August 26, 2025 • 40 mins
Think Seasonal Affective Disorder only happens in winter? Think again. Summer SAD is real—and it’s
stealing your sunshine. Tune in as we reveal the surprising reasons behind summer depression (hint: it’s not just the heat) and the simple, natural fixes to reclaim your joy.
Dr. Bob and Dr. Brockman answer listeners’ health questions
Health Alternative of the Week
Health Outrage of the Week
Product Recall of the Week
Health Mystery of the Week
stealing your sunshine. Tune in as we reveal the surprising reasons behind summer depression (hint: it’s not just the heat) and the simple, natural fixes to reclaim your joy.
Dr. Bob and Dr. Brockman answer listeners’ health questions
Health Alternative of the Week
Health Outrage of the Week
Product Recall of the Week
Health Mystery of the Week
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
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Speaker 2 (01:01):
Good day, and welcome Doctor Adam Brockman here co hosting
America's number one health talk radio show, The Doctor Bob
Martin Show. Welcome to another power packed hour of cutting
edge health insights, natural remedies in the kind of no
nonsense health advice that will feel you, will get you
feeling like a million bucks and without the side effects. Now,
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let's get real for a second. Summer's winding down, and
while most folks are still busy slathering on sunscreen and
firing up that grill, there's a silent health crisis lurking
in the shadows. And no, I'm not talking about a sunburn,
though that's a whole other conversation. In today's installment of
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our summer series, we're talking about summer seasonal effective disorder,
also known as SAD. And that's right, SAD. Seasonal effective
disorder isn't just a winter thing. Today we're going to
dive deep into why son can mess with your mood
just as much as those cold and wet winter months
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in the we is myself and doctor Bob beside me today,
ready to drop those health truth bombs like only he can.
Welcome to your show, doctor Bob.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Hey, how you doing today, Doctor Brockman. I am ready
to go to help sick people get well naturally, and
all of our well listeners just stay that way. That's
what it's all about, becoming your own best doctor most
of the time.
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That is the goal, all right, folks, First, let's talk
about gratitude. You woke up today, right, that means you've
got another twenty four hours to make your health a priority.
Whether you're a walker, or you're pounding the pavement for
your morning jog, or maybe you're jogging in place. Remember
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of ways to get results, we've got a jam packed
show for you today. We're going to uncover the health
alternative of the week, which is going to be a
natural powerhouse meal replacement. Then brace yourselves for the health
outrage of the week, and then after that we're going
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wrap up with a health mystery of the week, or
we're going to explore a bizarre medical phenomenon that'll leave
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dot com. Let's crack it open. So, folks, I want
you to grab your notebook. Maybe you have a lot
one that needs to listen into the show with you,
and let's go ahead and get started. Because when it
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comes to your health ignorance isn't bliss. It's a recipe
for disaster. And first up, we're gonna talk about those
summer blues while you feel sad and why it might
be in the sunshine and how you can fix that.
All right, let's talk about something that might surprise you.
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Don't you to picture this. It's a beautiful summer day,
the sun is shining, birds are chirping, and kids are
laughing in the distance. But instead of feeling energized, you're irritable,
You're exhausted, and you just feel off. If that sounds familiar,
you might be one of the millions dealing with seasonal
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effective disorder, but in the summer. And no, it's not
because you secretly hate ice cream or you have a
grudge against sunshine. Today we're gonna dive deep into the
pool of why summer, of all seasons, can leave you
feeling down and more importantly, what you can do about it,
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because let's be real, life's too short to spend those
julyes hiding under the covers. So the question is what
is summer seasonal effective disorder? It isn't just about being
in a bad mood because it's hot. It's a real thing.
It's clinically recognized form of seasonal depression. But instead of
the classic winter sad symptoms that you're like having cravings
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for carbs or sleeping all day, summer sad flips the script.
You wake up at three am, you're drenched in sweat
and your mind is racing, like you just chugged a
triple expresso. Now you snap at your partner over something
very minor, like how they loaded the dishwasher, and by
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noon you're too anxious to eat and you're too wired
to relax. If that sounds exhausting, it's because it is.
And we want to break down why this happens. Because
knowledge is power. So the culprits behind some are sad
start with the sun. You'd think that more sunlight equals
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more happiness, but in this case it's wrong. Too much
sunlight it in daylight. It messes with your circadian rhythm,
your body's internal clock. When the sun's up at five
am and it's still blazing at eight pm, your brain
gets confused, and the melotone and the hormone that helps
you sleep, it gets suppressed, and it leaves you tossing
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and turning like a rotisserie chicken. Next up, we have
heat and humidity, and that equals your stress central. If
you ever noticed how a scorching day can even turn
that chilliest person into a grouch, that's because heat spikes cortisol,
that's your body's stress hormone, and when cortisol is high,
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your mood takes a nose dive. It's like your body's
stuck in a fight or flight mode, except the threat
is just that August heat. And then there's also that
Instagram versus reality trap summer. It's marketed as this NonStop party,
you know, the beach bods, the backyard barbecues, and those
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hashtags that say best Summer ever. But what if you're
not feeling it? That pressure to be on twenty four
to seven can make you feel like you're failing at summer,
and guess what, that shame spiral and makes things worse.
But there's always good news. You don't have to white
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knuckle your way through August. I want to talk about
some natural, science based and totally doable solutions, like outsmarting
the sun. If sunlight sometimes it's just too much and
you need blackout curtains, they can be your best friend,
if you create a cave like bedroom to trick your
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brain into thinking it's not broad daylight at bedtime. With
that also comes limiting your blue light at night. That
means no scrolling in the middle of night for TikTok
though it just depletes your melotonin levels and then you
also need to cool down and calm down. If you
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hydrate with watermelon and cucumber and coconut water, those are
your summer MVPs for hydration in electrolytes. And also I
want to say this cold showers. It's not torture for
if you're having some of that summer seasonal effective disorder,
a two minute cold rinse, it lowers your cortisol and
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it shocks your system into chill mode. I also want
to mention about adaptogens. Those are nature's chill pill oshwaganda.
It helps your body handle stress without turning you into
a zombie and finally move. But you can keep it gentle.
You can swap those marathon runs for swimming or sunset yoga.
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Overheating it causes more stress. So listening to your body
is important here. So then we have it figured out.
The summer sad we tweaked, we tweaked a routine here
and there, we took a cold shower, makes you feel better.
