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 --> 00:00:15.019 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.019 --> 00:00:17.179 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Bankley, Board Certified 00:00:17.179 --> 00:00:19.960 Doctor of Non -Force Chiropractic and Practitioner 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:23.399 of Functional Medicine. I am excited to welcome 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:27.899 you to the 100th episode of Safe, Effective, 00:00:27.899 --> 00:00:31.140 Natural Solutions to Almost Any Health Challenge. 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:34.600 Wow, it's been just over two years now since 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:36.619 I started this show with a few breaks. This is 00:00:36.619 --> 00:00:39.899 the 100th episode each week. I highlight for 00:00:39.899 --> 00:00:42.240 you some of the latest medical research into 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:45.820 documented ways you can heal yourself and naturally 00:00:45.820 --> 00:00:48.539 reverse disease, reduce the risk of getting disease 00:00:48.539 --> 00:00:51.020 in the first place, and especially reduce your 00:00:51.020 --> 00:00:53.979 risk of ending up dependent on drugs. for the 00:00:53.979 --> 00:00:56.140 rest of your life. So oftentimes I'll present 00:00:56.140 --> 00:00:59.259 case studies of actual patients that I've treated 00:00:59.259 --> 00:01:03.219 who've gotten truly amazing results. And apropos 00:01:03.219 --> 00:01:06.260 of nothing, I recently rewatched the 100th episode 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:09.040 of Seinfeld, which was watched by millions who 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:11.560 loved it, who still continue to rewatch it on 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:14.659 Netflix just like me because Jerry Seinfeld and 00:01:14.659 --> 00:01:17.760 his co -writer Larry David and his three co -stars 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.180 on the show who played George, Diane, and Kramer 00:01:21.180 --> 00:01:25.359 are comedic. Geniuses. Well, I'm not a comedic 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:28.040 genius loved by millions, but I might be one 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:30.680 of the most competent, effective, skilled, and 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:34.140 experienced clinicians you or someone you love 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:37.819 might ever meet. to help you identify what's 00:01:37.819 --> 00:01:40.000 causing some condition that no one else has ever 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:41.920 been able to figure out. I've been doing this 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.719 for over 35 years, and I've had some truly amazing 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:48.359 results. I've been blessed to have the opportunity 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:50.980 to help people that were in a really bad way, 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:54.280 whose lives I've been able to help change profoundly 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:57.700 in ways that some of them actually called, their 00:01:57.700 --> 00:02:01.000 words, a miracle. So I'd love an opportunity 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:03.159 to help do that, to change the life of someone 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:05.920 you love or someone that needs a little help, 00:02:05.939 --> 00:02:08.060 a little support to figure out what's actually 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:10.539 causing the problem that they're having that 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:12.219 no one else has been able to figure out. Give 00:02:12.219 --> 00:02:14.780 me a call. Send me an email. You can even text 00:02:14.780 --> 00:02:20.379 me at 805 -218 -3939. And I'll set up a consultation. 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:22.819 I'll send them a questionnaire to fill out in 00:02:22.819 --> 00:02:25.219 advance and review their answers to that question 00:02:25.219 --> 00:02:28.060 to identify what tests might be appropriate. 00:02:28.990 --> 00:02:31.610 to identify what's causing the problem that you 00:02:31.610 --> 00:02:34.310 have and follow up when those test results come 00:02:34.310 --> 00:02:37.439 back. To give you my recommendations, I usually 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:41.060 do a 55 -point blood panel through LabCorp. And 00:02:41.060 --> 00:02:44.060 LabCorp is nationwide. If you have friends and 00:02:44.060 --> 00:02:47.580 family that live in Massachusetts or Oregon or 00:02:47.580 --> 00:02:51.099 Colorado or Kansas or Florida, anywhere in the 00:02:51.099 --> 00:02:53.240 country, I can send them to their local LabCorp 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:56.500 to get the blood drawn. And other tests that 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:59.139 I order are done for toxins and hormones and 00:02:59.139 --> 00:03:01.560 things like that are with kits done through the 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:04.159 mail that you FedEx the samples in yourself that 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.509 you collect at home. a saliva test or a stool 00:03:06.509 --> 00:03:09.490 test or a urine test, etc. And then when all 00:03:09.490 --> 00:03:11.830 the tests come back, we can consult on the telephone, 00:03:12.009 --> 00:03:14.969 on a FaceTime call, on Zoom. I'll make all my 00:03:14.969 --> 00:03:16.949 recommendations. I can even show you a place 00:03:16.949 --> 00:03:19.370 called Fullscript where you can get all the top 00:03:19.370 --> 00:03:22.090 shelf supplements, the best research -based supplements 00:03:22.090 --> 00:03:26.030 online with free shipping. So I have patients 00:03:26.030 --> 00:03:27.830 in a couple of dozen states all over the country 00:03:27.830 --> 00:03:29.729 that I've done this with for many years now. 00:03:30.669 --> 00:03:33.870 This is the level of care my mother gets, and 00:03:33.870 --> 00:03:38.030 she is 83 years old, lives in Kansas, and for 00:03:38.030 --> 00:03:41.490 her age is in fantastic health. Do you need a 00:03:41.490 --> 00:03:43.930 last minute gift? For as little as $100, you 00:03:43.930 --> 00:03:46.189 could gift someone with a half hour consultation 00:03:46.189 --> 00:03:48.189 that would motivate them, because it's already 00:03:48.189 --> 00:03:51.180 paid for, to come in. And at least start the 00:03:51.180 --> 00:03:53.979 process of finding out what could, what needs 00:03:53.979 --> 00:03:55.300 to, what do they need to do different? What do 00:03:55.300 --> 00:03:57.400 they need to find out about what could change 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.759 their lives going into the new year and forward 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:04.719 to make them feel amazing again? There's a great 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:06.539 story that came up in the news press recently, 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:10.199 medical press, headlined, music can help ease 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:14.340 pain from surgery or illness and scientists are 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:16.910 listening. I love this. It's the perfect time 00:04:16.910 --> 00:04:18.949 of year. People are listening to music already. 00:04:19.170 --> 00:04:22.930 The healing power of song may sound intuitive 00:04:22.930 --> 00:04:26.329 given music's deep roots in human culture. But 00:04:26.329 --> 00:04:30.269 the science of whether and how music dulls acute 00:04:30.269 --> 00:04:34.649 and chronic pain, technically called music -induced 00:04:34.649 --> 00:04:38.589 analgesia, is just catching up. So no one suggests 00:04:38.589 --> 00:04:42.019 a catchy song can fully eliminate serious pain. 00:04:42.139 --> 00:04:44.319 But several recent studies, including in the 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:48.980 journals, pain and scientific reports have suggested 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:51.279 that listening to music can reduce the perception 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:55.800 of pain and enhance a person's ability to tolerate 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:57.740 it. So what seems to matter most is that patients 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:01.139 or their families choose the music selections 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:05.899 themselves and listen intently. not just as background 00:05:05.899 --> 00:05:08.259 noise. So a lot of people are, a lot of us are 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:10.160 listening to Christmas music this time of year. 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:12.959 I listen to, I have CDs, hundreds of CDs I don't 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:15.360 listen to anymore. I listen to Pandora online. 00:05:15.540 --> 00:05:17.720 Most people listen to Spotify. These are places 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.600 you can get to stream music online. There's a 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:24.839 great jazz holidays station that I play in my 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:26.720 office a lot that so many people say, what is 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:28.360 that? What are you playing? That's amazing. That's 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:31.779 fantastic. Jazz holidays on Pandora is wonderful. 00:05:31.939 --> 00:05:34.459 And another one is folk holidays. something a 00:05:34.459 --> 00:05:38.350 little more mellow folk F -O -L -K, Folk Holidays 00:05:38.350 --> 00:05:43.829 Station that you punch in on Pandora is just 00:05:43.829 --> 00:05:46.810 a bunch of music that someone else has chosen 00:05:46.810 --> 00:05:48.850 or the algorithm of the computer has chosen. 00:05:49.329 --> 00:05:52.129 It's really, really nice to listen to this time 00:05:52.129 --> 00:05:54.810 of year. So anyway, for the point of trying to 00:05:54.810 --> 00:05:58.709 use music, what a simple thing, right? I love 00:05:58.709 --> 00:06:00.670 to give people simple solutions. If you want 00:06:00.670 --> 00:06:03.569 something that's as simple as possible and basically 00:06:03.569 --> 00:06:07.000 free, listening to music. So it's not just randomly 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:09.500 listening to music. Everyone often has random 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:11.800 music playing in the background. No, this study 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:16.199 specifically says that what matters most is several 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:20.040 things. One, you choose the music. It works best 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.139 if you or whoever you're going to suggest try 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:25.560 this. They pick their own music, something they 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:30.110 really like, and then listen intently. So what 00:06:30.110 --> 00:06:32.750 does that mean? That means, I used to do this. 00:06:32.870 --> 00:06:34.810 Have you ever done this? Like when you go to 00:06:34.810 --> 00:06:36.829 a concert. You're not looking at your phone. 