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Dr. Martin: Well, good morning, everyone. And once again, welcome to another live this morning. Hope you're having a wonderful start to your day. We appreciate you guys.
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Okay, guys, I got a lot of questions. Why don't we get going? Anna is asking, Whatever your preference is, because those enzymes are only going to help. I love digestive enzymes.
I used to call them American Express. Don't leave home without them. You're going to a restaurant, bring your digestive enzymes with you. They are so good.
They help break down all your food. They micro size the food. So the absorption of your amino acids, your proteins are broken down. So a good broad spectrum digestive enzyme with amylase, protease, lipase, they're so good for you.
And don't worry about it, Anna. If you're anything like me, I forget. I'm a senior. I just pull up my senior card.
Lucille, who was number one here, I think. Her friend is from Ireland. She gets flare ups in the fall and spring. Weird.
Tell her I love her. Okay, even if she's from Ireland. I'm just teasing. Okay, of course, we love Ireland.
Okay, I went to Ireland. It's beautiful. Now, ongoing problem, itchy, stinging sensation, burning, and the scalp, hair gets lighter, falls out. She's in her mid 60s, eats healthy, very low carb, good for her.
Ah, look, there's a couple of things that I would look for if she was in my practice and came in with that. One would be leaky gut. Probably, can't say without knowing for sure, probably some fungal. Anytime you get an itchy scalp, there's fungus in the body.
Leaky gut, leaky skin, leaky gut, leaky scalp. Usually. Okay, now why seasonal? Who knows?
I think maybe stress. Think of what cortisol does. Okay, cortisol is this guy. You know this.
Right? That's cortisol. And that's all right. In its place and in its time.
But if cortisol, and for whatever reason, her seasonal, I have no idea. But everybody's different. But cortisol can pour gasoline on the fire of Candida and stress can do that to a person. So I don't know her situation.
I'm just telling you, I would fix the leaky gut. I would be on probiotics. I would be on oil of oregano. You might use a little oil of oregano in the shampoo.
It's actually very good. Put a couple of drops in there. Very anti-fungal, anti-Candida. Okay, that was Lucille.
You say hi to your Irish, wait a minute, friend. Okay. Cathy, my daughter-in-law has low ferritin. Well, join the cast of million.
And besides eating steak, well, she should be eating steak for sure. Okay? Oftentimes with ferritin and its low, often, Cathy, okay, these are things that I would check for in my office. One, not optimized levels of B12.
That has a big effect. I always said this about blood. Blood takes a multitude of things to build up blood. Okay?
And steak, 100%. Okay? Maybe a liquid iron. Okay?
That sometimes can be helpful. But one of the biggest things that I find when you can't get those numbers up is that they were low in B12 because B12 is a big, important vitamin to jack up your production of red blood cells. Here's another one. Could have digestive issues and not breaking down food properly, like having the heme iron in steak absorbed properly.
So it could be a malabsorption thing. And that's why I like digestive enzymes. Again, go back to that. Probiotic even.
Okay, Cath, thank you for the question. Please explain. Now someone like Faith is trying to be negative about coffee and I won't allow it. Okay, I'm just joking.
Faith is bringing up, please explain, she says, the relevance of the statement regarding acrylamides, okay, and coffee. Okay, now where do you get acrylamides? Potato chips, french fries, usually foods, crackers and cooked in bad oil. You get these aldehydes.
How they could lump coffee in on that. There are so many studies, Faith, that tell you the opposite of that. And I mean that. And guys, you know me.
You know, when you see something like that and they lump coffee in with french fries and fried foods and crackers and all that that could possibly give you aldehydes because of the bad oil. Coffee, not in that category at all. I don't buy it. There's just too much research showing the benefits of coffee from cancer to your microbiome.
It's so good for you. I would dismiss it outright. I don't buy it. As a matter of fact, I've heard it before and it almost makes me, well, I would get a migraine, but I dismiss it pretty quick.
Just don't buy it. You know, you're lumping stuff in like that and they give you these aldehydes. Not coffee. I'm sorry, I don't believe it.
Lint. Hair loss for ladies. No fun. Okay.
And she's tried everything. Well, listen, your ferritin is low, so we just talked about ferritin, right? Like build it up. Remember what your hair is, guys.
Your hair is protein. It's 99% protein when hair is analyte. And most women, and I mean it, don't eat near enough protein in their diet. They're salad eaters.
Okay? They don't realize it. They don't get near enough amino acid. And if your hair is thinning, you've got to look at your thyroid and your thyroid is like a puppet.
