YouTube Livestream Q&A Transcript, August 25, 2026

Question
“Your thoughts on using HBOT or just oxygen mask therapy to help heal the brain? There’s some evidence HBOT is problematic for the microbiome. Then the same question for red light therapy with the use of a device like the “Vielight” headset?”  [0:02:55]

Answer
Well, I'm going to say, we are a very wonderfully and fearfully made creation of God, and so, there are many, many impacts to what we do. For instance, if you don't drink enough water, you're going to have damage; if you drink too much water, you'll have damage. If you don't get enough sunlight, you'll have damage; if you get too much sunlight, you'll get damage. What I'm getting at is, if you get too much oxygen, you can harm yourself. That goes all the way back to the days when they first started having premature and newborn babies that were ill or compromised in some way. And when we were able to make incubators with 100% oxygen therapy, we actually created too much oxygen, and some of those infants in the 1940s and 50s went blind. So, we're always learning. It doesn't mean hyperbaric oxygen therapy is bad. In general, it's always been very, very good, especially in diving management therapies and in deep bone infections, osteomyelitis, and deep tissue infections. That oxygenation helps with regeneration of tissues. But indeed, as we learn more and more about the gut biome, there are certain families and groups of anaerobic bacteria that are involved in making beneficial vitamins and byproducts of their metabolism that we use in our immune and metabolic functions. This can then be harmed because anaerobic means it is without oxygen-utilizing bacteria. So, if you add in hyperbaric oxygen, that oxygen is going to diminish/reduce the amount of anaerobic bacteria, and then you'll have less of whatever beneficial product they produce. Like some families of bacteria help us make short-chain fatty acids. Butyrate, a four-carbon chain, is extremely beneficial and has anti-cancer benefits and anti-inflammatory benefits. Some microbiomes help make serotonin, some help to make certain vitamins, and the list goes on and on. So, we do not know everything, ladies and gentlemen. And we are constantly on a search. And it's delightful to be in science. It's a wonderful way to slow aging because the volume of data, with this type of communication like we have with the internet now, with artificial intelligence that we can harness to help us in our search studies, all these things are rapidly advancing the body of knowledge, so that it makes available to the aging scientists, aging physician, engineer, researchers, and all people in all disciplines really if you apply yourself, a wonderful mechanism whereby we can stay younger longer by keeping our minds exercised with new data. 

So, I'm going to say, yes, the internet has found a way to criticize hyperbaric oxygen therapy through its potential impact on anaerobic beneficial bacteria. But you can't live in that world. You have to say, good, we're learning more and more data, and how do we mitigate this? Can we take an oral supplement if you have to use hyperbaric oxygen treatment? It puts caution, a little bit of brakes on, so that, you know, if you were a billionaire and if you could sleep in a hyperbaric oxygen tank for a few hours, will that slow your aging and you'll live to easily 175 years? No one has that answer. We're doing animal studies on that right now. But there are trade-offs in everything that we have to look at. And so, you need the youthful and the experienced meeting together to explore, like the Star Trek areas of the unknown, but do it with respect and wisdom. So, yeah, that can happen. Now, with the red light, the Vielight, Vielight is they're doing research on light now more than ever before, which is electromagnetic waves, and these waves are energy transmission mechanisms. The photon is the name we give to a package of energy in the physics of biology; a photon, and it's delivered at certain frequencies and wavelengths; we call this. And so, if you take the wavelengths that we're most familiar with in helping cell metabolism, growth, and repair, you're talking about red light therapy, infrared light therapy, which is on the lower end of the spectrum. That is not to say that blue light and very high frequencies are not valuable. It could be that we just haven't looked in the right places, and a small amount is necessary. But regarding this red light therapy, we are really learning a lot about the fact that we are batteries. A very superficial way of talking about life and energy is that we are batteries, that we are charged by the flow of electrons that manifests itself in the sense of heat, in the sense of locomotion, in the sense of seeing cell reactions take place, enzymatic reactions. So, there's a transfer of energy all the time, and we have membranes. That's why, half a century ago, I was really studying and publishing on cell membrane technology and how important it is that we not be high-carb vegetarian/vegan people because we're made of the fat and protein in our cell membranes. And that fatty cell membrane has water adherent to it; it attracts water, and water is a conductor of electricity or electrons, which helps with the cell membrane energy level, and that's why all the research on structured water is so fantastic. I mean, you could sit down and have a physiologist, a medical doctor, a physics professor, an engineer, a biomedical engineer. They are now finally all starting to talk about the fantastic transference of energy from the sun. We already know this: how it hits the leaf of a tree or a plant, and that light energy hits the biochemical structure in the leaf through its membrane, and they start making growth through starch and the storage of energy as fruit and starch piling up to make an apple or to make a banana. And we get this light energy too. We can actually extract it from eating the starch and components of the light from the sun that turn the plant into a storage of electrical energy, you might say, and we can consume that and turn it into our energy transfer. So, we use the insulating capacity of the phospholipids and fats; that's why we need plenty of phospholipids from the egg yolks, the meat, the fish, the chicken, the pork, and so on. So, it's wonderful. And yes, Vielight headsets are starting to learn how to use impulses of this infrared light to modulate areas in the brain, so that the flow of electrons along nerve circuitry and synapses will generate specific functions in the human body, even thoughts and behaviors. So, it's a fantastic field, and it's so exciting to learn about, and it's the most fantastic time really in the world to be alive, in my humble opinion. So, yeah, thank you. Hopefully, that was thought-provoking and an interesting answer. 

