Skin... the Protector and Cleaner of the Body

0:00 Any health related information on the following show provides general information only. Content presented on any show by any host or guest should not be substituted for a doctor's advice. Always consult your physician before beginning any new diet, exercise, or treatment program. Then now it's time for Pet Health Cafe where your Pet has a Voice. And here's your host, Bill, the Pet Health Guru, And welcome to the Pet Health Cafe, the show where your Pet has a Voice. This is Bill, Pet Health Guru, along with my special guest host, doctor Michael Dim. How are we doing tonight? Doc doing well?

0:53 Bill? How's it going? Oh, it's where's the year ago? I mean, you know it's it's just about over. And you know, we start another one that you know, in what three weeks basically, and you know, as always, you know, we want to invite our listeners and our you know, audience to subscribe and share and like these podcasts so that we can get our algorithms up. As always, the chat is open so you we can take your questions and we encourage you to do so. And other than that, I mean, it's a miserable night down here in South Florida, and we got two storms merging basically together, and there's nothing but terrible weather for taking our dogs and leaving our cats outside, isn't it.

1:48 Yeah. It's real windy out there tonight, that's for sure. Yeah, I know the dog. The dog didn't want to go out. I mean, it's like, I'm not going to get wet, and I don't care what I do. I'm just not gonna go out, right, right of course, Yeah, yeah, they know it's Yeah. So anyway, tonight we want to get into the subject of skin and coat problems, because isn't that one of the top reasons that veterinarians see clients. You know, it's up there at the top, maybe two or three. Yeah, absolutely, Skin and ear allergies are definitely up there. Is the number one reason why people bring their animals to the conventional vet. And uh, you know that usually involves you know, inflammation of the ears, but also itching and hot spots and you know, fur loss and definitely a common reason, you know, next to wellness visits. So it's it's at the top of the list, sure, coat and skin problems, yeah, I mean, and and you know, from our perspective, obviously we look at it quite a bit differently than the lopathic vets do. But I mean it basically as an exterior problem, you know, I mean there's so many different things out there.

3:05 Look, you mentioned hotspots and flea bite, Germans heightis and you know, just general scratching and itching allergies, and it's just a reflection, in my mind, is a reflection of really what's going on inside the body, isn't it? Absolutely sure we talk about toxicity and you know, reactions all the time, and then the the lesions coming through the skin or the ears. So you know, that's certainly the top thing that you know, we look at from a functional medicine perspective and from a homeopathic perspective, we look at imbalances of the whole body, the symptom totality of the patient, not just a local manifestation of symptoms. So it's definitely more than just the way the allopathic community looks at as some sort of overactive immune response to vironmental or dietary allergens. And then you know, the treatments are pretty simple, simple, you know, with dietary sensitivities or what they presume is that they change their diets to process prescription foods. Sometimes what are called hydrolyzed protein diets, which are diets that are broken down into you know, synthetic proteins that have you know, low molecular weights so that they don't react to them. And you know, with the skin, in with the with the definition of allergic dermatitis, what we see with they call it atopic disease. You know,

4:41 usually giving drugs like steroids and antibiotics to treat the secondary infections. And you know, in the newer drugs now, the apoquels and the cited point shots, all of these just suppress the symptoms and don't really get at the the root core issues as we talk about. Yeah, I remember back, you know, going back in my history, the skin problems and that sort of thing. In the very beginning, of course, steroids were used quite a bit, sometimes antibiotics as well, but all kinds of chemical concoction shampoos and conditioners and topical treatments that in many cases actually exasperated the problem because it was usually a very harsh shampoo base. Because the prevailing wisdom was we want to take off all that that protective oil that the body produces to protect itself and let the medication in these medicated shampoos kind of soak in. I mean, you know, and you know, I mean they were using all kinds of you know, every the tea tree and oatmeal and cammameal and you know in the shampoos, which of course those are or at least more natural type products, but when you use it on a shampoo base, that's very harsh.

