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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File healthy_talk/1508ht4b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Dave Clayton, MD
- Guest Website Clayton MD Total Health Center
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Dr. David Clayton is a physician, fitness instructor and wellness expert devoted to helping high-performing individuals invest in their own health.
His fitness-centered approach to medicine incorporates the latest research on fitness and nutrition to help clients measurably improve their health without resorting to medications.
He is board certified in internal medicine, holds an MBA from Columbia University, and is currently on the medical staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California. His pioneering medical practice is located in San Diego, California. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Mike Smith, MD
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File healthy_talk/1508ht4a.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File healthy_talk/1508ht3e.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
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RadioMD Presents: Healthy Talk | Original Air Date: February 18, 2015
Host: Dr. Michael Smith
It’s time for you to be a part of the show. Email or call with questions for Dr. Mike now. Email: AskDrMikeSmith@RadioMD.com or call: 877-711-5211. What are you waiting for? The doctor is in.
So, you know you can email me questions right now. Live. And, I can answer your questions live here. You can just email: AskDrMikeSmith@RadioMD.com or, you can call 877-711-5211.
Alright. I’m going to go first for a quick question and then I’m going to get into the MS question. The first question is, “Is Xylitol safe?”
Is Xylitol safe? Xylitol is a sugar alcohol that is more and more being used as a sweetener. It’s not technically an artificial sweetener because it is found in nature. It’s natural in fruits and veggies. So, technically speaking, it’s not artificial. So, you have two basic types of sweeteners. You’ve got real ones and fake ones, I guess. The real ones would be, obviously, anything from fruits and vegetables specifically pectin in the fruits and vegetables. And then you have the fake ones which is the stuff we definitely want to avoid, right? No fake sweeteners. All those. I mean, they’re just made in chemical labs and they’re hundreds of thousands of times sweeter than sugar and they’re just not good. Brain issues, nerve issues. No. No, no, no. So, we definitely want to avoid those.
So, Xylitol falls into the real ones because it comes from, you know, fruits and vegetables and it’s classified as a sugar alcohol. So, bottom line is, is it safe? We don’t really know yet. In a little bit. In small amounts, probably perfectly fine. But, here’s the problem in our food culture today. We don’t do anything in little amounts. I mean, in little amounts. Your body is so resilient, it’s amazing. So, almost anything in little amounts is probably fine, but we aren’t like that. We don’t do anything in small, little ways. We do everything big. Big, big, big, big. Right? So, that’s the real question.
So, is Xylitol safe? In small amounts, yes. As a matter of fact, in gum, for instance, it’s been shown to prevent cavities. Right? But, we still don’t have ultimate answers when it comes to the larger quantities which you’re starting to see in some of the sodas and sports drinks and energy drinks and stuff like that. So, that still remains to be found. I did find that there was, in the 1970’s, a study concluded—and I’m sorry. I didn’t write the reference here. A study concluded no ill-effects in humans after subjects consumed large quantities for one month. Now, I don’t have the number there but, overall, I think it’s safe to say that in small amounts, fine. Large amounts, we just don’t know about these sugar alcohols like Xylitol.
Okay. Let’s go to the main question here for this segment. “My mom and my older sister both developed MS—multiple sclerosis. Our family doctor is concerned because he says there is a genetic link. What can I do to protect myself?”
Now, that’s a really good question. I did some background research. I do know of one in particular vitamin that I’m going to talk mostly about because I just wrote an article on this for Life Extension and it had to do with Vitamin D.
Vitamin D is very important for nerve health. As a matter of fact, in this one study, people with lower Vitamin D levels had worsening MS symptoms. So, a study published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association found that, compared to those with the highest blood levels, those with the lowest blood levels were 62% more likely to develop MS and have worsening MS. Sixty-two percent more likely to develop MS and have worsening MS for people with low Vitamin D levels.
So, this sounds like this is perfect for you, right? So, your doctor is concerned about the genetic link with MS, okay? And he should be and you should be, too. So, first thing I would do is I would get tested. Where is your baseline Vitamin D? Now, here’s where it gets a little tricky. I’m assuming this doctor who’s concerned, you know, you say he or she is a family doctor. So, I’m assuming allopathic conventional. Just like me--medical doctor. You know, the Vitamin D blood level that they’re going to focus on is way too low. Most conventional doctors think that an optimal Vitamin D blood level is somewhere around 30-40 and I think it’s nanograms per mil. So, if you get your Vitamin D blood level tested, you’ll get this number. They’re going to look for 30 to 40.
