YouTube Livestream Q&A Transcript, November 5th, 2024
November 7, 2024
Question
“I'm 58 years old. I fell down and hurt my right hand. My 3 last fingers are very swollen, but not broken.
I went to an orthopedic doctor and all he told me was to take two Aleve a day. That has done nothing. I cannot bend these fingers all the way to make a fist. What do you recommend? Thank you.” [0:03:48]
Answer
I assume it's your right hand, the last three fingers. Maybe you hyperextended it when you fell and you sprained it, because obviously if you went to an orthopedic doctor, you've probably had an evaluation, and possible X-rays but apparently no fracture is thought to be there. These soft tissue injuries and ligamentous strains take time, especially the older we get. What I recommend, whenever I injure myself or I'm with my patients, upon any injury, I stop eating. I just don't eat for about 24 hours. And during that time, inflammatory markers go down. So the degree of inflammation, wherever the injury is, will be reduced. I take systemic enzymes like Vitalzym, Vascuzyme, or Systemic Enzymes, and I take a lot of them with an acute injury. I'll take six or eight on an empty stomach twice a day for sure, maybe even three times. I take my Multiminerals, my B vitamins methylated complex for stress, and I just won't eat. And so, my body will take its time to reduce the inflammation. As difficult and painful as it is, if you're acutely swollen, you won't be able to because the swelling will limit your range of motion. But doing as much as you can to move and put your hand through the range of motion, and your wrist is important for circulation. And then, of course, water. Plenty of water. Half your weight in pounds. So if you're 150, you need 75 ounces of water or 80 ounces.
So, that's what we do for acute injuries. And of course, if the swelling doesn't improve, you have to follow up with your orthopedic doctor. But that would be my recommendation. I presume that this is within a few days now already since you've seen the doctor and followed up. But do those things until you're feeling better like five, three times a day, six, three times a day with the first 24-hour fast. Then as you're improving, you can drop it to twice a day, and then after a few more days, once a day. But I would always stay on four or five for about two months because it takes that much time the older we get.
Question
“Do you recommend Ozempic semaglutide to lose weight? I'm not a diabetic.” [0:07:05]
Answer
The answer is no. And the reason why I do that is because this is messing with hormone receptors for insulin management and other central nervous system brain barriers, crossing impacts. And we're seeing that weight loss is now turning out to be significant muscle loss. So, let's say you lost 10 pounds or you lost 20 pounds. Half of that as much can be just in the muscle. So no, I'm not going to support any of the semaglutides or the GLP-1 inhibitors. There's a GIP, which is another receptor site, which is inhibiting the insulin response glucagon in response to the pancreas secreting insulin. So, we are for exercise, for not eating late, for a lower carb diet because we're living in a carbohydrate-pimping society. Hopefully, that'll turn around. If we can start getting control of the deceitful lobbyists that control the American Dietetic Association's recommendations, and these lobbyists from all the food industries pay off, unfortunately, corrupt leadership in our Congress that protects this industry to pimp to our schools, our hospitals, our service members, food supply, these high carbohydrate, high fructose corn syrup, fat-promoting diets. So, that's what we need to do.
Question
“I take two Vitalzym every morning on an empty stomach for inflammation. Is that enough?” [0:09:08]
Answer
Right now, if those are your fingers that are sprained, absolutely not. And I had mentioned, for the fingers, you need to go to five or six on an empty stomach at least twice a day, if not three times a day.
I would do a 24-hour fast to jumpstart the whole anti-inflammatory process with enough water. And I always take for myself 5 once a day. I just always do that. That's my routine, and I just don't have any joint pain in my 70s, and I do all my workouts and stuff. So, we thank the Lord for that.