6:06 It was just a continuous cycle that we would have, you know, the dog would get a little bit of relief for two three weeks, and then of course that the body's trying to repair itself and the itching just came right back. And it was a continuous cycle, month after month after month after months of shampooing it. You know, the animals never really healed, did they. No, No, it's like an allopathic medicine. They keep coming back for the same problems over and over again, never really resolving. It just deemed that this is what the way it is, and this is the way we have to treat our animals, and you know, it's a vicious cycle. And the modern allopathic shampoos are usually strong, you know, anti fungal, antibacterial, chemical based. Obviously, the chlorohexiderm shampoos, the very anti fungal ketoconazole type shampoos that you know, really go into really you know, not only just trying to combat the overgrowth of bacteria on the skin or the yeast, but really affect you know, get absorbed into the body and can to affect the you know, the detoxification mechanisms. And you know, chlorohexidine is actually you know, known to be a carcinogen even if it's a prolonged contact. So yeah, these are harsh medicines for sure. Yeah.

7:30 And of course, you know, you know, some of the our clients that think they're going to do a more holistic job, not realizing that that scratching and itching and even the excess of hair loss and stuff like that as toxins coming out of the body. They figure, oh well, I'll sue that and they'll use something more natural like coconut oil or you know, other types of oils, and that's basically plugging up those pores just as badly and doing almost as much damages some of these chemics, doesn't it. Yeah, No, sure it does. I mean, like you said, they might be soothing, but it's definitely trying to It's definitely the end result is suppressing the outlet output of the you know, the the expression of the exterior you know, symptoms, which doesn't really get at the cause. Sure, you know, coconut oil is a wonderful soothing agent, and it's wonderful used orally.

8:22 You know, it's a natural antibacterial, any viral, but it definitely can be overused, you know, yeah, exactly, And of course you know it's quite often we get the hair loss with that because as those toxins are coming out of the skin, it's actually poisoning the hair follicles, isn't it. Yeah, yeah, I mean, yeah, you're using again these strong toxins. It affects the you know, the hair file, you know, the hair foules, and that's the outlet the body uses right to rid itself of these things. And you know, like you said, we're plugging them up, doing the opposite. Yeah, you know, of course, our approach is quite different. You know, we're looking at it from the internal basis. And of course, as we mentioned, you know, good nutrition, one of the things that the body needs for good skin and coat are omega fatty acids, isn't it. Yeah, sure, wonderful for you know, the coat quality, for inflammation in the body. So, yeah, we can't discount those Omega threes definitely an important component of good skin health and good coats, and it decreases, uh, you know, immune reactions to things. So you know, they're wonderful for not only the skin and coat, but for the joints and the heart and the brain and the kidneys.

9:45 So omega threes have a wonderful, you know, plethora of uses. I just wanted to throw that in in addition to their skin benefits. Yeah, it's it's you know, I can't remember that again. Beck in the Yearly days when it were introducing all these scientific diets and you know, prescription diets and all of that sort of thing, that one of the marketing claims that they made was you know that they were complete, obviously complete and balanced. You know, you didn't have to do any supplementation that sort of thing, and most of it was dry food. And you know, we just sell case after case after case of animals with their quotes trying out the scratching and itching and that sort of thing, and we knew that we had to add some fatty acids, some different oils into the diet, and you know, there were a lot of different supplements that were created back in the you know, in the seventies, in the yearly eighties to help with that, and you could see a difference, but it would never just quite go away because we were still putting in in those processed foods. The hundreds of different chemical compounds that are not listed on the bag, isn't that true? Yeah, yeah, I know you've talked about on many shows. We don't you know, the ingredient list is just the partial list. It doesn't include, like you said, all those other components and ingredients that are hidden. You know, they're not obligated to list all of them, so they don't.

