1934. A New Study Reveals Why A1C Testing Matters

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Dr. Martin:  Well, good morning, everyone. How are you? And once again, welcome to another live this morning. Hope you're having a wonderful start to your day.

And we sure appreciate when you guys can say hello. We love our little family here. The other day I mentioned this, we did a little seminar last Thursday night in Sudbury. And by the way, just a little announcement, anyone local or in the area, do you want to come to another seminar I'm doing?

Okay. Been kind of busy for me in October. So Sunday, I believe it's the 25th. A beautiful spot, by the way, on Ramsey Lake in Sudbury.

I got invited to speak. When I get invited, if I can do it, I do it. Okay. And I'm speaking at an event.

And they're actually feeding us too. Okay. So a meal is included. Gonna do a presentation.

And from what I heard too, anyone that shows up gets a book, our newest one, Rebuild Your Temple. Okay. So we'll post that. If you're in the area at all next Sunday, five o'clock, I believe, for a dinner seminar.

Funny like that. Okay. So you know what I mentioned last Thursday night is the importance of A1C. And you study out on this.

Okay. I've seen it. You guys know this because I sort of call A1C the poor man's metabolic test. If you want to know how you're doing metabolically, you've got to include A1C.

And what I was mentioning last Thursday is that doctors, they got no problem taking your A1C. Okay. If you want, what do they call it? HOMA-IR, which is an insulin resistant test.

They're resistant to do it. They're resistant, they're resistant, not only to insulin, but they're resistant to order that test or a fasting insulin or whatever. But I love A1C because for years I've been using A1C as a guide. It's an average of two or three months of your blood sugar.

And I find it to be extremely accurate. And the world out there, okay, if you listen to just traditional medicine, they'll tell you, well, because their training is diabetic and some of them will even get into a pre-diabetic. They would agree there's such a thing as a pre-diabetic, not all of them. Okay.

But like, like I agree with Dr. Kraft, okay, who was the father of diabetes. Like, I mean, there's no one that did more research on diabetes than Dr. Kraft.

He died, I don't know how many years ago, five, six, maybe more than that years ago. But I studied that man. I studied his work. I studied his study.

And he said, there's no such thing as pre-diabetes because you're either diabetic or you're not. Now, remember now, doctors are into numbers. And, you know, unless you're above 6.5 on an A1C, they wouldn't characterize you as diabetic. Now, they might say 5.9 to 6.5 is pre-diabetic, but the damage is done way before that, guys.

In metabolic syndrome, I brought that number down. Okay. Now, I know I'm in one of the few that have done this, but I think I'm, well, I'm sure I'm right. It's just because I looked at the thousands and thousands of patients A1C over the years.

And you're on the Titanic. When it comes to metabolic syndrome, if your A1C is above 5.4. So 5.4 and lower. If you're above it, I said to a lady, she had her blood work with her on her phone the other night at the seminar.

She showed me her blood work. And I said, well, you're on the Titanic. You and carbs don't get along. I can tell that just by looking at your A1C.

I can look at your triglycerides. I love looking at that. I love looking at HDL cholesterol. I'm not looking for bad cholesterol.

There's no such thing. I'm looking for good, high cholesterol. I work with your body. Your body makes cholesterol.

You can't live without it. One thing a doctor would agree, in high school, you would agree with this. In biology, your body needs cholesterol. Your body makes it.

And cholesterol is really important for your body because it does a lot of things. Primarily, it is a carrier. You can't even absorb vitamin D from the sun without cholesterol. Did you know that?

And so they made it a boogeyman. And guys, I can tell you something. I never bought it. I never bought it.

And you know my expression, God don't trust you. He doesn't trust you. The body has to make cholesterol because it doesn't trust you to eat enough of it. Cholesterol is only found in the animal kingdom.

People that insist that the plant kingdom fruits and vegetables are better than eggs, meat, and cheese, in all due respect to them, they're wrong. Back to A1C. New studies are showing that the brain degeneration, because what I did the other day, my topic, and you guys know me, like I'm always talking about metabolic syndrome, the 93 point something percent of the population that are on the Titanic, they don't know it.

No one's told them. Unless they're reading, unless they're following the Doctor is in podcast, a lot of time they have no clue. They have no clue. So let me just say it again.