Question
“What natural supplements do you recommend for Bipolar II Disorder? My 23-year-old was diagnosed and is taking olanzapine ( Zyprexa) 10 mg to start. He is extremely depressed and anxious. No energy. Thanks.” [0:09:52]
Answer
Zyprexa is an atypical antipsychotic. It is having some impact on the 5-HTP dopaminergic receptors. There are many side effects to this. There could be tardive dyskinesia because blocking dopamine receptors antagonistically can create this kind of central pyramidal kind of neurological symptoms. Some people have that as a side effect of certain drugs, like anti-nausea drugs, and they can have an acute tardive dyskinesia episode. There are many other side effects of Zyprexa. We are in a world that is looking to the doctor as a solution, looking to the government, and the state as a solution. We need to, and I come from a worldview of being an evangelical Christian. I turn to God for my sadness, and my hurts, and I bring my body into subjection. I try to exercise. Like, you think I want to, at the end of a full day and busy working, go weightlifting? I don't want to, per se, but I know I must. Exercise, it has absolute benefits with mood elevation and well-being, healthy, multiple effects, sleep enhancement, as well as other metabolic effects to reducing the blood sugars. So, people who are depressed and anxious, have to be surrounded with your unconditional love and support and encouragement, go on a walk with him, go to the gym. Weightlifting in particular has a tremendous anti-depressive effect. Drinking enough water and getting away from sugar drinks. Taking vitamin D, high-dose vitamin D, I would get his level, but I think you should probably take 50,000 units of vitamin D a day for five days and then drop to 10,000 a day. Vitamin D lifts up the mood. Another thing that helps the mood is the methylated B complex. These are very valuable. And helping with mood disorders.
The late Abram Hoffer (0:12:57) was a psychiatrist who really started orthomolecular medicine in the late 60s-70s. And he promoted, as a psychiatrist, high-dose methyl B complex, especially vitamin B1 thiamine, maybe even up to doses as high as, 500-600 mg, and some he even…there is a Derrick Lonsdale, a medical doctor out of Cleveland Clinic that would go up to as high as 2,000 mg of vitamin B1 to lift the mood naturally.
Yes, Zyprexa can't be stopped abruptly. It has to be tapered. There are many side effects. And this is how we would approach it. Of course, every situation is concerning. I don't know of your son's natural state of mind and where he's at, but these things need to be brought to his care. Rich protein, lower carbs, and healthy fats in his diet will help the brain, and exercise will help the mood. The vitamin D will help the mood. The B vitamins will help. And I would work with a good functional medical doctor along with his psychiatrist. I think you'll get a better solution that way.
Question
“I'm a 64-year-old female. My ferritin came back in at 104. Is that too high? What is the range for ferritin? When I was younger, it was always too low. I do not take iron supplements.” [0:14:33]
Answer
No, it’s not too high. The range of ferritin would be somewhere around 30-ish to 150 range. So you're right in the middle there, so that's good. When younger, your ferritin was too low, yeah, but that's when you were menstruating. So, 104 is fine.
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“I've started my mother with COPD and atrial fibrillation on coq10 and NAC. They seem to be helping. Any other supplements I can try?” [0:15:09]
Answer
I would definitely give her the methylated B complex one to four a day. I'd try to bring her up to four a day. I’d give her healthy amounts of protein and fat with Digestive Enzymes and a multimineral. TLC Multimineral would be very, very good. I would do chelation therapy, if you can find a way or someone to help her with chelation therapy for both the microcirculation in the lung to breathe better and get better oxygen transference through the capillaries in the lungs that are there and better collateral perfusion in the heart with her Afib.
Question
“I sent an email, but will ask here in hopes you can answer tonight. Just started your Proven MD - Phospholipids after an appointment with Dr. Majid. Is it okay to put it in coffee, tea, or bone broth?” [0:16:16]
Answer
Yes. Phospholipids are fats and you're not going to burn them or oxidize them by putting them in a hot liquid. So, the answer is yes. I often tell people to put it in warm water to help it dissolve because, otherwise if it's tap water, room temperature, it'll be clumpy. So, the answer is yes.
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“Any recommendation for things to do prior to having to do the prep for colonoscopy? I weigh 121 pounds and drink 64 oz of water daily. A pinch of salt and minerals in the morning.” [0:16:58]
Answer
You know, when my husband did his last colonoscopy, he fasted for a couple of days, I'm sure, before his colonoscopy. Nevertheless, the doctor said he really didn't get cleaned out. But adequate water and I honestly would think that it'd be better to be a carnivore for a week to reduce the bulk of fiber from the fiber in plants and fruit. But as far as stimulation for bowel movements, actually, thiamine is a stimulation, our natural hormone estradiol is a stimulation, the trace minerals in your sea salt, and taking TLC Multimineral will give you the magnesium. You could take the Buffered C capsule. You could use one, two, three, four, or five of them and that will help with bowel movements, and I would say that's probably the thing that I would do.
