WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:13.480 Welcome to the number one radio health talk show in America, 2 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:17.920 The Doctor Bob Martin Show. Doctor Martin is a chiropractic physician, 3 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:21.839 a board certified clinical nutritionist, and diplomat of the American 4 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:23.960 Academy of Anti Aging Medicine. 5 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.559 The information presented on this show is educational in nature. 6 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:31.280 Please consult your personal healthcare provider regarding health issues. You 7 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.240 may have got a health related problem or challenge, not 8 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:36.759 feeling well, and you just don't know where to turner 9 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:39.640 what to do. Doctor Bob Martin is here for you 10 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:42.240 and will do his very best to answer your health question. 11 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:45.119 The tone free number to ask Doctor Martin a health 12 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.880 question or to make a health related comment is eight 13 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.520 hundred six oh six eighty eight twenty two. Eight hundred 14 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:55.039 six oh six eighty eight twenty two. That's eight hundred 15 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:59.320 six zero six eighty eight twenty two. It's the Doctor 16 00:00:59.399 --> 00:00:59.960 Bob Martin. 17 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.480 Yes it is, and it is my privilege, my honor 18 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:08.640 to be with you today because long ago I answered 19 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:13.000 my chosen calling and talent, which is all about giving 20 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:16.519 help and assistance to people who are not feeling well, 21 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:21.120 are sick, or are infirm, or those people who don't 22 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:21.840 want to be. 23 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:25.239 Sick or infirm. It's awesome. 24 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:31.359 It's fabulous to participate in a radio show forum where 25 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:34.959 sick people tune in to get healthy naturally and become 26 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:38.079 their own best doctors most of the time. And will 27 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.439 people tune in to stay that way. That's what it's 28 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:44.760 all about. So welcome, Welcome to this hour of the 29 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:48.040 Doctor Bob Martin Show. I'm Doctor Bob and I want 30 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.200 you to become your own best doctor most of the time. 31 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:53.280 And you can do that with gaining knowledge and information 32 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.319 about your own health and taking better care of yourself 33 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:02.760 when applicable, when necessary, and it's necessary all the time. 34 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:06.400 Coming up a little bit later in the hour, we 35 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:11.199 have this week's installments of the Health Alternative of the Week, 36 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:13.919 the Health Outrage of the Week. 37 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:16.919 We've got a product recall to tell. 38 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.840 You about you definitely don't want to miss out on that, 39 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:24.639 and the Health Mystery of the Week. All that straight ahead, 40 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:26.560 and then we're going to try to take more phone 41 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:30.800 calls and questions on the topic of health. But we 42 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:35.439 begin this hour with a very important topic and I 43 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:41.039 think everybody can relate to, and that is pain. Pain 44 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:46.240 is a four letter word that nobody wants. However, our 45 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:51.879 creator wanted us to have. It's our alarm system. Pain 46 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.599 is our best friend. And I know that sounds bad, 47 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.599 especially if you're in pain right now and you don't 48 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:59.800 want to be because it's uncomfortable and it messes with 49 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:02.439 your quality of life, but it is important. 50 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:04.960 It is an idiot light, if you will. 51 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:10.840 Just like on your automobile dash, the electronics are saying, hey, 52 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.199 you're low and oil, get into the garage and get 53 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.719 it fixed, or blow up the engine, or you're low 54 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:18.240 in water, or your tire is low. You may blow 55 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.240 a tire at high speed. You don't want that, so 56 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.919 you get the alarm. That's a blessing in disguise, and 57 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.199 pain is no different than that. But you got to 58 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:29.560 find out why the pain is there. And unfortunately, one 59 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:35.080 in three Americans are living in chronic pain. That is 60 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:41.120 so sad, and much of it is not necessary. One 61 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:45.680 of the first things I remind reminded my patients of 62 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:50.639 with respect to pain is that pain is a biological 63 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:57.080 process that is critical to life. Nobody wants pain, unless 64 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:01.840 you consider yourself a massacrest, of course, but pain protects 65 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:07.400 our bodies from injury. And by reminding us that tissue 66 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:12.800 is damaged or being damaged or needs to be protected. 