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Chapter 15
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Penultimate Warrior! The results are in… The Doc reviews Dave’s latest blood work to find out if Dave really has been saved!
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Introduction and Recap of Journey
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Hey everybody, welcome back. It's the second last episode. Can you believe it? We're almost at the end of our journey here. ah We're going to find out the results today. Bloodworks coming. How have I done? I haven't been perfect. I've stumbled. Have I done enough? Have we succeeded? I don't know. Let's find out together. It's chapter 15 of Dr. Val Saves Dave.
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Hey everybody, have you heard the news? Dave's turning 50 and he's got the blues. He's out of shape and this is true. He needs help, he has no clue. He grabs his phone and she can't quit. Talk about we'll do her trick. She'll be tough, there's no free pass. Come on Dave, get off your ass. Dr. Val, can you save Dave? He's wild and loud.
Reflections and Setting the Stage
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Good morning, Doctor. Good morning. And hello, listener. Welcome back to the penultimate episode of Dr. Val Saves Dave. And I'm only using that word because I can. Penultimate. What a good word. Oh, I thought you meant saves.
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Penultimate. Will he do it? Yes or no? I know right now. no It's the last mile kilometer before the finish line. Can he do it? Oh yeah. Nervous. Will he hit the wall? Nervous parents in the stands. I can't look.
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Um, how are you? I am awesome. Of course. How are you? Let's get that out of the way. The how are you part where you say fantastic and then we can move on. Okay. How am I? I'm great. How about that? so Yeah, I am. I'm feeling very good this week. I'm a little, uh, yeah, I'm excited that I know we have a short little window here. And I was listening to last week's episode, yeah ah chapter 14, I should say, of our podcast. And I didn't love what I was hearing from me. I didn't love the tone going into the finish. yeah So ah that sat with me yeah throughout the week. So this week I was pretty darn determined to shift that and say, hey, hey, hey, hey.
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So, uh, you know, game on now. We got a, we got a fair fight here to the end. It's not over. It's not going to be easy and nor should it be exactly. But yes, I am. I am committed to, to running through the tape, as they say in, in running races or track and field or. awesome, not like falling over and like dragging yourself through the finish line, but like just, I'm going to sprint it, you know, like, this is my best.
Creating Drama and Humor in the Narrative
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A lot of great clips out there of people celebrating early and being passed right at the end. There's a lot of great yeah races where that's happened. Yeah, for sure. Jockey's standing up on the horse a little too early. They think they've got it won, so they they don't run through the tape.
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um And, uh, and, uh, it sounded like I was already setting up for that last week. Yeah. Sounded like I was already going, well, I'm going to fail anyway. So a little bit of Eeyore probably won't. now Here's your jigger. Golf tournaments are going to be too much fun. ah Now I like to think I was just creating some drama. For our show. I like to think it's like, yeah, yeah, sure. It's for the show. Yeah. Creative direction. We need a hook down the stretch here. We, you know, we've already ah almost accomplished our goals. Right. Basically. So comedian has to create some drama. It's it's storytelling. you know yeah I know that you're in the field of data and specifics. I am. But here in entertainment. You make things fun. I get it. We try to. We do what we can. But then I was like, I don't like the way that story is ending. yeah But I can't just say, yeah, it's going to be great.
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And also, I can say it's going to be great right now. That doesn't make it any more true than last week me going, I'll probably fail because it's still, as we've learned on this journey, it's a decision at a time. Yeah. Mindset and mindset matters. Mindset does matter, but we don't believe in willpower. No, we don't. And we heard that he was locked in your trunk anyway. Took him out back and killed him. I forgot. Oh, no. Oh, don't. He's dead for sure now. but They will never find the body. Luckily, his old buddy Philip penetration.
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I don't either. I was going to say Phil preparation.
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So different shows. Yeah, Philip penetration. That's a different show. It was a canceled cartoon character that taught kids how to use petrol at a gas station. And there we go. Philip penetration. Oh yes, yeah, yeah. That was canceled. Yeah, clearly. Anyway, as this probably will be. Well, if we haven't been canceled yet. but No preparation. Yes. Yes. And my last name being Hempstead, ah please don't call me preparation. it's just ah you know see it he said it over you said dance across I didn't think of it until your eyes went, I have one. I went, Oh no, I see what I've done there. ah Well, anyway if the, if it fits me.
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who Then rub it on. If it fits was a Philip penetration slogan.
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Okay. Hot start to the penultimate one here. Yes, exactly.
Diet and Nutrition Insights
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Anyhow, yes, because we focus on preparation, I felt like in listening to last week's episode that I was preparing to fail a little bit. I was allowing myself all the outs. and So this week was a great chance to begin to prepare to prepare. That sounds wonderful. That's a great idea. Thank you. Yes. It was nice to be home for the week. Yeah. So I could, uh, you know, have control yeah over, uh, my menu yeah and what I'm doing. And, and so with my own schedule, so I could get up every morning, um, prepare the foods that I uh, get the sleep I need. And, uh, so I've had my new power morning meal every day this week, which I will share with you and our listeners, if you're curious.
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Awesome. I'm curious. i'm I'm sure our listeners are too. I call it my protein pudding bowl. But what I do is I get a pan, put a little olive oil in it. I chop up some onions and some garlic. And I get that going in the olive oil, which instantly gets the kitchen smelling nice. yep And then I get some ground turkey. And I throw that in there nice and brown that all up. Beautiful. Right. Now you can season it to taste. Some mornings I'll do a little Thanksgiving number with a little thyme.
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A little oregano, maybe a little marjoram. Sage. I have dabbled with sage. Oh, I love sage. Coriander. Oh yes, nice. Other mornings I've gone with cumin or paprika. Our favorite. I know you prefer paprika. Well, you know, everybody has their favorites. I still, for some reason, get a little high off saying paprika. Paprika. Well, there we go. so So you can mix that part up. um, season to taste, but that part doesn't really matter because I find the turkey is dry. I find it to be a dry thing. So what I do is, um, once it's done and I do that, then I cut up an a avocado and I have an avocado beside it, but I take that turkey and ah throw in a couple of scoops of hummus. Yum. Yeah. And I stir that all around and and that's what makes it ah the pudding.