Question
“You advised a woman a couple of weeks ago to take some health aides for indigestion. I purchased Phospholipids, the SBI Protect Powder, Glutagenics, and Systemic Enzymes. I need to know when to take and how many times per day should I take each of these. I have been on Prilosec, which I'm aware it's not the best medication. Do I continue?” [0:18:51]
Answer
Systemic enzymes are meant to be taken on an empty stomach. Digestive Enzymes are meant to be taken with food. I'm not sure which you took because it's the digestive ones that will more immediately help when you eat your food. The systems will reduce all inflammation.
Well, phospholipids, are these fats that are on the top and the bottom of this cell membrane, and every cell has this kind of dangling on the underside like these fats and they're phosphorylated. This top is here. It’s a phosphorylated and very hydrophilic line to be around water. These blobs here are protein receptors, these round blobs. And if you have injury in any part or in your gut, these holes are there and this is where you can get the sensation of heartburn and stuff and leaky gut into your body. So, if we give you phospholipids, and you eat a rich, egg yolk, meat, fish chicken pork, bacon diet, then you're going to give stuff to fill in these holes that are there. That's what the phospholipids are for. So, we have been frightened away by the misinformation of the medical system, frightening people away for years from eggs and from eating meat and things like this, and yet we're made of it. All of our cells are made of it. So, Phospholipids help to replenish that. And therefore the first thing I would suggest to do in the morning to prep your stomach to get ready for a day of use of eating would be to take that with the SBI Protect, which is the immunoglobulin A, which is God's general first immune antibody for the body as you get it in your saliva and you swallow it down. God helps protect you with that. So, the SBI Protect has that immunoglobulin in it. And then Glutagenics is just a scoop you can put in any glass of water for heartburn. The glutamine and other elements in there, licorice and things, help be an antacid. So, you can use Phospholipid with SBI Protect as much as you like. It's food, it's healthy. But to effect healing, we usually say morning first thing and before we go to bed. That is the general rule. But if you want to do it three times a day or four times a day, you're certainly welcome to do that. But the Glutagenics powder is designed to be a quickie to have for any heartburn. And hopefully, you can diminish your dependency on Prilosec. Of course, don't eat late. I mean I would absolutely stop eating by 5 o'clock and never lay down until 9 o'clock. I would try to have 4 or 5 hours between eating and lying down.
Question
“What are your thoughts on using CBD oil for essential tremors?” [0:22:50]
Answer
Interestingly, cannabinoids are from like marijuana. This CBD, we have cannabinoid receptors everywhere, even in our brain. So this is not foreign or unusual. And yes, they are calming, so I would say it's not wrong to do. However, you need to repair the damage. Remember the picture I showed you of the damaged membrane? Well, that same damaged area is on the myelin sheath around your nerve that has to send a piece of information about your movement. So, if you are eating a healthy, natural, real food, fish, chicken with the skin on it, meat, free-range wild, along with your vegetables and low carb, you're going to get phospholipids to repair those injuries to the cell membrane.
The other thing we do a lot to help get rid of essential tremors is the EDTA chelation. You are bio-releasing from your bones, from demineralization, all the lead, mercury, aluminum, uranium, and cadmium. Arsenic is coming out of our bones past age 40, 35-ish. So not only are we breathing it in and eating it and drinking it, we are auto-intoxicating ourselves, and these free radical cations are damaging the intricate membrane over every cell to protect it, which is a negative ion layer. All heavy metals are cations, divalent, meaning they are two charge positive, and they injure these sites on the membrane, so people who do EDTA chelation and lower their carbs, and they start exercising and repairing this, eating these Phospholipids, either as the powder or the food, this starts to get repaired, and there's less injury from these divalent heavy metal cations. And so, that's how we would do that. I wouldn't be against you using CBD oil, but again, you're just covering a symptom with it. You're not treating the problem. So, we go for treating the problem if we can here.
