WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.480 Well, welcome to this month's Ask Your Herb Doctor. My name is Andrew Murray 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:10.160 From 730 and to 8 o'clock the end of the show we do a live. I do a live call-in 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:12.520 I say we because Dr. Raymond Peat 00:00:12.520 --> 00:00:16.960 Always joins us and has done for several years now 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:25.680 The number of you on the reaches I'd love to hear from you about either tonight's subjects continuing topic of serotonin 00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:29.120 inflammation 00:00:29.560 --> 00:00:31.560 superoxide oxidants antioxidants 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:39.880 And several other subjects, but the number is seven zero seven nine two three three nine one one 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:45.680 For those of you who perhaps have never heard dr. Peat 00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:52.840 Will be giving out his details at the end of the show and for those of you who know a 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.880 Lot about him and listen to lots of what he's got to say and read his books 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:01.040 I'm sure you'll find this evening show just as informative 00:01:01.040 --> 00:01:06.380 It's a once a month show that we do from 7 to 8 p.m. And from 730 00:01:06.380 --> 00:01:09.560 Until 8 o'clock we do a live call-in so 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:17.760 If people want to call in with questions related or unrelated to this month's subject on continuing topic of inflammation serotonin 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:24.480 Etc numbers seven zero seven nine two three three nine one one so from 730 on 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:30.560 And if people want to line up ahead of time before that that's just fine too because that also happens 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:38.400 So once again very pleased to welcome introduce dr. Raymond Peat onto the show dr. Peat you with us. Yes, okay 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.440 Thanks so much for giving your time again as you always do every third Friday the month for us 00:01:42.440 --> 00:01:50.320 For those people that perhaps have never heard you or heard your name heard you speak or know anything about you perhaps. Would you just 00:01:51.160 --> 00:01:54.920 Outline your professional and academic background and then we'll get into tonight's topic 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.480 okay, I 00:01:57.480 --> 00:01:59.760 got a master's degree with a 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:03.600 thesis on William Blake from University of Oregon 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:06.400 1960 and then 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:08.440 taught 00:02:08.440 --> 00:02:10.000 various 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.000 schools and colleges 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.040 and in 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:18.800 1968 I went back for a PhD in biology University of Oregon 00:02:19.880 --> 00:02:21.880 graduating in 72 and 00:02:21.880 --> 00:02:25.960 I've been following up on 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.320 Pretty much the same interests 00:02:29.320 --> 00:02:31.920 ever since the 50s 00:02:31.920 --> 00:02:35.760 Studying how the brain and body work 00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:43.660 Okay, thank you. I was going to ask I wanted to ask I didn't didn't prepare this ahead of time 00:02:43.660 --> 00:02:49.560 But when when did you stop seeing people in person because you used to consult with people right? 00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:52.280 um, yeah, but 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:55.760 1990 I think it was yeah 00:02:55.760 --> 00:02:57.760 Okay. All right 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:02.560 Well, I just wanted to let people know also that's something I should have done at the very beginning of the show because I often find 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:05.000 Myself wondering what month it was the show was done in 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.800 It's November. So November the 15th 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:09.920 2019 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:11.760 the doctor Peat 00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:14.480 Carrying on from where we left off last month 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:17.920 Talking about or discussing parts of your newsletter 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:22.840 But and a small part of it because we didn't get a lot of time to to cover it. Excuse me, but I had 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.760 some more questions in about 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:34.520 Tryptophan and serotonin and given that serotonin is formed from this amino acid tryptophan 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:42.460 If we are to if we're to avoid this like because the whole the whole ages of this is that 00:03:43.480 --> 00:03:45.480 Serotonin is an inflammatory molecule 00:03:45.480 --> 00:03:52.800 It's responsible for many negative effects in the body and obviously we'll get you to outline all of those things in detail here 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:54.920 So people can understand just how? 00:03:54.920 --> 00:04:00.520 You know just how bad it is for you and its negative effects and why? 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:06.000 The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are so bad for you given that they allow this 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:08.680 product to remain 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:10.800 in larger concentrations in the body 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:13.720 How best how best can we avoid? 00:04:13.720 --> 00:04:16.160 tryptophan 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:17.840 ingestion 00:04:17.840 --> 00:04:23.760 In order to try and get an edge on the serotonin that would be formed from it 00:04:23.760 --> 00:04:27.280 Tryptophan and 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:30.800 Metabolites including serotonin is 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:34.720 Essential for life 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.840 every kind of 00:04:36.840 --> 00:04:40.560 organism is built with proteins containing 00:04:41.320 --> 00:04:43.320 tryptophan and 00:04:43.320 --> 00:04:51.800 The very nature of life as I see it and as Albert St. Georgie 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.200 Researched it 00:04:56.200 --> 00:04:58.320 he for the last 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:01.480 30 40 years of his life 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:06.280 Was demonstrating the electronic nature of life? 00:05:06.280 --> 00:05:09.040 the 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.040 fluorescence luminescence 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:14.440 electronic conductivity in such of 00:05:14.440 --> 00:05:18.560 living systems at the proteins 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.680 interacting with water 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:28.480 Producing excited electrons and of light emissions and 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:37.280 Tryptophan is the amino acid that gives proteins that basic property that 00:05:37.280 --> 00:05:40.160 according to St. Georgie 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.280 It is the the essential 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:47.000 Mechanism of life that lets it 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:51.360 Sense and move he was a muscle researcher 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.240 among other things and 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:57.240 this electronic property 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:04.640 Is at the heart of both sensation and movement and all of the other? 