00:06:36.889 --> 00:06:40.209 There's no TV on if you're with someone or not. 00:06:40.329 --> 00:06:44.329 The only thing you're doing is listening to music. 00:06:45.029 --> 00:06:48.029 I used to have some really amazing music I loved 00:06:48.029 --> 00:06:51.189 to just put on a record and listen to in the 00:06:51.189 --> 00:06:54.350 dark. The point is, you're not occupying your 00:06:54.350 --> 00:06:58.610 eyes with distractions to think about. or anything 00:06:58.610 --> 00:07:01.569 else that needs this drawing your attention away 00:07:01.569 --> 00:07:05.269 from the music. You're just sitting or standing 00:07:05.269 --> 00:07:09.050 and dancing maybe, but just listening to music, 00:07:09.089 --> 00:07:11.689 music that you really love. This is what this 00:07:11.689 --> 00:07:14.449 study is showing that can have profound effects. 00:07:14.529 --> 00:07:17.910 So pain is a really complex experience, says 00:07:17.910 --> 00:07:21.660 Adam. Dr. Adam Hanley, PhD, a psychologist at 00:07:21.660 --> 00:07:24.439 Florida State University. It's created by a physical 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.079 sensation, by our thoughts about that sensation 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:30.839 and the emotional reaction to it. So two people 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.319 with the same condition or injury may feel vastly 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:36.740 different effects of acute or chronic recent 00:07:36.740 --> 00:07:39.180 onset or pain that's been around for a long time. 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:41.980 Or the same person might experience pain differently 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:44.079 from one day to the next. It's different from 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:47.279 day to day. But acute pain, recent onset pain. 00:07:47.689 --> 00:07:50.610 It's felt when pain receptors in a specific part 00:07:50.610 --> 00:07:53.410 of the body, like from a hand touching a hot 00:07:53.410 --> 00:07:56.750 stove, send signals to the brain. These receptors 00:07:56.750 --> 00:08:00.050 send signals to the brain, which causes the short 00:08:00.050 --> 00:08:04.589 -term response of a sudden onset pain. Chronic 00:08:04.589 --> 00:08:07.370 pain, however, usually or alternatively involves 00:08:07.370 --> 00:08:11.089 long -term structural or other changes in the 00:08:11.089 --> 00:08:14.870 brain, which heighten overall sensitivity. to 00:08:14.870 --> 00:08:17.310 pain signals. I love this. I'm going to say that 00:08:17.310 --> 00:08:22.649 again. Chronic pain usually involves long -term 00:08:22.649 --> 00:08:26.029 structural and other changes to the brain which 00:08:26.029 --> 00:08:29.350 heighten overall sensitivity to pain signals. 00:08:29.529 --> 00:08:31.649 Well, this is something as a non -force chiropractor 00:08:31.649 --> 00:08:35.549 I see all the time. I suggest, I strongly believe 00:08:35.549 --> 00:08:38.759 that most... Chronic pain. Most of the pain that 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:40.659 people have that didn't result from an injury 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:42.919 they had last week, even if the pain started 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:45.200 last week, you know you've had some problem with 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:47.759 your neck or your low back or in your knee or 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.039 your ankle or your foot or your shoulder for 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:53.159 years. It comes and goes, and you think if it 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:55.000 goes, then when it comes back again, that it's 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.220 just starting then. No, if that part of your 00:08:57.220 --> 00:09:00.059 body has ever had pain before, then it is a chronic 00:09:00.059 --> 00:09:03.080 pain. And this almost always involves some kind 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:06.440 of long -term structural change in the mechanisms 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:10.200 your body uses to prevent you from injuring that 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:13.789 tissue again. So if you whack your thumb with 00:09:13.789 --> 00:09:16.929 a hammer, or even if your stomach just tightens 00:09:16.929 --> 00:09:20.250 up when you get scared or horrified at seeing 00:09:20.250 --> 00:09:22.950 a car accident or witnessing some other traumatic 00:09:22.950 --> 00:09:26.389 event for someone else even, or a pet, all these 00:09:26.389 --> 00:09:29.769 things are ways that your body is designed to 00:09:29.769 --> 00:09:33.210 protect you. from hurting yourself in the future 00:09:33.210 --> 00:09:37.330 from a similar situation. So if you get in a 00:09:37.330 --> 00:09:39.950 car accident, for example, and a certain song 00:09:39.950 --> 00:09:42.590 is playing on the radio and you're looking out 00:09:42.590 --> 00:09:47.350 your windshield at a certain building or it's 00:09:47.350 --> 00:09:50.590 hot or cold, all the sensations that are impacting 00:09:50.590 --> 00:09:54.009 your body, your sense organ, your sight, sound, 00:09:54.129 --> 00:09:56.889 taste, touch, and smell organs, your brain is 00:09:56.889 --> 00:09:59.289 perceiving all of these things at the same time. 