WEBVTT - Black Maternal Health (w/ Dr. Kecia Gaither, MD) 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:04.800 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. You are told into 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:08.480 the Vitamin D Podcast and I am your host, Dawn Day, 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:12.639 here to get you excited about your life. Now this 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:15.840 is your first time welcome. Vitamin D is all about 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:19.200 you living life on purpose and for purpose. And guess 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:21.680 what it's upon off my name? You know how you 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:23.840 get Vitamin D from the sun. Right, Well, my name 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:26.400 is Dawn and I'm here to shed light into your life. 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:32.000 And today I'm shedding a light on pandemic pregnancy, women's health, 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:34.880 and of course we're gonna talk about the vitamin Z 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:39.440 because everybody needs that deep And so I invited a 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:44.760 special guest of mine, the incomparable double sports certified physician 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.599 and O b G y N and Maternal Medicine and 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:51.919 Director of Paranatal Services at NYC Health and Hospitals Lincoln 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.120 in the Bronx, New York, the one and only Dr 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:59.000 Kesha Gaither. So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, it's 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:04.280 time for your dough a Vitamin D D. Right with 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:14.000 me and get excited. Hello there, Dr Keisha Gather, Hello, 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:18.920 Mr Day, how are you hello, audience, It's so good 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:22.120 to see you. Good to see you too. I'm jealous 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:25.920 of your weather day I'm there in California. You know, 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.520 we have to be a full representation of vitamin D, 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.880 so bringing light all the way around. I know you 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.600 got that sunshine, and I hope we're shouting stuff to 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:38.360 your way. Yeah, we we've got to ring. We will 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:42.360 get some sun tomorrow. You can get some of that vitamin. 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:44.800 So how are you doing though, How you been holding 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:49.200 up in this pandemic. Well, it's much better now. Um, 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.320 I can definitely say that when we were in the 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:56.840 height of it a bit much, it really was very scary. 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.600 It's a it's a change, is something different, you know. 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:04.559 It's a mote of where we're all going in, which 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:08.760 is a good thing right as far as within ourselves 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:13.359 and doing work and really evaluating. But while we're also 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.919 in a emotionalness spiritual sense going in, we're physically going in. 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:20.400 And that's why I'm so excited to have you on 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.560 because I talk about vitamin D from an inspirational and 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:28.120 motivational level. Okay, but I got you on to not 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.840 even sprinkle it there. But we're also going to be 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:35.600 talking about how important it is with health and black 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:39.240 maternal health because let's face it, a lot of people 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.360 are inside and while they may not have the vitamin 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:46.240 D from outside, they're sure getting some D from somewhere. 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:53.440 And a lot of people are having babies. And when 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:57.240 we look at the disparity in general, when it comes 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:02.880 down to black women and pregnancy and death rates and health, 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:07.320 one can only be alarmed and want to know how 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:12.279 does vitamin D connect? And so that's where you come there. Okay, 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:15.880 all right, so let's let's talk a little bit about 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:20.800 vitamin T. The vitamin D is made in the skin 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:28.160 in conjunction with sunlight. For people of color, the melanin 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:35.120 can um inhibit the normal production of vitamin DING. Now, 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.840 given the fact that we're in COVID and we're in 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.200 the house and there are a lot of people of 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:47.880 color for in the house, um it is it is 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.920 is certain that there are many people who are vitamin 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:56.240 D nutrition. So given that b let's talk about vitamin 0:03:56.320 --> 0:04:01.800 ding and what it does for a normal human as 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:07.000 well as a pregnant human. So, vitamin D it's involved 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:10.960 in a lot of things. It's involved in your party 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:16.640 of vascular health. It's involved involved health, it's involved with 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:21.800 your mentation in pregnant women, it's certinally importance to have 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:27.120 high levels of it such that there's normal people bone 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:33.200 development and vitamin D deficiency has been correlated with an 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:36.840 increased risk of the term labor. Now, given the fact 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:46.080 that we are INMPLVID, COVID has a tendency to attack 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:51.440 more readily those people that are vitamin D divisions. So 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:58.000 for any woman out there was pregnant of color, it 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:04.000 is very important for you to be having a supplement. UM. 