Question
“Thank you for your time, Dr. E. I’m hoping you could recommend some ways to increase my iron levels. How long would it take to get iron levels up? Is that something that could happen quickly? Thanks again!”  [0:14:26]

Answer
Well, you know, one of the quickest ways to do that would be an iron infusion. We have iron infusions here; many doctors’ offices have that. We try not to use this, but sometimes the absorption is limited. Our food and our gut lining are irritated by plant lectin anti-nutrients. Our blood type- some of us with blood type A don't digest as well, and the lining of our gastrointestinal system becomes irritated. We get leaky gut then. And with these mechanisms, if we certainly don't eat enough phospholipids and protein and healthy fats to repair the lining of our gut, then that damaged gut cannot absorb, pull out, or extract the nutrients that we eat with. Therefore, it becomes harder and harder to digest and pull out the minerals we need, like iron. Probably the worst blood type for that kind of problem is blood type A because As, as a class, don't make as much digestive enzyme, and they don't make as much stomach acid. You need that in the extraction of minerals. So, we try to find out your blood type. We try and ask you to eat red meat, especially organ meat, liver. We ask you to communicate with your doctor about how heavy your menstrual cycles are, if you're still having them. We're asking you to use a digestive enzyme that provides stomach acid and enzymes if you are blood type A, especially in your youth, so that you never develop such a bad digestive system that puts you behind in your ability to absorb these minerals. But if you're already 40 or 50 and having perimenopausal heavy menstrual cycles, there are many other things we have to consider, which is helping you with progesterone, regulating the cycle to try and help you have less loss of red blood cells. Prescribing iron becomes problematic because the iron usually comes in a ferric and, you might say, oxidation +3 ferric will turn into, with proper digestion and the presence of other electron donors, it'll turn into ferrous iron +2, and then it will be better absorbed as ferrous. One of the things that helps is vitamin C. Vitamin C is a wonderful electron donor. And so, we often will say use some buffered vitamin C when you eat your food. That helps you. It may also help to mitigate, with digestive enzymes, these plant anti-nutrients that will prevent the absorption of iron and other minerals. And then, if those things don't work and help you to have regular menstrual cycles that aren't heavy, like supplying natural progesterone cyclically, then we will give the IV ferrous form of iron intravenously and closely monitor labs and check you with that. Hopefully that's the beginning answer, and we do that here at TLC. 

