1876. Q&A with Dr. Martin

Dr. Martin answers questions sent in by our listeners in today's episode.

 

TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY'S EPISODE

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Dr. Martin:  Well, good morning everyone. And once again, welcome to another live this morning. Hope you're having a great start to your day and welcome to the Doctor is in podcast. Okay.

Nativity is asking me a question. Okay. My mom went to emergency yesterday. So this would have been last week.

Sometime has an infection in her leg and a blood clot behind her knee. Well, that's never good. That's never good. She's on antibiotics and I can guarantee you on a blood thinner and they'll probably keep her on the blood thinner.

Once you have a blood clot, they're very reticent to take someone, especially Nativity, your mother's age. They'll keep her on a blood thinner. Guaranteed. And my question is, what exactly is what we should expect?

Well, look, Nativity, it depends. It depends on a lot of things. Her age, okay. Her age to her preexisting condition.

Is she a woman that has congestive heart failure? Is she a woman that has edema? All complications for blood clots and diabetes, for example, would even be worse. So it depends.

Like for me to give you an outcome, it's not routine. Because when you go on blood thinners, there's a lot of side effects to blood thinners, including bleeding and bleeding out easily, you know, and bruising. Now, you know Nativity as far as the antibiotics and the leg infection that she had. Was she diabetic?

Because usually they're diabetics. Anyway, the antibiotics, you have no choice, right? Like your mom had no choice but to take the antibiotics. So, you know, you know what to do Nativity, the probiotic especially, double up her dosage for the next few weeks, at least so that she gets her friendly bacteria back.

Okay. Thanks for the question. And if you have any more details, send it to info at Martin Clinic. Give me more detail on your mom.

I give you a better answer in her preexisting conditions and how old she is. Okay. Brian's talking about he had a knee replacement and had an infection then. My doctor prescribed me an antibiotic twice a day for the rest of your life.

You had some kind of bacterial infection. Brian, what did they isolate? What kind of bacteria was it? Okay.

I understand, from a doctor's point of view, you know, to put someone on an antibiotic the rest of their life. I know, for example, I have a friend of mine who was put on an antibiotic because he got recurring cellulitis in his leg. That's what they're worried about. Okay.

And they put him on an antibiotic. And look, I wouldn't do that. I understand why they do it though. Okay.

Like for me, I would rather build up their immune system, get their immune system with vitamin D, probiotics big time. I think you could do it naturally. But again, I'm not your physician. I can't say in your individual case, Brian, I understand their training.

That's what they're trained in. They'd rather you have side effects to the antibiotic than you having that bacteria come and create a cellulitis, for example, or a massive infection again in your leg. So I understand why they do it. I don't necessarily agree.

I think if I could teach a physician or teach physicians, look, monitor your patient for sure. You can always use an antibiotic quickly if you have to, even through an IV. But build up their immune system, build up their microbiome, because it's amazing what happens in that area. Use oil or oregano on a daily basis.

And one way or another, Brian and probiotic, you should be doing that anyways. Okay. So Evelyn, she's in her 70s, got low platelets for a few years, extensive testing, been diagnosed with curry or carry or Q-U-E-R-Y lymphoma. Okay.

So what that is, guys, is a very slow advancing lymphoma. Okay. So cancer in the lymphatics. You know what?

In my opinion, Evelyn, that ain't going to kill you. That's not where you're going to die from. So again, I tell you, watch your diet. I always start with diet.

You should be on probiotics, vitamin D, B12, DHA. You need to be on those things. And I'm not too concerned about that lymphoma. It's a very slow advancing lymphoma.

That's not what's going to kill you. Stay in good shape, eat well, take the supplements that you need. That's my take on it. Clode.

Is it better to drink Dr. Martin's Perfect Smoothie or with a spoon? Well, listen, I'm glad you asked me that, Clode, because I want to explain, because guys, you know me. Okay.

I've seen this a lot. When you drink juice, that goes straight to your liver. Okay. Apple juice, orange juice, it's fructose meant to go to your liver.

Dr. Martin's Perfect Smoothie is different. Why is that? Because it is a high protein, good dairy.

You want to put some yogurt in it or whatever, like Greek plain. I've got no problem with that. I like the heavy cream. Okay.