00:06:04.640 --> 00:06:08.120 familiar properties of life 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:10.320 nutrition consciousness and so on 00:06:10.320 --> 00:06:13.600 so it's a 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:22.080 When when something goes wrong with tryptophan or its metabolites it disturbs life at its 00:06:22.080 --> 00:06:25.080 deepest level 00:06:25.080 --> 00:06:29.040 cell division and all other functions 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:33.280 depend on this excitability of tryptophan and 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:40.240 The in the muscle protein myosin for example 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:42.760 There's one particular 00:06:42.760 --> 00:06:46.200 tryptophan which is most sensitive 00:06:46.200 --> 00:06:49.280 electronically and 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:55.080 To light interactions such as phosphorescence 00:06:55.080 --> 00:06:58.560 and this 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:05.000 tryptophan interacts electrically or electronically with cysteine 00:07:05.840 --> 00:07:09.480 which is an oxidizable sulfur protein and 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:12.800 these are the 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:15.240 sort of the electric motor of 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.280 all the life processes 00:07:18.280 --> 00:07:21.440 and 00:07:21.440 --> 00:07:23.800 They happen to be the 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:27.360 essential things during the growth 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.840 process of an organism, but 00:07:31.760 --> 00:07:34.680 If you keep the same ratio 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.520 coming in in your diet 00:07:37.520 --> 00:07:39.000 and 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.000 stop growing 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.640 They're no longer being 00:07:43.640 --> 00:07:50.200 Consumed in proportion for growth and so they become 00:07:50.200 --> 00:07:55.000 sort of free actors which can spread 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.520 excitability and oxidized ability 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:05.200 randomly in the organism so during the growth period of an organism 00:08:05.200 --> 00:08:10.080 You need the full balanced range of amino acids 00:08:10.080 --> 00:08:17.680 but when when your body growth stops all you need to maintain 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:22.480 The renewal of your skin and 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.160 Intestine lining lungs 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:33.760 All of the turnover of brain proteins that are being renewed and so on 00:08:33.760 --> 00:08:37.840 That's a very small amount of growth that's going on 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:40.640 compared to 00:08:40.640 --> 00:08:42.560 in your 00:08:42.560 --> 00:08:44.560 infancy and teens 00:08:44.560 --> 00:08:50.760 Those those amino acids are are now at risk of becoming 00:08:50.760 --> 00:08:54.400 Random excitatory 00:08:55.400 --> 00:08:57.400 inflammation promoting processes and 00:08:57.400 --> 00:09:00.320 it happens that 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.840 gelatin is a 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:09.680 major protein that is used for building frameworks connective tissues and 00:09:09.680 --> 00:09:12.480 it has a 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:14.960 complete lack of 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.800 these excitable proteins cysteine 00:09:17.800 --> 00:09:20.600 thiamine and tryptophan and 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.200 so if it becomes a major 00:09:25.160 --> 00:09:28.520 dietary protein when growth is completed 00:09:28.520 --> 00:09:31.280 then you reduce the 00:09:31.280 --> 00:09:33.400 the risk of 00:09:33.400 --> 00:09:36.160 the inflammatory and degenerative diseases 00:09:36.160 --> 00:09:41.520 Do you think this could be mitigated through I mean I know you don't at all 00:09:41.520 --> 00:09:43.800 promote any 00:09:43.800 --> 00:09:45.800 aerobic exercise or 00:09:45.800 --> 00:09:47.400 stress inducing exercise 00:09:47.400 --> 00:09:53.000 But given that I've come from a kind of not I am but I come from a kind of bodybuilding perspective 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.240 Where you do recommend 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:59.440 lightweight bearing exercise for people of all ages and actually 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:01.840 very much 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:06.600 Support is used for producing muscle mass muscle burning glucose 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:09.120 being thyroid thyroid 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.600 stimulatory and supportive 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:17.080 If these amino acids are being consumed and somebody's actually doing some work then 00:10:17.920 --> 00:10:22.520 Does that would that warrant that diet remain in that way because obviously there's an ideal 00:10:22.520 --> 00:10:26.040 in life and you've mentioned the gelatin and it being 00:10:26.040 --> 00:10:28.400 completely 00:10:28.400 --> 00:10:35.240 absent from these inflammatory amino acids, but in terms of a balanced diet that would contain some of these 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.840 Would you recognize work? 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.600 doing work by lifting small weights and 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:44.680 Exercising your body is 00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:49.120 Yeah by the age of 30 or 40 when growth is completed 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.640 The 00:10:52.640 --> 00:10:58.000 bulk of our energy is spent just in maintaining the body 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:03.600 But it has to function to be maintained and renewed 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:05.960 if you 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:12.320 Have a cast for example on your arm muscles will atrophy because they aren't being used 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:15.440 So just to maintain 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:21.480 What we have we have to be active and that includes 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:25.440 mental or spiritual activity 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:30.600 Keeping a freshness of perspective 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:34.160 This is the 00:11:34.160 --> 00:11:36.840 The environmental enrichment and 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:39.760 Yeah 00:11:39.760 --> 00:11:42.120 stimulation of everything 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:45.120 Mental processes as well as 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:52.120 Varied physical activity. Do you think there's a place for people to get more? 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:59.320 It's kind of outside the context of this month's show, but I guess a leading question from what you're saying, but in terms of people 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:06.800 Doing things that hopefully they're interested in obviously outside the mundanity of work if they're not interested in that, but they have to do it 00:12:06.800 --> 00:12:08.160 but 00:12:08.160 --> 00:12:12.240 actively actively engaging and pursuing things that 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:17.000 require them to be mobile and engaging with environment and 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:24.840 Yeah, environmentally enriching them to be a process that is supportive to the organism in terms of 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:27.400 You know producing good 00:12:27.400 --> 00:12:30.200 Not just feelings but 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:35.040 Good good good results in terms of feeling fulfilled and that fulfillment 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:39.800 transferring into a mind-body state that's supportive rather than degenerative and 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:45.600 Reductive, you know, it always has to involve newness and invention 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:52.880 Even conversations can be relatively athletic 00:12:52.880 --> 00:13:02.080 Okay, are you listening to ask you that herb doctor on Kamedi garble 91.1 FM and from 730 until the end of the show 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:08.240 8 o'clock you invited to call in the number to reach us here is 7 0 7 9 2 3 3 9 1 1 and 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:13.320 I just got to ask the engineer actually that the clock is missing. There is worse happen to the clock. I 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:18.520 Didn't actually go check in there to make sure the clock was there. It's actually not here 00:13:18.520 --> 00:13:21.800 I suppose we should put that on our checklist. Well, not a bad idea 00:13:21.800 --> 00:13:26.760 I'll start like going like that when you get towards the end and I'll start doing the music very quietly 00:13:26.760 --> 00:13:28.760 I just want to make sure that we pay no attention 00:13:28.760 --> 00:13:34.000 The musical get loud and little just want to make sure that we have timely intervals remind people 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:40.960 Well, I will I will say opens I will open the lines for calls that have passed. How about that? Sure. Okay 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:43.400 So dr. Peat carrying on about tryptophan now 00:13:43.400 --> 00:13:50.280 You've always mentioned that this should be in balance and that's why you've always talked about gelatin gelatin rich products because it's in 00:13:50.280 --> 00:13:55.760 The muscle meats where we get the greatest proportion of tryptophan and that would be 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:59.480 You know consuming excess amounts of muscle meats and I think you've don't 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:02.800 Rate more than four ounces or six ounces 00:14:02.800 --> 00:14:06.720 As being beneficial for us because of the tryptophan content 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.960 Yeah, so 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.280 It's I guess it's possible 00:14:13.280 --> 00:14:15.480 to 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:18.400 to avoid and again, this is kind of a little bit off topic, but I was 00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:21.280 looked at a program that was 00:14:22.520 --> 00:14:26.680 About plant-based and I don't want to get into a discussion necessarily about plant-based 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:33.200 Versus animal based proteins, but it was quite an interesting documentary about and I think