11:09 Yeah, well, and you know we go to you know, and actually the labeling laws changing on pet foods as we speak. I haven't seen all the draft components of it yet, but I mean they're basically trying to make it look more like a human diet. But there's so many components in there that when you look at something like meat meal, chicken meal, things of this nature, basically those can that's where they can hide literally hundreds of different compounds. Natural flavors the same way, I mean, what's a natural flavor? Where do I go out and pick that right, right, mean exactly? So how many the term organic? Right? We don't know what that means either. Well, today it's impossible with kem trails and spreading for all these insects, you know, mosquitos and everything else. And of course now or as they're they're dealing with the you know, with the chemtrails, uh, the snow, it's bringing those chemicals back down to the ground and dogs are up playing in it, and right they're praying, you know. And then of course they're plowing and salting and chemically treating the roads and the sidewalks.

12:20 You know, another chemical you know basically, uh, thunderstorm, isn't it. Oh? Absolutely, it's a pool of toxins, that's for sure, and we don't know what havel of them are. I mean you as as a holistic veterinarian me as you know, the nutrition side of it and the urbal side of it. It makes it difficult for us to start detoxifying and getting rid of these problems because we have no clue what they're actually exposed to doing. No, No, like you said, the ingredients are I mean not just ingredients, but the environmental toxins that are you know, so many a myriad of of of terrible chemicals that you know, we don't even know most of them. So, like you said, Bill, it's we don't know what we're up against, so it becomes harder to detoxify from those things. Yeah, I mean on the homeopathic side, I mean you probably you know, sometimes you have to go through, you know, many different remedies to see what really works sometimes, isn't that true? Different energies, That's very true. I mean we'll often start with a homeopathic remedy like nux vomica, which deals with a lot of toxic exposure and overreactivity. And you know, it's a great remedy to use in cases that initially present to the homeopath because it removes that layer of illness that's from the drugs and the toxins and the over medications and the environmental toxins. Just including all of that the

13:50 right and the beneficial of it. But like you said, if there are different manifestations of toxicity, we have to use different remedies to certainly address these that go deeper into the patient. Right. And of course we're doing the same thing in number one with foods. You know, you have to rotate the diet so that we're not you know, because all food brings good and bed to the table. The good part we're burning off right away. But we got when we do a change, we're getting rid of we're actually cleansing ourselves of the bad parts of those foods, and that's going to take you know, and food is the manifestation of both bringing in nutrients, and different foods bring in different nutrients but also take out different, very different toxins, sometimes very very specific. So you know what they sometimes label as these uh, you know, food sensitivities and that sort of thing is nothing more than really the body doing in the food doing what it's supposed to do, isn't it. Yeah, trying to remove you know, through the symptoms, through the discharges from the body. You know, that's the life force talking to us through you know, through the imbalance. But it's the way, like you said, the toxins are removed, and we interfere with that or suppress it, you know, the imbalance is just going to go deeper in the patient, whether you're looking at it from your perspective or from a homeopathic perspective.

15:07 So you know, if we're not addressing the underlying causes, then we end up in deep water, we end up with organ problems eventually cancer. So not a way, not a productive way for chronic health, that's for sure. No. And you know, and one of the ones that we hear is the probably most so is you know, when the dog starts scratching and itching it especially it seems to be around chicken, and it's like they're allergic to chicken. And it's not that they're allergic to the chicken, but most chicken is enhanced with different flavors and you know, palaitents and you know, basically addictive chemicals so that you know, you'll be loyal to one brand.

15:50 So okay, I'd like to produced chicken. So therefore, you know it's got to be the best, and you know, you try to switch back and forth and you have reactions to it because the bodies got these chemicals and you know, the chickens got this these chemicals. And of course now we get to throw in, you know, over the last you know what forty years or so, the GMO feed, you know, cork corn and soret and of course Clive Fosse eight round up synthetic fertilizers. All of that stuff is uptake into the animal, and you know, we feed the chicken to our dog, our cat, and the body's got to remove that those components, don't they And again it comes back out through the skin. Yeah, for the skin or you know, obviously the bowel, you know, the digestive tract of the liver, and of course the kidneys, so those are the outlets of the body. So yeah, okay, we got a question that's popped up here. Okay, okay, we we have this continuous this this cat and continuous heat, and that's a tough one. Yeah, I mean, that's just it's you know, the the toxicity basically causes imbalances, especially in minerals, doesn't it. Yeah, no, it absolutely does.

