WEBVTT - Building A Bond with Your Doctor (w/ Dr. Redcross) 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:04.559 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Wherever you may be, 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:08.760 you are tuned into the Vitamin D Podcast with Dawn Day, 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:11.559 and I am your host, Dawn Day, here to help 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:14.480 you get a little light inside your soul to shine 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:17.880 like the sun that you are. Now. For those of 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.520 you who may be new to the Vitamin D experience, 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:23.800 let me just say welcome. It's so nice to have you, 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:26.960 and thank you for choosing to live your best life. 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:29.880 I want you to think a Vitamin D like your 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:33.120 usual daily multi vitamin. You take it because of what 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:36.360 you want to be healthy, because you want to make 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:40.279 sure you're covering every base nutrient wise well in the 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.639 same vein. I like to think of motivation and positive 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:47.000 thinking as a multi vitamin for your mind, body, and 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.720 soul a k. A Vitamin D. You want to make 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.680 sure you're keeping your mental and spiritual levels topped off 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.400 so that your mind and soul and mind, body and 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:58.760 soul are well taken care of. And just like a 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.000 multi vitamin by him in, D is part of a 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.800 series of actions to keep your body healthy, motivated, and inspired. 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:07.920 It stopped one in keeping your mind, body and soul going. 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:11.959 Like with meditation, meditestation, and vision boarding. It can all 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.800 become void if you like that drive, that basic building 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:19.080 block of reaching your dreams, that basic building block of 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:23.280 living the life you deserve, that basic building block of 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.880 living your best life. So, with all that being said, 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.840 today is my guests I have with me the incredibly 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:34.000 knowledgeable doctor Ken red Cross. Dr. Red Cross is a 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:37.240 concierge physician as well as a medical educator who has 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.880 been practicing medicine for over twenty years. Today, he joins 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:44.039 us to talk about his book Bond, the Four Cornerstones 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:47.080 of a Caring Relationship with your Doctor, and Vitamin DED 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.320 what it does for the body and why we need it, 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:52.400 and how the physical vitamin D is similar to my 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:56.360 inspirational dose of vitamin D. We also talk about being 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.080 an advocate for your health and how that can contribute 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:03.040 to living your life. So, without further ado, it's time 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:07.680 for your dose of Vitamin D. Vitamin D right with 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:15.800 me and get excited. Dr rec Frost, how are you 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:18.960 are you doing? It's good to see you. How are 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:23.080 you doing over there? How are you? I am grateful, 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.080 just walking to gratitude each day at a time. You 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:31.400 know a girl, girl, you preach it to the converted. Okay, listen, well, 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.040 I think it's about time we need to converse some 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:35.960 more people because we have some stuff to talk about today. 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.200 Let's make it happen. Well. And I'm just sitting here 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.639 thinking this is like ultimately so amazing for this moment 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.359 because as I speak upon vitamin D, I come from 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:51.520 a sense of motivation and inspiration kind of out like 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:56.160 the foundation of emotional and spiritual health. But now we're 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.359 gonna see from a medical perspective, and I kind of 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:01.160 want to do like a poetry are kind of like 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.360 an in and out dance with you, because I want 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:06.600 people to see how vitamin D as a whole, when 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:10.320 it merges is is something that helps you go exceedingly 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.360 and abundantly with life so that we can have our 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:17.320 audience truly live out their best lives. There you go, 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.200 I am ready to do that. So that sounds good 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.639 to me. You don't have to ask me quite so. 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.880 Thank you so much for joining us, um and you're 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.079 tuning in. I want to thank you for taking this 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:31.640 time to invest in your life, but more importantly, taking 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.040 time to get excited about it. Now. As you know, 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.680 we talk about vitamin D all the time. And now 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:39.280 I have a doctor on the line on to where 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:42.200 you're watching, and he's going to be discussing um vitamin 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.800 D from a medical perspective, because especially in times like this, 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:50.560 Dr red Cross, we have to really uh taking consideration 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.280 what vitamin D is and the importance of it. So 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:55.880 before we lead into that, tell me a little bit 0:03:55.920 --> 0:04:00.640 about you, what you do and your stance on vitamin D. Look, 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:02.680 so thank you for having me on doing this. Is 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:04.840 this is beautiful to sit here and be able to 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:07.960 talk tell my folks, especially about viden D. It's very 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.840 important to Look, I'm a physician, I'm here in New York. 