Question
“Hi Dr. E., you recently prescribed a progesterone cream which I’ll start in September. I was told to put the cream on my wrists. I help care for my grandson, and I’m holding him often. Is it safe for this cream to be applied to my wrist knowing this, or should I apply it to a different area of my body?”  [0:18:56]

Answer
It's very safe. Remember, when we're born, we're all born, and your little grandson and granddaughters were all in a high, high-rich progesterone milieu. Mothers maintain progesterone; it's the progestational hormone that promotes healthy development of the child. Even if they were to touch some progesterone cream, it wouldn't be harmful. Same for men; men can safely have intimate relationships with women who are on progesterone topical creams or even who use progesterone vaginally. Progesterone is so safe; I wouldn't worry about it at all. 

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“I am 77, and my husband and I are still sexually active. Hysterectomy 5 years ago prompted HRT via patch plus vaginal estrogen 3x a week. Conventional doctors took me off the patch, but vaginally I need it. I have a good, advanced lipid profile, but dry, bleeding, and uncomfortable vaginally without the patch. Help.”  [0:20:05]

Answer
Well, I don't know. Are you a patient here? It says yes. You should let your doctor, whoever you're seeing, know that you are having vaginal dryness and have your estradiol level measured, and low vaginal estrogen is associated with a more advanced breakdown of tissue; the skin thins. And just like on the back of your hand, you can see older women wind up having thinner skin. And it becomes thinner and thinner to the point that gentle little bumps can create bruising. The same happens to us on our skin all over and especially vaginally, so that it becomes extremely hard to be intimate when the lining is so delicate there. So, we very easily here, or at least I do, give natural hormone replacement, human bioidentical estradiol, and I give it usually as a cream. I don't like the patch because I like to stay away from plastics any way I can, and that's one of them. So, I use it either as oral progesterone, as a troche, or as a topical cream. And normally, I bring the whole body's estradiol level up so that the entire body is receiving the estradiol; even without applying it to every part of your body, the whole body will respond to that. 

Now, there are creams that we can use vaginally to quickly advance the situation. The body has three kinds of known female natural estradiol-type estrogens. One is called estradiol. That's the one I like to give and manage. Number two is estriol. That's what's very high during pregnancy, especially to prepare for vaginal dilation and stress on the tissues during the birth canal passage. And then estrone, and estrone is really kind of like an opposite image of estradiol; it's a dimer. So, I never give estrone. Instead, I always give straight estradiol, and vaginally I will give at times estriol with testosterone to help with the muscle turgor in the vaginal area and with urination as well. So, hopefully, let your doctor know we can help you with that. 

Question
“I do have a question that involves a friend who is on Tamoxifen. She experiences frequent UTI’s but many times no bacteria in cultures.”  [0:23:42]

Answer
Tamoxifen is an estrogen receptor-blocking medication. Yeah, because, again, you're calling it a urinary tract infection, which is really more periurethral irritation or urethritis. Urethritis is just that thin skin around the hole where the urethra meets the skin on the outside of this vaginal area that is very, very delicate, thin, and easily torn, and the skin can feel irritated. And so, when you give a urine sample, you're not necessarily there with any bacteria; it's just the breakdown of the tissue. So, she should be a candidate for seeing a good doctor who will give her some vaginal estriol with testosterone in the cream. I usually put 3 mg of estriol E3, 3 mg in every gram, and I give testosterone 1 mg in every gram. And I have them take a gram of this and put it on their finger because I don't even like the applicators that can scratch going in, and just put it in the vaginal area with your finger. And do this every night for 10 nights in a row, and then maybe three times a week thereafter, and this is quite safe for someone who has had breast cancer. It's very, very safe. Hopefully that will help your friend share with her doctor and discuss whether she could do that to help her. That explains why it's really not a urinary tract infection. 