17:08 So with this kiddy, though, you know, hormonal changes and their behaviors inside the house become very challenging. I know, you know, this particular client has worked with you, and you know, I be honest, I don't have a lot of tools in my medicine cabinet to really decrease sometimes what a normal behavior is in a cat. Now, urinating outside the box can have a myriad of causes, from toxicity to stress, and anxiety to you know, they don't maybe not like the litter or the litter type. Sometimes they don't like where the litter box has been placed. So there's definitely some behavioral modifications that can be done that you know, might help a little bit with the problem. So I'd encourage her to look that avenue. You know, the heat periods are going to the heat cycles is going to keep coming though. That's kind of you know, it's what biology says in the cat. Yeah, and of course you know, if if it's abnormal, of course that again, you know, the hormones and the minerals are all tied together very very closely, and when it comes to that, I mean, while we can do some different testing like the hair mineral testing and the toxicity test and that respect, you know, it's we're still we're still playing a guessing game because we're still very limited in the knowing what the compounds are, what's causing that imbalance, and right, you know, it's it.

18:41 You know, we do the best job that we can, you know, and gather as much information obviously as that we can, but there's the testing out there just isn't you know, it just isn't there I mean it, it's just it's just so problematic again because there isn't a testing. You know, allopathic medicine doesn't test for any kind of poisons because basically they're selling this stuff, aren't they. Yeah, no, they're absolutely signs, but I know they don't test for it. You know, what the client can also try are some back flower essences that might help deal with the stress and anxiety that the cat may be dealing with without you know, by going into repetitive heats. So, you know, flower essences like rescue, remedy and others.

19:33 Various calming essences might be helpful there as well, But that's a difficult, difficult scenario. Yep. Okay, we're up against the break here, and I just want to remind people again to go ahead and share and like and subscribe, send in your comments and your your questions on the chat and we'll be right back after this quick break. Does your pet suffer from allergies, cancer, digestive issues, or joint and skin problems? These can be from poor nutrition and my Pilio Pet can help. Don't let your pets suffer for poor diet and nutrition. At my Paleo Pet, we provide fresh human brain USDA approved biocomplete raw food entrees for dogs and cats. Whether you're looking for healthy food for dogs or natural herbs for pets, we provide you with exactly what they need to live a happy and healthy life. Our raw food for pets surpasses traditional raw dog food and cat food that you find in your local pet store. Our raw food is made fresh on the premises, source from local suppliers, and are made with only the utmost quality with specific nutritional and functional benefits. We deliver locally to areas in South Florida, including the Palm Beaches, and we ship pros and nationwide at Mypilio Pet. We strive to offer the best in rotational diet formulations, clean raw human grade fresh food in our eco friendly, resealable packaging. For more information, visit mypelleopet dot

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22:37 We're doing a lot with just you know, dogs having these kinds of problems. But on the other side of that, how does this this these same problems manifest themselves in cats. Well, it's usually excessive grooming. You're talking about the toxic exposure. Uh, well, there's both the toxic exposure, but also the scratching. You know, we don't see in many cases of its real scratching and itching, but the excessive grooming that you mentioned, and usually a lot of hair loss too is hair loss. And there are cats that develop something called miliary dermatitis, which is a kind of an inflammation of the skin that ends up with a little millet seed like eruptions that feel like millet seeds, just like it's got its name, miliary dermatitis. And you know those cats, again, it's the same issue as with the dogs.

