Tech vs. Truth: The High-Tech Health Revolution and the Natural Fix We’ve Forgotten

Welcome to the number one radio health talk show in America, the Dr. Bob Martin show. Dr. Martin is a chiropractic physician, a board certified clinical nutritionist and diplomate of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The information presented on this show is educational in nature. Please consult your personal health care provider regarding health issues you may have. Got a health related problem or challenge? Not feeling well and you just don't know where to turn or what to do. Dr. Bob Martin is here for you and will do his very best to answer your health question. The toll free number to ask Dr. Martin a health question or to make a health related comment is 800-606-8822-800-606-8822. It's the Dr. Bob Martin show. Welcome to the show everybody. Dr. Adam Brockman here sliding into the driver's seat for another hour of Health Talk America presents the Dr. Bob Martin show. I hope you got your seat belts buckled up today because this hour is going to move faster than a toddler on an espresso bender. And folks if you have a topic of interest, a question or a comment now is the time to call in our hotline and that number is 800-606-8822. Again that's 800-606-8822. Your question or your comment may be featured on air in an upcoming episode. And for those of you that are shy you can submit your question or input through our form on our website at drbob.com. That's drbob.com spelling out the word doctor, d-o-c-t-o-r-bob.com. Again that's 800-606-8822 or at drbob.com. And folks the ink it's still wet on this week's medical journals and we are living in the age of breakthrough. But as your resident longevity enthusiast and your health motivator I have to ask are we breaking through to better health or are we just finding more expensive ways to fix what we should have prevented in the first place. So today we're going to dive deep into the health headlines everything from smart brain cleaners to cancer vaccines and I'm going to give you the spin on how to stay healthy in this high tech world without losing your soul or your savings accounts at the online shops or retail counters. So let's go ahead and get into this week's health headlines. First up on the docket is a story that has the endocrinology world buzzing and that is the FDA has officially given the green light to something known as a weekly and that is the first ever once weekly insulin for type 2 diabetics. Now if you're one of the 37 million Americans that are living with diabetes you know the routine. It's the finger prick in the plunge type of dance. Sometimes multiple times a day. It's tedious, it's painful and frankly it's compliance is a nightmare. Research shows that nearly 50% of people on daily insulin regiments they miss a dose or they take them incorrectly. So this enters a weekly it's one shot and once a week. It's being hailed as this paradigm shift in metabolic management. So you know I'm all for making life easier if the weekly shot keeps that patient's blood sugar from spiking into that danger zone that's a win for modern engineering. But here's the kicker. Insulin is a storage hormone and when we flood the body with it even a slow release version we're often just managing the symptoms of a metabolic fire rather than putting the fire out. So we're treating that smoke and not treating the condition itself. So in addition you know we should probably jump on this weekly needle bandwagon but let's talk about the mineral matrix. We're talking about chromium that's an unsun hero of insulin sensitivity. Before your pancreas throws in the towel are you giving it that raw materials it needs to function. So transition to a high fiber, a mineral rich diet that can do great things and it can do it for your A1C which is important in this diabetes management, this test. So if we're sticking with this blood sugar theme researchers in Japan have cracked a code that has baffled scientists for decades. How do you get insulin, this protein, this delicate protein past the acid vat of the human stomach without it being destroyed. So they developed something called a Cislic DNP peptide. And think of it as a microscopic armored car. This peptide wraps around the insulin it protects it from the stomach acid and it cruises right through the intestinal wall and that gets into the bloodstream. So there's no needles, no bruising, just a pill that you can take once a day. This could potentially help millions of people who have that needle phobia or who are in that early stages of insulin resistance itself. So this is a fascinating technology but it highlights another truth. We are becoming a nation that would rather take a pill to manage a cookie habit than stopping eating the cookies in the first place. In this convenience it's everywhere in our lives right? But the physiological cost of a bypass digestion is something we haven't fully mapped out yet. So if you're looking to improve your glucose response look towards berberine. It's often called nature's metformin for a reason. It activates some known as AMPK and that's your metabolic master switch. It's about teaching your cells how to burn the fuel again rather than just forcing more fuel into this crowded room. Now let's shift gears to one of the most feared diagnosis in modern medicine and that's Alzheimer's. We've seen a lot of false starts with drugs that clear the amyloid placking but it also can cause brain bleeding. However a new breakthrough involving CAR