So that don't go, even though you put a few berries in, okay, Clode, it's not going to your liver. Your body metabolizes that, the protein, the amino acids, the good nutrition. This is why I love it for kids. And they think it's a milkshake.

They can drink it. If you want to take it with a spoon, it really doesn't matter. You want to drink it with a straw, it doesn't, because I like the fact that you asked me, because you're thinking, Clode, and you're following along with me. When I go to the mall and see a juice place, I get a migraine.

These young people taking these so-called fruit smoothies, and there's so much fructose in there, that's giving them fatty liver. It's packing up their liver. It's destroying their liver. Dr.

Martin's Perfect Smoothie, you can use it as a meal replacement. I like the bone broth protein powder in it. It is so good for you. Okay.

And that perfect smoothie is perfect. It's a complete meal replacement. A lot of people start their day with Dr. Martin's Perfect Smoothie.

If you can start your kids or your grandchildren's day, make them a Dr. Martin's Perfect Smoothie. Put a tablespoon of flax in there too. Flax seeds, because they're so good for you.

If you've got diverticulosis, maybe just the powder of flax, grind it up. You don't really have to grind up flax, but if you want to, go ahead. Because that blocks your estrogen. Okay.

So I love the question, Clode, because you're thinking, I don't want you to pack up your liver with fat. And when you get fructose, that's what it does. It goes directly to your liver. But not if you have a few berries.

Like this time of the year, you can make Dr. Martin's Perfect Smoothie. If you can get those wild blueberries, my word, are frozen strawberries, are raspberries. Okay.

They're good for you. And you're grinding them up, but that doesn't turn them into a juice. You've got a smoothie there. Thank you very much, Clode.

You're a smart cookie asking me a good question. Lynn, do I take vitamin D3 and B12 with my food? Well, look, I like vitamin D. Vitamin D, okay, are vitamin D and K2.

It's a fat soluble vital. So you read anything online, anything online, Lynn, they'll tell you to take vitamin D with food. Is it the end of the world if you don't? No.

Believe you me, I've been around a long time, and I didn't guess I tested. I had a lot of patients. They said, Doc, I don't eat in the morning. Can I take my vitamin D with K2?

Yeah, have it with your coffee. I got no problem with that. And then I would test them. Their vitamin D levels, their dehydroxy 25 would go up.

So was it working? Yes. Is it ideal? Probably better to have a little bit of food with taking vitamin D.

B12 is a water soluble vitamin. It don't matter because remember with B12, you're not swallowing it. You're putting it under your tongue or you're letting it melt in your mouth. And the reason you're doing that is because you want to go sublingual.

Why do you want to do that? Because B12 cannot go through the digestive tract. It has to go into your bloodstream. Okay, that's why they used to give B12 shots.

But B12, this is a proven fact, by the way, the sublingual B12 taken daily is better. It's actually better, more bioavailable than a B12 shot. And guys, I love B12. You guys know that.

I got no problem with B12 shots. You want to give yourself a B12 shot, good. But you just know this as a fact that B12 is sublingual. You can take it every day.

It's a water soluble vitamin. Oh, Dr. Martin, my B12 is fine. Good.

You want high B12. You don't want low B12. You want high B12. It's water soluble.

It's not going to damage anything. Okay, because doctors, I hate to be negative. They just don't know what they're talking about. And they don't know anything about vitamin D either, because they're so worried about toxicity.

Vitamin D, probably a little bit preferable with food, but you know, I don't make a federal case out of it. I never have and I never will. Yeah, it's probably a little bit better. But like I say, I have proof in the pudding that you can take vitamin D on an empty stomach, because it's convenient for you to do it.

And you know what, you're elevating your blood levels of vitamin D. I've seen it. Merci beaucoup. That was Lynn.

Thank you, Lynn. I notice taking them late keeps me up at night. Okay, well, don't take it late. I have breakfast very late.

Yeah, you can. Okay, I think I answered your question, Lynn. Okay. Carrie from Nebraska.

I carry. I've known Carrie a long time. What does Dr. Martin think of nasal surgery?

Not much. No fun. Okay. When you play with your sinuses, it ain't no fun.

Look, if you got polyps inside and nothing else has worked, it ought to be a last resort. Okay. And some people get good results with that surgery. I've known a lot of patients over the years that had surgery and it helped for about a month and then right back.