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Nice. Right, so we've got an avocado, we've got turkey, but then he's got like some seasoning and we've got some hummus in there. Wow. And so what a good, filling, healthy day starter, huh? It's great. And that's great for people who are following the Mediterranean way of eating um because the hummus and the olive and the avocado, very very Mediterranean, really good healthy fats, a little bit of protein in the chickpea, a little bit of carb too. It's perfect. Well, you took away all my breakfast foods. So I had to get creative. You did. and And it is very creative and very tasty and very healthy. So congratulations. Your body thanks you. This is what I like about it is that it's ah it's yummy enough. It's tasty enough, but also healthy enough. It's filling enough that I can go, you know what? I can live with this and I've learned to quite like it. Yeah. So there's my good, healthy,
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ah morning ah meal. You can have the smoothie first, of course, or breakfast, tonic, whatever it is. um But that's my that's my day starter. And how does your body feel now that you're eating healthy versus when you weren't?
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I mean... ah You know, I don't really always like these leading questions of yours. It's important. I know you know the answer when you're asking me. um Much better. has Significantly improved. Um, the, the difference between say bacon and eggs, significant. I used to love bacon, eggs and potatoes, you know, go to a greasy spoon, pea meal bacon too. Oh yeah. You know, get a good greasy breakfast. Yeah. And I didn't always feel great after it.
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You know, and never questioned that for 49 years. Why would you? No, ah you know that full feeling? You probably don't because, you know, you get fed fresh fruit from doves flying in your window. They do. They drop little seeds in my mouth, fruits, pieces of salmon. Thank you. That's right. But for the rest of us, they've been slugging it out in the streets. Uh, I would say there's a full feeling I used to get after like, but you know, maybe a little belt truck and I would a little hold the stomach like, Ooh, that was a good eating. That was a big feed. You know, that kind of little stretch, I'm sure. Yeah. I don't know if, uh, not to be, you know, stereotypical. I don't know if gals relate to that the way the guys listening right now do. Cause I know guys can all picture that. Ooh, I ate as much as I could.
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Uh, I think there are a lot of gals that can relate just to feeling are usually bloated. Uh, can't, you know, can't think of it as the guys do. No, experience no, they're not as proud of it. They're, they're kind of like, I'm so bloated. I look like I'm six months pregnant. Like, what I look like I swallowed a beach ball. I can't do it. My pants. What happened? Yeah, whereas guys are asking the staff, anyone ever eat more in here with the record? I'm hurting for certain, but that was worth it. So that feeling I don't get now. That's good. When I'm eating clean at home, I should say I'm still capable of having that feeling obviously yeah when I make
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Bad decisions. or Poor decisions? Sure. when i When I find out there's feedback available. Yes. Yes. Because there are no bad decisions, right? That's right. Just terrible ones. Well, there's no failure, only feedback. Only really, really poor thinking. Well, there's that. Yes. And you'll get the feedback. So it's good to just honor and and notice those differences that you feel. Get your sticker book ready because you want to hear what I have for my lunch meal. Yes. Uh-huh. ah This week, I've been featuring arugula. Oh, I love that. him So I have ah the West Coast wild-caught mackerel. A can of that is in olive oil, which works as its own dressing. So that goes on top of the arugula with a sprinkle of pumpkin seeds. Nice. And boom, there's your fresh little lunch. Do you squeeze lemon on it too? I do. Love it. I do squeeze lemon on it, and sometimes I add a little extra olive oil. Very nice. And if I'm feeling particularly hungry, I will also add a some avocado to that again. Oh, very nice. Just to help make sure I feel full. Yep. Because otherwise that one, that one can be a little light.
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Yeah, but the arugula is nice. it's a It's very bitter as a lettuce, and so it helps in terms of liver detoxification. It helps in terms of anything that's bitter will help get the bile flowing. So it's nice. And tasty. hm It's got that nice sharp yeah ah taste to it that some lettuce doesn't have. Exactly. h And then for dinner, I have french fries rolled in a slice of pizza, dumped in gravy.
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I'm kidding, of course. Of course. Of course. Dinner is a variety of options throughout the week. But those um first two meals have been consistent this week. They've been my go-to routine. I can't screw them up. And they don't take that long to prepare. And your body's feeling great. Can't you tell? I can. Do I have that glow again? You do. Uh-huh. From the inside out. So I um came close. I've gotten down to 196. Now 195
Anticipation of Health Results
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is the record, but that was coming off a fast. So as I've said, that doesn't really, to me, that's the cheat number. It's doable. We've done it. yeah But now I want to do it while living a lifestyle that I could maintain week to week. yeah Now, interesting time scheduling wise, due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to record until after the infamous deadline.
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of July 14th. So today's date is June 28th, I believe it is. So just so you listeners know what we're talking about, there is still a couple of weeks left, yeah but we will not be able to tell you what's happening during those two weeks until after. So see, this is called building suspense. Yeah, but with you guys with you listeners, we will get you the results, or as we're getting the episodes dropped, you'll be listening episode after episode after episode, so you won't skip a beat. You're not going to miss two weeks. No, no, no. You should be hearing this just before the 14th.
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So I probably should just say any day now. yeah exactly um So point being, because this is the second last one, um this is report card time, right? We're not going to wait for the last one because we won't know. We can't take my blood around the birthday, because it still could be a complete gong show. I mean, we don't need Eeyore for me to make bad decisions. We need Dave the Rave. That's right. And the party setting, having just one little poor choice, and then here comes Spike, right, and Surge, and then as we've learned, a chemical imbalance,
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leading to more questionable decisions. so ah Wisely, we've checked now, and it's not like I've been perfect leading up to this, so I feel like this is fair. yeah I feel like this is a fair time to get a report card yeah um because I know I could still live better, yeah cleaner than I have, yeah but I'm you know 80 percent, 90 percent better yeah than I was in how I was living. I would feel that way. If you were to ask me, how are you living? I would say I'm 80 percent, yeah maybe even 85. On really good weeks, I'm 90 percent. Solid choices. Nice. Right. So um I'm curious now to find out if that's revealed in the blood work.
Blood Results: Improvements and Insights
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Well, you will be so happy to hear that it is. a hi So do you listen, you remember chapter one? Of course. Where this all began and we found out all the bad news. So here we are all these months later. That was January 14th. Yeah. So the blood work that we, where the day that we took the blood work for you was actually January 9th. Okay. And so I basically have your blood work that was reported on June 25th. Okay. So five and a half weeks, five months and a couple of weeks, five and a half months. Yeah.