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.719 One thing that I would admize it's for you to 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:12.360 ask your doctor to check your vitamin D level. Any 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:16.240 pregnant woman that grace us my office, she's automatically getting 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:20.320 a D level chat question for you. So I really 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:22.680 like this. UM, let's go to a two shot at 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.200 Dr Gaither and not Jeremiah. UM. I really like this 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.320 because one of the things that I think about as 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:32.919 I'm in this age, in this realm of children, is 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:37.280 something that is on top of mind. And let's face it, 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:39.799 being in l a being a woman that is about 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:42.600 her career and in a vision, you know, that's something 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.520 that you want to ensure that everything's okay. And So 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:48.239 I've had friends and different people that have been close 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:52.880 to me that have been affected by five boys, and 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.120 I can't help but think about that when we're talking 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.480 about being in the child bearing years years. But then 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.120 also understand the vitamin D because I understand become one 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.360 and one, and while we're talking about the disparity of 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:10.599 how what is it three to four women more times 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:14.599 likely to die than white women while being pregnant, one 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:20.039 can only wonder what's going on here and how important 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:22.719 that vitamin D has taking place when it comes to 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:28.479 even the womb that is going to carry this baby. Absolutely, 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:37.479 So that's why I am recommend that every woman in 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.159 childbearing age or pregnant anything with the vitamin D level. 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:49.000 It's good to have a level of nnograms. Your physician 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:52.520 can check your love, we can get your own kids. 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:58.599 There's a great website called our dot org where it 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:03.120 has a lot of one serious vitamins UM. You can 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:08.040 get your own kit. You can UM involved in research 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:12.360 concerning vitamin D. So it's a great UM option for 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.640 you to have if you want to check your own 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:19.080 by the D level. Okay, so let's just talk a 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.120 little bit about the stats and what's going on. So 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:26.160 I understand an article that you published right, although the 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:31.320 US is spending a hundred and eleven billion dollars per year. Okay, 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:35.480 and this is on maternal, prenatal and newborn care with 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:41.360 and roughly what a thirty year time span death Black 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:48.440 maternal deaths have increased a hundred and fifty percent. Is 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:54.000 it just because of vitamin D? What's going on? Well, 0:07:54.040 --> 0:08:00.520 you know, I think it's multime factorial. Um, let's list 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:05.840 some of the things. Lack of prenatal care or if 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:11.000 you go to natal care you're going late call morbid 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:19.920 conditions that have you know, basically expanded and cause problems. Um. 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:25.320 You have to contend with lack of insurance. Um, you 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.920 have to contend with a system that may not be 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:37.079 that nice. Two people of color contending with implusive bias 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:43.560 and racism, women that being listened to, women not being 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:48.640 offered the same treatment, procedures, et cetera that are offered 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:55.880 to other people who are not melonated. Um. So it's 0:08:56.000 --> 0:09:03.000 a multi faceted issue. And so while we see these issues, 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:07.000 how do we attack them or how do we approach them? Well, 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:10.640 I think it kind of starts. It's fine, And there 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:15.640 have been leg flavors, particularly like Senator Adams who was 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:23.560 proposing legislation to address black maternal mentality. Okay, and there 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:31.280 it's a well bulleted bull bill sorry that that deals 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:35.960 with specific issues the ability to get pre named here, 