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.240 These are things that get encoded with a traumatic 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:05.960 event. This has everything to do with what underlies 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:10.120 PTSD when soldiers come home from the battlefield 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:14.519 and hear a sound that sounds like a helicopter 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:16.940 or an explosion or something they heard on the 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:20.480 battlefield that can trigger a whole... overwhelming 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.000 response, physiological response in their body 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.759 that's kicking into gear to try to protect them, 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:28.539 to save their life, to prevent something bad 00:10:28.539 --> 00:10:31.840 from happening again. So the PTSD in a soldier 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:35.279 or a rape victim, I've treated many of both and 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.960 helped them, helped their brains identify that 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:40.820 those sensations they're experiencing are things 00:10:40.820 --> 00:10:43.580 that were important reactions at one time to 00:10:43.580 --> 00:10:46.090 protect them in the past. but they're no longer 00:10:46.090 --> 00:10:47.929 necessary. I'm getting a little bit off track 00:10:47.929 --> 00:10:50.049 here. That's a whole other talk. There are ways 00:10:50.049 --> 00:10:54.149 to provide new information to the brain to replace 00:10:54.149 --> 00:10:57.169 that feedback that's saying, oh my God, this 00:10:57.169 --> 00:10:59.629 thing is really dangerous. I need to tighten 00:10:59.629 --> 00:11:01.610 up this muscle and create a spasm that's painful 00:11:01.610 --> 00:11:05.490 or create sensations in the gut that aren't necessary. 00:11:06.289 --> 00:11:08.409 Your body is just trying to protect itself and 00:11:08.409 --> 00:11:12.090 it will do that no matter what until you give 00:11:12.090 --> 00:11:14.519 it new information that enables it. especially 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:17.039 your brain, to realize that that reaction is 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:20.159 no longer necessary. So this is one of the things 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:22.519 that they're identifying that music can help 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:25.679 with in really profound ways. Pain is interpreted 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:29.360 and translated by the brain, says Dr. Gilbert 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:31.580 Chandler, MD, a specialist in chronic spinal 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:33.820 pain at the Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic in 00:11:33.820 --> 00:11:37.700 Florida. And these signals to the brain ratchet 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:42.379 up the signal. or down, depending on the situation. 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:45.139 And researchers know that music can draw attention 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:49.500 away from pain, lessening these sensations. These 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:52.460 sensations that are just there on kind of automatic 00:11:52.460 --> 00:11:55.580 mode in the background because of something that 00:11:55.580 --> 00:11:57.379 happened in the past that's no longer necessary 00:11:57.379 --> 00:12:02.019 and focused listening to music you like. And 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:04.919 only listening to music, not doing anything else. 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:10.259 No phone, no TV, no distractions. Just sitting 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:14.279 and listening to music that you love can help 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:18.059 dull that pain. They've tested this. Much more 00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:21.200 than listening to podcasts or any other distractions. 00:12:21.220 --> 00:12:25.269 Music draws your focus away from the pain. But 00:12:25.269 --> 00:12:27.509 it's doing more than that, says Caroline Palmer, 00:12:27.669 --> 00:12:29.970 Dr. Caroline Palmer, psychologist at McGill University 00:12:29.970 --> 00:12:33.309 in Montreal, who studies music and pain. She 00:12:33.309 --> 00:12:35.850 says, quote, we know that almost all of the brain 00:12:35.850 --> 00:12:39.149 becomes active when we engage in music. This 00:12:39.149 --> 00:12:41.629 is one of the reasons that so many studies have 00:12:41.629 --> 00:12:44.889 shown that playing music for infants in the womb 00:12:44.889 --> 00:12:47.970 and young children is so powerful because it 00:12:47.970 --> 00:12:51.889 engages the entire brain. It changes the perception. 