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Okay, so the topic today is, Are My Supplements Working? And this is one that, when presented to me, I was actually excited about doing because this is a challenge. I work in a field in which we use diet, lifestyle and a variety of different supplementations from herbs and botanicals to nutraceuticals, to vitamins, to minerals, and so on and so forth, combined with diets. So I work with this every day. It’s a very nuanced area and, “Are my supplements working,” is something that I hear a lot. People will come in for their first consultation and sometimes… I had a lady there that came in with three bags of supplements. I think it was 31 supplements that she was taking multiple times a day. Multiple was at least two, was at least two times a day. Most of my patients come to me with bad digestive systems to begin with. So throwing 60 some supplements a day or more into a bad digestive system probably reduces the effectiveness of supplementation just for the record, and that’s part of it.
Okay, so supplements, let’s go A to B on this. First of all, when I’m treating patients, right now, at a point in the evolution of functional medicine and the evolution of my career, it’s changed dramatically. It used to be people came in and if I started giving them some supplements, they were like, “Hey, I’m on four to five drugs. What are supplements going to do?” People were more medically oriented. Now people are coming in with laundry lists of supplements and sometimes they’re the right supplement, sometimes they’re not at the right dosage. But the point is, obviously they’re not working for them or they wouldn’t be here talking to me about their chronic fatigue, and their fibromyalgia, and their leaky gut syndrome, and their irritable bowel syndrome, and their chronic anxiety, and all that type of stuff.
Why are they not working? All right. So one big reason why they’re not working is, and this is always a challenge for me when the patient comes because I use supplements. We have a pharmacy, if you will, of supplements in our front office that we’ve been fine-tuning and developing for probably a decade and a half at least. And different companies have different strengths in the field. One company has a strength that they’re really the guys in glutathione. Other people might really be the company in berberine, other people… and on and on. Okay, so you get the point there. But that company doesn’t just do glutathione and this company doesn’t just do berberine. They then start to do all of the things that the other companies do, and then they have to tweak it to make their product special. So they’ll put a couple of different ingredients in there, which a person may be sensitive to, they may not be sensitive to.

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Okay, so the topic today is, Are My Supplements 
Working? And this is one that, when presented   To me, I was actually excited about doing because 
this is a challenge. I work in a field in which we   Use diet, lifestyle and a variety of different 
supplementations from herbs and botanicals to   Nutraceuticals, to vitamins, to minerals, and so 
on and so forth, combined with diets. So I work   With this every day. It's a very nuanced area 
and, "Are my supplements working," is something   That I hear a lot. People will come in for their 
first consultation and sometimes… I had a lady   There that came in with three bags of supplements. 
I think it was 31 supplements that she was taking   Multiple times a day. Multiple was at least two, 
was at least two times a day. Most of my patients   Come to me with bad digestive 
systems to begin with. So   Throwing 60 some supplements a day or more 
into a bad digestive system probably reduces   The effectiveness of supplementation just 
for the record, and that's part of it.  Okay, so supplements, let's go 
A to B on this. First of all,   When I'm treating patients, right now, at a 
point in the evolution of functional medicine   And the evolution of my career, it's changed 
dramatically. It used to be people came in and   If I started giving them some supplements, they 
were like, "Hey, I'm on four to five drugs. What   Are supplements going to do?" People were more 
medically oriented. Now people are coming in with   Laundry lists of supplements and sometimes they're 
the right supplement, sometimes they're not at the   Right dosage. But the point is, obviously they're 
not working for them or they wouldn't be here   Talking to me about their chronic fatigue, and 
their fibromyalgia, and their leaky gut syndrome,   And their irritable bowel syndrome, and their 
chronic anxiety, and all that type of stuff.  Why are they not working? All right. So one big 
reason why they're not working is, and this is   Always a challenge for me when the patient comes 
because I use supplements. We have a pharmacy,   If you will, of supplements in our front office 
that we've been fine-tuning and developing for   Probably a decade and a half at least. And 
different companies have different strengths   In the field. One company has a strength 
that they're really the guys in glutathione.   Other people might really be the company in 
berberine, other people… and on and on. Okay,   So you get the point there. But that company 
doesn't just do glutathione and this company   Doesn't just do berberine. They then start to do 
all of the things that the other companies do,   And then they have to tweak it to make their 
product special. So they'll put a couple of   Different ingredients in there, which a person 
may be sensitive to, they may not be sensitive to.  And these are the quality companies I'm talking 
about. These are the people I know and respect.   And these are the companies that you can count 
on that what they put is in there. And what they   Say is in there is in there. And the amount that 
they say is in there is in there. And so we have a   Whole pharmacy of these. But I have the pharmacy 
of certain supplements from this company that  