astrocytes it's turning heads and instead of a drug that wanders aimlessly through this blood brain barrier scientists are now using a single injection of re-engineered helper cells, these astrocytes, that act like a rumba for your brain. So they're programmed to identify, hunt down and literally eat the toxic plaques that lead to cognitive decline. So in these early trials the cleaning action was 80% more effective than previous pharmaceutical attempts. So it's a great move, reprogramming cells to be cleaners. It seems like it's straight out of a novel but we have to ask why the plaque is there in the first place. Is it the cause of the fire or is it the ash that's left behind? And in longevity it's not about cleaning up the mess, it's about preventing that brain rot in the first place. This is where the liver brain connection comes in. If your liver is sluggish your brain becomes a dumping ground for toxins. We need to focus on neuroprotective fats like omega-3s and your brain it's actually 60% fat. So if you're eating these franken fats, those ultra-processed foods in the seed oils you're basically asking for that plaque buildup. So if you give your brain the good grease before you resort to those cellular janitors. And for decades the big one heart bypass surgery meant cracking the chest open like a lobster weeks of recovery in a massive scar. Well the future just called and it brought a catheter. Surgeons are now successfully performing catheter based coronary bypasses. They thread a tiny device through a vein in the leg, they navigate it to the heart and create a detour around the blockage without having this single major incision. It's like fixing a highway by building a tunnel underneath it while the cars are still moving. So patients are going home in 48 hours instead of up to 10 days with traditional bypass surgery. So here we need to talk about nitric oxide. I've discussed this with biochemists like Dr. Nathan Bryan on the show and nitric oxide is what keeps your arteries slippery and dilated. So instead of waiting for a bypass let's talk about N101 or Hawthorne Berry and also movement. So if you keep your pipes clean you're managing that inflammation right there on the spot. And finally we have news from South Korea regarding a personalized cancer vaccine. And unlike vaccines that we're used to this isn't to prevent an infection it's to teach your immune system how to recognize and take care of, assassinate those specific tumor cells that are already in your body. By taking a biopsy of the patient's tumor scientists can create a wanted poster for the immune system. So once injected your own T cells become these bounty hunters with a 90% accuracy rate in early clinical models. So this is precision medicine at its finest. But we also need to ask why are our internal police force failing in the first place? Our immune system it often comes back to the gut 70 to 80% of our immune system lives in your gut microbiome. So if you're destroying your gut through processed sugar and stress those bounty hunters are basically asleep at the desk. We need to support our natural killer cells with things like medicinal mushrooms and high dose vitamin D. Let's make your body an environment that cancer cells can't live in in the first place. So here we go. Where medicine it's great for that crisis prevention but you know we also need to look at longevity and that's a lifestyle. It's about the habits that you build when the headlines aren't screaming at you. It's about using health as a lens through where you see the world not a leash that keeps you tied to a pharmacy. So we got a lot more to cover this hour including our health alternative coming up. So don't go anywhere. This is the Dr. Bob Martin show with Dr. Adam Brockman. Let's take control of your health together. 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I love the headlines. I love the breakthroughs but I'm also worried that we're losing the forest for the trees. These once weekly shots and these brain cleaning injections they're exciting but here we are we're sitting with 60% of the American diet is still ultra processed garbage. We're looking for the magic bullet while we're literally starving ourselves for minerals. You are what you absorb and if we aren't getting the magnesium or the zinc and the trace minerals from our soil or our foods our high-tech bodies are just going to keep breaking down. I want you to consider that with context when we talk about some of this. How can we get back to what our body does best and that is to thrive. That's what we're all about here on the show. We want to see you thrive. If you've got questions about your health or you need a little bit of help or you've had a breakthrough yourself we want to hear about it. We want you to call us at 800-606-8822. That's the Dr. Bob Martin caller hotline. That's 800-606-8822. Okay let's move on to a topic that most of us are experiencing right now and that's allergies. So if you're currently squinting through itchy swollen eyes or you're reaching for that third box of tissues today you're not alone. We are officially in the thick of this allergy season and it's a war zone. So we have to talk about what's happening outside right now. We're not just looking at a bad allergy season. We are witnessing what researchers are calling a sneeze apocalypse. For the first time in recorded history the traditional boundaries of pollen seasons have completely shattered. Usually we see tree pollen in the early spring followed by a polite