WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:06.839 Initialize sequencing coming to you live from Houston, Texas, home 2 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:08.599 to the world's largest medical center. 3 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:14.519 Bunch phase everything, looking time. 4 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.719 This is Your Health First, the most beneficial health program 5 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:26.960 on radio with doctor Joe Bellotti. During the next hour, 6 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:30.359 you'll learn about health, wellness and the prevention of disease. 7 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:33.520 Now here's your host, doctor Joe Bellotti. 8 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:43.960 Well, a good Sunday evening to everybody. I am doctor 9 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:47.600 Joe Galotti, and you're tuned into your Health First every 10 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:51.799 single Sunday between the hour of seven and eight pm 11 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:56.679 of course Central time. We're broadcasting out of Houston, Texas 12 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.600 on our flagship radio station seven forty k T and 13 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:05.280 around the country and around the globe on the iHeartRadio app. 14 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:08.159 So there should never ever be an excuse to say, Hey, 15 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:10.879 I'm traveling, or I'm out of town, or I'm out 16 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:16.120 of the country that you can't catch our program every 17 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:20.680 single Sunday between seven and a PM. And our mission 18 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.560 from the very very beginning of when we started this program, 19 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:28.920 which was in two thousand and three, it is to 20 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:31.640 make you better consumers of healthcare. You hear me say 21 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:34.519 this all the time, and you may say, look, this 22 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:38.799 guy's a broken record. But the key fact here is 23 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:44.599 if you become a better consumer of healthcare, which means 24 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:49.799 you understand or you're able to read all of the 25 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:55.120 information that is published in newspapers, heard on the radio podcast, 26 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:59.000 all of this information that's being thrown at you, you 27 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:04.760 are a or discerning consumer to understand to say, now, 28 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:08.719 wait a second, this actually might be interesting. I need 29 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:13.479 to pay attention or this just sounds like utter garbage 30 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:17.639 and I need to discount it and not sort of 31 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:21.960 get sucked into a health movement that really is not 32 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:28.319 founded in any sort of research or practicality. The other 33 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:33.120 thing is being a good consumer is you know, consumers 34 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.439 think that oh you're you know, you're buying something or 35 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.039 there's some sort of a transaction. I think being a 36 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:46.879 better consumer may also mean better understanding how your body works. 37 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:49.360 What does your heart do, what does your lung do, 38 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:53.080 what does your liver do, your kidneys? What are the 39 00:02:54.039 --> 00:03:01.800 signs and symptoms of something going wrong with your neurologic system, 40 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.240 your balance, your breathing, your heart, your circulation, and also 41 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:11.680 knowing your risk factors. What you know sitting there right now, 42 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:14.159 wherever you are, you're in your car, you're in your kitchen, 43 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:18.639 you're in your study, wherever it may be, you have 44 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:23.479 to have a pretty good idea what are your risk 45 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:30.039 factors for certain diseases and conditions. For those that are 46 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:34.439 good consumers of healthcare, they know right off the bat 47 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.680 because they have high blood pressure, they're at risk for stroke, 48 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:43.400 because their mother had colon cancer and their uncle had 49 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:49.759 colon cancer, and let's say their older sister had multiple 50 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:53.680 colon polyps. Well, you know what, you are at risk 51 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:57.319 for colorectal cancer and you need to change up your 52 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:01.520 strategy a little bit. So that is what being a 53 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:06.240 better consumer of healthcare. And I would say, look, you know, 54 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:12.319 reach out to me and share with me what you 55 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:18.079 think you're doing to be a better consumer of healthcare. 56 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:21.439 I really do think this is this is really a 57 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.040 two way show. Yes, I am here broadcasting and you 58 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.959 dial in, but you need to be able to reach 59 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:29.959 back out to me. And so how do you reach 60 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.279 back out to doctor Joe Galotti. Well, the easiest thing 61 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.879 is go to our website doctor Joe Galotti dot com, 62 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:39.160 d R J O E G A L A t 63 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:44.439 I dot com and on the homepage there there are 64 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:48.839 a few tabs. One is says contact us and click 65 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:53.000 it send me a message. It comes right to my inbox, 66 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.439 but you have to go there, Doctor Joeglotti dot com. 67 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:59.199 Second thing is a lot of people ask me how 68 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:02.959 to stay in touch. Which the best thing is signing 69 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:07.079 up for our weekly newsletter. It comes out every Saturday. 