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:41.520 the ability to have genetic tests and attention to those 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:48.520 women who are imprisoned, the ability to have UH expanded medicaid, 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.640 you know in that fourth trimester, and the fourth trimester 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.840 refers to the both partum period. So there are a 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:59.280 whole list of things that specifically address some of the 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:07.040 issues that are see in in UH Elevated Black It's 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.640 just basketballs me when you really think about it, how 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:16.080 there's so many pressures that's coming left and right, and 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:18.800 just in the times that we're in and we're talking 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.080 to all the racial disparities, and people can turn around 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.760 and say, oh, that was yester years not understanding the 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:30.319 ripple down effect that it affects a three sixty view. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:35.160 And it's so interesting how people can understand how a 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:40.680 child can perhaps be traumatized in life and what let's 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.720 just say a thirty year old in thirty and say 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:47.240 in the first five years be traumatized and can understand 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.360 why this person is going in the direction of their life. 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.240 And when you talk about certain peoples of color, those 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:58.679 of Melan and Hugh, we're talking hundreds and hundreds of years. 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.040 So now that it is just a point of where 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:05.120 we're working in society. We're talking about the genetic genetic 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:09.319 makeup of our existence. And I'm so glad we're having 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.880 this conversation because I was talking to a good girlfriend 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:17.439 of mine, and I don't think people are at hearing, 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.880 uh to how serious it is when you are expecting 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:25.360 a child or trying to have a child, about the 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:27.320 traumas that it does happen in your life. I remember 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:29.439 when I was you know, my mom passed away with 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:31.960 inel but one of the things that she told me 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.280 she said don. She never said don, she said don. 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.800 You know, having a baby is like going through death 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.600 because your body is going through so much of a metamorphosis. 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.800 And so now we have a situation as you're explaining 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.720 things that have been systemic, things that have been passed 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.640 down in a mental place. Um, that's taken on the 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:55.040 physical and how it's another slash so to speak to 0:11:55.480 --> 0:12:01.360 the development of people of color their existence. H Well, 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:06.040 you know what's interesting, Um, there's a book around called 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:12.200 Medical approchetype by Harriett Washington, and it talks about the 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:16.199 healthcare of people of color in the United States and 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:25.200 flavory onward. What we're seeing nothing new. I think the 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:29.760 attention that's being put to it now is due to 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.400 the fact that we have the Internet, we have social media, 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:39.840 and so people are physically seeing it. Okay, but what 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:48.240 we're seeing it's really nothing new, unfortunately. So and I guess, um, 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:52.160 I appreciate you because I think these kind of conversations 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:56.800 need to happen. Um. I heard a friend just shutting 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:59.320 light just more on fertility and just what it means. 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.640 You know, I'm not sure if it's in the forefront 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:06.040 of a lot of people of color, because oftentimes it's like, hey, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.880 you better not go out there and get pregnant. It's 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:12.200 like a slash of no, no, no. While in other cultures, 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.800 I understand that it's something that's pre planned. You know, 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.080 there's a fund that you may put together that you 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:19.240 may hit to your your medical whether it's the fun 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:23.320 for you to freeze your eggs. So it's something that 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:27.640 the conversation is on top of mine and where the 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:31.080 placement and where you are. And as I see these 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:34.760 more conversations happening. I think of even a close family 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:40.440 member experiencing preclamsia, a serious moment where could have lost 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:46.480 her life, and for some they've never even heard about it. Yeah, 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:54.280 I'm a little uh jaded. As far as individuals not 0:13:54.679 --> 0:14:01.040 knowing about certain medical conditions that are relatively common, you 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:05.720 have to wonder what kind of conversations are being had 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:09.640 with their healthcare providers, and then that they don't know 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:13.400 about about the most basic things that can happen during 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:20.360 pregnancy like diabetes and so and so on. So it's 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:25.960 important to have shows like this that that spread information. 