67 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:18.720 It also pain aids in the repairing process to injuries 68 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:22.519 that we acquire, and we do have injuries throughout our lives. 69 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:27.079 It's hard to think of pain as your friend, but 70 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.160 it can have an important life saving purpose. 71 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:31.040 It's true. 72 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:39.040 Our pain sensory system is designed for serveval. Thus, the 73 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:42.519 goal of pain, the pain system that we humans experience, 74 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:47.680 is to get us out of harm's way by ramping 75 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:54.639 up the intensity and unpleasantness of the pain signal, the 76 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:56.120 sensation of pain. 77 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:57.199 If we didn't have. 78 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:00.279 It, we would absolutely have early dem eyes. 79 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:01.519 We would just deteriorate. 80 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:08.920 Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies who make painkilling drugs want you to 81 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:14.720 believe that you have pain, you are deficient in a 82 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:17.600 drug that they sell. That's what they want you to believe. 83 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:21.199 They want you to believe that the answer to all pain, 84 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:25.600 all the time is to take their nostrums, their drugs 85 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:28.439 and stay on them for a lifetime. 86 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:30.160 Well, I'm here to. 87 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:32.800 Tell you, and other doctors will tell you if they're honest, 88 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:37.040 that painkillers are not supposed to be taken on a regular, 89 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:41.879 ongoing basis unless there's extraordinary circumstances, which sometimes there are. 90 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:47.240 But painkillers, like many drugs, really are designed to be 91 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:52.720 a bridge, a short bridge to helping your body to 92 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:56.399 sleep and rest and not be so stressed and not 93 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:59.800 be so uncomfortable until your body can manage to clean 94 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:02.720 up up whatever the damage and injury was that caused 95 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:08.720 the pain. Not to completely swallow drugs every single day 96 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.120 for the rest of your life, because these drugs are very, 97 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:17.720 very harmful when taken long term. I don't get me wrong. 98 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:23.480 Painkillers are important when they're used judiciously for acute pain, 99 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:27.040 for such things as let's say, you know, a toothache, 100 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:31.000 fractured bone, surgical procedures, somebody's got a severe migraine and 101 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:35.040 they bring on the drugs. I get it, And for 102 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:39.759 that they can be miracles. Really, so somebody can sleep 103 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:42.680 if they're something's banging away with pain. 104 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:43.360 No good. 105 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:49.720 But chronic ingestion of painkillers is a recipe to disaster 106 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:55.120 on many levels. And so when we're having pain that 107 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.759 is chronic that keeps going, we should ask the question, 108 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:01.800 why am I in pain this long? And what can 109 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:04.639 I do to resolve it so that I don't have 110 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.560 to stay on these painkillers, and most people want that. 111 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:11.360 Most people don't want to take painkillers, but they're forced 112 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:13.759 into it because the reason for their pain is not 113 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:19.680 being addressed. And many times that reason could be addressed 114 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:24.199 and could be managed and solved the problem, therefore not 115 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:30.920 needing to give or take painkillers. Pain manifests in many ways, 116 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:35.639 and a recent survey has revealed that almost a third 117 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:41.160 of Americans are experiencing persistent pain ongoing paint and according 118 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:45.680 to the poll, three out of ten Americans report not 119 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:50.519 having a single pain free day in over a month. 120 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:54.279 How sad is that, with twenty eight percent indicating they 121 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.360 endure pain some form of pain on a daily basis. 