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:55.440 and experience of everything that's impacting 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:59.639 the brain. Because it involves so many parts 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.659 of the brain firing at the same time, it helps 00:13:02.659 --> 00:13:05.299 build connections that are useful in a young 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:08.139 person, and it helps rebuild connections in a 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:11.440 person that are better than the ones that they're 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:13.759 firing off over and over again now that are not 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.659 helpful, and that changes your perception and 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:19.590 experience of pain. and the isolation of pain 00:13:19.590 --> 00:13:23.470 and the anxiety of pain. It rewires your brain 00:13:23.470 --> 00:13:27.250 to a certain extent. It can actually rewire. 00:13:27.389 --> 00:13:30.190 When I say rewire, there's lots of studies that 00:13:30.190 --> 00:13:33.610 show that what you really want to think of when 00:13:33.610 --> 00:13:37.149 you're trying to change an impact, think of the 00:13:37.149 --> 00:13:40.470 way a skill is formed in your brain. There are 00:13:40.470 --> 00:13:42.970 so many nerves in our brain that we never even 00:13:42.970 --> 00:13:47.159 use. Most of us lose a huge percentage. percentage 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.960 of our brain cells as we get older. And that 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.340 underlies chronic neurological diseases like 00:13:54.340 --> 00:13:56.840 Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, losing that brain 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:01.059 tissue. But we're not using far, a small, we're 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:02.840 using a small percentage of the total available 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:05.480 brain cells most of the time anyway, maybe 20, 00:14:05.659 --> 00:14:10.820 30%, some studies suggest. What really matters 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:14.360 is, in many cases, what matters is the connections 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:18.019 between the cells you have. You may have lost 00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:20.679 10, 20, 30 % of your brain cells, but you can 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:24.519 always do something to reestablish. more connections 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:27.399 between existing brain cells. And any time a 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:30.500 professional athlete or an accomplished musician 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:32.960 or any of these superstars that can do these 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:36.399 superhuman feats, physiologically what underlies 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.279 a lot of that, those skills that they develop 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:41.940 through practice, through doing 10 ,000 hours 00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:44.120 of something, playing the piano over and over 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:46.460 again, what they're doing is they're developing 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:49.879 more connections between the cells of their brain. 00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:53.159 So when they want to deliberately repeat, heat 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:55.000 and activity that they've been studying over 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:56.960 and over and over again, it's easier for them 00:14:56.960 --> 00:15:00.220 to do that again and do it better than you or 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:02.500 I can do it because they've done it so many times 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:05.240 and that's literally changed the physiology of 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:08.299 their brain by increasing the number of connections 00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:12.379 between the cells in their brain. So all the 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:14.440 cells in your brain are connected to other cells, 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:18.120 but the number of other cells that each individual 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:21.940 cell is connected to. varies tremendously. Some 00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:24.240 of your brain cells are only connected to a few 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.200 other brain cells, and some of them are connected 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:29.360 to hundreds of other brain cells. And activities 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:32.600 that force you to think on your feet, to develop 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:35.139 a skill, to do something that requires repeated 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:37.879 activity over and over again, the result of that 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:40.480 activity, the beneficial results of that activity, 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:45.259 is in large part because of these dramatically 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:49.269 increased connections between brain cells well 00:15:49.269 --> 00:15:53.970 something as simple as listening to music music 00:15:53.970 --> 00:15:56.830 that you like and only listening to music with 00:15:56.830 --> 