I want to get doctor Bob's input on this after
the break, but before we hit that pause button, I
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want to ask you when you do you actually tune
in to what your body's telling you if something feels
off or symptoms are popping up. Those are important signals
you shouldn't ignore. And the great part, you don't need
to wait forever to talk to a doctor. With our
telehealth services, you can connect with a healthcare provider fast,
right from your couch. All you gotta do is visit
doctor Bob dot com looking for the telehealth option. You
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can even call us at eight hundred six or A
six eight eighty two to two. You're listening to the
Doctor Bob Martin Show. Welcome back doctor Adam Brockman here,
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about some of our incredible listener resources, one being our
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dot com. So we're doctor Bob and myself. We're standing
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Your health journey matters to doctor Bob and myself and
we're here to help you every step of the way. So,
doctor Bob, we've been talking about summer seasonal effective disorder,
and it doesn't mean that you're failing at sunshine or
being on in the sunshine. It means your body's asking
for a little TLC during these long summer months. So
I want to get your input on this and maybe
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some insight on how we can help listeners during the
summer months when we all think that we should be
happy and joyful, but sometimes it just isn't there.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Well, I've had the opportunity, the great opportunity to help
people with the so called SAD disorder or that which
is referred to as seasonal affective disorder. A lot of
people have it. Some people don't even relate to it
and have never had it, and they won't have it. It
really is about adaptation. It's whether or not you can
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adapt to the environment that you are in at the time.
And some people go through seasons don't even blink. They
have no problem with the symptoms that are associated with
seasonal effective disorder, like depression or other problems that are
associated with SAD. Now, the medical literature is pretty strong
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in this area after having studied it for decades. Looking
at the research, I mean, you have all kinds of
different maladies and infirmities associated with either the lack of
or excessive amounts of sunlight, the most common of which
is depression. But you still have other diseases like osteoporosis.
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And of course we know the connection there has to
do with vitamin D and its ability to make sure
that calcium, magnesium, and vitamin K gets routed to the
proper places in the body, like the bones. We know
that breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even schizephrenia all related
to the possibility that sunlight you're either getting too much
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of it or not enough of it, or you're not
adapting to the changes in the season can occur. Again,
we're dealing with a whole complex set of issues including
right down, doctor Brockman, as you know, to our genes
and how our genes, our metabolism, our immune system, how
it's all tied together, and when we don't get the
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proper amount of sunlight, those genes are not triggered, they
don't work correctly. And if we have a gene laying
in there that has happens to be susceptible to a
particular condition, let's say breast cancer, it may trigger that
gene in response to not receiving enough vitamin D through
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the exposure of the sun to our skin, which has
cholesterol in it, which then converts that cholesterol to vitamin D.
Vitamin D we know is the anti cancer vitamin. It's
really a hormone, but we know that when it's deficient
in the human body, it can in certain individuals increase
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the risk of breast cancer, schizophrenia, prostate cancer, osteoporosis, and depression.
All of those are strongly associated with seasonal effective disorder.
Bottom line, when you have seasonal effective disorder. Things can
go wrong. You can actually start having symptoms of cravings.
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We notice this with people. They start craving for some reason,
just out of the blue. They start craving sugary foods
and sweets and candies and refined carbohydrates, and they can't
figure it out. I'm just binging now. No, you're binging
because there's something out of balance. Your body is trying
to right itself. And when you're depressed, the sweeter foods
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the carbohydrates initiate a chemical change within your to start
producing amino acids and hormones that trick your brain into
believing that, oh, you're happy again temporarily, but really it's temporary,
and the swedes just pile on the weight onto you.
But bottom line, the key is really shorter amounts of
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time with sunlight during the daytime hours, hopefully in the
am hours of the early morning. That's the best time
to go out and get direct sunlight, so that you
never ever get a sunburn. That's the one thing we
want to point out. Never ever get a sunburn. That's
a problem. But short intervals of sunlight fifteen minutes maybe
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in the morning, in the maybe seven am to maybe
ten am in the morning, depending on where you're at
latitude longitude. All that is the key. And then couple
that with exercise, with a plant centered diet, trying to
eat as many organic foods as you can, keeping a
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positive metal attitude, and that way, those people who are
impacted by this seasonal effective disorder are less impacted, and
those who don't want to be impacted by it won't
ever realize it because they're already doing good things.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
It's a lot of good information, doctor Bob, and it's
a lot to unpack with these seasonal effective disorders because
you know, it's it's hard to imagine that there would
be one during the summer, but it's in every season.
So if you're experiencing those, you know again, I can
always ask us a question or reach out at doctor
Bob dot com or our toll free number at eight
hundred and six or oh six eight eight two to two.
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And with our Health altern of the Week, we're going
to bring a ray of sunshine. So let's go ahead
and get into that. It's time for our health altern
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of the Week and a loha. This week, we're trading
the usual kale smoothies in those chia puddings for something
with a little more island flare, and that's Aloha bars.
Those tropical inspired snacks are not just delicious, they're packed
with nutrients that'll make you bodies seen like a ukulele
at sunset. So imagine you have got imaginary layon and
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let's dive into why these bars deserve that spot in
your wellness routine. First, let's talk about ingredients. Traditional Aloha
bars are a blend of oats, nuts, dried tropical fruits
like you can think about pineapple, mango, and coconut, and
a touch of honey or maple syrup for sweetness. Some
versions they even sneak in macadamia nuts or passion fruit
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for an extra punch of flavor. And the result it's
a chewy, crunchy and slightly sticky bar that tastes like
a vacation but fuels you like a superfood smoothie. Now,
why are these bars such a health wind for starters?
The oats and nuts, they provide a slow release energy
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and it keeps you full and focus longer than that
sad snickers bar ever could. In the dried tropical fruits,
they add a burst of vitamins like vitamin C from
pineapple and potassium from banana, while it satisfies your sweet
tooth naturally, no refined sugar needed. And let's not forget coconut,
the MVP of healthy fats. It supports brain function and
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keeps your skin glowing like you've just spent the week
on Yikaki beach. And this is what I like. Aloha
bars aren't just about what's in them, They're about the vibe.
Eating one is like pressing a pause on your hectic day,
and it teleports you to a hammock under the palm tree.