122 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.639 I cannot even rely to that, but I know it happens, 123 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:07.240 and it's sad. A recent survey of two thousand Americans 124 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:14.360 found that nearly half experienced chronic pain, regardless of whether 125 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:19.079 the pain is medically diagnosed or not. Over a quarter 126 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:22.720 of those dealing with chronic pain have endured it for 127 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:27.560 get this thirteen years or longer. I can't even imagine 128 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:35.399 those poor people. The typical American starts experiencing discomfort at 129 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:39.320 the age of thirty seven. Predominantly individuals reported experiencing pain 130 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:44.039 in their legs thirty nine percent, in their neck twenty 131 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:50.519 nine percent, their shoulders twenty nine percent. Others highlighted their back, 132 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:55.559 and usually that's the lower back as the primary daily 133 00:08:55.799 --> 00:09:00.240 challenge when it comes to pain or experiencing pain on 134 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:05.159 average when waking when waking up, a lot of people 135 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:09.120 experience pain upon getting up just in the morning, just 136 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:14.000 the sheer activ it and Americans require an additional seven 137 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:18.919 minutes to prepare themselves in the morning because they're in pain. 138 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:27.320 Seeking relief for chronic pain, respondents primarily consult healthcare professionals 139 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:33.080 seventy five percent, with nearly half resorting to simply looking 140 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:37.440 up their symptoms with doctor Google, doing a Google search, 141 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:40.840 doing a search engine, and they're looking at their symptoms 142 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:42.799 forty eight percent of the time. 143 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:45.720 So there is just a. 144 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:50.799 Tremendous amount of suffering that goes on here in the 145 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:54.200 US with people who are in pain, and I dare 146 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:58.320 say a lot of them are in pain unnecessarily and 147 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:03.639 their problems have just not been resolved. The chronic pain 148 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:09.320 caused respondence to feel dissatisfied with their lives. Forty three 149 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:15.399 percent said they were not feeling entirely themselves, thirty percent 150 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:21.759 had increased fatigue, twenty eight percent had consistent sleep disturbances 151 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:25.919 due to their pain, and twenty seven percent had to 152 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:30.440 give up on beloved activities that they love to do 153 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:34.879 and can't do because of pain, which messes you up 154 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:37.840 and destroys your quality of life. 155 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:40.399 We've got to do something about it. We've got to 156 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:40.960 get into this. 157 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.000 We've got to find ways to help people in pain 158 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.919 and not just keep feeding them drugs to cover it 159 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.399 up or mask the problem. 160 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:50.799 Getting to the causes, we're going to talk about that. 161 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:53.960 Don't go anywhere, but first we'll have the health Alternative 162 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.320 of the Week that's coming up. You're tuned into the 163 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.960 Doctor Bob Martinshell. 164 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:06.960 I was told when I get to almahesers drink. But 165 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.720 now I'm insecure and I care what people think. NAMES 166 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:12.879 care what do you think? 167 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.120 Wish we could time back time to the good no 168 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.519 days when the moms. 169 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:25.799 And I welcome you or welcome you back to this 170 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:28.159 hour of the Doctor Bob Martson Show. 171 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:30.679 All right, we will get back to. 172 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:35.559 The conversation that I started out talking about this hour, 173 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:39.799 about the fact that nearly one out of three Americans 174 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:44.679 are living in chronic pain and the why behind that 175 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:49.840 and what to do potentially about it besides taking risky 176 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.279 pharmaceutical drugs like painkillers. 177 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:53.399 You know, God. 178 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:56.399 Blessed that we have them, that they were invented so 179 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:58.080 that when we're in pain we can at least get 180 00:11:58.120 --> 00:11:59.960 some respists, some degree of relief. 181 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:04.080 But man, they are so overused. 182 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:09.240 And I'll address that further as we go through this hour, 183 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.679 But first I want to provide for you this week's 184 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:18.320 installment of the Health Alternative of the Week. 185 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:32.919 All right, the Health Alternative of the Week. Here we go. 186 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.840 For the love of organic let us, that's the title 187 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:40.360 of it. Did you know that in August twenty fifteen 188 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:44.720 was the first time a vegetable was successfully grown in 189 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:49.879 outer space and enjoyed by NASA astronauts on the International 190 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:53.919 Space Station. It's true, twenty fifteen, that's when it happened. 191 00:12:53.960 --> 00:13:01.039 Amazing researchers analyzed the red Romaine lettuce crops from twenty 192 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:05.320 fourteen to twenty sixteen and determined that let us grown 193 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.639 in space is not only safe for astronauts to eat, 194 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:15.759 it's also free of disease causing microbes and as nutritious 195 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:21.200 as lettuce grown on Earth. Since then, a multitude of 196 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:23.919 greens has been grown on. 197 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:24.720 The space station. 