they followed 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.920 Several people maybe four or five 00:14:35.920 --> 00:14:39.520 Quote unquote athletes obviously because I think they're at the top of their game 00:14:39.520 --> 00:14:48.120 but these people were either vegan or just basically got all of their protein from non animal sources as all plant-based proteins and 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:54.640 They you and McGregor actually was that I don't have to know him, of course, but he's like an MMA fighter 00:14:54.640 --> 00:14:57.960 and he was at the top of his game and he was 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:03.400 fighting a title bout that was gonna challenge him for his title and 00:15:03.400 --> 00:15:11.320 The chap that Reeves fighting was a vegan and in the interview McGregor was really castigating him and saying that he was 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:16.960 You know just a plant eating, you know, whatever. He was weak and he was gonna destroy him in the fight and 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:25.320 McGregor lost and it was such a shock in the circle because he was at the top of his game and 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:32.020 They proved they were doing this physiologically showing that meat consumption. I'm not anti meat at all 00:15:32.020 --> 00:15:32.840 You know 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:35.200 But they were showing that a consumption of meat 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:42.720 Actually slowed the organism down and it actually I know you've mentioned things like cadaverine and putrescene as being byproducts of meat 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:46.160 And definitely which is why you advocate not hanging meat 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:53.280 you know like they do in England perhaps or hang pheasants until they start falling apart and same with their you know, the 00:15:53.280 --> 00:15:57.880 Venison, but anyway getting getting back to this title fight 00:15:57.880 --> 00:16:04.680 They said that they showed physiologically how it was slowing him down and how his muscles were not able to 00:16:04.680 --> 00:16:13.320 repolarize reactors repair as quickly and recover as quickly and they were saying that it was pretty much based on his diet and they 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:14.400 were really 00:16:14.400 --> 00:16:19.640 They were really putting meat consumption down, but I don't know if I think the highest phosphate content 00:16:19.640 --> 00:16:23.000 Relative right the calcium is a big part of that 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:31.400 Wastes the energy it's like a constant subliminal stimulus 00:16:31.400 --> 00:16:37.840 Tend to tend to load the cells up with calcium 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.200 as if they were 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:43.280 fatigued already 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:50.720 Honey, would you would you be supportive of a plant-based protein diet over getting any kind of meats? 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:52.720 Because I know you've you know, you're really 00:16:52.720 --> 00:17:01.520 You stand very strongly behind gelatin and well, the problem is that a lot of the plant-based proteins are either 00:17:01.520 --> 00:17:10.400 Overloaded with phosphate the same as meat or or they have potential allergens and 00:17:11.560 --> 00:17:19.400 Offensive molecules that the plants are right have that no no animal has right so you just you still advocate 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:22.520 very simple amino acid type 00:17:22.520 --> 00:17:26.400 Gelatin protein sources and then obviously things from dairy 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:29.640 Cheese milk and eggs is good quality clean proteins 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:34.780 Yeah, but it's a tremendously important field for research to 00:17:34.780 --> 00:17:37.400 find what plants 00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:40.240 Have the proper 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:44.640 Nutrients and don't have the toxins right so that you say you 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:51.400 they nearly always see the conjugated with the oil was a liquid or so that you know polyunsaturates from the nuts and 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:57.560 Yeah, then there's other sources obviously tofu and soy soy protein has been 00:17:57.560 --> 00:18:01.240 Implicated with having kind of estrogenic effects 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:06.000 Yeah, okay, all right, so 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:09.000 anyway, so getting back to 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.640 Getting back to what we were talking about with tryptophan and serotonin 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:19.280 I wanted to ask about and this will be this will branch out a little bit later into 00:18:19.280 --> 00:18:21.440 insulin 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.960 resistance 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:24.960 and 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.960 Cholesterol production and 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:29.720 Yeah, kind of just go in a few different directions 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:35.040 But I try and keep it as focused as possible that superoxide dismutase 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:39.840 Then this is an enzyme that degrades superoxide and superoxide sold 00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:42.800 you know as a health food supplement and 00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:45.760 It's an extreme oxidant, correct 00:18:45.760 --> 00:18:52.000 Yes, and so and so very damaging and I know last month I asked you just to 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:55.320 break down the oxidation 00:18:55.320 --> 00:18:58.080 antioxidation 00:18:58.080 --> 00:19:00.680 Kind of concept because we're bombarded with these 00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:08.520 And obviously vitamin C is an antioxidant and we know vitamin C is very good. But there's also antioxidant effects that are not 00:19:08.520 --> 00:19:11.440 necessarily positive correct oh 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:13.400 Yeah 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:16.360 too much of an antioxidant of 00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:20.520 It's typical cancer metabolism for example, right? 00:19:20.520 --> 00:19:25.800 Okay, so then that cancer metabolism is a lactic acid producing 00:19:25.800 --> 00:19:29.360 Physiology 00:19:29.360 --> 00:19:31.360 Yeah as a byproduct 00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:33.520 Okay. All right. So 00:19:33.520 --> 00:19:40.400 Let's move on then to talk about proteins in terms of muscle building and that kind of thing. But 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:45.000 Most proteins contain tryptophan then which is converted to serotonin 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:52.600 And do you think it's possible to contain enough non tryptophan containing proteins for continued muscle growth and repair? 00:19:56.360 --> 00:20:01.900 All of the proteins other than gelatin that I know of 00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:10.000 Will support proper growth and repair, right? Okay. All right, it's very straightforward then. All right, and then 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:13.160 Let's have a look here 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:17.120 I wanted to ask you about the pH of the blood and I know there are people 00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:24.440 Where especially on the internet if you're looking for any kind of guidelines for health or health related topics 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:27.160 they'll talk about acidity and 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:29.320 alkalinity and 00:20:29.320 --> 00:20:33.040 I know the pH of the blood is kept very tightly between 00:20:33.040 --> 00:20:36.360 seven point three five and seven point four five I think 00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:44.880 How much can this change I mean it's not really possible for that to change is it oh, yeah, I've seen 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.080 Very sick people with extremely high 00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:50.800 blood pH 00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:56.840 Seven point five or six for example, really? Okay, it's a can go outside that range 00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:59.320 I thought the body did everything it can to keep it 00:20:59.320 --> 00:21:03.400 It does a person has to get really sick for the blood to change 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:08.920 Outside that range. Okay, and and you can do it 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:11.880 momentarily just by hyperventilating 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:16.320 Blowing breathing so fast that your 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:19.960 Carbon dioxide is being lost and 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:25.720 That can push your your blood pH very high to the point that you 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:28.400 Might faint or die 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:36.000 When you lose too much co2 the increased pH tends to cause 