handoff to grasses in May. But not this year. Thanks to shifting climate patterns these seasons have merged into one massive overlapping biological bonfire. So we've got our immune systems. We're being hit from every single angle and it's happening all at one time and it's staggering to see how many of us are struggling despite taking usual medications. So if you feel like your Claretin or your Zyrtec has suddenly stopped working you're not imagining this. This isn't just a tough year. The very nature of allergy season has changed. Since 1970 the freeze free growing season has lengthened by an average of 21 days across almost 90% of US cities. So that is an extra three weeks of plants that are pumping out irritants. And in this year in 2026 the data is even more shocking. We are seeing these rivers from late last year that are fueling a growth explosion. So we've got places like Boise, Idaho where remarkably they're hit number one on the allergy charts this year. And across the southeast pollen counts are surging from nearly zero to over 500 grains per cubic meter. And that's in a single afternoon. And then we got in Georgia for example we're seeing peaks that are exceeding 2000 grains. So that's not just a pollen bomb that's going to overwhelm any healthy respiratory system. But here's the real truth. The reason you feel like a zombie isn't the pollen, it's the way you're treating it. Most of us have been conditioned to reach for that bandaid type of approach. We see a symptom, we want it gone, so we pop an over the counter antihistamine. These drugs they're designed to block histamine receptors essentially putting a muzzle on your immune system. But when the pollen count is at 2000 that muzzle is not enough. So what's worse is this chemical straight jacket that these medicines put you on. We're talking about the brain fog, the low energy levels in a dry mouth sensation that makes you feel like you've been wandering the Mojave Desert. We see a massive rebound effect then. When you rely on those nasal decongestion sprays for more than three days you forget your body forgets as well how to regulate its own blood flow in the sinus cavities. So you stop the spray in your nose, it starts to slam tighter than that bank vault. It's a vicious cycle that keeps you dependent on the pharmacy aisle while never actually addressing what your body is overacting to in the first place. This is where we need to pivot from that conventional thinking to a more holistic wellness approach. So how do we fight back without turning into a drowsy mess? We have to look at the root cause. This is a conversation that you need to be involved with. Seasonal allergies or they can be considered a gut health issue. I know that sounds strange. Why would your stomach affect your nose? But it's something that's called the gut lung axis and about 70 to 80% of your immune system lives in the digestive tract. So when your microbiome is out of balance your immune system becomes twitchy if you will. It starts seeing harmless oak pollen as this huge threat and it launches a full scale inflammatory response. But by fixing your gut you are essentially lowering the temperature of your immune system. So let's talk about these heavy hitters. If you're looking for a health alternative look no further than cursetin or something known as butterbur. Cursetin it's a bioflavonoid that's found in red onions and apples and it's essentially nature's master stabilizer. It prevents your mass cells from dumping histamine in the first place. So you can think of it as preventative maintenance for your body's fire alarm. Then there's butterbur. So these new studies this year, these clinical studies have shown that high quality butterbur extract is just as effective as some leading over the counter medicines but without those zombie mode side effects. So that's a game changer for those looking for daily performance and longevity. And then we got to mention staining nettle. It's been used for centuries but modern science is finally catching up to that as proving its ability to inhibit the pro-inflammatory pathways that lead to that miserable stuffed up feeling. So when we combine these natural allies with a focus on gut healing probiotics and fermented foods we're getting past that sneeze apocalypse. We are building a fortress that pollen can't breach. This is how we take control of our health instead of being victims of a weather report. And of course we need to have some tactical maneuvers in our daily lives. You've got to be smart about your environment. If you're heading out for a jog at say 10 a.m. you're walking right into that peak pollen release window. So try to time your outdoor activities for the early morning or right after a rainstorm when the air has been scrub clean. And please for heaven's sake, you know let's talk about your sleep quality. Get a high quality HEPA filter for your bedroom. You spend eight hours a night breathing in whatever followed you home from your clothes and your hair. And then I also want to talk about using a nasal spray we talk about often on the show and that works with your body and that's clear nasal spray. It physically washes out this pollen bomb and it gets it out of your nasal passage. So you may need to use it several times a day during this peak season. It's simple, it's cheap and it works. So we have to stop accepting brain fog as this price of admission for springtime or allergy season. You deserve to enjoy the blossoms without the burden of that chemical haze. So if we're shifting our perspective from blocking the symptoms to modulating that immune response, we can thrive even in the face of this huge unprecedented 2026 allergy season. It's about arming you with the right tools, the right nutrients, the right timing in the right mindset. All right folks, so I want you to stay with me because when we come back from a short break I'm going to reveal this week's health alternative. You're listening to Health Talk America presents the Dr. Bob Martin show. I'm Dr. Adam Brockman. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back after these messages from our sponsors. Welcome back to Health Talk America presents the Dr. Bob Martin show. I'm your host Dr. Adam Brockman. And if you're just joining us, you've timed it perfectly. We're diving straight into one of my favorite parts of the show and that's the health alternative of the week. Now look, we live in a world that feels increasingly like a bacteria minefield. It's allergy season. And if you step outside today, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. We're in the middle of what we called in the last segment sneeze, pocalypse between the aggressive new pollen strains in the ever evolving bugs that are floating through the air. It feels like we're constantly under siege. But here's the thing. Most people are trying to fight the battle after the invaders have already set up camp in their system. They wait until they're congested or scratchy and also miserable before they start to reach for a solution. So today I want to teach you how to be the bouncer at the club of your own body. We're talking about securing the two front doors. If you think about your body as this high security fortress, you've got skin like armor in immune system that's like a specialized task force in a gut microbiome that acts like your internal intelligence agency. But even the best fortress has its entry points. And for humans, those front doors are your nose and your mouth. Statistically, over 80% of all infections enter the body through these two openings. If you think about that just for a second, we spend thousands of dollars on home security systems, right? But we leave the two most important entrances to our health wide open and unprotected. So today we know the air quality in the concentration of airborne irritants have reached a point where just washing your hands isn't enough. You have to wash your air and you have to scrub your breath. For years, we've talked on the show about the gut microbiome and for good reason. But part of the frontier of longevity and also wellness today, we need to talk about that oral in the nasal microbiome. Your nose isn't just a vacuum for oxygen. It's a sophisticated filtration system. And your mouth isn't just for eating. It's the gateway to your digestive and also your cardiovascular health. And when these microbiomes, they get out of balance, the bad guys, the bacteria and the allergens, they don't just pass through, they move in, they stick to your tissue, they multiply, and they start causing trouble. And this is where most people go wrong. They use harsh chemicals or antibiotics that kill everything, the good and the bad. That's like burning down the house to get rid of a spider, right? So this health alternative that I'm going to bring you today is different. But it's also something we talk about a lot on the show. It's about transformational hygiene and it uses a secret weapon and that's called xylitol. So let's get into the why. The why it comes directly from two brands that I trust and that's clear in Sprye. In xylitol is the star and it all comes down to a concept called anti adherence. You see bacteria, they're like little hitchhikers with sticky hands. To make you sick, they have to grab onto your cell walls and hang on for dear life. And if they can't stick, they can't colonize. And if they can't colonize, they just get washed away. In this case, washed away with xylitol naturally. And xylitol is great because it's naturally occurring into bad bacteria. Xylitol, it looks like a delicious meal. But here's the catch. They can't metabolize it. The bad bacteria can't. When they try to eat it, they lose their ability to stick to your tissues. It's essentially like putting a shield on your nose and in your mouth. The bad guys, they just slide right off and they head straight for the exit. So let's go ahead and talk about that front door. And that's the nose. During this season, this allergy season right now, your nasal passages, they're taking a beating. Every breath you take, it's like pulling in all this dust and dander and pollutants and also pathogens. And if you're using a saline spray, you're doing okay, but you're missing that magic ingredient. Clear, and that's spelled with an X, X-L-E-A-R. The nasal sprays that they make combine that soothing saline with xylitol. And it doesn't just moisturize, it cleanses. It's like a nasal car wash. And when you use clear, you are physically washing away the allergens and also that bacteria that are trying to set up shop. So I tell my patients all the time, you wouldn't go a full day without washing your face or brushing your teeth. So why would you go a full day without washing your nose? It's a simple, and in this case, it's an all natural habit that can change your life. And because it's drug-free and non-addictive, you can use it as often as you need to. It's safe for everyone from toddlers to great, your great grandparents. Now let's pivot on to that second front door. And that is