I don’t know. I actually find that to be way too low. Most of the research shows that the benefit of Vitamin D really starts when your blood level is around 50 to 80 nanograms per mil. So, first thing I would do is, I would have you tested. Since you don’t have it yet and we want to prevent it in you and it looks like, based on this one study from The Journal of the American Medical Association, that treating you with Vitamin D or using Vitamin D prophylactically would be the best way to prevent MS. So, get tested and you’re going to want to shoot for a blood level at least in that 50-80 range. Not the 30-40. But then, based on this study, keep in mind it also showed that people with MS that had low Vitamin D, did worse. So, let’s see, your mom and older sister should be tested as well and they should be on Vitamin D.
A recent study has quantified the impact of Vitamin D blood levels on the risk of MS relapse, so look at this. This is interesting. This is a different study. This is really speaking to your mom and older sister now. For each four points—for each four nanogram per mil increase—for each four point increase in Vitamin D blood level, the risk for MS relapse is reduced by 12%. That’s from the Annals of Neurology, August, 2010. I’m going to repeat that. That’s important for your mom and your older sister. So, for you, we’ve got to get you on Vitamin D, right? Because we want to prevent it. Shoot for that 50-80 nanograms per mil. For your mom and older sister, we want to get them on Vitamin D as well because that original study in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that people with the lowest Vitamin D level, not only are you at risk for MS, but if you have it, you’re going to have worse MS. But, here’s a study from the Annals of Neurology, August, 2010, showing that if I simply increase your mom’s Vitamin D blood level and your older sister’s Vitamin D blood level by just four points--four nanograms per mil. That’s about, say, 500 units of Vitamin D will do that. One thousand units of Vitamin D will do that easily. If I simply do that—four points. I can decrease the risk of relapse of MS by 12%. I mean, come on. I mean, that’s awesome information and what gets me is this from 2010. And listen, I don’t know your family doctor, but he’s concerned but yet, he didn’t know about Vitamin D.
You guys, it took me just a couple of minutes on PubMed to find this stuff. You know, when I was writing the article for Life Extension about MS and Vitamin D, I mean, it wasn’t that hard to find this information. So, maybe for you, this is your opportunity to educate your doctor, you know? If he or she is open to that, you take this kind of information. Go to PubMed. Search in the search box, “Vitamin D and MS” and you’ll see a lot of stuff pop up. But, specifically look for the study in The Journal of the American Medical Association and the one in the Annals of Neurology, 2010. August 2010. Pretty impressive. Vitamin D. Very important for MS.
This is Healthy Talk on RadioMD. I’m Dr. Mike. Stay well. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
- Host Mike Smith, MD
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File healthy_talk/1508ht3d.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
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Transcription
RadioMD Presents: Healthy Talk | Original Air Date: February 18, 2015
Host: Michael Smith, MD
It’s time to “Ask Dr. Mike”. Do you have a question about your health? Dr. Mike can answer your questions. Just email: AskDrMikeSmith@RadioMD.com or call now: 877-711-5211. The lines are open.
Oh. So, my first question is about dieting. “I am one of those lifelong dieters. I just can’t stick with any of them. My problem is, I get hungry and I’m not satisfied—ever. Is there any hope for me?”
Well, I think, yes. There’s hope for you. And that’s my answer and I’m sticking to it. There is hope for you and I’m going to give you some suggestions. I don’t think this is an uncommon story. You know, many years ago, I actually had a weight loss business. It was called “Diet Basics” and as you can tell by the name, with Diet Basics, I was really trying to help people balance energy intake and energy expenditure. Trying to create a negative number every day. I mean, your weight every day is determined by a very simple equation. Your weight equals calories in minus calories out. If you’re eating too much and not burning enough, every day you’re developing a positive calorie reservoir and you’re going to gain weight. If you’re burning more than you’re eating, it’s a negative number and you’re going to be burning reservoirs and you’re going to lose weight. Now, obviously, it’s a simple equation, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to manipulate it, right? I just want to make sure that’s clear. But, you can’t deny it. It’s simple math. Calories in minus calories out is: if it’s a positive number, I gain. If it’s a negative number, I lose. So, it is simple math, but it doesn’t mean that, you know, manipulating calories in, manipulating calories out—that’s where it becomes difficult.