198 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:29.679 It's no longer it's it's no wonder astronauts chose to 199 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:34.320 grow lettuce in space. There's just something face it special, 200 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:38.960 something about a salad that makes your body come alive 201 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.639 with nourishment. I mean, if I'm missing salad more than 202 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.200 a day, I'm. 203 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:44.320 Going, where's my salad. Let's get to the salad. 204 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:47.559 I My body knows and your probably does do innately, 205 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:52.240 that we need more live food, hopefully organic whenever possible, 206 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:58.519 and salads do the trick. Lettuce is rich in vitamins A, 207 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:04.879 vitamin C, vitamin K, folet acid, and minerals such as 208 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:12.840 iron and magnesium. However, only only organic lettuce boasts all 209 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:17.559 of these benefits and contains even higher amounts of vitamin 210 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:25.480 C than conventional pesticide laden lettuce or vegetables you're going 211 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:30.000 to find in the prototypical grocery store. Now, when you 212 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:36.919 have lettuce like organic lettuce in your diet, fresh and 213 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:43.440 drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, this homegrown lettuce gives 214 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.919 astronauts a dose of much needed vitamins and minerals while. 215 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.039 Orbiting the Earth. 216 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:52.720 To sort of fight against free radical formation which is 217 00:14:52.759 --> 00:15:00.399 happening in space. With a nutrient dense profile. Lettuce, and 218 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:03.279 I'm not talking about iceberg lettuce. Avoid that there's no 219 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:05.840 nutrition there. I'm not talking about iceberg lettuce. I'm talking 220 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:08.799 about romaine lettuce and all kinds of different lettuces. Stay 221 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:14.519 away from head lettuce or iceberg lettuce. It is nutrition devoid. 222 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:17.399 That's why it's white. That's why you can see through it. 223 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:21.840 You want green, baby and dark rich colors. That's where 224 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.519 all the phito nutrients are. That's where all the antioxidants are, 225 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:27.840 That's where all the health and well being are. That's 226 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:30.720 the healthier alternative for you. That's why we're calling it 227 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:34.159 the health alternative of the week. Love of organic lettuce. 228 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:39.799 You can incorporate these into your diet. Whether we're on Earth, 229 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.279 earthbound or space bound, it doesn't matter. Just be sure 230 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:47.960 to make them organic whenever possible. You'll get more bang 231 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:54.600 for the buck romaine, green red leaf, butter arugula, but 232 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.919 not iceberg. 233 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:59.840 Well. Iceberg is the last choice. If you have to 234 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.320 have some. 235 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.559 There are many crisp and delicious varieties to bite into, 236 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:10.320 find the one you like and exploit it. Remember my words. 237 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:17.759 The darker colored lettuces contain higher concentrations of nutrients, particularly antioxidants. 238 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:21.799 You want the darkest lettuce you can find, and the 239 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:23.960 more you eat of that, the healthier you're going to be. 240 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:28.120 Choose organic lettuce too, of course, for any variety of 241 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:31.080 leavy greens to get the most out of every bite. 242 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:37.240 Conveniently grown lettuces and conventionally grown lettuces, I should say, 243 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:44.080 conventionally grown lettuces are sprayed with a variety of toxic pesticides, herbicides, 244 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:46.200 and fungicides. You don't want to feed that to yourself 245 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:50.879 or your family, because there's been many articles written about 246 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:55.279 how these are cancer producing long term. Oh, they won't 247 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:59.039 knock you down the day you woof down some lettuce 248 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:03.240 that is, you know, incorporated with insecticides and herbicides and fungicides. 249 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:05.400 And if you think you're washing them off when you're 250 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:08.240 at home and you've got in the kitchen and you've 251 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:10.839 got the faucet on and you're washing, you can't wash 252 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:14.000 that stuff off. It is sprayed on it as it's growing, 253 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:19.720 and it's incorporated into the lettuce. You can't wash it off. 254 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:24.039 Go for organic whenever possible, grow it in your own yard. 255 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:26.839 That way, you know what you're getting right. Well, a 256 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:32.640 recent study found that regular lettuce absorbs twenty percent of 257 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:38.480 the toxic spray as in toxic insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. 