It's got a lot of strings attached. You might have too much estrogen compared to your progesterone. You've got to look at all those things when it comes to hair. Okay?
The thyroid might be slowing to a crawl and that happens. Look at all those things. Peptides, she says, that's the latest trend. Yeah, there's a lot of good research on peptides.
Worth a try. I got no problem with peptides. I really don't. Sandra says, I know you can't out supplement a bad diet.
Well, you know what, Sandra? You're a smart puppy. You just can't. But what does she want to know?
She's overweight and she's having trouble lowering her diastolic reading. Okay? You've got diastolic and systolic. Right?
And diastolic is your first number. Okay? And she's having trouble with that. But it seems, okay, and I don't know this, Sandra, because you'd have to tell me, what are your numbers, Sandra?
Send those numbers off to info. Like generally, what do you see? A lot of people have that high first number. That don't concern me near as much as your second number.
If your second number is consistently over 90, that, in my opinion, is high blood pressure. If you're 170 over 80, a lot of people are, and they're put on meds, I can't handle that. I can't handle that. Look, if you need blood pressure medication, I get it.
But so many people are on blood pressure medication when they don't need to be on them. Her blood pressure medication made her arthritis worse. Look, I would have you on, depending on what your number's on. I like Navitol.
You stay off the carbs, because sugars affect your kidneys. Your kidneys hold on to sodium. That can affect your blood pressure. But if your second number is not above 90, I'm sorry.
I don't get too concerned about that. I've been around for a long time by the watch old number. And by the way, when I was in school in 1970s, let me give you the reading, because I was looking at this yesterday. What did they tell us in school?
Like nobody had high blood pressure, unless it was, I can't remember what the numbers were in the 70s, but like they've changed the goalposts every 10 years or so. And I just say, because they want to put more people on meds, but I don't want you to have high blood pressure. Okay, I really don't. Okay, somebody asked another question about high blood pressure.
Hold on a minute here. Bruni, my husband had been put on high blood pressure medication, and he's got a very high blood pressure. Okay, today his blood pressure went to 231 over 133. That's very high.
That's stroking. I don't like those numbers. Okay, it's probably hereditary. Yeah, maybe.
It can have an effect on that. You know, some people that just the way it is. Okay, well, the reset for sure should be doing the reset, lay off the sugars. I would have them on Navitol, opens up the blood vessels.
I would have them on lubrication, get a lube job with high DHA. That's what I would have them on in a natural way. Okay, Charlene, she's having her heartbeat here. Hearing her heartbeats.
Okay, again, when I heard that, usually, usually, not always, but usually, they were low in B12, low in R. A lot of times I saw that they were in EMA, and nobody told them. And those are the things, Charlene, okay? You've tried the Navitol, but I don't know, Charlene, like send me your B12 numbers if you have any.
Send me your ferritin numbers if you have any. Send them to info at Martin Clinic. I'll give you a better answer. Dena.
Dena, be careful. Here's what Dena says. I hear that having coffee every day is good for you. Yeah.
And where did you hear that? Here. Here's Dena's question. She doesn't like coffee.
Dena, poor you. What is it? Look, not everybody likes coffee. That's too bad.
Okay? Too bad. I feel sad for you. Okay?
I really do. Look, take Navitol instead, okay? No, don't eat the bean. That won't do it.
Okay? Because you're asking, can you make beans a supplement? I guess you could. I never thought of it.
Okay. Tam, diagnosed with Cilia. Can I still eat ground flaxseed? Yep.
There's no gluten in that. There's no gluten in flaxseed. I like flaxseed. You guys know that.
Why? Because they're full of lingons. What do lingons do? Block the extra estrogen.
That's needed for women and men. Okay. Shelly, in your practice days, what dosage of quercetin would you have prescribed to a patient with chronic kidney disease? About 600.
We make our capsules of quercetin at 600 milligrams. It's a good dose. Sometimes people with straight uric acid problems, I would give them double that, maybe 1200 milligrams a day, but 600 with chronic kidney disease. I'm not too worried about quercetin and chronic kidney disease.
I know there's sites out there that, oh, quercetin, you know, be careful with it. It was never my experience. Okay? Never my experience.
Look, I read stuff too and look, I want people to read. I want people to study. I want people to make up their own minds, but I never had trouble with quercetin, to be honest with you. Never did.
You know, 600 milligrams, no problem at all. Jeannie, how much salt to add to a gallon of water? Okay. A gallon.
Pinch of salt for half a liter, half a teaspoon in a gallon. To me, that would be enough. Make sure it's a good salt, a good Celtic or Himalayan salt. It's got all those minerals in it.