Brain degeneration starts at A1C 5.5. New study. The brain starts degenerating because of the wrong fuel in the brain. Sugar.

It's the wrong fuel. It should be limited. And the gatekeeper for your brain is insulin. And how do you measure it?

A1C. Okay. Again, like I said, it's the poor man's test. And I love it.

It's very accurate. And if you're above 5.4, you're starting to, and I know the world doesn't say that, but I say it and I know it to be true. If you're above 5.4, you and carbs don't get along. Don't be duped.

Don't be deceived. Don't be fooled. It's better to know, isn't it? Guys, you know me.

I bring you information, then you decide what to do with it. And I don't particularly care what the world thinks. I don't care what they think of me. I know I'm in the minority, but I'm into prevention.

Okay. I'm not against detection, but I'm into prevention. I talked to a guy yesterday, imagine, and he told me this and I'd forgotten. He said, Dr.

Martin, you told me years ago that I was on the Titanic, that I really was a diabetic. You told me that. Yeah. I don't remember.

I saw tens of thousands of people. I don't remember specifically, but I know I haven't changed my tune. Okay. I play the same old tunes all the time.

Okay. I've been looking at A1C for years, years and years and years. And the new study now says even the brain starts to degenerate at 5.5. My word.

That's normal in medicine. 5.5 is, they'd say that's perfectly good. Nah, it's not. So folks, you know my goal.

My goal is to educate. Educate so that you, you are equipped to look at your own blood work. You know, to most people, blood work is Greek. There's so much in blood work, big names.

And what does that mean? And then just get your lipid sheet. Holy moly. Cholesterol, non-HDL, LDL, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, and you know, it goes on and on and on.

And it's so stinkin' confusing. And I feel sorry for the lay person. But you know, I'd brag about you guys. I'd brag.

I said, well, my audience, they want to be able to interpret their blood work. And I try and simplify it so you can look at it and study it and say, well, you know what, it's not bad news, guys. Okay, you look at your blood work, go, that's bad. Look at it like, I got to make changes.

And don't fool yourself. You know, you don't have a good relationship with carbohydrates. And by the way, obviously, 93% of the population don't. They just don't.

They eat the wrong foods because generally, they've been lied to. Right? You need carbs. You can't live without carbs.

Look, I'm not telling people not to have carbs. But the king of the castle is protein from the animal kingdom. And I always, always make this point. Your body was built for the animal kingdom to eat cholesterol.

Your body's built for it. And your fat soluble vitamins, they're in the animal kingdom. And you were meant to eat them. Okay?

And it's unfortunate, but I've had to defend the animal kingdom and for a lot of years because it got vilified. And you guys know this. I mean, just look at the war on red meat. And I guarantee, I guarantee there'll be another study out this week, another article, health gurus, red meat, red meat in cancer, red meat in cholesterol, red meat in uric acid, red meat in heart disease, you name it.

They'll vilify it. And the best food in the world, I always tell you that, is steak. Well, really liver, but I go with steak. It's the best food in the world and it ain't, it ain't even close.

Then you guys know that and your stomach was built, your pH in your stomach was built to eat steak. And when you don't have good pH, it's good, you're eating the wrong food. You want that furnace, your stomach, and most people, they got a slow burn. It's because they don't have enough acidity in their stomach.

Their stomach has become more alkaline because they eat like a cow. A cow eats salad. A rabbit eats salad. But you're not a cow and you're not a rabbit and your body's not built like there.

You don't even have the enzyme. And that's how I usually rest my case. Okay, now back to blood work. Okay, just got two new studies.

I brought this out last week too, okay? Hot off the presses with B12. So A1C, if you're above 5.4, don't fool yourself. Don't fool yourself.

And brain degeneration, you want to prevent Alzheimer's and dementia? Get your A1C down and get your B12 up. Now, how do you get B12 in food? How do you get B12 in food?

The animal kingdom, very specific, steak, red meat, right? Listen to this study on the B12. You start getting nerve damage. So people, I see it even on our site here.

Can people say, well, my doctor said my B12 is good and they're at 300. Well, my doctor said it's good. Hey, here's what the new research, nerve damage. Okay, remember B12.