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:42.720 Spasms including blood vessel spasms cutting off the circulation of your brain 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:46.800 Can you do the opposite of that because I know you're 00:21:47.800 --> 00:21:49.800 an advocate of 00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:52.560 increasing co2 00:21:52.560 --> 00:22:00.360 Rebreathing in a paper bag, for example, you can correct out and forward the pH of your blood 00:22:00.360 --> 00:22:08.580 To the to the point that it can start weakening your muscles and causing too much vessel dilation 00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:12.360 So it is possible to go the other direction equally and oppositely 00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:16.720 Yeah, muscle weakness is the worst thing 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:20.680 All right, there's nothing too much more serious than that because I know some people were 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:24.240 really really getting into co2 baths and 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:27.480 rebreathing co2 is a kind of 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:31.400 Yeah, if you're just soaking it in through your skin 00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:34.920 Since you're breathing in the ordinary air 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:43.480 Even though you're absorbing a really large amount of it through your skin it's going to 00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:49.160 Equalize with the air and so you can't overdose sitting in pure co2 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:51.680 All right 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:57.200 Can I want to move on again just to reiterate this for some people perhaps? I'm not too sure 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:01.600 The connection was made quite as clearly as this but I was looking at 00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:08.560 I was looking at some articles today just going through some material to see what else could be fleshed out with this evening's 00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:11.200 talk carrying on from last month, but 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:19.480 Statins are we I'm gonna get one about statins again, but just just to mention again that the brain 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:23.800 Actually creates its own cholesterol and 00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:26.480 cholesterol 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:30.760 Systemically is too big a molecule to get across the blood-brain barrier 00:23:30.760 --> 00:23:34.220 and I know I asked you last month about the blood-brain barrier and how 00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:39.840 Physiologically intact it was and I know that you mentioned several 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:47.080 Several components that wouldn't typically get across a blood-brain barrier could in certain instances and I think a little bit like the intestinal 00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:49.680 barrier 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:53.320 Fairly large fats can massively go into the brain 00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:57.160 Well they came from the blood 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:03.760 Interesting, okay, so you say fat some fairly large fats, but you don't think that cholesterol will pass the blood-brain barrier D 00:24:03.760 --> 00:24:07.000 Yeah, I think it can 00:24:08.800 --> 00:24:09.920 Wow 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:15.080 Okay, because I what I wanted to say was that in so far as the literature is concerned 00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:18.440 I'm not saying the literature has it right and you don't but so far as the literature is concerned 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:23.680 That that molecules they say is too big to get across the blood-brain barrier and and hence 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:30.200 Whatever the biological reason for however long we've been around the brain 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:33.400 Because it is such a both energy 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:39.320 Hungry or organ and because the white matter of the brain is principally cholesterol 00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:46.320 they say that 20% of the body's cholesterol is actually in the brain and presumably because of the white matter and 00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:49.160 presumably because of the 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:53.600 Insulating effect of cholesterol on the neurons and that 00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:56.720 the enzyme 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:59.320 HMG Co a reductase 00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:01.800 Produces 00:25:01.800 --> 00:25:03.800 cholesterol and 00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:06.840 Statins for those people unfortunately who might be using them 00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:12.880 But hopefully they'll look to an alternative if they don't completely ban them, but they probably won't because they're making too much money from it 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:18.920 This the statins do pass and cross into the blood-brain barrier, so I 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:25.680 Imagine what they do to the brain is what they do to the muscles and if you're 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:27.840 soaked in 00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:29.680 statins and 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:32.720 do vigorous exercise the 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:40.680 Interference with cholesterol can cause your muscle to break down and simply dissolve and disintegrate 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:47.200 And I'm afraid that same thing can happen in the brain accounting for the 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:50.360 depression 00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:56.600 Suicidality and such right because they're saying they're saying that these are some of the common side effects that they advertise as part of their 00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:58.600 disclaimer for the products that 00:25:58.640 --> 00:26:05.040 but just to bring out again from a kind of a simplistic maybe mechanistic point that 00:26:05.040 --> 00:26:11.120 The fact that you have this stacking crossing into the brain and actually lowering your brains brains cholesterol 00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:15.200 Is a definite reason of cause for concern because typically? 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:21.520 If you had a low cholesterol situation, which was not actually 00:26:21.520 --> 00:26:24.360 You know due to 00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:26.400 Just an inherently high 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:32.760 Genetic reason for producing cholesterol that if you start lowering it systemically 00:26:32.760 --> 00:26:38.160 And this is crossing into your brain and your brain is suffering as a result of this you're going to get some very 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:41.000 very odd neurological 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:43.240 side effects of it 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:46.960 the old brain is sort of like a 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:50.040 clump of atherosclerosis 00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:52.280 it's a 00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:56.360 lots of cholesterol, but it's bound to fatty acids and 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:04.720 In in the old brain free cholesterol is actually lower than in the young brain. It's the bound up 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:13.400 Interfering type of cholesterol that accumulates in the aged brain as in the aged blood vessels 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:17.260 Hmm, but your brain is not like that is it? 00:27:17.260 --> 00:27:21.760 Avoiding vegetable oils 00:27:24.280 --> 00:27:28.640 Good all right you're listening to I have no idea what time it is, but you're okay there 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:33.840 You go you're listening to ask your doctor came you de Galvo 91.1 FM and from now on to 8 o'clock 00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:36.480 You're invited to call him the questions dr. Raymond Peat 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:42.400 Is our guest and the number if you live in the areas or if you even if you don't live out in the area if you? 