Question
“I would like to take berberine. Is there a dosage and time of day you recommend? Concerned if it causes constipation. I opened a capsule, and it was very bitter. Thanks!!”  [0:26:03]

Answer
Yeah, we use berberine here, and I have for, you know, 25 years at this location here in Tustin. We've used berberine for 40-plus years already. I've been on it at least 25 years myself, ever since I turned around 50. Berberine is an herb, and it is associated with helping with sugar metabolism and reducing blood sugar levels. It has a very potent effect in having anti-cancer preventive benefits. And so, the dose we have always recommended is between 500 and 1,000 mg daily. So, our TLC Metabolic Formula has that range of 500 to 1,000 mg, and that's what I use all the time. A recent study was published- I don't know exactly what article- but it came out about four months ago now, where all the polyps in colonoscopies that were followed for potentially turning into colon cancer lesions on the one-, two-, and three-year follow-up, 100% of them remained non-cancerous. Whereas, without the berberine, there was a portion that had turned into cancerous changes. So, yeah, that's the range, and that's what it is. And no, I've never seen it really be associated with side effects such as constipation, but I'm not saying that's not impossible. We're all unique.

Question
“Astrophysicist on Infrared Light & Life Interactions.”  [0:28:29]

Answer
Yes. If you do an internet search or a YouTube or Rumble, or whatever platform you're using, looking at discussions on light physics and human physiology, it's just amazing. From the sun to the plant, or the sun to the human, or the sun to the plant to the human, it's just an amazing phenomenon. 

Question
“Are there any ways to strengthen the hippocampus? (I heard that rTMS helps.)”  [0:29:10]

Answer
Well, I'm not familiar with what rTMS stands for. So, I'm going to expand my knowledge by writing down rTMS and the hippocampus. Now, if you if we have two hemispheres in our brain and in the middle is this brain stem that both hemispheres sit on, this half and half, that middle area where the brain stem is starting is where your hippocampus is on either side of your brain, and there are many many nerve roots that are traversing through here – Communication, coordination, amplification of signals, hormone messaging. Tremendous activity going on. How do you help it? I think the best way to help it is a good night's sleep. Trying to get yourself into good sleep hygiene starts with waking up in the morning and what you do. If you wake up in the morning and think your choices in the morning don't impact how you're going to go to bed tonight, you're not learning the literature well. The sun comes up, and the light wave of the sun coming up is mostly in the infrared light, which has a longer wavelength and higher concentration, and this is when the animals and everything are arriving and opening their eyes. There are photoreceptors in our eyes that go directly to areas in our brain that are associated with our circadian rhythm for day and night. Our melatonin production, one of our body's most fantastic anti-cancer and anti-aging and sleep enhancing, among many other functions melatonin has in our body. Many other cells make it, by the way, in our body, melatonin, not just within the brain. But it begins with that light in the morning. So, God is not a respecter of persons. He's going to give us what we need. And if you're rolling over and staying in bed and thinking that at 10:00 a.m. you can get outside and get all the light you need, I don't think that's probably a correct answer. I think you have to get up in the morning; you should arise with the sunshine. I think there's enough research now published that getting outside even three minutes, especially standing barefoot on wet grass or wet sand or wet earth, and getting this electrons from the anionic negative electrons from the earth, getting the infrared waves in the 600, 670 nanometer wavelength from the sun with our eyes open, not wearing our glasses, is going to be very helpful in strengthening all the brain, every cell in the human body. So, when you go to bed at night, you should go to bed probably no later than 9:00 because there are electromagnetic energy changes when the sun goes down and then the moon is up, reflecting different frequencies. So, the moon doesn't make any light or energy; it is reflecting the photons being shot out by the sun, and it's hitting us at night. It's the lesser light that rules the night. And there are impacts from that and a whole group of life depending on it, which are the nocturnal, like owls and nighttime creatures that exist, which we're not acting as nocturnal beings. That's why the life expectancy of people with night work is well-established to be shorter than people who have normal daytime jobs. It's just that we have to be connected to this cycle. And I do everything I can to help my nighttime worker patients on their days off to try and recover as much as they can of their normal circadian rhythm. 