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Let's see, what could you, what have you done? Are you do ah you excited about this? Do you feel- I am really excited. I'm always excited about this stuff. I love the the data and I love seeing like, okay, here's where we were. Here's where we are now. It's the machine that goes ping. Yeah, this is your thing, right? yeah we're Now that I get to enjoy words like penultimate yes and you get to get your lab coat and your specs out. Yes, but then everybody loves it because again, it's the machine that goes ping. yeah So it's like, ooh, look at the data. You seem like you'd enjoy holding a clipboard though. I would get my stethoscope. uhu All right. Anyway, here we go folks. Let's find out what Doc's been able to do with this body.
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ah Well, I would say it's what you have been able to do based on whether or not you follow the recommendations. Yes. So let's say this is 80 to 90% of what you could have done. And this is why I love doing this because you know sometimes like you're feeling better and that's great, but we want to see what the human body is really capable of. So one of the first things that we took a look at was your white blood cell count. And on January 19th, the white blood cell count was in the normal range, but it was a little bit elevated. So your white blood cell count should be between 4 and 11. And it was in a healthy range of normal for a medical can for medical doctors. It was at 6.2.
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But I remember we had a conversation and said, hey, you know, that's a little bit elevated within the normal range. I think your body's fighting off a viral or bacterial infection, which we knew actually at that point in time you were fighting it off. And so your white blood cell count now is back in a really great range of normal. It's at 4.5. And so the range was 4.5 to 11? Was 4 to 11. Okay. So so is 6 as high between 4 and 11? It's in the normal range. So for a medical doctor, that would be completely normal and they wouldn't say anything about it because it's not, you didn't have a disease. right Exactly. So they're saying, do you have a disease process? Yes or no? No, you don't. But for me, usually I see the white blood cell count sitting towards the lower end of normal, like four, 4.5. And I like to see it in that range because it's it goes up when you're fighting off an infection. And so yours was at that time and now it's not.
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So I'm at 4.5, which is where you'd like to see it. It's perfect. It's in an optimal range. So when medical doctors and naturopaths look at blood work, we look at it similarly from the perspective of, hey, if it's out of ah out of the range of normal, there's a disease process going on and we need to take a look at it. that's That's true. But naturopaths, we also kind of take, we look at the blood work and we say, okay, but what is optimal? what do you need to be optimized and you're now in an optimal range. So you were still in a healthy range, but now you're in an optimal range. So you want peak performance. Now you're going to get it. The white blood cell guys, those are my disease fighting army, right? yeah They are. Right. So if I remember correctly, if these are the soldiers.
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These are the soldiers. And so now the soldiers, a lot of them are on leave. A lot of them have gone home. They're taking a break. There's no battle to fight right now. Exactly. They're happy. They're on the golf course. Brilliant. At Chesney. Way to go. Enjoy, fellas. You've earned it. Exactly. All right. Exactly. Well, that's great news. Optimal. yeah We haven't used that word when it applies to me a lot. We've certainly set it as our goal. Exactly. And so that's fantastic. And when we took a look at some of the blood work before, one of the things that we said is that there's a marker for iron stores in your body that were elevated at the time. And so there's something called ferritin. So ferritin are your iron stores. It should be between 15 and 275 when on January 9th, you were at 331. So you were elevated. Because I remember I said I was made of iron.
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There we go. Iron man. that's right if If the iron stores are high for too long, it can do damage to the liver and it can do damage to the heart. So we don't want to see that. And now you're back in a normal range. You're at 252. Okay. So we've lost a lot of. A lot of iron. So you're now in a normal range. So we don't have to worry about, are you going to have heart damage? Are you going to have liver damage? You know, what's going on in your system? What's optimal? Optimal, I would i mean, it's it's normal now. I would like to see it come down a little bit for you to give you a little bit more wiggle room. um I would say if we can get it to about 200, between one and 200, that would be ideal. Okay, I have that for you next week. Yeah, exactly exactly, totally fine. So the other thing that we looked at was your gallbladder and your liver.
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Right. Which was a real mess. That was, I believe, where this all really got started. Yeah, pretty much. Now, my gallbladder, as I recall, is my little volcano guy. Yep. Who's pumping a little bit of bile up there. He was. Okay. So to me, Goose. All right. So your Billy Rubin. Oh, Billy. Yes. So your total Billy Rubin ah was elevated. It should be less than 20, and it was at 24 on January 9th. Now you're at 13. Oh. crushed it. Come on. Yep. Look at that.
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Exactly. And is that up is where's that for the optimal? That's optimal. That's optimal? Yeah, that's awesome. Billy Rubin strikes back, baby. Exactly. And your direct Billy Rubin, it should be less than seven. You were sitting right at seven, January 9th, and now you're at four. Oh, come on. Cut it in half. Look at this. Your gallbladder's happy. See what happens when you don't give it too much the fat and alcohol. the The villagers can return to the island. The volcano is not erupting. Exactly. There's happiness in Moanaville. Exactly. Brilliant. And you remember, of course, your liver enzymes, the Gal Gadot. I know about my GGT. Your GGT. Or the Gal Gadot. Exactly. But you're quizzing me, there's an AGT. An AST and an ALT. AST and an ALT. Yes. Okay. So, all right. Where do you want to start on those ones? Well, January 9th, your GGT was at 71.
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So it was elevated. And what's the range? that It should be below 65. Uh-huh. Guess where you are now. 64. 27. Shut the front door. I know. Are you kidding me? No, so no. And listen to this. Your AST should be less than 35 and you're at 33 and your ALT should be less than 50 and you're at 25. 25? Oh my gosh. Your liver enzymes are so happy right now. Wow.
00:24:21
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So listeners, see what you can do when you stop drinking alcohol. And you still well yeah yeah he didn't even stop. Could you imagine if he stopped? Order, order.
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We did give him a little cheat when he was drinking alcohol. I was like, okay, here's what you do to counterbalance the alcohol we did. We would allow greatly reduce the amount of alcohol you drank. We would also say clean up the type of alcohol you're drinking. We did. Yeah. And we gave you some special specific supplements for you that we won't name because I don't want people just rushing out and getting it and getting hurt, not having it approved by a healthcare practitioner, but we did give you, there's some herbs and some supplements that you can use to protect the liver when you are drinking. We did that. I totally stopped taking those. Okay. Just so you know, but that's more of an ADD thing. Well, it was only for when you were drinking and when you were away. So funny thing about the brain and how it works. Well, I don't want to take those because that'll mean I'm going to be drinking later and then I would drink later.