70 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:11.720 Occasionally we push it to Sunday like today. But on 71 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:16.519 the website, which I am pulling up right now, so 72 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:21.279 I do not This is live radio, doctor John Galani 73 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:24.160 dot com. Hang on a second, I can't even spell 74 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:28.639 my name g A l a ti dot com. Okay, 75 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:35.319 So when you go there on the homepage, you're able 76 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:41.079 to click the button that says subscribe, and that subscription 77 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:47.360 will allow you to receive our newsletter. And the newsletter 78 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:51.399 we talk about everything health and wellness. This week we 79 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:57.279 talked about I shared with everybody a very detailed review 80 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:02.360 on food processors. With the holidays coming up, you may 81 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.199 be wanting a food processor yourself, give it to one 82 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:10.680 of your kids or family member. But we talk about food, nutrition, exercise, 83 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.839 latest fad stuff like that. But doctor Joegalotti dot com. 84 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:18.399 A little later in the program, we're going to be 85 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:24.120 talking about some interesting stories and articles that have been 86 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.600 in the news this week, and again some of them 87 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:34.519 are very good that you should have a knowledge on 88 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:40.079 both good and bad, so we'll be sharing that with you. 89 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:40.279 You know. 90 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:44.120 The other thing is just getting back to the being 91 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:50.560 a better consumer. My role here on the radio, my 92 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.959 role on social media in a sense. And I look 93 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.480 at the radio here as a form of social media. 94 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.360 We are communicating with all of you, were communicating with 95 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:06.079 the public, and certainly people that are interested in health 96 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.600 and wellness sort of gravitate to this program. But the 97 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:13.160 greatest thing is when I am out and about and 98 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:17.399 I meet people, and it's not exactly like people know 99 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.360 me by sight, but they may know the name. And 100 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:25.959 I've been places where they say, you know, I know 101 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:33.040 that voice, and I come from very humble, humbled background, 102 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:37.720 and I am really sort of laugh to myself that, 103 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:40.839 you know, people may recognize your voice from the radio, 104 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:44.639 or they're just familiar with the program and they see, 105 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.199 you know, if I'm writing something down or they ask 106 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.959 what my name is, They're like, oh, you the guy 107 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:53.639 on the radio, And I'm like, yes, I am. I 108 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:55.959 hope you like it. If you don't like it, I 109 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.560 am not that guy at somebody else. But anyway, the 110 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.800 joy that I get in realizing that we are able 111 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:09.360 to communicate to a much broader audience. And people ask 112 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.959 me all the time, especially my medical colleagues. Other physicians 113 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.519 are like, you know, it takes a lot of time, 114 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:19.879 and every Sunday for twenty two years, you're doing this. 115 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:22.920 And I tell them that number one, I don't look 116 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.839 at this as work. Number two, I look at it 117 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.759 as an absolute joy. And number three I look at 118 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:32.200 it to and I tell them that when I am 119 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:36.559 seeing a patient one on one, it's me and you, 120 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:39.120 or maybe me you and your spouse, or a kid 121 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:43.360 or a friend in the exam room and we are talking, 122 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:47.919 I can only influence one person when we're talking about 123 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:51.360 their disease. But when you expand it to the radio 124 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:56.840 and social media, you're able to touch many more people. 125 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:59.960 Because I see the good that we do in our practice, 126 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:04.320 me and my nurse practitioners and pas and rest of 127 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:09.240 our team, the absolute good that we do. And if 128 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.320 you could multiply this, the radio is a force multiplier 129 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:20.279 for getting news and information and educating our patients, but 130 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:23.879 also the consumers. Because find nothing I'll say before we 131 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:27.120 take a break, care the vast majority of the disease 132 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:30.639 is that we see on a day to day basis 133 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:34.480 in the hospital, in the clinic, and what you yourselves 134 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:40.159 are witnessing first hand that you are dealing with. Just 135 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:43.519 look at your medicine cabinet. How many pills are you taking. 