Are the best because those are the best for that 
company, and then the same thing for the other. So   It's hard for the consumer to know that because 
you haven't been using trial and error on these   Supplements on very sick people for a long period 
of time on thousands of cases. So that's one of   The reasons that your supplementation may not be 
doing the job that you think it should be doing.  I'm going to step back a little 
bit. Usually, if people ask me,   "Are my supplements working," I'm going to say 
like, "Well, you're here. You tell me if your   Supplements are working." If the person says, 
"I don't know if my supplements are working,"   They're not working. And I'm not being 
smart. These companies that I use,   When we do supplementation, once you hit the 
right dose, there's one reason a supplement   Might not be working for you. If you hit the 
right dose from the companies that we use,   You're going to feel better or you're going to 
feel worse. But you're not going to go, "Well,   I don't know if this is working. It doesn't 
feel like it's doing anything." If it's not   Doing anything, then your supplement, you're 
either not dosing it up enough… Now again,   I had one just yesterday. And this gentleman,   He has been watching my videos for like I think 
five years now, and he's been treating himself.  So he's using all of the supplements that I have 
here, not from me, but that he could get online.   But he's using them in such tiny doses. He has a 
chronic stress response that's continually causing   Him irritable bowel problem, which means he's not 
able to digest the tiny bit that he's taking. So   He needs to up dose dramatically. He needs to get 
the stress response under control. And there's a   Couple other things that need to happen for these 
supplements to work. So it isn't just a matter of,   "I put the supplement in and it works 
or it doesn't." You got to understand,   Supplements are different than drugs. Drugs go 
in, they do different things. They kill stuff,   They stop stuff, they increase things, they're 
drugs. These things alter physiology dramatically.   There's virtually not a drug that you can't 
look at and see a laundry list of side effects.  Herbs and botanicals are not like that. They go 
in, and I don't even like to use the term healing,   They go in and they support your tissues to get 
better. So if I'm treating a gut problem and I'm   Giving people digestive enzymes, or I'm giving 
them something for their stomach, or I'm giving   Them something for their gallbladder, I'm giving 
them something for their intestines, I'm giving   Them something for their liver, I'm not giving 
that to them to heal them. I'm giving them to   Support them so they can get better. But for them 
to get better, they have to get to the root cause   Of the issue in the first place, which frequently 
is a stress response or a thyroid problem,   Or diet is oftentimes huge, or blood sugar going 
all over the place. You have to start to deal   With that first to bring down the temperature on 
the inflammation, the immune response, whatever.  And now guess what? The supplements you 
use, if they're quality supplements,  

If they have the right amount in there of whatever 
they say they have, if they have in there what   They say they have, those supplements now support 
your tissues so that you can heal. Now, a lot of   You're going to say, "Well, I do that without 
diet and I feel better." You do feel better   Until you stop taking the supplement. And this 
is all of you who look at the supplements I give   People in the beginning, sometimes I might give 
people as many 10 supplements in the beginning.   They go, "Oh, my God, it's a lot of supplements." 
So I'll go, "It is a lot of supplements. But if   We do this right, you're not going to need 
to take those supplements all the time. If   You're like 35 years old and you have all your 
organs, and you've got a bad gut and you've got   Bad digestive issues and you got a gallbladder 
that's still there, it's sludge, it's not working.  You should be able to get that under control 
with diet and stress and lifestyle things. And   Ultimately not need those supplements for your 
digestive system unless you have some sort of   A disease that you can't make hydrochloric 
acid in your stomach or unless you don't   Have a gallbladder. So then you have to take 
something like that in the future. So by the   Time my patients are done, they're not taking 10 
supplements because that's how supplementation   Is designed to work. Now it's a market. Everyone 
wants to sell you supplements, they want to sell   You supplements, they want to sell you the most 
they can. They want you to take them for the rest   Of your life and they want you to buy them 
from them. So you have to take that into   Consideration. Let's bring that from a private 
practice and the doctor who wants to do that,   Let's bring that over to the internet.
Look, there are people who are buying my   Supplements on the internet and paying twice as 
much. And they're expensive already, I think,   Because I take them. There's a lot of counterfeit 
out there. Look, there is so much data out there   On this, you don't have to take my word for 
it, you can just look it up. I've read numerous   Articles where they have looked into… And this 
is not the medical profession going in and saying,   "Oh, these people are bad." No, this is 
independent researchers going in and going, "You   Know what? We went to this big company. We went 
to that big company. We went to this food store,   Or this health food store. Went to this supplement 
store. And we took these 10 supplements and we   Evaluated them and as many as 70% of supplements 
don't have in them the amounts of the nutrient   That they say, or the herb or the botanical."
And it's even, maybe it's like 50% or 30%,   I think it is, don't even have in there what they 
say is in there or they have such a tiny amount   In there that it almost doesn't even count. So 
you have to be careful where you are getting   Your supplements. That may be the reason that 
your supplements aren't working. The reason your   Supplements aren't working may be poor quality. 
It may be contamination. I know China's a big   Controversial thing right now, but the reality 
is, is China contaminates supplements and a   Lot of these counterfeit supplements are from 
China. And a lot of credible companies online  