00:25:28
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um But no, sincerely, let's have a quick little sidebar on this yeah um because this was kind of the most important part of this when we began was my liver health and my liver function. yeah So let's ah pause and break it down just a little bit more here. So why do you think my numbers are so much lower given that I still have had some drinking? Does the fact that my diet has changed so much impact liver function or is it just booze related? Both. Okay. And the supplements that we did to heal the liver too. In the back in the early things, which we've stopped taking for the last. We've done, we've done a number of different things for yeah to help in terms of healing the liver from foods, but also from a supplement standpoint. Um, is sugar an issue with liver function?
00:26:18
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It is, ah but from the perspective of cholesterol more so, and I have those numbers if you wanted to know about those. yeah I do in a second, because I'm very, very happy to hear how good some of these numbers are. I was now prepared for this kind of success. It was awesome. Because as we've discussed, I have not done a flawless job. Well, and so I think that this is a really great ah way to inspire our listeners out there and to let them know like, hey, even every little change you make is important and you may feel sometimes like you're not implementing perfectly. We don't expect perfection because you're never going to have that. and You're striving towards excellence. Sure, but life happens and sometimes you're going to
00:27:05
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eat the mustard on the hot dog and have it spill on your clothes. It's going to happen. And so that's, that's fine. Don't beat yourself up. That's why I was saying, listen, there is no failure unless you quit. Quitting is the only failure. So keep going because what you do on the inside, what's happening on the inside is you're getting a lot of healing and that's so critical for health and wellness down the road. And when you take a look at what your body is actually capable of. So could you imagine, If you could just six months go to some secluded, deserted, you know Caribbean island where there was no alcohol, only healthy foods, only like exercise, swimming, good people, no stress, and do this. like If you could like just be 100% zoned in, could you imagine what you'd be what your body would be capable of?
00:27:59
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and how well you would perform. We'll never know.
00:28:07
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But if you got all of this performance without it being able to implement everything, can you imagine if you could? Yes, I can imagine it. Yeah, great. Start with that. It's an old Club Med commercial, I think, because I gave it 15 seconds. Could you imagine a week? Exactly. But realistically, we don't live in that world. So I think it's just as valuable to look at the fact that given that we don't live in that scenario, that while I couldn't maintain a perfect record throughout, that I was, as I said, making 80 to 90% enough good choices that we could see tremendous progress. You can. And what I love is seeing what you're truly capable of. What I hope for people is that their mind becomes blown.
00:28:59
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they They just kind of go, oh my God, mind blown. Look what my body can can actually do. And you're like, okay, right now I wasn't able to achieve all of those different, ah it put all everything into practice. But it's you get that improvement 1% every day and you focus on what's the next thing, what's the next thing and where you are. If you continue to focus on it, where you are five years from now. will be vastly different from now. And we're vastly different. Well, we're already at optimal. So are we talking about- Are we? Do you want me to be pen optimal?
00:29:31
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Or are we talking we're an ultimate? What we're talking about is he like you you're healing, which is great, but performance wise, are you optimal? Not yet. Are you at your peak of what you're capable of? Oh, physically as a specimen. No, we may never know what that is. But it's the possibility that it should be. This is only the beginning. Exactly. That's my point. Yeah. we are we are only The first job was to save Dave. Yes. Right. Then we build them. Then we'll make them stronger. But first things first, we save Dave. But it's great that people know what's possible because most people don't even know what they're capable of. What's great is, and I would probably save this for the end of the show, but I might as well say it now, is
00:30:16
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ah that you can heal your body in five months um you know just by trying to live, let's not say perfect, because that's not possible, but trying to make good decisions, yeah stumbling, fumbling, but continuing to keep going, picking yourself up even when you've ah the feedback hasn't been great. And look at that 25 years of intentional bad choices and damage reversed in five months. Unbelievable. yeah Sincerely. That's amazing.
00:30:53
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Turns out you might know what you're talking about. Just a little bit. Who knew? I wasn't sure. Exactly. Because, you know, you're listening to doves all morning. I know. Right. A chirp in my ear. Yeah. And, you know, you've got some strange thoughts about peanut butter. I have some correct thoughts about peanut butter. Well, you know, I'm more inclined to believe you now than ever because the data The data is telling a story. The proof of the turkey pudding. The proof is in my protein pudding. Exactly.
00:31:30
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Okay, so ah yeah is there more? oh Yeah, let's talk about the cholesterol. Cholesterol. Where were we? Yes. So on January 9th, so your total cholesterol levels, they should be ideally below 5.2. And on January 9th, they were at 5.36. Close. Yep. Now you're at 5.25. Well, that's not much of a drop at all. Well, yes, it is actually. And well, let's actually talk about that because we used to think that all cholesterol
Thyroid and Other Health Markers
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was bad. We're really thinking rethinking cholesterol. So this is a really hot topic right now because our viewpoints on good and bad cholesterol are even shifting at this moment, which is amazing. But usually what we were saying is that we used to at first in the 80s when we said, hey, cholesterol is bad for you.
00:32:22
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you know, we thought it was all cholesterol. And then we realized, oh, it's not just all cholesterol, the total cholesterol that was bad. It was very specifically the LDL cholesterol. So we have HDL, high density lipoprotein, and we call the H the happy cholesterol, because the higher that number is, the lower your risk factor for cardiovascular disease. But the LDL, the lousy cholesterol, the higher that number is, the higher your risk factor for cardiovascular disease. So we said this is there's good cholesterol, there's bad cholesterol. Okay. So the numbers you were just telling me were an overall cholesterol level? They were a total cholesterol. So you said they're supposed to be below five
00:33:07
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5.2, but let me explain this. So when we were looking on January 9th, you were at 5.36. So it's it's higher than that 5.2. And then when we looked, we said your HDL cholesterol, we know that the higher that is above 1.29 or like 1.3, the better your risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but you were only at 1.24. Okay. So I was low on the happy stuff. Low on the happy. And then we want to see your LDL, the lousy cholesterol, less than 3.5, and you were at 3.54. So you had high bad cholesterol, low good cholesterol, and high total cholesterol. So that's a bad recipe. It is. So we've technically right now,
00:33:55
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We've lowered your cholesterol to 5.25, and it should be again between ah below 5.2, so we say, but here's the kicker. When we take a look at your happy cholesterol, your happy cholesterol went up. It's now 1.87. and it was 1.24. Whoa. I know. So you've got high good cholesterol. And here's what happened to your LDL. It went from 5.34 down to 3.13. No way. Sunk like a stone. So you've got good high cholesterol.