136 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:50.159 It is a result of chronic progressive disease, much of 137 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:55.559 which eighty to eighty five percent could have been either 138 00:09:55.639 --> 00:10:01.360 reduced or prevented with lifestyle interventions. And so that is 139 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:07.120 very powerful and realizing that the improvement we could make 140 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:11.720 in all of your lives is absolutely astounding. It is 141 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:15.759 absolutely great, and you have more control over your health 142 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:19.559 destiny than you really may appreciate you. So, all right, 143 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:22.159 we're gonna take a quick break. I'm doctor Joe Galotti. 144 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:26.559 As I said earlier, doctor Joegalotti dot Com is our website. 145 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:28.519 You could send me a message. I do want to 146 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:32.240 hear from you. You could also off the website pick 147 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:36.919 up a copy of my book Eating Yourself Sick, available 148 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:39.519 on Amazon. All right, stay tuned, we'll be right back. 149 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:42.840 Welcome back, everybody. Thanks for tuning in. I'm doctor Joe Galotti. 150 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:48.399 Your radio or smart device, which we have to say nowadays, 151 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:52.519 is tuned into your health first every Sunday between seven 152 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:56.759 and a pm Central Time. And as I was talking 153 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:02.279 about earlier in the program, our goal, our mission is 154 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:06.279 to make me better consumers of healthcare and to raise 155 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:10.440 your health IQ. Raise your health IQ. That's what we 156 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:14.399 are all about. Doctor Joeglotti dot com is our website, 157 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:18.120 Doctor Joeglotti dot com and you could sign up for 158 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:22.120 our newsletter. All of our social media is there be 159 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:29.600 it YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and of course links to my practice, 160 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:35.240 Liver Specialists of Texas. That is our practice. We take 161 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:39.039 care of people with liver disease, digestive disorders, cirrhosis, fatty liver, 162 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:46.679 all sorts of liver related ailments, alcohol related liver disease, 163 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:52.039 liver transplant, liver cancer. So you can either way. You 164 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:56.039 could send me a message through the doctor Joegalotti dot 165 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:59.480 com website or through a practice website. It all comes 166 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:03.320 to the same person, me and my team and we 167 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:06.919 will help you out as best we can. Doctor Joegalotti 168 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:13.039 dot com. Are right, So in the news, I like 169 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:19.799 to scour the news and sort of fill you in 170 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.559 on some of the things that are going on. Articles 171 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.759 that you may have seen, things that you may say, gee, 172 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:28.639 it's interesting, but this really doesn't really apply to me, 173 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:31.399 and so this is a chance here where I'm able 174 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.080 to go through things and fill in some of the 175 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:41.720 blanks for you. All Right, The first article was published 176 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:45.279 in I think it was the Washington Post, but I'm 177 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:49.559 going to post these on the Facebook page. All right, 178 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:52.159 So go to the doctor Joeglotti dot com and the 179 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:55.799 Facebook page. The first one, the title is the gender 180 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:59.720 gap and heart Disease Research treatment leaves Women behind. And 181 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.159 we've talked about this a lot over the years, how 182 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.320 several things. Heart disease in men is very different than 183 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:10.679 heart disease in women. A little fun fact, women are 184 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.799 more likely to die after a first heart attack or 185 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.039 stroke than men. The other thing that we always want 186 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:21.720 to talk about and sort of ring home to everybody, 187 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:26.679 is that women are also more likely to have additional 188 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:31.799 or different heart attack symptoms. Instead of the crushing chest 189 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.879 pain that radiates up to your neck and goes down 190 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:39.120 your left arm, which we've all been taught that this 191 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:43.039 is a sign of a heart attack, women have much 192 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:51.360 more nausea, dizziness, fatigue, just as general abdominal discomfort, which 193 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:55.840 could be blown off as indigestion, you ate too many 194 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:59.360 Tamali's last night, you're constipated, you've got gas, you've got 195 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:03.600 acid ref and all of that delays getting people, the 196 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:08.879 women into the healthcare system calling nine eleven, nine to 197 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:12.480 one one. Uh. So you have to keep aware of that. 198 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:16.600 The other thing is, if a woman has type two diabetes, 199 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.559 her risk of heart attack accelerates to be equivalent to 200 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:25.559 that of men, even if the woman with diabetes has 201 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:32.360 not yet gone through menopause. Okay, keep in mind, heart attack, stroke, 202 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:38.360 and other forms of cardio cardiovascular disease are still the 203 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:44.279 leading cause of death for all people, both men and women. 