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:47.120 Live anywhere on the planet. It's seven zero seven nine two three three nine one one 00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:49.280 I 00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:57.200 Looked at and to be your counting okay. It's expecting the phone to start ringing okay, so I was looking at some some 00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:02.760 Some articles this afternoon. I saw an article about hand cellular, which you mentioned 00:28:02.760 --> 00:28:07.800 Quite a lot saying that he was doing work on muscular dystrophy 00:28:07.800 --> 00:28:15.680 And by administering serotonin to animals this was this was caused he actually gave that he could precipitate 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:18.280 muscular dystrophy in animals 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:20.880 Um yeah, and 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:27.560 that was in the late 50s and early 60s that he was doing those experiments and 00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:31.560 Despite that being in the literature 00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:34.600 in the 70s 00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:41.600 Tryptophan supplements became a popular fad and there was a lot of 00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:45.600 Sickness produced by it 00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:47.840 I 00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:49.240 think there were 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.240 mental problems, but 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:54.040 muscle inflammation and an immune 00:28:54.040 --> 00:28:56.480 problem 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:58.480 was the 00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:02.640 Focus of the disease that became 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:08.640 Well known and the FDA blamed it on on a bad 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:10.520 type of 00:29:10.520 --> 00:29:12.600 tryptophan that they never explained, but 00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:15.520 Hansell you was producing it with 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:19.200 tryptophan simply in excess 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:27.200 Okay, all right. We have a we have a caller on the on the line, so let's take this caller call away from what's your question? 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:32.200 Hi, good evening. I'm calling from Santa Barbara, California. Hi welcome to show 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:39.440 Thank you. I just have a question are you familiar with the hair tissue mineral analysis test? 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:42.800 Yep, don't say yeah 00:29:43.520 --> 00:29:49.800 Okay, great. I just had some results of that and my first question was is I have a very high 00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:52.520 sodium to potassium 00:29:52.520 --> 00:29:55.800 potassium ratio my my 00:29:55.800 --> 00:29:59.240 Sodium is 00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:05.920 34 and my potassium is one. I just wanted to know what could be causing that and 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:09.920 What do you do about it? What's a hair analysis? Yeah 00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:13.560 It could be that you 00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:19.840 Have hard water or have a water softener that puts sodium into the water 00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:23.160 Yes, Santa Barbara has water softeners in lots of the houses 00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:27.600 Do you have do you have a water softener in your house? Yes, I do 00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:33.320 Yeah, okay, that puts sodium into the water and so it will skew the hair test 00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:36.920 Okay 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:39.400 and then just one more on those I 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:44.400 Have a the ratio between the calcium and the potassium is 00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:49.880 It very skewed as well. My calcium is 46 and the potassium is one 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:54.640 I 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:56.920 I'm not sure that that 00:30:56.920 --> 00:31:03.480 could be from hard water rather than softened water, but I wouldn't worry about a 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:08.760 Hair mineral test a serum test is much more useful 00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:14.560 Right. Yeah, there you go. It's basically anything that you're exposed to that 00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:18.160 Dr. Peat mentioned in the first instance here if you're showering and your water has been 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:24.520 Softened that way then that could easily explain how the hair would take up those components and would show to be 00:31:24.520 --> 00:31:28.920 High in one and low in another but obviously blood tests are the best way to do it 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:35.800 Okay, did you have any particular reason for testing your hair or was this just a curiosity? 00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:39.000 No, yeah, I am working like with a 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:41.000 functional 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:43.000 nutritionist and I've 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:48.080 Had the Dutch hormone testing done previously and I've had some 00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:55.760 Stool sampling done and so as we progress kind of trying to figure out the puzzle pieces of my symptoms 00:31:55.760 --> 00:31:58.720 This was another 00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:04.600 This test was recommended by her. Yeah, do you feel like you want to talk about what it was? 00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:08.080 You were looking for help for or oh sure. Yeah, I 00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:13.160 basically a couple years ago I started having symptoms of 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:22.280 Hypoglycemia, which I still have now and how old you I'm 46. Okay, go carry on 00:32:22.280 --> 00:32:25.560 Yeah, so I've had that I've had 00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:32.640 Basically increased weight gain during these last couple years. I've gained probably about 40 pounds 00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:35.280 I have changed my diet 00:32:35.280 --> 00:32:40.560 Significantly that was obviously a big problem for me. But my my diet is very 00:32:40.560 --> 00:32:45.720 I follow a lot of dr. Peat's recommendations my 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:49.160 my practitioner follows his work, so 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:53.480 I've in you know done a lot of those changes and everything, but 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:57.360 Basically, I have like hypoglycemia. I have problems with anxiety 00:32:57.360 --> 00:33:01.280 My inflammation marker is very high 00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:05.360 And then like I said the weight gain and my 00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:07.560 hormones 00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:10.060 Indicate I have high cortisol 00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:14.000 So those are all kind of things that we've been trying to work on 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:21.520 Okay, Dr. Peat hypoglycemia with high cortisol and weight gain and anxiety and anxiety 00:33:21.520 --> 00:33:26.760 And calcium and and thyroid are 00:33:26.760 --> 00:33:30.400 likely involved vitamin D calcium and thyroid 00:33:31.760 --> 00:33:34.560 Have you have you had your vitamin D measured? 00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:37.320 Do you know what that is? 00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:42.080 Yes, the most recent one I've had done. I want to say it was around 00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:45.440 50 ish 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:48.360 Then 00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:50.360 amount of calcium in your diet 00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:52.600 works with both 00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:59.020 Thyroid and vitamin D to keep your metabolic rate up and your blood sugar steady 00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:02.480 Okay 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:07.120 To two grams a day of calcium is it's a good level 00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:11.000 Do you drink any milk or do you take a calcium supplement or? 00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:19.640 I don't take a calcium supplement, but I do drink milk, and I do eat high quality dairy. How much milk do you drink? 00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:22.800 I 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:24.800 Was well I've increased that 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:30.760 Per dr. Peat so I mean for me probably about 16 ounces, and I'm drinking 00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:38.480 2% milk yeah, I think twice that much of 1% would be better 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:47.560 Took two quarts of what skimmed or 1% helps to lose weight because of the high calcium content 00:34:47.560 --> 00:34:50.240 and you said 00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:53.320 About like there. What did you say on the ounces? 