00:34:31
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good ah good levels of low of your lousy cholesterol, like low levels of your lousy cholesterol. So even though your total cholesterol is slightly high, you're at a ah low risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It's good. All right. The party inside of me, we kicked out some real jerks and we brought in some good people. Exactly. I like it. I'm not concerned that your total cholesterol is at 5.25. Because I'm high on the happy. Because it's the good cholesterol. Yes, and low on the lousy.
00:35:03
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And when you say we're talking about cholesterol and revisiting it, do you mean that we're revisiting what numbers are going to be the normal ranges? There's a lot of conversations now saying what we thought about cholesterol being um all bad for you actually isn't. And so when we take a look at the LDL cholesterol, what we're actually realizing now is that there are several different subtypes, seven different subtypes of the LDL. And if you have his so and we conveniently call them subtype one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Smart. Yeah, very smart. And they have different weights to them.
00:35:39
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And so we know that one, two, three, four, not so bad for preventing or for causing cardiovascular disease, but five, six, seven. Yeah. So we can actually take a look at the subtypes of the LDL and now say, okay, some types of LDL. So your LDL is elevated. Okay. Well, but which ones? are you really at a higher risk for for cardiovascular disease? And there's a lot of conversations saying, well, wait a minute, cholesterol is a very important molecule in the body. It actually helps in terms of forming um really good ah membranes for cells and for brain cells. So it helps with brain health. It helps with memory. And we know it helps as well with it's a ah building block of vitamin D in the body when we produce our own vitamin A in the body.
00:36:27
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DHEA, an anti-aging hormone, testosterone, CoQ10, which is protective against cardiovascular disease. so So if you actually have low levels, if you use something like a statin medication to lower the cholesterol levels, if the cholesterol levels are too low, you can actually get low testosterone levels. It could actually contribute to cardiovascular disease. um You'd actually get low CoQ10 levels, which again, if you have low CoQ10, you get increased risk of of heart disease. um So the there's a lot of really interesting conversations around ah car ah cholesterol right now saying, is it really as bad as we thought it was? And it's a good conversation to have because we don't want too low cholesterol. That's an issue too, for health. So from a layperson perspective, who of course barely followed anything you just said, although I bet you guys have a ball when you get together.
00:37:23
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Have you seen the latest data on CoQ10? Boy, have I? or It's on LDL and cholesterol. I totally get it. but yeah So just um from a ah you know pretty people who aren't privy to all this detail, I am curious about this. we've heard on the public side of things about what you're eating affecting your cholesterol, for example, bacon. um is Is it a result of diet that has moved my cholesterol or is it as a result, how how does cholesterol actually work from Joe Schmo who wants to lower his cholesterol?
00:37:59
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Yeah, that's a great conversation because what happened you know in the 80s and 90s is we thought that cholesterol that came from animals was going to be causing an issue with cholesterol in your body. So if you ate bacon or if you ate eggs or if you ate red meat, animal products are the only source of cholesterol. Plant products do not contain any cholesterol. So when we first started saying cholesterol is bad, all of these plant oils were saying, it this doesn't have any cholesterol." And was like, you never did. That's marketing. it you know Plants don't produce cholesterol. So that's why your plant products say, it with no cholesterol. Of course it doesn't. I hate marketing from that perspective. So I understand why they do it. They're just trying to make money.
00:38:45
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So you can't always believe what you're reading, like just because they say, well, it's true and it doesn't have any cholesterol, but they're doing it as marketing, not because it's healthier ever to have cholesterol. but So when you look at at animal products and the cholesterol from animal products, we used to believe that that would contribute to higher cholesterol levels in the bloodstream. And then we realized, no, only 10% of what is floating around in the bloodstream actually comes from the diet. So now we're like, okay, so the eggs, how many egg yolks can you have in a day? I don't know, as much as you want without g getting yourself sick. Like, do you like the taste of it? Go ahead and eat it. It's not a big deal that way. So we now are taking a look at at animal products very differently, but
00:39:31
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Foods really do affect cholesterol levels because cholesterol is manufactured that how we how we manufacture cholesterol, how we move it in and out of the body is controlled by the liver. And the thyroid plays a role in that too. So if your thyroid function is not working well, if you have low thyroid function, you're gonna have higher levels of cholesterol. If you have issues with respect to liver function, you're gonna have issues with high cholesterol. If as well you're having coffee, alcohol, and sugar, those are going to raise cholesterol levels. So the the foods do make a difference, but not from the perspective of animal products in the way that we used to think. Okay, good answer. Our medical disclaimer. Before you go down the rabbit hole of kale smoothies and laughter yoga, a quick reminder, we're not your doctor. We might have the prescription for a good joke, but when it comes to your health, consult the pros. So laugh and learn, but keep that stethoscope handy. Just in case. Hey everybody, Dave here. I hope you're enjoying the journey with Dr. Val and I so far. If you haven't yet, be sure to like or subscribe or follow us or whatever they tell you to do on Spotify or Apple or whatever platform you listen to us on. And if you have any questions or if you want to follow up on anything we've discussed on the show so far, head on over to Instagram and find us there at Dr. Val Saves Dave. Send us a message with your questions and we'll be sure to answer them on a future podcast. Hey, thanks for listening, and be good to yourself.
00:41:06
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yeah So ah the fact that I haven't been having any coffee, that I've been pretty much avoiding sugar all over the place, those would be the main reasons why my cholesterol has gone down. That and the fact that you have significantly cut down the alcohol. um And we've been using some different vitamins, minerals, and supplements to help in terms of supporting liver, supporting thyroid function, lowering cholesterol. So all of those together in combination have done it, absolutely.
00:41:36
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I'm right. Well, take that cholesterol. Exactly. So we looked at your thyroid function and on January 9th, your thyroid, your TSH thyroid stimulating hormone was 2.16. So from a medical doctor's perspective, very normal because the medical normal range is between 0.32 and 4. Okay. So I was middle ish, high middle. You were. And now a naturopathic range, an optimal range is between about 0.5 and 2. So you were not in an optimal range. We wanted to get me down under 2. Yes, we did. And the ideal is going to be 0.9 to 1. That's like the absolute optimal, super optimal you're spot on. But you are now below 2. You're at 1.98, just squeaked under. You just did it.