204 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:48.200 And so I think what you have to do is 205 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:51.279 again being a good consumer, realizing that if you are 206 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:54.679 a woman, or you're taking care of your mom or 207 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:57.840 your sister and they start having some of these unusual 208 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.039 pains and you're like, gee, could be heart attack. It 209 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:04.600 sounds more like acid reflox. You should take you know, 210 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:07.919 a Tom's or a may Lox or a zantac. It 211 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.360 could be the heart. So that is the message. Women 212 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:15.759 and heart disease are different, yet the risk of something 213 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:21.159 bad happening remains quite real. Now. The other next article 214 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:27.840 This comes from Yahoo. Five fruit myths. Now what kind 215 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:33.120 of myths can be surrounding the poor fruits? Okay, five 216 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:38.200 fruit myths. Dietitians want you to stop believing, including that 217 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:42.120 it's bad for you because it contains sugar. So again 218 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:45.240 this article I'm going to post on the Facebook page. 219 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:49.679 But the first myth number one, fruit isn't healthy because 220 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:56.919 it contains sugar. Well, that is a lot of boloney. Yes, 221 00:15:57.200 --> 00:16:01.399 it has sugar, but you're eating the fruit with fiber, 222 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:06.639 you're getting other phytronutrients. The fiber in the fruit is 223 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:11.960 not going to be absorbed as quickly as a processed 224 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:17.000 food such as a cake or a donut. And we 225 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:20.559 also know that the fiber in the fruit, So don't 226 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.759 let the sugar thing get in the way. You're eating 227 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:28.960 the fruit because it has all of these added fhitro nutrients, 228 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.720 So do not get too hung up on the sugar 229 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:38.600 part of it. You do need sugar for energy and metabolism, 230 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:43.720 but there's so much more besides sugar that shouldn't get 231 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:46.399 in the way. The other thing is that berries are 232 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:51.440 healthier than other fruit. Now, while berries, you know, they 233 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:54.559 really do steal the spotlight for their sort of low sugar, 234 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:58.519 high fiber, and anti oxigen contact. That doesn't mean that 235 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:02.000 they're the only fruit. For fruits that really are worth your 236 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:08.279 love and attention. They quote here that saying just eating 237 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:12.680 two gold kiwi fruit a day has been shown to 238 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:17.079 help relieve constipation, while mangos provide copper and foliate. So again, 239 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:21.240 you want this whole sort of rainbow of fruit that 240 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.480 you're going to eat. Number three, canned fruit is less 241 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:31.640 nutritious than fresh or frozen. Totally debunked. These are equally nutritious, 242 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:34.240 So don't be afraid to eat canned fruit. Now you 243 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:36.920 have to be careful how they are packed. Are they 244 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.839 packed with a lot of sugar? You may want to 245 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:42.039 get the ones that are just packed in water mith 246 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:46.720 Number four, fruit should not be eaten on an empty stomach. Again, 247 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:50.519 I never heard where that came from, but there is 248 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:54.200 nothing wrong with eating fruit on an empty stomach. The body. 249 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:59.200 The body is designed to digest and absorb the nutrients 250 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:02.759 regarding what you eat it with, so don't worry about that. 251 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:05.640 And then the last one, number five, which is probably 252 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:10.440 the most the most readily discussed and is a myth. 253 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:15.359 Avoid fruit if you have diabetes so experts will certainly 254 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:20.279 say people with diabetes can enjoy fruit just like everybody else. 255 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:24.720 The natural sugar in the fruit doesn't mean it will 256 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:29.359 cause a rapid rise in blood sugar. Fruit provides a 257 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:32.559 natural sweet treat for those with diabetes and should be 258 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:36.559 enjoyed daily. In fact, a recent meta analysis, which is 259 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:40.279 basically a large number of research studies that are all 260 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:45.839 sort of analyzed together, found that higher fruit intake was 261 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:50.319 linked to lower fasting blood sugar levels in those with diabetes. 262 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:56.000 So again, all these somewhat crazy ideas, you need to 263 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:58.599 get to the source, become a good student, become a 264 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:02.720 good consumer, and realize that having fruit in your diet 265 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:05.359 is a key part of wellness. All right, we're going 266 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:08.359 to take a break. News, weather, and traffic are coming up. Now, 267 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:13.319 stay tuned. I'm doctor Joe Glotti. We'll bright back. Welcome back, everybody, 268 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:16.880 Doctor Joe Glotti. Thanks for spending a little bit of 269 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.160 your weekend with us. We're here every Sunday between seven 270 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:25.200 and eight pm bringing you the best in health and wellness. 