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:30.240 Thank you, because you know, I think oftentimes, um, when 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:33.360 you're even selecting your insurance provider, to even know what 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:37.560 exactly are you selecting and what it means understanding that 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:39.760 there are books out there that explain with the code. 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:42.880 So depending on your family, depending on your dynamic, pretending 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:47.560 on your individual needs, ensuring that the coverage is under there, 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.680 do you have a recommendation as a site or where 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:54.560 is the first go to to understand coverage? Maybe in 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:58.360 the O, B, G Y N world. Um, that's an 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:03.040 interesting question. I cannot say that I have a go to. 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:08.240 I think that if you're looking for a particular physician 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:13.480 of color, I think it might be proven for you 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:19.680 to look at various UH websites or organizations. UH. There's 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:25.280 black doctor dot org. There is the National Medical Association 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:31.040 that has branches in every UH state. UH there are 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:36.040 headquarters in Washington, and it's helpful to maybe reach out 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:41.640 to them UH and see what positions are in your 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:47.560 area and what insurances they take. Okay, because I know 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:50.080 even for myself of just looking at sometimes it's hard. 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.720 It's like it's no not knowing where to go. And 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:55.760 it's good to know that you can have a site 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.000 such as black doctor dot org that you can give 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.320 people that look like you can understand the converse, station 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:05.160 can understand the dized disparities that you're experiencing. So along 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.520 with the idea of we're talking about the lack of 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.760 vitamin D and comes to fertility, we understand that there's 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.280 an overarching theme as well of just women's health overall, 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:18.920 talking about obesity and diabetes, and we know that that's 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:22.320 something that plagues the African American culture. Can you give 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.880 us some more insight on that. Well, here's the thing. 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:31.600 When you look at what your grandparents, great great grandparents, 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:36.520 and pretty much ape from the land. I would say 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.600 that most people in the United States, you know, they 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:46.600 hail um southern roots. Now, the diet was primarily at 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:53.080 that time Alan from the earth. Um, we're no additives 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:58.280 to it. Whereas now you look at our diet, everything 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:03.880 is packaged, process best and filled with sugar corn syrup. 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:10.600 So you know your diet concludes to your health. Uh, 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:15.119 your diet built sugar increases your risk for a reason, 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:20.119 obesity as they become a pandemic in the black community, 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.840 and as such, you see a lot of things coming 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:30.880 out of that. You see diabetes, you see heart disease, 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:35.399 you see high blood pressure. So now you've got a 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:41.040 whole the whole generation of people who have been impacted 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:47.200 by their diet who now have these comorbidities. Wow. And 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:51.359 it's interesting that when you talk about how systemic racism 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:56.520 place a factor. Um, there's a time when I was 0:17:56.600 --> 0:18:00.520 on public assistance, so I would have to go in 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:02.760 the neighborhoods to go to my instrength. And if you 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:07.639 look around at places to eat, everything is processed. And 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:09.760 I'm talking mounts down where it's like, well, what is 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:13.800 in that Burger, So the option isn't even there. And 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:16.440 even for myself, where I've seen a huge change in 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:19.719 my lifestyle is that I blended in a bit of 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:24.959 a vegan diet. Me too, Come on now, me too. 