23:30 You know, it's an immune reaction to toxins or you know, again an overreactivity of the body. But it's again it's the way the toxins come out of the body. So we have to allow that to happen. And you know, the other thing that we didn't mention with dogs is that, you know a lot of hormonal problems can cause issues with hair loss, you know, and cats that are hyper thyroid and dogs that are hype both thyroid often develop coat problems too, hair loss and again with cats, successive grooming. So you know, we have to be mindful of our kiddies because they suffer from the same element as our dogs do. Yeah, it is so manifest is dramatically, I guess. But you know, but again those hormonal inbalance sensort of that you're talking about, that's particularly an issue that's well related to Spain neuter, especially early Spain neuter, isn't it. Yeah, no, absolutely, when you spain new to these animals, young ages, we disrupt the whole indigrine system because the endigrone system functions as an integrative system where you remove one hormone and part of that you know, integrative system, you're going to affect other organs. So the sexual hormones go down, you affect the pituitary, the adrenal, the thyroid. And yeah, definitely Spade or newded animals not only have early Spade especially not only have problems with you know, hormonal issues. But then we see, like we've talked about other you know scenarios, increase cancer and other disorted bone and joint problems. But definitely get

25:07 the coat issues for the top of the show, the you know, the the thyroid problems, the adrenal problems, and that leads to coat changes and other issues, other more serious systemic issues. Just then their their hormones aren't functioning correctly, so that leads to you know, all sorts of systemic diseases, not only of the skin, but of other body systems. Yeah, it's you know, it's from our perspective, it's it's fascinating how how the systems all work together. And basically you have to be you know, the body's got to be running on all you know, all cylinders. It can't be missing a certain part because it's going to have to manifest itself the toxicity problem. And of course on the other side of it, we have the malnutrition problem with the commercial foods, that they are not complete in balance like they say they are, because the body is dynamic, it's always changed.

26:00 I mean that that you know, those kiddies that are especially the little kittens, I mean they're you know, bouncing all over the place and you know a lot of energy, they're using a lot less you know, a lot more energy than some of the other you know, older animals and things of that nature. And I just all the time that they came up. But there's even a difference, you know, depending on where you live. Obviously in summer coats and winter coats, is there Yeah, no, sure, different shedding seasons, and you know, code quality changes respond to the you know, the environmental different seasons about the daylight and the temperatures, you know, effect definitely the coats. So we see various cycles with like I said, shedding and that kind of thing, right, And in fact I had that on my notes here that you know, especially up north. I mean, we used to see a lot more code problems in the winter months because you know that the uh, the heat source in the house was quite often a drying agent in itself, low humidity, and and that created even you know, even before we started feeding a lot of the commercial foods and that's where they are toxic. But that was always an issue in the winter months with you know, the flicky Deandro feed like coat and that sort of thing you know, in the wintertime, right, yeah, absolutely, and of course the shedding and that sort of thing that you mentioned. You know, you know, one of the things about that the skinning coat too, that

27:30 we should be ever mindful of is of course we're down here in South Florida where you know, we get a lot of really really warm weather, especially in the in the summer months, and that sort of thing and that that that skinning coat has got to be in good condition in order to protect the animal from the heat in the sun and the elements themselves. And that there's an issue when people start clipping them down and shaving them, isn't it. Yeah, No, Yeah, the oat is serve as a function, like you said, and h increased uh you know, sunburn exposure and uh. And you know, in the winter time obviously risk of frostbite and other skin conditions. Uh, you know, from too cold to temperatures. So yeah, you know, keeping those fur you know, not shaving them down to the bottom, and you know, maintaining their coats I think is an important point that we shouldn't forget. Yeah. And of course, you know on those that are that are you know, heavily groomed sometimes too, the constant shampooing, the constant you know, clipping and things like that, that can create a lot of just you know, a physical irritation, can't it.

28:45 Yeah, no, absolutely, over and over again. You know, they get there. A lot of dogs have their ears plucked, the hair plucked out of their ears, which I never recommend, you know, and that creates irritation, trauma, inflammation, and secondary infection. So you know, I do you want to try and maintain the coats and the ear health as natural as it could be and avoid you know, some of the interventions that are used. Yeah, I just saw a comment pop up. I don't know if we can get it back up there about oils and yeah, the coat does contain the natural oils they need. It's actually producing them, isn't it. Yeah? No, absolutely, Uh. You know, there are there are oil glands that are you know, the cook from the coat.