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:14.080 I am a concierge physician and what that means doing 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.320 and everyone out there listening and watching. It's just like 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.919 when you go to a concierge a hotel. They're supposed 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.920 to know everything as far as your area to make 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:24.240 you happy and get you there. And that's what I 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:28.200 do for your health. And it's incredibly important, especially nowadays 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.760 as we're all saying that that patient doctor relationship it's 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:33.920 not the way it really should be, especially in our 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:37.280 community as well. So I'm very passionate about that. And 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.800 so the patient doctor bond. It's kind of my calling card. 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.479 It's my calling as far as why I went into healthcare. 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.919 So I'm blessed enough to feel like I'm not even 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.599 working every day because I know I'm doing the work 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.680 of a higher being. So I love doing it. Come on, 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:54.120 and you know what I love to I think we 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.960 find ourselves powerful than what we do when we realize 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.719 that we are a conduit and a messenger, and in 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:02.560 fact that you're saying like you're that bond, You're that tunnel. 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.200 You are the connection between the patient the doctor because 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.080 oftentimes we have these resources, but we don't know how 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.040 to access it. So thank you for being the link. Well, 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.040 thank you and thank you for allowing me to talk 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.640 about it, because it's not only about the access, but 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:20.279 it's about providing that convenience and also the time. On average, 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.760 you get about seven and a half minutes with your doctor. 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.680 That's the average here in the United States, and obviously 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:27.960 that ain't good. No, especially when I want to know 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.640 how's your family doing, did you have your colonoscopy? And 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.120 how is your spirit doing? I can't get that in 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.560 seven a half minutes. It's impossible. And so that's why 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:39.599 I do what I do, and you're right, it's really 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:41.839 good to be able to be a Conway because my 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:43.960 goal each and every day, though, is to touch as 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:47.160 many souls as I can, and that's the whole purpose 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:51.640 of my existence and healthcare. I love that, um. And 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.160 so now that we're talking, and you know you talked 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.320 about also connecting the soul, I want to get this 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:58.880 perspective and I want to help bridge this gap right here, 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.360 and I speak about vitamin D. As I mentioned before, 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.360 it comes of a sense of inspiration, and vitamin D 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:07.880 is upon off my name, Dawn Day. You get vitamin 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.480 D from the sun. So I'm here to shed light 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:14.920 into the lives of other people. Now from a medical perspective, UM, 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.839 it's a safe to assume that vitamin D you primarily 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.800 receive that from the sun. And why is it so important? 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:23.559 All right? So look, guys, so when we talk about 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.080 vitamin D, I'm gonna kind of dial back all that 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.760 we've learned about vitamin D. Everyone thinks about it just 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.640 for bone health, but I'm here today to talk about 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.400 the importance of vitamin D for our immune health. That's 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:38.000 the key and the important thing. Now, the reason why 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:40.960 it's so important in the in the black and brown community, 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.320 is that we tend to be the lowest in vitamin D. 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.800 African Americans about eighty percent of us. The Latinos about 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.720 seventy percent or low in vitamin D. But why does 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.800 that matter? Going well, because we know that vitamin D 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.599 is very important for our immune system, but we're also 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.000 learning it. Let's look at the disease states that the 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:03.400 coronavirus or COVID nineteen has been affecting diabetes, right, lung disease, 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:07.039 heart disease, obesity, and guess what, All four of those 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:10.120 states are associated with low vitamin D levels as well. 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.000 And so as we see that correlation and may help 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:16.200 us understand why we've seen so many brown and black 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.440 folks die from the coronavirus here in the United States, 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.640 we can't say the vitamin D is necessarily a treatment 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.760 for the coronavirus, but we can say that it's important 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:28.600 to build our immune system. You know, it's interesting when 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:30.600 I was looking at some of the stuff going, we 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:32.600 had a lot of the doctors with the with the 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.080 former president who was in office at this point. The 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.960 interesting thing was, you asked Dr Fauci, what are you 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.800 taking And he said, oh, I'll take a vitamin C 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:45.120 and my vitamin D. So that was the proof of 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.840 concept yet again, which is incredibly important, as I mentioned before, 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:52.000 for our community to make sure that we learn about 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.880 vitamin D and its benefits of why we should take it. Okay, 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.200 so what is vitamin D and what's the best way 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.200 to consume it all? Look, I'll tell you this. So 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.280 you mentioned that vitamin D is that sunshine vitamin, right, 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:08.560 But once again, our beautiful brown skin blocks the sun's rays, 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:10.960 so we don't convert to get vitamin D from our 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.840 skin as well as someone else who's a little less 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.880 melanin in their skin. So that's why it's important for 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.800 us to try to supplement it. Now, I'm a little 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:21.880 bit closer to the Earth with the way I practice, 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:25.760 so I'm Western trained, but I talk about Eastern medicine ideals. 