Have ingredients that come from China. It's just 
a known fact that their products are contaminated.   My cases will fail if and when I miss a 
contamination, if I miss a food sensitivity   Or if I miss food additives that my patients 
are sensitive to, and I happen to send them a   Supplement because I missed it, that there's an 
additive in there and they start bloating up.  They're not very happy about it. We have to 
change that right away. And that's me having   A patient call me and go, "You said I didn't have 
to feel worse before I feel better. And I've got   Supplement, I'm starting to fatigue." And then I 
go back and I look at all the ingredients. I go,   "Oh, my god, I think they're sensitive to 
this." Based on that, we take it away and   Now they're fine. That's me controlling it. Put 
that online, and you're going online and you're   Buying all these supplements. How many of them are 
coming from China? I will say this, "If you get a   Supplement from a company in California, I'm in 
Reno, I am right on the border of California and   Nevada, you're going to get a good supplement 
because they have this thing called Prop 64 and   Those supplements have to be clean, they're 
pristine, they're regulated. There's just   A lot of great things that happen there in 
California relative to supplements anyway.  So there's all these nuances. So you have to 
become an investigator. And again, I go back to   Also this gentleman that I'm working with right 
now, he's working… Well, I'm not going to go   Through his case, but he has several, I would say, 
three quarters of the supplements he's already   Taking are in that group of supplements that I 
would probably start him on anyway because he's   Been watching the videos forever. He's been astute 
about it. He's having trouble figuring out the   Diet, but he's not dosing enough. He's not dosing 
anywhere near enough. In some places he's only   Dosing 30% of what he needs and some he's dosing 
literally like 10% of what he needs. So we have   A thing about dosing in the vitamin industry here 
and we way underdose in this country. We just do,   And I can get into all that. Like vitamin D for 
an example. The ranges here are 130 to 100 for   Vitamin D. The ranges in Canada are 50 to 200.
So if you have vitamin D of 125 and you go into   Your doctor's office, they have a coronary, no, 
they tell you, you're going to have a coronary,   Or they have you like, "Your legs are going 
to start hurting." There are a few people   From all over, all over. There are people in 
Philippines, there are places in Philippines,   And the Philippines ranges are 95 to 235. They're 
going to go, "Man, you need to get your vitamin   D up." There's a lot of that. There's a lot of 
that with B vitamins and E vitamins, and all that   Type of stuff. I can conjecture why it is, but I 
don't want to really give my opinion because I'm   Not sure on this. But you're going to see that 
these are going to expand. Multiple vitamins I   Think are useless. I think they're pretty useless 
because there's so little of everything in there.  And if you have anything wrong in your system 
that you're not able to break down and absorb   Supplements, forget a multiple vitamin, I just 
think it's a waste of money. And there's certain  

