Walnuts

... pecans, like, those are really good.

But yeah, so s- when we test, we routinely test omega-3 levels, and I will have patients that we test them and their levels are actually in range.

Like, and I mean optimal, not just in range.

For what we're looking for in range, above eight is ideal.

And so you don't see that very often, but I do have patients that they're there, and we're like, "Okay, well, you don't need additional fish oil 'cause you actually have enough." And the importance of this when we think about it from an ADHD standpoint is that it, um, helps with neurotransmitter balance, but then it also, and this benefits pretty much every condition, is it's changing the cellular membrane.

So those oils get incorporated into the, like the, you know, basically a membrane of cells, and that influences how well a cell functions.

But there are other missing nutrients that often you see in someone who has ADHD.

Walnuts

... pecans, like, those are really good.

But yeah, so s- when we test, we routinely test omega-3 levels, and I will have patients that we test them and their levels are actually in range.

Like, and I mean optimal, not just in range for what we're looking for in range.

Above eight is ideal.

And so you don't see that very often, but I do have patients that they're there and we're like, "Okay, well, you don't need additional fish oil 'cause you actually have enough." And the importance of this when we think about it from an ADHD standpoint is that it, um, helps with neurotransmitter balance, but then it also, and this benefits pretty much every condition, is it's changing the cellular membrane.

So those oils get incorporated into, like, the, you know, basically a membrane of cells, and that influences how well a cell functions.

But there are other missing nutrients that often you see in someone who has ADHD.

Walnuts

... pecans.

Like, those are really good.

But yeah, so s- when we test, we routinely test omega-3 levels, and I will have patients that we test them, and their levels are actually in range.

Like, and I mean optimal, not just in range.

For what we're looking for in range, above eight is ideal.

And so you don't see that very often, but I do have patients that they're there, and we're like, "Okay, well, you don't need additional fish oil, 'cause you actually have enough." And the importance of this when we think about it from an ADHD standpoint is that it, um, helps with neurotransmitter balance, but then it also, and this benefits pretty much every condition, is it's changing the cellular membrane.

But there are other missing nutrients that often you see in someone who has ADHD.

First of all, do supplements work?

Yeah, they do.

But we think about them, again, like let's fill in those gaps.

So if your diet looks well-rounded and you're a little bit short, or we're really trying to target something.

So psyllium is a really great example.

That's something that we'll often recommend in clinical practice.

And we would often be recommending this for someone who has typically some blood sugar control issues, some concerns about appetite, trying to really reduce their appetite.

That's a problem,

Like on a scan, the brain changed.

Yes, yep, absolutely.

So it's just a fascinating study.

And there's a lot of different publications that have come out of this one study.

And so if we pull out, because we're focusing on brain health here, but these patients that were in the study, and there were almost 300 subjects in there, they were obese and had metabolic issues.

Actually, a lot of them had fatty liver as well.

Okay.

So what would be a Mediterranean diet?

Yeah.

Now, of course, like if you're spending half the year in Florida, OK, maybe you don't need as much vitamin D as that.

And plus, if you're outside having enough skin exposed, you're not covered in sunblock because that it prevents the ability to make vitamin D.

Right.

So this is where we get into this.

risk of deficiency living in a more northern climate.

But then there are a lot of other variables.

What would you do? And do you need to go to more of an integrative functional doc like yourself for that?

Yeah,

you can literally just Google like weight conversion pounds to kilograms and you stick in your weight.

Like it's so easy to do this now.

And then you'll get your weight in kilograms.

So you don't even have to know.

Make that about equal.

Then, yeah.

me if

But willow bark actually led to

aspirin? Yeah, exactly.

So willow bark is something that has a very long history of use.

It was used in Egypt.

It was used by indigenous populations.

They'd basically just like chew on that bark.

And they used it for fever and pain relief.

St. John's wort in our last couple of minutes, I know you can't take this if you're already on an SSRI, but because St. John's wort was actually sort of the precursor to SSRIs?

But these are higher quality that doctors use.

Yeah, exactly.

So this one in particular, Phytomulti, I really like.

And you really could, like college kids could take one a day on these.

And you're going to get all those sort of minerals, vitamins, all those basics.

And then you're going to get like a superfood extract in there.

So that's kind of like just like, let's get the foundations covered.

okay something that most people have heard of is vitamin d and that's hugely important not only for everybody but for college students especially yeah

But as a holistic doctor, what's your thought on people who think, I think I really need this or I want this?

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

So there are a lot of different reasons.

Also, like the research on this, right now it's for diabetes and obesity, but there's a lot of research on it for other conditions as well, things like sleep apnea.

There's even emerging research on things like Alzheimer's disease.

So there's going to be some indications coming down the line that are going to look a bit different than just like weight loss.

So it's kind of, you know, that aspect is really fascinating when we look at the effects it could have on some of these chronic diseases.

And this is where you can really work with some of the naturopathic medicines, the over-the-counter supplements, and you have a program that you're developing to help people.

It

naturally does open a little bit, but it shouldn't be open very often or for very long.

And when it does open up, what can happen is you can actually get, like, segments of bacteria that can slip through that normally shouldn't get through, and that is extremely inflammatory.

So we can actually measure that in the bloodstream, something called LPS.

Oh.

And if you have that, that is a high risk factor for brain inflammation and subsequent dementia.

How do we get that test? It's lipopolysaccharide.

And then what action would we take? Because I think I've done detoxes, I've done routine stuff, and sometimes you're wondering, does this matter? If I take out all the gluten, which is hard to do, is it going to really benefit me? So does this test tell you then what you need to change?

How do we get a glucose monitor?

Yeah, so it used to be that you had to get a prescription from your doctor, but now, just late in the fall of last year, there's the first approved direct-to-consumer, meaning you don't need a prescription, CGM.

So it's through a company called Stello, and it's an excellent device, you know, the same type that would be prescribed by your doctor.

And you can just order it yourself.

So you can either get a subscription or you can get just, like, a one-time purchase of two CGMs, and you would wear one of them for 14 days.

And it's only $99, which I think is quite affordable for two.

And then if you subscribe, you know, it goes to, like, it's 10% lower depending on how long you subscribe to the service, or it could be 15% lower.

What do they, like, do you think they actually matter, and how do they help us? Yeah,