00:42:26
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Yeah. All right. So your thyroid function has improved. So I don't know a lot about the thyroid. Give me a Cole's notes on the thyroid. Your thyroid, if you think of like the engine of a car, that's how I like to think of the thyroid. It helps with memory, focus, concentration, weight, skin, bowel movements, but it gives you the energy to kind of move through the day. Okay. And so how can I improve the functionality of my thyroid? Well, I think, you know, a lot of the changes that you're making through foods, through exercise, um, and, and healthier eating are really important. You know, again, taking out the coffee, taking out the alcohol, improving liver function, you know, all of those have been great things. So there's no direct link. Like there's no straight line. it The thyroid functions as a result of the harmony of the whole body, or can we go
00:43:17
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Here, take two of these and you'll see your thyroid be better. We can. There are certain vitamins and minerals that are absolutely critical for thyroid function. So if we look at iodine, selenium, vitamin A, zinc, iron, all of those can be impactful. If you have gluten or dairy in your diet, that can impact your thyroid too. So there's a lot of different things. There are foods that are called goitrogens that we didn't bother pulling out for you, but they are things like cruciferous vegetables. flax seeds, hemp seeds, all of those can slow down thyroid function. um If you have a good seaweed product, Shenusa makes ah sea vegetables that I absolutely adore and they're great for boosting thyroid function. So there's a lot of things that we can do to affect it. um We did that mostly through foods and exercise for you and a little bit through some supplements. Because I was off seaweed. Should I be back on seaweed now? Nope.
00:44:14
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Okay. You're good. my thought Well, 1.98, I wouldn't mind seeing a little more wiggle room there. Yeah. And I think over time that that will happen for you. ok um Stress, travel, um radiation exposure can be part of the issue too. Okay. So I should stop doing my workouts at the nuclear plant. Yep, exactly. Son of a gun. I knew it. I knew it. hu um But all in all, we're happy now that- Yep. thyroid was at 2.3. 2.16. Let me just pull that number back up. 2.16. Okay. And now you're at 1.98. Okay. That's good. You're below the two, so that's good. It's a much better outcome. Fantastic. So now you're you you were in the normal range before. It's not that you weren't in the normal range, but now you're getting into the optimum performance range where you're going to feel best. I have been avoiding dairy good almost completely and gluten.
00:45:10
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yeah The gluten, obviously, you know, the hot dog came in a bun. It did. And um I've really cut out dairy. I've had a few pieces of cheese yeah along the way. I certainly had a ah slice of pizza that had some cheese on it. Yeah, wheat and dairy all together in the same one. Yeah. And it felt bad the next day. Oh, yeah. When your thyroid is like, does it spike? Like if I ate three pieces of pizza, would my thyroid, if we tested myself like two days later, would my thyroid have spiked or how does it, does it? So let's, let's talk about the spike because you're talking about the TSH levels going up.
00:45:55
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But then you're confusing TSH with thyroid, which a lot of people do. So TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone, is how the pituitary, that master controller in the brain, controls thyroid function. So it's inversely proportional to what the thyroid is doing. So the higher the TSH number, the lower the thyroid function. So we're not spiking the thyroid. you're actually lowering the thyroid, but you're raising TSH. And those thyroid numbers, they'll be affected pretty quickly when you eat the gluten. They can be affected in some cases within you know a matter of minutes um to hours, and then, yes, it can last for several days.
00:46:40
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OK. All right. Good to know. who So stay off the beers. Yep. There we go. Yep. All right. Well, all in all, though, good news on that one as well. Exactly. And the other thing that we measured in terms of your vitamin D levels, your vitamin D ah on January 9th, was, it should be between 75 and 250. It was at 76.2, so like just squeaking in January 9th, and now it's up to 84.1, which is good. And we want that up over 100, I'm guessing? We do. We want that out over 120. So we're going to do a little bit more work around that.
00:47:19
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um And we're going to shift up your dose um because usually you would think, hey, it's summertime, you're golfing, you're out in the sun, you should be absorbing and utilizing vitamin D. But there's a lot of reasons why some people don't. So I suspect genetically you do not ah use vitamin D as efficiently and optimally as other people. So we're going to help you out and we're going to help with that absorption as well. Okay, by taking some vitamin D supplements you mean? Yes, we are, yeah. And with vitamin D, we want to take vitamin D3. And whenever you're taking vitamin D3, you want to take vitamin K2 with it. So we're going to do a D3 and K2 in combination.
00:47:59
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Why do we want to do that? Well, we used to think that, okay, we know that with calcium, it needs magnesium and vitamin D to be absorbed. Very true. When you have high doses of vitamin D that you're giving, if you're giving a thousand international units or more, it actually blocks the body's ability to absorb and utilize vitamin K. So if you don't have enough vitamin K in your system, what will happen is the vitamin D will cause ah more calcium to be absorbed, but you won't put calcium into the bones. You'll cause the calcium to build up in the blood vessels. So you get atherosclerosis. So we now know that if you're doing vitamin D3, you have to have K2 within.
00:48:45
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So we're going to do vitamin D3 and K2 together. Okay. Yep. Awesome. Can do. There we go. um Testosterone. That's the last one we're going to look at. Is it? So so far. Oh, I'm jumping ahead then. Sorry. No, this is it's perfect timing. So we've talked about all the blood work that was abnormal and everything is looking normal now. Everything's in moving in the direction that we want. Very good. Your testosterone is the one number where that didn't happen.
00:49:17
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Still, huh? Yep. So when we took a look at your testosterone levels, they should be between 3.6 and 11.2. And you were at 6.7 when we first started January 9th. Okay. Which I wanted to see that coming. So that looks like it's in the middle? Yeah, I wanted to see it come up a little bit higher, right? Because we're looking at bioavailable testosterone. It's dropped down to 4.8. Now, why would that be? Well, that's what we have to take a look at for you because everything else, all the other parameters have improved, including the cholesterol, which is a building block of your testosterone. So sometimes when the body is under a great deal of stress, it will take testosterone and shunt it into estrogen. So we want to make sure that that's not happening for you and we haven't measured estrogen levels. So at this particular point in time, we could say, hey, is stress
00:50:10
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an issue here and you've had a lot of traveling you've had a lot on the go so I have been watching some Hallmark movies that would do it do you think that's impact it's too much Esther it's too much estrogen you're right so you watch rainbow do you know what l yeah yeah everybody should watch Rambo buy one of those big knives yeah I know where you can go if I carry a big knife will my testosterone go up Well, you know, you did have some beer and beer will actually lower testosterone.