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.160 So it's one of those things that vitamin D is 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.000 not easy to get out of our diet. Fatty fish 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:32.880 livers are a way to get it. It's the reason 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.800 why Grandma used to chase you around with coler Royal. 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.760 She was a genius because she knew that that's where 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.800 you can get a lot of vitamin D that way, 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:45.720 but it's really not that robust in our diets these days, 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.240 so it's hard to get enough. So therefore you have 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:51.720 to supplement. Now, when you supplement, the key issist what 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:56.080 is that range we want to be between forty and sixty. 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.200 That's the sweet spot where we want to get to 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.679 everyone where we start to get really a lot of 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:04.400 the magic of what vitamin D can do for our bodies. Now, 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:08.240 vitamin D really impacts over two thousand of our genes, 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.560 so it's that immune health benefit, but so much more. 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:15.319 Now you need to make sure you get your levels checked. 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:18.280 You go to your doctor's office to either get them checked, 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.280 and I know that's challenging for a lot of people. 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.400 My practiced on I make house calls, so my whole 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.080 practice is virtual where I come into your home via 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:29.280 this way, or I actually come in physically. Another thing 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.840 you can go you can go to actually nutrient power 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.840 dot org and if you go there, you can actually 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.800 go and get it at home test kit where you 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:40.760 can actually I'm sorry on the power of D dot 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.240 org sorry everyone, where you can actually go and get 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.480 your actual vitamin D kit where you can order you 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:49.720 get it sent to your home. It's a finger stick 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.240 and you can send that right back, get your results, 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.480 and go back to that same website. Put in the results. 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:57.720 It will calculate how much vitamin D you should be 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.880 taken as well, and how often should you check your levels? 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.079 You can tell everyone every six months. Great question though, 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.440 because some people just go and think it's kind of done, 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.600 and it's not quite like that. I usually say every 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.880 six months, because I'm here in New York in the Northeast, 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.520 we get that cold whether we're not getting so much 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.920 sun and now we're all locked in as well with 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.760 the coronavirus unfortunately spiking up, and which leads means and 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:23.840 the next thing I wanted to discuss with you, because 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.319 you know, I'm coming from a perspective of just speaking 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.040 from how the sunlight and getting exposed to that type 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.480 of energy and that type of rays. But I just 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.680 recently came from my home city of Detroit, and it's 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.040 getting gloomy now in this season, and it makes me 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.280 think about when we talk about the vitamin D levels, 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.719 we talk about the immune system, well, we also talk 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.040 about the idea of how does that affect our mood? 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.920 And this whole notion of seasonal depression in which you 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:51.440 talked about spiritually being fit or healthy with the doctor, 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:55.080 how are we should how should we operate during this season? 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:57.160 You know, it's funny you say that because when you 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.520 talk to people about what do they notice when their 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.800 levels are really low? Or better yet, what do they 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.760 notice when their levels are finally replenished, And they all 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.800 talk about an improved sense of moved a sense of 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:11.240 well being. And that's one of those kind of spiritual 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.360 sort of metrics that I love to always talk about 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.839 because one of the bigger questions I ask patients when 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.720 they come in is, hey, look how is your soul? 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:23.280 Not that ankle, that foot. You know, we worry about 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:24.960 the blood pressure all that as well, but I need 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.319 to know how your soul is. And so damin D 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:29.920 is one of those things. Look at this, everyone, do 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:33.760 God's grace, we'd make a vitamin We make a pro 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.679 hormone really with the sun in order to be able 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:40.000 to do so much for And that's the important thing 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.360 when we're talking about why vitamin D is so important 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:47.360 for our health in particular everyone, but especially for us. 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.319 When you see the numbers and you see the deficiencies 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:52.480 that we have, and then you see the disease states 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.080 and the depths that are happening from the coronavirus, and 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.680 their studies to prove it. Vitamin D is shown to 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.680 not only help our immunity, it's shown to to decrease 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:03.960 our issues as far as with our long function, to 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.679 help us with insulin resistance, good for diabetics and also 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:09.920 for obesity for those who are low. This is a 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.880 study out of Canada that was actually done with African 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.959 American women or women of color. So there's a lot 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.240 of good data out there, and so that's a big 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.920 reason why I was so happy to connect with you 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.160 to get this message out to many more to understand 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.480 the importance. And I love that because it gives me 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.400 so excited because as I always tell people, like I'm 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:32.680 a walking, breathing version of vitamin D. But to really 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:35.439 know that in a sense that the double entange of 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.840 the pot of the pot, it actually is wholeness and 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:40.719 it's good and it's shedding light on the things that 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.840 are going on inside. And I think that's so important 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.280 what you said, because there's one thing to just find 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.000 a cure, but how do we get on the journey 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.240 of combating because as new diseases and things come our way, 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.400 the immune system has to be up to par because 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.920 it's almost kind of like if you're rooted in your 0:12:56.920 --> 0:13:00.200 foundation with faith, you're rooted in your foundation of health, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.360 no matter what the winds may come, you can still withstand. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:07.200 And in these times it's about people standing. How do 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.760 you equip yourself with the knowledge the sense of self 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.440 on the outside as well as combating or able to 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.800 see the things on the outside to be better and 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.240 so do better. Yeah, let me tell you. One of 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.760 the most important things is that you have to be 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.760 willing to confront your doctor. And I don't mean in 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.079 a negative way, everyone, I don't mean that. But look, 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:29.720 I'm here to tell everyone listening and watching your health matters, 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:32.720 whether you think it does it and whether the health 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:34.840 care system which has dropped the ball. We're not going 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.280 to even talk Tuskegee tonight, all right, I'm not going 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:40.160 there tonight. But the point is we have some issues 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:42.800 throughout health care that are still kind of there in 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.280 some ways, and so you have to be able to 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:48.920 know that you matter, your health matters. So we got 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.600 to ask questions, We have to make sure that we're 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:55.840 educated and armed with the information. That's part of my 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:57.920 whole role. When I talk about what I do, thought, 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.520 it's about medical advocacy. It's making sure that the other 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.679 folks around you know that someone has got your back. 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.400 And that's the important thing that we have to make 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.319 sure with our health care. We bond together and say, no, 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.160 I matter in this whole equation. And I love you 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.320 said that because you know, even just speaking with some 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.840 family members, there is a thing that I think, um 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:20.760 and I can only speak for my family who are 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:24.200 African American, almost like a fear of the doctor, not 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:27.080 wanting to tell the doctor all the information. I was 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.600 just talking to my cousin we actually share the same 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:34.440 birthday and withhold information from the doctor. And I'm like, 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:38.160 you should How transparent should you be? Yeah, you have 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.040 to lay it all out. Let me tell you gotta be. 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:42.880 You gotta be honest with two people, right, You gotta 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.280 be honest with the man upstairs, and the next thing 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.760 is your doctor. Second. All right, for a second, but second, 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:52.200 because we have to know everything. We have to know 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:54.600 what we're dealing with them. Once again, I wrote a 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.480 book called Bond because it's the importance of that patient 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.040 doctor bond, and the whole thing I mentioned in that 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.200 book is that your doctor should feel like a member 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:05.880 of your family, because let me tell your girl, you're not. 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.480 You're not necessarily lying to your sister. You're gonna let 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.960 her know what's up. And that's the important thing that 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:13.320 I'm going to have when I'm talking to patients. I 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.400 need them to let me know what's up. I need 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:17.320 to know all of that stuff, even if they think 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.520 I don't want to hear it. That's all the important 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:22.720 stuff because all of that really affects us as a whole. 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:26.600 It affects us emotionally, spiritually, and physically as well. So 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:30.040 it's important that when you have that relationship with your doctor, man, 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.040 it needs to feel like a family member. So that's 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.000 why I say you deserve the best all of you 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:36.680 out there. When you go there and you go to 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.600 the doctor's office, you pay your co pay, You get 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:41.960 there to a waiting room, which is already a bad name. 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:43.920 It needs to be a reception theary because that tells 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.480 you you're already gonna wait. And then you get in 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.280 there and you get send it in a half minutes. No, 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:51.480 not good enough And so that's why I say, you 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.400 have to make sure you value your health. And in 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.840 order to value your health, you gotta let us know 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.520 everything that's going on. And if the time has cut 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:00.640 a little short, then there's nothing wrong you saying thought 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.000 and need a little bit more time, if you wouldn't mind, 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.160 I wanted to share a couple more things. So it's 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.840 about making sure that you've become an advocate for yourself 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.840 and especially for your family as well, your parents, your 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.680 grandparents incredibly important, especially with what we're going through here 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.360 in the United States right now. And I love how 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.600 you said advocacy because it's about taking charge of your life. 