Stress with relief at check. Yeah, antioxidants, double check, and
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that reason to hum somewhere over the rainbow while chewing. Yeah. Absolutely,
So there you have it. This week's health alternative is
all about bringing paradise to your plate, because wellness shouldn't
feel like work. It should feel like slipping into flip
flops and letting the ocean breeze. Do the rest, now,
go forth and snack with that a looha spirit. And hey,
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if anyone asks why you're eating dessert for breakfast again,
just tell them it's island medicine. So Loha bars your
health alternative of the week available at finer health food
stores like natural Grocers. All right, we're coming up on
a break and after the break, we're gonna get into
our health Outrage. We've got a couple more segments to go,
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and folks, if you got any questions for us again,
call us at eight hundred six or oh six, eight
eighty two to two. That's Doctor Bob Martin. Call her hotline.
You're listening to the Doctor Bob Martin Show.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
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Speaker 2 (21:15):
Welcome back, you've tuned into the Doctor Bob Martin Show
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and empowering each other. All right, Doctor Bob, I want
to talk about something that most people dread, and that's
the dentist chair. That moment when they peer into your
mouth and you're praying, they don't say we need to talk. Well,
here's my not so secret weapon. That's Spray dental defense system.
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And this is what my entire clinic team, my family,
doctor Bob and his family and yes, even my dental
hygienis use to keep our mouths in check. Here's the
game changer for Spry. It's xylotol. It's a plant based powerhouse,
and it's not just sweet. It's a full on dental bodyguard.
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It fights cavities and knocks out plaque, and it kicks
bad breath to the curb. And Spry it packs it
in every product, their toothpaste, their mouth rents, their gum,
and they're mints. They have peppermint, cinnamon and spearmint, all
the flavors you love and none of the guilt. So
you want to know my routine. I brush with Spry toothpaste,
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I rinse with Spry mouthwash, and I pop a piece
of Spry gum after mails. It's like having a dental
hygienis in your back pocket. And the best part, no
drastic habit changes are needed. You just swap what you
already are using for Spry and you let the xylotol work.
It's magic. So imagine your dentist leans back and says,
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whatever you're doing, just keep doing it. That's the Spry effect,
and you'll find it at CVS, rite Aid, Target sprouts,
in natural grossers, pretty much anywhere good oral care loves.
If you want to know more, head to Clear dot com.
That's x L e a r dot com, the same
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recommend having in your wellness toolbag. Is So the bottom line,
if you want a mouth that's as healthy as it
is fresh, it's time to go spry your teeth in
your dental hygienis well. Thank you all right? That brings
us to our health outrage of the week.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
The joo each to for the health outrage because it's nothing.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
But all right, our health outrage this week. It's sunflower
lechen facials. It's Instagram's latest skincare scam. Uh, doctor Bob,
I know you like to get your skincare tips from Instagram,
but brace yourself because today the latest skincare trend it's
just silly. We're talking about sunflower luchen facials. I know
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this is in a joke. People are literally smearing a
food emulsifier on their faces and they call it anti aging.
Let's break it down, so what is this nonsense? Sunflower
luchen is a totally normal ingredient. You'll find it in
chocolate bars, protein powders, and even infant formulas. It keeps
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things smooth and blended. But somewhere along the way, influencers decided, hey,
if it works in my almond milk, why not my pores.
Now your Instagram feed it's being flooded with videos of
people melting lechen capsules into goop. They mix it with
coconut oil and call it botox in a bowl and
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they slather it on their face like they're frosting a cake.
In the claims here, they're just wild. It erases wrinkles
in five minutes, it's better than retinall and it cures
acne overnight. But hold up, let's fact check here. This
is why it's a complete scam. There's zero science backing this.
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There's not one single study it's showing sunflower luchen does
anything for your skin topically, not one. Meanwhile, actual dermatologists
are face palming so hard they might need botox themselves.
It's a do it your self disaster. Legend is its sticky, thick,
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and not formulated for skin. If you mix it with
random kitchen ingredients, that's how you're gonna end up with
clogged pores and acne breakouts, irritation like redness, itching, and
burning in a face that smells like a granola bar.
The ugly truth about this and the influencers that the
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trend exists just for one reason, and that's engagement. The
more bizarre the hack, the more likes it gets. And
it's not just about Lecha here. It's the culture of
quick fixes. Instead of trusting proven companies that spend the
big money on research and studies. People chase these viral
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fads because they promise miracles and fast and the person
that loses that's you or whoever's doing it. Your skin
doesn't need kitchen experiments. It needs real care. So this
is what I suggest doing instead. If you want that
glowing skin, use a real natural moisturizer. You can also
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wear SPF daily. That's one of the things that you
can do for anti aging. And ignore trends that sound
like they were invented by a board TikToker at two am.
And if you really love sunflower legend, eat it. Your
gut's going to appreciate it more than your face ever could.
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Doctor Bob, what do you think of that?
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Well, I think, first of all, it's ridiculous, and you're right,
these influencers they try to find something different, something unique
without studying the science behind it, hoping to have its
stick and then have all these people follow that, which
is absurd because sunflower is a great oil as long
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as you don't put a lot of it in your
body or on your body. It's most of it by
the time it goes into the body. Into the bottles
that they model it with is rancid to begin with,
and you can tell that when you open up the
lid of a sunflower oil bottle, especially if the bottle
is clear and light has been striking that oil, turning
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it oxidative and damaging that oil, and it's damaged permanently,
creating all these oxidative molecules in there that are really
harmful to your body internally and externally. In fact, it
is an omega six fatty acid, which we are directed
to stay away from. We have way too many omega
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six fatty acids in our diet. And when you imbalance
the omega three, which is anti inflammatory, those like salmon
oil and flax seed oil, et cetera, that's a good thing.
You've got to keep that in mind when you're eating
anything these days, because more of these inflammatory oils like sunflower,
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safflower soy oil are gonna inflame whatever they come in
contact with. So it's a terrible idea and it'll be
a passing fad like all other things, hopefully.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
M hm. I agree with that. All right, folks, it's
time to hit pause and take that quick breather. But
don't wander off just yet. If you've got burning health questions,
we've got answers for you. Dial our toll free hotline
at eight hundred six zero six eight A two to two,
where two licensed physicians doctor Bob and I are standing
by to guide you on your path to better health.