271 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:27.279 We try to filter it. We have a team of 272 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:31.440 people that review articles, send information to me, and we 273 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:36.480 try to give you the information that is really very 274 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:39.480 relevant to all of you. We don't try to get 275 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:44.240 too esoteric and off the grid on things that you 276 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:47.000 may never hear of or things that are so ridiculous, 277 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:50.920 but it really is things that we could use immediately. 278 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:53.000 And I like to say that listening to this program 279 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:56.519 is going to give you actionable information that you could 280 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:59.920 hear it right now and make a decision, make an intervention, 281 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:06.079 and do something positive for yourself. Now. The you know, 282 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:08.960 the last article we were talking about with regard to 283 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:14.160 fruit and these various myths that were associated with it, 284 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:22.440 there is a sense that we are criminalizing certain foods 285 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:27.839 that we eat, especially fruit, and people worry about I'm 286 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:30.000 going to get overweight and I'm going to get fat. 287 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:35.039 Don't eat fruit. I have diabetes, don't eat fruit. Well, 288 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:41.880 what is the alternative? Many of you, in maybe fear 289 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:45.079 or out of not knowing, or just out of really 290 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:52.839 sheer ignorance not knowing, you're eating some other sugar free, 291 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:58.319 diabetic controlled food, which is number one, stripped of fiber, 292 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:05.160 stripped of real God given nutrients, all kinds of artificial 293 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:09.480 stuff in it that our body was not meant to 294 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:13.880 handle or process. All right, So think about it. On 295 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:16.119 one end, you say no, no, no, I'm not going 296 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:19.359 to eat those berries because I have diabetes, I'm overweight, 297 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:21.920 my bleecher is going to go crazy. But at the 298 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:27.160 same time, you have absolutely no qualms buying into this 299 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:34.880 consumerism of buying processed, man made food. I call it 300 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:37.799 Frankenstein food. This is stuff that's made in a laboratory. 301 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:42.119 It's made in a laboratory. It there's nothing natural about this. 302 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:45.519 So just really do try to keep all of this 303 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:49.359 in context and look at your habits. And it's okay 304 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:51.400 to say to yourself, you know what, I got this 305 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:55.079 one wrong. I should increase the amount of fruit that 306 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:58.839 I need. All Right, more articles to talk about, and 307 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:02.519 as had mentioned before, we're going to post these on 308 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:07.599 the Facebook page again website doctor Joeglotti dot com. All right, 309 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:10.640 so this one has to do with standing and a 310 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:18.559 lot of effort really has been placed on these standing desks. Okay, 311 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:23.000 some people in my own office have a standing workstation, 312 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:27.400 and there is this general concept that man standing is 313 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:32.039 fantastic for my health, and so I need to get 314 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:36.720 on that standing bandwagon. All right. So this is a 315 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:41.960 an article that was just published the International Journal of epidemiology, 316 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:46.119 And the bottom line is they suggest that prolonged standing 317 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:49.759 may not offer as much in the way of health 318 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:54.079 benefits and raise the risk of what they call orthostatic 319 00:22:54.359 --> 00:23:00.079 circulatory disease. And so here once again we have to 320 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:06.039 proceed with some caution and understanding what the benefit is 321 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:10.680 and what the downfall is. So standing, although it is 322 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:14.799 not associated with a higher risk of having heart disease 323 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:20.440 or heart attack, it was not associated with lowering the risk, okay. 324 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:23.559 And so what they say in the article is that 325 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:28.920 more time spent standing, and I'll say standing still was 326 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:33.000 associated with a higher risk of circulatory conditions, okay. And 327 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:35.839 I'll tell you what they are in a second. So 328 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:42.359 orthostatic circulatory disease. You may not have heard this. It's 329 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:45.759 really not the most common thing you'll talk about. It 330 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:51.599 includes orthostatic hypotension where when people stand up, their blood 331 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.839 pressure drops and they get a little light headed and 332 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:57.720 they just don't feel that well, as well as Verico's veins. Now, 333 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:03.599 Verico's veins over time can be quite problematic for people. Now, 334 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:11.720 what they found with regard to the risk of sitting, okay, 335 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:15.519 sitting