the mouth. Your oral health is this massive predictor of your overall longevity. We know now that there is a direct link between oral bacteria and heart health. And this isn't just about avoiding the cavities, it's also about protecting your entire system. And this is where spry comes in. Between meals, your mouth, it becomes acidic, which is a perfect environment for bad bacteria to thrive. So spry, it has a full lineup, toothpaste, mouth rinse, gum and mints. But today, I want to go ahead and focus on spry, gum and mints. And these are loaded with xylitol. When you pop a piece of spry gum, two things happen. You increase your saliva production. You stimulate this flow of saliva, which is your body's natural defense mechanism in your mouth. Saliva buffers acid, and it reminializes your teeth. It also spry, gum and mints also decrease your ability for bacteria to thrive. The xylitol goes to work, it prevents the bacteria from sticking to your teeth and your gums. This is an easy health hack that you can put into works right away. You're already chewing gum. Why not choose something that actually is working for you? Spray is 100% xylitol. So there's no spartime or artificial sweeteners, no junk, just pure, tasty goodness. So this conventional approach to seasonal allergy, usually it involves these anihistamines that leave you feeling like a zombie or de-congestants that keep you up all night. They address the symptoms after the fact. So this health alternative approach, the spry and clear approach, is proactive prevention. We're not waiting for the sneezes to take place over and over again. We're reinforcing the doors before the storm even hits. It's natural, it's science-based, and frankly, it just makes sense. So I don't want you to take my word for it. I want you to experience the difference when you can actually breathe through your nose and when your mouth feels like it's dentist clean all day long. You can find the entire line of clear and spry products at almost any health food store, including natural grocers, retail giants like Target, your local pharmacy or CVS, and of course on Amazon or through their website at Clear. But I also want you to go ahead to their website and do a full dive into the science and see those clinical studies. All you got to do is head over to clear.com. That's spelled X-L-E-A-R dot com. All right, folks, I want you to stick around. This has been your health alternative. You are listening to Health Talk America presents the Dr. Bob Martin show. I'm Dr. Adam Brockman, and we'll be right back after this short break. Head to toe. That's where Dr. Nathan Bryant's N101 comes in. They're the world's nitric oxide innovation experts. Back by Nobel Prize winning science, helping your body restore its natural power to expand blood vessels, deliver oxygen and energize every cell. 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You've got stories and you've got a lot of miles left on that odometer. But one morning you wake up with a kind of lightning bolt back pain. The kind that makes you find it hard to catch your breath. You do what many do and that's you head to the emergency room looking for help, looking for a cause, looking for a way to get back on your feet. But instead of a warm blanket in a diagnostic plan, the first thing the experts offer you is a way to end your life. This isn't a campfire ghost story, folks. This happened to a lady named Maryam. She walked into an ER in British Columbia, Canada suffering from agonizing back pain. Now, as someone who specializes in sports medicine, I see severe back pain every single day. I know how scary it can be. You feel broken. You feel like you may not walk right again. But what happened next is the ultimate health outrage. Before a doctor even sat down to discuss a physical therapy plan, an anti-inflammatory protocol, or even a simple x-ray, Maryam was approached by Maid and that stands for Medical Assistance in Dying. I want you to think about that. Let's sink in for a second. Before the healing started, they offered her an exit plan. We're talking about death as a first line of treatment for musculoskeletal issues. This is a woman who wasn't terminal. She wasn't at the end of her rope. She was just in pain. The system looked at her age, looked at her symptoms, and basically asked, do you want to check out now and save us the trouble? This is the dark side of socialized medicine in that death-first approach that is creeping into global healthcare. When the system becomes about efficiency and cost-cutting rather than individual wellness and holistic care, humans become more like line items on a spreadsheet. And if you're expensive patient, maybe you're older, maybe your recovery will take a few more months of rehab, the system starts looking for the cheapest solution. And let's be honest, there's nothing cheaper for government-run healthcare than a patient who isn't there. This is a direct assault on medical ethics. The Hippocratic oath says, first, do no harm. Offering a lethal injection to a woman with a backache isn't just harm, it's total abandonment of a physician's duty. And we're seeing this shift where the goal is no longer to find the root cause of suffering, but to simply eliminate the sufferer. Now, here is the part that will make you stand up and cheer. Maryam didn't, she didn't take the bait. She didn't listen to the death program peddlers. She stuck to her guns. She got the actual medical care that she deserved and she did the work. So we fast forward just a