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That's eight hundred six er a six eight eight two
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Speaker 4 (30:00):
So your sorry, I saw your dad, I'm.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
A bus service number signs they have one never single.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
Stoppable Today, welcome back doctor Adam Brockman here as we
return to the Doctor Bob Martin Show. Before we jump
back into today's vital health discussion, I want to remind
you that your wellness journey continues even more off air. First,
our physician team is always available at eight hundred six
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word doctor doctrbob dot com. Now let's get right into
our product recall of the week. Our product recall of
the week. Those of you that are doing your early
holiday shopping for Dad, you may want to pause for
a second. This week, a significant recall has been issued
(31:35):
for over forty five thousand pairs of heated socks, and
they're manufactured by Field Cheer Apparel Technologies. The recall was
prompted by alarming reports of consumers experiencing burns and blisters
while using the product. The affected socks, which were sold
nationwide and online between August of twenty one and June
(31:57):
of twenty twenty five. The heated socks, designed to provide
warmth during the cold winters, come equipped with lithium ion
battery packs. However, when worn during high intensity activities such
as running or hiking, they can generate excessive heat, friction, moisture,
and pressure. The dangerous combination has led to injuries with
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reports of pain and discomfort, including at least four confirmed
cases of burns and blisters, and in Canada there have
been an additional nineteen incidences. So if you have a
pair of these Field Sheer heated socks, stop using them
immediately to avoid any potential injury, and contact Field Cheer
Apparel for a full refund or replacement. And remember, if
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your feet are burning and it's not from that killer
work app it might be time to check your sock
drawer spender product recall of the week. Let's see if
we can get to a question. A question from ED
from Santa Fe the first time is the location Santa
Fe taxas question? Is there a cure for MDDS? Thank
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you doctor Bob all right, so D from Santa Fe.
He's talking about MDDS and that is we'll just use
land sickness for that. And for those that might not
be familiar, it's a rare neurological condition where a person
feels like a persistent rocking, swaying, or bobbing sensation after
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disembarking from a boat, plane or otherwise motion experience, and
it's as if the brain imbalanced system can't quite turn
off that motion. And now, to answer your question as
far as a cure, the answer is there's no universally
recognized cure for land sickness. However, there are strategies and
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therapies that can help reduce that as far as that goes,
let's break it down into vestibular rehabilitation therapy, a specialized
type of physical therapy. It's aimed at retraining the brain
to recalibrate balance in that spatial orientation, and for these
land sickness patients, therapy must be tailored very carefully since
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traditional balance exercises can sometimes worse in that condition. As
far as medication goes, some people get temporary relief with
medications like anti nausea nausea drugs, but it's not a
long term solution as it doesn't address the root cause.
Nutritional support, we're going to look at omega three fatty acids, magnesium,
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coenzyme Q and B complex vitamins, and I also suggest
mind body therapies since stress exaggerate or makes it worse
the landsickness symptoms. Practices like yoga, deep breathing, and mindfulness
meditation help with that. So ed as far as those
conditions and a personalized treatment approach is multilayered in the especially,
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the brain has that incredible capacity to rewire itself with
the right guidance. So, doctor Bob, do you got any
input on the landsickness I do.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Usually we find with people who get this, they have
a disconnect, some type of an imbalance and interference between
the cochlea, which is deep in the ear area. That's
a little structure that has these fine tuned hairs, these
silica type hairs, and when that becomes imbalanced for whatever reason,
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whether there's inflammation there or there's some other type of
vestibular problem that can throw a person off. The question
is why does one person have it and the other
people who may have been traveling in the same modality
do not, And usually because that person who develops these
vestibular imbalances has a problem before they got into the motion.
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So my suggestion for this individual is to consult with
the chiropractic physician and have them carefully check their upper
cervical area in their neck, their occiput, their at lists,
their axis. That's where the brain stem drops in and
if there's any pressure being exerted on that area subplixation
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that can create inflammation, It can create impingement to the
stem itself and can therefore not be able to adapt
to signals coming back from the ear to the brain.
So the doctor of choice here, if they've tried everything else,
is a chiropractic physician, and maybe acupuncture as well.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
All right, great suggestions there, and if today's show has
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Speaker 4 (36:58):
Just Gabrina, welcome back.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
You're listening to the Doctor Bob Martin Show. I'm doctor
Adam Brockman, and we have reached the end of another
exciting hour. I want to go ahead and leave you
guys with the health mystery of the week. All right, folks,
our health mystery of the week is the photic sneeze reflex.
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Today's mystery. Why do some people sneeze when they step
into the sunlight. It's called the photic sneeze reflex, and
it's one of those bodily quirks that has science. They
haven't fully cracked it yet. I want you to imagine this.
You walk out in a after a dimly lit movie
in suddenly at chew, the bright sun triggers an unexpected sneeze.
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No pollen, no dust, just pure unfiltered sunlight. This phenomenon
affects up to thirty five percent of the population, and
if you're one of them, you're in good company. Even
Aristotle pondered this oddity centuries ago. Scientists believe the photic
sneeze reflex is due to a case of crossed wires
in the brain's neural pathways. So when light hits your eyes,
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the optic nerve fires signals to your brain, But somehow
those signals accidentally stimulate what's called the trigeminal nerve, which
controls the sneeze reflex. It's like your brain's electrical system
is short circuiting and zapp accues a sneeze. But here's
what's interesting. Despite knowing how it happens, we still don't
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know why it happens. Evolutionary speaking, it's a head scratcher.
Some theories suggest it's a leftover trait from our ancestors,
while others think it's just a harmless glitch in our system.
And here's a fun fact for you that ancient Greeks
believe sneezing was a divine sign, a message from the gods.
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I'm guessing they didn't have allergy season back then or else.
Zeus would have been very busy. So today we've upgraded
from methodology to genetics. If one of your parents has
this reflex, you've got a fifty percent chance of inheriting it.
So the next time sunlight sends you into a sneezing fit,
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blame your DNA or thank the gods for the free
nasal reset. And remember, if you're part of that thirty
five percent, just think of it as your body's way
of saying bless you to the sun. And doctor Bob,
what do you think of that?
Speaker 3 (39:48):
Well, here's another mystery to add on to that one,
doctor Brockman. People with blue eyes have that reflex exercised
more often. Don't know why. And I know that because
my wife has blue eyes. I am brown eyes. When
we go into the sun from a dark lit room,
she sneezes.
Speaker 2 (40:05):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (40:05):
So there you go, health mystery of the week.