But those are just certain ways that the hippocampus is going to be helped. You've got to eat a rich, protein-rich, healthy diet; don't clog up the tiny capillaries that feed the brain and remove the waste. It's also been shown that if you raise the head of your bed 15 to 20 degrees, so you sleep in a slightly elevated position, there's better drainage from the brain, better oxygenation, and life extension with elevating the head of your bed. I don't know if rTMS is a peptide. There's a bunch of peptide therapies being developed and looked at. All these things really are the natural amino acid fragments that our body already has that have many, many useful, non-wasteful needs and impacts throughout the body. So, this peptide therapy research is just really looking at normal physiology and trying to claim it as something uniquely special, and it really isn't, and it's multifactorial. So, you might have peptides that you think are doing one thing, like the semaglutides that are suppressing the appetite, but they are doing multiple other things at the same time because we have, interestingly enough, receptors for semaglutides on all the tissue, even the heart, and even on cartilage. And so, the world is exploding with a new level of depth that your physicians might be able to help you with if they learn and keep up with the data. 

Question
“Can vitamin D3 50,000, chelation & vitamin C drip be taken with an antibiotic or antiviral for cellulitis? I do eat low carb, high protein & drink half my weight in ounces of water.”  [0:36:08]

Answer
Absolutely. Absolutely. Very good. I do the same thing. If I start to get ill, I am going to take my D 50,000 daily, one tablet a day for 5, just 5 days, and I will take a high dose vitamin C with chelation to improve the microcirculation and depth of profusion to get all that, along with zinc, along with my fasting, whenever I get sick, I fast for about a day or two, but yes, it's very safe. 

Question
“I don't want to take NP thyroid 90 mg anymore for Hashimoto's. What is the plan? I see Dr. Gonzalez at your office.”  [0:37:40]

Answer
Well, Hashimoto's is the name of the doctor who identified autoimmune antibodies that land on thyroid receptor sites that stimulate them to kind of release thyroid hormone, and you get this hyperactive phase called thyroiditis, increased heart rate, tremulousness, diarrhea, racing, sleeplessness. And you go to the doctor and they go, "Oh, you have inflammation in the thyroid from a self-attacking autoimmune phenomena,” which we've always known is most likely caused from the damage to the lining of the gut from the GMO modification of the foods, the corn, the wheat, the homogenization and pasteurization of dairy, so that they've ruined our food, hurt our guts, and our guts become weak and leaky. And that leaking gut then attacks the thyroid or other parts of you, whether it's joints or skin psoriasis or dermatitis, scalp problems or hair loss or whatever, and you go through this inflammation, what they call Hashimoto's thyroiditis. But over time, the thyroid function drops and is no longer overactive, but becomes injured and becomes underactive or hypothyroid. At that point, your doctor gives you natural glandular thyroid replacement, which you may likely always need. Now, we can get some people off of it. So, talk with your doctor, find out what your thyroid antibody levels are: your thyroglobulin antibodies and your thyroid peroxidase antibodies. And the number one thing I ask my patients to do, if they have this history and still have antibodies measurable, I ask them to go on anywhere from a 3 to a 6-month real 100% carnivore diet because it's the most anti- inflammatory, you know, calming agent, repair agent for the gut. And then that 3 to 6 months just heals the gut, quiets it down, and the numbers for thyroid antibodies drop dramatically. But that's what I would do. Hopefully that's helpful to your question. And some people may get off their thyroid medication at that point. 

Question
“Prof. Robert Fosbury and I discuss the incredible effects of near-infrared light on life, how organisms have evolved to harness this light, light-mitochondria interactions, consequences for human health.”  [0:40:53]

Answer
Yes, this is all true; only I wouldn't say they have evolved to harness this light - That's a theory. God made it happen by his command 6,000 years ago. And so, you can have your theory, and I can have my faith, and we can stay where we're at on the two different sides. But it is true; science is showing this tremendous interaction with the outside of the world. You know, the first thing He said was, " Let there be light in the Bible. So time, space, and energy were all created at one time. All right. So yeah, it's a fantastic world, and it's beautiful to listen to lectures on this. 