short while after this outrageous ER visit. Did she end up in a hospice bed? No. Maryam recently returned from a trip to Guatemala where she climbed a volcano. Hear that again. An 84-year-old woman who took the medical system, essentially tried to write her off, was scaling volcanic peaks in Central America. That is the power of the human spirit. That is the power of choosing life over convenience. It proves that pain is not a permanent state and that age is not a reason to stop living. If she had listened to those ER professionals, that volcano would still be there, but Maryam would not. So the story is a wake-up call for every single person that's listening right now. We have to be our own health advocates and be our own best doctor. And when you walk in a clinic or a hospital, you have to realize that there is a massive divide between conventional medical overreach and true patient-centered care. So in my practice, we look at the body as a whole. If your back hurts, we look at your alignment, your gait, your nutrition, and your inflammation levels. We don't just mask the symptoms. We look for basically the root cause. And we certainly don't offer a death program. We need to get back to a place where we value longevity in the wisdom of our elders in healthcare. We should be doing everything in our power to keep people like Maryam alive and active and mobile in climbing volcanoes. Instead, we're seeing a payday loan mentality in medicine. Take the quick, the easy, and often destructive route now and worry about the consequences later. This is about the value of life. It's the fact that your 80s, your 90s, and even into your 100th year of life can be the most rewarding years if you have the physical health to enjoy them. We should be investing in better physical therapy, better chiropractic care, and better nutrition, not more efficient ways to end life. So folks, Maryam is a hero. She looked at the death first system in the eye and said, not today. I've got a mountain to climb. So let her story be a reminder that you are worth the effort. Your health is worth the fight. I'm Dr. Adam Brockman. Stay empowered, stay educated, and for heaven's sake, stay tuned to Health Talk America presents the Dr. Bob Margin show. We'll be right back after this break. Dr. Adam Brockman here. If you've ever wished that medicine focused on restoring health instead of managing disease, there's a place just like that. It's the American Holistic Care Center. American Holistic Care offers advanced stem cell therapy that blends the best of natural and conventional medicine. Their regentive options include PRP therapy, ozone, and EBOO therapies to detoxify and renew your body from within. If you need more energy, IV nutrient therapy, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy replenish vital nutrients in oxygen for faster recovery and immunity support. 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Her skin is literally peeling off in sheets and she's describing something that she calls a bone deep itch. She goes back to their specialist and what do they say? Your eczema is just getting worse. Here take this stronger, more expensive steroid. But here's the kicker and this is the mystery that we're cracking today. She doesn't have eczema anymore. She has something known as TSW. It's Topical Steroid Withdrawal also known as Red Skin Syndrome. This is the ultimate example of Band-Aid Medicine gone wrong. We've been conditioned to think that if your skin is angry we should shut it up with a steroid. But those creams are like a payday loan for your health. You get a little relief now but the interest rate is continuing to climb. When you stop the cream your blood vessels go into massive inflammatory rebound. It's a systemic crisis not a skin crisis. So to solve this red skin riddle we have to stop looking at the surface and start looking at gut health and inflammation levels inside. We've seen this huge improvement sometimes in practice and skin clarity in patients who ditch the suppression mindset and focus on a holistic detox and gut repair. So this patient didn't need a stronger drug. She needed to let her body find its own balance again. So if you're trapped in that cycle of cream, clear, flare, repeat it's time to ask the hard questions. Is your medicine the cure or is it the cause? Alright folks so that's your health mystery this week and that my friends brings us to the end of another hour of the Dr. Bob Martin show. And we've covered a lot of ground today in ways that you can reclaim your longevity starting right now. So if today's discussion resonated with you don't keep it to yourself. The transition from band aid approaches to root cause medicine is a journey that we should all take part in. I want you to join in the conversation. You can look for our community pages on social media outlets and I encourage you to look at our YouTube channel as well. I want you to keep learning. Go to our website at drbob.com and browse our full category of health insights. I want you to be proactive. Your body has this incredible capacity to heal when you give it the right environment. If you've got a question or you want to tell your story I want you to get in touch with us by calling our toll-free hotline which is 800-606-8822. For not being sick, settle for thriving. This is Dr. Adam Brockman for the Dr. Bob Martin show. Take control of your health, arm yourself with the truth and we will talk to you next time. I want you to stay healthy, stay informed and have a great week.