Speaker 2 (40:09):
That is right, well, doctor Bob, thanks thanks for joining
in and dropping some of those truth bombs that only
you can into our listeners. Battling summer blues, Remember this,
your body isn't failing you. It's guiding you toward better
self care. Every small adjustment brings you closer to a
joyful balanced summer. This is doctor Adam Brockman for Doctor
(40:30):
Bob Martin, signing off with our show's motto, become your
own best doctor most of the time, and remember your
health is your greatest wealth. Until next time, this has
been the Doctor Bob Martin Show.
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Speaker 2 (01:01):
Good day, and welcome Doctor Adam Brockman here co hosting
America's number one health talk radio show, The Doctor Bob
Martin Show. Welcome to another power packed hour of cutting
edge health insights, natural remedies in the kind of no
nonsense health advice that will feel you, will get you
feeling like a million bucks and without the side effects. Now,
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let's get real for a second. Summer's winding down, and
while most folks are still busy slathering on sunscreen and
firing up that grill, there's a silent health crisis lurking
in the shadows. And no, I'm not talking about a sunburn,
though that's a whole other conversation. In today's installment of
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our summer series, we're talking about summer seasonal effective disorder,
also known as SAD. And that's right, SAD. Seasonal effective
disorder isn't just a winter thing. Today we're going to
dive deep into why son can mess with your mood
just as much as those cold and wet winter months
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in the we is myself and doctor Bob beside me today,
ready to drop those health truth bombs like only he can.
Welcome to your show, doctor Bob.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Hey, how you doing today, Doctor Brockman. I am ready
to go to help sick people get well naturally, and
all of our well listeners just stay that way. That's
what it's all about, becoming your own best doctor most
of the time.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
That is the goal, all right, folks, First, let's talk
about gratitude. You woke up today, right, that means you've
got another twenty four hours to make your health a priority.
Whether you're a walker, or you're pounding the pavement for
your morning jog, or maybe you're jogging in place. Remember
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those small steps, they lead to big results. And speaking
of ways to get results, we've got a jam packed
show for you today. We're going to uncover the health
alternative of the week, which is going to be a
natural powerhouse meal replacement. Then brace yourselves for the health
outrage of the week, and then after that we're going
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to tackle a product recall, and finally we're going to
wrap up with a health mystery of the week, or
we're going to explore a bizarre medical phenomenon that'll leave
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dot com. Let's crack it open. So, folks, I want
you to grab your notebook. Maybe you have a lot
one that needs to listen into the show with you,
and let's go ahead and get started. Because when it
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comes to your health ignorance isn't bliss. It's a recipe
for disaster. And first up, we're gonna talk about those
summer blues while you feel sad and why it might
be in the sunshine and how you can fix that.
All right, let's talk about something that might surprise you.
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Don't you to picture this. It's a beautiful summer day,
the sun is shining, birds are chirping, and kids are
laughing in the distance. But instead of feeling energized, you're irritable,
You're exhausted, and you just feel off. If that sounds familiar,
you might be one of the millions dealing with seasonal
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effective disorder, but in the summer. And no, it's not
because you secretly hate ice cream or you have a
grudge against sunshine. Today we're gonna dive deep into the
pool of why summer, of all seasons, can leave you
feeling down and more importantly, what you can do about it,
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because let's be real, life's too short to spend those
julyes hiding under the covers. So the question is what
is summer seasonal effective disorder? It isn't just about being
in a bad mood because it's hot. It's a real thing.
It's clinically recognized form of seasonal depression. But instead of
the classic winter sad symptoms that you're like having cravings
(06:32):
for carbs or sleeping all day, summer sad flips the script.
You wake up at three am, you're drenched in sweat
and your mind is racing, like you just chugged a
triple expresso. Now you snap at your partner over something
very minor, like how they loaded the dishwasher, and by
(06:53):
noon you're too anxious to eat and you're too wired
to relax. If that sounds exhausting, it's because it is.
And we want to break down why this happens. Because
knowledge is power. So the culprits behind some are sad
start with the sun. You'd think that more sunlight equals
(07:13):
more happiness, but in this case it's wrong. Too much
sunlight it in daylight. It messes with your circadian rhythm,
your body's internal clock. When the sun's up at five
am and it's still blazing at eight pm, your brain
gets confused, and the melotone and the hormone that helps
you sleep, it gets suppressed, and it leaves you tossing
(07:36):
and turning like a rotisserie chicken. Next up, we have
heat and humidity, and that equals your stress central. If
you ever noticed how a scorching day can even turn
that chilliest person into a grouch, that's because heat spikes cortisol,
that's your body's stress hormone, and when cortisol is high,
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your mood takes a nose dive. It's like your body's
stuck in a fight or flight mode, except the threat
is just that August heat. And then there's also that
Instagram versus reality trap summer. It's marketed as this NonStop party,
you know, the beach bods, the backyard barbecues, and those
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hashtags that say best Summer ever. But what if you're
not feeling it? That pressure to be on twenty four
to seven can make you feel like you're failing at summer,
and guess what, that shame spiral and makes things worse.
But there's always good news. You don't have to white
(08:44):
knuckle your way through August. I want to talk about
some natural, science based and totally doable solutions, like outsmarting
the sun. If sunlight sometimes it's just too much and
you need blackout curtains, they can be your best friend,
if you create a cave like bedroom to trick your
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brain into thinking it's not broad daylight at bedtime. With
that also comes limiting your blue light at night. That
means no scrolling in the middle of night for TikTok
though it just depletes your melotonin levels and then you
also need to cool down and calm down. If you
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hydrate with watermelon and cucumber and coconut water, those are
your summer MVPs for hydration in electrolytes. And also I
want to say this cold showers. It's not torture for
if you're having some of that summer seasonal effective disorder,
a two minute cold rinse, it lowers your cortisol and
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it shocks your system into chill mode. I also want
to mention about adaptogens. Those are nature's chill pill oshwaganda.
It helps your body handle stress without turning you into
a zombie and finally move. But you can keep it gentle.
You can swap those marathon runs for swimming or sunset yoga.
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Overheating it causes more stress. So listening to your body
is important here. So then we have it figured out.
The summer sad we tweaked, we tweaked a routine here
and there, we took a cold shower, makes you feel better.
