Supplements – Functional Medicine Back to Basics

Power Health Talk with Dr. Martin Rutherford

https://youtu.be/QzfwauL9Z6Y In this episode of Functional Medicine - Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses the good and bad of supplements and what to look for and what to avoid. Hi I'm Dr. Martin Rutherford. I am the clinic director here at Power Health, in Reno, author of power health back to basics and a certified functional medicine practitioner. This is another segment there's, another segment in our functional medicine, back to basics series, and we got a lot of for those of you. Aren't familiar with it. We've, been going through. We've, been going through what classic functional medicine was intended to look like, and we've already been through taking histories and doing exams, and they're, pertinence and so on and so forth. We got a lot of good feedback last week on the gluten and the last two segments have been on diet and specifically on gluten, and so we have gotten a lot of good feedback on it. And so we will continue to do these as though, because they seem to be getting through and and and kind of fulfilling the purpose that that I wanted it to fulfill. So now we're gonna talk about vitamins and supplements. So I'm gonna try to keep this the less than four hours. Okay, because that's about how long I could go on with this. But it's. It'll, be a lot less than four hours. Hopefully it'll, be a lot less than 40 minutes, because I get a patient in about 40 minutes. So, okay, so so supplements again and and many of these supplements you'll, hear me draw from experience and say when I started this and I think in December first I'm, going to be starting my 40th year in practice. So so we've had a little experience who had over 40,000 people come through these clinics. You know in that period of time and just to watch the difference in trends and and it went from Oh supplements and you're. A quack and and that type of stuff too, now supplements every where they're. Actually in this town and I'm sure in your town, there are now doctors more frequently nurse practitioners, physician's. Assistants that are now seem to be agreeing with, and even suggesting supplementation for things like high blood pressure and and high cholesterol and so on and so forth. So that's, quite a switch. That acceptance has been a two-edged sword because supplements are not regulated for the most part and and so creates kind of. Like you know, I mean here in Reno Nevada, which is like used to be the wild wild west. Some degree it still is the wild wild west, but but but but not having the rules not having. The regulation allows for a lot of a lot of things to take place, a lot of creativity and and and a lot of profitability unsub limits that maybe aren't. The best supplements, so we'll, probably be talking about that. In a number of other things, right now, my attention is on supplements. People using the right supplements. People using supplements are going to be effective. I'm. I do a lot of work with people who are not in my city and and who travel to get here and, and sometimes they travel a long distance. Sometimes I mean I have patients from. I had to currently have a patient from Hong Kong. Sometimes it's hard to get our supplements to them, so they start saying, can I get mine? Can I get mine at the local Costco, or can I get mine at the local, Walmart or local tax? They have all these in China, apparently and and that - and that makes it that makes me a little bit. I'm trying to help people to get well and the one thing about drugs. Is there's, a fair consistency in drugs? I'm, not a I'm, not an anti-drug guy person. I'm, not a pro drug guy per se, but there is a consistency with with medications. You know what you get you take it you feel better. You have terrible side effects, you're, sloppy, you take another one. We don't seem to have that agreement in the supplement world. Okay, I cannot tell you the scores and scores and hundreds and hundreds of coming here with bags and bags of s...