258 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:41.920 Who wants raid on their lettuce anyway? It sounds gross 259 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.559 what a pesticide is absorbed into the plant. This means 260 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:49.160 you can't wash it off. It's true. Find an array 261 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:57.079 of fresh, delicious organic lettuces at natural grocery stores nationwide. 262 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:02.000 Choosing organic ensures a healthier oil for generations to come 263 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:06.200 and a healthier you. And you are worth it, Yes, 264 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:09.319 you're worth it. And you know you might walk into 265 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:12.240 a grocery, you know, a grocery store of any sort 266 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:17.960 that sells organic foods and organic produce, and to the 267 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:22.440 naked eye, it may not look as healthy because sometimes, 268 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:26.759 you know, those vegetables and the fruits that you see 269 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:31.920 in the prototypical grocery store, they've got plasticizors and all 270 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:35.599 kinds of agents on them to make them look shiny, 271 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:39.880 to make them pleat eye candy to you, and so 272 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.640 that when you see them, you go, oh, look at that. 273 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.319 I can almost see my face in that bell pepper 274 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:49.319 it's like a mirror image. Well, it's coated with it's 275 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:52.240 coated with plastic. Why would you want to ingest that? 276 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.519 And you can't peel it off. So get the organic 277 00:18:56.079 --> 00:19:00.599 whenever and wherever possible. This week's Health Alt Alternative of 278 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:05.799 the Week for the love of organic lettuce. And if 279 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:11.920 you're fortunate enough to find an organic provider of foods 280 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:16.440 in your area, like natural grocer stores, you're in good shape. 281 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:19.599 If you're not, just start asking around. And if you 282 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:22.680 can't grow in your own backyard, you can certainly supplement 283 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:27.319 it in powder form. You can you can supplement it 284 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:33.720 in powder form by finding these powdered, freeze dried vegetables 285 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:38.440 in grocery stores as supplements or in health food stores 286 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:41.640 as supplements, and you simply take a scoop out of 287 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:44.240 there and you put it into the smoothie or your 288 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:48.000 favorite drink, whether it's a concentrated green drink or a 289 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.839 concentrated red drink. We did an hour on that with 290 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:55.519 doctor Tony O'Donnell the very first hour of today's show, 291 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.839 And if you didn't get a chance to hear that, 292 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:59.400 go back into the podcast library and listen to it. 293 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.920 You'll love it. We covered a lot of ground, so yes, eat, 294 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:09.039 get more veggies. We need more veggies because they're healthy 295 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.480 for us and they provide the nutrition we need to 296 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:16.480 repair ourselves and to reduce our risk of diseases chronically 297 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:19.559 going forward into the future. But you want to make 298 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:22.519 sure they're pure and safe for yourself and your family. 299 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:26.000 And if you can't find a natural grocery store nearest too, 300 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:29.279 you find out where they're at naturalgrocers dot com, natural 301 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:32.839 grocers dot com. This week's health alternative of the week 302 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:36.440 for the love of organic. Let us all right when 303 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:40.559 we come back, we've got the health outrage of the week, 304 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:43.559 and then we're going to get back to the conversation 305 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:47.440 about pain and how to deal with it and how 306 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:50.039 to get out of it. You're tuned into the Doctor 307 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:59.400 Bob Martin Show. 308 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:04.960 Anybody's called a fay mistakes, but everybody's got a choice 309 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:10.160 to make. Everybody needs a leave of faith when he's 310 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:14.279 taking your money, you infu. 311 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:17.839 All right, doctor Bob marching back with you. Thank you 312 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:20.319 so very much for tuning into the program. 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You've 329 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:15.880 got Instagram over there, you got x You've got LinkedIn's 330 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:21.079 all there, all right now, then it is time, ladies 331 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:24.599 and gentlemen, for this week's installment of the health Outrage 332 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.559 of the Week. 333 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:33.039 She's like, you don't believe it. Come on each time 334 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:36.960 for the health outrage because it's nothing. 