I want to get doctor Bob's input on this after
the break, but before we hit that pause button, I
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want to ask you when you do you actually tune
in to what your body's telling you if something feels
off or symptoms are popping up. Those are important signals
you shouldn't ignore. And the great part, you don't need
to wait forever to talk to a doctor. With our
telehealth services, you can connect with a healthcare provider fast,
right from your couch. All you gotta do is visit
doctor Bob dot com looking for the telehealth option. You
(10:50):
can even call us at eight hundred six or A
six eight eighty two to two. You're listening to the
Doctor Bob Martin Show. Welcome back doctor Adam Brockman here,
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and you're tuned into the Doctor Bob Martin Show. As
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Your health journey matters to doctor Bob and myself and
we're here to help you every step of the way. So,
doctor Bob, we've been talking about summer seasonal effective disorder,
and it doesn't mean that you're failing at sunshine or
being on in the sunshine. It means your body's asking
for a little TLC during these long summer months. So
I want to get your input on this and maybe
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some insight on how we can help listeners during the
summer months when we all think that we should be
happy and joyful, but sometimes it just isn't there.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Well, I've had the opportunity, the great opportunity to help
people with the so called SAD disorder or that which
is referred to as seasonal affective disorder. A lot of
people have it. Some people don't even relate to it
and have never had it, and they won't have it. It
really is about adaptation. It's whether or not you can
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adapt to the environment that you are in at the time.
And some people go through seasons don't even blink. They
have no problem with the symptoms that are associated with
seasonal effective disorder, like depression or other problems that are
associated with SAD. Now, the medical literature is pretty strong
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in this area after having studied it for decades. Looking
at the research, I mean, you have all kinds of
different maladies and infirmities associated with either the lack of
or excessive amounts of sunlight, the most common of which
is depression. But you still have other diseases like osteoporosis.
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And of course we know the connection there has to
do with vitamin D and its ability to make sure
that calcium, magnesium, and vitamin K gets routed to the
proper places in the body, like the bones. We know
that breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even schizephrenia all related
to the possibility that sunlight you're either getting too much
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of it or not enough of it, or you're not
adapting to the changes in the season can occur. Again,
we're dealing with a whole complex set of issues including
right down, doctor Brockman, as you know, to our genes
and how our genes, our metabolism, our immune system, how
it's all tied together, and when we don't get the
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proper amount of sunlight, those genes are not triggered, they
don't work correctly. And if we have a gene laying
in there that has happens to be susceptible to a
particular condition, let's say breast cancer, it may trigger that
gene in response to not receiving enough vitamin D through
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the exposure of the sun to our skin, which has
cholesterol in it, which then converts that cholesterol to vitamin D.
Vitamin D we know is the anti cancer vitamin. It's
really a hormone, but we know that when it's deficient
in the human body, it can in certain individuals increase
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the risk of breast cancer, schizophrenia, prostate cancer, osteoporosis, and depression.
All of those are strongly associated with seasonal effective disorder.
Bottom line, when you have seasonal effective disorder. Things can
go wrong. You can actually start having symptoms of cravings.
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We notice this with people. They start craving for some reason,
just out of the blue. They start craving sugary foods
and sweets and candies and refined carbohydrates, and they can't
figure it out. I'm just binging now. No, you're binging
because there's something out of balance. Your body is trying
to right itself. And when you're depressed, the sweeter foods
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the carbohydrates initiate a chemical change within your to start
producing amino acids and hormones that trick your brain into
believing that, oh, you're happy again temporarily, but really it's temporary,
and the swedes just pile on the weight onto you.
But bottom line, the key is really shorter amounts of
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time with sunlight during the daytime hours, hopefully in the
am hours of the early morning. That's the best time
to go out and get direct sunlight, so that you
never ever get a sunburn. That's the one thing we
want to point out. Never ever get a sunburn. That's
a problem. But short intervals of sunlight fifteen minutes maybe
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in the morning, in the maybe seven am to maybe
ten am in the morning, depending on where you're at
latitude longitude. All that is the key. And then couple
that with exercise, with a plant centered diet, trying to
eat as many organic foods as you can, keeping a
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positive metal attitude, and that way, those people who are
impacted by this seasonal effective disorder are less impacted, and
those who don't want to be impacted by it won't
ever realize it because they're already doing good things.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
It's a lot of good information, doctor Bob, and it's
a lot to unpack with these seasonal effective disorders because
you know, it's it's hard to imagine that there would
be one during the summer, but it's in every season.
So if you're experiencing those, you know again, I can
always ask us a question or reach out at doctor
Bob dot com or our toll free number at eight
hundred and six or oh six eight eight two to two.
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And with our Health altern of the Week, we're going
to bring a ray of sunshine. So let's go ahead
and get into that. It's time for our health altern
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of the Week and a loha. This week, we're trading
the usual kale smoothies in those chia puddings for something
with a little more island flare, and that's Aloha bars.
Those tropical inspired snacks are not just delicious, they're packed
with nutrients that'll make you bodies seen like a ukulele
at sunset. So imagine you have got imaginary layon and
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let's dive into why these bars deserve that spot in
your wellness routine. First, let's talk about ingredients. Traditional Aloha
bars are a blend of oats, nuts, dried tropical fruits
like you can think about pineapple, mango, and coconut, and
a touch of honey or maple syrup for sweetness. Some
versions they even sneak in macadamia nuts or passion fruit
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for an extra punch of flavor. And the result it's
a chewy, crunchy and slightly sticky bar that tastes like
a vacation but fuels you like a superfood smoothie. Now,
why are these bars such a health wind for starters?
The oats and nuts, they provide a slow release energy
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and it keeps you full and focus longer than that
sad snickers bar ever could. In the dried tropical fruits,
they add a burst of vitamins like vitamin C from
pineapple and potassium from banana, while it satisfies your sweet
tooth naturally, no refined sugar needed. And let's not forget coconut,
the MVP of healthy fats. It supports brain function and
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keeps your skin glowing like you've just spent the week
on Yikaki beach. And this is what I like. Aloha
bars aren't just about what's in them, They're about the vibe.
Eating one is like pressing a pause on your hectic day,
and it teleports you to a hammock under the palm tree.
Stress with relief at check. Yeah, antioxidants, double check, and
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that reason to hum somewhere over the rainbow while chewing. Yeah. Absolutely,
So there you have it. This week's health alternative is
all about bringing paradise to your plate, because wellness shouldn't
feel like work. It should feel like slipping into flip
flops and letting the ocean breeze. Do the rest, now,
go forth and snack with that a looha spirit. And hey,
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if anyone asks why you're eating dessert for breakfast again,
just tell them it's island medicine. So Loha bars your
health alternative of the week available at finer health food
stores like natural Grocers. All right, we're coming up on
a break and after the break, we're gonna get into
our health Outrage. We've got a couple more segments to go,
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and folks, if you got any questions for us again,
call us at eight hundred six or oh six, eight
eighty two to two. That's Doctor Bob Martin. Call her hotline.