Okay. Guilin. Hello, Guilin. Kama saba.
Okay. My last A1C test was 5.7, higher than I left. You got a glucose monitor thing. She'd been monitoring her glucose and your glucose had been very good.
Remember, A1C is an average. Okay? And the next time you go, Guilin, if your glucose has been really good, which it seems to be, then I wouldn't worry about it too much. I love looking at A1C, by the way.
You guys know that. If you're above 5.4, just put in your brain up here. Put it in your noggin up there. Me and carbs don't get along, because that's what it means.
You don't get along with carbs. Carbs are just sugar molecules holding hands. And you don't get along with carbs and you don't get along with sugar. That doesn't mean you're never going to have carbs.
No. But just understand that. Okay? So that's you, Guilin.
Okay? Now you're monitoring your blood sugar. You must be eating well. Your A1C will reflect that.
It will start coming down. Okay? But I just don't look at A1C. I do look at it, but I don't only look at A1C.
I look at, because I can tell you by looking at your blood work, if I look at your lipids and I look at your triglycerides, I look at your HDL and your A1C, that's going to give me a real good idea if you have insulin resistance or not. But just assume, Guilin, just assume you and carbs don't get along.
You've got a glucose monitor. You're doing really well. You're on the right track. So good for you.
Okay. Let's see. Okay. It's about blood pressure again.
Would taking extra nitric oxide help lower my systolic? Her diastolic is good. Systolic. Okay.
What's the question here? I've got to get to it. I would like to get that top number lower. Getting the top number lower, look.
Again, I'm more interested in your lower number. Okay? So if you're looking to lower your top number, you're not going to do it independent of your total blood pressure numbers. Okay?
I'm big on elevating your nitric oxide. Why? Because it opens your blood vessels. Okay?
I love magnesium. Why? It relaxes your blood vessel. I love omega-3 because it lubricates your blood vessels.
So when you do that trinity, that is a good way to lower blood pressure. I think I mixed it up. If you're diastolic, your first number, what did I say earlier? I'm a senior.
I forgot what I said. That I mix it up. Systolic is top number. Diastolic is low number.
Did I say that opposite? Someone's saying that here, I think. Maybe I did. I talk fast.
I could have made a mistake. But anyway, I like that trinity. And even vitamin D helps with that. Vitamin D is good for everything, but it really does elevate your nitric oxide.
Okay? So that's what I would do. Okay. Systolic is at the top.
Diastolic is at the bottom. Okay, let's get to the next question here. Let's see. Yeah, we got time.
My word. Sima diagnosed, her sister diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. They put her on methyl trexate. You know what that is?
That's chemotherapy. Kill a horse. And told her she could not take probiotics. Sima, do you see my cortisol elevating?
Sima, do you see me getting a migraine? Sima, when they tell people they're giving them chemo, I just did a thing. I just did a thing. I just did a study.
I thought I brought it, didn't I? This week. I'm sure I did. Let me get this study because I got it right in my notes.
Okay? Meta analysis study. You know what meta means? Lots of studies.
They look at all the studies they can. A meta analysis of using probiotics. Oh, in the Journal of Nutrition. Oh, how it helps during chemotherapy or radiation therapy or post-operative infections.
Hello. Hello. I get a migraine. I get a migraine.
What can I tell you? It's so silly. Probiotics, they're bacteria. Methyltrexate will do a carpet bombing of bacteria.
It'll kill all your good guys. Should replace those. Well, what can I tell you? I try and educate guys.
I aim at you. I don't aim at doctors because they don't listen. They're not Lindas. Our Larrys listen, Linda, listen.
A lot of times they don't listen. I don't know how many oncologists over the years said, well, don't listen to Dr. Martin because he's going to tell you to take probiotics. What's probiotics going to do?
Kill you? No, they're only going to help. And the studies are showing it. It's absolute insanity.
But what do you want me to do? And your sister's probably scared skinny to take her probiotics. What do you want me to do? Simen.
Except scream. Lise is asking about our thyroid formula. It's bothering her bowels. She's sinking.
It's the magnesium citrate affecting. It's only got 100 milligrams. And I mean, if it's bothering you, Lise, look, to change the formula, not going to happen. Well, you have no idea what you're asking.
Besides, that thyroid formula is so hard to make. Oh, because we won't compromise. You know, the manufacturer says, well, you want the best ingredients and they're hard to get. Well, will we?
Will we? And there's magnesium citrate in there. I love magnesium citrate. If it's bothering you, Lise, to go in front of Health Canada and you change one thing in a formula, you have no idea.