So here's me. Okay, let's get to my philosophy. Okay. The way I think a lot of times with that chronic sinusitis, a lot of it is leaky gut, leaky sinuses.

So if you go and do sinus work, it didn't fix the leaky gut. A lot of times too with sinuses, it's what they call the silent acid reflux. The reflux comes right up through the esophagus into the sinuses, comes up, some comes down, you get post nasal drip, leaky gut. And sometimes it's the stomach acidity, not acidic enough.

You've been a carboholic, a sugarholic, and now you're getting silent. It comes up, phlegm in the throat and phlegm in the sinuses. Okay. So you got to figure out which one it is.

I love digestive enzymes. If it's leaky gut probiotics, well probiotics anyways, bone broth to help knit the blood gut barrier with L-glutamine and mucilages and collagen. Anyway, thank you, Carrie, for the question. Beatrice, 65 year old with diabetes, had a minor heart attack since 95.

Of course I was put on statin drugs, but she had side effects. She got some rhombolytheosis, which is muscle and her hands really bothered her. Okay. Do I know anything about rosa bella beetroot?

Yes. Beetroot is good. Okay. Can I tell you what's better?

Navitol. Much better in nitric oxide, much higher than beetroot, much higher in nitric oxide. So the way I operate Beatrice is with my clinical experience. Okay.

There's almost nothing new under the sun. I've heard it all. I had a radio show for 20 years. I've been doing podcasting now for what?

10 years. And yeah, like you see, beats, extracts and on TV commercials. I like it. I got no problem with it, but I'll tell you what's stronger.

Navitol. And for your heart, here's me. Here's what you should be on Beatrice. You should be on Navitol, Pine Bark extract, nothing better for blood flow.

You should be on high DHA. Why? Lubricate your blood vessels. Very anti-inflammatory in combination with the Navitol.

Okay. You should be on, because you've had a heart attack, ubiquinol, which is CoQ10. The best form of CoQ10 is not ubiquinone. It's ubiquinol, O-L at the end.

CoQ10 that your body absorbs. If you were a patient of mine in my clinic days, you would be on those three. 100%. Navitol for blood flow and nitric oxide.

Vitamin D, by the way, is good for nitric oxide too. And get in the sun. Sun, steak and steel. Okay.

I always compare guys. I compare. Because I was in practice for a long time. If you think I didn't try stuff or whatever, yeah, I tried a lot of them.

Okay. Lo, I answered this the other day, didn't I? What did Dr. Martin say regarding nitrates or nitrite in bacon, sausages and pepperettes?

I answered. It's a preservative. It's natural. Most use celery salt.

Who cares? The meat is good for you. Eggs, meat and cheese. The world out there will try and discourage you from eating meat.

They'll do anything. Oh, Dr. Martin, he's a quack. And bacon, it's bad.

Pepperettes, bad. Well, hold it. I'm not saying it's the best. Although bacon is very close to my top.

See the fat? Enjoy. It's good for you. Steak is better.

Yes. Okay. Steak is better. I know that.

But bacon and eggs in the morning, it's better than anything sugary. It's better than any cereal that you bring to me. Any cereal. Well, how about steel cut, steel cut oatmeal?

No, not better than bacon. It's not. Doesn't have near as many amino acids. Doesn't have that oleic acid oil, which is like olive oil's oil.

And so they preserve the meat. Open up your Bible and read about salt. Why did they use salt? To prevent decay.

They didn't have our freezers, our refrigerators, right? They didn't. So they used salt to preserve the meat. Why is nitrates bad for you?

I heard that for the last 50 years I've heard that. Oh, it's bad. Because when they couldn't attack the bacon, they attacked the salt attached to it. Listen, my wife said, tell you, I watched her dad, okay, make, you know, the sausage and hang it in his basement.

Okay. And those meats, they weren't to die for. They were so good. He'd aged them.

Okay. You'd knock your head going into his basement on those meats. Because they were hanging from the ceiling. Okay.

And man, they're just so good for you. So I'm on the opposite end of that argument. I'm on the opposite end of that. And, you know, vegetarians don't like me.

Vegans don't like me. Even though I'm a nice guy, you know, because they don't like when I talk about bacon. You know, you're better off having a pepperette for a snack than having a chocolate bar. Okay.