29:33 You know, there are sebaceous glands and other you know, oil producing glands and the coat and the skin that are involved with the coat health and that kind of thing. So yeah, the answer is yes to that. Yeah, and that's why I mentioned, you know, especially those that are heavily groomed in a sort of thing if they're using a harsher shampoo and unfortunately a lot of you know a lot of groomers go the you know, shall I say that the expensive root with buying shampoos and using things like dishwashing liquids and things like that that are actually designed to strip off oil off our dishes in our pots and pans. And what does that cause? It? Yeah?

30:15 No, I agree, Bill, You know we're taking away their protection. And uh you know, like I said, these these coat problems, you know, will often reflect something much deeper in the patient than you know. Then my allopathic colleagues are are you know, assessing And uh, yeah, it's it's all important, you know, the coat and the skin or the gateway also to the you know, it's a it's a huge surface area the body that removes toxins and and keeps things flowing. And when we interfere with that, it's just the health consequences are are significant, yeah, of course.

31:00 And and actually both the dogs and the cats because since we've domesticated them and we were looking for special traits and different looks and things like that. Uh you know, the coat of the gray wolf is a lot different than that of a poodle or a labor or you know, a chihuahua or you know some of these these hairless breeds. I mean, they have their own set of issues, don't they. Yeah, no, they sure do. You know what we breed into these animals and we create problems. So uh, you know, the way their coats are, you know, the way we're breeding for their their physical appearance, uh, you know, has its has its downside. Yeah, and of course, you know, in caring for them, you really have to be you know, the higher levels of nutrition and even supplementation with different oils and different you know, fatty acid foods is even much more important, isn't it. Yeah, yeah, I think we froze Bill. There, I'm you're you seem to be frozen. I'm enough there you go. Yeah, but you know, we just have to be more diligent with washing these secondary items. And you know some of the other things that come into display with the skinning coat are a lot of the parasite type preventatives, aren't they, especially the flea and tick Absolutely. Yeah,

32:32 that's a toxic stress on the on the coats, and you know a lot of these topicals you know that go in between the shoulder blades. You know, a common reaction is the skin becomes ulcerated or irritated. And you know, not to mention the systemic reactions that you can see with the digestive tract or the nervous system, but uh, yeah, the application of these topical products is a you know, it gets distributed throughout the entire coat, you know, through the hair follicles, and so that's definitely a toxic stressor that you know again can affect code quality and lead to hair loss and other issues. Yeah, and it's not only these topical I mean in topicals, I mean you're gonna you can be looking at again the types of shampoos and the you know, the flea shampoos and the tick shampoos and the main shampoos, and you know, and it's it's just as a constant barrage on those you know, on the living hair follicles, on the hair itself. I mean it you know, would need when the coke gets too dry, when the coke gets you know, basically irritated too badly, you start you don't have the structure and the hair itself, and you end up with excessive shedding.

33:43 Uh because the hair, the hair itself is just breaking off, am I right? Right? So the other thing about uh, you know, people when they have their animals shaved, sometimes the hair doesn't grow back. You know, I've seen a lot of I've seen occasional cases, and that's usually an imbalance in the patient that should be treated with either functional medicine or homeopathy. But even if something you know, when you mentioned earlier about you know, clipping their fur. I wanted to mention that, as I said, sometimes the fur is very slow to go back or grows back differently, So we have to be mindful of these stresses on our animals coats for sure. Yeah, I mean every single one of the you know, everything that we do is either a positive or negative. And you know when we start looking at it, if you started on the backside. And in fact, it's funny when I switched people over to a raw diet, primarily you know, one of the first things that I hear usually at the end of the first very first week, it's you know, the coat has totally changed, and how did that happen? And we can get back into a little bit more on that as soon as we get back from this quick break. We all want our pets to be as healthy as possible. My paleopet is the answer. Let us help relieve your pet of ear infections, elegies, scratching and itching, diabetes, joint problems, cancer, and other ailments by providing