People, all of my patients who have ashwagandha 
should not be taking, my female patients for sure,   Should not be taking multiple vitamins. And I have 
videos on that so you can look that up. So those   Are a lot of the nuances. I think the biggest 
thing is, I go all the way back to the beginning.   If you are a patient who has bloating, distension, 
constipation, diarrhea, fuzzy coated tongue,   You have small hard feces, you have problems, 
you get bloating or distension if you use starch,   Or fibers, or sugars, you have a bad digestive 
system. If you've gotten a food sensitivity test   And you got more than 10 or 20 food sensitivities, 
you have a bad digestive system. So how are you   Digesting and breaking down your supplements?
So if you have one that's working to get rid   Of a pain here or something, that's fine. That's 
fine, you know it's working, it's doing something.   But if you have a bunch of supplements and 
you're going like, "I wonder if these are   Working," they're not working. Let's just keep 
it simple here. It's like they're not working,   There's not some miracle mystical, "Ooh, they're 
working on some level and if I wasn't taking them,   I would be getting better." Now supplements, you 
better feel something. You better feel better. If   You feel worse, get off the supplement. Or, 
if you are taking a lot of the supplement,   Dial it back and see if you're just taking 
too much. There's so much, I could talk on   This for hours and hours and hours, but these 
are the key points. These are the key points.  If you're going online, you don't know what you're 
getting. If you go online and you find a quality   Company, I'll just name a couple quality companies 
because I do use them. I don't get any money for   Saying this, but Apex, Xymogen, Biotics. These 
are great companies. We have a couple here in town   That are really good. So if you understand who 
quality companies are and you're going to look   Online and get those, make sure they're not 
counterfeit. There is a lot of counterfeiting   Online, it's not a small percentage. There's 
a lot of counterfeiting online. So you may   Be getting supplements and not getting what's in 
there. So there's that. And then there's, if you   Do have the quality supplements and they're not 
working, it may be because your physiology isn't   Designed to work yet with the supplements because 
you have underlying irritable bowel syndrome,   So maybe there are dietary changes or how you're 
handling your stress responses need to be done   In conjunction with those supplements.
In other words, you figure out that,   You start getting that under control, you get the 
proper diet and we use so many different diets   Depending on what the person is, the person 
on that right diet, everything calms down.   Now they get on supplements and they go, 
"My god, these are the same supplements   We're on. How come they're working now?" Well 
it's because they're not fighting everything,   Every time you eat a food that you're 
sensitive to or every time you eat a   Food that you're allergic to or every 
time you're going into an anxiety attack   That's screwing up your digestive, they're 
not going to work. So those are the big  

Areas that I deal with every day.
And it gets uncomfortable sometimes   Because I'll look at people and I'll go like, 
"Okay, you're taking all these supplements, but   I'd really feel better if you took mine while 
I was doing this because I know what they are,   I know what the dosages are. I know if you have a 
bad reaction, I'm going to know which supplement   It was. I'm going to know if it's just too much, 
if we need to dial it back, or get rid of it."   So for me, it's an uncomfortable conversation 
because I don't want people think I'm just trying   To sell them supplements. So I'm really into this 
because my goal is to get the person from A to B,   Where they want to be, with what we need and then 
get their physiology working as much as it can,   And then dial the supplements back to 
just what they might need into the future.  So that's my take on supplements as 
a practitioner who works with them   On a daily basis and is really trying to 
understand them well so that I can utilize   Them properly. And again, I didn't even mention 
that, then you got to watch, if you're taking   Medications, they might be neutralizing your 
supplements and you have to be watching, you have   To be aware if you're taking medications if they 
go together. So you need to look that up online,   Make sure that you can take these supplements, 
which is another thing that we have to do with   All of our patients. So there's a lot of nuances 
to it. It's not just going to the store, buying   The cheapest supplements at the lowest dose and 
then taking them and going, "Well, I took vitamin   D and I still got Covid. Well, what about those 
guys who said I couldn't get it if I took enough   Vitamin D?" Well maybe you weren't taking enough.
That's another whole thing. But that's something   That's out there right now as a possibility. That 
high dose of the vitamin D may be good for Covid.   I'm talking about studies from Israel and I think 
Holland and Japan. And I'm talking about real   Studies so I'm not just throwing that out there 
to be controversial. It's still not sure. But   The point is, you'd have to be taking the amount 
of vitamin D that they said in those studies. And   You have to have vitamin D like over 80 or 100 and 
your vitamin D is 13 even though you're taking it,   You're not going to have the effect.
So lots to it, a lot to it. Unregulated   Industry, very, very profitable, bigger all the 
time. Everybody's got internet now. Everybody's   Looking online for what supplement does what 
for one symptom. I call that green medicine.   You're not getting to the underlying cause 
of the problem. There's all of that and more.   So you have any questions on that? You 
know, you guys might want to let us know   If there's other things that you know about 
or you're thinking about your supplements if   Maybe we could do a future presentation 
on. But I think that kind of covers it.

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