Not going to do it. I'm not saying, I never say never, because maybe things will change. But I'm just telling you, in Canada, it's impossible almost to change any format. If you have what they call an NPN number, which is a natural product number, it's so hard to get those numbers.
And especially if you have a formula, because they're classified as a drug almost. And it's crazy. But Lise, I don't know what to tell you, because it ain't going to be changed. And tens of thousands of people, maybe I'm exaggerating, but not much.
I date, take that thyroid formula. You have no idea. And I never hear about bowel problems, but I'm not dismissing yours. Okay?
But lose stool. Because magnesium citrate can, but you usually have much higher doses than that. But anyway, Lise, everybody different. So I'm glad you asked, but don't hold your breath, because we ain't changing that formula, to go in front of the product that be off the market and probably never come back.
Nativity. How can a saliva gland get blocked? Now, usually this is me. Okay?
You get a little stone in there. What is that stone? And I mean, I'm talking about insy, wintsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dog bikini, stone size in a gland. How do you get that?
Usually oxalates. How do you get oxalate? You drink too much tea. You eat too much spinach.
You like too many almonds. Usually. If that's not you, Nativity, maybe you're not like that. But that's what I usually saw.
Because I always said, well, you know, those little glands, they get stoned. My patients look at me, what? Well, they get stoned, little stone in there. I mean, micro size stone.
But what is that stone? It's an oxalate. It's a calcium oxalate. Maybe try some vitamin K too.
Kim, tracking your heart rate variability. I don't like it, because you know what they'll do when you track your heart rate variability? You're going to have a variable heart rate. People with these tracking devices, I can't handle them.
Okay? It's like someone asked me last week about BMI. Okay? Basic metabolic index.
Okay? I'd be 140 pounds. I weighed 140 pounds at five years old. And he wanted me to get back to that.
That's stupid. And then everybody's got these watches on. Now you've got a ring on. And you can get these devices.
It measures everything. You know what that does? You know what that does? It'll make you anxious.
You're going to start living by numbers. I don't want people to live by numbers. Okay? I find this is just me.
Okay? It's too much. It's like people that become, Dr. Martin, would you like to see my blood pressure numbers?
Well, I just took your blood pressure. Yeah, but do you want to see my history? No. Why not?
Because you're giving yourself high blood pressure by measuring your blood pressure four times a day. You know? Like all these monitors and everything. To me, they just create a lot of anxiety in most people.
Okay? You want to do it? What can I tell you? But I'm not going to give you a high five if you do it.
Okay? To me, that elevates cortisol. People get fixated on numbers. I don't like that.
It gives me high blood pressure. Okay? Now that's me. Okay?
You want to wear an Apple device that tells you, oh, you didn't sleep well last night? Gee, I thought I did. Now I'm worried that I didn't sleep well last night. Ooh.
Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. I know.
I read about this heart variability rate and I just, I go crazy. It's too much. It's too much info. Now look, if you got atrial fib and you know, you got a monitor and I get it, I get it.
Okay? But anyway, Mary Ann is asking, light serve meat well done. I don't care. Are you losing all your vitamins?
No. Don't believe that stuff. Steak's still got heme iron. Whether you cook it rare or you like it well done, just eat it.
It's got all the benefits. I always say, don't get into the weeds, you know, because you got to have your meat, you know, with blood dripping off of it. I like my steak rare. I do.
But that's because I like it like that. You know, some people, they like it well done. Good for you. I give them a high five.
You're eating the steak. That's what counts. Are you losing vitamins? Don't believe that.
You're still getting B12? Yes, you're still getting B12. Okay? Don't get into the weeds.
Don't worry about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. We'll take care of the furniture after we change your diet. Okay? You're eating well.
Good for you. Enjoy. Like, you got to make food enjoyable too. Like, yeah, you know, like rare meat.
I do. I do. But that's my taste. Yeah, I think I'm going to get done, guys.
Let's do a couple more. Yeah, maybe not. Maybe I'll leave a few for Monday then. Okay.
Yeah, maybe I'd better. Okay. One, two, three, four, looks like four or five. Yeah, enough for another program.
And even if I had to bring you another study on Monday, would I not do it? You know what? Wait a minute. Now, Monday, I'm traveling.
Okay? So I'm telling you ahead of time. Not on Monday. Okay?
I just about forgot. See the senior mic? Monday, travel day for me. Okay?
So traveling Monday, we'll be back on Lord willing Tuesday. Okay, guys. Thanks for coming on. Thanks for sending in the questions.
We love it. The folks love it. And enjoy your weekend. Love you guys. Talk to you soon.
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