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36:52 uh. That are the best ways we can tell that there is a an imbalance somewhere's along the line is is one of the most visible symptoms right right, absolutely, and it's a reflection of what's going on inside the body. I mean, like a person with a you know, with an unhealthy complexion, you know, usually indicates you know, imbalances, disease, toxicity in the body, and the same is true with our animals. So and then you know, sometimes when animals developed this hair loss pattern, and when vets can't find a reason allopathically i e. Allergy or hormonal, they'll put the animals on melatonin, which is a strong hormone in itself that can have a lot of effects on other hormonal systems. So, you know, there certainly is something we want to be aware of and and realize how it's the gateway to the you know, as a reflection of what's going on inside.

37:52 Yeah, now, the question came up with you know what kind of what what oils are the best and obviously the best oils to use are the fatty acids and the essential oils that are in the food itself. Things like salmon and sardines, tuna, you know, good grass fed you know, lamb and beef are all excellent sources for Omega's reason nines, aren't they. Yeah, it's like let food be thy medicine, as I say, you know, so that's where the medicine is. Yeah, you know, we're always reaching for something outside of it, and a lot of times it's just the species appropriate diet. Yeah. Now, and on the commercial oils though, I mean, you know, there's tons of companies out there that you know, are making claims, you know about the high omegas and things like that, But is it in a form that's bioavailable. Things like salmon oil and sardine oil, which we used to use years and years ago. There's problems with a the quality today. Just like everything else. There's so many fake foods out there, and you know, they take a good a good product like olive oil and they add in you know, safflower oil or soy oil or corn oil in it, and it's you know, it creates secondary issues there. And of course natural oils are going to go rantsid, aren't they.

39:15 Yeah, no, they sure do. They only have a short shelf life. Yeah, And you know when you're buying it in the store, you have no idea when it was processed or how it was processed. And yeah, I agree, you know, whereas you know, if you got a good piece of wild caught salmon, you're you know, you're in pretty good shape with that, you know, in the same time with the grass. But you know, like with beef and lamb, you know, we you know, we take pride in and the fact that what we try to source out is all completely grass finished, you know, no grains, nothing like that, and that's going to be especially high in those fatty acids and then the right kind of fatty acids. I know, a lot of companies throw out there that you know, well we get you know, especially when you get into the vegetarian, vegan type approach that while we're using flex seed as are omega, well, the the form that it's in isn't really utilized in the healing process the ala it has to be converted by the body.

40:17 And does that not you know, actually put more stress on the body to try to convert it. Sure does, absolutely. And you know the other aspect of you know, we're talking about skin and code issues is you know, we can also see that reflected in the health of the nails of some of these animals too. Sure, you know, the nails end up becoming more brittle, they crack or they split, and you know a lot of those animals are it's dietary related or it's again toxicity related. They're diagnosed with fungal infections of the nail bed or autoimmune diseases of the nails. And again it's just like the skin and the code, it's a reflection of what's going on inside the body. And so I wanted to just bring that up about the about the males and even the pads. You know, a lot of animals on commercial foods, the conventional diets, the pads are dry and cracked and you know, a lighter color and they go on a raw diet and it's amazing you see the pads start to become a nice black color again.

41:20 And yeah, you know, so uh, you know, we see this reflected and you know, the whole animal, the whole exterior of the animal. Yeah. Yeah, if one of the main components of course, you know, with bringing up the nails and things like that, uh you know for generations, I mean women with that wanted good nails and good hair. Uh, took a lot of Biotin is one of the main nutrients and that, I mean, the primary source for that that I found is good pasture raised eggs. The egg yolks are just loaded with biotin and that could you know, they can make a different in just a few days, you know.

42:01 And of course as we're looking at it, you have to go through a cycle where like even with tear staining and things like that, different staining on the body, you have to let that hair grow back out. It's not just going to change colors from the bad color. It has to grow out. Same thing is true with the nails, right right exactly. It has to grow out, you know, and has to cycle through. Yeah, you know, so that allopathic one pill fits all. I don't think that works on that stuff, does it not? Really? No? You know, of course, if the animal is traumatizing the code or the skin, you know, they have drugs to block that andy from doing that.