So, let’s talk a little bit about this. So, you know, here you’re telling me that you’re a lifelong dieter and you even say here, “I just can’t stick with any of them.” But, that tells me you’ve tried probably everything, right? South Beach, Atkins, everything. All of these diets, ultimately, you know what they’re trying to do? They’re trying to get you to eat less. I mean, when you really break down all of these diets, I know they can get very complicated and they write these huge books and it can get very confusing. At the end of the day, when you really look at what they’re doing--because trust me, I did this. It’s all about eating less. It’s about trying to help you remain satisfied as you are eating less. And, I think that’s the key thing. You even mentioned it here. You say, “I’m not satisfied—ever.” And that, I think, is really the issue. I think eating less, although that can be hard at the beginning—you get a little hungry and what have you. I’ve got some suggestions for that. But, although that can be hard, I think what really gets people—the cheating part of it. Just stopping the diet comes in when people are not satisfied. I mean, let me give you an example. I’m going to use me as an example. I love cheese. I love it. The stinkier the better. I love it. I love the texture of different cheeses. I love the smell. I just love and enjoy eating cheese. Matter of fact, I ate it so much I got a little food sensitivity to it, so I had to cut back. But I’ve reintroduced it slowly and I’m okay now. But if you were to tell me, “Okay, Mike. You’re going to go on this diet and you can have no cheese.” I mean, listen, I’m not going to be very satisfied on that diet. I’m not going to enjoy it. Even though I could probably stick with it, I’m just not satisfied. It’s not fulfilling. I’m not enjoying food anymore and it’s just not going to happen. So, I think you really hit the nail on the head here where you talk about not being satisfied. I think it’s easier to deal when you’re a little bit hungry. What’s hard is being satisfied on a diet. So, you have to figure out: what are some of the things that you do enjoy in food? What smells do you enjoy? What textures do you enjoy? What flavors do you enjoy? I mean, really think about that and introduce those things and introduce them with healthy versions. I mean, you can do that. Or, if there’s not a healthy version, you maybe just have to introduce the unhealthier version—just on a rare occasion--to help you stay a little bit satisfied. Maybe that’s all you need is just to get that little satisfaction here and there to stick with the diet.
So, look at smells, textures and flavors. Figure out which ones really talk to you. Which ones really satisfy you and then try to reintroduce them in healthy ways. Or, if you can’t do it healthy, okay, fine. Do the unhealthy way, but just on a rare occasion.
So, those three areas: smells, textures and flavors. Okay?
As far as the hunger, you know, yeah. You’re eating less, so you’re hungry. I mean, it’s pretty simple. So, what are some of the best ways to kind of control that hunger? Protein. Now, high fat will do it, too. High fat, especially in the morning, will help to kind of keep down hunger. That’s why that new craze with Bulletproof Coffee where, you know, you take coffee. You put butter and some oil in it. It does. It works. But, a healthier way to control hunger is with protein. So, just have a lot of protein on hand. You know, seeds, nuts, whatever. Beans, legumes. Whatever you want to do. Just have a lot of protein as snacks. So, find ways to be satisfied with smells and texture and flavor and really get some protein to control that hunger.
And then, remember this: if all of that doesn’t work, well then, maybe you’re the person that simply needs to exercise more. Burn more. Rather than controlling the calorie “in” part of the equation, maybe you need to focus on the calorie “out”—the energy expenditure part—more. That might help as well.
Alright. So, yes, there’s hope. Right? Be satisfied. Eat more protein and then always remember: exercise is important. So, there you go. That was number one.
Number two. I think I’m okay here. “My son was diagnosed with ADHD. Our doctor wants to start medication, but I don’t want that. Are there other options?”
Okay. So, what I did to answer this is, I went to the Life Extension protocol for ADHD. I cannot tell you to not go on medications. I cannot tell you not to give your son the medication. I’m not your doctor. I’m just here as a friend. I’m just going to give you some suggestions, but please always talk to your own doctor before doing anything when it comes to supplement drugs, exercise, what have you. Your own doctor is who you have the relationship with. So, I’m just going to give you some suggestions from the Life Extension protocol on ADHD.