00:15:59.549 no distractions not watching tv not doing anything 00:15:59.549 --> 00:16:02.230 else at the same time just listening to music 00:16:02.230 --> 00:16:04.870 does the same thing these studies are showing 00:16:05.450 --> 00:16:08.090 pretty strongly it's not proving but strongly 00:16:08.090 --> 00:16:10.230 indicating because of the similarity with other 00:16:10.230 --> 00:16:12.570 studies that what you're actually doing there's 00:16:12.570 --> 00:16:14.750 many studies that show that music involves all 00:16:14.750 --> 00:16:16.490 parts of the brain so it's very likely that this 00:16:16.490 --> 00:16:19.470 is part of this benefit when you listen to really 00:16:19.470 --> 00:16:22.549 amazing music that you love and do nothing else 00:16:22.549 --> 00:16:26.129 just listen to music it can change your brain 00:16:26.129 --> 00:16:28.779 in ways that among other things can reduce your 00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:32.240 perception and experience of pain. So the idea 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:34.779 of using recorded music to lessen pain associated 00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:37.940 with dental surgery, for example, began in the 00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:41.580 19th century, before local anesthetics were available. 00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:44.419 Well, today researchers are studying what conditions 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:47.860 can make music most effective. Researchers at 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:50.559 Erasmus University in Rotterdam in the Netherlands 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:54.860 conducted a study on 548... participants to see 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:57.340 how listening to five different genres of music 00:16:57.340 --> 00:17:01.759 classical rock pop urban and electronic and you 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:04.680 guessed it everyone was expecting classical music 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:07.859 to make the biggest difference and the result 00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:11.059 came in all music helped it didn't matter what 00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:13.539 kind of music all music helped the more people 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:16.319 listen to a favorite genre of music the more 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:18.339 they could endure pain. And what matters most 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:20.779 is just simply that you listen to what music 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:23.660 you like. They theorize that it may partly be 00:17:23.660 --> 00:17:26.259 because familiar songs activate more memories 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:29.440 and emotions, and the simple act of choosing 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:33.240 the music itself can have a benefit. So says 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:36.440 Dr. Claire Howland, Ph .D., Director of Music 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:38.319 and Health Psychology Lab at Trinity College 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:40.740 Dublin, who co -authored a study that suggested 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:44.339 allowing patients to select songs improved their 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:47.009 pain. Tolerance, because it's one thing that 00:17:47.009 --> 00:17:48.990 people can have control over if they have a chronic 00:17:48.990 --> 00:17:51.130 condition, and it gives them agency. It gives 00:17:51.130 --> 00:17:54.069 them something that they can do at will, anytime, 00:17:54.470 --> 00:17:56.710 that can actually make a significant difference. 00:17:56.970 --> 00:17:59.470 I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening to Safe, 00:17:59.509 --> 00:18:02.690 Effective, Natural Solutions to Almost Any Challenge. 00:18:02.769 --> 00:18:05.509 I've created and am funding this show to provide 00:18:05.509 --> 00:18:08.250 you with the latest research into ways that you 00:18:08.250 --> 00:18:10.769 can use natural methods to reduce your risk of 00:18:10.769 --> 00:18:14.640 many diseases and heal yourself. This often requires 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:17.500 ordering more tests than most doctors order and 00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:20.759 doing a more progressive analysis of those tests. 00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:24.019 So in addition to screening for full -blown disease, 00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:27.299 I'm looking for places where normal health has 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:30.420 been lost. Where do your kidneys and liver and 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:32.819 digestive system and immune system need a little 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:36.680 extra support? How is the health of your gut 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:39.359 microbiome? How would you know? Well, if you 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:42.200 have gas, bloating, constipation, or diarrhea, 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:45.619 it's probably not great. But if you have an autoimmune 00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:48.579 condition where your body is overproducing