00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:56.240 From 1 to 2 quarts 00:34:56.240 --> 00:35:00.120 Okay, 1 to 2 quarts of okay 00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:03.320 Okay 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:09.040 That tends to increase your temperature and if your temperature doesn't 00:35:09.040 --> 00:35:16.960 Rise quickly in the morning when you get up and eat breakfast if it doesn't get up to 98.6 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.880 by 00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:20.880 half hour after breakfast 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:25.800 But then you're likely to need a thyroid supplement, too 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:32.880 Yeah, I do. I do the temperatures and pulses and I tend to have low temperatures 00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:36.680 And then I did I did try 00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:39.880 some nature throid 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:46.720 a very like of the like the lowest dosage I forget the like quarter grain or 00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:50.080 Something like that, but I started having 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:52.880 More negative effects with it 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:58.960 I started having like my anxiety was more increased and I started having like more aggressive 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:06.600 Like behavior like a real short fuse and that kind of stuff so I quit taking that after about a month 00:36:06.600 --> 00:36:12.600 One of the effects of 00:36:12.600 --> 00:36:19.120 thyroid is to make your cells able to retain the magnesium that they need and 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:23.280 If your diet doesn't have enough magnesium 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:29.640 And two quarts of milk would give you a generous supply of magnesium 00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:32.440 which would make the 00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:35.720 thyroid able to work more quickly and 00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:45.240 The normal function of thyroid is to increase your ability to relax both both muscles and nerves 00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:48.960 Okay 00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:52.600 Okay, I appreciate your time. Thank you both so much. Yeah, you're welcome 00:36:52.600 --> 00:37:01.200 Okay, so people want to call in numbers seven zero seven nine two three three nine one one dr. Raymond Peat's with us in the studio 00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.760 Okay 00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:04.760 so dr. Peat 00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:06.760 going back to the 00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:12.880 Going back to positive effects, and we've mentioned it's positive. It's only ever positive, but it's demonized 00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:18.200 in the industry in terms of treatments for lowering it 00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:20.720 cholesterols effect is 00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:24.040 Undoubtable in terms of regulating 00:37:24.040 --> 00:37:29.240 regulating the system regulating and supporting and stabilizing cells 00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:32.480 Let me just okay. There's a call on the line 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:36.400 Let's get this caller before we jump into this next question caller you're on the airway from 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:40.000 I'm from Mendocino County. Okay. Hi. What's your question? 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:47.520 My question is from recently diagnosed with osteoporosis, and I was wondering an alternative way to treat that yeah 00:37:47.520 --> 00:37:49.440 How old are you? 00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:54.680 62 62 okay, there's plenty of good plenty of good ways to do this, but let dr. P 00:37:54.680 --> 00:38:02.360 Let Dr. Peat discuss it. Go ahead Dr. Peat. Okay keeping keeping the parathyroid hormone 00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:04.800 under control is 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:07.640 essential and 00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:11.240 Eating a lot of calcium 00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:15.960 like two quarts of milk and keeping your your 00:38:16.520 --> 00:38:22.440 vitamin D serum level up to the middle of the range like 50 mg per ml 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:25.520 That 00:38:25.520 --> 00:38:29.240 Is a good basis, but if your thyroid 00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:31.760 Hormone is low 00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:33.760 Then your your prolactin 00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:41.920 Will likely be high enough that the prolactin itself as a bone weakening effect 00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:46.960 Prolactin is normally the hormone of lactation 00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:51.000 And it takes calcium out of the bone 00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:54.800 normally to put into the milk but 00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:57.600 under stress it causes 00:38:57.600 --> 00:39:00.360 calcium to be lost from the bone and 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:08.160 Prolactin tends to rise along with thyroid stimulating hormone and 00:39:12.160 --> 00:39:13.920 The 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:19.960 simplest way to normalize prolactin is to normalize your thyroid function keep 00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:24.120 Keep your thyroid stimulating hormone 00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:27.960 At the lower end of the normal range 00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:37.400 Okay, how do you keep the thyroid how do you do that um if you can't do it just with a selection of foods 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:40.560 then a supplement 00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:44.120 A thyroid supplement, yeah 00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:50.720 Yeah, and I do not like milk so is there something else that I could do to get calcium oh? 00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:55.680 Well cooked greens are 00:39:55.680 --> 00:40:03.800 Food that's richest other than milk and calcium relative to phosphate 00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:05.480 but 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.480 if you grind up eggshells 00:40:08.200 --> 00:40:14.440 That's a good pure form of calcium carbonate which is next best to milk 00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:19.520 Okay, how much how many ground-up egg cells that you do per day? Oh? 00:40:19.520 --> 00:40:22.360 A couple of grams would be good 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:25.240 Okay 00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:29.200 Yeah, so you can just use your eggs if you use eggs you can just put them to one side and 00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:35.120 Gently wash out the membrane and stack them up for a week or so and then after a week you can put them on a 00:40:35.120 --> 00:40:37.520 Baking tray and put them in the oven at about 150 00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:39.280 and 00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:45.000 Basically sterilize sterilize them that way and then put them in a coffee grinder, and then they'll grind up very finely into a fine powder 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:48.120 Do have some people who use these? 00:40:48.120 --> 00:40:54.600 Kind of approaches to calcium rather than pills and capsules that do say that and best taken with food 00:40:54.600 --> 00:41:00.960 Can irritate some people's stomachs, but it's a very clean way especially if we're using organic eggs 00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:06.160 To get a good quality calcium carbonate, and it's almost all calcium so 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:08.920 2,000 milligrams a day is what dr. 00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:13.960 Peat said so two grams it's about it's about three one eighth teaspoons 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:16.920 I think I think an eighth teaspoon is 650 odd milligrams 00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:25.080 Okay, yeah, so if you don't drink milk or eat cheese or get lots of cooked greens, and you are calcium 00:41:25.080 --> 00:41:34.240 Calcium lean then that's obviously gonna work against you, but can I quickly ask you what kind of menstrual history you had I? 00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:39.640 Had I went to menopause at early age at 45 45. Yeah, all right 00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:42.520 I just spoken to a lot of women who have 00:41:42.520 --> 00:41:46.160 Either had hysterectomies and very poor hormone replacement 00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:54.960 Approaches done or have had really bad menstrual cycles and been very high estrogen and a lot of these women show very 00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.960 early 00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:58.480 Osteopenia I mean in their 40s and in osteo 00:41:59.160 --> 00:42:05.960 bordering osteoporotic by 50 it's not what you want you really want to address this and vitamin D and 00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:12.440 Calcium and thyroid are going to be the best least invasive and certainly most tolerable 00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:17.320 approach to dealing with your osteoporosis because you're only young and 00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:20.760 You know hopefully you're gonna live quite a while longer, and it's gonna 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:23.620 It's not gonna get any better if you don't address it 00:42:23.620 --> 00:42:26.200 unopposed cortisol 00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:28.200 other bone dissolving 00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:29.960 What is that? 00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.960 cortisol 00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:37.640 If it's even in the higher part of the normal range in a morning test 00:42:37.640 --> 00:42:40.540 if it isn't balanced with the 00:42:40.540 --> 00:42:43.320 adrenal 00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:47.320 DHEA and progesterone and other adrenal 00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:49.880 steroids 00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:52.560 that can can contribute to 00:42:52.560 --> 00:42:55.320 osteoporosis and 00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:56.600 supplementing 00:42:56.600 --> 00:42:58.600 progesterone and DHEA 00:42:58.600 --> 00:43:00.800 and or pregnenolone 00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:04.360 Can oppose that effective cortisol? 