B12 is a nerve vitamin. What's your brain made up of? Neurons. B12 is a nerve vitamin.

Your myelin sheep on your nerves depend on B12. Okay? And when you're at 200, 300, that's good for a mouse, not for you. Because the new researchers show it.

If you're under 400, you get nerve damage. And there's a lot of people that have neuropathy and nerve damage, and they got low levels of B12 and they don't know it because the doctor, meh. And you know the teaching on this program. I talk about B12 all the time.

And you know the teaching on this program. I talk about B12 all the time. I've added B12 to metabolic syndrome. Nobody else has.

I have. I've added vitamin D testing to metabolic syndrome. Okay? I've added vitamin D.

I've added uric acid. Okay? I've added uric acid to that. And there's a reason, guys, that I do that.

I've added them to metabolic syndrome. Those three tests, uric acid, vitamin D, and B12. And the more they research that, the more they realize, boy, are they ever important for metabolic syndrome. Okay?

So I want you to ask your doctor to get those tests done. Okay? And I want you to ask your doctor to get those tests done. To get those tests done and insist on it.

And a couple of times a year, even if you have to invest in your health, you know, you have to invest. Don't wait for the state to take care of you because they won't. You do it. It's worth it.

Know what your E1C is, guys. If it's above 5.4, those numbers are the same in Canada and the US of A. If it's above 5.4, you're on the Titanic. Don't fool yourself.

Change your diet. Get your E1C down. It's good for your brain. It's good for everything.

Remember what Alzheimer's is mainly type 3 diabetes of the brain. They won the Nobel Prize in medicine when they said that. And then you know what the world did? Buried it.

They don't want to hear that. They want to talk about TAU, or whatever they, whatever which way you say it. Tau protein. Why?

Because we develop drugs for that. You know what has happened in Alzheimer's? Not much. Not much.

Drugs haven't worked. If they did, we'd have got rid of it by now. But they haven't worked. They've been a colossal failure.

Because they're looking for love in all the wrong places. They're not looking at blood sugar. They're not looking at the diet. You know, you need some sugar up there.

Yeah, but your body will turn steak into sugar. Your brain loves ketones. Burning fat. That's what your brain loves.

It loves that fuel. That's why eggs are so good for your brain. That's why meat is so good for your brain. There's nothing like it, guys.

That's why dairy, good dairy is so good for your brain. It's full of fat. It's full of fat. Look at an egg.

Oh, Dr. Martin, I used to have people brag about this. I only eat the egg whites. I said, that's stupid.

Why do you do that? What? My doctor? I know, but your doctor didn't take any nutrition.

Not even an hour of it. They start out in medical school talking about cholesterol in the first day. Bad. Well, if cholesterol is bad, guess what?

Eggs are bad. Steak is bad. Cheese is bad. Because it's got cholesterol and it's fat.

And fat don't make you fat. Anywho. Okay? Anywho.

Okay, so guys, again, I come back to that blood test. I'm into prevention. And you can change your blood work. And you do it by your diet.

Change fuels. And that's what I used to say about people on the reset. Give me 30 days of your life. Are you going to trust me?

Are you going to trust me? Yes? Right? I know it's going against the grain of what you learn.

But I said, do you trust me? Trust me enough. Give me 30 days. I'm going to show you, first of all, you're a carbaholic.

I'm going to show it to you. Oh, no, I'm not a carb. Yes, you are. Your blood work's proving it to me.

Okay? So let's change that. Right? I didn't say it was going to be easy because you're a carbaholic.

But you'll thank me after this. Because you're going to understand food for the first time in your life. You're hungry, you eat. Okay?

You're hungry, you eat. Okay? You're hungry, you eat. But you need to eat the right things.

Your body will respond to it and will prove it by your blood work. Okay? The doctors, they rarely put food in the equation. If you're a diabetic, okay?

I was saying this to my pharmacist friend at a chalet the other day. Right? If you're a diabetic, it's like you got a leak in your roof and you put a pail out. They give you metformin.

Right? They start you with metformin or other blood sugar medication. They start with that instead of fixing the roof, which is food. Diabetes is food.

And the other night, I made the connection to the audience between diabetes, high blood sugar, and heart disease, the number one killer. And cancer, the number two killer. It's not everything in cancer, but it's a big thing in cancer. You can't even detect cancer.