Testosterone Levels and Natural Remedies
00:50:39
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There are herbs like hops, which will lower testosterone levels. Okay. So what can I do to raise testosterone levels? Cause I clearly didn't. Yeah. ah In spite of doing everything.
00:50:50
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Well, we were having a specific supplement and I know we had some trouble getting the supplement in. We never could. They never, they discontinued it or it was too backordered. Too backordered. Yeah, we we switched to another one. So we've we've got to start supplementing it. So that piece didn't get implemented. Now, the other thing that we have as a possibility in the future is doing a deeper dive into the testosterone. Because we're measuring it right now through blood work, which is fine, but my preference is actually to measure salivary testosterone. Because in the saliva, you could actually measure what's happening to testosterone levels at at several different times throughout the day. So you can know what it's like in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening.
00:51:33
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So I would say right now, the knowing that, well, the supplements that we had recommended for the testosterone to help them be raised didn't get implemented. So that's why it went down. But if you're not taking a supplement, it can't help. But I would think we need to do something now to help that out. What are some of the byproducts of having low testosterone? How does that affect to a person? Well, for men, you're going to see, of course, low muscle mass. You're going to see a challenge in terms of like the weight that you could have lost. You could have lost more weight um and especially more around the midsection, so you might get more fat development around the midsection. You can start to see apathy. You can start to see your get up and go going away. You can lose your your mojo, like you're just your desire to do things that you wanted to do.
00:52:22
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Poor energy can happen if it goes too low You could actually get depression and you could actually have low libido and you could have um a little bit of a higher risk of developing a heart attack Hmm can't I just like go to get a needle like a booster shot of testosterone? um So they do that Well, they do right now. Your numbers are still within medically normal range. So your medical doctor is not going to do that when you're in a medically normal range. Okay. But what if I explained to them everything you've just explained?
00:52:54
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Yeah, yeah, that always works. That's what your doctor wants to hear. I talked to a naturopath. Is that not how I should start my sentences with my doctor? I was reading on Google. yeah ah WebMD says you're an idiot. Go ahead. What if I took steroids? No, that's a bad idea. Well, human growth hormone. No, it's a bad idea. Wouldn't that increase my testosterone? If you took steroids short-term, but what would happen is your body would become dependent on the steroids for for the testosterone, and then your testosterone levels would crash when you don't have the steroids. Plus, there's a whole bunch of side effects of steroids. um and that Same with human growth hormone. You got to be really careful with that. um You can actually start to develop like bone growth. It's really
00:53:46
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you can get some strange stuff happening. And then with steroids, you can get um a lot of development or a lot of strain around the the joints. And so the tendons can get pretty weak around the joints and then you can get a lot of issues with respect to tendinitis and it's not good. Well, I'll be darned. So testosterone of all things, huh? All right. and But that explains why we saw that's the one number that we saw going down and that's the one thing that we tried to address where it just didn't get implemented. so That's true. That was the one thing on the list that we couldn't procure.
00:54:21
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And there it is. So I see what you're doing. I see. Right again. You're hilarious.
00:54:31
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Look, if you just listen to me sooner. Look, it's not my fault. They didn't sell the thing you told me to get. Yes, you're right. You're right. yeah I did try. Now, why is there no worthy substitute out there, though? What is so unique to that particular product? Well, there was one formulation that I absolutely adored in particular. It was designed ah by a healthcare practitioner that was just incredible in terms of their um their ability to formulate. They knew exactly what to do. They had a whole line that was designed for the endocrine system and a whole line that was designed for the neurotransmitters, and it was brilliant. It was really well formulated. And then for whatever reason, the company, like maybe it was bought out, maybe you know the CEOs changed, they decided to change up the formulation and get rid of the old stuff. And so the the new they they took that off the market and the other products that are out there just they don't do the same. They're not the herbs that they chose aren't as good. The synergy isn't there. So I don't see it as effective. So not all supplements are made equal. Can I create more testosterone by exercising more? Is there an organic way to develop more testosterone?
00:55:50
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Well, there are certain foods that can help. There are ways of eating that can help that we can look into. But for me, I dont i kind of want to know like why are your testosterone levels just suddenly dropping? Like women go into menopause between 52 and 55 is like the average age of menopause and you'll see the hormones dropping. The estrogen, progesterone, testosterone levels for women will drop. Men do go into andropause, but it's the same time, 52 to 55. So we can see a natural decline, and there are things that we can do to kind of boost that. But I'd want to take the deeper dive and say, okay, now that we see the testosterone dropping like this, is there something else, like another hormone like DHEA? DHEA is an anti-aging hormone.
00:56:35
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and it's a building block of testosterone. So I'd want to say, okay, is that happening? Are you getting enough sleep? What's happening with your rest and regeneration? No, I'm not getting enough sleep. I can tell you that right now. Yeah. So that's going to be part of it. And that impacts testosterone? Absolutely. How so? if you don't get enough sleep, you don't rest and regenerate and your body doesn't produce as much testosterone. So it starts to go down. So the other thing- So what if I'm out, you know, wrestling an alligator with my bare hands, wouldn't that create some testosterone more than sleep? No. Isn't that how it works? Because you said based on how I eat, I'm assuming you mean I have to like stalk a deer. You have to eat the crocodile. Yeah, I have to stalk a deer. I have to start killing my own prey, right? With my Rambo knife. With your Rambo knife, yes. Yeah.
00:57:19
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So what I'd want to look at for you though is what's happening with some of the stress hormones that are the building blocks of testosterone. And I would want to look at what's happening with testosterone at the different times during the day. Is your testosterone low all day or is it at very specific times? So we could start to get better pictures of why things are happening and where we need better support. And if your cortisol levels are going high throughout the day, abnormally high, or if they're going dropping and becoming abnormally low for stress, I think now it's time to take that deeper dive into that biochemistry and say, okay, let's check even deeper under the hood because all of the stuff that we've been doing so far is just, it's just blood work. But we've also fixed um almost all of our problems. Pretty much. Yep. Right. So now we can focus on this yeah instead of trying to solve all the problems.