00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:08.280 Okay, all right. Thank you very much. Dr.. Peat 00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:13.400 Okay, good, so the number if you live anywhere on the planet, and he's like to ask dr. 00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:15.520 Peat a question during this evening's call 00:43:15.520 --> 00:43:21.200 Ending at 8 o'clock here with seven zero seven nine two three three nine one 00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:24.720 seven zero seven nine two three three nine one one 00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:28.680 So dr. Peat just getting back to cholesterol for a little bit 00:43:28.680 --> 00:43:35.920 in terms of what has been so popularized and so treated with statins 00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:43.680 Cholesterol's positive effects. I think are just beginning to come to pass you know and I think it's a little bit like a sea change that's 00:43:43.680 --> 00:43:46.120 occurred with the 00:43:46.120 --> 00:43:48.120 whole perpetration of 00:43:48.120 --> 00:43:53.560 Polyunsaturated supposedly being good for you and saturated fats being bad for you, which is I think now at last 00:43:54.200 --> 00:43:56.200 finally seeing the light of day and 00:43:56.200 --> 00:44:01.960 I'm reading reports on the internet. I'm not saying the internet is the only sole source of any information, but 00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:09.520 Seeing some good articles coming out about how that is just so and he's been talking about it for 40 years or more 00:44:09.520 --> 00:44:11.000 I'm sorry that it's taken 00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:16.040 So long for everybody you know including us ten years ago is still thinking that helps the way it was but I'm 00:44:16.040 --> 00:44:19.960 Also starting to see some good articles that have been written 00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:26.920 Expounding the benefits of cholesterol and just outlining in very plain simple layman terms 00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:32.360 Just how beneficial cholesterol is and why it's so important and that the whole LDL HDL 00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:39.480 Thing is a complete myth, and they're actually a lot more studies showing that some of these oxidized LTL particles 00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:41.480 They're probably more responsible for the inflammatory 00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:46.920 initial insult on the endothelia of the vessels that then causes 00:44:48.080 --> 00:44:55.320 Cholesterol to be laid down as a repair mechanism which during dissection of a cadaver who's died of a heart attack for example 00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:58.780 They'll say oh, that's it. They say here. I is a cholesterol. It's blocked the arteries 00:44:58.780 --> 00:45:05.520 That's why he's dead when actually all the time you and you boy said it's the initial insult from things like lipofluxin or other 00:45:05.520 --> 00:45:09.760 oxidative byproducts of lipid metabolism that have caused initial insult 00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:14.840 But in terms of the brain and the brains functioning 00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:17.800 so cholesterol 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:22.560 I can't we can't really can't really state it enough. Just how important it is to have 00:45:22.560 --> 00:45:25.920 adequate cholesterol and that low cholesterol is 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:34.240 virtually unspoken about people you find it very hard to find any information regarding low cholesterol because no one's looking that way and 00:45:34.240 --> 00:45:36.240 I wonder just how many people 00:45:36.240 --> 00:45:40.800 Actually present with a blood test and their doctors saying oh your cholesterol is great 00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:43.760 You know whenever I've had blood work done and my cholesterol is played 00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:46.080 120 at the moment 00:45:46.080 --> 00:45:50.520 It's always wow your cholesterol is great, and I'm thinking no. It's not it's nowhere near high enough 00:45:50.520 --> 00:45:57.200 You know and I know you've always said that you should be about 200 so a cholesterol of 120 is obviously not good for me 00:45:57.200 --> 00:46:05.160 But yeah, it's not at all influenced by diet and in terms of your body will make cholesterol out of just about anything 00:46:05.160 --> 00:46:07.840 Yeah 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:13.600 Okay, there's a caller on the end. Let's get this caller. I call you. Yeah, where you from what's my name is John and 00:46:14.640 --> 00:46:16.640 I'm 78 over the last 00:46:16.640 --> 00:46:24.880 Year or maybe a little more I guess my PFA's gone up, okay precipitously yeah 00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:27.720 from four to five to 00:46:27.720 --> 00:46:30.400 20 okay 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:34.960 And I wonder if there's any supplements that can help me drive that down. Yeah 00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:40.420 Talks P. It's probably not in isolation for this, but this person's PSA 00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:43.160 is 20 now 00:46:43.160 --> 00:46:45.800 Um I think everything 00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:49.360 Anti-inflammatory is the right approach 00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:52.680 a diet 00:46:52.680 --> 00:46:58.240 Low in phosphate is a very basic anti-inflammatory thing 00:46:58.240 --> 00:47:01.840 And so on 00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:06.600 The 00:47:06.600 --> 00:47:11.480 Cooked cooked greens cheese milk and eggs are 00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:14.920 anti-inflammatory foods 00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:20.200 Keeping your thyroid function up so that your 00:47:20.200 --> 00:47:30.200 Your liver is helping to balance your hormones keeping estrogen down 00:47:30.200 --> 00:47:38.120 Adequate protein a good calcium phosphate ratio and 00:47:38.120 --> 00:47:42.760 Fairly 00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:48.080 High normal a body temperature is important 00:47:48.080 --> 00:47:54.400 Lower inflammation and keep the ratio of estrogen low 00:47:54.400 --> 00:48:03.640 Do you think dr. Peat from my from an herb herbal medicine perspective the kind of rationale of using aromatase 00:48:03.640 --> 00:48:08.000 inhibitors from things like nettle root or using the sterols 00:48:08.520 --> 00:48:11.480 Probably from saw palmetto might be 00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:14.240 anti-estrogenic and that's how 00:48:14.240 --> 00:48:17.000 that could be a rationale for treating high 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:24.800 Prostate hypertrophy if you do you think I prostrate hypertrophy is down to estrogens as much as anything else yeah 00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:27.640 Estrogen love 00:48:27.640 --> 00:48:29.920 It's a growth and carcinogenic 00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:32.000 factor 00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:39.200 In the prostate right and as men get older their estrogen no doubt rises especially as testosterone is on the decline 00:48:39.200 --> 00:48:45.520 Yeah, and the men who live the longest with prostate cancer have the highest testosterone 00:48:45.520 --> 00:48:47.720 What? 00:48:47.720 --> 00:48:52.480 The men that live the longest yeah with prostate cancer have the highest testosterone 00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:55.040 Yeah, so in that okay? 00:48:55.040 --> 00:49:00.960 Yeah, so that the testosterone that in that point then it's kind of protective huh yeah 00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:02.960 And in the early 90s 00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:05.040 when 00:49:05.040 --> 00:49:10.520 They started using the PSA test as a diagnosis of prostate cancer 00:49:10.520 --> 00:49:13.600 the 00:49:13.600 --> 00:49:15.720 Mortality from prostate cancer 00:49:15.720 --> 00:49:18.760 took a huge surge upward 00:49:18.760 --> 00:49:21.040 and 00:49:21.040 --> 00:49:27.280 Some of the doctors noticed that and decided maybe it wasn't a good idea to diagnose prostate cancer 00:49:27.280 --> 00:49:30.720 Right