50.410 5 % weight loss or at least 4 % weight loss plus 00:20:50.410 --> 00:20:53.190 at least 150 minutes of weekly physical activity. 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:56.440 which they assessed objectively, or an absolute 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:59.380 reduction in the blood test, the hemoglobin A1C, 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:01.559 of at least 0 .2 percentage points. That sounds 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.900 a little bit technical, but it's just sort of 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:05.119 three different ways to try and figure out exactly 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:08.660 what's happening. Either directly reducing A1C 00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:11.380 below diagnostic level with some weight loss, 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:15.579 or getting someone to feel so good that they 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:18.559 lose 4 % of their body weight and do at least 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:22.000 150 minutes of activity. or just simply reduced 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:25.960 their A1C in a clinically significant way, 0 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:28.380 .2 percentage points over 12 months. So look 00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:30.880 at this in two groups over a 12 -month period, 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:35.299 and what they found was that the AI -led intervention 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:38.779 and the human -led intervention were essentially 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:41.960 the same. Well, this is fantastic because people 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:44.960 need this. So many people could benefit from 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:48.920 this, and it's just difficult to get. So the 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.769 AI... intervention was a kit with a Bluetooth 00:21:52.769 --> 00:21:55.690 scale that told how to register an app and the 00:21:55.690 --> 00:21:59.230 app delivered personal notifications pushed to 00:21:59.230 --> 00:22:00.950 you about your weight management and physical 00:22:00.950 --> 00:22:04.369 activity and nutrition informed by the data it 00:22:04.369 --> 00:22:06.730 got from the weight and meals that the patients 00:22:06.730 --> 00:22:09.869 logged in, but also where their location was 00:22:09.869 --> 00:22:13.710 and how much they're moving. So for example, 00:22:13.710 --> 00:22:15.470 you might be walking, one of these patients might 00:22:15.470 --> 00:22:17.589 be walking on a sidewalk and get a message that 00:22:17.589 --> 00:22:20.009 says, hey, your gym is nearby. and it's been 00:22:20.009 --> 00:22:22.529 a few days, 30 minutes is all it takes to boost 00:22:22.529 --> 00:22:24.890 your energy and progress. Are you ready to jump 00:22:24.890 --> 00:22:29.009 back in? So this is a way that an app like this 00:22:29.009 --> 00:22:31.769 could do something similar to what a professional 00:22:31.769 --> 00:22:35.019 coach would do. Another example would be another 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:37.500 one says, hi, it's rainy days make it tough, 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:39.299 but 10 minutes of movement still counts. You 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:41.019 have a short break between meetings now because 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:43.039 you've given it your schedule. Let's try some 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:45.259 indoor stretching. So these are just prompts 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:49.079 that motivate you to keep on schedule, set your 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:53.079 goals and maintain them. It is always great to 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:55.400 get a live human coach to do something like this 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:57.380 if you're struggling to motivate yourself to 00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:59.519 do it on your own. But this study is showing 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:02.420 that just getting a well -designed app on your 00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:05.299 phone, plugging in some data and letting it remind 00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:07.920 you to do these things can have tremendous benefits. 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:10.380 And the study also showed that people chose 10 00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:15.079 % more people, 94 % versus 84 % chose the app 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:17.740 versus the human coach and got the results they 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:20.180 needed. Well, if someone you love is not going 00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:22.200 to do either one of those things, I've helped 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:24.880 thousands of people reverse diabetes by doing 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:28.400 diagnostic tests and explaining to them the way 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:31.240 that pre -diabetes, for example, is affecting 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:33.220 many other parts of their body and showing them 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:35.339 results and motivating them to do something different 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:37.619 and giving them a safe, effective, natural solution 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:39.680 to do that. I'll be talking about that and the 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:42.259 live presentation in my office that I'm doing 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:44.660 the first Wednesday of every month now in downtown 00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:48.809 Ventura, 96. 1 East Main Street, 6 p .m. January 00:23:48.809 --> 00:23:52.369 7th is going to be on reducing and reversing, 00:23:52.369 --> 00:23:54.549 reducing risk and reversing diabetes. How you 00:23:54.549 --> 00:23:56.009 can lower blood sugar, reduce your risk of heart 00:23:56.009 --> 00:23:58.630 attack, stroke, and get more energy and lose 00:23:58.630 --> 00:24:01.910 weight and feel amazing without drugs. I'll be 00:24:01.910 --> 00:24:04.789 doing a 30 -minute keynote presentation. We'll 00:24:04.789 --> 00:24:06.470 have some light refreshments and plenty of time 00:24:06.470 --> 00:24:08.730 after for questions and answers. So I hope you 00:24:08.730 --> 00:24:10.950 can join us for that. Space is limited to reserve 00:24:10.950 --> 00:24:17.699 your seat. Text an RSVP to 805 -612 -5550. 805 00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:20.339 -612 -5531. I'd love to see you there, meet you 00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:22.299 in person, answer all of your questions. As always, 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:25.440 thank you for tuning in. Have a fantastic weekend. 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:28.720 You've been listening to Safe, Effective Natural 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:32.009 Solutions with Dr. Todd Binkley. If you have 00:24:32.009 --> 00:24:34.130 a health question you want discussed on the show, 00:24:34.309 --> 00:24:39.210 email your health questions to drbinkley at binkleyhealingcenter 00:24:39.210 --> 00:24:42.890 .com. Take advantage of this opportunity to ask 00:24:42.890 --> 00:24:45.549 questions for yourself and for your loved ones 00:24:45.549 --> 00:24:49.369 because our health matters. Join him next Friday 00:24:49.369 --> 00:24:53.450 at 2 p .m. for Safe, Effective Natural Solutions 00:24:53.450 --> 00:24:56.670 here on 98 .3 FM, The Word.