antibodies 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:51.980 that are attacking healthy tissue, and your thyroid, 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:54.960 for example, or your... nerve tissue like multiple 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:58.859 sclerosis or in your joints, rheumatoid arthritis, 00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:02.519 there's a good chance that that has its origins 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:06.400 in a lack of healthy bacterial balance in your 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:08.559 gut. Maybe your hormones are a little bit out 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:11.299 of balance and you need some support there. The 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:14.240 way those are often tested and treated by standard 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.619 medical practices are not always getting people 00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:20.059 the results they need. Maybe you've been exposed 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:22.019 to mold, chemical, or heavy metal toxins that 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.700 are putting a constant strain on your nervous 00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:25.839 system and your immune system, causing rashes, 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:29.460 brain fog, fatigue, and a whole host of other 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:31.880 symptoms that no one else can figure out. What 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:34.730 is causing that? When we identify these things 00:19:34.730 --> 00:19:37.369 that other doctors miss, solutions involving 00:19:37.369 --> 00:19:40.710 mainly better food, exercise, and evidence -based 00:19:40.710 --> 00:19:43.509 supplements can make all the difference. You 00:19:43.509 --> 00:19:46.849 can feel like a whole new person again. So who 00:19:46.849 --> 00:19:49.150 do you know who isn't feeling great, who has 00:19:49.150 --> 00:19:51.210 been to other doctors and is told there's nothing 00:19:51.210 --> 00:19:53.990 that can be done? Maybe they've been told there's 00:19:53.990 --> 00:19:55.990 nothing wrong with them. But if they don't feel 00:19:55.990 --> 00:19:57.930 right, then there probably is something wrong. 00:19:58.009 --> 00:19:59.750 They just haven't figured out the cause yet. 00:20:00.289 --> 00:20:03.299 So I'm here to help. A consultation to get someone 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:06.319 started on a healthier path is a great Christmas 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:09.680 gift they can take with them far into the new 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.579 year for as little as $100. We can do a consultation 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:16.019 and get them started. Here's some exciting news. 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:18.539 It's not really new. It's been around for a while. 00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:21.160 Peanut allergies are debilitating for children. 00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:24.119 It's really frustrating because peanuts are everywhere. 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:27.160 Nuts are really, really healthy snack foods. 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:30.099 If you like to eat other nuts, a lot of times 00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:33.849 they're processed. facilities that also process 00:20:33.849 --> 00:20:36.710 peanuts in a tiny amount for some, especially 00:20:36.710 --> 00:20:40.130 children, can cause an anaphylactic shock where 00:20:40.130 --> 00:20:43.009 you need to get an EpiPen or their airways are 00:20:43.009 --> 00:20:44.829 going to close off and they'll suffocate and 00:20:44.829 --> 00:20:48.029 die. So it can be a really serious condition. 00:20:48.190 --> 00:20:50.450 But for several years now, they've been doing 00:20:50.450 --> 00:20:52.309 studies where they show that if you introduce 00:20:52.309 --> 00:20:57.109 peanuts to an infant and a young child's diet, 00:20:57.769 --> 00:21:04.410 At that age, their body will adjust to that and 00:21:04.410 --> 00:21:07.650 they won't become familiar with it, so they won't 00:21:07.650 --> 00:21:09.470 develop an allergy to it. So this has been going 00:21:09.470 --> 00:21:11.490 on for several years now. Studies show the protective 00:21:11.490 --> 00:21:13.869 effect of recommending peanut product consumption. 00:21:14.650 --> 00:21:18.349 In infancy, allergy rates dropped. This is published 00:21:18.349 --> 00:21:21.029 in Pediatrics. Just came out just this year, 00:21:21.109 --> 00:21:23.930 2025. Fewer toddlers developed peanut allergies 00:21:23.930 --> 00:21:26.509 after guidelines recommended introducing peanuts 00:21:26.509 --> 00:21:30.490 in infancy. A large primary care registry study 00:21:30.490 --> 00:21:32.349 showed physician -diagnosed peanut allergies 00:21:32.349 --> 00:21:36.109 in children ages 1 to 3 declined by 27 % after 00:21:36.109 --> 00:21:39.579 the key trial and resulted... And new guidance 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:43.779 and peanut product introduction in 2015 reported 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:46.839 researchers led by David Hill, Dr. David Hill, 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:49.220 MD, PhD of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:52.140 in Pediatrics. Exposing babies to peanuts by 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:56.500 11 months was shown in a 2015 LEAP trial to reduce 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:59.319 the development of peanut allergies, which resulted 00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:02.519 in another update in the guidelines. Prevention 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:05.579 of peanut allergy guidance of 2017 from the National 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:07.799 Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disorders. 