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:29.879 And you know that there is something said or a 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:34.679 vegan diet. It's certainly hard helping. We're not being exposed 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:39.560 to the hormones that have been interested into Um, it's 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:45.399 readily digest helpful for the gut bio. You know, in 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:49.680 your gut bio has been down to be very much 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:54.720 correlated with your health. So you know I'm not a 0:18:56.920 --> 0:19:00.280 but at least three to four days, uh, you know, 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:05.680 I'm eating diet and it feels good. I think also too, 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:09.960 it's a thing where we have to realize the balance. Um. 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:13.720 You know, I briefly mentioned I talked about the proclampsia, 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:17.640 but even when you're looking at obesity, to me, it's 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:21.760 just pressure restriction and like a lot of the weight 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:23.199 and if it's a lot of the foods and the 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:25.960 process and it's like a moment of things need to 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.359 flow through and relax. And when we were talking about 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:30.439 you said, hey, I'm doing it three to four times 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:34.679 a week. I think it's that flexibility of balance. And 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:36.480 that's when I try to talk about with vitamin D 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:38.679 as well. I talk about how being you are your 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:43.679 greatest assect. And it's about a balance because when you 0:19:43.720 --> 0:19:46.120 talk about your life, bank accounts about what you put 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:49.280 in and what you take out. And let's face it, 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:51.920 if you you may not be a person that is 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:54.320 going to be three sixty five seven days a week 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:57.840 where you're eating vegan. But it's just taking the first 0:19:58.400 --> 0:20:03.480 step and figuring out ways to balance. I think that 0:20:03.520 --> 0:20:08.640 we as the people really need to look at what 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:13.440 we're eating and really kind of grow back to how 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:20.639 your ancestors in okay, in in my family, the women 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:24.080 in a long time, you know, and longevity life feel 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:28.680 is related to your diet. You know, my great grandmother lived, 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:31.280 to be honest, it before she lived off the earth. 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:37.320 You know, my my grandmother, Um, you know, she she's 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:41.480 come at the age of seventy from heart disease. But 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:48.160 then I looked at which about a fried foods you know. Um, 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:53.199 so you learned and you to think about what is 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:58.800 best and and how we should move forward in life 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:03.800 by reculating your diet. And that's the mastery. Um. To 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:06.639 really have control of self. And that's why I really 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:09.960 love um the bridge and how you're coming in and 0:21:09.960 --> 0:21:13.639 you're talking about the importance of vitamin d UM because 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:16.560 it's about just shedding lights on things such as this 0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:21.000 to understand that you have to actively make a decision 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.680 to love yourself and to do better. Because we can't 0:21:25.680 --> 0:21:28.080 control the cars that we are dealt and like, but 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:30.520 you can control how you play it. So, yes, you 0:21:30.640 --> 0:21:34.160 may be in a situation where readily accessible the food 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:36.480 that you need, or perhaps you may have some pre 0:21:36.560 --> 0:21:39.280 existing condition, but it's about the right now and what 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:41.960 you can do from there, because then you realize that 0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:46.640 it only only affects you, but generations succum it does 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:52.639 it does? You know? Best moms who have dieges, you know, 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:57.280 get pregnant, end up having big babies, and those babies 0:21:57.280 --> 0:22:02.440 are at any treatment of developing die in childhood as 0:22:02.440 --> 0:22:05.320 well as into adult. So I mean, we've got a 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:10.840 generation now that we haven't seen years ago that are 0:22:11.160 --> 0:22:17.639 heavy and diabetic as children. It can be prevented. And 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:20.320 we also you know, see the development factor of just 0:22:20.520 --> 0:22:24.919 young boys and girls and like you said, contributing to 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:30.680 the food. Yeah, all those normals. So let me ask 0:22:30.720 --> 0:22:33.240 you this, UM, I want to get some clarity on 0:22:33.359 --> 0:22:38.960 this vitamin D. Do you get that from dairy? You can? 0:22:40.320 --> 0:22:43.520 You know, vitamin D is pretty much limited and a 0:22:43.520 --> 0:22:47.440 lot of the things that we so primarily dairy, you 0:22:47.560 --> 0:22:51.800 get vitamin D from, but not a lot. Now why 0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:55.040 is it that some doctors may recommend that? Right? And 0:22:55.119 --> 0:22:59.600 when we look at dairy I hear there's a large 0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:04.560 percent is of actually how much pus is in dairy. 