335 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:36.799 But. 336 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:41.079 It is outrageous. And this is a pet peeve of mine. 337 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:47.279 It has been for well since my first child was born. 338 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:53.839 Many many decades ago, and I saw what the typical 339 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:58.200 childbirth obstetrical practice in the United States was all about, 340 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:03.039 and it was horrifying. Now, granted, there are many excellent 341 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:10.400 OBGYN doctors that practice sincerely ethically and are into what 342 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:12.680 they're doing for the benefit of their patients, but there 343 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:16.440 are a percentage of them that I just wonder. 344 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:18.079 How they're able to roll and how they're able. 345 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:21.799 To stay in practice because they've got an agenda going on. 346 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:28.480 Childbirth hospital errors paralyze a young woman from the waist 347 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:33.160 down after nurses left her legs in nerve crushing position 348 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:35.480 for seven hours. I need to tell you about this story. 349 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:40.759 For most new mothers and fathers, the forty eight hours 350 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:45.799 of their newborn baby's life is pure magical. It sure 351 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:50.680 was for me with my six children, and I virtually well. 352 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:53.559 My wife wouldn't give me credit for delivering them. She says, Honey, 353 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:57.279 you caught them. I delivered them. You caught our babies. 354 00:23:57.319 --> 00:24:01.160 Don't ever take credit for delivering them. I delivered them, 355 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.640 and I give her credit for them. 356 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.440 My sweet wife. 357 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:07.480 Six children later, and I was so happy to be 358 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:10.960 involved in four out of six of them. I was 359 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:13.079 with all of them all of them, of course, but 360 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:16.680 the first one I was completely ignorant about because I 361 00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:20.200 was in college at the time. But it worked out, 362 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:23.039 but I saw it unfolding going in the wrong direction. 363 00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:27.200 But in this case, this young lady I'm talking about 364 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:31.079 here who had her legs nerve crushing position for seven 365 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:37.039 hours and paralyzed her name Elizabeth Waggott, thirty six years 366 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.359 of age. Then was also the time when she was 367 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:44.960 told she was facing a lifetime of paralysis following a 368 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:50.519 catastrophic childbirth injury that she was unaware had even happened 369 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:55.160 at the time. Missus Waggott gave birth to her daughter, Darcy, 370 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:59.759 following a seventy two hour labor process. When it was 371 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:03.200 to to get up and go to the bathroom, she 372 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:09.880 realized she couldn't move everything from her pelvis down felt dead. Elizabeth, 373 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:14.160 an artist who lives in Texas, received an epidural injection. 374 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:17.519 That's where things start to go wrong. EPI dural injection. 375 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:21.880 And oh, yes, doctors push them, nurses push them, everybody 376 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:25.880 pushes them. And yes, sometimes they can come in handy 377 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:30.279 because some women do benefit and need epidural injections, but 378 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:33.400 most do not. But they get pushed hard and heavy, 379 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:38.680 and that's where the disaster of birth can start. Well, 380 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:42.960 the bad birth process, I should say, starts to unravel 381 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:50.920 more than twenty four hours earlier. This Elizabeth Wagott had 382 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:56.519 a epidural injection, but doctor said it's numbing effect should 383 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:59.799 have worn off by now. By the way, about seventy 384 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:04.839 seventy five percent of hospital bursts use epidural injections. A 385 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:08.240 steroid drug is injected into the spine of a woman 386 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:13.640 in labor to relieve pain, and, as I said, sometimes necessary, 387 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:16.400 but I believe in many other experts believe they're pushed 388 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:20.880 too much. Why Because it's easy for doctors and easier 389 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:27.480 for nurses, and it's profitable for everybody involved. A neurologist 390 00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:34.799 visited Elizabeth Waggett's bedside and believed she'd likely suffered nerve 391 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:38.039 damage as a result of her prolonged stretch and her pelvis, 392 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:41.319 and if the feeling hadn't returned yet, there was a 393 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:45.920 chance it would never she was told. She said, my 394 00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:50.759 world collapsed. She told an investigative reporter. I was thinking, 395 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:54.799 just like why me, Why has this. 396 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.440 Happened to me? 397 00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:59.480 I felt like a failure because I had a new baby, 398 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.079 and I could get up to go to her. 399 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:05.960 I wasn't supposed to be like that. Close quote. 400 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:10.400 Two weeks later, test showed her ssiatic nerve, the largest 401 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:14.160