Question
“My 21-year-old daughter has two bulging discs on her lower spine for four years. The pain is now too much to handle and she’s starting physical therapy again, and the orthopedist suggested trying a cortisone shot. That’s kind of like an epidural guided by an ultrasound that might help with the pain. Do you have any other suggestions we could try?” [0:25:17]
Answer
Well, I would ask you first, what is the weight of your daughter? And even if your daughter is thin, a body mass indice will look and see if she's thin on the outside but fat on the inside, so that the muscle mass that's supposed to hold her up, and all the little tiny muscles that are along the spine that help to hold it up, not to mention all the big ones, we would want to see how good her musculature is, and that would be on a body mass assessment test.
Exercise. She has to exercise. She has to eat meat, fish, chicken, turkey, beef, and eggs. Range of motion. Pilates. Physical therapy, as the doctor says, and let's see what her weight is, and what her inflammation markers are. She needs a lab to look at the insulin, triglyceride level, fasting blood sugar, hemoglobin A1c, hsCRP, and sedimentation rate. All these things need to be looked at. We need to get her blood type and see if she's inflamed by certain foods. We could do an Immunofood allergy test to see if a common healthy food she's eating, like eggs, what if she's eating too many eggs and it makes her inflamed every time she repetitiously eats some. So, there are many things besides just shooting a numbing kind of anti-inflammatory in a tiny spot when the whole body system needs to be looked at at the same time. So, we would come alongside the orthopedic doctor and try and do that for her.
Question
"I have a family member who got the Johnson and Johnson CV19 shot a couple of years ago. Shortly after they developed colon cancer. After removing part of their lower intestine, they are cancer-free. We are concerned about lingering effects remaining in the system though. Is there any way to get the vaccine out? Do you know of a good practice in the Boise, Idaho area?” [0:27:30]
Answer
I would look at ACAM.org. Try and find a doctor who has made the effort to learn more outside of standard medical training and get some functional medicine experience, and that is usually with the American College for the Advancement of Medicine. It is really the oldest established alternative complementary functional medicine group of doctors since 1972. So, it is 54 years old, and it is composed of a good history of teaching chelation therapy. That's what it started, over EDTA chelation therapy. EDTA chelation therapy is an anion, and the spike protein is a divalent cation with, a positive charge. So the anion EDTA tends to get these spikes and pull them out. The same with the concept of Graphene as well. So, EDTA chelation therapy is very important, anti-inflammatory, and improves circulation. For systemic enzymes, I would recommend the Vascuzyme systemic enzyme and/or the Vitalzym. I would recommend a low-carb diet, adequate water, and regular exercise, along with adequate sleep and morning hygiene, getting outside in the sunshine with the sunrise, grounding, and earthing in the bare feet for two to three minutes. That kind of stuff. But yes, EDTA chelation will work very well.
I would also use other things like iodine support, vitamin D, and methylated B vitamins. Just a very good approach. A wonderful antioxidant, and I'm never going to back off on that, would be the Juice Plus series, the fruit, vegetables, and the vineyard. All of these work to prevent clots, and Juice Plus has the most research on protecting the DNA from damage. I mean they literally have done studies showing, I don't know, it was 1600 genes that were improved. So yeah, Juice Plus is what I would do.
Question
“My daughter is experiencing extreme fatigue and depression. This has been going on for about three years. Where would you start with her as far as testing? We are thinking of visiting your center for help. Could this be autoimmune since I was just diagnosed with Hashimoto's? She's always had severe allergies to foods and pets.” [0:30:29]
Answer
Absolutely. I would definitely get her to a functional doctor, find out her blood type, get an estimate of her food allergies, and we can do the skin testing allergies as well. But most importantly, the environment, the screen time, the blue light damage, the light damage, the lack of exercise, the social media judgment and condemnation of body image, bashing, and this is really hurting our young people Again, as a worldview Christian, I feel it's important to look for the unconditional forgiveness and love, of the faith of our Lord Jesus, and surrounding her with that kind of youth group and support group. There are many churches that have great youth groups and young adult groups that are supportive with lots of outings. Exercise would be very critical. And so, outings, getting out there and doing it. Adequate hydration, natural support for sleep, getting vitamin D into her, the thiamine, which is in the Methyl B Complex. So, exercise, hydration, good sleep, early morning sunshine, getting out and getting your feet earthing and grounding with the sunrise for two to three minutes, getting into the healthy social networks that have unconditional love and forgiveness, and then go from there. And work with a good functional doctor who can try and help her.
Question
“Is there a natural alternative to Eliquis for my 90-year-old father? The independent living facility in Chicago gave him a COVID shot two weeks ago and both legs are swollen, hot, and painful. A blood clot was found in one leg. The hospital doctor said they had nothing to dissolve the clot. Wouldn’t tell me the size of the clot. Appreciate your wisdom!” [0:32:36]
Answer
Well, it's in the Chicago land area where EDTA chelation therapy in the Great Lakes started chelation. That's the direction I would go for your father. EDTA chelation. Go to ACAM.org start EDTA chelation, and get him to drink enough water. Most elderly people are underhydrated, which promotes sticky blood and blood clots. I would put him on systemic enzymes, like Vitalzym or Vascuzyme, Systemic Enzymes, to take first thing in the morning before he eats and last thing at night. I would get him up and move. Exercise. Try and do some physical therapy weight training and get him on vitamin D the methylated B complex and a multivitamin mineral. These are the directions I would go. GLACAM was the Great Lakes Academy for the Advancement of Medicine, and that's the original starting of ACAM, and it started in the Great Lakes area around Chicago. So, get some chelation therapy.
Now, we have to let the local doctor manage the case because I don't know your data or anything, but it's very safe, and I, for many decades, have given the enzymes and all these therapies to patients who are under the care of their local doctors, cardiologists, and vascular surgeons for things like being on Eliquis and even when they used to be on Coumadin. So, it's quite safe to use together. Find a good functional doctor. ACAM.org in the Great Lakes area. That might help your dad.
Question
“Dear Dr. Ellithorpe, I have a recurring staph infection of the scalp. It's mostly large, raised patches and ridges that are not on the surface, they are deeper, all under my hair. I took 2 months of doxycycline plus a topical solution with clindamycin. I had a couple of months when the infection went away, but it came back. Please help!” [0:34:57]
Answer
Number one, I would fast. I would eat between 6 AM and noon. And then I would drink half my weight in water. So you have to have the volume of water circulating. I would stay away from the carbs. I would be largely or mostly carnivore-like or very low keto. I would use Digestive Enzymes when I eat, but I would use the Systemic Enzymes before I eat my breakfast, an hour before at least. I would take five to eight Systemic Enzymes, and I would take another five or eight at bedtime. And I would use the topical Argentyn silver. It's liquid. And I would just soak those areas, those patches with Argentyn silver, which is an antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral material. And I would probably take quercetin. We have it as a Seasonal Shield. It's called D-Hist by Ortho Molecular. It's a natural antihistamine, which reduces inflammation. So, with a very low carb diet, very low carb, time-restricted eating. So, most of your day is spent, you know, from 1 o'clock until you go to bed at 9 or 10 on not eating anymore and getting those enzymes in at bedtime and first thing in the morning, exercise, plenty of water, and vitamin D, get your vitamin D levels up to 80 to 100 range. Then I would think with the Argentyn silver and the very low-carb diet that we should start seeing progress, and this is usually how we treat all those kinds of cases.
Question
“Are you prescribing Tirzepatide for those of us 90 pounds overweight?” [0:37:28]
Answer
No, I'm not. The reason is I am not in favor of messing with these hormones that are intricate in dealing with your insulin and even blood-brain barrier insulin regulation. These medicines are associated with serious side effects, paralysis of the gastric function, gastroparesis, and many other side effects. Now, if you are having serious issues with weight and related comorbidities, like heart disease, diabetes, other vascular problems, or serious medical conditions that are related to your weight, you should go to your obesity management specialist and have them try and manage you. But all these other nutritional and low-carb, ketogenic-like lifestyles, time-restricted eating, and exercise would be all still appropriate, and they all still are very valid. I just am not going to prescribe something that is being, I think Eli Lilly puts out the Tirzepatide. The other one is Ozempic, which is another name from another producer. So everyone is getting on the bandwagon, trying to create a drug that is nearly similar but can be patented.
I don't like putting my patients in the race for a new drug for weight loss. I'm too worried about the side effects and the long-term impact. I had the same attitude about these mRNA injections, and unfortunately, for many, I was right, and they were harmed. So, please trust and get around yourself a doctor who is caring, and loving, they're going to be there for you. We have health coaches now. We have a wonderful set of health coaches that will be very supportive of weight loss. Let's try and stay away from drugs, if at all possible. But anyway, I'm not going to prescribe them. You'll have to find another doctor.
Question
“Thoughts on red light therapy? Any concerns for someone with an autoimmune disease? Thank you for all you do.” [0:40:07]
Answer
We, yes, support it very much. Infrared is when you wake up in the morning and the red light of the sun breaks through with sunrise. Those long infrared waves can penetrate your skull, your eyes, and your clothes, especially if you ground, this red light therapy is very well validated and helpful, but the greatest impact and volume is with sunrise every morning. But I have a red light infrared tent in my bedroom where I can go in the tent and undress and then just let that red light envelop me, but it'll never be what the morning sunshine can do for me.
No, it will not have any negative impact on autoimmune diseases. In fact, if anything, it works as an anti-inflammatory.
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“I've heard of microdosing GLP1 (Ozempic) for health and weight loss. What do you think? Really struggling with my weight.” [0:41:11]
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I'm not going to prescribe it, I don't trust it, and I will hold my decision on that. In the meantime, we have health coaches, and we have so many other valuable things. We have to walk through this life, I do too and say no to the Halloween candy, not a bite. What I gave for my trick-or-treaters was I got the Juice Plus gummies in individual little packets and I passed out Juice Plus little gummies to my trick-or-treaters. Not that I endorse the practice of Halloween, but since they're going to knock on my door, I am going to give them something healthy and some information to their parents, so that they can learn about it. But we can do this. We, you, my patients are the best, and you are so capable of being an example and a wonderful inspiration to those around you. None of us are perfect. We have ups and downs, but the general trend is, that if you are surrounded by those who are for you, with the right trends and coaching and support, you're going to be successful. I have tremendous patience and tremendous patient success.
Question
“I have been taking Valacyclovir for 35 years as a suppression intervention for herpes in order to avoid breakouts. Is this dangerous for my body? Is there something else that I can use that will work like Valacyclovir but not have as many side effects?” [0:42:38]
Answer
Yeah. I mean harm to the kidneys from chronic Valacyclovir is probably the most well-known side effect, it's not that necessarily common, and there are many others, some neurological effects. We would recommend a high dose of vitamin C, in both the IV immune drips. We put in hundreds of thousands of milligrams of vitamin C. That goes right into your body. At the onset of the sense or the tingling of an outbreak, try to come in and get it or just do it prophylactically. The other thing is taking oral vitamin C more generously, keeping your vitamin D levels up to that 80-120 range, and being very low carb, because anything that stresses you stresses the immune protection system. And with high-carb diets, we're in a disease-producing behavior of eating society, and we have to eat differently, we have to live differently. We have to restrict our treats to the appropriate time place and reason. So, we want our sugars low, we want our hydration with water up, we want our Systemic Enzymes for inflammation to keep our inflammation low, and we want our vitamin D up high. We want our zinc levels up, so the TLC Multimineral would be very valuable. Oral vitamin C. The antiviral quercetin 600 mg, is how I used it for the entire pandemic, and I never got sick. So 600 mg of quercetin works wonderfully and has anti-viral, anti-cancer, and many other benefits. That's what I use instead. There are many things. So find a good functional doctor that has a swath of knowledge on these things to help you and maybe can give you some of these IVs.
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“Would D-Hist help with COPD and phlegm?” [0:45:16]
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Most definitely, yes, I have used D-Hist all the time, every day for almost 35 years.
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“Hi, Dr. Ellithorpe, what do you think about the keto diet for preteen children with high blood sugar and insulin at most recent labs? And are exogenous ketones helpful?” [0:45:27]
Answer
Preteens, yes, they can eat the low-carb diet. Absolutely. And the ketogenic diet is very fine. Exercise. Get them out there. Get the sunshine on them. Get them off and put restrictions on their screen time. Get them in bed early. Get them in their bare feet running on the beach with the water or the grass outside. All these things will help them, and I'm very much in favor of it.
Are exogenous ketones helpful? I would just deal with a low-carb diet. Sit down with them, tell them the dangers, have them watch a video, have them watch The Sugar: the Bitter Truth, and how dangerous these sugars are, or you could find some other video on the trouble with our highly processed sugars.
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“Hi, Dr. Ellithorpe, at times patients usually over 60 complain about cramping with exercise and/or at night. I always promote a low-carb diet, water, and taking a good mineral. Can you elaborate on this?” [0:46:39]
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Yeah. The older we get, the more tired we get, the more breakdown the rate of cell damage. I mean, the number of cells in your body that are going to start looking like this increases with age, increase with any acute illness in anybody, no matter how old they are. So, these injuries are there. And the American diet, the high-carb American diet, the lack of drinking water would probably be the biggest thing. I would say the number one thing for pain and inflammation is water, and you can't just say, all right, one day I drank enough water, and the next day I did a little bit. Look, you have to be consistent. You don't drive your car somewhere and say, ah, I'm going to watch the stop sign today, tomorrow I won't. I'll follow the road signs today, tomorrow I won't. No. Guess what? Our health and our well-being have to be as important as the speed limits, the stop lights, the stop signs, and the warning signs. That's why water half your weight in pounds as ounces every day is the number one thing for cramping and stiffness and aches and musculoskeletal problems, then would be the minerals, the multimineral that will have a plethora of the potassium, magnesium, calcium, and so forth with it. And then Systemic Enzymes. That's what I would say.
Please, please don't let your clients get away with saying, I am drinking enough water. I've been doing this 43-44 years. We are not doing it. We are not. We're being drawn away to too much coffee, and too many slurpy drinks. I'm not for any of these protein shakes or smoothies. Zero. I am for eating real food two to three meals a day, period. Never eating late, drinking enough water, and going to bed on an empty stomach. That's what I am for.
Question
“I suffer from severe motion sickness. In order to fly without getting extremely sick, I use a Scopolamine patch. The side effects are awful, leave me feeling very groggy and out of it for at least 24 hours. It gives me restless leg syndrome the night I wear it when I try to go to sleep. Is there anything else you can recommend?” [0:49:18]
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That's maybe some of that tardive dyskinesia, anticholinergic, and muscarinic/nicotinic effect of the cholinergic receptors. Well, that's a difficult one. Being hydrated, being super, duper hydrated. Even if you have to get up five times on an airplane flight to go and pee, I would drink half your weight as pounds as ounces every single day. Number two is anti-inflammatory enzymes. Number three, I would eat a rich fat diet in the sense of Phospholipids, mead, egg yolk, chicken with the skin on it, roasted, wild, free-range, of course, butter. You could put butter in your hot tea, and sip that on the trip. Drinking plenty of water, taking Systemic Enzymes, being on an empty stomach. If you're on the trip, put on music or something you're very interested in accomplishing, so your mind is focused on something other than the fact that you're on the travel. Exercise. Exercise very aggressively before any trip and exercise after the trip. But the enzymes and minerals. Take a good multimineral, and salt your water, a dash with the Himalayan salt. These are the only things we know of. There are those who would say the same quercetin would be a nice antihistaminic kind of action, 600 mg. That would be three of the seasonal shield D-Hist. That's what I would recommend. But those are challenging things.
Question
“I would greatly appreciate any supplemental recommendations for the treatment of side effects of chronic diarrhea (up to 10x a day) and leg cramps from daily oral chemotherapy and monthly immunotherapy for the treatment of HLRCC - Hereditary Leiomyomatosis Renal Cell Cancer. My close friend, a GI doctor, is having success with treatment but is unable to manage side effects.” [0:52:16]
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Yeah. The bodies, we have very similar bodies. Yes, we do have different blood types. Digestive enzymes with eating. The Phospholipids, I would take this. Number one, I would fast before any immunotherapy, and I would fast before taking the oral chemotherapy, and it has better effects. Then, after taking it, you could use the Phospholipid powder mixed with SBI Protect in a warm solution like an herbal tea. Ginger would be calming. Take with that also the multimineral, TLC Multimineral. Take also the Systemic Enzymes for inflammation. Make sure that this person is drinking half their weight in pounds as water every single day, if not more, and on a very, very low-carb diet, and that their vitamin D level is in the 80 to 120 range. And have them check with their doctor on their liver enzymes. Now, I've never seen anyone who can't tolerate it. I have many patients who have cancer who we treat to help their immune system and they're on Vitamin D 15,000 to 20,000 IU units a day with vitamin K2. The other thing is melatonin often during the daytime.
There is a YouTube, I think his name is Casey Peavler (0:54:41). And if you go on YouTube and put in Mitochondria Cancer and Dr. Peavler, you'll see all this data on fighting cancer with adequate vitamin D, adequate melatonin, the ketogenic diet, adequate hydration, systemic enzymes. He does a very good job. So that would be great. But I would use the Phospholipid powder mixed with SBI Protect. I would use Digestive Enzyme with eating. I would use Systemic Enzyme on an empty stomach twice a day, and that should greatly help this person tolerate it with the TLC multi-minerals.
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“Thank you for your wonderful service! I am 60+, a strict carnivore now for 3 months. I’ve lost about 20 pounds and I need to lose at least 3x more. Will fasting cause my metabolism to slow down, impeding weight loss? I usually eat from 8:30 AM to 2 PM. I am hoping to stay on this carnivore diet long-term. I like the results so far.” [0:55:46]
Answer
Yeah, there are steps to this. There are steps. And so, I would be eating your calories of protein and fish and eggs and chicken and pork and maybe some non-pasteurized, non-homogenized dairy, and I would keep my caloric number up to probably 1400 calories a day, so you don't get this metabolic drop in your metabolism. I would do that, and I would exercise with weight training, which I will be doing here very slowly. So pray for me and my joints. I think it'll be great. I go strict carnivore sometimes, then I add in vegetables, and rarely, rarely, rarely ever a grain for a treat. So, I think it's a wonderful way to live. And she says, “I like the results so far.” Well, good for you. I'm proud of you. Take care.
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“Dearest Dr. Ellithorpe, is there any way to improve neuropathy, which my son is struggling with? Thanks very much for this forum.” [0:57:27]
Answer
Absolutely. The neuropathy will improve with everything that I've listed. EDTA chelation, number one, improves the microcirculation. They surround the myelin sheath of these nerves so that they can bring healing to any of these damaged areas in the fatty lining of the nerves. Very low carb, Systemic Enzymes, the Methylated B Complex, never eating late, doing exercise three times a week. Getting up in the morning with the sunrise, let the infrared light enhance your whole body electrochemically with your bare feet, no matter if it was pretty cold this morning. Do all these things with EDTA chelation therapy, Systemic Enzymes for inflammation, healthy fats to repair the fatty myelin sheath, and multi minerals to enhance the electrochemical signaling because God uses minerals as pots and pans to create a template for cofactors to make things. Yeah, that's what I would do.
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“I'm 65 and in relatively good health. About 6 years ago, I began experiencing cold hands and fingers, usually from October through April. My fingers get numb. The skin between my nails and second knuckle becomes brittle and darkened. The nails get weak and crack. It seems that blood flow is poor in this area during the colder months. Any recommendations?” [0:58:52]
Answer
What do you all think I'm going to recommend? You need circulation. You need the microcirculation to your extremities, which is the most distal area where the blood flow is going to go. You need enough adequate hydration, so you need EDTA chelation therapy, half your weight as pounds of water every single day. You need the multi-minerals, you need the Systemic Enzymes as anti-inflammatory, and you need the Methylated B Complex. I would ask you to see a good functional doctor and get your blood type. It could be that they could do some testing for food allergies. You may be eating seasonal foods, more sugars, and grains as the holidays come when most of your symptoms show up and getting inflammatory reactions, Raynaud's phenomenon. It’s a phenomenon where you get vasoconstriction from these allergy responses, and inflammatory responses. So, we would recommend that you do EDTA chelation, lower the carbs, get your food allergies, find out your blood type, see a good functional doctor, and go from there.