Well, the best way to detect cancer is to take a PET scan. It was made for that. And you need sugar for that test to even work. Hello?

Hello? I remember a conversation I had with an oncologist. I said, how does a PET scan work? You give the patient glucose.

Hello? You think that doesn't have an effect on cancer? You light up like a Christmas tree. The sugar goes directly to the cancer because your cancer cells have antennas looking for insulin, looking for sugar.

It's not everything in cancer. I admit that, but it's huge. It's huge. Right?

So so food, right? Food. And then I brought out Alzheimer's that we're talking about this morning. A direct link.

Hey guys, I didn't say that. Well, I did, but they won a Nobel Prize on that. They called it type three diabetes. So when you look at the four major killers in society today, the four, there's the big four, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes.

I got a statistic. Hold on a minute. Let me just see. I thought I saw it this morning and I wrote it down.

Let's see if I have it here. How much it costs if I don't have it real fast. Hold on. I just got to look here.

Anyway, our healthcare. Okay. I'm just telling you Canada costs us almost $10,000 per person per year. That's the cost of it.

There's no prevention in Canada. Okay. I mean, they don't talk about it. They talk about detection.

Okay. Let's detect cancer. And guys, I'm not against detecting it, but I'm much more interested in preventing it. Okay.

In preventing it. Because we haven't done well with detection. We really haven't. Because more people are dying today of heart disease than ever before.

More people are dying of cancer than ever before. More people are dying of Alzheimer's and are, you know, who wants to lose their brain than ever before? And diabetes is on steroids today. It is so prevalent in our society today.

And that's the diagnosed diabetes. Never mind all the people that are on the Titanic of diabetes and they don't know it because their bloodstream. Remember, diabetes guys is the last thing. The last thing to happen is diabetes.

Not the first. It's the last thing to happen. Because your body's dedicated to making sure you're not a diabetic. Okay.

I was ranting today. I was ranting today, but I read this study on brain degeneration starts at 5.5 A1C. Man, oh man. Man, oh man.

Nerve damage starts under 400 B12. That's 90% of the population guys. My word. Frightening statistic.

Folks, my audience, you guys, take care of yourself. Okay. Take care of yourself. The oxygen masks, if they come down, put it on first before you help somebody else.

You guys do it. I know you do. I'm preaching to the choir this morning, but I appreciate it because my goal, and I remember telling this to patients before I retired from private practice, guys, I said, my goal, and it always was that because I had a radio show and whatever, I want to educate. The term doctor means teacher.

Teach. Unfortunately, doctors don't teach. Most of them don't. They're busy.

They don't. Most of them don't. They're busy. They don't.

They don't explain. They don't. They don't. But we thank God for our audience here.

It's growing daily and we love you guys because a little wee guy in Northern Ontario has over 3 million downloads on the Doctors in Podcasts. It's unbelievable, guys. Those are superstar numbers. And guys, you know that.

You did it. How could I do it? You did it. Grandpa, you do it.

You do it. Remember a couple of my grandchildren would say that. Grandpa, you do it. Okay.

Guys, we love you and sincerely. Okay. Very sincere about that. I brag about you guys.

Okay. You're so smart. Okay. So got a great week coming.

Look at I had one, two, three, at least three more studies I want to talk to you about and more coming. Okay. Oh, by the way, let me answer the question the other day because I didn't answer it because I got a blank. I think they were talking about Venus.

What were they talking about? Where the legs, okay, and they become completely discolored and a dark, dark, ugly, like almost like a purple. And was asking about it. And I couldn't, I just had, I was drawing the blank on the medication and it was, it was a diuretic.

Why would they use a diuretic on that? Well, they're trying to take the fluid because in Venus insufficiency, the legs build up a lot of fluid and it's not circulating back to the heart. The veins bring that blood back. Right.

So they use a diuretic. How effective is it? I've never seen it to be that effective, to be honest with you. I mean, it might help a bit.

It's like compression socks and all this and that. Yeah. They help a bit. But the best thing is movement.

Keep your blood thin, drink water and move and get strong. Muscles help a lot too. Okay. Love you guys. Talk to you soon.

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