Oh, Dr. Martin, it's granola. I don't care. It's full of carbs.

It's going to raise your blood sugar. And that's the biggest issue in our world today. It's the raising of blood sugar. Insulin, biggest killer in the world today.

That's why a pepperette is good for you. Is there better cuts of meat? Of course, there are. I get out of it.

I have to defend my meats because eggs, meat and cheese. Right? You know me. Hi, Lo.

Would you consider the HOMA, I-R, as important as A1C? Yes. Okay. HOMA is H-O-M-A, all capitals, dash, okay, I-R, insulin resistance.

It's a measurement of fasting insulin and fasting glucose. I wish more doctors would do it. A1C, okay, and you know me, I love A1C. I should make up a song.

I love A1C. Okay. I love A1C. I love it as a test.

Because with the experience I've had of checking A1C for the last 40 years, I love A1C. Doctors are looking for diabetes. I'm looking for insulin resistance. And I got my little sweet spot.

5.4. Got to be under that on A1C. Now, okay, your HOMA, H-O-M-A, capitals, dash, I-R, it's taking your fasting glucose. Got to do it on a fast.

There's a lot of doctors, they never do this, okay? Fasting glucose and fasting insulin. So they measure the two and then they combine. Okay.

So the numbers are if you're under one, excellent. No insulin resistance. 1.0 to 2.9, sort of normal. And anything above three, you got insulin resistance when it comes to HOMA, I-R.

You don't hear a lot about that test because most doctors don't do it. They don't even know about it. And they don't see the significance because they would rather do your blood glucose. And they might do your blood fasting, but they can combine the two and find out about insulin resistance.

So do I like it? Yes. I love that test. But I sort of been pushing the poor man's test.

Okay. What do I mean by that? Because your doctor will have no issue doing your A1C. And I have enough information in A1C and I talk about this in Sun, Steak and Steel.

Okay. I talk about it in the book. Look at your blood work, guys. And you can be your own doctor.

I'm not telling you not to listen to your doctor. I'm just telling you it's best that you question everything. I want to educate you so that you become your own doctor with your doctor. Do you know what I mean by that?

Like you guys, you know that, you know, because people, oh, they go into their doctors and they might as well be blind in death because they don't ask no questions. The doctor says, oh, you know, everything is good. And then you send me your blood work. I did this for years.

I had the blood work and I go, well, no, you're on the road or you're on the Titanic. The doctor is waiting for you to hit the iceberg. I'm not waiting. I want you to turn your ship around now.

Turn your life around. Turn your diet around. Turn your body around now because you're in trouble. That's prevention.

Doctors into detection. I'm into prevention. Let's turn the ship around before you hit the iceberg. Okay.

Ninety-three percent of the population have hit the iceberg already. And a lot of them don't know it because the doctors are not trained in insulin resistance. I'm trying to train you. And they have this test called HOMA-IR.

I like it. I do because I'm always looking for insulin resistance. But like I said, the poor man's test is your A1C. And of course, metabolic syndrome.

I need to know your triglycerides. I need to know your HDL. I need to know your CRP. Like I got a lot of other things that I like to look at.

Right? I'm very mouthy this morning. My word. Okay.

This is NASRAL-BARESHAN. This is the last one, guys. For a long time, I had swelling in my legs. Okay.

Can you please tell me what's causing the swelling? Well, it could be a couple of things. Okay. Circulation.

NASRAL. You got circulation problems. Your legs. Okay.

You got edema. But why? Okay. So circulation, medical conditions.

Diabetes, liver, kidney. Have you had that checked? Right? Heart.

Congestive heart failure, for example. Okay. Need more information. Medicines can do that to you.

Okay? High blood pressure medication. Steroids. Ensense.

Advil. Or Tylenol, even in the liver, can cause. So what do you do? Well, elevate, move, hydrate.

You could be dehydrated. When you're dehydrated, your body holds on to soul. If you're eating too much sugar, your body holds on to soul. You can get edema from that.

Okay? Okay, guys. Have I told you lately how much I love you? I haven't.

Not since the start of the program. Because we do. Thanks for all the questions. We love you dearly.

And we've got a great week coming. Okay? We've got a great week coming. Send in your questions ahead of time, if you can, to info at martinclinic.com.

Love you. Talk to you soon.

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