00:58:14
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Right. So we're talking about now shifting. So a lot of the testing that we've done, pretty much all of the testing that we've talked about, all of the testing that we have talked about today, we did this through blood work, your medical doctor can do this, but there are some tests that are called functional medicine tests. And now it's time to hit that next level and take that deeper dive. It's time to do the functional medicine tests, which aren't covered by OHIP, which is a little bit of that deeper dive beyond what your medical doctor is going to do. And it's going to start developing. We can start delving into cellular health, genetic health. We can start delving into what's happening with the hormones on a much deeper level and really dial it in. Sounds like you're setting up season two beautifully.
00:58:57
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du du du huh
00:59:02
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That's right, Dave gets testy. ah
00:59:07
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In a good way. Yeah. So we're going to run some more tests on my testosterone. Exactly. That's what we're going to do for season two. And the anti-aging hormone and start reversing the aging process even
Encouragement and Conclusion
00:59:20
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more. I'll have you know, I'm four years younger now than I was. And can you imagine what's what you're actually capable of and what's possible? There's more available. If we started adding a cheat where I started taking anti-aging hormones on top of all the anti-aging I'm doing? I would say anti-aging supplements and foods and dial it in for cellular regeneration and optimization. Absolutely.
00:59:44
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So I just get a couple of golf tournaments to get through first. Yes, you do. No, this is ah ah very, very encouraging. Yeah. Very, very encouraging. um Amazing. First of all, you know a lot of stuff. That's the takeaway for me for this. Like, Ashkali, gee, you know a lot about a lot. um So you've really done it. You've really turned the cruise ship around. You did it. You did all the hard work. I did. I really did. Yes, you did. I really, really did. Except for the part where you you know learned everything about everything. It's really easy to so sit to stand in the bleachers and go, run the other way.
01:00:27
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what Which way? as i Sit there having a beer. What do you mean? Run pretty much. Uh, amazing. Okay. Um, is this what you thought could happen? Yeah. Or is this better or typical? No, no, I knew this this could happen. yeah Okay. so So I'm the only one who's surprised out of the two of us. Out of the two of us, yes. But I think out of our listeners, I think a lot of our listeners are going to are blown away. and And that's what I want to show people. Most people don't know what's possible.
01:01:02
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And now you're starting to see what the body is really capable of. We're never taught it. We're taught, okay, something's going on. I'll just go. I'll take a pill. I'll feel better. It's like, no, look, just start with this. Pills have their time and their place, right? We talked to Lindsay, pharmacist, and yeah her and I are on the same page. Like, listen. If you need a medication, you need a medication. If you're broken, if you're sick, if you're ill, but there's so much that you can do before you even get there. And even when you think, oh, this is my only option, ah talk to a naturopath. Talk to someone who is a qualified functional medicine practitioner. Find out what your other options are first because medical doctors are so well trained.
01:01:46
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But they only have a certain amount of knowledge. And when it comes to nutrition, they get at best half a semester. Most get maybe two weeks of nutrition training. They don't know this is possible for the most part. They just don't. And we can't blame the medical doctors for that. It's not that they don't want to know. They're very, very well trained. They're very, very well qualified. but Listen, I went to school for, you know, eight years. So four years pre naturopathic college, four years at the naturopathic college and then did my, you know, my internship. it They're going through, you know, the same amount of training. they We can't do each other's training. It's just too much. So you have to understand that you need a team around you. You need a team approach and you need to know, okay, who do I access at what point in time?
01:02:38
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Um, I will say this, that anybody who's listening to this, who, uh, has the opportunity should either A, start working with you, which I highly recommend, but B, at least in their area, source out on a naturopath and begin to find out where their body's at anyway, and, uh, start their deeper dive into the universe of themselves. Absolutely. And if you want to contact me as well, ah there's a lot of people who don't know about naturopathic medicine. So they don't know the difference between a herbalist and a homeopath and a naturopath and who's trained as a naturopath and who's not. And so if you have any questions, reach out. You know, I i offer a complimentary fireside chat so you can just, we can just talk. You don't... Do the doves show up for those?
01:03:24
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quite often, they bring the tea. They bring little twigs to the fire. Yeah. They bring like the natural little herbs so I can make it into a tea. Do you have an army of squirrels that come out and get rid of that too? Chipmunks. Little land creatures. Exactly. Some bunnies, bunnykins. Hi little bunnykins. They bring the carrots. Oh, my testosterone level's going down. A few little foxes just to cuddle up. Feel myself getting weaker. This is terrible. We need a shot of whiskey. I must also say that the healthy choices that I've been making of late ah definitely have led to better overall quality of life. Yeah. ah Without a doubt, sleep is, it continues to be an issue, but that's just the way she goes when you're trying to get up early and and fit things into a day. I don't know what the optimal amount of sleep is, but
01:04:24
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you know Season 2, I've got some hacks. There you go. So season two, where we where Sleepy Dave gets testy.
01:04:33
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I can see the action figure now. Here's Sleepy Dave. Here's Testy. And then all of them lead, of course, to Super Dave, which is somewhere down the road. Yeah. All right. Well, doc, that's a heck of a send off here for the penultimate episode. That is that is a significant accomplishment. How will we top it? Will Dave actually do well during his golf tournament? Will he fail? Will he get to the finish line at his goal weight? How does this end? We'll find out. I don't i don't know. what's What's our final goal? What's the final weight? I don't know. We're going to find out when we get back. We've got a little bit of time here, and I'm going to be you know on my own. So let's see if I can apply everything I've learned.
01:05:21
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But to to quickly recap, you've got to be prepared. You've got to ah really, really be prepared. And then you've got to prepare some more. You have to have backup plans. yeah And really, you can't prepare enough. no But also one decision at a time. That's what it comes down to. And then try to string them. yeah And if you make a bad decision, try to make the next one and be a good decision. So we'll see if I can do it for a couple of weeks. Thanks so much, doc. I believe in you. Hey, run the other way.
01:06:00
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That's awesome. All right. listeners there's There's good news here. It turns out we can do it. We can save ourselves. So, well, no, not ourselves. so We can be saved with the right advice along the way. So try to make some good decisions and we'll catch you next time.
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