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:23.760 And as I tell people all the time, you know 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:25.720 it comes to living your best life, you have to 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.000 hold it by the reins. Now, can you tell me 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.920 how important is it um as far as receiving opinions. 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.160 Are you one to say, hey, you should do some 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:36.520 research and get multiple doctors, or what are the best 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:40.040 ways that you recommend individuals? So what really for me? 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.240 As I talked about that, look, it's about getting that 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:44.920 relationship once again, to when you feel close to that 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.520 family connection. And then one thing I love too, I 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.360 love when patients are going they printing stuff off of 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.600 Google or whichever little resource and they want to rap 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:57.080 about it. And that's good because that means you're invested 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.320 in your health. That's something for us to go to 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.200 lots of time, especially on the natural side of healing. 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.600 I'm usually pretty well reversed that I'm good there, but look, 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.159 I've learned sometimes too, and that's another excitement for me 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.000 on the other side of the table. So once again, 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:15.000 this is a this is a relationship that we're having. 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:17.760 Miss My title is what it is, and I've been 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:20.919 fortunate enough to practice for twenty years now and do 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:23.600 what I do. But we are a partnership here. We 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.680 see eye to eye. I'm not up here, We're right here. 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:28.960 And in order to have that talk, it gets back 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:31.800 to that openness that you're talking about and being able 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.760 to have an exchange of ideas and exchange of why 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.840 that article doesn't pertain to you, but I love that 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.119 you looked it up. And this is the person that 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.159 may need that educated along the way. And once again, 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:46.439 that's that sharing that just has to take place between 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.520 the doctor and the patient. That's incredibly important, I think 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.679 because you get better health care outcomes that way too, right, 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:54.879 because it shows that you're invested in you want to 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.240 know to know how what's going inside and outside of 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:01.400 your body. Absolutely, So we're talking about these things now. 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.040 You mentioned that with the vitamin D levels of immune 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:06.719 system maybe weak, or perhaps you will notice a mood change. 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.760 What other things can we notice if there's other things 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:11.520 going on with our body that may be due to 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.119 a vitamin D deficiency. I was reading that you can 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:18.560 get cramps, uh, spasms. Bones are known to be more Bretto, Yeah, 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.920 people will exactly. The bone health is something that we've 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.720 known for years, and that's kind of where vitamin D got. 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.760 His first claim to fame was to prevent ricketts. That's 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.080 everyone when you see kind of those children that were 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:31.399 bold that had boat legged many many years ago, we 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:34.080 found out that was a vitamin D deficiency. So that's 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:36.560 kind of how vitamin D kind of once again came 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.600 to the story. But once we did more and more research. 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:42.480 That website I mentioned before that Power of d dot 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:46.040 org a lot of information there about vitamin D. I 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:48.920 love when patients go there and get educated because there's 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:51.160 so much more we can talk about on this show 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:53.720 that will show you about all of the benefits. We're 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:57.080 only focusing now because we know about the immune benefits 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:59.720 and what's going on with the coronavirus. But you mentioned 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.720 early are you know I love that mood piece because 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:04.920 when I have a patient who comes in once again 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.960 the levels to make sure that I like to say, darn, 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:09.960 I joke around. I have a little thing I say, 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.480 get on my level when I talked to because people, 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:15.480 and I'm talking about my vitamin D level. Everybody so 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:19.240 yo yo, yell, love it so between fourty and sixty. 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:22.440 But when I talk about that once again, it's about 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:26.000 the importance of making sure that that mood is there, 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.040 that that mood is right. And when I get a 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:32.080 patient who is down at sixteen and they should be 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.720 much higher, and I get them back up to the 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:38.800 levels to hear that her depression improved, that her mood improved, 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:41.280 because that's what happens that a lot of doctor's offices 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.000 around the United States, where there's always this quick thing 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:46.159 to write script. My whole goal is never have to 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:49.840