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:09.599 which recommended the introduction of peanut 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:12.920 allergy, peanut products by 11 months for low 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:16.440 risk infants and by six months for those at high 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:19.680 risk. And although adherence to these guidelines 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:22.099 has been slow, the study showed that the cumulative 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:26.240 incidence of peanut allergy dropped 45 % compared 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:29.359 to before they started these new guidelines. 00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:34.480 How exciting is that? What a debilitating. Anaphylactic 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:37.480 shock potentially inducing allergy like that 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:40.640 can be totally reversed. You can help your young 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:43.740 growing child to prevent that ever happening 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:48.140 by preparing the immune system in early life 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:52.039 to adjust to that so that peanuts are no longer. 00:22:52.970 --> 00:22:55.950 And irritant, that could be life change for someone, 00:22:55.990 --> 00:22:57.450 especially if they're at high risk. If you have 00:22:57.450 --> 00:22:58.950 somebody that's already have someone in their 00:22:58.950 --> 00:23:01.549 family that's at risk for that. This is well 00:23:01.549 --> 00:23:03.589 documented. If you heard about it, but you're 00:23:03.589 --> 00:23:06.009 not sure if it's safe to do, send me an email. 00:23:06.130 --> 00:23:08.670 I'll send you the specific guidelines. You can 00:23:08.670 --> 00:23:10.509 look them up online, but I'm happy to send them 00:23:10.509 --> 00:23:14.690 to you myself so that you can feel safe about 00:23:14.690 --> 00:23:16.890 doing it. But this is really exciting news because, 00:23:16.930 --> 00:23:20.190 yeah, no one wants to spend a lifetime worrying 00:23:20.190 --> 00:23:23.319 about going into... respiratory failure just 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:25.900 because they got a little peanut in some snack 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:28.339 that they weren't expecting. I'd love to have 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:30.460 you join me for the next presentation live at 00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:32.099 Binkley Healing Center, my office in downtown 00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:35.640 Ventura. 961 East Main Street, every first Wednesday 00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:38.299 evening. This will be 6 p .m. on January 7th 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:41.339 on how to reduce and reverse diabetes, how you 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:43.059 can lower your blood sugar, reduce your risk 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:45.319 of heart attack, stroke, get more energy, lose 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:47.559 weight, and feel amazing without drugs. I'll 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:49.599 do a 30 -minute keynote presentation. We'll have 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:51.119 some light refreshments, and then there'll be 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:54.700 plenty of time for questions and answers, which 00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:56.839 I would love to be able to provide for you face 00:23:56.839 --> 00:24:00.569 -to -face. in my office here's the final tip 00:24:00.569 --> 00:24:03.049 before you go out to each of those holiday gatherings 00:24:03.049 --> 00:24:05.589 that you're going to stuff yourself with some 00:24:05.589 --> 00:24:08.069 healthy fruits and vegetables before you go take 00:24:08.069 --> 00:24:11.230 some nuts with you dense nutrient rich snacks 00:24:11.230 --> 00:24:13.789 keep get your belly full before you're tempted 00:24:13.789 --> 00:24:16.170 by all that starch and sugar that you know you 00:24:16.170 --> 00:24:19.009 shouldn't be eating and then of course most importantly 00:24:19.009 --> 00:24:22.029 of all have a blessed holiday with your family 00:24:22.029 --> 00:24:40.880 have a very Merry Christmas. Take advantage of 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:43.339 this opportunity to ask questions for yourself 00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:46.920 and for your loved ones because our health matters. 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:51.559 Join him next Friday at 2 p .m. for safe, effective 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:56.019 natural solutions here on 98 .3 FM, The Word.