Good day, good day or greetings, greetings,
greetings. It's Eric Bakker, the naturopath from New Zealand. Thank you for coming back.
I hope that it's going to get a lot easier for a lot of people around the world, because there
are still a lot of these problems associated with COVID. We've had it quite easy here in New Zealand
and Australia as well. It's not been not too bad. And now that we've got some more travel happening,
we're starting to feel a little happier in this country. So I really hope that the same can be
said for your situation in your country. If not just sit tight because soon things will change.
One thing is for sure, nothing stays the same. Now
these are the people who should not take omega-3 three, tongue in cheek really. These
are the people who should be very cautious about taking omega-3. I like the not because
people love the negative or the anti don't they and they go straight for it. It's crazy.
Right, they're basically three categories of people that need to be careful when they take
omega-3. No click bait here by the way. People who expect a quick miracle should not take omega-3,
category one. In fact, people who expect a quick miracle, should not take any kind of supplement.
They should go to Lourdes or one of those places where you can pour holy water on you
as something and pray. And maybe within 24 hours, everything will get better. I'm not
knocking belief here. Sometimes belief or prayer is more powerful than anything, but don't fall for
miracle cures. I get sick to my back teeth of seeing videos, how to cure your yeast in 12 hours,
all crap. Come on, guys. We haven't got that kind of technology yet where
you can eradicate within 24 hours, we can completely eradicate something from the body.
Not we're not quite Star Trek yet, but we're getting that way. So people who expect a wham,
bam, thank you, mam miracle, like you take a pill and you wake up tomorrow and everything's
perfect. They shouldn't take omega-3 because they're living in what I call fantasy land.
The reality is it's going to take months and months and months for omega-3
to slowly start working properly. When we look at the first category, the miracle fix, it's the
same person that goes to the gym and lays down a thousand bucks and they get a gym membership.
My dad was one of those. And after a week, "Bugger that, I'm not doing that anymore."
So goodbye thousand bucks. So these are the quick fix people and there's plenty of them
around. You may have a neighbor like that or a brother or a relation or someone who goes,
"I want it now. I want it now." And they drop a credit card down. They just want to get something.
As soon as they got it, they gloss over it and they go to the next thing that makes them happy.
So there's no quick miracles in life, things take time. Some people will take omega-3 for a few
weeks in a high dose and then be disappointed their blood pressure didn't drop down.
I witnessed this several times in the clinic where people were mega dosing on omega-3 and we're
talking 20, sometimes 30 capsules a day. It's not unheard of. And some people have this belief
that if you go extremely high amount, that you'll get cured, it doesn't work like that. All right.
Second category, when you bleed very easily, you're a bleeder. You have a clotting disorder,
or a blood based condition that stops your blood from clotting properly. These people need to be
cautious with omega-3, preferably not take them until they see someone who really understands
the condition they've got. Your blood's clotting mechanism is affected by omega-3,
not in a bad way necessarily, but some people who've formed clotting disorders
bleed very easily taking omega-3 supplements, especially in doses of 3000 milligrams per day
or higher. The real concern is that a person may have a blood-based disease and a further
medical complication on top of that, like a stomach ulcer and an intercranial bleed
or post-surgical bleed out. There could be a problem, post surgery bleeding, for example.
Now 90% plus of people will not fall into the bleed category, but there will be a percentage
that do fall in it. And for that reason, this is a really good video for people who've got
bleeding disorders, or if you've got a friend or relation with that condition,
you need to tell them, Dr. Bakker said, don't take omega-3, go and see the doctor first or go
and see someone who's really knowledgeable. Otherwise you're going to get a problem.
It always pays to err on the side of caution.
Now the third category, if you're taking prescribed pharmaceutical drugs. Many people
my age and over will take anywhere from two, six or eight or even 10 pharmaceutical drugs.
There are many prescribed pharmaceutical medications that don't interact with omega-3,
but there are a few you need to be mindful of. If you're taking a prescribed drug,
let your doctor know you're taking omega-3. If you're taking a non-prescribed drug regularly,
it's a good idea to at least ask your pharmacist, your chemist, if there's any possible interaction.
Be careful with blood thinning drugs like Warfarin, Coumadin or anti-platelet drugs like
Plavix. Be very careful if you're also taking aspirin or [inaudible 00:05:21] non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs like Advil, ibuprofen, Motile,
Aleve, paracetamol, example. Because these also work on clotting pathways. So just be careful.
And the thing is if in doubt, get it checked out.
I just thought it'd be an interesting video to make for someone who may be,
particularly taking a drug like that or have a clotting disorder. Thanks for tuning in.