Question
“rTMS = Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.”  [0:42:21]

Answer
Okay. rTMS - Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Okay. So, that's what that is. And yes, they're using magnets at times to stop seizures. They're using light to enhance mental function. And remember, many, many, many years ago, they used- and I still think they do it now- electroshock therapy. They would put electrodes on either side, put a tongue depressor and a bite grip there, and they would shock a person to kind of just charge up the whole brain and get any areas of these circuitry problems all depolarized at once. Electric shock therapy. It is tremendously interesting, this whole conversation, yeah. 

Question
“Hi Dr. E., is octopus or squid a good food for a carnivore? Thank you!” [0:43:31]

Answer
Yes, absolutely. Now, I don't know how to prepare it. I've eaten octopus, and I've had that cooked. I think it was deep-fried in beef tallow. But, yeah, it is a protein, and yes, your cells need it, and they use it to repair your body. 

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“Hi Dr. E., can one do EDTA chelation using suppositories while having mercury amalgams? Concerned about redistribution of mercury into the brain.”  [0:44:12]

Answer
Yeah. Yeah, don't overread this. I've been doing this since I was 16 years old, and I had many mercury fillings until I learned over time, when I was a young physician in my 20s, that I needed to get them removed. I eventually did, but I still chelated. And so, no, I have the actual experience that you're not going to get yourself harmed by doing chelation therapy or with the suppositories, even though you still have amalgams. But do find a good biological dentist who will put up a dam, the rubber barriers, and have a vacuum to suck out the gasification of drilling out the metals, because then it'll make that amalgam hot and liquefy sort of and become gaseous, and you can breathe it in. So, get them removed as you can afford to and do it with good technique. But, yes, it's quite safe to do IV chelation; EDTA chelation suppositories, I've published on that, are effective. And I just don't know the manufacturers anymore. I've become distant from the makers of Detoxamin because I found out that they were selling it apparently over the internet. And in America, EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) is a prescription medication. Only doctors can prescribe this. I do think it's very, very safe. Nevertheless, somehow those suppositories were getting into the internet world back in 2004, ’05, ’06, ’07, and it created havoc. And I think the whole company, or someone, bought it, and I don't know who bought it, but it moved offshore, and they're still producing it. Is it quality? I don't know. 

Question
“One of the comebacks that some give for not being receptive to carnivore is that it is not the way Jesus ate or how they ate in the Bible. Do you have thoughts on this?”  [0:46:52]

Answer
Well, the whole temple ceremony was about the sacrifice of the animal, especially the lamb. And the lamb was commanded to be taken into the family home like a member days before Passover. And this gentle, year-old, beautiful, blemishless lamb,  the family would get attached to, and yet had to be sacrificed and consumed on Passover evening in a rapid fashion with bitters, with all your shoes and coat on, in a manner that reflected on the bloodshed and the lentil post covered with the blood of that dear lamb, and they ate it up. So, no, it's ridiculous to say he didn't eat meat or fish. He was cooking fish himself on the shore after his resurrection when he was calling to Peter. So, people, please read your Bible at least, you know, cover to cover a few times in your life, so that no one can shake you up and the Holy Spirit can then help you bring to remembrance these various things. Prior to Noah's Ark and landing, yes, they were vegetarians. But after that, then of course, we began to die much more quickly and wouldn't live hundreds and hundreds of years. So, a catastrophic event occurred; I call it a global flood, and I think there's much quality science to prove it. 

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“I think I have diastasis recti in my abdomen, as there is a dome that protrudes when I lean back. Should I just do the exercises recommended on the Internet or see a doctor about it and perhaps consult with physical therapy?”  [0:50:07]

Answer
So, especially in women who have had children, there was a time when they used to do C-sections longitudinally rather than transversely across the abdomen, and it would cut between the stomach muscles, and it would be very hard. So your stomach bands would kind of peel apart, like getting an umbilical hernia but much bigger, up and down along the line of the abdomen. Now, this can happen to a man too, you don't have to have had pregnancies, but it puts a tremendous strain on the tendon and the tissues, and that is what is rectus abdominis – or it is called diastasis recti where the lining of your six-pack comes apart when you strain, and when you lean backward, you're tightening up your abdomen and there's increased intraabdominal pressure, and it will bulge out the inner lining of the peritoneal fascia and intestine against the wall and you'll see that bulge come out. Yeah, you could see a surgeon about it. They could just say leave it alone and do exercises to build up your abdomen, or maybe you would need some surgery. I wouldn't know; I'm not a surgeon, but consult with a good general surgeon. 