because a lot of the times you have said this quite a few times before now 00:49:30.720 --> 00:49:36.880 But a lot of the times it can not advocating people just don't do anything about a supposed cancer marker 00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:39.440 That is you know possibly 00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:42.160 treatable especially from a medical perspective 00:49:42.160 --> 00:49:44.480 but 00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:46.480 You've mentioned quite a few times that people 00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:48.520 found 00:49:48.520 --> 00:49:54.520 In in the mortuary they've just died from some other cause and they've been found with a wide range of different cancers that hasn't been the 00:49:54.520 --> 00:49:57.180 Thing that's killed them or they've been found with prostate 00:49:57.180 --> 00:50:05.760 enlargement and or you know benign type dysplastic prostatic inflammation a couple studies found that a hundred percent of 00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:09.920 people who died at the age of 50 or more 00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:14.800 All of them had diagnosable cancer some right yeah 00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:19.800 Yeah, so the the the call a the the best thing the best things for you 00:50:20.400 --> 00:50:24.560 Talking about what dr. Peat's been mentioning if you can obviously 00:50:24.560 --> 00:50:27.400 maintain physical activity 00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:34.560 In terms of keeping a testosterone as high as you can from being a male that's certainly very protective and anti estrogenic 00:50:34.560 --> 00:50:36.560 estrogen being one of those 00:50:36.560 --> 00:50:44.160 Hormones that rises in males especially in males that are obese or you know they have more fat than is good for them 00:50:44.560 --> 00:50:51.080 Especially because of that tissue tends to accumulate and or produce estrogen in its own right and then there are two 00:50:51.080 --> 00:50:53.280 Herbs that I know there's more than that 00:50:53.280 --> 00:50:58.600 But the two that come to mind instantly are things like nettle root as an aromatase inhibitor 00:50:58.600 --> 00:51:06.440 And that has an effect blocking estrogen and then the saw palmetto extract, but there's lots of there's lots of information about 00:51:06.440 --> 00:51:09.200 alternative medicines for 00:51:09.200 --> 00:51:10.920 enlarged prostate 00:51:10.920 --> 00:51:18.080 but I think obviously keeping an eye on your your PSA in conjunction with using some of those herbs that have been used for 00:51:18.080 --> 00:51:20.280 prostatic enlargement and 00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:26.840 Making sure that your estrogen is being opposed by testosterone and getting exercise and aspirin 00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:35.360 There you go and aspirin certainly something that's very well tolerated very inexpensive and very easily to get hold of 00:51:37.200 --> 00:51:42.360 Okay, we do have one more caller on the air, so let's get this next caller call it you're on the airway from them 00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:46.520 What's your question? I'm in Humboldt and Redway, okay? 00:51:46.520 --> 00:51:49.960 My question is how can I get off selexa? 00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:56.220 Okay, we had we had a very similar question last month about a lady who called in 00:51:56.220 --> 00:52:02.320 on SSRIs and wanted wanted help with that so 00:52:03.400 --> 00:52:08.920 In terms of in terms of a dose have you ever tried reducing the dose of this and then? 00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:11.800 slowly withdrawing from it 00:52:11.800 --> 00:52:15.180 I would be willing to try that yeah 00:52:15.180 --> 00:52:22.260 It's one. I mean Dr. Peat in terms of withdrawing we've we talked about this last month so in terms of withdrawing 00:52:22.260 --> 00:52:24.680 From an SSRI it's not to be done 00:52:24.680 --> 00:52:29.560 unsupported, but you mentioned last month that there's 00:52:30.240 --> 00:52:34.160 Plenty to do in terms of support in the physiology with thyroid 00:52:34.160 --> 00:52:39.720 with other you know positive lifestyle diet changes that 00:52:39.720 --> 00:52:46.600 basically will allow a person to slowly taper off of an SSRI and not be 00:52:46.600 --> 00:52:52.760 Not be basically overloaded with this this product serotonin one of their effects 00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:54.680 tends to 00:52:54.680 --> 00:52:57.920 increase the stress hormones and so an 00:52:58.800 --> 00:53:00.640 anti-stress program 00:53:00.640 --> 00:53:04.320 I've known people to withdraw from 00:53:04.320 --> 00:53:07.200 several different 00:53:07.200 --> 00:53:09.800 addictive things including the SSRIs 00:53:09.800 --> 00:53:13.760 using progesterone and coffee and 00:53:13.760 --> 00:53:16.640 thyroid and a good 00:53:16.640 --> 00:53:19.400 high calcium diet for example 00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:22.320 How long have you been using it for? 00:53:23.120 --> 00:53:26.960 Many years yeah, yeah, I mean obviously it's 00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:32.480 It's unfortunate. We're getting so close to the top of the hour and the end of the show but in terms of 00:53:32.480 --> 00:53:40.800 It's used for the treatment of anxiety and depression etc etc and all the label recommendations that are given for prescribing it in the first place 00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:44.480 in terms of your headspace and 00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:51.940 Where you are and what you engage with what stimulates you or what or what you know upsets you even? 00:53:52.680 --> 00:53:54.360 there's certainly 00:53:54.360 --> 00:53:55.960 Scope there for 00:53:55.960 --> 00:53:59.160 You know lifestyle changes, but as dr. 00:53:59.160 --> 00:54:05.280 Peat's mentioned you know in terms of anti-stress things there are certainly components that in your diet are 00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:10.000 anti-stress and that support your thyroid and are anti-inflammatory and 00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:15.080 Decrease the quote-unquote stress which is on you know 00:54:17.960 --> 00:54:25.320 Like lifestyle changes that like go out and run or walk in a day. No. We're not running for sure but in terms of 00:54:25.320 --> 00:54:31.300 Gentle weight-bearing exercise and walking and reading and being in the sunlight 00:54:31.300 --> 00:54:37.260 You know or in a bright room making sure you've got exposure to that good red light etc etc especially in the winter now 00:54:37.260 --> 00:54:40.820 We're coming with a long day long nights and short days and the whole 00:54:40.820 --> 00:54:45.460 seasonal affective disorder being a fairly widespread thing in this part of the world as 00:54:46.040 --> 00:54:48.040 Thyroid gets low as the winter's coming 00:54:48.040 --> 00:54:53.840 This thyroid hormone, and then there's opposing your estrogen as a female which undoubtedly will have a beneficial effect 00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:56.840 Keeping up vitamin D. Yeah 00:54:56.840 --> 00:55:00.320 Hormone replacement therapy 00:55:00.320 --> 00:55:02.800 No, not a big 00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:07.840 Good of hormone replacement therapy well the only hormone would be progesterone to oppose your estrogen that 00:55:07.840 --> 00:55:13.440 If you're on any kind of hormone replacement, that's estrogen based, and you really don't want to be doing that 00:55:14.960 --> 00:55:20.100 It's it's completely not what you're gonna hear from your doctor perhaps you know or maybe some 00:55:20.100 --> 00:55:22.960 naturopath who's a little more 00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:24.200 current 00:55:24.200 --> 00:55:28.880 Mm-hmm yeah, I don't even have a clock in front of me. What what time is it Michael I? 00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:36.760 Guess it's that time. I'm afraid we got a little music where you yeah, I mean you've got a minute to say goodbye to dr. 00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:39.060 Yeah, all right. Thank you so much dr. Peat for joining us 00:55:40.320 --> 00:55:48.280 Okay, if that lady wants to contact us any any time afterwards basically you can just email me my email address is Andrew at Western 00:55:48.280 --> 00:55:50.280 botanical medicine comm 00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:56.060 So yeah, go ahead and email me. I'll respond to your email next week. I want to get back in the office on Monday 00:55:56.060 --> 00:55:59.840 Okay, so for those who've listened. Thanks for joining in the show 00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:05.200 the same third Friday of next month December and 00:56:06.280 --> 00:56:09.600 For those people who've listened to dr. Peat I want to find out more about him 00:56:09.600 --> 00:56:12.440 www.raypeat.com 00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:16.680 I've got plenty of well-written articles that fully backed up by 00:56:16.680 --> 00:56:23.920 Studies that you can just go ahead and look at on the internet so people want alternatives. They want some hope 00:56:23.920 --> 00:56:26.480 definitely a good thing to have and 00:56:26.480 --> 00:56:33.880 Very positive there's lots of alternatives, so don't have to be forced down one particular way to do something anyway until 00:56:34.400 --> 00:56:37.240 Next month. Oh, I just wanted to mention that in January 00:56:37.240 --> 00:56:40.040 Sarah will be back 00:56:40.040 --> 00:56:47.440 For all those people all those people who keep saying where's Sarah where's Sarah anyway? Thanks so much for joining until next month