for more than ten hours per day increase both 336 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:21.880 cardiovascular and orthostatic risk. For every hour of sitting above 337 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:28.000 ten hours, cardiovascular disease risk increased by fifteen percent and 338 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:32.880 orthostatic disease risk increased by twenty six percent. So really 339 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:37.519 what they're getting at is this sedentary behavior, which includes 340 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:43.079 both standing and sitting without movement. That is the key. 341 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:47.880 If you're just standing still and not moving, you're not 342 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:53.240 really doing much for yourself, and so that is the key. 343 00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:57.440 So after two hours of standing every day, after two 344 00:24:57.480 --> 00:25:01.960 hours of standing every day, every addition thirty minutes was 345 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:07.960 associated with an eleven percent increased risk of orthostatic disease. 346 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:12.519 So it's not sitting or standing, it is the lack 347 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:21.599 of movement or continuous, uninterrupted sedentary behavior. So standing certainly 348 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:26.640 is better than sitting down. But I and I would 349 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:29.400 say most would agree that there's an increased risk of 350 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:35.519 cardiovascular disease risk if you're just sitting versus standing. But 351 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:40.400 it is the movement that is the key thing. So 352 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:45.480 I would say standing is better than sitting. But now, 353 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:49.319 how do you offset this sedentary behavior? This is this 354 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:52.680 is the root of so much evil that we see 355 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:56.279 from a healthcare standpoint. Now, keep in mind some statistics here. 356 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:59.920 According to the CDC, about one in four American city 357 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:04.440 for more than eight hours a day, and the average 358 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:07.200 US citizen sits between six point five to eight hours 359 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.880 a day. That is a hell of a lot of 360 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:12.720 time on your butt and it's not good. So ways 361 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:18.200 to get around this sedentary behavior while working? Okay? Number one, 362 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:23.240 use a treadmill desk desk, So a treadmill desk, you're standing, 363 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:27.200 but you're also moving. Number two, change your position at 364 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:33.000 regular intervals using a convertible sit to stand desk. Okay. 365 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:36.160 Number three, set an alarm reminding you to get up 366 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:40.519 and move around every hour. Be active at work i e. 367 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:45.319 Getting phone calls while walking or walking around to meetings. Okay, 368 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:51.920 other things getting up and walking for coffee, walking for lunch, 369 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:59.119 or incorporate chores like laundry or things outside through the 370 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:02.799 day to prevent you from being sedentary. So I think 371 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:07.160 the bottom line here is, do not think you have 372 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:12.440 a stand up desk that it is some panacea for 373 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:16.960 taking good care of yourself. Yes, it is better than sitting, 374 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:19.839 but you're not really getting that big bang for your 375 00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:22.680 buck by just standing at your desk. You have to 376 00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:27.880 move period. End of story. All right. The next study 377 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:36.279 has to do with our friend ozempic and the GLP 378 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:41.640 one drugs that are out there. You know that they're 379 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:45.559 all being used for weight loss, they are for diabetes 380 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:49.000 and blood sugar control. Well, this is a very very 381 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:52.960 fascinating story, and I think it is really worth all 382 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:55.839 of you knowing about this because I would think in 383 00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:58.319 the months and years to come, you're going to hear 384 00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:01.839 a lot more about this. And so when you look 385 00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:06.000 at these drugs, these GLP one agonist drugs, yes, they 386 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:11.039 were originally marketed for diabetes control, and now with the 387 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:17.680 weight loss benefit that you're all so familiar with, they 388 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:20.440 are finding that it cuts down on the risk of 389 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:24.599 heart disease and heart failure that these you know, it 390 00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:28.039 really is pretty amazing and you almost have to wonder 391 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:33.480 where is the health benefit of these drugs going to end. 392 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:36.319 It seems like it's helping so much. So. Now, this 393 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:40.920 is a new article that was published this past week 394 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:45.519 in the journal Addiction, and what they did was they 395 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:51.119 analyzed five hundred thousand people with a history of opioid 396 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:55.240 use disorder, of which about eight thousand of these people 397 00:28:55.440 --> 00:29:00.200 were taking a weight loss drug such as ozepic or 398 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:06.319 one of the ozempic lookalike drugs, And what they found 399 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:11.960 is that when you're taking ozempic, it can cut drug 400 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:17.799 and alcohol abuse by up to fifty percent, which which 401 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:22.680