You're listening to the Doctor Bob Martin Show.
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and empowering each other. All right, Doctor Bob, I want
to talk about something that most people dread, and that's
the dentist chair. That moment when they peer into your
mouth and you're praying, they don't say we need to talk. Well,
here's my not so secret weapon. That's Spray dental defense system.
(22:18):
And this is what my entire clinic team, my family,
doctor Bob and his family and yes, even my dental
hygienis use to keep our mouths in check. Here's the
game changer for Spry. It's xylotol. It's a plant based powerhouse,
and it's not just sweet. It's a full on dental bodyguard.
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It fights cavities and knocks out plaque, and it kicks
bad breath to the curb. And Spry it packs it
in every product, their toothpaste, their mouth rents, their gum,
and they're mints. They have peppermint, cinnamon and spearmint, all
the flavors you love and none of the guilt. So
you want to know my routine. I brush with Spry toothpaste,
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I rinse with Spry mouthwash, and I pop a piece
of Spry gum after mails. It's like having a dental
hygienis in your back pocket. And the best part, no
drastic habit changes are needed. You just swap what you
already are using for Spry and you let the xylotol work.
It's magic. So imagine your dentist leans back and says,
(23:26):
whatever you're doing, just keep doing it. That's the Spry effect,
and you'll find it at CVS, rite Aid, Target sprouts,
in natural grossers, pretty much anywhere good oral care loves.
If you want to know more, head to Clear dot com.
That's x L e a r dot com, the same
geniuses behind Clear nasal sprays, which by the way, I
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recommend having in your wellness toolbag. Is So the bottom line,
if you want a mouth that's as healthy as it
is fresh, it's time to go spry your teeth in
your dental hygienis well. Thank you all right? That brings
us to our health outrage of the week.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
The joo each to for the health outrage because it's nothing.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
But all right, our health outrage this week. It's sunflower
lechen facials. It's Instagram's latest skincare scam. Uh, doctor Bob,
I know you like to get your skincare tips from Instagram,
but brace yourself because today the latest skincare trend it's
just silly. We're talking about sunflower luchen facials. I know
(24:41):
this is in a joke. People are literally smearing a
food emulsifier on their faces and they call it anti aging.
Let's break it down, so what is this nonsense? Sunflower
luchen is a totally normal ingredient. You'll find it in
chocolate bars, protein powders, and even infant formulas. It keeps
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things smooth and blended. But somewhere along the way, influencers decided, hey,
if it works in my almond milk, why not my pores.
Now your Instagram feed it's being flooded with videos of
people melting lechen capsules into goop. They mix it with
coconut oil and call it botox in a bowl and
(25:24):
they slather it on their face like they're frosting a cake.
In the claims here, they're just wild. It erases wrinkles
in five minutes, it's better than retinall and it cures
acne overnight. But hold up, let's fact check here. This
is why it's a complete scam. There's zero science backing this.
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There's not one single study it's showing sunflower luchen does
anything for your skin topically, not one. Meanwhile, actual dermatologists
are face palming so hard they might need botox themselves.
It's a do it your self disaster. Legend is its sticky, thick,
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and not formulated for skin. If you mix it with
random kitchen ingredients, that's how you're gonna end up with
clogged pores and acne breakouts, irritation like redness, itching, and
burning in a face that smells like a granola bar.
The ugly truth about this and the influencers that the
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trend exists just for one reason, and that's engagement. The
more bizarre the hack, the more likes it gets. And
it's not just about Lecha here. It's the culture of
quick fixes. Instead of trusting proven companies that spend the
big money on research and studies. People chase these viral
(26:52):
fads because they promise miracles and fast and the person
that loses that's you or whoever's doing it. Your skin
doesn't need kitchen experiments. It needs real care. So this
is what I suggest doing instead. If you want that
glowing skin, use a real natural moisturizer. You can also
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wear SPF daily. That's one of the things that you
can do for anti aging. And ignore trends that sound
like they were invented by a board TikToker at two am.
And if you really love sunflower legend, eat it. Your
gut's going to appreciate it more than your face ever could.
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Doctor Bob, what do you think of that?
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Well, I think, first of all, it's ridiculous, and you're right,
these influencers they try to find something different, something unique
without studying the science behind it, hoping to have its
stick and then have all these people follow that, which
is absurd because sunflower is a great oil as long
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as you don't put a lot of it in your
body or on your body. It's most of it by
the time it goes into the body. Into the bottles
that they model it with is rancid to begin with,
and you can tell that when you open up the
lid of a sunflower oil bottle, especially if the bottle
is clear and light has been striking that oil, turning
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it oxidative and damaging that oil, and it's damaged permanently,
creating all these oxidative molecules in there that are really
harmful to your body internally and externally. In fact, it
is an omega six fatty acid, which we are directed
to stay away from. We have way too many omega
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six fatty acids in our diet. And when you imbalance
the omega three, which is anti inflammatory, those like salmon
oil and flax seed oil, et cetera, that's a good thing.
You've got to keep that in mind when you're eating
anything these days, because more of these inflammatory oils like sunflower,
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safflower soy oil are gonna inflame whatever they come in
contact with. So it's a terrible idea and it'll be
a passing fad like all other things, hopefully.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
M hm. I agree with that. All right, folks, it's
time to hit pause and take that quick breather. But
don't wander off just yet. If you've got burning health questions,
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(29:39):
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Speaker 4 (30:00):
So your sorry, I saw your dad, I'm.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
A bus service number signs they have one never single.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
Stoppable Today, welcome back doctor Adam Brockman here as we
return to the Doctor Bob Martin Show. Before we jump
back into today's vital health discussion, I want to remind
you that your wellness journey continues even more off air. First,
our physician team is always available at eight hundred six
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That's eight hundred six zero six eight eight two to two.