Question
“My son has been regularly using Argentyn as a mouthwash. In the past, he has had problems with his teeth and gums. Is it advisable to use Argentyn regularly in this way?”  [0:52:21]

Answer
Yes, it's a broad-spectrum antibacterial; often I will use it, in particular around any dental visit, any cleaning with the dentist. I don't use it every day, though, because the bacteria God allows in our teeth and gums are very beneficial in creating a healthy pH and environment so bad bacteria don't take over. More importantly, it's not to eat late or to not sleep with your mouth open because that helps with saliva collection to help the remineralization and all the work that needs to be done to keep your gumline healthy, cleaning it with the saliva throughout the night. Hydroxyapatite minerals in a toothpaste, along with xylitol, are a type of sweet sugar that kills off bad bacteria known to be associated with periodontal erosion of the gumline and enamel and teeth, but I don't think Argentyn silver is necessarily wrong to use as a gargle, swish, and swallow at nighttime, but more studies need to be done on that.  

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“Are you concerned about the presence of biotin in the bloodstream just prior to a blood draw distorting the results? Should a patient abstain from taking a biotin supplement a few days before a lab?”  [0:54:06]

Answer
I think that's minutiae. Biotin, or what is often called vitamin B7, is in many foods; it would be hard to eliminate. Yes, theoretically, in analytical chemistry it can interfere with either higher or lower readings on auto-analyzers for hormones, typically thyroid hormone panels. They could be reporting them too high or too low, or other hormones. But this is so rare. The experienced physician knows how to look for and read through these things. But yes, technically it can create some variation like this. But I think practically it is something I would not worry about. Routine multivitamins, routine B complex. I've never seen a pattern of this in over 45 years of practicing. So, I think it's an impractical concern. 

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“Hello Dr. E., please tell us about varicose veins, when they should be looked at and by whom, when they may pose health risks, what and where you would recommend treatment, and whether treating them for “aesthetic appearance” can cause health risks? Thank you!”  [0:55:39]

Answer
I think living a healthy lifestyle, especially a low-carb, rich-protein, healthy-fat lifestyle, not eating late, exercising on a regular basis, including resistance training two to three times a week, good night's sleep, and vitamin C because that helps the elastin/collagen for the tissues that make up the wall. The same for our skin, so we don't get too flabby and shaky with age and tissue hanging. We need vitamin C, and our society is woefully giving us lousy food, sugar-rich orange juice instead of the vitamin C itself. We're just full of things that degrade our healing. And therefore, what promotes these venous bulges in the wall of the vein? Well, it is a lack of good structure of these fibrils or netting that go up and down the veins, and they bulge out just like your colon bulges out- what we call blebs or diverticula under the pressure of your bowels moving all the time. So, I think high-dose vitamin C is very important to take. I think all of us, in fact, could say that heart attacks, atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, are really a subclinical scurvy of the coronary artery vessels. I mean, you could look that up and do your research on it, do AI on it, and you'll see a lot about that and how lipoprotein (a) is typically reversed and made normal if you happen to have poor lipoprotein (a) levels in your body. Vitamin C reverses this. So, if you already have them, it speaks to the fact that you've had metabolic nutritional deficiencies, in my opinion. Not enough protein, not enough fats, not enough vitamin C, not enough cofactor minerals to help with the repair of this most fantastic creation of God, our human bodies. And I would see a vascular surgeon. But, you know, they make money off of surgery, and they have a very narrow, high-paying field. I don't make really much money at all trying to teach and plead with people about their lifestyle and the importance of taking a course of certain nutraceuticals because our food system has been so harmed over the past 45 years. But I still will do it because I'm here in service to my king and lord Jesus Christ. So, I will do it that way.