42:42 But it certainly, as I said, leads to other health issues down the road when we're blocking a normal response in the patient. So you know, clients, I know want their animals to be comfortable and symptom free, but that often comes with the price, right Yeah. Well when you look at it too, I mean, you know, and we as humans, of course, we can see this stuff. But if you ever cut yourself or scratch yourself and and that sort of thing, it doesn't heal overnight. It takes you know, I mean we're replacing a dermal layer like once a month, so we can actually take all kinds uh you know, you know several months before those issues are going to clear up, doesn't it. Yeah, no, absolutely, it takes time. Yeah, it's yeah, you know, so it's scratching and itching is going to it. It's a process of you know, we've got a process of eliminating the toxins and all the waste products and that sort of thing, and then it's a rebuilding process, which like again it does take time. And yeah, no, I mean sometimes these animals have had these problems for years, so it's not like gonna go away overnight. So you have to kind of counsel clients to be mindful of of a patient process, you know. So it's uh, took a lot of body a long time to get to that point, and sometimes it takes a little time for it to improve. So yeah, and it all comes down to the same thing. It's all from the inside out. And if you don't you know nothing that you're going to do topically is really going to

44:13 heal. You have to rebuild. You have to rebuild good cells, eliminate the bad cells that are causing it, that are carrying the toxins. I mean, I know I've run across dozens of cases with especially little white dogs that when we do uh, you know, a switch to a raw diet that day three, day four, day five, someplace in that area, that I get the phone call. I think we have to go back to the vet because the whole belly is like all these little red pimples, right, And it's like, now, don't worry, that's just part of the detoxic you know, process, and give me a call of it. If it changes. In the next week. I get to call, Oh my god, the whole belly is black. Okay, I think to dermatologist.

44:55 It's like, no, just give it, you know, just wait it out a little. The body is working exactly what it's supposed two, right, and you know, another week to ten days later, I get to call it the body the belly is back to normal. What happened, right, well, you know, as as the body is pushing it out in the gut area, all those toxins coming out of the gut and going out through the skin. Okay, you can always red blood cells that are sacrificing themselves to heal the body. And of course now I've got this inflammation on the belly. That's the red blood cells. And then they all die, and right that blood is what color? Yeah, we see that sort of dermatitis and young dogs that are vaccinated for distemper it comes out easily rash, you know, as the body removes the toxins of the vaccine. So that's a we see that also with a vaccine detoxification as well. Yeah. Yeah, And of course then the body turned you know, like I said, belly turned black. And then two weeks later, three weeks later, it's you know, it's clear again. And of course the question is is well, okay, so those were dead, dead blood cells. It's like, yeah, there's dead blood, so where is it? Can you carpet?

46:08 Right? You know, they all get freaked out at that point in time. Listen, we're down to the last couple of minutes of the show. How can people get a hold of you? And and I go to my website at doctordim dot com and that has my contact information, my email address, I work with clients in the South Florida area as well as in person as well as phone consultations nationwide. I also have you know, a nice social media page that has some videos that we've done, so they're welcome to go there for some additional educational information. Yeah, and of course, you know, with myself, you know, at my Paleo Pet. You can always reach me through my Paleo Pet. We're doing nutritional consults there as well.

46:58 And of course, you know the beauty of that is we have the products right there with us as well. Makes it nice and easy to switch your diet or to do the you know, the fine tuning that we need to do. And uh, you know we're coming into we'll be coming into a new year, and you know, my question is to our clients and the people that are listening, when do you want your animals to be healthy? Right right? You know, you know, make sure you contact doctor doctor Dimmer myself and let's get on a program that's going to make the new year so much more spectacular for your pets. And you know, you know you're going to have to go through you know, some of the detoks and that sort of thing. But in the long run, doctor dim, What are they going to get? They get healthier animals that live more vibrant, longer lives. Right. Yeah, So with that we're at the end of the show here. I want to thank everybody that was watching and listening.

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