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word doctor doctrbob dot com. Now let's get right into
our product recall of the week. Our product recall of
the week. Those of you that are doing your early
holiday shopping for Dad, you may want to pause for
a second. This week, a significant recall has been issued
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for over forty five thousand pairs of heated socks, and
they're manufactured by Field Cheer Apparel Technologies. The recall was
prompted by alarming reports of consumers experiencing burns and blisters
while using the product. The affected socks, which were sold
nationwide and online between August of twenty one and June
(31:57):
of twenty twenty five. The heated socks, designed to provide
warmth during the cold winters, come equipped with lithium ion
battery packs. However, when worn during high intensity activities such
as running or hiking, they can generate excessive heat, friction, moisture,
and pressure. The dangerous combination has led to injuries with
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reports of pain and discomfort, including at least four confirmed
cases of burns and blisters, and in Canada there have
been an additional nineteen incidences. So if you have a
pair of these Field Sheer heated socks, stop using them
immediately to avoid any potential injury, and contact Field Cheer
Apparel for a full refund or replacement. And remember, if
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your feet are burning and it's not from that killer
work app it might be time to check your sock
drawer spender product recall of the week. Let's see if
we can get to a question. A question from ED
from Santa Fe the first time is the location Santa
Fe taxas question? Is there a cure for MDDS? Thank
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you doctor Bob all right, so D from Santa Fe.
He's talking about MDDS and that is we'll just use
land sickness for that. And for those that might not
be familiar, it's a rare neurological condition where a person
feels like a persistent rocking, swaying, or bobbing sensation after
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disembarking from a boat, plane or otherwise motion experience, and
it's as if the brain imbalanced system can't quite turn
off that motion. And now, to answer your question as
far as a cure, the answer is there's no universally
recognized cure for land sickness. However, there are strategies and
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therapies that can help reduce that as far as that goes,
let's break it down into vestibular rehabilitation therapy, a specialized
type of physical therapy. It's aimed at retraining the brain
to recalibrate balance in that spatial orientation, and for these
land sickness patients, therapy must be tailored very carefully since
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traditional balance exercises can sometimes worse in that condition. As
far as medication goes, some people get temporary relief with
medications like anti nausea nausea drugs, but it's not a
long term solution as it doesn't address the root cause.
Nutritional support, we're going to look at omega three fatty acids, magnesium,
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coenzyme Q and B complex vitamins, and I also suggest
mind body therapies since stress exaggerate or makes it worse
the landsickness symptoms. Practices like yoga, deep breathing, and mindfulness
meditation help with that. So ed as far as those
conditions and a personalized treatment approach is multilayered in the especially,
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the brain has that incredible capacity to rewire itself with
the right guidance. So, doctor Bob, do you got any
input on the landsickness I do.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Usually we find with people who get this, they have
a disconnect, some type of an imbalance and interference between
the cochlea, which is deep in the ear area. That's
a little structure that has these fine tuned hairs, these
silica type hairs, and when that becomes imbalanced for whatever reason,
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whether there's inflammation there or there's some other type of
vestibular problem that can throw a person off. The question
is why does one person have it and the other
people who may have been traveling in the same modality
do not, And usually because that person who develops these
vestibular imbalances has a problem before they got into the motion.
(36:00):
So my suggestion for this individual is to consult with
the chiropractic physician and have them carefully check their upper
cervical area in their neck, their occiput, their at lists,
their axis. That's where the brain stem drops in and
if there's any pressure being exerted on that area subplixation
(36:22):
that can create inflammation, It can create impingement to the
stem itself and can therefore not be able to adapt
to signals coming back from the ear to the brain.
So the doctor of choice here, if they've tried everything else,
is a chiropractic physician, and maybe acupuncture as well.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
All right, great suggestions there, and if today's show has
helped you in any way, do yourself a favor and
tell somebody to tune in. Write down the call letters
of the station you're listening to, or write down the
number of the dial you're listening to the Doctor Bob
Martin Show.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
Just Gabrina, welcome back.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
You're listening to the Doctor Bob Martin Show. I'm doctor
Adam Brockman, and we have reached the end of another
exciting hour. I want to go ahead and leave you
guys with the health mystery of the week. All right, folks,
our health mystery of the week is the photic sneeze reflex.
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Today's mystery. Why do some people sneeze when they step
into the sunlight. It's called the photic sneeze reflex, and
it's one of those bodily quirks that has science. They
haven't fully cracked it yet. I want you to imagine this.
You walk out in a after a dimly lit movie
in suddenly at chew, the bright sun triggers an unexpected sneeze.
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No pollen, no dust, just pure unfiltered sunlight. This phenomenon
affects up to thirty five percent of the population, and
if you're one of them, you're in good company. Even
Aristotle pondered this oddity centuries ago. Scientists believe the photic
sneeze reflex is due to a case of crossed wires
in the brain's neural pathways. So when light hits your eyes,
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the optic nerve fires signals to your brain, But somehow
those signals accidentally stimulate what's called the trigeminal nerve, which
controls the sneeze reflex. It's like your brain's electrical system
is short circuiting and zapp accues a sneeze. But here's
what's interesting. Despite knowing how it happens, we still don't
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know why it happens. Evolutionary speaking, it's a head scratcher.
Some theories suggest it's a leftover trait from our ancestors,
while others think it's just a harmless glitch in our system.
And here's a fun fact for you that ancient Greeks
believe sneezing was a divine sign, a message from the gods.
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I'm guessing they didn't have allergy season back then or else.
Zeus would have been very busy. So today we've upgraded
from methodology to genetics. If one of your parents has
this reflex, you've got a fifty percent chance of inheriting it.
So the next time sunlight sends you into a sneezing fit,
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blame your DNA or thank the gods for the free
nasal reset. And remember, if you're part of that thirty
five percent, just think of it as your body's way
of saying bless you to the sun. And doctor Bob,
what do you think of that?
Speaker 3 (39:48):
Well, here's another mystery to add on to that one,
doctor Brockman. People with blue eyes have that reflex exercised
more often. Don't know why. And I know that because
my wife has blue eyes. I am brown eyes. When
we go into the sun from a dark lit room,
she sneezes.
Speaker 2 (40:05):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (40:05):
So there you go, health mystery of the week.
Speaker 2 (40:09):
That is right, well, doctor Bob, thanks thanks for joining
in and dropping some of those truth bombs that only
you can into our listeners. Battling summer blues, Remember this,
your body isn't failing you. It's guiding you toward better
self care. Every small adjustment brings you closer to a
joyful balanced summer. This is doctor Adam Brockman for Doctor
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Bob Martin, signing off with our show's motto, become your
own best doctor most of the time, and remember your
health is your greatest wealth. Until next time, this has
been the Doctor Bob Martin Show.
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