0:23:04.720 --> 0:23:07.360 And when you talk about that this milk that belongs 0:23:07.400 --> 0:23:10.800 to a cow is to uh help with nutrients of 0:23:10.840 --> 0:23:15.720 a four pounds or however calf, why are we as 0:23:15.840 --> 0:23:20.560 humans okay with drinking that. That's a good point and 0:23:20.760 --> 0:23:27.160 I personally have thought about that. Um. For those who 0:23:28.680 --> 0:23:33.359 wish to have that, they do have to recognize that 0:23:33.520 --> 0:23:36.760 there are a lot of things and cows milk that 0:23:37.000 --> 0:23:43.680 really don't sit well sometimes with with some humans, the 0:23:43.920 --> 0:23:48.280 lactose intolerance. And then as you said, you know there 0:23:48.320 --> 0:23:53.440 are things in cows milk that they are not for 0:23:53.640 --> 0:23:59.240 humans per se. So you've got other alternatives soy milk, 0:24:00.200 --> 0:24:05.199 almond milk, but the vitamin D level it is not 0:24:05.400 --> 0:24:11.680 there in comparison account Okay, So I'm sure somebody's watching, 0:24:11.720 --> 0:24:14.600 somebody's listening. They're like, okay, we get it. You're talking 0:24:14.640 --> 0:24:18.479 about vitamin D down, you're talking about inspiring Dr Gay there, 0:24:18.480 --> 0:24:21.479 you're talking about vitamin D with pregnancy. But what if 0:24:21.520 --> 0:24:24.760 you don't know what your vitamin D levels are? How 0:24:24.800 --> 0:24:28.000 do you find them and what should they be? Ask 0:24:28.040 --> 0:24:32.159 your doctor check your levels, or you can go to 0:24:32.240 --> 0:24:37.960 this website power dot org get your own kit. Check it. 0:24:39.000 --> 0:24:46.160 Your level should be for nanograms permanent leader that's best. 0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:52.800 And the kid, uh you know, it's very simple. Fill 0:24:52.800 --> 0:24:56.520 out the questionnaire, complete the easy use kit and then 0:24:56.640 --> 0:24:59.920 your results you can get online the conveyance and seven 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:04.399 to ten days. Mm hmm. So tell me what is 0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:06.720 the importance because I see in this kid there's also 0:25:06.760 --> 0:25:11.280 a test with magnesium and omega three. How does that 0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:15.680 play a factor? Well, magnesium is a great entry and 0:25:15.760 --> 0:25:20.520 it's important in your body. It's important for your muscle function, 0:25:21.200 --> 0:25:28.800 it's important for curtia bascular health. Omega three's are again 0:25:30.240 --> 0:25:36.640 important for brain functions and particularly if you're pregnant, it's 0:25:36.680 --> 0:25:42.160 really helpful for people brain development. Oh wow, mm hmm. 0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:49.920 You can get a mega threes in in in seven. Yeah, 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:55.720 it's a good source. But those three nutrients are pretty 0:25:55.760 --> 0:25:59.920 important for bodily function. You know. I had a chance 0:26:00.040 --> 0:26:05.199 so check out some other interviews and you talked about 0:26:05.240 --> 0:26:07.320 even looking at the decades of life that there are 0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:13.000 certain nutrients that people need to add or envitamins depending 0:26:13.040 --> 0:26:15.479 on what age you are in decades you you are 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:20.359 in life. Can you talk about that a little bit? Well, Um, 0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:23.240 I would say, if you're in your child going news 0:26:24.040 --> 0:26:28.679 and you're looking to get pregnant readily, some things that 0:26:28.720 --> 0:26:33.600 you should take full of acid. Full of acid is 0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:38.960 really important in fetal brain development. And if you've been 0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:44.199 on oral contraceptives prior to trying to get that, you know, 0:26:44.320 --> 0:26:50.400 oral contraceptives can deplete certain vitamins and nutrients in your body. 0:26:51.320 --> 0:26:55.160 So if you're wanting to get pregnant and you're getting 0:26:55.200 --> 0:26:58.800 off of those, please it would be helpful for you 0:26:58.960 --> 0:27:02.040 to start taking a creat a vitaminal full of asset 0:27:02.600 --> 0:27:06.840 prior to conception. Okay, So that's one thing that is 0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:15.479 really important. Um. You should also be supplementing your iron, okay, 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:19.360 because pregnancy is going to involve a lot of iron, 0:27:20.640 --> 0:27:23.880 you know. With that placental function and getting your red 0:27:23.920 --> 0:27:28.080 blood self together to you know, take into account of 0:27:28.160 --> 0:27:31.720 pregnancy effects. So I would say that if you're in 0:27:31.760 --> 0:27:36.560 your childbearing age, you know, iron full of asset are 0:27:36.600 --> 0:27:41.520 really pretty important. When you get into your thirties and forties, 0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:46.360 I think you should really kind of think of looking 0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:51.560 at supplementing vitamin C. Vitamin C is really good for 0:27:51.600 --> 0:27:54.439 your skin, you know, and as you get further on 0:27:54.520 --> 0:27:57.520 in any reach, you know, the skin begins to show 0:27:57.600 --> 0:28:01.840 science of age, sacks and lines and stuff. So you 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:05.720 can take vitamin C not only topically, they're topical, but 0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:12.040 also oral. Okay, So I would consider that vitamin C 0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:17.879 is also important and im function, So when the cold 0:28:17.880 --> 0:28:25.000 weather comes about, you know, popa vitamin thing. Further on, 0:28:25.080 --> 0:28:30.520 an aide as muscle functional coins, you might want to 0:28:30.560 --> 0:28:37.240 start looking at mag supplements, okay, And that's helpful for 0:28:37.400 --> 0:28:42.960 your muscle function and so forth and so on. Cocute 0:28:43.040 --> 0:28:49.160 ten it's also important for muscle function, particularly if you 0:28:49.200 --> 0:28:52.560 know you find it you're waking up with sword muscles 0:28:52.640 --> 0:28:55.920 and so forth. You know it's an antioxident and it's 0:28:55.960 --> 0:29:01.120 good for muscle function. And of course vitamin D well, 0:29:01.160 --> 0:29:03.800 I have to talk about that you always want to 0:29:03.840 --> 0:29:08.800 take your vitamin tea. Yeah, yeah, is that a vitamin 0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:19.240 t um So you talked about interesting now Thomas changing, 0:29:19.880 --> 0:29:21.920 and it stood out to me that you said, hey, 0:29:22.800 --> 0:29:30.120 child bearing gears tons of changed. Have the child bearing 0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:35.280 window change because we see women way down the line. 0:29:35.280 --> 0:29:42.560 I used the seventies sevent oh carrying the baby. Yeah, well, 0:29:42.600 --> 0:29:48.800 I mean, you know, reproductive technologies have expanded. I really 0:29:48.920 --> 0:29:52.840 did things that have done that you know certainly weren't 0:29:52.880 --> 0:29:57.440 done years ago. You got you drink transplane, We've got 0:29:57.480 --> 0:30:03.480