Let me just go through some of the supplements first that have been shown to help with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. First of all, pregnenolone is a hormone. I know when you talk about hormones, we don’t really associate giving kids hormones. But kids with the attention part being the worst have been shown to have low pregnenolone levels. So, maybe a low dose pregnenolone, if it’s really the attention issue. On the other hand, if the hyperactivity seems to be worse than the attention, a little bit of the hormone DHEA has been shown to be helpful. Now, of course, talk to your doctor. Get your son tested, right? Get these hormones tested. See where he’s at. He may not have a hormonal issue, but attention deficits are more associated with pregnenolone deficiencies and hyperactivity with DHEA deficiencies. So, check those out. Don’t forget the power of a basic multivitamin, multinutrient formula. Kids—their diets are not all that great. I’m going to assume you already know that and you’re getting your son off the sugars, off the artificial colors. That’s so important. Artificial flavors—you’ve got to get all those out. Fresh foods. Eighty percent plant, twenty percent lean animal. Very good. Try some pregnenolone, maybe. Maybe some DHEA. A multinutrient formula. Don’t forget the Omega-3 oils. Very important. There’s another one called phosphatidylserine, or PS caps. About 100 mg a day. Kids do very well with that. Magnesium—very important. Zinc. And then, don’t forget about probiotics. Healing the gut is very important with a lot of these attention deficit disorders. So, probiotics could also play a role as well. Go check out www.LifeExtension.com for the full protocol.
This is Healthy Talk on RadioMD. I’m Dr. Mike. Stay well. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
- Host Mike Smith, MD
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File healthy_talk/1508ht3c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Michelle Fondin, Author
- Book Title The Wheel of Healing: An Easy Guide to an Ayurvedic Lifestyle
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Guest Bio
Author of The Wheel of Healing: An Easy Guide to an Ayurvedic Lifestyle, of the upcoming book, Living the Eight Limbs of Yoga and owner of The Ayurvedic Path since 2008, Michelle Fondin practices as an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor, yoga and meditation teacher.
She holds a Vedic Master certificate from the Chopra Center and has worked with Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. David Simon at Chopra Center events teaching yoga and meditation. Michelle also writes for Chopra.com.
She's a member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, The Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America and Yoga Alliance. Michelle lives in Herndon, VA. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Mike Smith, MD
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File healthy_talk/1508ht3b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Michelle Fondin, Author
- Book Title The Wheel of Healing: An Easy Guide to an Ayurvedic Lifestyle
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Guest Bio
Author of The Wheel of Healing: An Easy Guide to an Ayurvedic Lifestyle, of the upcoming book, Living the Eight Limbs of Yoga and owner of The Ayurvedic Path since 2008, Michelle Fondin practices as an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor, yoga and meditation teacher.
She holds a Vedic Master certificate from the Chopra Center and has worked with Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. David Simon at Chopra Center events teaching yoga and meditation. Michelle also writes for Chopra.com.
She's a member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, The Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America and Yoga Alliance. Michelle lives in Herndon, VA. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Mike Smith, MD
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File healthy_talk/1508ht3a.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
- Host Mike Smith, MD
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File sharecare/1508sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Shana Dowell, MD
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Guest Bio
Board-certified ob/gyn and mother of three young boys, Dr. Shana Dowell places a high value on communicating issues of women's health with her patients in an approachable manner, with a mix of empathy, compassion, and humor. Dr. Dowell is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University, and she is the Chair of the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Department of NorthCrest Medical Center. She also maintains a thriving general ob/gyn practice in Springfield,Tennessee. She holds a particular interest in the treatment of vulvar disorders. Dr. Dowell completed her residency at Columbia University and the University of Rochester. She holds an M.D. from the University of Rochester, a M.S. from Georgetown University, and an A.B. from Columbia University.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File sharecare/1508sc2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Michael Roizen, MD
- Guest Website Sharecare
- Guest Twitter Account @DrMikeRoizen
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Guest Bio
Michael F. Roizen, MD, a Sharecare Advisory Board member, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Williams College, Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, and is board certified in both Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine. In 2007 Dr. Roizen was named the Chief Wellness Officer (the first such position in a major healthcare institution in the United States) for Cleveland Clinic, and Chair of its Wellness Institute. Dr. Roizen co-founded RealAge and chairs its Scientific Advisory Board. He is 68 calendar years of age, but his RealAge is 47.9. He and Dr Oz have authored 8 NY Times bestsellers between them, and three separately, including 4 #1 NY Times Bestsellers, including RealAge, Are You As Young As You Can Be, YOU: The Owner’s Manual, YOU: On A Diet, the Owner’s Manual for Waist Management, and YOU Staying Young, the Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA