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The trouble with saying ask your doctor is that most doctors don't know anything about health and nutrition. They are good at treating symptoms and writing prescriptions.
This absurd claim is almost always made by people who have no idea what the medical curriculum looks like in their country. Usually after they've been ensnared by health and wellness influencers who promise to tell you the "real truth" and are trying to carve out a niche for themselves. Who conveniently happen to have a line of supplements to sell. Don't go to a doctor if you ever get something like lymphoma, after all doctors only treat symptoms right?
Yeah, we should really stop telling people to talk to MDs that study medicine(mostly)...and start telling people to talk to a dietician. Of course bias and corruption is everywhere so we should also always check if we are being misled.
The best approach is to monitor your vitamins and micronutrient levels through regular blood tests. For example, I found that taking 2000 IU of vitamin D daily kept my levels below the minimum recommended range, while 4000 IU daily placed my levels in the middle of the recommended range. I have tested these dosages over several years with consistent results. This principle applies to every vitamin and micronutrient since individual requirements depend on your DNA, lifestyle, and diet. So you need always emphasize the importance of regular blood work, and if possible, DNA testing for vitamins and minerals, because for some people these overal, braoad recommendations can be very wrong and potentially harmfull. Guys, please always consult with a qualified nutritionist, GP, or other healthcare professionals based on your own test results in dynamic.
I also get regular blood tests for same reason. It’s important to target optimal levels not standard range as they are inadequate. I agree that most GPs have no idea about this
The correct usage is "wreak havoc" not wreck havoc. The phrase "wreak havoc" means to cause considerable confusion, disorder, or damage. I'm hearing more and more incorrect usage these days although I'm not really sure what wreck havoc means.
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This video came up and I thought "Another influence doctor with their pet theory on what is good and what is bad. And you need to change your diet now or you are in for a catastrophe." While I recognized the face/voice I couldn't remember what camp he belongs to. But I decided to watch the video anyway, expecting to flee when the crazy shit starts. But everything was so *normal*. I agree with all of it. And nothing to sell me. So incredibly normal and sensible advice.
I'm almost 70, no alohol or cigarettes, regular exercise, basic supplements, 80% great diet, I'm very healthy. This is a great channel and everything he said that applies to me is working very well for me.
The study regarding vitamin E was found to be deeply flawed. The people on the study used only gamma tocopherol, the most common type, but this is a limited spectrum of the vitamin. Also I live in the UK, so not enough sun to manufacture vit D. A 63 yr old body needs 50 micro molar/ml on the blood to work optimally, you will only achieve that with a loading dose and then 10K Int units per day. Make sure to up your K2 m7 as well
Good lord, he still thinks that saturated fats are a problem. It's saturated fat *coupled with high carbohydrate consumption* so it's actually carbohydrates that spike insulin that leads to insulin resistance. Saturated fats do not cause insulin resistance. Glad he mentioned protein, though.
This is a great list of important health reminders, especially for people over 50. I really wish there was some way that some doctors could be monitored so that they aware of all the basic health guidelines. Many NZ doctors are lacking basic skill care. I am over 50 and have high cholesterol and was recently told by my GP that he would not give me a cholesterol blood test as it was a waste of resources. He said that I had one on file from 3 years ago and that was enough. His answer to my heart health concerns was to up my dose of Rosuvastatin from 5mg to 40mg without doing any bloods.
In the US, doctors are often undereducated and uninterested in nutrition and fitness beyond the obvious. With the exception of my aesthetics and sports medicine doctors, all my doctors are overweight and out of shape. Now they only know how to prescribe Ozempic type drugs, and most don't even advise patients of the side effects. They just prescribe more drugs.
Must admit I thought that. I was taken a D3 and K2 supplement with a calcium supplement. Then After a while I had my blood pressure checked (yes I know, I should have been monitoring it anyway) and it had gone through the roof. I ended up on two bp meds, am still taking them, and still have Stage 1 Hypertension.
I don't know if it's a good idea to be taking a calcium supplement to be honest. That's one of the things that gets stored in your arteries and then lines up causing high blood pressure. The K2 is supposed to take it out of your arteries and put it into your bones however you might be getting too much calcium
Calcium supplements reduce night time cramping and improves sleep for me. I am going to continue to take them. Plus, in post menopausal women, there was no significant difference between red algae calcium supplement and control groups (taken for 24 months) for reported diagnosed cardiovascular conditions at the 4 year follow-up period.
@@seascape35 With supplemental calcium, I take it in divided doses. In the morning I take 25% of the RDA. Dinner I take 50% of the RDA. I wake up once in the middle of the night and take 25% of the RDA. I should mention that I am a heavy exerciser, frequent sauna user (5x a week) and I have benign fasciculations in my calves. Undoubtedly, I am going to have a higher mineral / electrolyte need than your average person. If I did not cramp and if it did not significantly reduce cramping, I would not be taking such a high amount. I take the red algae form. I used to grind my own eggshells, but that was just too much work.
@@RobertStiles I do magnesium ( with chloride) and calcium. For me, calcium has a significantly greater effect in reducing cramping compared to magnesium. I have done a lot of experimenting over the years. I have tried an electrolyte consisting mostly of magnesium and chloride without calcium. It is not near as effective as calcium is for me.
@@RobertStiles I should further add that the results of Cochrane systematic review showed that a greater proportion of women receiving calcium supplements experienced no leg cramps after treatment than those receiving no treatment.
Another great video from Dr Stanfield - I learn a lot from this channel. The comment about Iron for me is interesting. I am a 58 year old male. I have donated blood since 2014. My blood Haemoglobin g/L has never been much higher than 138 On two occasions it has been too low to accept a blood donation. I do eat red meat. Not a vegetarian but not a huge meat eater either. I think I have a balanced diet. fresh foods, vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, legumes etc.. Avoid high sugar foods. I have recently intermittently taken an Iron supplement; Ferrous fumarate 310mg (equiv to 100mg elemental Iron) roughly once per month, sometimes two weeks apart. I exercise quite a lot, once per day, cycling or running. My resting heart rate is about 50bpm or lower. I have noticed since taking the Iron supplements about a week after one dose - my resting heart rate drops a bit. My sleep improves when my resting heart rate drops to a magic 46-48bpm. I get a better nights rest when my heart rate gets this low at some point during sleep. Not sure how I can nudge my Haemoglobin level a bit higher without the occassional supplement. Seems to work for me. Though I take on board Dr Stanfields point about taking Iron supplements, I feel that Hb 138g/L is still on the low side. Actual Blood tests seem to reflect this. When I have asked my GP about this - he said it was because I was donating blood. I am not sure that this true. I don't donate that frequently. Sometimes only plasma. I am thinking it is due to the regular hard exercise that I do. OR I just have a naturally low blood Hb leavel. Would be good to know one way or another.
I went vegan at 25 after being vegetarian since about 18, throughout my 30's and early 40's I gave blood regularly. They always said my iron levels were great and asked me to come back and give more - go figure. Back then I didn't take supplements except some b12.
You should have your ferritin level checked. My hemoglobin levels are the same - somwhere about 130. I was surprised when I checked that the ferritin level is low - 12.95mg/l (norm 25-400). Although an iron reading of 12.8 mmol/l has always been good. I started taking iron supplement smart hit ferrum. Let's see what happens in 2-3 months?
Removing full fat milk and dairy products from diet leaves us without the only stable source of the pentadeciliyc fatty acid which is essential for proper cell membrane function. Don't do it unless you compensate for this nutrient from an other source.
@@miloradmilutinovic7691 "In afraka [sic] nobody did...". Really? You sound very confident about this. Please provide the evidence upon which your assertion is based.
Zero clinical data for that other that mechanistic speculation based on in-vitro studies. As opposed to thousends of studies showing a benefit from reducing satuated fat intake.
@@Lennythewinner Look up lactose intolerance by country. Japan is also very high on that list and despite not taking pentadecilyc fatty acid, they still have longer lifespan than most other countries. So surprise surprise, full fat milk is pointless at best and harmful at worst.
My GP who trained in the cardio field said to not be concerned with the adding of salt and he suggested I use Celtic salt, but we must watch out for processed and tinned foods as these are swimming in junk salt plus harder to control intake.. Luckily I don't consume any of these.. I do start each day with half a teaspoon of celtic salt and have so much energy
@ElijsDima Salt in sea water contains 92 minerals of which sodium is about 30% and chloride is about 50%. Table salt is made out of the above two ingredients only. It's junk and damaging in excess. However, celtic and himalayan salt contain about 95% of all the minerals. It's recommended to consume 1 to 1.5 teaspoons per day. You get what you pay for for.
@@atitslan4776 probably not overdoing it. However, if you are going to consume those oils, they are likely better for you when not consumed on their own. Personally, I have severely reduced the amount of oils I consume generally, and have switched to real butter. As far as oils go, olive, coconut, and avocado are the ones to have.
HRT for women is a huge factor. It is protective for heart bones and brain. It also makes maintaining muscle easier. Please add HRT to any advice for anti aging.
I was on HRT and I developed cancer and had to come off. I wish I could still take it. None of my friends went on it and none of them had cancer. Anecdotal yes but that was my lived experience 😢
Lots of misinformation on YT, most of these let's face it, influencer doctors are subsidized by the meat industry. And no, both views on sat fat can't be valid, someone's either lying or misinformed again. Or maybe sat fats affect some people and not others. Even olive oil is 10% saturated fat. So avoiding it entirely in your diet is practically impossible, just limit it the best you can. Good book to read is the china study
@@xolomartinez6036 It's not something that concerns me. Re your claim that most are subsidsied by the meat industry, you'd have too prove that claim for me to take any notice of it.
I wish that you 'doctors' would all come to some agreement about what is/isn't bad/good for us, instead of putting out conflicting TH-cam videos and confusing (scaring!) us. STOP IT!!
I agree, it's sad that some doctors don't follow the clinical guidelines with their content. It's confusing for people without a medical background. This is the main reason why I started my channel, to present the clinical guidelines that detail step-by-step how to live a healthy, long life
The danger is that as we follow the science and clinical guidelines, the science is changing. The various interpretations result in different guidelines with their own advantages and disadvantages. Doctors once followed the science and recommended daily aspirin to lower stroke risk. Then, the science changed (new data emerged 16 years later). Now, daily aspirin is no longer recommdnded. It's like trying to score against a moving goal post
I have a massively overactive amount of glutamate and difficulty sleeping as a result, b6 often helps me get a super deep amount of sleep at night and though I don't take it every night nor at high doses, I do take it. I'm over 50 now.
Is it safe to take Crestor for cholestrol. I'm concerned because I've never had to take drugs for cholestrol. This Nurse I've been using has been pushing me to take this for a while. My Total Cholestrol is 268 on the last blood test. My bad cholestrol went up 40 pts in 2 months. I can't understand, because I don't smoke or drink, and I have always been an advocate for my health. This system in US is all about money. Even though it's 5mgs, I'm concerned that I will het dependent on it, instead of taking care of it naturally.
Is 268 your total cholesterol? If so, that's meaningless, you need to know your LDL. Crestor can be fine for many people. I've been taking it for 5 years without issue and know many others who do. Some people experience side effects, though, so you just have to see how it works for you. Whether you SHOULD be taking it is another story, but you can lower cholesterol to some extent with diet (eating less saturated fat). Depending on your various risk factors it's going to be more or less important to keep you LDL low. Other risk factors are high BP, family history (the LP(as) test he mentions is another genetic factor you can get tested for), smoking, diabetes, living in an area with with a higher levels of air pollution.
There's a lot of confusion online about Vitamin D unfortunately. This is primarily driven by influencers not following the clinical guidelines. The Endocrine Society recently published their updated guidelines here: www.endocrine.org/clinical-practice-guidelines/vitamin-d-for-prevention-of-disease "Numerous studies demonstrate an association between serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and a variety of common disorders including musculoskeletal, metabolic, cardiovascular, malignant, autoimmune, and infectious diseases. This has led to widespread supplementation with vitamin D supplementation and increased laboratory testing for 25(OH)D in the general population. The benefit-risk ratio of this increase in vitamin D supplementation is not clear, and the optimal vitamin D intake and serum 25(OH)D concentrations for disease prevention remain uncertain."
Not only that, different people have different biochemistry. So, different needs, therefore. One maybe good for a certain nutrient, and would harm another. Suffice to say, that these are just guidelines
@@Seanonyoutube agree, i see this "recommendation" so often, 8h, lol... sure, once a month i might get 8h of sleep, 5-6h is more normal. Also 53, no health issues...
@@Seanonyoutube If you exercise to sweat daily and stay off computer and phone an hour before bed and don't eat within 3 hours of sleep and keep a regular sleep schedule you will sleep much better.
@@Vurt72 I only need 7 hours. I follow sleep docs advice. No computer or phone an hour b4 before bed, no food 3hrs b4 bed, same bedtime nightly, exercise to a sweat daily and it works.
@willywaldo1112 I have gotten stronger in my older age and my memory is stellar. Everything works too, dating a 37 year old hottie. How can you explain that? I'm 53 and look 43.
Another excellent explanation. I agree with nearly all your recommendations, except the one regarding saturated fat. There’s a lot of emerging evidence to suggest it’s not the “demon” it was once portrayed as, despite the study you cite. “Metabolic Syndrome” is an ever-growing and dangerous result of high carb, ultra-processed foods, starches, sugars and seed oils. Are saturated fats really such a major (independent!) component of CVD? Or is it when they are combined with these other products?
I ate a very high SFA diet that was otherwise very whole-foods based. LDL got elevated but I believed the low-carb influencers that said LDL doesn't matter. My triglycerides and HDL were great, and that's all that mattered. Unfortunately, ended up with a stent at 45 after doing that diet for 10 years. N of 1, but yeah, I stopped believing in the hype from that camp at that point.
@@stevelanghorn1407 never smoked, but I had a family history - my dad died at 50 from heart disease after 2 heart bypasses, my Uncle lived into his 90s but went on the Pritikin diet when he first started having symptoms in his 50s. My half brother had a heart attack in his 40s as well, so it's very much in our genes.
@@dvdmon Thanks for your kind reply. I agree that high saturated fat content could well be a component of CVD, but it’s very interesting that various traditional pastoralist peoples around the world eat high fat meat and dairy (sometimes fermented) as a staple diet…and yet hardly ever develop middle-years heart disease, or get overweight in those traditional settings. They also eat hardly any processed carbs…unless they abandon that life for the city…which many do of course…with consequent health outcomes! This points to a more complex issue than simply focusing on saturated meat fats alone…and I think this is starting to become clear, also in mainstream cardiology and lipidology circles…which of course takes time.
@@stevelanghorn1407 I partially agree. The only issue is that we aren't all pastoralists. They generally have very different diets than us, but also different lifestyles, and so barring actually adopting all their lifestyle facets exactly, we are beholden to our current Western lifestyles. We can try to emulate some of them, but we don't know which might be important. I think the problem is that while saturated fat is one piece of the puzzle, we can't just dismiss it because some people eat a lot of it and don't get heart disease. There are also genetic predispositions that make some of us more or less sensitive to certain things, like saturated fat in the diet. I agree that it's very complex, and that saturated fat isn't the only or main causative factor, it's obviously multifactorial. But as someone who already has lived 5+ decades and has heart disease, and lives in the West, and can't become a pastoralist (and even if I could it would erase the 5 decades of physiological history built up in my body), I have to attack the parts of my lifestyle that I know can be parts of the puzzle. One of those is saturated fat, but there's also stress, sleep, activity, processed carbs/sugar, and excess sodium. I also get help as needed from medications. All of these together can really aid in reducing risk of secondary events, and I'd much rather use these known and widely agreed upon mitigations that base my actions on isolated populations or anecdotes. Those tend to be, from my history of following nutrition for the past 25 years or so, main tenets of the low-carb/keto camp, and I was in that camp for over 10 years before developing heart disease. So I'm very wary of using such anecdotal data or isolated populations as examples of what we should do in the West. This also includes the populations that are touted more by plant-based influences - The Blue Zones. The problem is, we (speaking for myself in a major urban area in the US) are not them, and even if we can emulate a lot of what they do, it will still be far, far different, plus the fact that we have decades of our former lifestyle that we have to make up for).
Low protein = longer life. Lift protein a bit after 65 and before 20. Other than that low protein is longer life. This dr should know this. Resistance exercise in old age far more important than high protein. The body will not build unneeded muscle.
i know you shouldnt have calcium supplements and just eat dairy, but if I purchase lets say any nut milk, they add calcium to it. Is this the same as taking a calcium supplement? i enjoy non dairy alternatives but not if its going to calcify my arteries or give me kidney issues
My moms doctor reccomended taking vitamin D with calcium to strengthen her bones, she is elderly. youre saying NO to vitamin D because it will increase the chances of a fracture??
From the research I've seen sodium has a relatively small impact on blood pressure unless someone is genetically predisposed. What constitutes high intake is highly variable and the current guidelines can be dangerously low for some people. Just drink your fruit juice slowly and/or with food.
I agree with most but not the saturated fat not nearly as important as excess carbs, carbs are a big problem after 50. Also vitamin d if you are taking high doses of vitamin d you need to be taking k2 with it.
Saturated fat is not an issue for most-dietary fat from healthy sources including saturated animal fats, is not significant for irregular blood serum cholesterol. As we age we need more and has been shown to be protective to the heart and brain.
Avoid anything that will harm you even in the slightest. Before you do anything, ask if it is going to harm you at all. If your answer is yes, don't do it at all because it will harm you. On the other hand, there are many things that will reverse the effects of harm done to you by others or other stuff. Take these harm-reversing things whether you like them or not. Goal is to do less harm to yourself and protect yourself from any harm. Stay harm-free and say NO to harmful things.
This is all true but we simply cannot neglect the genetic factor. My uncle is 55, 5'10", 230 lbs, with beer belly, eats only junk food like margarine, white bread, processed salty meats and cookies, smokes 20 cigarettes per day, consumes alcohol on a daily basis, usually gets drunk once a week and still works like a horse. His blood work is completely fine, the only problem he has is that he is slightly hypertensive, around 140-150 for the systolic numbers. Strength wise, he lifts more than average gym bro, he is pretty good at arm wrestling too, his built is similar to a caveman and his grip strength is some next level shit. And when I ask him how he feels in general, he says that he is fine n can still have sex every day 😎. Call me crazy but if he was following a healthy lifestyle, he would have been a strength athlete for sure!
Riding a bicycle is a great way to exercise. Ebikes are bringing many older adults back to cycling. Cities need to do more to encourage people to ride bicycles. Safe protected bike lanes and trails are needed so adults and children can ride safely. Speak up for bicycles in your community. Bicycles make life and cities better. Ask your local transportation planner and elected officials to support more protected bike lanes and trails. Children should be riding a bicycle to school and not be driven in a minivan. Be healthier and happier. Ride a bicycle regularly.
I live on the 45th parallel...so no Vit D in summer & starting in early fall about 4000 IU. Then i stop it in spring....Lp(a) why not just assume its high & choose a healthy life style to lower it???
IMPORTANT NOTE, don't use Extra Virgin Olive oil for cooking! This type of oil "is not stable at high heats" and can be turned to Trans-Fat which is very bad. I use EVO only for cold and warm applications and Canola oil for cooking but only in light amounts, greasing the pan, I don't deep fry.
Lol i cook all my life with evo. You must pre heat the pan with no oil to avoid that problem. When the pan reached the right temperature than use the oil and emmidiately the meat and the oil will not burn in those few minutes..
@@RickAstleyLetMeDown If you know what you are doing and minimize times the oil is under high heat it is safer. However, if someone of the EVO is converted to Trans-Fats, you are not going to know it. It is not about food flavoring.
@@razorraysolarsavings70 Facts. Or we will all end up with serious frown lines on our faces. Don't understand why people don't understand the concept of having a healthy diet and then throwing a bit of slop in there now and then. Variety is the spice of life, etc.
@@razorraysolarsavings70 Exactly. Unless you are under a doctor's order to avoid certain foods, there is likely nothing wrong with the occasional pizza, beer, cheeseburger & fries, etc. You just don't want those to become part of your regular diet. 🙂
@@razorraysolarsavings70 Once a week is no problem, but most eat it daily, along with crackers, cakes and sugary desserts. Doing so causes insulin resistance, diabetes and other diseases.
Whole fruits yes (and even more importantly vegetables); but only organic, or at least after well washing, including by using some baking soda, especially if soft skinned, as you've failed to mention pesticides and herbicides... now absolutely known to be carcinogenic... still of course more important to eat fruit and veg rather than not at all... see e.g. Zoe research...
I take a Vit D3/K2 daily because I don't get enough sunlight. I take P5P (B6) because I have Morton's toe (2nd toe longer than big toe). I'm worried about just stopping those two.
Thanks for the video and the roadmap guide ! Is there a reason why you don't take red yeast extract instead of your medication for lowering cholesterol ? From what I found it seems like a quite good benefit/cost for cholesterol
Mostly right. Vitamin D , lean protein, cholesterol advice is a bit off. The rest was pretty good. The kid means well and offers, mostly, good advice. He's a doctor so has had some bad influences in his education. It may take him a while longer to get everything straightened out. He's looking for the truth, he's smart and I have hopes he'll get there. I'll keep listening to him and check out what he advises if I don't know whether he's right or not.
Please get your vitamin and mineral levels checked. Especially before mega supplementing. We are all individuals with different genetics. We have different lifestyles and live in different areas that have an effect on our bodies. Supplementation is exactly that. To supplement your diet, genetics, and lifestyle choices. Deficiencies are caused by diet, lifestyle choices, and genetics. Where you live geographically and the time we spend in the sun with or without sunscreen, and many diseases all may play a role in deficiencies as well. Some common examples of deficiencies in the elderly in the US include (These percentages will vary depending on where you get your info, but are all similar in amounts) Vitamin D, 70 to 90%. B12, 80 to 90% in vegans and vegetarians and 20% in standard American diet eating elderly. Magnesium, 80%. B6, 24% in women and 31% in men. The elderly that supplemented with b6 to the RDA still showed 11% were deficient. Vitamin K, 60%, don't get enough from their diet. Vitamin C, 32 to 68%, don't get enough from their diet. Vitamin E, 60% don't enough from their diet. Potassium, 20% don't get enough from diet. Calcium, 65% don't get enough from their diet. Protein, 46% don't get enough from their diet. Water, 25% of the elderly are dehydrated. I personally think this statistic is low. These are some common examples to watch out for and consider getting tested for. Don't make assumptions that you need to supplement unless your levels are tested. RDA amounts of supplements are designed to help you maintain normal levels of vitamins and minerals, not improve deficiencies. If you are low or deficient in something after testing, then first add foods that are high in your deficiencies, then supplement as necessary to normalize your deficiencies. There is also evidence that shows that raising levels of certain vitamins and minerals to the top of their ranges during certain circumstances can also be beneficial. Like high stress, cold and flu season, or onset of certain diseases. In many cases, extreme levels of supplementation can become toxic to your body and can cause as much or more damage than the deficiency you were trying to correct. It is all quess work unless you know what your levels are, so be smart and get your levels checked. Also, listen to your body. If supplementation feels bad, it probably is being taken incorrectly or interacting with something. Testing is the best way for you to know if or what to start supplementing. Then, recheck to make sure your supplementation is adequate and know when to increase, decrease, or stop supplementation. Lastly, if you do need to supplement, only buy supplements that are made in an FDA CERTIFIED facility that have been third-party tested and preferably made in the USA. There are a lot of junk unsafe supplements out there! Many with way more or less amounts then stated on the label. Some contain heavy metals and toxic or not even stated on the label materials. Please do your research and choose wisely! I hope this helps.
Thank You so much! You should be the Surgeon General to the United States. One product that reduced iron and hydrogen peroxide can create, via the Fenton Reaction, is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical.
While he could still be right on every count, there is reason to doubt a few of these guidelines. In a paper "Association between prescription drugs and all-cause mortality risk in the UK population" they show that Naproxen Sodium is one of a few drugs that showed reduction in all cause mortality. Now, there could be some not so obvious reason there was an association. However, if it was as bad s he says, then I would think a negative association would likely be present. There were over 500,000 people in this study. That means a lot of resolving power. Even small effects either way should be detectable. All the vitamin E studies used the artificial version of vitamin E. There is zero evidence that natural vitamin E has any issues. And they are different, half of the molecules being backward. In the first world, I see two reasons to take vitamin A (retinol). An older vegan could lose the ability to convert beta-carotene to retinol. So a small amount would be justified (I don't know if there is a vegan source of retinol). The other is a kid or odd person who will not eat anything except some short list of food, and within that, there is no beta-carotene and no retinol. I remember seeing a video on someone who was like this and lost most of his sight as a result. People like this do exist. Excess salt only causes high blood pressure in those prone to that. Granted, that is a lot of people (100 million+ in the US), but it is far from everyone. Best to routinely check blood pressure and let that be your guide. And if you do cut table salt substantially, you need to make sure you have an iodine source. Perhaps a drop of "Lugol's formula" (that is not a brand) once or twice a week. And don't get sucked into thinking pink salt and sea salt are better than iodized salt. There is little or no iodine in these ordinary salts. Iodine is not naturally in salt. It is added because our western diets normally are deficient in iodine. Fruit sugar such as in pineapple or mango can still cause problems as whole fruit. The hypothesis that regular mental exercise improves brain health over time was tested. Earlier science had associations between mental activity and a healthy brain, but when tested as an intervention, it failed. The cause and effect were likely switched. Healthy brains probably tend to like thinking more. The social factor seems likely to be valuable. But this is still only association. It is possible to get a group of loners and try to greatly increase the social interactions of half of them and see if there is a difference in longevity. But, as far as I know, this has not been done.
Great video! Two questions - what time of day is best for taking your supplements, and is it best to take them all are once, or at different times of day? Thanks.
Doctors for years have been giving advice on nutrition and prescribing medication that subsequently has been found to be wrong - and yet they still keep on speaking as if they know what they are talking about. Thankfully now that human health has been translated into an information process via the human genome being translated - we can now rely on AI to make deliberate and informed medication that is based on knowledge and not guesswork.
The good Doctor put a lot of effort into this video, but its disappointing that he omitted critical information: (1) Vit D should always be taken in combination Vit K and with a fatty meal for optimal absorption. The Vit K prevents the Vit D from leaching calcium from your bones and depositing in your arterial walls. Taking Vit D by itself is dangerous 6:08 for this reason, primarily. (2) There are 8 different forms of Vit E-- you failed to specify which form is the best and which is the worst. You most likely got your information from outdated clinical studies that used only Alpha tocopherol, which will not prevent carcinogenic inflammation, but Vit E in its Tocotrienol form is superior to alpha tocopherol in too many ways to go into here.
Hard to find olive oil that isn't xtra now. They're all xtra virgin. I found one in 2 shelves that was light which I prefer to cook with because I don't like to add the taste.
You recommend 2000 IUs daily for Vitamin D, Dr Berg recommends 10 000 IUs daily (th-cam.com/video/_JrqyBwy_eo/w-d-xo.html). This is a huge range difference. What is it then? Does it depend on age? Is the 2000 IUs enough for that Paracrine/Autocrine system?
Adults (incl. elderly) According to the manufacturer: 400-2000 IU/day or 5600-11,200 IU/week or 25,000-50,000 IU/month. 25,000 IU can also be given once every 2 months.
But women are told to take calcium as we age! I'm so confused. This is OPPOSITE to what we're told as we go through Menopause. Please let us know Dr Brad!
Problem with Vit E is that there is always for some stupid reason added in fish oil supplements that I take for Omega 3. Combined with the morning multivitamine pill and with Vit E I take from diet... rip :)
They sneak calcium into a lot of supplements. You have to read the labels carefully. I bought a supplement only to find out later it had a ton of calcium added.
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When will you update the formula for the microvitamin?
Currently on formula version 5. Version 6 is a few months away
what do you do for women with borderline osteoporosis. should they stop calcium supplementation?
The trouble with saying ask your doctor is that most doctors don't know anything about health and nutrition. They are good at treating symptoms and writing prescriptions.
I 100% agree with what you said. Sad really as nutrition is so very important.
This absurd claim is almost always made by people who have no idea what the medical curriculum looks like in their country. Usually after they've been ensnared by health and wellness influencers who promise to tell you the "real truth" and are trying to carve out a niche for themselves. Who conveniently happen to have a line of supplements to sell.
Don't go to a doctor if you ever get something like lymphoma, after all doctors only treat symptoms right?
Big pharma plays a big role in how doctors treat you and the meds they prescribe. They want you to remain sick so they can get your money.
Yeah, we should really stop telling people to talk to MDs that study medicine(mostly)...and start telling people to talk to a dietician.
Of course bias and corruption is everywhere so we should also always check if we are being misled.
That's why I'm listening to him.
The best approach is to monitor your vitamins and micronutrient levels through regular blood tests. For example, I found that taking 2000 IU of vitamin D daily kept my levels below the minimum recommended range, while 4000 IU daily placed my levels in the middle of the recommended range. I have tested these dosages over several years with consistent results. This principle applies to every vitamin and micronutrient since individual requirements depend on your DNA, lifestyle, and diet. So you need always emphasize the importance of regular blood work, and if possible, DNA testing for vitamins and minerals, because for some people these overal, braoad recommendations can be very wrong and potentially harmfull. Guys, please always consult with a qualified nutritionist, GP, or other healthcare professionals based on your own test results in dynamic.
Dr B is misleading the masses.
I also get regular blood tests for same reason. It’s important to target optimal levels not standard range as they are inadequate. I agree that most GPs have no idea about this
@stephenpickering3671 how do you know what an optimal level is supposed to be?
I get blood tested on everything every 3 months. How often are you doing it?
@Aviator168 what do you test for?
I've been taking 5k vit d3 and k2 for years. I check my levels often and it's all good.
The correct usage is "wreak havoc" not wreck havoc. The phrase "wreak havoc" means to cause considerable confusion, disorder, or damage. I'm hearing more and more incorrect usage these days although I'm not really sure what wreck havoc means.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Brain damage can cause that? You do know that this guy has 0 to do with the cc settings on your device that selects the ai settings in YOUR DEVICE. You need to teach it better if you want it to do better. 😂😂😂
The word sounding like ´wreck ´may just be a difference in accent.
This video came up and I thought "Another influence doctor with their pet theory on what is good and what is bad. And you need to change your diet now or you are in for a catastrophe." While I recognized the face/voice I couldn't remember what camp he belongs to. But I decided to watch the video anyway, expecting to flee when the crazy shit starts. But everything was so *normal*. I agree with all of it. And nothing to sell me. So incredibly normal and sensible advice.
Dr. Stanfield is high on integrity... you're in a safe place. 😃
This is a succinct aging guide. Thank you very much for all your health information videos. I am grateful to you for doing these!
I live in the UK , access to a doctor is nearly impossible if you are seriously ill , if you want a chat about nutrition no chance 😢
It's the same in Denmark...
Add "live in UK and Denmark' to the do not do list.
I'm almost 70, no alohol or cigarettes, regular exercise, basic supplements, 80% great diet, I'm very healthy. This is a great channel and everything he said that applies to me is working very well for me.
Well you're not looking too great judging from that profile pic.
Jk miss phil
@@canibaloxide
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You are the best doctor! Thank you for caring about us seniors!! Take good care, Doctor!
Thanks again, Dr. Brad Stanfield.
The study regarding vitamin E was found to be deeply flawed. The people on the study used only gamma tocopherol, the most common type, but this is a limited spectrum of the vitamin. Also I live in the UK, so not enough sun to manufacture vit D. A 63 yr old body needs 50 micro molar/ml on the blood to work optimally, you will only achieve that with a loading dose and then 10K Int units per day. Make sure to up your K2 m7 as well
Good lord, he still thinks that saturated fats are a problem. It's saturated fat *coupled with high carbohydrate consumption* so it's actually carbohydrates that spike insulin that leads to insulin resistance. Saturated fats do not cause insulin resistance.
Glad he mentioned protein, though.
Academies and Studies are driven by labs money. Sugar took the place of saturated fats!
Excess of the lean protein raises blood sugar that also contributes to insulin resistance
Maybe you've taken this satfat recommendation out of context (?)
The video is based on advice for those over 50.
Complex carb is not the problem. HFCS is.
Saturated fats damage beta cells in pancreas leading to type 2 diabetes.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946178/
Excellent segment, Dr. Brad. You didn't bury the lead, you got right to the point.
It is absolutely cool guidance 👏! So much essential information compressed in this video, that should be the main guidance in the life of everybody
I think I would add CoQ10, garlic, ginger, turmeric and green tea to the To Do list. And a Calcium Heart Scan at maybe 55 or 60.
This is a great list of important health reminders, especially for people over 50. I really wish there was some way that some doctors could be monitored so that they aware of all the basic health guidelines. Many NZ doctors are lacking basic skill care. I am over 50 and have high cholesterol and was recently told by my GP that he would not give me a cholesterol blood test as it was a waste of resources. He said that I had one on file from 3 years ago and that was enough. His answer to my heart health concerns was to up my dose of Rosuvastatin from 5mg to 40mg without doing any bloods.
In the US, doctors are often undereducated and uninterested in nutrition and fitness beyond the obvious. With the exception of my aesthetics and sports medicine doctors, all my doctors are overweight and out of shape. Now they only know how to prescribe Ozempic type drugs, and most don't even advise patients of the side effects. They just prescribe more drugs.
Seriously - use olive oil for cooking at high temps; I don't think so...
Use Avocado oil instead
correct!
Rape seed oil is better than olive oil and has a higher smoke point, so okay for frying or saute.
Yeah. Tallow is the best.
Totally agree. 300 to 350 extra virgin olive oil start smoking and then that's when it will be cancer promoting
Calcium supplementation is alright as long as it's paired with Vitamin K2 supplementation.
Must admit I thought that. I was taken a D3 and K2 supplement with a calcium supplement. Then After a while I had my blood pressure checked (yes I know, I should have been monitoring it anyway) and it had gone through the roof. I ended up on two bp meds, am still taking them, and still have Stage 1 Hypertension.
I don't know if it's a good idea to be taking a calcium supplement to be honest. That's one of the things that gets stored in your arteries and then lines up causing high blood pressure. The K2 is supposed to take it out of your arteries and put it into your bones however you might be getting too much calcium
Calcium supplements reduce night time cramping and improves sleep for me. I am going to continue to take them. Plus, in post menopausal women, there was no significant difference between red algae calcium supplement and control groups (taken for 24 months) for reported diagnosed cardiovascular conditions at the 4 year follow-up period.
May I ask how much calcium you take daily?
Magnesium reduces cramping. I've never heard of calcium being used in this way.
@@seascape35 With supplemental calcium, I take it in divided doses. In the morning I take 25% of the RDA. Dinner I take 50% of the RDA. I wake up once in the middle of the night and take 25% of the RDA. I should mention that I am a heavy exerciser, frequent sauna user (5x a week) and I have benign fasciculations in my calves. Undoubtedly, I am going to have a higher mineral / electrolyte need than your average person. If I did not cramp and if it did not significantly reduce cramping, I would not be taking such a high amount. I take the red algae form. I used to grind my own eggshells, but that was just too much work.
@@RobertStiles I do magnesium ( with chloride) and calcium. For me, calcium has a significantly greater effect in reducing cramping compared to magnesium. I have done a lot of experimenting over the years. I have tried an electrolyte consisting mostly of magnesium and chloride without calcium. It is not near as effective as calcium is for me.
@@RobertStiles I should further add that the results of Cochrane systematic review showed that a greater proportion of women receiving calcium supplements experienced no leg cramps after treatment than those receiving no treatment.
You forgot don't smoke or quit
Another great video from Dr Stanfield - I learn a lot from this channel.
The comment about Iron for me is interesting.
I am a 58 year old male.
I have donated blood since 2014.
My blood Haemoglobin g/L has never been much higher than 138
On two occasions it has been too low to accept a blood donation.
I do eat red meat. Not a vegetarian but not a huge meat eater either.
I think I have a balanced diet. fresh foods, vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, legumes etc.. Avoid high sugar foods.
I have recently intermittently taken an Iron supplement; Ferrous fumarate 310mg (equiv to 100mg elemental Iron)
roughly once per month, sometimes two weeks apart.
I exercise quite a lot, once per day, cycling or running.
My resting heart rate is about 50bpm or lower.
I have noticed since taking the Iron supplements about a week after one dose - my resting heart rate drops a bit.
My sleep improves when my resting heart rate drops to a magic 46-48bpm.
I get a better nights rest when my heart rate gets this low at some point during sleep.
Not sure how I can nudge my Haemoglobin level a bit higher without the occassional supplement. Seems to work for me.
Though I take on board Dr Stanfields point about taking Iron supplements, I feel that Hb 138g/L is still on the low side.
Actual Blood tests seem to reflect this. When I have asked my GP about this - he said it was because I was donating blood. I am not sure that this true. I don't donate that frequently. Sometimes only plasma.
I am thinking it is due to the regular hard exercise that I do. OR I just have a naturally low blood Hb leavel.
Would be good to know one way or another.
I went vegan at 25 after being vegetarian since about 18, throughout my 30's and early 40's I gave blood regularly. They always said my iron levels were great and asked me to come back and give more - go figure. Back then I didn't take supplements except some b12.
You should have your ferritin level checked. My hemoglobin levels are the same - somwhere about 130. I was surprised when I checked that the ferritin level is low - 12.95mg/l (norm 25-400). Although an iron reading of 12.8 mmol/l has always been good. I started taking iron supplement smart hit ferrum. Let's see what happens in 2-3 months?
Removing full fat milk and dairy products from diet leaves us without the only stable source of the pentadeciliyc fatty acid which is essential for proper cell membrane function. Don't do it unless you compensate for this nutrient from an other source.
Only europeans were drinking milk, in afraka nobody did and guess what, they still exist.
@@miloradmilutinovic7691 "In afraka [sic] nobody did...". Really? You sound very confident about this. Please provide the evidence upon which your assertion is based.
Zero clinical data for that other that mechanistic speculation based on in-vitro studies. As opposed to thousends of studies showing a benefit from reducing satuated fat intake.
@@Lennythewinner Look up lactose intolerance by country. Japan is also very high on that list and despite not taking pentadecilyc fatty acid, they still have longer lifespan than most other countries. So surprise surprise, full fat milk is pointless at best and harmful at worst.
@arpana1639 But clearly full fat milk is not necessary for a good health and lifespan.
My GP who trained in the cardio field said to not be concerned with the adding of salt and he suggested I use Celtic salt, but we must watch out for processed and tinned foods as these are swimming in junk salt plus harder to control intake.. Luckily I don't consume any of these.. I do start each day with half a teaspoon of celtic salt and have so much energy
salt is salt. Unless it has additives, which are not salt.
@ElijsDima Salt in sea water contains 92 minerals of which sodium is about 30% and chloride is about 50%.
Table salt is made out of the above two ingredients only.
It's junk and damaging in excess.
However, celtic and himalayan salt contain about 95% of all the minerals. It's recommended to consume 1 to 1.5 teaspoons per day.
You get what you pay for for.
I love saturated fats.
This guy is wrong. Keep eating them.
I eat a couple spoons of coconut and olive oil every day! Am I overdoing it?
@@atitslan4776 probably not overdoing it. However, if you are going to consume those oils, they are likely better for you when not consumed on their own. Personally, I have severely reduced the amount of oils I consume generally, and have switched to real butter. As far as oils go, olive, coconut, and avocado are the ones to have.
@@atitslan4776 The science shows plant-based saturated fats are far less harmful. Zero cholesterol for a start.
Must be tired of living.
1-7 "CHECK", 9-13 "CHECK", DIET 1-6 "CHECK" - but 8? - Alcohol ? - Exactly what am I being healthy for ?
Fish is good but also contains antibiotics from farms and the fish from the ocean contains microplastics.
And don't forget mercury and heavy metals
HRT for women is a huge factor. It is protective for heart bones and brain. It also makes maintaining muscle easier. Please add HRT to any advice for anti aging.
I was on HRT and I developed cancer and had to come off. I wish I could still take it. None of my friends went on it and none of them had cancer. Anecdotal yes but that was my lived experience 😢
Overall good advice,and practical.Thanks.
Avoid saturated fats? There are other doctors saying it's not a problem.
They are wrong.
@@lazarus8453 not a well reasoned argument.
Lots of misinformation on YT, most of these let's face it, influencer doctors are subsidized by the meat industry. And no, both views on sat fat can't be valid, someone's either lying or misinformed again. Or maybe sat fats affect some people and not others. Even olive oil is 10% saturated fat. So avoiding it entirely in your diet is practically impossible, just limit it the best you can. Good book to read is the china study
@@xolomartinez6036 It's not something that concerns me. Re your claim that most are subsidsied by the meat industry, you'd have too prove that claim for me to take any notice of it.
I wish that you 'doctors' would all come to some agreement about what is/isn't bad/good for us, instead of putting out conflicting TH-cam videos and confusing (scaring!) us. STOP IT!!
Dr Stanfield gives recommendations based on clinical guidelines while other doctors give advice like they read it on reddit subs.
I thought we’re supposed to take 5000 international units of vitamin D with K2 and magnesium?
I agree, it's sad that some doctors don't follow the clinical guidelines with their content. It's confusing for people without a medical background.
This is the main reason why I started my channel, to present the clinical guidelines that detail step-by-step how to live a healthy, long life
The danger is that as we follow the science and clinical guidelines, the science is changing. The various interpretations result in different guidelines with their own advantages and disadvantages. Doctors once followed the science and recommended daily aspirin to lower stroke risk. Then, the science changed (new data emerged 16 years later). Now, daily aspirin is no longer recommdnded.
It's like trying to score against a moving goal post
@@naightengale101 What‘s the alternative? Following fad diet trends?
Priceless evidence based top notch advice and free!
..Excellent. 👏
Thank you Brad...
I have a massively overactive amount of glutamate and difficulty sleeping as a result, b6 often helps me get a super deep amount of sleep at night and though I don't take it every night nor at high doses, I do take it. I'm over 50 now.
Make sure you take the methylated, bio identical b6....p5p not pyrodoxine which has a half life of 28 days
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing
This is a really good consensus of what to do to maintain health.
No need to avoid saturated fat. There is no reliable evidence to substantiate this claim.
Good video, with common sense and evidence based recommendations.
Dr. Stanfield, which sunscreens and sunblocks do you use?
Thanks, again for great information.
You failed to mention the most important ratio - TG/HDL is the best indicator of CVD.
I stopped eating veggie oils and eat only animal fat (butter, lard, tallow). Never felt better.
Love this
Which protein is best? They are not equal in their benefit and effect
What “avoid non starchy vegetables “ has to do with “avoid high calorie (fats)”?. Starch is 4 CAL/g just like protein, fats is 9.
Not all Vitamin E is the same. What type of Vitamin E are you referring to?
Supplemental
Is it safe to take Crestor for cholestrol. I'm concerned because I've never had to take drugs for cholestrol. This Nurse I've been using has been pushing me to take this for a while. My Total Cholestrol is 268 on the last blood test. My bad cholestrol went up 40 pts in 2 months. I can't understand, because I don't smoke or drink, and I have always been an advocate for my health. This system in US is all about money. Even though it's 5mgs, I'm concerned that I will het dependent on it, instead of taking care of it naturally.
Rosuvastatin (Crestor) is the only statin known to lower the death rate from heart related disease.
The generic costs around $10/month.
Saturated fats can convert to cholesterol.
Statins are pure poison.
I have had very good results by cutting saturated fats, now back in the prescribed range.
Is 268 your total cholesterol? If so, that's meaningless, you need to know your LDL. Crestor can be fine for many people. I've been taking it for 5 years without issue and know many others who do. Some people experience side effects, though, so you just have to see how it works for you. Whether you SHOULD be taking it is another story, but you can lower cholesterol to some extent with diet (eating less saturated fat). Depending on your various risk factors it's going to be more or less important to keep you LDL low. Other risk factors are high BP, family history (the LP(as) test he mentions is another genetic factor you can get tested for), smoking, diabetes, living in an area with with a higher levels of air pollution.
Thanks Doc!
Vitamin D 5K is mega dosing? My VITAMIN D,25-OH TOTAL is 48 with taking 5K.
When I took 2K, the total was barley 30
Dr B is spreading misleading information he read from half baked studies.
Yes I wonder about this too.
Surely 5k isn't "mega" but he's thinking 20k+
Same
There's a lot of confusion online about Vitamin D unfortunately. This is primarily driven by influencers not following the clinical guidelines. The Endocrine Society recently published their updated guidelines here: www.endocrine.org/clinical-practice-guidelines/vitamin-d-for-prevention-of-disease
"Numerous studies demonstrate an association between serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and a variety of common disorders including musculoskeletal, metabolic, cardiovascular, malignant, autoimmune, and infectious diseases. This has led to widespread supplementation with vitamin D supplementation and increased laboratory testing for 25(OH)D in the general population.
The benefit-risk ratio of this increase in vitamin D supplementation is not clear, and the optimal vitamin D intake and serum 25(OH)D concentrations for disease prevention remain uncertain."
@@DrBradStanfield During winter I take around 30-50 k Vit D3 and I was still way under the max limit when I did a vit D blood test.
There's a compelling argument that these dos and don'ts apply to all ages.
Not only that, different people have different biochemistry. So, different needs, therefore. One maybe good for a certain nutrient, and would harm another. Suffice to say, that these are just guidelines
All ages over 50?
I just eat a whole plant diet, work out daily and get lots of sleep. 23 years and high normal testosterone at 53 and no meds needed.
@@Seanonyoutube agree, i see this "recommendation" so often, 8h, lol... sure, once a month i might get 8h of sleep, 5-6h is more normal. Also 53, no health issues...
@@Seanonyoutube If you exercise to sweat daily and stay off computer and phone an hour before bed and don't eat within 3 hours of sleep and keep a regular sleep schedule you will sleep much better.
@@Vurt72 I only need 7 hours. I follow sleep docs advice. No computer or phone an hour b4 before bed, no food 3hrs b4 bed, same bedtime nightly, exercise to a sweat daily and it works.
Plant based diet is bad longterm. They get weak over time.
@willywaldo1112 I have gotten stronger in my older age and my memory is stellar. Everything works too, dating a 37 year old hottie. How can you explain that? I'm 53 and look 43.
Another excellent explanation. I agree with nearly all your recommendations, except the one regarding saturated fat. There’s a lot of emerging evidence to suggest it’s not the “demon” it was once portrayed as, despite the study you cite. “Metabolic Syndrome” is an ever-growing and dangerous result of high carb, ultra-processed foods, starches, sugars and seed oils. Are saturated fats really such a major (independent!) component of CVD? Or is it when they are combined with these other products?
I ate a very high SFA diet that was otherwise very whole-foods based. LDL got elevated but I believed the low-carb influencers that said LDL doesn't matter. My triglycerides and HDL were great, and that's all that mattered. Unfortunately, ended up with a stent at 45 after doing that diet for 10 years. N of 1, but yeah, I stopped believing in the hype from that camp at that point.
@@dvdmon Did you smoke when you were younger?
@@stevelanghorn1407 never smoked, but I had a family history - my dad died at 50 from heart disease after 2 heart bypasses, my Uncle lived into his 90s but went on the Pritikin diet when he first started having symptoms in his 50s. My half brother had a heart attack in his 40s as well, so it's very much in our genes.
@@dvdmon Thanks for your kind reply. I agree that high saturated fat content could well be a component of CVD, but it’s very interesting that various traditional pastoralist peoples around the world eat high fat meat and dairy (sometimes fermented) as a staple diet…and yet hardly ever develop middle-years heart disease, or get overweight in those traditional settings. They also eat hardly any processed carbs…unless they abandon that life for the city…which many do of course…with consequent health outcomes! This points to a more complex issue than simply focusing on saturated meat fats alone…and I think this is starting to become clear, also in mainstream cardiology and lipidology circles…which of course takes time.
@@stevelanghorn1407 I partially agree. The only issue is that we aren't all pastoralists. They generally have very different diets than us, but also different lifestyles, and so barring actually adopting all their lifestyle facets exactly, we are beholden to our current Western lifestyles. We can try to emulate some of them, but we don't know which might be important. I think the problem is that while saturated fat is one piece of the puzzle, we can't just dismiss it because some people eat a lot of it and don't get heart disease. There are also genetic predispositions that make some of us more or less sensitive to certain things, like saturated fat in the diet. I agree that it's very complex, and that saturated fat isn't the only or main causative factor, it's obviously multifactorial. But as someone who already has lived 5+ decades and has heart disease, and lives in the West, and can't become a pastoralist (and even if I could it would erase the 5 decades of physiological history built up in my body), I have to attack the parts of my lifestyle that I know can be parts of the puzzle. One of those is saturated fat, but there's also stress, sleep, activity, processed carbs/sugar, and excess sodium. I also get help as needed from medications. All of these together can really aid in reducing risk of secondary events, and I'd much rather use these known and widely agreed upon mitigations that base my actions on isolated populations or anecdotes. Those tend to be, from my history of following nutrition for the past 25 years or so, main tenets of the low-carb/keto camp, and I was in that camp for over 10 years before developing heart disease. So I'm very wary of using such anecdotal data or isolated populations as examples of what we should do in the West. This also includes the populations that are touted more by plant-based influences - The Blue Zones. The problem is, we (speaking for myself in a major urban area in the US) are not them, and even if we can emulate a lot of what they do, it will still be far, far different, plus the fact that we have decades of our former lifestyle that we have to make up for).
Should we consume 1.62 g of protein per kg of total bodyweight or of lean bodyweight?
Low protein = longer life. Lift protein a bit after 65 and before 20. Other than that low protein is longer life. This dr should know this. Resistance exercise in old age far more important than high protein. The body will not build unneeded muscle.
i know you shouldnt have calcium supplements and just eat dairy, but if I purchase lets say any nut milk, they add calcium to it. Is this the same as taking a calcium supplement? i enjoy non dairy alternatives but not if its going to calcify my arteries or give me kidney issues
My moms doctor reccomended taking vitamin D with calcium to strengthen her bones, she is elderly. youre saying NO to vitamin D because it will increase the chances of a fracture??
Thanks for your videos .
What is your thought on Carnivore diet? Such a Hype now.
From the research I've seen sodium has a relatively small impact on blood pressure unless someone is genetically predisposed. What constitutes high intake is highly variable and the current guidelines can be dangerously low for some people.
Just drink your fruit juice slowly and/or with food.
I agree with most but not the saturated fat not nearly as important as excess carbs, carbs are a big problem after 50.
Also vitamin d if you are taking high doses of vitamin d you need to be taking k2 with it.
Saturated fat is not an issue for most-dietary fat from healthy sources including saturated animal fats, is not significant for irregular blood serum cholesterol. As we age we need more and has been shown to be protective to the heart and brain.
Avoid anything that will harm you even in the slightest. Before you do anything, ask if it is going to harm you at all. If your answer is yes, don't do it at all because it will harm you. On the other hand, there are many things that will reverse the effects of harm done to you by others or other stuff. Take these harm-reversing things whether you like them or not. Goal is to do less harm to yourself and protect yourself from any harm. Stay harm-free and say NO to harmful things.
This is good advice.
@@sierrarose318 LOL!
How about Astaxanthin ?
Please help, is a high dose of beta carotene from natural food sources still going to cause lung cancer??
correct!
beta carotene doesn't cause cancer if you don't smoke.
This is all true but we simply cannot neglect the genetic factor. My uncle is 55, 5'10", 230 lbs, with beer belly, eats only junk food like margarine, white bread, processed salty meats and cookies, smokes 20 cigarettes per day, consumes alcohol on a daily basis, usually gets drunk once a week and still works like a horse. His blood work is completely fine, the only problem he has is that he is slightly hypertensive, around 140-150 for the systolic numbers. Strength wise, he lifts more than average gym bro, he is pretty good at arm wrestling too, his built is similar to a caveman and his grip strength is some next level shit. And when I ask him how he feels in general, he says that he is fine n can still have sex every day 😎. Call me crazy but if he was following a healthy lifestyle, he would have been a strength athlete for sure!
Riding a bicycle is a great way to exercise. Ebikes are bringing many older adults back to cycling.
Cities need to do more to encourage people to ride bicycles. Safe protected bike lanes and trails are needed so adults and children can ride safely. Speak up for bicycles in your community. Bicycles make life and cities better. Ask your local transportation planner and elected officials to support more protected bike lanes and trails. Children should be riding a bicycle to school and not be driven in a minivan. Be healthier and happier. Ride a bicycle regularly.
I live on the 45th parallel...so no Vit D in summer & starting in early fall about 4000 IU. Then i stop it in spring....Lp(a) why not just assume its high & choose a healthy life style to lower it???
Im always rushing here and there, so getting all my protein and other nutrients just from diet is beyond challenging. 😢
I have b6 toxicity and it’s a disaster. So many foods already contain b6 supplementing is not necessary and read labels.
IMPORTANT NOTE, don't use Extra Virgin Olive oil for cooking! This type of oil "is not stable at high heats" and can be turned to Trans-Fat which is very bad. I use EVO only for cold and warm applications and Canola oil for cooking but only in light amounts, greasing the pan, I don't deep fry.
Lol i cook all my life with evo. You must pre heat the pan with no oil to avoid that problem. When the pan reached the right temperature than use the oil and emmidiately the meat and the oil will not burn in those few minutes..
I think the cooking with olive oil is an old wives tale.
Olive oil turns in trans fats does it? Maybe you should read up on that
@@RickAstleyLetMeDown If you know what you are doing and minimize times the oil is under high heat it is safer. However, if someone of the EVO is converted to Trans-Fats, you are not going to know it. It is not about food flavoring.
@@mrcanisters I did and it’s not true.
Which one should we take? Niacinamide VS Nicotinamide
Nicotinic Acid (flush)
Great info.... Only question around low LDL levels. Thought research shows LDL levels under 100 are not good for heart health. Confusing....
What research have you in mind?
Great info and reminders. Should also include the avoidance of processed, simple carbs like bread and pasta.
I like pasta. I'm not going to die a miserable git.
I love pasta & meatballs. 😂
Eating it once a week is no big deal! Geez!
@@razorraysolarsavings70 Facts. Or we will all end up with serious frown lines on our faces. Don't understand why people don't understand the concept of having a healthy diet and then throwing a bit of slop in there now and then. Variety is the spice of life, etc.
@@razorraysolarsavings70 Exactly. Unless you are under a doctor's order to avoid certain foods, there is likely nothing wrong with the occasional pizza, beer, cheeseburger & fries, etc. You just don't want those to become part of your regular diet. 🙂
@@razorraysolarsavings70 Once a week is no problem, but most eat it daily, along with crackers, cakes and sugary desserts. Doing so causes insulin resistance, diabetes and other diseases.
Good advice.
Have you seen Scott Carney’s video about Peter Attia’s lawsuit against Oura?
Whole fruits yes (and even more importantly vegetables); but only organic, or at least after well washing, including by using some baking soda, especially if soft skinned, as you've failed to mention pesticides and herbicides... now absolutely known to be carcinogenic... still of course more important to eat fruit and veg rather than not at all... see e.g. Zoe research...
Organic farming uses pesticides.
I take a Vit D3/K2 daily because I don't get enough sunlight. I take P5P (B6) because I have Morton's toe (2nd toe longer than big toe). I'm worried about just stopping those two.
So, would you say that your micro vitamin is suitable f Can someone over 50? Can you or have you done a video on electrolytes?
Thanks for the video and the roadmap guide ! Is there a reason why you don't take red yeast extract instead of your medication for lowering cholesterol ? From what I found it seems like a quite good benefit/cost for cholesterol
Disagree on high fat dairy as long as no sugar added. You have western medicine perspective on low fat diets from the past.
No evidence that 4000ui D3 is harmful.
Per hour? Day, fortnight, financial year...?
Mostly right. Vitamin D , lean protein, cholesterol advice is a bit off. The rest was pretty good. The kid means well and offers, mostly, good advice. He's a doctor so has had some bad influences in his education. It may take him a while longer to get everything straightened out. He's looking for the truth, he's smart and I have hopes he'll get there. I'll keep listening to him and check out what he advises if I don't know whether he's right or not.
Please get your vitamin and mineral levels checked. Especially before mega supplementing. We are all individuals with different genetics. We have different lifestyles and live in different areas that have an effect on our bodies. Supplementation is exactly that. To supplement your diet, genetics, and lifestyle choices. Deficiencies are caused by diet, lifestyle choices, and genetics. Where you live geographically and the time we spend in the sun with or without sunscreen, and many diseases all may play a role in deficiencies as well. Some common examples of deficiencies in the elderly in the US include (These percentages will vary depending on where you get your info, but are all similar in amounts)
Vitamin D, 70 to 90%.
B12, 80 to 90% in vegans and vegetarians and 20% in standard American diet eating elderly. Magnesium, 80%. B6, 24% in women and 31% in men. The elderly that supplemented with b6 to the RDA still showed 11% were deficient. Vitamin K, 60%, don't get enough from their diet. Vitamin C, 32 to 68%, don't get enough from their diet. Vitamin E, 60% don't enough from their diet. Potassium, 20% don't get enough from diet. Calcium, 65% don't get enough from their diet. Protein, 46% don't get enough from their diet. Water, 25% of the elderly are dehydrated. I personally think this statistic is low. These are some common examples to watch out for and consider getting tested for. Don't make assumptions that you need to supplement unless your levels are tested. RDA amounts of supplements are designed to help you maintain normal levels of vitamins and minerals, not improve deficiencies. If you are low or deficient in something after testing, then first add foods that are high in your deficiencies, then supplement as necessary to normalize your deficiencies. There is also evidence that shows that raising levels of certain vitamins and minerals to the top of their ranges during certain circumstances can also be beneficial. Like high stress, cold and flu season, or onset of certain diseases. In many cases, extreme levels of supplementation can become toxic to your body and can cause as much or more damage than the deficiency you were trying to correct. It is all quess work unless you know what your levels are, so be smart and get your levels checked. Also, listen to your body. If supplementation feels bad, it probably is being taken incorrectly or interacting with something. Testing is the best way for you to know if or what to start supplementing. Then, recheck to make sure your supplementation is adequate and know when to increase, decrease, or stop supplementation. Lastly, if you do need to supplement, only buy supplements that are made in an FDA CERTIFIED facility that have been third-party tested and preferably made in the USA. There are a lot of junk unsafe supplements out there! Many with way more or less amounts then stated on the label. Some contain heavy metals and toxic or not even stated on the label materials. Please do your research and choose wisely! I hope this helps.
Doc, you're great!!!!!! 😀💚
Thank You so much! You should be the Surgeon General to the United States. One product that reduced iron and hydrogen peroxide can create, via the Fenton Reaction, is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical.
While he could still be right on every count, there is reason to doubt a few of these guidelines.
In a paper "Association between prescription drugs and all-cause mortality risk in the UK population" they show that Naproxen Sodium is one of a few drugs that showed reduction in all cause mortality. Now, there could be some not so obvious reason there was an association. However, if it was as bad s he says, then I would think a negative association would likely be present. There were over 500,000 people in this study. That means a lot of resolving power. Even small effects either way should be detectable.
All the vitamin E studies used the artificial version of vitamin E. There is zero evidence that natural vitamin E has any issues. And they are different, half of the molecules being backward.
In the first world, I see two reasons to take vitamin A (retinol). An older vegan could lose the ability to convert beta-carotene to retinol. So a small amount would be justified (I don't know if there is a vegan source of retinol). The other is a kid or odd person who will not eat anything except some short list of food, and within that, there is no beta-carotene and no retinol. I remember seeing a video on someone who was like this and lost most of his sight as a result. People like this do exist.
Excess salt only causes high blood pressure in those prone to that. Granted, that is a lot of people (100 million+ in the US), but it is far from everyone. Best to routinely check blood pressure and let that be your guide. And if you do cut table salt substantially, you need to make sure you have an iodine source. Perhaps a drop of "Lugol's formula" (that is not a brand) once or twice a week. And don't get sucked into thinking pink salt and sea salt are better than iodized salt. There is little or no iodine in these ordinary salts. Iodine is not naturally in salt. It is added because our western diets normally are deficient in iodine.
Fruit sugar such as in pineapple or mango can still cause problems as whole fruit.
The hypothesis that regular mental exercise improves brain health over time was tested. Earlier science had associations between mental activity and a healthy brain, but when tested as an intervention, it failed. The cause and effect were likely switched. Healthy brains probably tend to like thinking more. The social factor seems likely to be valuable. But this is still only association. It is possible to get a group of loners and try to greatly increase the social interactions of half of them and see if there is a difference in longevity. But, as far as I know, this has not been done.
Great video! Two questions - what time of day is best for taking your supplements, and is it best to take them all are once, or at different times of day? Thanks.
@@Seanonyoutube Thanks Sean. I was referring to Dr Stanfield's brand, and was hoping that he might respond.
Doctors for years have been giving advice on nutrition and prescribing medication that subsequently has been found to be wrong - and yet they still keep on speaking as if they know what they are talking about. Thankfully now that human health has been translated into an information process via the human genome being translated - we can now rely on AI to make deliberate and informed medication that is based on knowledge and not guesswork.
What do you think about calcium fortified foods? Theyre relatively common in things like soy milk. It's tough to get enough calcium on a vegan diet
Hi, love your channel. Could you please tell us about C 15 deficiency, is there even such a thing ? Many thanks.
The good Doctor put a lot of effort into this video, but its disappointing that he omitted critical information:
(1) Vit D should always be taken in combination Vit K and with a fatty meal for optimal absorption. The Vit K prevents the Vit D from leaching calcium from your bones and depositing in your arterial walls. Taking Vit D by itself is dangerous 6:08 for this reason, primarily. (2) There are 8 different forms of Vit E-- you failed to specify which form is the best and which is the worst. You most likely got your information from outdated clinical studies that used only Alpha tocopherol, which will not prevent carcinogenic inflammation, but Vit E in its Tocotrienol form is superior to alpha tocopherol in too many ways to go into here.
That would only apply if you're deficient in vitamin K or taking huge doses of vitamin D.
Hard to find olive oil that isn't xtra now. They're all xtra virgin. I found one in 2 shelves that was light which I prefer to cook with because I don't like to add the taste.
You recommend 2000 IUs daily for Vitamin D, Dr Berg recommends 10 000 IUs daily (th-cam.com/video/_JrqyBwy_eo/w-d-xo.html). This is a huge range difference. What is it then? Does it depend on age? Is the 2000 IUs enough for that Paracrine/Autocrine system?
I’ve been told mega dosing vitamins for years is not the way to go over 50😊
Thanks Dude👍
Well I’ll tell you , these health influencers have me convinced I’ve got much to do.
If you can take 2,000IU of vitamin D3, is it okay to take a 10,000IU pill once every week?
Adults (incl. elderly)
According to the manufacturer: 400-2000 IU/day or 5600-11,200 IU/week or 25,000-50,000 IU/month. 25,000 IU can also be given once every 2 months.
But women are told to take calcium as we age! I'm so confused. This is OPPOSITE to what we're told as we go through Menopause. Please let us know Dr Brad!
My iron is always low. Eating beef helps but people say don't overdo beef. It's confusing.
It needs vitamin C to absorb
@@glorfindel991 I have never heard that before. I will try it. Thank You
Beef has haem iron Too much haem iron is associated with increased mortality risk. Non haem iron from vegetables like spinach may be a safer bet.
Problem with Vit E is that there is always for some stupid reason added in fish oil supplements that I take for Omega 3. Combined with the morning multivitamine pill and with Vit E I take from diet... rip :)
Really surprised you haven't mentioned how dagerous seed oils are. It's the way they're processed that makes them so toxic.
Are the levels of vitamin D and B6 in your MicroVitamin with safe levels for those over 50?
They sneak calcium into a lot of supplements. You have to read the labels carefully.
I bought a supplement only to find out later it had a ton of calcium added.